Ashfaq Wani: A Kashmiri journalist who teaches self-defence and prepares youth for international competitions
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Baramulla: Ten years ago, Ashfaq Wani, then a 16-year-old martial arts champion, conceived an idea of starting an academy to...
Mandatory Bengali in West Bengal schools evokes mixed response from residents
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The ICSE, ISC, CBSE, Hindi and other medium schools in West Bengal are likely to introduce Bengali as a compulsory...
Cases of triple talaq extremely rare among Indian Muslims, confirms survey
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A survey conducted by Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy (CRDDP) has found that incidents of...
Kalluri, Yagna and the slow death of journalism in IIMC
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi once called Lord Ganesha as the pioneer case of Cosmetic Surgery, and the Hindu right-wing is overwhelmingly...
BJP workers burn effigies of Lalu, Nitish in Bihar
Patna, (IANS): Opposition BJP workers on Thursday burnt the effigies of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Bihar...
Newly appointed AMU Vice Chancellor revokes Mustafa Zaidi’s suspension
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Aligarh: Newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Professor Tariq Mansoor has revoked the suspension order of Professor Mustafa Zaidi on...
Kerala BJP chief booked for posting fake video on social media
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
BJP state chief Kummanam Rajasekharan has been booked for allegedly posting fake video on his Twitter handle against CPIM. The Kannur...
Can woman be given option to say no to triple talaq before nikaah: SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board if it was possible to give the woman...
Court discharges Batla House flat caretaker
New Delhi, (IANS): A court here on Tuesday dropped charges relating to cheating against the caretaker of the L-18 Batla House flat where two...
Triple Talaq: When Kapil Sibal used the name of Ram to validate the practice
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Trust lawyers to use an example from the most unlikely sources to strengthen their argument. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal,...
Indian citizen group report seeks withdrawal of army and other security forces from civilian...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A citizen’s fact-finding report on Kashmir protests called for the withdrawal of the army and other paramilitary forces...
African students organise joint press conference with Irom Sharmila against racial attacks
By Mahtab Alam
New Delhi : In rare show of solidarity, Manipuri peace activist Irom Sharmila along with a representative of North East students addressed...
योगी के 50 दिन: क्यों योगी से नाराज़ नहीं हैं मुसलमान
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर/मेरठ/मुज़फ्फरनगर : उत्तर प्रदेश में प्रचंड बहुमत वाली भाजपा सरकार के 50 दिन हो गए हैं. 50 दिन पहले कट्टर हिंदूवादी...
Batla House encouter case : Court drops charges against Caretaker
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi : A court here on Tuesday discharged the caretaker of the Batla House flat where two suspected militants were...
50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...
Muslim personal law: India’s Supreme Court needs to obtain world Muslim counsel
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, President, ZakatIndia.org
National boundaries do not always remain constant; on account of various factors these keep changing after every few...
What led to Dhulagarh riots in West Bengal? This documentary tries to find out
By SK Abid Hasan
“Is this Bangladesh? Or is it Pakistan?” echoed somebody from the mob gathered on the road blocking our entry into...
Aaghaz Foundation awards second Rohith Vemula memorial scholarship to female student from Gorakhpur
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: An economically weak female student from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's constituency has won the second Rohith Vemula Memorial...
By leaking his conversations with Mayawati, Naseemuddin has not helped his own cause
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Before the UP Elections, the Samajwadi Party and its internal affairs rivalled primetime television shows. Every other day, one of the disgruntled...
Rozina Sheikh, whose mother works as a tailor, scores 97 percentile rank in Class...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: On the morning of Thursday, May 11, Rozina Razil Shaikh, 17 along with her two brothers and mother were...
Let’s stop taking the bait: How Muslims should respond to provocative Issues
By Dr. Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net
Triple Talaq, Beef, now Azaan. The more we respond, the more we engage with them, the more they...
पीएम मोदी से मुलाक़ात कर मुस्लिम धर्म-गुरूओं ने कौन सा वादा तोड़ा?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी से मौलाना महमूद मदनी की क़यादत में 25 मज़हबी रहनुमाओं की मुलाक़ात का विरोध हो रहा...
More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three years in power amid tall claims of development, the India Exclusion...
Schedule Tribe across Tamil Nadu except for one district: The curious case of Erode...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Erode: Some refer to it as a bureaucratic mistake, while others blame it to caste politics, yet for 30,000 people of...
AMU students start free one-day hostel facility for entrance exam applicants
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
For the past couple of days, about two dozen students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have been running and rushing between...
16-year-old Kashmiri youth starts Valley’s own ‘KashBook’ in response to social media ban
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Anantnag: The government imposed ban on social media websites in Kashmir has entered its third week, and uncertainty prevails over...
Imam Barkati a threat to secular ethos of country: Siddiquallah Chaudhary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The West Bengal secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet, Maulana Siddiqullah Chaudhary has severely criticised the...
IUML gifts 61 houses to families affected by Muzaffarnagar riots
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: The Arabic phrase Baithu Rahma simply means house of mercy. But residents of Manthwara in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh will...
योगी सरकार को बूचड़खाने बंद कराने के मामले में हाईकोर्ट की फटकार, 15 छुट्टियां...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में बूचड़खानों को बंद कराने और 15 सार्वजनिक छुट्टियों को रद्द किये जाने का फैसले को...
No objection to Sadhvi Pragya’s discharge in 2008 Malegaon case: NIA
Mumbai, (IANS): In a major development in the 2008 Malegaon terror attacks case, the NIA on Friday told a special court that it was...
ये समय है कि हिन्दू समाज मुस्लिमों से सॉरी बोले, मैं एक हिन्दू हूं,...
कलीम सिद्दीक़ी
अहमदाबाद : ‘यह मेरा फ़र्ज़ था कि पीड़िता को न्याय मिले. बिलकीस हो या कोई और, उसका न्याय में भरोसा बना रहे, यह...
The 40-year wait of a community to start life outside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.netGudalur, Tamil Nadu: The Indian experience of wildlife and forest conservation has been synonymous with forced evictions, mostly of tribals, from...
Ashit Sable: A young documentary maker highlighting the role of Shahiris of Maharashtra
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
In its purest sense, the role of an artist has always been to work for the empowerment and enlightenment of the...
UP government declines to try CM Adityanath in 2007 riot case
Lucknow, (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday told the Allahabad High Court (HC) that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cannot be prosecuted in a...
‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...
Modi and JUH meeting: A story of two press notes
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A couple of days back when Jamiat leaders met Narendra Modi with a delegation of 25 people, the general public was...
Erdogan, democracy and the Indian response: A reply to Mohammad Bahzad Fatmi
By Noushad MK for Twocircles.net
Mohammad Bahzad Fatmi’s article against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the most expected and awaited piece by his readers...
Left behind, but not left out: How women in Birbhum took to handlooms to...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, Twocircles.net
Migration in India is neither a new event nor a region-specific issue. In fact, it would not be wrong to...
Two engineers, three years and tampered EVMs: Why the Election Commission has a lot...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
CASE ONE
During the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, a post surfaced on Facebook which showed the first event in ‘Modi’ era...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में कल से सुनवाई, बोर्ड व जमीयत की ओर...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : यूपी सरकार पक्षकार नहीं, कैसे रखेगी अपना पक्ष?
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली...
Declare cow national animal, says Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
“Cow should be declared as national animal. Why central government is not making any law regarding this?” said Maulana Syed Arshad Madani...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : अदालत उलेमाओं को इसका हल निकालने दे —मौलाना अरशद मदनी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़ के मसले में खुद दख़ल देने के बजाए अदालत को इसे उलेमाओं को हल निकालने के...
Mayawati expels Naseemuddin Siddiqui from BSP
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday expelled her confidant Naseemuddin Siddiqui from the party. His son has also been thrown...
जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...
जमीयत की मुलाक़ात में मोदी ने माना, ‘न्यू इंडिया’ का ख़्वाब 18 करोड़ मुसलमानों...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : नरेन्द्र मोदी के प्रधानमंत्री बनने के तीन साल बाद भी मुसलमानों की बड़ी मिल्ली तंज़ीम जमीयत उलेमा-ए-हिन्द उनसे...
Election commission dismisses Delhi MLA’s ‘proof’ that EVMs can be tampered, says he used...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After a demonstration in Delhi Assembly by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj regarding how Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered,...
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind meets Modi to ‘open the door for mutual communication’
TCN News
With the basic objective of to establish closer interaction between the Government and the Muslim Community on issues of larger national interest which...
‘Did I hit her? Did I abuse her? Then why the fuss?’ says BJP...
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Gorakhpur : A couple of days after a video surfaced in which BJP MLA from Gorakhpur(Sadar) Radha Mohan Das Aggrawal was shown shouting...
Honoring President Erdoğan is absolutely the right thing
Misbahuddin Mirza
When the renowned philosopher-poet Dr. Mohammed Iqbal wrote the Urdu couplet:
ہزاروں سال نرگس اپنی بینوری پہ روتی ہے
بڑی مشکل سے ہوتا ہے چمن...
आज सहारनपुर में दलित महापंचायत, प्रशासन ने लगाया धारा —144
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : शुक्रवार को सहारनपुर के शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब दलितों ने अपने पंचायत का ऐलान...
‘मुस्लिम क़ैदियों से पुलिस वाले लगवा रहे हैं ‘जय श्री राम’ के नारे’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश की सामाजिक व राजनीतिक संगठन रिहाई मंच ने भोपाल जेल में सिमी के सदस्य होने के आरोप में...
सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : क्या सोचते हैं यहां के दलित नौजवान?
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...
Government will not interfere in our lives, if we remain firm on Shariah: AIMPLB
TCN News
Some of the Indian Muslim clerics, mostly from AIMPLB, have unequivocally asserted that Shariat is divine and hence no government or court has...
Hindu Rashtra: Is it good for Hindus?
By Ram Puniyani
Hindu Rashtra is the goal of Hindu nationalist politics, which is also called as Hindutva. In contrast to Hinduism, Hindutva is a...
Arshad Madani lashed out at Triple Talaq propaganda, praised Yogi in Varanasi
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
National President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani lashed out at government and media for creating useless propaganda over Triple Talaq issue....
Over 200 Indian and Pakistani citizens released a resolution for peace between India and...
TCN News
During the 70 years past Independence and partition, the people of India and Pakistan have seen too many conflicts and the loss of...
‘इस देश में में मुसलमान होना ही देश-भक्ति का प्रमाण है’ — आचार्य प्रमोद...
कलीम सिद्दीक़ी
अहमदाबाद (गुजरात) : केंद्र में मोदी सरकार आने के बाद देश के दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों में असुरक्षा की बढ़ती भावना को देखते हुए...
भारत के हिंदू राष्ट्र बनने में सबसे बड़ी बाधा डॉ. अम्बेडकर —अनिल चमड़िया
TwoCircles.net News Desk
बलिया : भाजपा डॉ. अम्बेडकर के विचारों की हत्या करने के लिए अभियान चला रही है. जिसमें दलित समाज से आने वाले...
सहारनपुर : डीजीपी सुलखान सिंह ने सर्किट हाऊस में लिया जायज़ा, घटनास्थल पर नहीं...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष...
Aligarh’s answer to minority tag is nanotech, solar research
By Sarwar Kashani
Aligarh, (IANS): The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a nearly 100-year-old institution born out of the independence movement and the quest to modernise...
सहारनपुर : दलितों पर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही का आरोप, मुश्किल घड़ी में मुसलमान...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...
First TCN Movie ‘The Suspect’ screened in Mumbai, available for rent on YouTube
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A Hindi-Mathili short film ‘The Suspect’ based on youth who get falsely implicated in terror cases, was screened in Mumbai yesterday. The...
IUML women wing’s president contributes to BJP fundraising, apologises for ‘mistake’
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Malappuram: Kamarunnisa Anvar, state president of IUML’s women outfit Vanitha League, landed her party in trouble after she inaugurated BJP’s fund...
Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs of the area tried to take a procession parade on Maharana Pratap...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ –ये सवाल जाकर मोदी जी से पूछो!
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : आजकल अख़ाबर के पन्ने ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ के ख़बरों से भरे पड़े हैं. ‘फ़ोन पर पत्नी को तलाक़ दिया’,...
When hate hits home: NRIs wake up to racism
By Jaspal Singh
A forum on hate crimes against Indians and peoples hailing from South Asia is being held at MIT on Saturday May 6,2017...
Trouble for Yogi: Allahabad HC summons UP Chief Secretary in Gorakhpur riot case
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A division bench of Allahabad High Court, comprised of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice UC Srivastava, has summoned Uttar Pradesh Chief secretary...
Teaching children to say NO: How Shweta Goswami is fighting child sexual abuse
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Child sexual abuse can be a most traumatic experience, yet Indian society refuses to discuss or even acknowledge the issue. We...
Basic message of the theatres has been lost, said Naseeruddin Shah in AMU
TCN News
Aligarh: Noted film and stage actor and director, also a Padma awardee Naseeruddin Shah delivered today the ‘Professor Zahida Zaidi Memorial Lecture’ in...
गुजरात : यहां ‘तीन तलाक़’ नहीं, बल्कि ‘नपुंसकता’ है असल मुद्दा
मुहम्मद कलीम सिद्दीक़ी
अहमदाबाद : गुजरात की सियासत का ‘नपुंसकता’ के साथ गहरा रिश्ता रहा है. इस ‘नपुंसकता’ पर बार-बार कोई न कोई बयान आता...
Where is Najeeb? Drowned in Left parties’ crocodile tears
By Sharjeel Imam and Saquib Salim for Twocircles.net
Najeeb Ahmad, a first year Masters student of Biotechnology disappeared more than six months ago from the...
प्रो. तारिक़ मंसूर अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी के नए वाइस चांसलर
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
अलीगढ़ : राष्ट्रपति प्रणव मुखर्जी ने बुधवार को प्रोफ़ेसर तारिक़ मंसूर को अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी का नया वाइस चांसलर नियुक्त कर दिया...
Four upper caste people awarded life imprisonment for burning down a Dalit’s house
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Four upper caste people were awarded life imprisonment on May 2, 2017, by the sessions court in Beed, Maharashtra, for attacking...
‘डि-रेडिकलाइजेशन’ के नाम पर एजेंसियां तैयार कर रही हैं गवाह और मुख़बिर
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ : एटीएस, उत्तर प्रदेश के घर वापसी (डी-रेडिकलाइजेशन) कार्यक्रम पर अब सवाल उठने शुरू हो गए हैं.
आज लखनऊ के यूपी...
‘मेरी पत्नी प्रसव पीड़ा से कराहती रही और मैं मजबूरन एनआईए के कार्यालय जाता...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : ‘7 मार्च 2017 से लेकर आज तक एटीएस और एनआईए के लोग मुझे रोज़-रोज़ तंग करते रहे हैं. पहले एटीएस...
Gau Raksha, anti-Romeo and the deafening silences of PM Modi and the BJP
By Mushtaque Rahmat for Twocircles.net
There are few who have managed the art of silence and the craft of spewing caustic ideas/thought, and Prime Minister...
Mushawarat in 2016: A year under Navaid Hamid
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The annual report of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of all Muslim organisations of India, shows important progress...
In Assam, demands of improving teacher training in government-run schools falling on deaf ears
By Ravindra Kumar Mishra for Twocircles.net
The reputation of government-run schools in Assam is generally dismal, and the same can be said about teacher education...
पीर मूनिस की विरासत को मिट्टी में मिला रहे हैं चम्पारण के पत्रकार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
गांधी के भारत में पहले सत्याग्रह के सौ साल मुकम्मल हो चुके हैं. देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में चम्पारण सत्याग्रह शताब्दी...
देश में मज़दूरों के लिए विपरीत समय, इनकी बदहाली और बढ़ेगी…
जावेद अनीस
यह एक जटिल और कन्फ्यूज़्ड समय है, जहां बदलाव की गति इतनी तेज़ और व्यापक है कि उसे ठीक से दर्ज करना...
Respect Assam accord and don’t divide people on religious lines, says Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind on issue...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The government must pledge to the Assam Accord of 1985 and decide citizenship rights accordingly, Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind said on May 2 at...
Among all personal laws, Muslim personal laws are most progressive : Flavia Agnes at...
TCN News
Kolkata: “Among all personal laws, I regard Muslim personal laws as most progressive,” Advocate Flavia Agnes said while speaking at a one day...
Naseeruddin Shah to deliver Professor Zahida Zaidi Memorial lecture
TCN News
Aligarh: Eminent actor and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Alumnus, Naseeruddin Shah will deliver the Professor Zahida Zaidi Memorial lecture in AMU on May...
Digvijay Singh says Telangana Police creating fake ISIS modules to trap Muslim youth
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has accused Telangana police of setting up a fake ISIS website to trap young Muslim men.
On Monday...
‘काहे का मज़दूर दिवस भैय्या?’
सिराज माही
नोएडा : ‘काहे का मज़दूर दिवस भैय्या, आज अगर काम नहीं करेंगे तो शाम को पैसा हमें कौन देगा? ऐसा तो है नहीं...
Columbia Journalism School honours Basharat Peer with First Decade Award
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
New York: Kashmiri journalist and author of celebrated memoir ‘Curfewed Night’ on the conflict in Kashmir Basharat Peer has been...
राजस्थान के प्रसिद्ध बाबा मीरा साहब की पहाड़ी पर मूर्ति रखकर अवैध मंदिर निर्माण...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
बूंदी : राजस्थान के बूंदी शहर में मीरा साहब की पहाड़ी से मशहूर टाइगर हिल टॉप व्यू प्वाईंट पर बाबा मीरा साहब...
Human Rights Watch accuses government of silence, lack of action against cow vigilantes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged Indian government of silence and denial over the violence unleashed by cow vigilantes across...
Jamia students launch new edition of quarterly student magazine Campus Chorus
By TCN News
Delhi: Campus Chorus, a student magazine started by the students of Jamia Millia Islamia, launched its quarterly issue on Friday in the...
Jamia to confer Turkish president Erdogan with doctorate, alumni and students disappointed
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The decision of Jamia Millia Islamia to confer honorary doctorate degree to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not gone down...
Kashmir social media ban leaves journalists, students and patients clueless about their future
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Inside the two-storey building of RISE institute in Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, which provides coaching for various competitive examinations, one...
यूपी एटीएस ऑपरेशन : क्राइम रिपोर्टरों के क्राइम का शिकार बनते बेगुनाह
शाहनवाज़ मलिक व अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल
20 अप्रैल की सुबह एक बार फिर क्राइम रिपोर्टरों की मानों लॉटरी निकल आई थी. वजह यूपी पुलिस के...
BJP MP asked Police to ‘Fire on these Pigs’ referrring to Muslims: Samajwadi Party...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A five-member Samajwadi Party delegation that visited Saharanpur to investigate the violence happened in the city on April 20 has alleged...
Jabir Karat: Son of a daily wage labourer who is trying to improve Kozhikode’s...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: What do you notice the most when you visit cities like Delhi and Mumbai? The bustle of these cities, the...
योगी सरकार में अब मुसलमान अफ़सर किए जा रहे हैं किनारे!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में अब योगी सरकार मुस्लिम अफ़सरों को ठिकाने लगाने पर जुट गई है. यहां मुस्लिम अफ़सरों की...
India at par with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Egypt in violation of religious freedom, reports...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has alleged that 10 of the 29 Indian states are suffering from...
Mushawarat urges government to initiate dialogue in Kashmir
TCN News
Navaid Hamid, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (confederation of sixteen major Muslim organizations) has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating law and...
Jamia students protested in solidarity with people’s resistance movement of Kashmir
TCN News
Students of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi took out a protest march in the university campus on Tuesday. Tiled 'Memoirs of Resistance', students...
UP ATS to counter radicalisation of youth with “Ghar Wapsi”
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A week after the UP Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested six men from Bijnor district of Western Uttar Pradesh, ATS has now...
The unapologetic Indian Muslim
By Sabiha Farhat
These are tough times for Muslims in India. But now that I look back and shed my ‘liberal’ prejudices – Muslims were...
Iqbal, tolerance and Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s wrong turn
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
In a recent piece in the Indian Express (April 19, 2017), titled “Iqbal's Wrong Turn”, public intellectual Pratap Bhanu Mehta...
भारत ‘हिन्दू राष्ट्र’ नहीं ‘हिन्दुत्व राष्ट्र’ की ओर बढ़ रहा है —मशावरत के अध्यक्ष...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम मजलिस-ए-मशावरत के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष नवेद हामिद ने मोदी सरकार के इस दौर देश के ताज़ा हालात को...
फ़िरक़ापरस्ती की काट है दलित-मुस्लिम मेल —क़ाज़ी रशीद मसूद
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : पश्चिम उत्तर प्रदेश के क़द्दावर राजनेता क़ाज़ी...
Farmer’s daughter Tasleem Fatima grabs third spot in Telangana IPE exam
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: The modest house of Mohammed Samad in Murtazaguda area of Rangareddy district has been flooded with people visiting him...
I lost seven years to false terror charges, now I want to achieve my...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
February 18, 2008, was an important date for Yahya Kammukutty. A software engineer with more than 10 years of experience, Yahya...
काश! इन्हें भी समाज के मुख्यधारा में शामिल एक सामान्य इंसान माना जाता…
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
दोपहर के सन्नाटे में तेज़ तालियों और गाने की आवाज़ ने आती हुई नींद को झकझोर दिया. पूछने पर पता लगा कि...
‘दलित-मुस्लिम एकता के विरुद्ध षड्यंत्र है सड़क दुधली गांव का दंगा’
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश के सहारनपुर का सड़क दुधली गांव. अधिकतर दुकानें बंद. सड़कें सुनसान. सन्नाटा हर ओर क़ायम. गांव के ज़्यादातर...
UP government cancels 15 holidays, including Alvida Juma and Id-Milad-un-Nabi
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In a decision that is likely to raise eyebrows across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has canceled 15 public holidays...
Muslims must work with other marginalised communitie to counter RSS propoganda
By Mukhtar Ahmad for Twocircles.net
The BJP’s spectacular victory in India’s largest state has swept away any remaining myth of the monolithic Muslim bloc vote....
A month after getting arrested, SP leader Gayatri Prasad Prajapati granted bail in rape...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, an ex-cabinet minister from UP and a leader of Samajwadi Party was granted bail by POCSO court on...
2008 Malegaon Blasts : Sadhvi Pragya Thakur get bail
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Bombay High Court today granted bail to 2008 Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on a surety of Rs...
Late Dr. Omar Khalidi and others to be honored at Brandeis University
TCN News
Boston Study group(BSG) will be honoring Late Dr. Omar Khalidi, Dr. Shobha Singh, Dr. Laxmi Berwa and Thenmozhi Soundararajan for their pioneering work in...
“Muslims need constitutional protection” – Justice Sachar at Aliah University
TCN News
A Two days seminar 'Towards Equality, Justice and Fraternity in Contemporary India : Creating a better Tomorrow Through Law' being organised by Institute...
Kerala Police arrest 8 ‘Gau Rakshaks’ for spoiling meat, disrupting Easter celebrations
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
In yet another incident related to violence unleashed by cow vigilantes in India, the Aluva West Police in Kerala has arrested...
मीडिया वाले चुपके से फोटो ले गए और लिख दिया, ‘आतंकी की मां’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
साठी/बेतिया (बिहार) : बिहार के पश्चिम चम्पारण ज़िले के साठी थाना से मुड़कर जैसे ही हम साठी-भसुरारी रोड जाते हैं, टूटी...
Aliah University, Kolkata to organize seminar on Media and Marginality
TCN News
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aliah University and Social Network for Assisstance to People (SNAP) are together organizing a National Seminar on...
Three Muslim cattle traders attacked in Delhi for carrying buffaloes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In another case of violence against minorities, three Muslim men were attacked by Gau Rakshaks near the Kalkaji metro station in...
Twocircles.net collaborates with award-winning director to produce ‘The Suspect’, a Maithili short film
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Nitin Neera Chandra, the director of National Award-winning movie Mithila Makhaan, is back with The Suspect, a Maithili short film which...
Modi’s government has made human life cheaper than that of a cow
By Mushtaque Rahmat for Twocircles.net
A few days ago, Mohan Bhagwat asked for an all-India ban on cow slaughter. I once for all can’t agree...
First year of BJP in Assam sees mostly Muslims declared as foreigners, thrown in...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
With the BJP at the verge of completing its first year in power in Assam, the number of people allegedly...
Bijnor arrests: Madrasas and mosques under Police scanner, victims told to not talk to...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
A day after UP Police arrested people from Bijnor for suspected ISIS links, a conversation with Bijnor SP Ajay Sahni revealed...
Should Supreme Court favour Sikh beard but disapprove Jewish, Christian and Muslim beards ?
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, President, ZakatIndia.org
The Supreme Court of India recently offered to a suspended Muslim Maharashtra police constable the revocation of his suspension...
ताकि अगली पीढ़ी जीवित रह सके…
निकहत प्रवीन
नई दिल्ली : 22 अप्रैल पृथ्वी दिवस के रुप में जाना जाता है. नाम से ही स्पष्ट है कि पृथ्वी को बचाना, उसे...
NIA secures first conviction in ISIS related case, 7 years imprisonment to Azhar and...
TCN News
New Delhi : National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court secured its first conviction of two accused persons in terror related cases on Friday.
The...
FIR lodged against BJP MP Raghav Lakhan Pal for vandalism and violence
Aas Mohammad & Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Saharanpur: The Saharanpur district of Western Uttar Pradesh saw blatant misuse of power at the hands of the BJP after...
Kerala Police to file report to withdraw UAPA charges in 42 cases
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The Kerala Police have decided to withdraw charges under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 42 cases that were registered in...
Taj Irshad: A skiing prodigy from Kashmir now helping others earn a livelihood
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Around 52 kms north of Srinagar is Gulmarg, a hill station which sees a heavy turnout of tourists throughout...
SIO handed over a cow to Pehlu Khan’s family
TCN News
New Delhi: SIO delegation visited Pehlu Khan’s residence at Mewat, Haryana and handed over a milch cow as they had promised so.
Earlier this...
Amarnath Yatra a case of ‘militarised pilgrimage’, says Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society...
By TCN News
Today, on the 13th death anniversary of rights activist Asiya Jeelani, and in memory of her life, work and struggle for justice,...
जिनकी क़लम गांधी को चम्पारण खींच लाई…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
आज से ठीक सौ साल पहले चम्पारण के किसानों का दर्द जान गांधी 1917 में पहला सत्याग्रह करने चले आए. सत्याग्रह...
UP ATS arrests two Muslims from Bijnor on suspected ISIS links
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow : On Thursday early morning, UP Police's special cell Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two Muslim men from Bijnor district...
WATCH: Father of Mohsin Shaikh murdered in 2014 releases video, asks for justice and...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The family of Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a Pune based techie who was killed soon after Narendra Modi was sworn in as...
IUML welcomes Supreme Court’s ruling in Babri Masjid case
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has welcomed the Supreme Court Wednesday's ruling that restored conspiracy charges against BJP leaders...
Sonu Nigam misses the notes in Azaan tweet
By Rehmatullah Sheikh
I was chilling with a couple of friends when the Maghrib (break of dusk) Azan went off. My friend nonchalantly comments -...
Welfare Party welcomes SC’s verdict in the Babri demolition, demands resignation
TCN News
Bidar(Karnataka): Welfare Party of India (WPI) has extended welcome to the Supreme Court verdict to go ahead with criminal conspiracy charges against top...
After civilians, students become the new target of security forces in Kashmir
By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net
Srinagar: The deaths and destruction continue unabated in Kashmir even nine months after the death of militant commander Burhan Wani....
बाबरी विध्वंस मामला : आडवाणी, जोशी समेत 13 भाजपा नेताओं पर चलेगा आपराधिक साज़िश...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस के 25 साल पुराने मामले में आज सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अपने महत्वपूर्ण फैसले में कहा है...
Babri demolition : Supreme Court revives conspiracy charges against Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi : Supreme court today ruled that LK Advani and other senior BJP leaders including Murali Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati will...
AMU students and teachers left for Jammu and Kashmir on Sadbhavna tour
TCN News
Aligarh: As a part of Sadbhavna program, at least 26 students from different faculties of Aligarh Muslim University with a group of four...
The dangers of communalising the issue of Kashmir
By Sajad Hassan Khan and Ishrat Mushtaq Malik for Twocircles.net
A new trend has begun in the politics of Kashmir-away from the hitherto practised stance-that...
Obituary: Mukhtar Masood, an eminent Alig famous for his contributions to Urdu literature
By Naved Masood for Twocircles.net
News has been received from across the border about the passing away of one of the prominent figures of Urdu...
Communal tension in Birbhum, West Bengal after killing of a Muslim boy
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Tension prevailed in the Birbhum district of West Bengal after a Muslim boy named Azhar Sheikh was killed on Monday night...
One-third of Indian population stares at drought, drinking water shortages this summer
By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net
Although the summer season has just started in India, droughts and a shortage of drinking water have surfaced all over...
मोदी के ‘गांधी’ की हुई जीत, नीतीश के ‘गांधी’ को लौटना पड़ा वापस!
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ़्फ़रपुर/मोतिहारी (बिहार) : पूरा देश ‘चम्पारण सत्याग्रह शताब्दी वर्ष’ सेलिब्रेट कर रहा है, लेकिन बिहार के लोग बुरी तरह हैरान हैं...
IUML records landslide victory in Malappuram by polls
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
IUML candidate PK Kunhalikutty has won the Malappuram by-poll with a margin of over 1.7 lakh votes. The IUML strongman and...
Army camps in Kashmir have succumbed to ‘Mandir’ culture: Parvez Imroz, Chief, JKCCS
A Civil Rights activist for decades and well-known lawyer, Parvez Imroz is the Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and...
“Judiciary cannot create new crimes”: Prof Faizan Mustafa on ‘banning’ Triple Talaq
TCN News
Aligarh : Professor Faizan Mustafa, Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad today delivered a special talk on the topic, ‘Freedom of Religion...
Dalit boy in UP commits suicide after being boycotted for killing a Calf
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: On Saturday, an 18-year-old Dalit boy named Ramu committed suicide in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by jumping in front...
Telangana CM hails PM’s statement on backwardness among Muslims
Hyderabad, (IANS): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that more inclusiveness is needed for those who...