by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Hyderabad : Mumtaz Ahmed Khan of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will be the Pro-tem speaker of the newly-elected Telangana Assembly, whose first session will commence on January 17.
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, the senior most member of the Assembly, will take oath as Pro-tem Speaker on January 16.
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will administer the oath to Khan, who represents Charminar constituency.
Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said on Saturday that against the background of the landslide victory given by the people to his Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), it has been decided to commence the Assembly proceedings during the auspicious ‘Uttarayana’ days.
The Assembly session, beginning on ‘Ekadasi’, will continue till January 20.
On the first day, the newly elected MLAs will take oath one after another and the programme is likely to continue for about two hours, according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.
The same day, the schedule of election to the Speaker will be announced and the nomination process will commence.
The next day, the Speaker’s election will take place. Later, the Speaker will conduct the Business Advisory Council (BAC) meeting which will take a decision on the Governor’s address on the following day.
On January 19, the Governor will address the House.
The next day the House will introduce motion of thanks to the Governor’s address and adopt the same.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Buzz, News
Meeting of ICCI with Top Ziyarat Tour Operators of Mumbai
Chaired by : Mir Mumtaz Ali, President, M Q Syed ( Syed Quaim) Founding Director/Executive President, Iqbal M Saiyed, Chapter Chairman – Maharashtra
Some of the Prominent Tours in attendance were;
1. Western Travels – Mr. Mahdi
2. As-Seraat – Mr. Mohsin Muni & Mr. Fazal
3. Al-Mehdi – Mr. Aijaz & Mr. Salim
4. Al Shaya Nasser – Mr. Muzammil
5. Khidmate Zawwar – Mr. Abbas Lokhandwala
6. Atlas Tours – Mr. Ali Abbas
7. Razz Enterprise – Mr. Suleman Vimani
Tour Operators are happy to hear that Astan is looking forward to promote Iran Religious and General tourism
Issues highlighted by Operators:
Indian Food India eats spicy food, need either own chef with kitchenette by Astan or Indian food in hotels provided by Astan
Flights Not much Options, also Iran Air not a preferred Airlines.
Visa Ziyaraat visa is often rejected for Sunni’s and Tourism VISA is not given to Non Muslims by Mumbai Consulate. Many non Muslims specially Parsis wish to often go to Iran for Tourism.
Recommendation to Astaan by ICCI
1 -Iranian Tour destinations to be properly highlighted & marketed well
*2 -Visa issuances to be more easy and transparent
Indian food a big priority*
3 -Tour packages required by Astan
4 – More Airlines options to be available
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : A little-known facet of Kader Khan, the veteran Bollywood actor-writer-comedian who passed in away Toronto early on Tuesday morning, was that he was a Quranic scholar who designed a special academic syllabus in Islamic studies, besides simplified Arabic and Urdu language courses, a family friend said.
“Though deeply immersed in Bollywood, around early 1990s, he bowed before the wishes of his aged father, the late Maulana Abdul Rahman Khan, to take forward his ideals for propagating Islamic studies and help clear misconceptions among the minds of people by using simplied language with their meanings,” said Javed Jamaluddin, a veteran Urdu journalist and close friend of the late actor.
Originally hailing from Kabul, Afghanistan, Maulana Khan was a renowned Islamic scholar who remained in India post-Partition and in the early 1950s, migrated to Holland, where he set up the Arabic & Islamic Institute.
However, in the early 1990s, Kader Khan was summoned by his father who wanted him to take over and carry forward his legacy, but the actor – then already a big name in Bollywood – was reluctant, arguing he had acepractically no knowledge of Islam or Arabic or Urdu.
“Patiently, the senior Maulana Khan explained to his son that although he had no knowledge about story-writing or dialogue-writing, he learnt and made it big in Bollywooda So, in a similar fashion, he could also learn about Islam, Arabic and Urdu,” said Jamaluddin, 55.
His father’s words hit Kader Khan like a sledge-hammer and he immediately enrolled for and completed his MA in Islamic Studies & Arab Literature from Osmania University in 1993.
Adhering to his father’s wishes, he set up a team of experts in Mumbai and also at his bungalow in Pune’s posh Koregaon Park where he designed various Islamic courses for students from nursery to post-graduate levels covering Islamic tenets, Sharia laws and the like.
He followed up by opening the KK Institute of Arabic Language & Islamic Studies in Dubai and later in Canada to impart training in Arabic and Islamic laws as preached in the Holy Quran, said Jamaluddin.
“The secret was simplifying and interpreting the Quran for the common masses, creating an entire syllabus from nursery to post-graduation in Islamic studies in an easy-to-understand format with their meanings, which could be understood easily even by non-Muslims,” he added.
All his academic efforts were completed around 2005 and he felt very happy and satisfied at having fulfilled his father’s last desire, said Jamaluddin.
In September 2014, an ailing Kader Khan went on a Haj pilgrimage accompanied by some family members and aides, the videos of which went hugely viral on social networks globally.
“All his life, he strove to bring the common Muslims into the educational mainstream through his courses, wanted the Muslim youth to be academically and vocationally qualified to become independent and help advance the community in India,” Jamaluddin said.
Before his illness set in around seven years ago, he was planning to set up branches or study centres of the KK Institute in India, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Dubai and other countries, besides in Europe and work on many of them is at various stages.
(Quaid Najmi can be contacted at q.najmi@ians.in)
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
Mumbai : Kader Khan died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Toronto in Canada, a family member said here on Tuesday. He was 81. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan led the tributes to the veteran Bollywood actor-director-writer-comedian and Quranic scholar.
He is survived by his wife Hajra, son Sarfaraz, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
According to Ahmed Khan, a close relative, he passed away around 4 a.m. (IST). He added that the last rites will be held in a Toronto cemetery later in the day.
Reported to be critical and on a ventilator, rumours of Kader’s demise had been doing the rounds on social networks and some media outlets (not IANS), since the past five days, which left the family and other relatives traumatised.
He spent nearly four months in hospital, for various old-age related ailments including breathing issues and finally succumbed on December 31 evening (Toronto time).
Born on October 22, 1937 in Kabul, Afghanistan, to a Pashtun family, Kader Khan was educated in a municipal school and later graduated from Mumbai’s Ismail Yusuf College, Jogeshwari, a government-run institution.
An avid reader and a film-buff, he had a huge collection of books on various subjects related to filmmaking, acting, screenplay writing, penning story-dialogues and other departments, and had a mastery over Urdu.
Starting with his first film as an actor in “Daag” (1973), over the next 35 years he went on to act in over 300 films in memorable roles, and also wrote the story or dialogues for more than 250 films in Hindi and Urdu, starting with “Roti” (1974).
Some of his most memorable films as a comedian-character actor are: “Daag”, “Adalat”, “Bairaag”, “Parvarish”, “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, “Shalimar”, “Mr. Natwarlal”, “Suhaag”, “Dhan Daulat”, “Qurbani”, “Jwalamukhi”, “Abdullah”, “Naseeb”, “Ahista Ahista”, “Yaarana”, “Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai”, “Satte Pe Satta”, “Raaz”, “Desh Premee”, “Sanam Teri Kasam”, “Mehndi Rang Layegi”, “Himmatwala”, “Coolie”, “Ghar Ek Mandir”, “John Jaani Janardhan”, “Tawaif”, “Loha”, “Jawab Hum Denge”, “Shahenshah”, “Pyar Ka Mandir”, “Khoon Bhari Maang”, “Vardi”, “Baap Numbri, Beta Dus Numbri”, “Pyar Ka Devta”, “Saajan”, “Bol Radha Bol”, “Meherbaan”, “Aankhen”, “Eena Meena Deeka”, “Coolie No.1”, “Saajan Chale Sasural”, “Judaai”, “Dulhe Raja,” “Aunty No.1” and “Sooryavansham”.
He penned the story-dialogues for top-grossing films like: “Jawani Diwani”, “Benaam”, “Roti”, “Parvarish”, “Suhaag”, “Mr. Natwarlal, “Yaarana”, “Desh Premee”, “Khuddar”, “Sharaabi”, “Ganga Jamna Saraswati”, “Singhasan”, “Khoon Bhari Maang” and “Aunty No. 1”. He also produced a film, “Shama” in 1981.
Kader had contributed to several Amitabh-starring films like “Amar Akbar Anthony”, “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Laawaris” and “Coolie” as a writer.
“Kader Khan passes away. Sad, depressing news. My prayers and condolences. A brilliant stage artiste, most compassionate and accomplished talent on film. A writer of eminence…in most of my very successful films. A delightful company and a mathematician,” Amitabh tweeted on Tuesday.
Veteran actor Dharmendra expressed his grief on Twitter. He wrote: “It is so sad. We have lost another loving co-star. Jannat naseeb ho Kader Bhai!”
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, on the other hand, wondered why was Kader in Canada during the time of his death. “Kader Khan has given so much to our entertainment industry…What a sad start to 2018. There is a lesson to be learnt from Kader Khan’s death in a foreign country. We need to take better better care of our artistes so that they don’t feel neglected,” he said.
Actor Anupam Kher hailed Kader as “one of the finest actors of our country”. The two had worked together in films like “ChaalBaaz”, “Meherbaan” and “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan”.
“It was a joy and a learning experience to be on the sets with him. His improvisational skills were phenomenal. His humour was eternal and original. He was a wonderful writer. We will miss him and his brilliance,” he tweeted.
Kader’s death has left filmmaker Anees Bazmee feeling sad. “Had the privilege to work with him as a writer in ‘Aankhen’, ‘Raja Babu’, ‘Shola Aur Shabnam’, ‘Bol Radha Bol’, ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’ and direct him in my debut film ‘Hulchul’. RIP Kader Khan. You shall always be missed,” he tweeted.
Apart from members of the film fraternity, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several political leaders also condoled his death.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
New Delhi : The revised triple talaq bill, which the government is keen on pushing through Parliament, could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the opposition insisted on sending it to a select committee. The treasury benches said the passage of the bill is being delayed deliberately.
The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day. Both sides accused the other of “doing politics”.
When the House met for the post-lunch sitting following an earlier adjournment, the Deputy Chairman said that the House will be taking up the triple talaq bill, passed by the Lok Sabha last week. However, opposition members were on their feet demanding that the bill be sent to the select committee.
Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the government has been disregarding since 1993 the practice of sending important bills to the standing committee for legislative scrutiny.
“Since the government does not send such bills to the standing committee, the opposition in the Rajya Sabha is forced to fight for sending them to select committee,” he said.
Azad said the bill would affect crores of people in a positive or negative way and its scrutiny by parliament was essential. He said the opposition parties want to move a resolution that the bill should be sent to select committee.
Referring to the protest in the House by AIADMK members over a proposed dam on Cauvery river, he said 90 per cent of the opposition parties want the House to function.
Trinamool Congress member Derek O’Brien said most opposition parties are united in their demand for select committee and are willing to debate and pass it after due parliamentary scrutiny. He said he had given notice for sending the bill to select committee.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel said that the opposition is delaying the passage of the bill by demanding scrutiny by select committee.
“A message should go to the country that the opposition is creating road blocks to the passage of the bill. They are not in favour of Muslims. They are not in favour of giving women their rights. They are doing politics,” he said.
“We are ready to debate it. The debate should begin now,” he added.
As the stalemate persisted, the Deputy Chairman adjourned the House for 15 minutes. When the House reassembled, opposition members were again on their feet, persisting with their demand.
Congress leader Anand Sharma said the minister has cast aspersions on the opposition and made false allegations.
He said the opposition is not opposed to the bill. “The government is doing politics. Without legislative scrutiny, the bill cannot be passed,” he said.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the issue concerns humanity.
“Triple talaq is taking place despite Supreme Court outlawing it. The bill should not be delayed. The government is willing to consider suggestions of the opposition,” he said.
Harivansh had earlier expressed his anguish over repeated adjournments of the House, saying the entire country is watching.
He said people are seeing that Lok Sabha is conducting its business but the upper house is not functioning.
—IANS
