Fatwa prohibits uploading photos on matrimonial, social sites

BAREILLY: An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics here have termed as 'haraam' the uploading of photos on the internet for matrimonial purpose and on social networking sites.

The fatwa issued by Madarsa Manzar-e-Islam of Dargah Aala Hazrat came in response to a question posed by a man from Kanpur. Read more.........Fatwa prohibits uploading photos on matrimonial, social sites

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Failed students lock up teachers in Santoshpur school for 22 hours

KOLKATA: In a disturbing sign for the education sector in Bengal, a school headmistress and 14 teachers were locked up for 22 hours by a band of students demanding that they all be passed despite flunking the pre-board test. Local Trinamool Congress workers added slogan-shouting muscle to the protest, turning a school-level incident into a political controversy. Read more.........Failed students lock up teachers in Santoshpur school for 22 hours

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Child beggars beg for dollars at Bodh Gaya

GAYA: Nearly 300 child beggars jostle with visitors, particularly Europeans and Americans, visiting Bodh Gaya in the tourist season mostly with 'no father, no mother, one dollar please' plea and in the process mar the country as well as state's image. The number of child beggars comes down to about 100 in the off season, says Bodh Gaya researcher Rajiv Kumar. Read more.........Child beggars beg for dollars at Bodh Gaya

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FATWA FACTORY: Black hair dye, Women receptionists,'un-Islamic'!

The leading Islamic seminary, the Darul Uloom Deoband has now issued a fatwa against dyeing dyeing hair black. The seminary says that sharia does not permit anyone, whether male of female, to dye their hair black.Read more.........FATWA FACTORY: Black hair dye, Women receptionists,'un-Islamic'!

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UP Man's Fateful Days: Born on 12/12/1972, died on 12/12/12

Ghaziabad : Can you believe that a man in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, decided to die on 12/12/12. According to media reports, Krishna Pal on Wednesday, Dec 12 (12-12-12) "jumped from atop a water tank and fell about 80 feet to his death". He committed suicide to "challenge God" and decided to "die by his own timetable." Read more.........UP Man's Fateful Days: Born on 12/12/1972, died on 12/12/12

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Wife lost on gambling table

New Delhi: Like in Mahabharata where the Pandavas had lost their wife Draupadi in a gambling game, a man from Nehru Nagar area in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, not far from the capital of the Pandavas, put his wife at stake in a gambling game and lost her.Read more.........Modern Draupadi: Wife lost on gambling table

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