Complaint against Owaisi for inflammatory speech

A complaint wason Wednesdayfiled against All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat Member of Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged inflammatory speech made in December in Andhra......

'It is nonsense to say that Godhra was planned'

Act Now for Harmony and Democracy is a new organisation that says it will be 'absolutely action-oriented'.And Shabnam Hashmi is the force behind it.In 1989, her elder brother Safdar Hashmi was......

Shed violence, then talk: Centre to Maoists

"The Centre will not invite Maoists to talk till they abjure violence," said G K.Pillai, the Home Secretary. Pillai was speaking at a seminar organised by South Asian Free Media Association......

Tough road before women's reservation becomes reality

The women's reservation bill, introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, will have to cross several hurdles before it becomes a reality, including support cutting across political lines and early census......

The Best of Khayyam's Melodies

Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/ Rediff.com In sweet music is such artKilling care and grief of heart. Few embody William Shakespeare's golden words like Mohammad Zayur Khayyam Hashmi. An unmistakable......