"Muslims and farmers have contributed 80 percent in the growth of this country... Muslims are still very backward as noted by the Sachar Committee report. They should be given reservations as per their population."    »

Parliament disrupted over quota bill, Muslim reservation

Provide job quota to Muslims, demands Samajwadi Party

The Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012, was passed with 206-10 votes after a debate spread over two days.   »

Five aircraft and a helicopter, which flies the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, were gutted in a major fire at old Hyderabad airport late Monday night, officials said Tuesday. There are no reports of any casualties in the fire that broke out around midnight at the maintenance shed of Andhra Pradesh  »

Ad campaign in America to reclaim ‘Jihad’

US Muslims launched an advertising and social media campaign in the hopes of reclaiming the word ‘Jihad’ from extremists, who insist on equating the spiritual quest with terrorism.  »

An Uttar Pradesh Right to Information (RTI) activist has sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comment on the "frivolous and vexatious use of the RTI Act" in his address at the 7th annual convention   »

Pakistani PM assures support to Kashmiri leaders

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday reiterated Islamabad's diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris to get their right to self-determination from India, when he met Kashmiri separatist  »

A 23-year-old woman was battling for life here Monday after a gang of men tortured and raped her in a moving bus and threw her out on the road along with her boyfriend, police said. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit expressed disgust over the horrific incident even as police detained four suspects for  »