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Ayesha's family shows 'proof' of marriage with Shoaib
Film Review: From Hindu to Hindutva
Shoaib didn't like me as I was overweight: Ayesha
Lalu, Paswan demand Muslim quota within WRB at Jamiat Ulema conf
SC allows Delhi blasts suspect to appear in exam at Jamia Millia
BJP sets up team to probe Hyderabad violence
Friday prayers pass off peacefully in riot-hit Hyderabad
Raza and Rizvi pushed out from UP Shia Waqf Board
As Indian, Sania's heart can't beat for Pakistani: Sena
Curfew continues in riot-hit Hyderabad
Gandhian on the road, Maoist in the jungle: Arundhati Roy's message to Harvard
Court stays suspension of gay AMU teacher
Decision not to summon Modi 'not final': Nanavati panel
All-party meet crucial to women's bill, says Congress
BJP has not forgotten Ram temple: Gadkari
Dawoodi Bohras gear up to celebrate Syedna's 99th birthday
Sania will continue to play for India: AITA
Situation peaceful in Hyderabad as curfew relaxed
Kashmir census to start on May 15

Ayesha's family shows 'proof' of marriage with Shoaib

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:11 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: The controversy surrounding Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik's "first marriage" with a girl from this city got murkier Friday with the girl's family coming out with a "proof" of the marriage and demanding a ban on his visit to India ahead of his proposed marriage with tennis star Sania Mirza later this month.

Ayesha Siddiqui's parents Friday night addressed a highly emotional press conference at their residence here, accusing Shoaib of cheating their daughter after marrying her and demanded that he give divorce to her before marrying Sania.

Film Review: From Hindu to Hindutva

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:04 AM PDT

By Ram Puniyani,

Kandhmal violence has been the most ghastly communal violence in the Adivasi areas in India. Close to two years after the violence the tragedy of the area continues, the victims of violence, the rehabilitation, the justice to victims, most of these are no where close to what they should be.

Shoaib didn't like me as I was overweight: Ayesha

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:42 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi/Hyderabad : Ayesha Siddiqui, the young woman who claims to have been married to Shoaib Malik, said Friday that the Pakistani cricketer didn't like her because she was "overweight" and she had even gone in for cosmetic surgery to improve her appearance.

Ayesha also demanded that Malik give her an "official divorce" before marrying Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

Siddiqui, 23, told Times Now TV news channel that she had the documents to prove that she was Malik's first wife. The cricketer has denied he married Ayesha.

Lalu, Paswan demand Muslim quota within WRB at Jamiat Ulema conf

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:27 AM PDT

By Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan, TowCircles.net,

Patna: Four days before Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is holding an all-party meeting to ensure support for passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the coming session of the Parliament, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan yesterday reiterated their demand that without provision for sub-quota for Muslim and backward class women, the Bill will not be acceptable to them. They were addressing Jamiat Ulema conference on Muslim reservation in Patna yesterday.

SC allows Delhi blasts suspect to appear in exam at Jamia Millia

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:53 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday allowed Mohd Shakeel, a post-graduate student of Jamia Millia Islamia and one of the Delhi serial blasts suspects now in jail, to appear in the MA (Economics) examination beginning on April 5 at the university. Shakeel is currently in Sabarmati Jail of Gujarat. He will be brought to Tihar Jail on April 4.

BJP sets up team to probe Hyderabad violence

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:34 AM PDT

By BY IANS,

New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday constituted a five-member committee, headed by party MP and spokesman Prakash Javdekar, to probe the communal violence in Hyderabad.

BJP Lok Sabha member Prahlad Joshi, spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman, national secretary Dr. Laxman and Rajya Sabha member K.B. Shanappa are the other members.

"The committee will visit the riot-hit areas to take stock of the situation there. Later, it will submit a report to the party president," according to a party statement here.

Friday prayers pass off peacefully in riot-hit Hyderabad

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad : Friday prayers passed off peacefully in riot-hit areas of Hyderabad as the curfew continued for the fourth day without any relaxation.

Police had made massive security arrangements in view of the Friday prayers. Though the curfew was not relaxed thus preventing huge congregations at major mosques, Muslims offered prayers either in neighbourhood mosques or in their homes.

Police allowed over 200 people including some leaders of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) to offer prayers at the historic Mecca Masjid, where thousands gather every Friday.

Raza and Rizvi pushed out from UP Shia Waqf Board

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:50 AM PDT

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net

Lucknow: In a significant development state government accepted the resignation of Justice (retd.) Syed Haider Abbas Raza and SAH Rizvi from the post of Member, UP Shia Central Board of Waqfs on Thursday. Rizvi has also been removed from the post of Chief Standing Counsel-II in High Court by the state government.

As Indian, Sania's heart can't beat for Pakistani: Sena

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:48 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mumbai : The Shiv Sena Friday spewed venom over tennis star Sania Mirza's plans to marry cricketer Shoaib Malik, saying if she is a "true Indian" how can her "heart beat for a Pakistani?".

"Her 'palanquin' will start from India and end in Pakistan, which is an enemy country in every respect, whether in the battlefield or sports arena," Sena mouthpiece Saamna said in an editorial.

"Her 'nikaah' will be conducted in Hyderabad and the 'daawat-e-walima' will be held in Pakistan," it said.

Curfew continues in riot-hit Hyderabad

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:56 PM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad : Curfew continued in riot-hit parts of Hyderabad for the fourth day Friday. Even though the situation remained peaceful, police were on high alert because of Friday prayers.

Police decided not to relax the curfew in all 25 police station areas since they anticipated trouble during Friday prayers. They have requested Muslims to pray in their homes.

Police Commissioner A.K. Khan told reporters that curfew, which was relaxed for two hours in 17 police station areas Thursday, would continue without any relaxation Friday.

Gandhian on the road, Maoist in the jungle: Arundhati Roy's message to Harvard

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:18 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net special correspondent

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Speaking to a packed house in Piper Auditorium of Harvard University, famous Indian author Arundhati Roy talked about India, development, and resistance on a lecture titled "Can We Leave the Bauxite in the Mountain? Field Notes on Democracy."

Court stays suspension of gay AMU teacher

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:49 AM PDT

By IANS,

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court Thursday stayed the Aligarh Muslim University's suspension of teacher S.R. Siras for "gross professional misconduct".

Hearing the teacher's plea, a division bench of Justice Sunil Ambwani and Justice K.N. Pandey also stayed the order of the varsity administration directing Siras, a teacher in the Modern Indian Languages department, to vacate his official accommodation.

Siras was suspended Feb 9 after he was filmed while allegedly having consensual sex with a local rickshaw-puller.

Decision not to summon Modi 'not final': Nanavati panel

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar: The Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots Thursday informed the Gujarat High Court that its decision not to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others was "not final".

A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay and Justice Akil Kureshi took the letter of the commission's secretary, addressed to the government pleader, on record.

All-party meet crucial to women's bill, says Congress

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:42 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial".

"It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.

BJP has not forgotten Ram temple: Gadkari

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:39 AM PDT

By IANS,

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari Thursday said his party has not "forgotten" the Ayodhya Ram temple issue.

Addressing the media here, Gadkari said: "Just because the (party) president has changed, it does not imply that the policy has also changed."

Gadkari was replying to a query as to whether the party has forgotten the temple in Ayodhya as it was only talking about economic policies and issues like price rise.

Dawoodi Bohras gear up to celebrate Syedna's 99th birthday

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:37 AM PDT

By IANS,

Mumbai: Over 35,000 members of the Dawoodi Bohra community will march Thursday in groups of 99 to the accompaniment of music and fireworks to celebrate the 99th birthday of their religious leader, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, which falls on Sunday.

An aide to the Syedna said that thousands of community members from all over India and other parts of the world, including the US, Europe, Africa, Far East and Middle East have also started arriving in Mumbai to offer greetings to the Syedna and seek his blessings.

Sania will continue to play for India: AITA

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:23 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: Quashing rumours of Sania Mirza playing for Pakistan after her marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik, All India Tennis Association (AITA) Thursday issued a statement confirming her participation for India till the 2012 Olympics.

"Sania Mirza and her parents have informed AITA that she will continue to play for India after her marriage with Shoaib Malik," AITA secretary-general Anil Khanna said.

Situation peaceful in Hyderabad as curfew relaxed

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: The situation in riot-hit parts of Hyderabad Thursday remained peaceful while people in curfew-bound areas of the city got some relief with authorities relaxing the curfew for two hours.

No untoward incident was reported from any of the areas in the old city, where curfew was relaxed in two phases, police said.

Thousands of people, living under curfew for the last three days, came out to buy essential commodities. Long queues were seen outside grocery shops, milk booths and medical stores during the relaxation.

Kashmir census to start on May 15

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: The census 2011 that began Thursday in several states of India will start in Jammu and Kashmir on May 15.

Farooq Ahmad, the director of census in Jammu and Kashmir, told IANS Thursday over telephone from Srinagar: "The calendar of the two-phased census in Jammu and Kashmir was made in 2009 keeping in view climatic conditions and availability of staff."

There are many other parts of the country like Jammu and Kashmir where census begins on May 15.