What happens when Muslims unite to defeat the BJP?
Reports from the ground indicate that this time a section of Muslims is unperturbed about the saffron party’s win in Uttar Pradesh compared to...
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...
‘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...
In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat
The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...
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...
Maharashtra: Five men arrested for attempting to lynch Muslim man on suspicion of theft
24-year-old Adam Sher Mohammad Khan was severely beaten and is hospitalized with head injuries and fractured leg.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Police in...
“Adivasis lost a great servant,” tribal rights activist Father Stan remembered
Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist...
Gujjar Lung or Covid-19: Explaining cause of deaths in Gujjar-Bakarwal community in Jammu and...
The Gujjar-Bakarwal live in the hilly areas of the Indian subcontinent, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pakistan, Tibet. The nomadic community...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में चीनी मिल बंद होने से मुसीबत में गन्ना किसान
आसिफ इक़बाल। Two circles.net
बिहार के शिवहर, सीतामढ़ी, मुज़फ्फरपुर, पूर्वी चंपारण सहित चार जिलों की एक मात्र चीनी मिल अब बंद हो गई है...
Messiah or mastermind? What we know about the main accused in Kanpur violence, Hayat...
Hayat Zafar Hashmi is a well-known name in Kanpur and is the national president of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Fans Association, a relief organization....
‘My journalism seems to be the reason for these travel restrictions’: journalist Aakash Hassan...
Independent journalist Aakash Hassan from Kashmir writes for The Guardian and has covered human rights and politics from the region for reputed media outlets...
Part III: For these visually impaired sportspersons in Tamil Nadu, winning medals for state,...
The story is the final part of the three-part TCN Ground Report disability series. The story chronicles the lives of visually challenged judokas from...
“No one’s helpers,” West Bengal’s women domestic helpers stare at bleak future as livelihood...
The predominance of informal employment in the unorganized sector has been one of the central features of the labour market scenario in India. According...
Are Muslims still relevant in UP election?
The UP polls result shows the failure of strategy followed by the non-BJP parties, especially the Congress, SP and the BSP to soft-pedal secularism...
Protests over Prophet Muhammad remarks in Ranchi: Justice evades family of slain minor boy
In the wee hours of June 11, a day after protests broke out in Ranchi, a police convoy reached Alam’s home with his corpse...
“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...
Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...
गाजियाबाद : मीट की दुकानों के खुलने पर गहराया संस्पेंस
उत्तर प्रदेश में मीट की दुकानें खुलेंगी या बंद रहेंगी ! इस पर घोर कन्फ्यूजन है। यूपी सरकार की गाइडलाइंस में तो इन दुकानों...
“They only demolish homes of defenseless and weak,” despite UN intervention, demolition at Khori...
The Supreme Court ordered the demolition of a settlement in Khori Gaon in Faridabad, Haryana on June 7 and given the municipal corporations until...
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,...
“The sea was our home, now it’s the biggest threat,” residents in Sundarban delta...
Amid slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Jai Ma Durga in ongoing elections in West Bengal, all political parties have forgotten the Sundarbans island...
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...
Karnataka: Muslim youth murdered allegedly by members of Hindu right-wing outfit; all accused arrested
The 18-year-old victim B. Masood, who was working as a painter in the state, was allegedly assaulted by eight members of a Hindu right-wing...
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...
Uttar Pradesh Elections: Will Owaisi’s AIMIM spoil other’s game or make its own?
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by its charismatic and controversial leader Asaduddin Owaisi has made waves in...
रमज़ान मुबारक : फिर से लौट आई रमज़ान की रौनक, तस्वीरों में देखिए दिल्ली...
रमज़ान के पाक महीने की आमद के साथ इस बार मुसलमानों में काफा उत्साह दिखाई देता है। इबादत,रहमत और बरक़त का महीना रमज़ान दुनियाभर...
‘My memoir is on inter-relational experiences of caste’: Dalit rapper Sumit Samos
Sumeet Samos is a 28-year-old Dalit rapper whose memoir, published earlier this year, offers a fresh perspective on the Dalit autobiographical tradition.
Riya Talitha |...
“We celebrated abrogation of Article 370 but we didn’t know Jammu will be its...
Two years after the BJP government abrogated Article 370 of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region where it promised the abrogation...
15 years on, justice eludes Makkah masjid blast victims
Ten persons allegedly belonging to Hindu right-wing organizations were named as accused in the case. However, in April 2018, five of the accused were...
Policy experts demand 4% reservation for 50 marginalized castes among Indian Muslims
Members from the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP) and the Dua Foundation met on December 9 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra to discuss the...
6 days after being kidnapped by ‘upper-caste men’ in village in Bihar, 20-year-old Dalit...
The killing of the twenty-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Bihar after being kidnapped by upper-caste men saw a protest by members...
“We have been rendered homeless,” Muslim tribals in Jammu raise questions over ‘selective’ eviction...
After over a dozen homes of Muslims tribals (Gujjar-Bakerwals) were demolished in an eviction drive by the administration in Jammu—the Hindu-dominated winter capital...
‘मिनी पंजाब’ में तिकुनिया हिंसा की तपिश, टेनी के बेटे की जमानत ने बढ़ा...
एम. रियाज हाशमी Twocircles.net के लिए तराई इलाके से
मिनी पंजाब कहे जाने वाला तराई का इलाका भाजपा के लिए पिछले चुनाव में जितना...
Dalits in Punjab bank on land reforms for economic, social prosperity
With the new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government promising to bring reforms, it will be interesting to see how things unfold for Dalit farmers...
Outrage in Kashmir after govt circular orders colleges to do ‘Surya Namaskar’ on...
A few days ago, the Jammu and Kashmir government directed the higher education department to organize a large scale virtual Surya Namaskar on...
Amid pandemic, rains, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless
Residents of Ramesh Park have been rendered homeless after a demolition drive by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Most of the residents, who are either Muslim...
‘80% pellet gun victims in Kashmir suffer from partial vision loss’, claims study
The study examined 777 patients diagnosed with pellet gun-related injuries admitted to the tertiary hospital in Srinagar, between July and November 2016.
Auqib Javeed...
West Bengal: This Muslim family are traditional makers of Rashchakra during popular Hindu festival
As per local history, more than 200 years ago the Maharaja of the Koch Dynasty pressed a Muslim family into service to make...
India is 8th highest risk country for mass killings, claims US report
The report cited numerous examples of discrimination against the Muslim minority in the country by the BJP government, both at the national level...
‘Voters or Citizens,’ Matua community hold key in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021
The Matua community, with 1.5 crore voters, has always been politically active in West Bengal. Amid political drama and family feuds with fiery statements,...
Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis
Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...
Muslim man stabbed in Karnataka village, family alleges hate crime; police refutes communal angle
A 38-year-old man was allegedly stabbed in a Karnataka village by a man who professed Hindutva ideology. Police have refuted the communal angle.
Waquar Hasan...
Why were prominent clerics in Kashmir arrested under stringent PSA?
Jammu and Kashmir Additional Director General of Police said the clerics were found involved in “instigating” youth, which was rejected by the region's religious...
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...
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...
Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’
The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
In Bajrang Muni’s prouncements, anti-Muslim hatred is rife
Mahant Bajrang Muni Udasin was arrested earlier in April 2022 for 'threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women,' but was soon released on bail....
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...
Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope
On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.
Tabeenah...
A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari
In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...
No home for Ghoramara island’s climate refugees
The migration, poor living conditions, and relentless washing off of houses have made climate refugees out of the islanders of Ghoramara in Sunderbans delta...
A week after death of student leader Anish Khan, no leads in case
Khan was a popular name in Kolkata, known for his social initiatives and involvement in anti-CAA protests
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
KOLKATA — Seven days...
Here’s what explains Mayawati’s rout in UP election
Many independent observers believe that Mayawati may be down but she is not out yet.
Hina Khan | TwoCircles.net
LUCKNOW — The rout of the Bahujan...
Fearing further attacks & arrests, Muslim families flee Uttarakhand village
Following communal violence in a village in Uttarakhand on April 16, several Muslim families have fled the area fearing arrests and further attacks.
Muhammad Raafi |...
अमन की और बढ़ा कानपुर मगर एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठे है सवाल !
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
कानपुर हिंसा के बाद अब कानपुर अमन की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। धरपकड़ चल रही है। हालांकि पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर...
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...
“Religious places can be utilized to impart CPR,” says Dr Jilani, whose life-saving effort...
Dr Jilani, who hails from Bihar, has earned praise after he saved a person's life mid-air on way to Doha. He believes that CPR...
Journey of a slum dweller to fight illiteracy among poor
More than 6000 kids from underprivileged families are benefiting from schools run by Mamoom Akhtar in West Bengal.
Partho Burman | TwoCircles.net
KOLKATA — It was...
Why was a Muslim principal of MP law college forced to quit after allegation...
After the right-wing student outfit, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) accused the Muslim faculty at the government law college in Indore of promoting...
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...
May Day: “Life is not as sweet as candies we sell on trains,” Chennai’s...
Scores of visually challenged men from Chennai are seen hopping trains and hawking, drawing the ire of both commuters and authorities. These visually challenged...
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...
‘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...
International Human Rights Day: “Taking away citizenship is worst human rights abuse,” say Assam’s...
For several thousand citizens of north-eastern Indian state of Assam, who were declared foreigners by the government, citizenship battle is at the core of...
‘If TikTok can be free, why should not Padhai be’: Adil Meraj
Gurucool is an educational networking platform that offers a suite of phygital (physical+digital) tools to connect learners and educators.
Mohd. Umair Yunus | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
‘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...
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...
Adivasis from Chhattisgarh march to save their habitats from ‘hazards of coal mining’
Nearly 350 residents from the villages of central Chhattisgarh are on a 300-km long march that started on October 2 to reach the capital...
This super teacher is on a mission to transform the lives of children in...
Kanchan Sharma, a retired lecturer, has been running a school for the slum children for over a decade now.
Mubashir Naik and Irshad Hussain |...
Students from Islamic seminary in Mumbai top state board exams
An Islamic seminary in the Malad area of Mumbai has a unique achievement with 22 of its Hafiz-e-Quran (Quran memorizers) clearing the state board's...
अपनी योग्यता को देश की सेवा में समर्पित करना चाहती है सदफ़ चौधरी
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
कैमिकल इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई और फिर एक अमेरिकी बैंक मेंं काम कर चुकी सदफ़ चौधरी के घर का माहौल पूरी तरह...
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...
आखिर क्या है बच्चा चोरी की अफवाहो का सच !
आफताब आलम Two circles.net के लिए
https://twitter.com/INCUttarPradesh/status/1574644756419706880?s=19
मेरठ के दौराला में एक महिला को बच्चा चोर बताकर भीड़ द्वारा बेरहमी से पीटने वाले मामले में...
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...
Author Nehal Ahmad talks about his book on CAA, resistance through art and what...
Nehal Ahmed is a doctoral student at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His first book book Nothing Will Be...
‘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...
Social divide widens in J&K’s Pir Panjal amidst ST reservation politics
Gujjar-Bakarwals and Paharis, the two distinct ethnic groups of Jammu and Kashmir are at loggerheads with each other due to the changing political dynamics...
दाग़ अच्छे नहीं : सहारनपुर में जुमे की नमाज़ के बाद कथित हिंसा में...
एम. रियाज़ हाशमी Twocircles.net के लिए
आम तौर पर कहा जाता है, ‘पुलिस रस्सी का सांप बना देती है’ लेकिन सांप बनाकर बेकुसूरों 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...
Battling odds amid pandemic, these rural women from Assam turned traditional craft into livelihood
For these women from Char Areas of the north-eastern state of Assam, the Kantha (a type of embroidery craft) making work brought them together...
Part III: Dropouts prompted by ailing education system leads to child marriage, early age...
This is the third story in a four-part TCN Ground Report series on how poor teacher-student ratio is leading to dropouts in schools of...
“Pillars of healthcare system in rural India,” UP’s Asha workers risked life to safeguard...
Hundreds of Asha workers (healthcare workers) have been rendering yeoman's service in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic by working tirelessly to fight...
Outrage grows as anti-Hijab row escalates in Karnataka
The ban has sparked fears of further marginalization among the Muslim community of Karnataka who constitute around 12 percent of the state’s population.
Muhammad...
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...
Part II: Gujjar-Bakerwal community in Jammu and Kashmir face depleted livelihood, exclusion, fear of...
The Gujjar-Bakarwal community live in the hilly areas of the Indian subcontinent, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pakistan, and Tibet. In...
On backfoot over caste census in Bihar, BJP targets ‘Muslim population, Rohingya infiltration’
BJP leaders in the state have demanded that “no Rohingya or Bangladeshi infiltrators” be included in the census and are pressing hard for a...
Mentally unsound Muslim man beaten, forced to chant Jai Sri Ram in Dhanbad, Jharkhand;...
Only weeks after the government in Jharkhand passed a bill to criminalize mob lynching, a mentally unsound Muslim man was beaten, made to...
Custodial death of Muslim daily-wager in West Bengal shifts spotlight to police impunity
After a 43-year-old daily wage labourer allegedly died in police custody in West Bengal, the incident has left his family questioning the circumstances...
“Your silence is killing us,” transgender persons rue govt apathy, demand horizontal reservations
During a press conference, the community activists demanded that the Union Government establish a system for giving horizontal reservations for transgender people within the...
5 things you need to know about the hijab row
The Hijab row has hogged national and international limelight. TwoCircles.net lists five things you need to know about the controversy.
Kaushik Raj | TwoCircles.net
KARNATAKA...
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...
State of Indian media: 50% news shows exhibit aggressive behaviour, finds report
Tone of voice was found to be the most common expression of aggression apart from sound and visual effects
Snobar | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI —...
मजदूर के बेटे फ़राज़ की प्रेरक कहानी, 16 साल की उम्र में हासिल की...
सिर्फ 16 साल के मोहम्मद फ़राज़ ने ब्लैकबेल्ट हासिल कर ली है। शनिवार को वो महाराष्ट्र के नासिक से एक सप्ताह तक चली राष्ट्रीय...
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...
चंचल त्रिपाठी ने रची थी कन्नौज बवाल की पटकथा, पैसे देकर मंदिर में रखवाया...
विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net
पिछले महीने कन्नौज में साम्प्रदायिक बवाल के कारणों का सनसनीखेज खुलासा हुआ है। इस बवाल की पटकथा एक स्थानीय छुटभैया नेता चंचल...
Assam Evictions: “No longer having land to cultivate is death sentence to us,” 250...
The Darrang district authorities in Assam have taken over the farmland of over 250 Muslim families in Niz Shalmara village and asked them to...
Unorganized mica workers in mineral-rich Jharkhand in disarray as govt disallows ‘illegal mining &...
For nearly two lakh unorganized workers involved in mica business in Jharkhand, the March 2 directive by the government has put their livelihood at...
मुरादाबाद के दुल्हेपुर गांव की बात : गांव में ना मंदिर न मस्जिद तो...
आकिल हुसैन । Twocircles.net
मुरादाबाद के छजलैट थाना क्षेत्र का दूल्हेपुर गांव चर्चा में हैं। दूल्हेपुर गांव की आबादी लगभग 500 की हैं जिसमें...
Meet Shiekh Asif from Kashmir, a tech entrepreneur who believes an idea can change...
Twenty-eight-year-old Sheikh Asif from Kashmir’s capital Srinagar never thought that "an idea" will change his life and he will become an owner of a...
Facing ire over remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Nupur Sharma has a record of controversies
37-year-old Sharma is a former president of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) who rose through the ranks of the ruling BJP to become...
Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021
Women Summit is the annual get together of the members and well-wishers of Women’s Manifesto, a national level NGO formed in 2014. It...
Women activists, journalists condemn hate speech, online auction of Muslim women during virtual event
On January 8, ANHAD organised a virtual discussion titled Women Against Hate in response to hate speech against India's Muslims during an event...
TCN SPECIAL- Abrogation of Article 370 Aftermath: How a Kashmiri mother struggles to meet...
In the first week of August last year, the stage was set for Union government of India to remove the special status of the...
In Pictures: Visually-impaired Judo player from Tamil Nadu rues losing opportunity after contracting Covid-19
Manoharan Janakiraman is a 31-year-old visually impaired Judo player from Sholavaram, a small town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is...
Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured
This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...
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...
Devoid of work, artists of Kathputli colony in Delhi turn to odd labour jobs
As part of India's first in-situ slum redevelopment project in a public-private partnership, Kathputli Colony in Shadipur, Delhi, is being developed as a mall...
Inducement & demographic shift, a propaganda pattern amid attacks on Christians in Punjab
The attack on the church in Punjab is the latest in a string of more frequent assaults on Christians in recent months amid...
Adverse teacher-student ratio leading to poor learning, dropouts in this minority education block in...
This is the second part of a four-part TCN Ground Report series on how a bad teacher-student ratio also called pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) exists...
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...
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...
From activism to incarceration under NSA: Journey of rights activist Zaid Pathan
A Facebook post by Zaid Pathan, an Indore-based rights activist, was enough for the Madhya Police to send him behind bars on August...
Families of Kashmiri ‘militants’ killed in encounters with forces demand probe, insist their kin...
In recent months, at least three Kashmiri families have demanded probes into the killing of their slain kin who are accused to be 'alleged...
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Exclusive: Story of the ‘objectionable’ material recovered from Afreen Fatima’s house
Soon after razing his house, police claimed that Afreen Fatima’s father, Javed Mohammad, was the mastermind of the protest in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in...
West Bengal: Young graduate turns century-old tree into outdoor library
The tree library located in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal was started in March and houses more than 200 books in various genres.
Partho...
Over 25 houses demolished without prior notice in Delhi’s Muslim locality: Fact-finding team
The demolition of houses was carried out in a predominantly Muslim locality in Fatehpur Beri in New Delhi.
Waquar Hasan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Several...
Khargone violence aftermath: Muslims allege police of highhandedness, arresting ‘innocent youth’
Accusing the Khargone police of harassment, protesting women said that they have been forced to hit the streets because of the persistent persecution of...
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...
Prominent anti-CAA leaders charged for violence in Prayagraj
Following the violence in the Atala area of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh over derogatory remarks made by now suspended BJP leaders, police have booked...
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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...
Charged with UAPA, Muslim man languishing in jail for 9 years without trial, bail
A resident of Jharkhand, Manzar Imam was arrested in 2013 under UAPA. Of the total 369 witnesses in the case, not even one...
‘Anti-Conversion laws, Population Control bill based on false premises,’ claims new study
The study claims that the issue of population growth and religious conversion have been used as weapons against religious minorities, particularly Muslims, to...
‘As long as Modi is in power, we will not get justice’: Survivors recount...
The riots in February 2020 left 53 people dead. A majority of them were Muslims
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
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“Continuous imprisonment worsening his health condition,” family of Atikur Rahman allege ‘medical neglect’
The family of incarcerated activist Atikur Rahman, who is in Mathura jail under UAPA, have alleged that ‘medical neglect at the jail is worsening...
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“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list
Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...
Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...
Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...
Against all odds, this tribal boy from Srinagar cracks one of India’s toughest exams
Tufail Ahmad constantly struggled to get good internet connectivity and worked as a laborer to arrange funds for books.
Auqib Javid | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR — Tufail...
Anger, protests in Kashmir after killing of migrant Kashmiri Pandit
Killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in Kashmir valley has evoked sharp reactions in the Pandit community with several calling for the mass resignation of...
Muslim leaders in Mumbai to campaign for communal harmony
The procession to be held on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) will be part of a larger plan by the Muslim leaders to bridge...
‘Struggling to breathe,’ Okhla residents bear brunt of waste-to-energy plant emitting toxic fumes
Residents of Oklha in New Delhi are up in arms against a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in the area which they blame for releasing toxic...
In Pictures: India’s unfolding Covid disaster
The second wave of the coronavirus in India is rapidly devolving into a catastrophic epidemic, with hospitals bursting at the seams, oxygen stocks running...
Forced eviction a design to target Bengali speaking Muslims by projecting them “encroachers”: Enquiry...
Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government in Assam in 2016, the state has witnessed a spree of evictions uprooting thousands of...
In 2021, J&K was the most dangerous place for Indian journalists, says new report
Out of 17 journalists arrested in the country in 2021, J&K topped the number of arrests followed by Delhi, Maharashtra and Manipur.
Snobar |...
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...
India Ink: Meet 3 friends who simplify history for us
India Ink summarize's long research papers into short, easy-to-read articles, and make animated explainer videos that explore how history affects us today.
Riya Talitha...
Delhi riots: Family await justice after court orders FIR in acid attack survivor’s case
A court in Delhi has directed the police to file a first information report (FIR) in the case of Mohammed Wakil, who lost...
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...
Maharashtra Muslims celebrate Shivaji’s birth anniversary for communal harmony
Chhatrapati Shivaji Muslim Brigade, an independent organisation, has been organising special events and activities on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti for the past...
Explainer: Why next assembly elections will be significant for Jammu and Kashmir?
The next elections will be significant as the BJP-led government has made several constitutional changes in the region.
Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles
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Alleged LeT member shifted to high security ward inside Tihar after facing attacks
Belonging to Haryana’s Mewat district, 56-year-old Abdul Subhan has been in the prison since July 2014 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Delhi...
‘We want justice,’ says family of slain vegetable seller from Rajasthan
Muhammad Saleem was a 55-year-old vegetable seller who was killed after a mob allegedly attacked him in Beawar, Rajasthan. The police has ruled out...
Why are Muslim residents of Bilkis Bano’s village leaving their homes after convicts’ release?
Several Muslim families from Randhikpur (Singwad) have begun leaving their homes and seeking refuge in Rahimabad Relief Colony of Devgarh Baria taluka in Dahod...
84 meritorious students from across India felicitated at event in Delhi
The two-day event was organized by the Delhi Youth Welfare Association (DYWA) and the American Federation of Muslims of Indian origin (AFMI) in...
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...
Top Muslim religious clerks, civil society members condemn killings of non-Muslims in Kashmir, call...
Following a spree of targeted civilian killings in Kashmir, especially of non-Muslims, in the last few weeks, the members of the Muslim majority community...
“Srinagar has become an open-air prison,” restrictions back to Kashmir capital after decades
After the spate of civilian killings in Kashmir, especially of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community and non-locals, the government has beefed security in...