Category: National News and Affairs

Dargah Committee Scraps Sitting Fee

Bangalore: The Dargah  Hameedshah and Muhibshah Management Committee has stopped the payment of sitting fee of Rs. 1,000 to its members, according to a resolution it passed following criticism of the decision in a report in November 2011 issue of Islamic Voice  which hit the stand on November 1, 2011. In a reply given to an RTI query to Mr. Moinuddin Chishty, an advocate, the Secretary said…

HBS Hospital Commissioned

By A Staff Writer Bangalore: The Hazrat Bismillah Shah Hospital was commissioned here on April 10. The foundation for the hospital was laid in 1996 on  Cockburn Road in the city’s Cantonment area. Located on a quarter acre of land leased out by the Wakf Board, the Hospital will cater to the health care needs of the poor and the downtrodden at minimal cost. It is…

A Modern Centre for Training of Urdu Teachers

The Centre for Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers (CPDUMT) under the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here, has so far imparted training in teaching to 3,000 Urdu teachers in five years since its establishment. The Centre came up in 2006 and is funded by the University Grants Commission. According to Prof. Mazharuddin Farooqui,…