6/13/2013: HT Indore and Beyond: The woman who dares

I agree that there are liberal Muslims in India but they do not speak up? Why does not Shabana Azmi, a social activist who has been honoured with an award for her social activities, speak up for the rights of the Muslim woman? Why does she not say ...

When 20-year-old Nasreen Shaikh was found dead at her husband's house at Mangaon in Raigad district four years ago, the police brushed it off as another case of suicide. However, the case wasn't as simple as it seemed. In depth investigations showed ...

Artworks by Nasreen Begum, left, Rafiqun Nabi on display at the exhibition. Gallery Chitrak has organised a group exhibition to raise funds to help the Rana Plaza victims and their families. Titled Human Being for Humanity, the exhibition ...

An open house planned for Saturday at Mosque of Nasreen in San Luis Obispo will introduce the public to Islamic beliefs and practices and the local Muslim community. Hosted by the Islamic Society of San Luis Obispo County and the Muslim Students ...

This comes when Bangladesh is already struggling to come to terms with a building collapse that killed more 650 people last month. A large rally, organised by the Hefazat-e-Islam, a pressure group consisting of teachers and students of religious schools, ...

Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Board of Governors Chairperson Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri on Thursday expressed the need to have forums to discuss sensitive issues pertaining to language policy in education. Mrs Kasuri was chairing the plenary ...

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Tuesday recommended to the government, with a majority vote, that it lower the sales tax rate to 16%. It also took the opportunity to remind Finance Minister Ishaq Dar of his stance, when he sat in the opposition ...

ISLAMABAD - The Senate's Standing Committee on Finance has rejected the proposal to enhance general sales tax from 16 to 17 percent The committee‚ which met under the chairman ship of Nasreen Jalil, approved various proposals for including in the ...

Ghana's central bank is prepared to raise its key lending rate if an increase in fuel prices after the removal of subsidies adds pressure on inflation in West Africa's second-biggest economy. Ghana raised gasoline prices by 3 percent on June 1, ...