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- Arrested Dahod police chief's remand extended
- Kashmir gives aid to slain militants kins as goodwill gesture
- Most of Bihar cities alarmingly dirty: Govt survey
- Kashmir shutdowns magnified by media: Omar Abdullah
- Delayed waking up: Terrorism investigations
- No fresh evidence to extend ban: SIMI tells court
- Sadique Alam clears UPSC exam three times in a row
- TCN dedicates a new section to India’s Ganga-Jamuni Tahzeeb
- Muslims help in construction of a Hindu temple in UP
- Kinalur: A new anti-people ‘development’ in Kerala
- Book Review: A Necessary Engagement—Reinventing America’s Relations With the Muslim World
- Four years of community news
- Muslim representation in Civil Services – An Analysis
- Rahim behaves like Ram or Robert to be part of crowd
- AMP appeal: Ensure enrolment in Census 2011
- A helping hand
- Non-violence needs women
| Arrested Dahod police chief's remand extended Posted: 11 May 2010 10:27 AM PDT By IANS, Gandhinagar: A Gujarat court Tuesday extended by seven more days the police remand of Dahod Superintendent of Police Vipul Agrawal, arrested in connection with the Tulsi Prajapati "gunfight" case. Agrawal was arrested by the state CID (crime) earlier this month and was remanded in police custody for seven days. He was the then Banaskantha police chief when Prajapati, the sole witness in the staged killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, was killed by the police.
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| Kashmir gives aid to slain militants kins as goodwill gesture Posted: 11 May 2010 09:36 AM PDT By Wasim Khan, AIP, Srinagar: The rehabilitation council of the Social Welfare Department of Jammu & Kashmir was already providing financial assistance to the children, widows and parents of terror victims but it has now gone a step ahead and is providing assistance to the family members of slain militants as well. The initiative has been taken in a bid to bring these families in the mainstream by extending a goodwill gesture. More than 40,000 people have died during the insurgency that started in 1989.
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| Most of Bihar cities alarmingly dirty: Govt survey Posted: 11 May 2010 08:10 AM PDT By TCN News, Patna: Most of the cities in Bihar are in red category, according to a Central Government rating of cities under the National Urban Sanitation Policy. The rating covers 423 major cities, almost 72 percent of India's total urban population. Of 19 cities of Bihar in the list, 17 are in red zone. Nationwide 190 cities are in red zone. Chandigarh is the cleanest city in the country with 73.48 score while Churu in Rajasthan, the dirtiest with 16.75 points.
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| Kashmir shutdowns magnified by media: Omar Abdullah Posted: 11 May 2010 07:52 AM PDT By IANS, Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday expressed anguish that the media magnified shutdowns in Kashmir but downplayed "reports of peace and development". "Stray incidents of hartals (shutdowns) and disturbances take place everywhere in the world, but when the same happens in Jammu and Kashmir, these are magnified larger than the factual position," Abdullah said at a seminar on Public Private Partnership here.
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| Delayed waking up: Terrorism investigations Posted: 11 May 2010 07:14 AM PDT |
| No fresh evidence to extend ban: SIMI tells court Posted: 11 May 2010 07:02 AM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Tuesday told a special tribunal of the Delhi High Court that the government had no fresh evidence against it to extend the ban while the police said the group continued to be active under other names. Moving three applications before Justice Sanjiv Khanna, counsel for SIMI Mobin Akhtar said: "The fresh notification (to extend the ban) was issued before the expiry of the earlier notification and so it is bad in law."
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| Sadique Alam clears UPSC exam three times in a row Posted: 11 May 2010 06:03 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: Sadique Alam belongs to a poor family but he was determined to be an IAS officer. He cleared UPSC exam three times. First time he cracked India's top exam in 2007 in first attempt obtaining 445th rank but he was not satisfied and again sat in 2008 to better his rank. Unfortunately his rank fell down from 445 to 595. This did not deter him from trying in 2009 and finally he got 135th rank this year, thus his dream to be an IAS officer came true.
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| TCN dedicates a new section to India’s Ganga-Jamuni Tahzeeb Posted: 11 May 2010 05:42 AM PDT By TCN News, Patna: We are proud of the fact that India is one of the most diverse countries in the world. India is a colourful canvas portraying a unique assimilation of ethnic groups displaying varied cultures and religions. India is home to Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity. In an effort to highlight our Ganga-Jamuni Tahzeeb, common culture and heritage, TwoCirlcles.net is presenting Unity Circle.
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| Muslims help in construction of a Hindu temple in UP Posted: 11 May 2010 04:03 AM PDT By NNN-PTI, Baghpat : In an exemplary show of communal harmony, Muslims of Niwara village are extending financial support in construction of a Hindu temple here. The Muslims of the village have collected about Rs 70,000 to help in construction of the lord Shiva temple for Hindus, who are financially not so strong. According to the village Pradhan Haji Rafaqat Ali, who is also advisor of the temple, the construction was initially opposed by some villagers but they soon joined others in supporting the cause.
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| Kinalur: A new anti-people ‘development’ in Kerala Posted: 11 May 2010 03:26 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Kozhikode: The people of Kinalur are afraid. They now do not go out of their homes. Police vehicles always roam about in the small village in Kozhikode district. Nobody knows what will happen in the next moment. And all live in constant fear of what may happen.
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| Book Review: A Necessary Engagement—Reinventing America’s Relations With the Muslim World Posted: 11 May 2010 02:56 AM PDT By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Name of the Book: A Necessary Engagement—Reinventing America's Relations With the Muslim World Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand
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| Posted: 11 May 2010 02:46 AM PDT By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Four years ago, with one part-time employee and $1200 as budget, we started a daily news media in English focusing on Indian Muslims. I had no idea that we will still be here four years later and reaching new heights with every passing month. Credit for this success goes to our friends, staff, and supporters who have contributed immensely to this cause.
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| Muslim representation in Civil Services – An Analysis Posted: 11 May 2010 01:00 AM PDT By M Naushad Ansari, Among 875 selected candidates, this year, 21 are Muslims. Last year, out of 791 selected candidates, 31 were Muslims. Hence, from around 4% in 2009 the Muslims' selection in the Civil Services Examination, popularly known as IAS exams, has come down to around 2.5%. Only remarkable achievement this year is that the topper is a Muslim, Shah Faesal, coming from Kashmir.
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| Rahim behaves like Ram or Robert to be part of crowd Posted: 11 May 2010 12:13 AM PDT By Dr Mookhi Amir Ali, Apropos "Why can't Rahim behave like Ram or Robert?" by Mohd Asim [Economic Times 10/05/2010. For the reasons that are too complex it has become necessary for Rahim's survival that he has to bend backwards not so much to show his patriotism but to be one of the crowd.
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| AMP appeal: Ensure enrolment in Census 2011 Posted: 10 May 2010 11:22 PM PDT By Mohd Shahanshah Ansari & Abdul Rahim Ahmed, The Census 2011 that began nationwide from 1st April 2010 is being conducted in two phases, namely i) Houselisting and Housing Census and ii) Population Enumeration. The census 2011 will help decide number of BPL people in 2013. If anyone fails to get into the databank he will be out of UIDAI which is an indirect proof of 'citizenship' for every individual.
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| Posted: 10 May 2010 07:58 PM PDT By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net, One may have a lot of courage and fortitude, but human beings need to share their joys and worries to keep their system normal. Man is, as they say a social animal and needs to be looked after and cared for. This is more than evident in times of a crisis.
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