No flats for Muslims, says Bandra to saviour of Indians stuck in Kuwait
Feb 28, 2014When Saddam Hussein’s troops invaded Kuwait in 1990, 722 Indians set sail with Captain Zainul Abidin Juvale, on the cargo vessel MV Safeer, from Kuwait to Dubai.
When faith strikes a very loud note
Jun 13, 2016Community Leaders Urge Mosques To Tone Down High-Decibel Reminders Through Day And Night
Halal tourism takes flight for city’s religious travellers
Sep 9, 2018City-based diamond jeweler Imtiaz Motiwala has just returned from annual Haj pilgrimage. But if a tour operator offered him an Umrah (half-Haj) visit plus a tour to Turkey where he can visit the museum housing the Prophet’s mementos, he would grab the opportunity.
Rich Muslims reach out to Mumbai's poor with charity camps and free feasts for Ramzan
May 12, 2019
Malad slum school adds kickboxing to expel negativity
Aug 6, 2023Till a few months ago, 14-year-old Shaikh Saquib Ashraf, a class 8 student at Rose Mary English High School at the sprawling slum of Malvani in Malad West, would get angry at many things. He would get angry when he saw his father slogging at the back-breaking but low paying job as a rickshaw driver, was unhappy at his family's crammed existence in the infrastructure-starved impoverished pocket where neighbourhood boys often fought over minor issues.
Veteran stage-film actor Shaukat Kaifi dead
Nov 23, 2019Veteran theatre and film actor Shaukat Kaifi, who essayed memorable roles in landmark films like Garm Hawa, Umrao Jaan and Bazaar died at her Juhu home on Friday evening. She was 91 and is survived by daughter Shabana Azmi and son Baba Azmi.
Mumbai sees vote as rejection of Modi and mainstream parties
Feb 11, 2015Every Mumbaikar’s eyes widened in surprise as AAP made a clean sweep of the Delhi poll on Tuesday.
Unscrupulous traders give goats beverages ahead of Eid
Oct 15, 2013For nearly a fortnight ahead of the festival, some goats are forced by certain unscrupulous traders to have beverages, including beer, so that they look fat at the time of sale and fetch a good price.
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