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Court orders police probe into MCD's 'ghost' employees
Pak Shia leader urges Deoband Ulema to help stop sectarian killings
Tamil Nadu Class X results: Jasmin Banu tops
The success saga of Rahmani-30: Insights from an insider
What has happened to my beloved Mangalore?
IIT-JEE results out: Rahmani-30 results low, ranks high
Criminal proceedings against Geelani for perjury stayed
AMU VC felicitates Class X, XII toppers
Ittehad-e-Millat demands legal commission for youth falsely charged with terrorism
Children of Sunderbans still bear scars of Aila havoc
Congress to promote communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh
Kashmiri separatists unmoved by PM's dialogue offer
American Center attack: apex court stays Aftab Ansari's death sentence
Prime suspect of German Bakery blast held: Chidambaram
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan on Muslim leadership in contemporary India
Adv Khalid Azmi visits Azamgarh, vows to fight Shahid’s cases
Jamia Prof to be Guest Editor of Computer Society of India Communications
Politics of Fatwa in India
Positive stereotyping

Court orders police probe into MCD's 'ghost' employees

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:28 AM PDT

By IANS

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit within three days to describe the status of the body of the victim of an alleged fake gun battle.

The direction came after the state government told the court that the body of Mohd Saleem had been handed over to his relatives.

Senior counsel Ratnakar Dash said the body was given away May 16 and had since been buried.

Pak Shia leader urges Deoband Ulema to help stop sectarian killings

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:42 AM PDT

By Ahmed Kazmi for TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: A prominent Shia leader from Pakistan Allama Abbas Komeili has urged Deoband Ulema to use their influence in stopping sectarian killings in his country. He said that the religious leaders from Deobandi school of thought can help in getting the on-going sectarian killings stopped by appealing their counterparts across the border. The Pakistani Shia leader was talking to a group of journalists here on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu Class X results: Jasmin Banu tops

Posted: 26 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: Jasmin Banu of Tirunalveli Town MPL High School has topped in the Tamil Nadu Class X board exam whose results were declared today. Banu has scored 495 marks out of 500. Overall, girls have outshined boys in the entire state. Four girls have shared second rank while ten third rank.

The success saga of Rahmani-30: Insights from an insider

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:35 AM PDT

By Majaz Hoda,

"Incredible Institution"— Bill Gates (MS Corp.)

"One of the best systems in the world" – John Chamber (CISCO).

"World Treasure" – Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com).

"IIT=Harvard+MIT+Princeton" – Leslie Stahl (Co-host of CBS'60 minutes).

What has happened to my beloved Mangalore?

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:54 AM PDT

By Maxwell Pereira, IANS,

Is it a curse that's hit Mangalore? Why is it so much in the news in just the last two years for all the wrong reasons?...for vandalism, desecration of religious places, molestation and moral policing over young girls, for rent-a-riot shockers, and now for the deaths of 158 in a colossal tragedy caused by the ill-fated Air India Express crash at its Bajpe airport?

IIT-JEE results out: Rahmani-30 results low, ranks high

Posted: 25 May 2010 11:05 PM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Trying hard to repeat last year's success, Rahmani-30 coaching centre for Muslim IIT aspirants has secured 33% results this year in IIT-JEE. However, the ranks of its successful students this year are higher than those of last year. According to the results of IIT-JEE 2010, announced at 8 am today, of 12 students of Rahmani-30 who had appeared in the April 11 test, only four have qualified for admission in IIT.

Criminal proceedings against Geelani for perjury stayed

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the criminal proceedings against Delhi University (DU) teacher S.A.R.Geelani, who was acquitted in 2001 Parliament House attack case, on the charge of giving false evidence in court.

Issuing a notice to Delhi Police, Justice Vipin Sanghi stayed the proceedings till Aug 13.

Geelani had challenged the order of a sessions judge for initiating criminal proceedings against him for perjury. He was charged with giving a wrong address while standing surety for an accused in a bomb blast case.

AMU VC felicitates Class X, XII toppers

Posted: 25 May 2010 07:04 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today felicitated the toppers of Class X and Class XII annual examinations and presented certificates of merit and mementos at his lodge.

He said that the University has decided to adopt CBSE pattern to provide better access to the school students maintained by the University. He said that the University has decided to establish a Directorate of the University Schools.

Ittehad-e-Millat demands legal commission for youth falsely charged with terrorism

Posted: 25 May 2010 06:44 AM PDT

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal: In a show of unity Muslim Ulema of various sects, keeping their sectarian differences and rivalries on the backburner, along with Islamic scholars and intellectuals from all over India resolved in unison to step forward for the sake of welfare of Muslim Ummah at large and take a unified stand on the issues confronting the community. This is the need of the hour so that the voice of Muslims could be heard at the highest echelons of power at the national level.

Children of Sunderbans still bear scars of Aila havoc

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:01 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gosaba (West Bengal) : Archia Khatun, 16, does not know Kusum, a year younger to her. Nor has she heard about 10-year-old Asma. The three have never met but they share a common destiny, scripted by Aila. The cyclone cast them as domestic helps in distant Delhi, where they became victims of physical abuse.

Archia, Kusum and Asma were brought back to Sunderbans by an NGO and are now struggling to return to a semblance of normal life a year after the deadly cyclone.

Congress to promote communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

By IANS,

Lucknow : The Congress party will launch a campaign across Uttar Pradesh to promote communal harmony by highlighting the contribution of freedom fighters from different castes and religions, party officials said Tuesday.

"The campaign 'Sanjhi Virasat... Sanjhi Shahadat' is aimed at projecting the secular and composite culture of Uttar Pradesh that in turn will help promote communal harmony," Amaresh Misra, in-charge of the party's Anti-Communal Front told reporters here.

The campaign will start May 31 and will continue till May 10 next year.

Kashmiri separatists unmoved by PM's dialogue offer

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:10 AM PDT

By IANS

Srinagar: Kashmiri separatist leaders have not responded positively to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that the central government was ready to hold talks with them.

"It is nothing more than mere rhetoric. It is aimed to hoodwink the international community," Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, said Tuesday, a day after the prime minister's offer of talks at a press conference to mark the first year of the second tenure of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

American Center attack: apex court stays Aftab Ansari's death sentence

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:06 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence awarded to Aftab Ahmed Ansari alias Aftab Ansari, a co-accused in the January 22, 2002 attack on Kolkata's American Centre that killed six policemen. The other accused, Jamiluddin Nasir, who too was awarded death sentence, got a stay from the court on May 10.

The vacation bench of the court comprising Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad gave the West Bengal government 16 weeks time to file its reply.

Prime suspect of German Bakery blast held: Chidambaram

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:03 AM PDT

By IANS

New Delhi: Abdul Samad, the prime suspect in the Feb 13 German Bakery blast in Pune, has been apprehended by the investigative agencies, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday.

"The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Maharashtra, with the assistance of the Pune police, were able to identify the prime suspect behind the bomb blast. He has been identified as Abdul Samad, a resident of Bhatkal district of Karnataka. He was apprehended yesterday (Monday)," an official statement quoted Chidambaram as saying.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan on Muslim leadership in contemporary India

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:40 AM PDT

By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is one of India's leading Islamic scholars. Based in New Delhi, he has authored over 100 books, and edits the monthly journal Al-Risala. He also heads the Centre for Peace and Spirituality. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he talks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.

What do you have to say about the Muslim leadership in present-day India? How has it been able to address the many issues and challenges that Muslims are today confronted with?

Adv Khalid Azmi visits Azamgarh, vows to fight Shahid’s cases

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:17 AM PDT

By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,

Azamgarh: "Hazaron sal nargis apni benoori pe roti hai, badi mushkil se hota hai chaman me dedawar paida". This Urdu couplet aptly depicts martyred Shahid Azmi who was an epitome of courage and conviction. Shahid's achievement through legal battles in court and the adverse circumstances he faced in his short life is amazing, to say the least.

Jamia Prof to be Guest Editor of Computer Society of India Communications

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:16 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Prof. M.M. Sufyan Beg, Head of the Department of Computer Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, has been invited to be the Guest Editor of the November 2010 issue of Computer Society of India Communications. This would be a special issue on "Fuzzy Computing", an area that Prof Beg has worked on extensively.

Politics of Fatwa in India

Posted: 24 May 2010 09:52 PM PDT

By Navaid Hamid,

Positive stereotyping

Posted: 24 May 2010 08:11 PM PDT

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Stereotyping is an oversimplified image or representation. One image is meant to represent all members of that group or community. It helps in identification but offers no individuality or scope for diversity that exists within that group. When you see news stories about Muslims on TV it is often accompanied by images of burqa clad women and men with cap and beard. In both cases visuals are selected carefully that suggests to the viewers that Muslim women have no personality of their own and men are extremists.