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Women's quota bill campaign reaches Aligarh
Over a dozen hurt in Srinagar's anti-blasphemy protests
Cell sought to punish Bhopal disaster guilty
Abdullah rules out special assembly session
India should snap all ties with Israel, demand Muslim groups

Women's quota bill campaign reaches Aligarh

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 09:23 AM PDT

By IANS,

Aligarh : The 'Reservation Express' campaign which seeks to mobilise support for the women's quota bill reached Aligarh Saturday on its way to the national capital.

"It was the Aligarh Muslim University that reserved seats for women in the employees union for the first time in India," eminent historian Irfan Habib said, addressing a group assembled to welcome the campaigners as they reached Aligarh Saturday.

Over a dozen hurt in Srinagar's anti-blasphemy protests

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:11 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Over a dozen people were injured as Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar was Saturday rocked by protests over alleged blasphemous sketches against Islam, police said.

A senior police officer said over a dozen people, including at least four policemen, were injured in the protests.

Heavy police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) reinforcements were moved into the old city and uptown areas after trouble erupted as news about a blasphemous sketch on some garments against Islam spread fast here Saturday morning.

Cell sought to punish Bhopal disaster guilty

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:22 AM PDT

By IANS,

Bhopal : Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Saturday demanded a special cell to punish the foreigners responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands.

Leaders of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA) and Children Against Dow Carbide said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh needed to act on this issue.

They said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had failed to prosecute those guilty of what was the world's worst industrial disaster then.

Abdullah rules out special assembly session

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 02:30 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ruled out convening a special assembly session to demand the repealing of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and discuss the killing of three men in a staged shootout in Nadihal village April 30.

Abdullah late Friday wrote to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti in response to a letter she addressed to him, demanding that a special session be convened to adopt a resolution seeking the withdrawal of AFSPA.

India should snap all ties with Israel, demand Muslim groups

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Several Muslim organisations Friday demanded an end to the trade and military relations between India and Israel as they held protest demonstration in the capital against Israel's assault May 30 on an aid ship en route to Gaza, leading to the death of nine activists.

"We demand an end to the trade and military ties between India and Israel. We should not buy Israeli arms and ammunition neither should we trade anything with the terrorist state," said Mujtaba Farooqi, secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.