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UP Minorities Commission seeks report on harassment of Muslims by a police inspector
AMU students selected for research study at US varsity
Bengaluru blast: Non-bailable arrest warrant against Ma’dani
Pune blast probe went wrong: Maharashtra DGP admits
Court rejects army's plea to hand over Machil gunfight accused
Interim bail plea of Gujarat cop rejected
Warrant for Maudany's court appearance June 23
Ajmer blast investigation in media: 2007 and 2010
Innovation goes full speed ahead in the Arab world
Nitish’s BJP ties are deeper than a photograph

UP Minorities Commission seeks report on harassment of Muslims by a police inspector

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:29 AM PDT

By TCN News

Lucknow: Taking strong note of complaints by muslims against a police inspector, received during tour of Shahajahanpur district on June 13, the chairman of State Minorities Commission (SMC) SMA Kazmi has seeked report from district administration of Shahjahanpur. The commission has also directed that any senior official should present himself before the commission on June 29 with complete report regarding the complain.

AMU students selected for research study at US varsity

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:32 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Aligarh: Ms. Amena Arif (M. Sc. Biochemistry) and Mr. Asim Rizvi (M. Sc. Biotechnology) of the Aligarh Muslim University have been selected to carry out research at one of the top US Universities, University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison under the Khorana Exchange Programme. AMU Alumni Association of Arizona Chapter will provide financial assistance to the students.

Bengaluru blast: Non-bailable arrest warrant against Ma’dani

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:08 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru court yesterday ordered a non-bailable arrest warrant against PDP chairman Abdunnasir Ma'dani in the Bengaluru blast case. Meanwhile two members of the PDP tried to commit suicide at Anvarsseri in Kollam following news that Ma'dani would be arrested soon. PDP members have reportedly begun infinite fasting in front of the Anvarsseri Yatheemkhana patronized by Ma'dani.

Pune blast probe went wrong: Maharashtra DGP admits

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:05 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer,

Pune: Hours after German Bakery blast 'prime suspect' Abdul Samad Bhatkal granted bail by a Mumbai Sessions Court yesterday, the Maharashtra Director General of Police D Sivanandan has admitted that investigations by the state ATS into the February 13, 2010 Pune bakery blast have gone wrong.

The Mumbai court granted bail to Samad, who was arrested on May 24, 2010 at Mangalore airport in connection with a 2009 arms seizure case and alleged to be involved in the Pune blast case. The court said there was no evidence against him.

Court rejects army's plea to hand over Machil gunfight accused

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:10 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : A court in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday rejected the Indian Army's plea to hand over the four men arrested in the allegedly staged Machil gunfight case for recording their statements for its own court of enquiry into the incident.

Dismissing the army's plea after police in north Kashmir's Sopore town stated that handing over the accused would hamper their investigations, Chief Judical Magistrate (CJM) Kousar Ahmad Qureshi instead remanded the four men to further police custody.

Interim bail plea of Gujarat cop rejected

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : An interim bail plea of Abhay Chudasama, former deputy commissioner of Ahmedabad police, was rejected Tuesday by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court.

He was arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case in April and had sought 10 weeks' interim bail for hip replacement surgery at a private hospital.

Special CBI Judge G.K. Upadhayay ruled that the purpose of law would be better served if he is operated upon at the government civil hospital.

Warrant for Maudany's court appearance June 23

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 10:46 PM PDT

By IANS,

Bangalore : A Bangalore court here Tuesday directed Karnataka Police to produce Kerala-based People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Maudany before it by June 23 in connection with the 2008 serial bomb blasts here.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh Gurigi issued a non-bailable warrant against Maudany, who is one of the 32 charged for the July 25, 2008 blasts that killed a woman and injured over 20.

Gurigi said the PDP leader should be produced before him on or before June 23.

Ajmer blast investigation in media: 2007 and 2010

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 07:28 PM PDT

By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net

Investigation by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad has brought to light new, and supposedly real, faces behind the deadly attacks in the Ajmer shrine in 2007. And the CBI says that the Ajmer and Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blasts are linked, done by the same forces. So what about all the news stories published in the media about the so-called Islamic terrorists like the HuJI behind those bomb blasts? What about all the articles published by the media based on the revelations of 'intelligence officers' and 'official sources'?

Innovation goes full speed ahead in the Arab world

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:58 PM PDT

By Rasha Dewedar

When it comes to the Muslim world, the media often focuses on foreign policy, terrorism and the differences between the Muslim world and the West. But in the book 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World, University of Manchester's Professor Salim Al-Hassani draws a different picture of Muslims, highlighting their artistic and scientific progress. This progress, in fact, was the spark that initiated most modern Western advances in medicine, mathematics and science starting in the 16th century.

Nitish’s BJP ties are deeper than a photograph

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:56 PM PDT

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,

One cannot wear a mask forever. It can fall off, rather accidentally, at some point of time. But when you try to wear too many of them at a time, and that too with dark glasses, there is sometimes possibility of messing up and getting completely exposed.