Proposed quota hike for Muslims not based on religion, KCR reiterates
Reservation KCR also announced that a special session would be convened to pass the bills. TNM Staff KCR walking.jpg Facing flak, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao reiterated on Monday that the proposal to hike quota for Muslims is not based on religion but on their socio-economic backwardness. He told the state assembly that the […]
Mental Healthcare Bill decriminalising suicide passed by Parliament
Healthcare The bill states that a person who attempts suicide should be presumed to have severe stress, and shall not be punished. IANS Doctor-Appointment-Clinic-Healthcare-Medical-563427.jpg The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, that provides for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness, and also decriminalises suicide, secured parliamentary approval on Monday with the Lok Sabha’s assent […]
Sudan searching for French hostage: foreign minister
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490627024499202700KHARTOUM: Sudanese security agents have launched a search for an abducted Frenchman after a Chadian minister reported that he was being held in the neighboring country, Khartoum said on Sunday.Chadian Security Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said on Friday that a French mining worker who was kidnapped in Chad was now in Sudan.Sudanese […]
China to review murder sentence in loan shark killing case
Author: ReutersMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490626787929165300BEIJING: China’s top prosecutor will review a controversial sentence in which a man was jailed for life after killing a loan shark who had sexually assaulted his mother, in a case that has again ignited public anger over police incompetence.The government has promised to redress miscarriages of justice after several high profile cases, including […]
South Sudan rebels blame government for killings of aid workers
Author: ReutersMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490626567899139500JUBA: Rebels said on Monday the South Sudan government should be held responsible for the killing of six aid workers, the deadliest single assault on humanitarian staff in a three-year-old civil war.The government said it was too early to say who was behind Saturday’s ambush. A UN official said on Monday it could amount […]
Myanmar army chief defends military campaign in Rakhine
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490626500119125400Yangon: Myanmar’s army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of killing and torture against Rohingya Muslims there.Almost 75,000 people from the persecuted minority have escaped to Bangladesh after the military launched operations in the north […]
On Muslims' agenda: Fight US proposals to ban Sharia law
Author: PHILIP MARCELO | APMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490626168539083200Muslims complain they’re frivolous bills meant to spread fears and sow suspicion of their religion in a nation divided.But supporters of state proposals to prevent Islamic code from being used in American courts argue they aren’t overtly anti-Muslim and are needed to safeguard constitutional rights for average Americans.The bills, variations of […]
Three Malaysian hostages recovered in Philippines
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490626133579077800MANILA: Three Malaysian seamen kidnapped eight months ago by Muslim extremists have been found safe in the strife-torn southern Philippines, the country’s military chief said on Monday.Troops found the three before midnight Sunday in a mountainous area of Jolo island after they were abandoned by their Abu Sayyaf captors, General Eduardo Ano […]
Crackdown creates meat shortage in most populous India state
Author: BISWAJEET BANERJEE | APMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490625977109047600LUCKNOW, India: India’s most populous state is running out of meat.After the Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh this month on the back of a resounding electoral victory and named a Hindu priest-cum-politician as the state’s chief minister, the government began cracking down on illegal slaughterhouses […]
Leader of India’s biggest state boosts Hindu right agenda
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490625888109034900BISHARA: When India’s prime minister named a hard-line Hindu known for his anti-Muslim speeches to head its largest state Uttar Pradesh this month, many saw it as a sign his party’s huge election win had emboldened him to pursue a more radical agenda.But in the village of Bishara in Uttar Pradesh, where […]
