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Ishrat Jahan case probe team submits interim report
TV Today office attacked
Report Card of Rajya Sabha: Top performer again from Andhra
Changing character of the Kashmir Movement
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria remembered
4th Friday: No prayers in Srinagar Jamia Masjid
Noble initiative for a healthy India but needs help to fly high
It is not right to blame one community in the name of terrorism: Oommen Chandy
Results of preliminary late; Afdhal-ul Ulema entrance to be delayed this year also
Curfew in Srinagar to prevent separatist march
Muslim League wins Kasargode district panchayat after 10 years with INL support
Kashmiris staged peaceful protest after curfew relaxation
BJP caught between Yeddy, Reddys and sleazy business
TNTJ to organize blood donation camps in gulf countries
Minority institutions can't be forced to implement teachers' quota: Court

Ishrat Jahan case probe team submits interim report

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 10:17 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : The Gujarat High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Ishrat Jahan fake gunfight Friday submitted its interim report. It also sought more time to complete the investigation.

The SIT is reported to have admitted that it had failed to secure details of telephone and mobile records of the key police officers as well as victims for the period between June 1 and 20, 2004 because the case was old and no records were available.

TV Today office attacked

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:14 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: A mob of more than 100 people Friday barged into the office of TV Today Network at the Videocon Towers in central Delhi and attacked its employees, police said.

The mob entered the office at Jhandewalan Extension around 6 p.m. and attacked the employees over a sting operation carried out by TV news channel Headlines Today on a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader.

Report Card of Rajya Sabha: Top performer again from Andhra

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 08:01 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net,

Whether it is Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, Andhra Pradesh rules the roost. The Muslim Members of Parliament from the South India state lead others from the community when it comes to performance on the floor of the House. While Asaduddin Owaisi has led Lok Sabha, Mohammad Ali Khan from the state is top scorer in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session 2010 that ran from 22 February to 07 May.

Changing character of the Kashmir Movement

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:55 AM PDT

By Balraj Puri

For three consecutive summers, Kashmir has been on a boil. In 2008 protest started jointly by all separatist parties over allotment of 100 acres of government land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board which its Chief Executive Officer wrongly said was purchased permanently. The land was to be used for construction of pre-fabricated huts for langars and other facilities for the yatris (pilgrims). It was interpreted by the leaders of the agitation as a conspiracy to change demography of Kashmir.

Dr. Rafiq Zakaria remembered

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT

By Riyaz Momin, TwoCircles.net

Aurangabad: The fifth death anniversary of architect of modern Aurangabad city Dr.Rafiq Zakaria was remembered in a programme held at Maulana Azad College, Aurangabad.

Dr. Zakari'as wife Padmashiri Fatima Zakaria, Director of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Board of college and University developement Dr.A.G.Khan and other social worker and eminient personalities paid rich tributes to the former minister,intellectual and educationist Late Dr.Rafiq Zakaria.

4th Friday: No prayers in Srinagar Jamia Masjid

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:29 AM PDT

By Mir Umar, Agence India Press

Srinagar: No Friday prayers was offered in the historic Jamia Masjid and other mosques located on main roads in the curfew bound areas in the Srinagar and rest of Kashmir.

Owing to restrictions, no prayers could be offered at a number of Masjids in curfewed areas including the Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid.

However, widespread protests erupted after Friday prayers with people defying restrictions and staging protest demonstrations at Hyderpora and Barzulla the civil-lines area of summer capital.

Noble initiative for a healthy India but needs help to fly high

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 05:37 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: It all started with a two-day workshop on community health in Ranchi – the capital of Jharkhand state in North India – in February 2009. The organizers wanted to train youths for community health services in local villages which had little or no public health facilities. Encouraged with the success, they now want to expand the small initiative.

It is not right to blame one community in the name of terrorism: Oommen Chandy

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:28 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Thiruvananthapuram: It is not right to put blame on one community in the name of terrorism, opined Oommen Chandy, the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly. He was speaking at the Mathamaithri (communal harmony) meeting organized by the UDF in front of the state Secretariat.

Mr Chandy said that terrorism was a problem that all should face together. Activities on the matter should take into confidence all sections of people. The wrong done by an individual should not be given prominence looking at his community, he added.

Results of preliminary late; Afdhal-ul Ulema entrance to be delayed this year also

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:26 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Malappuram: The announcement of the results of the preliminary exam of the Afdhal-ul Ulema conducted by the Calicut University is getting late, according to reports. This shows that the entrance of the BA Afdhal-ul Ulema will be delayed this year also.

Curfew in Srinagar to prevent separatist march

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:55 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Curfew was imposed in several towns in the Kashmir Valley and in Srinagar Friday to thwart a proposed march by separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.

Curfew was also announced in Ganderbal, Badgam and Sopore, while curfew-like restrictions were in place in Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Baramulla, Kupwara, Shopian and Bandipora towns.

Muslim League wins Kasargode district panchayat after 10 years with INL support

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 10:48 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kasargode: The Muslim League won the presidency of the Kasargode district panchayat after a gap of 10 years with the support of the Indian National League. Party's district vice-president PB Abdur Razak was elected the president of the district panchayat in the election held on Thursday.

Kashmiris staged peaceful protest after curfew relaxation

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:45 PM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press

Srinagar: Indian Kashmir's protests turned a new leaf on Thursday, July 15 as protestors occupied streets in a peaceful show of resistance, marking, perhaps, a new era in the movement in the troubled Himalayan region.

BJP caught between Yeddy, Reddys and sleazy business

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:40 PM PDT

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net

Though he denies that he had ever said that Karnataka was following the Gujarat model, yet political observers equate the two BJP governments––one in the West and another in South of the country. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a new asset for the party, while speaking on the completion of two years in office of the first BJP government in the state on June 23 said that Karnataka would be a model state in the next three years.

TNTJ to organize blood donation camps in gulf countries

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:20 PM PDT

By TCN News

Dammam: Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) is going to organize blood donation camps in Saudi Arabia to collect the blood which will be used for Hajj and Umra pilgrimages in emergency cases during this year Hajj.

The blood donation camp will be held on 16th July, 2010 at 1:00 pm onwards by TNTJ Dammam Province at Al khobar King Fahd Hospital. This will be the 6th such camp organized by TNTJ. It is expected that 200 donors will donate their blood at the camp.

Minority institutions can't be forced to implement teachers' quota: Court

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:10 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi: The state cannot compel minority institutions to reserve teaching posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Supreme Court has said.

The court said that the actions of the state in discharge of its "duties, functions and governance" should be "within constitutional framework".

The provision of law or a circular, the court said, which would be enforced against the general class, may not be enforceable with the same force against the minority institution, particularly where it relates to the establishment and management of the school.