Maha Polls: Four sitting Muslim MLAs lose, nine others win in Maha assembly polls

By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Four out of 10 sitting Muslim MLAs from Maharashtra lost their seats even as nine other Muslim candidates won at...

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...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

भीम आर्मी ने जनसँख्या के हिसाब से आरक्षण की मांग उठाई

फ़हमीना हुसैन | पटना  पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश से शुरू हुई भीम आर्मी ने बिहार प्रदेश की राजधानी पटना में अपनी पहली रैली करके जनसँख्या के...

Delhi Violence: Irfan went to buy milk and returned as a corpse after three...

By Israr Ahmad, Twocircles.net Delhi: Mohammad Irfan, who came out of his house in Kartar Nagar of Usman Pur to get milk for his children,...

बकरी ने गंदा किया आंगन तो बकरी मालिक को पीटकर मार डाला !

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के भदोही जिले में बकरी को लेकर हुए एक विवाद में एक मुस्लिम अधेड़ की हत्या का मामला सामने आया...

बिहार चुनाव परिणाम 2020 : ओवैसी की पार्टी का सीमांचल में जलवा ,...

सीमांचल से नेहाल अहमद । TwoCircles.net  कांटे की टक्कर के साथ बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव-2020 परिणाम के बीच असदुद्दीन ओवैसी नेतृत्व वाली एआईएमआईएम ने दमदार एंट्री की...

मेवात में मॉब लिंचिंग : आसिफ को बेरहमी से मार डाला

विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net रविवार रात को हरियाणा के मेवात से एक दिल दहला देने वाली घटना की खबर सामने आई है। जहां एक व्यक्ति और...

Agra’s Shahi Hammam at Risk of Demolition: Heritage, Community and Homes Threatened

Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net Lying on the banks of the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, Agra is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. While the...

Muslim League organises planes, buses to ensure non-resident voters participate in elections

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Elections, whether it be the local self-governing body, legislative assembly or general elections Kerala witnesses a huge flow of Non...

Sanjiv Bhat convicted for a crime he did not commit: Swetha Sanjiv Bhat

TCN News Jamnagar Sessions Court sentenced Sanjiv Bhat, ex- IPS officer, to life time imprisonment on Thursday, 20th June, 2019, in a case of custodial...

Indian Americans protest Hijab ban, urge Karnataka court to lift ban

More than a hundred people in Houston, Texas, United States called on the Karnataka government to stop the discrimination against Muslim girl students who...

BJP link of Udaipur killer emerges

Several pictures shared on social media by two BJP members show the Udaipur killer Riyaz Attari posing with BJP leaders. Waquar Hasan | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI...

A silent morcha by ‘forward’ castes and the ‘wrath’ of Dalit Sena in Aurangabad

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad: Dalit Sena, a group of a working class youth in Aurangabad, protested on the night of August 28, against...

Congress to form MP government as Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigns

Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) The path for the formation of a Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was cleared with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan...

Ajmer Dargah Sajjada Nasheen comes out in support of International Day of Yoga

Appeals Indian Muslims to participate in large numbers and be global example By TCN News, Ajmer, Rajasthan: Lambasting the fundamentalist for deliberately spreading false...

रून्नी-सैदपुर : जहां मुस्लिम उम्मीदवार ‘वोट-कटवा’ हैं

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ्फ़रपुर: यहां से तक़रीबन 35 किलोमीटर दूर सीतामढ़ी ज़िला के ‘गेटवे’ के रूप में जाना जाने वाले रून्नी-सैदपुर में इस बार...

Nine myths about the Gujarat Genocide of 2002

By Shehzad Poonawalla, This article was first published in DNA but removed after a day. For those who have developed “selective and motivated” amnesia...

Indian Americans welcome US State department’s report on ‘deteriorating human rights situation in India’

The Department of State’s report, released March 30, was a scathing account of the ground situation in India, where millions of social and religious...

Ghosts of Bihar Elections: Migrant labourers plight ruffles little feathers as state goes to...

By Chinki Sinha A crane, many skyscrapers and an evening sun reflected on the windows of the buses. The migrants kept staring at the road...

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...

Matto Ki Saikil highlights everyday gendered, casteist reality of Indian villages

Aatika S., a fellow at TwoCircles.net interviews Pulkit Philip, the screenplay writer of film Matto Ki Saikil The newly released film, Matto Ki Saikil (2022) directed...

From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...

Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...

सवर्णवादी व्यवस्था से पीड़ित पत्रकार मीना कोतवाल ने अब ‘सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों’...

मीना कोतवाल,Twocircles.net के लिए  सो कॉल्ड लिबरल-प्रोग्रेसिव सवर्ण पत्रकारों, प्रशांत कन्नौजिया को जेल गए हुए 50 दिन हो गए हैं. एक ट्वीट की वजह से प्रशांत...

“Jailed but innocent,” acquittal of Kashmiri man after 11 years in false case puts...

On June 22, a 44-year-old Kashmiri man Bashir Ahmad Baba reunited with his family 11 years after he was “framed” in a case in Gujarat and jailed...

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...

छेद्दू सिराथू : यूपी के डिप्टी सीएम को चुनौती दे रहा एक दिलचस्प...

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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...

SDPI candidate wins Sarpanch election in Rajasthan

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The recently formed Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has made a winning start in electoral politics at last. It made a stunning victory in Rajasthan Gram Panchayat election. The SDPI candidate Mohammad Haneef has been elected as the Sarpanch of the Chann Panchayat in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. He is SDPI Bilapur branch secretary.

Meet Aruvi, a trans person from Chennai lifting hope of her community through mutual...

By Shalini S, TwoCircles.net Chennai: Aruvi is a 25-year-old transgender person pursuing gender studies at the University of Hyderabad. Having previously worked in the IT sector,...

Congress steps up attack on Modi government on black money

By IANS New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday stepped up attack on the Narendra Modi government over 50 per cent jump in deposits by Indians...

The 60 days to Aug 15, 1947

By Joydeep Gupta, IANS New Delhi : This is an account of the last 60 days leading to India's independence on Aug 15, 1947: June 15: Historic session of All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi accepts the June 3 plan to partition British India into the dominions of India and Pakistan. The socialists oppose partition. Another resolution, saying free India will not recognise the independence of princely states, is adopted unanimously.

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...

All India Muslim Forum supports Ulema Council LS candidate in Lucknow

By TwoCircles.net news desk New Delhi: All India Muslim Forum has decided to extend support to Mr. Amresh Mishra, Ulema Council’s Lok Sabha candidate from Lucknow. The Muslim Forum yesterday organized a meeting comprising about 500 of its office-bearers and workers in Lucknow and announced the decision in the program in which Mr. Amresh Mishra and his team were invited.

The missing Kerala youth and the state’s connections with a Salafi town in Yemen

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Malappuram: There is a good chance that you may not have heard of Dammaj, a small town in the Sa'dah...

By repeatedly saying ‘Go to Pakistan’, BJP shows it wants to push Muslims into...

By Asrarul Haque Jeelani for TwoCircles.net On Wednesday, a BJP MP Vinay Katiyar said that Muslims should not live in India and they should either...

How Assam BJP government’s rebranded Land Policy is anti-minority

Mahibul Haque, Twocircles.net While referring to the new Land Policy 2019, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a press conference in December last year...

IMRC’s health camps sees 600 people examined in Hyderabad

By TCN News Hyderabad (Telangana): The Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) organised a health check-up camp for about 600 people in Hasan Nagar locality...

Civil Society condemns the criminal intimidation made to renowned scholar -activist Dr. Ram Puniyani

TCN News Civil society organisations and activists from all over India have expressed shock and dismay that Dr. Ram Puniyani has received threatening calls by...

Anti-Muslim hate marks Navratri; 1 killed, several injured

While home minister Amit Shah said that 77 people have been arrested, claims on social media said that most held are Muslims. Muhammad Raafi |...

Jahangirpuri violence: Tensions remain high following arrest of Muslim men

There is anger among Muslims who said they are being wrongly accused of starting the violence. Nikita Jain | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Situation remained tense in...

Caught on Camera: MP Cops Assault, Parade Two Muslim Men Over Cow Slaughter Allegations

Abdul Alim Jafri, TwoCircles.net Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Two Muslim youths in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district were allegedly assaulted by a group of police officers, who...

Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part One

This is a first in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna politics espoused...

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...

Remembering Kamla Bhasin, an icon of feminist activism in South Asia

Kamla Bhasin's death at the age of 75 has left a wide gap in the women’s movement in South Asia. Her Azadi (freedom) chant...

Congressional briefing exposes widespread Christian persecution in India

Speakers call for the U.S. and other nations to sanction Indian political leaders. TCN News WASHINGTON, DC – After using most of an hour-long congressional briefing on...

बिहार में नाबालिग ‘नाजिया’ के साथ क्रूरता, हत्या के बाद तनाव !

समी अहमद । Twocircles.net बिहार के पूर्वी जिले कटिहार के पस्तिया गांव में 25 मई को एक 16 वर्षीय मुस्लिम लड़की के मौत पर हंगामा...

सच्चर रिपोर्ट के पंद्रह साल : हाशिए से बहिष्करण तक का सफर

जावेद अनीस सच्चर कमेटी रिपोर्ट को डेढ़ दशक से ज्यादा समय बीत चुके हैं. साल 2006 में जब तत्कालीन यूपीए सरकार द्वारा सच्चर कमेटी...

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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...

The Mappila Verses: Eight poems by Ajmal Khan

Ajmal Khan is a poet from Kerala, whose collection of poems The Mappila Verses was published recently. TwoCircles.net here reproduces eight poems from the...

टीसीएन स्पेशल : मुश्किल है शिवालिक की पहाड़ियों में बसे वन गुर्जरो को...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net स्थान - उत्तर प्रदेश - उत्तराखण्ड सीमा , मोह्नन्द , देहरादून मार्ग,शिवालिक रेंज शिवालिक क्षेत्र की पहाड़ियों पर बसे हुए इन...

They Put a Dog Collar Around My Neck’: Muslim Rug Seller Narrate Horror After...

Arsheed Ahmad, TwoCircles.net On the humid morning of June 17, Mohammad Waseem, a rug trader in Mukteshwar - a serene tourist village in Uttarakhand’s Nainital...

Modi orders stop to temple demolition drive in Gujarat

By IANS, Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday decided to stop further demolition of illegally constructed temples in the state after his meeting with Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal, an official here said. Modi ordered an end to the drive after Singhal met him at his residence and conveyed in no uncertain terms his concern about the demolition of over 250 temples in capital Gandhinagar and elsewhere, and the arrest of local leader Ashwin Patel on sedition charges.

“Demarcation done without our consent,” say tribals as fresh violence erupts at IIT-Goa land...

By Sutapa Baksi & Rishabh Jain, TwoCircles.net Goa: The conflict associated with the IIT Goa project that encompasses the village of Shel-Melauli in the Sattara...

जामिया में पूछा गया आपत्तिजनक सवाल,नाराज़गी

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net दिल्ली स्थित जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया विश्वविद्यालय के विभिन्न कोर्सेज में एडमिशन को लेकर प्रवेश परीक्षा चल रही है। इसी बीच जामिया मिल्लिया...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter इलाहाबाद: सूचना का अधिकार अधिनियम जब लोगों के हाथ में आया तो लोगों को लगा कि इससे समाज के सभी वर्गों को...

Present Bihar Assembly has lowest Muslim representation in 60 years

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: The current 14th Bihar Legislative Assembly has the lowest number of Muslim Members since Independence. Since the first state assembly poll held in 1952 in Bihar the present assembly – for which elections were held in 2005 which saw victory of JD-U and BJP combine – is the first in last 60 years to witness the lowest Muslim representation.

BJP leader and former union minister arrested from Maharashtra for rioting in Bijapur

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: BJP Karnataka leader and former Union Minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal was on Wednesday arrested by the Karnataka Police from a hotel in Kolhapur city of Maharashtra on charges of instigating violence against Muslim community in Bijapur at the time of Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister on May 26. He was described by the police as the prime perpetrator for the violence during a celebratory procession carried out by BJP workers.

‘No One Will Trust Them Anymore’: Jamaat-e-Islami Faces Backlash for Electoral Shift

Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was founded in 1941 by Syed Abdul Ala Maududi. Inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, the organisation was...

Dalit women travel through Odisha to map caste violence against dalit women

All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch journeys to exposes horror of caste-ridden society By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net “I have been running from pillar to post demanding...

RSS-ABVP disrupts BAMCEF’s Haryana convention

Yogesh Maitreya, for TwoCircles.net Mumbai: A group of RSS and ABVP cadres disrupted the Haryana State Convetion of The All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC)...

‘खुदाई खिदमतगार’ वाले फैसल खान और संत राघवेंद्र दास की दोस्ती की बहुत प्यारी...

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MP: How a Khandwa court sentenced 37 Muslims to 7 years in prison

Despite contradictions in the testimonies of the witnesses, Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district sessions court sentenced 37 Muslims to seven years in prison for...

लव जिहाद : एक काल्पनिक भूत जो महिलाओं से प्यार करने के अधिकार को...

तन्वी सुमन  'लव जिहाद' का भूत एक बार फ़िर से भारत को सता रहा है। भारतीय समाज मूल रूप से प्रेम का विरोधी है। एक...

कोच आबिद अली के नमाज पढ़ने से आहत हुए हिंदूवादी संगठन,दे दी तहरीर

स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के पीलीभीत में हिंदूवादी संगठनों ने हाकी कोच आबिद अली पर स्टेडियम में नमाज़ अदा करने का आरोप लगाते...

‘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...

‘Limiting Our Future’: Students from Marginalised Communities Condemn Maharashtra’s Revised Scholarship Requirements

Snobar, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Scholarship, aimed at supporting marginalized students from Maharashtra pursuing education abroad, has recently undergone significant revisions. Previously, the...

International seminar on commemorating Sir Syed Ahmad Khan​ starts at AMU

By TCN News Aligarh: The Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) started a three-day international seminar on ‘Commemorating Sir...

“अब्बू रात को सो नही रहे है, चोट सिर्फ जिस्म पर ही नहीं रूह...

नाहिद।Twocircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर- "उनका चेहरा ज़र्द पड़ चुका है।पैर से अब भी वो चल नही पा रहे।बातचीत कम से कम करते हैं उनके हाथ मे प्लास्टर अभी...

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...

Silicon Valley County passes resolution against draconian Indian laws

TCN News Alameda County becomes 7th US body to denounce the draconian CAA-NRC that is targeting citizenship of Indian Muslims. Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

JUH hails Jharkhand assembly’s legislation to criminalize mob-lynching

President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) Maulana Mahmood A. Madani said that JIH is expecting that the law would create confidence among the socially...

“Women’s Day a chance to understand women’s struggles,” AMU celebrates International Women’s Day

TCN News The International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 was observed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women with great ardour at...

Mubarak Manzil: Agra’s 17th-Century Monument Demolished

TCN News The demolition of Agra's ancient Mubarak Manzil, a 17th-century Mughal heritage site, has sparked criticism and claims of complicity between officials and a...

तोड़ी गई राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की समाधि

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : ख़बर है कि मध्य प्रदेश राज्य के बड़वानी स्थित ज़िला मुख्यालय के समीप राजघाट में स्थापित राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी...

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर जेल में हमला

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों की महिलाओं पर बेहद आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करने वाली वीडियो के बाद अब भीम आर्मी के संयोजक चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’...

Haj Subsidy: Is the government ready to publish white paper on religious expenditure in...

The following is a letter addressed to the Home Minister of India. By Mujahid Nafees for TwoCircles.net As we already know, two days ago the...

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...

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...

Election tickets: TRS says sorry to Muslims

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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...

Six Years, No Trial: Bengali-Speaking Muslim Labourers From WB Being ‘Hounded’ as ‘Bangladeshis’ in...

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Born in India, brought up in India, living in India - yet still treated as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The poor...

Subhas Chakraborty – a Communist with a difference

By IANS, Kolkata: A colourful mass leader with a penchant for courting controversies, Subhas Chakraborty was a rare leader of a regimented Communist party who never shied away from airing views and acting contrary to the party line. The scenes of inconsolable weeping at the AMRI Hospital where he died Monday morning at age 67 and the swelling crowds of admirers along the route from the hospital to Peace Haven, a funeral parlour, is testimony to Chakraborty's popular appeal, a yardstick to gauge the success of a public figure.

Vilasrao Deshmukh faces corruption charges

Nagpur, Dec 18 (IANS) Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was Thursday accused of stealthily getting tender pre-qualification norms changed to favour a company in which his son and son of central Congress leader Ahmed Patel have stakes. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party member Nitin Gadkari levelled the allegations against Deshmukh in the Maharashtra legislative council. The tender, he said, for the Rs.20 billion-worth project pertained to extension of Pune-Mumbai Expressway from Panvel, 34 km off Mumbai, to Sion in central Mumbai.

“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...

In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening

Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...

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Modi to face farmers’ anger in 2019: Yogendra Yadav

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Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

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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...

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,...

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...

A new vernacular daily launched in Manipur

By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: A new vernacular daily, titled Ichel Express, was launched by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on September 9...

Rajasthan grants 5% quota to Gujjars, wants Centre to amend Constitution

Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Reservation Amendment Bill 2019 in the Assembly, which promises 5 per cent reservation...

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‘It Destroyed His Five Years’: Drug Addiction Shatters Dreams of Countless Families in Kashmir

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Maratha Reservations vs. OBC Quotas: A Deepening Divide in Maharashtra’s Rural Heartland

Aqib Nazir and Azib Ahmed, TwoCircles.net On the morning of October 14, in Antarwali Sarathi, members of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community gathered to...

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar arrested by UP STF in Himachal Pradesh

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Founder of the Bhim Army advocate Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan' was arrested today from Dalhousie town of Himachal Pradesh by Special Task Force...

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मीना कोतवाल।Twocircles.net मायावती का नाम सुनते ही दिल और दिमाग पर छा जाती है एक दलित महिला की पहचान, जिसने छाप छोड़ दी है लगभग...

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...

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...

Jama’at-e-Islami calls for an end to security forces summoning Islamic preachers to their camps

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, March 15 alleged security forces of intervening in the religious affairs of Kashmiri...

Denial of justice in Babri Masjid demolition case is judiciary’s biggest failure: IAMC

In a statement, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), said the dark day of December 6 will continue to remind us of the denial of...

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WPI declares 11 candidates, SDPI 3 in West Bengal

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Welfare Party of India and Social Democratic Party of India have declared their candidates to contest in the Parliamentary elections in West Bengal. WPI plans to contest in 11 constituencies, while the SDPI is fielding 3 candidates in the state.

Visually challenged Dalit labour rights activist jailed in Haryana, family alleges ‘torture’

Shiv Kumar is a Dalit labour rights activist who is named in the same FIR as incarcerated activist Nodeep Kaur, but according to eyewitnesses,...

‘Cauliflower Over Corpses’: Karnataka BJP Meme Linking Maoist Killings to Bhagalpur Riots Raises Alarms...

Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: A meme by the Karnataka wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following elimination of Maoists by security forces left many...

International Minority Rights Day Observed

By TCN News, Aligarh: The Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University organized a Panel Discussion on the Rights of Minorities in the Seminar Library...

काठा नदी को जिंदा कर रहा है ‘पानी का दोस्त’ मुस्तकीम मल्लाह, इन्हें मिला...

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“Aren’t we human?,” ask Dalit families after demolition of their settlement in Chennai street,...

Nearly seventy-seven Dalit families in Thangavelu Street, T. Nagar, Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are stranded in the streets after...

Family members of Bhima Koregaon accused, cyber experts raise questions on investigation following reports...

Besides demanding the release of all the accused, the speakers pointed out that the Arsenal report has raised some serious questions such as, “Why...

UP election: More Muslim candidates have won this time compared to 2017. Here’s more...

There are now 31 Muslim candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly compared to 25 in the previous polls. TCN Staff Reporter | TwoCircles.net Azam Khan Jailed Samajwadi Party...

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...

How Popular is the PM Mann Ki Baat? A Glimpse after its 100th Episode...

By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat program is a monthly radio address that has been a part of his public outreach since...

Political parties wooing Muslims in Uttar Pradesh elections

By AnIndianMuslim.com, Most of the political parties are wooing Muslims, who constitute 20% of the electorate in the state. It is not that other caste groups are not being wooed.

AIUDF moves PM over floods in Assam

By TCN News, New Delhi: A high-level delegation of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) of Lok Sabha Member Badruddin Ajmal (Dhubri) has urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to intervene to save people from the devastating floods in various districts of Assam. PM Manmohan Singh is Rajya Sabha Member from the eastern India state.

‘Jaise Osama mara na ho, Sambhal mein zinda hai…’

By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh :The residents of Deepa Sarai, Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, claim to have descended from Turkish people who arrived in...

Bihar: Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular quits NDA to join Grand Alliance

Patna, (IANS): The Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) on Wednesday announced its exit from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with the BJP and said it would...

“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...

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उत्तर प्रदेश के इलाहाबाद में एक दलित परिवार के चार सदस्यों की बेरहमी से हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं।मृतक के परिवार के अन्य...

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...

In Delhi, 7 ‘gau rakshaks’, including cops, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them

On March 7, seven men, including three police personnel, thrashed two meat vendors in Delhi's Shahdara area. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Seven men,...

Murdered for Being a Muslim? Widow of Moradabad Mob Lynching Victim Seeks Justice Amid...

Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net Rizwana Qureshi’s world came crashing down on December 30, 2024, when her husband, Shahdeen, 37, was allegedly lynched to death by a...
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‘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,...

In pictures: Remains of the clash at Jahangirpuri

Cases of violence against Muslims were reported in at least eight states in India in recent days during the Ram Navami processions, followed by...

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Sambhaji Bhagat: An Ambedkarite voice behind the movie ‘Court’

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Film promotions, and interactions with the media, at least in India, sees the movie’s producers and directors discuss...

SC refuses to adjourn hearing on Section 377

By IANS New Delhi, July 9: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the central government's plea for adjourning a scheduled hearing by a constitution bench on July 10 on...

European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights cautions against increasing attacks on religious minorities in...

TCN News  Maria Arena, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights has cautioned against the increasing attacks on religious minorities in India,...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net महाराष्ट्र के नासिक में मंगलवार को मुस्लिम सूफ़ी संत ख्वाजा सैय्यद ज़रीफ चिश्ती की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई। हत्या...

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...

Controversial Film ‘Hamare Baraah’ Sparks Outcry Over Anti-Muslim Stereotypes

Samah Qundeel, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In sync with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s inflammatory rhetoric labelling Muslims as “people who have more children”, the upcoming...

Men’s Suicides, ‘Abusive’ Laws, Legal Struggles: Are Gender-Neutral Legislations Need of the Hour?

Sana Kauser, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The recent suicides of Manav Sharma, Atul Subhash and Nishant Tripathi (son of a women’s rights activist) have ignited a debate...

‘Revert to Be Buried’: In Chhattisgarh, Even Death Offers Tribal Christians No Escape From...

Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): “What could I do? There was immense pressure on me to do ghar wapsi (homecoming or return to Hinduism). If...

Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed passed away

Kolkata, (IANS): Former Union Minister and Trinamool Congress sitting Lok Sabha member Sultan Ahmed died on Monday following a massive cardiac arrest, a city hospital...

Trans, gender Nonconfirming & Intersex Collectives strongly condemn Kinnar Akhara’s support for Ram temple...

TCN News We the undersigned strongly condemn the statements made by the representative of the Ujjainbased Kinnar Akhara, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, supporting the right-wing call for...

Owaisi challenges Centre to lift subsidy for Hindu pilgrims

Hyderabad (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday challenged the central government to stop the financial assistance and subsidy given to Hindu pilgrims in...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...

Is India moving towards a totalitarian society?

By Dr. Maskoor Ahmad Usmani, TwoCircles.net Establishments around the world are trembling, and people have lost faith in capitalism. Earlier people from lower strata thought...

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Proposal to remove any content termed fake by government will muzzle free press: Editors...

The IT Ministry has suggested amending the Information Technology Rules so that websites operating in India would have to take down content deemed...

All India Muslim Forum to contest Lok Sabha election

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): In line with some Muslim organizations, religious or otherwise, contemplating to entre electoral politics, the Uttar Pradesh-based All India Muslim Forum has indicated to field 15-20 candidates in the state in the coming Lok Sabha election.

The organization held its representative executive committee meeting on 10th August in Lucknow which was attended by about 500 delegates.

Foundation stone laid for third boys’ hostel in JIT, Barabanki

By TCN News, Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh): Manzoor Ghori, Chairman of Jahangirabad Educational Trust and Executive Director of Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) on Wednesday...
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