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- Judicial commission to probe Kashmir civilian killings
- Amin's bid to turn approver may not be a cakewalk
- Shab-e-Barat tonight
- SY Quraishi becomes the first Muslim Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Thousand joined in last rites of Ahad Bub in Kashmir
- Citing Liberhan, British Muslims want Rithambara stopped from entering UK
- Lucknow HC explores possibility of compromise in Ram Janam Bhoomi--Babri Masjid case
- Voting begins for TCN 2010 awards
- Amin's approver plea opposed by co-accused
- Kashmir resumes normal life today
- Kerala looking into reports of Taliban style courts
- Waqf Enquiry Commission: consultation meeting of Muslim organisations held
- A noble initiative for educational uplift of Muslims in Bihar
- Chief Minister should apologize to general public: leaders of organisations
- ‘Statement was against PFI and not Muslim community’; Kerala CM refuses to apologize
- Two more deaths spark fresh tension in Kashmir, life paralysed
- Book Review: A Guide to Uplift Minorities
- I'm a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan's descendant
- General Facility Centre will be started in every village of Maharashtra: Fauziya Tahseen Khan
- Abolishing our existing thought patterns
| Judicial commission to probe Kashmir civilian killings Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT By IANS, Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday constituted a judicial commission to enquire into 17 civilian deaths that occurred allegedly on account of actions by the state police and security forces. The commission will be headed by Justice Bashir-ud-Din, a retired judge of the state high court, and will also include Justice Y.P. Nargotra, another retired judge. The commission will submit its report in three months, according to an official statement issued here. The decision was taken in a state cabinet chaired by Chief minister Omar Abdullah.
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| Amin's bid to turn approver may not be a cakewalk Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:43 AM PDT By IANS, Gandhinagar: Jailed former deputy superintendent of police in Gujarat N.K. Amin, whose plea to turn approver in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing case is slated to come up for hearing Aug 3, may find the going tough in his bid to seek pardon. The Central Bureau of India (CBI), in its 3,000-page chargesheet filed in the staged shootout case, has given clear indications that it proposed to turn suspended sub-inspector V.A. Rathod and constables Santram Sharma and Ajay Parmar as approvers in the case, sources said.
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| Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:27 AM PDT By Bilal Furqani,Agence India Press, Srinagar: 'Shab-e-Barat', the night of reverence and fervour, is being observed across the state & nation with religious enthusiasm on Tuesday night. Shab-e-Baraat is the 15th day of the Muslim month of Shaban. Laylatul Bara'ah is the night preceding the 15th day of Shaban. The month of Shaban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The fifteenth night of this month is known as Shab-e-Baraat.
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| SY Quraishi becomes the first Muslim Chief Election Commissioner of India Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:27 AM PDT By TCN News, New Delhi: The President of India has today appointed the senior Election Commissioner, Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi as the Chief Election Commissioner [CEC] in the Election Commission of India. With this the lone and first Muslim Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, got glory to become the first Muslim Chief Election Commissioner of India. He will assume the office with effect from the 30th July, 2010 as the present Chief Election Commissioner Navin B. Chawla will leave the office on attaining the age of sixty- five years on 29th July, 2010.
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| Thousand joined in last rites of Ahad Bub in Kashmir Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:05 AM PDT By Tajamul Islam,Agence India Press, Sopore: Thousands of people in north Kashmir's Sopore attended the last rites of prominent mystic and faith healer Abdul Ahad on Tuesday. Popularly known as Ahad Bub. The saint passed away on Monday evening at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences after prolonged illness. He had been admitted in the Institute about a fortnight ago following complaint of chest pain. He had undergone CT scan. 
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| Citing Liberhan, British Muslims want Rithambara stopped from entering UK Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:32 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net news London: Ghost of Babri Masjid has come back to haunt Sadhvi Rithambara who has kept a low profile since the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992. British Indian Muslims have urged the British Government to stop Sadhvi Rithambara, whom they called "a terrorist Hindu leader," from entering Britain. Rithambara is reported to be planning a tour of UK in September.
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| Lucknow HC explores possibility of compromise in Ram Janam Bhoomi--Babri Masjid case Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:15 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Lucknow: To explore the possibility of a compromise between the two parties in Ram Janam Bhoomi--Babri Masjid title suit, the special full bench of Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court consulted with the cousels of both the parties on Tuesday.
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| Voting begins for TCN 2010 awards Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:01 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net news desk After overwhelming response to our call for nominations to "TwoCircles.net Person of the Year 2010 awards," we have decided to create two categories. One category will be for individuals and one for organizations. Please see the list below for short-listed nominations. Voting will be open for four weeks for our readers to weigh-in on which individual or organization should be honored for their service to Muslims of India.
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| Amin's approver plea opposed by co-accused Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:52 AM PDT By IANS, Ahmedabad : The hearing of former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin's plea to turn approver in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing in Gujarat was Tuesday put off to Aug 3 by a court following objections by eight other co-accused. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court postponed the hearing on Amin's plea after eight co-accused in the case filed objection petition to his plea filed Monday, a day when the CBI was allowed to question Gujarat's former minister Amit Shah in jail for three days, starting July 28.
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| Kashmir resumes normal life today Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:48 AM PDT By Rahi Firdous,Agence India Press, Srinagar: An uneasy calm prevails in the Kashmir Valley, after a day's strike, life returned to normal in Kashmir Valley today with shoppers flocking the markets and schools and businesses reopening as authorities lifted restrictions imposed on movement of people. Schools, banks and business establishments have reopened after days of curfew, restrictions and shutdowns; Kashmir Valley is abuzz with normal life on Tuesday as the Hurriyat (G) called for the resumption of normal activities on the day in the view of Shab-e-Baraat (Muslim Holy Night).
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| Kerala looking into reports of Taliban style courts Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:19 AM PDT By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala is looking into the veracity of media reports suggesting that Taliban style courts are functioning in the state, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the state assembly Tuesday. He said this in response to a submission raised by Congress legislator Aryadan Mohammed. Mohammed said the first such report of a Taliban style court appeared in Veekshenam daily this month and was followed by a series of reports in Mathrubhoomi daily.
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| Waqf Enquiry Commission: consultation meeting of Muslim organisations held Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:12 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Forum for Social Action based in Thiruvananthapuram organized a consultation meeting of Muslim organisations in the matter of the Waqf Enquiry Commission report on July 23. About 50 leaders representing different Muslim organizations participated in the meeting.
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| A noble initiative for educational uplift of Muslims in Bihar Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:35 AM PDT By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Daughters of poor Muslim fathers, these students of Class VIII to X now have a dream in their eyes. Picked up from local families whose sole breadwinners are either mason, auto driver or watch mechanics or other menial workers, these girls are being coached free so that they do not drop from high school classes due to financial constraints. A big salute to Bihar Anjuman for the initiative. 
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| Chief Minister should apologize to general public: leaders of organisations Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:50 PM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Chief Minister who has made a statement creating hatred and misunderstanding as well as insulting the whole community should apologise to the general public, demanded leaders of different organizations in a common meeting chaired by Thodiyoor Muhammed Kunji Moulvi, secretary of the Dakshin Kerala Jamiyathul Ulema.
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| ‘Statement was against PFI and not Muslim community’; Kerala CM refuses to apologize Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:39 PM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan refused to apologize for or withdraw the controversial statement he made in New Delhi last day. He said that his statement about the Popular Front was explained as against the Muslim community and that such news was made intentionally to spread misunderstandings. He was replying to the submission by K Babu in the state Assembly yesterday.
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| Two more deaths spark fresh tension in Kashmir, life paralysed Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:56 PM PDT By IRNA, Srinagar, India : Authorities reimposed restrictions on the movement of people in parts of Srinagar and north Kashmir in anticipation of fresh protests after two more persons were allegedly killed by police, this time in custody. The restrictions were imposed in sensitive areas of the capital city and Rafiabad township in Baramulla after news of the death of two more persons spread even as normal life remained paralysed elsewhere in Kashmir after a day long reprieve on Sunday.
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| Book Review: A Guide to Uplift Minorities Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:43 PM PDT By Mahtab Alam, Name of the book: A Guide to Uplift Minorities Compiled by: Abdur Rasheed Agwan and Edited by M. Gauhar Iqbal Published by: Social Service Wing, Jamaat-e Islami, Hind Pages: 319, revised edition- June 2010 Price: 150/- rupees
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| I'm a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan's descendant Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:29 PM PDT By Biswajit Choudhury, IANS, Kolkata : Bespectacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore who valiantly fought the British. "We are born and brought up in Kolkata now for many generations; so that makes me a Bengali," says Husain Shah of his identity. He's a businessman, the owner of an agency that supplies fuel to retailers.
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| General Facility Centre will be started in every village of Maharashtra: Fauziya Tahseen Khan Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:21 PM PDT By Riyaz Momin, TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad: General Facility Centre will be started in every village of Maharashtra state, said Fauziya Tahseen Khan, Minister of state for General Administration, school education,women and child welfare and health, while inaugurating computer centre at Standard Urdu School when she was on a visit to Aurangabad on Monday. 
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| Abolishing our existing thought patterns Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:38 PM PDT |
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