Friday, February 19, 2010

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Chidambaram's commitment towards sportspersons' safety laudable: SDPI

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:36 AM PST

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has appreciated Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for allaying fears of world's sporting fraternity of security fears in the upcoming major sports events in India in the backdrop of bombing in Pune on February 13 and alleged new threats which raised fresh concerns over security.

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AMU students win JK Design Challenge

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:09 AM PST

By TCN News

Aligarh: Three students –Ibadur Rahman, S. Anwer Ali and Md. Nazibullah of Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University have won 1st Prize in All India JK White Design Challenge Competition held at IIT Kanpur.

Twenty Five teams from various IITs, NITs and other colleges across the country took part in the competition. The AMU team was awarded first prize of Rs. 20 thousand.The same team won second prize in the same event at IIT Kanpur last year.

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Dialogue between Islam and Eastern Religions to start Saturday

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:39 AM PST

By TCN News

New Delhi An international conference of dialogue between Islam and Eastern religions will be inaugurated here Saturday by M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India. The conference is being held by major Indian Muslim organisations with the cooperation of Jamia Millia Islamia's Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies and the Qatar-based World Union of Muslim Scholars.

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My name is Carmichael and I am not a terrorist

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:22 AM PST

By NM Sampathkumar Iyangar

My name is not Khan and I am no Bollywood celebrity. So, the Indian media will not go into overdrive when an American airport staffer lets me in only after a couple of hours of wait. There was a huge uproar about a 'national insult' when a superstar of that name was not cleared in a jiffy; the immigration official got suspicious due to his host's wheeler-dealer background and gave him the discomfort of queuing up to see his boss.

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Mallika Sarabhai writes to Amitabh Bachchan

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:01 AM PST

My dear Bachchanji,
Greetings from a Gujarati.

You are indeed a fine actor. You are an intelligent man and a shrewd businessman. But should I believe in your endorsements?

Let's take a brief look at what you proclaim you believe in (albeit for huge sums of money). BPL, ICICI, Parker and Luxor pens,
Maruti Versa, Cadbury chocolates. Nerolac paints. Dabur, Emami, Eveready, Sahara City Homes, D'damas, Binani Cement
and Reliance.

And now Gujarat.

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Reservation is our right not alms: M. J. Akbar

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:42 AM PST

By TCN News,

Hyderabad: "Muslim should not beg alms from government but also should not hesitate to ask for their rights. To get reservation is our right.

When other backward and deprived people are given security and all kinds of facilities then why not Muslims? Muslims who have ruled India for centuries are now losing their self-confidence" said noted
journalist and columnist Mr. Mobasshir Javed (M.J.) Akbar.

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No funds for minorities welfare in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:44 PM PST

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net

Lucknow: Lofty claims are made by governments for the welfare of minorities, however when it comes to implementation, all promises disappear in thin air.

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Sibal asks Aamir to not to quit copyright panel

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:09 AM PST

By IANS,

New Delhi: A day after Aamir Khan resigned from a government appointed committee to look into the Copyright Act, Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday said he has asked the actor to re-consider his decision.

Sibal said other members of the panel, including lyricist Javed Akhtar, had written to him that they would like the actor to continue on the committee.

The minister said he told the actor that the none of the members has questioned his integrity and he should consider withdrawing his resignation.

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Christians in Chennai 'protest fast' for Misra report implementation

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:57 AM PST

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: Several Christian organisations staged a day-long "Protest Fast and Dharna" at Chennai to demand that the Tamil Nadu Government and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, (DMK), party use its political goodwill with the United Progressive Alliance, (UPA), Union Government to help in the immediate implementation of the Justice (Retd.) Ranganath Mishra Commission report for full human rights to Dalit Christians.

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