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Published Online: Oct 05, 2012
Print Issue: 1-15 September 2012

NAUSHAD AHMAD, previous chairman of Bihar State Minorities Commission has been re-appointed Chairman of the reconstituted Minorities Commission of the state. In addition to him, Padmshri Sister SUVIDHA Verghese is Vice Chairperson and also CHARAN SINGH, Vice Chairman. Other members of this Commission are: PRAHLAD KUMAR Sircar, D.S. JAIN, MS. RAZIA KAMIL Ansari, ZAHEER Malmali, LIAQAT ALI Mansoori, Dr. ISLAM Rahi, MUHAMMAD SHAMSHAD Alam and MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH.
FAISAL KHAN, 13-year old son of an autorickshaw driver of Mumbai’s Ghat Kopar slum area won dance reality show, Dance India Dance (DID) Lil (little) Champs Trophy on the basis of public voting. A total of 5.61 crore votes were cast by the viewers and the highest number of votes were cast in his favour. He had no specialised training in dance, only a very rudimentary training in the local, ordinary school in this slum locality. A class VIII student of a local school, he has also earned a scholarship of Rs. 10 lakh in this competition in addition to a large number other prizes for his feat. He, alongwith two runners-up, will take part in a dance event in Bollywood film star Akshay Kuma’s film Oh my God which is to be released shortly.

This article appeared in The Milli Gazette print issue of 1-15 September 2012 on page no. 12
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