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Narendra Modi: Travails of travel abroad
Kashmir's Kani shawl gets GI rank
Records show two dates of birth for Delhi blast accused
Need to monitor welfare schemes: Khurshid
Jamaat Islami’s Central Advisory Council meet skips Batla issue
Muslim organizations doing intensive relief work in cyclone-hit Bihar
Islam and Muslim women’s social roles
Where is the 1 million rupees of legal aid for Delhi blast accused?
For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader
A fact-finding report on communal violence in Hyderabad
The Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat – Part 3
Rahmani-30 declares entrance test results for Class X
SDPI to hold ‘Ladies Parliament March’ against WRB

Narendra Modi: Travails of travel abroad

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:18 AM PDT

By Ram Puniyani,

While law of the land is trying to catch up with the acts of commission and omission in the Gujarat carnage, another set of laws, the global ones have been very clear about permitting the entry of a person like Narendra Modi into their country.

Kashmir's Kani shawl gets GI rank

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:30 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir, AIP,

Srinagar: Kashmir's Kani Shawl has got the Geographical Indication (GI) rank that would legally prohibit people from selling duplicate Kani shawls made at other places, under the same name.

A Kani shawl is produced on a handloom from Pashmina fiber, which is known world- over as cashmere wool and comes from goats.

Kani shawls are woven on looms and also widely known as Jamawar. Two other shawls, Pashmina and Kashmiri Sozni have also got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

Records show two dates of birth for Delhi blast accused

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:22 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Principals of two former schools attended by Indian Mujahideen terror suspect and Delhi serial blast accused Salman Ahmad have produced in a city court documents that point to two different dates of birth of the accused.

Principal of Mumbai's Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika School Rita Mandal Tuesday appeared before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja and produced admission forms showing Ahmad's date of birth as Feb 9, 1992.

Need to monitor welfare schemes: Khurshid

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:18 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Government-sponsored welfare schemes need to be monitored so that the benefits reach the targeted sections effectively, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Tuesday.

"Wherever there are schemes for the welfare of people, especially for the poorer sections of the society, their implementation needs to be monitored so as to ensure that the benefits actually reach the people in an effective way," Khurshid said.

Jamaat Islami’s Central Advisory Council meet skips Batla issue

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:34 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The 5-day meet of the Central Advisory Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind concluded here today after passing resolutions on various national and international issues including Women Reservation Bill, Ranganath Mishra Commission, sanctions against Iran and Indian government's action against Naxalism. But the Council skipped the issue of Batla House encounter and false implication of Muslim youths in terror cases.

Muslim organizations doing intensive relief work in cyclone-hit Bihar

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:28 AM PDT

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Once again, true to their history of work post-calamities, Muslim socio-religious organizations have launched relief and rehabilitation work at war footing in the cyclone-hit eastern Bihar districts of Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj. Without discrimination of caste and creed, they are distributing relief materials among the families affected by the devastating cyclone last week.

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 04:18 AM PDT

By Maulana Waris Mazhari,

(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)

Where is the 1 million rupees of legal aid for Delhi blast accused?

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:44 AM PDT

By TCN Special Correspondent,

New Delhi: With financial crunch and trials on head, there is another bad news for the families of the accused in the Delhi serial bomb blast case — the money given by Samajwadi Party to Jamia old Boys Association (JOBA) for legal aid of the accused Jamia Millia Islamia students is no more for them.

For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:36 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: "Dalits are victims of both Hindu atrocities and Hindutva, and for the liberation of Dalits, Dalit-Muslim unity is must," said Dalit leader and President of Ambeker Samaj Party, Bhai Tej Singh. He was speaking at a function for release of the book "End Of Casteism"here in on Sunday.

The book is written by T M Mani, a well-known Dalit leader from Tamilnadu who waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. The book is documentation of his own struggle, sufferings and achievements.

A fact-finding report on communal violence in Hyderabad

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:09 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Hyderabad: A group of some social and human rights organizations visited the violence-hit areas in Hyderabad to find out the truth. The team met both Hindus and Muslims and visited affected religious places. The residents told the team the violence was politically motivated and pre-planned. The team has demanded a judicial probe into the communal violence by a sitting Judge of High Court.

Fact-finding team

The Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat – Part 3

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:21 AM PDT

By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

Early Success

Rahmani-30 declares entrance test results for Class X

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:35 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Patna: The Rahmani-30 coaching centre for IIT-JEE declared the result for the written test held on 3rd April 2010 for class 10th students. In total 6788 students had appeared in the test in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for admission at the Patna-based free residential coaching centre.

Out of 6786 students, 235 have cleared the written test and they have been called for interview.

Following is the list of successful candidates selected for interview. The interview will be held on 25th April 2010 at Rahmani-30 in Patna.

SDPI to hold ‘Ladies Parliament March’ against WRB

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:07 AM PDT

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Alleppey (Kerala): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will hold "Ladies Parliament March" and stage "dharna" (sit-in) against the Women Reservation Bill in the present form on May 13 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.