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.”