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- Activists protest Muslim cleric's sexist remark
- BJP, RSS call second struggle to abolish Article 370
- Muslim women hold rally in support of women reservation bill
- Modi may not depose before SIT Sunday
- Maulana Rabey Hasan confirmed for third term, AIMPLB attempts to be more representative
- Awami National Conference seeks arrears payment to employees
- Kashmir to move bill on district jobs for locals
- Dropout rate falls in Jammu and Kashmir schools
- Night curfew to continue in Bareilly
- Muslim law board to oppose any anti-Shariat law
- Akshardham attack accused's plea against witnesses dismissed
- Guided by 'zakat', a village funds its road and bridge
- SIO leadership meets HRD Minister on Jamia, Foreign University Bill
| Activists protest Muslim cleric's sexist remark Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:53 AM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: Women activists Saturday staged a demonstration against a cleric who spoke against Muslim women's participation in politics. Around 30 activists, mostly from the Muslim community, as well as filmmaker Gauhar Raza and lyricist Javed Akhtar gathered at the Jantar Mantar observatory to protest comments made by Lucknow-based Muslim cleric Kalbe Jawad regarding women's reservation bill. |
| BJP, RSS call second struggle to abolish Article 370 Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PDT By IANS, Madhopur (Punjab): At a place where the Bharatiya Jana Sangh's founder Shyama Prasad Mookherjee broke the permit restriction to visit Jammu and Kashmir in 1953, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Saturday called for a "second struggle" for abolition of the Constitution's Article 370 and complete integration of the state with the rest of India. |
| Muslim women hold rally in support of women reservation bill Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:35 AM PDT By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Muslim Mahila Andolan today lambasted the comments of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad in which he reportedly said Muslim women have no role in politics, rather they should stay at home and produce children of good race. The group staged a protest against the comments and in support of Women Reservation Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The group condemned efforts not to pass the bill in its present form, for one reason or other. |
| Modi may not depose before SIT Sunday Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:31 AM PDT By IANS, Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not likely to depose before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) Sunday on accusations made by Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri killed during the 2002 communal riots. Beyond an acknowledgement of the notice sent to him, there has been no further response from the chief minister, sources in the SIT said. SIT chief R.K. Raghavan said: "I am now in Chennai. My coming to Ahmedabad would depend on developments." |
| Maulana Rabey Hasan confirmed for third term, AIMPLB attempts to be more representative Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:51 AM PDT By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in its 21st annual convention held at Nadwatul Uloom unianimously re-elected Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadwi as president in Lucknow on Saturday. The board also directly elected Deputy Chairperson, Rajya Sabha, K Rehman Khan and Justice (retd.) Shah Mohammad Qadri as its founder members on Saturday. |
| Awami National Conference seeks arrears payment to employees Posted: 20 Mar 2010 06:46 AM PDT By IANS, Jammu: The opposition Awami National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday criticised the state government for not paying employees the arrears due to them under the Sixth Pay Commission. ANC vice president Muzaffar Shah criticised the National Conference-led coalition government and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also his cousin, for what he called "wasteful expenditure of the government on ministers and bureaucrats". |
| Kashmir to move bill on district jobs for locals Posted: 20 Mar 2010 06:39 AM PDT By IANS, Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar Saturday told the state assembly that a bill banning inter-district recruitment in the state will be introduced Monday. "It (bill) has become necessary in view of the concern voiced by legislators and also to protect the rights of youth," he said. Earlier in the day, main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two of the ruling National Conference (NC) legislators staged a sit-in and later walked out of the assembly demanding introduction of a bill on the issue. |
| Dropout rate falls in Jammu and Kashmir schools Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:45 PM PDT By IANS, Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has seen a steady decline in the dropout rate in schools and the government is making the maximum efforts to expand quality education in the state, a minister has said. Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, in his reply in the state assembly on the grants of the departments under him, claimed Friday that the number of school children dropping out has gone down from 367,000 to 39,000 over a period of five years "due to the government's efforts". |
| Night curfew to continue in Bareilly Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:53 PM PDT By IANS, Bareilly: While night curfew in the trouble-hit areas of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district will continue, the authorities Saturday decided to lift all restrictions on vehicular movement. "Be it two-wheelers or four-wheelers, from today (Saturday) there will not be any restrictions on the movement of vehicles on the roads," District Magistrate Anil Garg said at a press conference here. "The situation is completely peaceful now," he said. Earlier, barring autos and rickshaws, the authorities had restricted the movement of vehicles on roads. |
| Muslim law board to oppose any anti-Shariat law Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:19 PM PDT By IANS, Lucknow: In a major development, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) resolved Friday evening to oppose any court verdict that goes against the tenets of the Islamic Shariat. The decision was taken on the opening day of the three-day AIMPLB conclave at the Nadwatul Ulema University of Islamic Studies here.  |
| Akshardham attack accused's plea against witnesses dismissed Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:13 PM PDT By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Friday rejected the plea of Akshardham terror attack accused Shaukatullah Ghauri that two prosecution witnesses be also treated as accused. A division bench of Justices Jayant Patel and R.H. Shukla rejected the plea as being not maintainable. In his petition, Ghauri contended that the two witnesses - Ashfak Bhavnagari and Jalal Patel - were present in the meetings in Saudi Arabia where the attack was planned and had also collected money for terrorist activities. |
| Guided by 'zakat', a village funds its road and bridge Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:03 PM PDT By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow: Guided by 'zakat' - charity as envisaged by the Quran - villagers of Muslim-dominated Shirajpur in Uttar Pradesh have repaired roads, dug wells, established schools and are now building a bridge. The village is located in Azamgarh, some 300 km from Lucknow, and its people say the apathy of public representatives towards their problems prompted them to take up development activities themselves. |
| SIO leadership meets HRD Minister on Jamia, Foreign University Bill Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:43 PM PDT By TCN News, New Delhi: The National President of Students Islamic Organization of India Suhail KK and National Secretary Shahnawaz Ali Raihan yesterday met Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at his Ministry office in Shastri Bhawan to discuss issues related to education, particularly Foreign University Bill and minority character of Jamia Millia Islamia. |
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