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Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

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नफरत फैलाने और जहर उगलने के लिए कुख्यात है शातिर ‘वसीम रिज़वी’

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net वसीम रिज़वी के लिए मुस्लिम संप्रदाय के खिलाफ बेबुनियाद ज़हर उगलने का ये कोई पहला मामला नहीं है। पहले भी कई...

Sudan ready for talks with rebels

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By RIA Novosti Moscow : The government of Sudan is ready for dialogue with all groups involved in the four-year old conflict in Darfur, the African state's ambassador to Russia said Thursday. "The government has consistently pursued the policy of a peaceful resolution of all issues and constant consultation with leaders of different tribes, movements and groups," Sudanese Ambassador to Russia Shol Deng Alak said.

Killing of 6 persons in police firing near Delhi isn’t a news item for...

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Samajwadi Party to organise minority conference Saturday

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By IANS, Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party will organise a minority conference in Kanpur Saturday to discuss main problems of Muslims in the country, party spokesperson said. "On the eve of the 17th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, we have decided to hold the conference that will witness participation of prominent Muslim clerics and Ulemas," Samajwadi Party state spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told reporters here.

Oil tanker owners suspend supplies to Kashmir, Ladakh

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Jammu : Oil tanker operators supplying petroleum products to Kashmir and Ladakh went on an indefinite strike on Sunday, alleging that they were being...

Mustafabad sits on the fence, voters split between Cong and AAP

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This was one of the eight seats retained by Cong in 2013. By Nivedita Bhardwaj, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Mustafabad in northeast Delhi is a constituency with a sizable number of Muslims, who are able to swing results either way thanks to mass voting habits. When in 2013 assembly elections, entire Delhi saw a clean sweep of Congress’ seats, Mustafabad – and neighbouring two seats, Seelampur and Gandhinagar – was among the eight seats that Congress retained.

AMU consultative Meeting decides to start B.E. (integrated courses)

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By TCN News,

Congress disappointed at delayed Bhopal verdict

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress Monday expressed its disappointment over the delay in justice to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy, saying the administrative and judicial system should be capable of early decisions. "People who feel that the victims (of Bhopal gas tragedy) should have got justice earlier are right. It is a serious question. The system should be such that there is no delay in providing justice in such tragedies," Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters.

Headlines Today woman journalist shot dead in car in Delhi

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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A woman journalist working with Headlines Today news channel was shot dead in her car near her southwest Delhi home while returning from work in the early hours Tuesday, police said. Saumya Vishwanathan, in her mid-20s, was found dead in her white Maruti Suzuki Zen car in Vasant Kunj area around 3.30 a.m. According to police, her car was found rammed against the road divider and she was seated in the driver's seat with blood oozing from her head. She was a resident of C block in Vasant Kunj.

Aamir Khan’s remark has no factual basis, says Rijiju

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New Delhi : Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday contradicted film star Aamir Khan's suggestion that there has been enough sense of "insecurity" in...

Two arrested in Beed of Maharashtra for rape and murder of Muslim minor girl...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Beed (Maharashtra): Four days after the rape and murder of a 14 year girl and her 57 years old mother, belonging...

Rajasthan Civil Society condemn sealing of Gandhian Institution in Jaipur

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By TCN News, Jaipur: In a shocking and arbitrary exercise of power on the 7th June, 2014, the Jaipur Development Authority, directly under the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, sealed the complete premises of the Rajasthan Samagra Sewa Sangh which had been in existence on its own land since 1959.

Gujarat’s top cop wants apex court remark against her deleted

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By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Police's Inspector General Geetha Johri has moved the Supreme Court for deletion of some of the court's critical remarks against her during her probe into Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing case. Ujjain man Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in a staged gunbatle by a Gujarat police team near Ahmedabad in November 2005. The state police then claimed Soharabuddin was a terrorist and planned to kill Chief Minister Narandra Modi. His wife Kausar Bi and family friend Tulsiram Prajapati, witnesses to the killing, were subsequently eliminated.

SIMI has terror links with Pakistan: Muslim body

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By IANS,

New Delhi : The All India Minority Front Friday said it had evidence that the outlawed Students Islamic of Movement of India (SIMI) had links with terror outfits in Pakistan.

"We have evidence of SIMI's links with Pakistani terror outfits and are ready to provide it to the central government provided we are assured security," Front national president S.M. Asif told reporters here.

"We have spoken to various Muslim people who have proof in this regard but they fear for their lives," Asif said.

First evening of Ramazan in the Old City of Delhi

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Comes Ramazan and the surroundings of New Delhi’s Shahjahani mosque, popularly known as Jama Masjid, wears a deepened religious look – clearly visible in people’s attire and crowding in mosques. An hour before the sunset – the time to break fast – the Muslim dominant area presents a picture – very different from normal days. This is almost true with all Muslim localities everywhere.

122nd birth anniv of Maulana Azad being celebrated at MANUU

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By TCN News,

3 Baber Khalsa militants arrested with arms in Kashmir

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By NAK, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Police today claimed to have arrested three suspected militants of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) and recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from them at village Sua No 1 on Jammu-Poonch road, this morning.

42 killed, 100 injured in attacks in Karbala

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By DPA, Karbala (Iraq) : At least 42 people were killed and 100 injured Friday in two attacks targeting Shias in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, in the third such deadly incident in five days. In the Qantara al-Salam neighbourhood of eastern Karbala, some 26 people were killed and 70 injured in a car bomb blast. Sources added that three rocket shells struck pilgrims in the Bab Touireg area of central Karbala, killing 16 and injuring 30.

Truth behind shootout must come out: court

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it is concerned not only with the case of shootout in south Delhi in which two suspected terrorists and a police inspector were killed, but also with every such case and wants the truth to come out. Hearing a public interest petition demanding a magisterial inquiry into the shootout, a division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said, "We are concerned not only with the Batla House encounter case but about all such cases. If such inquiry is not conducted, truth would not come out."

Telangana to pass legislation for Muslim quota on April 16

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Hyderabad, (IANS): A special session of Telangana Assembly will be held on April 16 to pass a legislation to increase quota for Muslims and...

ख़्वाजा ग़रीब नवाज़ की शान लिखा गया में मौलाना अरशद मदनी का यह लेख...

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जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द के सदर मौलाना अरशद मदनी ने मशहूर संत ख़्वाजा मोईनुद्दीन चिश्ती की शान में यह लेख लिखा  है। इसमे उन्होंने...

Farooq Abdullah faces tough challenge in Srinagar

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Srinagar : Retaining Srinagar is a tough call for the 78-year old National Conference patron and thrice Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah....

Ban construction at excavated site, ASI tells court

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By IANS,

21 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan

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By DPA, Islamabad: Twenty-one Islamist insurgents were killed Wednesday in clashes with security forces and airstrikes targeting their hideouts in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, an official said. The clashes in the Orakzai tribal district came as military and paramilitary troops, backed by tanks and artillery, are carrying out an offensive to destroy Taliban and Al Qaeda hideouts and training camps.

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

Kashmiri traders body says losing $ 1 m daily

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By IRNA, Srinagar, India : Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF), a body of local traders, Thursday said that despite suffering massive loses due to continued series of strikes and curfews, traders would continue their support to the separatist programmes. KTF, which recently split in to two factions, is aghast at the killing of innocent Kashmiri youth.

BJP slammed for raking up ‘Love Jihad’

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Lucknow : Political leaders and parties Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for raking up the issue of 'Love Jihad' - a term...

Modi government has ‘failed’ to protect Muslims: Congress

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Ahmedabad(IANS) : The Congress Friday accused the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat of failing to protect the lives and property of Muslims and not doing anything for the rehabilitation of the 2002 riot-affected Muslim families. The Congress criticism is contained in a 'charge sheet' against the Bharatiya Janata Party government. This is for the first time after the Gujarat riots of 2002 that the party has adopted an aggressive stance on communal issues in Gujarat. Till now, it had touched the issue in a guarded and selective manner under fear of losing Hindu support.

Mamata govt. enlists 5 more newspapers including TOI for libraries

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Masjid demolition: Bhopal Muslims to stage massive protest on Friday

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Muslims in Bhopal will stage a massive protest rally after Friday prayers tomorrow to express their ire over the demolition of an ancient Masjid Kothri near village Dodi in Ashta tehsil in Sehore district, about 70 kms from the state capital Bhopal in the night on January 29 last.

For Abe, its business in Delhi and spirituality in Varanasi

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By Mohit Dubey Varanasi : With bilateral talks and business meetings wrapped up in New Delhi earlier in the day, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

The Evangelical Fellowship of India remembers the sixth anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage

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By TCN News, New Delhi: On the 6th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage, the Evangelical Fellowship of India stands in solidarity with the victims of the violence in Kandhamal district of eastern Indian state of Orissa in 2008.

यूपी में मदरसों में सर्वे के बाद अब वक़्फ़ बोर्ड सम्पतियों की जांच पर...

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में मदरसों में किया जा रहा सर्वे अभी शांत भी नही हुआ है कि यूपी सरकार का एक और आदेश...

Goa Congress legislator blames ‘family raj’ for losses

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By IANS,

Afzal, Sri Lanka protests mar president’s address

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By IANS, New Delhi : Protests over the hanging of Afzal Guru and alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka marred President Pranab Mukherjee's speech in parliament Thursday.

‘Right to recall’ elected politicians only hope for Muslim community

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By Aziz A. Mubaraki,

Daughter of Nagpur Court peon becomes judge at the age of 25

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Nagpur: In a distinguished event that brought cheer to the face of a Nagpur Court peon, his daughter cracked the competitive...

A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...

‘Terrorists trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction’

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By RIA Novosti

Moscow : Russia's antiterrorism committee has said it has evidence that terrorists are trying to gain access to weapons of mass destruction and to technology needed to produce them.

"The National Anti-Terrorism Committee is receiving information, including from our foreign partners, about terrorists' endeavours to obtain access to weapons of mass destruction and technologies for their production," Nikolai Patrushev, who heads the committee and the Federal Security Service, said Tuesday.

‘In Dark Times, Little Acts of Solidarity are Celebratory’: UP Professor Steps Up for...

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Aliza Noor | TwoCircles.net Ever since she was 25 years old, Roop Rekha Verma, the former Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University and a professor of...

Key Gulberg absconder surrenders, sentencing for 24 on June 17

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Ahmedabad : A special sessions court here fixed June 17 for pronouncement of quantum of punishment to the 24 convicts of the Gulberg Society...

Shabnam Hashmi returns award to protest against mob violence against Muslims; says National Commission...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter One of India’s most well-known activists and human rights campaigner Shabnam Hashmi today returned the National Minority Rights Award conferred to...

Woman held for mother’s death

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By IANS, Patna : A 30-year-old woman allegedly beat and stabbed her mother to death here over a property dispute, police said Tuesday. Raushan Ara, in her 30s, was arrested over the Monday evening murder of Amna Khatoon, 60, in Lodhi Katra area, police officer Amendra Mishra said. A mother of three, the accused denied she killed her mother but told the police that she did thrash her mother and lock her up in a room after a heated exchange. "The police will investigate the case from all angles," Mishra said.

Pakistan on road to democracy, says Musharraf

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By DPA Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Monday that the country was on the road to democracy, as key opposition leaders prepared to meet to discuss boycotting upcoming elections to protest the current state of emergency. Musharraf, who met visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul, urged opposition leaders to put Pakistan's interests above short-term political gains - a clear reference to their threats to boycott the Jan 8 parliamentary polls.

NATO captures ‘Iranian arms smuggler’ in Afghanistan

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By IANS, London : A member of the elite al-Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, wanted for his involvement in smuggling of arms, was captured by NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Curfew continues uninterrupted in Kashmir, injured teen dies

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By IANS,

He ‘exempted’ me from the riots: An encounter with Bal Thackeray

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By Quaid Najmi, IANS, Mumbai: Getting an appointment with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was akin to climbing Mt. Everest.

Jamia’s journalism school rated ‘best’ in India

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New Delhi : The journalism school of Jamia Milia Islamia has been rated as the best in India by a weekly after a countrywide...

Community development through self-introspection and volunteerism

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By Tameemuddin Humble, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Around 50 volunteers from all strata of the community, who extended their services for facilitating the 6233 Hajis of Bihar at Gaya Hajj embarkation point during the last 45 days, feel unengaged after the last Hajj flight took off from Gaya International Airport on Monday.

Yasin Malik on hunger strike to protest alleged fake encounter

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By AIP Bureau Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik today began a hunger strike in Nadihal-Rafiabad in north Kashmir to protest the killing of three youths in an alleged fake encounter by Army on April 30. Malik along with his close associates reached Nadihal this morning and started the hunger strike at the main chowk of the town with locals also joining it, officials said. The hunger strike comes barely two days after Malik-led JKLF took out a march from party headquarters at Maisuma to protest the killings.

A day in the city of flood relief camps

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By Mahtab Alam for TwoCircles.net from flood zone,

I on Monday was with a relief-cum-survey team from New Delhi. Our van was on a road which, our driver told us, was in 10-feet deep water a week ago. Now the water was gone and with it signs of several villages on either side of the road. Now there were relief camps run by government, NGOs and Muslim organizations.

From AMU to Ramjas: Understanding how saffronisation threatens our campuses

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By Mahmood Alam for Twocircles.net When Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU) lodged a FIR against Jawaharlal Nehru (JNU) student leader Shehla Rashid Shora, my...

The mutiny in Jamalpura Khadia:Will it further reduce Muslim’s political representation

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan TwoCircles.net,

Kidnapping accused flees Tihar Jail with fake court orders

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man under trial for kidnapping fled the capital's high security Tihar Jail after producing fake court orders, officials said Saturday. The episode appeared to be a re-run of the escape of Sher Singh Rana - killer of bandit queen Phoolan Devi. Sandeep Parmar of Gujarat, lodged in jail no 8, fled Feb 10 after producing fake interim bail orders. He was arrested by Delhi Police's Crime Branch in a kidnapping for ransom case in 2008.

Rahul Gandhi flays RSS, BJP on patriotism issue

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Titabor (Assam) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the RSS and the BJP dub as a traitor whosoever speaks or goes...

Demand for Muslim quota under WRB gains momentum

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By TCN news, New Delhi: Women’s Reservation Bill that seeks to reserve 33% seats for women that has already been passed from Rajya Sabha is facing opposition from backward communities and Muslims. Muslim groups opposing it they think this will politically marginalize them even more. Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) is leading a signature campaign asking for quota for Muslim women in this Bill.

Fifty years after Nehru’s death

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By Kaleem Kawaja,

Gujarat 2002: Do we still need proof?

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By Faisal Hashmi Tehelka-Aaj Tak sting has not brought out anything that we did not know already. Its real worth lies in the clear confession by some of the major actors in the stage-managed massacre of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. The latest sting operation by Tehelka lays out the horrors of Gujarat 2002 in all its gory, chilling detail. The major accused in the massacres – Babu Bajrangi, Haresh Bhatt, Madan Chawal, Dhimani Bhatt, Rajendra Vyas and others – boast how they cut Muslims into pieces and set them on fire.

Six CRPF troopers killed in Chhattisgarh landmine blast

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By IANS, Raipur : Six personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed Friday in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Maoist stronghold of Bastar. According to police, the incident took place in Narayanpur district's Chheribera area, about 350 km from here, when the jeep in which the troopers were travelling was blown up by a landmine explosion triggered by Maoist guerrillas.

Three houses robbed in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Robbers struck at three houses in a single block in north Delhi, police said Saturday. "The incident took place at around 11.30 p.m. Friday in Inderlok area of Sarai Rohilla. The owners of the the three houses, Abdul Sattar, Mohammad Salim and Ashraf, all close relatives, were not at home when the incident took place. They had gone for a marriage," a senior police officer said.

Ajmer blast suspect held in Jharkhand

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By IANS Ranchi : One person who taught at a madrassa was arrested in Jharkand in connection with the Oct 11 blast in Ajmer, police said. According to local police a team of Rajasthan police arrived in Jharkhand and arrested Khusirbur Rahman Thursday from Chanda village of Godda district, 450 km from state capital Ranchi. "Rahman was arrested after the Rajasthan police team sought the help of the state police. He is being interrogated," a police official said.

Dharna by Pravasi forum in Kerala

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By TCN News,

Court raps police over human trafficking

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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Delhi High court Monday pulled up the police for shoddy investigation into the alleged human trafficking by placement agencies under guise of providing domestic help. A division bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and P.K. Bhasin asked the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of South Delhi to appear before the court Feb 25 to explain the delay in the investigations despite court orders.

Men against violence-2: Socio-economic inequality leads to violence

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By Nasiruddin Haider Khan, Dhaka : If violence is not natural, and not ingrained in our genetic makeup then the question is, what the root of violence is. Violence, which is gender based. Gary Barker has done lot of research in this area and he has an answer. He is associated with International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) as Director, Gender, Violence and Rights. He strongly advocates the engagement of men in ending gender-based violence (GBV).

SC transfers Kathua rape-murder case to Pathankot

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New Delhi (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the trial of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in...

Newly elected SIO president vows to bring student issues in political debates

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, New Delhi: Newly elected national president of Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) Sohail KK has vowed to bring students issues in mainstream political debates, particularly during the next general election.

Ishrat Jahan killing inhuman: Moily

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By IANS, New Delhi : The killing of Mumbai student Ishrat Jahan by Gujarat Police four years ago was "inhuman" and all those responsible for her death should be punished, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here Tuesday, a day after a metropolitan magistrate's report proved that it was a "fake encounter". "This is inhuman, if a proper investigation is done then many more skeletons will come out," Moily told IANS. He said it was surprising that such things were happening in India and demanded that all the officers responsible should be punished.

Accusing AIMPB of sidelining Bareilvis Maulana Kichhauchvi resigns from the Board

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Accusing sidelining of Bareilvi sect by the Deobandis, Maulana Syed Zafar Masood Kichhauchvi tendered his resignation from the membership of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday. Masood while announcing his resignation from the board in a press conference at Lucknow also levelled serious allegations against the board's style of functioning.

Mumbai journalists union condemns Lankesh’s murder

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Mumbai, (IANS): The Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists on Tuesday expressed shock and anger at the dastardly killing of veteran Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru...

वर्धा हिंदी विश्वविद्यालय के साथ मिलकर जहांगीराबाद मीडिया संस्थान ने शुरू किए नए डिग्री...

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TCN News, लखनऊ: बाराबंकी स्थित जहांगीराबाद मीडिया संस्थान में अब छात्र डिग्री कोर्सों में दाखिला लेना शुरू कर रहे हैं. महात्मा गांधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी विश्वविद्यालय,...

Exposing Modi’s claims over prosperity of Gujarat Muslims

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Narendra Modi recently inserted full-page ad in major Patna dailies to show Muslims in Gujarat were very well off and educationally ahead of Hindus. He quoted in the ad excerpts from Sachar Committee Report to prove his point. So, will Modi tell what has happened to Muslims in his state in the last 8 years since the Godhra train carnage of February 2002? And what is the actual present condition of the community there?

Problems of Indian workers to be taken up with UAE

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By IANS,

DU professor Saibaba gets life imprisonment for Maoist links

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Mumbai, (IANS): Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, who is wheelchair-bound, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Maharashtra court for his links...

UP Muslim MLAs in fray for wakf board posts

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Four MLAs filed their nominations in the elections for the membership of Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqfs (SCBW) on Monday. The list includes Riyaz Ahmed and Imran Masood from Samajwadi Party (SP) and Farhat Hasan and Mujtaba Siddiqui from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Polling for the SCBW elections will be held on Tuesday here in Lucknow.

Environment Media Award for VP Rajeena

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Kozhikode: VP Rajeena, sub-editor in the Madhyamam daily, has been selected for the Environment Media Award 2009. The award consisting of Rs 5001 and memento is instituted by the Kerala Forest Protective Staff Association state committee. Rajeena’s series of articles titled ‘Inganeyaanu oru nagaram gramathe vizhungunnath’ (meaning ‘This is how a city swallows a village’) published in the daily brought her the award. The series was about Neliyanparambu, the village where all the wastes of the city of Calicut are dumped.

Scandinavian drug smuggling has roots in India too

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By Alfred de Tavares, IANS

Stockholm : India, along with Germany and Spain, has emerged as a major supplier of contraband drugs, with narcotics being ordered online from the Scandivanian region.

"Ordering drugs over the net from Scandinavian countries has, unfortunately, reached alarming proportions and is growing more and more," Jonas Carlsson, head of the Swedish customs' undercover section, told IANS.

Two men from Kerala killed in Iraq attack

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By IANS Kozhikode (Kerala) : Two people from Kerala working for a Kuwaiti firm in Iraq were killed in an attack in Iraq, according to reports reaching here. Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed Wednesday said the government has made all arrangements to bring the bodies of two, killed in Basra earlier this week.

Bene Israel’s Indian maternal genes

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

Four of Crescent Academy selected in IAS 2013

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Four students of Delhi-based Crescent Academy have been selected In the IAS Examination, 2013. Apart from this four...

Two of a family killed, five injured in Ghaziabad

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By IANS,

Class 12 students held for chain snatching

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two Class 12 students have been arrested in the national capital for various cases of chain snatching, police said Monday. Dipankar Das, 21, and Kapil Chauhan, 19, - both residents of west Delhi - were held from the PVR Priya complex in Vasant Vihar when they were trying to sell of a stolen mobile phone and laptop.

AIMMM rejects NHRC report on Batla, demands judicial probe

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat has expressed its dismay at the clean chit given by the National Human Rights Commission to the Delhi police in the Batla House encounter case. AIMMM President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said that the hasty NHRC report seems to be solely based on police briefing and papers offered by the police which have been denied to relatives of the encounter victims.

Golfer Rashid banks on home comfort at Panasonic Open India

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New Delhi : Young Indian golfer Rashid Khan will draw on the familiarity factor at the Delhi Golf Club when he chases a...

JD-U attacks Sharad for not supporting alliance with BJP

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Patna, (IANS): Bihar's ruling JD-U on Thursday targeted former party President Sharad Yadav for not supporting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's new alliance with the BJP...

ISIS से जुड़े गिरफ़्तार संदिग्ध दंपति पर संस्पेंस, पुलिस की कहानी में कई झोल,...

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ओखला विहार से कश्मीरी दंपति की गिरफ़्तारी का मामला गहराया पुलिस ने माकन मालिक और ब्रोकर को हिरासत में लेकर की पूछताछ रेंट...

Release of innocent youths top on agenda of Jamiat General Body meet

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By TCN News,

Haj Quota Scam: Muslim League refutes charges against E Ahmed

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Kochi: Muslim League state general secretary PK Kunhalikkutty refuted the charges against central minister E Ahmed of favouring a private travel agency in handling the Haj quota as politically biased. He added that the allegations had arisen during the time of elections and that they were baseless.

Maoists blow up rail track in West Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata: Maoist guerrillas blew up a foot of rail track in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, disrupting train services on day two of their shutdown in three states. The incident occurred early in the day between Midnapore and Bhadutala stations when a pilot engine that precedes the Chakradharpur Passenger was crossing the spot. The engine driver felt the shock but there was no damage, Additional Director General (Railways) Dilip Mitra told IANS.

Noor Aga gets justice after 10 years in jail

Indian Muslim
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Chandigarh: Ten years after he remained imprisoned in Amritsar jail on allegations of flying into India with drugs in a grape carton from Afghanistan, Noor Aga, a member of Ariana Afghan Airlines crew, has now got justice from the Supreme Court. It was a typical case of justice delayed but not denied.

Two Maoists arrested in Orissa

Indian Muslim
By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Two Maoists have been arrested in Orissa, police said Thursday. "Maoist leader Marshal Munda has been arrested. He was arrested during a combing operation" in Sundergarh district, said Sudarshan Sethy, sub divisional police officer. According to police, Marshal Munda was allegedly involved in the killing of a trade union leader Thomas Munda in the district two weeks ago. In another incident, a woman Maoist was arrested by Sambalpur police. Police are refusing to disclose when exactly the two were arrested.

Lebanese PM denounces Hezbollah leader’s remarks

Indian Muslim
By Xinhua Beirut : Lebanese Premier Fouad Seniora on Thursday denounced Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's remarks, local Naharnet news website reported. In a statement released by his office, Seniora said Nasrallah's remarks revealed the real purposes of his party, which aim at changing the current political system and torpedoing the Taif agreement. "Those who seek partnership should rather seek middle solutions instead of setting conditions and clinging to it," Seniora added.

CPI-M slams government over ban on selling animals for slaughter

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New Delhi, (IANS): The CPI-M on Saturday termed the Environment Ministry's ban of sale of cattle for slaughter an attempt to provide a "legal...

Malegaon arrests: Elephant in the drawing room?

Indian Muslim
By C. Uday Bhaskar, IANS, Malegaon has entered the tangled lexicon of the Indian narrative on terrorism but with some distinctive and disturbing features about it. This is the first time that a serving officer of the Indian Army has been arrested along with eight others alleged to have links with Hindu militant groups. This has caused predictable anxiety across the country and the spotlight has been turned on the secular credentials of the army. However, the matter is still under investigation and shrill emotive certitude must be kept on hold.

Thousands denied drinking water, farmers denied water for irrigation: The true cost of Sabarmati...

Indian Muslim
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ‘Sabarmati Riverfront’ has been for many, one of the crowning jewels of the Gujarat government during the period of Narendra...

Traumatized family of Latur cop fears repeat attacks

Indian Muslim
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Latur (Maharashtra): The family of a Muslim policeman who was beaten up badly and paraded in the streets by a mob...

Kuwaiti minister dismisses reports of Iran spying

Indian Muslim
By IANS Kuwait City : Interior Minister of Kuwait Jabir Khalid al-Jabir al-Sabah Monday dismissed reports in a section of the press that Iran was engaged in spying activities in Kuwait, Iranian news agency Irna said. Kuwati newspaper Al-Rai quoted al-Jabir al-Sabah Monday as saying, "The claim (of Iranian espionage) was not true and Kuwait is in complete security." The minister warned Kuwaiti media against publishing false reports, Al-Rai said.

5 Turkish soldiers killed in terrorist attack

Indian Muslim
By DPA, Istanbul: At least five Turkish soldiers were killed Monday in a terrorist attack in the country's east, according to television reports. Several soldiers were reportedly also injured in the attack, which took place near a village in the Tokat region. The soldiers were on patrol when they came under attack, possibly by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK).

Facebook-related crimes in Britain hit 100,000-mark

Indian Muslim
By IANS, London : Crimes committed in Britain that were later linked to social networking website Facebook have reached over 100,000 in the last five years, a media report said Tuesday.

Iran-IAEA technical talks start

Indian Muslim
By NNN-IRNA Tehran : Technical talks between Iranian officials and members of a visiting delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have started here. An IAEA team headed by Director for Safeguards Operations Herman Nackartes arrived in Tehran Sunday. The talks Monday are focused on the source of contamination at a Tehran technical university, the third subject to be examined in the continuing discussions.

यूपी में मुस्लिम सीएम के शगूफ़े के बीच जानिए, राज्यों में कब और कैसे...

Indian Muslim
उत्तर प्रदेश में होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले ओवैसी और राजभर के गठबंधन की तरफ से छोड़े गए मुस्लिम मुख्यमंत्री के शगूफ़े से...

Thirty students from three branches of Rahmani30 qualify for IIT-JEE

Indian Muslim
By TCN News Patna: Thirty students of Rahmani30 have qualified in this year’s Indian Institute of Technology-Joiint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE 2015). Rahmani30’s Patna...

Fatah official says talks with Hamas likely after Nov. conference

Indian Muslim
By Xinhua Gaza : A senior Fatah official said on Saturday that talks with rival Hamas movement are likely to beheld following an international Middle East peace conference slated for November. Qadora Fares, a member of the central committee of President Mahmoud Abbas' secular Fatah, told reporters that "I believe dialogue between the two movements is a certain choice, but I think it is delayed until after the conference in the fall."

IOS turns 25, to observe 2011-12 as Silver Jubilee Year

Indian Muslim
By TCN News,

I handled the pressure well in the last over: Pathan

Indian Muslim
By IANS

Brisbane : Irfan Pathan might have had a nightmarish series but the left-hander emerged as India's key man as he kept his nerves to bowl the nail-biting last over of the tri-series final against Australia Tuesday.

After being clobbered for 54 runs in his eight-over spell, Pathan (2-33) scalped two crucial wickets in the final over giving India a historic series win over Australia.

10 killed, several injured in Pakistan blast

Indian Muslim
By Xinhua Islamabad : A blast Thursday rocked an officers' mess at Tarbela Ghazi, an area in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province close to the country's capital Islamabad, television channels reported. Private Aaj TV quoted army spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad as saying that 10 people were killed in the explosion and several others injured. The DAWN NEWS TV channel has said some 14 people are feared dead in the blast.

Scuffles, slogans as Liberhan report tabled in Rajya Sabha

Indian Muslim
By IANS, New Delhi : Scuffles and slogans disrupted the Rajya Sabha Tuesday after Home Minister P. Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report that probed the demolition of the Babri Masjid. As the home minister read out a statement tabling the report, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs broke out into cries of "Jai Shri Ram". This appeared to anger Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh, who got up and advanced menacingly toward BJP's S.S Ahluwalia and objected to the slogans.

‘Pakistani agent’ remark sparks furore in Bihar

Indian Muslim
By IANS,

Shopping malls, high-rise towers built on waqf land in Maharashtra

Indian Muslim
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net, [Second of the four-part series on waqf properties in Maharashtra] Mumbai: Three multi-storey towers consisting flats worth hundreds of crores of rupees and a three-storey shopping mall worth Rs 300 crore are standing on a waqf property of Haji Zakariya Ahmed Patel Mohammadan Orphanage & Asylum Trust in Mumbai Central, a prime locality as far as rates of properties are concerned.

No one gains from prolonging Gulf crisis: Erdogan

Indian Muslim
Istanbul, (IANS): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said prolonging the Gulf crisis was not in the interest of anyone, local media reported. Erdogan made...

BJP protests Telangana’s Muslim quota, leaders detained

Indian Muslim
Hyderabad, (IANS): BJP leaders and activists were detained as they tried to march towards the Telangana state legislative assembly building here on Sunday to...

Kerala looking into reports of Taliban style courts

Indian Muslim
By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala is looking into the veracity of media reports suggesting that Taliban style courts are functioning in the state, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the state assembly Tuesday. He said this in response to a submission raised by Congress legislator Aryadan Mohammed. Mohammed said the first such report of a Taliban style court appeared in Veekshenam daily this month and was followed by a series of reports in Mathrubhoomi daily.

Delhi government to give education loan up to Rs.10 lakh

Indian Muslim
New Delhi : The Delhi government on Wednesday launched a flagship scheme that allows students to avail education loan of up to Rs.10 lakh. Education...

Thirty taken hostage in Iran

Indian Muslim
Tehran, Aug 19 (DPA) An unidentified criminal gang Sunday took at least 30 people hostage in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Beluchistan, ISNA news agency reported. It said the gang, firing weapons, blocked the road leading to the provincial city Chabahar and abducted the 30, mainly from a passing bus. Local police surrounded the area. State television quoted security officials as terming the hostage-takers as "terrorists" belonging to well-known networks.

Little genius, Abdul Kalam

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By TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent,

NCW to start 24×7 toll free helpline

Indian Muslim
By IANS, New Delhi: The National Commission for Women will soon start a 24-hour helpline to assist women in distress, its chief Mamta Sharma said Friday.

Kanhaiya Kumar in Hyderabad, to visit university

Indian Muslim
Hyderabad : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar arrived here on Wednesday to visit the Hyderabad Central University to join protests over the suicide of...

Satyam executive rescued, four arrested

Indian Muslim

By IANS

Hyderabad : Police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district late Tuesday night rescued a top executive of Satyam Computer Services Limited, who had been kidnapped from here, officials said Wednesday.

Police said Vedula Satyanaryana, General Manager of Satyam, was rescued in Nekonda village in Warangal district, about 200 km from here. Four people have been arrested in this regard.

Jamiat organise Eid Milan in Bihar

Indian Muslim
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

Patna: An Eid Milan get-together was organised by members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday at Hotel Maurya in Patna to mark the festivity of Eid-ul-fitr. The organizer emphasizing the need of communal harmony and religious tolerance saying Eid symbolized universal goodwill and peaceful coexistence of people from varying background.

MANUU, AMU students’ union protest fake encounters

Indian Muslim
By TCN News, Hyderabad/Aligarh: Students unions of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday held protest demonstrations against the alleged fake encounters in Telengana and Andhra Pradesh.

Five new high court chief justices appointed

Indian Muslim
By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Wednesday appointed five chief justices of high courts across the country. "The president is pleased to appoint Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad of the Patna High Court as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," said a statement by the ministry of law and justice here. Similarly, Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia of the Gauhati High Court will be the chief justice of the Sikkim High Court.

Bhopal gas victims wait for additional compensation

Indian Muslim
Bhopal : The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Thursday expressed the hope that the additional monetary compensation promised them by the chemicals and...

Telangana supporters attack CPI legislator

Indian Muslim
By IANS, Hyderabad: Pro-Telangana activists Sunday attacked Communist Party of India (CPI) legislator J.Ranga Reddy, demanding his resignation over Telangana issue. He suffered mild injuries in the attack. The protesters pelted stones at the Miryalguda legislator's car in Nalgonda town when he was returning from Nalgonda zilla parishad (district council) meeting, police said. Police came to the CPI leader's rescue and dispersed the protesters with a baton charge.

Curfew-bound Kashmir towns ‘peaceful but tense’

Indian Muslim
By IANS, Srinagar: Several towns in Jammu and Kashmir remained curfew-bound Wednesday to curb widespread violence witnessed in the past few days. The authorities said the law order situation was "peaceful but tense", though mobs did pelt stones at security forces at several places in north Kashmir. An indefinite curfew remained in force in seven areas of summer capital Srinagar, in north Kashmir's Sopore and Baramulla towns and in Anantnag, Pulwama and Kulgam towns of south Kashmir. Eight youth have been killed in firing by the security forces in the last four days.

दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”

Indian Muslim
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...

Kashmiri folk culture comes alive at R-Day

Indian Muslim
By IANS, New Delhi : The replica of a Sufi shrine, a hut carved in wood, a Chinar tree, folk artists... a typical Kashmiri village came alive on Delhi's famous Rajpath boulevard here Wednesday.

US unlikely to stem aid flow to Pakistan

Indian Muslim
By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) The US says it will have to review its aid to Pakistan after declaration of emergency, but indications are that Pakistan will continue to get the money in the name of fighting terror. "We're going to review aid. But look, we do have continuing counter-terrorism concerns and we have to be able to protect America and protect American citizens by continuing to fight against terrorists," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.

Former Russian spy to be charged with Litvinenko murder

Indian Muslim
By DPA

London : Britain's chief public prosecutor Tuesday recommended that murder charges should be brought against former Russian agent Andrei Lugovoy in connection with the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London last November.

Anupam Kher’s march should have been to Dadri: Khurshid

Indian Muslim
New Delhi : Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday attacked the 'March for India' led by veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, saying...

Kiran Bedi dismisses reports of becoming J&K Governor

Indian Muslim
New Delhi, (IANS): Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on Monday dismissed as "rumours" the reports that she was going to replace Jammu and Kashmir...

जर्जर हालत में पहुँच गया है देवबंद का सबसे पुराना और पहला मदरसा 

Indian Muslim
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net देवबंद-मदरसों की राजधानी कहे जाने वाले देवबंद में कुल 400 मदरसे है।इनमे से एक दारुल उलूम देवबंद भी है।जिसे उम्मुल...

Indian Ambassador attends IMAN’s Iftar in Dubai

Indian Muslim
By TCN News,

BJP leaders slam Owaisi for remarks on Memon’s hanging

Indian Muslim
New Delhi: BJP leaders on Friday slammed AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi for his remarks on the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's expected...

Saddened at intolerance: Mamata

Indian Muslim
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she was "saddened" at the level of intolerance in the country and encouraged people...

Unhappy US not yet ready to strike Pakistan ‘safe haven’

Indian Muslim
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) Faced with increasingly strident demands from presidential aspirants and others for direct action against resurgent Al Qaeda "safe haven" in Pakistan, President George Bush's administration says it would rather work diplomatically with Islamabad while keeping all options open. While tribal areas in Pakistan have seen some Al Qaeda build-up, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Wednesday Islamabad was dealing with the problem, though they haven't solved it yet.

Curfew imposed in southern Baghdad

Indian Muslim

By NNN-KUNA

Baghdad : Security authorities imposed a curfew Sunday in the southern areas of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

A brief statement by the Multi-National Force (MNF) said pedestrians and vehicles would not be allowed on the streets, thereby allowing the execution of operations in East Rasheed district.

The curfew was imposed upon the directive of the Iraqi security forces and is limited to that area alone, it said.

Earlier Sunday, a booby-trapped car exploded in the area, but no casualties were reported.

Mulayam condemns killings in Myanmar, seeks India’s intervention

Indian Muslim
By TCN News,

A village without Muslims

Indian Muslim
By Ganesh Dhamodkar So it happened. My native place, a village of 700, had 5-6 Muslim families. It was early 1990s and the people lived...

One year after shootout, Jamia Nagar demands justice

Indian Muslim
By Khalid Akhter, IANS, New Delhi : It has been a year since policemen stormed the narrow lanes of Delhi's Jamia Nagar and gunned down two terror suspects while arresting five youth. But the anger still rages and even the ongoing Eid festivities have done little to blunt the memory of that fateful morning.

AMU to lodge FIR against Republic TV for calling it a ‘University of terrorists’

Indian Muslim
TCN News A team of the Republic Bharat news channel comprising two female reporters and 2 camera-persons entered the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus on...

Modi greets nation on Eid Milad-un-Nabi

Indian Muslim
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday greeted people on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad's birthday Eid Milad-un-Nabi, hoping that the "spirit of...

Global gastronomical delights enticing foodies

Indian Muslim
By Rahul Vaishnavi, IANS,

Mumbai probe: Jamiat warns against harassment of innocent Muslims

Indian Muslim
By TCN News,

HC directs govt to file chargesheet against indicted cops in Khwaja Yunus killing

Indian Muslim

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court has directed the state government to take a decision to file chargesheet against the police officers indicted in the custodial killing of Ghatkopar bombing accused Khwaja Yunus and inform the Court accordingly by October 20.

All 35 dead in Bangladesh boat tragedy women, kids

Indian Muslim
By IANS, Dhaka : All 35 dead in a boat capsize in northeastern Bangladesh were women and children, media reports said Sunday. At least 10 people are still missing.

Modi enjoys twice the security cover of his predecessor

Indian Muslim
(100 days of Modi government) By Alok Singh, New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys double the security cover of his predecessor Manmohan Singh...

Varanasi blast probe: 7 detained from a call centre in Mumbai

Indian Muslim
By TCN Staff Reporter,

Increasing Muslim representation: A tactical approach

Indian Muslim
By M. Zajam, Buoyed by recent Lok Sabha election victory, Congress is working on plan to revive itself in States where it lost relevance in 90s. Good performance of Congress is attributed to the fact that Muslims voted in favor of Congress in large numbers. Congress isolation was over. Muslims deserted Congress after demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 especially in States where they had option in form of regional parties. We saw rise to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav in early nineties.

AMU to organize a lecture on climate change in the light of Quran and...

Indian Muslim
By TCN News,

Entrance exams for Rahmani-30 in April

Indian Muslim
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, New Delhi: The entrance test for the coming year IIT coaching that will be conducted by Rahmani-30, under Rahmani Foundation, will be held on April 5, 18 & 19. The decision has been taken in the light of efforts made this year for IIT coaching and preparations for it and after the suggestions of ADGP Abhyanand, the academic responsible for coaching, teachers' team, the management of Rahmani-30 and Maulana Wali Rahmani, chairman of Rahmani Foundation.
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