Gang that drugged and robbed passengers caught
June 13th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Five members of a gang that used to drug and rob people have been caught near the Kashmere Gate railway station where they had gone ... Read more...
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Malaviya’s birth anniversary to be commemorated
January 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A national committee led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been set up to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of freedom fighter and educationist ... Read more...
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In ancient India, there was zero tolerance for corruption
November 10th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Team Anna's campaign against corruption may have caught the imagination of the nation, but what is perhaps little known is that though ancient India had a ... Read more...
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Bihar offers land for AMU centre
May 27th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, May 27 (IANS) The Bihar government has offered 250 acres of contiguous land for an Aligharh Muslim University (AMU) centre, becoming the fourth such state after Kerala, West Bengal ... Read more...
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Access to information sign of democracy: Habibullah
March 30th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Aligarh, March 29 (IANS) Democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information, which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and make governments accountable, National ... Read more...
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Jamia, Delhi advance in inter-varsity hockey
December 29th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia and Delhi University (DU) won their knock-out matches in the North Zone Inter-University men's hockey tournament here Wednesday. Jamia thrashed Bundelkhand University ... Read more...
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Woman not allowed to teach after burqa refusal
July 30th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) A lady teacher in West Bengal's first Muslim university, the Aliah University, was not allowed to teach after she refused to wear the burqa (veil) inside the ... Read more...
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UK Police set to hand over personal data of 1,000 British Muslim students to CIA
April 1st, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 1 (ANI): In the wake of the Detroit flight bombing bid by Nigerian-origin British student, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, police in Britain are set to share personal information concerning the private ... Read more...
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A rally with a secular message
January 4th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A group of students from Jamia Millia Islamia will carry out a unique cycle rally from Pushkar in Rajasthan to New Delhi on a mission to "join ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia wants to shed madrassa tag: Vice Chancellor (Interview)
December 29th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia is trying to shed the widely perceived "superior madrassa" tag, says Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung, asserting that his job is to ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia not a minority university
December 2nd, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) As the debate over the minority status for Jamia Millia Islamia rages, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry Wednesday said the institution is not a minority central ... Read more...
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Highlights of union budget for 2009-10 (Fourth Lead)
July 6th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Highlights of the union budget for the current fiscal presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday:
- No change in corporate tax rate ... Read more...
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Collective religious rituals fuel support for suicide attacks
February 19th, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 19 (IANS) Researchers conducted a set of experiments to unravel ties between religion and support for suicide attacks and 'parochial altruism,' or sacrificing oneself for the group.
Suicide attacks are ... Read more...
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Kerala Muslim university students to get Egyptian degrees
March 24th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 (IANS) Students of certain colleges of Jamia Markazu, a Muslim university in Kerala, will soon get degrees on par with those of Egypt's Al-Azhar University, officials said here Monday. ... Read more...
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