Amir Khan: 14 years in jail, acquitted but still scared of police witch-hunt

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AMU signs MoU with Iran

By IANS, Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed an agreement for exchange programme with Iranian universities and institutions. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed here Saturday by the Centre of Advance Study in History of AMU with the New Delhi-based Iran Culture House....
Omar wants talks on AFSPA removal speeded up

By IANS, Kolkata: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said he wants the talks between the state and central governments on the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the valley to be speeded up. "I would like to see things move a little faster. But these...
Amir Khan: 14 years in jail, acquitted but still scared of police witch-hunt

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, This is the second part of the three part series on the case of Md. Amir Khan who spent 14 years in jail in 20 fabricated cases of bomb blasts. New Delhi: This was not how Maimuna Bi had thought she would meet her son Amir after fourteen years of endless wait when Delhi...
Jawwad serves ultimatum to Congress over Jor Bagh karbala of Delhi

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Eminent Shia cleric and Imam-e-Juma Maulana Kalbe Jawwad threatened to gherao party offices of Congress across the country if the Shia community is not handed over the possession of Shah-e-Mardan, a Karbala in Jor Bagh locality of New Delhi. Maulana Jawwad...
Peshawar airport renamed after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

By IANS, Islamabad: The airport in Pakistan's Peshawar city has been renamed after noted freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. As a tribute to the Pashtun political and spiritual leader, the provincial authorities renamed the airport as "Bacha Khan International Airport", the Daily Times...
Mulayam, Mayawati neglected Muslims, development: Rahul Gandhi

By IANS, Unnao/Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday blamed both Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati for "gross neglect" of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress general secretary who was on a whirlwind tour of a...
Peace Party questions Imam Bukhari’s support to SP

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: While Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was patting his back for getting Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi, Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in his favour, the Peace Party on Saturday urged the Imam to seek clarification on several Muslim issues from...

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Men need to be partners for women’s empowerment

By Dr. Prof . Rameeza. A. Rasheed Recently the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) women’s wing held a conference in Chennai for a day and threw it open only for women. The concept of the conference was “Muslim women’s empowerment”. The decision to allow only women to attend the conference surprised me. I will explain the reasons for my surprise. Women empowerment concept has a broader...
Man on mission to improve state of education in government schools

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, [This report is part of the TCN Series on Education, sponsored by The Aligarh Forum] Lucknow: The first source of education for children living in penury is the government school. The school besides offering free education also offers other fringe benefits as mid-day meal, free uniforms and even stipend to OBCs. While some enterprising individuals go for...
Rushdie show: Chronicle of a gag foretold

By Manish Chand, IANS, Jaipur: It was Tuesday, another sunny winter morning in Jaipur. Sanjoy Roy, an organiser of the Jaipur Literature Festival, came to a terrace of the sprawling Diggi Palace and told the assembled journalists that the video-address by Salman Rushdie would go on as scheduled at 3.45 p.m. Roy downplayed speculation of protests by some Muslim groups, saying everyone had the...
War on terror: If you can’t find the terrorist, make one

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, This is the first report of the three part series on the situation of Md. Amir after spending 14 years in jail. New Delhi: Don’t get surprised by the title of this story, which, at several levels encapsulates the discourse of war on terror. As a series of court judgments in cases related to several blasts in and around Delhi will show, more often than not, method...
Loss of Innocence: School-children used as tool to loot money in Bihar

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, It is not just the loot of hundreds of crores of rupees by parents but the loss of innocence of lakhs of school-children, mostly girls, which has become the biggest casualty of the latest scam to hit the human resources development department in Bihar. Only in July last a report on elementary education, released by none else but Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen at an...
Tackling the 'graduate but unemployable' syndrome in India

By V.S. Karnic, IANS, Bangalore: Low employability, particularly in the IT sector, of thousands of engineering graduates hitting the Indian job market every year is prompting academia and industry leaders to make efforts to end the demand-supply mismatch. However the interaction between academics and the IT sector is still not on wide scale nor is it regular even though alarm bells have been...
Quota: Muslims & other minorities – An analysis

By Shafeeq Rahman, After the Andhra Pradesh and Kerala states’ decision to provide minorities with a quota in government employments and educational institutions, Congress-led UPA government at the centre has now implemented the 4.5% sub-quota for minorities carved out from 27% OBC quota effective from 1st January 2012. The quota for minorities within OBC category is largely considered by...

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