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Modi returns for SIT questioning
CIC asks Police to provide details about Delhi blasts accused
Former Congress MP's widow satisfied at Modi's questioning
Modi questioned for 2002 communal carnage, finally
PDP protests withdrawal of ex-legislator's security
Kashmir hires consultancy firm to boost tourism
Kashmir separatists should join hands, says Mirwaiz
India's law is supreme: Modi
Modi is law abiding chief minister: BJP
Modi appears before SIT today, Chief Justice to share dais with him tomorrow
A long but successful journey of Kerala’s blood disorder patients
Jamiat Ahle Hadeeth to hold national conf on life of Prophet’s companions
Popular Front welcomes Andhra Muslim reservation order
On 112th death anniv of Sir Syed, Aligarh Movement launches special series
Book Review: Reading with Allah—Madrasas in West Bengal
No comments, says BJP, but Congress, Left attack Advani
Modi appears before SIT

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:40 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi returned Saturday night, after a four-hour break, for a second session of questioning by Supreme Court-appointed panel over his alleged complicity in not doing enough to stop the 2002 riots in the state.

The chief minister entered the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headquarters in the old secretariat premises at the appointed time of 9 p.m. after his security had completed the sanitizing of the area.

Except media persons and security personnel, no one else was permitted inside the premises.

CIC asks Police to provide details about Delhi blasts accused

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has ordered the Delhi Police to provide information about those arrested in connection with the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts. The CIC passed the order on an RTI application that had sought information about the Delhi blasts accused who have been arrested besides copy of post-mortem and FIR in the Batla House encounter case.

Former Congress MP's widow satisfied at Modi's questioning

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:43 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri killed during the 2002 communal riots, Saturday expressed satisfaction at the fact that Chief Minister Narendra Modi appeared before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).

"It has taken eight long years but at least he has come. Now that he has played his cards, our lawyers will take it up from here on and we hope some justice will be done," she said.

Leader of Opposition in the assembly Shaktisinh Gohil said that Modi was left with no option but to appear before the SIT.

Modi questioned for 2002 communal carnage, finally

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:34 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Eight years after communal riots left over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Saturday questioned by a Supreme Court-appointed probe panel for the first time over his alleged complicity in not doing enough to stop the carnage.

Modi chose to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) without a lawyer but took a four-hour long break in between to consult Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley, a Supreme Court advocate, who is also leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, party sources told IANS.

PDP protests withdrawal of ex-legislator's security

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:29 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday protested in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly accusing the state government of withdrawing the security cover of one of its former legislators.

Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone promised to take up the matter with the government.

"This is sheer vindictiveness," PDP leader and former home minister Abdul Rehman Veeri said. He referred to the case of Mohi-ud-Din, who represented Rajpora constituency in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Kashmir hires consultancy firm to boost tourism

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:28 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has engaged a consultancy firm to identify tourism potential areas and suggest measures for their development.

Announcing this in the assembly Saturday, Minister for Tourism Rigzin Jora claimed that the "agency was of international repute". He did not name the agency.

"The consultancy would conduct a comprehensive survey in all three regions -- the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh and Jammu -- and suggest measures to harness the tourism potential more optimally. We want to tap all these areas," the minister said.

Kashmir separatists should join hands, says Mirwaiz

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:24 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, Saturday urged separatists in Jammu and Kashmir to come together and said the world wants an early end to the Kashmir dispute.

"The Kashmir problem cannot be resolved unless relations between India and Pakistan improve and their relations cannot improve unless the Kashmir problem is resolved," the Mirwaiz told reporters here.

India's law is supreme: Modi

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:19 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: "India's law is supreme," Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday after a five-hour questioning by the Supreme Court-appointed panel to probe his role in the 2002 riots.

"As a citizen and as the chief minister, I am bound by the constitution and law. Nobody is above the law," Modi said as he came out of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) office during a break in the questioning.

Modi is law abiding chief minister: BJP

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said people "should feel proud of" Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for appearing before the Supreme Court-appointed probe panel investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots.

BJP spokesman Ramnath Kovind said that Modi was a law abiding chief minister and termed the criticism of him by opposition parties including the Congress as "absurd".

"If he did not appear before the panel, then they would criticise. Now, for appearing before the panel, they are creating a hype. This is absurd," Kovind told IANS.

Modi appears before SIT today, Chief Justice to share dais with him tomorrow

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 06:52 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today appeared before Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team probing his role in the Gujarat 2002 pogrom but in less than 24 hours the Chief Justice of India will be sharing dais with the same Modi in Ahmedabad tomorrow. Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan will preside over a law college function in the Gujarat capital where CM Modi will be the chief guest.

A long but successful journey of Kerala’s blood disorder patients

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:59 AM PDT

By Kareem Karassery,

Jamiat Ahle Hadeeth to hold national conf on life of Prophet’s companions

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:53 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: To highlight the life of Prophet Muhammad's companions and its relevance in removing evils from the present day society, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadeeth will hold a two-day national conference (April 10-11) at New Delhi's historic Ram Leela Ground. The conference will be addressed by eminent Muslim and non-Muslim experts of different fields from within the country and outside.

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:07 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Bangalore: Popular Front of India has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the reservations for backward Muslims in Andhra Pradesh after being withdrawn by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. PFI demanded that reservation should be provided on the basis of backwardness and it should not be denied to anybody on the basis of religion.

On 112th death anniv of Sir Syed, Aligarh Movement launches special series

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:37 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: On the 112th Death Anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, The Aligarh Movement magazine launched educational movement series today at Aligarh Muslim University. Principal of AMU Women's polytechnic & Social Activist Prof. Shamim Ahmad inaugurated the series and released special edition of the magazine in the auditorium of Women's Polytechnic Auditorium.

Book Review: Reading with Allah—Madrasas in West Bengal

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 01:57 AM PDT

By Yoginder Sikand,TwoCircles.net,

Name of the Book: Reading with Allah—Madrasas in West Bengal

Author: Nilanjana Gupta

Publisher: Routledge, New Delhi

Year: 2010

Pages: 192

ISBN: 978-0-415-54459-7

Price: R. 595

No comments, says BJP, but Congress, Left attack Advani

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 12:45 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose not to comment on a senior police officer deposing Friday against party leader L.K. Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case, but the Congress and Left sharpened their attack on the BJP veteran.

BJP spokesperson Ramnath Kovind told reporters here that the party will not comment on the deposition of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anju Gupta in a Rae Bareli court Friday.

Modi appears before SIT

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 12:38 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday appeared before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning over the 2002 communal riots.

Modi reached the SIT office at noon. This is the first time Modi is being interrogated in a riot case.

An official spokesman said Modi's decision to submit himself for questioning was no setback for the state government. "What setback?" asked spokesman Jai Narayan Vyas.