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Hong Kong, Nov 25: After a massive crackdown on the Islam-following Uyghur community in its Xinjiang province, China is now targeting the ethnic Kazakhs living on its side of the border with Kazakhstan - again on grounds of religion with the objective of forcing them to stop following their Islamic customs, including prayers five times a day. According to reports, which are usually difficult to

Cairo, Nov 24: Around 240 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed militants bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt's restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country. The militants launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers, the state-run MENA news

Udupi, Nov 24: The three-day Dharma Sansad organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad was inaugurated on Friday morning in the presence of hundreds of seers and sages from across India. Pejavar mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Thirtha Swami formally inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp. A Shobha Yatra of sants and sadhus from Rajangana in Sri Krishna Mutt to the convention venue at the Royal Garden near

Udupi, Nov 24: The three-day Dharma Sansad organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad was inaugurated on Friday morning in the presence of hundreds of seers and sages from across India. Pejavar mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Thirtha Swami formally inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp. A Shobha Yatra of sants and sadhus from Rajangana in Sri Krishna Mutt to the convention venue at the Royal Garden near

Kolkata, Nov 24: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama lauded India for its "spirit of religious tolerance" and for carrying different traditions together while addressing a press conference after a spritiual discourse at Yid-Ga-Choezin ground, in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday. "Religious tolerance is very important... although there are problems sometimes due to politicians who

Lucknow/New Delhi, Nov 24: Three persons were killed and at least nine injured after the Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express derailed in Chitrakoot district in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The train 12741 derailed on platform number two in Manikpur in the early hours of Friday, at 4:14 am, a police spokesperson said. One bogey of the train had "half-tilted in the derailment, police said

Meerut, Nov 23: Even as voting is underway in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Municipal elections, several complaints have surfaced in Meerut about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) voting only for the BJP. Political commentators have termed the continued EVM tampering as saffronisation machines. In several recent polls across India EVM tampering in favour of BJP had come to light. This time, the

Meerut, Nov 23: Even as voting is underway in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Municipal elections, several complaints have surfaced in Meerut about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) voting only for the BJP. Political commentators have termed the continued EVM tampering as saffronisation machines. In several recent polls across India EVM tampering in favour of BJP had come to light. This time, the

Nov 23: In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. Three other women cadets, Astha Segal from New Delhi, Roopa A from Puducherry and Sakthi Maya S from Kerala, also created history by becoming the country's first women officers at the Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI)

Mangaluru, Nov 23: Veteran Islamic scholar and former Khateeb of Mangaluru’s Kutchi Memon Masjid, Maulana Syed Yusuf, passed away on Thursday morning. He was 87 and is survived by his wife, four daughters, two sons and a large number of relatives, disciples and fans. Family sources said that Syed Yusuf breathed his last at around 5 a.m. at his residence, Asiyana, in Bikarnakatte, where the mayyit