Friday, May 28, 2010

US offered $5 bn for refraining from nuclear tests: Nawaz Sharif

By IANS,

Lahore : Then US president Bill Clinton had offered Pakistan a $5 billion package to refrain from conducting tit-for-tat nuclear tests in response to India's in 1998 but the offer was rejected at the cost of sanctions, Nawaz Sharif, who was the prime minister at the time, said Friday.

"I told him (Clinton) that we are not among those people who are sold for a few dollars, not now and in future too. Thus we successfully carried out our nuclear tests," Online news agency quoted Sharif as telling party activists on the 12th anniversary of the May 28, 1998 nuclear tests.

India had conducted its nuclear tests May 11, 1998.

Sharif said the entire nation was united in favour of the nuclear tests and Mushahid Hussain, who was the information minister at the time, "was the first person who advised me" that they should be conducted in reply to those by India.

"It was the democratic government that took the bold decision of conducting nuclear tests and if there was a dictator, he would have never gone for the tests," Sharif maintained.

The reference was to former president Pervez Musharraf, who deposed Sharif in a bloodless coup in 1999 and ruled for nine years.

The nuclear tests had made this country's defence "undefeatable and Pakistan became the first nuclear power of the Islamic world", Nawaz said.
http://twocircles.net/2010may28/us_offered_5_bn_refraining_nuclear_tests_nawaz_sharif.html

Omar asks Army to cooperate in fake encounter inquiry

By AIP Bureau

Srinagar: Taking strong note of an alleged fake encounter case involving a Major, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday asked the Indian Army to cooperate in the investigations being carried out by the police.

Commander of 15 Corps Lt Gen N C Marwah met the Chief Minister who reiterated his government's commitment to zero tolerance to human right violations.

General Marwah assured the Chief Minister of complete cooperation and also apprised him that a high-level internal enquiry had been launched by the army to ascertain the facts.

An official spokesman said the GOC 15 Corps assured the Chief Minister that the Army will cooperate fully with all investigating agencies or enquiries set up by the state government and assist them in reaching the truth.

"The General also informed the Chief Minister that based on the preliminary investigation of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army Commander Northern Command Lt. General B S Jaswal has already ordered a high-level internal enquiry into the incident to bare the facts transparently and to bring to book anybody found guilty," the spokesman said.

The GOC assured the Chief Minister that the Army authorities at no point will cover up any incident where human right violations are proved.

Officials said that Jammu and Kashmir police will register a murder case against an Army major and some civilians for allegedly luring three youths to the border and staging a fake encounter in Machil sector of north Kashmir on April 30.
http://twocircles.net/2010may28/omar_asks_army_cooperate_fake_encounter_inquiry.html

Two arrested for involvement in fake gun battle in Kashmir

By IANS,

Srinagar : Two people have been arrested for the disappearance of three men in the Kashmir Valley who were allegedly killed in a fake gun battle near the border with Pakistan.

An officer said Bashir Ahmad, a former special police officer, and his accomplice Fayaz Ahmad were arrested for the disappearance last month of Shahzad Ahmad, Riyaz Ahmad and Muhammad Shafi from Nadihal village in Sopore district.

Locals and relatives of the three have alleged that the pair abducted them from their homes April 29.

A magisterial probe has been ordered by the government to ascertain the fate of the three after it was alleged that they were murdered in a staged shootout in Machil sector of the Line of Control (LoC) the next day.

The LoC divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Ghulam Muhammad Khan, father of Shahzad, has identified the photograph of one of the three slain people as that of his son.

"They killed my son for medals and rewards. My son had no connection with militants," Khan moaned before reporters late Thursday.

Javaid Ahmad Dar, the state's junior minister for health and legislator from north Kashmir's Rafiabad constituency, said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had taken a serious note of the development.

"The guilty would be given exemplary punishment if the allegations are proved right," Dar told IANS.

Dar also said arrangements for the exhumation of the bodies of the three men buried in Kalaroos village after the alleged gun battle would take place Friday.

A huge contingent of police has cordoned off the graveyard where the exhumation is to take place.
http://twocircles.net/2010may28/two_arrested_involvement_fake_gun_battle_kashmir.html

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Soldiers run amok in Assam village, try to rape minors

By Waliullah Ahmed Laskar for TwoCircles.net,

Guwahati: In another atrocious incident in Assam, soldiers of the Indian army illegally raided several houses in a village and indiscriminately beat up people including bed-ridden aged persons, expectant mother causing miscarriage, children and disabled persons causing them grievous injuries in the district of Hailakandi on 23 May, 2010. They molested young girls and attempted to rape them. They also reportedly robbed a family of all their cash and other valuables. There is strong fear among the villagers that the incident may be repeated and worse. Extrajudicial killings by state agents are common in this part of India, and impunity remains a severe problem.

Wreaked havoc at Nurul Hoque Barbhuiya’s house

Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) received information that at about 3.30 am on 23 May, 2010 a group of 16/17 soldiers belonging to the artillery 11 field regiment from their base at Arunachal, Silchar knocked at the door of Mr. Nurul Hoque Barbhuiya (known to the local people as Samoi Panchayat) in the village of Mohanpur under the jurisdiction of Algapur police station in the district of Hailakandi in Assam. Nurul Hoque Barbhuiya, 42, is former president of Mohanpur Gaon Panchayat (GP, elected village level local government body, village counterpart of municipality) and husband of the present president. The soldiers were in uniform and their faces were covered with black clothes. They were not accompanied by a police officer or any other representative of the civil administration.

When the present GP president Mrs. Hawatun Nesa, wife of Nurul Hoque Barbhuiya, aged about 30 years, opened the door the soldiers entered the house and asked for Samoi Panchayat, her husband. She told them that he did not return home last night from the house of a relative in another village where he went the day before. They started searching for him in all the rooms and asked the inmates to get up from bed. They wrung the throat of 82-year-old bed-ridden father of Samoi Panchayat Mr. Mashur Ali Barbhuiya because he could not immediately drag his body from the bed, which normally he hardly can do without help. They also beat up 65-year-old mother of Samoi Panchayat Mrs. Fulerun Nesa accusing her of hiding her son. The soldiers then started breaking and destroying household goods such as furniture including chairs, tables, beds, drawers, wardrobes etc. and utensils.

Abused women, tried to rape young girls

Mrs Hawatun Nesa Barbhuiya stated that when in the morning at approximately 7.30 am people from the locality tried to see what is going on the soldiers opened fired. They fired in the air three times at which the whole village got terrified. She was not allowed to feed her five children and ailing elders till the soldiers left her house at about 2.30 pm in the afternoonevening. When she tried they abused her and threatened her by pointing gun at her ear and they forced her to serve them tea and snacks several times.



[Photo by outlookindia.com]


Her daughters Farhat Parvin Kawsar Barbhuiya aged about 9, Rahat Parvin Kawsar Barbhuiya aged 7, and sons Fuzail Ahmed Barbhuiya aged about 6, Suhail Ahmed Barbhuiya aged about 5 and Mikail Ahmed Barbhuiya aged 3 were badly traumatised. BHRPC members observed that the children developed some syndrome of trauma such as they could not sleep well in the night due to several interruptions by nightmares, they even experience hallucinations that armed men are trying to kidnap them in waking hours, they shudder and break down into weeping even at indirect mentions of the incidents.

In the mean time, some of the soldiers went to the adjacent house belonging to Mr Moinul Hoque Barbhuiya and purportedly searched for Samoi Panchayat. Mrs Rejwana Parvin Barbhuiya, aged about 24, the eldest daughter of Moinul Hoque who is married and came for a few days to her father’s house, stated that two soldiers seriously misbehaved with her younger sisters namely Sabina Yasmin Barbhuiay aged about 14, a student of class VIII, and Shahnaj Yasmin Barbhuiya aged about 17 and studying in class XI. The soldiers repeatedly proposed them for sex and elopement in front of all family members and other soldiers. They grabbed their hands and engaged in scuffling with them. They also told the girls that they are soldiers with big guns and they can do anything with them. The soldiers threatened that if they would not comply they would be abducted and raped. Rejwana told that she managed to protect the girls somehow from the worst. But they also got traumatised.

Took away valuables

Mrs Hawatun Nesa also stated that the soldiers took away items of apparel, cosmetics, utensils and jewellery etc. bought to be given as wedding gift to Shahnaj at her marriage fixed to be solemnised on 26 May, 2010 worth approximately Rs. 70, 000.00 (seventy thousand) and Rs. 20, 000.00 (twenty thousand) cash. She also stated that the soldiers took signatures of Rejwana and herself in a paper written something on it which they did not allow her to read and they used her official stamp in the paper. They did it at gun point. The soldiers took away some official documents and papers belong to the GP office. They also took away two mobile phones with SIMs with the numbers +919854621923 and +919435582945 used by Mr. Nazim Uddin, brother of Hawatun Nesa, and Hawatun Nesa respectively. However, the mobile used by her brother was returned to Hawatun Nesa on 25 May, 2010. She filed a complaint to the officer in charge (OC) of Algapur Police Station (PS) but police did not register a First Information Report (FIR).

Ran amok in the village

Some other soldiers were also on rampage at the same time in other parts of the village. At about 5 am they raided the house of Mr. Mujammil Ali Barbhuiya, aged about 35, son of late Namor Ali Barbhuiya of Mohanpur part VI, half a kilometre away from the house of Samoi Panchayat. Mujammil Ali lives on farming his lands and at that time he was preparing to go to his field for work. Soldiers stopped him and asked whether he knows the whereabouts of Samoi Panchayat. But at his expression of ignorance they started beating him with the butts of gun and bamboo sticks. When he fell to the ground they kicked him incessantly. His clothes were torn into pieces. When his wife Mrs Rushna Begum Barbhuiya tried to rescue him they also beat her up.

They left severely injured Mujammil Ali when they saw another old man Mr. Abdul Jalil Laskar, aged about 65, in the street, who was going to the nearby mosque to participate in the morning prayer. They grabbed him and without much ado started administering severe blows of gun butts and bamboo sticks on the fragile body of the old man. When people tried to intervene they were also beaten up. Mrs. Latiful Begum Barbhuiya, a woman aged 35, Sharmina Begum, a girl aged 12 and a mentally retarded boy Imran Hussain aged about 14 were also badly beaten up. Even an expectant mother of about 9 months of gestation Mrs. Suretun Nesa (aged about 30, wife of Altaf Hussain Barbhuiya) was not spared. The soldiers kicked her in the abdomen and as a result she suffered miscarriage on 25 May, 2010 at the Silchar Medical Collge and Hospital, Silchar.

Another group of soldiers at about 6 am went to a nearby house belonging to Amit Das (known also as Sona Das, aged about 35, son of late Umesh Das). They also asked him about Samoi Pachayat and when he told them that he did not know where he is, they started beating him. He sustained injuries on his legs and is under treatment in the Community Health Centre, Algapur. It is also reported that soldiers even tried to prevent the wounded and injured from going to hospital.

Samoi Panchayat is a respected villager

The villagers are as much terror struck as surprised by the incidents. They are at a loss to explain the incidents as there is no complaint against Samoi Panchayat with the police or any other authorities. He is a peace loving public spirited person.

According to the persons BHRPC team spoke to, Samoi Panchayat is a very respectable person in the village. People love and trust him. He was elected as the GP president for two consecutive terms and when in the last election the seat fell under the quota for women his wife got elected with a huge margin. Some villagers requesting anonymity told that they saw political conspiracy behind the incidents. Neither Samoi Panchayat nor his wife is a member of a political party. They are independent politicians. They also don’t divide funds for rural development schemes that are implemented by the Panchayat among politicians and officials as is the practice in many other GPs. These villagers think that some of the politicians, most probably, belonging to ruling Congress party might want to teach Samoi Panchayat a lesson and for this purpose they are using the army.

There are fears among the villagers for the safety of Samoi Panchayat and two girl children Sabina and Shahnaj. BHRPC is also very concerned for their safety and physical and psychological integrity of all victims and other villagers.

It is obvious that the actions of the soldiers don’t come within the rules of any civilised society. They not only violated human rights of the villagers but also violated the law of the land and committed serious crimes of house trespass, robbery, grievous hurt, causing miscarriage, attempted rape, molestation, assault, criminal intimidation and so on with intent to terrorise the people for political purpose like members of a terrorist group.

Link:

http://bhrpc.wordpress.com
(The writer is Freelance Reporter and Human Rights Activist with Barak Human Rights Protection Committee)

http://twocircles.net/2010may27/soldiers_run_amok_assam_village_try_rape_minors.html

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

List of first 10 position holders — Arts, Science, Commerce

Arts

1st: Gitika Talukdar *454 (Eng, Mass, Edu, Loph, Anth, Eco) Baosi Bani Kanta College, Barpeta, 2nd: Priyanka Gogoi *448 (Eng, Mass, Econ, PoSc, His, Edu) Salaguri HS School, Sivasagar, 3rd: Nilakshi Baishya *444 (Eng, Mass, Posc, Edu, Loph, Hist) Brilliant Academy, Mangaldoi, 4th: Charusmita Goswami *442 (Eng, Mass, Eco, Loph, Edu, Sans) Institutional Private, Bajali, 5th: Hirak Jyoti Saloi * 440 (Eng, Mass, Sans, Posc, Loph, Eco) (NIP), Sankardev Academi, Nalbari, 6th: Daisy Basistha *439 (Eng, Mass, Edu, Eco, Loph, Posc) Ranjit Sarma Academy, Mangaldoi & Sukanya Dutta *439 (Eng, Alte, Hist, Eco, Loph, Posc) Pragjyotika Jr. College, Titabar, 7th: Ankita Karmakar *438 (Eng, Alte, Posc, Edu, Eco, Hist) BRPL Vidyalaya, Dhaligaon & Tapashi Bordoloi *438 (Mass, Eco, Posc, Loph) Cotton College, Guwahati, 8th: Harshasmita Sarma *437 (Eng, Mass, Edu, Eco, Loph, Posc) Institutional Private, Bajali, Tamasa Das *437 (Eng, Alte, Posc, Eco, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, Indrani Talukdar *437 (Eng, Alte, Eco, Loph, Posc) Shrimanta Shankar Academy, Guwahati, Binita Bora * 437 (Eng, Mass, Anth, Edu, Loph) Brahmaputra Valley Academy, North Lakhimpur, 9th: Mayur Kalita *436 (Eng, Mass, Eco, Edu, Loph) Puthimari College, Kamrup & Raktima Bhuyan *436 (Eng, Alte, Posc, Edu, Anth, Loph) North Lakhimpur College, North Lakhimpur, 10th: Barnita Das *435 (Eng, Mass, Edu, Eco, Loph, Posc) Institutional Private Bajali, Sahena Mirza *435 (Eng, Alte, Anth, Edu, Loph) Brilliant Academy, Mangaldoi & Nibedita Choudhury *435 (Eng, Mass, Anth, Loph, Edu) MNC Balika Mahavidyalaya.

Science

1st: Rajdeep Das * 462 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, 2nd: Gunjan Jyoti Bhuyan * 458 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, 3rd: Spandan Jyoti Das *454 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, Upasana Sarma * 454 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Nowgong College, Nagaon, 4th: Kanakdeep Sharma *453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Krishanko Das * 453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Utpal Kalita * 453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Cotton College, Guwahati, 5th: Rubul Hussain * 448 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Bhella Higher Secondary School, Barpeta, Himanish Goswami * 448 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math, Biol) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Padma Bhushan Borah * 448 (Eng, Mass, Phys, Stat, Math, Chem), North Lakhimpur College, North Lakhimpur, Parash Jyoti Mishra * 448 (Eng, Mass, Phys, Chem, Math) Darrang College, Tezpur, 6th: Namrata Das * 447 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Biol) Cotton College, Guwahati, Shantasree Ghosh * 446 (Eng, Alte, Biol, Phys, Math, Chem) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, 8th: Abhishek Barman * 443 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Supratim Endow * 443 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Nibedita Baruah * 443 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, 9th: Tulika Thakuria * 442 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Bio, Math) Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza, Sailendra Kumar Thakuria * 442 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Rangia Higher Secondary School, Rangia, 10th: Shibashis Deb * 441 (Eng, Alte, Biol, Phys, Math, Chem) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Parashar Talukdar * 441 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Biol, Math, Chem) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Dipankar Gogoi * 441 (Engl, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Pragjyotika Jr College, Titabar, Palash Jyoti Borah * 441 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Suruj Jyoti Kakoti * 441 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati.

Commerce

1st: Prabir Ranjan Sarmah *430 (Eng, Mass, Acou, Bust, Math, Eco) Tezpur Govt. H S School, Tezpur, 2nd: Najuk Agarwala * 426 (Eng, Alte, Acou, Bust, Econ) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, 3rd: Neha Bhageria *419 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Caes, Econ) Dronacharya Academy, Howly, Rajat Jajodia *419 (Alte, Acou, Bust, CaeS) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati & Deepak Bucha *419 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Caes) Darrang College, Tezpur, 4th: Ankita Bhilwaria * 418 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Caes) J B College, Jorhat, 5th: Himadree Gogoi * 417 (Eng, Mass, Acou, Bust, Eco, Math) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Tanvi Verma * 417 (Eng, Alte, Acou, Bust, Caes) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Ambika Agarwalla * 417 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Caes) J B College, Jorhat, Manashi Saikia * 417 (Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, 6th: Sorabh Bothra * 416 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Caes) B H College, Howly, Ranjita Jhabak *416 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Eco) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, Rachana Jain * 416 (Eng, Alte, Bust, Eco) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, Madhumita Chatterjee * 416 (Eng, Alte, Bust, Caes, Eco) Darrang College, Tezpur, 7th: Mohit Agarwal * 415 (Acou, Bust, Caes) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, 8th: Somnath Gupta * 413 (Alte, Acou, Bust, Econ) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Priyanshi Baishya * 413 (Eng, Acou, Bust, Eco) Golaghat Commerce College, Golaghat, 9th: Ankit Jain * 412 (Eng, Alte, Bust, Eco) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, Payal Chakraborty * 412 (Eng, Alte, Bust, Caes) K C Das Commerce College, Guwahati, Pratibha Ekka * 412 (Eng, Alte, Acou, Bust, Econ) Institutional Private, Digboi, 10th: Arunav Borkotoky * 408 (Eng, Alte, Acou, Bust, Eco) Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati, Karishma Ajitsaria * 408 (Eng, Alte, Caes) Nowgong College, Nagaon.

HS results register a 10-year record

record performance in the higher secondary final examinations 2010, the results of which were declared today. The overall pass percentages in Arts, Science and Commerce are 68.66 per cent, 85.15 per cent and 73.17 per cent respectively, a record in ten years in the examinations conducted by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC).

Gitika Talukdar of Baosi Bani Kanta Kakati College, Barpeta topped the Arts results securing 454 marks in the aggregate, which is also a record in the last ten years. Rajdeep Das of Ramanuj Gupta Junior College, Silchar was declared the topper in the Science results with 462 marks in the aggregate. Prabir Ranjan Sarmah of Tezpur Government HS School, Tezpur bagged the top position in Commerce results with a total of 430 marks.

In Arts stream, a total of 1,66,311candidates, including 88,845 girls and 77,466 boys, appeared for the examination. Of them, 5,263 secured 1st Division, 17,711 2nd Division and 91,220 3rd Division.

In Science stream, altogether 14,661 students took the examination, including 10,779 boys and 3,882 girls. Of them, 4,208 got 1st Division, 6,417 2nd Division and 1,859 3rd Division.

A total of 13,606 candidates, including 10,783 boys and 2,823 girls, sat for the Commerce examination. Of them, 1,124 obtained 1st Division, 2,807 2nd Division and 6,045 3rd Division.

Tamil Nadu Class X results: Jasmin Banu tops

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Chennai: Jasmin Banu of Tirunalveli Town MPL High School has topped in the Tamil Nadu Class X board exam whose results were declared today. Banu has scored 495 marks out of 500. Overall, girls have outshined boys in the entire state. Four girls have shared second rank while ten third rank.

According to the SSLC (class X) results declared this morning, Jasmin Banu with 495 marks has topped in the list of successful students in entire Tamil Nadu. Four girls with 493 marks are sharing second rank in the state while ten girls with 492 marks are at No 3.



Joyous moments of Jasmin, the state's first ranker, with her mother


In total 9,67,420 candidates had appeared in the exam. The pass percentage of boys is 82.5 while that of girls is 85.5.

T. Abdul Wahid Matriculation Higher Secondary School (MHSS), Ambur, has secured 100% results.

All the Muslim management schools have performed immensely well. TCN congratulates one and all.



Following is the list of 47 schools with 100% result in Vellore Dist, Tirupattur Education Dist (TN):

St. Paul’s Matriculation High School, Vaniyambadi.

T. Abdul Wahid Matriculation Higher Secondary School (MHSS), Ambur.

Dewan Mohammed MHSS, Kethandapatti.

Ebenezer MHSS, Yelagiri Hills.

Saraswathi Vidyalaya, Gudiyatham.

Alhuda Matriculation School, Vaniyambadi.

Vani Vidyalaya MHSS, Gandhiagar, Vellore.

Sunbeam MHSS, Mettukulam.

Embessow Matriculation School, Girisamudram.

Dr. Krishnaswamy Matriculation School, Gudiyatham.

Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya MHS, Old Jolarpet.

Shrishti MHSS, Brammapuram.

St. Francis MHSS, Alangayam.

Boston MHSS, Jolarpet.

Vani MHSS, Vaniyambadi.

Sri Ramakrishna MHSS, Tirupattur.

Linganamani MHSS, Tirupattur.

Seventh Day Adventist MHSS, Sanrorkuppam.

Sri Vidyalakshmi Matriculation School, Katpadi taluk.

Adarsh Matriculation High School, Vaniyambadi.

Brindhavan Matriculation School, Natrampalli.

St. Charles Matriculation School, Tirupattur.

Gracious Matriculation School, Ambur.

St.John’s Matriculation School, Gudiyatham.

A.J. Saraswathi Matriculation School, Gudiyatham.



Following is the list of Muslim management schools with their performance:
School
Appeared
Passed
%age

Mazharul-ul-Uloom Hr.Sec Boys, Ambur
253
246
97

Hasanathus Jaria Girls, Ambur
237
232
98

Anaikar Oriental Arabic Boys, Ambur
91
81
98

Habibia Oriental Arabic Girls, Ambur
133
125
94

Gracious Mat, Ambur
29
29
100

TAW Hr.Sec., Ambur
75
75
100

Hindu Hr.Sec.(Boys), Ambur
363
216
60

Hindu Hr.Sec (Girls), Ambur
460
345
75

Concordia Hr.Sec., Ambur
NA
NA
48

Ambur Govt.High School
70
43
61

MES Razeena MHS, Chennai ( Boys)
40
38
95

MES Razeena MHS, Chennai ( Girls)
28
28
100




Results of Ambur Schools in S.S.L.C, March, 2010
S. No.
Highest Mark Scorer of the School
Marks
School Name
Nos. appeared
Nos. Passed
% of Passes

1
P. Thanseer Ahmed
445
Mazharul Uloom Hr. Sec. School,
Ambur
253
246
97.2%

2
Vajeeha Khatoon J.
470
Hasnath-e-Jaria Girls. Hr. Sec.
School, Ambur
237
232
98%

3
Senthilnathan
468
Hindu Hr. Sec. School, Ambur
363
216
60%

4
S. Pavithra
484
Hindu Girls Hr. Sec. School, Ambur
373
281
75%

5


Concordia Hr. Sec. School, Ambur
270
102
37%

6


Govt. High School, Ambur
70
43
61%

7
F. Mohd. Raihan
471
Anaikar Oriental Arabic Hr. Sec.
School, Ambur
101
99
98%

8
Amathullah Nazia
462
Habibia Oriental Arabic Girls High
School, Ambur
133
125
94%

9
Inamullah
471
T.A.W Matric Hr. Sec. School,
Ambur
75
75
100%

10
Kaka Ayisha Zuha
453
Gracious Matric School, Ambur
29
29
100%

11


Blesso Matric School, Ambur
12
12
100%

12


Bethel Matric Hr. Sec. School,
Ambur
87
85
98%

13


Vivekananda Matric Hr. Sec.
School, Ambur
-
-
100%

14


I.E.L.C Hr. Sec. School for the
Deaf, Ambur
19
10
53%

http://twocircles.net/2010may26/tamil_nadu_class_x_results_jasmin_banu_tops.html

Ittehad-e-Millat demands legal commission for youth falsely charged with terrorism

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal: In a show of unity Muslim Ulema of various sects, keeping their sectarian differences and rivalries on the backburner, along with Islamic scholars and intellectuals from all over India resolved in unison to step forward for the sake of welfare of Muslim Ummah at large and take a unified stand on the issues confronting the community. This is the need of the hour so that the voice of Muslims could be heard at the highest echelons of power at the national level.

This was the occasion at the day-long 4th Ittehad-e-Millat (Unity of the community) Convention, held here on Sunday. The aura of unity that pervaded at the convention gave a glimpse of revival of Muslim Ummah’s pathetic fate which is sliding downwards ever since India gained freedom in 1947 from the British.

Maulana Peer Mohammed Saeed Miyan Mujaddadi, Rector Dar-ul-Uloom Taj-ul-Masajid, Bhopal, in his presidential remarks aptly said Muslim community needs justice not alms. The Muslims should not be deprived of their rights guaranteed to them in the Indian Constitution as citizens of the country.

Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, an eminent Shia cleric and Ittehad-e-Millat patron, while interacting with newspersons said: “We have noticed that the Muslim youths are arrested in the name of being SIMI activists or being associated with other terrorists outfits After 7-8 years the judiciary acquits them, which proves that Muslim youths were innocents. However, in the process the career of some youths is ruined. “Who will be responsible for this?”, he questioned.

The religious leaders attending the convention as such demanded constitution of a legal commission to save innocent Muslim youths who were being targeted and framed on false charges of carrying-out anti-national activities. They said the youth were being kept in custody for several years and their relatives were not allowed to meet them.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Differences erupt between RSS, BJP on caste-based census

By IANS,

New Delhi : Differences have cropped up between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over inclusion of caste in the census with the RSS opposing the move. The BJP said it would discuss the matter to resolve the issue.

The RSS, in a statement issued by its general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi Saturday, opposed the idea of caste-based census. Any such step will be against the vision of a casteless society propounded by constitution makers like B.R. Ambedkar, it said. The organisation is considered the ideological source of the BJP.

BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told IANS: "The RSS has given its official view on caste-based census. The party leadership will talk to the Sangh on the issue."

She said the party has favoured caste-based census as the government agencies did not have a concrete database for welfare measures concerning educationally backward classes.

"The welfare measures are based on sample survey or smaller studies and are not based on reliable, actual data. Therefore, it is important to obtain data," she said.

Asked if the BJP will change its position in view of the Sangh's opposition to caste-based census, the spokesperson said she will not pre-judge the issue.

"Let's see what comes out. Let's talk first," she said.

In the RSS statement, Joshi said: "Right from the beginning, RSS has been working for creation of a casteless society. Any demand for caste-based census will weaken efforts being made for social unity."

Suggesting a nation-wide debate on caste-based census, the RSS said the provisions of constitution should be kept in mind while taking any decision on the issue and that some other yardstick should be adopted to meet requirements of reservation for OBCs belonging to the Hindu community.

Prime Minister Monmohan Singh told parliament earlier this month that the government was aware of the views of the members on caste-based census and will take a decision soon. The assurance came after members from the BJP, the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and some other parties demanded a caste-based census.

The RSS also said that the National Population Register (NPR), for which information was being obtained during the census, should not be the basis for making multi-purpose identity cards.

It said that I-cards should only be given after ascertaining citizenship of the person.

"The process for NPR enumeration does not have a provision to keep out people staying illegally in the country. It can be a threat to the country's security," the RSS said, adding that the government should implement a decision taken in 2003 to prepare a national register of citizens.