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- Stone throwers warn to lift strikes in Kashmir
- Omar stressed on banking, communication facilities between Muzafarabad & JK
- Terms of Kashmir dialogue finalised
- Hurriyat (G) unveil New Protest calendar
- Pre-matric Scholarship: Bihar Govt. invites applications for 2010-11
- Modi announces Shah's resignation, Cong says too little
- AMU Murshidabad centre: V-C meets CM
- We will sit on hunger strike till death: Bar Association
- PM talks inclusive growth while banks shut door on minorities
- Rights groups write to PM on unrest in Kashmir valley
- Seek an opportunity out of current crisis, PDP to PM
- Omar seeks 30,000 new Kashmiri cops to replace CRPF
- Doctors, Lawyers stage protest, Curfew continues in Kupwara, Pulwama
- Abu Salem attacked in jail by Dawood henchman
- Dr. Muzna Mubarak Kapdi gets first position in M.D. exam in Maharashtra
- Muslims in India: How long will they remain marginalized?
- Modi has no right to criticise CBI: Congress
- Flood and erosion make life miserable in northeastern Bihar
- Thousands come out to protest against Muslim witch-hunt in Kerala
- Martyrdom and Houris
- I like experimenters in religion: Sudhir Kakar
- Congress 'misusing' CBI, says Modi
- Amit Shah has resigned: Narendra Modi
- CBI hunts for Gujarat home minister over 2005 killing
- CPI-M wants Women's Bill tabled in Lok Sabha
- Cabinet panel reviews Kashmir situation
- Women's quota bill likely in Lok Sabha
- Despite restrictions and tight security clashes continue in Kashmir
- CPI-M demands Amit Shah's resignation
- BJP trying to influence investigations against Shah: Congress
| Stone throwers warn to lift strikes in Kashmir Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:43 AM PDT By Majid Kapra,Agence India Press, Srinagar: Condemning the yesterday's statement of chairman of the United Jehad Council and supreme commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin to carry forward the ongoing moment by taking united strategy of all separatists group.
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| Omar stressed on banking, communication facilities between Muzafarabad & JK Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:40 AM PDT By Agence India Press,Bureau Report, New Delhi: Reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir is not a problem of economics but that of political, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday underlined the need for pursuing the external dialogue process and initiating internal talks with diverse political opinion in an inclusive manner.
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| Terms of Kashmir dialogue finalised Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:12 AM PDT By IANS, Jammu: The Indian government has finalised the terms of dialogue that it intends to open with all the groups in Jammu and Kashmir, including the separatists, highly placed sources said Saturday.
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| Hurriyat (G) unveil New Protest calendar Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT By Agence India Press,Bureau Report, Srinagar: Marking off Tuesday as "purchase day," the Hurriyat (G) today issued a new "Quit Kashmir" movement calendar for the coming week featuring March to Maisuma on Friday 30 July 2010, and massive 12-hour street sit-in protest on Wednesday and Thursday. In the new programme, Tuesday has been off in protests and their will be no protest or strike on Tuesday 27th July 2010, and Monday 26 July 2010 will be complete strike.
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| Pre-matric Scholarship: Bihar Govt. invites applications for 2010-11 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:15 AM PDT By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: The Minority Welfare Department of Bihar government has invited applications from minority students for pre-matric scholarships for the year 2010-11. The last date for submission of application forms is 31st July 2010. There are 1,44,800 scholarships for Muslims this year.
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| Modi announces Shah's resignation, Cong says too little Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:03 AM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday announced resignation of his Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, allegedly involved in the 2005 staged killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, but the Congress termed it "too little, too late."
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| AMU Murshidabad centre: V-C meets CM Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:39 AM PDT By TCN News, Aligarh: A five-member team of the Aligarh Muslim University led by Vice Chancellor Prof P K Abdul Azis today met Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. The CM informed AMU team that the processing of land measurement at Farraka Barage has started and it will be completed very soon.
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| We will sit on hunger strike till death: Bar Association Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:12 AM PDT By Mir Umar,Agence India Press, Srinagar: Scores of lawyers and advocates held protest demonstrations and took rally against the arrest of Mian Abdul Qayoom, President of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association and Ghulam Nabi Shaheen , General Secretary of High Court Bar Association demanding immediate release and withdraw all charges against them.
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| PM talks inclusive growth while banks shut door on minorities Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:40 AM PDT By TCN News, New Delhi: Within days of disclosure by the National Commission for Minorities about discrimination by government banks against minorities – whether to open new account or taking loan – Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today reiterated his dream inclusive growth. Addressing 55th National Development Council meeting in New Delhi today the PM said the objective of Five-Year plan must be inclusive growth, not just growth.  Photo by PIB
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| Rights groups write to PM on unrest in Kashmir valley Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:59 AM PDT By TCN News, Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad-based Human Rights organizations – People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) and Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD) – have condemned Human Rights violation in Jammu & Kashmir held central and state government responsible for the unrest there.
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| Seek an opportunity out of current crisis, PDP to PM Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:46 AM PDT By Agence India Press,Bureau Report Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party has said even as the present scenario in Kashmir looked extremely dark it could still be turned around through positive and purposeful intervention. This view emerged at a meeting of party legislators, senior leaders and office bearers held here today under the president ship of party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
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| Omar seeks 30,000 new Kashmiri cops to replace CRPF Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:45 AM PDT By IANS, New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday called for induction of 30,000 Kashmiri men and women into the state police to enable them to progressively take over law and order responsibilities from the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force. Unemployment was the biggest problem facing the state with 5.9 lakh youth registered at the state's district employment centres, Abdullah said in his address at the National Development Council meeting here.
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| Doctors, Lawyers stage protest, Curfew continues in Kupwara, Pulwama Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT By Sheikh Imran Bashir,Agence India Press, Srinagar: Doctors and lawyers staged protests against the ongoing human rights violations in the Valley at Lower Court and Government Medical College (GMC) in Srinagar on Saturday.
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| Abu Salem attacked in jail by Dawood henchman Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:40 AM PDT By IANS, Mumbai : In a security lapse that has unnerved officials, mafia don Abu Salem was attacked Saturday with a sharp instrument inside the Arthur Road Central Jail, allegedly by Mohammed Dossa, a member of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. Following a scuffle that broke out between them inside the jail premises, Dossa attacked Salem with a sharpened spoon during breakfast time this morning, injuring Salem in the face and neck.
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| Dr. Muzna Mubarak Kapdi gets first position in M.D. exam in Maharashtra Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:00 AM PDT By Riyaz Momin, TwoCircles.net, Beed (Maharashtra): Dr. Muzna Mubarak Kapdi, daughter of well known educationist and Chief Editor of Tameer Urdu daily in Beed, got first position in M.D. (Peadiatrics) held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik. She is the first Muslim to get first position in M.D. in Maharashtra. While taking education she was always in full hijab and she proved that hijab is not an obstacle in progress. She has delivered many lectures related to women and Islam.
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| Muslims in India: How long will they remain marginalized? Posted: 24 Jul 2010 01:57 AM PDT By Shamim Akhter, Two days back I went through a report in BBC website under the title "India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims'" regarding denial of access to government banks to Muslims in India. The report reveals the truth of the government banks operating in different parts of the country. The report quotes the National Commission of Minorities as saying that there has been a 100% increase in the number of complaints it has received over the past year from Muslims who say they are being prevented from opening accounts in state-run banks.
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| Modi has no right to criticise CBI: Congress Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:57 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress said Saturday the resignation of the charge-sheeted Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah was a step "too little, too late". Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here that with Shah and several police officers charged with the 2005 staged shootout of businessman Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kauserbi, "the true face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been exposed".
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| Flood and erosion make life miserable in northeastern Bihar Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:52 PM PDT By Manzar Imam, Land erosion caused by swelling of Mahananda and Kankai rivers in Kishanganj and Purnea districts of Bihar is causing heavy losses. Hundreds of villages are drowned, thousands of houses swept away with water and crops worth crores of rupees damaged, leading to chaos in this flood-prone Seemanchal region of northeastern Bihar. In order to save their life, people are shifting to other places leaving behind their home and hearth. Two times meal and shelter have become the most urgent need for them.
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| Thousands come out to protest against Muslim witch-hunt in Kerala Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:24 PM PDT By TCN News, Kozhikkode: Tens of thousands of people came to streets in Kerala yesterday after Juma Prayer to protest against the malicious approach of the state police and media against the Popular Front of India in the wake of the attack on a college teacher there allegedly for his blasphemous act.
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| Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:15 PM PDT By Asghar Ali Engineer, A top police officer wrote to me what is the Qur'anic basis of the belief that those who became martyr will go to paradise and will be awarded with 70 houris (hurs). This becomes an incentive for terrorists to die in the 'cause of Islam'. Unfortunately it is commonly believed by Muslims that hours are feminine gender and some men even boast that Allah has promised hours to men and nothing to women.
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| I like experimenters in religion: Sudhir Kakar Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:58 PM PDT By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Mughal prince Dara Shukoh, Mahatma Gandhi and spiritualist Ramakrishna Paramahansa shared a trait - they were religious secularists at heart, says psychoanalyst and writer Sudhir Kakar who loves to get into the lives of historical characters to find answers. "The three of them tried to bring the Hindus and the Muslims together in a spirit of integration, find common ground and make them accept each other," Kakar told IANS in an interview here.
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| Congress 'misusing' CBI, says Modi Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:54 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi : Hitting out at the Congress-led central government, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday accused it of "misusing" the CBI to "fabricate allegations" against state minister Amit Shah and also "conspiring" to hamper the development of Gujarat.
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| Amit Shah has resigned: Narendra Modi Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:08 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Minister Amit Shah, allegedly involved in the 2005 staged shootout of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has resigned, Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced here Saturday while accusing the Congress-led UPA government of "misusing" the CBI and "fabricating" the charges against Shah. "Amit Shah has sent his resignation to my bungalow. I will complete the formalities after returning from here. I accept his resignation," Modi told reporters here.
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| CBI hunts for Gujarat home minister over 2005 killing Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:49 PM PDT By IANS, Ahmedabad: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah became a hunted man Friday for his role in the 2005 killing of an alleged Islamist terrorist after a court rejected his anticipatory bail plea amid a looming Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) showdown. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) mounted a massive search for Shah, a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, after naming him as an accused with 17 others in the murder of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, 37.
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| CPI-M wants Women's Bill tabled in Lok Sabha Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:41 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist Friday demanded the tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill in the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha beginning Monday. "There should not be further delay. The Women's Bill should be tabled in the Lok Sabha with the support of all the parties, which backed the Bill in the Rajya Sabha," CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here . The Women's Bill, which seeks to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women, was passed by the Rajya Sabha March 9.
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| Cabinet panel reviews Kashmir situation Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:38 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir was reviewed at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) here, during which it was felt that the strict measures to contain the street protests should be eased in a phased manner, official sources said. The meeting Thursday, presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, heard reports from various ministries and agencies about the measures taken to restore normalcy in the valley, sources told IANS.
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| Women's quota bill likely in Lok Sabha Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:37 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The government hopes to introduce the contentious women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of parliament after holding "consultations" with the political parties opposed to the measure, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Friday. The Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill, seeking to reserve 33 percent of seats in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies for women.
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| Despite restrictions and tight security clashes continue in Kashmir Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:31 PM PDT By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press, Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed curfew in this north Kashmir town to prevent people from coming out and staging demonstrations. Hundreds of policemen and paramilitary CRPF troopers were deployed in strength in every nook and corner of the town and people were not allowed to come out of their homes. Reports said that authorities also imposed curfew in frontier district of Kupwara and prevented people from marching towards Khanqah-E-Moula, the call for which was given by the Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
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| CPI-M demands Amit Shah's resignation Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:31 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday said Gujarat minister Amit Shah should quit in view of a chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged fake shootout of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. "The CBI investigation should be perused seriously," CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said, while giving details about a three-day meeting of the party's central committee that ended here Friday.
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| BJP trying to influence investigations against Shah: Congress Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:30 PM PDT By IANS, New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to influence investigations in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case and shield its Gujarat minister Amit Shah, the Congress said Friday while lashing out at the BJP for cancelling a lunch with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that it was unprecedented on the part of the BJP to hold a press conference on an ongoing investigation.
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