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Al-Shifa Blood Donors Club of Patna honored on Bihar Day
Kashmir bill on district jobs may be deferred
Kashmir to make employment policy pro youth
Campus Front protests against Centre’s education policy
Water scarcity in Kerala: SIO launches mega project for 50 villages
West Bengal doubles funds for Muslims, madrasas education
Salman Ahmed not a juvenile, affirms AIIMS
I was not summoned by SIT on March 21: Modi
Modi not summoned by SIT March 21; will cooperate: BJP
Workshop on Protection of Civil Rights held at Jaipur
Old Mughal Road to Kashmir to open in June
Batla autopsy: Azamgarh surgeons group demand probe of encounter
Jamia Millia teacher wins National Film Award for Best Audiography
Post-Batla autopsy report: A visit to the parents of Atif and Sajid
Batla autopsy blasts police version of encounter: Prashant Bhushan
Bareilly's Hindus, Muslims rebuild shrines and peace
Clarify stand on summoning Modi, court asks panel
Modi within his rights not to appear before SIT: activists
Congress to bail out former hockey Olympian
No interference in Shariah: AIMPLB

Al-Shifa Blood Donors Club of Patna honored on Bihar Day

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:34 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Patna: For its remarkable services in blood donation in the last five years in Bihar, the Patna-based Al-Shifa Blood Donors Club was presented with a memento yesterday on the occasion of Bihar Day. The state health department organized a mega blood donation camp at Model Blood Bank and invited all organizations and groups active for blood donation and banking. The work of Al-Shifa club was appreciated.

Kashmir bill on district jobs may be deferred

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:19 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government may defer the introduction of a bill banning inter-district recruitment in the state legislative assembly as a cabinet meeting to sort out the issue between the National Conference and the Congress was not held Monday evening.

The bill bars applicants from seeking jobs in districts other than their own.

Kashmir to make employment policy pro youth

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government will modify its employment policy to make it more youth friendly, a minister said Monday.

Minister for Employment and Labour Abdul Gani Malik made the announcement in the legislative assembly after several members voiced concern over certain provisions of the Sher-e-Kashmir employment and welfare programmes.

It was alleged that the government had put stringent conditions for the youth to qualify to avail benefits of the policy.

Campus Front protests against Centre’s education policy

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:09 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The Campus Front of India conducted a students' rally and protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on March 21 against the new higher education policy of the Centre. The group condemned the Central government's move to neo-liberalize the education sector. Students from various universities of Delhi participated in the protest.

Md Aftab Alam - Delhi State President of Campus Front welcomed the gathering. Sarfaraz Ahmad - Delhi State General secretary of Campus Front presided over.

Water scarcity in Kerala: SIO launches mega project for 50 villages

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 10:02 AM PDT

By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,

Thiruvananthapuram: Given the gravity of water crisis in the southern state of Kerala, an unusual situation, the Kerala zone of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) has come up with a mega project whereby they will provide water to 50 worst affected villages across the state. 'A Drop for Life and Mind' project launched last month by SIO at the hands of state water minister N.K. Premachandran will cover 2000 families who have to fetch water from long distance.

West Bengal doubles funds for Muslims, madrasas education

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:07 AM PDT

By IANS,

Kolkata: In an apparent bid to woo the Muslims ahead of next year's assembly polls, the West Bengal government Monday proposed to more than double the plan outlay for minorities and madrasa education from Rs.121 crore to Rs.300 crore next year.

Presenting the state budget for 2010-11, Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said special priority has been accorded to the improvement of vocational and technical education in madrasas along with expansion of education and improvement of standards.

Salman Ahmed not a juvenile, affirms AIIMS

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:00 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday told a city court that a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, who claimed to be a minor, was very well a major.

A report of the AIIMS' medical board, submitted to the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, said that the age of Salman Ahmed alias Chotu is somewhere between 25 to 26 years.

I was not summoned by SIT on March 21: Modi

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:45 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday claimed he had not been summoned by a probe panel on March 21 for questioning over the 2002 Gujarat riots and said there was a "systematic campaign of disinformation" aimed at defaming him and the state.

Modi also called for a probe to find out those behind "spreading lies" that he had been summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team March 21 in connection with the 2002 riots.

Modi not summoned by SIT March 21; will cooperate: BJP

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said there was "no basis" fot reports that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had been summoned March 21 by a panel probing the 2002 communal riot cases and affirmed that Modi would cooperate fully with the Supreme Court-appointed panel.

"There is no basis to say that he (Modi) was summoned by the SIT (Special Investigation Team, appointed by the Supreme Court) on March 21. These are all baseless stories," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said here.

Workshop on Protection of Civil Rights held at Jaipur

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Reporter,

Jaipur (Rajasthan): Expanding its network of para-legal social activists, national civil rights group, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) organized its training workshop in Rajasthan.

Old Mughal Road to Kashmir to open in June

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:21 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The ancient Mughal Road that connected the Kashmir Valley to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch of Jammu region will be reopened for regular traffic from June this year, a minister said Monday.

"The work of snow clearance is on and we are confident of opening the road in June," Public Works Minister Ghulam Mohammad Saroori told the state legislative assembly here.

The road which traverses the high mountainous route taken by Mughal emperors to visit Kashmir is a dream project. The road will offer an alternative route to the valley.

Batla autopsy: Azamgarh surgeons group demand probe of encounter

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:16 AM PDT

By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,

Azamgarh: A board of Medical Practitioners, in particular Surgeons, of Azamgarh led by AWMELA President Dr. Javed Akhtar, renowned Orthopedic Surgeon, held a press conference following TwoCircles.net breaking news about the post-mortem report of Batla House encounter victims and demanded a fair probe into the shootout, saying the conclusion of the autopsy report has blasted the police version about the incident.

Jamia Millia teacher wins National Film Award for Best Audiography

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:22 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Mateen Ahmad, Assistant Professor (Sound) at AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia won the Award for Best Audiography for the film "Children of the Pyre" in the 56th National Film Awards for 2008.

Post-Batla autopsy report: A visit to the parents of Atif and Sajid

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 06:21 AM PDT

By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,

Batla autopsy blasts police version of encounter: Prashant Bhushan

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 05:27 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: Eminent Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist Prashant Bhushan says the post-mortem report of slain terror suspects Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid of Batla House encounter has blasted the police version about the encounter. Talking to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net in his Supreme Court chamber today, Bhushan, who is defense lawyer of some Delhi serial blast accused, said he will consider if a fresh or review petition needs to be filed in the Batla case.

Bareilly's Hindus, Muslims rebuild shrines and peace

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:06 AM PDT

By Asit Srivastava, IANS,

Bareilly : If the recent riots made Bareilly cry for peace, the trouble-torn district in western Uttar Pradesh is now witnessing a rare show of communal harmony now -- Muslims taking up the construction of a damaged temple and Hindus joining hands to restore a mazar (mausoleum).

The Hanuman temple, popularly known as the Bajrangi Mandir, and the Peer Bhai Meer Zafar Ali's mausoleum -- both situated a few metres away in Kohadapeer area in Bareilly, some 250 km from Lucknow -- were damaged March 2 during communal violence.

Clarify stand on summoning Modi, court asks panel

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:04 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : A division bench of the Gujarat High Court Monday directed the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots to clarify by April 1 whether its decision not to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others was tentative or final.

Modi within his rights not to appear before SIT: activists

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:03 AM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad : The notice issued by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 communal riots lacks statutory sanction and was not binding on him, according to activists representing the riot victims.

Mukul Sinha of the Jan Sangharsh Manch said: "Initially it was believed that the notice had been issued under section 160 of the CrPC (where police have the power to require attendance of witnesses) but now we learn that such is not the case."

Congress to bail out former hockey Olympian

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:12 AM PDT

By IANS,

Bhopal : The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has decided to come to the rescue of former Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan, who has been slapped with non-payment of property tax notice and his house attached by the civic authorities.

The District Congress Committee here has decided to raise Rs.4.04 lakh for Khan after the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) attached his house which was given to him in 1975 after India won the World Cup in Malaysia.

No interference in Shariah: AIMPLB

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PDT

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Lucknow: Rajya Sabha MP Mohammad Adeeb dared the government to present the Central Madarsa Bill in parliament. Adeeb was addressing the Jalsa-e-aam function of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) at Aishbagh eidgaah grounds in the state capital on Sunday. The function was organised as part of the three day 21st annual convention of the AIMPLB.