India Politics

By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) passed away on Monday in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness. 76 year old Owaisi, popularly called Salar-e-Millat (leader of the community) was admitted to the Care hospital two weeks ago with the complaint of difficulty in breathing and he was kept on ventilator. But his condition gradually deteriorated and he died of multiple organ failure today.

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Itehaudl Muslimeen has failed to make any significant gains in the elections but made an impressive performance by retaining all its seats and scoring good number of votes over new territories.

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Bihar : The Mahagathbandhan (Garden Alliance) of JDU, RJD and Congress, led by Bihar Chief Minister...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Hyderabad: The first legislative assembly of residuary Andhra Pradesh consisted of Rayalseema and costal Andhra region will have four Muslims all elected on YSR Congress ticket.

By TCN Staff Reporter Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's highest honour Yash Bharti award was given to 46 personalities on Monday. Among them, nine Muslims were conferred...

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 10 There are about 8 million Muslims in Kerala and the experts will tell you that it will be difficult to find anyone who is not already attached to a Muslim organization. Kerala is full of competing Muslim religious, social, and political organizations that are very active in the state.

Muslim-led parties such as the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Kerala based Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) as well as Welfare Party of India (WPI) could not win a single seat. Three candidates of SDPI, one candidate of WPI and two candidates of IUML jointly got only 590 votes. By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) again retained absolute majority in the civic body elections with the Mamata Banerjee-led party winning 114 of the 144 seats. Rivals Left Front alliance won 15, BJP seven, Congress five and independent candidates won in three seats. The election was held in 144 wards on Saturday, April 25 and the result was declared on Tuesday, April 28.

By Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander Recently a book release function was held in Kashmir Valley in which a book Fikr e Ghamidi: Ek Tajziyati...

By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Md Alimuddin, the first Chief Minister of Manipur after it attained statehood, was remembered on the 42nd foundation day of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Centre, which later developed into Manipur University (MU).

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ्फरनगर: गुर्जर एक वफादार क़ौम है और दमदार भी. एक मशहूर गुर्जर नारा है 'गुर्जर गुर्जर एक समान, हिन्दू हो या...

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: The death of Mohammed Ali was one of those moments when the popularity of a person went much beyond the...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Hyderabad: Taking oath on the name of Allah in chaste Urdu Mohammed Mehmood Ali, a dairy farm baron from old Hyderabad became the first Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana.

By IndScribe Telegraph, the Calcutta-based English newspaper, has redefined the front pages of newspapers. Creative, catchy and often shocking headlines, apart from unique presentation has...

By Dr. Parvez Mandviwala for TwoCircles.net, Drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply-...

By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen is fighting tooth and nail to retain Nampally the only assembly seat they held in New City. Local powerful leader Feroz Khan a last election runner up is fighting election on TDP ticket in alliance with BJP and in spite of this unholy alliance he is bombastic on defeating Majlis from this Muslim dominated seat pedestal on some bizarre political calculations.

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is one of India’s leading Islamic scholars. Based in New Delhi, he has authored over 100 books, and edits the monthly journal Al-Risala. He also heads the Centre for Peace and Spirituality. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he talks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India. What do you have to say about the Muslim leadership in present-day India? How has it been able to address the many issues and challenges that Muslims are today confronted with?

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Leading political parties of West Bengal Trinamul Congress and CPIM, who are eye the share of Muslim votes have given tickets to seven and 12 candidates from the community respectively, a notch higher than previous times. In the least Lok Sabha elections, TMC had given tickets to 5 Muslims.

By IANS, Hyderabad : Popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR Thursday night tied the knot with Lakshmi Pranathi, a relative of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: The number of Muslim candidates has overall decreased in the 16th Lok Sabha Election, but it has increased from West Bengal. Out of 42 MPs, eight Muslims candidates have won from West Bengal from different political parties.

By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: One of the foremost voices in Islamic jurisprudence in Kerala, Cherussery Zainudheen Musliyar, passed away yesterday morning after being taken ill...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net Punjab: In a significant decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that a person can change religion and faith but not...

Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net राम प्रसाद बिस्मिल ने गाया तो ये ग़ज़ल अमर हो गई. लेकिन बहुत कम लोगों को पता है कि ‘सरफ़रोशी...

By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net ‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली : हिन्दुस्तान की एक ऐसी जमाअत जो दुनिया की सबसे मुख़लिस जमाअतों में शुमार है, खुद अपने ही चिराग़...

By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net With an aim to increase the Muslim representation in civil services, a Pune based NGO-Concern for People Trust Academy-held an awareness...

By Adnan Alavi, The decline in influence of Thakur leaders in Indian politics has been a cause of concern among the once-dominant Rajput community. And Amar Singh's visible haste in moving away from Samajwadi Party and Mulayam Singh, is an indication that the suave-socialite now wants to play the pivotal role for Rajput resurgence.

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By Pervez bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Government has announced to bestow its prestigious national Mahatma Gandhi award to New Delhi-based RSS affiliate Seva Bharti for working in accordance with Gandhian philosophy. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh and a citation.

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: Four Muslim students feature in the top 10 list of Kerala Medical Entrance Examinations results jointly announced by the Minister for...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police, which has been often in news for press freedom...

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