Meem Afzal: Urdu journalist Meem Afzal, who earlier ran Urdu weekly Akhbar e Nau from Delhi has been appointed spokesperson of All India Congress Committee. Mr. Afzal was meanwhile India’s ambassador to Angola and Turkmenistan. He was Rajya Sabha member too for a term.
Mr. Chauhan presented the Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Award to Ms. Firoza Khan of Balaghat for service to minority education at the ceremony. Mr. Veteran journalist Azizuddin was given the Capt. Hameed Khan Award and artist and cartoonist Mr. Riyazuddin Ahmed from Indore was presented with Abul Kalam Azad Award. The awards carry Rs. One lakh…
By A Staff Writer Bangalore: Mr. Aziz Burney, Group Editor of Urdu daily Rashtriya Sahara has resigned from the daily and will be launching his own Urdu daily from the capital. Reached over telephone from Bangalore, Burney said the new daily is likely to hit stands by second week of June. Gradually, it will launch…
Dr. Subuhi Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University has been nominated for Hindustan Times Women Award “Woman of Substance” for her significant contribution in Mathematics and for promoting Mathematics among female students. Dr. Subuhi is the first Indian lady Mathematician to receive the prestigious research fellowship of Italian National Agency for New…
Yaseen Usmani has been appointed the vice chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy. He held the position between 2004 to 2007 too. He is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and vice president of the All India Milli Council. His status will be on par with a Minister of State.
Canberra: Australia will have its first Muslim woman MP, the Greens party in News South Wales (NSW) has stated. Academic Mehreen Faruqi, of Pakistani origin, will replace NSW upper house MP Cate Faehrmann in the new parliament later this year. “As the first Greens MP in NSW from a migrant background, I’m also excited about…
Cholakkodan Aysha, hailed as the brand ambassador of Kerala’s universal literacy mission, passed away at her home in Kavannur. Aysha, 80, had been keeping indifferent health for some time and breathed her last on April 5. She is survived by six children. An ‘icon’ of Kerala’s successful literacy campaign which set a model for the…
Waqf Board-appointed Administrator of the Muslim Orphanage has been inducted into the Congress Party Campaign Committee for the Assembly Elections scheduled on May 5. Mr. Khan who resigned his job as Commercial Tax Officer, had joined the Congress Party in March. He was seeking a Congress ticket to fight election from Chitradurga but obviously failed…
Bangalore: At a time when parents find it difficult to send their wards to the school, the curiosity and enthusiasm of Jannatul Fiza (4), daughter of Sayeeda Tabassum and Syed Rafik, layout designer, Karnataka Muslims, outshined, with a gold medal in academics, and two in the cultural programme and “stringing the beads” competition. Jannat, who…
The UP Government has extended the tenure of Dr. Anees Ansari, the vice chancellor of Khawja Moinuddin Chishty Urdu, Arabic and Farsi Institute by one year. Mr. Ansari was to retire in April this year.
