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Shutdown hits Kashmir Valley, Srinagar tense
Ishrat's mother seeks CBI probe into killing
Kashmir unrest is India's internal matter: Krishna
A movement launched to increase school enrolment of minority in Bahraich
Height of plight: Hajjan Bibi govt girls school in Darbhanga
Why should we be banned, asks Kerala Muslim leader
Jamia extends postgraduate admission date
Don’t repeat the denial of justice to Ma’dani: human rights activists
Widespread raid in PFI offices; police spreading terror, says PFI
NREGA: Bihar spends Rs 35 lac on ad, training in one district

Shutdown hits Kashmir Valley, Srinagar tense

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: The Kashmir Valley shut down Wednesday in response to a call by separatists while curfew-like restrictions imposed by authorities in several areas hit life in Srinagar. A few incidents of stone-pelting were reported.

Youth pelted stones at private vehicles in Chanapora and Harwan areas of Srinagar, forcing them to go off the roads in view of the separatist-sponsored shutdown.

Ishrat's mother seeks CBI probe into killing

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:53 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Shamima Kauser, mother of Ishrat Jahan who was killed in an alleged staged shootout by the Gujarat Police in 2004, said in the Gujarat High Court Wednesday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the incident.

Arguing the case before a division bench comprising Justice Jayant Patel and Justice Abhilasha Kumari, counsel for Kauser, I.H. Saiyed, said there was a question mark over the investigation of the case by the state police.

Kashmir unrest is India's internal matter: Krishna

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:02 AM PDT

By IANS,

Islamabad: Violence in Jammu and Kashmir that has left 15 people dead is "an internal matter of India", External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here Wednesday.

The minister was asked to comment on his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi's reported comment to take up the issue of alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir during talks with Krishna Thursday.

"India has always taken a consistent position. Whatever is happening in Kashmir is an internal matter of India," he said.

A movement launched to increase school enrolment of minority in Bahraich

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:38 AM PDT

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: He belongs to Minority Concentration District of Bahraich in UP which is among low literate districts in the country. Muslims are more backward here compared to others; especially Muslim women are worse in education than Dalit women. But this did not come in the way of Mr. Azim Khan of the district. He got higher education both in India and abroad, and now has come back to his home district to make it more literate.

Height of plight: Hajjan Bibi govt girls school in Darbhanga

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:03 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Belying the tall claims of Nitish Kumar government about Muslim welfare during the last four and half years of his regime, located in Muslim populated area in Darbhanga town, the Hajjan Bibi Soghra Hasan Memorial Girls High School gives you a clear picture of the plight of even government recognized minority schools in the state.

Why should we be banned, asks Kerala Muslim leader

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:11 AM PDT

By T.G. Biju, IANS,

New Delhi : A radical Muslim leader in Kerala dismisses charges of terrorism flung at his outfit and insists there is not even one reason for the Popular Front of India (PFI) to be banned.

In contrast to the sinister image the group has acquired in the eyes of its critics, PFI chairman E.M. Abdul Rahiman says his organisation respects the law and has been crusading for the rights and social justice of Muslims, the country's largest religious minority.

Jamia extends postgraduate admission date

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:40 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Jamia Millia Islamia University has extended the last date of completing admission formalities to postgraduate courses till July 19, a statement said Wednesday.

The last dates have been extended for postgraduate courses offered by the Faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages, Natural Sciences, Law and M.Sc. Electronics.

The final list of candidates selected from the waiting list will be announced July 22 and the students will have to complete the admission formalities by July 23.

Don’t repeat the denial of justice to Ma’dani: human rights activists

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:57 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kochi: Do not repeat the denial of justice to PDP chairman Abdunnasir Ma'dani, said human rights activists in a joint statement. The statement was signed by eminent personalities like Justice VR Krishna Iyer.

Widespread raid in PFI offices; police spreading terror, says PFI

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:39 PM PDT

By TCN News,

Kozhikode: The police yesterday conducted widespread raids in the offices of the Popular Front of India and the Social Democratic Party of India in Kerala. The raids were conducted following the discovery of several bombs and other weapons in Kannur district last day. The PFI state president Nasarudheen Elamaram stated that the organisation would go for a state-wide agitation against the move to create terror in the state in the name of a local incident.

NREGA: Bihar spends Rs 35 lac on ad, training in one district

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:31 PM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: While India's biggest ever rural employment guarantee scheme – popularly known as NREGA – is not getting impressive results from Bihar, one of very poor states in the country, an official document discloses the state government has spent about Rs 35 lakh in one district alone on advertisement of the scheme and training of the concerned personnel.