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Akhilesh Yadav government seems to be stepping into the quicksand of controversy with a reported decision to withdraw cases against two Muslim terrorists in jail for the serial blasts in courts in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi on November 23, 2007.

Announcing sops for Muslims ahead of next year's panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would bring in a law for providing them quota in government jobs.

Urdu medium government schools at primary, middle and higher secondary levels will be set up in Muslim dominated areas across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Sunday.

Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad) : This year Shri Ram Navami Shobhayatra will begin at 10.00 a.m. from Rani Awanti Bai Lodhi Bhawan (Dhoolpet) to Hanuman Vyayamm Shala. Last year, more than 45,000 devout Hindus participated in the event.

Guwahati (Assam): To upgrade the khariji (private) madrassas in different parts of the Assam, state education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed Rs 3 lakh each to 640 different khariji (private) madrassas.

The renowned author, who has been castigated by fundamentalist Muslim groups for his book 'The Satanic Verses', observed that blocking his presence in Jaipur "led the Congress party down the road" in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Mumbai: A flyover is under construction at Vile Parle (E). It is being undertaken by Mumbai suburb development authority. There is an attempt to construct a madrasa under the flyover on a plot measuring 1200 sq.ft. Hindus are infuriated over this issue.

The Bengali jihad may ultimately reduce the Hindus to the fate of the Copts, and the celebration of Mother Language Day may actually finally honor a language far removed from its Hindu and Sanskrit roots and now, instead, symbolic of Muslim expansionism.

Sticking to his stand on minorities, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said he would ensure the rights of Pasmanda Muslim community even if the Election Commission “hangs” him.

Hyderabad: The Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar, which was embroiled in a controversy recently over the ringing of bells during the Juma prayers, has been served a notice by police asking the temple committee to shut the place of worship by 9 pm in view of the prevailing atmosphere in the Old City.

Congress in Uttar Pradesh, has let it be known that Muslims would be the beneficiaries of an enhanced nine per cent quota if they were to come out on polling day and push the button next to the ‘Hand’.

West Bengal government on Friday accorded second language status to Urdu specially in those areas where over 10 per cent of population as per 2001 and 2010 census speaks the language.

A virtually no-holds-barred battle has erupted between the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the BSP to garner maximum vote of the minority community, which constitutes some 18 per cent of the 20 crore population.

"The Congress party has always supported conservative Muslims than the ordinary, poor Muslims of India," said Ashis Nandy, scholar and socio-political analyst, told rediff.com on the Congress-led Rajasthan government's efforts to not allow author Salman Rushdie to attend the Jaipur literary festival.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): At least three of the four major players plus a newly-formed political outfit are clearly eying the 19 percent Muslim vote that may determine the destiny of Uttar Pradesh.