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Scores injured in protesters-CRPF clash Days after Jammu and Kashmir government’s controversial proposal of a ‘composite township’ to enable return of the Kashmiri pandits to the state, Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) gave a call for protest.

Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Pune: An editorial written by editor and chairman of Lokmat Vijay Darda has come under severe criticism from Dalit activists. The editorial published...

By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Mumbai: In an unwarranted event, a city cop has landed himself in a controversy after threatening and beating two...

फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Chennai : Ace producer Aascar Ravichandran has reiterated that his upcoming Tamil romantic-drama "Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah" is not against any religion and that the...

By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: About 18,000 families mostly comprising young widows in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India had their moment of their relief with the onset of Ramadan. Widows, some as young as 20 years old, most of whom now work as maids were in tears on receiving a month’s essential commodities distributed as Ramzan Aid.

By Iqbal Pandeshwar for TwoCircles.net, Abu Dhabi: The Emirates India Fraternity Forum (EIFF), Abu Dhabi chapter has conducted a free medical check-up programme on the occasion of 43rd UAE National Day celebration in co-ordination with Ittihad Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi.

By TCN News, Borsad (Gujarat): The annual concert 2014 was celebrated with a programme titled Sadabahar Kahaniya – Tales of All Times here with great fervour and enthusiasm.

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By TwoCircles.net staff correspondent, Kozhikode: Nearly 1, 500 activists of the Popular Front of India took part in the Freedom Parade organized in Kannur city in Malabar in northern Kerala. The Parade was held at the Jawahar Municipal Stadium which the PFI called after the name of Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: The mayhem in Gujarat was the result of a thoroughly thought-out, elaborate and heinous strategy to communalise the society at large in Gujarat, with a view to derive political benefits,” writes ex-IPS and former Cabinet Minister of Gujarat Jaspal Singh to the Supreme Court-appointed SIT that is looking into the role of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleagues and police officers in the Gujarat 2002 riots.

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New Delhi: The President of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil, has said that education is essential for preparing a population that is not only knowledgeable and skilled but is aware of its responsibilities and willing to contribute to the growth of the nation and as well as well being of society.

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By Urdu Media Monitor, جاوید حبیب : ہجوم سے تنہائی تک Javed Habib: Hujoom se Tanhai Tak Compiled by: Masoom Moradabadi Reviewed by: M Ghazali Khan Published by: Khabardar Publications, Z-103 Taj Enclave, Gita Colony, Delhi 110031, Email [email protected], Mobile: 09810780563 If you were asked to name a personality who studied at AMU, was a selfless activist, fearless and gifted orator as well a writer, launched a newspaper but had to stop it, lived an austere saintly life and could not earn even as much as to be able to buy a basic four wall residence, you would be excused to think of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar or may be Maulana Hasrat Mohani.

Gar firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast (If there is a heaven on earth, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here)

Jamia Institute of Engineering and Jamia Polytechnic, Akkalkuwa receives recognition at national level By TCN News, Nandurbar (Maharashtra): Professor Touheed Mujawar, executive director of the Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom, Akkalkuwa in the district, has received the 24MRC Network 2015 Leaders Award (Education) given for recognition of educational excellence.

Naseema Begum, a half widow, whose husband Mehraj-u-din Dar, was picked up by army men on April 19, 1997, from his home in Tengpora,...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Jania (Barpeta): Kalampur, Sonpura, Islampur and Shutripata are villages that you will no longer be able to...

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TCN News वाराणसी: विजिल इंडिया मूवमेंट इंस्टिट्यूट के तहत हर साल दिया जाने वाला एमए थॉमस नेशनल ह्यूमन राइट्स अवार्ड इस साल मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता और...

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: All Manipur Muslims (Meitei Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA), a prominent civil society organization, organized a One-Day Legal Awareness Programme on the topic “Protection of Women’s Right” in association with Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) on June 1, 2014 at the campus of Muslim Girls Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: Youth Congress leader Minnat Rahmani has been appointed as the Chairman of Minority Department of Bihar State Congress Committee. A...

Sujab wants to continue his study further and become an IT Engineer, but finance is holding him back. By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net Guwahati:...

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: US based charity organisation Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) distributed food and other relief materials to the people...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Akola (Maharashtra): Enthusiasm of young Muslim students was on full display during a two day conference organized here by Federation of...

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Foundation stone laid for India’s largest mosque and Islamic Heritage Museum By TCN News,

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: “The student community should organize itself at the national level concentrating on developing a national approach in dealing with national issues. To facilitate this, a nation-wide network is to be framed. Among them, there must be broad understanding of social issues relating to all sections of the society”.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kochi: The Kerala State Wakf Board has decided to extend the monthly financial aid distributed to Arabic language scholars, Arabic teachers and Qadim to 66 more people. This will be an addition to the 803 already receiving the aid. The board also decided to distribute the financial aid for wedding to 154 poor girls. Twenty-two more will get the board’s help for medical treatment. The decisions were taken in the sanction committee meeting of the Wakf Board Social Welfare Scheme.

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Chhapra: Communal tensions gripped Chhapra district in Bihar and several shops, all belonging to Muslims, were damaged after protests over an...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...

By Professor Syed Tanveer Nasreen for TwoCircles.net I still remember the full toss bowled by Chetan Sharma which Javed Miandad had hit for a six...

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया ने पूरे आन, बान व शान के साथ आज अपना 96वां ‘यौम-ए-तासीस’ (फाउंडेशन डे) मनाया. पूरी जामिया बिरादरी...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Fort Meyers, Florida: For most professionals, 60 is the age when they are expected to take a...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Malappuram: A week after the brutal murder of Muslim convert P Faisal, the police on Sunday arrested eight RSS activists....

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net किशनगंज (बिहार) : बिहार के किशनगंज में अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) का सेन्टर राजनीति के मकड़जाल में उलझ कर...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Just a few days of the brutal incident, in which veteran Kannada writer M M Kalburgi was shot dead by...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Lucknow (UP) : With an aim to bridge the Sunni-Shia gap in the country, this Eid-al-Adha,...

In the second of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir,...

By TCN News New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...

Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Notwithstanding media’s less-than-neutral reporting of Batla House encounter and subsequent arrest of some Azamgarh youths from Jamia Nagar and police and intelligence agencies’ attitude towards Muslims in Azamgarh, the communal harmony and good relationship between Hindus and Muslims there have remained intact.

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net. Kolkata/Malda: On Thursday six constituencies in the four districts of West Bengal went to poll. Election for the 14th Loksabha was held on April 24 in Royganj, Balurghat, Malda Uttar, Mlada Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad.

By Navaid Hamid, I got the news of the demise of Swami Akshay Brahmchari, freedom fighter and a Gandhian, through an email of Syed Shahabuddin, President of All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat.

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The very First National Urdu Science Congress, was organized by the Anjuman Farogh-e-Science (Organisation for Science Promotion, Delhi), at Zakir Husain Delhi College, Delhi, India during 20-21 March 2015.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: The All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama has come down heavily against the move to categorise the Other Backward Communities (OBC) into three groups. Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar, the organisation’s general secretary in a statement here on Tuesday alleged that the move was initiated in a bid to take away the present reservation of 27 %, ensured for OBCs as per the recommendations of the Mandal Commission.

Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Photography Promotion Trust (PPT) and Ambedkar Institute for Social and Economic Change (AISEC) are planning to organise a massive exhibition of...

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: To observe the 17th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition yesterday, hundreds of thousand Muslims – men and women clad in black and white dress with black banners in hands – thronged to the heart of the metropolis from across the district in vans and lorries, demanding reconstruction of the mosque. At regular interval they were raising slogans such as We Muslim need fair justice.

By TCN News, New Delhi: The Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) organized a massive demonstration and Dharna at the famous Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 30thMarch 2014, in support of Supreme court Advocate Mahmoud Pracha who has been fighting legal battles on behalf of the numerous Innocent Muslims, Jailed and incarcerated on false charges of terrorism. He has off late been threatened by the “underworld” of dire consequences. The party strongly condemned the threats to his life and conveyed support to him stressing that these kinds of threats will not be taken lightly by the BMP. The Party demanded that the Central Government take serious note of the threats and inquire into the matter and immediately appoint an independent agency to investigate the whole matter.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Urging the Union and State governments to address the woes faced by tribal community at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala, Palakkad MP M B Rajesh will go on an indefinite hunger strike at Agaly in Attappady from November 10.

By Ras H. Siddiqui, TwoCircles.net, San Francisco: The Urdu Academy of North America (San Francisco Bay Area) used its “Mehfil-E-Sher-o-Sukhan” event recently in Newark, California to highlight the poetry of the Late Mustafa Zaidi, a man of unbridled passion.

By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Srinagar: Senior Consulting Editor with Doordarshan , KG Suresh, on Saturday July, 25th noted that Indian media has...

A fact finding team of Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee consisting of Prof. Rehana Sultana, Lateef Mohammed Khan, Kaneez Fathima, M.Mandakini, S.Q.Masood, Md. Ismail Khan...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Danish Ahmed Khan, founder and editor of Delhi-based news website Indian Muslim Observer was...

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter “India is a pluralist society that creates magic with democracy, rule of law and individual freedom, community relations and diversity.” With these words,...

By TwoCircles.net news desk, Patna: Following the footsteps of some organizations and institutions administration of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has decided to set up a coaching centre to train minorities and women aspirants to appear in Civil Service examination.

We are proud of the fact that India is one of the most diverse countries in the world. India is a colourful canvas portraying...

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By Mohd Faisal Fareed for TwoCircles.net, hamarein lab key tabassum pe aap na jayen, hamari ankh mein jhankey key sogwar hain hum,, hamari khasta-libasi pey gul bhi hastey hain.