Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Awards announced
By RINA,
New Delhi: Charanjeet Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha and Justice Mohammad Suhail Ejaz Siddiqui, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions, are among those to be honoured this year with Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Award.
Others to be honoured with Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Award 2008 are Manorama Deevan, Chief Editor, Press Asia International, Shahid Ali Khan (IPS), Mohammad Ateeq Siddiqui, Editor, AlYaum, New Delhi, Dr. Haneef Tareen and Saulat Public Library, Rampur.
BJP puts Congress on dock over Deoband remark
By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The BJP put Congress party in big trouble on Saturday when it asked the party to apologize the Muslims for its remark on India’s one of great seats of learning.
Would have run roller over Varun: Lalu Prasad
By IANS,
Patna : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday said that had he been the country's home minister he would have run a "roller" over Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims and bothered about the consequences later.
Speaking at an election rally in Kishanganj in Bihar, Lalu Prasad said: "If I were the country's home minister, and if Varun had said this (inflammatory speeches), then I would have run a roller over his chest, and thought about the consequences later."
Five days on, little progress in probing schoolgirl’s death
By IANS,
New Delhi : Five days after the death of 11-year-old Shano Khan, there was hardly any progress in the investigations as Delhi Police Tuesday said they were awaiting the post-mortem report to find out if she died due to corporal punishment she had received at school.
"We are still waiting for the post-mortem report. And without the report we cannot take any further action," a senior police officer told IANS on condition of anonymity.
"But today we spoke to some of Shano's classmates and took their versions into account," said the officer.
Muslims & Dalits urged to strengthen SDPI
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: In the backdrop of atrocities being committed on Muslims and Dalits it is imperative that Muslim voluntary organizations and movements come to the forefront for the advancement of these communities. It is high time for the Muslims to take initiative for the political movement that values democracy and social and economic equality, said A. Sayeed, general secretary of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) while addressing its Madhya Pradesh state party delegates here on Sunday.
Police reveal bloodied bag clue in Indian taxi driver’s murder
By DPA,
Wellington : New Zealand police said Thursday they were looking for the owner of a bloodstained bag found near the place in suburban Auckland where an Indian taxi driver was stabbed to death in his cab.
Hiren Mohini, 39, who migrated to New Zealand from Mumbai six years ago to give his wife and two daughters aged five and three a safe place to live, was killed by a passenger he had picked up in the city early Sunday morning.
Andhra to challenge high court order on Muslim reservation
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh government Monday decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the verdict of the high court quashing a legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs.
Immediately after the seven-member constitutional bench delivered its verdict, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah directed the state advocate general to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court.
Sa’adi’s poetry transcends boundaries of nations: Sonia Gandhi
By IRNA,
New Delhi : Sheik Sa’adi’s poetry transcends the boundaries of nations and the passage of time to embrace all humanity and all cultures, said Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Friday.
Christian cemetery closed by British being ‘revived’ by Bihar Govt
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
National Conf. on ‘Creativity & Innovation in Education’ on Jun. 25 at Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
MMA seeks Law ministry’s view on quota for backward Muslims
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Khurshid’s rebuttal to critics: No separate cadre for Hindu trusts
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
An interview with Dr Shariq Nisar, the architect of India’s Shariah Index
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Dr Shariq Nisar, the architect of India’s Shariah Index (i.e. BSE TASIS Shariah 50) has been the man behind the launch of many shariah compliant products in the country such as Taurus Ethical Fund (By Taurus Mutual Fund), Pure Stock Pension Fund (By Bajaj Allianz), Secura India Real Estate Fund (India’s only Shariah compliant SEBI approved real estate venture capital fund). Most recently Dr Shariq has been associated with the launch of Shariah compliant commodities trading by National Spot Exchange Ltd.
‘Right to recall’ elected politicians only hope for Muslim community
By Aziz A. Mubaraki,
‘Azaan’: Raza Academy sends legal notice, SP threatens agitation
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal Gas victims give call for indefinite ‘Rail Roko’ stir
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
For her, New Year’s vow is wildlife conservation
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
‘Save Constitutional Rights Movement’ launched by Muslim Law Board
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Do Muslims ever follow ‘Imams’ in elections?
By Ashfaque Khan,
Self-proclaimed tellers of the imagined Muslim Vote Bank are not going to influence voting behaviour in any significant way.
Israeli car blast: Kazmi moves bail application
By IANS,
New Delhi : Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for alleged involvement in the Israeli embassy car blast case, Friday moved his bail application in a Delhi court here.
Welfare Party of India’s organized its first public meeting in Kolkata
By Zaidul Haque, Kolkata
Home Ministry didn’t allow protest; Activists detained within 15 minutes
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Andhra’s cap on fee reimbursement will impact thousands of students
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Minority Ministry’s Independence Day ad depicts Sunita, talks about Salma
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
TDP’s ‘Muslim declaration’ has placed the community on cloud nine
10% quota in job and education; 8% quota in assembly; Rs 2500Cr in annual budget
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
IUML holds rally against ‘Cruelties of Air India against non-resident Keralites’
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Minority panel, civil society furious at Swamy’s ‘hate article’, might issue notice
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow Muslims reject Imam Bukhari’s statement against Anna
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Patna Muslim girl tops in IGNOU’s PGDCA at international level
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Wakf Protection Committee demands CBI enquiry into ‘scams’ in Kerala
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Curfew lifted in Kashmir valley, normal life resumes
By IANS,
Srinagar : Life bounced back to normal in the Kashmir valley Tuesday after two days as authorities lifted the curfew restrictions imposed Sunday to thwart a proposed rally by separatists.
Shops, educational institutions, banks, government offices, business establishments started functioning normally and traffic resumed in the state's summer capital Srinagar as the curfew restrictions were lifted.
“We have removed curfew from all the 10 districts of the valley at dawn today," B. Srinivas, inspector general of police (Kashmir Zone), told IANS.
‘Concept of Indian citizenship becoming meaningless in face of racial & ethnic tendencies emerging...
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
‘General Muslims fall victims to selective media; Safe for groups and orgns to raise...
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,
See no reason why Bangladeshis would come to India: Prof. Monirul Hussain
Over four months have passed since violence broke out in the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in July 2012. In this special series on...
Hyd top cop’s fallacious claim: No Muslim youth was detained illegally, tortured or harassed
Commissioner, in his reply to the State Human Rights Commission , cleverly tried to skip allegation of false implication in terror cases, and didn’t...
One German hostage still alive: Afghan authorities
By DPA
Kabul : One of the German hostages purportedly held by the Taliban was still alive, but a second hostage had died of a heart attack, the Afghan foreign ministry said Saturday.
In a day of fast-changing developments, a ministry spokesman said that Kabul authorities were working to secure the safe return of the hostage still alive.
"Our security agencies reported to us that one of the German engineers is still alive and the second died of heart attack and heat," ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Baheen told DPA.