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Mirwaiz asks for "complete freedom" not autonomy for Kashmir
Boy killed, curfew in Kashmir
Scholarship quota for Bihar will be raised, if it performs well: Salman Khurshid
Raid in ‘Other Books’ unfortunate: Dr Ausaf Ahsan
Nanavati panel again asked to summon Modi
Two die in Kashmir clashes, toll rises to 53
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus attacked, normalcy elsewhere in Kashmir
SC-appointed SIT will investigate Ishrat Jahan encounter case
Education, jobs main planks of minorities scheme
CBI gets more time to probe Sohrabuddin killing
Maudany: a life between cases and law-courts
National Archives organizes an exhibition on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Mirwaiz asks for "complete freedom" not autonomy for Kashmir

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:52 AM PDT

By Sofi Iqbal, Agence India Press

Srinagar: Authorities had removed all restrictions in Srinagar to allow people to join the Friday prayers, the day being the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan which began here Thursday.

Thousands of people attended Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid of Srinagar today after six weeks of break due to nonstop curfew and restrictions in the city.

Thousands of people reached the grand mosque both individually and in processions. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also delivered the Friday sermon and addresses a huge gathering in mosque.

Boy killed, curfew in Kashmir

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:40 AM PDT

By Bilal Furqani, Agence India Press

Srinagar: The paramilitary forces open fire on public who was coming out from a mosque after (Fajr) dawn prayers at Trehgam, 10 kms from Kupwara district this morning in which teenager was killed and a 47-year old woman get injured.

Scholarship quota for Bihar will be raised, if it performs well: Salman Khurshid

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:43 AM PDT

By TCN Staff reporter,

New Delhi: The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MMA) is discussing proposal to raise the quota of Scholarship for Bihar, said Adil Hasan, convener, Surjapuri Vikas Parishad (SVP), a Bihar based voluntary organization, working in the area of Muslim and Dalit welfare.

Mr. Hassan was briefing media persons, after meeting Salman Khurshid, Minority Affairs Minister. The Minister told him that if Bihar performs well, on the front of providing scholarship to the minority students, the scholarship quota for the state will be raised.

Raid in ‘Other Books’ unfortunate: Dr Ausaf Ahsan

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:46 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Kozhikode: "It is very unfortunate that a publisher doing academic work is being targeted by the police," said Dr Ausaf Ahsan, Managing Editor of the distribution-cum-publishing house 'Other Books' to TwoCircles.net. The office of the Other Books in Kozhikode was raided by police on Friday on grounds that a book published by the house was seized from an accused in the case related to the attack on a controversial professor in Ernakulam.

Nanavati panel again asked to summon Modi

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:53 PM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : The Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), representing the victims of the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, has again moved the Nanavati-Mehta judicial inquiry commission for summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others for cross-examination.

The JSM's application came on the advice of the Gujarat High Court, which heard their petition seeking the court's directive to the commission to summon Modi and others.

Two die in Kashmir clashes, toll rises to 53

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Two people, including an elderly man, died in Jammu and Kashmir Friday as security forces fired at curfew-defying mobs indulging in stone-pelting. With this, the toll in the present unrest that started June 11 rose to 53.

"Ali Muhammad Khandey, 60, was killed when police opened fire to disperse an unruly mob defying curfew restrictions in Pattan town in Baramulla district (about 30 km from here). One protester sustained injury in the incident," a senior police officer said.

Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus attacked, normalcy elsewhere in Kashmir

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:24 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Except for a few incidents of stone pelting in north Kashmir's Baramulla district including on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus, life across the Kashmir Valley passed normally as the holy month of Ramadan began Thursday.

A mob smashed the window panes of the 'Caravan-e-Aman' bus that carried passengers from Srinagar, travelling across the Line of Control (LoC) to Aman Setu in Baramulla.

SC-appointed SIT will investigate Ishrat Jahan encounter case

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:08 PM PDT

By Mohammed Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High court on Thursday rejected the plea for CBI enquiry into Ishrat Jahan encounter case and handed it over to the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team which is probing the Post-Godhra Riot cases.

Not satisfied with the enquiry by the Gujarat Police, the mother of Ishrat Jahan had appealed for the CBI enquiry in the Gujarat High Court.

Education, jobs main planks of minorities scheme

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:01 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Enhancing opportunities for education and equitable share in economic activities would be the focus of the prime minister's new 15-point programme for minorities, parliament was told Thursday.

In a written reply to Ratna De (Trinamool Congress) and others in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said employment through credit schemes and efforts to increase the representation of the minority members in government jobs and public sector units will be other major schemes.

CBI gets more time to probe Sohrabuddin killing

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:56 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Rejecting the contentions of senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, the Supreme Court Thursday gave another three months to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its probe into the larger conspiracy in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case including the killing of his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

Maudany: a life between cases and law-courts

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:13 PM PDT

By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,

National Archives organizes an exhibition on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:52 PM PDT

By TCN News

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Dr. S.Y Quraishi inaugurated an exhibition on the life of freedom fighter and India's first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

As part of the Series of Exhibitions on "The making of Modern India" the National Archives of India has organized an exhibition entitled "Maulana Azad 1888-1958."