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Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net In 1996, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed rejoined the Congress, he was assigned the task of fielding candidates for the Jammu...

What led to BJP’s defeat in Delhi assembly election 2020?

Ahmed Raza The spectacular majority mark for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the BJP in Delhi assembly elections did not astonish people – landslide victory...

Giving a Damn to EC Notice, BJP’s ‘Star’ Campaigners Continue to Echo PM Modi’s...

TCN Special Correspondent New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that it is confident of winning third consecutive...

First-time voters in Goa share their feeling

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Goa recorded 72% polling for two Lok Sabha constituencies viz., North Goa and South Goa on 23rd April, 2019. TwoCircles.net spoke to...

Rising Cold and Fading Shadows of Communal Violence in Meerapur: A Glimpse Ahead of...

Asad Shaikh, TwoCircles.net About 100 kilometers from Delhi, in Meerapur, the cold weather is slowly intensifying, with a light mist now visible in the mornings...

Nitish Kumar’s Quest: Will the ‘Kingmaker’ Secure Special Status for Bihar After 18 Years?

M.I. Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: After playing a pivotal role in supporting the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government under Prime...

From Struggle to Success: How Samajwadi Party’s Policy Reforms and Youth Appeal Won Over...

Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: The 2024 general elections have reshaped the nation's political landscape, with the surprising resurgence of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh...

The Secular Dilemma: Understanding the Bihar Elections 2020

By Shah Nawaz Afaque, TwoCircles.net The state of Bihar witnessed its high profile and extremely charged Legislative Assembly Elections amidst a pandemic situation and that’s...

Voting ends for final phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

Raipur, (IANS) Polling for the second and final phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections entailing 72 constituencies spread across 19 districts officially ended on Tuesday,...

Mehbooba Mufti: A Controversial Legacy and the Quest for Redemption in J&K Politics

Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net Anantnag: The scene was set in Bijbehara, where she campaigned for her daughter Iltija Mufti. A gathering of around 100...

Why First Time Voters Are Choosing To Abstain From Voting This Election Season

By Shriya Sharma and Devanshi Batra, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: As India votes to reconstitute 18th Lok Sabha (Parliament’s lower house), a growing trend has emerged among...

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Unexpected Triumph: Engineer Rashid’s Electoral Victory Alters Kashmir’s Political Trajectory

Syed Taqui Haider Srinagar: Engineer Rashid’s surprising victory over political stalwart Umar Abdullah in Baramulla constituency has reverberated throughout Kashmir's political landscape. The unexpected outcome...

Understanding BJP’s recent victory in UP Block panchayat elections

The Hindu-Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the July 3 district panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. While the party believes the victory has put...

Young voters of Mumbai want government policies to encompass social justice

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The elections in Mumbai are slated to be held on 29th April in Mumbai. This is will be part of the...

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Where Did the Money Go? Rs 70,877 Crore Vanishes from Bihar’s Public Accounts, Utilisation...

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: A staggering Rs 70,877 crore remains unaccounted for in Bihar’s government spending. The Panchayati Raj Department tops the list, with Rs...

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‘The existing assertion of Hinduism is not free from caste’: Understanding UP elections with...

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As J&K Elections Conclude, Kulgam Confronts a Crucial Test of Development and Promised Change

Mubashir Naik, TwoCircles.net Kulgam (Kashmir): Following the conclusion of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the political landscape in Kulgam, South Kashmir, is undergoing a significant transformation....

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“We are united to fight fascism”, CPI (ML) candidate Sandeep Saurav aims to bring...

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

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Maharashtra gets a Muslim MP after 15 years: Imtiyaz Jaleel of AIMIM

By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net “I am really grateful to Ambedkari Janta for making my victory a reality ,my Dalit brothers worked hard for me  and...

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...

Why BJP supporters and non-BJP supporters can’t remain friends anymore?

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: What people say about Modi’s ‘hate’ speeches and Nitish Kumar’s...

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar often claims that he never compromised on three ‘Cs’ — crime, corruption and communalism. But in recent...

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

Not all AIMIM party activists favour the split with VBA in Maharashtra

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‘No One Will Trust Them Anymore’: Jamaat-e-Islami Faces Backlash for Electoral Shift

Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was founded in 1941 by Syed Abdul Ala Maududi. Inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, the organisation was...

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: “We came together to counter BJP,” say TN Muslims...

Muslims comprise 5.86 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s population according to the 2011 census, but only 7 Muslims have been elected to the 234...

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Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 : Congress emerges the winner toppling BRS

TCN Staff Hyderabad After making its mark in Karnataka in May 2023, India’s grand old party INC (Indian National Congress) has now won the Telangana Assembly...

After split with AIMIM, Vanchit Bahujan announces fielding 25 Muslim candidates

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net  Maharashtra At a public function in Amravati, Vanchit Bahujan Agadi Chief Prakash Ambedkar has announced to field 25 Muslim candidates for the...

TCN spoke to Dr Kafeel Khan about his book, the time in prison and...

Dr Kafeel Khan was in Hyderabad on January 27 to release his book 'The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy: A Doctor's Memoir of a Deadly...

J&K Elections: How Anti-Delhi Rhetoric Shapes Kashmiri Political Survival Amidst Poll Battles

Aakib Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In April this year, Syed Altaf Bukhari, a prominent Kashmiri politician, openly aligned himself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that supporting the central...

Nitish for Now, Not for Later? Bihar CM Left in Limbo as BJP Plays...

M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: As Bihar gears up for assembly elections in October-November 2025, suspense continues to build around who the ruling Bharatiya Janata...

A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...

TCN News Dr Lubna Sarwath, Contesting Candidate for Karwan Legislative Assembly, Telangana, Hyderabad, Socialist Party(India) has released the manifesto for her constituency which is a...

Will Bihar see anti-incumbency against Nitish led government in upcoming Assembly elections?

By Abdullah Azmal, TwoCircles.net Patna: As the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections is around the corner, resentment is brewing among the youth of Muslim and Yadav communities. Statistically, Bihar is a state that records...

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Bihar Elections: a look at the performance of Muslim candidates

By TCN Staff The results of the Bihar election are here. After several rounds of late-night counting, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) – comprising of...

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NRIs can now resgister as voters

TCN News The election commission of India, in their endeavours to motivate citizens of India to exercise adult franchise have now given the option for...

YSR Congress defers first list of candidates

Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Wednesday postponed the announcement of its first list of candidates for the Andhra Pradesh...

बिहार चुनाव ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : सीमांचल के कोचाधामन विधानसभा में यह है जनता की...

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Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won.  Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...

Gujjar-Bakerwal Communities: Neglected Voices in Jammu and Kashmir Elections

Kounsar Bashir and Safoora Hilal/TwoCircles.net Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir approaches the third and final phase of its Assembly elections — marking the first polls...

Eight Muslims MLAs from Rajasthan this time, up from just two in 2013

By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net The Rajasthan elections are out and the Congress is all set to form a government in the state along with...

Muslim representation in Indian Parliament

TCN News This year again, the number of parliamentarians elected from the Muslim community are 27  as compared to previous Lok Sabha elections when there...

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Gender Representation Declines: India Elects 74 Women MPs in 2024, Down from 78 in...

Sakshi Srivastava, TwoCircles.net In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, India elected 74 women MPs, down from 78 in 2019, indicating a decrease in women's representation....

EC stops Modi biopic release till LS polls end

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Empowering Change: Women Candidates Challenge the Status Quo in J&K Elections

Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: As mainstream parties gear up for campaigns ahead of the long-awaited assembly elections in Kashmir that is scheduled to be held from...

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Engineer Rasheed’s Rallying Cry: A Fight for ‘Rights’, ‘Dignity’ and a ‘New Political Era’...

Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Out on bail and ready to make waves, Engineer Rasheed hit the campaign trail with a powerful rallying cry echoing across the...

Why Nitish Kumar Still Seeks Muslim Votes: Ploy or Passion

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Nitish Kumar, despite being a partner and facilitator of the BJP, still seeks Muslim votes in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election. His...

Inside Shahabuddin’s Shadow: Can Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Win Siwan’s Trust?

Sumit Singh & Syed Abubakr, TwoCircles.net Patna (Bihar): The road to Siwan is cracked and dusty like old stories that still echo in this land....

Delhi Elections 2025: The Untold Story of Rohingya Refugees in the City

Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Ameena Khatoon is a mother of three who lives in a small refugee camp at Kanchankunj near Okhla's Kalindikunj in Delhi. She...

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Vote for BJP to destroy Muslims, says BJP leader

TCN News Another BJP leader Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava has made a controversial statement yesterday, Thursday, when he asked people to vote for BJP if they...

Anantnag’s BJP candidate says Kashmiri students ‘deserved’ to be attacked after Pulwama attack

By Auqib Javeed and Murtaza Ali, TwoCircles.net There is hardly a part of the country right now that has not been gripped by the election...

First Bulldozers, Ballot Next: Delhi Slum Residents Say They Lost Homes And Now Are...

Unzila Sheikh, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Anil Singh, 30, was born in Bhoomiheen Camp, a settlement in southeast Delhi, now bulldozed, where his parents, migrants from...

BJP’s Parvesh Verma’s Legacy of Hate: Incendiary Anti-Muslim Rhetoric and the Road to Delhi...

TCN News Desk New Delhi: Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma emerged as the giant slayer following the declaration of the Delhi Assembly election results on February...

A Humanitarian Crisis in Delhi’s Election: MCD Workers’ Outrage Over Manual Scavenging, Contract Labor...

Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Rajo Devi (45) did not distinguish much between permanent jobs and contract-based work when she joined the Municipal Corporation of...

Delhi Elections 2025: The Forgotten Trans Yamuna Region Battling Absence of Clean Water, Sanitation...

Devanshi Batra, TwoCircles.net Northeast Delhi, encompassing neighbourhoods like Seelampur, Jaffrabad, Mustafabad, Karawal Nagar and Shiv Vihar, often seems like a forgotten part of the capital,...

KCR takes oath as Telangana CM

Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for a second term in a row. Governor...

As Heat Waves Scorches India, Let’s Examine Political Parties’ Climate Change Commitments

Sakshi Srivastava, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: India’s scorching heat waves coincide with political pledges on climate change in the world's largest democracy. As parties unveil ambitious...

Iqra Hasan: A Century-Old Struggle and the Ascent of ‘Brave’ and Consistent Daughter

Special Correspondent/ TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “I don’t comment on numbers, but it’s for sure that I got blessings of people who want me to represent them...

Lowest Muslim Representation in Six Decades: Only 4.4% of MPs in 18th Lok Sabha...

TCN News New Delhi: The eighteenth Lok Sabha has the lowest representation of Muslims in six decades, with less than 5% of its members identifying as...

From Imam to MP: Mohibbullah Nadvi’s Surprising Victory in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur

TCN News New Delhi: Mohibbullah Nadvi’s journey to victory in the general elections from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, was a tale of unexpected twists and challenges....

Lok Rajniti Manch support Mayawati’s demand to re-conduct polls using ballot papers

TCN News Lok Rajniti Manch, a people's politics forum have, in their press release, extended their support to Mayawati in her demand to re-conduct polls. They...

‘Muslims Are On Their Own’: Community Voters Disappointed with AAP’s ‘Soft-Hindutva Avatar’ During Delhi...

Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net Mohammad Ibrahim (70), a resident of Batla House in Delhi's Okhla assembly constituency is frustrated that a large majority of Muslims in...

Voting underway for 7th phase of J&K panchayat polls

Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Voting was underway on Tuesday for the seventh phase of the panchayat polls across Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security. Voters...

Congress to stay away from Telangana Council polls due to unethical practices of KCR

Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) Telangana's main opposition Congress on Monday decided to boycott the elections to state Legislative Council scheduled on Tuesday in protest...

Congress announces 9 candidates in Madhya Pradesh, 3 from reserved constitutencies

Bhopal, March 24 (IANS) The Congress has announced its candidates for nine of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, fielding former Chief...

Despite it being a hot-button, why the BJP avoids talking about caste census

Shriya Koul, TwoCircles.net  New Delhi: Like every election, caste is the hot button of the 2024 Lok Sabha election as well. Political parties have already...

UP goes for polls in 1st phase, farmer resentment likely to play foul for...

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Elections are nothing more than a drama here: The view from Shopian, J&K

By Murtaza Ali, TwoCircles.net As South Kashmir's Shopian goes to elections on May 6, TwoCircles.net's Murtaza Ali visited the region to speak with locals. As...

The histrionics, debacles, and spectacles of the Lok Sabha elections of 2019

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Election 2108-High time to save Democracy in Telangana State

TCN News Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee in its press release have stated that in view of the coming Assembly elections in the month of December...

Return of paper ballot likely in Nizamabad with 185 candidates contesting elections

TCN News 185 candidates have filed their nominations in Nizamabad District of Telangana State for the Lok Sabha elections. Of the 185 , 178 are...

MNF wins Mizoram, Congress’ last Northeast state

Aizawl, Dec 11 (IANS) Securing an absolute majority in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, the MNF on Tuesday returned to power after a decade, crushing...

Bihar SIR: ‘Targeted Deletions’? 65 Lakh Voters Vanish – Seemanchal, Gopalganj Among Worst Hit...

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Four districts of Bihar's Seemanchal region (Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnea and Araria) have reported an above-average percentage of name deletions in the...

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With 50% Muslim population, know who is better placed in...

TCN Special Correspondent New Delhi: Sambhal is one among the Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh where polling will be held on May 7 — third...

“Glad that BJP has not come to power,” West Bengal Muslims heave sigh of...

With Trinamool Congress (TMC) winning a landslide victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the strongly contested West Bengal Assembly elections, Muslims from...

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