Thai police nab Indian kidnappers, free hostage
By DPA
Bangkok : Thai police have arrested three Indian nationals on charges of holding an Indian garment exporter hostage for a 25 million baht (over $741,840) ransom, media reports said Friday.
Police rescued the hostage, Narendra Dev Pandey, 40, Wednesday from a house in Nonthaburi province, neighbouring Bangkok, shortly after detaining the gang that had kidnapped him.
Pandey, who suffered broken rids, was taken to Police General Hospital for treatment. He was kidnapped Sunday.
Bangkok : Thai police have arrested three Indian nationals on charges of holding an Indian garment exporter hostage for a 25 million baht (over $741,840) ransom, media reports said Friday.
Police rescued the hostage, Narendra Dev Pandey, 40, Wednesday from a house in Nonthaburi province, neighbouring Bangkok, shortly after detaining the gang that had kidnapped him.
Pandey, who suffered broken rids, was taken to Police General Hospital for treatment. He was kidnapped Sunday.
IUML urges govt. to act sternly against MNS leaders
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Mumbai : Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has welcomed the move by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission to take up with the State Government the serious violence against North Indians in Mumbai and other places in the State, and called upon the Government to act sternly against the offenders, particularly the leaders of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Book launch: Winning The Peace: A Quest released in Mumbai
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Flood swallowed families, separated many others
By Mahtab Alam for TwoCircles.net from flood zone,
Araria (Bihar): Azra (10) and Gulshan (12) are shocked. The flood has made them speechless. They are unable to talk about them. Their neighbours in the relief camp at Alia Madrasa in Forbesganj (Araria) say that the Kosi River has swallowed their parents.
These two girls are from Lalpur in Supaul, one of the districts badly affected by the flood. They are not alone. There are a number of people who have lost their dear ones to the flood while the calamity has separated many others.
Ex-BJP CM Yeddyurappa arrested for corruption, sent to jail
By IANS,
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was jailed Saturday for corruption.
Human values and importance of Islam to the society discussed as FIYO’s two day...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Akola (Maharashtra): Enthusiasm of young Muslim students was on full display during a two day conference organized here by Federation of...
Interview with Shweta Bhatt: ‘What wrong has Sanjiv done? Truth will prevail’
By Rafat Nayeem Quadri, for TwoCircles.net,
Agenda for India: Education
TwoCircles.net presents “Agenda for India”. Series editor is Charu Bahri.
Speaking of the major challenges facing the educational sector in urban and rural India today, Parvez Ahmed, Educational Coordinator & Faculty Member, Indian Plastics Institute and technology volunteer who shares information on “assisted learning” with Rangsons Memorial School for Visually Impaired Girl Children, cites a lack of transparency in the education sector as the foremost roadblock.
Rahmani Foundation to coach Muslim youths for govt. jobs
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: After establishing a pioneer preparatory institute, Rahmani-30, for Muslim students for preparation of IIT-JEE, Rahmani Foundation of Munger has now decided to prepare Muslim students for competitive examinations for government jobs.
Urdu must be kept alive, and not just on FM and films
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS
The head of a government-run primary Urdu medium school in Delhi made a shocking revelation recently. Last year Urdu books were not available till October although schools opened in the summer and Urdu is a second language in the city along with Punjabi.
And this is just one of the many problems confronting Muslims towards quality education.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns serials blasts, demands impartial, result-oriented inquiry
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has strongly condemned the serial bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad that left at least 45 dead and more than 100 injured.
In a press release, Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of JIH, termed the incidents as a heinous crime against the entire humanity and denounced the barbaric killing of innocent people. He expressed grief, sympathies and solidarity with the families of the victims and offered sincere condolence to them.
EU voices deep concern over Iran’s nuclear programme
By NNN-KUNA
Brussels : Leaders of the 27-member European Union (EU) expressed Friday their "deep concern" at Iran's nuclear program and underlined that acquisition by Iran of a nuclear military capability "would be unacceptable".
In a statement issued at the end of their one-day summit this evening, they "deplored that Iran has still not complied with its international obligations as reiterated in UNSC Resolutions 1696, 1737 and 1747, to suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities".
Diary of anti- Sikh massacre
By Mahtab Alam for TwoCircles.net
I Accuse: The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984
By Jarnail Singh
Penguin/Viking | 165 pages | Rs 350
Public memory is short but what happened in October-November,1984 with Sikh in Delhi and other parts of India is not only unfortunate and shameful but is a scar that we as a nation, or society at the least, projected to be civilized and humane , should not and must not, be so hasty to wipe out of our collective memories.
Hyderabad varsity JAC condemns SIO students’ arrest in Kerala
Hyderabad : The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice at the University of Hyderabad has condemned the arrest of 15 students of Students Islamic...
HC quashes case against Swiss national in connection with function to remember Maoist activist
By TCN News,
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has quashed a case against a Swiss national Jonathan Baud arrested for attending a function organised in memory of a Maoist activist at Valappad in Thrissur district and cleared the decks for his return home.
NIA gets custody of two IM operatives for Patna blasts
Patna : A special court in the Bihar capital Wednesday granted 12 days' police remand of two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives to the National...
Police acting only against Muslims, Yadavs: RJD
By IANS,
Patna : The RJD Tuesday accused the Bihar government of confiscating the property of only Muslims and Yadavs charged with crime.
Prima Facie report by Team of The Independent Peoples Tribunal on death of Rohith...
By TCN News,
Delhi: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice had requested the Indian Peoples Tribunal to send a fact finding team to investigate...
Can you guess what this journalist’s day job is?
Najir Hussain wanted to be a journalist ever since he distributed newspapers for work but couldn't pursue his dream due to financial constraints....
Serial killings accused security beefed up fearing reprisal attacks
By IANS
Ghaziabad : The Ghaziabad jail authorities have beefed up security for jailed businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his aide Surinder Koli, accused in the serial killings of at least 20 children and women, fearing they could be the target of murderous reprisals.
Muslim voters in doubt, leaders suspecting conspiracy to discredit them
By RINA,
New Delhi : As election campaign is gaining momentum, Muslim masses are getting confounded. With most of Muslim leaders still undecided on electoral choice, mainly because of apprehensions of personal disrepute, voters are worrying about scattering of Muslim votes.
The Divine(ly) Disrupted Comedy: A profile of Munawar Faruqui
What happens next in stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui’s journey remains to be seen by all and sundry, but the disruptions in the life of...
FIR against eight Urdu newspapers
By RINA,
Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party member has lodged a First Information Report (FIR)against eight local Urdu newspapers. This action has been criticized from all of the quarters. The state president of Congress Dr. Rita Bahugna while addressing a press conference termed it as smothering the freedom of expression. “The chief minister Ms. Mayawati is acting like an autocrat who could not fathom political advertisements and reports against herself and with help of official machinery trying to curb the journalists” she said.
Court asks Tihar Jail for report on water woes
By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Tihar Jail authorities on how they were planning to solve their water problems following a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) report that prisoners were getting very little water.
A division bench of Justices B.N. Chaturvedi and G.S. Sistani ordered the Tihar Jail authorities to submit a detailed report by April 18.
According to a NHRC report, each prisoner in Tihar Jail is entitled to 135 litres of water a day but they were being provided only 30 litres of water.
Bihar Govt’s apathy toward minority welfare schemes
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: When Nitish Kumar came to power in 2005, he promised to work for the welfare of the downtrodden especially Muslims. Now that his government is about to complete its tenure and assembly election is scheduled later this year, his government has come up with a brochure highlighting his ‘works’ in the last four and half years for the minority community. But have a cursory look at the brochure and you will find how the state government has regularly cut allocation for minority welfare projects.
Musharraf to gain historic success PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (KUNA) Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday said that the Oct 6th Presidential election was an important milestone in the political history of Pakistan and President Pervez Musharraf will gain a historic success. In a meeting with a group of ruling party lawmakers the Prime Minister said that President Musharrafs re-election was in the best interest of the country and that it will promote democracy, ensure continuity and consistency of policies essential for the countrys stability.
With Assam in bag, time to move forward with reforms
By Amulya Ganguli
Assam has given Narendra Modi a breather. It is now up to him to make full use of the time he has...
Low funds, bad management, unhappy students and faculty: Why problems of AMU Kishanganj have...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In December 2017, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi wrote a letter to the Ministry of Human Resources, asking the Ministry to release...
Tension grips Hyderabad before Milad-un-Nabi celebrations
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Why don’t Muslims vote for the BJP?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
“What percentage of Muslims will vote for the BJP?,” Dr. Zafar Mahmood was asked last week during his talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a difficult question to answer as there is no data available regarding this but everyone agrees that it is not a huge numbber. But the question to be asked here is why a major national political party has failed to attract significant number of Muslims to its side?
Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district gets award for implementing ‘Swach Bharat Mission’ from PM...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: The district of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir was awarded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20 April, Wednesday, for...
Maha dalit killings: Film industry faces to join demonstration in Mumbai
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Social activists, common citizens and even some faces from the film industry are likely to participate in a demonstration march on Saturday in Mumbai to show solidarity with three dalit victims from Ahmednagar district.
Email discloses ‘secret plan’ to keep Haneef behind bars
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Was there a "secret plan" to keep Muhammad Haneef behind bars? Yes, according to an email received by the Indian doctor's lawyer showing a contingency plan between Australia's immigration department and the police to keep him in jail even after he was granted bail.
he opposition Australian Labour Party renewed its call for a judicial inquiry into the case after The Australian newspaper Friday revealed an email, obtained by Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo under Freedom of Information laws.
Race attack: Indian assaulted in Australia
By IANS,
Melbourne : A man was brutally attacked by four teenagers in this Australian city after they asked him "Buddy, are you Indian?".
Mecca verdict: “Court verdict has shaken the confidence of Muslim community from judiciary,” claims...
TCN News
Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad based organization, has strongly condemned the special NIA court's verdict in connection of Mecca Masjid blast...
Is triple talaq fundamental to Islam, SC asks
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of "triple talaq" and to know whether...
BJP’s victory in UP means only 25 Muslim candidates emerge victorious
By Twocirles.net Staff Reporter
A landslide victory for the BJP in UP elections has come at a huge cost for Muslims representation in the state...
Eid is for others, not for us: parents of disappeared persons in Kashmir
By, Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press
Abdul Mahdhani acquitted in Coimbatore blasts case
By IANS
Coimbatore : A sessions court here Wednesday acquitted Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Mahdhani of all charges in the 1998 serial bomb blasts in which 58 people were killed while it found one of the main accused, Al Umma chief S.A. Basha, guilty "of criminal conspiracy".
Pakistan gets flak for refusing help for cyclone relief
By IANS
Karachi : Pakistan has refused a UN offer for relief and rescue operations in cyclone hit areas in Sindh and Balochistan saying the situation is "under control". But the UN says the worst is yet to come and "people need it".
NIA to file chargesheet in Kashmir terror funding next week
New Delhi, (IANS) : The NIA on Friday told a court here that it will file next week a chargesheet in the case of terror funding...
Seven years of Makkah Masjid Bomb Blast
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: On the occasion of completion of Seven years of Makkah Masjid bomb blast and subsequent police firing, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee paid homage to the martyrs and expressed its solidarity with the families of victims of bomb terror, police terror and media terror.
Police probing blast in Ghaziabad mosque
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Police Tuesday said they were probing an explosion at a mosque in Ghaziabad district and a forensic team was checking the site.
Attack on professor: two persons remanded
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: Two persons have been remanded for two weeks by a court in the case related to the attack on college professor TJ Joseph. Jafar and Ashraf, the accused, are reportedly charged with attempt to murder, conspiracy etc. Meanwhile, the CI in charge of the case received threatening phone calls from unknown people. The police today raided the house of a leader of the Popular Front of India in Ernakulam in connection with the case.
Emergency an option to secure people: Pakistani minister
By IANS
Islamabad : The Pakistan government will consider imposing national emergency in the country to ensure that people's lives are protected, a senior minister has said after a blast here killed at least 16 people.
Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim told the private channel Geo News that the government would consider various options to secure people's lives and improve law and order in the country, including the imposition of emergency.
Congress’ decline continues
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
With the BJP’s convincing win in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections earlier this week, Congress’ steady decline has deepened further. There is an ominous signal in Maharashtra that forebodes a UP-Bihar like long-standing setback in the western state too.
Samajwadi Party demands judicial probe into Batla House encounter
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
UP to develop Buddhist, Sufi and Hindu religious circuits
By IANS,
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh and the central governments Saturday announced their "serious willingness" to undertake a host of measures to shore up tourism in the state.
Huge cache of stolen goods recovered, six held in Tamil Nadu
By IANS,
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) : Stolen gold jewellery worth over Rs.14 million and three vehicles were seized with the arrest of a six member gang of thieves here Friday, the police said.
"This gang snatched chains from women in the neighbouring districts of Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar and at times even in Madurai and Dindigul over 200 km away. An eight member special task force had been on their trail for the past four months," police commissioner M.N. Manjunatha said.
The police have got a week's additional custody to interrogate the suspects further, official added.
Anti-nuclear activists of Kudankulam join AAP
By TCN News,
Chennai: Goaded by the leaders of the various communities that are involved in the anti-Koodankulam struggle, some of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) activists have decided to take the political plunge. Activists of PMANE are joining Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Awareness Campaign against Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) embarked from Mumbai
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: An awareness campaign against Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 2008 was organized by ‘Peoples Movement Against UAPA’ on the evening of 11 February 2014 in Anjuman Islam Karimi Library, Mumbai. Many social activists, law students and advocates were the part of this campaign. A healthy and educative debate was held on the draconian sections of Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 2008 and the amendments which are due to be introduced in the parliament.
Expectations from Mamata’s budget: Muslims want education, homes
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
From key conspirator in Naroda Patiya massacre, Kodnani now walks free
Ahmedabad (IANS): Six years after a trial court punished her for 28 years in jail calling her the key instigator in Gujarat's worst communal...
Why do Muslims sacrifice animals on Eid?
Every year on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, Muslims across the world sacrifice animals to mark the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH). The article...
Musharraf begins presidential campaign with TV address
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf will launch his campaign to seek re-election to the presidency Monday with an address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day amid indications that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto might approach the apex court to challenge the move.
Mulayam justifies Azam Khan’s controversial remark
Agra: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday justified party leader Azam Khan's recent controversial statement which invited the wrath of the Election Commission.
Mulayam...
Congress biggest force fighting against RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party was the biggest force that fought the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and its...
AAP accuses government of defaming Goa Church
Panaji (IANS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa on Thursday slammed ruling political parties for criticizing the influential Roman Catholic Church over "land...
Communal tension in Gwalior, curfew in one area
Gwalior : Stray incidents of violence were reported in an area of this Madhya Pradesh city on Saturday after a spat between a...
DU college adopts village in Mewat for sustainable development
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: On a wintry February morning, a strong contingent of 40 faculty members and students descended at Kalwari village under the Taoru tehshil of Haryana’s Mewat district.
The purpose was to initiate an on-field study to implement President Pranab Mukherjee’s vision and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for adopting a village and transforming it into model village by infusing urban facilities in rural areas.
Need to find solution for Ram temple: Naqvi
New Delhi : BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Monday said that a solution needed to be found to the Ram temple issue within the...
Very much welcome Modi statement on relations: Pakistan envoy
New Delhi: Dismissing seemingly tough statements by the BJP and its allies about Pakistan as "poll rhetoric", Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit...
Iran wishing peace, friendship, brotherhood, and equality for region – Ahmadinejad
By IRNA
Doha : Visiting IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Monday night Iran wishes sustainable peace, friendship, brotherhood and equality for the Persian Gulf...
Tamil Nadu Wakf Board to set up a medical college & hospital
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Muslims in Malegaon burn effigy of new Minority Minister Najma Heptullah
A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Aggrieved by the anti-Muslim reservation statements made just after taking charge by newly appointed Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, Muslims in Malegaon city of Maharashtra protested strongly after Juma prayer and burned her effigy before hitting it with their foot wears. The people were angry and their determination for the cause was eminent as they were protesting in the afternoon when the sun was boiling hot above their heads.
Timely action on intelligence inputs must: Patil
By IANS
Hyderabad : The state governments should take timely action on intelligence inputs and spruce up the state machinery, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said Sunday, even as he refused to term as intelligence failure the overnight blasts here which killed 42 people.
Patil was talking to reporters after visiting Lumbini Park and Gokul Chat, where two near-simultaneous bomb blasts Saturday night killed 42 people and injured 70.
10000 KM yatra to liberate 1.2 million people from the caste ridden practice of...
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Gujarat minister accused in Naroda Gam riots gets bail
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A local court Thursday evening granted anticipatory bail to Gujarat Education Minister Mayaben Kodnani, who has been accused of inciting mobs in the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya areas during the 2002 riots.
Sessions Judge A.K. Ashvani granted anticipatory bail to Kodnani and also accepted the bail application of former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaideep Patel.
PFI protests against police bias in professor attack case
By TCN News,
Kozhikkode: To express their anguish against arrest and torture of innocent Muslim youths in the professor attack case, Popular Front of India (PFI) yesterday took out protest marches in several cities and towns in Kerala. Protesters demanded the police to stop arrest of Muslim youths and put real culprits behind the bar.
Twin patry membership issue: E Ahmed to reply EC after Haj
By Staff Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
160 filmmakers write to Venkaiah Naidu to protest against ban on screening three films...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had denied screening certificate to three documentaries for the International Documentary and Short...
Ahangran, Mansoori communities bringing educational revolution in Pink City
Series on Jaipur – Part 3
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
It will take Jaipur Muslims about a decade or more to see the full results of the educational awareness that has touched them and is now taking concrete shape. Different communities within the Muslim community in the city are doing tremendous job by setting up regular as well as vocational educational institutes. The Ahangar and Mansoori communities stand out from the rest in this field.
Hindu priest kills three daughters, self in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad: A Hindu priest killed his three daughters and then himself inside a temple in Mirpur Khas district of Pakistan's Sindh province, a media report said Wednesday.
Tekamdas Meghwar first killed his daughters Parwati, Rena and Aarti, aged between one and six, with a sharp-edged weapon, before killing himself Tuesday to appease goddess Kali, the Nation reported on its website.
The temple is located on the first floor of their house in Bhemomal colony in Mirwah Gorchani town of Sindh.
Maharashtra may ask Nikam to clarify on Kasab’s ‘biryani’
Mumbai: Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case Ujjwal Nikam may have to explain his comments that executed Pakistani terrorist Ajmal...
AMU signs MoU with Iran
By IANS,
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed an agreement for exchange programme with Iranian universities and institutions.
Seminar on ‘Minorities: Detention, Torture & Discrimination’ on Jan. 5
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: A seminar on "Minorities: Detention, Torture & Discrimination" is being organized here on January 5 from 10 a.m in Mulla Ramuzi Bhavan, M.P. Urdu Academy.
The seminar is being jointly organized by the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, (NCHRO), and Muslim Co-ordination Committee, Bhopal.
Cash reward for information on Hyderabad attack gunmen
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police Saturday announced a Rs.5 lakh reward for information about the assailants who shot dead a police constable in the old city Friday.
"Any person(s) who provides information that leads to detection and apprehension of the accused will be rewarded with Rs. 5 lakh by police immediately. The details of those who give information will be treated as top secret and will never be shared with anyone," a statement released by Police Commissioner A.K. Khan Saturday night said.
Malegaon blast accused Purohit moves SC for bail
New Delhi, (IANS): Former Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit on Friday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Bombay High Court's rejection...
Cop accused of killing Muslim youth in custody in Jharkhand finally booked for murder
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Nearly five months after Minhaj Ansari, a 22-year-old mobile shop owner and a resident of Tarpar Tola, Dighari, Jamtara was brutally...
Students protest against fake drugs in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Dozens of school children here Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against fake drugs in Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah Jahan’s 353rd death anniversary observed at Taj Mahal
By IANS,
Agra : Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's 353rd urs (death anniversay) is being celebrated at the Taj Mahal here with prayers for ending terrorism.
The three-day celebrations began Tuesday with customary fanfare and rituals.
Entry to the 17th century monument of love build by Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal is free from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the urs days.
Authorities have made "foolproof" security arrangements to ensure orderly conduct of the urs and crowd management.
Pakistan to investigate press intimidation
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday said it will probe recent incidents of harassment of journalists by state authorities and political groups as well as apparent warnings in the form of threatening phone calls and bullets left for reporters.
A popular Muslim stereotype as opposed to official one
By Saeed Naqvi
On July 30, 2015, two high profile burials took place, almost formalizing new stereotypes of Indian Muslims. A former president of...
74% of class 6 students in government schools cannot read Hindi textbook: Sisodia
New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, revealed on Tuesday that 74 per cent students of class...
Amit Shah as BJP chief: Modi sidestepping RSS?
By Amulya Ganguli,
When L.K. Advani was dragged kicking and screaming from the post of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president in 2005 under orders from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Delhi to Washington stated that the event "demonstrated the power of the RSS ... and will likely increase the party's (the BJP's) political decline".
Do not create fear among minorities, Naqvi tells ‘political secularists’
New Delhi : Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that "political secularists" should desist from creating an atmosphere of fear among the...
Uma Bharti reiterates moral responsibility of Babri demolition, vows to fight out legally
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles, net,
Bhopal: Former Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), leader and chief of Bharatiya Janshakti Party, Uma Bharti has reiterated her old stand of taking moral responsibility of the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in the eastern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
"Even if I am hanged for it (demolition) I shall not waver and gleefully take the noose", Bharti declared. She was taking part in a live debate tonight on IBN7 TV channel from her residence here in Bhopal.
Suicide car bomb kills 25 in Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Up to 25 people were killed and 60 wounded when a suicide car bomb attack struck a popular market in southern Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry source said.
No politics with our feelings please
By Aziz A. Mubaraki,
As everybody else has an opinion on Yakub Memon’s death by decree of law, irrespective of the fact that it is...
Nagaland Police chief surprised at media reports ruling out rape
Dimapur/Guwahati : The Nagaland Police chief on Wednesday expressed surprise over a section of the media reporting that the union home ministry had ruled...
Qualified Tarannum Khatun faces job discrimination, threats in Bengal
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Taliban to launch nationwide offensive in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has threatened to launch a fierce nationwide offensive against government and foreign targets in Afghanistan from Sunday.
Maulana of Jamia Salafia arrested, released under public pressure
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on 26th July arrested Maulana Abdul Mateen, city’s renowned personality and active teacher of Jamia Salafia Banaras, from a street in the city.
STF in fact was helping Jaipur police which had come to the city as part of investigation into the Jaipur bombings and wanted to arrest Maulana Abdul Mateen. He was alleged to be suspected in the bombings that killed 60 people in May this year.
Stop violence in Saharanpur, says Pakistani daily
Islamabad : The communal violence in Indian town of Saharanpur should be halted at once before it spreads and becomes uncontrollable, a Pakistani daily...
Ragging victim debarred from college hostel
By IANS
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) : A first-year engineering student was barred from his college hostel in Uttar Pradesh after he filed a complaint about ragging against his senior students.
The CEO of HR Institute of Engineering Technology, H.N. Kapoor, in an order served on the victim, Navin Singh, said his behaviour has brought ill-repute to the institute, and asked him to vacate the hostel room with immediate effect.
Construction company seeks security in Bihar
Patna : A private company engaged in construction of Ganga Expressway in Patna has sought security following killing of two engineers in Darbhanga district...
Taslima should apologise to Muslims: Dasmunsi
By IANS
Kolkata : Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Sunday said controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen should apologise with "folded hands" for hurting the sentiments of Muslims of the country, and hinted that her book "Dwikhandito" could be banned.
MBT alleges TRS, MIM leaders swindled Ramadan funds; MIM denies
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: The Majlis Bachao Tahreek (MBT) has alleged that the leaders from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM)...
One more Hindu extremist arrested for Ajmer Dargah blast
By IANS,
Jaipur : A second man with links to a Hindu rightwing group has been arrested for alleged involvement in the 2007 bombing at the revered Ajmer Dargah Sharif that killed three people, police sources in Rajasthan said Saturday.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Rajasthan Police arrested Chandreshekhar in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. His arrest comes close on the heels of the arrest of Devendra Gupta from Ajmer Wednesday.
Centre assures all help for Kashmir’s development
Srinagar : The BJP-led central government Thursday assured the Jammu and Kashmir government of all possible help in reviving the economy and putting it...
Abdullah II, Bush mull situations in Middle East
By NNN-KUNA
Amman : Jordanian King Abdullah II received a phone call from U.S. President George W. Bush Friday, according to a statement issued here by the Royal Hashemite Diwan.
The two leaders reviewed, over a telephone conversation, the latest developments of the situations in the Middle East, particularly the efforts to achieve fair and permanent peace in the region and push forward the peace process.
Gurgaon property dealer shot dead outside son’s school
By IANS,
Gurgaon : A 32-year-old property dealer was Thursday gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-borne men outside his son's school in Gurgaon, a suburban town of the national capital, police said.
Nahar Singh, who had come to drop his son in his car at the Roseland Public School, died on the spot. The killing sparked panic outside the school premises.
Police officials said property dispute seemed to be the reason behind the killing. They have not ruled out the possibility that the murder was carried out by contract killers.
IUML gifts 61 houses to families affected by Muzaffarnagar riots
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: The Arabic phrase Baithu Rahma simply means house of mercy. But residents of Manthwara in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh will...
Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday.
Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...
Foreign policy cannot be based on personal agenda: Former Minister Salman Khurshid
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : Indian foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been derailed and made "directionless", former external affairs minister and...
मायावती पर लगा मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी से सजदा कराने का आरोप, गुर्जर हो रहे लामबंद
आस मोहम्मद, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर: बसपा से निष्कासित बुढ़ाना के बसपा प्रत्याशी कंवर हसन भावनाओं के दम पर बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती के खिलाफ माहौल बनाने मे...
Pakistan’s new army chief is ‘gentleman soldier’
By Xinhua
Islamabad : General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani Wednesday took over as Pakistan's new army chief at a ceremony in the country's military nerve centre Rawalpindi.
The 55-year-old general has been in military service since 1971 and enjoys the reputation of being a professional soldier and strictly apolitical. He is also reportedly known to be poker-faced, a man who can keep his cards close to his chest.
"Those who know Gen Kayani describe him as a gentleman soldier," the local newspaper The News reported.
India’s external, internal policies influenced by anti-Islam forces: Ulema
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Deoband: India’s external and internal policies seem to have gone through a sea change in the last 60 years. Today these polices appear guided or at least influenced by the worldwide anti-Islam forces. Ulema expressed this view yesterday at Deoband.
Mirwaiz placed under house arrest ahead of march, curbs in Srinagar
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat group's chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was Tuesday placed under house arrest while authorities have decided to impose restrictions in old city...
Lebanese army enters Islamist militants’ enclave in northern camp
By Xinhua
Beirut : The Lebanese army, backed with heavy artillery, on Thursday thrusted into an enclave of the Nahral-Bared refugee camp where a few remaining Fatah al-Islam militants were holing up, the official National News Agency reported.
With heavy artillery, the army fired the Fatah al-Islam location in the northeastern area of the camp, which is located some 12 km north of Lebanese northern city of Tripoli.
14 killed in Maoist attack in Eastern India
By KUNA
New Delhi : At least 14 people have been killed in Maoist attack on police establishments in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa following which a massive counter-insurgency operation was launched Saturday.
Thirteen citizens and one civilain were killed in simultaneous attacks by 500 Maoists at five government establishments in Orissas Nayagarh district that lasted for several hours late last night, the news agency Indo Asian News Service reported today.
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors ask Unesco to preserve ‘killer’ factory
By IANS,
Bhopal : Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy Wednesday said they have appealed to Unesco to preserve the Union Carbide factory, which was the site of the infamous industrial disaster, as part of a memorial.
Manipur CM did nothing for 15 years on unemployment: Minister Giriraj
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh should resign on moral grounds since he has failed to solve the mounting unemployment in the...
Grouse against national parties but no love for regional outfits
By V.S. Karnic, IANS,
74 injured, four critical, as train derails in UP
Lucknow/New Delhi, (IANS): At least 74 persons, four in critical condition, were injured when 10 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of...
Ismail Ibrahim fought for 19 yrs against a jail term of 2.5 months
By TCN Special Correspondent,
NC protests against youth’s murder
Srinagar : National Conference activists on Wednesday protested here against the killing of one of its youth leaders and also sought the withdrawal of...
Intolerance has gone up due to Sectarianism
By Ram Puniyani,
Beginning with September 2015 we witnessed a flood of ‘returning’ honors by writers, scientists and artists. There are also various statements...
Demeaning silence of Muslim leadership on custodial death of Khalid Mujahid
By Dr. Shakeel Samdani,
Ghulam Ali to perform in two cities of Kerala
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: In what could be termed as a clear message to the Sangh fold from Kerala against growing intolerance, the state...
Does Al Qaeda plan radioactive attacks on three US cities?
By Xinhua
Los Angeles : Apparent threats to launch radioactive attacks on three major US cities has made authorities in New York mount a heightened alert.
An Israeli website debka.com reported Sunday the threat of dirty bomb attack using radioactive chemicals in New York, Los Angeles and Miami was based on a "rush of electronic chatter on Al Qaeda sites".
Hasina to go on trial in warplane purchase case
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina will go on trial for having allegedly benefited from the purchase of eight Russian MiG-29 warplanes during her 1996-2001 tenure in office.
The Dhaka High Court Thursday turned down her petition for quashing the case and admitted the government's application to resume the trial that had been held in abeyance after a high court order six years ago.
What of Goa if MaNo is commandeered into NaMo cabinet?
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar,
Close your eyes and fling an empty beer bottle into any bar or teahouse in Goa, chances are it will either hit someone who loves Manohar Parrikar or loathes him.
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