Search results

Search results for ''


Muslims appeal North-East people to stay in Bangalore

Bangalore - 16 Aug 2012: Muslim leaders and Islamic organisations Thursday appealed to the northeast people, especially students, to remain in Bangalore and not to believe in rumours that they would be attacked in retaliation to the recent Assam ethnic violence. "Don't leave Bangalore, dear Assamese

Bhatkal Community Dubai Eid Milan on 12th October

Dubai - 16 Aug 2012: Bhatkal community Eid Milan will be held on Friday, 12th October at 7:00 pm at Indian High School's Sheikh Rashid Auditorium in Dubai. This was announced by the Convener of Eid Milan Committee, Mr Ashfaque Sada in a press release. Providing the details he said that the chief gue

Karnataka CM convenes high-level meeting as people from northeast flee Bangalore

Bangalore - 16 Aug 2012 (PTI): As over 5,000 panic-stricken people from northeastern states fled the city after rumours of attacks targeting the community spread, Karnataka chief ministerJagadish Shettaris holding a high-level meeting on Thursday to tackle the situation. Two Assam-bound special trai

Minority Scholarship by Government of India

Important note to students applying for Post Matric Scholarship 2012-13 The Directorate of Minorities has been recieving " Post Matric Scholarship Application forms " in Hard copy format WHICH IS NOT THE RIGHT FORMAT OF APPLICATION. This year the complete Post Matric Scholarship process is ONLINE. S

Unknown dead body found in Bhatkal's Gorte forest

Bhatkal - 14 August 2012: An unknown dead body in a highly decomposed and charred state was found here in Bhatkal's Gorte forest today morning. The body was not identified as the face was burnt beyond recognition and nothing was found nearby to establish its identity. It is believed that, the person

66th Independence Day celebrated in Bhatkal

Bhatkal - 15 August 2012: Bhatkal celebrated 66th Independence Day with colourful celebrations across the town. All Schools, Colleges, Govt offices and Non Government Organizations hoisted the national flag and remembered the martyrs and freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the Independen

گنگاولی محمد جعفر اللہ امرا پاؤلے

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 15 اگست، 12 بھٹکل / (بھٹکل بیورو) ہنگا صدیق اسٹریٹ رہاتلے جناب محمد جعفر گنگاولی المعروف پلپلی جعفر بھاؤ کال راتی اپلی عمرے چی تقریباً 85/بہارو پلؤن اپلے پاٹیر 3/فرزند انی ایک دختر و بیوہ سوگوار سوڑون اللہ امرا پاؤن واٹیت ، ہینچی جنازہ ناواز آز تمپرا ناؤزے مگ خلیفہ جامع مذکتی ادا کرو

PFI's month-long campaign to "release innocents from jail"

Bangalore - 15 Aug 2012: Popular Front of India (PFI) is launching a month-long campaign from today for those unfortunate ones who are languishing in jails across the country on "falsified cases and imaginary threats they pose to the security of the nation." Muslims are over-represented in jails wha

India celebrates Independence Day

New Delhi - 15 Aug 2012: Lack of political consensus on many issues is affecting India's rapid economic growth, Prime MinisterManmohan Singhsaid on Wednesday.Addressing the nation on India'sIndependence Day, the Prime Minister regretted that the absence of such consensus was coming in the way of an

10,000 inmates of Assam relief camps return home

As many as 10,000 inmates of relief camps have returned to their homes since Monday, reducing the total number of camp inmates in the four violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaingaon to 2,92,852 on Tuesday. Of them, 2,31,308 inmates are in 175 camps for the Muslims, 61,439

India cautious ahead of talks with Pakistan

Three weeks ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's scheduled visit to Pakistan for negotiations with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, highly placed Indian government sources are cautioning against hopes of a significant forward movement in the relationship between the two countries - e

Kuwaiti wins Dubai International Holy Quran Award

Dubai:Kuwaiti contestant Yassine Ben Hassoun won the top position in the 16th session of Dubai International Holy Quran Award on Wednesday. Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, presented the awards in a ceremony at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in De

Saudi King donates USD 50mn to Rohingya Muslims

Riyadh - 14 Aug 2012:Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has ordered $50 million in aid be sent to the Rohingya community in Myanmar which a human rights group said has been targeted by the authorities since sectarian riots in June. A report on the Saudi state news agency said the Muslim community had been

Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away

Chennai - 14 Aug 2012 (PTI):Union ministerand former Maharashtra chief ministerVilasrao Deshmukh, who has been battling liver cancer in a city hospital, died here on Tuesday afternoon. He was 67.Having registered with the Tamil Nadu organ registry for a liver and a kidney, Vilasrao's case was cleare

After cell phones, govt plans free cycles sop for minority communities

New Delhi, Mon Aug 13: Just days after promising free cell phones to BPL families in what is widely regarded as a pre-election gimmick by the govt, Planning Commission is now reportedly considering a proposal for distributing free bicycles for class nine girl students belonging to the minority comm

A Q Khan calls Pak elites 'foreign agents'

Calling Pakistan a 'sham democracy', disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan has said that the country's "elites toe the American line and behave like foreign agents." In a no holds barred attack on the Pakistani government, Khan voiced his support for the judiciary which is engaged in a bitter tussle

Any unconstitutional SC verdict will be resisted: Gilani

As a fresh confrontation appeared imminent between Pakistan's PPP government and the judiciary, former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has warned that this time the ruling party will not take any "unconstitutional" move by the Supreme Court against his successor "lying down". Mr. Gilani, the vice-chairma

MoF says can't spend public money on iftar, but govt spent Rs 1.75 cr in 10 yrs

New Delhi : The Prime Minister's Office, External Affairs Ministry, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats and Central Public Works Department (CPW-D) have spent Rs 1.75 crore on 18 iftar parties over the past 10 years even though the Ministry of Finance (MoF) maintains that public funds can't be u