Feed Editor 13 Dec 2010 19:44:27 GMT Want to have latest news on Indian and Global Muslims? Log on right away to www.ummid.com. Ummid.com is not the usual websites offering the news pertaining to Indian Muslims. Ummid.com is a platform to discover Indian Muslims in totally a new form. http://www.ummid.com http://www.ummid.com aleem.faizee@gmail.com en-us aleem.faizee@gmail.com no Dean, Students Welfare, J.M Khurana said: "There has been an almost 200 percent increase in the number of online registration forms. We have received 138,605 online registration forms till June 18 and more are expected as the deadline ends Wednesday midnight." 20 Jun 2013 02:15:39 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/20.06.2013/du_admission_rush.html 0BF605B7-CA80-4FFC-94C7-C7F24448E958 00:00 no The full impact of nature's fury was visible as days of blinding rains -- 380 mm, some 450 percent more than usual -- abated and the skies cleared Wednesday, allowing the army and paramilitary forces to rescue thousands of pilgrims and tourists in the devastated temple town of Kedarnath. 19 Jun 2013 17:16:27 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/thousands_missing_in_uttarakhand.html 17BE0046-F22D-4153-8329-579BB7BA57D2 00:00 no The PIL sought taking of urgent steps to safeguard the government's sensitive communications, which, in breach of the provisions of Public Records Act and the Official Secrets Act, were being routed through US-based internet services and was being stored on their servers in US and being illegally intruded by US intelligence agencies. 19 Jun 2013 15:49:06 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/sc_on_internet_giants.html E51EA561-E582-4054-91C6-A29936C216F2 00:00 no The court was hearing a CBI plea that it needed to get a lie detector test done on the independent legislator from Kunda in connection with its investigations into the murder of Kunda circle police officer Zia-ul-Haq, who was shot dead March 2. 19 Jun 2013 14:53:31 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/lie_detect_on_raja.html 3BCA88D7-BDD2-4D81-8762-4F2F31C434CB 00:00 no Fotedar had said Tuesday said the NC's demand for restoration of autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir had no basis as its leadership gave up the demand when it signed the 1975 accord with the central government. 19 Jun 2013 14:53:10 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/national_conf_to_fotedar.html 5DC90ED1-CEEA-4617-B894-D1DC9A5908B2 00:00 no Approximately four in 10 dads go to Google to get information on money and a further 34 percent will consult the internet for advice to pass onto their adult children about property. Finally, 26 percent will rely on Google for advice about car maintenance. 19 Jun 2013 14:37:47 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/dads_google_hw.html AD64EA41-F07E-4636-8D0D-58560DB88FAB 00:00 no Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said the consulate's various pro-active measures have helped these Indians rectify their residency status and get new jobs, Arab News reported Wednesday. 19 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/jobs_fr_indian_expats.html 73D23E74-344C-44D0-9F59-2B8A9B507A25 00:00 no Minister Khan and his delegation, that included Joint Secretary Y P Singh, met Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Equal Opportunity commission, and Hugo Swire, secretary of state for foreign affairs of Britain. 19 Jun 2013 12:54:21 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/india_equal_opp_commission.html B617C869-F358-4C3F-943E-E8320206F6DB 00:00 no The US and the European Union have been trying for a long time to coerce Israel to accept the idea of a two-state solution, which means Israel should withdraw from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip it occupied in the 1967 Mideast War. 19 Jun 2013 12:47:34 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/blair_on_palestinian.html 5AADE12B-7863-41FD-B5FE-961950D4656B 00:00 no The Congress leadership is understood to have decided not to carve out Telangana state as it may trigger similar demands in other parts of the country. It is likely to offer a package to Telangana to provide financial assistance for its development and some other assurances to the region. 19 Jun 2013 11:52:40 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/cong_on_telangana.html 79DB8971-7D96-48A8-973A-87029924E1E8 00:00 no Criticising the BJP, with which his party split last week after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was made the party's election campaign chief, Nitish Kumar said the BJP's dream of ruling India would be shattered. 19 Jun 2013 10:53:48 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/nitish_wins.html DD56FD50-D8CB-43F5-9179-73CB5F64038C 00:00 no The Kerala assembly has virtually stopped functioning and is now witnessing a free-for-all as the Left opposition has announced that it will keep up the pressure till it sees the back of Chandy and a judicial probe into the sequence of events relating to the con-couple. 19 Jun 2013 09:22:04 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/kerala_udf_con_couple.html 06DC8567-86B3-49EA-A8AD-35EA946B9A2B 00:00 no The 45-year-old recently became the only Indian to obtain an 'Ijazah' (Masters diploma) from Istanbul-based Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC). 19 Jun 2013 08:49:04 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/arabic_caliigraphy_india.html D7045BF5-FFDC-4B5B-A78C-4F6771FA13FA 00:00 no The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to power them, according to a research team from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 19 Jun 2013 08:45:09 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/3d_printed_tiny_batt.html 1A7DB26A-BE38-450E-9DB7-30F720F5C908 00:00 no Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chief Sonia Gandhi are to fly to the temple town of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand where the swollen Mandakini river has washed away houses and many people are reported missing, Shinde told reporters. 19 Jun 2013 08:24:32 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/62k_still_stranded.html 921879EB-43C9-4E4D-B1CE-9D178093CF9A 00:00 no A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani was called off Wednesday after the party leader reported "unwell", said party sources. 19 Jun 2013 07:44:28 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/advani_rss_chief_meet.html 05B85BE5-01F3-499C-BC51-F8A94BB6F7F2 00:00 no A study of the expense declarations of 213 of the 224 newly- elected members of the legislative assembly (MLA) showed the average amount of money spent by them "is about Rs.743,000, which is 46 percent of the Election Commission expense limit of Rs.16 lakh", the NGO, Karnataka Election Watch (KEW), said. 19 Jun 2013 07:07:29 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/karnataka_mla.html 633C7A76-850B-49AA-B883-284D138A2D4B 00:00 no In the past, several studies investigated the link between the powder and tumours. Some detected links with ovarian and womb cancer but others proved inconclusive. But the doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, US, pooled data from eight separate studies to try and come up with a definitive answer. 19 Jun 2013 07:02:18 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/talcom_powder.html B60B43F4-42A9-4A88-A227-81AADEA49F23 00:00 no The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported Xinhua. 19 Jun 2013 04:56:48 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/general_motors_recall_suvs.html 62B3567C-FBFB-4BE7-B629-5EEBC086E94D 00:00 no Rawat, 68, who suffered knee pain for over four years, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition where the joint cartilage between the bones of the knee gradually wears away, degrades the lining of the joints and causes swelling that is painful and can lead to joint deformity in the affected joints. 19 Jun 2013 02:45:28 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/easy_knee_rplmnt.html 5B47AE82-B73C-4878-813D-AC4FE7E62C95 00:00 no Will Featherstone, professor at Curtin's Institute for Geoscience Research, said curiosity drove the scientists to extend their original search from the identification of two basins on the lunar far side to the entire surface of the Moon. 19 Jun 2013 02:42:08 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/19.06.2013/new_moon_craters.html 4E5FB632-FAB8-4F3E-BA94-FB2E485025E3 00:00 no Police said the blast took place during the funeral procession of Haji Abdullah, a well-known figure in the area who was killed by unidentified gunmen Monday. Provincial Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said the blast was a suicide attack. 18 Jun 2013 17:44:42 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/pak_suicide_bombing.html 3F5D0C73-7BAF-43DC-9975-E487CC5E648D 00:00 no The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that the shutdown was near total, but police said normal life was not hit by the stir. Top BJP leaders and more than 500 workers were taken into custody during the shutdown, a police official said. 18 Jun 2013 17:40:42 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/bjp_bihar-bandh.html 1EDA4C51-753B-4876-8247-28C1DBD95882 00:00 no "The incident came to light when our patrolling team detected the ATM missing from the bank outlet during its late night beat and no security guard around," Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) T.R. Suresh told IANS here. 18 Jun 2013 17:07:55 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/atm_stolen.html D3692898-92E9-4543-A56E-6B1DE60331C2 00:00 no Khan met the victim Mohammad Shakeel's father Mohammad Khaleel a day after the family's counsel said residents of Dasna in Ghaziabad, where Shakeel lived, would go to Lucknow to apprise SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav about the police's atrocities. 18 Jun 2013 15:51:42 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/ghaziabad_cust_death.html 423F677B-5684-43A4-BAA4-CA73B4FBA15D 00:00 no It is a distant relative of the virus that triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world in late 2003 and killed 775 people. The origin of the MERS virus is still unclear. So far, it appears to spread between people only when there is close, prolonged contact. 18 Jun 2013 15:39:20 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/coronavirus_in_suaid.html 8DA034E7-96A3-4408-9CB5-8D5A376A4B90 00:00 no Gujarat's performance in lifting people below the poverty line is not as remarkable as other states. Gujarat saw a paltry 8.6 percent reduction in poverty when compared to other states like Odisha, which had a 20 percent reduction in poverty in same period. And the rate at which poverty is reduced among Scheduled Tribes and Muslims is among the lowest in Gujarat. 18 Jun 2013 15:05:53 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/planning_comm-on_modi.html B7034765-567D-4555-AD4E-B414D4253570 00:00 no India's trade deficit widened to seven month high of $20.14 billion in May due to sluggish exports and higher imports, notably of gold and silver, according to data released by the commerce ministry Monday. 18 Jun 2013 14:18:43 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/rupee_hits_rcrd_closing.html 06AD7CD7-D522-4772-8A1A-084F3DB047E6 00:00 no This includes central assistance to the State Plan of about Rs.3,979 crore. In addition, an amount of about Rs.6,000 crore is likely to flow from the Centre to Gujarat through various centrally-sponsored schemes. Thus, Plan funding from the central government to the state from all sources is expected to be about Rs.10,000 crore during 2013-14, said an official release. 18 Jun 2013 14:05:44 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/upa_fund_fr_gujarat.html 65CB84D3-9A4A-4126-A171-AA9459149EA9 00:00 no Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna while admitting that the situation was "grave", told IANS that the government was working swiftly to rescue people stranded at different places and providing relief to the flood effected areas. 18 Jun 2013 13:24:12 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/58_killed_in_up_rains.html 3F38A1B5-5EEE-445B-8050-A376D80FD697 00:00 no Ravi Kumar comes to Singapore from the University of South California's (USC) Marshall Business School, where he served in several key positions, including that of vice dean for international programmes and vice dean for graduate programmes. 18 Jun 2013 13:08:14 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/iitian_top_singapore_uv.html 50678D9D-1C8E-4362-853D-8E0EC2BB53F6 00:00 no Soon after the JD-U ended its 17-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday, the chief minister vowed to seek a vote of confidence at a special session of the state assembly Wednesday. 18 Jun 2013 12:51:11 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/nitish_trst_vote.html 96BE2CE6-2224-453A-81B6-66025321155C 00:00 no Banerjee Monday dubbed as "CPI-M people" some women protestors who shouted slogans about the lack of security while she was leaving after visiting the gang-rape victim's family at Kamduni near Barasat, 25 km from here, ten days after the June 7 incident. 18 Jun 2013 12:28:19 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/social_media_on_mamta.html DD130156-4ABA-45E7-9F96-2DF9E87E775A 00:00 no Nair and her former live-in partner Radhakrishnan had formed a company "Team Solar", which was engaged in erecting solar panels at offices and homes. They managed to collect crores of rupees on the promise of providing the equipment to tap green sources of energy. 18 Jun 2013 09:52:20 GMT http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/June/18.06.2013/mbile_fr_kerala_cm.html EE740B9F-DA3A-444A-8E91-B06286F61FEB 00:00 no