India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...
BJP MLA calls Mayawati an eunuch, sparks anger and protest from trans community
By Nikhat Fatima, Twocircles.net
Sadhna Singh, the BJP MLA from Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh while addressing a gathering in Chandauli, hurled insults at BSP Supremo Mayawati...
MANUU Chancellor Firoz Bakht Ahmed appointed Chairman, Jamia Urdu Aligarh Academic Council
TCN News
Aligarh 21 January 2018: Firoz Bakht Ahmed presently Chancellor of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Hyderabad has been appointed Chairman of...
Fostering upliftment of Indian Muslims is the essence of Thanghal’s new book: A review
By Udinoor Mohammed Kunhi
Title - Minority Politics, Ideology and Mission
Author - M.I.Thanghal
Published by - Grace Books, Malappuram
“A race of people is like an...
SIT report a cover up of 2002 Gujarat riots: former Army officer
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (retd), whose explosive memoir "The Sarkari Mussalman" created a storm in 2018, said on Sunday...
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill not applicable to Nagaland: CM
Kohima, Jan 20 (IANS) Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Sunday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 is not applicable to Nagaland as the...
कुंभ को रोशन कर रहा है एक मुसलमान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के प्रयागराज में कुंभ का आयोजन हो रहा है.यहां 15 करोड़ हिंदुओ के धार्मिक स्नान में भाग लेना...
BREAKING NEWS: Explosion at Srinagar Lal Chowk
Srinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) A huge explosion ripped through the Jammu and Kashmir capital's high-security zone Lal Chowk area here damaging shops and vehicles...
Call for “Chalo HCU” by Dalit Organisations on Rohit Vemula’s death anniversary
TCN News Hyderabad:
Several Dalit organisations in Hyderabad have given a call for “ Chalo HCU” to protest against the demolition of the Velivada this month...
देशभर में सवर्ण आरक्षण लागू करने व संविधान संशोधन के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
केंद्र सरकार ने देश में सवर्ण समाज को गरीबी के आधार पर 10 प्रतिशत आरक्षण देने को लेकर संविधान संशोधन बिल संसद...
Satyarthi foundation pledges support in tracking missing children at Kumbh
Prayagraj, (IANS) Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, a leading child rights group, has mobilised hundreds of its volunteers for providing support to the authorities in...
Social reformer Vakkom Moulavi not given due acknowledgement in Kerala: Sunil P Ilayidom
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The reform movement carried out by Vakkom Abdulqader Moulavi is not much acknowledged in Kerala as the reformation in the state...
Delhi Youth Welfare Association and American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin felicitate meritorous...
TCN News
Delhi Youth Welfare Association (DYWA) in collaboration with American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI), organized the DYWA Annual Award Celebration on...
New Delhi Cultural Festival Promoting Inter-Faith Friendship
By Kaleem Kawaja
In my recent vacation in India I attended a unique 2-day cultural festival called “Jashan Rekhta” in New Delhi on December 15, 16...
Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February
TCN News
Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation have jointly designed a leadership program for women to identify, train and activate emerging women leaders for...
Engineer by degree, artist by passion: Farnaaz Islam
TCN News
Farnaaz Islam of Guwahati is an engineer by qualification but a flourishing artist by passion. She is one of the two artists from...
क्या योगी आदित्यनाथ फिर लड़ सकते हैं लोकसभा चुनाव!?
आर. आज़मी | गोरखपुर
लोकसभा चुनाव की आहट महसूस करते ही यह चर्चा जोर पकड़ने लगी कि यूपी के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ एक बार फिर...
Welfare schemes with a focus on ‘interest’ over aid will never benefit Muslims. Here’s...
By Abud Asif SM for TwoCircles.net
When India has so many schemes for the minorities, why does it not help Muslims? This is a question...
सवर्ण आरक्षण: लम्बी बहस का अंत और सामाजिक न्याय के संघर्ष का अगला चरण
मोदी सरकार का 10% सवर्ण आरक्षण का ताज़ा प्रस्ताव लोक सभा और राज्य सभा की दहलीज़ आसानी से पार कर गया। इस विधेयक ने...
Rahul Gandhi assures voices of NRI will be heard in Indian parliament at public...
By TCN News
Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress (INC), was given a huge welcome at the airport on Thursday evening. And on...
How and why Ayesha Meera’s gruesome rape and murder remains unsolved even after 11...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
If justice delayed is justice denied, it would be safe that the family of Ayesha Meera have been denied their right...
Delhi Youth Welfare Association to hold Annual Awards function for meritorious students
TCN News:
The Delhi Youth Welfare Association in collaboration with AFMI (American Federation of Muslims of Indian origin) will hold the 28th edition of its...
Can add value to politics by using my experience as a civil servant: Shah...
It would be safe to say that ever since Shah Faesal cleared the Union Public Service Commission exams nearly a decade ago, his every...
बिहार: स्कूल में धर्म-जाति में बांट कर पढाई
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
स्कूल, जहाँ धर्मनिर्पेक्षिता का पाठ पढ़ने वाले ही अगर धर्म, जाति के नाम पर बाटना शुरू कर दें तो देश का क्या...
नही रहे 83 साल के ‘बाबा ए देवबंद’ मौलाना हसीब सिद्दीकी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | देवबंद
जमीयत उलेमा हिन्द के कोषाध्यक्ष और देवबंद में ब्याज रहित बैंकिंग शुरू करने वाले,लड़कियों के लिए पहला स्कूल चलाने वाले,पहला...
Not one Muslim from my village has anything bad to say about me: BJP...
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
He may have hit national headlines with his controversial statements, but BJP MLA Vikram Saini insists he has no issues...
Citizenship Bill excluding Muslim immigrants taking India further into an abyss of bigotry say...
TCN News
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called the bill passed by the...
Mixed reaction in Kashmir on IAS officer Shah Faesal’s resignation
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: - After months of speculation, a top IAS officer from conflict-torn Jammu and Kashmir resigned from his service on Wednesday and...
इस्लामिक कल्चर सेंटर में फिर जीते सिराजुद्दीन क़ुरैशी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
इस्लामिक कल्चर सेंटर के चुनाव में एक बार फिर सिराजुद्दीन ने अपने प्रतिद्वन्दी पूर्व मंत्री आरिफ मोहम्मद खान को 637 मतों से हराकर...
Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) Celebrated New Year 2019 In Qatar
TCN News
Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) invited the Indians residing in Qatar and celebrated a Grand New Year 2019 Party last Friday at...
गांव में किसी से पूछ लीजिए कोई मुसलमान मुझे बुरा नही कह सकता :...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | कवाल (मुज़फ्फरनगर)
अपने बयान कि देश में असुरक्षित महसूस होने वाले को बम्ब से उड़ा देना चाहिए से सुर्खियों में आये...
Fate of some important bills to be decided tomorrow as Rajya Sabha adjourned for...
TCN News with inputs from IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8:
Among the 8 bills listed today in Rajya Sabha in the winter session, the Muslim Women...
A month after Jharkhand journalist’s murder, killers remain at large
TCN News
Exactly a month ago, Amit Topno, a journalist from Khunti, Jharkhand was shot at point blank range and his body discovered later in...
Velivada will stand, say students, as HCU admin pulls down banners, posters of Dalit...
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Nearly three years after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the HCU administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile continues...
Rahul Gandhi all set to visit UAE to woo NRIs
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...
बिहार-लिंच विहार : 72 घंटे में तीन मॉब लिंचिंग
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार के नालंदा और अररिया जिले में भीड़ ने महज 72 घंटे के अन्दर पीट-पीटकर तीन लोगों की हत्या कर दी. लगातार...
तीन राज्यों में बने तीन मुस्लिम कैबिनेट मंत्री
आस मोहम्मद कैफ TwoCircles.net
तीन राज्य मध्य प्रदेश, राजस्थान और छत्तीसगढ़ में विधान सभा चुनाव के बाद अब कांग्रेस सरकारों का गठन हो चुका है....
Will cover the same people again if required, says Kerala journalist attacked by BJP...
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Shajila A came into limelight when the ‘Mathrubhumi daily’ carried a photo of her in tears yet continuing her duty covering...
As IICC heads to elections, candidates spare no effort to get attention and votes
By Badre Alam Khan for TwoCircles.net
With elections at the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) just a day away, the concerned candidates spent the whole...
Social Networking Forum solves water problems in Nashik; frees 11 Adivasi villages from drought
TCN News
Many villages in Maharashtra are facing water problems and have been as drought prone areas. The situations of Adivasi villages are taught to...
Why Triple Talaq Bill aims at ‘Criminalising’ the Muslim community, not ensuring gender justice
By Badre Alam Khan for TwoCircles.net
Since the BJP government came into power in 2014, it has initiated and purposed to make legislation on Muslim...
गांव की प्रधानी की तर्ज़ पर लड़ा जा रहा है इस्लामिक कल्चर सेंटर का...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली-
राजधानी के लुटियन जोन इलाके में आजकल माहौल गर्म है,पंचायतों का दौर जारी है,हलचल की वजह यह है कि यहां 6...
With no help from PM, CM, Dilip Kumar slaps defamation notice on Mumbai builder
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu have slapped a legal notice on Mumbai builder Sameer...
Villagers in Bihar withdraw girls from school after 50-year-old tuition teacher marries his teenage...
Supaul (Bihar), (IANS) Sony Kumari, Ruby Kumari and Manorma Kumari -- all minors and Class 9 student in a sleepy Bihar village -- have...
Remembering anti-caste social reformer Savitri Bai Phule on her birth anniversary
TCN News
Today marks the 188th birth anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule regarded as an icon in the field of education for girls in India. Born...
Protests as two women pray at Sabarimala, Kerala shutdown called
Thiruvananthapuram/Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) Protests erupted across Kerala on Wednesday after two women in the hitherto banned age group entered the Sabarimala temple before...
Another man attacked by a mob in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling
TCN News
Sagir Khan, 23 years old, was attacked by a mob when he was taking 6 cattle in a van through Alwar village to...
Sabarimala temple shuts after two women pray at shrine
Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple in Kerala was shut on Wednesday "for purification" after two women from the hitherto banned age group...
People whose voter IDs were deleted by mistake may have committed perjury, say activists;...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
A few months before Telangana elections, many voters found their names deleted from the voters list. Those who checked their names...
Actor-director Kader Khan dead
TCN News with inputs from IANS
January 1:Veteran actor-director Khader Khan has died at a hospital in Toronto, Cannada, a family member told IANS today.
Khader...
Bhima Koregaon – One Year of Violence and Apathy
By Atul Anand
This Twocircles.net film recalls the violence near Bhima Koregaon memorial obelisk in Pune on January 1, 2018, left people shocked and angry....
2018 : Twocircles.net’s Year in Review
Twocircles.net has had an eventful 2018. We would like to share with our readers some of the key highlights from this year's coverage and...
Thousands gather to protest the Transgender persons (Protection of Rights) bill, 2018 at Jantar...
TCN News
Thousands of transgender, intersex and gender non confirming people and their allies came together in Delhi at Parliament street on Friday morning to...
Maharashtra braces for Koregaon-Bhima 201st anniversary
Pune, Dec 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Saturday geared up for the upcoming 201st anniversary of the Koregaon-Bhima war with a series of...
Christmas treat to street children in fancy restaurant -LA’CHEF in Aligarh
TCN News
ALIGARH, December 28: Rag Dreams' Weavers Association (RDWA), a non-profit organization that works to connect youth to bring change in the lives of...
AMU linguist speaks on ‘Maithili Urdu’ during Madhubani Literature Festival
TCN News
Aligarh: Dr Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University spoke on 'Maithili Urdu' during a panel discussion on 'Maithili...
SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...
JNU प्रशासन के खिलाफ आवाज़ उठाई तो मिलेगा ‘Notice’
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय में छात्र संघ के नेतृत्व में १४ दिसम्बर लाइब्रेरी के मुद्दे बड़ी संख्या में छात्रों ने सेंट्रल लाइब्रेरी...
संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा,परिजनों को पुलिस की कहानी पर नही हो रहा यक़ीन,भीम आर्मी...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
आगरा पुलिस ने दिल दहला देने वाले संजली हत्याकांड का खुलासा कर दिया है। 25 दिसंबर को जब देश भर दलितों...
UP Police make arrests in Sanjali’s murder case; Bhim Army questions findings and asks...
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
In a major breakthrough, the UP Police claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a Dalit girl who was...
Ansari Abdullah: The IITian from Malegaon gets admission for Phd in IIT Delhi
TCN News
Ansari Abdullah, the boy from Malegaon who is not only an engineer but also hafiz- e- Quran had mentioned in his converstaion with...
Disgusted with Wakf Mafia, activist commits suicide in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
TCN News
Tausif Shaikh, an activist who had been fighting the illegal encroachments and illegal constructions on Wakf properties in Maharashtra by the Wakf Mafia...
Dalit activists organise second ‘Villuvandi Yatra’ in Kerala in wake of Sabarimala protests
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the famous ‘Villuvandi (ox-wagon) Yatra’ of Mahatma Ayyankali in Kerala. In commemoration of the historic...
Religious leaders of different faith join Christmas celebrations
TCN News
Relegious leaders of Islam, Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Christian faith attended the Mass at CNI Wesleyan church at Sudder Street today on the...
शहीद अशफ़ाक़ुल्ला खान और रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल की शहादत को सलामी
TCN News,
पटना : साल के आखिरी महीने का 19वां दिन इतिहास में दो बड़ी घटनाओं के साथ दर्ज है. भारत की आजादी के दीवाने...
आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
बीते मंगलवार को आगरा जनपद के ललाऊ गाँव की रहने वाली दसवीं में पढ़ने वाली 16 साल संजली दलित छात्रा जब...
हिजाब हटाने से अगर किया इंकार मतलब परीक्षा में ‘NOT Allowed’
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
यूनिवर्सिटी ग्रांट्स कमीशन के नेशनल एलिजिबिलिटी टेस्ट में जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया की एक मुस्लिम छात्रा को हिजाब पहने होने के कारण प्रवेश...
Umaiyah Khan not permitted to write NTA NET exam because of her Hijab
By S.N. Ansari
“It clearly says in Constitution that we are free to follow any religion yet this chauvinistic government servants didn't let me appear in...
Explain why are you silencing Kashmiri voices, UN Rapporteur asks Twitter CEO
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Activists, human rights defenders and journalists welcomed the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur to Twitter questioning why the social media...
Drop in women MLA numbers in Telangana stresses need for 33% reservation
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The number of women in Telangana State Assembly has come down this year as compared to the previous elections of 2014,...
राजस्थान: ऑस्ट्रेलियाई एनआरआई वाजिब अली बने मेवात से विधायक
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नगर (भरतपुर), TwoCircles.net
हाल में ही संपन्न हुए विधान सभा चुनाव में राजस्थान के भरतपुर जिले की नगर विधानसभा सीट से...
Art festival at TISS celebrates the colours of Bahujan resistance
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences was abuzz with the colours of Bahujan Art the past weekend as...
Father of lynched Pune techie Mohsin Shaikh passes away without getting justice
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Sadiq Shaikh, father of Mohsin Shaikh, the Pune-based techie who was lynched by a Hindutva mob in 2014 passed away on...
How a variety of factors, not just anti-incumbency, contributed to BJP’s demise in three...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The election results of five states on December 11 made good reading for people who have been wishing for the defeat...
MNF takes office in Mizoram after a decade
Aizawl, Dec 15 (IANS) The Mizo National Front (MNF) government led by Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Saturday assumed office in Mizoram, ending the Congress'...
Separate utensils, wash basins for vegetarians at IIT Madras; students term it ‘full-fledged untouchability’
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
In what seems like another step in the direction of an already regressive and discriminatory food policies in campuses of Indian...
When protectors become perpetrators: Amnesty India and how it deals with dissent against it
By Mariya Salim for TwoCircles.net
What happens when a young Muslim Woman Human Rights Defender questions the structural issues that are plaguing the development sector...
‘Where will we go in this bitter cold?’ ask Kashmiris after encounter operation leaves...
By TCN Correspondent
Mujgund: - Until Saturday afternoon, Ashraf Mir, a resident of Srinagar, had a house where he stayed with his family like all...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Congress to form MP government as Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigns
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) The path for the formation of a Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was cleared with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan...
राजस्थान में 8 मुसलमान विधायक बने,पिछली बार थे सिर्फ 2
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
जयपुर-
राजस्थान चुनाव में इस बार 8 मुस्लिम विधायक बन गए,इनमे से 7 कांग्रेस के प्रत्याशी के तौर पर लड़ रहे थे,जबकि...
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...
Why Muslims make the wrong investment choices and how to avoid it
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry. Muslims in two...
Why Halal investments in Kerala do not make news for the wrong reasons
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry....
On Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, lone surviving Muslim litigant receives death threat
By TCN News
December 6 marks the 26th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition. But the wait for justice in the matter continues and the ones...
इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध के बलिदान से नाकामयाब हो गई बुलंदशहर जलाने की साज़िश ??
आस मोहम्मद कैफ बुलंदशहर, TwoCricles.net
नंदलाल जाटव (43) स्याना के चेयरमैन है. वो बताते हैं कि दुनिया मे सबसे अच्छे लोग यहां रहते हैं,यहां के मुसलमानों ने...
Rajasthan has become a living hell for Dalits: Renu Meghwanshi, state secretary, Mahila Congress
Renu Meghwanshi is no stranger to fighting against Dalit atrocities. She might be contesting from the Congress now, but prior to this, she was...
Radhika Vemula inaugurates ‘United Against Hate’ programme in Ernakulam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The caste murders committed by the high caste to protect their caste honour have been commercialised, said Radhika Vemula, mother of...
राजस्थान तो दलितों के लिए नरक जैसा है: रेनू मेघवंशी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
रेनू मेघवंशी राजस्थान में दलित उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ लड़ाइयां लड़ने के लिए जानी जाती है,यह वही है जिन्होंने डांगबास में दलितों...
Protests mark removal of painting depicting Malappuram Wagon Massacre
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
On the 97th anniversary of the Wagon Massacre a group of people joined together at the bus-stand in Tirur in Malappuram....
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...
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...
कोई महारानी हमारी किस्मत नही बदल सकती!हमें तो बस दो रोटी चाहिए!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
अज़मेर-
अज़मेर से भीलवाड़ा मार्ग पर महाविद्यालय के क़रीब राधा है,राधा 50 से ऊपर की है ,यह उसने ही बताया है सही...
‘दलित मुसलमान का मेला’ एक नई कोशिश नई पहल
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
वैसे भारत में मुस्लिम समुदाय को दलित कि सूची में नहीं माना जाता हैं लेकिन उनकी स्थिति दलितों से भी बदतर हैं....
Meet Dr. Mubeena Ramzan, the first Kashmiri woman to feature among world’s 500 most...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Dr Mubeena Ramzan of Kashmir created history earlier this month when she became the first Kashmiri woman to be enlisted among...
Lynch Nation: A hard-hitting documentary that looks into how hate crimes are fuelled in...
By Priyanka Ishwari, TwoCircles.net
Pictures of his brother lying in a pool of blood flash on the massive screen before him. His mother Saira is...
तेवर बदलती भीम आर्मी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर
इधर ग्वालियर, बिजनोर और पटना में भीम आर्मी ने तीन रैलियां की है, इन सभी रैलियों में अच्छी खासी भीड़ रही,तीनों को...
Gujarat government collecting data of Muslim students
Gandhinagar,(IANS) The BJP-ruled Gujarat government has been collecting data of Muslim students, appearing for Class 10 and 12 board examinations, for the last five...
No end to stigma for descendants of leprosy patients in Kashmir
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
In conflict-torn regions, people are often so busy protecting themselves that there is often no one to speak for the voiceless....
First transgender person contesting elections from Goshamahal goes missing; police complaint filed
By TCN News
Chandramukhi, the very first transgender to contest elections for the seat of MLA from Goshamahal constituency has been missing since today morning....
ताज़महल की मस्जिद में नमाज़ पर रोक
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | आगरा
दुनिया भर में मोहब्बत की निशानी के नाम से मशहूर आगरा का ताजमहल आजकल विवादों में हैं. कभी कुछ हिंदूवादी...
Everything but Halal: How Bangalore Muslims fell prey to ‘high’ returns in the name...
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry. Muslims in two...
19-month old girl hit by pellets in Kashmir; may lose her right eye forever
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Over the past 24 hours, most Indian media houses have carried the story of six militants and one Army soldier...
Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...
Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...
Election Commission, NGOs step up to increase voter turnout in Telangana
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
A network of NGOs and civil society organisations have taken up an initiative to campaign to increase the percentage of voters...
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...
Pakistani feminist Urdu poet and writer Fahmida Riaz passes away
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Noted Pakistani feminist writer and poet Fahmida Riaz died in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday night at the age of 72. The...
भीम आर्मी ने जनसँख्या के हिसाब से आरक्षण की मांग उठाई
फ़हमीना हुसैन | पटना
पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश से शुरू हुई भीम आर्मी ने बिहार प्रदेश की राजधानी पटना में अपनी पहली रैली करके जनसँख्या के...
Kerala Muslim Community Association from North California contributes Rs 25 lakh for flood relief
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The Kerala Muslim Community Association (KMCA), an organisation of Malayali Muslims in North California, has contributed Rs 25 lakh to the...
Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...
Sampoorna calls for community participation for transgender day of remembrance
By TCN News
Sampoorna Working Group in collaboration with the the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), is commemorating the Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDoR) that...
Confused, hopeful, angry, worried: The many emotions being felt by Heera Gold investors right...
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry. Muslims in two...
मदारी : जानवरों को नचाने वाली एक बदनसीब कौम
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | देवल (बिजनौर)
दिल्ली से 140 किमी दूर दिल्ली-पौड़ी राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग पर बिजनौर के करीब एक गाँव देवल के बाहर घने जंगल(इसे...
Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’
TCN News
Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...
Haram in the name of Halal: How Heera Gold promised Acche Din and delivered...
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry. Muslims in two...
Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the...
By Ira Anbazhagan, TwoCircles.net
A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death of an Adivasi minor girl shocked Tamil Nadu. And even as the...
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Book review: Loknath Yashwant’s Broken man might be too hard-hitting for ‘Ghalib’ fans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Mirza Ghalib is a celebrated figure in the vast world of poetry, and many times Ghalib produces a self-demolishing effect on...
Funds collected outside Pune mosques help rebuild 74 Dalit homes in Pune
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
In a heart-warming story of Dalit-Muslim unity from Maharashtra, an NGO managed to rebuild homes of 74 Dalit families who lost...
Kaamgar Patrika: A magazine of – by – and- for sanitation workers to be...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is one of the largest and richest Municipal corporations in the country, with an annual budget...
Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrated in Karnataka admist security despite protests from BJP
TCN News with inputs from IANS
Bengaluru: Security has been stepped up across Karnataka in view of the birthday celebration (Jayanti) of the erstwhile Mysuru...
Nazar Nasir: Breaking gender stereotypes in Kashmir through crochet
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar:- At the age of 19, Nazar Nasir decided to share the idea of him knitting and crocheting with his family...
No justice in sight for 18 mentally unstable people killed by security forces in...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar:- On the afternoon of November 2, Bilal Ahmad was packing apples while his brother-in-law Rayees Ahmad Wani, who is mentally...
Justice eludes Pune-based techie terminated for ‘Islamic’ attire; protest to move to Delhi
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Aman Khan, a Pune-based techie who was forcibly terminated from a Canadian company on June 12 this year is going to...
The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the history of the silent
This is the second in the two-part series on the much-forgotten Malabar Struggle and stories of ghastly violence committed by the British in the...
The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the stories we chose to...
This is the first in the two-part series on the much-forgotten Malabar Struggle and stories of ghastly violence committed by the British in the...
Assault in Sharda University led our son to join militancy, says family of Srinagar...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The family members of a Srinagar youth who is reported to have joined militant ranks on Saturday blamed students of...
No terror funding in Haryana Mosque construction: Delhi Minorities Commission
TCN News
A number of national, local daily newspapers, channels and media agencies on 15 October
2018 reported an alleged case of terror-funding related to the...
JUH Maharashtra bears all expenses of marriage of girl whose father was lynched by...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
On July 1, 2018, the family of Bharat Bhonsle were left stunned, broken and distraught after they were informed that Bharat...
Hashimpura after the Court verdict: We still remember the clothes of our children soaked...
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Meerut: Hashimpura is located in the heart of Meerut. And right in front of the famous shrine of Shah Peer...
पंजाबः मज़हब से हटकर राजनीतिक होती दलित गायकी
मनीषा भल्ला
बीएसपी दा आ गया हाथी, बणेया जो सबना दा साथी, गरीबी अते गुलामी वाला, जेकर अंत कराणा जी, इस बार वोटां ते सबणे...
It feels like Babasaheb’s blessing: Woman whose Bhimgeet video went viral overwhelmed with response
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kakhet lekru, Hatat jhadan, Doi war Shenachi Paati, Maye Bhima na sonya ne bharli woti”
(Child in arms, broom in the hand...
अदालत के फैसले के बाद हाशिमपुरा : वो ईद का ‘तोहफा’...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ- हाशिमपूरा, मेरठ की गली के लड़के अब नहीं पढ़ते हैं. ना पढने की वजह उनकी तीन दशक पुरानी हैं.
हाशिमपुरा को...
Rohingya Human Rights Initiative: A silver lining in the cloud of the Rohingya crisis
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...
US political candidate Padma Kuppa endorses Hindutva agenda of supremacy
TCN News
The news that Padma Kuppa, an Indian-American is running for Michigan’s State House of Representatives, has raised concern among the other Indian Americans...
Rift in UP Congress out in open after Muslim leaders express dissent in Varanasi
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few years, political parties have been trying every trick in the book to consolidate the vote bank against...
नाराज़ किसान क्या करेगा भाजपा का नुकसान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | मुज़फ्फरनगर
शुक्रवार को पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ्फरनगर जिले में सैकड़ो किसानो ने कलेक्ट्रेट पहुच कर गन्ना भर दिया. पचास के...
Oppression in Kashmir will push more scholars towards armed resistance, says slain militant’s mother
TCN Correspondent
Srinagar: Hajira Begum, 58, is shedding tears inside her modest house, but one would be wrong to assume they are tears of grief. “No...
मुज़फ्फरनगर दंगो के बाद रासुका से सहमे मुसलमान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | मुज़फ्फरनगर
पांच साल पहले मुज़फ्फरनगर में दंगो के बाद से इलाके का मुसलमान सहमा हुआ था. किसी तरह अपनी टूटी ज़िन्दगी,...
Varanasi Smart City Project: Government ousts Municipal Corporation, private company to carry out work
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In a strange turn of events, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation has outsourced the city’s Smart City project to a private conglomerate...
कलम की ताक़त को जिंदगी की धार बना रहे हैं दलित युवक
आस मोहम्मद कैफ| नॉएडा/सहारनपुर/मुजफ्फरनगर -TwoCircles.net
9 मई 2017 को सहारनपुर में शब्बीरपुर हिंसा के विरोध में सड़क पर उतरी भीम आर्मी के उग्र प्रदर्शन के...
बिहार: डायन करार देकर महादलित बुज़ुर्ग महिला की चाकू से काटी जीभ
फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
बिहार में महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार, छेडछाड़, अपहरण, दहेज के लिए हत्या एवं प्रताड़ना के मामलें तेजी से बढ़ा है। बिहार में...