Rajasthan

Murder of Muslim was apparent religious attack

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

Police in western India have arrested a Hindu man they say brutally killed a Muslim laborer in an apparent religious attack. Press Trust of India reported late Thursday that the arrest came after the suspect shared a grisly video of the laborer Mohammad Afrazul being hacked to death and then set on fire. TV reports aired video of the victimRead more

Vidya Vox transforms from a YouTube singer into a global star

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Vidya Vox, a mash-up singer of Western electronic dance music and Indian ragas, loaded her crew into cars and ventured into the desert with sun visors from a 99-cent store. The YouTube star was shooting a new video and had packed an array of talents and nationalities to spend two days kicking up dust in Joshua Tree and Palmdale. “IRead more

Heavy rains lash western India; death toll 48

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

At least 48 people have been killed as large swaths of western India have been lashed by heavy monsoon rains and flooding over the last week, officials said Wednesday. In Rajasthan, home to a number of popular tourist destinations, the streets of at least four districts have been turned into virtual rivers, trapping tens of thousands of people on theRead more

Malaysia keen to invest in tourism, infrastructure in Rajasthan

Jaipur - Arab today

Malaysia on Sunday expressed keen interest in investing in Rajasthan, especially in tourism and infrastructure sectors. Prime Minister Najib Razak, who arrived in the pink city as part of his six-day visit to the country, held talks with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and senior officials to discuss investment opportunities for Malaysian companies. Najib noted that the state has emerged asRead more

Muslim man dies after attack by cow vigilantes in India

New Delhi - Arab Today

A Muslim man has died after he was attacked by hundreds of vigilantes while transporting cows in India. The attack comes as tensions in India have been rising over the slaughter of cows, animals which Hindus consider sacred. No arrests have been made, but police said they had registered a murder case over the death of Pehlu Khan, 55, ’inRead more

Relief for actor Salman Khan, acquitted

Jodhpur - Arab Today

In a relief for Salman Khan, a trial court on Wednesday acquitted the Bollywood star of all charges in the Arms Act case in the alleged poaching of two black bucks 18 years ago, holding that the prosecution permission given by the district administration was a "mindless move". In a 102-page long order, the chief judicial magistrate Dalpat Singh RajpurohitRead more

Indian court clears Bollywood star Salman Khan

New Delhi - Xinhua

An Indian court Wednesday acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan in a case of keeping firearms illegally. The court in the western Indian state of Rajasthan's Jodhpur city held the 51-year-old actor "not guilty" by giving him the "benefit of doubt," saying that the prosecution had not been able to prove that he used firearms to kill endangered black bucks nearlyRead more

The systems that shape our beliefs and attitudes

Paris - Arab Today

Judy Blum Reddy was born in New York, where her parents found refuge from the holocaust in Vienna. She later lived in Paris, where she met and married well-known Indian artist Krishna Reddy. Her work reflects the multiple cultures she has embraced. Poonam Jain belongs to the Marwari community from the western Indian state of Rajasthan, but she was bornRead more

Women farmers in northern India battle tradition, self-doubt to own land

Taardeh - ArabToday

Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. But she has never owned land — a right she has been denied by inconsistent inheritance laws and her community’s rigid custom that led her to believe only a man should ownRead more