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...
30+ independent artists, professionals demand immediate release of Umar Khalid
TCN News
Over 30 individual artists, rights workers and professionals have condemned the arrest of Umar Khalid on charges of instigating the Delhi riots.
The artists...
My brother was jailed for serving langar to anti-CAA protesters: sister of detained Kashmir...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: For nearly a month now, Sandeep Kour hasn’t heard a word from her brother Mohinderpal Singh. Her anxiety grows every...
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...
Students praise Prof Hany Babu’s commitment to social justice, demand his immediate release
TCN News
Students of University of Delhi’s Prof Hany Babu MT have issued an open statement sending birthday wishes and expressing solidarity with their professor...
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...
In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening
Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...
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...
“We will send you to Bangladesh after NRC,” Muslim farmer at Indo-Bangladesh border alleges...
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Parganas: On 27 July, Saddam Hossain Fakir crossed the barbed wire fencing a few kilometres from his house, as usual, to...
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...
Mr PM, listen to Muslim women who faced sexual harassment in Delhi violence before...
Very shameful acts have happened to Muslim women during Delhi violence
There are allegations ranging from tearing clothes to rape, many girls...
San Francisco becomes 6th US city to denounce CAA-NRC
TCN News
San Francisco has become the sixth US city to denounce India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in its...
Jamia Millia Islamia Fails to Fully Comply with Delhi HC Order, Continues to Bar...
Unzila Sheikh, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Despite the Delhi High Court's order on March 4 staying the suspension of 17 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students, the...
Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide
Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...
“We were arrested in middle of pandemic for protesting against CAA,” two Gujarat men...
Two men from Gujarat, who were arrested in the middle of the pandemic in 2020, for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act that had...
Indian Americans welcome USCIRF report placing India in religious freedom blacklist for second year...
Bipartisan Federal Commission recommends India’s designation as Country of Particular Concern (CPC), urges US Congress, State Department to impose sanctions.
TCN News
The Indian American Muslim...
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...
Designate India a “country of particular concern”: Global human rights activists
TCN News
Leading American and global human and civil rights activists came together on Monday to reinforce the demand to designate India as a “country...
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...
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 |...
UN Human Rights Council experts urge India to release anti-CAA protestors
TCN News
Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the latest session have urged India to immediately release activists who have been...
New US report on religious freedom addresses NRC, CAA, J&K change of special status
TCN News
The US Department has released its annual report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for this year in the US Congress on Thursday.
The precursor...
In the eye of the storm: The rise of AAP’s Amanatullah Khan
48-year-old Amanatullah Khan grew in popularity after he consistently spoke for the Muslim community and has been in the eye of the storm throughout...
“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...
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years...
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the...
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...
लोकसभा स्पीकर के घर के सामने सड़क पर ही बन गया ‘शाहीन बाग़’
Twocircles.net
कोटा। राजस्थान के कोटा शहर में महिलाओं को जब सीएए, एनआरसी व एनपीआर के खिलाफ़ आंदोलन करने के लिए कोई ‘पार्क’ या ‘बाग़’ नहीं...
‘Fight will continue till fascist forces are removed from country’, say students, activists on...
By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: As the twenty-seven-year-old Jamia Millia Islamia university student Safoora Zargar was granted bail on Tuesday after the Delhi police...
In Pictures: Released after 13 months, student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha adjusts to life...
Student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha was released on June 17 from New Delhi's Tihar jail after remaining incarcerated for 13 months for a case...
CAA: Should United Nations Norms be respected in Domestic Policies?
Ram Puniyani
In the wake of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) UN High Commissioner, Michele Bachelet, has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court petition...
अलीगढ़ कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी सलमान इम्तियाज गुंडा एक्ट में जिला बदर
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Two circles.net
अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के पूर्व छात्रसंघ अध्यक्ष और अलीगढ़ की शहर विधानसभा से कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी सलमान इम्तियाज़ के विरुद्ध अलीगढ़ ज़िला...
“I would stare at newspaper cuttings to recollect what I am here for,” Asif...
Following his release from Tihar jail on June 17, student-activist Asif Iqbal Tanha in an interview with TCN recalls his experience in prison, where...
Women and children lead fight against CAA-NRC in Maharashtra
T I Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are intensifying across states, the latest being Maharashtra....
भीम आर्मी का भारत बंद आज, सबसे सवेंदनशील सहारनपुर में अलर्ट प्रशासन
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net
सहारनपुर। प्रोन्नति में आरक्षण और सीएए,एनआरसी और एनपीआर खत्म किए जाने के विरोध में भीम आर्मी ने 23 फरवरी यानी आज रविवार को...
देवांगना,नताशा और आसिफ़ इकबाल रिहा, तेवर है बरक़रार
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में फरवरी 2020 में हुए दंगा मामले में जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा देवांगना कलिता और नताशा नरवाल...
Women group appeal National Rights Commission for intervention in arbitrary arrests of rights activists
TCN News
A group of more than 100 women individuals and organizations have written to the National Rights Commission Chairman Justice H L Dattu seeking...
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...
‘There is rift after 2020 riots,’ say Brahmpuri residents after posters surface urging Hindus...
Most residents of Brahmpuri expressed displeasure against the appearance of such posters while some supported it.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Early last...
‘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...
Does India face tyranny of the majority?
Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...
New women leaderships emerge as anti CAA-NRC protests grip India
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Ranchi (Jharkhand): “Aisa kya hoga hai ki aaplog sadak par nikal gayee hai? (What has gone so bad that you are...
School charged with sedition for anti- CAA play now aids Govt in relief work...
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Bidar: Shaheen Group of Institutions in Bidar Karnataka, which was booked with sedition in February for an anti-CAA play – has...
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...
22 international orgs’ write to Blinken over India’s CPC designation
The letter urges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reconsider his decision and “designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) at...
‘CAA-NRC-NPR is an attempt to end existence of Indian Muslims,’ says former IPS Abdur...
By Maariyah Siddique, TwoCircles.net
Former Inspector General of Police Abdur Rahman was one of the first government officials to quit the police force in December...
With relaxation eased under lockdown, 200 organisations calls for nationwide anti-CAA protests
TCN News
Nearly 200 organisations have called for fresh nationwide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR as relaxation measures under lockdown 5.0 were issued by the Central government.
'Sab...
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...
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...
2020 in review: Indian Muslims, Indian media and the virus
By Md Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Finally, the year 2020 is over and the world is now welcoming the new year – and hoping the new...
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...
शाहीन बाग़ में बुर्के में वीडियो बनाते पकड़ी गई गुंजा कपूर, पीएम मोदी ट्वीटर...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली के शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के ख़िलाफ़ डेढ़ महीने से ज़्यादा समय से लगातार चल रहे विरोध प्रदर्शन में...
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...
Of dreams and hope: Remembering Shaheen Bagh
By Sharjeel Usmani, TwoCircles.net
Last year, around this time, Amir Aziz recited his poem that soon became an anthem for the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters...
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...
क्या चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद यूपी के अगले चुनाव में मुख्यमंत्री के दावेदार हों सकते है?
आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर। उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति एक बार फिर करवट ले रही है। पीएम मोदी, गृहमंत्री अमित शाह और सूबे के...
“Lockdown used to crush dissent,” say student leaders on police action against youth activists
TCN News
The current lockdown enforced due to COVID-19 pandemic is conveniently being used by the government to crush dissent, said the student leaders and...
‘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...
Massive crowd of 20, 000 protestors from the smallest state in India roar in...
By T I Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Panjim (Goa): Continuing with the momentum of countrywide demonstrations against the draconian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens...
शाहीन बाग प्रोटेस्ट के 90 दिन पूरे, अब ऐसा है हाल
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ़ लगातार चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन ने को 90 दिन पूरे...
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....
दिल्ली हिंसा: अजित डोभाल ने कहा था, ‘डरने की जरूरत नहीं’, लेकिन… दूध लेने...
इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। उस्मानपुर के करतार नगर में अपने घर से बच्चों के लिए दूध लेने घर से बाहर निकले मोहम्मद इरफ़ान तीन दिन...
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...
Muslim Prisoners of Conscience in India are persecuted for their faith, families tell U.S....
Attendees at the virtual Briefing learned firsthand from family members of such POCs how the Indian government has been jailing human rights defenders, religious...
टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...
बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...
Bogey of ‘economic jihad’: a conspiracy to target livelihood of Indian Muslims
The purpose of these bogus conspiracy theories is to target the livelihood of Muslims and weaken them economically.
Md Asif Khan | TwoCircles.net
The term ‘economic...
1300+ signatories register nationwide condemnation of Delhi Police regarding the interrogation of Prof Apoorvanand
TCN News
Over 1300 professionals have signed an open letter condemning interrogation of Prof Apoorvanand by the Delhi Police on August 3 in connection with...
A tale of two deaths during Delhi riots
Saamb Mohan for Twocircles.net
It was the spring settling in India’s capital. On February 23, 2020, around 3 pm, a politician appears at Maujpur Chowk,...
“Naam kya?- Ashfaq”…. And then, five bullets fired on the chest
ISRAR AHMED, Twocircles.net
“Naam kya?” (What is your name?), asked the rioters.
“Ashfaq”.....bullets screeching at the street full of smashed glasses, broken furniture, and piling mess...
तस्वीरें: दंगे सभी वीभत्स होते हैं दिल्ली का कुछ और है!
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
दिल्ली में हुए दंगे की दुनिया भर में चर्चा हो रही है।
बुद्धिजीवी इसे नया प्रयोग बता रहे हैं। देश का सबसे बड़ा अल्पसंख्यक...
Struggling for Recognition: The Journey of Assam’s ‘D-Voters’ Through Legal Battles and Hope for...
Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net
Rahim Ali, who lived his entire life in Kashimpur village, Assam, with the label of an “illegal citizen,” was buried under that...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
दिल्ली हिंसा: मुस्लिम परिवार के लिए फ़रिश्ता बनकर आया भाजपा पार्षद, आधी रात को...
इसरार अहमद, twocircles.net
दिल्ली। एक तरफ़ जहां नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून पर पूर्वी दिल्ली के कई इलाकों में हिंसक झड़प जारी है और बीजेपी और संघ...
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...
Meet Aman Wadud, a human rights lawyer assisting people to fight citizenship battle in...
While the Constitution of India ensures the fundamental rights and dignity of every individual, in Assam thousands of people are fighting the legal battle...
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...
Music for protest: Azadi and Inqilab as the new Hindustani beats
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
As marches and rallies dominate the most commonly practised ways of protest, the youth are now searching new ways to protest...
Ghost towns in the days after the pogroms
by Mariya Salim, Twocircles.net
Shiv Vihar, New Dehli: In the days just after the pogroms, the areas worst hit by pogroms, were like ghost towns....
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...
Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day
An open letter from Radhika Vemula to the Prime Minister
Jai Bhim everyone,
My name is Radhika Vemula. I am Rohith Vemula’s mother. This International Women’s...
15 women organizations in Telangana demand release of all persons arrested for anti CAA-NRC-NPR...
TCN News
Telangana: More than 15 women’s organizations from Telangana on Friday strongly condemned the arrests of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protestors by the Delhi Police and the...
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...
Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals
Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...
‘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...
Religious minorities in India face declining participation in society, says new report
The report highlights the bias against religious minorities portrayed in Indian news media and states the media spectacularly failed in its role as the...
“From feeling of insecurity to feeling of community,” 2 years of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests
The impact of the violence on this day, two years ago, was a catalyst that made a lot of young students, concerned citizens conscious...
दिल्ली हिंसा: राख, धुंआ और कालिख़ बनती जिंदगी
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net
ख़ाक में स्कूल, ख़ाक में मुस्तक़बिल और ख़ाक में ख़्वाब..... दिल्ली में मस्जिद, स्कूल, घर किताब और इंसान सब जल गए हैं....जला...
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...
U.S. NGO names Modi among world’s seven worst persecutors, clubs RSS with Taliban
In a report, “2021 Persecutor of the Year Awards,” released here this month, the International Christian Concern (ICC) clubbed the “Sangh Parivar,” India’s Hindu extremist...
मेरठ: दिल्ली दंगा पीड़ितों के लिए राशन इकट्ठा कर रहे लोगों पर, पुलिस ने...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर, Twocircles.net
मेरठ। भले ही यूपी पुलिस के कुछ अफ़सर लोगोंं का भरोसा जीतने के अथक प्रयत्न कर रहे हो मगर फिर भी अल्पसंख्यक...
Current of ‘Shaheen Bagh’ reaches Chennai, one lost his life in police lathi charge
MIRZA MOSARAF HOSSAIN, Twocircles.net
The Current of Shaheen Bagh, the Police Atrocities and the Indomitable Spirit of the Countrymen reached to Chennai, causing death...
In UP’s Saharanpur, fear of NRC fuels search for documents
By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) :“It will be better if they give us poison,” says 35-years-old Ayesha from Nawabganj, the sole breadwinner in...
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...
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...
‘Voters or Citizens,’ Matua community hold key in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021
The Matua community, with 1.5 crore voters, has always been politically active in West Bengal. Amid political drama and family feuds with fiery statements,...
Delhi after violence: Signs of destruction everywhere, victims waiting for relief
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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...
21Dead in Delhi Violence, Cabinet Committee on Security Meeting Shortly: 10 Points
TCN Staff
New Delhi: The number of deaths in the unprecedented violence in Delhi since Sunday has risen to 21. Stone-pelting between rival groups, arson, and...
‘Horror of That Day Still Haunts Me’: 5 Years On, Jamia Awaits Justice As...
Sumit Singh and Syed Abubakr, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Five years after the horrific events of December 15, 2019, when the Delhi Police, along with paramilitary...
“I Can’t Enter the Campus That’s Like My Home”: Suspended Jamia Students Face Uncertainty
Ahmed Mir and Sarthak Parashar, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The suspension of 17 students of Jamia Millia Islamia (a central university in the national capital) has...
लुधियाना के ‘शाहीन बाग़ में’, केंद्र सरकार के ख़िलाफ़ एकजुट हुए मजदूर संगठन
Twocircles.net
लुधियाना। शहर की दाना मंडी में चल रहे शाहीन बाग़ प्रदर्शन के 19वें दिन रविवार को विभिन्न मजदूर संगठनों से जुड़े लोगों बड़ी संख्या...
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...
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...
‘Identify and kill them’: How calls for Muslim genocide were given at VHP’s Delhi...
North East Delhi, which witnessed anti-Muslim riots in February 2020, reverberated with hate and provocative speeches on October 9 during an event organized...
दिल्ली की आरक्षित सीट पर क्या हैं इस बार के मुद्दे?
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
संकरी गलियां, बहती नालियां और साइड में रखा नालियों से निकला मलबा। दिल्ली की ज्यादातर झुग्गियां शायद ऐसी ही दिखती हैं। सर्दी में धूप...
South Asians celebrate the passage of resolution opposing CAA and NRC by the...
TCN News
Seattle City Council became the first legislative body in the United States to take a stance on India’s CAA and NRC, which have...
Bihar students write open letter to RJD, urge to break silence on incarceration of...
TCN News
Bihar: Scores of students of Bihar have a written an open letter to Tejashwi Yadav, the President of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and...
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...
2020 Delhi riots: ‘My soul trembles when I recall that day,’ shopkeepers at Gokulpuri...
Shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, where 97 shops were set ablaze during the 2020 Delhi riots, are still struggling to rebuild their lives...
The politics behind observing ‘Horrors of Partition Remembrance Day’
To have genuine remembrance of the horrors of partition of the subcontinent, one should take a leaf from Germany where they have included the...
दिल्ली दंगा : अदालत ने माना, निष्पक्ष नही है जांच,पुलिस पर लगाया जुर्माना
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.Net
दिल्ली की कड़कड़डूमा कोर्ट ने दिल्ली दंगे से संबंधित एक मामले में सुनवाई करते हुए दिल्ली पुलिस पर 25 हज़ार रुपए का जुर्माना...
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...
शरजील इमाम को एक और केस में जमानत
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net
जेएनयू छात्र शरजील इमाम को जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया यूनिवर्सिटी हिंसा से जुड़े एक मामले में दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने जमानत दे दी...
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...
Govt. misusing laws to detain students, activists critical of CAA, NRC, says former AMU...
By Ghazala Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
In December last year, the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to introduce a nationwide registry of citizens known...
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...
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...
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...
Why the CAA and NRC are not good solutions to a country bleeding with...
Dr Anis Ansari, IAS (Rtd)
The unprecedented wave of nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the...
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...
प्रधानमंत्री जी, महिला सशक्तिकरण पर ज्ञान देने से पहले दिल्ली हिंसा में मुस्लिम महिलाओं...
दिल्ली हिंसा के दौरान मुस्लिम महिलाओं के साथ हुईं हैं बेहद शर्मनाक हरकतें
कपड़े फाड़ने से लेकर बलात्कार तक के आरोप, कई लड़कियां...
Why the followers of Hindutva in India support Israel?
The common force uniting Hindutva and Zionism is their shared understanding of the nation and the treatment of minorities. While Zionism sought to violently...
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...
Northeast student body observes ‘black day’ on third anniversary of CAA
Muslims were excluded from the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was approved by the Rajya Sabha on December 11, 2019, concluding the legislative...
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...
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।...
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...
Many under financial constraint as Delhi riot victims still wait for compensation
About 2569 families in North East Delhi have filed claims for compensation. Of the 2,569 claims, 1,425 have been examined, while work on the...
30 hours blockade in Raj Bhavan, Kerala, against CAA and Delhi violence
By TwoCircles.Net staff correspondent
Raj Bhavan, Governor of Kerala’s official residence at Thiruvananthapuram, was blockaded on February 25 and 26 by the Welfare Party of...
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...
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...
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,...
‘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...
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...
Love Jihad law, mosque demolitions, hate speech against minorities in Uttar Pradesh particularly concerning:...
Niala Mohammad, a Senior Policy Analyst at a Congressional Briefing at Washington, D.C. said the demolition of two mosques in Uttar Pradesh last month,...
दिल्ली हिंसा: अबतक 51, ये रहे 48 के नाम, तीन की पहचान नहीं, दर्ज़नभर...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, twocicles.net
दिल्ली। दिल्ली दंगो में मरने वाले 48 लोगों की पहचान हो गई है। जान किसी की भी जाए। ख़ून तो आख़िर...
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...
Telangana State assembly passes a resolution against CAA; not sufficient say activists
TCN News
'Citizens against CAA-NRC-NPR', a broad-based citizens’ group which has been actively protesting and raising awareness in Telangana on the issues of CAA, NRC...
Is India’s Hindu majority radicalized against Muslims?
If murder and terror accused are being treated as heroes in a society, then that society can be anything but civilized. Right-wing leaders in...
Fierce protest poet, anti-CAA activist Ashraful Hussain wins assembly election in Assam, spurs hope...
The 27-year-old is the youngest representative in the Assam legislative assembly following his victory over incumbent and former Congress minister Sukur Ali Ahmed from...
“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...
Delhi Police hits a new low with oppressive measures to end the Shaheen Bagh...
Yusuf Ansari, Twocircles.net
To end the Shaheen Bagh protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Delhi Police is now using oppressive tactics. Police has now started...