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TCN Statement on the Arrest of Journalist Irfan Mehraj
TCN has learned that one of our editorial contributors Mr. Irfan Mehraj has been arrested by India's National Intelligence Agency on March 20th, 2023 in connection with an NGO terror funding case registered in 2020. Irfan worked as a research associate in Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies during the period under investigation.
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ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अच्छी फसल के बावूजद आलू किसानों में मायूसी, बोले किसान , इनके पास जातियों का डाटा, फसलों का नही !
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर के चुड़ियाला गांव के लोकेंद्र चौधरी ने इस बार 60 बीघा ज़मीन में आलू की खेती की है। इस बार आलू की पैदावार अच्छी हुई है। एक किसान के लिए अच्छी पैदावार वरदान होती है मगर लोकेन्द्र मानते हैं कि अधिक उत्पादन वरदान नही बल्कि अभिशाप बन गया है। मंडी में आलू 3 रुपये किलो...
In Delhi, 7 ‘gau rakshaks’, including cops, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them
On March 7, seven men, including three police personnel, thrashed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara area.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Seven men, including three police personnel, allegedly attacked, thrashed and robbed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara on March 7.
The incident occurred near Anand Vihar when the car of a meat vendor hit a scooter on the...
JKSSB exams postponed, aspirants approach SC over hiring of blacklisted agency to conduct tests
The postponement has come amid growing protests by aspirants over the administration’s decision to hire tainted Aptech Limited to conduct the exams.
Ubair ul Hameed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — On March 14, the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) announced the postponement of the computer-based written test (CBT) for recruitment for 972 vacant positions across several government departments....
Jamia violence case: Delhi HC adjourns plea against trial court order discharging 11 accused
Incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 erupted after a clash between the police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on the police’s plea against the trial court’s order discharging 11 accused including Sharjeel Imam in the Jamia violence case.
Justice...
Karnataka: Sri Rama Sena leader held guilty by court in hate speech case
On January 2, 2015, Siddalinga Swami delivered a speech against Muslims at a public function organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) at the Government Junior College Grounds in Yadgir.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
YADGIR (KARNATAKA) — Karnataka local court on Friday held Sri Rama Sena state President Siddalinga Swamy, pontiff of Karuneshwara Mutt in Andola, guilty of hate speech.
The Karnataka...
Why did SC dismiss curative petition for additional compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims?
Activists have criticized the apex court judgment saying the court did not care about the closure for the victims.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — On March 14, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the curative petition filed by the government of India seeking additional compensation of Rs 7413 crores from US-based Union Carbide Corporation (now Dow Chemicals), which...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
https://twocircles.net/2023mar10/448581.html
Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear among the Muslim community of the state.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Sudden spurt in communal violence incidents has left the Muslim community in Bihar anxious, with many saying that the incidents are “an attempt to...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing her body into pieces and dumping them at different spots.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — In a horrifying incident, the Budgam district police in central Kashmir arrested a man for murdering a young woman,...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक में चार साल, छात्र है बेहाल
आसिफ इकबाल | Twocircles.net
बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन उनके इस सपने के आगे उनका वीर कुंवर विश्वविद्यालय अड़चन बनकर खड़ा हो गया, जहां से वे परास्नातक कर रही हैं। उन्होंने 2020 में दाखिला लिया था, लेकिन विश्वविद्यायल में इन तीन वर्षों में पहले...
Maharashtra: Hindutva rally calls for economic boycott of Muslims
Several leaders addressed the rally and made speeches against alleged ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’ in the state.
TCN Special Correspondent | TwoCircles.net
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — Calls for the economic boycott of the minority Muslim community were made on Sunday during a rally organised by Hindutva organizations in Maharashtra’s Mira Road.
The ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha’ was organised by the Sakal...
MP: How a Khandwa court sentenced 37 Muslims to 7 years in prison
Despite contradictions in the testimonies of the witnesses, Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sessions court sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in prison for allegedly taking part in an "unlawful assembly" and "attacking policemen."
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Relying on the statements of only policemen, the Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in...
‘Justice half-done,’ say families of three youth killed in Kashmir fake encounter
An Army court on Monday sentenced an Army captain to life imprisonment for his involvement in a staged gunfight in Shopian in 2020.
Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — The families of three youngsters who were killed in a fake encounter by the Indian Army on July 18, 2020, in South Kashmir's Shopian district have expressed their satisfaction...
Bihar: Muslim man ‘lynched on suspicion of carrying beef’, three arrested
A mob allegedly intercepted Naseem Qureshi & his nephew Firoz at Jogia village and beat them up over allegations of carrying beef. Naseem died of injuries sustained due to the beating.
Sana Ejaz
PATNA (BIHAR) — A 50-year-old Muslim man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Siwan on Wednesday morning after a mob allegedly thrashed him the day before...
Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts
33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM).
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
“Miya Biwi razi toh kya karega Nazi”. (“What can a Nazi do if the husband and wife mutually agree.)”
“I am Fatima. I am Savitri.”
“Yes, I am a feminist. No, I don’t hate any...
महिला दिवस पर विशेष : सलीम भाई बनकर चाय की दुकान चलाती है ‘बानो’
सिमरा अंसारी। TwoCircles.net
राजधानी दिल्ली में देश की एक नामी यूनिवर्सिटी के पास ही एक चाय की दुकान है। इस दुकान के बाहर चाय का इंतज़ार कर रहे छात्र देश-दुनिया की बातों में मशगूल हैं। दुकान के एक कोने में छोटे-छोटे बाल, कुर्ता-पेंट और वेस्ट कोट पहना शख्स चाय बना रहा है। इतने में आवाज़ लगती है, सलीम भाई… दो...
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar is expressing politics through art
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based community projects in her neighbourhood for the past three years.
Arbab Ali | New Delhi
NEW DELHI — If you’ve met young activists at recent protest rallies in Delhi, you would’ve noticed tiny badges pinned onto their bags...
A fashion designer turns her village home into garment manufacturing unit
Tabassum Jabeen's entrepreneurial journey began amidst the Covid lockdown.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A whirring sound from a nondescript building in the middle of lush fields breaks the silence of a pleasant winter morning in Islampur, a village 300 km off Patna, in West Champaran, Bihar.
Inside, dozen-odd men are busy sewing the next batch of kurtas, that should be...
Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce
Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
MAHARASHTRA — The desire to empower artists and artisans from local Dalit communities in Wardha, Maharashtra, brought five local youths Diksha Naranje, Kapil Wankhede, Sonali M, Santoshi Pattem and Sundeep Pattem, who are all Dalits themselves,...
Giving shoes a new life in Patna
Shazia Qaiser runs the state’s first shoe laundry service.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A black and green board reading “Revival: Service Centre for footwear and leather goods” stands out among residential buildings in a narrow, quiet lane off the hustle and bustle of Boring Canal Road, Patna’s business street. The board leads the way to an apartment full...
Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance
The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by the student during his time at IIT Bombay.
TCN Special Correspondent
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — The enquiry committee constituted by the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay to investigate the allegations of discrimination against its student, Darshan Solanki, has revealed in its...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट। यूपी के इस गांव में कॉलेज के लिए ग्रामीणों ने मुफ्त में दी थी 20 बीघा ज़मीन, सरकार ने कॉलेज बनाने में लगा दिए 25 साल
उत्तर प्रदेश के सहारनपुर में 1990 में एक दर्जन गांवों ने अपने क्षेत्र में इंटर कॉलेज के लिए मुहिम चलाई, ताकि इस इलाके के लोगों खासकर बच्चियों को शिक्षा के लिए भटकना न पड़े। गांव वालों ने सरकार को 20 बीघा ज़मीन भी उपलब्ध कराई मगर सरकार ने स्कूल की इमारत बनाने में करीब 25 साल लगा दिए हालात...
प्रेरणा : ग़रीब बच्चों को ‘नेशनल सेलर’ बनाने वाले जिद्दी कोच सुहेम शेख की नायाब कहानी, देश को दे चुका है 6 नेशनल चैंपियन
मोहम्मद जमीर हसन। Two circles.net
हैदराबाद की रहने वाली प्रीति कोंगारा ने 2023 के एशियाई खेलों के लिए क्वालिफाई किया है। वे यह उपलब्धि हासिल करने वाली तेलंगाना की पहली महिला सेलर हैं। प्रीति बेहद गरीब घर से ताल्लुक रखती हैं और उनके परिवार में से किसी का दूर-दूर तक सेलिंग से वास्ता नहीं रहा है। खुद प्रीति ने कक्षा-8...
Ayodhya mosque finally gets go ahead, construction to begin soon
Apart from a mosque, a library, a community kitchen and a hospital are also proposed in the mega project.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI - The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has finally given sanction for the construction of the Ayodhya Masjid mandated by the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
The construction of the grand mosque in the holy city...
Cow acts as surrogate mother of human beings, observes Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court called for the Central government to declare the cow as "protected national animal," and ban its slaughter.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Those who slaughter cows and let others kill the sacred animal are deemed to rot in hell for as many years as there are hairs on his body, observed the Allahabad High Court while...
‘My children ask me when their father will be home:’ jailed activist Khalid Saifi’s wife
On February 26, social activist Khalid Saifi completed three years in jail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A court in Delhi had discharged Saifi and Umar Khalid in the case in December last year, but both had to remain in jail as they are also charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in another case related to an...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “पुलिस ने मेरे बेगुनाह शौहर की हत्या की” हिरासत में पिटाई से ख़दीर की मौत पर पत्नी का आरोप
तेलंगाना में मेदक पुलिस ने खदीर को चोरी के इल्जाम में गिरफ्तार किया था, गिरफ्तारी के बाद बेतहाशा पिटाई से खदीर की तबीयत बिगड़ गई और उसे स्थानीय अस्पताल भर्ती कराया गया जहां 16 फरवरी को गांधी हॉस्पिटल में इलाज के दौरान ख़दीर की मौत हो गई। ख़दीर की पत्नी सिध्देश्वरी का कहना है कि मेरे पति की हत्या...
DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational institutions
Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the psychosocial consequences of such practices.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — N. Sukumar is a professor at Delhi University’s Department of Political Science. His new book ‘Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities - A Critical...
हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है। फैसले के अनुसार अदालत ने मामले में गांव के ही युवक संदीप को दोषी सिद्ध कर दिया है जबकि आरोपी बनाए गए तीन अन्य युवक बरी कर दिए गए हैं। यह फैसला हाथरस की एससीएसटी...
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years after riots
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the economic toll after the loss of property and livelihood.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Shiv Vihar in northeast Delhi was one of the worst-affected areas during the 2020 Delhi riots. At least 60 houses belonging to...
‘Govt doesn’t care about religious minorities in Kashmir:’ Kashmiri Pandit leader after fresh killing
In the latest attack, a Kashmiri Pandit man was shot dead by suspected militants in the Pulwama district on Sunday.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — A Kashmiri Pandit, employed as a bank security guard, was shot and killed by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, marking yet another targeted attack against the minority community...
Muslim leaders’ pictures missing in Congress advertisment, party apologises
The full-page advertisement which was published in dailies on the third day of the plenary session on Saturday, featured Congress leaders of the past.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI – Pictures of several historical Muslim leaders were missing in the Congress advertisement marking the party’s 85th plenary of the party.
A fresh controversy sparked on Sunday after an advertisement on...
एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के बाद जुनैद और नासिर के लिए इंसाफ की मांग को लेकर हजारों की संख्या में लोगों ने फिरोजपुर झिरका रोड के अंबेडकर सर्किल पर प्रदर्शन भी किया। वहीं भरतपुर के घटमीका गांव में आरोपियों की...
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन ने सभी पदों पर चुनाव जीत लिया है और इसे सामाजिक न्याय की जीत बताया है। हैदराबाद छात्र संघ में एक और ऐतिहासिक बात हुई है वो यह है कि एक ट्रांसजेंडर छात्र ऋतिक ने...
‘Country in state of lawlessness,’ student bodies on killing of Nasir & Junaid
At a protest on Friday at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, student bodies urged the government to arrest the accused in the killing of two Muslim men in Haryana.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Student bodies on Friday protested at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the killing of two Muslim youths allegedly by cow vigilantes in Haryana and demanded the...
This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Started by social activist Aasif Mujtaba, the Sunrise Public School in Loni, Ghaziabad offers free education to children from riot-affected families.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Khushi sits unusually quiet in her classroom, as she looks away from other students. “She is not smiling today,” said her teacher Islamuddin.
“It’s been three years, but I still feel like it...
Bihar: One arrested in Muslim man’s death in Samastipur; police deny communal angle
A Muslim labourer Mohammad Fayaz from Samastipur in Bihar was allegedly beaten up by few Hindu men at their house leading to his death.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — In Bihar's Samastipur district, a Muslim man died after being allegedly beaten up by his employers at their house.
Mohammad Fayaz, 45, a resident of Balabhadrapur village in Samastipur district of...
Bhiwani killings: ‘Will not retreat until all accused arrested,’ say Rajasthan locals after admin serves notice
In the notice dated February 23, protestors were ordered to be present at the court of the sub-divisional magistrate, Pahari on February 27 and inform why they should not be restrained for six months in order to maintain peace.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN) — 12 persons who participated in a sit-in protest demanding justice for two Muslim youths...
‘Won’t injunct media’, SC refuses plea to gag media from reporting Adani-Hindenburg issue
The Hindenburg report released last month sparked a heated debate about the business practices of one of India’s largest companies and raises serious questions about the ethics and legality of Adani Group’s operations.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will not injunct media on carrying reports on the Hindenburg report on the Adani...
2020 Delhi riots: ‘My soul trembles when I recall that day,’ shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market yet to recover from loss, trauma
Shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, where 97 shops were set ablaze during the 2020 Delhi riots, are still struggling to rebuild their lives with little help from the government.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Three years have passed since riots broke out in northeast Delhi but for shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, the memories of the day are still...
Property tax in J&K from April; political leaders oppose move
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered on Tuesday the imposition of property tax in municipal areas of the Union Territory from April 1.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU and KASHMIR) — A property tax will be levied in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir starting in April, according to a statement by the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The government...
Rajasthan govt not interested in contesting Rakbar Khan lynching case, claims prosecutor
Advocate Nasir Ali Naqvi, who is the public prosecutor in the case, said he would not be able to appear in the case unless his fee and conveyance bills were cleared.
TCN Special Correspondent
JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN) — A senior advocate appointed as the special public prosecutor (SPP) in the Rakbar Khan lynching case has claimed that the Rajasthan government was not...
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’ say research scholars
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized will only get more challenging.
Sufi Parween & Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Research scholars from marginalized communities face an uncertain future after the Narendra Modi government discontinued the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) given to...
टीपू सुल्तान को लेकर कर्नाटक में सियासी हलचल
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
टीपू सुल्तान की मौत के लगभग 220 साल बीत चुके हैं। लेकिन टीपू सुल्तान आज भी कर्नाटक की राजनीति में मुद्दा बने हुए हैं। कर्नाटक में इस साल विधानसभा चुनाव भी होने हैं ऐसे में तमाम विकास के मुद्दों को छोड़कर आखिर क्यों टीपू सुल्तान मुद्दा बनें हुए हैं। हालांकि कर्नाटक में 2019 में बीजेपी सरकार...
Is Urdu journalism dying in India?
With decreasing readers and lack of capital driving the news content, Urdu journalism in India is staring at an uphill task to compete with Hindi and English language journalism.
Ramsha Tausalkar | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Starting as a lashkari language meant prominently for the Indian army to communicate, Urdu has since then seeped into the daily lives of Indians. Contrary to popular...
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of evictions after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) served an eviction notice to residents last month.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — On January 11, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) served an eviction notice to more...
What led to communal clashes in Jharkhand’s Palamu?
The administration imposed section 144 and snapped the internet after a dozen people got injured in communal clashes that also saw two houses, six vehicles and shops damaged in the fire.
TCN Special Correspondent
RANCHI (JHARKHAND) - On February 15, a dozen people including policemen were injured and two houses, six vehicles and shops were set on fire after communal clashes...
Christians hold mass protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against ‘attacks on churches’
The demonstrators protested against the recent spate of violence faced by Christians in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places in the country.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Members of the Christian community staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday against alleged "attacks on churches, violence and arrests " in different parts of the...
‘Muslims have become demolition targets:’ Jamia Nagar residents on DDA demolitions
On February 15, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolished 50 structures in Jamia Nagar, a predominately Muslim majority neighbourhood in New Delhi. The area was home to nearly 300 people, mostly construction workers, rickshaw pullers, and domestic labourers.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Sameena, 50, a resident of Zakir Nagar H block in Jamia Nagar, a predominantly Muslim majority...
सवाल : आखिर कौन दे रहा है जुनैद और नासिर के हत्यारों को संरक्षण !
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हरियाणा में गाय की तस्करी के आरोप में नासिर और जुनैद को गाड़ी समेत जलानें की घटना को 48 घंटे हो चुके हैं। लेकिन मुख्य आरोपी मोनू मानेसर अभी भी सत्ता के रसूख के दम पर पुलिस की पकड़ से दूर हैं। उधर शनिवार शाम को दोनों मृतकों के परिजन आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी की मांग को...
I-T ‘survey’ operations at BBC India continue for 2nd day
Several opposition parties and press bodies have criticised the survey operations at BBC’s premises.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Income Tax (I-T) department ‘survey’ related operations at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai continued for the second day on Wednesday, IANS reported.
The ‘survey’ operations, which had begun on Tuesday at around 11.30 a.m., continued the whole day and even...
‘Clear case of vendetta:’ PCI condemns IT ‘surveys’ at BBC offices in Delhi, Mumbai
The Press Club of India (PCI) said it is deeply concerned and distressed that such an action on an international broadcasting network will damage the reputation and image of India as the largest democracy in the world.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Press Club of India (PCI) has strongly condemned the income tax “surveys” at the office of the...
MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram
Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — Three men have been arrested for torching and vandalising a church and a prayer hall in the Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
The church, located in the Chaukipura area...
Modi documentary fallout: Income Tax department searches BBC offices in Delhi, Mumbai
Reports said that documents were seized and phones and laptops of journalists were taken away during the searches and employees were asked not to call anyone.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Weeks after a huge controversy erupted over the BBC's documentary series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 2002 Gujarat riots, Income Tax officials today searched the BBC's...
Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay
Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense harassment and discrimination” on the campus from students, faculties and employees.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) – A day after the alleged suicide of 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan Solanki of IIT-Bombay, the Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle...
सीमांचल के 27 साल के साकिब ने नौकरी छोड़ गांव के बच्चों के लिए शुरू की लाइब्रेरी, अब मिल रही चौतरफा तारीफ
बिहार के सीमांचल में बच्चों की जिंदगी में खुशियां भरने के लिए 27 साल के नौजवान साकिब गांवों में लाइब्रेरी खोलने की मुहिम चला रहे हैं। उनकी लाइब्रेरी का नाम सावित्री बाई फुले है। साकिब ने इस मुहिम के लिए नौकरी तक छोड़ दी है।
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‘Love jihad rally in Mumbai was criminal, unconstitutional,’ say rights activists
27 rights organisations from Maharashtra have written a letter to the police urging them to act tough against hate speech and book the culprits.
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — Several Maharashtra-based organizations have come down heavily on the Sakal Hindu Samaj for hate-mongering and inflaming divisive sentiments during Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha rally held in Mumbai on January 29.
The organizations led by...
Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir
On March 6, 2020, the Centre constituted a three-member delimitation commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Desai to redraw the constitutional boundaries of the UT.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition challenging the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir, the LiveLaw reported.
A Bench comprising Justice...
‘Lower Court allowing appeal for survey is against High Court order:’ says Lucknow Mosque’s Imam
Additional District Judge-I (ADJ-I) Praful Kamal allowed the Hindu litigants to appeal in a lower court for a survey of the Teele Wali masjid in Lucknow.
TCN Special Correspondent
LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH) - The order passed by a district court allowing Hindu litigants to appeal for the survey of Lucknow’s 16-century Teelewali Wali Masjid is against the direction of Allahabad High...
Untouchables in predatory world of EdTech industry: Making a case for recognition of critical caste & technology studies
Digital learning carries with it the same biases and inequities that dominate the sphere of traditional education.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Rishab P, a recent engineering graduate, spent a large part of the COVID lockdowns fighting a losing battle while coming to terms with the idea of the digital divide. Urged by a relative, he took on the...
‘Nothing wrong with Chavhanke’s 2021 speech calling for Hindu Rashtra,’ proclaim his supporters
At a demonstration in support of Suresh Chavhanke at Jantar Mantar on February 5, offensive anti-Muslim speeches and proclamations to make India a Hindu nation was prevalent.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Nearly a month after the Supreme Court had pulled up Delhi Police for the delay in the investigation of hate speech against Sudarshan TV head Suresh Chavhanke, his supporters held a...
Noted SC lawyer Ehtesham Hashmi dies of heart attack in New Delhi
Advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, who died today aged 37, was well-known for fighting cases of victims of communal violence and often without fees.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — Noted Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist Ehtesham Hashmi died today morning due to a heart attack in New Delhi. He was 37.
He suffered a heart attack in the...
Can marginalised students in India dream of higher education in foreign universities?
Students from marginalized communities in India face multiple hurdles in accessing education abroad.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Tejas Harad, founder-editor of The Satyashodhak, an online portal which offers a critique of the caste system, has applied for admission in a PhD program for the fall semester at several US universities. He has received positive responses from a few universities...
मोदीनगर के ‘आसमोहम्मद’ ने पुलिस को लौटा दिए सड़क पर मिले 25 लाख
विशेष संवाददाता।Twocircles.net
मोदीनगर के 52 साल के आसमोहम्मद को आज खासी तारीफ मिल रही है। उनके घर बधाई देने वालों का तांता लगा हुआ है तमाम रिश्तेदार और पड़ोसी खुश है ,मगर आसमोहम्मद आज भी रोजाना की तरह भाड़ा लेकर गए हैं। वो ई- रिक्शा चलाते हैं। स्थानीय हीरो बन चुके आसमोहम्मद दिन भर में इसी ई-रिक्शे से लगभग 500...
Man lynched in Assam on suspicion of cow theft, 14 arrested
Police officials said that a man, identified as Naju Ali, was lynched in Assam's Sivasagar district on suspicion of cow theft.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
GUWAHATI (ASSAM) — A man was lynched in Assam’s Sivasagar district on suspicion of cow theft, officials said on Tuesday, adding that 14 people have been arrested so far.
Superintendent of Police of Sivasagar, Shuvrajyoti Borah said,...
MP: Two Muslim men stabbed in Khandwa; victims allege communal angle
Two Muslim men, including a mosque imam, were stabbed in Khandwa city of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday allegedly by a group of Hindu men.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — Two Muslim men, including an imam of a mosque, were stabbed and injured on their way to a mosque in Khandwa city of Madhya Pradesh allegedly by a group...
Widespread anxiety in J&K amid intensified anti-encroachment drive
The administration has recovered thousands of acres of state land throughout the Union Territory, and hundreds of structures erected on the encroached territory have been destroyed.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — Widespread anxiety is prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir amid the ongoing land retrieval drive launched by the administration, despite verbal assurances that farmers and impoverished...
Delhi court discharging Jamia students brings relief, spurs hope
Students of the Jamia Milia Islamia expressed relief after being discharged by a Delhi court on Saturday in a case connected to violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Mohd Shoaib, a student at Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, was one among 10 other students charged with...
Muslim Personal Law Board to approach Supreme Court on Assam child marriage issue
A case related to the minimum age of Muslim girls getting married is pending before the Supreme Court.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI – The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is preparing to approach the Supreme Court against the recent crackdown on child marriages in Assam, a member of its working committee said on Monday.
The decision was taken at...
‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader
The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR PRADESH) — Right-wing Hindutva outfit Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to check and end religious conversions and love-jihad across the country, IANS reported.
“Love Jihad” is a conspiracy theory disseminated by the Hindu right-wing in India...
Bhise’s visual expression of critical Ambedkarite imagery a landmark moment for mainstream Indian art
Vikrant Bhise’s recent work is influenced by the Dalit Panther movement.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Walking into the Centre for Contemporary Arts at Bikaner House in central Delhi, the first thing that catches one's attention is a towering canvas, women of various skin tones and communities frozen in a protest, arms raised, expressions determined and focused with glowing...
Bihar: Lack of sponsors derails national-level Karate player’s dream to attend international tournaments
25-year-old Zabir Ansari is a national-level Karate player from Bihar and has won many accolades but lack of sponsors is likely to derail his plans to attend upcoming international Karate competition in Canada.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
DARBHANGA (BIHAR) — A national-level Karate player Mohd Zabir Ansari (25), who created history last month by winning the gold medal in the 75...
2,258 people arrested in Assam after govt crackdown on ‘child marriages’
Women in different parts of the state have expressed displeasure against the move and demanded release of their husbands.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
GUWAHATI (ASSAM) – Continuing the statewide crackdown on child marriages, Assam Police have arrested a total of 2,258 people so far, an official said on Saturday.
Rajib Saikia, PRO of Assam Police, has said that the highest numbers of...
मुजफ्फरनगर में किसानों ने गाड़ दिया है बड़ा खूंटा, राकेश टिकैत ने किया महापंचायत का ऐलान
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मुजफ्फरनगर में एक और किसान आंदोलन का आगाज़ समझे जा रहे किसानों के धरने को एक सप्ताह पूरा हो गया है। किसानों के बीच गहरी हलचल के साथ भारतीय किसान यूनियन के प्रवक्ता राकेश टिकैत ने अब 10 फरवरी को महापंचायत का आह्वान कर दिया है। इस महापंचायत के ऐलान के साथ ही...
Yoga guru Ramdev accuses Muslims of terrorism, abducting Hindu women
Ramdev claimed that Islam and Christianity were obsessed with conversion while Hinduism taught its followers to do good.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In a provocative speech during a meeting of seers in Rajasthan, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev accused Muslims of resorting to terror and abducting Hindu women while comparing Hinduism to Islam.
According to a live video on Ramdev’s...
नुशीन अल ख़दीर : भारत की महिला क्रिकेट टीम को विश्व कप जिताने वाली कोच , ‘लेडी अनिल कुंबले’कहती थी दुनिया
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2005 के क्रिकेट महिला विश्व कप फाइनल में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत को एकतरफ़ा मैच में 98 रनों से शिकस्त दी थी। सेंचुरियन के इस मैदान में भारतीय महिला क्रिकेट की स्टार और सबसे क़रीबी दोस्त मिताली राज और नुशीन अल ख़दीर अचानक से खलनायक बन गई। कप्तान मिताली राज ने इस मैच में सिर्फ...
Why are minorities disappointed with Union Budget 2023?
Slashing the budget for minority affairs from Rs 5020 crore last year to Rs 3079 crore this year has led some to question the government's proclamation of development for all.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — The government's proposal to cut allocations for minorities in the latest union budget of 2023-24 has caused consternation among the minority community in the country,...
‘No transparency in anti-encroachment drive:’ Kashmir traders’ body as govt intensifies ‘state land’ retrieval campaign
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) held an urgent press conference today and urged the government to bring a formal order in the matter.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — Criticising the government for the ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve state land, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) today said that the anti-encroachment drive lacks...
आखिरकार पत्रकार सिद्दीक कप्पन को रिहाई मिली
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लगभग 28 महीने के बाद पत्रकार सिद्दीक कप्पन जेल से रिहा हो गए हैं। कोर्ट ने पत्रकार सिद्दीक कप्पन को एक-एक लाख रुपये की दो जमानतें और इसी धनराशि का मुचलका दाखिल करने पर जमानत पर रिहा करने का आदेश दिया था।पत्रकार सिद्दीक कप्पन को जमानत के लिए अदालत में श्योरिटी देने के एक दिन बाद गुरुवार सुबह...
बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा
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मोदी सरकार के दूसरे कार्यकाल का आखिरी बजट अल्पसंख्यकों के लिए मायूसी लेकर आया। पिछले वर्ष के मुकाबले इस वर्ष अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय के बजट में लगभग 1923 करोड़ रुपए की कटौती हुईं हैं। वर्ष 2023-2024 के लिए अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय के खाते में 3097 करोड़ रुपए आए हैं। इससे पहले केन्द्र सरकार ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों को दी जाने...
Haryana: Family accuses cow vigilantes of beating son to death
Family of a 22-year-old youth has accused cow vigilantes of thrashing him to death after branding him a cow smuggler in Nuh district, but police said he died in a road accident.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Police in Haryana’s Nuh district are yet to file the first information report (FIR) on the complaint of 22-year-old Muslim youth’s family members,...
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पटना से करीब 90 किमी पूरब में गंगा नदी किनारे दरियापुर गांव बसा है। यहां छोटे से मैदान में लड़कियां कबड्डी खेल रही हैं और एक 55 वर्षीय व्यक्ति इन बच्चियों को कबड्डी के गुर सिखा रहा है। उनकी गलतियां बता रहा है। ये शख्स हैं मोहम्मद इलियास। कबड्डी के...
देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल
तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और इसे पूरे देश मे प्रभावी करने की महत्वाकांक्षा भी जताते हैं। कॉंग्रेस इस योजना में घालमेल की बात कह रही है। हैदराबाद से यह ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट पढ़िए
मोहम्मद ज़मीर हसन।Twocircles.net
तेलंगाना के मुख्यमंत्री केसीआर राव ने...
231 days and counting: Sanitation workers at LHMC decry illegal termination
Sanitation employees from Lady Hardinge's Medical College (LHMC) and other institutions held a protest outside the Delhi hospital director's home on June 28 last year.
Arbab Ali and Ubair ul Hameed | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — On June 2 of last year, Neeta Ujainwal, 44, arrived for her regularly scheduled shift as a sanitation worker at Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, a...
“Was greeted with hearts full of love, not grenades,” Rahul Gandhi on concluding Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir
Gandhi said he did not take this Yatra for Congress or himself but for the country's people.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — Amid heavy snowfall, senior Congress leader and member of parliament Rahul Gandhi concluded his Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 30 with a rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in the Sonwar area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Leaders of...
They only come for the poor: Tughlakabad residents who received demolition notices
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) posted notices in over 1000 homes in Tughlakabad area of New Delhi earlier this month, causing consternation among residents.
Arbab Ali & Ubair al-Hameed | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Laxmi Devi, 44, left her home early on January 11 to work as a domestic helper in the neighbourhood of Govindpuri in south Delhi. She noticed...
Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus
Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief minister Nitish Kumar on prohibition.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A day after Bihar’s former chief minister and Dalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi urged deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav to plead with chief minister Nitish Kumar...
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi hoists national flag at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk
The Kanyakumari to Kashmir yatra started from the southern tip of the country on September 7 and will culminate today in Srinagar after 145 days and nearly 4,000 km later.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hoisted the national flag at Ghanta Ghar (clock tower) in the...
UP: 12 policemen booked in ‘fake encounter’ of Muslim farmer
The court ordered the registration of a case against 12 police personnel based on the complaint of the victim’s wife.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Twelve policemen were booked under various sections of IPC (Indian Penal Code) including murder charges following an order from a court directing the police to lodge a first information report (FIR) in a case related...
Patna University gets first Dalit head of Hindi department in 86 years
62-year-old Dilip Ram is a Dalit Professor who began his career as a primary school teacher and now heads the department of Hindi at Patna University.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Professor Dilip Ram recently became the first Dalit head of the department of Hindi at Patna University after its inception in 1937.
Prof. Ram will serve as head of...
AMU student suspended for raising ‘religious slogan’ on Republic Day
Police have taken cognizance of the incident and asked the AMU authorities to initiate legal action in the matter.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
ALIGARH (UTTAR PRADESH) — Aligarh Muslim University on Friday set up a three-member inquiry committee and suspended a student after a video showed some NCC cadets purportedly raising religious slogans following a Republic Day function here, PTI reported.
According...
Maharashtra: Hindutva leader, others acquitted in 2014 lynching of Mohsin Shaikh
28-year-old Mohsin Shaikh's killing in 2014 was the first mob lynching case after BJP had come to power in the centre.
TCN News
PUNE (MAHARASHTRA) – Nine years after the murder of an IT professional Mohsin Shaikh in Maharashtra, a Pune Sessions Court on Friday acquitted all 20 accused including Dhananjay Desai, head of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS), a right-wing outfit.
In a...
24 students detained in DU for attempting to screen BBC documentary
The BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has kicked up a storm in India, with students at several prestigious universities across the country attempting to screen the contentious documentary that the government blocked from viewing.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 students from the Delhi...
2020 Delhi riots: Court charges two accused for damaging school
The accused were, however, discharged of charges of criminal conspiracy.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court has framed charges for various offences, including rioting, against two accused for an alleged attack at the Modern Public Senior Secondary School on Brijpuri main road, during the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi.
The court was dealing with a case involving Shamim...
Gujarat court sentences Muslim man to life imprisonment for ‘illegally’ transporting cows
Legal experts have punched holes in the judgement, claiming that the court's reasoning is not as per law.
TCN Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Apparently based on “presumption”, a court in Gujarat sentenced 22-year-old Mohammad Ameen to rigorous life imprisonment for “illegally transporting cows for the purpose of slaughter”. Ironically, there is no provision for a life term for unauthorised transportation of bovines in...
Gujarat court acquits 19 persons accused of killing 17 Muslims during post-Godhra violence
The acquittal comes at a time when a controversy is going on in India over the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, which questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged inaction during the 2002 Gujarat riots while he was the state's chief minister.
TCN Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Invoking the principle of “corpus delicti”, a sessions court at Halol in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district on...
बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की कहानी है !
बिहार में पर्चा लीक अपराध एक बहुत बड़ी त्रासदी बन चुका है। यह बिहार के युवाओं के सपनों का सरेआम क़त्ल हो जाने जैसा है। यहां बड़ी इंडस्ट्रीज के न होने के कारण युवाओं के सपनों में बस सरकारी नौकरी होती है। पर्चा लीक इन ख्वाबों को कुचल देता है।
पटना से आसिफ इकबाल की ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट ...
संघर्षो से तपकर निकले जाबिर अंसारी का कराटे चैंपियनशिप में एक और गोल्ड
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
पटना विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र जाबिर अंसारी ने इतिहास रचते हुए कराटे चैंपियनशिप में 75 किलोग्राम भार वर्ग में गोल्ड मेडल जीता हैं। जाबिर ने यह गोल्ड मेडल ऑल इंडिया इंटर यूनिवर्सिटी कराटे चैंपियनशिप में जीता है। पटना यूनिवर्सिटी की ओर से खेलते हुए जाबिर ने कराटे में 2500 खिलाड़ियों को पछाड़कर गोल्ड अपने नाम किया। ऑल...
In photos: Authorities foil attempts by Jamia students to screen BBC documentary
Police officials sprung to action at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) (university) on Wednesday ahead of the planned screening of the controversial documentary at the university campus.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police officials on Wednesday detained a dozen students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) ahead of the planned screening of the BBC documentary at the university campus.
Classes at...
Violence mars JNU, JMI students’ attempts to screen BBC documentary
At JNU, students claimed they were pelted with stones allegedly by members of the right-wing student body while they were watching the documentary on their mobile phones on Tuesday evening while at Jamia Milia, Delhi Police yesterday arrested students ahead of the screening of the documentary.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — On the evening of January 24, hundreds of...
Why is conversion to Buddhism so controversial?
In India, the right to profess, practice and propagate one’s own religion remains marred by socio-political lacunas as well as judicial travesty.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In October last year, the former social welfare and SC/ST minister in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, Rajendra Pal Gautam resigned due to a controversy about his alleged conversion to Buddhism...
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi Christians in Chhattisgarh
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva groups.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI - Pastors, nuns, congregants, social workers, activists, and concerned citizens came together on the afternoon of January 21 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi road to protest the violence and displacement suffered...
Delhi Police detains four Jamia students over screening of BBC documentary
The Jamia Millia Islamia administration has prohibited any screening of the film in the campus without permission.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police on Wednesday detained four students from a left-wing student organisation outside the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in the national capital, over screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The...
कोरियाई छात्राओं से दुर्व्यवहार के आरोपी युवकों के विरुद्ध धार्मिक भावनाएं भड़काने का मुक़दमा दर्ज
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
मेरठ में विदेशी युवतियों के साथ हुई अभद्रता वाले मामले में किरकिरी होने के बाद अब मेरठ पुलिस ने कथित तौर पर हिन्दू संगठनों से जुड़े युवकों के विरुद्ध अज्ञात में मुकदमा दर्ज कर लिया है। यह मुक़दमा विद्वेष फैलाने के उद्देश्य से उकसाने के आरोप में धारा 153 ए के तहत दर्ज किया गया है। शनिवार...
Setting up of Balakrishnan Commission is a delaying tactic: Dalit Christian Groups
The case for treating Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians as Scheduled Castes was further delayed after the Supreme Court set up a Commission last October.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Prominent Dalit Christian group, the National Council for Dalit Christians (NCDC) has strongly objected to the formation of the Balakrishnan Commission by the Supreme Court.
In October last year, the...
Rajasthan: In viral video, RSS leader targets religious minorities
In a viral video, an RSS official can be heard demanding the conversion of 30,000 mosques into temples.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In a purported video from Rajasthan, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader is seen making incendiary remarks against India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims.
The video is from Lohawat village of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, where the...
‘Mob attack on me being celebrated,’ says Muslim student assaulted in MP’s Khandwa
On January 3, Shahbaz, who hails from Sihada village in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa, is seen beaten up brutally by several men who he claimed were associated with a Hindutva outfit.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI - A Muslim college student, who was brutally assaulted in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district on January 3, the video of which went viral on social media,...
SC to set up 3-judge bench to hear plea challenging Karnataka Hijab ban
With exams scheduled in February, the petitioners contended that students may be permitted to appear in the exams wearing hijab.
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea to constitute a three-judge bench to consider petitions challenging the ban on hijab in classrooms of pre-university colleges in Karnataka.
Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, representing some petitioners, mentioned...
Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi family
The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project in the forest, which is destroying trees.
TCN Correspondent
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — A new documentary Van Versus Vikas (Forest Versus Progress) by independent filmmaker and writer Rucha Chitnis interrogates the truth of India's claim of "progress," which has...
Explained: Why is resentment growing in Ladakh three years after UT status?
Leaders from two regions of Ladakh - Kargil and Leh, have put forth four agenda points for the Centre to fulfill.
TCN Staff Correspondent
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Three years after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government revoked the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into two Centrally ruled Union Territories (UT) -...
Govt tells YouTube, Twitter to block links of BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots
The action has reportedly been taken using the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's emergency powers under the controversial IT Rules, 2021.
TCN News
NEW DELHI — The Union government has directed YouTube and Twitter to remove links to the BBC’s documentary revisiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, The Indian Express reported.
The two platforms have reportedly agreed to take...
“Such blatant move to censor press is cause of worry,” DIGIPUB on new amendments to IT rules
In a statement, DIGIPUB, which is an association of digital media organizations said that to undermine the media’s mandate is to undermine democracy itself.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — An association of digital media organizations has voiced alarm over a proposed change to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, which would require media companies to remove news stories that the Press...
एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद
आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net
मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने वाली 'पढ़ो प्रदेश' योजना को बंद कर दिया है। मंत्रालय ने इंडियन बैंक एसोसिएशन के रास्ते इस योजना को बंद तो जरुर कर दिया, लेकिन इस योजना को बंद करने का कारण नहीं बताया। 'पढ़ो...
Proposal to remove any content termed fake by government will muzzle free press: Editors Guild
The IT Ministry has suggested amending the Information Technology Rules so that websites operating in India would have to take down content deemed fake by Centre’s fact-checking agencies.
Afnan Habib| TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India has urged the Centre to withdraw its proposed amendment that would compel internet platforms to remove any information that the Press Information...
Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’
Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students and anybody who refuses to follow it will be barred from entering the college campus.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
MORADABAD (UTTAR PRADESH) — Several girl students of the Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district Thursday alleged that...
AMU students demand union, launch ‘indefinite strike’
Students at AMU have been demanding to conduct the elections for the students' union for over 6 months. The last elections to the union were held in 2019.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
ALIGARH (UTTAR PRADESH) — Scores of students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh are on an indefinite strike since last week demanding the university administration conduct student’s union...
Three including Madrasa teacher arrested for allegedly running ‘religious conversion racket’ during Magh Mela
Police said the three accused were arrested for selling and distributing 'suspicious' books and pamphlets during Magh Mela (an annual Hindu fair) in an attempt to motivate people to get converted to Islam.
TCN Staff Reporter
PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR PRADESH): Prayagraj police on Tuesday arrested three persons for allegedly running a religious conversion racket during Magh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
Magh...
‘There is rift after 2020 riots,’ say Brahmpuri residents after posters surface urging Hindus not to sell properties to Muslims
Most residents of Brahmpuri expressed displeasure against the appearance of such posters while some supported it.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Early last week, posters emerged in some parts of Brahmpuri in the Shahdara area of northeast New Delhi asking Hindus not to sell their properties to Muslims with a threat that any registration of such a property...
Uttar Pradesh: 16-century historic mosque demolished in Prayagraj under ‘road widening’ project
In August last year, the Allahabad high court had dismissed a writ petition moved against the proposed removal of Shahi Masjid.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — A historic mosque Shahi Masjid was demolished in the Saidabad market in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, was demolished on January 9 under a road-widening project.
The mosque was reportedly built in the 16th century during...
Muslim man’s beating on UP train: Owaisi demands ‘strict action’ against guilty
Asim Hussain, 42, a businessman from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was beaten onboard a train on January 12 and allegedly forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The incident of a Muslim man being beaten on a moving train in Uttar Pradesh has evoked a strong reaction from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin...
“Incident will haunt me for life,” says Muslim man thrashed on UP train
A scrap dealer from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was allegedly assaulted onboard a train on the night of January 12. Police have registered a case in the case.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — A Muslim man was allegedly assaulted onboard a train while travelling from Delhi to Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh on the night of January 12.
The video of the assault...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too would be the possible beneficiaries as most of them are considered to be Pasmanda (backward).
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — The much-hyped caste census in Bihar, which began on January 7, is facing legal and political...
‘News channels create divisions in society’: SC questions anchors’ roles
The apex court made these sharp observations while hearing a clutch of petitions seeking action in hate speech incidents.
TCN News
NEW DELHI — Television channels are creating divisions in society, as they are agenda-driven and compete to sensationalise the news, and anchors who try to create divisions in society through their programmes should be taken off the air, the...
‘No chargesheet, 5 months to file FIR’: SC questions Delhi Police for slow progress in hate speech case
The Hindutva event where hate speech against Muslims was made took place on December 19, 2021, in New Delhi, and an FIR was registered nearly five months later on May 4, 2022.
TCN News
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police has made “no palpable progress” in its investigation of hate speech made at a Hindutva event under the leadership of Sudarshan News...
Bihar Minister refuses to withdraw ‘controversial’ statement on Ramcharitmanas; BJP demands FIR against him
Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya had announced a bounty of Rs 10 crore for anyone who slits the tongue of Chandrashekhar Yadav if he does not apologise for his statement in one week.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar Yadav has refused to withdraw his controversial statement on Ramcharitmanas.
Yadav, who represents Maddhepura in the state assembly,...
HC verdict allowing minor Muslim girl to marry can’t be a precedent: SC
Chief Justice of India agreed to issue a notice in the matter and tag it along with the earlier similar petitions filed by the NCPCR against other high court judgments.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that a minor Muslim girl can enter into a...
Uttar Pradesh: 17 booked after clash between police and Dalits in Hathras
The clash between police Dalits and police took place after idols and pictures of Hindu Gods were allegedly removed at a religious function in Jatoi village in Hathras.
TCN News
HATHRAS (UTTAR PRADESH) — As many as 17 people were booked after a clash between police and Dalit youth over the “removal of idols and pictures of Hindu Gods” at a...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman and Vipul Kumar | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — A week before the Supreme Court of India halted evictions in the Haldwani area of Uttrakhand that would have left over 50,000 families (mostly Muslim) homeless, nearly 40 Adivasi...
Assam: Hundreds rendered homeless during eviction drive in Lakhimpur
The drive to evict encroachers from a forest land in Assam's Lakhimpur district has left with 299 families in the lurch.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Around 300 people living on a 250-hectare area in Assam's Lakhimpur district were left homeless on Wednesday as the effort to expel encroachers from the forest area continued for the second day.
The evicted,...
10 facts about Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s greatest 20th century poet
Rehman Rahi's death on January 9 was mourned across Kashmir.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi, a well-known Kashmiri poet, critic, and scholar, passed away at his residence in the Nowshera area of Srinagar city on Monday (January 9). He was 98.
Here are ten facts about Kashmir’s renowned poet, whose death was mourned across...
Karnataka: Controversy after Hindu groups object to conversion of house into mosque in Belagavi
The Muslim leaders maintain that the property in question belongs to the Waqf board.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — After a private house was reportedly converted to a mosque and donated to the Waqf board in Karnataka's Belagavi, Hindu groups and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sanjay Patil are demanding a mosque should not be allowed there.
The Hindu groups allege...
Hijab ban forced many Muslim women in Karnataka to drop out of colleges: new report
The report by PUCL Karnataka elaborates the ways in which Muslim women students were denied their right to education by being forced to stay out of the classrooms.
TCN Correspondent
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) — Muslim women have dropped out of colleges and the classrooms have gotten polarized on the basis of religion, revealed a report released by human rights organization Peoples Union of Civil...
‘Religious conversion a serious issue, don’t make it political’: Supreme Court
Earlier, the Supreme Court had said the issue of forced religious conversion is a “very serious issue” and emphasised that charity is welcome, but the purpose of charity must not be conversion.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI : On a plea seeking direction to the Central government and state governments to take action against forced religious conversions, the Supreme Court...
Celebrated Kashmiri poet Rehman Rahi dies at 98
Rehman Rahi has profoundly impacted Kashmiri culture and literature as a respected poet, forward-thinking critic, and literary theorist.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi, a well-known Kashmiri poet, critic, and scholar, passed away at his residence in the Nowshera area of Srinagar city on Monday. He was 98.
Born on May 6, 1925, Rehman Rahi...
Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’
Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on them.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Police on Sunday arrested five more persons in connection with a clash between two tribal groups over alleged religious conversion in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, an official said.
Till now eight people...
Kannada literary festival: Muslim authors’ exclusion draws criticism
No Muslim writers have been given a chance to participate in the poet convention, and the Byari language, which Muslims speak in coastal Karnataka, has not been considered.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Kannada Sahitya Parishat’s 86th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (All India Kannada Literature Conference) was inaugurated on Friday in the Haveri district of Karnataka....
Former civil servants demand action against Pragya Thakur over incendiary speech
103 signatories of the Constitutional Conduct Group said that BJP MP Pragya Thakur has forfeited the ethical right to be a member of Parliament by her incendiary hate speech and her repeated acts of propagating hate.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — In response to the divisive statement made by BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur in the Shivamogga area...
साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट
टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net
वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म निभाते हुए निष्पक्षता के साथ, आपके समक्ष बेबाकी से खबरों को रखता रहा। ऐसी हमारी कुछ रिपोर्ट्स ...
उलझ गया है कि यूक्रेन में छात्रों की वापसी का मामला, परिजनों में निराशा
http://twocircles.net/2022aug12/446576.html
यूक्रेन में मेडीकल...
From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi
62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the deputy mayor of Gaya town.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Only two years ago, Chinta Devi was sweeping floors in Gaya Municipal Corporation (GMC). Today, she is the Deputy Mayor of the body.
A former sanitation...
Watch: Haldwani residents welcome Supreme Court oder on staying evictions
After Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand HC's order for evictions, people in Haldwani celebrated and congratulated each other.
Shrutti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSGDJD9oSg
‘Our prayers have been answered:’ Haldwani residents after Supreme Court stays HC eviction order
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed Uttarakhand high court's order for evictions in Haldwani that threatened to displace more than 50,000 people, most of whom are Muslim.
Shruti Sharma & Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
HALDWANI (UTTARAKHAD) — The Supreme Court’s order to stay Uttarakhand High Court’s decision to remove encroachments from railway land in Haldwani has come as a relief to the...
Chhattisgarh: BJP leader among five arrested for attack on church in Narayanpur
On January 2, a mob vandalised a church after around 2000 people, mostly Adivasis held a public meeting in protest in against alleged "illegal religious conversions" in the tribal dominated Narayanpur.
TCN News
NEW DELHI — Five persons including a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader were arrested on Tuesday (January 2) in connection with a mob attack on a church...
After backlash, AMU withdraws order seeking profiling of J&K students
The circular dated December 27 had caused fear among J&K students as the collected information had to be provided to the Aligarh Superintendent of Police.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
ALIGARH (UTTAR PRADESH) — After backlash from the students, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has withdrawn the controversial order that demanded students from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to furnish their complete...
Anti-conversion row: ‘Not all religious conversions are illegal,’ remarks SC
A two-judge division bench of Justice M.R. Shah and C.T Ravikumar refused to stay the Madhya Pradesh high court order that restricted the state government from prosecuting interfaith couples.
Huneza Khan| TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Madhya Pradesh high court’s order that restricted the state government from taking coercive actions against interfaith couples...
‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders
Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea on January 5.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
HALDWANI (UTTARAKHAND) — Hundreds of Muslim women residents of Banbhoolpura in Haldwani, Uttarakhand Monday held a sit-in protest against the Uttarakhand High Court’s eviction order.
On December 20, the High Court...
Maharashtra: 3 undertrail prisoners die at Yarwada jail; families protest
On January 2, the families of the persons staged a protest outside the Yerwada jail premises in Pune, Maharashtra.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Three undertrial prisoners of the Yerwada Central Jail of Maharashtra’s Pune city died at a government hospital on December 31 prompting protests by their families.
Three undertrail prisoners Sandesh Gondekar, Shahrukh Sheikh, and Ranganath Datal died...
आशियाना टूट जाने के डर से सड़क पर आई हजारों महिलाएं , यह है हल्द्वानी की पूरी कहानी
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
नये साल की सुबह हल्द्वानी के मुस्लिम बहुल वनभूलपुरा इलाके के लोगों के लिए बैचेनी लेकर आई थी। वनभूलपुरा इलाके के 4,365 मकानों को घर खाली करने का सार्वजनिक नोटिस मिला है। इनमें अधिकतर मकानों में गरीब तबके के लोग रहते हैं जो रोज मेहनत करके परिवार का पेट पालते हैं। घर हटाने का नोटिस मिलने...
Additional restrictions can’t be imposed on freedom of speech of lawmakers: SC
Supreme Court said that additional restrictions cannot be imposed on the right to free speech of ministers, MPs and MLAs in a case that relates to then UP minister Azam Khan’s remarks on gang rape.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that no additional restrictions other than those prescribed under Article 19(2) of the...
Mathura: Shahi Idgah Masjid survey on hold till Jan 20 as Masjid Committee objects
The Muslim side representing Shahi Idgah in Mathura filed an objection in the survey of disputed complex.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — With the reopening of the court after winter holidays, the Shahi Idgah Masjid Committee filed its objection in the Civil Judge Court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The objection was raised against the December 24 order of the...
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