Haryana Elections: As Polling Continues, Mewat Residents Grapple with Promises Amid Hookah Conversations and...
Musheera Ashraf/ TwoCircles.net
Badkali Chowk (Nuh), Haryana: At the entrance of Tigaon village, 60 kilometres away from Nuh, a group of men sit outside the...
Missing Voices: Rahul Gandhi’s Rally at Nuh Reveals Gender Gap in Political Engagement in...
Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Nuh, Haryana: Amidst the sweltering 36-degree heat and towering buildings, the Nuh highway resonated with the pulsating beats of DJs and booming music....
Freedom on a Leash: Sikander Malik’s Journey Through Politics and Surveillance in Kashmir
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In the heart of Kashmir’s evolving political landscape, Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik stood out not just as a candidate, but as a...
As J&K Elections Conclude, Kulgam Confronts a Crucial Test of Development and Promised Change
Mubashir Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kulgam (Kashmir): Following the conclusion of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the political landscape in Kulgam, South Kashmir, is undergoing a significant transformation....
Mehbooba Mufti: A Controversial Legacy and the Quest for Redemption in J&K Politics
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Anantnag: The scene was set in Bijbehara, where she campaigned for her daughter Iltija Mufti. A gathering of around 100...
Gujjar-Bakerwal Communities: Neglected Voices in Jammu and Kashmir Elections
Kounsar Bashir and Safoora Hilal/TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir approaches the third and final phase of its Assembly elections — marking the first polls...
Enthusiastic Voting, Creative Floating Polling Stations Mark J&K Elections’ 2nd Phase
As per the Election Commission, the voter turnout stood at 54.11%
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: For 25-year-old Asiya Khursheed, the second phase of ongoing assembly...
From Legacy to Challenge: Iltija Mufti’s Fight to Revive PDP and Retain Bijbehara
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
In 1996, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed rejoined the Congress, he was assigned the task of fielding candidates for the Jammu...
Maratha Reservations vs. OBC Quotas: A Deepening Divide in Maharashtra’s Rural Heartland
Aqib Nazir and Azib Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
On the morning of October 14, in Antarwali Sarathi, members of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community gathered to...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट: नूंह दंगे के आरोपी बनाए गए दिव्यांग और पटरी विक्रेताओं की तबाह...
Poonam Masih/ TwoCircles.net
पिछले साल हिन्दू समूह द्वारा हरियाणा के नूंह में निकाली गई कलश यात्रा के दौरान हुई हिंसा के बाद कानूनी कार्रवाई की...
From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...
Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...
Murder and Mystery: Silence Shrouds Tragic Tale of a Dalit Family in Bhopal
TCN Correspondent
Bhopal: Following the deaths of three members in the past one year, silence prevails at Raghuvir Ahirwar’s home. This Dalit family lives on the...
Thirsty Streets in Photos: The Plight of Kusumpur Pahari Amid Delhi’s Water Crisis
Anushka Kogta and Mohsin Javed, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Nestled within a 1 km radius of the upscale enclave of Vasant Vihar, Kusumpur Pahari grapples with persistent...
Sweat and Sacrifice: Inside the Scorching Reality of Delhi’s Gig Workers
Anushka Kogta and Md Kaifee Alam, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Seeking respite from scorching temperatures exceeding 49 degree Celsius, Rahul, a 30-year-old Zomato delivery partner, finds solace...
“They Are Heartless or What?”: Assam Govt Bulldozes Dhalpur Settlement in Another Eviction Drive
Arshad Ahmed, Twocircles.net
Guwahati: A cloud of anxiety had been looming over Sahjahan Ali because of an impending eviction drive. The Darrang district administration in...
Bill and Melinda Gates’ Forgotten Promise: Bihar’s Musahar Girl Still Waiting for Assistance 14...
M. I. Khan, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Rani, a poverty-stricken Mushahar girl, was once hailed as lucky when Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates...
From Examination Centres to Passport Offices: The ‘Humiliation’ and ‘Identity Stripping’ of Muslim Women
Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Muslim women feel their religious freedom is under threat in the wake of rising Hindu nationalism across the country. The...
They charred to death my 5-day child, grieves mother of newborn killed in Delhi...
The massive fire, which broke out at Newborn Baby Care Hospital at Vivek Vihar, exposes several lapses — non-registration, no NOC, single narrow exit,...
Ground report: For Modi supporters, rising unemployment, inflation a non-issue; construction of Ram temple...
Devanshi Batra, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: As the national capital goes to polls on May 25, the sixth phase of ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, Prime...
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Why migrant workers in Bihar returning to different states without...
M I Khan, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Rajesh Kumar was keen to cast his vote in ongoing Lok Sabha elections but had to leave his native village...
‘Consider us human’: Stigmatised, vulnerable sex workers at Kolkata’s Khidderpore, Bowbazar urge world
Atika Sayeed, TwoCircles.net
“Vaishya aur ba-ismat aurat ka muqaabla hargiz-hargiz nahi karna chahiye. In dono ka muqabla ho hi nahi sakta. Vaishya khud kamaati hai...
Suffering in the Swelter: Delhi’s Homeless Battle Extreme Summer Heat
Md Kaifee Alam, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Sabina, 19, who prefers to go by her first name, has lived on the footpath near Sabz Burj in Nizamuddin...
Broken promises, political disillusionment: The struggle of slum dwellers in Faridabad
Shriya Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Despite flagship missions such the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) or the Mukhyamantri Shehri Awas Yojana being in place...
Exclusive: What led to Mukhtar Ansari’s death in Banda prison? Here’s what his son...
Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh): Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who represented eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mau constituency in the state assembly for five consecutive terms...
Police Brutality and Fear Grips Muslim Neighborhood in Haldwani
Nuzhat Khan, TwoCircles.net
On the evening of February 10, Mehreen, 21, and her husband Arif, 24, who works at a local hardware store, were startled...
‘God Has Finally Answered Our Prayers’: Fresh Snowfall Revives Dying Business in Kashmir
Irshad Hussain / Mubashir Naik , TwoCircles.net
After a months-long dry spell, the Kashmir valley finally received the much-anticipated first snowfall of the season in...
Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations
Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on...
Bakerwal Children Still Struggle for Education
Shaizan Nadaf and Kaisar Ali/ TwoCircles.netAashiq Hussain Chopan, 14, and seven other children in tattered clothes sit on a mat under open...
‘Going Back Is a Dream’: Kuki Women in Assam Now Cope New Fear of...
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles
Since she left her home with her family in strife-torn Manipur’s Jiribam District in May and reached Assam on a...
In Assam, Mob Lynchings of Muslims Follow the Same Pattern and Template
Arshad Ahmed | Two Circles.net
Rahima Begum, 50, had not slept in a long time and had not eaten well because her 25-year-old son Hifzur...
‘Where Will We Bury the Dead?’: A Muslim-Dominated Neighbourhood in Mumbai Grieves
K K Ahmed/ TwoCircles.net
When Meeraj Ansari, 34, went to recite Al-Fatiha, a Quran verse, at a grave in Mumbai East's Rafi Nagar graveyard in...
‘Working as Ola Bike Rider’: Students After Fee Hike at Osmania University, Seek Repeal
Md Zamir Hasan, Twocircles.net
Bhavani Prasad, 24, enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme in 2019 at Osmania University, a century-old state-funded university in...
‘We Are Hiding in Forests’: Fear in Uttar Pradesh’s Rohingya Camps After Anti-Terrorism Squad...
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Sajida Begum, 26, had just finished fajr prayers when the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barged into her shanty in the Rohingya refugee...
‘Are We Lesser Humans’: Inside a Relief Camp in Assam Housing Over 300 Muslim...
– Arshad Ahmed | Twocircles.net
The approach to 12-year-old Jamal Islam's make-shift home in Changmajhi, a revenue village in central Assam's Nagaon district, becomes impassable...
30 Years On, Mumbai’s Ideal Educational Movement Is Still Helping Muslim Students Pursue Their...
Khan Kafeel Ahmed and Nikhat Fatima | TwoCircles.net
Zeeshan Shaikh, 28, recalls searching for a coaching center that would coach him for a lower fee...
Meet Wani, the 82-Year-Old Man Who Runs Kashmir’s Last Traditional Oil Mill
Faizan Mir, TwoCircles.net
Inside a dimly lit old two-story mud and timber house patched with tin sheets, 82-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Wani guides an old angled...
Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
Homes Demolished, Lives Torn Out in Delhi’s Priyanka Gandhi Camp Ahead of G20 in...
Shruti Sharma, Twocircles.net
"I've lived here since 2005. Where will we go with our family now?" Anjali, 35, a construction worker, said while the authorities...
Manipur Violence: Tribal Groups Stage Protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Demand Centre’s Intervention
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Hundreds of Manipuri tribals gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on May 31, demanding an end to the violence in Manipur, which...
Owning a House Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Is Still a Distant Dream for...
Abdul Basit | Twocircles.net
Launched in 2015, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), promised to provide affordable housing to the poor. However, owning a house under the...
‘We have buried the 4,500 precious books in a pit’
TCN revisits Madarsa Azizia and its library after it was attacked during Ramadan
Sufi Parween, Twocircles.net
A goldmine of Islamic literature, spread over 4,500 books, including...
Ashraful Madaris – An Urdu medium school fighting for survival
By Nikhat Fatima, twocircles.net
Building character and integrity and not just building careers is what the teachers strive for, in this 110-year-old school ‘Ashraful Madaris’...
Ramadan special series: A day in the kitchen of a fasting cook
How Rafiq cooks for 100 people while going without food and water
Ubair Ul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
As the sun sets over the bustling streets of Delhi’s Zakir...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अच्छी फसल के बावूजद आलू किसानों में मायूसी, बोले किसान ,...
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर के चुड़ियाला गांव के लोकेंद्र चौधरी ने इस बार 60 बीघा ज़मीन में आलू की खेती की है। इस बार...
In Delhi, 7 ‘gau rakshaks’, including cops, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them
On March 7, seven men, including three police personnel, thrashed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara area.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Seven men,...
JKSSB exams postponed, aspirants approach SC over hiring of blacklisted agency to conduct tests
The postponement has come amid growing protests by aspirants over the administration’s decision to hire tainted Aptech Limited to conduct the exams.
Ubair ul...
Jamia violence case: Delhi HC adjourns plea against trial court order discharging 11 accused
Incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 erupted after a clash between the police and people protesting against the Citizenship...
Why did SC dismiss curative petition for additional compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims?
Activists have criticized the apex court judgment saying the court did not care about the closure for the victims.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
https://twocircles.net/2023mar10/448581.html
Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक...
आसिफ इकबाल | Twocircles.net
बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन...
Maharashtra: Hindutva rally calls for economic boycott of Muslims
Several leaders addressed the rally and made speeches against alleged ‘love jihad’ and ‘land jihad’ in the state.
TCN Special Correspondent | TwoCircles.net
MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA)...
MP: How a Khandwa court sentenced 37 Muslims to 7 years in prison
Despite contradictions in the testimonies of the witnesses, Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sessions court sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in prison for...
‘Justice half-done,’ say families of three youth killed in Kashmir fake encounter
An Army court on Monday sentenced an Army captain to life imprisonment for his involvement in a staged gunfight in Shopian in 2020.
Auqib...
Bihar: Muslim man ‘lynched on suspicion of carrying beef’, three arrested
A mob allegedly intercepted Naseem Qureshi & his nephew Firoz at Jogia village and beat them up over allegations of carrying beef. Naseem...
Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts
33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM).
Riya...
महिला दिवस पर विशेष : सलीम भाई बनकर चाय की दुकान चलाती है ‘बानो’
सिमरा अंसारी। TwoCircles.net
राजधानी दिल्ली में देश की एक नामी यूनिवर्सिटी के पास ही एक चाय की दुकान है। इस दुकान के बाहर चाय का...
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar...
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based...
A fashion designer turns her village home into garment manufacturing unit
Tabassum Jabeen's entrepreneurial journey began amidst the Covid lockdown.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A whirring sound from a nondescript building in the middle...
Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce
Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community.
Riya Talitha...
Giving shoes a new life in Patna
Shazia Qaiser runs the state’s first shoe laundry service.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A black and green board reading “Revival: Service Centre for...
Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance
The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट। यूपी के इस गांव में कॉलेज के लिए ग्रामीणों ने मुफ्त में...
उत्तर प्रदेश के सहारनपुर में 1990 में एक दर्जन गांवों ने अपने क्षेत्र में इंटर कॉलेज के लिए मुहिम चलाई, ताकि इस इलाके के...
प्रेरणा : ग़रीब बच्चों को ‘नेशनल सेलर’ बनाने वाले जिद्दी कोच सुहेम शेख की...
मोहम्मद जमीर हसन। Two circles.net
हैदराबाद की रहने वाली प्रीति कोंगारा ने 2023 के एशियाई खेलों के लिए क्वालिफाई किया है। वे यह उपलब्धि हासिल...
Ayodhya mosque finally gets go ahead, construction to begin soon
Apart from a mosque, a library, a community kitchen and a hospital are also proposed in the mega project.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI - The...
Cow acts as surrogate mother of human beings, observes Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court called for the Central government to declare the cow as "protected national animal," and ban its slaughter.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW...
‘My children ask me when their father will be home:’ jailed activist Khalid Saifi’s...
On February 26, social activist Khalid Saifi completed three years in jail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A court in Delhi had...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “पुलिस ने मेरे बेगुनाह शौहर की हत्या की” हिरासत में...
तेलंगाना में मेदक पुलिस ने खदीर को चोरी के इल्जाम में गिरफ्तार किया था, गिरफ्तारी के बाद बेतहाशा पिटाई से खदीर की तबीयत बिगड़...
DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational...
Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the...
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years...
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the...
‘Govt doesn’t care about religious minorities in Kashmir:’ Kashmiri Pandit leader after fresh killing
In the latest attack, a Kashmiri Pandit man was shot dead by suspected militants in the Pulwama district on Sunday.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR...
एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के...
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...
‘Country in state of lawlessness,’ student bodies on killing of Nasir & Junaid
At a protest on Friday at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, student bodies urged the government to arrest the accused in the killing of...
This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Started by social activist Aasif Mujtaba, the Sunrise Public School in Loni, Ghaziabad offers free education to children from riot-affected families.
Arbab Ali |...
Bihar: One arrested in Muslim man’s death in Samastipur; police deny communal angle
A Muslim labourer Mohammad Fayaz from Samastipur in Bihar was allegedly beaten up by few Hindu men at their house leading to his...
Bhiwani killings: ‘Will not retreat until all accused arrested,’ say Rajasthan locals after admin...
In the notice dated February 23, protestors were ordered to be present at the court of the sub-divisional magistrate, Pahari on February 27...
2020 Delhi riots: ‘My soul trembles when I recall that day,’ shopkeepers at Gokulpuri...
Shopkeepers at Gokulpuri tyre market, where 97 shops were set ablaze during the 2020 Delhi riots, are still struggling to rebuild their lives...
Property tax in J&K from April; political leaders oppose move
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered on Tuesday the imposition of property tax in municipal areas of the Union Territory from April 1.
Afnan...
Rajasthan govt not interested in contesting Rakbar Khan lynching case, claims prosecutor
Advocate Nasir Ali Naqvi, who is the public prosecutor in the case, said he would not be able to appear in the case...
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...
Is Urdu journalism dying in India?
With decreasing readers and lack of capital driving the news content, Urdu journalism in India is staring at an uphill task to compete...
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...
What led to communal clashes in Jharkhand’s Palamu?
The administration imposed section 144 and snapped the internet after a dozen people got injured in communal clashes that also saw two houses,...
Christians hold mass protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against ‘attacks on churches’
The demonstrators protested against the recent spate of violence faced by Christians in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places...
‘Muslims have become demolition targets:’ Jamia Nagar residents on DDA demolitions
On February 15, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolished 50 structures in Jamia Nagar, a predominately Muslim majority neighbourhood in New Delhi. The area...
I-T ‘survey’ operations at BBC India continue for 2nd day
Several opposition parties and press bodies have criticised the survey operations at BBC’s premises.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Income Tax (I-T)...
MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram
Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.
Huneza...
Modi documentary fallout: Income Tax department searches BBC offices in Delhi, Mumbai
Reports said that documents were seized and phones and laptops of journalists were taken away during the searches and employees were asked not...
Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay
Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense...
सीमांचल के 27 साल के साकिब ने नौकरी छोड़ गांव के बच्चों के लिए...
बिहार के सीमांचल में बच्चों की जिंदगी में खुशियां भरने के लिए 27 साल के नौजवान साकिब गांवों में लाइब्रेरी खोलने की मुहिम चला...
‘Love jihad rally in Mumbai was criminal, unconstitutional,’ say rights activists
27 rights organisations from Maharashtra have written a letter to the police urging them to act tough against hate speech and book the...
Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir
On March 6, 2020, the Centre constituted a three-member delimitation commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Desai to redraw the...
‘Lower Court allowing appeal for survey is against High Court order:’ says Lucknow Mosque’s...
Additional District Judge-I (ADJ-I) Praful Kamal allowed the Hindu litigants to appeal in a lower court for a survey of the Teele Wali...
Untouchables in predatory world of EdTech industry: Making a case for recognition of critical...
Digital learning carries with it the same biases and inequities that dominate the sphere of traditional education.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Rishab P,...
‘Nothing wrong with Chavhanke’s 2021 speech calling for Hindu Rashtra,’ proclaim his supporters
At a demonstration in support of Suresh Chavhanke at Jantar Mantar on February 5, offensive anti-Muslim speeches and proclamations to make India a...
Noted SC lawyer Ehtesham Hashmi dies of heart attack in New Delhi
Advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, who died today aged 37, was well-known for fighting cases of victims of communal violence and often without fees.
Huneza Khan...
Can marginalised students in India dream of higher education in foreign universities?
Students from marginalized communities in India face multiple hurdles in accessing education abroad.
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Tejas Harad, founder-editor of The Satyashodhak, an...
MP: Two Muslim men stabbed in Khandwa; victims allege communal angle
Two Muslim men, including a mosque imam, were stabbed in Khandwa city of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday allegedly by a group of Hindu...
Widespread anxiety in J&K amid intensified anti-encroachment drive
The administration has recovered thousands of acres of state land throughout the Union Territory, and hundreds of structures erected on the encroached territory...
Delhi court discharging Jamia students brings relief, spurs hope
Students of the Jamia Milia Islamia expressed relief after being discharged by a Delhi court on Saturday in a case connected to violence...
Muslim Personal Law Board to approach Supreme Court on Assam child marriage issue
A case related to the minimum age of Muslim girls getting married is pending before the Supreme Court.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI – The...
Bhise’s visual expression of critical Ambedkarite imagery a landmark moment for mainstream Indian art
Vikrant Bhise’s recent work is influenced by the Dalit Panther movement.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Walking into the Centre for Contemporary Arts at...
Bihar: Lack of sponsors derails national-level Karate player’s dream to attend international tournaments
25-year-old Zabir Ansari is a national-level Karate player from Bihar and has won many accolades but lack of sponsors is likely to derail...
2,258 people arrested in Assam after govt crackdown on ‘child marriages’
Women in different parts of the state have expressed displeasure against the move and demanded release of their husbands.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
GUWAHATI (ASSAM)...
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Yoga guru Ramdev accuses Muslims of terrorism, abducting Hindu women
Ramdev claimed that Islam and Christianity were obsessed with conversion while Hinduism taught its followers to do good.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
Why are minorities disappointed with Union Budget 2023?
Slashing the budget for minority affairs from Rs 5020 crore last year to Rs 3079 crore this year has led some to question...
‘No transparency in anti-encroachment drive:’ Kashmir traders’ body as govt intensifies ‘state land’ retrieval...
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) held an urgent press conference today and urged the government to bring a formal order in...
Haryana: Family accuses cow vigilantes of beating son to death
Family of a 22-year-old youth has accused cow vigilantes of thrashing him to death after branding him a cow smuggler in Nuh district,...
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देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल
तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...
231 days and counting: Sanitation workers at LHMC decry illegal termination
Sanitation employees from Lady Hardinge's Medical College (LHMC) and other institutions held a protest outside the Delhi hospital director's home on June 28...
“Was greeted with hearts full of love, not grenades,” Rahul Gandhi on concluding Bharat...
Gandhi said he did not take this Yatra for Congress or himself but for the country's people.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU & KASHMIR) — Amid heavy...
They only come for the poor: Tughlakabad residents who received demolition notices
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) posted notices in over 1000 homes in Tughlakabad area of New Delhi earlier this month, causing consternation...
Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus
Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi hoists national flag at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk
The Kanyakumari to Kashmir yatra started from the southern tip of the country on September 7 and will culminate today in Srinagar after...
UP: 12 policemen booked in ‘fake encounter’ of Muslim farmer
The court ordered the registration of a case against 12 police personnel based on the complaint of the victim’s wife.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI...
Patna University gets first Dalit head of Hindi department in 86 years
62-year-old Dilip Ram is a Dalit Professor who began his career as a primary school teacher and now heads the department of Hindi...
Gujarat court sentences Muslim man to life imprisonment for ‘illegally’ transporting cows
Legal experts have punched holes in the judgement, claiming that the court's reasoning is not as per law.
TCN Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Apparently based on...
Gujarat court acquits 19 persons accused of killing 17 Muslims during post-Godhra violence
The acquittal comes at a time when a controversy is going on in India over the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, which questioned Prime...
बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की...
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In photos: Authorities foil attempts by Jamia students to screen BBC documentary
Police officials sprung to action at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) (university) on Wednesday ahead of the planned screening of the controversial documentary at the...
Violence mars JNU, JMI students’ attempts to screen BBC documentary
At JNU, students claimed they were pelted with stones allegedly by members of the right-wing student body while they were watching the documentary...
Why is conversion to Buddhism so controversial?
In India, the right to profess, practice and propagate one’s own religion remains marred by socio-political lacunas as well as judicial travesty.
Aatika S...
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...
Delhi Police detains four Jamia students over screening of BBC documentary
The Jamia Millia Islamia administration has prohibited any screening of the film in the campus without permission.
Arbab Ali | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Delhi...
Setting up of Balakrishnan Commission is a delaying tactic: Dalit Christian Groups
The case for treating Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians as Scheduled Castes was further delayed after the Supreme Court set up a Commission...
Rajasthan: In viral video, RSS leader targets religious minorities
In a viral video, an RSS official can be heard demanding the conversion of 30,000 mosques into temples.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
‘Mob attack on me being celebrated,’ says Muslim student assaulted in MP’s Khandwa
On January 3, Shahbaz, who hails from Sihada village in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa, is seen beaten up brutally by several men who he...
Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi...
The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project...
Explained: Why is resentment growing in Ladakh three years after UT status?
Leaders from two regions of Ladakh - Kargil and Leh, have put forth four agenda points for the Centre to fulfill.
TCN Staff Correspondent
SRINAGAR...
Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’
Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students...
AMU students demand union, launch ‘indefinite strike’
Students at AMU have been demanding to conduct the elections for the students' union for over 6 months. The last elections to the...
Three including Madrasa teacher arrested for allegedly running ‘religious conversion racket’ during Magh Mela
Police said the three accused were arrested for selling and distributing 'suspicious' books and pamphlets during Magh Mela (an annual Hindu fair) in...
‘There is rift after 2020 riots,’ say Brahmpuri residents after posters surface urging Hindus...
Most residents of Brahmpuri expressed displeasure against the appearance of such posters while some supported it.
Shruti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Early last...
Uttar Pradesh: 16-century historic mosque demolished in Prayagraj under ‘road widening’ project
In August last year, the Allahabad high court had dismissed a writ petition moved against the proposed removal of Shahi Masjid.
Sana Ejaz |...
Muslim man’s beating on UP train: Owaisi demands ‘strict action’ against guilty
Asim Hussain, 42, a businessman from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was beaten onboard a train on January 12 and allegedly forced to chant 'Jai...
“Incident will haunt me for life,” says Muslim man thrashed on UP train
A scrap dealer from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was allegedly assaulted onboard a train on the night of January 12. Police have registered a...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman...
Assam: Hundreds rendered homeless during eviction drive in Lakhimpur
The drive to evict encroachers from a forest land in Assam's Lakhimpur district has left with 299 families in the lurch.
Afnan Habib |...
10 facts about Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s greatest 20th century poet
Rehman Rahi's death on January 9 was mourned across Kashmir.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi, a well-known Kashmiri...
Karnataka: Controversy after Hindu groups object to conversion of house into mosque in Belagavi
The Muslim leaders maintain that the property in question belongs to the Waqf board.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — After a private house was...
Hijab ban forced many Muslim women in Karnataka to drop out of colleges: new...
The report by PUCL Karnataka elaborates the ways in which Muslim women students were denied their right to education by being forced to...
Celebrated Kashmiri poet Rehman Rahi dies at 98
Rehman Rahi has profoundly impacted Kashmiri culture and literature as a respected poet, forward-thinking critic, and literary theorist.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND...
Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’
Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...
Kannada literary festival: Muslim authors’ exclusion draws criticism
No Muslim writers have been given a chance to participate in the poet convention, and the Byari language, which Muslims speak in coastal...
Former civil servants demand action against Pragya Thakur over incendiary speech
103 signatories of the Constitutional Conduct Group said that BJP MP Pragya Thakur has forfeited the ethical right to be a member of...