The girl behind ‘Who is Kalam’?
People’s President, Missile Man Kalam laid to rest
96-year-old threatens suicide if liquor not banned in Agra
Taj Mahal perhaps the world’s most photographed monument
NSA talks virtually off as India, Pakistan stick to stands
SC seeks storage, destruction plan of seized narcotics
बदहाल दलितों के करोड़पति जीतन राम मांझी
‘Swach Bharat drives draws inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi’
Ghulam Ali invited to Delhi, AAP slams Shiv Sena
Voters defy Maoists, cast ballot in Bihar’s second phase
Anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi HC notice to three policemen
Why public mood changed in a year: Shiv Sena asks BJP
Chhota Rajan brought to Delhi, kept in CBI custody
Defending the Indefensible
Indian Social Forum urges youths to prevent killing of Gandhism
Apex court to hear petitions challenging quota tomorrow
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear Tuesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a law providing 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) students in elite central educational institutions for 2007-2008.
Allocation for minorities fund hiked
New Delhi : The central government contribution to the minorities fund has been raised from Rs.182.9 million in 2006-07 to Rs.700 million for the current financial year, the Rajya Sabha was told Monday.
Airtel makes calling US, Canada cheaper
New Delhi : Bharti Airtel Monday announced a 39 percent reduction in its international long distance tariffs to the US and Canada.
Eight more Vidarbha farmers’ suicides in last 72 hrs.
Exempt Muslims from marriage registration: Jamiat Ulama
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has demanded that Muslims be given exemption from mandatory registration of marriage.
Reacting to the Supreme Court directive to get all marriages, irrespective of religion, compulsorily registered, the Rajya Sabha Member and Jamiat general secretary Maulana Syed Mahmood Madani said the apex court move is direct intervention in Muslim personal law.
Girl killed in Kashmir cloudburst
Social isolation may increase suicide risk in women
Three-day shutdown in Jammu over AIIMS
Only one percent Indians donate organs: Experts
US asks India, Pakistan to resolve tensions to combat terrorism
Can’t talk with Hurriyat provocation, India tells Pakistan
Muzaffarnagar riots film screening stalled in four cities: Organisers
‘रालोसपा’ के कार्यक्रम में वीर अब्दुल हमीद का मज़ाक
Is Bengal withholding some more Netaji files, ask researchers
Modi is no more a holy cow
33,000 homeless people died on Delhi streets since 2004: MHA
Boy dies of cracker injuries, Delhi sees over 500 burn cases
‘Strong state and rule of law key to countering radicalisation’
Congress, BJP in war of words over JNU issue
As veto stays, Bush seeks compromise on Iraq funding
Shahabuddin sentenced to life for murder
Patna : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin was Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a political activist in 1999. This could disqualify him from contesting parliamentary elections again.
One man’s fight to save 1857 heroine’s memory
By Sudeshna Sarkar
IANS Kathmandu : India may be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the 1857 uprising, but no one has bothered to hail a man here who has helped preserve the memory of one of the leaders of the Sepoy Mutiny all these years.
Andhra-born Indian scientist to be honoured
Bangalore : The Indian government has decided to give a fitting tribute to a scientist from Andhra Pradesh who as a researcher in the US gave the world the antibiotic tetracycline that has saved millions of lives in the last 50 years.
Tapping Muslim market
Hyderabad blast: names of victims
India retain Asia Cup beating South Korea 7-2
Can gender equality reduce suicides in India?
Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi
खुद की सालगिरह के दिन याक़ूब मेमन ने फांसी को गले लगाया
SC raps government on discrepancy in figures on missing children
Sania top contender for Khel Ratna
Mobile phone calls suspended in J&K
Curfew imposed in Jammu after communal clashes
Hazare’s security beefed up after another threat
Sheena murder: Cops quiz ex-lover, brother fears for life
Andhra CM gives Rs.6 lakh to family of couple killed in Makkah
NDA, Lalu-Nitish alliances neck and neck: India TV-CVoter survey
A year after Lok Sabha battle, churning in Uttar Pradesh
Modi has lost Bihar even before fifth phase: Kejriwal
Opposition wants discussion on JNU in Rajya Sabha, government agrees
Three more policemen arrested in staged killings
New Delhi/Ahmedabad : Three more policemen of Gujarat's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) were arrested in Ahmedabad Monday as forensic experts finished conducting excavations at the farm of arrested police officer D.G. Vanzara looking for possible remains of Kausar Bi, the wife of encounter victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh.
Amin Jaffer named director of Asian art
London : Christie's International, the world's leading art business, announced Monday the appointment of Amin Jaffer, an expert on furniture in early colonial India, as its international director of Asian art.
Bodhi tree ailing: Scientists
Patna : The Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, considered sacred by millions as it is believed Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under it, is suffering from an unknown disease, a team of scientists from the Dehradun based Forest Research Institute (FRI) has confirmed.
India need 63 more runs to win Test
Nottingham : Left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan took a superb five-wicket haul Monday to bowl India on the brink of a fabulous win over England in the second Test here. On Tuesday, India will need 63 more runs to win and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
By close of the fourth and penultimate day of the match, India, chasing 73 runs for victory, were 10 without loss with Dinesh Karthik (6) and Wasim Jaffer (3) at the crease.
Vidarbha farmers’ suicide unabated, toll now 586 since January
Of Beautiful vistas, perfect past and future tense
Exchanging terrorists for Mufti’s daughter compromised national interest: Farooq
Expedition 44 astronauts reach ISS for Mars research
Kalam’s birthday observed as World Students’ Day: Assam governor
Memon’s execution misguided attempt to tackle terror: Amnesty
Tampering with RBI’s autonomy will damage economy: Moody’s
मध्य प्रदेश में दोहरा ट्रेन हादसा, सांसत में जिंदगियां
Minister Naqvi calls Congress ‘destructive opposition’
30 years later, Assam Accord back in focus
मोदी के ‘बिहार पैकेज’ पर लालू के सवाल!
Faux journalism and democracy
Congress slams Trinamool, asserts gaining ground in Bengal
Delhi government preventing ACB from functioning: Centre to HC
CNG scam: Non-bailable warrant issued against ACB chief
India’s focus at UNGA: Development, peacekeeping, Security Council reform
‘Dangal’ experience changed my life: Kashmiri actor Zaira Wasim
SC seeks NHRC reply on plea to prevent torture of prisoners
“If Muslims aren’t minority, a Muslim can be CM”
With 5 more Vidarbha farmers’ suicides toll rises to 416
BJP shocked, Congress retains Ullal seat in Karnataka
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which takes over chief ministership of Karnataka in October, suffered a rude shock Tuesday when the Congress mauled it in the battle for the Ullal assembly seat.
Delegation to Israel is joining hands with enemies of Islam: Imarat-e-Shariah
Curfew continues in Rajouri for third day
Political parties largely hail SC nod to Yakub’s hanging
Politicising the military: A strategic blunder
IOC invites athletes to Rio 2016 Olympics
13 killed in Jharkhand road accident
बिहार में भाजपा : साधो घर में झगड़ा भारी
Himachal extends retirement age of award-winning teachers
Indian woman ‘recruiter’ for ISIS extradited from Dubai, arrested
Pakistan asks India to protect Muslim rights
Writers as refuseniks – BJP’s blind spot
President’s function begins with Vande Mataram, not National Anthem
Spare the universities, please!
More arrested for staged killing; apex court defers CBI probe
By IANS
New Delhi/Ahmedabad : As more Gujarat police officials were arrested Thursday over the November 2005 staged killing of Ahmedabad resident Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife's subsequent murder, the Supreme Court held that it was a "prima facie" fit case to be probed by the Central Bureau of investigation.
The apex court also gave the Gujarat police "some more time" to complete its probe into the incident and deferred a final order on the issue to May 15.
Killing Muslims was fair game in Gujarat, says ex-cop
By Liz Mathew
IANSNew Delhi : A former Gujarat Police officer says the Narendra Modi government had virtually institutionalized the killings of Muslims in staged shootouts and that he too was asked to kill some but he refused to.
Indian-American Muslims Protest the Very Low Level Implementation of the Sachar Committee Recommendations
Washington DC : Muslims of India residing in USA are very disappointed at the recent decision of the Government of India regarding the very low level implementation of the recommendations of the Sachar Committee for the upliftment of India's impoverished Muslims. Â This Committee was formed by the Indian government itself and in November 2006 the Prime Minister of India gave public assurances that the committee's recomendations to help the Muslims will be implemented in full.
Captain M. Anwar is appointed as Administrator of Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board
Historic Red Fort becomes World Heritage Site
Internet ‘nikah’ gets official nod from clerics
Lucknow : Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom-Deoband has finally approved 'nikah' (marriage) through the Internet.
Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable Hataf missile
Islamabad : Pakistan Thursday successfully test-fired its 700 km range Hataf VII cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, an official said here.
Hataf VII, a terrain-hugging and radar-avoiding missile, can be fired from the French acquired Agosta submarine and also from the US fighter jets F-16s and F-17s.
Hataf VII is the latest missile in the Babur series that Pakistan is developing, reportedly with North Korean help. It was last tested in March this year.
Muslims to hold ‘dharna’ to press for their demands
New Delhi: A joint committee of Muslim organizations of India has decided to organize a 'token dharna' in New Delhi on 14th August to press for its demands of Muslim empowerment.
Joint Committee of Muslim Oraganizations for Empowerment (JCMOE) was formed recently by various Muslim organizations. It demands implementation of the recommendations of Justice Sachar Committee report and Ranganath Misha Commission's recommendation for the empowerment of minorities including Muslims.
Gujarat must withdraw “freedom of religion act�
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Ahmedabad : A non-governmental organisation here has welcomed the decision by the Gujarat Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma to return "The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2006".Â
Prashant, the organisation working for human rights, justice and peace, in a statement issued here Wednesday, said, "The Bill is violative of the Constitutional Rights of a citizen and very divisive in nature."Â
Highlights of PM’s I-Day speech
Orissa to follow Shari’ah for Muslim women
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Bhubaneswar : In an extraordinary move to satisfy the Muslims in the State, the government of Orissa has decided to follow Islamic laws in cases dealing with Muslim women.
Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania
Yakub Memon’s body sent for autopsy
Punjab attack: No evidence of terrorists using Ravi river route, says BSF
Andhra to use drone cameras to check red sander smuggling
Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania
Trinamool suspends Bengal MLA for inciting violence
File FIR against Mulayam, Lucknow court tells police
Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle
Huge gap between Indians and Kashmiris: Nandita Haksar
Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list
Irani education controversy: Court seeks verificiation papers
We love India, won’t leave: Aamir Khan
Kolkata hit-and-run: Third accused arrested
Gujarat ‘fake encounter’ cops suspended
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government has suspended two senior police officers charged with the staged killing of a Muslim, Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a full 12 days after they were arrested.
Army admits to staged encounter in Assam
Congress congratulates Mayawati, pats Rahul
New Delhi : Finding a silver lining in the dark election clouds, the Congress Friday expressed satisfaction over the Samajwadi Party's defeat in Uttar Pradesh and patted Rahul Gandhi for an "inspiring" campaign - despite not improving its performance since the last polls.
Why was Pandher’s confession in Nithari killings ignored?
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Indian, Pak soldiers exchange small arms fire
MP exports potatoes, onions, spices worth over Rs. 45.59 cr.
In Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kalam was a man of change
Liz Mathew
IANS
New Delhi : As he prepares to vacate Rashtrapati Bhavan next month, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will leave behind his distinctive stamp in the way he has brought in innovations and changed the style of functioning of the presidential palace - something which none of his predecessors had done.
Shiv Sena supports Pratibha Patil
Mumbai : United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pratibha Patil's chances in the July 19 presidential poll brightened as the Shiv Sena, a constituent of the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Monday declared its support for her.
Mushirul and Ansari front runners for V-P post
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Â After completion of Presidential election, political parties are getting ready for Vice Presidential election. Among others Hamid Ansari and Mushirul Hasan are among front runners in Vice- President Candidates. Congress and Left are in agreement over putting a minority candidate. On the other hand BJP is opting for Akali leader Charanjit Singh Atwal.
Indian Muslims condemn Tom Tancredo’s provocative statement
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Indian Muslims' representative organisations including Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadis-e-Hind and All India Milli Council have severely condemned the highly provocative statement made by US Republican Party candidate Tom Tancredo that the US should strike Islamic holy places, including Makkah and Madinah.
In a report published in the Urdu daily Hindustan Express, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani termed the statement "very unfortunate".
Bihar to keep Dalit woman to cook school meals
India loses maximum lives to terror except Iraq
CBI searches Teesta Setalvad’s premises in Mumbai
One of world’s oldest Quran fragments found in Britain
Don’t take Pakistan threats lying down, Thackeray tells Modi
Logjam cripples parliament business for third day
Turks abandoning beards fearing IS association
ISI behind Afghanistan war, says Afghan vice president
नीतीश सरकार दंगा पीड़ितों के न्याय के लिए गंभीर नहीं – दीपंकर
Assam governor acting as RSS-BJP activist: CM
Thackeray tells BJP to check price rise, build Ram Temple
Yasin Malik arrested in south Kashmir, released later
By IANS
Srinagar : Pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik was arrested in south Kashmir's Anantnag district Saturday evening and was later released here a day before he was scheduled to start a "freedom journey" from the district.
‘Wage a war against hate mentality to save humanity’
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : As newspapers and magazines are loaded with reports and articles on the staged encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and eliminating his wife Kauser Bi, Urdu daily Hindustan Express columnist Ahmad Javed in his celebrated column Fikr-e-Farda wrote an article Sunday entitled "Only Modi and Vanzara aren't the murderer of Sohrab" and ran a slug: If you have to save India, devise the remedy of the hate mentality which is taking shape of Modi or Vanzara.
Treaty with Japan may legalize dumping toxic waste in India
By Papri Sri Raman
IANS
Chennai : Environmental groups and NGOs in India are up in arms against a coming India-Japan treaty regarding the export of old Japanese ships and toxic chemicals to Indian shipyards.
Muslim factor in UP helped Maya win the crown
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : In an analysis of recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results, Urdu daily Hindustan Express eulogised Sunday Muslims' mature and united political consciousness and decision making skill in electoral politics.
In the election for 402-member Assembly, the paper says, Muslims left no stone unturned in making the communal and fascist forces lick the dust.
Muslims protest blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Bareilly : A sketch of Prophet Muhammad (peace be with him) published in a Class V textbook, Naitik Shiksha and Samanya Gyan published by a Jaipur-based publisher, has caused widespread anger and resentment among Muslims, reports Urdu daily Hindustan Express Tuesday.
Indians largest group of new British citizens in 2006
By Prasun Sonwalkar
IANSLondon : Indians were the largest group to be given British citizenship during 2006, according to latest official figures that also reveal that a million foreign nationals have been given British citizenship's during the Labour party's decade in office.
Indian professor is MIT’s new dean of engineering
Washington : Subra Suresh, an IIT Chennai alumnus, has been appointed dean of the prestigious engineering school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Hamid Ansari is UPA candidate for V.P. post
TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi declared Hamid Ansari as candidate for Vice-president post. This was decided after a meeting of UPA in New Delhi. This meeting was attended by Left parties and other allies. Left parties had demanded for a minority and non-political candidate.