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BJP threatens stir against 15 percent quota for Muslims
Pilgrims return after Amarnath shrine visit
Curfew lifted in Srinagar, life is slowly picking up in Kashmir
Muslim organizations yet to chalk out how to deal with caste based census
First religious profiling of Muslim scientist, now US embassy tries to save its face
Controversial question paper: Professor's hand cut off

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:08 AM PDT

By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net

I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.

BJP threatens stir against 15 percent quota for Muslims

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 09:43 AM PDT

By IANS,

Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday threatened to launch a mass agitation if the central government implemented the Ranganath Mishra Commission report which recommended 15 percent reservation for Muslims in education and government employment.

"We will launch a massive agitation if the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government implements the commission's recommendations as it would deprive the other backward classes (OBCs) of reservation in jobs and educational institutions," BJP president Nitin Gadkari said here.

Pilgrims return after Amarnath shrine visit

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 09:30 AM PDT

By IANS,

Jammu: Scores of Amarnath pilgrims have started returning to Jammu after offering prayers at the holy cave shrine in Kashmir with many of them Sunday describing their experience as memorable.

Officials said nearly 12,000 pilgrims have visited the shrine, located at the height of 13,500 feet above sea level.

Curfew lifted in Srinagar, life is slowly picking up in Kashmir

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 09:18 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashi, AIP

Srinagar: Life is slowly picking up in Kashmir as the curfew lifted on Sunday after nine days of violence and curfew. Curfew was lifted in the Srinagar and most other towns in the Kashmir Valley.

Markets were open despite it being a Sunday and vehicles were seen plying as usual on the roads. Restrictions were lifted from seven police station areas that were under curfew the past week.

People were seen buying essential commodities at the marketplace in Srinagar and shopkeepers were happy to get their business back on track.

Muslim organizations yet to chalk out how to deal with caste based census

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 06:40 AM PDT

By TCN Delhi Bureau,

New Delhi: To discuss the strategy of Indian Muslims, in the wake of the government's proposal of 'caste based census', the Co-Ordination Committee for Census and Reservation met at the Institute of Objective studies on 2nd July 2010.

It should be noted that to discuss the issue of caste based census and reservation, the representatives of the Muslim community had formed "Co-Ordination Committee for Census and Reservation" in a meeting organized by the Institute of Objective Studies on 19th June at Constitution Club.

First religious profiling of Muslim scientist, now US embassy tries to save its face

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 06:38 AM PDT

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: A day after TwoCircles.net reported about the denial of visa to the prominent Indian wildlife biologist, Fayyaz Khudsar, by the US embassy, the embassy made some ridiculous attempts to save its face.

On 29th June at 9:32 am the embassy sent Mr. Khudsar an e mail, asking him to submit verification of the local police station and that of regional passport office. Then at 4:30 pm on the same day, the embassy sent him another e mail saying that he should know that he has been asked to submit the above mentioned documents.

Controversial question paper: Professor's hand cut off

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:50 AM PDT

By IANS,

Muvattupuzha, (Kerala) : A college professor, currently on bail for preparing a inflammatory question paper, had his right palm chopped off by a group of eight unidentified people Sunday morning, police said.

T.J. Joseph was returning home with his family after attending morning prayers when a group of people in a van pulled him out of his car. Joseph's right palm was chopped off and thrown some 200 meters away, police said.

He also suffered deep cuts on the body and was rushed to a specialty hospital at Kochi for a surgery to reattach the severed palm.