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Modi seeks apology for German parliamentarians remarks
'Honest differences with Sharad on women's bill'
Curfew completely lifted in Hyderabad's riot-hit areas
Good if government quashes Haj subsidy, say leading Muslims
Indian Muslims should emulate Super 30 model
Case against four AMU officials for breach of privacy
Silent March in Azamgarh to press for Batla House encounter probe
Two-day workshop on Group Violence in South Asia begins at MIT

Modi seeks apology for German parliamentarians remarks

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:34 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Saturday sought the central government's intervention to lodge a protest with the German government against allegedly offensive remarks made by an unofficial delegation of German parliamentarians against Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

An unofficial delegation on a visit to India had stated Thursday that Modi was persona non-grata in the European Union countries and Germany also supported the denial of a visa to the chief minister for his alleged role in the 2002 ethnic conflict in Gujarat.

'Honest differences with Sharad on women's bill'

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:24 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar Saturday admitted that there was "an honest difference of opinion" between him and party president Sharad Yadav on the women's reservation bill.

Nitish Kumar added that members of the JD-U parliamentary party will take a decision on the legislation when it is taken up for voting in the Lok Sabha.

Curfew completely lifted in Hyderabad's riot-hit areas

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:20 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police Saturday completely lifted curfew in the old city and other areas rocked by communal violence late last month.

Police Commissioner A.K. Khan announced that night curfew was being lifted with immediate effect in all 25 police station areas as the situation had returned to normal.

However, prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people would remain in force in all 25 police station areas, he added.

Police had Friday extended the curfew relaxation period from 12 hours to 17 hours after the prayers passed off peacefully.

Good if government quashes Haj subsidy, say leading Muslims

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:27 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: If the government wants to do away with the subsidy for Haj pilgrims it is fine, some leading Muslims feel, but they want transparency and privatisation of the pilgrimage programme.

"There is no demand for the subsidy. The Haj becomes necessary only if you can afford it - physically as well as financially. If the government wants to end it (the subsidy), I will more than welcome that," Maulana Abdul Hamid Nomani, spokesperson of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, told IANS.

Indian Muslims should emulate Super 30 model

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:20 AM PDT

By Syed Ali Mujtaba,

There is a view among a segment of Indian Muslim that instead of seeking favors from the government and hankering for reservation for shedding the burden of backwardness, some members of the community should come forward and emulate the Super 30 model of Bihar to uplift the fellow members of the community.

Case against four AMU officials for breach of privacy

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:41 PM PDT

By IANS,

Aligarh: Acting on court orders, a first information report (FIR) was registered Saturday against four Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) officials and some journalists for breaching the privacy of gay varsity teacher S.R. Siras, who was found dead Wednesday.

Siras was filmed in a consensual homosexual act with a rickshaw puller in his room in the AMU premises and was suspended from the university in February for "gross misconduct".

Silent March in Azamgarh to press for Batla House encounter probe

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:00 PM PDT

By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,

Two-day workshop on Group Violence in South Asia begins at MIT

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:23 PM PDT

By TCN News

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Religious, ethnic or communal violence almost always have a political motive and that's what drives most of the actors involved in any violence. Professor Paul Brass summarized his 40 years research into violence in South Asia in his hour long keynote address delivered at MIT India Workshop in Cambridge on Friday.