Thursday, August 12, 2010

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Ramadan: Day 1 in pictures

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

By TCN News




Nawabu, a cook with Husainabad Trust make rotis to distributed among the poor through-out the month of Ramadan.



Muslims in Kashmir offer prayers on the street. [AIP photo]

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Institutionalized discrimination against Muslims has taken deep roots: Manzoor Alam

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:59 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter

New Delhi: "The constitution of India prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion but unfortunately, there have been enough disturbing patterns of official behavior because of which I have to say, that institutionalized discrimination against Muslims has become entrenched in India today," said Dr. Manzoor Alam, general secretary of All India Milli Council at Press Club of India, on August 11, 2010.

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Indo-Pak bus service attacked in Kashmir

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT

By Rahi Firdous, Agence India Press

Srinagar: For the first time, the cross-LoC bus service has come under attack from the protestors in north Kashmir. A resident of Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) has been wounded as the protestors pelted stones on the bus at Pattan.

Angry mob crashed window panes of the 'Caravan-e-Aman' bus that carried passengers from Srinagar, travelling across the Line of Control (LoC) to Aman Setu in Baramulla.

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Send in your Ramzan pics

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

By TCN team

Ramzan or Ramdan is a special month for Muslims. It is a month of fasting, prayer, and spirituality and it is also a month of culture, cuisine, and commercialization. TwoCircles.net intent to capture the full picture of the Ramadan as observed in India. Help us do that by sending in your pictures taken in this month and related to Ramadan.

It could be pictures of sehri-singers to fasting people working or doing their daily chores to selling of iftar itmes to preparation of Ramadan food to people eating and praying together.

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Lucknow's Chota Imambara feeds poor in Ramadan

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:11 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter

Lucknow: As the dawn of the first day of the holy month of Ramazan descended on Thursday, sixty-five year old Nawabu rushed from his ancestral home at Wazirbagh to reach Chota Imambarah as early as possible. On reaching the Imambara premises Nawabu along with a dozen of his colleagues began preparing tandori roti and aloo ki sabzi meant for the poor and needy section fo the society. The process will follow throughout the month, serving more than 500 people per day.


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MANUU Teacher honoured with Best Public Relation Teacher Award 2010

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:45 AM PDT

By TCN News

Hyderabad: Public Relations Society of India has honoured Mr. Mohd. Fariyad with the award of 'Best Public Relations Teacher' for the year 2010. Mr. Fariyad, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad has been awarded by the Public Relations Society of India, Hyderabad Chapter on the occasion of Public Relations Education day on 6th August 2010.

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Fasting month of Ramzan begins Thursday across India

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:28 AM PDT

By IRNA,

New Delhi : Fasting month of Ramzan will begin from Thursday, August 12, across India following sighting of new moon here Wednesday evening.

"The new moon of Ramzan was sighted on Wednesday evening. Hence, Ramzan fasting will start from Thursday," Maulana Mufti Mukarram, the Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri mosque told IRNA here after a meeting of the Royat Hilal Committee.

The meeting was chaired by Mufti Mukkaram and attended by ulemas and scholars.

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Preparations for Haj pilgrims on smooth track: Krishna

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:47 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Preparations for the Haj pilgrimage are on fast track and nearly 80,000 accommodations have already been secured, the government said Thursday.

"A senior level officer of the external affairs ministry is in Saudi Arabia to look after the preparations," External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna informed the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour.

The minister said nearly 160,000 pilgrims will go for Haj this year.

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Muslim NRI launches “Voice of Bihar” bilingual monthly

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:41 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Bihar has about 90 million population, more than that of many countries put together. The language of this huge human population is Urdu or Hindi, not English, thus there is vast space for vernacular media," said Darbhanga-born and Dubai-based NRI Omer Hejazeen at the launch of his bilingual monthly "Voice of Bihar" here yesterday at Hotel Chanakya.

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Ramadan begins in Kerala today

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:36 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kozhikode: Kerala entered the holy month of Ramadan today. The Tharaveeh prayers began yesterday night in the masjids.

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Ishrat Jahan killing probe given to court-appointed SIT

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:21 AM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation of the Ishrat Jahan suspected staged-shootout case to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Jahan was gunned down by Gujarat police in Ahmedabad June 15, 2004.


Jamia Milia gets grant of Rs.54.2 crore

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:57 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allocated a special grant of Rs.54.2 crore for Jamia Millia Islamia University, an official said here Thursday.

"The fund has been allocated for the purpose of upgradation of laboratories, construction of new buildings, extension of old buildings, expansion of hostels and dinning facilities, availability of high speed internet servers and 2G and 3G network services," said Simi Malhotra, media coordinator of the university.

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US event organizers urged to cancel Sadhvi Ritambhara’s program

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:14 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New York: Indian Muslim Council-USA has urged community and religious leaders to disassociate themselves from Hindutva leader Sadhvi Ritambhara's politics of hate. IMC-USA has appealed to the event organizers to cancel her speaking engagements in the US.

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No official information from Karnataka on Ma’dani’s arrest: Kerala Home Minister

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Thiruvananthapuram: The Karnataka police have not officially informed the state regarding the arrest of Ma'dani, said Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Whereas, the Karnataka police reportedly claim they had informed Kerala before five days itself on the matter. However, Kerala is ready to cooperate with the Karnataka police and the latter is reportedly adamant on not returning before making the arrest.

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Urdu: a victim of systematic political apathy

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:47 PM PDT

By TCN News

Bareilly (UP): "Urdu has been a victim of sustained and systematic political apathy, from all the governments, at the Center and in different states of India. Even today it is spoken from Kanya Kumari to Kashmir but still it gets treated, worse than a regional language at the hands of the governments."

These views were expressed by Mujib Sahil, an Urdu poet at a one day national seminar on "Urdu and challenges before it in today's world," organized by Gulashan-E-Fatma Technical Institute, Pilibhit on August 8, 2010.

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Afmi hosts Justice Rajinder Sachar in Massachusetts

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:43 PM PDT

By TCN News,

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'Pampore march' thwarted, Curfew, restrictions continue in Kashmir

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press

Srinagar: Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled mostly empty streets and enforced a strict curfew on Wednesday in most parts of Kashmir.

Security forces laid razor wire and steel barricades in Srinagar to foil the march of Pampore, which was scheduled today.

All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for a march to Pampore to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of pro-freedom leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, who was killed by police in 2008.

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