Maudany files bail plea in Karnataka High Court
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Curfew in Sopore, separatist shutdown in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar: Curfew continued Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town, a day after the killing of two youths by security forces led to violence, while life in Srinagar was affected by a separatist shutdown.
"Curfew continues in Sopore but the situation there is peaceful," a police officer said here.
However, there were reports of protesters defying curfew and pelting stones at a few places in Sopore, some 55 km from here.
Eid ul Azha great example of child protection: UNICEF official
By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Addressing a fortnightly media event “Media for Children” organized by Media Nest with the support of UNICEF at the Uttar Pradesh Press Club in Lucknow on Saturday, Mr. Augustine Veliath, communication specialist of UNICEF, said Eid ul Azha presents a great example of child protection.
Iran’s nuclear plant to become operational next year
By IANS
Tehran : Iran's first nuclear power plant will become operational next year, according to schedule, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah has said.
He added that the capacity of Bushehr power plant would be 1,000 megawatts, IRNA new agency reported Sunday.
New year in Iran begins March 21.
Fattah said that with the delivery of the first consignment of fuel by Russia, 500 megawatts of electricity from the power plant would be on the national grid by next summer.
He hoped the plant would operate on full capacity by March 20, 2009.
Top militant commander inside Pak Lal Masjid: Report
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : A top Islamist militant commander with extensive fighting experience in Afghanistan has based himself with 40 fighters inside the radical Lal Masjid where at least 21 people have been killed in gunbattles between madrassa students and security forces.
The unnamed commander belonging to Mehsud tribe and having vast fighting experience in the restive Afghanistan has managed to enter Jamia Hafsa with a group of 40 fighters to support the students of Lal Masjid against the government, a source privy to the masjid said.
Three of family poisoned by domestic help in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Three members of a family, who were allegedly poisoned by their domestic help at their east Delhi home, were now stable, the police said Sunday.
B.S. Yadav, his wife Milan and their nine-year-old son Kartavya were allegedly given poison by their servant, Raju Nepali, at their home in Vivek Vihar late Saturday, a police official said.
However, the servant did not give poison to their three-year-old son.
Nepali is absconding with some cash and valuables, he added.
Young Urdu journalist recalls his interaction with Hemant Karkare
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Agra cop shot dead
By IANS,
Agra : A police sub-inspector was shot dead by a gang of criminals here Monday evening.
Police sources said sub-inspector P.L. Kushwaha from Mainpuri district was on special duty for the Bhim Nagari inauguration here Tuesday evening by Mayawati.
Around 5 p.m., he was approached by three people at the Mantola crossing. One shot him from point blank range, killing him on the spot. One of the assailants was nabbed by passersby.
According to sources, Kushwaha had earlier got into an altercation with the father of the killer.
Former VC of Jamia to speak on “Gandhi, Tagore & Iqbal” at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Department of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize Tagore Extension Lecture on the topic “Gandhi, Tagore & Iqbal” by Prof. Mushirul Hasan, former Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia
Transfer talk increases Spanish sports papers’ sales
By Duncan Shaw, DPA
Madrid : The problem for Spain's sports newspapers in summer is how to keep up the interest of the readers when there is no serious football being played.
There are no less than six daily sports newspapers in Spain -- two each in Madrid and Barcelona and one each in Valencia and Seville.
In addition, a veritable plethora of free sports papers -- some of which only last for a few months -- are handed out on street corners.
No other country in Europe has such an extensive network of sports papers as Spain, though Italy and Portugal come close.
Bengaluru blast: Interpol help sought to catch those absconding
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Dr. Zakir Naik and the controversy
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Renowned Islamic scholar and preacher Dr. Zakir Naik angered a section of Sunnis and Shias by his statement to a private TV channel that a Muslim should seek help only from Allah and no one else, not even the Prophet.
Angered by his statement a section of the community reportedly approached the home minister of Maharashtra RR Patil and demanded a ban on the Islamic conference which he is organizing between November 14 and 24 in Mumbai.
SC gives centre six weeks to appoint three central information commissioners
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to appoint three information commissioners, within six weeks, from among the applicants who...
Decision for war with Hezbollah was right: Israel
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday defended his decision to go to war with Hezbollah saying it was aimed at eradicating the extremist threat, local media reported.
"There had been a need to eradicate once and for all the threat that hung over hundreds of thousands of people and create a new reality," Olmert, who was visiting the northern border to mark the anniversary of the war with Hezbollah, said.
"We are still far from achieving our goals. We need to work very hard and we are working very hard," he said.
Malegaon blast accused Purohit moves SC for bail
New Delhi, (IANS): Former Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit on Friday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Bombay High Court's rejection...
‘He is a Muslim’: Nuh communal riots accused Bittu Bajrangi, who is out on...
Special Correspondent
TCN News: The violence was carried out at the cow vigilante's house at Faridabad on April 1. The police have registered an FIR...
Muzaffarpur riots: Samaj Bachao Aandolan alleges Bajrang Dal, BJP hand
By TCN News,
Patna: Samaaj Bachaao Aandolan, a city based social service group, has alleged direct involvement of Bajrang Dal and the BJP in the recent communal riots at Azizpur in Muzaffarpur district.
Indian-origin solicitor murdered for insurance in Britain
By IANS,
London : An Indian-origin solicitor was murdered in Britain by a hitman who was hired by her business partner in a plan to claim a 1.5 million pound insurance payout, a court was told.
Vina Patel, 51, died of asphyxiation and a broken neck in a contract killing allegedly arranged by John Cort, her colleague who had thousands of pounds of debts after purchasing three homes and eating meals at celebrity haunts following an expensive divorce, Daily Mail reported.
Muslim students rank high at engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
By V.M. Khaleelur Rahman for TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: Muslim students are among top 10 across trades at various engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu in 2009-2010. In the trade of B.E. Marine Engineering, Mohammad Naina Maricar S of Mohamed Sathak Engineering College and in B. Arch Aysha Khanam of MEASI Academy of Architecture have got top position. These colleges are attached to Anna University, Chennai.
Spilling human blood no answer to Kashmir dispute, says civil society group on ceasefire...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: A Civil society group- Kashmir Center for Social & Development Studies (KCSDS) on Sunday, March 25 said that it is...
सवालों के घेरे में बिहार की शराबबंदी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना - बिहार में 1 अप्रैल से शराब को लेकर राज्य सरकार की नयी नीति लागू हो गयी है. एक तरफ जहां...
Muslim bodies condemn extension of Taslima’s visa
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Several key Muslim organizations have strongly condemned the Central government’s decision to extend controversial author Taslima Nasreen’s visa for another six months. Now she can stay in the country legally until August 17, 2008. The term of her present visa will expire on February 17.
PIL in Delhi HC over injustices to Urdu language
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in Delhi High Court regarding injustices against Urdu language and Urdu medium schools.
The PIL has been filed by president of Farogh-e-Urdu Society, Dr. Zainul Abedeen and the treasurer of Gupta Educational Promotion Society Sha’oor Ahmad. Government of India’s step-motherly treatment of Urdu since Independence is not hidden from any learned and intelligent person.
Hurriyat leaders sending delegates to Pakistan High Commission Iftar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who were invited to an Iftar party at the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi, Tuesday said they will not attend the event but will send representatives.
The Mirwaiz, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, said: "I will not be able attend the Iftar party at the Pakistani High Commission tomorrow (Wednesday) since I am busy with the details of our resistance movement."
BJP MLA suspended for Delhi assembly’s winter session
New Delhi : Delhi assembly on Thursday witnessed a ruckus by ruling Aam Aadmi Party's legislators who disrupted proceedings and unanimously voted to suspend...
US drone attacks kill 10 militants in Pakistan
By DPA,
Islamabad : At least 10 militants were killed in two attacks by unmanned aircraft in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border Wednesday, security officials said.
Fake currency racket under scanner
By IANS
Trissur (Kerala) : Police were Sunday probing if a fake currency racket originating in Pakistan was the source of funding for the twin blasts in Hyderabad Saturday.
Two Keralites, Hamza, 42, and his associate Mohammed Ali, 41, were Saturday night arrested from Chavakad in Trissur district by a special team of the Hyderabad police team for their involvement in transferring fake currency notes printed in Pakistan to Hyderabad.
Curfew continues in parts of Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : A curfew imposed in parts of this Jammu and Kashmir capital was extended for the second consecutive day Monday in order to prevent sectarian clashes, police said.
Thirteen convicts executed in Iran
By DPA
Tehran : Thirteen convicts, including one woman, were executed in Iran, the daily Iran reported Thursday.
Eight convicts, including a serial killer and a woman who reportedly had killed her husband for infidelity, were hanged Wednesday in Evin prison in the capital Tehran.
Five other convicts, all drug-traffickers, were hanged Wednesday in Qom, south of Tehran, and in Zahedan, in south-eastern Iran.
All 13 were executed after the country's Supreme Court confirmed their initial death sentences.
New strand of fundamentalism surfaces in Kashmir
By Amulya Ganguli
With no sign of the unrest in Kashmir subsiding, the state is passing through one of the worst phases of...
SC notice to Madhya Pradesh government over Harda riot
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government on a petition seeking a CBI probe into the alleged...
China’s crackdown continues on Xinjiang Muslims; bans fasting in Ramadan
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Battling the continued terrorist acts in the country purported from Uighur Muslims, China has adopted a controversial move of banning millions of Muslims from compulsory fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam which is obligatory on every Muslim to observe for the whole month in the day time (from sun rise to sun set).
Protests against ABVP, police after Ramjas violence
New Delhi, (IANS): Hundreds of students on Thursday protested outside the Delhi Police headquarters on Thursday, a day after clashes between student groups left...
UAE ahead in women’s parliamentary participation
By NNN-WAM
Abu Dhabi : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said in its report on human resources in 2007- 2008 that the UAE is ahead of USA, the UK, France, Canada, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Japan and Poland in regard to women representation in the parliament.
The report, which was released early this month, showed the UAE tops the Arab countries in the women parliamentary representation. Women in the UAE's Federal National Council (FNC) represent 22.5 per cent of total number of members of parliament.
Malappuram temple organises Iftar party for local Muslims
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Amid attempts by Sangh Parivar to tarnish the image of Malappuram, the Muslim majority district in Kerala, a temple here showed...
Telangana to pass Muslim, ST quota bills in March
Hyderabad, (IANS): Telangana will pass two legislations during the ongoing Budget session to enhance reservation for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Muslims, Chief Minister...
Cyclone disrupts air traffic in Oman
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Air traffic to and from Muscat continues to be disrupted following the cyclone that hit the Sultanate of Oman.
‘No murder charges applicable on those arrested for Azad Maidan violence’
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Murder charges under section 302 did not apply to any one of the 23 arrested for violence in Azad Maidan, said Adv. Khalid Azmi on Tuesday.
Jamia Millia VC row: Why Prof Mushirul Hasan being opposed 2nd term
By Monazir Alam,
New Delhi: When you are in power no body will raise a finger at you. But when you are out of power or going to be out of power a number of fingers will start rising. As with others this is true today with noted historian and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Prof Mushirul Hassan. Prof Hassan has completed his five year tenure as VC of Jamia. But he has been included in the list of five contenders recommended for the coveted post at the internationally known central university by the search committee set up by the HRD ministry.
Seven held for caning two naked woman
By IANS,
Agartala : Seven people were arrested Wednesday for caning two naked woman and shaving their heads after a kangaroo court held them guilty of sexual misconduct in Tripura, police here said.
The two young women were beaten severely and their heads shaved by the local people last week at Champaknagar, about 30 km north of Agartala.
All-party meet crucial to women’s bill, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial".
"It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.
Ramadan gift leads to transfer of Kerala government staffers
By IANS,
Kottayam (Kerala) : Two employees of the state-run Kerala State Cooperative Consumers Federation Limited (Consumerfed) have been transferred after a veiled woman pretended to be a Muslim and lined up to receive a gift at a Ramadan fair.
The incident took place last week at the Karapuzha Service Cooperative Bank near here with Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran giving away the gift packets.
The woman, Suba Jacob, worked as a casual employee at Consumerfed and has been sacked.
Atrocities on Muslims in Ambala: Report of Mushawarat’s fact-finding team
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: This is a report of the fact-finding delegation of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) which visited Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts of Haryana on 28 August 2009 regarding atrocities inflicted by non-Muslim villagers on Muslim families of Kalalati Village of Ambala District for the last one month or so.
Maoist leader Azad’s body to be brought to Hyderabad
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The body of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who was killed in an alleged gun battle by the Andhra Pradesh Police, is being brought to Hyderabad for last rites, police Saturday said.
Azad, considered second in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hierarchy and also spokesperson of the outfit, was gunned down Friday in the forests near Jogapur in Adilabad district, about 300 km from here. Another Maoist, Sahadev was also killed.
Is defending human rights a crime?
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: In a blog posted on the website of the Green Peace, the non-profit organization working on issues of environment has asked if defending human rights has become a crime in the country. The public rant was on the stoppage of anti-nuclear activist Dr. Udaykumar at the Delhi airport.
Uttar Pradesh government to hone madrassa students’ English skills
By IANS,
Lucknow : Students of madrassas will now be included in the upcoming pilot project of the Uttar Pradesh government that aims to hone spoken English skills of government-run primary school students through radio programmes, an official said Monday.
"The move intends to expand the reach of the interactive English learning programmes through radio communication," said District Institute of Educational Training principal Lalita Pradeep.
सच्चर रिपोर्ट के पंद्रह साल : हाशिए से बहिष्करण तक का सफर
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FIR against ‘Freedom 251’ makers premature: High court
Allahabad : In a major relief to the makers of 'Freedom 251' smartphone, the Allahabad High Court on Friday said the FIR filed against...
Pub manager arrested in Gurgaon brawl
By IANS
Gurgaon : The manager of Buzz, the Gurgaon bar where an ugly brawl took place between a group of diners and 10-12 drunk youths, has been arrested for keeping the bar open beyond the stipulated time, the police said Monday.
"We have arrested Mrityunjay Tiwari, manager of the bar, under the Indian Penal Code for not adhering to laws. He kept the bar to remain open beyond the allowed hours," Gurgaon Police Assistant Commissioner Sumit Kumar said.
Abbas to reshuffle negotiation team: Fatah spokesman
By Xinhua
Ramallah : A Fatah spokesman said Thursday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was planning a reshuffle of the team that represents the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the political negotiations with Israel.`
Ahmed Qurea, a former prime minister and a member of Fatah central committee, will head the reshuffled delegation, which will comprise current chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and Yasser Abed Rabbo, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's (PLO) executive committee, according to spokesman Ahmed Abdel Rahman.
Jamia condoles Saiyid Hamid Sahab’s demise
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia, in association with Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys’ Association (Delhi Chapter) organised a condolence meet for Saiyid Hamid, who passed away on December 29.
Conference on terrorism at Deoband today
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Saharanpur: In a big positive development from the Muslim community’s viewpoint, Ulema from different schools of Islamic thought are gathering at Darul Uloom Deoband today.
Overwhelming reactions from all corners to SC notice to Advani and others in Babri...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court issued a notice to BJP veteran leader LK Advani and 19 others over Babri Mosque demolition, stakeholders in the case and opposition parties have welcomed the Supreme Court move even as BJP came up with a cautious reaction saying the matter is in the court.
“Only justice will aid in reducing our trauma,” students of Jamia, AMU recount violence,...
By Huda Mohammad, TwoCircles.net
Jamia: 15 December, 2019, will be remembered as a harrowing day in the history of independent India. It was a day when...
The Burqa controversy
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
The recent utterances of French President Sarkozy that Burqa will be banned in France and that wearing veil is not religion but torture and punishment for women, have caused great stir among Muslims and lot is being written in the media on this subject. As it is expected most Muslims, men and women have come out in support of wearing veil and are defending it in various ways theological as well as non-theological.
Family of Kannauj ‘rape’ victim seek govt aid, demand punishment against accused
A minor girl was found severely beaten and lying unconscious near a government guesthouse in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh on October...
Kashmiri teenager who wanted to be a doctor languishing in jail under PSA for...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Doda: Over the past week, there has been an extensive coverage of the acquittal of two Kashmiris--Mohammed Hussain Fazili and...
Waqf property grabbers will be punished: Naqvi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday expressed concern over a large number of waqf properties being encroached upon...
12 Chhattisgarh cops feared killed in gunfight with Maoists
By IANS
Raipur : Twelve policemen were missing after a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district Wednesday, and authorities feared they were dead as search operations have failed to discover their whereabouts.
"We have no reports at all about the 12 cops though several search parties are making the best efforts in thick forested and hilly stretches of Dantewada to locate them," Inspector General (Maoist operation) Girdhari Nayak told IANS by phone late Wednesday night.
Regime change brings no difference; same old story for Minority Affairs Ministry
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporters,
New Delhi: Newspapers readers in the national capital woke up to full page advertisements of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on the occasion of ‘Minority Rights Day’ on Thursday, December 18.
In World Cup season, documentary ‘Soccer Queens of Rani’ tells story of Assam’s football...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Dulumoni Rabha’s mother and brother work in stone quarries to make ends meet. Nikumoni Kalita’s father digs sand from the river to earn his family’s household expenses. Popy Rabha’s mother pulls a hand cart, sells snack in the weekly local market so that her family can have their next meal.
Judges should come clean
By Dr. Mookhi Amir Ali,
The Law Minister Veerappa Moily and the Chief Justice of India are keen on safeguarding Judges against public probity by clause 6 in the proposed Judges [Declaration of Assets and Liabilities] Bill 2009. While the bill mandates the judges to declare their assets, the clause 6 in it keeps such declaration outside the purview of the Right to Information [RTI] act.
Tension in Jammu region over cow killing rumours
Jammu : Tension gripped Jammu city and Chenani town in Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday following rumours about cow slaughter.
Scores of...
Seven-day training course on academic leadership conducted in Jahangirabad Institute of Technology
By TCN News
Barabanki (UP): A seven day training course on “Academic Leadership and Education Management” organised by UGC-HRD center of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)...
At least 24 dead, 37 wounded in fresh violence in Iraq
By DPA
Baghdad : At least 24 people were killed and 37 wounded when a fresh wave of violence hit the Iraqi capital, provinces of Diyala and Tamim provinces and the surrounding areas Tuesday.
In a town near Baquba, capital of the northern Diyala province, at least 10 people, including six police officers, were killed and as many wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a police checkpoint.
Baquba is located some 50 km northeast of Baghdad.
Kashmir killings: CRPF given clean chit
By IANS,
New Delhi: Giving a clean chit to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the central government Monday said "unruly mobs" were behind the violence in the Kashmir Valley and asserted that the government would not cow down to the separatists' tactics.
Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told CNN-IBN news channel that the separatists were instigating violence in the Valley as the overall law and order situation in the state was improving.
He said the CRPF reacted when they were attacked.
"CRPF has been extremely restrained," Pillai said.
NGO files plea before Gujarat riots commission
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : Activist Teesta Setalvad of Mumbai-based NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace Friday filed an affidavit before the G.T. Nanavati-Akshay Mehta judicial enquiry commission providing details of the locations of some important mobile phone numbers during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.
She said the locations of these mobile numbers were clinching evidence of their movements during these crucial days and of the complicity of the state government in the post-Godhra communal riots.
Moderate earthquake jolts north-eastern states
Shillong : A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, rocked the north-eastern states on Tuesday, an official said.
The tremor was felt at...
Happy and safe in Hyderabad, but know we can’t stay here: Rohingyas react to...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The Rohingyas have been termed by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Having fled their...
AMU promotes cycling ahead of World Environment Day
Aligarh : Ahead of the World Environment Day June 5, efforts have begun to promote cycling in the sprawling Aligarh Muslim University campus. Both...
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.
New service tax regime to boost cross-border transactions
By IANS,
New Delhi : The new service tax regime will have a significant positive impact on cross-border transactions, global audit and consulting firm BDO has said.
Iraqi Sunni speaker ousted
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Iraq's legislators have voted to remove the outspoken Sunni speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani.
MIM delegation met Pranab Mukherjee and assured him of their support
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Azad to seek re-election from Bhaderwah
By IANS,
Jammu : Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will seek re-election from Bhaderwah constituency in the mountainous district of Doda.
Putting all speculation to rest, the Congress Friday decided to nominate Azad from his native town Bhaderwah, from where he won a by-election in April 2006. Voting in Bhaderwah takes place Dec 17.
"He is the best choice (from Bhaderwah)," state Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz said.
Three killed, eight injured in Orissa boat capsize
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: At least three people, including a minor, were killed and eight others injured when a boat carrying 11 people capsized in a reservoir in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district, police said Thursday.
The boat capsized in the reservoir of Paradip Phosphate Limited in Paradip town at about 7.30 p.m. Wednesday, sub-divisional police officer S.K. Das told IANS.
The accident occurred when company employees were taking a boat ride with their families.
Paradip is about 200 km from here.
Code of conduct in Islam is applicable to men also: JIH Amir T Arifali
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
British journalist alleges rape in Udaipur, one held
By IANS
Udaipur : A guesthouse owner in Udaipur was arrested Wednesday on the charge of raping a British journalist, and an American tourist complained she was molested in the Hindu holy town of Pushkar in Rajasthan.
"We have arrested Prabat Singh, owner of a guesthouse in Udaipur, on the charge that he raped the British journalist on Dec 23 while she was staying in that guesthouse," a police official told IANS here.
Punjab Police sound alert on five Dera followers
By IANS
Chandigarh : The Punjab Police Friday issued an alert against five women followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, saying they could go to any extent to avenge the allegations levelled at their sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.
The police have circulated photographs and sketches of these women to most police stations across the state, a police officer said.
The Punjab Police intelligence wing fears that these women could attempt self-immolation or take any other drastic step to harm any VIP, especially the ruling Akali Dal leadership.
Killing of Khalid Mujahid and creeping police state
The security establishment’s war on human rights has emerged as the greatest threat to Indian democracy.
Aijaz Zaka Syed,
Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight
By IANS,
Raipur : Five security personnel were killed by Maoists Sunday as the rebels ambushed a patrolling team, leading to a gunfight in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force (BSF), District Force (DF) and Special Police Officers (SPOs) in a thickly-forested area," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) T.J. Longkumer told IANS over phone from Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar region.
Shah Rukh to receive honorary doctorate from British university
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated to receive an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire.
Shah Rukh, the first foreign actor to be conferred the Malaysian title of Datuk - akin to a British knighthood - last year, will receive his first doctorate July 10.
The actor was chosen for the doctorate by NGO Routes to Roots, a member of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organization (WANGO) that works closely with universities and educational trusts in various countries, said a press release.
Construct memorial for Ayyankali: SDPI to Kerala Govt
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government should be ready to construct a memorial for the noted Dalit leader Ayyankali, said Abdul Majeed Faisy, state general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India. He was delivering the chief address at the Ayyankali memorial conference organized by the party in Thiruvananthapuram. Ayyankali was a famous Dalit leader and reformist who fought for Dalit rights in the state.
Iranian spies have infiltrated Aussie varsities, says “The Australia” news paper
By NNN-Bernama
Melbourne : Iranian students at Australian universities are being closely watched by national security authorities amid fears that some could ofthem be working as spies for Tehran, according to The Australian newspaper.
Some of the students suspected of espionage in Sydney and Melbourne are under electronic surveillance, according to daily which added that concerns about the presence of Iranian spies in Australian universities were reportedly raised by information from local Iranian leaders and calls to the National Security Hotline.
Smart villages may help keep cities smarter
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
When there is a dire need to convert our 6.5 lakh-odd rural settlements in India into smart villages, we are planning to build 100 new smart cities, which in the process may end up uprooting a big population and gobble up thousands of acres of agriculture land.
Coalition with NC was bad experience for Congress: Azad
Jammu : Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said his party's coalition with the National Conference (NC) was a bad experience while lauding...
Justice will be done, CM tells Akhlaq’s family
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday met the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob, and said the...
Over a dozen hurt in Srinagar’s anti-blasphemy protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : Over a dozen people were injured as Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar was Saturday rocked by protests over alleged blasphemous sketches against Islam, police said.
A senior police officer said over a dozen people, including at least four policemen, were injured in the protests.
Heavy police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) reinforcements were moved into the old city and uptown areas after trouble erupted as news about a blasphemous sketch on some garments against Islam spread fast here Saturday morning.
Taking cue from Black Lives Matter, ‘Dalit, Minorities, Tribal Lives Matter’ campaign launched in...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Taking a cue from the ongoing mass campaign Black Lives Matter, South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association has decided to launch a...
UPA policies roadblock in Muslims’ mainstreaming says Sachar member
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Probe will show if blast is terror strike: Shinde
By IANS,
Kolkata : Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said a probe would reveal whether the blast near the BJP office in Bangalore was a terror act.
12 Rohingya migrants killed in Bangladesh boat capsize
Dhaka, (IANS): At least 12 Rohingya migrants were killed after a boat carrying them capsized off the coast of Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, police said...
Anti-Terror conference of Barelvi Muslims turned out to be anti-Wahabi conference
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Several religious leaders belonging to Barelvi sect of Muslims in India have condemned Wahabi ideology and demanded government to reduce...
Arthur Road jail inmates beaten without provocation: judicial report
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
The judicial report concerning the merciless beating of the Arthur Road jail inmates has come as a huge blow to the jail administration. The report has been submitted before the Bombay High Court by the Principal Judge of Session Court Justice T V Nalvade.
It has exposed many things which the administration claimed in order to justify its beating of the jail inmates who are also accused in the Mumbai train blasts, Malegaon blasts and in the recovery of illegal arms from Aurangabad.
CLMC condemns the ‘inhuman incident of blast’
CLMC urges an end to media trial
By TCN News,
Ex-DU professor Geelani moves bail plea
New Delhi : Former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges, moved his bail application before a court on Wednesday, his lawyer...
From a Village in West Bengal to University College, London – Remarkable Journey of...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Dr. Samima Khatun, the daughter of an imam from West Bengal’s East Burdwan district, has been awarded a travel grant...
Ernakulam Biogas Plant mishap: search ends, bodies buried
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The dead bodies of all the four killed in the biogas plant mishap in Ernakulam were buried yesterday. The rescue operators ended the search for more dead bodies in the pool of the plant as all employees suspected to be missing were found.
The biogas plant in the compound of Al Jamia AL Kausariya Arabic College exploded on Wednesday, killing four people. The deceased are identified as Muhammed Ibrahim Turk alias Muhammed Ansari (64), Safan Giri (30), Shukdev Pancha (29) and Lalu (42).
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Website on J&K Gujjars launched
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation - an organisation working for the welfare of Indian Tribes under its "Focus on Gujjars" scheme today launched its first ever website www.jktribals.co.cc on Gujjar tribe of the state.
Promote mother tongue, AMU academics say
By IANS,
Aligarh : It is vitally important to educate children in their mother tongue, experts said at a seminar where other speakers called on the government to promote Urdu.
Islamic Bank to come up soon in Kerala, Gulfar Muhammedali named Chairman
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: Gulfar Muhammedali, renowned NRI businessman, has been chosen as the Chairman of the Islamic Bank set to be begun in Kerala shortly.CK Menon and MA Yusufali are selected as vice-chairmen. The plan is to begin an interest-free financial institution in the model of Islamic banks.
Afridi’s ‘boom’ keeps firecrackers bursting in Kashmir Valley
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : Seventy-year old Abdul Satar, a pavement vendor in north Kashmir's Sopore town, spent his entire day's earnings bursting firecrackers to...
Gulzar Azmi: A man with hunger for integrity and justice
The octogenarian’s concern to help the deprived comes from the belief that one needs a heart and not a post to help others
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Sharp at 10.00 am every morning, a charming face with a feeble body greets all visitors at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Maharashtra office at Imambada Compound in Central Mumbai.
Taslima Nasreen being cared for in Swedish clinic
By Alfred de Tavares, IANS
Stockholm : Taslima Nasreen, the controversial writer from Bangladesh, is being cared for in a Swedish clinic since her highly hush-hush arrival in this country from India last Wednesday, and evidently plans to stay there for some time.
Nasreen is being held virtually incommunicado by the Swedish authorities, under the care of the Swedish Pen Club, which has been her protector ever since her troubles with the Islamic authorities in Bangladesh first drove her to Sweden in the early 1990s.
Rajsamand murder: Protests in various parts of Bengal, Delhi sees silent human chain calling...
By TCN News
The gruesome murder of Mohammed Afrajul Khan under the pretext of ‘Love Jihad’ has sent shockwaves around the nation, with people organising...
Salman Khurshid: Media savvy lawyer-politician with gift for words
By Manish Chand, IANS,
Man shot dead in north Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A man was shot dead by two unidentified assailants near Pitampura in northwest Delhi Saturday night, the police said Sunday.
Ganpat Ram, 57, a resident of Shalimar Bagh, was going in his Maruti swift car when two motorcycle borne youth intercepted him around 9 p.m., shot him and fled from the spot, according to the police.
Seriously injured, Ram was taken to nearby Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
A case has been filed with Maurya Enclave police station and an investigation into the murder is under way.
One-day national mourning declared on demise of ayatollah
By IRNA
Tehran : Cabinet of ministers declared Wednesday as a "National Mourning Day" on the sad occasion of demise of Ayatollah Ali Meshkini.
In a statement, the ministers offered their condolences to the supreme leader, religious authorities, nation and the bereaved family.
Meanwhile, in the statement, a 2-day public mourning has been declared in the Qom province, where the late ayatollah lived and taught.
Tehran : Cabinet of ministers declared Wednesday as a "National Mourning Day" on the sad occasion of demise of Ayatollah Ali Meshkini.
In a statement, the ministers offered their condolences to the supreme leader, religious authorities, nation and the bereaved family.
Meanwhile, in the statement, a 2-day public mourning has been declared in the Qom province, where the late ayatollah lived and taught.
Ban on SIMI is terrorism of Congress: Ex-SIMI president
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Second term of UPA government: reaction from Azamgarh
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net special correspondent
CPI (M) MLA didn’t commit suicide, was killed, claims kin
By Zaidul haque, TwoCircles.net
Musharraf steps down as Pakistan army chief
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday resigned as army chief and shed his uniform after more than four decades of serving in the force.
He passes the army chief's baton to Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, who will take over as the new army chief after Musharraf relinquishes charge at a grand ceremony in a stadium in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
On Thursday, Musharraf begins his second term as president - this time as a civilian.
NATO forces kill four school students: Afghan officials
By DPA,
Kabul: Afghan officials said Tuesday that NATO forces shot dead four Afghan school students, but NATO said those killed were Taliban militants and their associates.
The incident happened around three km south of Khost city, the capital of the south-eastern province of Khost, Monday night, Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told DPA.
He said all the deceased were civilians who were driving in a vehicle that failed to stop at military checkpoint. "We condemn the attack," he said.
Two more TDP legislators join TRS
Hyderabad : The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) received a severe setback in Telangana on Wednesday as its two legislators including party leader in the...
नर्मदा बांध के खिलाफ़ आदिवासियों की विशाल पदयात्रा
By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter,
खलघाट: मध्य प्रदेश के निमाड़ क्षेत्र में विस्थापित किसानों, मजदूरों और मछुवारों ने जीवन अधिकार यात्रा शुरू की है. यह जीवन...
Despite violence, Amarnath sees record Hindu pilgrims
By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,
Srinagar : Undeterred by the violence and tension that have created deep divisions in Jammu and Kashmir, the two-month-long Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine is drawing to a peaceful end - helped no less by Muslims at every step.
Muslims have acted as porters, guides and hosts to more than 600,000 Hindus who have this year undertaken the arduous trek to the Amarnath cave temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity, in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
Kashmir newspapers not to print over government ‘propaganda’
Srinagar : No newspaper will come out here on Wednesday after Srinagar-based editors and publishers on Tuesday decided not to go to print in...
All Bengal Minority Youth Federation writes to Mamata Banerjee over alleged discrimination against Muslims...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation has sought Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee's intervention over alleged discrimination against Muslims in the...
Kaluchak massacre: Victims forgotten five years on
By Binoo Joshi, Indo-Asian News Service
Kaluchak, (Jammu and Kashmir) : The cantonment town of Kaluchak in Jammu and Kashmir reverberated with deafening grenade explosions and gunfire exactly five years ago on May 14, 2002, leaving nearly 40 soldiers, their wives and children dead.
But the terror attack that had shocked the entire nation has been almost erased from the collective memory of the local residents of Kaluchak, 13 km from Jammu, and the leaders who had promised "immediate action".
महाराष्ट्र के अंडरट्रायल क़ैदियों की खुशी का सबब बने जावेद
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली : महाराष्ट्र की जेल में क़ैद जावेद नाम के एक शख़्स की मुहिम ने क़ैदियों की ज़िन्दगी में...
Rage, as fresh killings rock Kashmir Valley
By IANS,
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead three protestors in different places here Tuesday as thousands took to the streets in waves after the death by drowning of a youth sparked a chain of events that shook the Kashmir Valley.
What started off as one mourning procession took an ugly turn by early evening as a woman, a male government employee and a 14-year-old boy were killed in firing in separate incidents, further fuelling the mob fury.
Rollie Mukherjee: Painting against disremembering
By Afreen Firdaus Idrees, Twocircles.net
Rollie Mukherjee, a Vadodara-based artist, was in Kolkata last month as part of the 4th edition of Kolkata People’s Film...
Meerut’s Gulzar looks beyond Oscar to a polio-free world
By IANS, Text
Lucknow : Mohammed Gulzar - the name may not ring a bell. But this polio affected boy plays a key role in the 38-minute Oscar nominated documentary "The Final Inch" and says he is happy with the nomination. But the real victory will be saying "final goodbye to the wretched virus".
"Oscar nomination is a great recognition. But the real victory will be when we will say a final goodbye to this wretched virus," Gulzar said at an interactive session at the Uttar Pradesh Press Club here Friday.
RSS sees ‘nothing bad’ in personality cult
By Anando Bhakto,
New Delhi : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, has said it is not worried about Narendra...
Congress disappointed at delayed Bhopal verdict
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.
Indian Muslim apex body condemns Chinese brutality in Xinjiang
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has condemned the reign of terror unleashed by the Chinese security forces and the Chinese Han settlers on the Uighur Muslims in “Xinjiang” or Eastern Turkestan.
Eastern Turkestan is a traditional Muslim homeland whose demography the Chinese are trying to change drastically and this, coupled with state repression, has led to tensions in the region which erupt from time to time.
Kejriwal distributes subsidy among e-rickshaw drivers
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday distributed subsidy cheques of Rs.15,000 to 4,600 registered e-rickshaw drivers here.
This subsidy is being...
Antique idols recovered in Delhi, one held
By IANS
New Delhi : A man was arrested here on the charge of attempting to sell two stolen antique idols of Lord Mahavir, valued at millions of rupees in the international market, police said Tuesday.