New Delhi : "The exclusive front-page report which appeared in the Hindustan Times today (Mumbai and Bhopal editions)linking Jamaat-e-Islami Hind with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is misleading, baseless and defamatory in nature, said Secretary-General Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Nusrat Ali in a press statement issued here Wednesday.

Jakarta, Sep 18 (Xinhua) Time magazine is likely file for a case review after the Indonesian Supreme Court ordered the magazine to pay former president Soeharto one trillion rupiahs ($106 million) for defamation, local media reported Tuesday.

Los Angeles, Sep 17 (Xinhua) Former US vice-president Al Gore has been given an Emmy Award for his effort to launch a cable TV network that features programmes created by viewers.

Gore received a standing ovation from the audience at the 59th annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Sunday, as his Current TV channel was named for achievement in interactive television.

Abu Dhabi, August 17th, 2007 (WAM) - A United Arab Emirates' newspaper
today urged US President George Bush to reconsider his Iraq policies,
saying that Washington is now caught between the proverbial rock and a
very hard place as both staying and leaving involve considerable loss
of face that can put a permanent dent in America's international outlook.

BY Dr. Maha Al-Hujailan

When people immigrate to other countries, most often they feel homesick and long for the countries they left behind. They remain wedded to past memories and to the families and places where they grew up. They remember all the details of their life back home and the longer they are absent from home the stronger these feelings torture them.

By Hassan Tahsin

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) CNN-IBN and NDTV India each walked away with nine of the 47 trophies on offer at the first-ever Indian News Television Awards.

CNN-IBN won the trophy for best English news channel while its Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai was adjudged newsmaker of the year.

By Sudheendra Kulkarni

History, whose inscrutable hand influences our individual and collective lives, rarely presents problems that have easy solutions. It creates complex situations with contradictory features, their complexity increasing in direct proportion to the diversity of the nation concerned.

By Sudheendra Kulkarni

One of the many sayings of Prophet Mohammed that have deeply influenced me is about peacemaking, and it has relevance to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. “Shall I inform you,� the Prophet tells his companions, “of an act better than fasting, alms and prayers? Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by their roots.�

By Sudheendra Kulkarni