Thursday, February 18, 2010

TwoCircles.net - Indian Muslim news

Bihar Cabinet approves allotment of land for AMU campus

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:38 AM PST

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Patna: Keeping his word to the Aligarh Muslim University delegation earlier this month, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made it that his Cabinet yesterday approved the allotment of 250 acres of land for special campus of AMU in Kishanganj district. Talking to media persons state cabinet secretary Mr. Afzal Amanullah disclosed the cabinet decision.

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Shahzad Ahmad remand extended to 7 days police custody

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:18 AM PST

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Shahazad Ahmad, who was picked up from his Azamgarh home on Feb. 1 was remanded to 7 days police custody.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed the Delhi Police Special Cell to keep Shahzad in their custody till February 25.

Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan asked for 10 days remand to interrogate him about laptop and two mobile phones recovered from Azamgarh. Police believe that Shahzad Ahmad is an "Indian Mujahideen" member. He is being blamed for having a hand in Delhi blasts of 2008.

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Ulama Council gears up for UP assembly poll, holding rally in Lucknow

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 08:43 AM PST

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Lucknow: Exactly after one year, the Azamgarh based Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) will hold a rally in the mini stadium of Vikas Nagar in Lucknow on Saturday. Earlier, on February 20, 2009 RUC had held a massive rally at historic Tile Wali Masjid in the state capital.

The organization, formed in wake of Batla House encounter in 2008, turned political and fielded its candidates in 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Further expanding its domain, the organisation re-christened itself as RUC for a pan India presence.

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AMP organizes free training for Maharashtra State Police Recruitment 2010

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:02 AM PST

By TCN News

Mumbai: Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), a non-profit organization of professional Muslims is organizing training and awareness camps to encourage Muslims to apply for Maharashtra State Police recruitment drive for 2010.

Maharashtra State is recruiting around 13000 Police Constables in Maharashtra Police. Low representation of Muslims in police is well known AMP is using this opportunity to prepare more Musim youth for police employment.

The details are as under:
1. Name of the Post: Police Constable
2. Date of recruitment: 8th March, 2010

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Delhi Govt clears project for roads in Jamia Nagar

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:53 AM PST

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The Expenditure Finance Committee of Delhi Government yesterday cleared a project for widening and reconstruction of some roads in Jamia Nagar area that falls in East Delhi. The Committee cleared four projects worth Rs.60.50 crore to create infrastructure in areas that fall around the Commonwealth Games venues.

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Help us build Ram temple, Gadkari tells Muslims

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:15 AM PST

By IANS,

Indore : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Thursday called upon Muslims to help build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Addressing the party's national council here, he said the BJP was fully committed to construct the temple at the site where the 16th century Babri mosque was razed by a mob in December 1992.

"Litigation is also pending for (the) resolution of this dispute, which may not offer a perfect solution because one party would lose and the other may win.

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US envoy extends 'hand of friendship' to Indian Muslims

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,

New Delhi : Wearing a black business suit and a pearl necklace sparkling in the dimly lit lawns of the India Islamic Cultural Centre here, Farah Pandith, the US Special Representative for Muslims, bowed her head low and listened with rapt attention as a cleric recited a verse from the Quran.

The verse was about Allah's command asking people on the earth to be just with each other and Pandith, a Kashmiri-born American diplomat, seized the opportunity trying to convince Indian Muslims that the US was a friend.

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Sohrabuddin shootout: CBI team visits accused cop's village

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:49 PM PST

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : The CBI team, re-investigating the killing of young Muslim man Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged shootout with police in Gujarat, visited Wednesday the village of former deputy inspector general D.G. Vanzara, who is the main accused in the case.

After the CBI took over the investigation of the case from the Gujarat police on the direction of the Supreme Court, this was the third visit of the CBI team to Illol village within a week.

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US is a friend of Muslims, says Obama envoy

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:49 PM PST

By IANS,

New Delhi : Farah Pandith, the Kashmiri-born US special representative for the Islamic world, Wednesday said her country wanted a "long-term relationship" with Muslims, based on "mutual interest and mutual respect".

Addressing an invited gathering mostly of Muslims in Delhi's India Islamic Cultural Centre, Pandith said the US wanted to invest in building a relationship with Muslim youth and establish people-to-people contact.

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Rakhshanda Jalil's English translation of Panchlight launched

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:29 PM PST

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Panchlight & Other Stories, eminent writer Rakhshanda Jalil's English translation of a collection of short stories by one of Hindi's foremost writer Phanishwar Nath Renu, was released by Jawahar Sircar, Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture, on 17th February at India International Centre, in the presence of a galaxy of noted writers including Harish Trivedi, Sudhir Chandra and Mushirul Hassan.

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Communal violence bill - how useful to victims?

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:24 PM PST

By Asghar Ali Engineer,

The Government has got clearance from the Cabinet for introducing the Communal Violence Bill in the coming session of parliament. The Bill was drafted originally in 2005 after 2004 elections in view of the Gujarat carnage of 2002 under the BJP Government headed by Narendra Modi. It was because of Gujarat carnage that Muslims voted for the Congress massively as a result of which NDA was defeated.

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AMU holds computer training workshop for language students

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:21 PM PST

By TCN News,

Aligarh: A Five-day workshop to train students for use of computer in promotion of languages has concluded today at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The workshop was jointly organized by Faculty of Linguistics, AMU and Central Institute of Indian Language (CIIL), Mysore.

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AMU signs MoU with George Washington University Law School

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST

By TCN News,

Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the George Washington University Law School, USA, which will facilitate faculty members, researchers and Ph.D. students from each other institution to participate for a semester or two as Visiting Scholars for the purpose of conducting research.

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Delhi's Islamic Centre rolls out red carpet for Farah Pandit

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:11 PM PST

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: The India Islamic Cultural Centre, the most sought-after modern address of the Muslim community in India's National Capital, today rolled out red carpet for its distinguished guest Farah Pandit who is on her maiden visit to the country as United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities. IICC president Sirajuddin Qureshi and who's who of the Delhi Muslim community gave warm welcome to Farah, Kashmir-born Indian-American Muslim who is now holding a coveted post in President Barack Obama's administration.

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Siddiqullah Chaudhry: A man with a mission

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:45 PM PST

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

In first week of February I was in Kolkata to attend the 3-day vehicle rally jointly organized by West Bengal unit of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) and Public Democratic Conference of India (PDCI) to campaign for reservation for Muslims. This rally was backed by several social, religious and political parties.

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