Yusaffali picks 4.99% shares in Catholic Syrian Bank: Owner of the Dubai based Lulu retail chain store Yusaffali M. A., hailing from Kerala, picked up 4.99 per cent share in Catholic Syrian Bank from its largest shareholder Sura Chansrichawla, said a PTI report on Feb. 13. The RBI nod was awaited. Yusaffali’s office said he…
Social worker and leader of Godhra Muslims Maulana Umarji who ran relief camps for those fleeing anti- Muslim violence in and around Godhra following the Sabarmati Express coach burning on Feb. 27, 2002, died on January 13. He was 72. Maulana Umarji had to spend nine years (2002-2001) in jail as an accused in the…
Halima Yacub, 58, became the first woman Speaker of the Singapore Parliament. She replaced Michael Paimar who resigned after a scandal. Halima of Indian origin had held the portfolio of Social and Family Welfare which she quit to assume the new post. Halima who was earlier an advocate had been elected the Member of Parliament…
Dr. Saeedur Rahman Azmi Nadvi was adjudged the winner of the fifth IOS Lifetime Achievement Award last month, by the governing Council of the Institute of Objective Studies (IOS). The 78-year old Azmi is a known Arabic scholar and edits the Al-Baas Al-Islami, the Arabic journal from Nadwatul Uloom, Lucknow. He studied at Nadwa and…
The Indian Posts has issued a First Day Cover to honour Nawab C. Abdul Hakeem, a philanthropist from Melvisharam. He was born in 1863 in Keelvisharam and became a leading merchant in the region of Madras and earned great reputation as a philanthropist. He was also appointed the Sheriff of Madras and was conferred the…
Dr. A. Shahul Hameed, associate professor, Department of Zoology in the C. Abdul Hakeem College has been selected for Tata Innovation Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for the year 2012-13. The fellowship has been conferred in recognition of Dr. Hameed’s distinguished services in the field of Aquaculture research. Dr. Hameed’s work…
Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia has been nominated to the National Institute of Disaster Management as a Member. The Institute has been set up for training and capacity building for managing natural disaster in India on a national scale. The National Centre of Disaster Management, constituted under an Act of Parliament in…
Sabir Shaikh, a close buddy of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thakeray and twice minister under the Shiv Sena led Government in Maharashtra who was found in a distressful condition in a congested room of a Mumbai chawl, has been brought and accommodated in an old age home in Aurangabad. Shaikh was twice elected from Kalyan…
Dubai: UAE’s women’s cricket team off-spinner, Humaira Tasneem produced a five-wicket haul in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s tournament in Thailand against Hong Kong, last fortnight. UAE lost the match by four wickets, but Tasneem was adjudged the player of the match for her spell of 5 for 18. Tasneem is a Grade 12 student…
Tahirul Qadri’s Advisor who is known as a Defence and Security Advisor to several institutes and government institutions in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel. This was revealed by Daily Ummat, an Urdu newspaper from Karachi in its issue dated January 21. Columnist Md. Yunus Alam said the website minhajuk.com had made an announcement…
