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World's Oldest Man Dies at 138 in India
Habib Miyan played the clarinet in a maharajah's orchestra before retiring 70 years ago.
However, there is much dispute over his actual age. Although he said he was 138 years old, his pension book showed him to be a mere stripling at 129 - and the Guinness Book of Records has been unable to verify his age at all.
Miyan, who lived in Jaipur in western India, had no birth certificate but has collected a state pension for decades. He once worked in the court of the king of Jaipur - Raja Man Singh, where he played in the wind section of the orchestra.
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Jaipur's Muslim's: this is not jihad
JAIPUR: On Friday, the first jume ki namaz after Tuesday’s blasts tore the city apart, Johari Bazaar’s Jama Masjid echoed with the chants.
Along with Imam Syed Mufti Amjad Ali, worshippers prayed for peace to the departed souls, solace and strength to the injured and the affected families and reason in the minds of the terrorists.
“Let us pray to Allah to guide to perverted souls so that they start loving the human race and stop killing them without reason. Let us pray for those who were killed in the blasts and for those who sustained injuries. God may give strength to the families to bear the shock,” said the Imam. The devotees bowed in response.
“Jihad means saving people and guarding one’s religion. In India people from all religions live together peacefully and there is no threat to anyone so who is fighting with whom and for what? It cannot be termed ‘jehad’ in any sense,” the Imam later told DNA.
“Tamaam Muslim jammat ayesi vardaaton ki mukhalfat karti hai” (The whole Muslim community condemns such a ghastly act), he reiterated, adding people from all religions were affected by the blasts.
Tuesday’s blasts included 12 Muslims among the dead and 30 in the list of injured, a spokesperson of the Rajasthan Muslim Forum said. He said businesses of several traders from the community were also hit. “Terrorists don’t have any religion and they just want to disturb communal harmony in otherwise peaceful nations like India. At least 20% of the Muslim community suffered due to the blasts. Where is the jehad?” he wondered. JAIPUR: On Friday, the first jume ki namaz after Tuesday’s blasts tore the city apart, Johari Bazaar’s Jama Masjid echoed with the ch... more -
Friday namaz for Jaipur blast victims
JAIPUR: It was a prayer with a difference. On 16th May on Friday, thousands of Muslims, who congregated at the Jama Masjid at Johri Bazar, offered "special namaz" in memory of serial blast victims.
The chief Imam (Syed Amzad Ali) led the devotees in grieving over the tragedy and in condemning the terror attack. He said "Killing an innocent person is like killing the entire humanity and saving an innocent is considered saving the entire humanity," while reciting the holy Quran sermons. He strongly condemned the blasts that claimed 63 lives and left over 250 injured.
Imams at other mosques in the city also talked peace. Soon after the prayers, a meeting was called by Muslim clerics to discuss the situation arising out of the blasts. At the meeting also, special prayers were held.
There were condemnations all around. Sahnawaz Khan of Lohari mosque ghat gate said the perpetrators of terror have nothing to do with any religion. "There motive was to drive a wedge between Hindus and Muslims," he said and added their purpose won't be served.
This Friday's prayers were held amid high security. Police teams were seen frisking devotees before they entered the mosque. Volunteers also kept a strict vigil on the prayer venue. JAIPUR: It was a prayer with a difference. On 16th May on Friday, thousands of Muslims, who congregated at the Jama Masjid at Johri Ba... more -
Indian Muslim Council in US denounces Jaipur blasts
An organisation of Indian Muslims in the US have condemned the jaipur blasts and appealed for calm.
Rasheed Ahmed, President of Indian Muslim Council (USA), said:
"This is yet another dishonourable and immoral act committed on our society aimed at disturbing peace and harmony of the city's residents. It deserves denunciation by all people of conscience,"
Terrorism goes against Islam, the attacks killed both Hindu's and Muslims. Muslims and Hindu's alike donated blood to help the victims of the blast and worked to form peace groups in the city. An organisation of Indian Muslims in the US have condemned the jaipur blasts and appealed for calm. ... more -
Jaipur blasts bring the best out of people of all faiths
While the blasts intentions were to destroy the communal harmony, the opposite has happened, it has bought out the best of people from all the faiths Hindu's, Muslim's etc
Dera Sacha's sevadars have donated blood.
The Nirankaris of Jaipur have joined relief work in a big way. They have opened a 24-hour langar (kitchen) and have donated 150 units of blood.
The blast also prompted a group of Muslim youths who call themselves Pathan Chowk Vikas Samiti into action. Shahid Khan, an advocate and the group's leader, says that the decision to help the blast victims was carried out with rapidfire immediacy. "We not only helped lift the dead but also carried the injured to the hospital. Thirty of our members have donated blood," he says. While the blasts intentions were to destroy the communal harmony, the opposite has happened, it has bought out the best of people from... more -
Muslim countries condemn Jaipur terror attacks.
Muslim countries across the globe have condemned the terrorist attacks in Jaipur which were created with the intent to sabotage communal harmony in India.
President of Afghanistan, Karzai said in his statement:
"The people of Afghanistan who have suffered from terrorism over the past several years share the pain and sadness of the people of India,”
Other Muslim countries who have condemned the blasts include Bangladesh, Pakistan and UAE along with Non-Muslim countries such as Canada and Austrailia. Terrorism is un-Islamic as it violates the sanctity of life by killing innocent people. Muslim countries across the globe have condemned the terrorist attacks in Jaipur which were created with the intent to sabotage commun... more -
UAE condemns Jaipur blasts
On 14th May in Dubai The United Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned the blasts in Jaipur and extended its support to India in its fight against terrorism.
“The UAE vehemently condemns the blasts in Jaipur and extends full support to India’s efforts to fight terrorism,” UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said, according to state run Emirates News Agency (WAM).
“We extend our sympathies to those injured and pray for their speedy recovery,” Al Nahyan said.
The terrorist attacks go against Islam's principle of sanctity of life, the attacks have been condemned by Muslim organisations and countries. On 14th May in Dubai The United Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned the blasts in Jaipur and extended its support to India in its f... more -
Muslims protest against Jaipur blasts.
New Delhi , May 15 (ANI): Muslims led by one of the prominent leaders of the BJP Shahnawaz Hussain protested against Jaipur bomb blasts and called for strict measures to deal with terrorism in New Delhi today.
Shahnawaz Hussain said the community will fight against terrorism by all means.
“The Muslim community in India has taken a pledge to come together and fight against terrorism. As a minority community we appeal to the central government to take some strict action on this issue,” said Hussain.
The blasts killed both Muslims and Hindus, other quite recent terrorist attacks included a Mosque (Mecca Masjid) and Hindu Temples, it is thought they were done to spread hatred between the two communities. The attacks have been condemned by Indian Muslim organisations aswell as UAE and the Afghan president. New Delhi , May 15 (ANI): Muslims led by one of the prominent leaders of the BJP Shahnawaz Hussain protested against Jaipur bomb blast... more -
Indian Muslim organizations condemn Jaipur blasts, demand impartial enquiry
Muslim organisations across India have condemned the horrific terrorist attacks.
Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadees Hind has called the Jaipur bombings inhuman, barbarous and condemnable.
Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi Salfi secretary of the organisation in a statement said people behind attacks want to sabotage communal harmony in the country, and demanded the government to conduct a impartial enquiry into the attacks, and bring the culprits to book and urged people to maintain peace. He also expressed his sympathy with the relatives of the victims.
Other Muslim organisations which condemned the blasts include; The Aligarh Alumni Association of Metropolitan Washington (AAA), Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH). Terrorism violates the Quran as terrorism does not value sanctity of life. Muslim organisations across India have condemned the horrific terrorist attacks. ... more -
Jaipur: A harmonious city
With the terrorist attacks putting Jaipur in the spotlight how is the city normally?
Muslims and Hindus live peacefully side by side according to NDTV news. Peace groups have been formed to keep the peace consisting of both Hindu's and Muslims. The community liaison group has 150 members.
''Mine is the only Hindu house in this lane but I feel no threat or fear,'' said Mohan Prasad Ranavat, community liaison group member (CLG).
However The terrorist attack in Jaipur has scared many people especially women.
''The population of Ramganj is four and a lakh people... But you've seen how everyone works together like brothers,'' said Hukum Chand, convenor.
''Our blood is the same and no one can divide us. We are taking on the terrorists and their terror,'' said another local. With the terrorist attacks putting Jaipur in the spotlight how is the city normally? ... more -
Curfew in historic Indian city a day after blasts
Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.
The blasts within minutes of each other brought fears that Pakistani or Bangladeshi Islamist militant groups were trying to undermine a fragile peace process between India and Pakistan. But police have not yet blamed any particular group.
Bombs, many strapped to bicycles, exploded by a main temple and markets inside the pink-walled city. Slippers, broken pieces of glass and bits of clothes littered the main market place.
Towards sunset, as the curfew ended, curious residents drifted towards the blast sites to quietly stare at the rubble and mangled vehicles still lying around a day later. A handful of shops reopened for business.
"It was very scary and most of us just ran as there was smoke and cries for help in every direction," said Anil Saxena, a businessman at a popular jewellery market.
Authorities cleaned a blood-splattered street in front of Hawa Mahal, or the "palace of wind", a five-storied sandstone building built by a Hindu king for his queen in 1799 AD.
Officials said they still did not know which group was responsible for the bombings.
"We have detained two to three persons for questioning," Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Rajasthan state, told reporters on Wednesday. "We have got slender leads, but not a definite lead in the case." Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bom... more -
Jaipur blasts: Woman suicide bomber suspected India
The police have launched a massive hunt for a woman who allegedly promised Rs100,000 to a rickshaw puller to carry out the terror attacks that killed 80 people.
"We are looking for a woman, identified as Meena, who tried to lure a rickshaw puller, Vijay, to carry out the attacks," a police officer said on the condition of anonymity.
Vijay, a resident of Mumbai who suffered minor shrapnel injures, told the police that Meena lives near one of the blast sites. No further details of the woman's role in the bombings were available.
According to the police, the first blast took place around 7.15 pm (local time) in the crowded Johari Bazaar. Within 15 minutes seven more blasts occurred in adjoining areas of the walled city.
The sites were near a Hanuman Mandir, which was milling with devotees, near the tourist attraction Hawa Mahal, at Badi Chaupad, Tripolia Bazar as well as Chandpole.
A team of Delhi Police's Special Cell, which fights terrorism, and officials from Maharashtra police's anti-terrorism squad have also arrived in Jaipur to assist the local police.
Inspector General of Police Pankaj Singh told reporters that a lethal combination of high velocity RDX explosives, ammonium nitrate and heavy pellets were used in the explosions.
"We cannot comment about the organisation behind the terrorist attack." The police have launched a massive hunt for a woman who allegedly promised Rs100,000 to a rickshaw puller to carry out the terror atta... more -
Jaipur blasts suspect's sketch released-India
Rajasthan police have released the sketch of a 25-year-old man with medium height who is suspected to be behind the Jaipur blasts in which 80 people were killed.
Inspector General of Police Pankaj Singh said the sketch was prepared on the basis of statement given by the owner of a cycle shop from where the suspected terrorists purchased cycles used to trigger the blasts with the help of explosives.
The sketch would be displayed at all important places, Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said. He said several people might have been involved in planting the bombs and the number may be more or less than nine teams.
Kataria said two shops were identified in the walled city where from the terrorists bought cycles used in the explosions.
A rickshaw puller identified as Vijay, injured in the blasts, was being questioned as he claimed that a lady had approached him for hire to carry a new cycle to an area near Hawa Mahal, one of the sites of the terror attack, about 45 minutes before the blasts.
The rickshaw puller is undergoing treatment in hospital. The Home Minister said as of now "we could not say which terrorist outfit was involved in the blast". Rajasthan police have released the sketch of a 25-year-old man with medium height who is suspected to be behind the Jaipur blasts in w... more -
Curfew in Indian City After Blasts
Indian authorities imposed a daylong curfew in the historic city of Jaipur on Wednesday, the day after serial bombs tore through the pink-walled center of this western Indian city, killing 63 people and wounding more than 100.
Police officers and civic leaders shooed people off the streets in hopes of avoiding any Hindu-Muslim tension, and foreign tourists were restricted to their hotel rooms.
It was the first terrorist attack in many months. There were no further leads on who may have been responsible for the Tuesday evening bombings, eight explosions in all, according to A. S. Gill, director general of police for Rajasthan state, of which Jaipur is the capital.
“The intention obviously was to create communal disturbances,” he said, adding that nothing of the sort had yet materialized. “It’s totally peaceful.”
The police were interrogating several people, Mr. Gill said. The explosives had been attached to bicycles, the mangled ruins of which were found at the site.
India has already blamed “foreign terrorists" for the bombings, a phrase that usually refers to neighbor and nuclear rival Pakistan. Pakistan, however, has offered swift condemnation.
The blasts stand to test the peace process under way between the two countries, particularly under the stewardship of Pakistan’s newly elected government. The Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is due to visit Islamabad, the Pakistan capital, next week.
The bombs targeted the dense warrens of the 18th century walled city. One bomb went off in front of a temple to the Hindu god, Hanuman, which is particularly crowded with worshippers on Tuesdays. Others exploded within minutes of each other at busy intersections and in markets thronged with shoppers, including the popular Johri Bazaar, lined with jewelers. The dead and wounded included both Hindus and Muslims.
The police said nearly 40 funerals were expected to take place on Monday, and the curfew was intended to prevent inflaming communal passions.
In the pink stucco bazaar of the walled city on Wednesday morning, shops that normally peddle sweets, gold, and curled Rajasthani slippers were all shuttered. Onlookers wandered through the lanes to ogle at the bloody remains, only to be chased away when the curfew took effect.
“Hey brothers, why are you crowding around?” Ram Babu Agarwal, the member of a peace committee shouted.
“There is no communal thinking, only human sympathy,” declared Anwar Shah, a burly member of the Johri Bazaar mosque committee, as he patrolled the streets of this neighborhood hectoring people to stay inside.
The Indian federal government dispatched explosives experts Tuesday night, and put several major cities on alert, including New Delhi.
Although Jaipur, known as the pink city, is a popular tourist destination, mid-May, the peak of the Indian summer, is not a busy season, and no foreigners were killed or injured in the blast, according to police and hospital officials here.
Jitender Narwani, 31, had been offering prayers at the temple, when one of the bombs went off. Shrapnel punctured his legs.
Shahid, 16, a candle maker, had gone for a sip of water from a public tap in an area called Tripolia market when there was another blast.
Subhana Khan, 4, was shopping with her mother and two aunts in Johri Bazaar; they were all about to board a rickshaw at the time of another explosion. All but the little girl were killed.
The last major bombing in India was in August, when a pair of bombs went off in an outdoor auditorium and restaurant in the southern city of Hyderabad, killing more than 40.
Two years ago, serial blasts along the commuter train line in Mumbai, the country’s commercial capital, killed nearly 200. Indian authorities imposed a daylong curfew in the historic city of Jaipur on Wednesday, the day after serial bombs tore through the p... more -
Bombings in Western India have left several dead
JAIPUR, India - Five bombs ripped through crowded parts of an ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 100 others, police said.
The explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draw hundreds of thousands of Indian and foreign tourists every year, said A.K. Jain, a top police official in Jaipur.
Rajasthan's police chief, A.S. Gill, put the death toll at 30.
"Obviously, it's a terrorist plot," he told reporters. "The way it has been done, the attempt was to cause the maximum damage to human life."
He added bicycles may have been used in the bombings. But he did not say if the explosives were detonated by suicide bombers riding through the crowds or if the bombs had simply been planted on parked bicycles.
Authorities put New Delhi, India's capital, and Mumbai, the country's financial center, on high alert along with several other cities shortly after the bombings, which began just before 7:30 p.m.
One the blasts in Jaipur reportedly hit a market near a temple dedicated to the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. Tuesday is the day of worship set aside for Hanuman, and the temple was packed with people offering prayers on the way home from work.
The Press Trust of India news agency said another blast took place near the Johari Bazaar — the city's jewelry market, a popular destination for tourists. The tourist season ended in March and there were no immediate indications that foreigners had been caught in the explosions.
Bombings have plagued India since 2005. Last year, two explosions killed 43 people in the southern city of Hyderabad; seven bombings along Mumbai's commuter rail network killed nearly 200 people in July 2006, and three New Delhi markets were bombed in October 2005, killing 62 people.
There have also been a number of smaller explosions, and India has repeatedly blamed the attacks on Islamic militant groups backed by neighbor and rival Pakistan — an allegation Islamabad routinely denies.
While Indian officials had not yet openly blamed Pakistan-based militants for Tuesday's attack, Jaiswal, the junior home minister, suggested the bombings were connected to previous explosions
"The blasts are part of a big conspiracy," he told reporters. JAIPUR, India - Five bombs ripped through crowded parts of an ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and... more -
7 major blasts in Jaipur, India; 80 feared dead and 200+ more injured
Seven major blasts occurred in the walled city area in Jaipur, the Capital of Rajastan Province in India 265 km away from New Delhi Capital. The blasts occurred at 7:35pm(IST) on Tuesday evening.
The blasts rocked different parts of Jaipur on Tuesday evening. All took place in densely populated areas. One of the explosions took place in a car, reports say. Three of the blasts took place in Manik chowk, Tripolia bazaar and Chandpole.
The blast that took place in Chandpole is being attributed to an exploding cylinder. There are no reports of any death or injury so far. District administration has swung into action and concerned authorities have reportedly reached the spot.
More information will follow.
Update 01: 07 Blasts within a time span of 20 minutes, 08th Bomb Defused
At least 50 to 60 people have died while 100 have been injured. Terrorists set off the powerful bomb blasts at crowded markets in Jaipur in a span of 20 minutes.
A senior police officer said that the blasts were of high intensity. The bombs were reported to have been planted on cycles. Four of the blasts took place within a radius of one kilometer.
''Most injured have been taken to hospital. I cannot confirm the number of people dead now,'' Arvind Jain, ADG, Crime, told NDTV.
The Minister of State for Home Affairs has said that use of RDX and involvement of foreign hand is suspected in the blasts.
Sources have said that the bombs may have been planted on bicycles.
As many as 15 injured people have been taken to Sawai Madho hospital. The blasts have been confirmed by the military intelligence.
As per the Home Ministry sources, the blasts occurred at crowded market places of the city including Hawa Mahal, Johri Bazaar, Tripolia, Chandpol and Bari Choppad, which are thickly populated areas of Jaipur. The blasts took place between 7.15 pm and 7.45 pm.
Four of the blast sites are within the range of one km.
Speaking to NDTV, the Director General of Rajasthan Police said, ''It is a terror attack.''
The Centre has sent National Security Guards to Jaipur. Seven major blasts occurred in the walled city area in Jaipur, the Capital of Rajastan Province in India 265 km away from New Delhi Ca... more -
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