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Another imposter caught at Jamia
Centre amends OBC education quota law, Jamia’s fate still uncertain
TCN seeks nomination for Person of the Year 2010
Auto driver's son Mohd Gouse tops combined Andhra engineering exam
After Kumbh, social activists now awakening Ajmer pilgrims
Zakir Naik banned from entering Britain
Nominations invited for 2010 Meeto Memorial Award
Husain, Souza highlights of OSIAN's auction
Ensure supply of goods to Manipur: PFI to Govt
Kashmir, where rumours ride horses, facts travel barefoot
Court rejects ex-BJP legislator's plea in Gujarat riot case
Trial court told to decide on POTA confessions
Gujarat gets time to file report in court on riots case
Two blast accused brought to Hyderabad

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:59 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : An imposter who appeared as a candidate for the Bachelor of Technology programme of the Jamia Milia Islamia University was caught by varsity authorities during the selection interview Friday, a day after an impersonator was apprehended for similar reasons.

Gulam Ahamad Raza was appearing for the interview in place of Irshad, a B.Tech aspirant who has been accused of hiring him.

"They had settled on an amount of Rs.25,000 if the candidate was selected," a statement issued by varsity media coordinator Simi Malhotra said.

Centre amends OBC education quota law, Jamia’s fate still uncertain

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:18 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: To safeguard interests of the tribal population in North-Eastern states, the Union Cabinet yesterday approved amendments to the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, exempting the region from the Act's binding 27% quota for OBCs. However, the fate of Jamia Millia Islamia in this regard is still uncertain.

TCN seeks nomination for Person of the Year 2010

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 07:32 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net

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Auto driver's son Mohd Gouse tops combined Andhra engineering exam

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 05:49 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Hyderabad: Auto driver's son Mohammed Gause Jani has topped Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine Common Entrance Test 2010 (EAMCET) in its engineering stream. EAMCET is conducted by JNT University Hyderabad on behalf of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE).

After Kumbh, social activists now awakening Ajmer pilgrims

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 04:35 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Encouraged by good response from Hindu pilgrims at the recent Kumbh, a group of social activists led by Delhi-based Faisal Khan is now working among Muslim pilgrims of Ajmer Dargah. At Kumbh, the group talked to the pilgrims not on Kumbh or religion, but on common social issues like education, livelihood and communal harmony. Now at Ajmer, they are doing the same. Interesting. Isn't it?

Zakir Naik banned from entering Britain

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

By IANS,

London : Indian Muslim preacher Zakir Naik who claimed "every Muslim should be terrorist" has been banned from entering Britain, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Naik, 44-year-old tele-evangelist, was due to deliver a series of lectures in Wembley Arena and Sheffield.

Britain's new Home Secretary Theresa May said she was banning Naik from entering the country as the "numerous comments" he made were evidence of his "unacceptable behaviour".

Nominations invited for 2010 Meeto Memorial Award

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:56 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) and Sangat, a South Asian Feminist Network, have invited nominations for the Meeto Memorial Award for the year 2010. The award was instituted in 2009 to honor young South Asians whose work demonstrate a commitment to communal harmony, peace, justice and human rights.

Husain, Souza highlights of OSIAN's auction

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:45 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Modern master M.F. Husain's composition "Figures", estimated at Rs.36 lakh (nearly $78,000), and F.N. Souza's "Couple" are among the highlights of an auction of 101 rare modern and contemporary art works by OSIAN's-Connoisseurs of Arts in Mumbai June 23.

"Figures" is an acrylic on wood composition mounted on a canvas-lined wooden background.

Ensure supply of goods to Manipur: PFI to Govt

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:28 PM PDT

By TCN News,

Bangalore: Popular Front of India General Secretary K. M. Shareef urged the Central Government to ensure supply of essential goods to the people of Manipur who are suffering from road block imposed by Naga groups. Shareef reminded the Government that it is their responsibility to save the Manipur people at any coast.

Kashmir, where rumours ride horses, facts travel barefoot

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:02 PM PDT

By F. Ahmed, IANS,

Srinagar : Bustling markets, clogged roads and the loud voices of pavement vendors selling their merchandise can all suddenly turn into deserted streets where even a pin drop would make a noise. And in all likelihood, behind it is some rumour - a lethal weapon used in the Kashmir Valley to meet political objectives for ages.

Court rejects ex-BJP legislator's plea in Gujarat riot case

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:01 PM PDT

By IANS

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected the plea of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Prahlad Ghosha and another man challenging a lower court's order to consider them as accused in the Dipda Darwaza case in the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Yusuf Khan Murad Khan and his 11 family members were attacked and killed by a mob at Dipda Darwaza area of Visnagar in Mehsana district. More than 24 people were injured in the attack.

Trial court told to decide on POTA confessions

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT

By IANS

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Thursday left it to the trial court to decide whether the confessional statements of an accused recorded under the defunct Prevention Of Terrorism Act (POTA) is admissible as evidence or not.

Justice Anant Dave, while hearing a petition of an accused in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case, said that the trial judge, while passing the order, should decide whether or not the confessional statements of the accused are admissible as evidence with reasoning.

Gujarat gets time to file report in court on riots case

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:56 AM PDT

By IANS

Gandhinagar: The government Thursday got a week's time from the Gujarat High Court to find out the status of the process for summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi initiated by a panel probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots case.

This is the third adjournment after the state earlier sought time to file a status report on the Justices (retired) G.T. Nanavati-Akshay Mehta Enquiry Commission probing the riots case.

Two blast accused brought to Hyderabad

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:52 AM PDT

By IANS

Hyderabad: Two activists of a Hindu terror group accused in the October 2007 blast in the Ajmer Sharif dargah were Thursday brought here by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the Mecca Masjid bombing in May the same year.

Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma, both members of Hindutva terror group Abhinav Bharat, were produced before a court, which sent them to judicial custody for two weeks.

CBI sources said the two were later shifted to Chanchalguda Central Jail amid tight security.