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Woman's womb was not slit during 2002 riots: Doctor
CIC not disclosing proceeding of Batla hearing held on Feb 9
United Milli Forum sets up rural doctors association in Jharkhand
Jammu lawyers protest bill to strip women of property rights
JP Memorial Lecture on Images and Representation of Indian Muslims
Rewrite Communal Violence Bill: Christian Council
Arif Khan, Indian envoy in Rome, dead
Minority Ministry ad misinforms public, hoodwinks Muslims
Hyderabad Urdu editors on Urdu press, Muslim problems
Husain's hounding 'blow to the idea of India': Indo-Canadian leader
Curfew relaxed for 11 hours in Bareilly
What educated Muslim women say about women quota bill?
2268 complaints to National Commission for Minorities
Bangladesh sending a male Taslima as Dy High Commissioner in Kolkata?

Woman's womb was not slit during 2002 riots: Doctor

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad: The horror tale of a pregnant woman having her womb slit open by attackers of the 2002 communal riots during the Naroda Patia massacre in Ahmedabad has been negated by a doctor who carried out the autopsy.

J.S. Kanoria during his cross-examination before special court judge Jyotsnaben Yagnik Wednesday said he had conducted the post-mortem examination on three bodies, including the pregnant woman, Kausarbanu Sheikh, and had found the foetus intact in her womb.

CIC not disclosing proceeding of Batla hearing held on Feb 9

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:38 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: About one and half month after the Central Information Commission summoned Delhi Police and conducted a hearing on an RTI petition seeking details about the Batla House encounter and the Delhi serial blasts accused, no one knows, not even the RTI petitioner, what happened on February 9, the day of the hearing. Interestingly, the CIC had taken more than one year against the provision of 90 days – to call the hearing on the second appeal of the RTI petitioner.

United Milli Forum sets up rural doctors association in Jharkhand

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 08:26 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Sahebganj (Jharkhand): A new association of rural doctors has been formed for the first time in Jharkhand, one of the states with the poorest health indicators in the country. On 7 March, at a function held in Gumani town of Sahebganj district, over 100 rural medical practitioners joined the Rural Health Service Association (RHSA), formed under the auspices of the local unit of the United Milli Forum (UMF), a social and cultural organisation.

Jammu lawyers protest bill to strip women of property rights

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:58 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: About 100 lawyers were arrested here Wednesday when they tried to lay a siege around the state assembly to oppose a bill moved last week in the upper house that seeks to deprive women of their permanent resident rights if they marry outside Jammu and Kashmir.

More than 150 lawyers of the Jammu Bar Association marched from the high court complex to the civil secretariat where they were intercepted by police.

JP Memorial Lecture on Images and Representation of Indian Muslims

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:56 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: Prominent Civil liberties' organization, People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) this year will be organizing its 30th JP Memorial Lecture on Images and Representation of Indian Muslims. The lecture is scheduled on 23 March 2010, 5:00 pm onwards at Gandhi Peace Foundation, Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg, Delhi. The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Mushirul Hasan, a renowned historian and former Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia.

Rewrite Communal Violence Bill: Christian Council

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:55 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: All India Christian Council (AICC) has written a letter to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh requesting a serious rewrite of the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill.

In the letter AICC lists its concerns about the bill:

Arif Khan, Indian envoy in Rome, dead

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:59 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Arif Khan, India's ambassador in Italy, died in Rome Tuesday, officials said. He was 58.

Khan, who was suffering from lung cancer, is survived by his wife Farida and two sons.

He had served earlier as India's ambassador in Syria, deputy chief of mission in Paris and as the official spokesman of the external affairs ministry. Before he went to Rome, he was additional secretary (public diplomacy).

The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is meeting at 5 p.m. this evening to mourn his death.

Minority Ministry ad misinforms public, hoodwinks Muslims

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:54 AM PDT

By Syed Shahabuddin,

The full page Advertisement by the Ministry of Minority Affairs on 18 February, 2010 on its achievements under Prime Minister's 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of the Minorities has been designed to misinform the public and to bluff the minorities and particularly hoodwink the Muslims. Indeed, the Advertisement conceals more than it reveals.

Hyderabad Urdu editors on Urdu press, Muslim problems

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:46 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Like their counterparts in Delhi, Urdu Editors in Hyderabad also see educational backwardness as the major issue confronting the Muslim community in India. Lack of education has led the community to economic and social backwardness. Despite some confronting views, Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat daily and Naseem Arifi, Editor, Etemaad daily tell Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net that there is no Indian Express or Tehelka in Urdu because Urdu media lack resources and professionalism.

Husain's hounding 'blow to the idea of India': Indo-Canadian leader

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:20 AM PDT

By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,

Toronto : Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister, has called painter M.F. Husain's decision to give up his Indian citizenship "a blow to the idea of India.'' The Indian government should not allow fundamentalists to dictate and persuade Husain to retake his Indian citizenship, Dosanjh, a leader of the influential Indian Canadian community, said.

Curfew relaxed for 11 hours in Bareilly

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:03 AM PDT

By IANS,

Bareilly : Curfew was relaxed in Bareilly Wednesday for 11 hours as the Uttar Pradesh town limped towards normalcy after a serious bout of communal violence, authorities said.

It was the third relaxation since curfew was imposed two weeks ago.

"As peaceful situation prevails in Bareilly, we have decided to relax the curfew for 11 hours," Deputy Inspector General of Police (Bareilly Range) Rajiv Sabharwal told IANS.

"It was relaxed for eight hours Tuesday. Now, the relaxation has been extended to 5 p.m.," he said.

What educated Muslim women say about women quota bill?

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:55 PM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: While common Muslim is unaware of the debates around Women Reservation Bill, educated and active Muslim women are all for the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha. However, they want some concrete mechanism to ensure the political participation of Muslim women and other excluded groups.

2268 complaints to National Commission for Minorities

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:29 PM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) received 2,268 complaints from different quarters during 2008-09. Minister of Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid gave this information to Rajya Sabha today.

This is the number of complaints received in the current financial year till February 25th. Complaints are on law & order, economic mattes, cultural rights, religion based harassment, waqf matters, and compensation for the victims of the riots.

Bangladesh sending a male Taslima as Dy High Commissioner in Kolkata?

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:39 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: Some Muslim intellectuals of West Bengal have jointly sent a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina urging her not to send to India a controversial Bangladesh writer – who is known for his blasphemous writings – as Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, India because such appointment will be against the public interest and against the interest of Government of Bangladesh.