Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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‘Martyrs Day’ in Kashmir, 'Black Day' in Jammu

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:10 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir,Agence India Press,

Srinagar: The Kashmir Martyrs' Day was observed here on Tuesday in memory of 23 Kashmiris who died in 1931 while fighting against Dogra rule.

Normal life remained on an idle in entire Kashmir region today on the eve of the Martyrs' Day as authorities imposed curfew and imposed restrictions on civilian movement to thwart a planned separatist march.

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Congress abusing patriotism of Muslims: BJP

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:03 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday accused the Congress party of "abusing the patriotism" of millions of Muslims by "branding the voices against terrorism as voices against Muslims".

"The country's Muslims don't hold terrorist Afzal Guru (parliament attack convict) and Osama bin Laden as their icon, but the Congress party attempts to divert the attention of the people from real terrorism by terming it as Hindu-Muslim terrorism," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement.

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Kerala Police raid offices of radical Muslim group

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:34 AM PDT

By IANS,

Kozhikode (Kerala): Kerala Police Tuesday launched raids at the offices of Popular Front, a radical Muslim organisation, whose members are allegedly behind the attack on a teacher whose palm was chopped off and were also stockpiling crude arms and explosives.

Raids have now been conducted at the state committee office of Popular Front in Kozhikode besides offices at other districts like Kasargode and Wayanad. A large number of documents were seized from the group's office in Kozhikode and police are examining them.

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Jamia Millia Islamia students paint global concerns

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:33 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Art students of the Jamia Millia Islamia have portrayed the concerns of the world in colours in a show, "A Step Ahead", at the M.F. Husain Gallery of Fine Arts on the campus.

The exhibition was inaugurated July 2 by Uma Ravi Jain, the director of the Dhoomimal Gallery. It will close July 15, said a release issued by the centre for learning.

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Apex court okays Tamil Nadu quota law

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:32 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted protection to Tamil Nadu's quota law which provides 69 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes, but advised the state government to revisit the issue.

The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices K.S. Radhakrishna Rao and Swatanter Kumar directed the state backward classes commission to revisit the reservation issue in the light of the Mandal case judgement dealing with quotas.

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Nitish Govt spends huge sum on Bhagalpur panel, victims hapless

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:24 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: While several thousand victims of the Bhagalpur riot, now living a miserable life, are awaiting proper compensation, the Nitish Kumar Government of Bihar is spending huge public money on the one-member Bhagalpur riot enquiry panel that he set up four and half years ago.

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AMU postpones entrance test for civil services coaching

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:50 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University today postponed the national-level entrance test for admission at its Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), the Central Government funded coaching centre for civil/judicial services examinations. The test was due on 15th July 2010.

AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis has ordered postponement of the entrance test that was to be held at four centres in the country. The test will now take place on 1st August, 2010 as per schedule.

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Book review: Curfewed Night

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:36 AM PDT

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

There is a Kashmir of numbers- half a million soldiers, a hundred thousand killed, thousands disappeared, hundreds of militants; and then there is a Kashmir of people- people with names and faces, with hopes and aspirations, with pains and sorrows, and with past and present. Basharat Peer, a Kashmiri journalist, in his book "Curfewed Nights" reveals this second Kashmir that ironically, even with Kashmir always being in the news, few know about.

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No information on military intelligence probe on PFI: Central Minister Mullappally Ramachandran

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:29 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Palakkad: There is no information on any probe by the military intelligence into the activities of the Popular Front of India, said Mullappally Ramachandran, central minister of state for Home Affairs. He was responding to the query of media persons regarding the news about the probe which had come in certain media last day.

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Restrictions in Srinagar on 'martyrs' day'

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 12:07 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Restrictions were imposed in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Tuesday to prevent a separatist rally coinciding with 'martyrs' day', commemorating the 1931 day when the central jail here was stormed and jail guards opened fire killing many people.

"Restrictions are in place throughout Srinagar city as a precautionary measure to protect civilian life and property from the designs of anti-social elements," a senior police officer said.

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Hira Foundation of K’nataka distributes Rs 5.5 lakh in scholarship

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT

By TCN News,

Mangalore: Hira Foundation, an educational and charitable trust, disbursed scholarships worth Rs. 5.5 lac among 248 students with poor economic background here on July 11. Among them 46 students were orphans. The Foundation announced to give monthly scholarship to the orphans.
The Foundation, which was formed in 2004, distributes scholarship every year. This year it has started a new project to distribute a special scholarship for orphans on a monthly basis. The group is attached with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.

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Good words, sympathy for Urdu in Tamil land

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:56 PM PDT

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: It was a gala evening at Hotel Merina Tower where Indian Union Muslim League leaders had gathered to release an Urdu book. The speakers – from IUML chief and MP E Ahmed to party MLA Abdul Basith – uttered good words and showered sympathy for the weaning Urdu language in the land of Tamil language.

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