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Fresh violence in Hyderabad, restrictions imposed
Rajouri braveheart Rukhsana honoured with medal, cash
Modi showed a sense of responsibility, says BJP
Muslim clerics launch Islamic investment advisory board, pitch for Islamic banking
Syud Hossain: India's voice for freedom abroad
Kin demands job for girl whose legs Metro crushed
SIT to submit report to apex court by April 30
CJI, Modi share dais at law college convocation
Terror redux: Fear returns to the Kashmir Valley
Tension in old city of Hyderabad after religious clashes
Is Islamic banking the boiled ice-cream?
Modi grilled for nine hours by SIT
All Dalits should be equal before the law

Fresh violence in Hyderabad, restrictions imposed

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:05 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: The communal clashes Sunday spread to more areas in the old city of Hyderabad as police clamped ban on gathering of five or more people and deployed additional forces to bring the situation under control.

Police fired shots in the air to disperse clashing groups in Kalapatthar area after a baton charge failed to bring the situation under control while mobs took to streets in Lal Darwaza and Shahali Banda areas Sunday evening, pelting stones and attacking vehicles.

Rajouri braveheart Rukhsana honoured with medal, cash

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: Rukhsana Kousar, the brave heart of Rajouri who killed top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Osama in her house in September last year, Saturday received an award for her act of exemplary bravery.

The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak was presented to Rukhsana, on behalf of President Pratibha Patil, by Rajouri Deputy Commissioner J.P.Singh at an official function in Rajouri, 160 km north of Jammu.

Modi showed a sense of responsibility, says BJP

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:46 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Asserting that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has shown a great sense of responsibility in appearing before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigating Team probing 2002 riots cases, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Sunday that Modi has proved his critics wrong.

"He (Modi) answered questions in a cool, calm, collected and cooperative way for nine hours," party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters.

Muslim clerics launch Islamic investment advisory board, pitch for Islamic banking

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:32 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: India's eminent Islamic clerics today pitched for introduction of Islamic banking and financial system in the country while opening to the public the Islamic Investment & Finance Board, an advisory committee headed by clerics to assist both corporations and markets as well as common people regarding Shariat-compliant investment and finance.

Syud Hossain: India's voice for freedom abroad

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:58 AM PDT

By Danish Khan for TwoCircles.net

Syud Hossain was born on June 23, 1888 in Calcutta (according to his passport application to the British Government) in an illustrious and aristocratic family. His father Syud Mohammed was a well-known scholar and the Registrar General of Bengal. His maternal grandfather was Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur who did pioneering work in the field of education in Bengal.

Kin demands job for girl whose legs Metro crushed

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:42 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Two days after a Metro train ran over a young man and 22-year-old Mehzabeen and rendered her handicapped for life, her relatives demanded that the Delhi Metro or the state government should help by giving her a job.

Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal, however, said that while the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) would take care of her medical expenses, it could not give a job to the victim since the Metro was "not responsible" for the accident.

SIT to submit report to apex court by April 30

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar/New Delhi : R.K. Raghavan, the chief of the apex-court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) that quizzed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots, said the questioning was a "very big step forward" and the panel was likely to submit its report within the deadline of April 30.

Raghavan expressed his satisfaction with the work done by his team and the questioning of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

CJI, Modi share dais at law college convocation

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:36 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : A day after he was questioned by a Supreme Court-appointed panel over his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Chief Minister Narendra Modi shared the dais with Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan here Sunday at the first annual convocation of the Gujarat National Law University.

Modi was reportedly keen that his questioning at the hands of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) be completed Saturday itself due to the convocation Sunday. "He wanted the questioning done with and over before the GNLU convocation," sources close to him said.

Terror redux: Fear returns to the Kashmir Valley

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:43 AM PDT

By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,

Srinagar/New Delhi : As the sun sets in this scenic capital of Jammu and Kashmir, spreading a burning crimson on the horizon, Haajra Sofi, a 59-year-old mother, is worried and frantically waiting for her only son to return home after a day's work.

"He has not come. God knows if everything is okay outside," Sofi says about Shabir Ahmed, who works as a salesman at a shop in Srinagar's city centre of Lal Chowk, a bustling business centre that has been bearing the brunt of a 20-year-old separatist war.

Tension in old city of Hyderabad after religious clashes

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:42 PM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad : Parts of the old city of this Andhra Pradesh capital Sunday remained tense after religious clashes between two groups, which left 13 people injured Saturday night.

Paramilitary Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel and state police forces were deployed in Moosa Bowli, Hussaini Alam, Purana Pul, Begum Bazar and surrounding areas to prevent any untoward incident, police said.

Police commissioner A.K. Khan, who visited the old city late Saturday night, Sunday said the situation was now peaceful with no fresh incident.

Is Islamic banking the boiled ice-cream?

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 08:49 PM PDT

By Dr. Shariq Nisar

On January 5, 2010, in response to a PIL filed by Dr. Subramanium Swamy, the High Court of Kerala put a stay on the activities of the proposed Islamic Non-Banking Finance Company, Albarakah Financial Services Ltd. The Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) in question has been co-promoted by the state owned business entity Kerala State Industrial Corporation (KSIDC) and some business men belonging to different religious communities including Hindus and Christians.

Modi grilled for nine hours by SIT

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 08:18 PM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Saturday grilled by a Supreme Court-appointed panel for over nine hours in two separate sessions that ended past midnight over his alleged complicity in not doing enough to stop the 2002 riots in the state.

The chief minister came out of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headquarters at around 1.00 a.m. after a second round of questioning that lasted nearly four hours.

Asked by the waiting journalists if he was satisfied by the panel's probe, Modi answered: "It's the Supreme Court that has to be satisfied."

All Dalits should be equal before the law

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PDT

By Madhu Chandra

The struggle between Upper Caste and oppressed communities of India has reached its crucial juncture. The presidential reservation facilities preserved in Indian Constitution is most precious gift given to Indian oppressed class community. This legal framework to protect and preserve the underprivileged communities of India has been under attack again and again by high caste minority ruler of the country.