- Hyderabad
Places of Worship Act is first priority of Muslim Personal Law Board: Maulana Rahmani
Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will meet opposition party leaders and representatives of different minority communities to press for upholding the Places of Worship Act so that the…
- Hyderabad
Haj House in Hyderabad resembles a mini Airport
Hyderabad: If you step into the Haj House here you will be surprised at its transformation. It now resembles a mini Airport. There are counters for customs, immigration check and baggage screening.…
- Telangana
New pressure group of Muslims emerges in Telangana Congress; seeks greater representation
Hyderabad: With Telangana Assembly going to polls by this year’s end, a group of Muslim Congress workers have formed a joint action committee under the Sarvodaya banner to press for more representation…
- Hyderabad
Advocate Anees explains how to write effective police complaint or FIR
Hyderabad: It was a workshop with a difference. No, it was not about marketing, research, or skill development. It was all about legal awareness. How to file a police complaint, in case…
- Telangana
Telangana: Those who gave Taj Mahal are being targeted, laments Home Minister
Hyderabad: Home Minister, Mohammed Mahmood Ali, criticised attempts being made to distort history and play down the contribution of Muslims in India. Contrary to the impression being created, Mughals did not loot…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Masjid-e-Azizia to allow women to attend congregational Friday prayers
Hyderabad: As controversy persists over the offering of namaz by women in mosques, a few masjids in Hyderabad are getting ready to throw open their doors to female worshippers. The Masjid-e-Azizia in…
- Featured News
Ghazal faces dwindling patronage in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Is ghazal losing its shine in the city of domes and minarets? Not exactly but it has definitely taken a backseat. Although it remains a popular genre of Urdu poetry, there are not…
- Hyderabad
Madrassa Plus project to impart modern education to ‘Huffaz’
Hyderabad: Imparting modern education to madrassa students is nothing new. The concept is now being sought to be implemented in a different way to make it more effective and popular. The Shaheen…
- Featured News
Al Mahad Al Aali Al Islami: A seminary where modern subjects are also taught
Hyderabad: It is a madrassa with a difference. It is not the run-of-the-mill seminary where just Islamic studies and the teachings of Quran and Hadith are imparted. Along with these basic subjects,…
- Opinions
Doctor’s dilemma: To practice or write
Hyderabad: The general perception about doctors is that their writing skills are confined to just scrawling illegible prescriptions. That’s true to a large part. However, the more enthusiastic among them indulge in…
- Featured News
Azra Raza: A doctor who is poet at heart
Hyderabad: Her prefix is doctor. But it could well have been an author. Faced with a career choice, she picked up the stethoscope. But later she plunged for the pen as well.…
- Featured News
The 6th Nizam Mahboob Ali Pasha was coronation this day
Hyderabad: February 5, 1884. Does the date ring a bell? No prizes for guessing. It was this day 139 years ago that the Hyderabad State got its sixth ruler, Mir Mahboob Ali…
- Featured News
Celebrating Ajit’s birth centenary: Saara sheher mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai
Hyderabad: Saara sheher mujhe loin ke naam se jaanta hai. Does it ring a bell? Yes. Film buffs couldn’t forget this line from Kalicharan. Spoken in a cool and collected manner some four…
- Featured News
Mukarram Jah: Of the pauper prince and his royal dalliance
Hyderabad: Like his financial dealings, his personal life too was not a bed of roses. Prince Mukarram Jah Bahadur, grandson of the 7th Nizam, who died the other day, often found himself…