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Karnataka Bypolls: JD(S) fields Muslim candidate from Basavakalyan, taunts Congress

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KARNATAKA :

Kumaraswamy also announced that his party would field a candidate in Maski.

The H D Deve Gowda-led JD(S) on Thursday picked a Muslim face for the upcoming Basavakalyan Assembly bypolls, a move the party hopes will reiterate its ‘secular’ credentials amid talk that it was growing closer to the BJP.

JD(S) legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy formally inducted Syed Yasrab Ali Quadri and announced him as the candidate for Basavakalyan. Syed was earlier with the Congress. Kumaraswamy also announced that his party would field a candidate in Maski, the other Assembly constituency facing bypolls.

Addressing a news conference, Kumaraswamy said the Congress had projected the JD(S) as “being pally” with the BJP. “In the 2018 Assembly polls, we were winning 68-70 seats. But, the Congress hatched a conspiracy to project us as the BJP’s ‘B’ team, urging one particular section of society to not vote for us,” he said.

“Even now, Congress leaders have been saying the JD(S) is getting closer to the BJP. I’ve taken this up as a challenge,” said Kumaraswamy. “I know what the Congress will do now. They will say the JD(S) fielded a Muslim candidate as part of an understanding with the BJP to cut Congress’s votes,” he said. “The Congress has pushed our party into a place where there’s suspicion. So, I want to send a clear message to all 224 constituencies,” he added.

According to Kumaraswamy, Syed has good ties with all sections of society in Basavakalyan. Apparently, he belongs to a family connected with a famous dargah there. “Basavakalyan is a JD(S) stronghold. Our candidate has won seven times here,” Kumaraswamy pointed out.

“Even in Maski, we will put up a fight. The entire Raichur district, where Maski is located, has extreme potential for us to win five to six of the seven Assembly segments,” he said, adding that the party will finalise its Maski candidate on Friday.

JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda had earlier announced that his party will not contest the bypolls. “But we decided to contest so that our party workers are not demoralised,” Kumaraswamy said. The party is undecided on fielding a candidate for the Belgaum bypolls.

Kumaraswamy said he had enough experience in fighting bypolls. “Perhaps, I’m second after Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in having conducted the highest number of bypolls,” he said. “We have taken the two Assembly bypolls seriously. We will rise above financial difficulties and crooked tactics to fight the bypolls.”

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / b y Bharath Joshi, DHNS – Bengaluru / March 18th, 2021

YSRC’s Shaik Fayaz Basha: From vegetable seller to Rayachoti municipality chief

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Rayachoti (Kadapa District) , ANDHRA PRADESH :

Basha took part in the party campaign in the previous elections to the Rayachoti municipality and played an important role in the victory of the YSRC candidate.

File photo of Shaik Fayaz Basha selling vegetables at Rayachoti I Express

Kadapa : 

It took just a few weeks for Shaik Fayaz Basha to become the chairperson of Rayachoti municipality from a vegetable vendor. Basha, a degree holder, has been selling vegetables at the local market for a livelihood after he failed to get a decent job. Simultaneously, he used to take an active part in the YSRC activities whenever he gets free time.

Basha took part in the party campaign in the previous elections to the Rayachoti municipality and played an important role in the victory of the YSRC candidate. This time, the party fielded Basha as its candidate in the municipal elections and he won with a good majority. Much to the surprise of Basha, the party fielded him for the chairperson election, which was a cakewalk as the numbers were very much in favour of the ruling party.

Overwhelmed by the opportunity given to him by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Basha said, “I thank Jagan Mohan Reddy for giving someone like me the opportunity to be the chairperson of the Rayachoti Municipality. Despite being a degree holder, due to unemployment, I had to sell vegetables in my village to survive. I had no direction in life. It was then that the YSRCP gave me the opportunity to contest. Now, I was the Chairperson of the municipality. It is an unbelievable journey’’

“This once again proves that the YSRC is a party of the common man,” he said, once again thanking Jagan for giving him the opportunity. Earlier, the party had nominated a Muslim woman, Mayana Jakiya Khanum from Rayachoti, to the Member of Legislative Council (MLC).

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / March 19th, 2021

Renowned Islamic Scholar From Tamil Nadu, Shaikh Dr R K Noor Muhammad Madani Passes Away

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Pallikonda (Vellore District), TAMIL NADU :

Renowned Islamic Scholar Dr R K Noor Muhammad Umari Madani passed away Sunday morning due to COVID-19. He was a scholar of hadith and an author of numerous books.

Shaikh Dr R K Noor Muhammad was born in Pallikonda, Vellore District in Tamil Nadu. He Completed his Alim Fazil course from Jamia Darussalam, BA (Adeeb Fazil) from Madras University in 1985. In 1991, he did his BA in Hadith from the Islamic University of Madinah and completed his MA in Hadith in 1996 and obtained his PhD in 2002 from the same university. A meritorious student, Shaikh Dr R K Noor Muhammad was awarded a Gold Medal from Madinah University.

Shaikh Dr R K Noor Muhammad was the All India General Secretary, Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind and President, Jamiat Ahle Hadees Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and Vice President of Ibnul Qayyim Islamic Research & Guidance Centre (IRGC) in Chennai.

The Shaikh presented Islamic programs for many years on Peace TV Urdu, Studio Islam and other TV channels and Dawah organisations.

His thesis on the fatwa of the first four Khalifahs was published by Darussalam under the title, ‘Aqdhiyah Tul Khulafa-er-Rashideen’, Khalid Paulraj reported.

Loss to the entire Ummah

The All India Da’wah Centres Association (AIDCA) in a statement said that the demise of Shaikh Dr R K Noor Muhammad is a loss to the entire Ummah. “We have lost a knowledgeable personality who was revered by one and all because of his knowledge, simplicity and steadfastness,” the statement read.

“The Shaikh had championed the cause of Da’wah and his long association with Da’wah Centres and Da’ees is well known in the Da’wah Field.

Shaikh’s guidance to the Scholars and Da’ees has left a long-lasting impact and benefitted the masses through the initiates taken up as a consequence of Shaikh’s encouragement.

Shaikh’s demise has left a void which we hope Allah (SWT) helps the ummah in finding a worthy heir to his legacy & may Allah help us all endure this loss, Aameen. We pray to Allah (SWT) for the Shaikh’s maghfirah and forgiveness of his shortcomings, May Allah grant him Jannat-ul-Firdaus, aameen, and we stand by Shaikh’s family, students and all those pained at this difficult time,” the statement added.

source: http://www.thecongnate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by The Cognate News Desk / March 21st, 2021

SC collegium recommends 13 names for appointment as Bombay HC judges

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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

The judicial officers, whose elevation has been recommended by the collegium are – Rajesh N Laddha, Sanjay G Mehare, G A Sanap and S G Dige.

New Delhi :

The Supreme Court collegium on Friday recommended appointment of nine advocates and elevation of four judicial officers as judges of the Bombay High Court.

The three-judge Supreme Court collegium, which held its meeting on Friday comprised of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices N V Ramana and R F Nariman and recommended appointment of nine advocates as judges of the High Court.

The nine advocates are: Aruna S pai, Shailesh P Brahme, Kamal R Khata, Sharmila U Deshmukh, Amira Abdul Razaq, Sandeep V Marne, Sandeep H Parikh, Somasekhar Sundaresan and Mahendra M Nerlikar.

The judicial officers, whose elevation has been recommended by the collegium are – Rajesh N Laddha, Sanjay G Mehare, G A Sanap and S G Dige.

The sanctioned strength of judges at the Bombay High Court is 94 and more than 30 seats are vacant.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by PTI / March 19th, 2021

Navi Mumbai: Alert auto driver saves girl from sexual assault, gets felicitated

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Navi Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA:

Salman Shah (29) was handed over certificate of appreciation by DCP (zone-1) Suresh Mengade, flanked by senior inspector Ravindra Patil of NRI coastal police station

Navi Mumbai :

An autorickshaw driver from Belapur village was felicitated for saving a 11-year-old girl from being sexually assaulted the second time.

The NRI coastal police felicitated Salman Shah for rescuing the girl on January 31 from a 16-year-old accused.

Senior inspector Ravindra Patil, said, “On January 31, at around midnight, the accused, a stranger, called the girl outside her society, when her parents were busy at a religious gathering held in their society. He took her to an isolated  spot behind a petrol pump near CBD railway station and sexually assaulted her.”

Patil added, “The juvenile accused was arrested a month after the incident when he was traced to a CBD restaurant and bar where he worked as a waiter. We booked him for rape under the Pocso Act. He has been sent to the juvenile remand home at Bhiwandi.

Auto driver Shah said, “The boy was with the minor girl on the streets in the odd hours and the girl appeared scared.  When I questioned the teenager, he panicked and ran away.”

He added that the girl told me that the teenager had kidnapped her and sexually abused her behind the petrol pump . “I contacted the girl’s father with the help of the mobile number the girl gave me. I informed him that  his daughter was safe and I had rescued her from a kidnapper, who escaped. Her father told that they were looking for her since two hours,” added Shah.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City News> Navi Mumbai News / by George Mendonca / TNN / March 20th, 2021

Zameer Pasha proved how government servant can also serve as social activist

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Magadi / Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

Bengaluru: 

Former IAS officer Syed Zameer Pasha died in Bengaluru late in the evening on Wednesday (December 2) after ailing for some time. He was 68.

He had retired as Secretary of the Department of Public Administration and Reforms (DPAR) and had simultaneously held the post of the Secretary of the Department of Minority Affairs in Government of Karnataka.

A social worker, an educational activist and of late an office-bearer in the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), Pasha had unsuccessfully fought Assembly election in 2018 for the Kolar seat, 70 kms east of Bengaluru. He was one among the first batch of degree awardees in 1970 from the Bengaluru’s Al-Ameen College of Arts, Science and Commerce set up by leaders like Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Rahman Khan and Begum Abbasiya Mecci. He later took LLB and LLM degrees and appeared for the Karnataka Civil Services examination and became a Karnataka Administrative Services (KAS) officer. He was conferred IAS ten years before retirement on the basis of seniority.

Following retirement he joined the Congress Party and was appointed one of the vice presidents of the party. He even began to practice as a lawyer.

Pasha was born in Magadi, a small town in the backyard of Metropolitan Bengaluru and was engaged in educational upliftment of the townsfolk. Being one among the early students of Al-Ameen, he was inspired by the Al-Ameen movement and Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan. Soon after leaving the college he founded Al-Falah Educational Trust in Magadi town which currently runs an English medium school (Winner’s International Academy), an upper primary school (Jawahar English School); Al-Falah PU College and a theological school (Taalimaat-e-Aamma Muhammadiya). During his tenure with the government, he handed over the management of the institutions to a group of Turkish students for a few years residing in India which vastly improved its infrastructure and academic standards. Several students of the school and the town have been taken on educational trip to Turkey during the recent years.

He began to interact with the community in Kolar while he was Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kolar district during 1999-2001 and maintained regular contact thereafter advising the activists and organizations in the town.

He was under treatment for pancreatic cancer for the last four months. He leaves behind his wife and two daughters and a son. He was laid to rest this (Thursday) morning in Shantinagar graveyard.  

Known for his sincere social work, his death will be mourned by the community in Bangalore.

M A Siraj is senior journalist based in Bengaluru. He writes for several publications in the country.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> Bangalore / by M.A. Siraj / December 03rd, 2020

Meet Subhana Nazir, doctor who helped deliver baby onboard Jaipur-Bengaluru flight

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Jaipur, RAJASTHAN :

The flight is said to have landed at 8.05 am at Jaipur Airport following which a doctor and an ambulance was arranged.

Dr Subhana Nazir

Bengaluru :

A North Western Railway Zone doctor was lauded after she assisted in the delivery of a baby girl onboard an IndiGo flight from Bengaluru to Jaipur on Wednesday. An official communique from the airlines stated that the baby was delivered with the help of the flight crew under the guidance of Dr Subhana Nazir.  There were 116 passengers onboard the flight.  

The flight is said to have landed at 8.05 am at Jaipur Airport following which a doctor and an ambulance was arranged. The baby and the mother are safe, the airlines said.Dr Subhana received a rousing welcome on landing at Jaipur Airport and was also lauded by her railway zone.

“Committed to duty… anytime… anywhere. Dr Subhana Nazir, a railway doctor of North Western Railways, while travelling Indigo6E from Bengaluru to Jaipur attended to the medical emergency and helped deliver a baby on board. #Proudrailwaywoman,” tweeted the NW zone.“The Indigo crew were able to help the doctor after having received special training for such situations,” said an airline representative.
In October last year, the airline had faced a similar situation on a Delhi-Bengaluru flight.

Indigo permits expectant mothers till the end of 36 weeks of pregnancy, provided there are no prior complications, to board flights.  If the pregnancy is between the 33rd and 36th week, a fit-to-fly certificate from the treating obstetrician, dated not more than seven days before the date of travel, is required.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Good News / by Express News Service / March 18th, 2021

Prophetic Medicine Council Launched To Promote The Practice And Organize Its Practitioners

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KERALA :

Kerala-based Traditional Prophetic Medicine Association Trust (TPMAT) has launched the Supreme Twibb Council in order to promote Prophetic medicine or Tibb-e-Nabawi.

The initiative aims to provide a platform to doctors and physicians involved in Prophetic medicine and will also give training to those doctors who are interested in practising Tibb-e-Nabawi.

Dr Muhammed Gafoor Saquafi, the council’s president highlighted that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recognized Prophetic medicine as one of the alternative medicine as ordered by the ruling of the Supreme Court. TPMAT had filed a petition in the Supreme Court in this regard and after winning the case they decided to initiate Tibb Council.

“Moreover the Prophetic medicines institutes have received various orders from the Central Government in this connection. Based on this and Central Act1882, the TPMAT is registered and Supreme Twibb council is formed under it.

Advice and remedy given by Prophet Muhammad on the matters of health including sickness, hygiene, and treatment are called Prophetic medicine. These remedies are given by the Prophet, which is mentioned in the books of Hadith, and the writings were undertaken by non-physician scholars to collect and explicate these traditions.

In 2014, the Prophetic medicine was recognized as a complementary medicine senate via the Alma Atta Declaration of the World Health Organization. A letter of recognition and appreciation was also provided by the World Health Organization via the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy (AYUSH).

Prophetic medicine was enlisted as an alternate medicine by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2017 and gains the status of independent practice. This liberty to practice prophetic medicine was given by Supreme Court itself. There are many Prophetic Medicine institutions initiated at various locations of India.

The Court managed to draft bylaws of the Council in contrast with a pending petition given by TPMAT to the Supreme Court earlier, that constitute the legal part of the Prophetic medicine.

The council will also provide memberships to the scientific scholars and traditional scholars in different categories. Moreover national memberships will also be given for the structural expansion of the training institutes in the Country with a head-quarter in the national capital, Delhi.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by Ghazala Ahmad / March 13th, 2021

Meet Faiz Aquil, An IAS Officer From Jamtara, Who Started 100 Libraries In 150 Days

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Jamtara, JHARKHAND :

Faiz Aquil Ahmed Mumtaz, District Magistrate of Jamtara in Jharkhand, has triggered what could be called a ‘library movement’ in the infamous ‘phishing capital of India’. He has successfully renovated 118 dilapidated government buildings and converted them into public libraries in the past five months. 

He has inaugurated around 100 of them and the remaining ones are likely to be opened soon.

Faiz believes that this initiative would positively change the identity of the Jamtara district.

It is said that the majority of online fraud calls received by people across the country emanate from Jamtara. Many youth, mostly drop-outs in the 15-35 years age group, have been turning to cybercrime to make a few quick bucks.

“With people using digital platforms more often than before, cybercrime incidences are only going to increase. In pursuit of easy money, youth were found resorting to online fraud. We need to divert them into studies,” Faiz says.

“Now the students don’t need to go to Patna or Delhi to prepare for competitive exams. They can remain in the villages and do that. People from lower class and lower middle class cannot afford coaching and so they give up hope,” he adds, explaining the significance of the initiative.

Faiz is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia’s Residential Coaching Academy and had cleared civil service examinations, obtaining the 17th rank in 2014.

source: http://www.thecongnate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by Rushda Fatima Khan / March 06th, 2021

Sahidul Alom Memorial Award 2021 for Prof. Baharul Islam of IIM Kashipur

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Guwahati, ASSAM :

The 24th annual general meeting of the Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was held with a colourful programme on Sunday in Guwahati. The events which began in the morning consisted of a host of competitions for youngsters followed by deliberations by invited speakers. Annual awards were given away in the valedictory function held in the afternoon.

MWS is made up of more than 1,500 families residing mostly in and around Guwahati whose roots are in the Barak Valley region of Assam. The Society undertakes various welfare and motivational programmes throughout the year.

The highlight of Sunday’s programme was the presentation of Annual Sahidul Alom Choudhury Memorial Award 2021to Dr KM Baharul Islam, who was born in Karimganj District of Assam, now serving as Professor & Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy and Government at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur, Uttarakhand. He served as the Dean (Academics) during 2019-2021 at the same Institute. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 2020. The award consisting of a plaque, memento, and cash component of Rs 25,000 was handed over to him by Abdus Sattar Choudhury and Abdul Karim Choudhury, President and General Secretary respectively of MWS. Dr Islam donated the entire cash amount back to MWS to be used for various welfare activities undertaken by the Society.

In his acceptance speech, Dr Islam paid profound tribute to his father, late Fakhrul Islam, Principal Lala Rural College Hailakandi Assam who was also a Deputy Minister (in charge of education) in the Govt of Assam. He said, “My father taught me about plain living and high thinking because of which I have been able to reach a respectable position in life where I am placed today.” Dr Islam mentioned that he founded the PFI Foundation in memory of his late father and this foundation is now accredited by the United Nations.

The eighth edition of “Barak”, the annual publication of MWS, was released on the occasion by dignitaries present on the dais. The magazine consisting of well researched articles supplemented by rare documents and photographs was edited by Jiya-ud-Din Choudhury and designed by Abul Hussain Choudhury.

The annual report of MWS that was presented at the meeting highlighted the aggregate channelising of zakat and relief funds amounting to Rs 1.87 lakh to the deserving poor and the needy in the society. Rs 63,000 was handed over to poor patients for their medical treatment. MWS also made a donation of Rs 50,000 to “Assam Arogya Nidhi” for the Covid19 Pandemic. In addition, MWS extended loans of over Rs 3 lakh to 190 small entrepreneurs under the “Quomrul Hoque Memorial Endowment” programme supported by the ERD Foundation.

Dignitaries gave away the prizes to winners of various competitions and meritorious students at the end of the programme. The General Secretary announced that MWS will now take up the publication of the updated directory of its members for which help and cooperation was sought from all present.

source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim / by Muslim Mirror, Special Correspondent / March 01st, 2021