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Muslim scientist denied US visa, claims racial profiling
Be cautious in Kashmir, political parties to security forces
Kashmir killings: CRPF given clean chit
Two dead as mobs run amok in Sopore, Baramulla, Srinagar
With Jaswant’s re-entry Modi’s PM hopes appear damaged
Security and safety is a core issue of Muslims in India
Test for Residential Coaching Academy of AMU on July 15
Centre considering joint probe into all blasts by Hindu outfits
Pahel holds free medical camp in Jamia Nagar
Delhi based Kishanganj natives meet AMU VC on off-campus centre
Admission open for technical, management courses in Jamia
Ten injured as security forces stop march to Sopore
Bihar youth stopped from taking flight at Delhi Airport, twice in 15 days
Two killed in Kashmir protests
Resul Pookutty selected as voting member in Oscar Academy
Separatist leaders detained in Kashmir
Backward class students avoided from UGC NET exam in Kerala: protests strengthen
DHRM for a new Dalit movement in Kerala
Info War: the battlefields of the propaganda war

Muslim scientist denied US visa, claims racial profiling

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:36 AM PDT

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: After his Cairo university speech many foreign policy experts claimed that unlike Bush administration, the Obama presidency in US will ease religious/racial profiling of Muslims, but as the case of eminent Indian wildlife-biologist Fayyaz Khudsar is any thing to go by, it seems that this vicious American monster is still very much in practice.

Be cautious in Kashmir, political parties to security forces

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:54 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Congress Monday led political parties in demanding that the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir exercise caution to prevent civilians from coming under fire, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it will wait for an inquiry report before reacting to the recent deaths of civilians in the state.

Replying to queries from media persons, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the elected government in the state was doing its best to restore normalcy.

Kashmir killings: CRPF given clean chit

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:42 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Giving a clean chit to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the central government Monday said "unruly mobs" were behind the violence in the Kashmir Valley and asserted that the government would not cow down to the separatists' tactics.

Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told CNN-IBN news channel that the separatists were instigating violence in the Valley as the overall law and order situation in the state was improving.

He said the CRPF reacted when they were attacked.

"CRPF has been extremely restrained," Pillai said.

Two dead as mobs run amok in Sopore, Baramulla, Srinagar

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:35 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: Two persons were killed and more than three dozen protesters and security men injured in widespread violence in Srinagar and north Kashmir Baramulla districts Monday. The trouble erupted as thousands of protestors were prevented from reaching Sopore to attend the funeral of two men killed last week, police said.

One protester, identified as Tajamul Ahmad Bhat of Wadoora (Sopore) was killed and six other protesters were injured when an angry mob defied curfew in north Kashmir's Sopore town Monday morning.

With Jaswant’s re-entry Modi’s PM hopes appear damaged

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Advani, Modi closeted together on Monday in Ahmedabad after Jaswant Singh's re-entry in BJP; political observers say it is a bid to placate Modi angry with Singh's re-entry.

By TwoCircles.net staff writer

Ahmedabad: One-to-one meeting between Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior party leader L K Advani here on Monday is being interpreted as a bid by the party leadership to placate Modi reportedly feeling unhappy with the re-induction of Jaswant Singh in the saffron party.

Security and safety is a core issue of Muslims in India

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 07:39 AM PDT

By Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi for TwoCircles.net

Test for Residential Coaching Academy of AMU on July 15

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:48 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: The Residential Coaching Academy of Aligarh Muslim University, set up this year to coach minority candidates for competitive government job exams, will hold a national test for selection of candidates on July 15 at four centers – Aligarh, Lucknow, Srinagar and Kozhikode.

Centre considering joint probe into all blasts by Hindu outfits

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:20 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: In a major development towards nabbing the real culprits, the central government is considering a combined probe into all major bomb blasts happened in last few years at different places in the country and are believed to have been carried out by Hindu radical groups.

The role of Hindu extremist organizations – Abhinav Bharat and Sanatan Sansthan – has been exposed in blasts at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid, Ajmer Dargah and Malegaon. Some of the members of these two outfits have been detained by investigative agencies.

Pahel holds free medical camp in Jamia Nagar

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 03:18 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Pahel NGO organized a free Medical Camp in Jamia Nagar yesterday in association with Delhi's famous Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. A well qualified doctor from the hospital with 27 years of experience offered his services. He was assisted with a team of seven medical professionals.

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital provided a Mobile Clinic Bus equipped with X'ray, Path lab, Chemist, etc. facilities. A total of 130 people got benefited by this initiative of Pahel and free medicines were also provided to patients.

Delhi based Kishanganj natives meet AMU VC on off-campus centre

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 03:01 AM PDT

By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Delhi based natives of Kishanganj in company of people from different parts of Bihar held a meeting with Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Prof P.K. Abdul Azis in New Delhi on June 25, regarding the proposed off-campus centre in Kishanganj, Bihar and the ground realities after the visit of AMU VC to the district on May 22, 2010.

Admission open for technical, management courses in Jamia

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:39 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The admission process for technical, management and some educational programmes is still open in the Jamia Millia Islamia University here, an official statement said Monday.

"While the last date of application for most courses in the university is over, there are still a few courses for which the last date is not yet over. Students keen to consider these options can apply in the next few days," it said.

Ten injured as security forces stop march to Sopore

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:36 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Ten protesters were injured when security forces intercepted a large procession here, marching towards north Kashmir's Sopore town, where another youth was killed in firing by security forces Monday.

Around 10,000 protesters started a march towards Sopore from different parts of the Old City areas of Srinagar Monday morning.

Bihar youth stopped from taking flight at Delhi Airport, twice in 15 days

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:29 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: A 28-year-old man from Sitamadhi district in Bihar is a lot disturbed now. In a short period of 15 days Ataur Rahman @ Chand has been stopped from taking flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi by immigration officials at the behest of Special Cell of Delhi Police. Father of an 8-month-old babygirl and son of a Bihar police officer Chand, a non-matric, has no idea why it is happening to him.

Two killed in Kashmir protests

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:00 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Two youths were killed as security forces opened fire on agitated mobs indulging in heavy stone pelting in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla and Sopore districts, police said

According to police, Tariq Ahmed Rather, 20, was killed at Delina locality outside Baramulla town Monday afternoon when a mob proceeding towards Sopore was intercepted by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the state police.

Resul Pookutty selected as voting member in Oscar Academy

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:24 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kollam: The Oscar Academy has selected Resul Pookutty as one of its voting members. Pookutty, who received the Oscar for sound mixing last year for the Danny Boyle film 'Slumdog Millionaire', is the third Indian to have selected to the position.

Pookutty was selected as one among the 135 voting members, all of whom are executives and film professionals, in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Pookutty has reportedly expressed his pleasure at having been given the voting right to select films for the Oscars.

Separatist leaders detained in Kashmir

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:04 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: Many separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, were detained Monday in summer capital Srinagar to thwart the proposed separatist march to Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town where a youth was killed in firing Sunday.

Farooq was placed under house arrest in his uptown Nigeen residence where pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yaseen Malik was also detained, an official source said.

Senior Shia leader Aga Syed Hassan was also detained in his house in Central Badgam district.

Backward class students avoided from UGC NET exam in Kerala: protests strengthen

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:53 PM PDT

By Twocircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Thiruvananthapuram: Protests are strengthening on the avoidance of students belonging to the backward classes from attending the UGC NET exam. The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) and the Campus Front of India yesterday organized demonstrations to the examination centre in Thiruvananthapuram.

DHRM for a new Dalit movement in Kerala

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:50 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent

Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) has decided to form a new Dalit movement by the time of the coming Assembly elections, reports say. The DHRM will also reportedly vote against the CPI (M) in the coming panchayat elections.