Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran-born Indian Actress Elnaaz Norouzi has shared a strong message on faith, humanity, and the misuse of religion, saying that belief should never be confused with extremism or oppression. In a note she penned on Instagram, Elnaaz said one can be Muslim and still reject radical Islamism, adding that faith and extremism are not the same.She wrote: “A small reminder for anyone who needs to hear it: You can be Muslim and still reject radical Islamism. Faith and extremism ar…
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Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) As the battle for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) intensifies, Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) President and MP Varsha Gaikwad has made a bold claim regarding the post of the city’s Mayor.Speaking on the current political landscape, Gaikwad on Tuesday asserted that the Congress party will hold the “key” to the municipal corporation and that no party will be able to appoint a Mayor without their support.Gaikwad dismissed claims that the Congress has be…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Hamtramck city, in the state of Michigan of the United States, has renamed a section of its Carpenter Street to Khaleda Zia Street, in remembrance of the late former prime minister of Bangladesh, who died on December 30 at the age of 80.The Hamtramck City Council approved the renaming of the stretch between Joseph Campau and Conault Streets. The decision was largely driven by council members of Bangladeshi origin who advocated for the change as a tribute to Khaleda Zia’…
Jammu, Jan 7 (IANS) The decision of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to withdraw the permission to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) for starting the MBBS course has stirred the Hornet’s nest in political and public circles of Jammu and Kashmir.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has lashed out at the Sanghrash Samiti for starting an agitation against the admission of non-Hindu candidates to the medical college for the MBBS course.“They were selected on merit and…
New York, Jan 2 (IANS) Zohran Kwame Mamdani has taken over as mayor of the largest US city that is the centre of finance with a firm promise to rule “expansively and audaciously” as a “as a democratic socialist”. At the formal inauguration of his Mayoralty on New Year’s Day, radical Democratic Social Senator Bernie Sanders gave him the oath of office, declaring that his victory was over “the Democratic establishment, the Republican establishment, the president of the United States an…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate “Durga Angan”, a Goddess Durga temple at New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata later in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described the initiative as yet another example of what it called the hallmark of her appeasement politics.BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, issued a statement on social media on Monday, cla…
Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS) Several protests were organised in major cities of Nepal – including Birgunj, Janakpurdham, and Golbazar – on Friday and Saturday to protest against the brutal killing of Hindu men in Bangladesh. A 25-year-old Hindu youth, Dipu Chandra Das, was brutally killed in a mob lynching incident over false blasphemy accusations by a Muslim coworker at his factory on December 18. The mob killed Das and then hung his body from a tree before setting it on fire.In another heinous inc…
Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of the Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina on Thursday slammed the “illegal” interim government in the country headed by Muhammad Yunus for perpetrating unspeakable atrocities against non-Muslims. In a message to the Awami League supporters on the occasion of Christmas, Hasina stated that the Yunus government has set “horrific precedents” such as burning religious minorities to death.”In the recent past, Bangladesh stood as a…