Supreme Court pulls up police over Delhi clashes, told violence ‘Unfortunate’ Defers hearing on...

TCN Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Police over their handling of the ongoing clashes in the capital...

India is 8th highest risk country for mass killings, claims US report

The report cited numerous examples of discrimination against the Muslim minority in the country by the BJP government, both at the national level...

Rights groups condemn ‘pressure’ against USCIRF to report on religious persecution in India

In a letter to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on April 10, several rights-based organizations and individuals said the commission must...

Shaheen Bagh protests, the Left, Liberals and Delhi Riots: A Case of Political Hijacking

By M. Yusuf, TwoCircles.net This article is in response to a friend who was seeking my support & sympathy for the members of the Pinjra...

Hyderabad Muslim Women’s Forum condemns “misogynistic trolling of women activists on social media”

TCN News  Hyderabad Muslim Women’s Forum is one of the latest civil society organizations to strongly condemn arrests of women activists who participated in anti-CAA...

Students hold demonstration on 3rd anniversary of Jamia Milia police action

The Delhi Police's action against protesting students in 2019 was marked by hundreds of students at Jamia Millia Islamia on Thursday.  TCN News NEW DELHI...

दिल्ली दंगों में पहली सज़ा,दिनेश को पांच साल का कारावास

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने फरवरी 2020 में उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में हुए दंगे के मामले में पहली सज़ा सुनाई है। गुरुवार को कड़कड़डूमा...

CAA Movement: Recent reports on Delhi violence indicate ‘criminal role of Delhi Police’

By Nidha Parveen, TwoCircles.net A recent report by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) states that as many as 45 people were sexually assaulted...

Delhi police witch hunting Jamia student leaders: JCC

TCN News An official note by Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) of Jamia Millia Islamia University has revealed that another student activist, Asif Iqbal Tanha was...

ICP wrote to Home Minister, Urges to rollback CAA, sought an appointment

TCN News Interfaith Coalition for Peace wrote a letter to the home minister Amit Shah demanding complete rollback of CAA. ICP also sought an appointment...

शाहीन बाग़ का प्रोटेस्ट ख़त्म करने के लिए दमनकारी नीति अपना रही है दिल्ली...

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ शाहीन बाग़ के प्रोटेस्ट को ख़त्म करने के लिए दिल्ली पुलिस अब पूरी तरह दमनकारी तौर तरीक़ों...

मौलाना अरशद मदनी ने उठाई नागरिकता कानून को वापस लेने की मांग

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net केंद्र सरकार द्वारा कृषि कानून वापस लेने के बाद अब नागरिकता कानून को भी वापस लेने की मांग भी उठने लगी है। केंद्र...

Calls for establishing Hindu Rashtra: How did we arrive here?

Call for establishing a Hindu Rashtra and genocide of India's Muslims were made at a religious conclave recently in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The author...

जामिया ने की अनुराग ठाकुर और कपिल मिश्रा के ख़िलाफ़ क़ानूनी कार्रवाई की...

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया यूनिवर्सिटी ने गुरुवार को जामिया के नज़दीक हुए गोलीकांड के बाद केंद्रीय मंत्री अनुराग ठाकुर और दिल्ली के विधायक...

Anti CAA protest staged by Harvard students in Boston, USA

TwoCircles.net Harvard student community observed the first 24-hour anti-CAA protest in Boston, US on the occasion of Republic Day of India. This protest started at...

Opposition parties condemn arrest of activists, scholars, call for ‘united political movement’

TCN News Prominent leaders from Opposition parties during an online news conference on Monday condemned the arrests of scholars and activists amid the ongoing COVID-19...

American Hindus support Chicago City Council’s anti-CAA resolution

The resolution proposed by the Chicago City Council and introduced by Maria Hadden, a council member and alderperson for the city's 49th ward, classifies...

‘My dignity is under attack’: Safoora Zargar after Jamia cancels her admission

Student activist Safoora Zargar speaks to TwoCircles.net about her ordeal.  Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, August 29 cancelled the...

Delhi Violence: Police sent minor to jail, incorrectly quoting his age as ’18 years’

Israr Ahmed, TwoCircles.net  In the aftermath of 3 days of unprecedented violence, everyday a new heart wrenching story emerges from northeast Delhi. One such story...

Prominent anti-CAA leaders charged for violence in Prayagraj

Following the violence in the Atala area of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh over derogatory remarks made by now suspended BJP leaders, police have booked...

लखनऊ: उजरियां में धरने को हुआ एक महीना पूरा, घण्टाघर पर भूखहड़ताल शुरू

आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनआरसी और एनपीआर के विरोध में लखनऊ के उजरियाँ मे चल रहे धरना-प्रदर्शन को एक महीना पूरा हो...
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AMU student activist arrested for anti-CAA protests in Aligarh  

By Ghazala Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Aligarh: Aligarh police Thursday arrested Farhan Zuberi, former member of Aligarh Muslim University Students Union along with his friend Ravish Ali...

ISIS से जुड़े गिरफ़्तार संदिग्ध दंपति पर संस्पेंस, पुलिस की कहानी में कई झोल,...

ओखला विहार से कश्मीरी दंपति की गिरफ़्तारी का मामला गहराया पुलिस ने माकन मालिक और ब्रोकर को हिरासत में लेकर की पूछताछ रेंट...

‘Repeal CAA, farm laws,’ protestors at Bihar submit memorandum to PM

TCN News A one day symbolic protest and fast was organised at Shantibagh, Gaya, Bihar, on the completion of one year of the start of...

Indian Americans condemn Modi government for excluding Muslim migrants from citizenship process

The Indian American Muslim Council said the federal government’s order is nothing but a deceitful means to bring in from the backdoor the...

Members of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore demand immediate release of activist Safoora Zargar

TCN News 66 members of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) have demanded the immediate release of JMI activist, Safoora Zargar. The official solidarity statement...

‘As long as Modi is in power, we will not get justice’: Survivors recount...

The riots in February 2020 left 53 people dead. A majority of them were Muslims  Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Muhammad Vakeel (53) is...

Fear Grips Muslims Across India in the aftermath of Anti-Muslim Pogrom in Delhi

By Nazish Hussain, Twocircles.net Ranchi, Jharkhand: “I don’t know what the future holds. Do I even belong to this country?” wonders a visibly disturbed Afreen. Atiya...

Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid booked under UAPA, supporters say ‘activism not a...

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Former Jawahar Lal Nehru (JNU) student leader and United Against Hate (UAH) activist Umar Khalid was arrested on Sunday...

‘My children ask me when their father will be home:’ jailed activist Khalid Saifi’s...

On February 26, social activist Khalid Saifi completed three years in jail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A court in Delhi had...

दिल्ली हिंसा: पुलिस की शर्मनाक हरकत, 14 साल के नाबालिग़ को भेजा जेल,...

इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। दिल्ली में तीन दिन हुई हिंसा के बाद हिंसाग्रस्त इलाक़ो से हर दिन दिल दहला देने वाली और शर्मनाक कहानियां सामने...

Kiran Vissa’s grassroot movement in Telangana to resist CAA-NRC [Interview]

By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net Kiran Vissa is a social activist based in Hyderabad working at the community level to raise awareness about the Citizenship Amendment...

JIH urges GoI to rein in communal forces spreading hate ahead of UP, other...

Addressing media persons in an online press conference, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Vice-President Prof. Mohammad Salim Engineer has said that the frequency of hate crimes,...

शाहीन बाग़’ की बड़ी जीत, मोदी सरकार बातचीत को हुई तैयार

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ पिछले डेढ़ महीने से ज़्यादा वक्त से धरन पर बैठी महिलाओं के हौंसले ने आख़िरकार मोदी सरकार...

CAA के ख़िलाफ़ प्रोटेस्ट: देवबंद में 40 दिन की बच्ची ‘शहीद’, अलीगढ़ में तारिक़ की मौत...

आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, twocircles.net देवबंद। ईदगाह मैदान में पिछले 48 दिनों से नागरिकता संशोध-क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ दिन रात जारी महिलाओं के धरना-प्रदर्शन में भी एक बच्ची...

USCRIF, in response to CAA, reminds India of ‘religious freedom’ 

TCN News Sparked by BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s communal remarks at a rally last week in Delhi, anti CAA protests have taken an ugly turn....

लखनऊ पोस्टर: सुप्रीम कोर्ट का हाईकोर्ट के आदेश पर रोक से इंकार, किरकरी के...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocorcles.net दिल्ली। उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में लगाए गए वसूली पोस्टर पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गुरुवार को अपना फ़ैसला सुनाया है।फ़ैसले के...

In virtual press briefing, activists condemn Delhi police witch hunt of students, activists

By TCN News As organizations and individuals continue speaking in favour of Muslim activists arrested on false charges of inciting violence in anti CAA-NRC protests,...

दिल्ली हिंसा: अब तक 10 की मौत, 200 से ज़्यादा लोग गोली लगने से...

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर, twocircles.net दिल्ली। दिल्ली के उत्तर पूर्वी इलाक़े में सीएए समर्थकों के सीएए विरोधियों पर हुए हमले के बाद हुई हिंसा में मरने वालों...

Popular Front of India (PFI) urges Home Minister to delink NPR from Census

TCN News New Delhi: In a statement issued after the national meeting at Bengaluru on 15 March 2020, Council of Popular Front of India (PFI) has...

एएमयू छात्र नेता शरजील उस्मानी आज़मगढ़ से गिरफ़्तार

सीएए एनआरसी के विरुद्ध प्रदर्शनों के चलते अलीगढ़ पुलिस ने कि गिरफ्तारी  निहाल अहमद। Twocircles.net अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के पूर्व छात्र नेता  शरजील उस्मानी को उत्तर...

“Kerala govt acting as any BJP ruled state,” say activists booked for anti-CAA protests

Samar Ali, TwoCircles.net Kerala: Activists and leaders of various political parties, religious and cultural organizations have been booked by Kozhikode town police in a case...

CAA के ख़िलाफ़ धरने पर बैठी महिलाओं ने नेताओं पर कर दी चूड़ियों की...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net देवबंद। दारुल उलूम से लगभग 100 मीटर दूर ईदगाह के मैदान में एक लड़की बेहद प्यारी आवाज़ में 'केसरी' फ़िल्म का लोकप्रिय गाना...

2020 Delhi riots: Govt’s response to violence was insufficient; TV, social media fuelled hate,...

A citizen committe’s report headed by former Supreme Court of India Justice Madan B. Lokur has called for setting up an independent Commission of...

Anti CAA protests unite differently aligned organizations in Maharashtra

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Solapur (Maharashtra):  Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have intensified across the country as...

How Afreen Khan led a sustained movement against CAA-NRC in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Jharkhand had been witnessing a wave of protests against CAA- NRC-NPR since December last year leading the State assembly to eventually pass a...

जामिया लाइब्रेरी में लाठी चार्जः दिल्ली पुलिस का नया झूठ, बोली-पीटने नहीं, बचाने गई...

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net पुरानी कहावत है, ‘एक झूठ छिपाने के लिए सौ झूठ बोलने पड़ते हैं।’ दिल्ली पुलिस को अब यही करना पड़ रहा है।...

‘दबंग दादियां’ रखेंगी सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ‘शाहीन बाग़’ का पक्ष

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ लगतार दो महीने से चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन की...

आपत्तिजनक एनपीआर हुआ तो फिर से करेंगे विरोध : ओवैसी

नेहाल अहमद ।Twocircles.net हैदराबाद से सांसद और एआईएमआईएम प्रमुख असदुद्दीन ओवैसी ने कहा है कि अगर देश में नेशनल पॉपुलेशन रजिस्टर (NPR) बनाने का शेड्यूल...

Indian Americans welcome US State department’s report on ‘deteriorating human rights situation in India’

The Department of State’s report, released March 30, was a scathing account of the ground situation in India, where millions of social and religious...

CAA protests: Yogi Adityanath is in ‘revenge’ mode

Based on arbitrary calculations and lack of proper evidence, the administration has been recovering money from commoners for property damages. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI...

Silicon Valley County passes resolution against draconian Indian laws

TCN News Alameda County becomes 7th US body to denounce the draconian CAA-NRC that is targeting citizenship of Indian Muslims. Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

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...

नही रही पार्क सर्कस कोलकाता में सीएए बिल विरोध प्रदर्शन का मुख्य चेहरा अस्मत...

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस मैदान में सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन की शुरुआत करने वाली सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता अस्मत जमील का सोमवार को 46 वर्ष की...

Suspense deepens over Kashmiri couple arrested from Okhla Vihar alleged to have links with...

Arrest of a Kashmiri couple in Okhla Vihar surfaces Police took landlord and broker into custody for further questioning Neither rent agreement nor...

Since Modi came to power, Muslims have faced systematic, chaotic form of cruel oppression:...

Former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader has written a public letter weeks later after he was arrested by UP's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and subsequently released....

Man Forced by Delhi Police to Sing National Anthem in viral Video Dies

TCN Staff Reporter A video that went viral on Tuesday, 25 February, on social media shows police personnel beating five injured people and a policeman...

“FIR was filed against me for my online activity”: AMU research student scared of...

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Bahraich: Mohd. Najmuzzaman is a research scholar pursuing his PhD in Urdu literature at Aligarh Muslim University. He hails from Jarwal...

Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...

Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...

US State Department’s scathing report on persecution of religious minorities in India a step...

Released on May 12, the 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom, provided in-depth coverage of massive rights violations faced by religious minorities, especially Muslims, Christians...

A week after death of student leader Anish Khan, no leads in case

Khan was a popular name in Kolkata, known for his social initiatives and involvement in anti-CAA protests Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net KOLKATA — Seven days...

Public petition to Home Ministry demands action against “real culprits” of Delhi violence

TCN News With prominent individuals and organizations displaying their outrage at the recent arrests of Muslim activists, the common public is no different to extend...
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Anti-CAA protests: In a first, UP tribunal fines 86 persons for damaging property

This is the first order passed under the controversial Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act, 2020. Sana Ejaz |...
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“Indian govt is violating fundamental human rights of its agitating citizens,” Chandrasekhar Azad to...

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad spoke to the United Nations Human Rights Council through video conferencing on the issue of human rights violations against...

2 years after crackdown on anti-CAA protests in UP, families await justice

Having lost their loved ones, the deceased families’ hope for justice is fading and their battle has now turned to earning two square meals...

Panellists at Congressional briefing on Assam urge US government to designate India as ‘Country...

The briefing was co-sponsored by a group of 17 human rights and interfaith organizations, including the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Amnesty International USA...

Insaaf Zindabad – Feminists for Freedom, Peace and Justice question India’s freedom on 74th...

TCN News On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of India, Insaaf Zindabad - Feminists For Freedom, Peace And Justice (IZ-FFPJ) has issued a...

Hamtramck becomes 5th US city council to oppose NRC and CAA

TCN News Hamtramck City Council of Michigan State in the US has passed a resolution opposing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment...

Minority rights at the altar of Judiciary-Executive friction in India

In India, the judiciary needs to check that every authority of law is doing its duty in accordance with the rule of law. It...

International NGOs express concern that Biden’s Summit for Democracy will ignore India’s poor human...

Several international groups have extended an offer to US President Biden to provide input to help make the summit a success. TCN News  WASHINGTON, DC – A...

Constitutionality of NRC-CAA sparks dialogue at Harvard’s 17th Annual India Conference

Twocircles.net The 17th Annual Harvard India Conference organized at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School on 15th and 16th February bringing together thought...

USCIRF urges Biden to raise India’s Human Rights abuse, persecution of Muslims with Indian...

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called upon US President Joe Biden to raise India's human rights situation and persecution of...

Muslims of Shiv Vihar don’t want to return to their homes, have lost faith...

Israr Ahmad, TwoCircles.net 45 people are dead during the violence which erupted in places like Zafrabad, Maujpur Brahmpuri, Kardampuri, Khajuri Khas and Shiv Vihar -...

In Jharkhand, a student group takes fight against CAA-NRC to people’s doors

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Ranchi: It is late afternoon on a winter day in a residential colony of Ranchi, Jharkhand. Lanes look deserted with only...

शरजील इमाम को हाईकोर्ट से जमानत, रिहाई नजदीक

न्यूज डेस्क।twocircles.net सीएए एनआरसी विरोध प्रदर्शन के दौरान अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय में भड़काऊ भाषण देने के आरोपी जेएनयू छात्र शरजील इमाम को इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट से...

Indian Muslims face imminent threat of genocide, mass persecution: Experts

During an ongoing three-day global summit,experts and scholars underscored the surge in attacks on Muslims in India.  TCN News Washington, DC — India’s 200 million Muslims...

Author Nehal Ahmad talks about his book on CAA, resistance through art and what...

Nehal Ahmed is a doctoral student at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His first book book Nothing Will Be...

CAA: Discriminatory law that will break common fabric of communities

By Abdur Rahman, TwoCircles.net The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which was passed exactly one year ago by the Parliament, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to...

Biden administration taking a dangerous path with Modi regime

Communal violence escalates in India as the US embraces its source. Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net  Two months ago, Atul Keshap — who was then temporarily serving...

‘An open prison’: Back in campus after 2 years, Jamia students decry police presence

As New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia resumed physical classes this month, the heavy police presence leaves students unsettled.  Shadab Farooq | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — Two...

Violence continues in Delhi: stone-pelting and arson even today in Maujpur, Brahmapuri

TCN News Delhi: The violence has not stopped even after Monday's violence in Zafarabad and Maujpur. Stoning and arson took place in many areas on...

Court denies bail to pregnant Jamia activist Safoora Zargar

TCN News Delhi’s Patiala House court on Thursday denied bail to JMI activist Safoora Zargar on grounds that “prima facie evidence” was found to prove...

Nizamia Tibbi College stays strong even after completing 60 days of student protest 

 Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Braving all odds, the students of Nizamia Tibbi College complete 60 days of their protests against CAA-NRC-NPR in the college campus, and...

दिल्ली दंगा : उमर खालिद को जमानत,यूएपीए के चलते नही होगी रिहाई

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net दिल्ली दंगे से संबंधित एक केस में जेएनयू के पूर्व छात्र नेता उमर खालिद को जमानत मिल गई है। दिल्ली की कड़कड़डुमा...

Muslim Prisoners of Conscience in India are persecuted for their faith, families tell U.S....

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