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Proposed Urdu Arabic Persian University in financial crisis
Three members of a family in critical condition following Kashmir clashes
HWF to give Ramazan kits to 3000 poor families
Maudany being questioned; PDP requests state and centre to save his life
Dialogue key to ending cycle of violence in Kashmir: Sonia
Maudany being questioned; PDP requests state,centre to save his life
Bareilly: Same old story of unfair khaki action
Maya govt. is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers: Dr. Udit Raj
Need to address anger, pain of Kashmiri youth: Sonia
No intention to ban Union Carbide: Govt
Kashmiri students divided on 'azadi'
205 fresh dengue cases reported from Jamia Nagar, hospitals ‘full’
Mayor faces the heat of angry Jamia Nagar residents over dengue cases
Holiest Kashmir Shrine closed for prayers in Ramzan
Right to Education Act and Muslims’ concerns
Boy dies in Kashmir, toll rises to 60
No trade-off with BJP over nuclear bill: government
TMMK condemns arrest of Maudany
Omar hits out at woman separatist leader
Omar favours repeal of armed forces' special powers
Kashmir situation worrisome, accepts Omar
Political climate in Kerala similar to undeclared emergency
Delhi Wakf Board unable to keep its website up

Proposed Urdu Arabic Persian University in financial crisis

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

UP govt. sanctions just 1% of the funds required

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

Lucknow: The Urdu Arabic-Persian university announced amidst much fanfare in 2009 by the state government is reeling under acute financial crisis. The Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the proposed university who demanded Rs 150 crore from the state government only to be contented with Rs 1.51 crores.

The building of the proposed university is still under construction however, Ansari stated on Thursday to start few courses on a token basis form July 2011.

Three members of a family in critical condition following Kashmir clashes

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:46 AM PDT

By Bilal Furqani, Agence India Press

Srinagar: At least ten persons sustained bullet injuries when a joint party of police and CRPF troopers opened fire on demonstrators at Soura on city outskirts here on Thursday.

The three members of a family were injured critically when security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators demanding the withdrawal of the CRPF troops from the premises of a Jenab shrine in Srinagar.

HWF to give Ramazan kits to 3000 poor families

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:32 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The Human Welfare Foundation, the social service wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has started distribution of Iftar kit to more than 3,000 poor Muslim families in states like Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Haryana and Delhi.

Each kit will carry ingredients enough for an average family for the whole month of Ramazan.

Maudany being questioned; PDP requests state and centre to save his life

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch yesterday began questioning PDP chairman Abdunnasir Maudany in connection with the Bengaluru blast case. Meanwhile, the PDP has requested the state and central governments to intervene to save the life of Maudany. Maudany was arrested by the Bengaluru police from Anvarssery in Kollam on Tuesday when he was going to surrender in court.

Dialogue key to ending cycle of violence in Kashmir: Sonia

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:26 AM PDT

By Ashish Mehra, Agence India Press

New Delhi: At last Sonia Gandhi broke her silence over the Jammu & Kashmir situation. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appealed for peace in the violence of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sonia Gandhi made these remarks while addressing a meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) in the national capital where she outlined her party's stand on various issues ranging from Kashmir to the alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games preparations and Nuclear Liability Bill.

Maudany being questioned; PDP requests state,centre to save his life

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Bareilly: Same old story of unfair khaki action

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:04 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Patna: Complete peace eludes Bareilly for past several months with sporadic incidents of communal violence occurring, leaving behind injured people and damaged properties. The latest one took place on 16th August. The role of police in controlling the violence and restoring peace is again questionable.

Maya govt. is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers: Dr. Udit Raj

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:43 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, president of the Indian Justice Party, said that the Maya Government is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers, and has gone upon fueling the privatisation in U.P. "Recently, the government sold four sugar mills, viz. Chandpur (Bijnor), Jarwal (Behraich), Shishwan Bazar and Amroha and three of them are making profits. The Chandpur Sugar Mills has been sold to a liquor baron who had amassed thousand of crores through manipulation of business activities in liquor, mines, mid- day meal, etc." alleged Dr. Raj.

Need to address anger, pain of Kashmiri youth: Sonia

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:25 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday said Jammu and Kashmir had a special place in the hearts of the countrymen and efforts should be made to address the anger and pain among the youth of the state.

"Jammu and Kashmir has a special place in our polity and indeed in our hearts. Reaching out to the people of the state, most particularly the youth, is the need of the hour," Gandhi said in her address to the Congress parliamentary party meeting here.

No intention to ban Union Carbide: Govt

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:36 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: There is no proposal to blacklist and ban the entry of Union Carbide which is now called Dow Chemicals in the country. Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Srikant Kumar Jena gave this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

He said no such proposal is under the consideration of the department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.

Kashmiri students divided on 'azadi'

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Even as Kashmir Valley continues to see protests and cries for "azadi", a group of 60 Kashmiri students who visited Delhi were clearly divided on the issue of freedom, with some saying that youths were being brainwashed and others rooting for a plebiscite.

"Some of the youth are being brainwashed by anti-national elements. The majority of the stone-pelters get money in return. Kashmir is and will remain an integral part of India," said Sajad Yousuf, a student of Kashmir University.

205 fresh dengue cases reported from Jamia Nagar, hospitals ‘full’

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:42 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: Number of suspected dengue cases in Jamia Nagar has increased substantially. Only in the last 24 hours out of 595 suspected patients who approached the five big hospitals in the area, 205 turned out to be dengue patients. Out of 205 cases, the condition of 12 patients is reportedly very serious.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on the other hand has declared 297 dengue cases till now in Delhi. It has also accepted that a large of this figure, have been reported from Jamia Nagar, a Muslim dominated area.

Mayor faces the heat of angry Jamia Nagar residents over dengue cases

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:26 AM PDT

By TCN Staff reporter,

New Delhi: PR Sawheney, mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, had to face the heat of angry residents of Jamia Nagar, when he visited Jamia Nagar on Wednesday, 18th August, so much so that he had to leave the area within 15 minutes.

The local residents protested against the MCD and the mayor, asking him why he bothered to visit the area at all, when the situation of dengue in the area has turned worst.

He was there to take stock of the situation in the backdrop of increasing dengue cases being reported from the area.

Holiest Kashmir Shrine closed for prayers in Ramzan

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:09 AM PDT

By IRNA,

Srinagar, India : Holiest Islamic shrine in Kashmir remained shut for fifth consecutive day Wednesday and no prayers could be offered there despite this being holy month of Ramadan.

Residents are protesting the desecration of the shrine by local policemen and demand their removal before prayers can be resumed.

They are also demanding shifting of the police barracks from the shrine premises and ritual ablution of the holy place as is customary in Kashmir after every such incident.

Right to Education Act and Muslims’ concerns

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:54 AM PDT

By Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi,

There is no doubt over avails of this law. It provides children between 6 to 14 years of age with the right to get education. If we take a look at this law, it clears central government's intention in educating every child whether he is from tribal caste or from minority communities. However, some concerns raised by the Muslim community are genuine and need to be addressed.

Boy dies in Kashmir, toll rises to 60

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:51 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : An eight-year-old boy, hit by a stray bullet during clashes between security forces and protesters, died here Thursday, taking the toll in the Kashmir Valley unrest since June 11 to 60.

Milat Ahmad Dar was injured Saturday in Harnagh village of Anantnag district. He was playing with his friends when a bullet fired some distance away hit him.

"The boy was not part of any mob. He had come to his mother's ancestral village from Wanpora village in Kulgam district when destiny cut short his life," said a sobbing villager who did not wanted to be named.

No trade-off with BJP over nuclear bill: government

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:46 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The government Thursday denied the opposition's allegation that it had struck a give and take deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the civil nuclear liability bill in return for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being let off in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case.

TMMK condemns arrest of Maudany

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:32 AM PDT

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam president, Prof Jawahirullah condemned the arrest of Kerala's People Democratic Party (PDP) leader and religious scholar Abdun Nasar Maudany. Maudany was arrested by Karnataka police in Kerala on 17 August in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blast.

Prof Jawahirullah said that the arrest of Maudany was nothing but a political conspiracy and a wreak by the vested interests. He equally denounced the Left led Kerala Government which, he said, "made the arrest easier."

Omar hits out at woman separatist leader

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday lashed out at separatist leader Syeda Asiya Andrabi for trying to send her son abroad for studies while asking students in the valley to "sacrifice their studies for liberation of Kashmir".

Andrabi, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief whose son had applied for a passport to study in Malaysia, has been saying that the youth in the valley should give up their studies and make "sacrifices for the movement for liberation of Kashmir".

Abdullah accused the leader of "saying one thing and practising quite the other".

Omar favours repeal of armed forces' special powers

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:39 PM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said he favoured the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act -- that gives legal immunity to security forces for causing collateral damage, including deaths, during operations -- at a later stage.

He said that "there was no question of its (act's) revocation at this point in time."

This is for the first time that Omar has made a categorical statement on the issue that has rankled many in the state.

Kashmir situation worrisome, accepts Omar

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:32 PM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday acknowledged that the situation in the valley was "worrisome" and hoped that the measures taken by his government to "break cycle of violence" would yield results.

"The situation in the valley is worrisome. It is a matter of grave concern to us, we want to break the cycle of violence," Abdullah told newsmen here after reviewing several developmental works, including the renovation of Mubarak Mandi, a heritage site.

Political climate in Kerala similar to undeclared emergency

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:37 PM PDT

By Auswaf Ahsan

Delhi Wakf Board unable to keep its website up

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:24 PM PDT

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net

New Delhi: A world of information might be available on internet but Delhi Wakf Board (DWB) is not. Delhi Wakf Board has a website but due to their cheaper plan it is inaccessible to everyone.