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Open letter to the US President Obama
The Azmi brothers: Profiles in courage
Election Commission to check ‘Paid News’ during elections
Andhra Wakf Board CEO caught taking bribe
Rahmani Foundation to coach for Chartered Accountancy
Admissions at MANUU - Last date extended
AMU deploys officers at Malappuram Center
Air India pays Rs 17 crore to Mangalore crash victims
Educational Deprivation of Muslims: Revisiting Sachar Report
Political representation of Muslims in Bihar
Bengaluru blast case: Additional chargesheet is framed, says Ma’dani
Mirwaiz Farooq arrested in Srinagar
Two minor sisters killed

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:22 AM PDT

Dear Mr. President Obama,

With a great deal of interest, we have been following your tough stand against British Petroleum for the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico, particularly your demand to know whose 'ass needs to be kicked'. We think your demand for corporate accountability for causing huge environmental damages is worthy of emulation by other governments around the World.

The Azmi brothers: Profiles in courage

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 07:58 AM PDT

By Musaddique Thange for TwoCircles.net

Mark Twain once remarked "It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." Rarer, one may add, are people whose moral courage places them not only at odds with powerful, sinister forces but also in acute physical danger. When two people from the same family embody these qualities, the strength of their conviction can inspire an entire community.

Election Commission to check ‘Paid News’ during elections

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:56 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer,

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has come up with measures to check 'Paid News' i.e. advertising in the garb of news in media during elections. The Commission has directed Chief Electoral Officers of all states that to check 'Paid News' district level committees may be constituted in each district as soon as election is announced.

Andhra Wakf Board CEO caught taking bribe

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:50 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad, June 17 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board Chief Executive Officer (CEO) B.S. Farooq Ahmed was Thursday caught red handed while taking a bribe.

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials said the CEO was caught when he was taking Rs.1 lakh from a person who wanted a job in the Wakf Board.

An official said Farooq had demanded Rs.2 lakh from Arshad, a youth from Kadapa district, to appoint him as a security guard. Farooq was caught while taking Rs.1 lakh.

ACB officials raided Farooq's house to conduct a thorough probe into his assets.

Rahmani Foundation to coach for Chartered Accountancy

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:16 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer,

Patna: Taking a new initiative to uplift the poor Muslim community, the Munger-based Rahmani Foundation has decided to offer coaching facilities to meritorious Muslim students who want to become chartered accountants. The Foundation, under the guidance of Maulana Mohammed Wali Rahmani, is successfully running Rahmani-30 for IIT-JEE.

Rahmani Foundation will hold written admission test on June 27 for Chartered Accountancy coaching. This coaching will be run by Rahmani Foundation in association with Ummul Qura Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra.

Admissions at MANUU - Last date extended

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:58 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has extended the last date for submission of application for admission in various campus based courses to 30th June 2010. The last date for courses offered at the School of Education & Training including M.Ed., B.Ed., D.Ed. and Ph.D. in Education remains 18th June 2010.

AMU deploys officers at Malappuram Center

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:01 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: Amidst court cases against its off-campus centres including one in Malappuram (Kerala), Aligarh Muslim University has deployed high rank officers to run the show. AMU VC has ordered to transfer the services of Prof Mohammad Arif to work as Officer-on-Special-Duty (Administration) at Malappuram Special Center.

Air India pays Rs 17 crore to Mangalore crash victims

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:26 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Air India, by June 11, has paid Rs 17 crore in compensation to the victims of the Mangalore air crash. The IX-812 flight of Air India Express B737-800 aircraft operating from Dubai to Mangalore crash-landed at Bajpe Airport in Mangalore on May 22, 2010, killing 158 people. There were only 8 survivors among 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board.

Educational Deprivation of Muslims: Revisiting Sachar Report

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:23 AM PDT

By Shahidur Rashid Talukdar,

The condition of Muslims in India is pitiable. As it has been documented by the Sachar Committee Report (SCR), Muslims are virtually lagging behind all other communities and a trend of relative deterioration is observed in almost all spheres of day-to-day life. Especially in the field of education, the situation is of grave concern.

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Political representation of Muslims in Bihar

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:54 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: With Rajya Sabha election for five seats from Bihar today the political representation of state Muslims will be down a bit further as a sitting Muslim Rajya Sabha MP was not given ticket, nor did any other party field Muslim candidate. Of 16 Rajya Sabha Members from Bihar, four were Muslims. Now the number will be three.

Bengaluru blast case: Additional chargesheet is framed, says Ma’dani

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:25 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Mirwaiz Farooq arrested in Srinagar

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:20 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, was Thursday arrested while leading a protest march to the UN Military Observer Group headquarters here.

Mirwaiz Farooq was taken into custody along with his supporters outside the building of Radio Kashmir while proceeding towards Sonawar area to denounce alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Two minor sisters killed

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:07 AM PDT

By IANS,

Patna : A brick kiln owner battered two minor sisters to death in a rural part of Bihar after one of them picked a piece of a brick to hammer a wood into the ground, police said Thursday.

The gruesome murders took place Wednesday in Birpur Lokhra village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here. The victims were identified as Julekha, 13, and Dulari, 11.

According to police, the sisters were grazing goats near the brick kiln when one of them took a piece of brick from the kiln. Furious, the owner, Badruddin, hit Julekha in the head with a brick, killing her instantly.