44 Muslims dead, 35 injured in Mumbai terror attacks
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: In the bloodiest ever terrorist attacks in the country, 195 people were killed in the attacks at hotels Taj, Trident and Oberoi, and Nariman House and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai. The dead include 44 Muslims and of 300 injured 35 are Muslims.
This shows that the terrorists, whatever their faith may be, had no religion in their mind when they were on a killing spree. They wanted to kill as many people as they could and thus terrorise the countrymen.
Jawan killed, another suffers injuries in militant attack
By News Agency of KashmirSrinagar : At least one Army personnel was killed and another injured when militants ambushed and fired upon a patrolling...
Traders-mob clash sparks tension in West Bengal
By IANS
Kolkata : The local administration in a district of West Bengal clamped curfew after tensions ran high following a clash between a group of traders and a section of local residents Monday.
The situation went out of control in Panchla area of Howrah district as an infuriated mob and the local traders started throwing stones at one another, injuring more than 30 people, including 10 policemen. Nearly 40 shops were set on fire during the clashes.
Abandoned briefcases causes scare in Amritsar
By IANS,
Amritsar : Two briefcases of a businessman, which were stolen and later abandoned by a thief, created a scare in this Sikh holy city Saturday as people suspected they were bombs.
The police rushed a dog squad and cordoned off the area on the Albert Road to verify what was inside the briefcases.
Police officials, on opening the briefcases, found they contained bank papers belonging to a businessman.
Muslims do not share global revival of optimism: survey
By IRNA,
Islamabad : According to a global survey of more than 36,000 statistically selected men and women from 33 countries across the world, global population has become more optimistic than it was a year ago.
However, the rising optimism is not fully shared by men and women of the Muslim faith from both Muslim majority areas and other parts of Europe, North and South America and Asian countries with Muslim minorities.
Bloody Tuesday as Maoists massacre 75 security personnel
By IANS,
New Delhi/Raipur: Maoist guerrillas Tuesday carried out the worst ever massacre of security personnel by trapping and slaughtering 75 men in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, two days after Home Minister P. Chidambaram called them cowards. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a security meet.
"The death toll is 75 of which 74 are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and one from the state police force. Seven others are also injured," a senior CRPF official said here in Delhi.
Bihar massacre case finally decided after 40 years
New Delhi : Nearly four decades after an unlawful assembly of about 400 people attacked the members of a minority community, killing 14 people...
Ex-DGP TP Senkumar might be Kerala BJP’s Long-awaited Messiah, thanks to his Islamophobia
By Shaj Hameed for TwoCircles.net
Former Kerala DGP T. P. Senkumar has come out with some communally charged statements just days after his retirement from...
BJP leader asks party to gear up for PM’s rally in J&K
Srinagar : BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday asked party leaders and workers to gear up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
Displaying communal harmony, temple in Kerala allows Jamat-e-Islami to use its compound for function
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Padanna might be just a village in Kasargod district of Kerala, but it has time and again been at the centre...
Professor removes Muslim student’s veil, arrested
By IANS,
Ranchi: A professor of St Xavier's College was arrested here Saturday after members of the Muslim community demonstrated against him for removing a female student's veil, police said.
Kashmir at cross roads: What’s in store for Kashmiris if BJP is part of...
By Ram Puniyani,
The recent (December 2014) verdict of Kashmir elections has been fractured, so to say. While the PDP has emerged as the single largest party, the BJP is a close second with substantial percentage of votes. Interestingly, the BJP has secured most seats and major vote share from the Hindu majority Jammu region of Kashmir. Now the dilemma for the other parties, National Conference, Congress is in which direction to go as far as the government formation is concerned.
Book Review : Wanted—Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
Name of the Book: Wanted—Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family
Edited by: Zainah Anwar
Publisher: Musawah/Sisters in Islam, Kuala Lumpur (www.musawah.org)
Email: [email protected]
Pages: 261
Price: 28 Malaysian Ringgit
ISBN: 978-983-2622-26-0
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand
Eminent speakers express concern over increasing cases of gender violence in India
TCN News
Hyderabad: “Respect for each other (men and women) is essential both at home and in public spaces. The status of women a few...
Three state-run textile mills reopen after 30 years
By IANS,
Mumbai: Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran here Tuesday re-opened three textile mills, which were lying shut for three decades and have been revived at a cost of Rs.73 crore.
The mills, owned by the National Textile Corp (NTC), are Tata Mills, Podar Mills and India United Mill No.5, all located in central Mumbai which was once the hub of the country's textile industry.
"The revival and modernisation of the NTC mills has been due to a Rs.5,267-crore modified revival scheme. It has provided 12 acres land for rehabilitating workers," Maran said.
Prabhakaran, five LTTE operatives charged in Kadirgamar killing
By IANS
Colombo : Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and five others were Tuesday charged in the assassination of Sri Lankan foreign minister Laksman Kadirgamar in 2005.
Colombo High Court officials said in the charge-sheet filed by the Sri Lankan attorney general, the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V. Prabhakaran, its intelligence chief Pottu Amman, intelligence operative Charles Master, Komathi Manimekalai, Muttiah Sahadevan and Arokiarajah Arokianathan, were accused of conspiring, aiding and abetting the assassination of Kadirgamar.
Do commissions of inquiry serve any purpose?
By Murali Krishnan, IANS
New Delhi : Do judicial commissions and commissions of inquiry (COI) appointed by the government to examine issues ranging from communal riots, scandals and assassinations to inter-state disputes actually achieve anything? A sampling of the number of the commissions appointed till date and their fate is an eye-opener.
Urdu Language essential to protect Islamic culture and identity: Rehan Ghani
By Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
To solve problems facing Urdu Language in Bihar pressure groups should emerge once again like the ones that ensured it second official language status in the state, says Rehan Ghani, Managing Editor, Pindar, one of the oldest Urdu dailies in Bihar. Concerned with the Urdu speakers’ apathy towards the language, Ghani, also Associate Editor, Door Darshan, Patna, holds Urduwalas more responsible than the government for the sordid state of the language.
NDTV Indian of the year: Amjad Ali, Satish Gujral honoured
New Delhi : Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and eminent artist Satish Gujral were Tuesday honoured with the NDTV Indian of the Year...
West Bengal govt. seeks Imams’ help for social and health awarness
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Kolkata : The state government has decided to seek Imams’ help in awakening the masses to social and health issues. The government held a training session for Imams at the Haj House on January 22. About 100 Imams from different parts of the state attended the program.
The training session titled 'Role of Imams for the uplift of Muslim society' was part of the government's attempt to get the support of Muslim clerics for campaigning for issues like education and health.
Arundhati Roy returns national award against “ideological viciousness”
New Delhi: Noted activist and author Arundhati Roy on Thursday said she was returning her 1989 National Award for Best Screenplay to protest against...
Hamas rebuffs concession on refugee issue as it marks 20th birthday
By Xinhua
Gaza : At a huge rally to celebrate Hamas' 20-year-old birthday on Saturday, deposed Hamas prime minister Ismail Haneya said his movement doesn't believe in a so-called fair solution of the Palestinian refugee issues, asserting they must return to their homes.
"No for making a concession on the right of return and there is nothing called a fair solution for return ... there is only one thing called the return of millions of Palestinians from Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan," Haneya told the rally in Gaza City.
AMU Campus: Assembly records show Panakkad land not transferred to InKel
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Cochi: Records of the Kerala Legislative Assembly show that the 251 acres of land at Panakkad in Malappuram district has not yet been transferred to InKel, a public-private company. This revelation of the Elamaram Kareem, Minister of Industries, has become a clear blow to the earlier explanation of the government that the land had already been handed over to InKel.
Academicians and scholars talked on ‘Sir Syed’s Vision and Legacy’ at AMU
TCN News
Aligarh: As part of Sir Syed Bicentenary Celebrations, the Centre of Advanced Study in History and the Sir Syed Academy, Aligarh Muslim University,...
Muslims beware of false propaganda of political parties! Mufti Mukarram
By RINA,
New Delhi: Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Mosque, Dr. Mufti Mohammad Mukarram Ahmad stressed that human beings had been created for the success in this world and hereafter as well. The verses of the Holy Qur’an also reveal the same message. The religion Islam does not propagate the giving up of the world and ascetic way of life. It is necessary that we must strive to seek Allah’s mercy. He was delivering the weekly Friday sermon here yesterday.
Muslim leaders say they expected more from UPA
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition may be sincere but it has not done enough to better the conditions of Muslims, India's largest minority, community leaders say as the government enters its fifth and final year in office.
Opinions, however, vary on how well the government has performed - or not performed - vis-à-vis the 140 million strong community. One leading Muslim said the government scored just four out of 10 points. Another was somewhat more generous in his assessment.
JNU students Umar, Anirban sent to two days police custody more
New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, were on Saturday...
Rajasthan Budget: Just a year before elections, Gehlot woos Muslims
By Mohammad Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Bengal blast: CID interrogates hideout owners
Kolkata : Continuing the probe into the Oct 2 explosion in West Bengal's Burdwan district, the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths Thursday interrogated...
मायावती, महाराष्ट्र और गुजरात : दलित समय में मोदी की जवाबदेही
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
कल उत्तर प्रदेश भाजपा के उपाध्यक्ष दयाशंकर सिंह के बयान के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश का राजनीतिक माहौल बेहद गर्म हो गया है....
1.4 crore Muslims to be covered by reservation: West Bengal CM
By Zaidul Haque,TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata : In West Bengal 1.4 crore Muslims will be covered under reservation. The decision will be taken by the state Cabinet before the coming Assembly session on 22nd September 2010,
announced Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya while inaugurating second Hajj House in Kolkata on August 29.
Huge expectations weigh on Modi, says Canadian media
Toronto : Narendra Modi, set to become the next prime minister, will have to move quickly on India's huge expectations with the world watching,...
Suicide blast kills three in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : A suicide bomber Monday exploded himself in Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, killing three people and injuring five, including a child, a police official said.
The attacker was trying to target a police patrol, Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the Hemland police chief, told Xinhua.
The ensuing explosion killed the bomber and three passers-by and injured four other civilians and one policeman.
Hamas member’s car bombed in Gaza
By Xinhua
Gaza : An explosion ripped through a Hamas member's car in southern Gaza city Saturday in the first internal violence targeting the Islamic movement since its takeover of the enclave in June, Hamas sources said.
The blast wholly damaged the vehicle which was parked in front of the owner's house, said the sources, without disclosing the identity of the Hamas member.
The sources accused "anonymous persons" of putting the bomb beneath the car and setting it off before dawn.
The ‘witches’ of rural India
By Gayatri Makhijani, IANS
Mumbai : The train pulls in at five in the morning; the signboard on the station reads: Jalgaon. We are in the west of India, the north of Maharashtra and 59 km off from the world famous Ajanta Caves. But, instead of revelling in the tourist attraction, we are about to discover the horror that is plaguing much of rural India - witchcraft.
Two constables arrested in Sohrabuddin case
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: After the arrest of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vipul Agrawal Monday night in connection with the killing in a fake gun fight of Tulsi Prajapati, the sole eyewitness of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged killing, two constables of the Gujarat police were arrested Tuesday.
Prajapati, a close associate of Sohrabuddin, was killed in Banaskantha district in December 2006, about a year after Sohrabuddin's elimination in Ahmedabad.
Ten Jamia NCC cadets allege expulsion from camp after refusal to shave beard
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Ten students of Jamia Millia Islamia have alleged that they were thrown out of National Cadet Corps camp for...
Profiling ordinary Kashmiris during Ramadan
By TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Azaan Shah is a freelance photojournalist from the city. He loves to capture daily life in the trouble torn Kashmir. Here are...
Ashraful Madaris Urdu medium school of Hyderabad bags the K-12 WOW award
TCN News
At the recently concluded Global K-12 Summit, organised by Business Reconnect in Hyderabad on 8th September 2023, Ashraful Madaris High School, an Urdu Medium...
Dhule police firing of May 6: Fact finding report
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
The indiscriminate police firing on Muslims who were protesting against a poster depicting the image of Prophet Muhammad on May 6 in Dhule town of Maharashtra suggests that the police came with a pre-determined mind to ‘teach a lesson’ to Muslims. The community is still frightened as their members though appeared before the fact finding team requested anonymity.
Omar, Mehbooba welcome Sharif accepting Modi’s invite
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday welcomed the decision of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
Cancel Aseemanand’s bail, demands Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday urged the central government to take steps for cancelling the bail of Swami Aseemanand, an accused...
Five Muslims qualify for NDA
By Twocircles.net,News Desk,
New Delhi: Five Muslims have qualified for the National Defence Academy's 121st Course beginning from December 2008. Last year four Muslim candidates were able to qualify.
List of 456 successful candidates was announced today by the Union Public Service Commission. Examination was held in April 2008.
This year two Muslim candidates qualified for Air Force Academy and one for Naval Academy's 41st Course. Last year, none of the Muslims were able to qualify for Air Force or Naval Academy.
Enraged workers in Gurgaon indulge in vandalism, arson
By IANS,
Gurgaon (Haryana) : Angered over the death of a co-worker, labourers at a construction site here pelted stones at private vehicles and torched a police gypsy, police said Friday.
Turkish hackers attack Spartak site
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow: Turkish hackers have attacked the Spartak Moscow website after the football team beat Turkey's Fenerbahce in the Champions League, the club said Thursday.
Explosives seized in West Bengal town
By IANS
Kolkata : Explosives were Sunday seized in West Bengal's Siliguri town.
Inspector General of Police (North Bengal) R.J.S. Nawla told IANS: "We have recovered 10 improvised explosive devices (IED), six timers and a detonator from a house at Gurung Basti in Pradhannagar."
Nawla said the police got information about the explosives while interrogating Dipen Rai, who had been arrested earlier following a bomb blast.
"Three or four women were residing in the house where the seizures were made. But when we raided the house, they had fled," he said.
Owaisi’s judicial custody extended till Feb 5
By IANS,
Hyderabad : An Andhra Pradesh court Tuesday extended MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's judicial custody till Feb 5 in a hate speech case.
AMU fraternity welcomes inauguration of Kishanganj centre
By TCN News,
Aligarh: People associated with the Aligarh Muslim University have welcomed the inauguration of the Kishanganj centre of the University.
Terror groups may plan attack in India, US warns its nationals
By IANS,
Washington: Terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India and it could be at places "where US citizens or Westerners are known to congregate or visit", the US warned its nationals in its latest advisory.
The Department of State has alerted its citizens to ongoing security concerns in India and said that the US government "continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India".
The shooting of Malala Yousafzai and Western hypocrisies
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain,
The shooting of 14 year old Malala Yousafzai, has shocked the world, and shocking it should be, as children don’t deserve such tyranny.
Russia condemns Israeli incursion into Southern Gaza
By NNN-KUNA
Moscow : Russia has condemned the Israeli incursion of southern areas in the Gaza Strip which killed many Palestinian civilians.
Russian condemns all forms of terrorism and rejects the excessive use of force which threatens the political dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
Russia had called for holding an international conference in Moscow to back the peaceful settlement in the Middle East, but Israeli President Shimon Peres rejected the call.
रोशन होने से पहले ही बुझने लगी अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘नई रोशनी’
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
मोदी बजट आ चुका है. बड़े-बड़े ऐलान किए जा चुके हैं. पुरानी बोतल में नई शराब भरी जा चुकी है. अलग-अलग...
Third Indian vessel freed from Somalian pirates
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: The third of the eight Indian cargo vessels hijacked by Somalian pirates has been freed in a joint American-Omani Navy operation, according to delayed reports reaching here Tuesday.
According to the Kutch-based Vahanvatta Association, the cargo vessel Osmani was rescued in the joint operation Monday. Of the eight member crew, one - Sultan Ahmed - is reported to have lost his life when he panicked and jumped into the sea after the naval operation began.
MV Osmani was hijacked by the pirates March 28 while on its way from Dubai to Mogadishu.
Kerala Govt in fix in row over ‘holy hair’ between two Sunni factions
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Tripura governor slammed for tweets on Yakub Memon
Agartala : Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy's tweets on 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday, evoked sharp reactions on...
A month after getting arrested, SP leader Gayatri Prasad Prajapati granted bail in rape...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, an ex-cabinet minister from UP and a leader of Samajwadi Party was granted bail by POCSO court on...
Are Kashmiris really fighting for a freedom?
By Ibrahim Yousuf for TwoCircles.net
Living in a nation, yet not being called its citizen is a matter of shame. But we must not forget...
प्रेरणा : ग़रीब बच्चों को ‘नेशनल सेलर’ बनाने वाले जिद्दी कोच सुहेम शेख की...
मोहम्मद जमीर हसन। Two circles.net
हैदराबाद की रहने वाली प्रीति कोंगारा ने 2023 के एशियाई खेलों के लिए क्वालिफाई किया है। वे यह उपलब्धि हासिल...
Indian national arrested for blasphemous Facebook post
Riyadh : The Indian consulate in Jeddah has confirmed the arrest of an Indian in Saudi Arabia for allegedly posting a blasphemous image of...
AMU organises seminar on life and works of Ismat Chugtai
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, is organising a two-day seminar to celebrate the works and life of Urdu literary giant...
Amit Shah quizzed by CBI, feigns memory lapse
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was Wednesday quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh but he feigned ignorance on many questions posed to him, sources said.
A three-member CBI team led by Superintendent Amitabh Thakur began questioning Shah at the Sabarmati jail in the morning but is said to have encountered a recalcitrant Shah, who was Gujarat's minister of state for home.
Ifthar and Vinayaka Chavithi celebrations together
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Malappuram: Wednesday was memorable for nearly 200 students in Hyderabad. For the first time in the lives of many of them, they took part in ifthar and Vinayaka Chavithi celebrations together. Muslim students broke their fast in the company of their Hindu friends and all together celebrated the Ganesh Chathurthi.
Muslim bodies condemn Gorakhpur blasts
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow : Muslim organisations in Uttar Pradesh, including Imam Qasim Islamic Educational and Welfare Trust (IQIEWT) and Muslim Political Council of India (MPCI) have severely condemned the Gorakhpur bomb blasts and discovery of explosives at Faizabad Railway Station.
SIT probe into fire in Delhi church: Home minister
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha Monday that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was probing the incident of a...
JIH to Muslim leaders: Show your concern for problems of masses
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Yemen, Kuwait sign judicial cooperation agreement
By NNN-SABA
Sana'a : Minister of Justice Ghazi al-Aghbari and Kuwaiti Minister of Justice and Social and Labour Affairs Jamal al-Shihab have signed here an agreement for judicial and law cooperation between Yemen and Kuwait.
The agreement Wednesday stipulates handing over and transmitting convicted people of negative freedom sentences, acknowledgement of judicial norms, formal contracts, judiciary reconciliation and implementing them.
Mother, brother allowed to see Maoist leader’s body
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The mother and brother of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, gunned down by the Andhra Pradesh Police a day earlier, were Saturday allowed to see his body.
Tension prevailed at Machriyal town in Adilabad district as police prevented revolutionary balladeer Gaddar, writer Varavara Rao and other Maoist sympathizers from entering the Government Hospital.
But the police allowed Azad's mother C. Karuna to see his body before the autopsy began as per the directions of the high court. She was accompanied by Azad's brother C. Suresh.
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria remembered
By Riyaz Momin, TwoCircles.net
Aurangabad: The fifth death anniversary of architect of modern Aurangabad city Dr.Rafiq Zakaria was remembered in a programme held at Maulana Azad College, Aurangabad.
Dr. Zakari'as wife Padmashiri Fatima Zakaria, Director of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Board of college and University developement Dr.A.G.Khan and other social worker and eminient personalities paid rich tributes to the former minister,intellectual and educationist Late Dr.Rafiq Zakaria.
Son identifies body of FCI official Ram in Assam
By IANS
Guwahati : The body of abducted Food Corporation of India (FCI) executive director Phulchand Ram, who was feared killed in a gun battle Thursday when the Assam police tried to rescue him from militants, was identified by his son.
"I am fully convinced and have no doubt at all this body is that of my father," Ram's son Praveen Gautam told IANS at a hospital morgue here.
West Bengal Madrasa results out, 76% success rate
By Zaidul Haque for TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education published the results of the exam 2010 of High Madrasa, Alim, Fazil and Kamil (Old Syllabus). The results were declared in Kolkata on May 18. WB Madrasa Board President and renowned writer Dr Sohrab Hossain declared the results. More than 500 Madrasas in West Bengal are controlled by WB Madrasa Board.
This year a total of 42200 students had taken part in the Examination. The average success rate this year is 75.90%. Pass percentage in High Madrasa is 76.62%, Alim (69.3%) and Fazil (81.8%).
Chhattisgarh on alert after Maoists’ I-Day boycott call
By IANS
Raipur : An alert was sounded in Chhattisgarh and thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were shifted to vulnerable areas in the interiors of the Bastar region following Maoist rebels' call for boycott of Independence Day functions Wednesday.
"Maintaining the trend of boycotting the national days, Maoists have called for a boycott of Independence Day functions this year too and have called for observing Aug 15 as black day," Girdhari Nayak, Chhattisgarh's inspector general (Maoist operation), told IANS Monday.
Schoolgirl’s murderer last to be executed in India
By IANS,
New Delhi : Dhananjoy Chatterjee, convicted of rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Kolkata in March 1990 and hanged in August 2004, was the last man to be executed in India.
Chatterjee, who worked as security guard in the apartment where the victim Hetal Parekh and her family resided, was hanged to death in Kolkata's Alipore Jail Aug 14, 2004 after then president A.P.J Abdul Kalam dismissed his mercy petition.
Earlier, his mercy pleas had been rejected by Kalam's predecessors - Shankar Dayal Sharma and K.R Narayanan.
Bollywood heads to Kashmir for filming
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, AIP,
Srinagar: With the arrival of summer season, many Bollywood stars have landed in Jammu and Kashmir, for shooting of their upcoming films amid the picturesque locales.
Once a favourite with Bollywood filmmakers, Kashmir had lost out after being rocked with insurgency for over 20 years. The scenic valley is, however, once again being noticed by filmmakers.
The latest film unit to land in Srinagar city is the cast and crew of Bollywood film 'Saat Khoon Maaf' directed by filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.
Farmer suicides averaged 9 a day in parched Maharashtra
By Chaitanya Mallapur
A staggering 3,228 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in 2015, the highest since 2001, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha...
Iran’s president vows to continue nuke program
By Xinhua
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that his country is determined to continue its nuclear program despite opposition from some "big powers."
"According to regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), every country has the right to gain access to peaceful nuclear energy," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran.
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that his country is determined to continue its nuclear program despite opposition from some "big powers."
"According to regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), every country has the right to gain access to peaceful nuclear energy," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran.
First batch of 300 UP pilgrims leaves for Haj
Lucknow, (IANS): The first batch of 300 Haj pilgrims let for Saudi Arabia from the Chowdhary Charan Singh international airport here on Monday.
The pilgrims were...
Muslim advocacy group to organize “National Social Leadership Summit” in March
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: MOEMIN, an advocacy group of Indian Muslims will be organising “National Social Leadership Summit” in...
Get lost, Liberhan tells media
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Get lost!" This was retired Supreme Court judge M.S. Liberhan's outburst when confronted by journalists over his leaked report into the Babri mosque razing published Monday.
Ambushed while taking a walk, Liberhan became angry when a journalist asked him if he had perhaps leaked the report to the Indian Express daily that published a condensed version of his findings into the 1992 mosque demolition.
"I am not such a characterless person!" Liberhan shouted back, and began walking away. He went to say that he was "very sad" at the way the media was treating him.
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आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
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रमज़ान की इस पाक महीने में ऐसे रोज़ेदारों की भी कमी नही है जिनके उम्र 75 साल से ज्यादा हो चुकी...
Pakistan army kills five pro-Taliban militants
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan's military said Tuesday it had killed five Islamist militants and arrested 20 following the abduction of four security personnel by gunmen in the country's restive tribal area.
"(An) unknown number of masked miscreants abducted four security personnel from paramilitary Dir Scouts when they were on their way to the base in the tribal district of Ladha in South Waziristan," the army's chief spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said.
Twice removed from reality: Muslim orthodoxy vs courts and liberal opinion
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : Are divine decrees more sacrosanct than the man-made laws? Do the "personal laws" of a community always have...
Threats unfortunate, Power Greedy Mufti to stick: Dr Abdullah
By News Agency of Kashmir
Jammu : Holding Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ministers directly responsible for failure of government in the state, former chief minister and chief patron of National Conference Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that the greed for power will never allow Mufti Muhammad Sayeed to pull out of the coalition.
166 were on AI flight, 158 killed, 8 survived
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Mangalore: There were 166 people (137 adults, 19 children, 4 infants and 6 crew members) on board the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight from Dubai that overshot a runway at the Mangalore airport at 6:10. a.m today. In total 158 people have been killed while 8 survived.
Gunmen rob Yemeni diplomat in Egypt
By DPA,
Cairo : Yemen's ambassador to Egypt was robbed by gunmen, who stole about $594,000 in cash, security sources told DPA.
Leading Mumbai builder raided for provident fund fraud
By IANS
Mumbai : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched raids on the Hiranandanis, Mumbai's leading private builder, and senior bureaucrats, accusing him of committing a Rs.1.68 billion fraud on the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
The raids follow cases filed against Niranjan Hiranandani, his brother Surendra and four top officials of the EPF department March 29.
BJP MLAs thrash independent MLA in J&K assembly
Srinagar: Two ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs thrashed independent MLA Engineer Rashid in the state assembly on Thursday for hosting a beef party...
Good words, sympathy for Urdu in Tamil land
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: It was a gala evening at Hotel Merina Tower where Indian Union Muslim League leaders had gathered to release an Urdu book. The speakers – from IUML chief and MP E Ahmed to party MLA Abdul Basith – uttered good words and showered sympathy for the weaning Urdu language in the land of Tamil language.
Rehabilitate Kashmiri Pandits in three months: Togadia
Shimla : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia on Sunday warned against delay in rehabilitating the Kashmiri Pandits, saying they have been displaced...
Security beefed up in Islamabad
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : SSP Islamabad, Zafar Iqbal said that the capital has been put on high alert and checking has been made strict at entry and exit points of the city. He said the alert will remain in force for another few days.
Replying to a question about the entrance of six to eight suicide attackers in Islamabad, the SSP said there were some reports and pre-emptive measures had been taken to avoid such kind of incidents in future.
Talking to APP, he termed the bomb blast at Aabpara on Friday as a very unfortunate incident.
Islamabad : SSP Islamabad, Zafar Iqbal said that the capital has been put on high alert and checking has been made strict at entry and exit points of the city. He said the alert will remain in force for another few days.
Replying to a question about the entrance of six to eight suicide attackers in Islamabad, the SSP said there were some reports and pre-emptive measures had been taken to avoid such kind of incidents in future.
Talking to APP, he termed the bomb blast at Aabpara on Friday as a very unfortunate incident.
PUCL condemns media for linking Azamgarh with Mumbai blast
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
War in the heart of Islamabad, Ghazi among 100 dead
By IANS
Islamabad : Taking on Islamic radicalism in the very heart of Pakistan's capital, security forces Tuesday stormed the controversial Lal Masjid sparking daylong gun battles that killed 100 militants, 12 soldiers and a key militant leader.
सिनेमाघर में राष्ट्रगान : नफरत की राजनीति को बढ़ावा और असल मुद्दों से दूरी
अभय कुमार
पिछले महीने केरल की राजधानी तिरुवनंतपुरम में पुलिस ने 12 लोगों को हिरासत में ले लिया. उनपर आरोप लगाया गया कि जब सिनेमा...
Delhi High Court allows NHRC to intervene in Hashimpura massacre
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to intervene in the appeals filed...
March for Palestine in Jaipur
By TCN News
Jaipur: In Solidarity with Palestinian People, Muslim Students Organization of India (MSO), organized Protest March against Israel on 23rd Nov 2012 at Jaipur, India.
Milli Council flays violence in London, Glasgow
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : All India Milli Council (AIMC) has condemned the recent cases of violence in places like London and Glasgow.
Reacting to the reports coming from there, AIMC general secretary Dr Mohammed Manzoor Alam said in a statement released here Monday, "There was no question of justifying it from any section of the society but it should be kept in view that the persons alleged for these acts had no such record while living in India."
RTI reveals only 4 candidates have cleared UPSC from AMU’s coaching centre in 7...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Aligarh: In 2017, when UPSC results were declared on May 31, there was a moment to celebrate for the Muslim...
Assam Matric results out, Sarfaraz Hussain tops with 98.3%
By Abdul Ghani, Twocircles.net
Guwahati: Sarfaraz Hussain of Guwahati topped Assam’s High School Leaving School Certificate (HSCL) examination with 590 marks (98.3%) in...
Al Qaeda could get nukes from Pakistan: US
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : The US believes Al Qaeda is actively in search of a nuclear bomb and fears it could get one through criminal gangs or by infiltrating nuclear labs in Pakistan or other vulnerable nations.
"I think the Al Qaeda is looking for those vulnerabilities and facilities and stockpiles in different countries that would allow them to obtain the by-product of nuclear reactors and materials that they can use," John Brennan, the White House's counter-terrorism chief, told reporters Monday.
Activists protest attack on nuns in Maharashtra
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) The recent attack on two nuns and adivasi (tribal) girls in a hamlet in Maharashtra's coastal belt of Raigad by a mob has sparked a furore amongst the people and intelligentsia here.
Progressive groups including women's rights activists from all over the state have decided to stage a sit-in at Alibaug, the district headquarters of the Raigad region, Monday and then hold protest demonstration at the historic Azad Maidan in Mumbai Tuesday.
Despite being a Hindu, here’s why Congress leader TN Prathapan fasts during Ramadan
By Shafeeq Hudawi
As children, we often do a number of things to fit in with our friends. For Congress leader and former MLA TN...
Popular Front of India distributes scholarship to 28 students in Mumbai
By TCN News,
Mumbai: In order to help financially weak students to continue higher education, Popular Front of India (PFI) distributed scholarships to 28 students...
J&K: Villager’s stage protest demo, demand fencing of Graveyard
By NAK,
Mandhar : Accusing Army for dishonoring graveyards of Muslim community by installing toilets rooms, hundreds of people today came out on roads and staged massive protest for hours against the Military camp stationed near Stali Chir Zeyarat at Balakot Block of Mandhar Tehsil of border district Poonch.
The protesters were demanding fencing of the graveyard so as to protect it from further encroachment of its land at the hands of the concerned Army troopers.
“Glad that BJP has not come to power,” West Bengal Muslims heave sigh of...
With Trinamool Congress (TMC) winning a landslide victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the strongly contested West Bengal Assembly elections, Muslims from...
Suspected murderers of bank official killed
By IANS
Hyderabad : Two people, suspected of being involved in kidnapping and murdering a bank manager, were gunned down by police in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam hours after the body of the slain bank official was found Saturday.
The main accused, Virabrahmam, and his accomplice Anil were shot dead when they snatched a weapon from a policeman and fired at them, police said.
Delhi artist in race for prestigious art award
New Delhi : A Delhi-based artist has made it to the final list of a prestigious art award, along with other four others from...
कानून तोड़ते हुए योगी आदित्यनाथ ने रैली की
By TCN News,
लखनऊ: भड़काऊ भाषण देने में जवाब तलब किए जाने और चुनाव आयोग की रोक के बावजूद भाजपा नेता योगी आदित्यनाथ ने लखनऊ की रैली में हिस्सा लिया और जनसमूह को संबोधित भी किया. लव जिहाद को लेकर भड़काऊ वक्तव्य देने के फलस्वरूप चुनाव आयोग ने योगी की इस रैली पर रोक लगा दी थी, लेकिन योगी ने कानून को धता बताते हुए न सिर्फ़ योगी आदित्यनाथ ने रैली की बल्कि उन्होंने प्रशासन पर सियासी दबाव में काम करने का आरोप भी लगा दिया.
AMU Court recommends three names for new Vice Chancellor
By TCN News
Aligarh: A special meeting of the AMU Court, the supreme governing body of the Aligarh Muslim University, today recommended a panel of...
Azam Khan targets Amar Singh
By IANS,
Rampur : Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan Friday flayed general secretary Amar Singh, but without naming him, on charges of hurting Muslims by teaming up with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh.
Khan, the estranged national general secretary of the party, alleged in a statement that "some people who obtained Rajya Sabha membership with our support are busy tarnishing my image and harming the party organisation".
Amar Singh is a Rajya Sabha member.
Vice President greets people on Christmas eve
New Delhi : Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has greeted countrymen on the eve of the festival of Christmas.
Ansari said the festival reaffirms our...
Jamia Millia announces admission to Bachelor of Dental Surgery course
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has announced admissions to its first batch of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course offered from its newly-opened Faculty of Dentistry in its campus. The five year regular course has 50 seats. The last date for submitting application forms is 17 July.
Online application form and prospectus can be downloaded from the university website jmi.nic.in. A Demand Draft for Rs.500/- must be submitted along with the completed form.
VHP complains against ‘PK’
New Delhi : The VHP has said Aamir Khan's movie "PK" has several scenes that hurt religious sentiments of Hindus and has written to...
Modi to conduct aerial survey of flood-hit Gujarat
Ahmedabad, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conduct an aerial survey of the flood situation in Gujarat.
Modi will undertake the survey of the flood-hit...
Prof Mushirul Hasan to head National Archives of India
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Noted historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Professor Mushirul Hasan, has been appointed as the Director General of the National Archives of India. Prof. Hasan is also a serving professor at Jamia Millia.
Murad Ali Baig, Daniyal Mueenuddin top authors of the week
By IANS,
New Delhi : Murad Ali Baig's "80 Questions to Understand India: History, Mythology and Religion" reaches the No.1 position in the non-fiction list this
week while Daniyal Mueenuddin's "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" tops the fiction category.
The top 10 in each section are as follows:
Non-Fiction
1. "80 Questions to Understand India : History, Mythology and Religion"
Author: Murad Ali Baig
Publisher: Tara Press
Price: Rs.395.00
2. "Prisoner of the State"
Author: Zhao Ziyang
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Price: $20.00 (Rs.965)
Company claims it can clean up Bhopal toxic waste for cheap
No collateral damage to environment or people living nearby, claims PEAT International Co.
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Cheer up. There is some good news for the survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster, including the NGOs working for them and the Madhya Pradesh Government as far as disposing off the toxic waste lying in the erstwhile killer Union Carbide pesticide plant, which has become an enigma for one and all, is concerned.
Social reformer Vakkom Moulavi not given due acknowledgement in Kerala: Sunil P Ilayidom
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The reform movement carried out by Vakkom Abdulqader Moulavi is not much acknowledged in Kerala as the reformation in the state...
Israeli plan to free 450 prisoners is unilateral: Palestinian official
By Xinhua
Ramallah : A senior Palestinian official said on Monday that Israeli intention to free some 450 prisoners from Israeli jails has been made unilaterally without coordination with the Palestinian side.
Ashraf al-Ajrami, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs in the caretaker government based in the West Bank, told reporters that the Israeli plan to free Palestinian prisoners was not "coordinated or consulted with the Palestinian side on the criteria and the lists of the prisoners."
Ather Farouqui bags Sahitya Academy translation award for Sons of Babur
By TwoCirels.net Staff Reporter,
Orissa forms team to arrest B.B. Mohanty
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : The Orissa government Saturday formed six police teams to arrest Bidya Bhusan Mohanty, a suspended top state police official for allegedly sheltering his absconding son, who had been jailed after being convicted of rape.
"We raided more than a dozen places including his home, office, houses of his relatives, railway stations and airport both on Friday and Saturday. So far we could not locate him," Cuttack district police chief Soumendra Priyadarshi told IANS.
Ramadan 1436: No tension
By Raj Lalwani, TwoCircles.net
Mr and Mrs Jawadwala have been coming to Tea Centre, an old Brit-like cafe in South Bombay for more than fifteen...
Protests, security restrictions in tense Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Protests erupted in parts of Srinagar Friday despite curfew-like restrictions imposed in the city in the wake of the mysterious death of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik's kin.
Authorities had imposed restrictions in Srinagar and south Kashmir's Anantnag town to foil separatist attempts to hold protests after Friday prayers, officials said.
Seminar on rights and duties of women in Islam organized at Aligarh
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Emphasising that the rights given by the Islam to women about 14 centuries ago are still not available to the non-Muslim women, Professor Shakeel Samdani from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday said, “Islam gives complete liberty to women and they are allowed to do every work within the limits of Sharia.”
SC dismisses review plea by death row convict
New Delhi : The supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by a death row convict Sonu Sardar seeking recall of its Febr 23, 2012...
Pune blast probe went wrong: Maharashtra DGP admits
By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer,
Pune: Hours after German Bakery blast ‘prime suspect’ Abdul Samad Bhatkal granted bail by a Mumbai Sessions Court yesterday, the Maharashtra Director General of Police D Sivanandan has admitted that investigations by the state ATS into the February 13, 2010 Pune bakery blast have gone wrong.
The Mumbai court granted bail to Samad, who was arrested on May 24, 2010 at Mangalore airport in connection with a 2009 arms seizure case and alleged to be involved in the Pune blast case. The court said there was no evidence against him.
Pakistani radicals set $11 mn bounty on Rushdie’s head
By DPA
Islamabad : A group of Islamic scholars in northwest Pakistan placed a $11.5 million bounty on author Salman Rushdie's head, whose knighthood in Britain sparked an angry response across the Muslim world recently, a report said Saturday.
The bounty was announced during a meeting of 50 Islamic scholars in the Kanigram region of semi-autonomous North Waziristan, Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper reported.
Despite court decree, Muslims denied access to mosques in Punjab
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
12 die as suicide bomber strikes at Lahore
By IANS,
Lahore : Acting once again with impunity, terrorists rammed a car packed with over 600 kg of explosives into a building housing the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) in the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, officials said. At least 12 people were killed
The FIA building, located in the upscale Model Town residential neighbourhood, was teeming with employees when the huge blast shattered it.
The deafening explosion left 68 people injured and bloodied.
Muslims underrepresented in West Bengal municipal elections 2010
By Zaidul Haque for TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: They treat each other as enemy when elections come, be it national or local. But one point on which the political parties have unwritten silent agreement is: not to give Muslims tickets proportionate to their population. Fewer candidates from the community which is one-fourth of West Bengal population have been able to get tickets for the municipal elections to be held in the state on May 30.
AMU forms Steering Committee as it decides to go for accreditation for healthcare services
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Encouraged by the grading by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) after the visit of its peer team in February and in view of its impact on the academic and research activities of the University, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decide to go for assessment and accreditation of all its healthcare services also and formed a Steering Committee for the same.
Guerrillas hiding in Kashmir mosque
By IANS
Srinagar : Police Saturday surrounded a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district where some guerrillas are hiding and were trying to persuade them to leave the complex peacefully.
A senior police officer told IANS that some guerrillas, whose exact number is not known, entered the Tujan village mosque, 45 km from summer capital Srinagar, Saturday afternoon.
"The mosque has been surrounded by the security forces and the militants are being persuaded to surrender. Right now no firing exchanges are taking place.