अब तबलीग़ जमात के समर्थन में उतरे महमूद मदनी, बोले-मानवीय सवेंदना से जुड़े मुद्दे...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़,TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली। जमीअत उलेमा-ए-हिंद के महासचिव मौलाना महमूद मदनी ने मरकज़ निज़ामुद्दीन (दिल्ली) के बारे में नकारात्मक प्रचार और कोरोना वायरस जैसी घातक...
BJP questions Akhilesh’s statement over police recruitment
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's announcement that 35,000 new policemen will be recruited soon...
Conversion row continues to hit Rajya Sabha
New Delhi : The uproar over reported religious conversion and comments by members from the ruling BJP continued to rock the Rajya Sabha for the third consecutive day Wednesday, forcing several adjournments and stalling proceedings.
The government, however, managed to introduce in the house a bill to make stringent laws on hijacking, even as opposition members raised slogans.
Naik claims his statements doctored, tampered
Mumbai : Claiming his statements were doctored and tampered out of context, controversial televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday said he unequivocally condemned all terrorist...
Orissa man held for trying to kill newborn daughter
By IANS
Jagatsinghpur : The police Wednesday detained a man for attempting to kill his daughter in a hospital in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district minutes after her birth, police officials said.
Niranjan Patra, 28, a resident of Jakoti village in Jagatasinghpur district, some 100 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, wanted a son but his wife gave birth a daughter Tuesday in the district government hospital here.
Military action in north Iraq will not serve peace – Iraqi Officials
By NNN-KUNA
Kuwait : Any military intervention in northern Iraq "will not serve peace in the region but instead will worsen conditions," an Iraqi official warned on Sunday.
"Any intervention will aggravate further the deteriorated security conditions and undermine peace not only between Turkey and Iraq but in the whole Middle East," warned the head of the neighboring countries affairs department at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ambassador Taha Mahmoud.
The ‘Dangal’ between Akhilesh and Shivpal leaves SP in a ring of uncertainty
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
If Samajwadi Party does lose in the upcoming elections, it will look back to the months of October, November and...
Dalit killings: Haryana orders CBI probe, Rahul slams Khattar
Faridabad/Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the arson attack by upper castes in Faridabad district that left two...
Assam’s Bodo heartland rocked by fresh rebel turf war
By IANS,
Guwahati : The Bodo tribal heartland, in northeastern India's Assam state, is being rocked by a fresh rebel turf war, a week after a frontline separatist group drawn from the community submitted its charter of demands to federal authorities in New Delhi for the start of peace talks.
कानपुर : वीर अब्दुल हमीद के बेटे की मौत,परिजनों का ऑक्सीजन हटाने का आरोप
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
परमवीर चक्र विजेता वीर अब्दुल हमीद के बेटे अली हसन की कानपुर में अस्पताल द्वारा इलाज में कथित लापरवाही के कारण मृत्यु हो...
India launches operation to aid cyclone-hit Bangladesh
By IANS
Dhaka : India has launched an operation to help the victims of the cyclone-hit Bangladesh, even as the world community assured $550 million and Bangladeshis in US launched a fund collection drive.
'Operation Sahayata' would provide relief materials worth Rs.30 million (Tk 520 million or $8.6 million) to the cyclone-hit victims in Bangladesh.
The materials to be sent would include medical equipment, 20,000 packs of ready-to-eat food, 10,000 blankets, 400 tents and 2,400 kg of medicines, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news agency reported Friday.
Bihar Police team sent to Gujarat to probe ad issue
By IANS,
Patna: A Bihar Police team has been sent to Gujarat's Surat city to probe who sanctioned full page advertisements in vernacular dailies here bearing a photograph of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, an official said Tuesday.
The advertisements triggered a controversy between ruling allies, the Janata Dal-United and the Bharatiya Janata Party after Nitish Kumar objected to the use of his photo without his permission.
Additional Director General of Police P.K Thakur said that a police team was sent to Surat to investigate.
Ranjit Bajaj finally lands in police net
By IANS,
Chandigarh: After dodging police and arrest for over a month, Ranjit Bajaj, the son of a former bureaucrat couple in Punjab, who was booked for attempt to murder, was nabbed here Wednesday evening, police said.
During the last few weeks, the police in Panchkula, around 10 km from Chandigarh, had also sent its teams to Mumbai and Delhi in search of Ranjit but they returned without clue to his whereabouts.
The police Wednesday raided his house located in the upscale Sector 16 in Chandigarh.
Ahead of R-day, people glue to TV sets, Facebook, for latest updates
By Amin Masoodi, Agence India Press,
BJP questions timing of Tehelka exposé
By IANS
New Delhi/Ahmedabad : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday questioned the timing of the sting operation - in which Hindu activists allege that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sanctioned the 2002 riots - and said it would in no way affect their prospects in the December elections.
Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in the national capital that the BJP had asked the Election Commission to check the attempts at aggravating communal polarisation in the state.
Woman gangraped in Hindu group’s Nepal office
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : A Hindu organisation that triggered a controversy five years ago when it supported the army-backed bloodless coup by King Gyanendra has run into fresh controversy after a 52-year-old woman was gangraped inside its office here.
The 70-year-old caretaker at the Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh (VHM) office in Kathmandu's Bansbari area, another employee and three of their acquaintances were arrested by police early Thursday morning.
Hadiya case: BJP slams Kerala government
Kozhikode (Kerala), (IANS): Kerala BJP President Kummanem Rajasekheran on Saturday slammed the state government for filing an affidavit in the Supreme court opposing a NIA...
AP to promulgate ordinance for Muslim reservation
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy said an ordinance would be promulgated within a month to provide five per cent reservation for Muslims in education and employment.
Participating in the distribution of computers to madrasas, organised by the state Urdu Academy here Saturday, Dr Reddy said the government would overcome all legal hurdles in a month for providing reservation for the Muslims as the issue was pending in the Supreme Court.
Chairman PCB updates cricketing nations’ envoys
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar Mohammad Khan has updated envoys from cricketing nations as well as head of the European Union in an informal setting, at a dinner in Islamabad.
On the occasion, the PCB chairman briefed the high commissioners and other diplomatic staff from 10 nations and head of European Commission posted to Islamabad on the general improvement in the security situation following the Pakistan Army’s launching of Zarb-e-Azab last June to eliminate terrorist safe havens in FATA and elsewhere.
Congress demands Patnaik’s resignation over Orissa violence
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Congress party Tuesday demanded that Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik resign over the communal violence in Kandhamal district as the Supreme Court had held the central and state governments responsible for the security of minorities.
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Markandey Katju and Justice P. Sathasivam had Monday said that the central and state governments should "ensure the minority's safety".
Iran to send two negotiators for talks with EU
By IANS
Tehran : Iran is sending two negotiators for nuclear talks with the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana Tuesday, foreign office spokesman said Sunday.
Former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and his successor Saeid Jalili will leave Tuesday for talks with Solana in the Italian capital of Rome, said foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini.
Disability welfare groups demand promised outlay in budget
By IANS
New Delhi: Disability welfare activists and NGOs working for people with disability have prepared a list of suggestions for the government to bear in mind while deciding the union budget as well as the railways budget this year.
"The 11th five year plan (2007-12) addresses disability as a cross cutting issue and seeks every ministry to have a plan for disability and to allocate at least three percent of the budget towards the same. However, the
In Sunderbans, fishermen enter unchartered territories in search of livelihood
In the second of the four-part series, we look at how the livelihoods of the fishing community is increasingly under threat to overfishing,...
IIC video answers questions raised by PK from Islamic viewpoint
By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: Islamic Information Center (IIC) has released a video providing “logical answers” to questions raised by Bollywood movies PK and OMG from Islamic perspective. The video titled "Wrong Number vs Right Number" is apparently inspired from Aamir Khan's dialogues in the PK movie.
Book on Allama Mashriqi & Mahatma Gandhi at BookExpo America 2014
By TCN News,
New York City: The book entitled Mahatma Gandhi & My Grandfather, Allama Mashriqi: A Groundbreaking Narrative of India’s Partition by Nasim Yousaf, a grandson of Allama Mashriqi, will be exhibited at BookExpo America, one of the largest book fairs in the world. The fair runs from May 28-31, 2014 at the Javits Center in New York City.
Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to commemorate the life and achievements of Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack, a Memorial Lecture was held at Jamia...
Mouths of Islamic clerics also stink, says BJP’s UP chief
Varanasi: In remarks that will trigger controversy, the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Laxmikant Bajpayi on Tuesday said he found the mouth of Islamic...
1,10,000 rescued in flood-hit Kashmir as relief efforts scaled up
Srinagar/Jammu : Relief efforts were scaled up in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, especially summer capital Srinagar with additional personnel, boats, drinking water, blankets and...
Hearing deferred on plea against Muslim women’s photos in voters’ list
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday deferred hearing on a plea to prohibit display of photographs of burqa-clad Muslim women in the voters' list.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma deferred for a fortnight the hearing on the petition and asked petitioner Ajmal Khan, a Madurai resident, what Muslim women would do when they contested elections.
"What if you want to contest an election?" asked the chief justice, alluding to the legal provisions that having the name in the electoral list is a legal prerequisite for contesting an election.
Government releases aid for Gujarat violence victims
By IANS
New Delhi : The central government has disbursed Rs.705 million for assistance to the victims of the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat, which goes to assembly polls by December.
"The centre has made Rs.70.55 crores available to the Gujarat government for providing additional ex-gratia assistance to the victims of the communal violence of 2002 in the state," the home ministry statement said Thursday.
Observe 20th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition: Coordination Committee
By TCN News
New Delhi: Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, Convener, BMMCC and Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, President of AIMMM have issued the following Press Note:
Land taken in 2001 but no project yet: Why farmers in Bolpur are angry...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
A decade after the agitations and protests over the Tata factory in Singur and the damage it caused to the...
Islamic news website in Malyalam launched
By TCN News
Kozhikode, Kerala: The JIH Kerala has launched an online Islamic news website in Malyalaml www.islamonlive.in at the Hira Centre in Kerala on June 18, 2012.
Annapolis communique ensures Israel”s security — Olmert
By KUNA
Ramallah : The final communiqu{ of the Annapolis peace conference would ensure Israel's security, said Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday.
Olmert was speaking during a routine cabinet session in which he reviewed with his ministers the outcome of the recent US-sponsored Middle East peace conference.
He added that the final communiqu{, which envisioned a settlement with the Palestinians, stated that the international roadmap, with all its stages, should be implemented.
More Rohingya influx could lead to humanitarian catastrophe, says Bangladesh NHRC
By Garima Tyagi
Kuala Lumpur, (IANS): As Bangladesh tackles the flood of Rohingya Muslims streaming into the country from Myanmar, the head of the country's National...
Abbas, Olmert agree on final status talks
By NNN-KUNA
Ramallah : Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed on the setting up of a working team for final status negotiations.
The agreement was reached between both leaders during a meeting in Western Jerusalem on Monday.
Zafaryab Jilani appeals for harmony over Babri Masjid verdict
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow: As the judgment day for Babri Masjid/Ram Janam Bhoomi case inching closer, various organisations from both sides have stepped up their campaign over the issue. Already, the state is witnessing a SMS campaign followed by special prayers from both communities for a positive verdict.
Islamophobic incidents up by 1,000% since Trump took office: Muslim group
Washington, (IANS): The number of Islamophobia incidents involving US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials has increased by around 1,000 per cent since President...
Golfer Rashid emerges sole leader
Bangalore : Delhi's Rashid Khan posted the tournament's best score, a seven-under-65, to take a two-shot lead on Day 3 of the PGTI Eagleburg...
From Urdu to Sufism: Young Author’s New Book Illuminates Bihar’s Mystical Past
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Syed Amjad Hussain, 19, who previously authored a book on the celebrated Urdu writer Akhtar Orenvi, is now poised to unveil...
New stage of Muslim disempowerment -2
Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
A few days ago, in this column I had discussed how the Muslim representation in parliament had been brought down to...
Muslim Economic Organization condemns Criminalizing of Tableeghi Jamaat
TCN News
Indian Minorities Economic Development Association (IMEDA),a not for profit organization based in Delhi that connects youth for business opportunities has released a press...
Delhi blasts: Court grants bail to Batla House caretaker
By IANS
New Delhi: A city court Monday granted bail to Abdul Rehman, the father of suspected terrorist Zia-ur-Rehman who is one of the men allegedly involved in the Sep 13 serial blasts.
Abdul Rehman, the caretaker of L-18 Batla House flat in Jamia Nagar, was arrested on Sep 21 on charges of forgery and cheating.
Additional Sessions Judge Pinky allowed his bail application on furnishing a personal bond and surety of Rs.20,000 each.
Furore on social media over SIO ‘invitation’ to Indresh Kumar
Indresh Kumar, invited in the programme, is not the same person. He is a "reputed academician" from Netherlands", who after retirement "works on social...
Awadh culture on display at Lucknow literary festival
By Syed Hasan Zia Rizvi, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: The first ever Lucknow Literature Festival, held on March 23-24, became an occasion to showcase the culture of Awadh.
Society helps “terror case” victim Rayeesuddin become a shop owner
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee and its women's organization Nisa have launched a first of its kind financial initiative for the rehabilitation of the youth, who were arrested by the police and implicated in the terror related cases after last year's bomb blasts in the city.
In first such effort, a shop of electrical goods and services of Mohamed Rayeesuddin was opened in Malakpet area of Hyderabad by Prof. Rama Milkote of Osmania University on Wednesday.
Four Israelis killed in West Bank attack
By DPA,
Jerusalem : Four Israelis were killed Tuesday evening in what was believed to be a Palestinian attack in the West Bank, the Israeli army said.
The attack took place near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, with one or more attackers opening fire on the Israelis riding in a car at the Bani Naim intersection.
The military spokeswoman said a helicopter had been despatched to evacuate those killed.
According to Israeli media reports, one of those killed was a pregnant woman.
Pak Government replaces Law Minister
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan government today replaced Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar, apparently a fallout of the reversal it suffered over the suspension of the country's Chief Justice.
Zahid Hamid, the Minister for Privatisation and Investment, has been made the new Minister for Law and Justice, state-run PTV reported.
Zafar will take over as Privatisation and Investment Minister.
Afghan violence kills 47, including 3 NATO soldiers
By Xinhua
Kabul : Fresh violence across Afghanistan has killed at least 47 people, including three NATO soldiers, while two kidnapped Italian soldiers were freed, authorities said Monday.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed eight or nine militants in an operation to liberate two kidnapped Italian soldiers in the western Farah province early Monday morning, an ISAF statement said.
The two Italian soldiers were freed, but both were wounded with one in serious condition, it said, adding they have been rushed to an ISAF hospital.
Arms dealer Nanda’s bail plea decision Friday
By IANS
New Delhi : A city court Monday reserved till Friday its order on the bail plea of arms dealer Suresh Nanda and his son Sanjeev, arrested for allegedly trying to bribe an income tax official.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special court Judge I.K. Kochhar gave the decision after hearing arguments from prosecution and defence counsel.
"Nandas were in touch with Income Tax director Ashutosh Verma from Feb 7 till March 8 and made 94 calls to one another and we are investigating this matter," argued CBI counsel V.P. Singh, objecting to the bail request.
Jamiat Ulama attacks UPA Govt. for its double standards in dealing with terrorism
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, a leading organization of Muslims in India, has urged the Indian government to bring transparency in the process of investigations into the cases of terrorism and to expose the criminals responsible for the subversive activities through honest and impartial inquiry.
Arrested Dahod police chief’s remand extended
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: A Gujarat court Tuesday extended by seven more days the police remand of Dahod Superintendent of Police Vipul Agrawal, arrested in connection with the Tulsi Prajapati "gunfight" case.
Agrawal was arrested by the state CID (crime) earlier this month and was remanded in police custody for seven days. He was the then Banaskantha police chief when Prajapati, the sole witness in the staged killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, was killed by the police.
Afghan president calls for high voter turnout amid attacks
By DPA,
Kabul : President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in Saturday's parliamentary election as rocket and bomb attacks struck across the country.
Auditorium & library in Sir Syed name at Shri Shivnath Singh Girls Govt. College
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
National commission for Saudi attorneys holds meeting
By SPA
Riyadh : The National Commission for Saudi attorneys has held its 38th meeting at the premises of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
A number of issues of interest to Saudi lawyers and attorneys in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were reviewed at the meeting.
It worth mentioning that the National Commission for Saudi attorneys is one of the committees affiliated to the Saudi Council Chamber of Commerce and Industry that aims to serve and upgrade attorneys' profession in General.
Same module involved in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi blasts: police
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day after a fierce gun battle in a Muslim dominated locality in the capital killed two suspected terrorists and an inspector fell victim to a hail of bullets, police Saturday claimed to have zeroed in on those responsible for the Delhi bombings and two other serial blasts that have rocked Indian cities this year.
Mohammad Saif, the man arrested in south Delhi's Jamia Nagar and remanded in policy custody for 14 days, confessed that a module consisting of 10-12 members was involved in planting the bombs, the police claimed.
Rajasthan to rename villages that have “muslim-sounding names”
Jaipur, Aug 10 (IANS) The Rajasthan government will change the names of four more villages after three Hindu-dominated villages were earlier renamed, officials said...
Delhi Police seek Abu Salem’s trial
By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi Police Thursday filed a charge sheet against extradited mobster Abu salem, seeking his trial for attempting to extort Rs.50 million from a Delhi businessman through an extortion syndicate he ran here from Dubai in 2002.
In its charge sheet filed in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur, police said they had gathered enough evidence to prove that Salem tired to extort Rs.50 million from south Delhi-based contractor Ashok Gupta through his henchmen here.
Musharraf takes oath as civilian president of Pakistan
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Incumbent Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf took oath as a civilian president at a ceremony in Islamabad Thursday, one day after he gave up the post of army chief.
Musharraf took the seat at the center of a hall along with Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar at the ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, or presidential house, which witnessed a gathering of hundreds of VIPs.
Government coined ‘Hindu terrorism’ for political mileage: RSS
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Sunday hit out at the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, saying it was branding Hindus as terrorists to veil its "complete failure to combat rampant terrorism" and with an eye to the upcoming general elections.
"As elections are round the corner, the government has floated the term 'Hindu terrorism' to gain political mileage," RSS chief K.S. Sudershan told reporters here Sunday after addressing a gathering of the outfit.
Indian-Germans boycott BJP MP Tejaswi Surya from speaker’s panel at startup conference
TCN News
Indians in Germany have addressed the Consul General of India at Hamburg to bar Indian MP Tejaswi Surya from speaking at the upcoming...
Why workers of a Manesar auto parts company covered their mouth with black bands...
By Media Collective for TwoCircles.net
At 5.30 am on April 6, 2017, Shatrughan Prasad, a contract worker at SPM Autocomp Systems Pvt. Ltd. got accidentally...
AAP legislator booked for rioting, assault
New Delhi : The Delhi Police has registered a case of rioting and trespassing against AAP legislator from Shahdara Ram Niwas Goel and his...
Congress distances itself from Digvijaya Singh on Batla House
New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from party general secretary Digvijaya Singh's statement that the 2008 Batla House gunfight was a...
Positive fallout of Katju apology: IAF to rethink on Muslim beard issue
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a big positive development post-Katju apology the Indian Air Force has decided to have a fresh look at its tough stand not to allow a Muslim personnel to sport a beard. The 1.3 lakh-strong force has informed the Supreme Court of its changed mind. So far the force had defended its order prohibiting Muslims from sporting beard, saying the practice not universally recognised in Islam.
Basra withdrawal delayed by US pressure – British Army Commander
By NNN-KUNA
London : Britain's withdrawal of its troops from Basra was delayed by five months because of political pressure from the US for them to stay, one of British military commanders in Iraq has said.
Brigadier James Bashall, the commander of 1 Mechanised Brigade, told The Daily Telegraph newspaper Monday that quitting the city last April would have been "the right thing to do."
Naga rebel group attacks ULFA cadres, kills two
By IANS
Guwahati : A tribal Naga rebel group attacked militants belonging to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Nagaland, killing two and abducting seven members of the outfit, According to an ULFA statement here Monday.
Police say the incident could snowball into a major conflict between the two groups.
Israel, PNA make progress in drafting joint statement
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) over the text of a joint statement to be filed at the upcoming Annapolis meeting are making progress, Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on its website on Tuesday.
The report said negotiating teams of the two sides, led respectively by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and former PNA prime minister Ahmed Qurei, managed to bridge a number of differences during their meeting which lasted to late Monday night.
Mohsin Shaikh Murder case : After Ujjwal Nikam’s withdrawal, family seeks Rohini Salian as...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
On June 12, advocate Ujjwal Nikam withdrew his position as public prosecutor in the murder case of Mohsin Shaikh, a Pune...
मध्यप्रदेश : नरसिंहानंद के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन करने पर 4 गिरफ्तार
न्यूज डेस्क। Twocircles.net
शुक्रवार को मध्य प्रदेश के बालाघाट जिले में धार्मिक भावनाओं को आहत करने और सांप्रदायिक सद्भाव को बिगाड़ने के आरोप में...
Jamiat Ulema reiterates its pledge to fight against terrorism
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: A huge gathering of nearly 15 thousand Ulama with white skull caps and flowing beards took pledge to always fight terrorism and strive to establish peace. They had assembled in Azad Maidan of Mumbai to attend a one-day Anti-Terrorism Global Peace Conference called by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on February 14.
Hindu-Muslim couple says Bengaluru hotel turned them away, staff deny
Bengaluru, (IANS): A couple from Kerala has accused a two-star hotel here of denying it a room since the man is a Muslim and his...
Pakistan envoy moots sister-city relations between two Hyderabads
Hyderabad : Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit Sunday mooted the idea of sister city relations between the two Hyderabad cities - one...
Separatists-called strike paralyses life in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Normal life across the Kashmir Valley was affected Monday because of a shutdown called by separatists to protest a court judgment.
Popular Front to hold national political conf. in Calicut in Feb
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: The Popular Front of India (PFI) is organizing National Political Conference at Calicut in Kerala from 13-15 February 2009 to create awareness about the right of people to have political power and mobilise the marginlised classes to achieve their total empowerment.
All artists must have copyrights on their works: fake-hit Raza
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Syed Haider Raza, the master of Indian contemporary art, was deeply disappointed to find fake paintings being displayed at an exhibition of his early works in one of the capital's oldest galleries. To prevent this, he feels all artists must have copyrights on their works. Raza has filed a case.
"The making of fake paintings is sad. There are certain things in life that are important for a writer, painter and researcher working in their own domains - integrity and commitment," Raza told IANS in an interview.
Take action against Akhlaq’s kin for eating beef: Adityanath
Lucknow : BJP parliamentarian Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that action should be taken against Mohammed Akhlaq's family for eating beef and the compensation...
Advisory for Hajj pilgrims on pandemic Influenza a (H1N1)
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Health Advisory from Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
· Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recommends that elderly, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and children should postpone the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages this year for their own safety.
· The Saudi government has advised that pilgrims planning to attend the Hajj must be vaccinated against seasonal flu at least two weeks before travelling to the holy places.
A year of personal and political tragedy for Mehbooba Mufti, her party
By Sheikh Qayoom
Jammu/Srinagar : The year 2016 began on a politically ominous note for Jammu and Kashmir as Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed passed...
Protest rally in Delhi against Saudi intervention in Bahrain
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Maliki, Ahmadinejad agree on combating PKK’s “terrorist activities”
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed to combat the "terrorist activities" of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
A press release issued by Al-Maliki's office on Sunday said the Iraqi Prime Minister and the Iranian President discussed the Iraqi-Turkish conflict in a phone call Saturday evening.
The leaders agreed that PKK's activities are harming the interests of Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, and that military action is not the only solution for the conflict.
BSP open to alliances if given respectable share: Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said she is not averse to electoral tie-ups with like-minded parties to stop the juggernaut of the "BJP...
Visually challenged Dalit labour rights activist jailed in Haryana, family alleges ‘torture’
Shiv Kumar is a Dalit labour rights activist who is named in the same FIR as incarcerated activist Nodeep Kaur, but according to eyewitnesses,...
Infosys must redeem itself, reinstate Muslim employee sacked on false terror charges
By Adnan Alavi,
India's leading software company Infosys may be a an IT giant but its action against an employee on false terror charges has finally been questioned by the court also.
In Kerala, conversion to Islam is monitored and transparent: But can we say the...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: At a time when Sangh Parivar is carrying campaigns alleging forceful conversion to Islam, the recent incident has brought forceful...
Wanted to raise the issue of hundreds of youths languishing in jail: Mahesh Bhatt
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kashmiris seething with rage, say activists who visited the Valley
By Inder Bisht for TwoCircles.net
“Kashmir has been put inside a cage, with the people’s mouths gagged. Only the eyes and ears are allowed to...
“Social media marketing is no longer the wave of the future; it is here...
ByTCN News,
Thrissur: Social networking has become one of the most imperative parts of our daily life as it enables us to communicate with a...
I’m an adult, says boy caught for child labour
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : Mohammad Mani alias Jabbar, from distant Malda in West Bengal, would not have thought when he arrived here a month ago in search of work that he would land in trouble over his age if he starts working.
Mani began working at the construction site of Bangalore Metro in the upscale locality of Jayanagar.
His luck ran out on April 26 when an NGO working for the cause of the environment organised a protest at the construction site as laying the metro line in the area would entail chopping hundreds of trees.
Top guerrilla commander arrested in Kashmir
Srinagar: Security forces Saturday arrested a top commander of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit in Sopore town in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
On receiving information...
TwoCircles.net starts Solution Circle
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Taking a new height in its stride, TwoCircles.net, now India’s most visited 24X7 Muslim news portal, has added a new section Solution Circle on its homepage. The idea is to involve our educated readers in presenting solution to community issues. We have been informing and educating our visitors so that the community could be empowered. Now we want to present solutions – from the informed, educated class of the community – to the problems of the community.
J&K government to build township for border residents: Minister
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will build a township at a safe place for the residents of border villages affected...
AAP wins in five wards, Congress bags four in Delhi civic bypolls
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been governing the Delhi Municipal Corporations for over eight years now, since before its trifurcation, suffered...
Six suspected Islamist terrorists killed in Algeria
By DPA
Algiers : Six suspected Islamist terrorists were killed by security forces in two separate clashes in Algeria, the country's media reported Saturday.
Four Orissa youths arrested for credit card fraud
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Four youths have been held in the Orissa capital for making purchases worth over Rs.100,000 using a credit card of a Delhi-based film producer, the police said here Friday.
Producer Devendra Kumar, who was on a visit to the state, returned to Delhi March 1 but was shocked when he found his wallet was not with him. A few days later, Kumar got a call from a person who claimed he found his ICICI bank credit card.
Curfew in Sopore, separatist shutdown in Srinagar
Srinagar : An indefinite curfew was imposed in Sopore town in Kashmir Tuesday following the death of a youth in security force firing Monday.
Heavy...
UP, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra join discom debt restructure plan
New Delhi : Major states - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra - on Monday agreed to join the UDAY debt restructuring scheme for...
Kashmir crippled by strike
By IANS
Srinagar : Normal life was disrupted in Srinagar and other major towns of the valley Friday due to a shutdown called by hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani to protest the molestation attempt of a young girl by two soldiers last month.
Awami League endorses demand for ban on ‘war criminals’
By IANS
Dhaka : The Awami League (AL), Bangladesh's oldest political party, has endorsed the demand made by some of its members that those who actively opposed the 1971 freedom movement be barred from contesting elections.
With many of its top leaders, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in jail, the truncated presidium, the party's highest policy making body, Friday decided to take a common stance along with other constituent members who are invited to the current dialogue with the Election Commission.
Rohith Vemula’s death sparks outrage within Indian Diaspora
By TCN News,
Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...
JIH distributes Dussehra kits among Hindu flood victims
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: As it tried to bring some happiness on Eid among the Muslim flood victims staying in relief camps in the Kosi River flood-hit North Bihar districts, on the occasion of Dussehra Jamaat-e-Islami Hind distributed Dussehra gift pack among hundreds of Hindu victims.
On Eid-ul-Fitr, special Eid kit containing new clothes and Eid food items were distributed among 5000 people. Rs 10 as Eidi each was distributed among 2000 children and Rs 200 each among the affected families.
Magistrate rejects police report on Khalid Mujahid’s mysterious death; Signals impediment by state
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: In a setback to Uttar Pradesh police and state government, the Barabanki chief judicial magistrate on Wednesday, rejected final report filed by the police in Khalid Mujahid death case on 12 June 2014. The magistrate rejected police report while hearing a petition filed by Mujahid’s uncle Zaheer Alam Falahi on 20th October that had alleged half-heartedness of police in preparing the report.
Suspected militant held in Punjab, RDX seized
By IANS,
Amritsar : A suspected militant of the banned terrorist-outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has been arrested and 1.4 kg RDX, besides arms and ammunition, recovered in this Punjab district, police said Wednesday.
Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha was arrested late Tuesday.
"After a secret tip-off, we arrested Sukhdev late Tuesday night from the border of Khalkian and Rattangarh villages. He was wanted in many pending criminal cases," Senior Superintendent of Police (Special Operation Cell) Malwinder Singh said Wednesday.
Pakistani cabinet split over action against wheat hoarders
By IANS
Islamabad : Te Pakistani cabinet seems split over a proposal to crack down on individuals hoarding wheat as action against "some influential people" could backfire in the ensuing general elections.
According to a report submitted by intelligence agencies a few weeks ago, a number of "major players" are stockpiling wheat, but the government is hesitant to attach a "top priority" tag to the scandal because of the election factor.
The toilet test
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
On the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, on October 2, 2019, nobody will defecate in the open anywhere in India. By then every one of us will have a toilet to go to. This is the target of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that the Prime Minister launched earlier this month to mark the mahatma’s 145th birth anniversary.
CPI-M conclave to work out plan to strengthen party
By Mohammed Shafeeq,
Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will chalk out a strategy to rebuild and strengthen the party besides electing a...
Boston commemorates 30th anniversary of Bhopal Gas Disaster with vigil, chants
Calls for continuing struggle for justice and ensuring ‘No More Bhopals’
By Nitin Gujaran for TwoCircles.net,
Boston (USA): A large number of people turned up in front of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 77 Mass. Ave in Cambridge on December 3, 2014 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster.
Weekly had raised alarm about terrorist plans in Jaipur
By IANS,
Nagpur : A Hindi weekly published from Nagpur seems to have had a foreboding of terrorist designs in Jaipur, which rocked by a series of bomb blasts May 13 that claimed over 60 lives.
The weekly newspaper, Iman Ki Awaaz, had in its March 28 issue warned of some terrorist organisations' efforts to create a base in Rajasthan. Its editor Hamid Engineer said copies of the paper were sent to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and top bureaucrats of Rajasthan, including the Jaipur city police chief.
Prof. Islamuddin murder case: PM assures positive action
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: A team of Muslim girl students from Manipur, headed by Ms. Rukshar Choudhury, president of the All Manipur Muslim Girls’ Students’ Union, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and informed him about the dismal situation in the Manipur University following the murder of Professor Islamuddin inside the varsity campus.
Militants in Pakistan get official patronage: NSA
By IANS,
New Delhi : The interrogation of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, who helped the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in plotting the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, points to official patronage of terror groups, National Security Adviser (NSA) Shivshankar Menon said Tuesday.
Without naming Pakistan, Menon said the nexus had left no room for India to be optimistic as the link was growing "stronger".
Another bomb found in Manipur after Friday blast
Imphal : A powerful bomb weighing 3.5 kg was recovered here on Saturday morning near the place where an explosion on Friday injured one...
Worst lock down in Kashmir; Media gagged, cable TVs banned
By Siddhant Mohan & Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar - After banning mobile internet in Kashmir, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has now stopped...
Missing Indian in Sharjah found
By IANS,
Dubai : A 78-year-old Indian man, who went missing from his daughter's home in Sharjah last Friday, was found Monday.
Hardcore Ulfa militant arrested in Jalandhar
By IANS
Jalandhar : A top operative of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and his accomplice were nabbed from a city hotel here Monday.
Hemanta Roy and his accomplice, Jagdish Das, were arrested in a joint operation by officials of the army military intelligence and Jalandhar Police from a hotel where he was working in the guise of a waiter for the last few months.
He is being interrogated by army officials and the police.
Charges framed in 2009 Russian woman’s rape case
By IANS,
Panaji : A court Monday framed charges against local politician John Fernandes for the rape of a 25-year-old Russian woman in December 2009.
Fernandes had been booked by the police for rape and destruction of evidence, in a case which made international headlines for days together.
The police, in their charge sheet, said that the politician had spiked the drinks of the victim - who used to work at a five-star hotel as a liason officer, and subsequently raped her.
Modi turned “Vikas Purush” at the expense of victims, say activists
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Ramdev defends his aide’s meeting with Hafiz Saeed
New Delhi : Yoga guru Ramdev said Monday that he would talk to Ved Pratap Vaidik about his meeting with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed,...
Taliban ready to hold talks with government: spokesman
By Xinhua
Kabul : Taliban is ready to hold peace negotiations with the Afghan government, Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua from an undisclosed place Monday.
Responding to comments by the Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Sunday, Ahmadi said Taliban is in favour of solving Afghanistan's problems through negotiations, which he said should be based on Islamic principles and for Afghanistan's benefit.
Police officer probed in teen’s rape absconding
By IANS,
Mumbai: A senior police inspector was on the run Saturday after his name came up as a suspect in the rape of a 15-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution, police said.
Two convicted for murder
By IANS,
New Delhi : A city court Monday convicted two men for murder but referred the matter to a juvenile court as they were 17 years old at the time of the crime.
Additional Sessions Judge Babulal held Mohammad Zakki and Mohammad Ashraf guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and referred the matter to the juvenile court to pronounce the sentence May 24, the next date of hearing.
Party didn’t allow me to speak against Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha, says...
By Tanzil Asif for TwoCircles.net
Just a day after the Congress party supported the hugely contentious Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha, voices of dissent...
Lajpat Nagar blast: High court reserves order on pleas
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the appeal of three militants given death penalty for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blasts that killed 13.
No headway in Delhi businessman’s murder probe
By IANS
New Delhi : Probing a businessman's murder in south Delhi Monday, police Tuesday interrogated the victim's two brothers-in-law with whom he had a property dispute but there was no breakthrough.
"We are interrogating Sneh and Dinesh Mittal, whose role is suspected by the family of victim Arun Gupta, but so far we have not found any breakthrough in the case and further investigations are under way," Joginder Singh, in-charge of the Kalkaji police station, told IANS.
Al-Qaeda still trying to undermine Saudi Govt – US State Department
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : The United States has said that the al-Qaeda was and is still trying to undermine the Saudi government hours after the video release by al-Qaeda number two man Ayman al-Zawahiri.
"One of the stated goals, as I understood it, of al Qaeda was actually to undermine and overthrow the regime," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormick, addressing al-Qaeda's threats to Saudi Arabia.
Maharashtra demands hike in Haj pilgrims quota
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra has urged the central government to hike the state's quota for the Haj pilgrimage to 16,000 per year to cater to the growing demand for the pilgrimage, the chief minister's office announced here Friday.
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has written separate letters to Minister for Minority Affairs A.R. Antulay and Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed in this connection, his office said.
TV reporter held for fake TV sting
By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi Police Friday arrested the reporter of the television news channel in connection with a fake sting operation, showing a mathematics teacher allegedly forcing schoolgirls into prostitution.
"We have arrested Prakash Singh, reporter of Live India channel, for carrying out a fake sting operation, which showed that Uma Khurana, mathematics teacher of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, was forcing her students into prostitution," a senior police official told IANS.
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.