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Hyderabad MP Owaisi protests against detention of Muslim youths
Shoaib signed nikahnama, reveals his lawyer
J&K Govt for grant of ST status to Pahari-speaking people
Democracy in Pakistan can help resolve Kashmir issue: Mufti
SDPI launches Jan Kerala Yatra to reach out to public
AMU campus row: A hot cake for Bihar political parties
Thackeray's comments on Sania cheap gimmick: Jaipal Reddy
Pulianthope: Muslim-dominated area in Chennai faces marital insecurity
RTE: the Act needs Action
Batla encounter: Imam Bukhari meets PM with autopsy report, photos
Shahi Imam meets PM on Batla House shootout
Government doesn't pay for Kalam's foreign trips
Now, Shiv Sena has 'no objection' to Sania-Shoaib marriage
Curfew relaxation gives relief to people in riot-hit Hyderabad

Hyderabad MP Owaisi protests against detention of Muslim youths

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:42 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Hyderabad: Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad and president of Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi came out of his home past midnight yesterday when he was informed that Hyderabad city police and Special Task Force sleuths are breaking into Muslim houses in Old City area and arresting innocent Muslim youths. He went to the Charminar Police Station and sat on dharna demanding release of the innocents.

Shoaib signed nikahnama, reveals his lawyer

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad/New Delhi: A day after a young woman who claims to be the wife of Shoaib Malik made public the nikhanama to prove the marriage, the Pakistani cricketer Saturday admitted that he signed the marriage document presuming that the bride was the girl whose photographs were sent to him.

Shoaib's lawyer Ramesh Gupta told some news channels in Delhi that the signature on the nikahnama was indeed that of Shoaib's. "Shoaib told me that he signed the nikahnama, believing the girl to be the one whose photographs were sent to him," he said.

J&K Govt for grant of ST status to Pahari-speaking people

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 09:03 AM PDT

By AIP Bureau

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government will vigorously pursue with the Centre the matter relating to grant of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Pahari-speaking people of the state, Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo said on Friday.

She gave this assurance in the Legislative Council while replying to a discussion raised by NC member Mohammad Rashid Qureshi.

The Minister said the demand for granting ST status to Pahari-speaking people was also projected by the then Governor Lt Gen (Retd) K V Krishna Rao in 1993.

Democracy in Pakistan can help resolve Kashmir issue: Mufti

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:18 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Saturday hailed the move to strengthen democracy in Pakistan and saw a "silver lining" for the resolution of Kashmir issue in this "turnaround of democratic forces".

SDPI launches Jan Kerala Yatra to reach out to public

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:55 AM PDT

By Pervez Bari, Twocrcles.net,

Kasaragod (Kerala): The Social Democratic Party of India yesterday launched a state-wide campaign titled "Jan Kerala Yatra" to introduce to the politically conscious people of Kerala about the ideology of the party whose slogan is "Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Hunger". The captain and vice captain of the "Jan Kerala Yatra" are M. K. Manoj Kumar and Ashraf Maulvi respectively.

AMU campus row: A hot cake for Bihar political parties

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:44 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Thackeray's comments on Sania cheap gimmick: Jaipal Reddy

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:20 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy Saturday termed as "cheap political gimmicks" Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's comments on Sania Mirza's proposed marriage to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.

"The comment of Bal Thackeray is highly symptomatic of his notorious tendency to lend a communal colour to every issue. The people of India, in the second decade of 21st century, are much too mature and sophisticated for such cheap political gimmicks," Reddy said in a statement released here.

Pulianthope: Muslim-dominated area in Chennai faces marital insecurity

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 05:24 AM PDT

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

In Chennai, thickly populated Muslim areas such as Pulianthope, Triplicane and Royapettah are considered very important. Pulianthope is an area once thought to be very sensitive for communal disharmony especially during Hindu festivals Vinayaga Chaturthi and the Ganesh Utsavs. Decades ago these were causes for communal flare-up. Nowadays this Muslim dominated area is rampant with broken marriages even when there is improvement in their educational, social and economic condition and there is low graph of crimes.

RTE: the Act needs Action

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:09 AM PDT

By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net,

The much-awaited and much-debated Act -- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) -- is in effect now. And Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh hopes, now no children have to walk to long distance to attend a school as he had to in his childhood. By this India is now amongst one of the few countries which ensure compulsory education legally. It took nine years after the Constitutional amendment was done to make education one of the fundamental rights.

Batla encounter: Imam Bukhari meets PM with autopsy report, photos

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 02:52 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Imam Ahmed Bukhari of Shahi Jama Masjid today met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and presented him with the autopsy report of Batla House encounter victims Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid and their photographs showing bullet holes on the head of Sajid and bruises on their bodies. While saying that these documents clearly indicate the encounter was fake, Imam Bukhari urged the PM to order a judicial probe into the shootout.

Shahi Imam meets PM on Batla House shootout

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 01:55 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: A top Muslim cleric Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the alleged fake shootout at the Batla House in which two suspected terrorists were killed following the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Delhi.

Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari, who leads the prayers in Delhi's Jama Masjid, said he held a 35-minute meeting with the prime minister during which he showed him documentary evidence suggesting that the Sep 19, 2008 gunfight in Batla House was staged by the police.

Government doesn't pay for Kalam's foreign trips

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 01:47 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The government Saturday clarified that it was not paying for former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's foreign trips, saying his travel expenses were borne by his hosts.

A report in a national daily March 12 had suggested that ever since demitting office in 2007, Kalam has been a "frequent flyer" and the government was "looking to see if it can put a cap on such visits".

Now, Shiv Sena has 'no objection' to Sania-Shoaib marriage

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:41 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mumbai: A day after attacking tennis star Sania Mirza for her proposed marriage to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, the Shiv Sena did a U-turn on the issue Saturday, terming it her "personal matter".

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told mediapersons here that the party's views on Sania-Shoaib marriage were made clear in party mouthpiece Saamna Friday.

"Beyond that, we have no problems with Sania Mirza's marriage with anybody. It's a personal matter and she has right to make a choice of her life partner," Uddhav declared.

Curfew relaxation gives relief to people in riot-hit Hyderabad

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:24 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: The two-hour relaxation in curfew Saturday provided much-needed relief to the people in riot-hit areas of Hyderabad while the situation remained peaceful in the city.

Thousands of men and women came out of their homes in eight police station areas as curfew was relaxed from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. to enable people to buy essential commodities.