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'Mehr' for Ayesha Rs.500, for Sania Rs.61 lakh
Delhi serial blasts: School principal examined by court
A visit to AMU off-campus study centre site in Kishanganj
Splendid performance of Muslim candidates in BPSC exam 2010
One injured in Delhi blast
Batla House: Who is AIIMS shielding?, asks Jamia teachers’ group
Sania, Shoaib are now husband and wife
End strike, demands will be studied: Kashmir employees told
Two-hundred-year-old Hooghly Madrasa facing closure

'Mehr' for Ayesha Rs.500, for Sania Rs.61 lakh

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad: The two figures are not even comparable. Pakistani cricketer paid a paltry Rs.500 as 'mehr' for his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui but paid a whopping Rs.61 lakh for his second wife Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

The 'nikahnama' signed by Shoaib while marrying Ayesha alias Maha Siddiqui in 2002, shows 500 Pakistani rupee as the 'mehr' (the gift given by the bridegroom to the bride at the time of marriage).

The former Pakistani skipper paid Rs.61 lakh as 'mehr' to Sania, whom he married here Monday.

Delhi serial blasts: School principal examined by court

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:52 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: An Uttar Pradesh school principal was Monday examined by a city court over verification of the age of suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist and Delhi serial blasts accused Salman Ahmed, who claims to be a minor.

The court had summoned principals of Ahmed's two schools, Mahadev Inter College, Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, and Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika School, Mumbai.

A visit to AMU off-campus study centre site in Kishanganj

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

By Md Mudassir Alam,

Splendid performance of Muslim candidates in BPSC exam 2010

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:58 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Patna: Muslim candidates have made a splendid performance in Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) competitive examinations 2010. Of 362 successful candidates 37 are Muslims, that is about 10.22%. This is far greater show by them compared to the last year results where only 4 were Muslims. Total 893 students who succeeded in Main examination had appeared in the interview held from 15 to 23 March. The result was announced yesterday.

One injured in Delhi blast

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:44 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : A 45-year-old man was injured near Jamia Nagar here Monday when he opened a parcel delivered to him by an unidentified man, police said Monday.

Mohmmad Hussain, a resident of Shahina Bagh in the area, suffered injuries on his face when he opened the parcel, said a police official. Hussain was taken to a hospital where doctors said his condition was stable.

"Efforts are on to trace the parcel's source," the officer said.

Batla House: Who is AIIMS shielding?, asks Jamia teachers’ group

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:33 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Reacting over the denial by JP Trauma Centre of vital information related to the autopsy of Batla House encounter victims, citing threat of life the disclosure of the information could cause, the Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association has demanded the trauma centre, a unit of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, not to come under pressure and reveal the entire truth.

Sania, Shoaib are now husband and wife

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:08 AM PDT

By IANS,

Hyderabad : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik at a hotel here Monday after getting a copy of Shoaib's passport from the city police.

"The nikah has been completed. Please pray for the couple," Sania's spokesperson Rucha Naik told media persons outside hotel Taj Krishna.

The simple and brief nikah ceremony, held between 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m., was attended by about 70 close relatives and friends of the bride and bridegroom.

End strike, demands will be studied: Kashmir employees told

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:58 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : The demands of striking Jammu and Kashmir government employees will be considered if they end their strike, a senior minister said, as the strike entered the ninth day Monday.

"We will consider the demands sympathetically only after the strike is called off," Law and Rural Development Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar told a group of reporters here late Sunday.

Sagar, a senior member of the National Conference-Congress government, was until now believed to be a strong advocate of breaking the impasse between the government and the striking employees through talks.