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Telangana Minority Bandhu scheme should be launched immediately

Saleem Pasha By Saleem Pasha In the Malidasha Telangana movement, 1200 people sacrificed their lives for the cause of the State. This includes martyrs belonging to the Muslim social class. Cases of…
Architecture is more than bricks and mortar: Sajjad Shahid

Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan Architecture is more than bricks and mortar. it is a quest for a unique identity of its own, where those who commission the monument want to…

Minority holds ‘majority hope’ for SP-alliance contestants in 2nd phase

By Kulsum Mustafa If democracy is all about numbers, it is primarily the minority that is holding up majority hope for the Samajwadi Party and its alliance partners in the crucial second…
Is big money IPL ruining cricket in India and elsewhere? It is definitely killing other sports

Abhijit Sen Gupta The auction of IPL players seemed to generate even more interest than the tournament itself. Players raked in bagfuls of cash that would boggle the minds of those who…
Jammu’s campaign for statehood is not without pitfalls

Arun Joshi A new dynamic is shaping in Jammu and Kashmir, where campaigns have been unleashed for a separate state for the Jammu region. This idea, though quite old, gained momentum as…
Hindu group Chairperson Malini describes Hijab as symbol of “female subjugation”

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: The alleged oppression of women in Islam is the favourite topic of journalists and politicians. They simply love to have the world believe how oppressed creatures are the veiled…
Hijab — choice or not?

By Maleeha Fatima I do not speak for all Muslim women, but for many of us, in whatever Institution we go to for higher education in this country, we often find ourselves…

UP resounds with two court orders, voters use caution in first phase of polling

Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Registering a marked dip from the 2017 polling percentage, Uttar Pradesh appears to have polled very cautiously in the first of the seven phased assembly polls on…
AIDS Virus co-discoverer Montagnier visited Hyderabad in 1987; he was enamoured by Golconda Fort

M Somasekhar The setting was the Bala Hisar Pavilion atop the Golconda Fort. The year was November 1987. The highest point of the fort was alive with the baritone voice of well-known…
Hijab row: Wearing ghoonghat is part of Indian culture

Lt. Gauri Shankar Antarvedi, Rtd By Lt. Gauri Shankar Antarvedi, Rtd If we go back to the history of India, for thousands of years, girls and women were going to schools and…
43rd anniversary of the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

Mahdi Shahrokhi By Mahdi Shahrokhi Frothy-three years have passed since the glorious victory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Freedom and independence are very valuable blessings gained by the great Iranian people through…
Hijab row: Muskan’s defiance draws praise from far and near

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. Muskan, the hijabi student of Mandya’s pre-University college in Karnataka, has done just that when she bravely…
India’s space quest for 2022 to begin on Valentine’s Day

Hyderabad: A new year, a new Chairman and an aggressive ‘Plan of Action’, is what is scheduled for India’s space odyssey in 2022. February 14, popular as Valentine’s Day will see the…
Dr P M Lentin—A dedicated teacher and doctor passes away

Hyderabad: In the passing away of Dr Putla M Lentin at the ripe old age of 94 on Monday, Hyderabad has lost one more ‘Gem’ of a medical teacher and practitioner of…
Opinion: Unbecoming of PM to stoop so low in Parliament

Venkat Parsa Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the Presidential Address to the joint sitting of Parliament, has had its desired impact. It provoked Prime…