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Real Time - muezzins
In April, #Mamta announced a monthly stipend of Rs 2,500 to imams, Rs 1,000 for muezzins & gave government recognition to 10,000 madrasas.
27 May 2012, 1:31 am
In April, #Mamta announced a monthly stipend of Rs 2,500 to imams, Rs 1,000 for muezzins & gave government recognition to 10,000 madrasas.
News - muezzins
Delhi - [ Min 27.2 °C
22 May 2012, 2:34 pm
After wooing imams and muezzins by announcing freebies recently, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is now aiming at job reservations for Muslims. The Trinamool Congress plans to soon raise the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Trinamool now seeks job quota for Muslims
22 May 2012, 1:30 pm
Kolkata, May 23 -- After wooing imams and muezzins by announcing freebies recently, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is now aiming at job reservations for Muslims.The Trinamool Congress plans to soon raise the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The party is sounding out leaders such as Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav, who are known to be sympathetic to ...
The Yemeni Front Against al-Qaeda Heats Up
18 May 2012, 1:12 pm
A chorus of wailing muezzins and rattling windowpanes awoke residents of Yemen's capital Sana'a on Friday as a sortie of government fighter jets dipped over mountains to the north and screamed across the city. The country is now seeing the largest military offensive in its history -- the battle to uproot al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). And America is intimately involved in this war ...
No religion-based reservation, says Mamata
17 May 2012, 12:43 pm
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as it is not permitted by the Indian Constitution.
Is Mamata wooing Muslims with panchayat polls in mind?
6 May 2012, 1:58 am
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With Muslims comprising nearly 30 percent of the state's 92 million population, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to dole out largesse to Muslims. However, many, especially the opposition Left, alleges that the sops are intended to woo the community ahead of next year's panchayat polls.
muezzins to get Rs 1000 a month
2 May 2012, 7:00 pm
"The previous government had passed a bill in a hurry and it was not approved by the governor. Court cases were also filed. We have completed a survey. The new bill will be placed in the next session of the Assembly," Mamata said.
Bengal
2 May 2012, 6:22 pm
Union urban development minister Kamal Nath met Mamata Banerjee in Delhi tonight and expressed hope that there would be “convergence” on the Congress’s presidential candidate. ...
Mamata announces Rs.1,000 for muezzins
2 May 2012, 9:59 am
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Continuing to rain sops on the minorities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday announced Rs.1,000 monthly honorarium for muezzins of mosques.
World - muezzins
Trinamool now seeks job quota for Muslims - Hindustan Times
23 May 2012, 12:39 pm
After wooing imams and muezzins by announcing freebies recently, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is now aiming at job reservations for Muslims. The Trinamool Congress plans to soon raise the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Rappers provide anthems for Arab Spring - USA Today
21 May 2012, 8:34 pm
Choukeir heard that the song had even been sung in mosques. "They know I'm not a religious singer, but even the muezzins were singing it," he said. "It is an honor that my music is giving people the energy to resist." As progress toward ...
No religion-based reservation: Mamata - in.com
18 May 2012, 7:51 am
She had announced that the state government would provide a monthly honorarium to imams. The state government has also announced that muezzins of mosques would be paid through the Waqf Board this week. Continuing to shower sops on the minority ...
TRAVEL: Seafood and warm water in paradise - Business Day South Africa
18 May 2012, 12:28 am
But among the calls of the muezzins, minarets and architectural wonders of colonial Stone Town, some of which once housed Arab princesses, one can sit in shaded, faded opulence, mulling how rock star Freddie Mercury, who was born here, might have sung of corruption.
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