July 14, 2026
  • July 14, 2026

Why Mumbai is a draw for Muharram preachers

by on August 7, 2022 0

Recently, a journalist joked to leading Shia scholar and preacher Maulana Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi that there is no place on earth where Islam reached and he (Gharavi) has not gone, too. Jokes apart, Muharram majlises or assemblies across the world scramble to get him for the initial days of Muharram to deliver the sermons. “There...

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In MP, ‘panch patis’ of 15 elected women take oath

by on August 7, 2022 0

In a bizarre reflection of bigotry in Madhya Pradesh’s hinterland, at least 15 women who were elected as panchs and sarpanchs in Dhar and Damoh districts sat in the audience or stayed home as their husbands – dubbed ‘Panch Patis’ – took oath on the Constitution, right under the noses of government officials.

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KCR: Niti Aayog a useless body, boycotting meeting

by on August 7, 2022 0

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for turning Niti Aayog into a “useless and ineffective” body. The attack came just a day before Niti Aayog’s seventh governing council meeting to be chaired by Modi. He said he would boycott the meeting as a mark of protest and would...

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‘Tolerance doesn’t mean accepting hate speech’

by on August 7, 2022 0

Justice D Y Chandrachud of the Supreme Court of India, who presided over the 11th convocation of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) at Gandhinagar virtually on Saturday, said being accepting and tolerant of others’ opinions does not mean one should accept hate speech.

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Janhvi Kapoor on Sridevi: Mujhe bas unki yaad aati hai

by on August 7, 2022 0

Janhvi Kapoor is just five films old, if you consider her latest OTT release Good Luck Jerry. Of her five films, only two – debut Dhadak and 2021 horror comedy Roohi released in theatres. Ghost Stories and Gunjan Saxena, like Good Luck Jerry have all been straight to OTT releases.

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