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Minority panel’s help sought for reinstatement of sacked Bihar Legislative Council employees

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:32:17 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

Patna (Bihar): To press the Bihar government to reinstate the 72 sacked Urdu employees of Bihar Legislative Council, a meeting of social activists and community leaders was held at Phulwari Sharif in Patna on 23rd July.

The meeting has sought justice from the National Commission for Minorities and National Human Rights Commission for the poor employees who were fired by Professor Arun Kumar, Acting Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council.

Curfew imposed in Jammu after suicide over Amarnath land row

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:13:12 -0700

By IANS,

Jammu : An indefinite curfew was imposed here Thursday to prevent violence a day after a man committed suicide to protest the cancellation of land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), police said.

Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Sudhanshu Pandey told IANS: "The indefinite curfew was imposed at dawn as a precautionary measure. The cremation of the body would take place by mid-morning."

Three-day AIDS/HIV awareness campaign at Jamia Millia Islamia

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:04:35 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

New Delhi: The Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing a 3-day AIDS/HIV awareness campaign among its students at the campus. The programme is being organized by NSS, VCTS and Jamia Cultural Committee in collaboration with Delhi State AIDS Control Society.

Qureshi community getting ready for active electoral politics

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:01:24 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

New Delhi: All India Jamiat-ul-Quresh (AIJQ) has decided to support those politicians from the Quresh community who are active in electoral politics so that representation of the community in legislatures could be raised.

The organization held a special meeting yesterday at India Islamic Cultural Centre and decided to identify and help those rich individuals of the community who are interested in contesting elections. The meeting was presided over by Sirajuddin Qureshi, the national president of AIJQ.

Bombay HC orders judicial enquiry into Aurthur Road jail case

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:56:44 -0700

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on 23rd July ordered a judicial enquiry into the city’s Aurthur Road Jail incident wherein Muslim jail inmates were allegedly beaten mercilessly by jail authorities last month.

Positive Muslim response to budgetary allocation for Muslims by Karnataka’s BJP govt.

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:52:44 -0700

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Bangalore (Karnataka): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the first state in South India where the Hindu rightist party recently formed government on its own, has allocated Rs 144 crore for welfare of Muslims, much to the surprise of many.

Chief minister B.S. Yeddiyurrapa, who also holds the portfolio of finance minister, presented the Budget for the financial year 2008-2009 on July 17, 2008.

SIO demands Indian Govt. to refrain from signing Indo-US Nuclear Deal

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:46:58 -0700

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal: The central secretariat of Students Islamic Organization, (SIO), of India has strongly demanded the Central Government to refrain from signing the Indo-US Nuclear Deal .

Muslims not satisfied with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s performance

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:21:07 -0700

By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Muslims in Bihar had pinned much hope on Nitish Kumar, a socialist in his political origin though he was accompanied with saffronites, when he assumed office of chief minister in November 2005, but after three years they are disappointed lot.

The Muslim community was hopeful that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s 10-point programmes meant for minorities will deliver, but it couldn’t, observe community leaders. They rate his performance in the last three years close to disappointing.

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Jharkhand govt. slow in implementing minority scholarship schemes

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:04 -0700

By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: The Jharkhand government has reportedly been not much active in implementing the central government’s scholarship schemes meant for minority students. The schemes launched by the present UPA government at the centre are aimed at removing financial blockade in the way of minority students.

An Islamic madrasa that teaches Sanskrit and Hindu Scriptures

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:23:08 -0700

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net

Very different from traditional Islamic madrasas, there is a madrasa in New Delhi that teaches its students Sanskrit, Gita and Ramayana besides Quran and Hadith.

Established in 2005 with the support of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), the madrasa whose most students are mainstream college graduates is located in Jamia Nagar area.

NHRC special rapporteur tours Gujarat relief camps

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:05:20 -0700

By IANS,

Mehsana (Gujarat) : Many survivors of the communal violence of 2002 complained they were denied even basic amenities in relief camps when a representative of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) met them during his Gujarat visit.

R.K. Bhargava, special rapporteur (Central Zone) of the NHRC, visited several localities in Sabarkantha and Mehsana districts during his five-day visit which began Sunday.

High Court adjourns Muslim reservation case till next month

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:25:37 -0700

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad : A larger bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising of seven judges has adjourned the batch of petitions challenging the legality of the Muslim Reservations Act till August 18 as some necessary records were not made available to the court.

The bench also said that it will take up the appeal of the Andhra Pradesh government to vacate the stay against the implementation of four percent reservations for backward Muslim in admissions to the professional colleges on July 28.

Five Hyderabadi youth, booked in terror cases, acquitted by court

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:20:42 -0700

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad : How the police uses baseless charges and fictious cases to frame and harass Muslims has once again been established with a local court in Hyderabad acquitting five youth in a terror related cases and ordering their release.

The youth who are now out of prison were arrested in September last year after the serial blasts rocked the city killing forty people and their alleged roles in the terrorist activities has become the hot topic of speculative reporting in the local media.

"To stop the BJP and Advani, we supported UPA"

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:31:35 -0700

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Kashmir leader says US not enemy of Indian Muslims

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:46:04 -0700

By IRNA,

Srinagar, India : Asserting that hunger and poverty and not the America were the real enemies of Indian Muslims, president of the National Conference, Omar Abdullah, said in his speech in Indian parliament that Indo-US nuclear deal will help India cope with hunger and poverty.

Speaking in the parliament in favor of the motion of confidence moved by prime minister Manmohan Singh, Omar said that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a bilateral agreement which would work on the basis of equality.

Urdu teachers’ posts vacant for years at Delhi University

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:40:58 -0700

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Urdu is second official language of the Delhi state government but despite all claims by the government for promotion and development of Urdu, Urdu education is at receiving end.

The prestigious Delhi University has 83 colleges under its umbrella, of which 28 comes under the Delhi state government. Urdu as a subject is taught in only 2-3 colleges out of 28.

IUML upheld nation's prestige, says Chennithala

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:20:42 -0700

By IANS,

Kozhikode : The Kerala unit of Congress party Wednesday praised the Indian Union Muslim League's (IUML) support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's confidence motion, saying the League helped the country uphold its prestige.

"Muslim League took a strong decision for the country's development," state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala told reporters here.

He said it was unfortunate that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) propagated the notion that the India-US civil nuclear deal was anti-Muslim.

‘Madrassa education to be made more attractive’

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:12:42 -0700

By IANS,

New Delhi : The government has proposed to make education in madrassas more attractive and improve the standard of education among Muslims in India, according to an official.

The proposal under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new 15-point programme for the welfare of minorities focuses on revising madrassa modernisation programme.

Omar lays foundation for tying the knot with Congress?

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:31 -0700

By F. Ahmed, IANS,

Srinagar : An impassioned speech by National Conference's Omar Abdullah that he would not make the "mistake" of standing again with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood out for its eloquence during the trust vote debate in the Lok Sabha. But it's being seen here at the same time as a major fence mending effort with the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir.

I will not stand with NDA again: Omar Abdullah

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:11:10 -0700

By IANS,

New Delhi : An impassioned Omar Abdullah of the National Conference declared Tuesday that he would not make the "mistake" of standing again with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, implying he would support the trust motion Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has moved in parliament.

Why not a uniform, complete Muslim Family Law Act for entire India?

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:25 -0700

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Do you think there is a Muslim family law act in India that covers all familial issues and that is applicable on all Muslims living in any part of the country, be it Gujarat, Goa or Jammu & Kashmir? If you think so, you are, sorry to say, absolutely wrong.

Unawareness making govt.’s monetary assistance scheme for divorced Muslim women useless

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:01 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh): The state has already in place a welfare scheme for poor and divorced Muslim women but due to lack of awareness about the scheme, its funds are returned to the government.

Bihar Govt. apathetic towards Dept. of Official Language

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:46:59 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

Patna (Bihar): The Bihar government may claim to have done a lot for betterment of the Rajbhasha Department (Department of Official Language). But the way it has been ignoring the employees of the Department exposes the reality of its claim.

Online courses to produce Islamic finance professionals

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:44:42 -0700

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

New Delhi: With Shariah compliant brokerage services now available in India and financial market opening door though slowly for Islamic finance, in near future there will be requirement of Islamic finance professionals. The Islamic Business & Finance Network (IBF Net) has come up with programmes to meet the requirement.

AP govt to arrange mass marriages of Muslim and Christain poor from next month

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:51:55 -0700

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad : The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has issued orders to organize mass marriages of poor Muslim countries and constituted a state level committee to supervise the implementation of the scheme.

Pro-RSS police officials are out to target Muslims,says Muslim Majlis-e-Amal

kashif@urdustan.com (TwoCircles.net) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:04:37 -0700

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,

Hyderabad : United Muslim Action Committee (Muttaheda Muslim Majlis-e-Amal), a platform of all major political parties in Andhra Pradesh has warned that the atrocities of police against the Muslim community will throw cold water on all the good steps the state government was taking for the welfare of the minorities.