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8 Californian Mayors attend event hosted by RSS’s international wing

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By TCN Staff Reporter Mayors and vice-mayors of eight cities in California’s San Francisco Bay area recently attended an event organized by American branch of...

Is anjuman mein aap ko aana hai baar baar: Celebrating Urdu Cultural Mela in...

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By Zafar Iqbal for TwoCircles.net It was so pleasing to watch a beautiful rendition of Urdu poetry through a classical dance by Anupma Sharma, student...

1000 global rights orgs, individuals urge US govt to impose “targeted sanctions” against India...

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TCN News Owing to the increase in communal violence and hate speech in India, over a thousand Indian American civil rights organizations, academicians and human...

Indian-American organizations demand US Ambassador resign for RSS meet

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Ten diaspora groups signed a joint statement calling for the removal of Ambassador Atul Keshap.   Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net    “The nature of Keshap’s meeting with the...

यूपी में मजलिस : खेल बिगाड़ रही है या अपना खेल बना रही है...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net इरफ़ान मंसूरी मुजफ्फरनगर में रहते हैं। 52 साल के है और वो पेशे से दर्जी है। राजनीति में रुचि रखते हैं। पहले...

Tutankhamen-like curse killed Nepal’s royal family?

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS Kathmandu : One of the most gripping tales to have captured public imagination is the legend of Tutankhamen's curse, the superstition that the mummy of Egypt's boy-king took its revenge on the violators of its tomb, causing the death of the British excavators who discovered the grave in 1923. Though the tales petered out in the 80s, after the woman who was the last link to the expedition died, a similar myth has now sprung up in Nepal, still regarded as a mysterious land that opened up to the outside world only in 1950.

Indian Americans hold protests in multiple US cities against hijab ban in Karnataka

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Protesters held placards saying “my body, my choice,” “revoke hijab ban,” “stop telling women what to do”, “hijab is my right,” and “hijab...

Muslim groups in Australia protest against controversial BJP MP’s Tejasvi Surya’s invitation to youth...

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Several Australian Muslim youths said that they were shocked after hearing about Surya being invited for addressing the events in Australia and called it...

‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA

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BY TCN News, Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...

भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...

Imam from Gujarat to attend World Religion Parliament in US

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Twocircles Staff Reporter Ahmedabad: Maulana Luqman Tarapuri, National President, Global Imam Council and Shahi Imam, Jama Masjid Anand, Gujarat, will try highlighting the role...

Half of India’s under-18 population lives in poverty: Study

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London, (IANS): At least half of India's under-18 population lives in acute poverty, reveals a "deeply disturbing" study from Oxford University. Across the 103 low...

Aler Encounter: Mohammed Viqaruddin was made to pay with his life for being a...

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the police...

AMU Alumni of Jubail, Saudi Arabia marks bicentennial celebrations of Sir Syed

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By TCN News The Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Jubail, Saudi Arabia (AMU-AAJ) held Bicentennial Celebration of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan at the Marafiq...

Urdu mushaira organised in Washington by the alumni of Aligarh University

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TCN News The 44th Annual Mushaira was organized by the Aligarh Alumni Association (AAA), Washington DC on 11th November 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Aligarh Alumni Association, Washington DC...

दानिश सिद्दीक़ी की मौत पर खुश क्यों हैं नफ़रत के सौदागर !

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-यूसुफ़ अंसारी अफ़ग़ानिस्तानी सेना और तालिबान के बीच चल रही जंग को कवर करने अफग़ानिस्तान गए न्यूज़ एजेंसी रॉयटर्स के फोटो जर्नलिस्ट दानिश सिद्दीक़ी की...

Indian communities in New York call for defense of democracy

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TCN News A wide cross-section of Indians gathered at the Indian Consulate in New York City (NYC) to stand in solidarity with people fighting to...

Thursday is batik day in Malaysia

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By IANS Kuala Lumpur : Thursday is a day of tradition in the government offices across Malaysia. Malaysian civil servants wear colourful batik attires Thursday and have made it a weekly habit so that they acquire a national identity and promote traditional fabric. The new sartorial rule to wear Batik every Thursday was prompted by the fact that the earlier rule of wearing Batik twice a month was not followed diligently.

TCN इम्पैक्ट : बदल गई ‘अजहरुद्दीन’ की किस्मत,अमेरिका से पढ़ाई का...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net कबाड़ से इलेक्ट्रिक कार बनाने वाले मेरठ के मजदूर के बेटे अजहरुद्दीन की किस्मत बस बदलने ही वाली है। टीसीएन में...

Noam Chomsky speaks on Kashmir turmoil, compares it with Palestine

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Boston/Srinagar - In an email conversation with Mehboob Makhdoomi, Expert on Kashmir situation and Socio-Political commentator from Harvard, American linguist and...

25+  US varsities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia celebrating ‘Holi Against Hindutva’ 

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Twocircles.net As the death toll in the unprecedented Delhi violence rose to 42 on February 29, several in hospitals are being treated for burns and...

San Francisco becomes 6th US city to denounce CAA-NRC

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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...

Popular calligraphy artist from Kerala aims to ‘build bridges between communities with his art’

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A graphic designer by profession, Abdul Kareem, who is popularly known as Kareemgrahy, left his job at an American company in Qatar last...

AMU connection to Nobel winner in Physics: Prof Sajjad Athar is a collaborator of...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Aligarh: Prestigious Aligarh Muslim University has a unique connection to this year’s Nobel winner in Physics. Professor Mohammad Sajjad Athar, a...

Rahul Gandhi all set to visit UAE to woo NRIs

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TCN news:  Indian National Congress (INC) president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Dubai on 11th of January 2019 to address the Indian Diaspora there at...

Hundreds of demonstrators across U.S. protest Facebook’s role in anti-Muslim hate speech, violence by...

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The protests were organized by India Genocide Watch and featured speakers demanding that Facebook’s founder-CEO Mark Zuckerberg end his company’s complicity in extreme Hindu right-wing...

Indian Americans welcomes US Commission report on India as top violator of religious freedom

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TCN News Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) welcomes the report on religious freedom issued by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) placing India...

Fraud and bribery-accused Israeli PM Netanyahu visits India amidst protests

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, is all set to visit India on Sunday for bilateral talks with the Indian...

Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad to Masjid Al Noor, New Zealand – Muslims becoming target of...

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TCN News Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) expresses its anguish on terror attack on Muslims in New Zealand and extended its solidarity to the families...

How a Messi fan in Kerala village became a football journalist in Spain

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Jushna Shahin’s passion for the sport made her achieve the unthinkable. Najiya O | TwoCircles.net  KERALA — Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on...

Dalai Lama declines comment on controversial ‘child saint’

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By IANS, Hyderabad: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Friday declined to answer queries about a seven-year-old girl who shot into the limelight for claiming she was his childhood friend and disciple in her previous life. The Dalai Lama, who arrived here on a two-day visit, did not answer any questions from journalists about the girl, Sambhavi, or her "caretaker" Usha Rani, who gave a new twist to the "child saint" row by revealing that she is the mother of the girl.

Citizenship Amendment Bill is nothing but an ‘irrational fear’ of Muslims

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By Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi for TwoCircles.net Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is the brainchild of people who think that Muslims will dominate India in the next...

Indian Americans denounce arrests of Muslims, demolition of Muslim homes in India

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Globally renowned US-based Islamic scholar Shaikh Omar Suleiman led the protest in Dallas, which was jointly organized by The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), and North Texas...

Ayodhya: Ram Rajya Rath Yatra and Ram Mahotsava to intensify movement for building the...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net With the disputed matter of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmbhoomi reaching the Indian Supreme Court, the movement, mediation and talks around it are...

American human rights group calls for sanctions against 3 Indian extremists for role in...

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Justice for All provided concrete evidence that a command hierarchy was in place that precipitated what can only be described as a premeditated pogrom...

A sister’s lament: the call that never came

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By Arun Kumar, IANS,

Hong Kong rapist whose attack was broadcast on internet jailed

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong fast-food worker whose rape of a 16-year-old colleague was filmed and uploaded onto the internet was Monday jailed for four years. Police arrested Ho Ka-kit after a video of the rape in the office of the Yoshinoya restaurant in Hong Kong's Shatin district was filmed by colleagues and widely viewed on the internet. The attack took place in May 2008 when the victim was summoned to the manager's office by Ho, who was also aged 16, and two work colleagues aged 16 and 19 who filmed the assault.

AMU Emirates Chapter celebrates Sir Syed Day in Sharjah

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By TCN News The Emirates Chapter of the Aligarh Muslim University celebrated Sir Syed Day in Sharjah on November 20 to remember and learn from...

Students from India, Pakistan exchange greeting cards on Independence Day

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By TCN News In an effort to promote peaceful relations among India and Pakistan, Mumbai-based Ecole Mondiale World School sent greeting cards on Independence Day...

Arab Parliament calls for action on Rohingya ‘genocide’

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Cairo, (IANS/WAM): The Speaker of the Arab Parliament has called on international organisations to take immediate action to end the suffering of Rohingya Muslims. In...

US Congressperson Tulsi Gabbard denies association with World Hindu Congress, calls it a ‘platform...

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Tulsi Gabbard, American politician of the Democratic Party and representative of 2nd Hawaii’s congressional district has dismissed all rumours about her...

US Senators urge Mike Pompeo to impose “targeted sanctions” on India for its rising...

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TCN News Concerning the rising hate crimes against minorities in India, fourteen US Senators have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressing US Government...

Blind dancers of Articulate Ability perform in Boston

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From Darkness Unto Light, they lead us all ... By Umang Kumar, Boston: They ended their performance by dancing to a piece which took its title from a Sanskrit sloka, “Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya,” - “Lead me from Darkness unto Light,” - urging the powers Almighty to lead them towards light - and yet it seemed that it was they who were leading us in the audience to ever-increasing light and vision.

कौन है फतेहपुर के सय्यद कासिम हसन जिनकी कब्र पर सलाम करने पहुंच गए...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net पहले और दूसरे चरण में उम्मीद के मुताबिक मतदान होने के बाद अखिलेश यादव का आत्मविश्वास प्रबल हो गया है। तीसरे चरण...

Eastern Public School in Bhopal accorded with Global Education Award

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By TCN News, Bhopal: The Eastern Public School (EPS) in Bhopal was awarded with highly coveted Global Good Governance (3G) Education Award by Cambridge...

China passes law to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’

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Beijing, Jan 6 (IANS) China has passed a new law that seeks to "Sinicize" Islam within the next five years, the latest move by...

IMRC’s health camps sees 600 people examined in Hyderabad

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By TCN News Hyderabad (Telangana): The Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) organised a health check-up camp for about 600 people in Hasan Nagar locality...

Indo-Canadian couple held for importing ‘gutka’

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By IANS, Toronto: Canadian custom officials have seized an illegal consignment of 'gutka' (chewing tobacco) from an Indian shopkeeper in the city of Winnipeg. Gutka as well as many ayurvedic medicines from India are banned in Canada. The illegal consignment of gutka, weighing 150 kg, was brought into Canada from the US, the authorities said Monday. Fifty-year-old Yog Rahi Gupta, who owns the Indian Spice House in the city, and his 53-year-old wife have been charged for bringing the contraband into Canada.

जामिया में पूछा गया आपत्तिजनक सवाल,नाराज़गी

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net दिल्ली स्थित जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया विश्वविद्यालय के विभिन्न कोर्सेज में एडमिशन को लेकर प्रवेश परीक्षा चल रही है। इसी बीच जामिया मिल्लिया...

अयोध्या में कमाल : गांव में एक ही मुस्लिम परिवार और… प्रधान बन...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में हाल ही में हुए पंचायत चुनाव में रामनगरी अयोध्या में एक बेहतरीन परिणाम देखने को मिला है ।...

Historic all-India Mushaira in Riyadh

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By TCN News, Riyadh: Prominent Urdu poets from across India enthralled a huge audience of about 2,000 Indians at a historic All-India Mushaira (poetry session)...

Religion as Peace: Countering Hindutva-led negative images of Islam

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In many western media outlets, we are witnessing predominantly Christian spaces and culture being influenced by Hindutva ideology to propagate messages of hatred against...

International Human Rights org’s write to Rutgers University in support of Dr Audrey Truschke

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The organizations that are coming out in full support of Dr Truschke have stated in the joint letter that the real reason behind the...

Indian Muslim teenager in UK raped, murdered

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London, (IANS): An Indian Muslim teenager was kidnapped, raped and murdered here for having a relationship with an Arab man, a UK court was told. According...

I am a recipient of America’s kindness and generosity: Entrepreneur Frank Islam

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Boston, Massachusetts: Successful entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Frank Islam told his story of struggle and success in the US coming from...

New Moore Island in Bay of Bengal disappears: Report

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By IRNA, New Delhi : About 90 per cent of the New Moore Island that surfaced in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of Bhola cyclone in 1970 have submerged as per satellite images collected by the Jadavpur University. "Satellite images have confirmed that about 90 per cent of the Island, about three km long and 3.5 km wide, have submerged," sources in the School of Oceanography Studies of the University said in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state, Thursday. Local fishermen had also confirmed the disappearance of a major part of the Island, they said.

22 killed as terror attack hits Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

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Manchester, (IANS): At least 22 persons, including children, died and 59 were injured in a suicide terror attack that hit Manchester Arena on Monday...

European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights cautions against increasing attacks on religious minorities in...

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TCN News  Maria Arena, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights has cautioned against the increasing attacks on religious minorities in India,...

Indian Muslim leaders call on international community to take immediate action to halt Israeli...

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The leaders appealed to the Muslim Ummah and all peace and justice-loving people of the world to work towards the freedom and fundamental rights...

एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !

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मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...

A report of the Sir Syed Day in the San Francisco Bay Area

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By Ras H. Siddiqui The Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Northern California (AMUAA) held its 19th Sir...

Jamia Alumni meet held at UAE

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By TCN News, Dubai: Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni meet is successfully held at UAE which was attended by some of the well-established Alumni from...

From blaming politicians to the media; New Zealand mosques terror attack sparks horror and...

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TCN News The killing of 50 worshippers in two mosques in New Zealand, Christchurch city on 15th March 2019 has sent waves of dismay in...

Indian gets 17 years in jail for killing Singapore prostitute

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By DPA, Singapore : A Singapore court Thursday sentenced an Indian national to 17 years in jail for killing a pregnant prostitute, a media report said. Madhuri Jaya Chandra Reddy, 21, who pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, is to also be caned 12 strokes. After having sex with a prostitute from Sri Lanka, Radika Devi Thayagarajah, 21, he quarrelled with her about the payment and eventually strangled the woman to death in a hotel room Sep 2, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper reported.

How a hostel in Delhi is keeping hopes of Rohingya students alive

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By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net Sitting cross-legged in a small room, Fayaz, Hussain and Saifful are poring over their textbooks as they prepare for their annual...

A room of one’s own: Why Rohingya refugees keep returning to Aligarh

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Meher Ali for TwoCircles.net Aligarh:-- Guran Miya (30), a Rohingya refugee, returned with his family to Aligarh in mid-2018, just nine months after he had...

सहारनपुर के छात्र सुहैल ने बताई युक्रेन की आंखों देखी “धमाके की लगातार आवाज...

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net सहारनपुर के क़स्बा नागल के रहने वाले मुहम्मद सुहेल रूस द्वारा यूक्रेन पर हमला किए जाने के बाद यूक्रेन के शहर इवानो...

Rohingya Human Rights Initiative: A silver lining in the cloud of the Rohingya crisis

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net In the narrow bylanes of Uttam Nagar in West Delhi, two Rohingya youths-Sabin and Ali-run the office of the Rohingya Human...

Designate India a “country of particular concern”: Global human rights activists

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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...

Silent in the past, why has the Gulf reacted so strongly this time?

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The experts said that targeting Prophet Muhammad, the most revered figure in Islam is a red line for Muslims across the world. Zafar Aafaq |...

Every 30-seconds a baby born with deformities in China

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By DPA Beijing : The number of babies with birth defects in China has increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001, according to data from the country's birth deformity monitoring centre, reported the China Daily Tuesday. "A baby with defects is born every 30 seconds in China, and this situation has worsened year by year," said Jiang Fan, deputy head of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, at a conference in Chengdu, in south-west China's Sichuan province.

Indian Army should leave Kashmir: Noam Chomsky

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Boston (USA): American philosopher, linguist & a leading public intellectual, Professor Noam Chomsky has said that the Indian Army should...

Rohingya’s rise to militancy claimed 100 lives, says report

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Naypyidaw (IANS): Members of a Rohingya militant group allegedly massacred as many as 99 people, including women and children, in Hindu villages in Myanmar's...

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam

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Brooklyn, New York : Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports.

Critics say Blair’s legacy is ‘war and waste’

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By Prasun Sonwalkar

London, May 1 (IANS) With British Prime Minister Tony Blair set to step down after an eventful decade in office, critics are beginning to call the period he spent in office as one of "war and waste". After Blair outlined his 10-year legacy as prime minister in a dossier to his Labour MPs, not a few have begun to recall Enoch Powell's prophecy that all political careers end in failure.

Hitler had bad breath, says dentist

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By DPA, Hamburg : Adolf Hitler probably had bad breath and unhealthy teeth, according to a German dentist who has studied the Nazi dictator's medical record, a media report said Sunday. "It is likely that Adolf Hitler had very bad breath. He ate very badly and suffered from tooth decay," Menevse Deprem-Hennen told the Sunday edition of Bild newspaper. The dentist reportedly studied Hitler's dental records in the course of her doctorate, which she entitled Dentist of the Devil. She said the research indicated that the Nazi dictator feared dentist.

Xi Jinping’s daughter studies at Harvard, guarded by bodyguards

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By IANS,

In latest video, Indian American comedian Hasan Minhaj calls out ‘desi racism’ in US

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TCN News In his latest video titled ‘We can not stay silent about George Floyd', Indian-American standup comedian Hasan Minhaj has called out 'desi racism' against immigrants...

International mushaira held in Toronto

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By TCN News, Toronto: Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association, Canada organized its first international mushaira in Greater Toronto Area on Sunday, August 24, 2014

On the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Malcolm X

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By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan, TwoCircles.net, O, Malcolm, My Malcolm: You are present when you are away. Dearest Malcolm, You were just a name for me from my history books; until I read Maya Angelou’s account of meeting you at Harlem. That day something changed.

Indian Americans in Chicago protest against CAA, say “law discriminates against religious minority group”

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TCN News Indian diaspora in USA’s Chicago has recently come out on streets to show support to Indian Muslims over the passage of Citizenship Amendment...

Asaduddin Owaisi receives ISIS threats on Twitter; tags ISIS as ‘Takfiri’

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Hyderabad: Asaduddin Owaisi, the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the MP from Hyderabad constituency received threats on...

Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education in girls’ schools

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Riyadh, (IANS): The Saudi Arabian minister of education decided on Tuesday to start a physical education program in girls' schools for the first time in...

Coalition of 100+ South Asian and American organizations oppose APPWW’s hate campaign

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TCN News More than 100 community organizations in the US have condemned Alliance for Persecuted Peoples Worldwide (APPWW) in a latest open statement over its...

मुस्लिम औरतों को बदनाम करने की शर्मनाक साजिश

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सिमरा अंसारी Two circles.net के लिए जब हम सभी बीते साल की सभी कठिनाइयों और दुखों को पीछे छोड़कर नए साल में...

Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament

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Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia. Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — Labor Party candidate...

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan awarded with ‘Life Time Achievement’ award by ISNA

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Chicago: Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is here awarded with ‘Life time achievement’ award by America’s biggest Muslim...

With Love from Obama, a ‘Chadar’ for Ajmer Sharif

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By Quaid Najmi , Mumbai: The 803rd Urs (annual feast) celebrations of the revered saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisty of Ajmer, starting Monday, will...

“My writing is informed by personal, collective resistance:” Meena Kandasamy on genocidal violence against...

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In an interview with TwoCircles.net, writer, poet and activist Meena Kandasamy discusses Eelam struggle, Tigresses, Tamil nationalism, Dalit consciousness, poetry as resistance, her unconcealed...

Thousands attend the lecture of Dr Zakir Naik at the closing night of Dubai...

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By Mohammed Hidayathullah Dubai: The 14th Dubai Ramadan Forum, organized by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) in Dubai under the patronage of...

Indo-Kuwait Friendship Society demands lifting of ban on cow meat

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IKFS write to President of India, Supreme Court chief justice By TCN News, Kuwait: The Indo-Kuwait Friendship Society (IKFS), a non-profit socio cultural Indian...

A year after Aler encounter: Families ask questions that no one can answer

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...

Indian Americans protest Hijab ban, urge Karnataka court to lift ban

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More than a hundred people in Houston, Texas, United States called on the Karnataka government to stop the discrimination against Muslim girl students who...

Our full solidarity with protesting students of Jamia and AMU, say Indian Americans

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By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), the largest advocacy organization of Indian Muslims in the United States, strongly condemns the brutal crackdown on students in...

Indian Muslims against ISIS: After fatwas against terror, Muslims take to streets, launch major...

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By IndScribe, First, there were fatwas against terrorism and ISIS. Now, Indian Muslims have taken to the streets, to raise their voice against the outfit. The...

UAE AMU Alumni Forum to build accommodation complex for 1,000 students in University

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Dubai: In a significant move aimed at improving the infrastructure in Aligarh Muslim University, the AMU Alumni Forum...

Tenzing’s tribe angered by polygamy, polyandry slur in Nepal

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : The Sherpas of Nepal, the hardy mountaineering people made famous by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first man to summit Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, are demanding that the Nepal government stop their vilification as a people given to many, and even incestuous, marriages. "(Then) Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru honoured Tenzing," says Ang Tsering Sherpa, former minister and a prominent member of the Sherpa community in Nepal. "But Nepal doesn't have a single statue of Tenzing.

Ambedkar King Study Circle conducts its first Annual Conference in California

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A report By TCN: California: The first annual conference of Ambedkar King Study Circle took place in Cupertino, the Bay Area Silicon Valley, California on...

Indian Social Forum helps stranded women in Saudi Arabia return to India

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By TCN News A woman from Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi, who was forced to work as a housemaid in a remote town in...

Pashupatinath bows to Nepal’s winds of change

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : The winds of change that began sweeping through Nepal since 2006, transforming the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic headed by former Maoist guerrillas, have now overtaken the biggest icon in the Himalayan nation - Lord Pashupatinath. From next month, breaking away from a nearly 300-year-old tradition, the deity revered by devotees of all faiths will be ceremonially worshipped by Nepali priests instead of priests brought from neighbouring India.

Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand, Qatar (IABJ Qatar) celebrate Eid Milan

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By TCN News: DOHA : Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) Qatar, affiliated organization of Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) under the aegis of Embassy...

Academics in US pass a resolution against hate

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TCN News Around 85 academicians in the United states of America passed a resolution expressing their concern over the discriminatory Citizenship Act and the NRC...

Indian Americans mark Republic Day with pledge to safeguard India’s Constitution

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By TCN News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, organized celebrations in two cities...

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

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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...

Indian Americans hail California Democratic Party’s designation of caste as a protected category

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The California Democratic Party is the largest state party in the United States to take a stance on caste discrimination, marking an important step...

BBC sex education video is like porn, says MP

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By IANS, London: A sex education video produced by BBC for minor children has been criticised by a Conservative MP as being like a pornographic movie.

ASEAN backs Vietnam’s bid for Human Rights Council

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Group protests against US Ambassador Atul Keshap’s RSS visit

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“Keshap has got to go,” say protestors outside US Congressman Ami Bera's California office. Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net  As controversy continues to surround US Ambassador Atul...

Muslims should emulate Sikhs by donating 100,000 meal packages to Nepal quake victims

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By Kaleem Kawaja, The Sikh community in India has pledged to donate 250,000 packages of ready- to- eat meals daily for next few days to the victims of the recent horrible earthquake in Nepal. This is an awesome example of how the Sikh community always helps the suffering in their hour of need. When floods hit Kashmir in September 2014, the Sikh community donated 100,000 meal packages.

China holds 1 million Muslim ethnic Uighurs in detention camps

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United Nations, Aug 11 (IANS) A UN human rights committee has heard there were credible reports that China is holding a million ethnic Uighurs...

Muslim girl assaulted, killed after leaving US mosque

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Washington, (IANS): A Muslim girl was found dead a day after she was assaulted near a mosque in the US state of Virginia and...

Indian Social Forum to hold Independence Day celebrations in Kuwait

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By TCN News: Indian Social Forum (ISF), a socio cultural organization of Indians in Kuwait will organize a Grand Independence Day Celebration to commemorate 72nd...

Congressional briefing highlights issue of prisoners of conscience, intimidation of human rights defenders in...

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During the briefing, eminent activists and lawyers raised awareness about the draconian laws India uses to imprison and intimidate civilians. WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Congressional...

Love Jihad law, mosque demolitions, hate speech against minorities in Uttar Pradesh particularly concerning:...

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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,...

US Congressman questions Ambassador’s meeting with “violent” RSS paramilitary

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Rep. David Trone warned Ambassador Atul Keshap against lending “legitimacy” to RSS. Trone warned that by engaging with RSS officials and discussing their ideology,...

Obama fails to evoke confidence among Muslims in Lucknow

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