Ali Khan

Sex, virginity in Muslim women mag

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Singapore, April 23: There’s a beautiful model on the cover, a teaser about an article on sex and a swimsuit spread, but what makes Asia’s newest women’s magazine stand out is its audience: stylish, modern Muslims.

Aquila, which means sensible and intelligent in Arabic, was launched last month by founder and publisher Liana Rosnita Redwan-Beer as the first magazine to cater for young, educated Muslim women with a worldly outlook who also want to remain true to their faith. Modest and fabulous is the magazine’s slogan.

Unwed Couples on Target in Sharjah

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Sharjah, April 23: Police in the conservative Sharjah emirate are hunting for unmarried couples sharing the same address.

The door-to-door search is the latest effort by Sharjah authorities to enforce Islamic codes in their enclave, which borders far more freewheeling Dubai. The campaign, detailed Thursday in local media, follows a police report that a couple was arrested for living together out of wedlock.

Violators may face jail and deportation. But Shariah, or Islamic law, remains on the books and includes possible sentences of lashings.

Muslims Enslaved by Islam

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Washington, April 22: Franklin Graham Evangelist chosen to lead Army prayer day says Muslims enslaved by Islam.

Army mulls disinviting evangelist after attacks on Islam surface, but church leader isn’t backing down

The Christian evangelist invited to serve as honorary chairman of the Army’s National Day of Prayer declined to walk back remarks accusing Islam of being a “wicked and evil” religion in an interview broadcast early Thursday.

No one is stealing Telangana water

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Hyderabad, April 22: Since India is a federal democracy, and because rivers cross state boundaries, creating efficient and equitable mechanisms for allocating river flows has long been an important legal and constitutional issue. We must understand the real picture regarding the utilisation of river waters within Andhra Pradesh to judge the Telangana question.

The two most important rivers for Andhra Pradesh are the Krishna and the Godavari.

The Krishna

Belgium set to ban burqa

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Belgium, April 22: Belgium lawmakers set to ban Islamic burqa ThursdayBelgian lawmakers are set Thursday to impose a ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public, the first clampdown of its kind in Europe, unless the nation’s political crisis disrupts their vote.

On March 31, the federal parliament’s home affairs committee voted unanimously to endorse a nationwide ban on clothes or veils that do not allow the wearer to be fully identified, including the full-face niqab and burqa.

Judge sought SEX from refugee

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Ottawa, April 22: A former Canadian immigration judge was today found guilty of trying to coerce sex from a South Korean woman in exchange for granting her asylum, the court said.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Thea Herman ruled former Immigration and Refugee Board judge Steve Ellis, 50, was guilty of breach of trust and bribery in relation to the refugee application.

Spycam in LADIES TOILET

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New Delhi, April 22: An office-boy of a call centre was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly installing a spy-camera in the ladies’ lavatory in the office, police said.

Sanjay was apprehended following investigations into a complaint filed by a call centre in north-west Delhi’s Peetampura and its women employees after they found a spy-camera in a packet of freshener.

The incident came to light four days ago but the complaint was made today, a senior police official said.

Tri-Marriage Defame Islam

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Hyderabad, April 22: Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik became involved in a fresh imbroglio in Hyderabad on Wednesday, a day after he got his passport back from a court.

A little- known Muslim organisation filed a complaint in the Nampally criminal courts against Shoaib and 13 others, including his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui and second wife Sania Mirza, alleging that the ‘triangular marriage’ episode had brought disgrace to the community.

Cut motions against govt issue whip

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New delhi,April 22 :Both the opposition parties ie left and bjp are moving cut motion on customs duty hike against the UPA govt .THE BAHUJAN Samaj Party ( BSP), with 21 MPs, is suddenly emerging as an “ important” party in Parliament.The cut motion planned by the Opposition against the government is scheduled to be taken up in the Lok Sabha on April 27.

Saudi to build NUKE plant

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Riyadh, April 21: The government of Saudi Arabia has announced a new section of its capital Riyadh is set to be powered solely by nuclear energy. This will be the first nuclear power plant in the Gulf states, and the first in the broader Middle East.

If the U.S. government backs Saudi Arabia’s bid to build a reactor, they’ll be creating the potential for nuclear growth within the GCC, or Gulf Cooperation Council, whose members include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman.

Judge-prosecutor affair in US SC

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Washington, April 20: The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the case of a Texas man who learned after being sentenced to death that the prosecutor and judge at his murder trial were having an affair.

The highest US court declined to intervene in the case of Charles Dean Hood, 40, who filed a petition in the case last September.

Hood was convicted in 1990 of a notorious double murder carried out the year before. His execution has been delayed five times over the years amid various appeals.

Beware Of Kissing Disease!

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London, April 20: Kissing is getting common in these days, but for students at Edinburgh University it spells trouble — they are falling ill owing to what has been termed as the ‘kissing disease.’

Buzz up!

Owing to the kissing disease, 57 students of the university are suffering from glandular fever. The girls have more severe symptoms than their male counterparts suffering from the illness. At an average, the female patients missed 16 hours of classes because of the illness compared to three hours for men.

Magistrate under scanner

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Ahmedabad, April 20: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Gujarat high court order directing an inquiry against judicial magistrate SP Tamang who had held that teenager Ishrat Jahan and three other alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives were killed in a fake encounter by the state police.

Shabana feeds on Veg salad to shed kilos

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Mumbai,April 20 :SHABANA Azmi had a good time eating while preparing for her character for Gurinder Chadha’s It’s A Wonderful Afterlife where she plays a plump middle- aged woman.But now, the actress seems to be regretting the eating exercise, albeit all for a professional cause.

Bar dancer to attract crowds for Rahul rally

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Lucknow,April 20 :Every day a new innovative idea is invented to garner the support of public,now the bar dancers were paid two lakhs to attract public for rahul rally .Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s efforts to instill a better brand of politics in Uttar Pradesh could remain just a dream, thanks to his party workers.

Pujari throws Wife and new born into river

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Patna,April 20 :ANGRY at his wife for not bearing a son four years after marriage, a temple priest pushed her into the Ganga from a bridge at Mokama in Bihar. Before that, he tossed their two- and- a- halfyear- old daughter into the river.The little girl died but her mother survived to tell the tale of her husband’s cruelty.

Toni Devi, 25, told the police at Hathidah police station in Patna district that her husband, Chandan Kumar Pathak, had thrown their only daughter Anjali from the Rajendra Bridge before shoving her into the Ganga on Wednesday night.

Hyderabad metro fails to get bidders

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Hyderabad, April 19: The much- hyped Hyderabad Metro Rail Project has hit the roadblock with the pre- qualified bidders evincing least interest in submitting their financial bids before the stipulated deadline.

The Andhra Pradesh government had earlier set April 9 as the deadline for submission of financial bids and later extended it to April 21. However, since none of the shortlisted bidders came forward till Saturday, it has extended the deadline further till June 7.

India will convert into Gujarat

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New Delhi, April 19: “If they proceed to build a mosque on Ram Janma Bhoomi land, whole India will become post-Godhra Gujarat,” Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Shri Ashokji Singhal said in Surat on Sunday.

Singhal said, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and VHP leader Praveen Togadia’s investigation by SIT will make more Hindus awake, as they are not happy with it.

Must Watch: The Hidden Face of Shoaib

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Although Shoaib Malik is settled with Tennis sensation Sania Mirza. He has a tinted past which can be easily gauged by related photos.

Ayesha Siddiqui case of ‘fraud’ and ‘cheating’ against Shoaib, claiming that she was already married to him and after the intervention of community leaders, Shoaib divorced Ayesha, who had earlier claimed that they had both got married in 2002.

Shoaib signed the talaqnama (divorce papers) after the leaders said that the public splashing and scrutiny of the episode had brought a bad name to the community.

200 illegal Temples reappear

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Mumbai, April 19: At least 200 worship places, which were declared illegal by the Bombay high court in 2003 and subsequently demolished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), have sprung up again.

In 2003, the Bombay high court, hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Bhagwanji Rayani, had ordered demolition of 1,300 religious places of the total 2,000-odd; to its credit, the civic authorities are believed to have carried out the order.

US affirms support to Israel

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Washington, April 19: The United States “will not waver” in its support and protection of Israel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday on the eve of the Jewish state’s 62nd anniversary.

Despite tensions between President Barack Obama and the administration of hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Clinton stressed that “the United States will continue to stand with you, sharing your risks and helping shoulder your burdens, as we face the future together.”

4 Hindu Militants slip to Pakistan

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Jammu,April 19 :SECURITY forces in Jammu and Kashmir have been trying hard to nab four Hindu militants operating as members of the Lashkar- e- Tayyeba ( LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfits.The militants were operating in the border districts and have evaded arrest for nine years.

But now, intelligence inputs said that two of these militants were likely to have crossed over to Pakistan- occupied Kashmir ( PoK) for training.The militants were involved in terror activities in the Poonch and Rajouri districts.

Man 85 marries 75 woman after 40 years love

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Lucknow,April 19: LOVE is an elixir for existence and one that ultimately brought Churai Yadav and Phoolmati together.But their’s is an unusual love story. For Churai is 85 years old And Phoolmati is 75.

They have been in love with each other for the last 40 years and it was only recently that Churai could muster the courage to ask for her hand in marriage.

IT sleuths after Reddy brothers and IPL

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New Delhi,April 19: Congress sources says it will open Income Tax files and speed up cases. Specially against the Reddy brothers who are ministers in Karnataka and are like Mafia dons involved in recent disturbances and communal riots in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad went through a bout of 2 week communal riots after a gap of 20 years and these communal riots were sponsored by Andhra politicians who are against the formation of Telangana .

2 explosions outside Bangalore stadium

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Bangalore, April 17: Two explosions have been heard outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. There are reports that six to eight people have been injured.

The blasts are of low intensity, according to the police. One security guard has been injured seriously in the explosion.

The IPL match between teams Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians was scheduled for 4pm today. The toss which takes place at 3:30pm has been delayed.