PM Modi slams Congress for appeasement politics, says new law honours Waqf sanctity

IANS | April 14, 2025 3:58 PM

Hisar/Yamunanagar, April 14 (IANS) Taking a dig at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused it of appeasement politics, challenged it to appoint a Muslim party President and criticised its opposition to the amended Waqf Act saying that the new provisions honours the sanctity of Waqf and also ensuried the rights of poor.

Haj 2025: Indian officials review arrangements in Saudi Arabia

IANS | April 12, 2025 5:07 PM

New Delhi/Riyadh, April 12 (IANS) Setting the tone for Haj 2025, Secretary of the Ministry of Minority Affairs Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar is currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia to review preparations for this year’s pilgrimage, an official said on Saturday.

Amid hints of Dawood imprint, Rana grilled on ‘plotter he met in Dubai’

IANS | April 12, 2025 2:54 PM

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Extradited 26/11 terrorist Tahawwur Rana’s questioning by the NIA has revolved around extracting information from him about a key plotter from Dubai and a person who hosted and helped co-conspirator David Coleman Headley in Mumbai ahead of the 2008 attack, sources said on Saturday.

Prominent Muslim face of JD-U slams Nitish Kumar on Waqf Act

IANS | April 10, 2025 11:14 PM

Patna April 10 (IANS) Gulam Rasool Balyawi, a senior leader and prominent Muslim face of the Janata Dal (United), has publicly slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Act, calling it a “mistake in judgment.”