New Delhi, 07 Dec 2014 :
‘In Gujarat, Urdu-medium teachers asked to teach in Tamil, Marathi”
Ahmedabad, 07 Dec 2014 : In the last one month, 33 Urdu-medium municipal teachers, all Muslims and declared “surplus”, were moved to schools where the medium of instruction is a different language. Four of them were posted to Tamil-medium schools, six to Marathi and two to English, while the “lucky ones” were moved to Gujarati (5) and Hindi-medium (16) institutions. ——The India Express
“Burdwan blast probe: ‘JMB tried to induct boys from Assam madrasa”
Guwahati, 07 Dec 2014 : A day after Sahanur Alom (32), alias “doctor Ilias”, a top Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative was arrested in Nalbari district, the Assam Police on Saturday confirmed that several top JMB leaders from Bangladesh had visited at least one madrasa in the state and conducted some motivational training there.—-The India Express
“Left holds rally against communalism in Kolkata”
Kolkata, 07 Dec 2014 :It was a show of political might as Left parties led a mammoth anti-communalism rally in Kolkata on Saturday – 22nd anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition – protesting against “attempts by fundamentalist forces like the BJP and RSS to disrupt communal harmony in Bengal for political gains”.—Times of India.
“Delhi shamed again: Woman executive raped by Uber cab driver, accused on the run”
New Delhi , 7 Dec 2014 : A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a radio cab driver in north Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla late Friday night. The woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, told police she boarded the Uber cab at 9.30pm from south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, where she had gone for a party with friends. She was raped at an isolated place between Sarai Rohilla and Inderlok, police said, adding the cabbie threatened to kill and sexually assault her with a rod if she resisted him. He dropped her home after the attack. The cabbie even gave her a missed call from his mobile phone, police added.
Madhur Verma, DCP (north), said a medical exam had confirmed rape and an FIR had been lodged. According to the complaint, the woman had gone to a restaurant for dinner with some friends after her shift ended at 7pm. One of her friends dropped her till Vasant Vihar from where she hired the cab.—-Hindustan Times.
“Rahul Gandhi jibes at NDA on bloodshed”
Ramarh (Jharkhand), 7 Dec 2014 :A day after the multiple terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying terror activities had started in the state soon after the BJP came to power at the Centre. “We had our government for 10 years. Tourists used to come to J&K. There was peace. As soon as his (Mr Modi’s) government came to power(at the Centre), terrorist activities started,” he said at an election rally in Ramgarh in Jharkhand.—-Asian Age