Veiled Muslim women barred from entering France
June 13th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 13 (IANS) Three Saudi women were barred from entering France for refusing to remove their face veils, it was reported here Wednesday.A 2011 French law bans people from ... Read more...
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Osama’s wives, kids seen in new video
April 10th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 10 (IANS) A new video on Osama bin Laden's widows in a Pakistani prison shows a boy stacking teddy bears on a chair while another grabs a cricket ... Read more...
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Finally, covers go off Mayawati statues (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Draped in pink sheets since Jan 11 following an Election Commission (EC) order, the covers have gone go off scores of statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief ... Read more...
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Finally, veils to go off Mayawati statues
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Draped in pink sheets since Jan 11 following an Election Commission (EC) order, the veils will at long last go off scores of statues of ... Read more...
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Finally, veils go off Mayawati statues (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Covered in pink sheets since January following an Election Commission (EC) order, the drapes were at long last drawn off from scores of statues of Uttar ... Read more...
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Gaultier’s show infuriates Winehouse’s father
January 28th, 2012 - 8:14 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) Mitch Winehouse, father of Amy Winehouse, has accused fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier of cashing in on the late singer's death by using her as ... Read more...
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Show face to police, burqa-clad Australians told
July 2nd, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 2 (IANS) Women wearing the burqa or full-face veils will now be forced to show their faces when stopped by police, a senior official said.Attorney-General Greg Smith said ... Read more...
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France detains two women as burqa ban takes effect
April 12th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) Two Muslim women were arrested in Paris Monday for wearing face veils or burqa as France moves to enforce a ban on full face coverings, ... Read more...
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HP Unveils TouchPad To Take On Rival Tablets
February 10th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Those who had thought that HP is out of the tablet race are wrong. The Computer giant has taken the veils off its upcoming touch screen ... Read more...
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Hesse becomes first German state to ban Islamic face veil
February 5th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Feb 5 (ANI): A German state, Hesse, has become the first in the country to ban the full Islamic face veil for public sector workers.The case was brought after a woman ... Read more...
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Audi A6 Revamped With New Features
December 3rd, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Audi the elite car maker has taken the veils off the upcoming A6 its luxury Sedan which can improve its share in the US car market ... Read more...
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MJ’s kids say pop star father was ‘normal’ dad
November 10th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): In a rare television interview, Michael Jackson's eldest children have spoken about their late father insisting he was a normal dad who cooked them breakfast and went ... Read more...
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MJ’s kids ‘didn’t mind being disguised’
November 9th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 9 (ANI): Michael Jackson's kids have said that they didn't mind their father's act of disguising them to escape the fans.The King of Pop's three children, Paris, Prince ... Read more...
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Wrong to see Muslim women who cover hair or body as a threat, says Cherie Blair
November 5th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 5 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, has backed Muslim women who wear 'burqas', saying that it was wrong to see those who cover their hair or ... Read more...
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HP Slate: Good For Corporate Users, But This Is No iPad Killer!
October 23rd, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After much wait and anticipation HP has taken the veils off the Slate 500 - its much touted Internet tablet. However, it is quite evident that ... Read more...
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Hulu Now Available In New Sony LED TVs
October 14th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today Sony the Japanese Electronics giant took the veils off the spanking new NSX-GT1 series of LCD TVs and the NSZ-GT1 Blu-ray player both capable of ... Read more...
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‘X Factor’ Song Choices Thrills Viewers
October 10th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
After much wait and anticipation, the veils were taken off the reality show named 'X Factor' and the opening Live show enthralled the viewers. The song selection of the ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim woman sacked for refusing to wear burka wins ’sexual, religious discrimination’ case
October 4th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): An industrial tribunal looking into the matter of a British Muslim woman, who was awarded over 13,500 pound after being sacked for refusing to wear a headscarf or ... Read more...
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British college bans veils
September 24th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) A college in Britain has banned veils, drawing criticism from Muslim community leaders, a media report said.
Burnley College, Lancashire, said that for security reasons, all students, staff and ... Read more...
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French Senate bans Muslim face veils in public
September 15th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Sept 15 (ANI): French senators have voted for a bill banning face veils in public places. They voted 246 to one in favour of the bill, already passed in the lower ... Read more...
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Designer veils flood Varanasi markets during Ramzan
September 4th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
By Girish DubeyVaranasi, Sep 4 (ANI): Designer veils of various kinds have flooded the markets during the Ramzan in Uttar Pradesh.Shopkeepers have displayed different kinds of designer Burqa or veils luring the ... Read more...
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Burqa not to be forced on girl students in Bangladesh
August 25th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Bangladesh government Wednesday asked the educational institutes in the country not to force Muslim girl students to wear veils or religious attire.
Education Secretary Sayed Ataur Rahman also directed ... Read more...
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Bangladesh court bars forced Islamic dress code in work place, schools
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 23 (ANI): A Bangladesh high court has ruled that people cannot be forced to wear skull caps, veils or other religious clothing in workplaces, schools and colleges.The ruling was announced ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda No.2 slams ’shameless’ French veil ban
July 28th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): The second-in-command of the terror network Al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri, has described the French Government's move to ban veils, as a "shameless war".Identifying French Muslim women as ... Read more...
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Saudi clerics declare French Muslim women exempt from wearing veils
July 26th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Two Saudi clerics have declared Muslim women are exempt from wearing full veils in France, but added they should avoid visiting it as tourists.The comments by Islamic jurisprudence ... Read more...
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Two French Muslim women marched out of swimming pool for wearing burkinis
July 23rd, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): Two Muslim women wearing specialised bathing suit, or burkinis, were marched out of a public swimming pool in FranceThe women jumped into the water wearing garments that ... Read more...
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Brit minister vows to oppose calls for banning burka in UK
July 19th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 19 (ANI): British Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has vowed to oppose calls for banning burka in United Kingdom, and added that wearing a burkha could be "empowering" for some Muslim ... Read more...
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Burqa empowers women, says British minister
July 19th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (IANS) As debate intensifies across Europe on banning the Islamic full-body veil at public places, a British minister has defended a Muslim woman's right to wear the burqa and ... Read more...
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Syria bans women wearing veils in universities
July 18th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, July 18 (DPA) Syria has issued a directive banning women who wear full-face veils from attending public and private universities, the state-run news agency Sana reported Sunday.
The directive reportedly came from ... Read more...
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Australian senator demands burka ban in country
July 18th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, July 18 (ANI): Australian liberal senator Cory Bernardi has urged the country to follow the lead of France and ban the burka, describing it as ``the most public symbol of fundamentalist ... Read more...
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Britain rules out possibilities of imposing ‘burka’ ban
July 18th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 18 (ANI): Britain ruled out the possibilities that it will not follow France by introducing a law banning women from wearing the facial veil or 'burka'.According to the BBC, the ... Read more...
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Two-thirds of Britons support Islamic burka ban
July 17th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): More than two-thirds of Britons believe there should be a complete ban on wearing the burka across the country.According to Sky News, seventy one per cent of ... Read more...
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France Approves Burqa Ban
July 14th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Yesterday, the lower house of French Parliament voted in favor of banning the burqa, the full veil of women which covers face and body. The vote ... Read more...
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Spanish senate calls for nationwide burqa ban
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 23 (DPA) The Spanish senate Wednesday approved a motion urging Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government to ban Islamic all-body veils in public places.
The government needed to take legal ... Read more...
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Bill to ban the burqa to be debated in New South Wales
June 23rd, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 23 (ANI): Christian Democratic Party MP Fred Nile's bill to ban the wearing of the burqa in New South Wales will be debated in the Upper House.According to The ... Read more...
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