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Gurmehar Kaur-peace over war

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Gurmehar Kaur's bold message of peace over war has rattled the coward patriot ABVP should be ashamed over rape threat to #Kargil martyr's daughter Gurmehar Kaur in the #DU violence case. Shocking and disgusting! Viciousness with which BJP is hounding Gurmehar Kaur stems from the fact that she's taken away the only fig leaf they had: the soldier card, The BJP and ABVP are now scared of Gurmehar Kaur, because she is better educated than their leaders and has more guts than they do. Social networking site Twitter on Monday turned into a battleground of words after cricketer Virendra Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda apparently mocked Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur who launched an online campaign against the ABVP after the February 22 violence in Delhi University's Ramjas College. No association or organisation can threaten women with rape: Gurmehar Kaur, Delhi University student The abuse of Gurmehar Kaur points to denigrated mindset of the self-...

Campaigning in UP touches low ebb

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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/597921/campaigning-up-touches-low-ebb.html Friday 24 February 2017 Campaigning in UP touches low ebb Feb 24, 2017, DHNS It is unfortunate that public discourse becomes the worst casualty when election campaigns move into the top gear. It is just over halfway through electioneering in Uttar Pradesh but the acrimonious and abusive exchange of barbs and epithets by the campaigners has so vitiated the atmosphere that the right issues that should engage the electorate have become clouded and unclear. The deterioration in the quality of campaigning increases from election to election, perhaps mirroring the fall in the quality of public life. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar’s DNA and Lalu Prasad’s description of BJP president Amit Shah as narbhakshi (man-eater) set some low standards in the 2015 Bihar elections, they have been exceeded in UP. It is not only poor and indecorous language but also the use ...

Amit Shah’s KASAB. Do UP voters deserve it?

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Amit Shah’s new acronym at Chauri Chaura rally "Kasab needs to go from #UttarPradesh " "SP-Cong-BSP #Kasab hain" This is coming from Amit Shah whose cadres are/were busy helping Kasab's entry in India thru ISI & RAW. Death of Irony, infact Irony died in a fake encounter.  Amit Shah has forget that they have so many 'KASAB' in the office bearers in his party's Madhya Pradesh unit. Shah must Remember that Kasab was hanged by Congress led Government.  Media portrayed Akhilesh Yadav #GujaratKeGadhe as "unmentionable comment" while it is silent at Amit Shah calling Opposition as KASAB. That's May be If KASAB stands for Congress, SP & BSP then GADHE stands for - Gujarat ke Amit & Damodardas He he he, or may be K-से Kamal  S-से sangh B-से BJP . KaSaB with a new tone  Ka - Kamal SA - Sangh Pariwaar B- BJP bhagao KaSaB bhagao, Bharat bachao. KASAB can also be = BJP, how? Ka se Kukarmi Sa se Saare B se BJP ...

Jio will continue to offer free voice calls and national roaming post April 1

For existing customers, he announced that the current benefits will continue under a new tariff plan for another 12 months by payment of Rs 303 per month and a one-time joining fee of Rs 99.  99. Reliance Jio has crossed the 100 million customers mark in 170 days of launch, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Tuesday as he announced a slew of offers, including 20 per cent more data than any rival from April. Reliance Jio, he said, will continue to offer free voice calls and national roaming post April 1, when its promotional free voice and data offer ends. For existing customers, he announced that the current benefits will continue under a new tariff plan for another 12 months by payment of Rs 303 per month and a one-time joining fee of Rs 99. "Jio launched its services on September 5 last year. Today, just 170 days later, Jio has crossed the 100 million customer mark on its 4G LTE, all-IP wireless broadband network," Ambani said in a speech broadcast live on the co...

Human Rights in Islam & Prof. Hamidullah's work

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W e live in an age where, in many circles, the words “religion” and “human rights” are seen as opposing concepts. For many activists especially those working on women's rights concern, believe that organized faith or communities and their heads are invariably a big part of the problem, and only rarely, if ever, part of the solution. This view, however, vastly underestimates existing and potential points of collaboration. At times the opinion prepared by individual or group against religion is the thought that these questions have not been addressed by various religious traditions. Where as if seen, the issue of Human rights is been always a consideration in religious context. The Islamic model of human rights in particular is striking in its rigor, its vision and its relevance to modern times. Islam's contribution to human rights has always been appreciated; experts have scrutinized and had viewed Islam against the backdrop of world history as well as the realitie...

United we stand

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By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam (click on the name to know more abut author) I am returning to this column after a long while, in circumstances that are far from pleasant. Today, the Islamic world is a sad picture of disarray, anarchy and violence–internal as well as with others. From Afghanistan to Iraq, Saudi Arabia to Syria and Somalia, Turkey to Yemen, it is a story of violence all the way. Everywhere, both sites of the conflict are Muslim and the victims are almost always innocent non-combatants, quite often women, children and the old. People have been forced to flee their homes, crossing borders in desperation with little food and water and insufficient clothing in severely cold climates. Till they get recognised as refugees in their new land they have to sleep in the open icy climes. The refugees flooding Christian Europe are Muslims. Another, and possibly the most significant haven for these refugees, is Turkey, a preponderantly Muslim country. All the victims and pe...