UTTAR PRADESH :
http://www.ndtv.com/people/from-purdah-to-parliament-begum-aizaz-rasul-1652956?site=full
Begum Aizaz Rasul was the only Muslim woman in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution.
source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> People / written by Radhika Bordia / January 26th, 2017
Mysuru, KARNATAKA :
Mysuru :
N.R. Constituency MLA Tanveer Sait, this morning, launched the final phase of asphalting works on Jodi Thenginamara Road (Star of Mysore road) starting from Maulanana Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) upto Srinivasa Theatre.
This important road, linking Highway Circle to Srinivasa Theatre, was in poor shape for over two decades and innumerable number of press reports on the bad condition of the road and recurring accidents, some fatal, had fallen on deaf ears of the authorities, including the MCC and District authorities till MLA Tanveer Sait took special interest to rebuild the road around six months back at a cost of Rs. 5.5 crore provided under Chief Minister’s Special Grant.
It may be mentioned here that when District Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad came on this road to attend a function, his car got stuck more than once forcing him to call on Deputy Commissioner and order for immediate action. However, nothing happened for almost one-and-a-half years till MLA Tanveer Sait took the initiative. By the way, this road was last asphalted in the year 2001 when B.K. Prakash was the Mayor.
Soon after the works began, Tanveer Sait made regular inspections to check the quality of works in order to ensure that the road works are executed with top quality and as a result, the busy road, having heavy vehicular traffic movement, is being rebuilt with high quality.
Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy who was the chief guest on the occasion, thanked Tanveer Sait for taking special interest in rebuilding the road with 80ft width thus fulfilling the long-felt need of the road users.
Noting that Tanveer Sait like his father late Azeez Sait is committed to work culture, Ganapathy said that Tanveer Sait was very much sensitive to the people’s problems and as such he was elected four consecutive times as MLA of NR constituency.
He called upon the people to extend their support to such committed legislators and co-operate with them in all developmental works.
City Congress President T.S. Ravishankar, Railway Goods Shed Lorry Owners Association President Shahid, MUDA member Annubhai, National Marbles Proprietor Zubair and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 20th, 2016
Mysuru, KARNATAKA :
Says drinking water tops the list
Mysuru :
“I will take all steps to ensure proper supply of drinking water, availability of good roads and Under Ground Drainage (UGD) facilities at all the places in the district,” declared newly-elected President of Mysuru Zilla Panchayat Nayeema Sultana here yesterday.
Addressing media persons after her election as ZP President at the ZP auditorium in city, an elated Nayeema, representing Annuru Constituency in H.D. Kote taluk, who created history by becoming the first woman from the Muslim community to become the Mysuru ZP President, thanked party bigwigs for choosing her as the party candidate for the post.
Declaring that she would take all members of the ZP into confidence while discharging her duties, Nayeema denied having any links with the Congress nor had she met any leader from the Congress to get the coveted post.
Meanwhile, Kayyamballi Nataraj, who was elected as Vice-President, said that tackling drought, successful implementation of NREGA and improving rural infrastructure will get top priority.
As per the compromise deal clinched between Nayeema and Parimala, Nayeema will be the President of the ZP for the first 20 months after which Parimala will take over as the ZP Chief for the remaining 40 months, it is learnt.
It may be noted that President of a ZP in Karnataka will enjoy all the benefits given to a Minister of State.
Earlier, JD(S) members, who were camping at a resort near Kushalnagar arrived in city on a bus along with MLAs G.T. Devegowda and S.R. Mahesh, while the BJP members were led by MP Pratap Simha, MLC G. Madhusudan and District President Hemanthkumar Gowda.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 08th, 2016
Agra, UTTAR PRADESH :
Two guides in Agra have been contacted by British High Commission for the royal couple’s visit on April 16. However, there is still no confirmation as to who will be deputed to guide the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
One of them is Varun Rawat, whose father Mukund Mohan Rawat was the official guide to Queen Elizabeth (II) who visited the Taj Mahal in 1961, and Lady Diana in 1992. He was contacted by British embassy about six days ago.
The other guide contacted by British High Commission is Shamsuddin, who is the former president of Approved Guides’ Association.
“My father was the official guide to Queen Elizabeth (II) in 1961 and her daughter-in-law Lady Diana who visited the Taj Mahal in 1992,” Varun said.
“My father used to talk about Lady Diana being a down to earth person with immense interest in the history and architecture of Taj Mahal,” he recollected. “He would tell me how Lady Diana interacted politely with the Taj Mahal ‘khadim’,” Varun said.
Varun had guided former US President Bill Clinton when he visited the Taj Mahal in 2000 and again in 2003.
source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home / Hemendra Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times,Agra / April 15th, 2016
Visakhapatnam, ANDHRA PRADESH :
Visakhapatnam:
For the rest of Vizag, Mubarak Colony in Yendada can be easily reckoned as a model colony. The highly prosperous residents belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community did not wait for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Colony (GVMC) to provide them with pucca roads and proper drainage system, but did it themselves by spending lakhs of rupees. Every house has a green area or kitchen garden as well as rainwater harvesting facility. They have strictly implemented Swachh Bharat, education for girl children and ensure that there is no wastage of food.
What’s more, they have a unique hygienic centralised kitchen in their mosque that delivers food to every household six days a week. This arrangement is mainly to eliminate inequality between the rich and the not-so-rich and to promote women empowerment, so that women get adequate time for their creative pursuits rather than staying confined to the kitchen. The women are also allowed inside the mosque to offer namaz.
On two-acre land in Yendada, around 115 Shia families comprising a population of about 400 have been residing since almost a decade. Apart from these, in various other parts of the city, another 65-70 families are spread out but the majority dwells in Mubarak Colony. This business community had migrated to the Port City from Gujarat in the late 1970s and speak Lisan-ud Dawat, a language somewhat similar to Gujarati. “In whichever country we reside, we consider it our responsibility to support the government in the economic progress and overall advancement of the nation. We don’t have a single unemployed member in our community. Rather we provide employment opportunities to others. In Vizag, most of us deal with hardware and industrial supply,” said Adnan Sabuwala, president of JCI Visakha Valley and a member of the community.
“Though GVMC sanitary staff clears the garbage, all the members have taken care to clean our colony once a month and ensure that it’s kept clean and green with plants and gardens around. Although we lack a proper approach road, we had laid the roads of our colony by spending Rs 5 lakh when our spiritual leader had visited us. We have an active anjuman-e-badri or committee organisation that looks into the accounts and logistics and most members are connected through WhatsApp,” added Md Fakhruddin, a member of the Mubarak Colony Welfare Society.
Explaining the concept of the centralised well-maintained kitchen, Abbasbhai Sabuwala, said, “Under this scheme, lunch is daily cooked in the mosque kitchen and supplied at 12 noon in tiffin carriers meant for every Bohra family in the colony as well as in the city. There’s also an App which can be utilised by the families to inform before hand if they are going outside and wouldn’t require lunch, thus food wastage is prevented. This kitchen also caters to the families during Eid or other festivals and occasions like marriage and birthdays. Usually once a year, the members financially contribute towards the daily kitchen expenses. The concept is to ensure economic and gender equality and give the women time for their creative pursuits.”
Though they have a hi-tech madrassa adjacent to the Mohammadi Masjid, almost all children commute to the top English medium schools in the city by school bus or private cars. Needless to say, every house in the colony are like picture-postcard bungalows and has lawns and gardens as well as well-decorated rooms.
“A couple of posh multi-storied apartments have also sprung up in the colony, equipped with swimming pool, gymnasium and a tiny pond for ducks to add to the beauty. Credit for the interior decoration goes to the women in the families, who also display their creativity in other areas such as mehendi designs, cookery, embroidery and all sorts of needlework and art works, making designer rida (the traditional garment wore by the women) and topis (caps) for men and musical programmes like madeh,” said Yusuf Nandarbarwala, a resident of the colony.
“Even though we have respite from cooking six days a week due to our centralised kitchen concept, we still like to experiment with cuisines and on Sundays we usually prepare something at home. We also participate in cookery competitions. Karri chawal, dal chawal palidu, kharak ka halwa (dry dates halwa), biryani and walnut desserts are some of the special dishes of our community,” said Tasneen Yusuf, a winner of various competitions.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Visakhapatnam / Sulogna Mehta / TNN / April 15th, 2016
Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH :
Lucknow :
In a significant development, All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board president Shaista Ambar met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here on Tuesday.
Ambar said she was present at a function in the Post-Graduate Institute area where Bhagwat was visiting. She sought an appointment with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief that was immediately granted.
“He was very gracious and in his address he spoke of nation building and character development,” she said.
Ambar also said she requested Bhagwat to visit the mosque which they have got constructed, and he readily agreed to do so.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by IANS / March 29th, 2016
Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :
Mangaluru :
Sunni Yuvajana Sangha state president, K P Hussain Saadi on chairing a mass wedding ceremony said, “The SYS is holding weddings of poor girls and constructing houses for the poor.” The mass wedding ceremony was held under the aegis of Sunni Yuvajana Sangha, KC Road unit at Kotekar private auditorium on Sunday March 27.
“Besides providing social service, the organization intends to strengthen religious knowledge among the youth. These days the world faces financial problems and it has become impossible for parents to conduct weddings of their daughters. Mosques and Jamaat committees are finding it difficult to run Madrasas under them. Hence SYS with the help of donors has successfully conducted weddings of poor girls,” he added.
Hidayatnagara Al Hidaya Jumma Masjid, Khatib Assayyad, C T M Aleem Porkoya Thanjal, conducted dua. Mani Darul Irshad Education Center president Zainul Ulama Abdul Hameed Musilyar led the weddings. District Wakf president S M R Rashid, S J M Talapady zonal president Ibrahim Madani Talapady, Abdul Hakim Madani Uchila, K C Road Masjid Madarris, Munir Sakhafi, SYS weddings committee president, U B Mohammed Haji, Taluk panchayat member, Siddiq Talapady, Dr Abdul Khader Haji, Talapady, SMA Talapady president, Bava Haji Panjala, SSF Talapady unit president, Abdul Hakim and others were present.
In the study camp, on the unity of the organization held after the programme, Hamza Madani Mithur presented the subject. At the mass weddings, Khatijathul Kubra-Nasrulla and Umaira Banu-Sayyad Abdulla were wedded. SYS, K C Road unit president N S Ummar Master delivered the keynote address. Chief secretary Usman Palla proposed the vote of thanks.
“Though we had plans of holding five marriages last December, we could only conduct three as there were no couples to be wedded. Jewellery and clothes for two couples were set aside and weddings of two more couples were held today,” said N S Ummar Master.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru(DV) / March 28th, 2016
Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :
Mangaluru :
Abdul Aziz was elected as the president of Saw Mill Owner’s Association in the Saw Mill Owner’s meet, held at a private hotel here on Friday March 25.
Honorary president, Haji Abdul Y Kunhi, secretary Mohammed Haji, vice president- Faizal, secretary Vishwanath Nayak, joint secretary, Mukthar, treasurer Govindha Bhai Patel, legal advisor Bhaskar were also elected during the meet.
From Sullia, Harish Kamath, Puttur-Haji Kunhi Mohammed, Mangalore-North-Nasir, Mangalore South- Abdul, Mangalore-Dinesh, Bantwal-Rithesh Baliga, Belthangady, Vaikunta Baliga were elected as the office bearers on the occasion.
The newly elected president Abdul Aziz gave a brief note on the need of the association in contemporary scenario and problem faced by the Saw Mill Owners in the society.
Abdul Nasir compered the programme.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru(DV) / March 25th, 2016
Hyderabad, TELANAGANA :
Borabanda, Hyderabad:
The newly elected Deputy Mayor Mohammed Baba Fasiuddin represents the Borabanda Ward of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. He was unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor as only one nomination was filed.
A graduate in Commerce, Mr.Fasiuddin played a key role in the Telangana movement as well as in the student and youth wings of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He is a close confidant of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. His father is a retired Government employee.
His family hails from Polcharam Mandal in Medak District. He is presently the president of the TRS Student wing of Greater Hyderabad unit. His mother was an employee in Osmania Hospital. Mr. Fasiuddin is married and has a son and a daughter.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / R. Ravikanth Reddy / Hyderabad – February 11th, 2016
Varanasi :
A group of enterprising women here has formed an all-woman political outfit – the Bharatiya Awam Party (Rashtriya). They want to “usher in change in the male-dominated political system”. Although the party will skip this year’s LS polls, it will field candidates in the next UP polls.
“We are working for women’s empowerment in all fields, including politics. Women make up half the country’s population, yet their representation on the national political spectrum is negligible,” Najma Parveen, president of the party that promises 10% quotas for men, says. So far over 35,000 women, mostly Muslims, have joined the party after it came into existence on January 23, 2013, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary. The poll panel registered it this January 9.
“Since most women are not members of a party, they are indifferent to political ideologies. Their voting choices are dominated by men in their families. We want to make them politically aware,” party general secretary Nazneen Ansari said.
Both young women at the helm of affairs have Master’s degrees in conflict management and development from Banaras Hindu University. “We are getting overwhelming response and have received over 50,000 receipts for primary membership,” Parveen said.
Unlike other political parties, the membership process of this party is rigorous. According to the office-bearers, membership is granted only after strict verification of the aspirant’s voter identity card. Each member is provided with a registration number. A data bank with details such as address, assembly constituency, parliamentary constituency and voter ID number of the member is prepared.
“We have received over 50,000 receipts of primary membership. But so far about 35,000 sisters have been granted membership after verification,” they said.
These numbers clearly suggest that the party is holding command over a significant number of committed voters who might become a subject of envy by other political parties. However, that is yet to be seen.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Varanasi / by Binay Singh, TNN / March 08th, 2014