National
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Bill to safeguard waqf properties across India
May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Ministry of Minority Affairs after consulting various Muslim organisations and representatives of state governments introduced an amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on 27 April that aims to safeguard Waqf properties all across India...
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Advani harmed Ram Mandir Movement: VHP’s Singhal
May 14, 2013
Haridwar: VHP President Ashok Singhal said here at a press conference on 6 April that Advani harmed Ram Mandir movement through his Rath Yatra, adding that if he had not taken out the Yatra in 1989, Ram Mandir would have been built by now in Ay...
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15 abandoned foetuses found in Ahmedabad garbage
May 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Fifteen foetuses were found abandoned in a garbage bin near Shastri Stadium at Bapunagar area of Ahmedabad on 19 April. In this connection, gynaecologist Dr Jayant Patel, who was running Puna Maternity Home near Bapunagar Char Rasta,...
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5 year RI for three for Kandhamal violence
May 14, 2013
Phulbani (Orissa): Three persons have been sentenced by fast track court for 5 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2,000 each for their involvement in violence in Kandhamal district. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Das convicted...
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Pastor killed in M.P.
May 14, 2013
Bhopal: Masking their faces, armed Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal attacked a young pastor on April 17 in Betul, Madhya Pradesh, during a four-day crusade. According to EFI correspondent Akhilesh Edgar, about 10 Hindu extremists forced th...
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Kashmiri youth tops UPSC list
May 14, 2013
Shah Faesal, a 27-year-old Kashmiri Muslim physician from Kupwara, has topped the UPSC test this year. He cleared the exam in the very first attempt. According to the list made public by the UPSC, 21 Muslims made it to the elite civil ser...
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India on US religious freedom watch list
May 14, 2013
India has once again been placed on the "Watch List" along with 11 other countries "that require close monitoring by the US with regard to violations of religious freedom in India". In its annual report, the US Commission on...
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Parivar falls back on Mandir magic
May 14, 2013
By Mohammad Shahid Lucknow: Persuation and prayers are the new mantras devised by the Saffron Parivar to relaunch the Ram temple issue on August 16 next, on the occasion of Tulsi Jayanti. All other tactics in the past to construct a Ram te...
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85 more families need urgent help
May 13, 2013
Following the fire in two villages on 5 and 6 April 2013 in Murshidabad (West Bengal) as reported in the previous issue on this page, we at Charity Alliance were only able to distribute tin corrugated sheets to 40 families out o...
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Jamiat Ulama's Legal cell in Pune
By NA Ansari
May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-e Hind’s general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madni said while speaking to media persons in Delhi on 4 April that in spite of continued harassment and arrest of innocent Muslims and Central government’s insensit...
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Syed Liyaqat Shah case: NIA team visits Valley
By Afsana Rashid
May 13, 2013
Srinagar: Continuing its investigations into former militant Syed Liyaqat Shah’s arrest, a six-member National Investigation Agency (NIA) team landed in the valley, April 11 for further probe. The team recorded statements of Shah&rsqu...
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Afzal Guru's family to approach apex court
By Afsana Rashid
May 13, 2013
Srinagar: The family of 2001 Parliament attack convict, Mohammad Afzal Guru plans to move the Apex Court so that no other family is denied the right to meet their loved one before being hanged. His elder brother, Aijaz Guru April 16 has bee...
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Concern over missionary activities in Kashmir
By Afsana Rashid
May 13, 2013
Srinagar: Voicing concern, Kashmir Ulema here have said that missionaries were coming to Kashmir as tourists and luring innocent people, especially orphans, to Christianity. A meeting was organized by Majlis-e-Tahafuz-e-Iman, an amalgam o...
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Spurious drugs scandal rocks the Valley
By Afsana Rashid
May 13, 2013
Srinagar: Exposure of the fact of spurious drugs being available rocked the valley. Apart from mainstream politicians; separatists, human rights and civil society groups too voiced their concerns. Protest demonstrations were witnessed and shutd...
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RSS Mission 2014
By AG Khan
May 11, 2013
A determined RSS, enraged by Home Minister Shinde’s remark on the saffron terror, has decided to revive the Ayodhya issue for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. As soon as the Kumbh comes to conclusion and sadhus reach their destinations, a...
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48,338 child rape cases from 2001 to 2011 in India
May 11, 2013
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “India’s Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes” (http://www.achrweb.org/reports/india/IndiasHellHoles2013.pdf) stated that sexual offences against ch...
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Is Modi responsible for the death of farmers of Gujarat?
By NA Ansari
May 11, 2013
New Delhi: ANHAD’s Shabnam Hashmi and her team members from Gujarat exposed the white lies of Gujarat’s chief minister Modi who, by presenting or rather propagating the model of Gujarat’s development before the country is drea...
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RSS to go to UN for Hindus
May 11, 2013
Mathura (Vrindavan): A global meet of Hindu organisations all over the world is being convened in Mathura (Vrindavan) to plan a strategy for the future. A week long convention (3-9 April) is to discuss the road map for Hindutva. The first day o...
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No “Rama” in BJP state
May 11, 2013
Bhopal: One cannot believe that chanting “Rama” can attract “punishment” in a BJP ruled state! However, organising recitation of Ramayan at the Vallabh Bhavan (State government Secretariat) compelled the General Administ...
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Swine flu in Gujarat irks HC
May 11, 2013
Ahmedabad: Taking cognisance of widespread swine flue in the state the High Court passed strong strictures against the state government. Holding it responsible for deaths in adivasi districts, because of poor disposal of garbage and apathy towa...
