Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Muslim leaders appeals for normalcy in Kashmir

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:11 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Delhi-based Muslim leaders had appealed to Kashmiri leaders and government in Delhi and Srinagar to restore normalcy as it is adversely affecting the lives of students of the Valley.

In a statement issued here today by Syed Shahabuddin, President, All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat; Mohammad Jafar, Vice President, Jamaat e Islami Hind;

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Minority schools don’t require minimum quota for minority students: NCMEI

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:52 AM PDT

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net

New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has done away with the criterion of fixation of percentage of minority students in a Minority Educational Institution (MEI), as the determining factor of its minority status.
The Commission said that fixing a percentage of student's admission belonging to a notified community will negate the autonomy, which the Constitution provides to the minorities in running their educational institutions.

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PDP Locks Civil Secretariat in Srinagar

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:29 AM PDT

By Agence India Press Bureau Report

Srinagar: The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday locked the gates of civil secretariat which houses the Chief Minister's office, as a protests gesture against the civilian killing during police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) action since June 11.

Peoples Democratic Party Legislators led by their party president Mehbooba Mufti today locked the main entrance of civil secretariat of Srinagar and sat on a dharna. This was to give the government a taste of the siege which it has laid around every citizen of Kashmir.

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Court rejects plea to shift Gulberg case to other judge

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:05 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected the petition of witnesses of Gulberg Society attack during the 2002 communal riots, seeking transfer of cases from the designated judge for his "biased behaviour".

Rejecting the petition, a division bench of Justices Jayant Patel and Abhilasha Kumari said: "The alleged apprehension of bias for seeking transfer of the cases cannot be termed as 'a reasonable apprehension' to attract the power of transfer of the cases."

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Sohrabuddin case: CBI likely to seek 3 months extension from apex court

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 07:56 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, which is probing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake shootout, is likely to seek a three-month extension from the Supreme Court when it files its interim report before it on Friday, highly placed sources said.

Meanwhile, the team has sought permission from its headquarters to question Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his capacity as the state's home minister, the sources said. The request is learnt to be pending.

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Amit Shah a chick, arrest the broiler: Lalu Prasad

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:06 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Terming former Gujarat minister Amit Shah a chick, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Thursday dared the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest the broiler - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

"Amit Shah is just a 'chuza' (chick), the broiler is still to be arrested," Lalu Prasad told reporters outside parliament.

Shah, Gujarat's former minister of state for home, has been arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

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Sohrabuddin case: CBI pits Tulsi against Jethmalani

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:36 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Eminent criminal lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will appear for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case in which former Gujarat minister Amit Shah has been arrested, a government source said Thursday.

"The CBI decided to field Tulsi and an ASG (additional solicitor general) as noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani is providing legal assistance to Shah," said a government source on condition of anonymity.

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Ma’dani: Anticipatory bail plea hearing adjourned to August 3

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:03 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Bengaluru: The hearing of the anticipatory bail plea submitted by PDP chairman Abdunnasir Ma'dani has been adjourned till August 3 by the Karnataka High Court. Justice N Ananda adjourned the hearing on the request of the public prosecutor HS Chandramouli for some more time to file objections.

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Kashmir situation still retrievable: Saifuddin Soz

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:24 AM PDT

By George Joseph, IANS,

New Delhi : Congress leader Saifuddin Soz says the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which has seen angry protests by stone-pelting mobs and 17 civilian deaths in the past month, is "still retrievable", but "the quality of governance has to improve".

"There is no point in blaming just Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The buck does not stop at Omar's door only," Soz, 73, the state Congress chief, told IANS in an interview at his residence here.

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New name for Zakir Hussain College

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:20 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The old and famous Zakir Hussain College of Delhi University has now become Zakir Hussain Delhi College. In a way it is not really a new name. The college used to be called as Delhi College during 1960s when it was located at Ajmere Gate.

It was only in 1975 that the name of the college was changed from Delhi College to Zakir Hussain College after Zakir Hussain College Memorial Trust took it over. Since then it has been a popular demand to include 'Delhi' in the name of the college to highlight its history.

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Mohd Rafi's son to launch music academy in father's honour

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:17 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mumbai : Legendary singer Mohammed Rafi's son Shahid Rafi will Saturday launch a music academy in his father's name as a tribute on his 30th death anniversary.

"There are so many fans of my father who used to repeatedly ask me to start something like this. So finally I got together with some people and decided to launch this academy," Shahid Rafi told IANS.

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No request from Kerala to ban PFI: Chidambaram

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:10 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The central government has not received any request from Kerala on banning radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Thursday.

"I've not got anything," Chidambaram told IANS outside parliament, when asked whether the state government had requested the central government to ban the PFI.

Suspected activists of the outfit chopped the hand of a Kerala lecturer earlier this month for preparing an "inflammatory" question paper with references to Prophet Mohammed.

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Wanted some ‘Islam’ in CWG ceremonies: Group of Ministers

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:32 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM) was not amused when it found out that there was no reference at all of "Islamic influence on Indian history," in both the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games (CWG). So it has directed the organizers of the Games to provide a "true" representation of India's inclusive culture by weaving this in, as per reported by Indian Express.

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CBI summons IPS officer Johri in Sohrabuddin case

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:13 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday summoned Geetha Johri, the first woman IPS officer of Gujarat, by Aug 10 for questioning in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

Johri was a part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by R.K. Raghavan to probe the case.

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Restrictions in Kashmir again to prevent separatist protests

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:09 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Restrictions in parts of Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, continued Thursday as authorities tried to scuttle protests and demonstrations by separatist groups against alleged human rights violations.

Leader of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani, has called for sit-ins and protests actoss the valley.

Restrictions were placed in five old city areas as well as in uptown Maisuma locality. There was a clamp down in north Kashmir's Sopore and Baramulla towns as well.

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SDPI to hold marches in four zones in Kerala

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:05 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kochi: The Social Democratic Party of India will organize popular marches in four zones in Kerala from August 2 to 6, said the party's state president Adv KP Muhammed Shareef in a press conference.

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Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:39 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.

She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.

Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.

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Parents protest 'lower caste' women cooking food in schools

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:42 PM PDT

By Adnan Alavi,

The outrage among parents over Dalit or Lower Caste [sic] women cooking food for their children in schools has once again demonstrated the casteist face of our society.

'Upper caste' families are insistent that they would not send the kids to school if the children are served food cooked by Dalit women. In several places, villagers have turned violent and the cooks had to be sent away.

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CBI summons ex-Gujarat police chief P.C. Pande

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat director general of police P.C. Pande was Wednesday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

He has been told to appear before the CBI Aug 11, CBI sources said.

Pande was the Ahmedabad commissioner of police during the 2002 communal riots and was the state police chief when a bulk of the shootouts by the police, including the one in which Sheikh was killed, took place.

Pande was made chairman of the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation after his retirement.

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To fix irregularities, NRC update in Assam suspended

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:14 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Guwahati: The government of Assam has decided to temporarily put on hold, the updating of National Registration of Citizens (NRC) 1951. The state government has also admitted to some "minor mistakes" in the pilot project currently going on in Barpeta and Chaygaon Revenue Circles.

All Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU) along with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), have been raising the issue of widespread irregularities and discrepancies in the updating process. They had also demanded from the government to halt the updating work.

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