‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...
A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...
‘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...
रोरी गांव से रिपोर्ट : गांव में गुस्सा , एक आवाज़ ! बेटी गरीब...
विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net
मोदीनगर थाना क्षेत्र के रोरी गांव में भीतर दाखिल होने से पहले ही इमरान का परिवार छप्पर डाल कर रहता है। इमरान मजदूरी...
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...
Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination
On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...
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...
‘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...
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...
“We are still begging for meals 30 years after migration,” Why are Kashmiri Pandits...
On September 18, hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits held a protest demonstration at Jagti township in the outskirts of Jammu city against the delay in the payment...
Kerala Muslims express unease at High Court quashing govt order allotting 80% minority scholarships...
The Kerala High Court recently quashed a government order allotting 80 percent merit-cum-means scholarships to Muslims of the state, directing the government to “provide...
Christians join Muslims as targets of Hindutva groups in Karnataka
Christians in Karnataka make up less than two per cent of the population but suffer the third-largest number of hate crimes in India. Civil...
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...
Meet Manjuwara Mullah from Assam’s riverine sandbank who is leading Muslim women to social,...
Manjuwara Mullah from the north-eastern state of Assam is a social activist whose initiative Amrapari has changed the lives of many women in the...
A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities
The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...
‘Discontinuing Maulana Azad fellowship blow to students from minority community,’ say experts
The objective of the now scrapped scheme was to provide integrated five-year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from minority...
Demolition drive at Shaheen Bagh stopped after protest by locals; SC refuses to intervene
The demolition drive was stopped after a massive protest by locals and intervention by Okhla MLA, Aam Aadmi Party's Amanatullah Khan.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
NEW...
2 years after crackdown on anti-CAA protests in UP, families await justice
Having lost their loved ones, the deceased families’ hope for justice is fading and their battle has now turned to earning two square meals...
Fear among Kashmiri Pandits in valley after fresh militant threat
BJP’s spokesperson (J&K), Altaf Thakur, has urged the police to investigate how the list was leaked and has urged the administration to ensure...
‘Our only demand is to be allowed back in classrooms with hijab,’ says girl...
Hazra Shifa is a higher-secondary student at the government pre-University (PU) college of Udupi, Karnataka which is at the centre of Hijab row...
“We were arrested in middle of pandemic for protesting against CAA,” two Gujarat men...
Two men from Gujarat, who were arrested in the middle of the pandemic in 2020, for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act that had...
“Life in jail brought me contempt,” acquitted after 7 years, Fakharuddin of UP rues...
Thirty-four-year old Fakharuddin of Katra Kotwali, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh was recently freed after spending seven years in jail on terror charges, which the state...
Watch: Haldwani residents welcome Supreme Court oder on staying evictions
After Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand HC's order for evictions, people in Haldwani celebrated and congratulated each other.
Shrutti Sharma | TwoCircles.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSGDJD9oSg
In Pictures: Climate refugees in Assam face ‘targeted evictions’, rue govt apathy
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to take over the 77,000 bighas or 25454 acres of land would mean hundreds of families in Assam...
“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...
Fasihuddin Balkhi: the forgotten historian of Bihar
Born in Patna, Bihar during the British era, Fasihuddin Balkhi made a tremendous contribution to history-writing in Urdu. Despite this feat, he remains largely...
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...
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...
Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security
Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...
UP elections: No homes for families displaced by Muzaffarnagar riots
Nearly a decade after scores of Muslim families were displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, they still live amid poor living conditions and...
“Arsalan is innocent,” family of 19-year-old Srinagar youth arrested by NIA demand his release
After a 19-year-old youth from Srinagar was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) under militancy charges, his family has been left distraught. They claim...
Meet Wali Rahmani, whose Umeed Academy is source of inspiration for Kolkata’s underprivileged children
Wali Rahmani’s work has earned him recognition and respect and people have come forward to sponsor the students in whatever way they can.
Nikhat Fatima...
‘An open prison’: Back in campus after 2 years, Jamia students decry police presence
As New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia resumed physical classes this month, the heavy police presence leaves students unsettled.
Shadab Farooq | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Two...
Karnataka govt draws flak for ‘saffronising’ school textbooks
After the government in Karnataka made modifications to several school textbooks following allegations of saffronisation of education, student groups, and activists termed these changes...
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...
“Falsely booked,” claims family of Malik Noor Fayaz of Doda in prison for ‘killing...
The family of 51-year-old Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, who is currently in prison for the killing of a BJP member and his brother in...
Progress or decline? Why the number of elected Muslim MLAs fell in West Bengal...
Despite TMC winning a landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021, the Muslim representation in the Bengal Assembly has fallen to exactly...
लॉकडाउन ने तोड़ दी है गरीबों की कमर, जिंदगी हो गई है मुश्किल
जिब्रानउद्दीन । Twocircles.net
दरभंगा। मोहम्मद गुफरान दूसरे कोविड लहर से पहले, रोज़ सुबह अपना रिक्शा लेकर दरभंगा की गलियों के ओर निकल जाया करते...
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...
दिल्ली हिंसाः मुसलमानों पर दोहरी मार, अब हिंदू नहीं रखना चाहते उन्हें किराएदार
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net
दिल्ली। पूर्वी दिल्ली की हिंसा में बर्बाद हुए मुसलमान अब सामाजिक तिरस्कार झेलने को मजबूर हैं। हिंसाग्रस्त इलाकों से अब ऐसी ख़बरें...
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...
‘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...
“They are our hope,” Local community and relief orgs’ in Kashmir answer SOS calls...
Amid the present Covid-19 crisis, over two dozen NGO’s in J&K, especially in Kashmir valley, are working in the region by providing medicines, oxygen,...
Bihar’s only govt Madrasa fights for survival
More than a century old Patna-based institute has produced distinguished educationists.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
BIHAR — Once known for producing scholars, educationists and civil servants,...
Meet Naziya & Shabrun, two Muslim nurses from Bihar awarded by President Murmu for...
The young nurses believe that more Muslim girls across the country should opt for the nursing profession to serve society.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA...
Will never surrender to actions of totalitarian regime: PFI on raids
At least 100 people linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested following searches by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection...
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...
Maulana Wali Rahmani: India’s torchbearer Muslim scholar who made promotion of education his mission
What set Maulana Wali Rahmani, an Indian Sunni Islamic Scholar, academician and founder of Rahmani30, apart was his efforts towards the promotion of education...
From a remote MP village to Mumbai Indians, journey of cricketer Arshad Khan
The left-arm seamer and left-hand batsman, Mohd Arshad Khan has been picked up by Mumbai Indians worth Rs 20 lakh in the mega...
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...
Here’s why #FundForAMUKishanganj was trending in the run-up to Union Budget 2022
Established in 2013, Aligarh Muslim University's Kishanganj (AMU-K) centre in Bihar is without proper funds for many years now.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
BIHAR...
आगा खान ट्रस्ट करा रहा है ऐतिहासिक बावलियों का पुनरुद्धार ,यूनेस्को से मिला पुरुस्कार
हैदराबाद की ऐतिहासिक बावलियों को यूनेस्को द्वारा नोटिस किए जाने के बाद से अचानक से यहां न् केवल पर्यटकों की संख्या बढ़ गई है...
जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान
उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...
छेद्दू सिराथू : यूपी के डिप्टी सीएम को चुनौती दे रहा एक दिलचस्प...
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की सिराथू विधानसभा एक हाई-प्रोफाइल सीट बन चुकी है, वजह हैं उप मुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य का वहां से चुनाव...
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...
“What was his crime?,” Murder of a Muslim youth in Shamli, UP leaves young...
After a Muslim youth was allegedly beaten to death on September 9 following a dispute in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, his young family...
क्या नाम है!…अशफ़ाक़…पांच गोलिया चलीं और बेवा हो गई 11 दिन की दुल्हन
इसरार अहमद, twocircles.net
दिल्ली। क़रीब 50 लोगों की मौत के बाद पूर्वी दिल्ली के इलाक़ों में हिंसा थम गई है। इन तीन दिनों में कई...
Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament
Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Labor Party candidate...
Additional restrictions can’t be imposed on freedom of speech of lawmakers: SC
Supreme Court said that additional restrictions cannot be imposed on the right to free speech of ministers, MPs and MLAs in a case...
In Pictures: Evicted thrice in 5 years, displaced women in Assam village decry poor...
Since the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Assam in 2016, several poor families in Dholpur char have been evicted thrice— the...
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...
Udaipur tense after protests break out over Hindu tailor’s beheading
Muslim clerics and organisations condemn the act and demand action as per the law.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — After protests following the beheading...
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...
Rohingya refugees’ housing row: Is AAP competing with BJP in denying them housing?
The BJP and AAP are embroiled in a political tussle in the midst of the Rohingya Muslim housing row in New Delhi.
Ubair ul Hameed...
Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals
Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...
‘Girls are insecure becuase of love jihad:’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madhya Pradesh also threatened legal action against those misrepresenting her 'Keep Knives' speech.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA...
Why Delimitation Commission’s report to redraw electoral boundaries in J&K is ruffling feathers??
Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the recommendations by the Commission will disempower the erstwhile state while the political observers believe...
“From feeling of insecurity to feeling of community,” 2 years of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests
The impact of the violence on this day, two years ago, was a catalyst that made a lot of young students, concerned citizens conscious...
The Divine(ly) Disrupted Comedy: A profile of Munawar Faruqui
What happens next in stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui’s journey remains to be seen by all and sundry, but the disruptions in the life of...
8 YouTube news channels blocked by govt for “monetising fake anti-India comments”
The channels had a cumulative viewership of over 1.14 billion and were subscribed by over 8.5 million users.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Ministry of...
Lawyers, experts term Varanasi court’s sealing of area around Gyavapi mosque as ‘illegal, and...
Water was drained out of the pond on Monday morning and a Shivling was allegedly found, claimed a lawyer representing a group of Hindu...
“We struggle for our basic needs, don’t have time to think if we are...
Golla(s) are nomadic tribes from the state of Andhra Pradesh. For generations, the gollas have been practising migratory pastoralism. Gollas in other states are...
Do renewed attacks on police, increase in civilian killings belie govt claims of ‘all...
For the citizens of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, notwithstanding the perception of an increase or decrease in violence, the situation has...
Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?
The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...
India’s much neglected periodic Haats or weekly markets: An equitable model for small farmers?
Amid the farmers' protests in India, a TCN Ground report from the weekly markets or haats of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand demonstrates a...
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...
Modern slavery: Adivasi labourers in Gujarat’s sugarcane fields
Every year more than two lakh Adivasis from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border region immigrate to work in sugar mills as sugarcane harvesters—but without any...
In riot-hit Khargone, WhatsApp forwards advocate economic boycott of Muslims
More than two weeks after the communal clashes, calls for boycotting Muslims are repeatedly being made both offline and online causing fear among the...
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...
TV debates mainstreaming Islamophobia: Can Personal Law Board contain the damage?
AIMPLB suggestion to Muslim scholars and clerics to avoid participating in discussions on news channels has received a mixed response.
Tabeenah Anjum | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
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...
Year 2022: Over 180 militants killed in J&K, notable drop in recruitment
In 2022, Kashmir witnessed a spate of targeted killings, leaving scores of civilians, including Kashmiri Pandits and migrant labourers, dead.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR...
J&K: Day after attack left 4 dead, explosion kills minor boy in Rajouri
The attack against civilians on Sunday triggered protests in the area, with a complete shutdown observed today against the killings.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR...
In this Gujarat town, no place to bury dead as high-caste residents flood Dalit...
By Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wealthy state of Gujarat are named and shamed during their entire lives but, for...
Meet Kaif Ali, who is housing the homeless with his ‘architecture for poor’ idea
Born and brought up in New Delhi, twenty-year-old Kaif Ali is an architecture student at Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New...
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...
West Bengal by-election: Muslims in dilemma over former BJP leader Babul Supriyo fighting on...
Babul Supriyo’s name evokes a strong reaction among Muslim voters for his vitriolic statements against Muslims in the past.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
WEST BENGAL —...
India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali wins Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia...
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali was announced as the winner of this year's Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia by the South...
To protest or not to protest? The dilemma facing India’s Muslims
With the government going after protestors in several states following protests against the remarks against Prophet Muhammad made by the now-suspended BJP spokesperson,...
Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...
Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...
Texas doctor demands “retribution” after Kashmir Files film
The film has incited widespread calls for anti-Muslim violence.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — “Retribution,” declared Rajiv Pandit, a doctor based in Dallas, TX,...
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...
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...
Kashmir marred by series of attacks ahead of PM Modi’s visit
This will be the prime minister's first visit to the newly carved Union Territory (UT) post abrogation of Article 370—which granted special status to...
Maharashtra: Arrest of youth activist Adil Pathan raises questions on ‘misuse of MPDA Act’
The arrest of youth activist Adil Pathan has raised the question of whether the complaints recorded against him were severe and substantiated enough to...
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...
Bilkis Bano’s husband: ‘What can be worse than seeing your loved ones being killed?’
In 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men for the crime. Earlier this month, the Gujarat government released...
What made Syed Ali Shah Geelani popular in Kashmir?
The senior Kashmir Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani died at his home in Srinagar on September 1 amid tight police presence. His death...
Bihar: Imarat-e-Shariah’s new chief is a man of technology, who believes ‘massive action’ can...
The new Amir (Chief) Ahmad Wali Faisal Rahmani of Imarat-e-Shariah has the challenging task of carrying forward and better the legacy of Imarat-e-Shariah which...
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...
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
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND...
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...
“Corona has left us in trauma,” Bihar locals recount surviving a ‘devastating health crisis’
The past two months have left the residents of the north Indian state of Bihar reel under the impact of the second wave of...
VHP-America’s Narsinghanand controversy is tip of Islamophobic iceberg
Affiliate of India’s Hindu nationalist movement has a history of platforming hate. Narsinghanand’s host of hateful remarks include a call to “finish off Islam” which...
Violence continues in Delhi: stone-pelting and arson even today in Maujpur, Brahmapuri
TCN News
Delhi: The violence has not stopped even after Monday's violence in Zafarabad and Maujpur. Stoning and arson took place in many areas on...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
Why Assam govt sealed a museum showcasing Muslim culture and arrested five people?
Traditional farming tools, including the plough, gamusas (traditional hand-woven clothing), and bamboo fishing equipment, were displayed in the museum to preserve and showcase the...
Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...
An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District.
Afnan Habib...
‘Zubair’s arrest is to scare other marginalised journalists’: Muslim reporters
Several journalists pointed out that journalist and fact-checker Mohammad Zubair's arrest is part of the ongoing targeting of India's Muslims.
Nikita Jain | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
मुजफ्फरनगर के जुहैब क़ुरैशी की आईईएस में छठी रैंक,चौतरफा तारीफ
आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर के मशहूर मीनाक्षी चौक से जब आप शामली बस अड्डे की तरफ चलते हैं तो ऐतिहासिक शहीद चौक से लगभग...
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...
‘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...
“Death knell for our trade,” almost year after new anti-cow slaughter bill, cattle traders...
The introduction of the controversial new anti-cow slaughter bill in Karnataka in December 2020 has badly impacted the cattle traders and meat sellers of...
‘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...
Supreme Court directs authorities to take immediate action against hate speech without waiting for...
The order from the apex court of the country came only two days after United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized India’s rising...
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...
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...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट खतौली उपचुनाव : भाईचारे की फसल बनाम नफरत की खेती के बीच...
उत्तर प्रदेश में मैनपुरी और रामपुर के साथ खतौली में भी उपचुनाव हो रहा है। खतौली के विद्यायक विक्रम सैनी को मुजफ्फरनगर दंगो में...
Prophet Row: Mere ‘hearsay evidence’ against Prayagraj violence accused
The remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) drew backlash from around 15 Islamic nations, with the Centre claiming the remarks were the views of "fringe...
‘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...
Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...
A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...
May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...
Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...
Event celebrating 200 years of Urdu journalism held at MANUU
Emiment media personalities highlighted the contribution of Urdu newspapers in two centuries of its existence in India.
Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net
HYDERABAD — An event celebrating...
‘My dignity is under attack’: Safoora Zargar after Jamia cancels her admission
Student activist Safoora Zargar speaks to TwoCircles.net about her ordeal.
Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, August 29 cancelled the...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : मुस्तफाबाद में अरविंद केजरीवाल की शैक्षिक भेदभाव की असलियत दिखाता है...
असद शेख़ Twocircles.net के लिए
देश की राजधानी दिल्ली के उत्तर प्रदेश बॉर्डर पर एक बड़ा मुस्लिम बहुल इलाक़ा मुस्तफाबाद है। ये इलाक़ा ज़्यादातर...
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...
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...
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...
Why is it easy for people to get away with hate speech in India?
India has enough laws in place to check hate speech but it requires the executive to enforce them.
TCN Staff Correspondent
NEW DELHI — Days...
बदल गई चंबल की सूरत ,अब बन रहा है पर्यटन केंद्र
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
कभी डाकुओं की पनाहगाह रही चंबल घाटी अब टूरिज्म का हब बन गई हैं। ऐसा भी कहा जाता हैं कि हिंदी...
Meet Tabassum Ali, a single woman from Bihar riding a Bullet, piloting social work
Forty-one-year old Tabassum Ali from Patna, Bihar is a single woman riding a Bullet motorcycle and works tirelessly for promotion of the rights of...
8 महीने से जेल में है सपा विद्यायक नाहिद हसन, अखिलेश यादव से अब...
मोहम्मद वसीम । Two circles.net के लिए
तबियत खराब होने पर कैराना के विधायक नाहिद हसन को मुजफ्फरनगर अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया है...
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...
Kashmir: Claims of probe on Hyderpora encounter leave police, families of slain, political parties...
The claims of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jammu Kashmir Police ordered to probe the controversial Hyderpora encounter, have been dismissed by...
Israil Mansuri: From Mukhiya to a Minister
The new information technology minister of Bihar Mohammad Israil Mansuri belongs to a socially backward Dhuniya community.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — Mohammad Israil...
एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !
मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...
“Was asked to stop recording Khori Gaon villagers,” independent journalists decry ‘police harassment’
Several independent journalists were denied access to cover the recent farmer's protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi and the Khori Gaon demolition in Haryana....
Review: Between fallacy and fraternity of ‘Babasaheb: The Grand Musical’
The two-hour-long musical did an adept job of grounding the word ‘aam aadmi’ into the narrative of the play while driving the Aam Aadmi...
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....
‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers
Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary”
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
In this interview, the author talks...
Slain journalist Danish Siddiqui’s parents file complaint against Taliban before International Criminal Court
Siddique's parents have demanded punishment against culprits for torturing and killing him while he was on an assignment in Afghanistan.
Snobar | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI —...
‘A center unlike others’, Bihar’s Haj Bhawan takes students on journey to secure top...
The coaching and guidance center run at the Haj Bhawan under the Minority Welfare Department of the Bihar government provides residential preparation for government...
Suspense deepens over Kashmiri couple arrested from Okhla Vihar alleged to have links with...
Arrest of a Kashmiri couple in Okhla Vihar surfaces
Police took landlord and broker into custody for further questioning
Neither rent agreement nor...
“I want to break the othering of Indian Muslims in media,” says film-maker Fahim...
In this free-wheeling interview, filmmaker Fahim Irshad of Aani Maani fame talks about the depiction of Indian Muslims in media, film, and society and...
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...
‘Fascism has arrived in India’: For many, BJP’s performance is a triumph of bigotry
Muslims intelligentsia blamed communal polarization and delay on the part of Akhilesh Yadav to take the BJP head on.
Zeyad Masroor Khan| TwoCircles.net
UTTAR PRADESH — As...
Hyderabad: Women protestors demand strict legal action against suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh
The protest against BJP MLA Raja Singh was held at Ambedkar Statue, Hussain Sagar (Tank Bund) in Hyderabad.
TCN Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD (TELANGANA) — Several women in...