Archive for September, 2014

Asaduddin Owaisi’s Aurangabad ‘Pad-Yatra’ receives overwhelming response | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Asaduddin Owaisi’s Aurangabad ‘Pad-Yatra’ receives overwhelming response | ummid.com.

Socio-Educational indicator of Muslims in Maharashtra has further gone down in the last 15-years rule of Congress and NCP alliance, says the MIM chief

Hundreds of people, particularly the youths, chanted slogans ‘Asaduddin Owaisi aage-badho..hum tumhare saath hai’ and ‘Ab ki baar .. sirif MIM’, as the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimee (MIM) Chief and Hyderabad MP led a ‘Pad-Yatra’ (walkathon) for the party candidates Imtiyaz Jaleel and Gangadhar Gade in Aurangabad on Tuesday.

Modi, Obama vow to ‘Chalein Saath Saath’ | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Modi, Obama vow to ‘Chalein Saath Saath’ | ummid.com.

“As nations, we’ve partnered over the decades to deliver progress to our people… Still, the true potential of our relationship has yet to be fully realised,” they said in a joint op-ed piece published on the Washington Post website.

Many British cities have more Muslim children than Christian: Survey | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Many British cities have more Muslim children than Christian: Survey | ummid.com.

The Daily Mail reports that the latest statistics, extracted from the 2011 Census, shows that of 278,623 young people in Britain’s second largest city, Birmingham, 97,099 registered as Muslim compared to 93,828 as Christian.

Chief Executive calls for calm as protest continues in Hong Kong | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Chief Executive calls for calm as protest continues in Hong Kong | ummid.com.

Even as Thousands of anti-government protesters continued their occupation of several major districts in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning, Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung Tuesday urged the people to end the on-going protest over the issue of Hong Kong’s constitutional development.

Kader Khan arrives in Makkah for Haj | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Kader Khan arrives in Makkah for Haj | ummid.com.

A devout Muslim who is since last few years devoting life for propogation of the teachings of Islam, and a popular Bollywood actor, writer and director of yesteryear, Kader Khan, has arrived in Makkah to perform Haj.

Indian men in Asiad hockey final after 12 years | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Indian men in Asiad hockey final after 12 years | ummid.com.

India not only stayed on course for a possible third gold medal but are also eyeing a direct berth for the 2016 Rio Olympics if they emerge champions here. India last made the final in 2002 when they were beaten by South Korea.

Don’t join US war against ISIS: CPI-M urges Modi | ummid.com

September 30, 2014

Don’t join US war against ISIS: CPI-M urges Modi | ummid.com.

“The Obama administration has been putting great pressure on India of late to join a US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” the Communist Party of India-Marxist said.

Even today people treat me as an untouchable: Bihar CM | ummid.com

September 28, 2014

Even today people treat me as an untouchable: Bihar CM | ummid.com.

Manjhi, successor to Nitish Kumar who resigned after the Janata Dal-United’s lacklustre performance in the Lok Sabha polls, wondered if it was his fault to have been born in a poor scheduled caste family. “People still treat us as if it was a curse to be born in a Mahadalit family,” Manjhi said.

Kiswa fully ready to be put on the Holy Kaaba | ummid.com

September 28, 2014

Kiswa fully ready to be put on the Holy Kaaba | ummid.com.

The Kiswa, valued at SR20 million, is made of pure natural silk dyed in black, and is fourteen meters high. On the top third segment of the cloth lies the Kiswa belt measuring, ninety-five centimeters in width and forty-five meters in length.

Congress broke alliance talks at 12:15 AM: SP Chief Abu Asim Azmi | ummid.com

September 27, 2014

Congress broke alliance talks at 12:15 AM: SP Chief Abu Asim Azmi | ummid.com.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) in Maharashtra accused the Congress of breaking off their proposed alliance at 12.15 a.m. Saturday on the grounds that it had no authority to finalise a deal, a top party leader said.