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- Foreign ministry holding back 11000 haj seats: UP Hajj Committee
- Karnataka BJP for anti-cow slaughter stir, ticks off governor
- Maudany not involved in Bangalore stadium blast: Counsel
- A rare normal day for Kashmir
- ‘Maudany involved in Bengaluru stadium blasts’ – Karnataka; Maudany’s lawyer refutes
- Reasons Behind Eemaan
- Joint India-Pakistan forum launched for relief in Pak, Leh
- SGPC to send delegation to Kashmir
- Indian named Vijay Kumar held at US airport with jihadist material
- Babri verdict: Muslim group urges UP Govt to check Sangh leaders
- Centre to advise states to increase share of minorities in job
- Protest in TN against Maudany’s arrest
- NAC sets up committees to draft fresh bill on communal violence
- Rural child health initiative for UP’s minority concentration areas
- Trial begins in Babri Masjid demolition case
| Foreign ministry holding back 11000 haj seats: UP Hajj Committee Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Lucknow: Senior cabinet minister and Chairman, State Haj Committee (SHC) Naseemuddin Siddiqui on Tuesday blamed the foreign ministry for with-holding 11000 haj seats. "They have kept 11000 seats and allotting them to VIPs and others. This quota should be immediately released to various state's haj committee for general muslims," said Siddiqui who was re-elected as Chairman of UP's state Haj Committee on Tuesday at Lucknow.
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| Karnataka BJP for anti-cow slaughter stir, ticks off governor Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:19 AM PDT By IANS, Bangalore : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka will go ahead with its planned state-wide agitation to press for an early presidential nod to the anti-cow slaughter bill despite Governor H.R. Bhardwaj's displeasure over it. The state legislature passed the bill to ban cattle slaughter amidst opposition from political parties, various Dalit organizations and noted writers who said the measure was against certain sections of the society and their eating habits.
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| Maudany not involved in Bangalore stadium blast: Counsel Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:42 AM PDT By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Counsel for Abdul Nasir Maudany has termed as "baseless" a Karnataka minister's statement that the jailed People's Democratic Party leader has confessed to his involvement in the Chinnaswamy Stadium bomb blast in April ahead of an IPL match. Counsel Ali Akbar said the statement of Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya was baseless and the minister "is trying to make political capital through such statements".
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| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:25 AM PDT By Agence India Press Srinagar: An uneasy calm prevails in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday again. According to Hurriyat (G) programme sheet people have been called for no strike today. Meanwhile, the fresh protest chart of Hurriyat (G) was announced in the evening. Banks were also seen functional while people were seen in long queues outside ATMs withdrawing money. Traffic jams were reported from many places especially city's commercial hub Lal Chowk.
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| ‘Maudany involved in Bengaluru stadium blasts’ – Karnataka; Maudany’s lawyer refutes Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:40 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Bengaluru: PDP chairman Abdunnasir Maudany, now in the custody of the Karnataka police in connection with the Bengaluru blasts, had prior knowledge of the blasts in the Chinnaswamy Stadium in the city, accused Karnataka Home Minister VS Acharya. But Maudany's lawyer Adv Akbar Ali refuted the claim as baseless.
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| Joint India-Pakistan forum launched for relief in Pak, Leh Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:33 AM PDT By TCN News, New Delhi: Some civil society organisations and concerned citizens of India and Pakistan recently met in Amritsar and later in Lahore and decided to launch a Joint India-Pakistan Forum for Relief to help the flood affected people of Pakistan and Leh - India at the time of this grave crisis.
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| SGPC to send delegation to Kashmir Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:18 AM PDT By IANS, Jammu : The Shiromani Gurudawara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) is to send a delegation to the Kashmir Valley to meet members of the Sikh community following anonymous letters asking them to embrace Islam or face dire consequences, an official said Tuesday. A delegation of the SGPC, Amritsar, led by its president Avtar Singh Makkar, was scheduled to visit the valley Aug 20. But the plans were rescheduled after the community leaders in Kashmir said the SGPC team's arrival in Srinagar could be "misinterpreted and complicate the situation".
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| Indian named Vijay Kumar held at US airport with jihadist material Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:55 AM PDT By IANS, New York : An Indian has been arrested for carrying jehadi literature at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, a media report said. Vijay Kumar, 40, was arrested Friday after security officials searched his luggage when they noticed him behaving strangely, the New York Post reported Monday. Kumar said he is from Mumbai. Officers found books and diagrams on espionage, information on US military weaponry, publications mentioning "jehad" and "infidels," brass knuckles and at least $8,000 in US bills.
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| Babri verdict: Muslim group urges UP Govt to check Sangh leaders Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:52 AM PDT By TCN News, Aligarh: The Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC) has urged the Uttar Pradesh Government to check Sangh Parivar leaders from vitiating the peaceful communal atmosphere in the wake of the coming verdict of the Special Court on the title suit of Babri Masjid. Constitution of India is the supreme guiding force of India and a lawful and civilized society should honour verdict of the court in any case including Babri Mosque case. But some of the members of the BJP & RSS are openly threatening that the temple will be constructed at the place at all cost.
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| Centre to advise states to increase share of minorities in job Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:50 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer, New Delhi: The Central Government, happy with the success of its policy to increase share of minorities in jobs at central ministries, is considering to advise states to follow the suit though it may not issue any instruction as recruitment is a state subject.
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| Protest in TN against Maudany’s arrest Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:36 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Coimbatore: More than 200 people protested in Tamil Nadu against the arrest of PDP chairman Abdunnasir Maudany in connection with the Bengaluru blasts. The protest was organized by the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetta Kazhakam on Sunday.
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| NAC sets up committees to draft fresh bill on communal violence Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:53 PM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer, New Delhi: The National Advisory Council of Government of India has constituted an Advisory Group and a Drafting Committee to develop a fresh draft bill on communal and sectarian violence. The draft bill is expected to be ready by November 2010. Concerned citizens may send their submissions till September.
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| Rural child health initiative for UP’s minority concentration areas Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:03 PM PDT By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Wednesday and Saturdays are Routine Immunization days in Uttar Pradesh. From morning one witnesses rural women with infants in arms making a be-line for primary health centers. But June and December are more special months for little children in India's most populous state with very poor development indicators.
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| Trial begins in Babri Masjid demolition case Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:40 PM PDT By TCN Staff Reporter, Lucknow: The trial in the criminal case of Babri Masjid demolition began with the recording of statement of the then SHO Priyamvada Nath Shukla on Monday by Special Judge (Ayodhya Issue) in Lucknow. Shukla, who was the SHO, on December 6, 1992 had lodged the FIR regarding the demolition of the mosque at Ram Janam Bhoomi police station in Ayodhya. The court has framed the charges in crime number 197/92 u/s 153A, 153B, 295, 332, 395 and 120B of Indian Penal Code.
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