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By IANS, Panaji : Freedom fighters in Goa have raised strong objections to the listing of the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa and Fortress of Diu among the seven wonders of Portuguese origin in the world. Goa Freedom Fighters Association (GFFA) spokesman Naguesh Karmali told IANS that Portugal had no business to say that either of the two historic architectural marvels were of Portuguese origin.

By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Johannesburg : India-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has been named the richest person in South Africa for the fourth consecutive year on the annual 'Rich List' compiled by the weekly Sunday Times. Mittal achieved this distinction despite a 65 percent loss in his 52 percent stake in ArcelorMittal South Africa during the March-November period this year due to the global financial crisis.

Islamabad : Almost 300 children were forced to have sex in front of mobile phone cameras, said a Pakistani daily which added that...

By TCN News, Jeffrey Witsoe is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Union College in Schenectady, New York. Author of the much acclaimed book...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net As a debilitating drought enters its thrird successive year in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, Mohammad Yousuf, 45 a farmer from...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aligarh: The announcement of this year’s Nobel prizes in Physics and Chemistry has brought smiles to the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University...

By TCN News Dammam: Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) successfully organized a blood donation campaign in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on Friday May 6 to help...

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Spotlighting the current “crisis� in international efforts to address the world's nuclear arsenal, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on delegates attending a review conference in Vienna on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to demonstrate that progress is possible.

 

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, नई दिल्ली: आज जब समूची दुनिया पेरिस में ISIS का निशाना बने 150 मासूम लोगों की मौत पर दुखी हो रही है,...

By IANS, Singapore: A French woman was Wednesday charged with stealing a handbag worth around $26,000 at a casino resort in Singapore, Xinhua reported.

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: On Thursday morning, people of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to the news of the...

London : Thousands of British Muslims gathered Sunday outside the gates of Downing Street (the headquarters of the British Government and the official residence)...

By TCN News London: Representatives of rights groups, Indian Diaspora and Dalit organisations marked India’s Republic Day eve by holding a candlelit...

By Frederick Noronha, IANS, Panaji : He was a secret service agent who used to torment freedom fighters when Goa was under Portuguese rule. Now some crucial missing links on 'Agente Monteiro' have surfaced in cyberspace. In an unusual series of developments over the past couple of months, a posting on Goanet (goanet.org) on the man has led to the unearthing of an interesting, though painful, chapter of history.

By IANS, Rio de Janeiro : Brazilian authorities have slapped a fine of $234 million on a company owned by Swedish tycoon Johan Eliasch for illegally felling 230,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest, Spain's EFE news agency reported Sunday. London-based Eliasch is being investigated in Brazil by the Abin state intelligence agency for allegedly illegally buying large swathes of the rainforest and grassland in order to commercially exploit it through a company known as Gethal Amazonas S.A., the news agency quoted officials as saying.

By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Dubai: Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Finance Minister, attended a dinner on Monday, May 23along with a group of a...

By IANS New Delhi : Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, British businessman Karan Bilimoria, Indian Americans Joy Cherian and Thomas Abraham and three people from the Gulf are among the 12 recipients of this year's Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award that recognizes leading achievers among the vast Indian diaspora. All of them come from varied backgrounds and regions but have all helped to strengthen ties between India and its diaspora, that today numbers over 130 million in some 130 countries.

By NNN-Kyodo, Tokyo : The Cabinet on Friday endorsed a specific plan about Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) personnel to quake-hit Haiti to engage in UN peacekeeping operations, prompting some 160 SDF members to depart for the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Under the plan, a 350-member unit will engage in the UN mission on a steady basis until November 30. The unit consists mainly of SDF engineers who will help reconstruction work in the quake-devastated country, and includes three civilians who will examine the quake resistance of buildings.

By IANS/RIA Novosti, Moscow : The world's largest Telemba military training ground located in Siberia will be expanded as Russia readies to test its S-400 long-range missile defence system, an official said. "We currently coordinate transferring of additional... parcels of land to the training ground," Col. Sergei Kuryshkin, Telemba's chief, said Saturday, adding that the land is 160 km long and 70 km wide. Kurryshkin said the training ground would be used for S-400 long-range missile defence system tests as well as for other prospective missile defence systems.

By TCN News, Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...

In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

“Any departure from the traditional policy of India towards Arab world, especially in respect of Palestine, will result in nothing but strong opposition and...

Foundation stone of Frank & Debbie Islam Management Complex was laid at AMU in February 2016 By TwoCircles.net news Boston: Entrepreneur Frank Islam was honored with...