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Islamic centre to be built near 9/11 Ground Zero
Amin's plea to turn approver adjourned till Aug 10
I am being framed: PDP chief Maudany
Angst in Kashmir is 'different' this time, say Kashmiris
Shopping malls, high-rise towers built on waqf land in Maharashtra
AMU vs Nalanda University: Nitish shows different approach
Four killed in firing as Kashmir violence continues unabated
Arabic, Persian scholars being neglected for presidential awards
Students-Alumni meet at Jamia Millia Islamia
Report Card of MsDP: ‘Minority-friendly’ states spend little
Islamic dressing: Kerala HC directs Education Minister to take action
Muslim quota: Tauheed Jamaat leaders meet TN Deputy CM
Another protester killed in Srinagar firing, toll 24
Tamil Muslim group holds blood donation camp in Saudia
Smooth operation of Haj 2010 stuck in bureaucratic tangle
Our minority government is for minorities: Karunanidhi

Islamic centre to be built near 9/11 Ground Zero

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

By DPA,

New York: A private group Tuesday won the right to build an Islamic centre, which includes a mosque, near the site of the destroyed World Trade Center despite vocal opposition from victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack.

The Cordoba Institute said it plans to spend $100 million to rebuild the site at 45 Park Place in lower Manhattan after New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0 against granting landmark status to the site.

Amin's plea to turn approver adjourned till Aug 10

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:47 AM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad: The hearing on a plea filed by former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin to turn approver in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout has been adjourned by a court till Aug 10.

Amin, himself an accused in the case, is in jail in connection with the disappearance of Sheikh's wife Kausarbi.

He had filed an application in the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court to turn an approver.

His eight co-accused policemen, including Indian Police Service officers D.G. Vanzara, and Rajkumar Pandian -- have opposed his plea.

I am being framed: PDP chief Maudany

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

By IANS,

Kollam (Kerala): People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nazir Maudany, who was Tuesday denied anticipatory bail by the Karnataka High Court in the 2008 Bangalore bomb blast case, said he was being "purposely trapped".

Maudany was named as the 31st accused in the case and has been trying for anticipatory bail, first in a lower court in Bangalore, which was turned down last month, and then in the high court which too refused his plea Tuesday.

Angst in Kashmir is 'different' this time, say Kashmiris

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: They have seen many bouts of "revolution" earlier, but this time it is different, say Kashmiris caught in the growing spiral of violence and protests that have engulfed the valley for the past nearly two months and seen scores dead in firing by security forces.

On the streets and even in households, the atmosphere is of mourning and mounting anger.

The daily dance of death since July 11 has crossed 40, with 26 killed since Friday, including four in firing Tuesday till the time of writing.

Shopping malls, high-rise towers built on waqf land in Maharashtra

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:16 AM PDT

By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

[Second of the four-part series on waqf properties in Maharashtra]

Mumbai: Three multi-storey towers consisting flats worth hundreds of crores of rupees and a three-storey shopping mall worth Rs 300 crore are standing on a waqf property of Haji Zakariya Ahmed Patel Mohammadan Orphanage & Asylum Trust in Mumbai Central, a prime locality as far as rates of properties are concerned.

AMU vs Nalanda University: Nitish shows different approach

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:01 AM PDT

By Mohammad Mudassir Alam,

Four killed in firing as Kashmir violence continues unabated

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:44 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar: Four people, including a 16-year-old, were killed as security forces opened fire on curfew-defying mobs across the Kashmir Valley Tuesday while another youth died of injuries, taking to 27 the toll in five days of unabated violence.

The latest death is of a youth who was critically wounded in the massive explosion Sunday at the Khrew police post in Pulwama after it was torched by the protesters. He died of his injuries in a Srinagar hospital in the evening.

Arabic, Persian scholars being neglected for presidential awards

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:15 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: Is there any shortage of Arabic and Persian scholars in the country who can be named for 'Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman'—a prestigious annual Presidential award? Not at all, claimed a group of senior Arabic and Persian scholars who are upset as no scholar from the two languages has been selected for the award for past several years.

If they are not being recommended for the award it is the result of negligence from award selection panel otherwise there are many who deserve the award, they say.

Students-Alumni meet at Jamia Millia Islamia

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:00 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: The University Placement Cell at Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Jamia Engineering Alumni Association organized a "Students-Alumni Meet" on Saturday 31st July 2010 in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering & Technology of Jamia Millia Islamia.

This meet was part of the series of events of Silver Jubilee Celebrations being organized by the Faculty of Engineering & Technology this year.

Report Card of MsDP: ‘Minority-friendly’ states spend little

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:37 AM PDT

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Tall claims and even taller promises about minority welfare notwithstanding, the states which are run by so-called secular parties – the parties that never get tired of calling themselves as champion of minorities – are doing poorly in spending government funds for minority concentration districts.

Islamic dressing: Kerala HC directs Education Minister to take action

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:09 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kochi: The Kerala High Court directed the Education Minister to take action on the petition asking permission for Islamic dressing, according to reports. The plea was submitted by a girl in Malappuram asking permission to wear Islamic dressing in a professional college. The girl had filed a complaint with the Educational Minister also

Muslim girls coming from school in Darbhanga

Muslim quota: Tauheed Jamaat leaders meet TN Deputy CM

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT

By TCN News,

Chennai: Continuing their pressure build up campaign to impress upon powers that be for Muslim reservation, the Tamil Nadu Tauheed Jamaat leaders recently met state Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin urging him to use his good offices to put pressure on the Congress party ruled central government for a separate reservation for the Muslim community in the country.

Another protester killed in Srinagar firing, toll 24

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : A 16-year-old was killed in police firing in Srinagar - the second to die Tuesday - as protesters across the old city defied the curfew to take to the streets. This takes to 24 the toll in the last five days of unending violence in the Kashmir Valley.

A farmer was injured when he was allegedly shot at by the security forces in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, while two protesters were injured when police fired on a mob defying the curfew in central Badgam district.

Anees Ahmad was killed when security forces fired at a mob in Srinagar's Eidgah area.

Tamil Muslim group holds blood donation camp in Saudia

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:52 PM PDT

By TCN News,

Dammam (Saudi Arabia): The Tamil Nadu Tauheed Jamaat organized blood donation camps in Dammam and Jubail in Saudi Arabia for Haj and Umrah pilgrims. The camps were held in the last two weeks of July. TNTJ was able to collect 130 units of blood at the camps.

[TCN Photo]

TNTJ members have been actively involved in blood donation in various parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other states.

Smooth operation of Haj 2010 stuck in bureaucratic tangle

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:05 PM PDT

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: While the process of Haj operation 2010 has been started, the Government of India is yet to appoint anyone who will oversee the arrangement for it despite Delhi High Court direction to appoint a person who did not participate in the last election for National Haj Committee to look into the preparation for this year's Haj pilgrimage.

Our minority government is for minorities: Karunanidhi

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

By IANS,

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) : The Tamil Nadu government may be by the "minority" DMK but it is for the minorities, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday said.

"We are not ashamed of being called as a minority government. I am happy to hear my government being called as minority government. Ours is the only government that fights for the rights of minorities - Christians and Muslims. We will raise our voice in their support in all the forums," Karunanidhi said, addressing a public rally here.