Prof. Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani, Delhi University professor and Kashmiri civil rights activist, speaks exclusively with Mohd. Ismail Khan of TwoCircles.net, on how Indian Government was wrong in executing Afzal Guru.
By flaunting RSS-associated leaders in its line-up for the 2014 general election, the BJP fails to see that voters will reject politics not focussed on bread-and-butter issues
Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajendra Sachar today expressed regret that the Centre has not implemented his recommendations regarding minorities till date.
Addressing a meeting organised by Socialist Party of India, the Chairman of Sachar Committee said although the
Centre “blew trumpet” over his recommendations to improve socio-economic status of minorities, it has done nothing to implement them till date.
He alleged even the Uttar Pradesh government was making false assurances.
Women in India are more likely to get prenatal care when pregnant with male babies, according to a groundbreaking study that has implications for girls’ health and survival in patriarchal societies.
The study by Leah Lakdawala of Michigan State University and Prashant Bharadwaj of the University of California, San Diego, suggests sex discrimination begins in the womb in male-dominated societies such as India.
It paints a pretty dire picture of what’s happening,” said Lakdawala, MSU assistant professor of economics.
Consumption of black and green teas, coffee and liquid smoke flavouring can activate the highest levels of a gene associated with cancer, scientists, including Indian-origin researchers, have warned.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavourings on the DNA of cells.
They found that liquid smoke flavouring, black and green teas and coffee activated cancer-linked gene called p53.
Children who watch TV for more than three hours a day are at a higher risk of developing antisocial behaviour such as fighting and stealing, a new UK study has warned.
According to the Glasgow University researchers, as many as 15 per cent of five-year-olds who spend at least three hours in front of the television each day are at a slightly higher risk of anti-social behaviour by the age of seven.
However, there was no noticeable impact of computer or other video games on behaviour, ‘The Telegraph’ reported.
Thirteen years ago, a Muslim housewife in Kerala had stopped an old and destitute Brahmin widow from jumping in front of a train and ending a life for which she saw no hope.
The Muslim woman, then 34, took the 76-year-old high-caste Namboothiri woman home, gave her shelter and sowed the seeds for an unusual relationship that bloomed despite their religious and cultural differences.
In 2008, a youth was arrested from my neighbourhood in Hubli for alleged links with the Student Islamic Movement of India. He was studying to be a doctor and had no history of indiscipline or run-ins with the law. His family was traumatised, and still is, for he continues to languish in jail. If that could happen to a young, educated Muslim like him, it could happen to me, too, I thought then. Five years later, that passing thought became an ugly reality.
An estimated 10,000 new cases of eye cancer are diagnosed every year in the country, eye care expertsd and doctors said here Friday.
They were speaking at a two-day international conference on “Oculoplasty, Aesthetics, Ocular Oncology and Squint” organised by Delhi-based eye care chain Centre for Sight (CFS). It is being attended by 50 experts and 150 doctors from all over the country.
Ms. Sabera Begum, wife of ex police constable, Mr. Mohammed Abdul Quadeer alleged that her husband is detained in jail illegally. Mr. Quadeer was imprisoned in 1992 when he was convicted in the murder case of ACP Mr. Sattaiah.
She filed a petition in A.P. High Court requesting for payment of damages to the tune of Rs. 50 lakh for violating Human Rights.
Salwa Fathima, whose father works in a bakery, is the first woman pilot from the Old City. Zahid Ali Khan, editor of the Urdu daily, Siasat paid Rs 16 lakh for her training. The 69-year-old Khan, originally from Gattaiah, has been a messiah to thousands of Hyderabadis. His charity knows no boundaries or religion. He was there for the people of Gujarat after the earthquake ravaged the state. He also helped the victims of Mumbai riots. Khan carries out his philanthropy under the banner of several trusts and organisations.
Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition organised by Siasat Urdu Daily of Hyderabad in collaboration with Zakir Hussain Institute of Islamic Studies was inaugurated by Ms. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi on 11th March at M.F. Hussain Art Gallery at Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi in the presence of Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan and Mr. Amer Ali Khan of Siasat. After inaugurating the exhibition, she wrote in visitors’ book that “A wonderful exhibition- never seen before in Delhi. Thanks so much for bringing such richness”.
(BY ROSHIBA KHAN) Hailing from artistic baseline one tends to indulge in different forms of art. Of all the known forms of art, some are at the crest of glamorous ocean, others at the surface and few at the trough trying to survive. The art of calligraphy is among the trough struck arts dying out at double the pace of evolution of multi-media. The fall of former is directly related to the rise of latter as the contemporary technology facilitating the lost essence with a click of mouse has failed to escort it to the surface.
A respected online forum of intellectuals here has supported Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju in his demand for reinstatement of Aijaz Ahmed Mirza at DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organisation) Bangalore. Mirza was arrested last year in the infamous Bangalore terror conspiracy case, but was released earlier this month as National Investigation Agency could not find any evidence against him. However, DRDO has terminated Mirza’s fellowship contract without giving any reason.
Arabic Calligraphy and Art Exhibition of Siasat Art Gallery was inaugurated today by Ms. Sheela Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi. Expressing her Impressions about the Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition, she said that she was extremely happy to see this exhibition. She also told that she was most fortunate to inaugurate this Quranic Calligraphic and Art Exhibition.
The writer is a consulting editor with The Statesman and writes widely for several newspapers in India
(By Kuldip Nayar)Come to think of it, it was a small matter about the distribution of medals in 1980 to meritorious police officers. Yet things flared up when prime minister Indira Gandhi, who had just returned to power, stopped the ceremony and walked out. She was annoyed because the officers had been recognised for their “courageous work” in punishing those who committed atrocities during the Emergency of 1975.
Bhopal: Nineteen students of Delhi-based Crescent Academy have successfully cleared the Main Exam of IAS Examination, 2012, the results of which were announced recently. In the Prelims (first stage) 30 students were successful.
Till date the Crescent Academy, in spite of limited infrastructure and resources, but through its innovative-cum-interactive sessions and consistent test practices has been able to produce more than 80 IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, Judges and State Civil Servants throughout the country.
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Indian sentiment is not against Pakistan because people in the country are open to cultural exchanges with the neighbouring country, says Ajeet Cour, the founder president of the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL).”
“When the National School of Drama refused to hold the performance of Madeeha Gohar’s play ‘Kaun hai yeh ghustaakh?’ it was the people of Delhi who organized two shows for them instead of one, Ajeet Cour told IANS in interview here.
Today in his 187 point speech lengthening to 27 pages, the Union Finance Minister has following two short points for national minorities.
20. I have allocated Rs. 3,511 crore to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. This is an increase of 12 percent over the BE and 60 percent over the RE of 2012-13.
32 year old Shaik Asghar, a resident of Nizamabad, is admitted in Global Hospital Hyderabad and is shortly to be operated upon for his liver transplant but due to the lack of sufficient fund, he is appealing to the generous donors to come forward and help him monetarily to meet the cost of the operation estimated to Rs.30 lakhs.
His lever got damaged due to jaundice and under treatment since years. Married 8 years ago, he is survived by his wife and two children.
Alleging that Muslims were always being blamed for terror attacks in the country, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi today claimed that the pattern of discrimination could be seen in the investigation into the recent Hyderabad blasts. Azmi, the state SP president, who is also an MLA from Govandi area of Mumbai, demanded why Hindu extremist groups like the Bajrang Dal or absconder Ramchandra Kalsangra, a key suspect in the Samjhauta Express and the 2007 Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast were not being considered, while Muslims were held guilty by suspicion. PTI