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Leaders ask Muslims to make dua for Babri Masjid case
Secondary education: Muslims ahead of STs, behind SCs, OBCs
Did Cong let off Modi in Sohrabuddin case for N-bill?
Poor health infrastructure in West Bengal; Muslims worst affected
Maudany remanded to police custody till August 26
Parliament disrupted as government prepares to table n-bill report
PFI Kerala leader questioned in the hand-chopping case
Trial in Babri demolition to begin from Monday
Another day of clashes and curfew in Kashmir
36 arrested for Bareilly riots
Increased security at Mumbai’s Minara Masjid for Ramzan crowd
'Phone records during Gujarat riots being destroyed'
Amit Shah's bail hearing postponed to Aug 30
In Ramadan spirit, Omar pardons shoe thrower
Seven Baha'i leaders in Iran get 20 years jail
Dukhtaran chief denies her son wants to study abroad

Leaders ask Muslims to make dua for Babri Masjid case

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter

Lucknow: State convenor, Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) Dr Shafeequr Rehman Barq and other office bearers on Wednesday have issued an appeal urging muslims to pray during the holy month of Ramzan so that the verdict in the Babri Masjid/Ram Janam Bhoomi case goes in their favour.

Secondary education: Muslims ahead of STs, behind SCs, OBCs

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:33 AM PDT

By TCN News,

New Delhi: Muslims enrolled at secondary level of education from among those in education system is 10.2% which is higher than 9.8% for Scheduled Tribes. The enrollment at the same level for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes is 11.3% and 12.5% respectively.

The information was given in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha by Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs. He based this information on the report of 64th Round (2007-08) of National Sample Survey (NSS).

Did Cong let off Modi in Sohrabuddin case for N-bill?

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:32 AM PDT

By TCN Staff Writer,

New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav have alleged Congress has struck a deal with BJP to get the party's support on Nuclear Liability Bill. As part of the deal, the Yadav leaders alleged, CBI has given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat riot cases and Sohrabuddin case.

Poor health infrastructure in West Bengal; Muslims worst affected

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT

By Sabir S. Ghaffar,

India is looking forward to becoming a Developed Country by 2020. However, its aim of being a developed nation would necessarily encompass its Health Sector as well, the condition of which can be judged by looking at an important state like West Bengal.

Maudany remanded to police custody till August 26

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:29 AM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Bengaluru: PDP chief Abdunnasir Maudany has been remanded to police custody till August 26 in connection with the Bengaluru serial blast case. He was produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh R Hulagi late last night at his residence. Maudany was flown to Bengaluru yesterday after he was arrested by the Karnataka police in Kollam in Kerala.

Parliament disrupted as government prepares to table n-bill report

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : A section of the opposition Wednesday alleged a trade-off between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party -- the BJP lending support to the civil nuclear liability bill tabled in parliament in lieu of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being let off in the Sohrabuddin killing case.

"They have struck a deal and Modi has been exempted from the (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case," Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh said.

PFI Kerala leader questioned in the hand-chopping case

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Ernakulam: P Abdul Hameed, Kerala state secretary of the Popular Front of India, was yesterday questioned by the Special Investigation Team probing the hand-chopping case in Ernakulam. The state government yesterday informed the High Court that 49 persons were accused in the case among which only 19 have been arrested.

Trial in Babri demolition to begin from Monday

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:50 PM PDT

By IANS,

Lucknow : Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent Hindu mobs in the ancient temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial in the case from Monday.

This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge V.K. Tyagi Tuesday, a court official said.

Another day of clashes and curfew in Kashmir

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:45 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : It was another day of curfew and restrictions in large parts of the Kashmir Valley Wednesday with authorities hoping to scuttle separatist protests and weary citizens resigned to what has become an unhappy routine.

"It is the routine now. When the separatists call for protests, the authorities react by imposing curfew.

"I do not need to look out of the window to see the security men patrolling the road as all of us know they would be there because the separatists have called for a protest today," said Zubair Ahmad, 38, a resident of the old city area here.

36 arrested for Bareilly riots

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:28 PM PDT

By IANS,

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) : Thirty-six people have arrested for the communal clash that broke out in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said Tuesday, adding the situation was now "under control".

According to Additional Director General of Police Brij Lal, four people were injured in the Monday evening clash between members of two communities after some unidentified people set ablaze a vehicle belonging to a Kanwariya group camping in Fareedpur area on the outskirts of the city, about 250 km from Lucknow.

The condition of the one of them was serious, he added.

Increased security at Mumbai’s Minara Masjid for Ramzan crowd

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:26 PM PDT

By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Mumbai: In the Holy month of Ramzan when I visited the famous Minara Masjid, in south Mumbai, for a Zohar (noon) prayer I was shocked. I was carrying my back-pack and was stopped at the entrance of the mosque. Security man searched my bag and asked me to keep the bag in a room which is specially maintained to keep the baggage of the Musallis, who come to the mosque to offer namaz.

'Phone records during Gujarat riots being destroyed'

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:13 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat Tuesday alleged that phone records containing crucial evidence about the 2002 Gujarat riots were being destroyed and demanded an inquiry into this.

"I have been given to understand that some telecom corporations have maintained that the records of calls for that period have been destroyed," Karat said in a letter to Communications Minister A. Raja.

Karat alleged that records of phone calls, including those made by slain Congress ex-MP Ehsan Jafri were destroyed.

Amit Shah's bail hearing postponed to Aug 30

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:12 PM PDT

By IANS,

Ahmedabad : The hearing on the bail plea of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin staged shootout was Tuesday postponed to Aug 30.

Shah, a former minister of state for home, was arrested July 25. He filed the bail plea soon after being sent behind bars by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court.

The hearing was earlier scheduled for Aug 11 but was deferred till Tuesday because his lawyer Ram Jethmalani could not make it to the court.

In Ramadan spirit, Omar pardons shoe thrower

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:56 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday pardoned the suspended police head constable who had flung a shoe at him during the Independence Day parade here Sunday.

The chief minister called Abdul Ahad Jan to his residence in Srinagar city and told him that he had decided to pardon him for the insult in the true spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, which taught every Muslim to forget and forgive.

Seven Baha'i leaders in Iran get 20 years jail

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:43 PM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : Seven Baha'i leaders, convicted in Iran on charges of conducting propaganda activities against the Islamic order and spying, are believed to have been sentenced to 20 years jail, community leaders said here Tuesday.

The Indian Baha'i community "completely and categorically" denied the charges against the two women and five men being held in Tehran's Evin prison since 2008.

Dukhtaran chief denies her son wants to study abroad

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:34 PM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : Syeda Asiya Andrabi, the chief of women's separatist group, 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith) Tuesday dismissed as "malicious propaganda" media reports that her 18-year old son wanted to study abroad.

"It is malicious propaganda against me since enemies of our freedom struggle could say nothing else to malign my person," Asiya told IANS.