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Students develop obstacle detecting device for blind

Students develop obstacle detecting device for blind

The white and red cane used by the blind could soon become a thing of the past, if a blind navigation device that...

29 Aug 2013 12:32 AM IST

Poor facilities for Bengaluru clash

Poor facilities for Bengaluru clash

Lee Chong Wei’s title hopes at the World Badminton Championship earlier this month evaporated in the heat at the...

23 Aug 2013 10:36 PM IST

The move comes as Egypt struggles to combat rising militant attacks, most of them claimed by an Islamic State affiliate. (Photo: AP)

Egypt: Clerics offering religious advice in Cairo metro station stir...

The idea is to give Muslim worshippers a way to plug in fast to Islamic teachings and correct misconceptions of...

1 Aug 2017 1:55 PM IST

An untold number of people -- some estimates say up two million -- died in the savage violence that followed (Photo: AP)

Hindus killed Muslims, they are to be blamed for 1947 partition:...

August marks 70 years since the subcontinent was divided into two independent states -- Hindu-majority India and...

4 Aug 2017 3:46 PM IST

In this Aug. 12, 2017, workers stand around a giant saw installation that is cutting through a brick wall at the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India, 32 kilometres from border with Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

India opens first Partition museum 70 years after bloody event

A new museum on the Partition of the Indian subcontinent will soon open its doors.

15 Aug 2017 2:17 PM IST

where the Lahore lunatic Bishan Singh stands in no mans land between India and Pakistan, confused as to what to call home, is not so far from the truth.

Tales of parting from the midnight hour

Seventy years from Indian Independence, we speak to those who experienced the first taste of freedom and upheavals of...

15 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Bangladeshi Hindus seek Trump's intervention to save non-Muslims

A memorandum was sent to the Trump team which details minority persecution including the recent Brahmanbaria and Santal...

28 Nov 2016 11:06 AM IST

If those muscles are compromised in any way during foetal development, those functions are also likely to be compromised in the newborn baby. (Photo: Pixabay)

Texas could ban Jews, gays, Muslims from adopting children

An Austin-based adoption attorney said the bill fails to provide alternatives for prospective parents rebuffed by...

7 May 2017 10:08 AM IST

Trump loses another Army secretary nominee

My life of public service and my Christian beliefs have been mischaracterised and attacked by a few ... for political...

7 May 2017 12:51 AM IST

There are several other serious issues concerning the community that need to be addressed on a priority basis, a group of activists said. (Representational Image)

Modi not our hero, triple talaq not our only issue: Muslim women...

Modi's stand on triple talaq alone is not sufficient. It needs to go beyond that: Hasina Khan, an intervenor in Shayara...

6 May 2017 7:49 PM IST

As reported by the Guardian, Rights group estimates that 75,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference

Reports of atrocities inflicted upon the minority community have surfaced despite the government's denial.

3 May 2017 5:02 PM IST

JeNan Hayes of Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was barred from playing a basketball game at her high school because of the headscarf she was wearing. (Photo: AP)

Muslim basketball player benched for wearing hijab in US

Hayes's coach Donita Adams said that they were not informed about this rule, but had no choice but to leave her on the...

19 March 2017 1:08 PM IST