Week on, family of slain Muslim man from Sultanpur, UP seek answers, allege ‘lynching’,...
A fifty-year-old mentally-unsound Muslim man Khursheed Ahmad from Sultanpur area of Uttar Pradesh was found dead on June 23. While the family claims that...
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...
‘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
NEW DELHI — Muhammad Vakeel (53) is...
“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...
So many questions on Muslim Faces of Chandra Shekar’s ‘Azad Samaj Party’
Aas Mohammad Kaif, twocircles.net
Saharanpur: Bhim Army’s Chandra Shekhar Azad has launched his political party, Azad Samaj Party on Sunday. The new party, formed on...
Maulana Azad scholarship for research scholars from minority communities to stop: Centre
The fellowship for scholars from the minority communities was started during the UPA regime as part of implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations.
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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 |...
‘The existing assertion of Hinduism is not free from caste’: Understanding UP elections with...
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of assembly’s seats (403) for any state in the country. Parts of UP voted on Monday (February 14)...
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...
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...
सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन में हुआ था बवाल, एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठ रहे...
विशेष संवाददाता। twocircles.net
सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन जुलूस के दौरान साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़कने के मामले में पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर लगातार सवाल खड़े हो...
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...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
‘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...
In Pictures: Community kitchen at Dhobi Ghat offers hope, succor to displaced people
Following the Dhobi Ghat Pathshala, the women-led Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Adhikar Manch established the Dhobi Ghat Community Kitchen with the help of the All...
ISIS से जुड़े गिरफ़्तार संदिग्ध दंपति पर संस्पेंस, पुलिस की कहानी में कई झोल,...
ओखला विहार से कश्मीरी दंपति की गिरफ़्तारी का मामला गहराया
पुलिस ने माकन मालिक और ब्रोकर को हिरासत में लेकर की पूछताछ
रेंट...
For many rural women in Bihar, Kheta embroidery work aims to boost livelihood
Kheta is said to be a 500-year-old quilting heirloom practised exclusively by Shershahabdi women. Today, Kheta embroidery work is getting popular among non-Shershahabdi people...
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’...
“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi
The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...
Anti-conversion row: ‘Not all religious conversions are illegal,’ remarks SC
A two-judge division bench of Justice M.R. Shah and C.T Ravikumar refused to stay the Madhya Pradesh high court order that restricted the state...
“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,...
उलझ गया है कि यूक्रेन में छात्रों की वापसी का मामला, परिजनों में निराशा
मुहम्मद आसिम। Two circles.net
यूक्रेन की विनिशिया मैडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ने वाली छात्रा अस्मिता इस समय काफी चर्चा में है। अस्मिता दिल्ली की रहने वाली...
How Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith is bringing marginalised into the mainstream
The brain behind several hit films in Tamil, Pa Ranjith is forcing us to confront caste in all its complexities.
Smitha R | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
Uttar Pradesh: Families of five men arrested over charges of ‘being Al-Qaeda members’ pick...
The absence of the signatures on the recoveries has led many to cast doubts on the authenticity of the claims made by the National...
‘No designation and delayed salaries’: Hard lives of Delhi’s Dengue Breeding Checkers
Even after rendering their services for more than 25 years now, these contractual workers feel exploited and left out.
Sanjana Chawla | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Thousands...
‘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...
झारखंड में वक्फ की प्रोपर्टी पर बढ़ रहा अवैध कब्जा, नींद में सरकार
देश भर में वक्फ प्रोपर्टी के अतिक्रमण और राज्यों के वक्फ बोर्ड के द्वारा सुचारू रूप से काम नहीं किये जाने की शिकायत मिलती...
“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...
‘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...
This Muslim shrine in Prayagyraj is holy to all faiths
The devotees at the shrine of Sheikh Taqi include a large number of Hindu men and women who flock to the shrine to take...
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...
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...
“We are working overtime to cremate all bodies,” cremation ground workers at New Delhi...
The second wave of the coronavirus has taken India by a storm, with over 300,000 new Covid infections reported every day. The scenes of...
Dharam Sansad hate-speech: Hear it from the journalist who led to Yati Narsinghanand’s arrest
Senior journalist Qurban Ali talks about his plea in Supreme Court against hate speech, his expectations and rising hate speech cases in India.
Snobar...
“I was asked to perform sodomy,” 2 Muslim youth from Jharkhand allege ‘police torture’...
Two Muslim youth from Jamshedpur in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have accused police of ‘brutal torture’ and forcing them to have sex...
बेहतर कल के लिए तालीम से रास्ता बना रहे हैं पिछड़े मुसलमान!
आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net
72 साल के जमील अहमद बीते हुए कल को याद करते हुए गहरी सांस लेते हैं और कुर्सी से टेक लगाकर...
Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar
On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...
देवबंद में जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द का महत्वपूर्ण सम्मेलन शुरू, ज्ञानवापी मस्जिद मामले में...
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुसलमानों के हालिया ज्वलंत मुद्दों पर चर्चा के लिए जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द का सम्मेलन देवबंद में शुरू हो गया है। यह ...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average
Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...
‘We need more schools to realize our dreams’: Muslim girls from a village in...
The upgradation of a girls' school to a higher secondary institution in a village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has come...
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...
In Uttar Pradesh, toddler son’s mysterious illness leaves parents hopeless
Azeem Malik, a senior doctor at Aligarh Medical College, said that children with this brain disorder die before they become adults. In Shayan's...
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...
Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...
The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...
“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...
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)...
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...
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...
वीडियो रिपोर्ट : एक पत्रकार की ‘कैफे कारवां’ शुरू करने की प्रेरक कहानी
सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net
https://youtu.be/k15G2uim0TU
जामिया नगर को जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया के बाद यहाँ के रेस्तरां और बाज़ारों के लिए जाना जाता है। देखा जाए तो घर से...
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...
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...
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...
Meet Sadaf Chaudhary, who wants to serve country by becoming an ambassador
UPSC topper among Muslim aspirants, Sadaf Chaudhary of Roorkee uttarakhand, who secured the overall 23rd rank, is of firm opinion that improvement in the...
तस्वीरों में रमज़ान : जामिया में इफ्तार में जुटे छात्र
सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net
रहमतों का महीना ‘रमज़ान’ की आमद के बाद हर कोई अल्लाह की इबादत में जुट जाता है। इस महीने को बहुत ही पाक...
Meet the college dropout who runs a news portal in J&K
The portal is getting recognised for reporting on issues in Chenab valley which are overlooked by the mainstream media.
Shadab Farooq | TwoCircles.net
JAMMU — When 22-year-old...
‘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...
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...
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...
Fierce protest poet, anti-CAA activist Ashraful Hussain wins assembly election in Assam, spurs hope...
The 27-year-old is the youngest representative in the Assam legislative assembly following his victory over incumbent and former Congress minister Sukur Ali Ahmed from...
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...
Changing the Muslim narrative, one tweet at a time
Against rising hate crimes against Muslims, polarization and widening rift along communal lines, these Twitter pages run by Muslims are making an effort to...
Maharashtra: Hospital run by Muslim religious body to meet healthcare needs of poor
The hospital built by Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (JUH) in Solapur, Maharashtra will provide healthcare services to poor patients at minimum rates regardless of caste, religion...
Four decades on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims yet to find closure
Many victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy still reel from the devastation that the incident caused in their lives.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA...
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...
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...
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) —...
This Muslim youth’s charity org ensures underprivileged people don’t go hungry in Kolkata
Thirty-two-year old Zeeshan Majeed from Kolkata, West Bengal has not only distributed food during the Covid-19 lockdown but also distributed masks, medicine and oxygen...
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,...
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...
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...
AMU cancels 3-day lit fest, students aghast
The festival was organised after a gap of two years due to Covid-19 pandemic. The last festival was held in 2019.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
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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...
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...
President-elect Droupadi Murmu revives new hope in her nondescript village
101 years after the first tribal leader was elected to the legislature in pre-independent India, Odisha-born Droupadi Murmu from the Santhal community has been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Is Jat-Muslim solidarity changing the political landscape of Muzaffarnagar?
From opening the doors of the mosque to farmers, to organizing 'Langers' in Muslim-dominated areas and the slogans of 'Allahu Akbar and Har Har...
Kerala HC’s order that ‘husband’s consent not essential for divorce in Islam’ sparks debate
The court observed in the absence of any mechanism in the country to recognize the termination of marriage at the instance of the wife...
“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...
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...
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 —...
Raising legal age for marriage for women in India: Here’s why it’s bad news...
While worry over early marriage is a start in the right direction, legislative action on the subject is equivalent to addressing symptoms rather...
Maharashtra: 3 undertrail prisoners die at Yarwada jail; families protest
On January 2, the families of the persons staged a protest outside the Yerwada jail premises in Pune, Maharashtra.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
After backlash, AMU withdraws order seeking profiling of J&K students
The circular dated December 27 had caused fear among J&K students as the collected information had to be provided to the Aligarh Superintendent...
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...
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...
दिल्ली हिंसा: अब तक 10 की मौत, 200 से ज़्यादा लोग गोली लगने से...
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर, twocircles.net
दिल्ली। दिल्ली के उत्तर पूर्वी इलाक़े में सीएए समर्थकों के सीएए विरोधियों पर हुए हमले के बाद हुई हिंसा में मरने वालों...
From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi
62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the...
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Eradicating child marriage still doesn’t make the cut in...
According to a report by Young Lives Research to Policy Centre based on the National Family Health Survey 2015-16, West Bengal tops the list...
Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand allege “custodial torture,” police refute allegations
A Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand has alleged that they were tortured by police while in custody over allegations of theft against them....
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
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
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This rally will question why untouchability is prevalent in India
As India will celebrate the 75th year of independence this year, well-known Dalit rights activist Martin Macwan will lead a rally at the Indian...
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...
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...
After halt of 2 years, country’s largest Islamic congregation commences in Bhopal
Held for the first time in 1948, the Bhopal Ijtema is known for its massive participation of people and for promotion of peace...
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
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Part IV: In Assam’s minority dominated education block, a collective of volunteers seeks to...
This is the fourth and final part of the TCN Ground Report series on the poor educational scenario in rural Assam where Muslims make...
Kerala rubber farmers decry ‘liberalized imports of goods,’ urge GoI to withdraw from ASEAN...
The rubber farmers said that they have been affected by the drastic reduction in import tariffs on rubber products and the dip in MSP...
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...
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...
Odisha’s applique artisans are struggling to conserve this 12th century traditional artform
Once known as the hub of applique works in Odisha, a market in Chandua has lost its shine with most of the shops selling...
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
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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...
‘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
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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...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात
आलोक राजपूत twocircles.net के लिए
BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...
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...
तस्वीरों में साल 2022 का एएमयु में मनाया गया सर सैयद डे !
जिब्रानुदीन। Twocircles.net
कल, 17 अक्टूबर को दुनिया भर में अलीग बिरादरी द्वारा धूमधाम से सर सैयद डे का जश्न मनाया गया। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के...
‘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 |...
‘दबंग दादियां’ रखेंगी सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ‘शाहीन बाग़’ का पक्ष
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ लगतार दो महीने से चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन की...
“Rights, not schemes,” Tamil Nadu’s visually challenged graduates clamour for jobs in govt education...
There are over 1.27 lakh people with visual disability in Tamil Nadu. Many of them have acquired higher education but to no avail, as...
‘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
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दिल्ली हिंसा: टारगेट, सेट एंड फायर …..करावल नगर में यह हुआ- ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। भजनपुरा मज़ार अब करावलनगर का गेटवे है। मज़ार जला दिया गया था लेकिन उम्मीद तो अभी तक जिंदा है। इसलिए अक़ीदतमंद यहां...
Why was Hindu right-wing celebrating Babri demolition day as Shaurya Diwas on social media?
On the 30th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh by Hindu karsevaks, social media was abuzz with hateful...
Booked for ‘resisting ABVP’, Muslim student from Karnataka vows to fight for right to...
After a video of her confronting male students went viral, 18-year-old Hiba Sheik has emerged as a face of the fight against the Hijab...
On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram
The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...
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...
In Rajasthan, activists, politicians flag off 45-day rally seeking accountability law
The Yatra, which will be joined by local organisations, people, and former administrative and police officers, will emphasise the need for accountability in education,...
Gurucool, a Jamia alumni-led ed-tech start-up launches app for underprivileged
The Padhai app will provide academic space for learning and to make quality education accessible for the underprivileged.
Mohd. Umair Yunus | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Gurucool,...
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...
Bihar: “His killing was doomsday for us,” family of Muslim youth lynched by mob...
The family of 30-year-old youth Ajjan Imran, who was lynched in Nawada district of Bihar on September 29 and died a day later, are...
This Muslim-run NGO run in Hyderabad helps women build sustainable livelihoods
SAFA is an NGO that has changed the lives of thousands of women from poor economic groups in Hyderabad and given them hope...
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...
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...
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
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Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
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Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
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...
Amid disastrous floods in Maharashtra, a Madrassa opens door to flood-affected people
Amidst scenes of chaos and mayhem, a Madrasa called Darul Ulum Imam Ahmed Raza in Kondivare, Ratnagiri, located 30-35 km from Chiplun and 100-150...
India’s caste divide stirs a strange controversy: eggs
The egg controversy has been bubbling up ever since the Modi-led right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came into power, with Madhya...
‘Film on Kashmiri Pandits has further widened the wedge between two communities,’ says top...
A prominent Kashmiri Pandit leader Sanjay Tickoo in an interview with TwoCircles.net castigates the hate generated by the film The Kashmir Files.
Auqib Javeed |...
Devotees slam authorities in Kashmir for not allowing prayers in major mosques, shrines
The predominantly Muslim region has been under an unprecedented lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020. While the lockdown restrictions have gradually...
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
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Rohingya Muslims housing row: What is India’s refugee policy?
A recent row over the housing and rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in the national capital New Delhi has brought India’s refugee policy into 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...
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...
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...
Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...
Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...
“Who will return my time?” released after 4 years of wrongful imprisonment under UAPA,...
A 37-year-old Muslim man Habeeb Miyan from northeastern Indian state of Tripura was released in June 2021 after 4 years of wrongful imprisonment under...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : गांव के ‘डॉक्टर ‘ जिन्होंने हमारे गांव बचा लिए !
आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net
चार गुना अधिक प्रकोपित मानी जा रही कोरोना की दूसरी लहर के कहर से देश भर में तबाही फैल गई और...
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...
Controversy in Kashmir after Army-run school asks staff to ‘avoid Hijab’
The Dagger Parivaar School, which is run by the Army in collaboration with an NGO, said the move was aimed to help disabled students...
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...
Supreme Court grants bail to Kerala journalist Siddiqui Kappan
The Chief Justice of India, UU Lalit, questioned the evidence against Kappan and said he has been in jail for two years.
TCN Staff Reporter
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