SP names 5 more candidates for Lok Sabha polls

Lucknow, March 28 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday named five more Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar Pradesh. Nasir Qureshi will contest from Moradabad,...

AIMIM releases the first list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Election

TCN News with inputs from SN Ansari Maharashtra Assembly elections will be conducted in the next couple of months. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)...

Divisive Rhetoric to Ethical Quagmires: Women Politicians Under the Spotlight

TCN News New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...

Gehlot to be Rajasthan CM

Jaipur, Dec 13 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot appears to have pipped Sachin Pilot in the race for Chief Minister in Rajasthan. The name...

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...

Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...

An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District. Afnan Habib...

फोटो सीरीज़ – लोकसभा चुनाव

आस  मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net Twocircles.net की सीरीज में ऐसे लोगों का तज़किरा किया गया है जो भारत मे हो रहे लोकसभा चुनाव में वोट कर...

मुद्दों की लड़ाई में नहीं लगेगा जातिवाद-धर्मवाद का तड़का

फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net लोकसभा चुनाव के पहले चरण में बिहार के चार सीटों पर मतदान हो चुका, वही दूसरे चरण में पांच सीटों पर मतदान...

‘Nothing Can Fill This Gap’: Families of AIMIM Candidates Shifa, Tahir Share Heartfelt Pleas...

Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections has brought the...

Ahead of UP polls, report on socio-political condition of Muslim community paints a picture...

The report by the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP) ‘Development of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh—released on January 9, paints a picture...

72.65% voting recorded in Rajasthan elections

Jaipur, Dec 7 (IANS) Overall 72.65 per cent voting was recorded in Rajasthan when polling in the Assembly elections came to a close on...

क्या कैराना में तबस्सुम हसन इतिहास रचने की कगार पर है

आस  मुहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net कैराना- कैराना का चुनाव पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश का सबसे नजदीकी चुनाव होने वाला है.पहले चरण में यहां मेरठ, सहारनपुर, मुजफ्फरनगर, बिजनोर, बागपत,नोएडा...

High Hopes, Disappointing Results: Why Tejashwi-Led INDIA Alliance Performed Poorly in Bihar

M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In politics, a week can make all the difference, and the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar are...

बिहार चुनाव : तेजस्वी को ‘मीरान हैदर’ पर खामोशी का नुकसान होगा !

उमर शब्बीर,Twocircles.net के लिए  बिहार में राजनीतिक बदलाव के साथ सामाजिक बदलाव होते रहे हैं । इन बदलावों का सबसे बड़ा कारक धार्मिक और जातीय...

Dalit man chops off finger after accidently voting for BJP

Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has chopped...

Phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls tomorrow in key constitutencies

TCN News Tomorrow, May 12, Sunday voting will take place in Uttar Pradesh ( 14 seats); Haryana ( 10 seats, West Bengal ( 8 seats),...

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...

लोक सभा चुनाव: पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में गठबंधन का ट्रायल, अजीत सिंह को बचाना...

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की 8 लोकसभा सीटों पर पहले चरण मतदान 11 अप्रैल को है. यह लोकसभा सीट मेरठ, गौतमबुद्ध नगर ,ग़ाज़ियाबाद,बागपत ,मुजफ्फरनगर, बिजनोर,सहारनपुर और कैराना है. इस बार इन सीटों...

बिहार में 200 से अधिक सामाजिक संगठनों ने मिलकर जन घोषणा पत्र किया जारी,...

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net मीडिया के शोर, विपक्ष द्वारा ज़मीनी मुद्दों से ग़ायब राजनीति और केंद्र एवं राज्य के बीच एक दूसरे के लिए ज़रूरी तालमेल...

Why no system to track abnormal rise in poll contestants’ assets: SC to Centre

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to respond to a plea stating that it has failed to...

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...

Owaisi welcomes single-phase polling in Andhra, Telangana

Hyderabad, March 10 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday welcomed the Election Commission's decision to have single-phase polling in Telugu states of Telangana...

How ‘security from Muslims’ became a BJP poll plank in UP

Activists said this is a way to make minority and disenfranchised groups across Uttar Pradesh look like a threat to Hindus of the state. Zeyad...

From Legacy to Challenge: Iltija Mufti’s Fight to Revive PDP and Retain Bijbehara

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...

Voting starts for J&K’s two Lok Sabha seats

Jammu/Srinagar, April 18 (IANS) Enthusiastic voters reached polling stations on Thursday in Kathua, Reasi and Udhampur districts of Udhampur Lok Sabha seat while voters...

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...

Only self determination can solve Kashmir problem: Er. Rashid

Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rasheed (Er. Rashid) is a firebrand politician and lawmaker from North Kashmir’s Langate. He remains in news usually and is known...

नई उमीदों को समेटे ख़त्म हुआ आखरी चरण का चुनाव…

फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net लोकसभा 2019 के आखरी चरण के सभी सात चरण का चुनान संपन्न होने के साथ ही चुनाव मैदान में उतरे 8049 उम्मीदवारों...

Bihar Elections: “Our plight will not change without political representation,” Dom community members decry...

By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: Nearly 100 years ago, well-known Bhopuri poet Hira Dom wrote a now famous poem in ‘Achhut Ki Shikayat (Protest of...

बिहार चुनाव ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार के मुसलमानो को क्यों पसंद नही है...

मीना कोतवाल, मोतिहारी से Twocircles.net के लिए बिहार चुनाव सिर पर हैं। जोर-शोर से राजनीतिक पार्टियां प्रचार-प्रसार में लगी हैं। सभी पार्टी के उम्मीदवार घंटों पैदल चल...

बिहार: सुविधाओं जद्दोजहद से जूझते 56 गांव के लोगों ने किया 2019 का चुनावी...

फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार में जैसे जैसे लोकसभा चुनाव की आहात सुनाई पढ़ रही हैं वैसे ही लोग भी सियासी करवट बदल रहे हैं. बिहार...

चर्चा में है आरक्षित सीट सांसद चुने गए आफरीन अली और मोहम्मद सादिक

आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net भारत मे हुए लोकसभा चुनाव में राजनीतिक पंडितों के बीच अनुसूचित जाति के लिए आरक्षित पंजाब की फरीदकोट और पश्चिम बंगाल की आरामबाग...

एक्सक्लुसिव इंटरव्यू इमरान प्रतापगढ़ी :बिहार में मुसलमानो में कोई कन्फ्यूजन नही है ! हम...

शायर से अब फुल टाइम नेता बन चुके इमरान प्रतापगढ़ी अब दिनोंदिन राजनीति की सीढ़ियां चढ़ते जा रहे हैं। बिहार चुनाव के मद्देनजर कांग्रेस ने उन्हें स्टार...

Underrepresentation and Expectations: Challenges and Hopes for Muslim MPs in India’s 18th Lok Sabha

Md Kaifee Alam, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Despite being a crucial vote bank for many parties, the number of Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) has consistently remained low over...

A widow’s vote: A photo essay

Text and images by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh went to the polls on April 18, 2019 with almost a 60% voter turnout. Before it happened,...

Not going back to era of ballot papers: Chief Election Commissioner

New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Rejecting the demand of major opposition parties, the Election Commission on Thursday ruled out going back to the era...

EVM doubts must be addressed by Election Commission: SDPI

TCN News: After the protests against the EVMs in major cities of India such as Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai on 30th May, the National president...

BJP Breaks 27-Year Jinx to Claim Delhi Throne; Congress, Not AIMIM, Played Spoilsport for...

Asad Shaikh, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The results of the Delhi Assembly elections have sent shockwaves through the political landscape. After 27 long years, the Bhartiya...

EC stops Modi biopic release till LS polls end

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Election Commission on Wednesday stopped the release of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic till the Lok Sabha elections...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : पढ़िए ‘ओवैसी’ की जीत पर अब क्या कह रहे हैं सीमांचल...

नेहाल अहमद । Twocircles.net बिहार के सीमांचल में ओवैसी ने कुल 5 सीट जीते और यकीनन ऐसा माना जा रहा है कि बिहार में महागठबंधन...

2019 लोकसभा चुनाव: विचारधारा नहीं, मुद्दों-अधिकारों की है लड़ाई

फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net   लोकसभा चुनाव की तारीखों की घोषणा होने के बाद चुनाव में गिनती के बचे दिन ही रह गए हैं. ऐसे में सभी...

National call to protest against EVMs on 30th May

TCN News EVM Virodhi Rashtriya Jan Andolan – a group comprising different organisations and people from all walks of life have organised a mass protest...

Congress leads in three BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Congress candidates on Tuesday took significant leads in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and was inching ahead of the BJP in both...

Bihar Elections: Does Owaisi’s win signify a loss of trust in secular parties?

By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net “We were considered untouchable and vote cutters, now they have got their answer. We will now focus on the expansion...

BJP wins Jind Assembly seat; Congress, INLD bite dust

Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Establishing it grip on state politics just ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Haryana's ruling BJP won the...

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...

Bihar Elections: Bardaha residents want a government that cares for ‘Muslims, other weaker sections...

By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bardaha: Bardaha, which falls in Madhubani district in Bihar, is a green village. Flood has affected its paddy crop but the...

Seven AIMIM candidates win elections in Telangana, No Muslim candidate from Congress only one...

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) secured a landslide victory in the state with 87 seats, regaining power for the second...

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Why migrant workers in Bihar returning to different states without...

M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: Rajesh Kumar was keen to cast his vote in ongoing Lok Sabha elections but had to leave his native village...

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...

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...

SC rejects PIL demanding return to ballot papers

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL demanding junking the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and a return to...

राजस्थान चुनाव: दलित ‘किंगमेकर’ तो मुसलमान बन गए है ‘अछूत’

आस मोहम्मद कैफ TwoCircles.net जयपुर: राजस्थान विधानसभा के चुनाव में मुसलमानों को पूरी तरह हाशिये पर पहुंचा दिया गया है,हद यह है कि उनके मुद्दों...

Why Delimitation Commission’s report to redraw electoral boundaries in J&K is ruffling feathers??

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the recommendations by the Commission will disempower the erstwhile state while the political observers believe...

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...

Will support Kashmir in defending Article 370: Sajjad Kargili, Lok Sabha candidate from Ladakh

The Ladakh region of the Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls on May 6. The region comprising the two districts of Leh and...

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,...

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

नेहाल अहमद ।Twocircles.net किशनगंज लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र(10) में पड़ने वाले कोचाधामन विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र (55) में विधानसभा चुनाव की वोटिंग 7 नवम्बर को है।यहां  मुख्य...

After UP Mayawati and Akhilesh form alliance in MP and Uttarakhand

TCN News The Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party announced on Monday that they will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections together in Madhya Pradesh...

BJP’s Muslim candidate Fatima , says ‘won’t campaign for Pragya’

TCN News Fatima Rasool Siddique, Muslim candidate of BJP from Bhopal who had contested the Assembly elections from Bhopal North last year, said she will...

UP elections: No homes for families displaced by Muzaffarnagar riots

Nearly a decade after scores of Muslim families were displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, they still live amid poor living conditions and...

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...

Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

TCN News Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two MPs are from the Dalit community from VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). These two MPS Dr...

पश्चिमी यूपी में मतदान के दौरान दलितों को वोटिंग से जबरदस्ती रोकने का...

आस  मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मेरठ - पहले चरण के चुनाव के लिए आज पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की 8 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए आज शांतिपूर्ण मतदान संपन्न...

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,...

The dawn and dusk of Azam Khan

The Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament from Rampur Uttar Pradesh Azam Khan, who is currently lodged in Sitapur, was referred to Lucknow...

Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...

By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: Gopal Ravidas, 51, could not complete his law education but he is now a lawmaker in Bihar Legislative Assembly. Son of...

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...

Known for his honesty and simple life, Alam Badi becomes MLA for the fifth...

Between the politics of muscle power and money power in Purvanchal, Alam Badi has made a mark for himself due to his simplicity and...

कर्नाटक चुनाव में एससी और एसटी 51 सीटों पर भाजपा की करारी हार, सिर्फ...

कांग्रेस ने इस बार 14 मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी को मैदान में उतारा, 8 जीते जेडीएस ने सबसे ज़्यादा मुसलमान प्रत्याशी उतारे, पर एक प्रत्याशी...

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...

महिला मुख्यमंत्री भी नही सुधार पाई राजस्थान की औरतों के हालात

आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net जयपुर के एक स्थानीय अखबार में राजस्थान की मुख्यमंत्री वसुंधरा राजे का एक इंटरव्यू छपा  जिसमे उन्होंने खुद की औरत...

Gehlot to pilot Rajasthan again

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Ending the intense jockeying for power in Rajasthan, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday picked party veteran Ashok Gehlot...

‘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...

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....

Are Muslims still relevant in UP election?

The UP polls result shows the failure of strategy followed by the non-BJP parties, especially the Congress, SP and the BSP to soft-pedal secularism...

Political Disenfranchisement: The Struggle for Muslim Representation in Maharashtra’s Assembly Elections

Azib Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: As Maharashtra heads into its crucial 2024 assembly elections, the state’s Muslim community finds itself grappling with a longstanding issue of political...

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...

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

By Chinki Sinha, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: There was a poem by Punjabi communist poet Pash he stumbled upon in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) during his...

Congress Left with Zero Seat in Historic Repeat of 1984: What Led BJP to...

Huneza Khan, TwoCircles.net Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has upheld its claim by winning all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, becoming the only...

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...

“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...

Inducting Talib Hussain in PDP shows Mehbooba’s apathy towards rape survivors

TCN News Mehbooba Mufti, President of People’s democratic party (PDP) and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir welcomed Talib Hussain in her party today. Although...

West Bengal Assembly Elections: 9 Muslim candidates, two with PhD’s, test fate in volatile...

Among the nine Muslim candidates who contested in the second phase of the election, one is a female. She is Firoza Bibi, a Trinamool...

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...

बिहार चुनाव से ज़मीनी रिपोर्ट : देखिए क्या कह रहे है बिहार में...

मौजूदा दौर में जहाँ एक तरफ़ कोरोना महामारी, बाढ़ के पानी से तटीय इलाकों की स्थिति ठीक नहीं, महंगाई की मार का दूर-दूर तक...

Biopic on Modi banned but web series still available without permission

TCN News The Election commission had banned the biopic on Narendra Modi titled ‘ PM Narendra Modi’ the web series is being streamed on EROS...

In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity.  Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net  UTTAR...

Malegaon blast victim’s father prays to court to disallow Pragya’s nomination for LS

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