Rejoins JDS: Former Janata Dal Secular MLC, Abdul Azeem rejoined the party in Bangalore on December 13 after spending nearly six months in political wilderness. Azeem who resigned his job in the Karnataka’s Police Department in 2004 had joined the JDS immediately after that. An officer with an extraordinary investigative record, Azeem had won huge…
Hajj 2013 will be here in a few months, and Chairman of the Karnataka State Hajj Committee, M.M. Ahmed, is all set to offer the best facilities to the pilgrims, one of them being the new Hajj Ghar. By A Staff Writer The Hajj pilgrimage is a journey of a lifetime and pilgrims will never…
Everybody says the kitchen and cooking is a woman’s domain, but times have changed. Muslim men and women today work as partners in many trades and food, is one of them. Islamic Voice presents profiles of two couples from Bangalore, Anjum Kalim Aziz and Huda of Fresh Kitchen Foods, and Mohammed Ismail and Farida Begum,…
What happens when your closest relatives let you down in times of distress, your neighbours abandon you and your closest friends too look away from you? You can sit and brood about this or you can get up and depend on your own abilities to move ahead in life. Mohammed Ismail and Farida Begum chose…
Illinois: The ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ was presented to human rights activist and Jesuit priest, Father Cedric Prakash, S.j. by the City of Harvey in Illinois, last month. The plaque presented to Fr. Prakash noted with appreciation his “struggle and selfless service in the cause of justice and human rights in Gujarat, India.” Fr. Cedric Prakash…
Noted columnist on issues of history Akhilesh Mithal who was known for his secular values, passed away on November 21 at Delhi. He was a close friend of personalities like Majaz, Firaq, Faiz, Faraz, Anita Desai among many such literary luminaries. Similarly, he had many other friends like Firoz Gandhi and I. K. Gujral. Gen.…
Dean and Director of the London American City College who hails from Kaup, Udupi district has been presented with the Pin Award from the Madonna University’s President’s Cabinet in recognition of his contribution to international education and e-learning. The award was presented at Madonna University’s campus at Livona, Michigan, US.
Prof. Farhat Bashir Khan from AJK-Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia International had been admitted to the Associateship of the Honours Committee of India International Photographic Council in recognition of his dedicated service to the field of photography.
Mohammed Yunus, a member of the faculty of HKBK Engineering College, Bangalore was awarded Ph.D. recently by Anna University, Chennai. Yunus’ thesis was on “Investigation of properties of Industrial Ceramic Coatings and Characterisation’. Another member of the faculty Dr. S. Bhaskaran was awarded Ph.D by the same university on ‘A study on Management Practices of…
Prof. Saranjit Bhasin of Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia has been selected for Distinguished Alumnus Award by Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
