Students at seminary set a new course

Tuesday 13 May '08

The old hostel for students at the Darul Uloom is being rebuilt with ‘modern’ civic facilities on the lines of an international university.

Fatwas and the real picture

Monday 12 May '08

A poster on the wall outside the office of the Vice Chancellor of the Darul Uloom in Deoband...

Darul Uloom throws its weight behind women’s quota Bill

Saturday 10 May '08

The Women’s Reservation Bill has got support from an unlikely quarter - the Darul Uloom Madrasa of Deoband.

Battlelines drawn

Sunday 4 May '08

Last week’s incident in Tarauli village, where a 7-year-old Dalit girl was thrown into a burning pit, has only festered old wounds

For ‘entering upper caste area’, Dalit child hurled into fire pit near Mathura

Thursday 1 May '08

In a chilling reminder of caste divisions that still run deep in rural Uttar Pradesh, an upper caste youth, pursuing a masters...

Crime and the Urban city

Friday 18 April '08

The authorities of Gautam Budh Nagar district, comprising Noida and Greater Noida, have come up with the highest...

Land acquisition in Noida: farmers threaten to kidnap officials

Tuesday 4 March '08

The land acquisition process for the proposed infrastructure projects in Noida and Greater Noida seems to have run into rough weather...

OUTSIDE A SEMINARY

Sunday 2 March '08

Deobandis are a proud lot—proud of the Darul Uloom and the way the seminary has inspired them to speak out. It’s a shame, they say, that few understand what the institution stands for

Antony assures jawans a better deal this Budget

Monday 25 February '08

With just a few days to go for the Union Budget, Defence Minister A K Antony on Sunday assured the Army “a better deal” this time.

Ganga Expressway ‘useless’: VP Singh

Tuesday 5 February '08

Former prime minister and Janmorcha Party chief Vishwanath Pratap Singh on Monday lashed out at the Mayawati Government for going ahead...

Money Orders tell migrant story: 50% from Noida goes to Bihar

Tuesday 22 January '08

Almost 1,000 a day, Rs 36 crore a year; figure quadrupled in four years, say officials.

Anti-Bainsla slogans dominate Gurjjar meet

Monday 14 January '08

Faced with opposition from the community which is no longer keen to see him as its sole leader...

Gurjjar front, flag soon: Bainsla

Friday 11 January '08

Just days before a Gurjjar Mahapanchayat on January 13, Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla on Thursday informally declared the formation...

Change rules to give me SPG cover, demands Mayawati

Wednesday 9 January '08

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday visited her constituency...

Bainsla hopes to be Kanshiram of Gurjjars

Thursday 27 December '07

Gurjjar leader Colonel Kirori Bainsla on Wednesday said that he will be “Kanshiram of Gurjjar samaj”.

Wife ‘dead’ in Bihar, man ‘sights’ her in Noida

Thursday 1 November '07

Three years after his in-laws charged him with murdering his wife, a man from Saaran district in Bihar claims his wife is alive and well.

Greater Noida has a greater plan: new city stretching all the way to Taj

Thursday 1 November '07

The Greater Noida Authority has drawn up a master plan for a new city to be developed along the upcoming Taj expressway.

Under attack, Gogoi says he’s open to CBI probe

Tuesday 17 July '07

Five days after Food Corporation of India Executive Director P C Ram was killed in an “encounter” between the Assam Police and ULFA...

Under attack, Gogoi says he’s open to CBI probe

Tuesday 17 July '07

Five days after Food Corporation of India Executive Director P C Ram was killed in an “encounter” between the Assam Police and ULFA...