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Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lucknow, Sept 20 (ANI): A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday.

Kalbe Sadiq, Shia cleric and senior vice president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said here that the Ramadan moon would be sighted on Sunday.

“I can say without any doubt that in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and in India, the moon will be sighted on Sunday. Sunni, Shia and all other sects of Islam will celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday,” Sadiq said.

However, Sunni Muslims disagreed, saying they would wait for the sighting of moon before declaring Eid.

“If the moon is sighted on September 20, or if the sighting in reported form anywhere, then Eid will be celebrated on the 21st. And if it is not sighted on the 20th and there are no reports either, in that case it will be celebrated on the 22nd,” said Maulana Khalid Rasheed, head of Lucknow’s Firangi Mahal.

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims observe a daylong fast and open it in the evening.

At the end of Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world observe a joyous three-day celebration called Eid-ul-Fitr.

Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the first day of Shawwal, the month, which follows Ramadan in the Islamic calendar. It is a time to give in charity to those in need, and celebrate with family and friends the completion of a month of blessings and joy. (ANI)

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Manmohan Singh hosts Iftar party

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted an Iftar party here on Friday.

Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, several foreign dignitaries and many political leaders were among those who attended the party.

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, and several prominent Muslim religious leaders were also among the invitees.

During the holy month of Ramadan Muslims observe a daylong fast without water and open it in the evening.

The month-long dawn-to- dusk fast started on August 22, after the sighting of the new moon. (ANI)

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Danish PM to discuss climate change during visit to India

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.10 (ANI): The Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, will arrive here on Friday on a daylong working visit to India to speed up negotiations on a climate deal ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen between December 7 and 18.

Rasmussen will meet with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and the UN’s top climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who is chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Rasmussen will meet with Dr. Singh at Hyderabad House at 12 p.m. The two sides will have delegation-level talks after which an agreement on environment cooperation will be signed.

In the afternoon, he will deliver a speech on “Green Economy” organized in cooperation with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at the Hotel Oberoi.

He will emplane for Vienna on Saturday morning.

On Tuesday, at the start of the Nordic Climate Solutions conference gathering decision-makers and businessmen in Copenhagen, Rasmussen said the negotiations were progressing slowly “in all areas.”

“It’s very difficult because these are not just issues concerning climate,” but also economy and technology, he said.

“Take the example of India, where I will meet the Indian prime minister who wants to gives his population of one billion some prosperity and who therefore doesn’t want to commit to restrictive reductions unless the world brings new technology to his country,” Rasmussen said. (ANI)

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India and US discuss modernisation, increased presence of Chinese Navy

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): India and the United States today discussed various issues concerning the South Asian region like the rapid modernization of the Chinese armed forces, peace and stability in the region in wake of rise of the Taliban in Pakistanand Afghanistan.

Admiral Timothy J Keating, the US Pacific Command chief, who is on a daylong visit to India, today met Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, National Security Adviser MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon.

The head of the US Pacific Command is in India on the invitation of Admiral Mehta and will be soon handing over his command to his successor Admiral Robert Willard.

Admiral Keating said: ” Yes we discussed growth of Chinese armed forces and the fact that the PLA Navy is deployed in the Gulf of Aden conducting anti-piracy operations.”

He said that Chinese Navy is still not a Blue Water Navy, and added that deploying couple of ships for couple of months in Gulf of Aden does not qualify it for the same.

The top US general’s visit comes just after Indian, American and Japanese warships participated in the ‘Malabar’ war games off the coast of Japan from April 29 to May 3.

Rejecting Chinese views that such military groupings are the axis of democracy, Admiral Keating said that there is a possibility of China’s participation in the further edition of the Malabar exercise, and added that the PLA Navy should regularly take part in bilateral and multilateral exercises.

Replying to a question, Admiral Keating said he has made Indian authorities aware of US’ concern regarding three bilateral deals including Logistics Support Agreement, which would ensure free access to US warships and aircraft to India for refuelling and replenishment of supplies.

He further said that the United States shares long standing friendship in military field with India and New Delhi is a good friend and strong partner of Washington.

Commenting on May 1 incident in which two Chinese fishing boats closed in on and maneuvered dangerously close to the USNS Victorious in international waters in the Yellow Sea, Admiral Keating said that the recent harassment of US Navy ships by the PLA Navy is “troublesome.”

Earlier on March 8, five Chinese vessels surrounded and harassed the USNS Impeccable 80 nautical miles off Hainan Island.

“We view Chinese behaviour with concern and our State Department has issued demarche on several occasions. We want Chinese ships to operate in lawful manner,” the head of the US Pacific Command added.

Admiral Keating further said that piracy has been tremendously reduced in the Malacca Straight due to a joint effort between Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and the US.

“Some 40 percent of world trade, or 50,000 ships a year, pass through the straight dividing the Indian from the Pacific Oceans.

Three years ago, pirates launched 50 attacks a year, now down to five,” he said. By Praful Kumar Singh (ANI)

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Protest in Jammu demanding fair treatment for Pakistani Sikhs

May 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jammu, May 8 (ANI): Demanding fair treatment of Sikhs in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, scores of Jammu Bar Association members and protestors marched before the United Nations Observers office on Friday.

They submitted a memorandum to the UN Secretary General seeking intervention of the UN in protecting the Sikhs and other minorities from being uprooted in Swat Valley.

“Through this memorandum we want to remind the United Nations that according to its Charter, none can ever victimize a particular religious community. We hope that the UN Secretary General will properly consider our request and build pressure on Pakistan,” said Jammu Bar Association President Sunil Sethi.

Earlier, on account of the mass protest by members of Sikh community, schools were closed and buses were taken off the roads in the Jammu region.

A daylong strike call was also given by dozens of Sikh and Hindu groups demanding protection of Sikhs from Taliban militants.

The protestors even forcefully closed many shops and stopped vehicular traffic.
Some miscreants damaged vehicles, and burnt tyres.

Thousands of people, including many from the minority Sikh community, have fled Swat while the government troops are engaged in a battle with the Taliban fighters.

Indian Sikhs say the government in Pakistan was doing little to protect their lives.

Reportedly, Taliban outfits demolished at least 11 houses belonging to the Sikh community in the Orakzai Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan after they refused to pay ‘Jazia’.

‘Jazia’, a religious tax was imposed on Sikhs for their protection that prevailed during the era of Mughal reign. (ANI)

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Maoists call for 24-hour shutdown in Ranchi

March 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ranchi, Mar 25 (ANI): Movement came to a standstill in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district due to the daylong shutdown called by the Maoists on Wednesday.

The shutdown was called as mark of protest against alleged harsh police treatment meted out to Maoists in prisons.

Bus and train services were affected badly causing trouble to the commuters.

“The shutdown call given by the Maoists has hit our transport services. The people are afraid to travel,” said Raj Kishore Kanwar, Transport Official.

“We are afraid to drive the vehicles during shutdown. The passengers are also afraid. We are scared to even park the vehicle at any place,” said Yamuna Prasad, a bus driver.

Maoists regularly attack policemen and government establishments in Chattisgarh and Jharkhand.

Jharkhand has been forced to face numerous shutdowns in recent days as the rebels operate there in large swathes of the state.

The Maoists claim they are fighting for the rights of poor peasants and landless labourers, routinely calling strikes, attacking government property and targeting local politicians.

Many people in the areas are critical of the Maoists who they feel are impending development by not allowing the administration to connect the areas by constructing highways. (ANI)

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Advani blames Congress of being “insensitive” to Tamils’ cause

February 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BSP) prime ministerial candidate L K Advani accused the Congress- led UPA of being “insensitive” towards the Sri Lankan Tamils’ cause and dismissed the use of brutal force in resolving the grave issue.

Addressing hundreds of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) members and pro-Eelam activists who began a daylong fast under the leadership of MDMK General Secretary Vaiko at New Delhi on Friday, Advani said the focus of the entire nation at this moment should be towards “ending the sufferings of the innocent” Tamil civilians in neighbouring Sri Lanka.

The activists are fasting to express sympathy on civilians stuck in the war between the Lankan army and the LTTE in north Sri Lanka.

Advani demanded a negotiated political settlement to resolve the issue.

He also condemned the bombings on hospitals in Sri Lanka and urged the Lankan government to resolve the ethnic conflict by “devolving powers” to the areas where Tamils constitute a major population. (ANI)

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