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Jama Masjid bomb hoax caller arrested
Bihar CM supports Muslim reservation, SC status to Dalit Muslims
For educating the Muslims – Muslims must take the lead
Kishanganj: Bihar’s most backward district in quest for AMU centre
TCN Impact: Media follows, Chidambaram intervenes
Jamia to be first Indian varsity with e-file tracking
Lathicharge on KSU march protesting head-scarf ban
Amarnath yatra begins peacefully, curfew extended across Valley
Day 7- Life crippled: grenade attacks in North Kashmir, curfew continued
Haneef sues former Australian minister

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:28 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday for making a hoax call to police claiming bombs had been placed in the historic Jama Masjid here.

Vishal was arrested from Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said.

"He called the police control room today at 8.57 p.m. claiming a bomb was planted in Jama Masjid and it will explode by 11. The call created a panic like situation but we concluded it a hoax," the official said.

Vishal, a post-graudate in Sanskrit, later told his interrogators that he made the call because he wanted to enjoy some fun.

Bihar CM supports Muslim reservation, SC status to Dalit Muslims

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:00 AM PDT

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pitched for Muslim quota and inclusion of Dalit Muslims in SC category at a conference held by All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz of MP Ali Anwar Ansari on July 1. The conference was called to demand inclusion of Dalit Muslims and Christians into Scheduled Caste category.

For educating the Muslims – Muslims must take the lead

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:57 AM PDT

By Shahidur Rashid Talukdar,

Kishanganj: Bihar’s most backward district in quest for AMU centre

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:42 AM PDT

By Md. Mudassir Alam,

TCN Impact: Media follows, Chidambaram intervenes

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:55 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Once again, TwoCircles.net has led the Indian news media on Muslim community issues. On June 28, we published a story about a Bihar youth who was stopped twice by police at IGI Airport from going to Qatar, and interrogated as a terror suspect. The story forced the media to take it seriously, ultimately forcing Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to intervene to help the Sitamarhi.

Jamia to be first Indian varsity with e-file tracking

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:34 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Aiming for implementation of e-governance on its campus, the Jamia Millia Islamia University here is now preparing to be the country's first varsity with an e-file tracking system for its various departments.

This intranet file tracking software, developed by the FTK-Centre for Information Technology (FTK-CIT) of the university, will enable authorised users to monitor the movement and tracking of their respective files or papers within the university.

Lathicharge on KSU march protesting head-scarf ban

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:40 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kannur: The police yesterday lathicharged the KSU activists marching to a school protesting against the ban on head-scarf there. Four leaders of the student organisation were injured in the lathicharge.

Amarnath yatra begins peacefully, curfew extended across Valley

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:51 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: The annual pilgrimage to a Himalayan cave shrine kicked off Thursday under heavy security cover amid the continuing turmoil in Kashmir. There were fewer street protests but the authorities extended the curfew in this summer capital and other towns in the Valley in an attempt to stall a threatened march here by the separatists.

Over 16,000 pilgrims started the climb to the south Kashmir shrine dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, a police officer said here.

Day 7- Life crippled: grenade attacks in North Kashmir, curfew continued

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:00 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press

Srinagar: Life in the Kashmir Valley remained crippled for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday amidst curfew and shutdown.

Shops, banks, educational institutions and government offices remained closed while traffic remained off the roads in all the districts across the Valley.

With the situation remaining tense in most areas of the Kashmir Valley, authorities today gave no relaxation in curfew in Sopore, Baramulla, Pulwama, Kulgam, Bijbehara and Islamabad, and tightened security in Srinagar ahead of a proposed women's protest march.

Haneef sues former Australian minister

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:49 AM PDT

By IANS

Melbourne: Mohamed Haneef, an Indian doctor who was falsely accused of aiding terrorists, has launched defamation proceedings against a former Australian minister.

Haneef's lawyers said they lodged the suit against former immigration minister Kevin Andrews in the Supreme Court in Brisbane Thursday, Australian news agency AAP reported.

A claim has also been made for unlawful arrest and abuse of power against the government, the report said.