Term extended
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.
Died: M. Kaleemulla
M. Kaleemulla, Urdu writer and former Education Department officer died in Bangalore on April 25. He was 68. Mr. Kaleemulla was ailing for some time. He occasionally wrote on issues in Muslim education in several newspapers and was an active member of the Centre for Contemporary Studies. During his official tenure he was deputed in…
B. S. Nazir Ahmed – A Life Lived for a Cause
By A Staff Writer Educationist and founder of Al-Mahmood group of educational institutions in Bhadravathi and Shimoga, Alhaj B.S. Nazir Ahmed who died on March 11 in Shimoga has left a void in public life of the twin towns of Shimoga-Bhadravathi. He was 76. Pioneer of Phoolban Nursery School movement in the district in 1971,…
VME Society officer-bearers
Dr. Anwarullah Haji is the new general secretary of the over century old Vaniyambadi Muslim Educational Society. He was elected to the post in the elections held on March 18. Mr. T. Mohammad Mubeen and Moda Ahmed Basha retained the post of the President and the Vice President of the organization which runs the famous…
M. Aslam appointed IGNOU Vice-Chancellor
New Delhi: Professor M. Aslam has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Aslam, currently a professor at the Varsity’s School of Continuing Education, has been appointed for a period of five years. He functioned as acting vice-chancellor from October 2011 to July 2012. He is a Fellow of…
Maulana Rabey Re-elected AIMPLB President
Ujjain: Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi has been unanimously re-elected president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB), an apex body of Muslims, for the fifth time, in its 23rd annual conference which is being held here in Jamia Arabia Siraj-ul-Uloom, on the outskirts of Ujjain town in Madhya Pradesh. Maulana Rabey…
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist joined Jamaate Islami party on February 27 and was seen with Jamaat leader Munawwar Hassan. He has pledged to canvass for the party in the forthcoming national elections.
Ghulam Muntaqa, Noted Lensman Dead
By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Bidar: Veteran lensman Ghulam Muntaqa, often known as photo-magician among the fraternity of journalist died on March 17. He was 77. Muntaqa through his photo-engineering with a number of cameras had captured important personalities and events in marvelous and often amazing settings. For over six decades, this reclusive kind of a…
Joins Congress
Syed Zameer Pasha, IAS-retired, who retired from the Karnataka Government service on June 29, 2012 joined the Indian National Congress at a public meeting of the party in Bangalore on March 18. Others joining the party at the venue included Mr. Shankar Bidari, former DG-IGP of the State and Prof. Radhakrishna, former principal of the…
Doctor with a Golden Heart
For over more than 15 years, Dr Aelia has been providing holistic healthcare to people in the rural areas in Karnataka, the poor and the needy, through his practical and selfless advice, not just on health issues, but on life as a whole! By A Staff Writer Dr S. M. Aelia, 47, was born in…