Map view: 6 options suggested by Srikrishna Committee

The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana state is the second best option available but not the most preferred, the report of justice BN Srikrishna commission has concluded. The report, which explores several options to solve the Telangana conundrum, was made public on Thursday.

 

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Large numbers of British citizens converting to Islam

Number of People Converting to Islam has Doubled in UK, The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to a study by an inter-faith think tank. The study by think tank Faith Matters attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam.

Despite the “often negative” portrayal of Islam, thousands of Britons are adopting the religion every year, The Independent reported.

Summary of Srikrishna Report

The Justice Srikrishna Commission Report, which was submitted to the Central Government on December 30, 2009, in its 461 page Report, along with Volume 2 which contained appendices examined in great detail the following issues related to Andhra Pradesh.

a) Developments in Andhra Pradesh from a Historical background, b) regional economic and equity analysis, c) education and health, d) water resources, irrigation and power development, e) public employment issues, f) issues relating to Hyderabad metropolis and g) sociological and cultural issues.

With Death From Gaza

When you do not distinguish between combatants and unarmed civilians during war, then you deserve to be named a “terrorist.” It makes no difference what your religion is! Yes, even if you are Jewish!

That is exactly what happened thousands of miles away and two days before last Christmas, when Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian shepherd in the back and injured two others. A 14 year old suffered a serious head injury and another 19 year old was injured in his hand.

Muslims in America are in need of help

Since 9/11 hundreds if not thousands of Muslims have faced “preemptive prosecution,” where Muslims who are deemed “dangerous” are prosecuted before they commit a crime.

Speaking Against Terrorism

In terrorists attacks innocent lives are lost without any gain for those who perpetrate these unforgiving crimes against humanity and above all against God. Laws of God dictate that every human life deserves a dignified existence and protection from all acts of violence, yet the attackers invoking the name of God seem to be determined to take innocent lives at will and show their sickening happiness at every drop of blood they shed in the name of their so called ideology.

Falluja birth defects and cancers to US assault

A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja has for the first time concluded that genetic damage could have been caused by weaponry used in US assaults that took place six years ago.

Unstable govt., rising prices

The spectre of spiraling prices haunts the common man even as the state government had been engrossed in setting up its own house in order with dissensions coming to the fore within the ruling party.

With the exception of lip sympathy, no concrete measures have been taken up so far to contain the prices of essential commodities.

That the stability is the main factor which holds the key to curb price rise has been proved beyond measures.

This Is Not The Way To Honor Him

News reports have detailed the arrests of five people on suspicion of an “imminent” terror attack on the offices of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, for their publication of the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). According to authorities:

US Muslims: A new consumer niche

In the ballroom of an upscale hotel a short train ride from New York, advertisers, food industry executives and market researchers mingled the men in dark suits, the women in headscarves and Western dress. Chocolates made according to Islamic dietary laws were placed at each table.

True example of democracy in action

Sara Palin, the darling of right wing Republicans calls him a man with blood on his hands. Newt Gingrich, the Republican Presidential hopeful calls him criminal, Eric H. Holder, Attorney General of the United States describes him as one of the most dangerous men in the world, the European world leaders call him an indirect supporter of Al-Qaeda.

Does Julian Paul Assange, the founder of Wikileaks really deserve all these epithets? Is he a really a dangerous man who deserves to be prosecuted and locked up?

Huge number of Indian youth remain unemployable: Report

Rapid economic growth in the country is expected to generate 10-15 million jobs by next year but lack of suitable skilled candidates poses a major threat, a leading industry lobby said Sunday.

‘Approximately 10 to 15 million jobs are expected to be created by next year, in which 75 percent will require vocational training. If not addressed properly it can lead to a slowdown in the country’s economic growth,’ said a report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

Homeless children prefer streets to night shelters

With winter settling in and the nights getting colder and longer, homeless children here are preferring to call the streets their home instead of taking refuge in night shelters, which they say are less child friendly, say NGOs.

There are 64 permanent night shelters at present in the city while the government is working on 84 more temporary night shelters. Out of the total capacity of 9085 in the permanent night shelters, 665 seats are for women and children.

CM did not apologize to Muslims

Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee has observed that, from the past few days a rumour is spread through newspapers and few individuals that Chief Minister Mr. Kiran Reddy has apologized with the Muslims on the illegal detention, arrest, torture, implication in false cases and ruining the lives of Muslim youth after the Makkah Masjid blast. Civil Liberties want to make it clear to the people that Chief Minister has not said anything that can be considered as apologetic.

Jagan dons NTR’s armour

The coincidences are too glaring for the avid political watchers to miss, with former Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy seemingly appearing to don the armour of former chief minister NT Rama Rao.

The political scenario which prevailed prior to TDP founder and president NTR began his maiden entry into politics, seems to have been revived these days with the ‘unrest’ against the Congress party making its inroads.

History is repeating itself in Afghanistan

During the mid-1960s, America’s goal during a crucial stage in the Vietnam war was to defeat the enemy militarily. But it had no realistic political strategy to underpin the goal, and it was this which ultimately led to failure.

America’s strategy in Afghanistan is now suffering from a similar weakness. Barack Obama made the edgy claim this week that the US army is stabilising the military situation, but neither he nor his national security advisers show any signs of understanding the speed at which,politically, the US is losing ground.

My parents didn’t want me to marry Rajiv: Sonia

New Delhi/London, December 18: Congress president Sonia Gandhi candidly admitted to the California governor’s wife that her parents were against her marriage with Rajiv Gandhi, US embassy cables provided by WikiLeaks reveal.

Gandhi also told Maria Shriver, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, in August 2006 that she would “write a book someday with the whole story” as to why she did not take up the job of prime minister in 2004.

20 lakh students not enrolled in electoral list

Hyderabad, December 15: Election Commission of India has identified 20 lakh students studying in state colleges who have not been enrolled in the electoral list. Youth reaching the age of 18 years should be enrolled as voters at any cost. 6 crore people should be enrolled as voters in the state by the end of December.

A number of youth expressed indifference and have not enrolled their names despite the time stipulated for that.

Gujarat 2002 Riots: ‘SIT Ignored Evidence’

Former Gujarat DGP R B Sreekumar today alleged that Special Investigation Team headed by Ex-CBI Chief R K Raghavan probing Gujarat riots has actually functioned as a ‘B’ team of Gujarat police.

‘None of the evidences provided by me have been considered by the SIT for reasons known to them’ Sreekumar said at a meet the press programme organised by Press Club here.

Reacting to the reports that SIT had given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with riot cases, Sreekumar said the leaked information was ‘credible’.

No Palestinian State without Gaza

To accuse Hamas of marketing fundamentalism and extremism in the Gaza Strip is false and inaccurate. There is no “Talibanization” of the Gaza. Such a claim is based on Israeli propaganda and the deliberately distorted accounts of those in Gaza who are politically and ideologically opposed to the government of Ismail Haniya.

What is Sonia Gandhi’s religion?

In what could turn out to be a landmark judgment on the right to privacy of Indian citizens and whether private information such as religion and belief of an individual can be provided to anybody under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the Punjab and Haryana High Court is scheduled to rule on Monday if the Registrar General, Census Operations, is bound to provide details of the religion and faith of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children under the Act.

Keep tabs on children to prevent them from being spoilt

Good training is also the responsibility of parents, apart from taking care of their children. If parents do not teach their children Islamic values and they go astray then parents too would be responsible and accountable for that in the Hereafter. If the children become depraved due to delay in their Nikah then also the parents will be considered as their accomplice.

Collective measures needed to curb vices

The prayers and festivals of Islam witness collectiveness. Social life holds greater importance in Islam. This is the reason that while individual reformation and piety is stressed, we are also instructed to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. Today we have forgotten this religious responsibility. Even today if we pay a little attention towards it then we can cut back social evils.

There should be a group in the society which should take note of the vices spreading in the society, prepare a concrete action plan to curtail them and try to implement it.