Sambhaji Bhagat, a rebellious voice of Ambedkarite movement, felicitated
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Sambhaji Bhagat, an Ambedkarite activist, balladeer, playwright and lyricist, was felicitated in recognition for his contribution to Dalit/Ambedkarite movement and...
Quartet looks forward to Arab League envoys’ trip to Israel
By NNN-KUNA
United Nations : The Middle East Quartet has stressed the "continuing importance" of the Arab Peace Initiative and looked forward to the planned visit by the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan to Israel to discuss it further.
Maharashtra Govt. should order CBI probe into Adv. Shahid Azmi’s murder: SDPI
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), stunned at the brutal murder of Advocate Shahid Azmi of Mumbai has urged the Maharashtra Government to order Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI), probe into the assassination.
Adv. Shahid, who was defending one of the co-accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the accused in the Mumbai train serial blasts and other terror related cases in which Muslim youths have been arrested, was assassinated by unidentified persons in his office on Thursday last.
Afghanistan: Democracy with the flavor of narcotics
By Dr Mohammad Nazrul Bari and Milad Alimoradian,
Afghanistan has been the core of exhaustive research and analysis. This great landlocked country with an excellent ancient history has seen lots of difficult and different situations, especially in the last century; it suffered massively from several external and internal issues such as political, sociological, religious, etc. However, by looking at the internal issues we see that it’s linked to external interventions, which are not proliferating and productive for the country. This simply means that the external elements created the major devastating issues in the country: exploitation in all various forms can be seen as one of the main issues.
Minorities Democratic Party demands Memon should not be hanged
By TCN News,
Nagpur: Minorities Democratic Party (MDP) has submitted a memorandum to the President and Governor through the Nagpur Collector demanding that Yakub Memon’s...
Bomb blast in Sri Lanka
By IANS
Colombo : A huge bomb blast has taken place in Sri Lanka's Gampaha district few minutes ago, police sources said.
According to police sources, a powerful bomb went off minutes before the commencement of a public function at Waliweriya in the Gampaha district in the Western Province Sunday morning, police said.
AMU VC releases English magazine ‘Islam, Muslims and the World’
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Prof. P K Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), has said that while presenting the Muslim outlook on different issues we must keep in mind the secular traditions of India and we should also strive to strengthen the secular traits in India.
Prof. Azis was speaking after releasing the English monthly "Islam, Muslims and the World" edited by noted writer and journalist Dr. Javed Jamil.
Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday.
Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.
Azharuddin denies he is entering politics
By IANS
Bangalore : Former India cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin Wednesday visited the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) office here to wish his friend and former medium pacer Dodda Ganesh who was joining the party, but denied he was joining politics himself.
Muslim English periodical brings out special issue on AMU alumni
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Patna: An especial issue of English magazine “Islam, Muslim and the World” on the alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University was released today by Vice Chancellor Prof Abdul Azis in Aligarh.
Subdued Eid in Madhya Pradesh, Namaz not offered at 48 Eidgahs
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
After Trilokpuri now Bawana tense over opposition to Muharram procession
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: After last week communal tension in Delhi’s Trilokpuri, Bawana area of North-West Delhi is now tense over opposition to Muharram procession. Provoking posters have been put up in the locality urging people to assimilate to Bawana for a Muzaffarnagar kind of Mahapanchayat on Sunday to “oppose the Muharram procession.”
Law Commission says no proposal for uniform civil code
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Setting at rest concerns of a key Muslim body, the Law Commission of India has said there is no proposal before it for enacting a uniform code for the minority community.
It said there was also no proposal before it for recommending to the Centre any measure which will pave the way for "uniform civil code in the country."
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had on Monday said in a statement that any such proposal was "ill- motivated" to pave the way for "enactment of a uniform civil code of the Shariat laws".
Warrant for Maudany’s court appearance June 23
By IANS,
Bangalore : A Bangalore court here Tuesday directed Karnataka Police to produce Kerala-based People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Maudany before it by June 23 in connection with the 2008 serial bomb blasts here.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh Gurigi issued a non-bailable warrant against Maudany, who is one of the 32 charged for the July 25, 2008 blasts that killed a woman and injured over 20.
Gurigi said the PDP leader should be produced before him on or before June 23.
Police question Hindu leader over hate speech
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Police began questioning Hindu religious leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati in connection with a hate speech he delivered at a rally here last week.
Sonia creating Hindu terror bogey: Singhal
By IANS,
Ramnathi (Goa) : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders Friday denounced Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying her party was branding Hindu saints and groups as terrorists.
“Yusuf Pathan will improve on his performance in coming world cup matches’
By Ilyas Khan Pathan, TwoCircles.net,
15 years on, justice eludes Makkah masjid blast victims
Ten persons allegedly belonging to Hindu right-wing organizations were named as accused in the case. However, in April 2018, five of the accused were...
Centre to release religion-based census data at ‘appropriate time’
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said religion-based census data will be released at an "appropriate time".
"The religion-based census data will...
Israel’s flag set ablaze
By IRNA
Tehran : International Qods Day ralliers in Tehran on Friday set the flag of Israel ablaze to show their resentment of the Zionist regime's crimes in the occupied territories.
The ralliers, chanting slogans such as "Death to the US" and "Death to Israel", also set an effigy bearing the US flag on fire.
They also set the effigies of the US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on fire in the ceremony.
The Tehranis carried the Palestinian flags, crying, "Palestine is victorious and Israel is doomed to failure."
SDPI condemns outburst against Shah Rukh Khan
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has castigated Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for ridiculing the superstars of Indian cinema namely Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan for supporting inclusion of Pakistani cricketers over in the IPL.
Fourth Ittehad-e-Millat Convention in Bhopal on May 23
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Keeping aside their sectarian differences and rivalries Muslim Ulema (clerics) of various sects from all over India would come on one platform for the sake of welfare of Muslim Ummah at large here in Bhopal on May 23 at Noor-us-Saba Hotel.
Government tables triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha amid uproar
New Delhi, (IANS): The government on Wednesday tabled the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha amid uproar, with the Congress and other opposition parties...
“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”
By TCN News,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.
Singing party’s tune, Minority Minister Heptullah backs Maha govt in denial of reservation to...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Affirming the stand of the BJP-SS government in Maharashtra selectively providing reservation to Maratha community, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has said Muslims do not need reservations, instead, they should be made self-reliant.
Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad, and national mythology – Part II
By Umair Azmi
In the first part of this series, Rajmohan Gandhi's defence of Patel as fair and not communally prejudiced was compared with Maulana Azad's...
More than two dozen militants killed in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : Afghan police and the US-led coalition forces killed over two dozen insurgents in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan, while Afghan officials accused US forces of killing seven police officers in eastern province.
Four killed in suicide attack in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : At least four people were killed and a dozen injured Sunday when a suicide bomber riding on a bicycle hit a police van in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
Five injured policemen were in critical condition, Xinhua reported.
The bomb exploded near the residence of a senior political leader, Mehmood Khan Achakzau, who heads the Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party.
He was not at home when the bomb ripped through the busy area, his family said.
Crimes against women on the rise in Agra
By IANS
Agra : There is a spurt in crimes against women in Agra district. Shockingly, at least in some cases, law enforcement officials have remained indifferent while the victims' community and family members have either turned their backs on the suffering women or harassed them further.
JIH condemns Hyderabad blasts, appeals to maintain peace and amity
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Secretary-General Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Nusrat Ali has severely condemned the two bomb blasts that ripped the city of Hyderabad Saturday evening claiming 44 innocent lives and rendering injured 75 others.
Mr Ali has demanded from the government "to initiate a complete and transparent investigation into the matter immediately and give due punishment to the culprits."
Jamia gears up for Talimi Mela, convocation
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia is gearing up to celebrate its annual festival of dance, music, debate, plays and lectures, called Talimi Mela (Educational Fair) from 29th October till 4 November.
Passenger train service from Agartala likely from April
Agartala : The much awaited passenger train service between Tripura and the rest of India is likely to start in April, a railway official...
Land transfer to SASB, Conspiracy hatched by the Indian government: Geelani
By Reyaz Ahmed, NAK,
Sopore (Baramulla) : Terming the government's decision to transfer land in Pahalgam to Shree Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) as a conspiracy hatched by the Indian government and its agents working in the state, Chairman of his faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani said that the transfer of land a conspiracy to occupy more and more land of Kashmir thereby turning common people of state into a marginalized minority.
Al-Azhar’s Cairo Declaration for peace between Muslims & Christians must be welcomed by all
By Sufyan Abdul Sathar for Twocircles.net
A few days back, Cairo witnessed a historical and promising event. A two-day conference on ‘Freedom and Citizenship; Diversity...
Six killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan
By DPA,
Islamabad: Pakistan authorities Sunday clamped curfew on a town following sectarian clashes between rival Sunni groups that left at least six people dead and 16 injured.
The clashes erupted Saturday when gunmen opened fire on a rally by the Brelvi sect of the Sunni Muslims to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammad in Paharpur area of Dera Ismail Khan district.
Following the incident, the angry crowd of Brelvi Muslims attacked a seminary of a Deobandi sect of Sunni Muslims, ensuing gunfights that continued for hours.
At least 13 dead as Pakistan reels under intense heat wave
By DPA
Islamabad : At least 13 people died and dozens fainted Saturday as Pakistan reeled under an intense heat wave Saturday, with mercury soaring to 51 degrees Celsius in the southern city of Larkana.
Iranian intelligence officer, Al Qaeda leader killed in Iraq
By DPA
Baghdad : An Iranian intelligence officer and an Al Qaeda leader in Salahaddin province were among 12 militants reported killed in a US raid in south Samarra city, an Iraqi official report said Tuesday.
The report said the officer, identified as belonging to the Iranian intelligence, was carrying an Iranian passport, but it gave no details about him.
Al Qaeda leader Abu Obeid al-Jazaeri and his wife were also killed in the raid carried out Monday, 125 km from capital Baghdad, the report added.
Omar briefs governor on Kashmir security situation
By IANS,
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday discussed the security situation of the state and other issues with Governor N.N. Vohra, an official spokesman said.
उना दलित मार्च में आने वालों की सवर्णों द्वारा पिटाई, विरोध प्रदर्शन जारी
सिद्धांत मोहन और अमित कुमार, TwoCircles.net
उना(गुजरात) - उना में आज स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर दलित स्वाभिमान यात्रा का आयोजन किया है. इस यात्रा/ मार्च में गुजरात ही नहीं, देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों से दलित और तमाम संगठनों से जुड़े लोग पहुंच रहे हैं.
Indian Muslims doing well in the US
By IANS
New York : India's emergence as a regional power and increasing global profile has had a positive affect on Non Resident Indians (NRIs) in the US, according to the president of the Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA).
You may celebrate Sir Syed day, but do you remember what he stood for?
By Afzal Usmani for TwoCircles.net
Today is Sir Syed Day, 199th Birth anniversary of one of the greatest leader and reformer for Muslims of...
Rice: U.S. concerned about Turkey’s military action in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that Washington is concerned about Turkey's activities that would cause destabilization in northern Iraq after Turkey launched two offensives against rebel troops this week.
Rice, who arrived in Iraq Tuesday on a surprise visit, told a press conference that the U.S., Turkey and Iraq "share common interest of stopping the activity of PKK "which threatens stability in northern Iraqi and resulted in deaths in Turkey.
Khursheed Ganai is to be Principal Secretary to Omar Abdullah
By NAK,
Jammu : A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre officer and Principal Secretary (Home) Khurshid Ganai has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. He has been asked to hold the additional charge of administrative secretary home.
Well informed sources in the civil secretariat told News Agency of Kashmir that Ganai's appointment has been confirmed by the chief minister Omar Abdullah and formal orders were issued by the General Administrative Department today.
BJP announces candidates for UP by-polls
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday announced its candidates for the Sep 13 by-polls for 11 assembly and one parliamentary seat in...
CBI arrests top Punjab policemen in sex scandal
By IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh : Two senior Punjab police officials were Tuesday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly colluding with politicians, businessmen and journalists to extort money from innocent people after threatening them of sexual abuse charges.
"Punjab's Assistant Inspector General (Security) Devendra Singh Garcha and Ropar's Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Paramvir Singh Sandhu were detained for questioning in the case and were later put under arrest in connection with the Moga sex scandal," a CBI official told IANS.
Pakistan felicitates Myanmar on Independence Day
By IRNA-PPI
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has congratulated Myanmar on its Independence Day. In felicitation message to Chairman State Peace & Development Council, Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe, he said: ''It gives me great pleasure to extend our warmest felicitations on the happy occasion of Independence Day of Union of Myanmar.
''Pakistan and Myanmar enjoy close and friendly relations. I am confident that mutually beneficial ties between our two countries will be further strengthened in the years ahead,'' he stated.
An insult to Muslims, Owaisi tells Digvijaya
Hyderabad: MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday described a picture posted by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter, showing his (Owaisi's) half face with...
Indian Muslim leader vows to fight terrorism
By IINA,
New Delhi : Notwithstanding their differences, the Indian Muslim community and their leaders have joined hands in their struggle against terrorism. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi yesterday, Maulana Arshad Madani, a scholar from the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, said that terrorism and extremism are against the basic tenets of Islam, and described Western powers as terrorists. He also referred to an edict issued recently by Darul Uloom, Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), which said the "killing of innocent people is not compatible with Islam."
Popular Front condemns attachment of properties by UP police, calls it undemocratic
TCN News
Popular Front of India Chairman OMA Salam has condemned UP Police action of attachment of people's properties across Uttar Pradesh.
Salam called out the...
Love Jihad, conversions and laws curbing freedoms
By Ram Puniyani
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020, passed by UP on 27 November 2020, has set the ball rolling....
Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...
By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net
This is the third in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...
30 killed in Iraq attacks
By DPA,
Baghdad : At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a series of bomb attacks across Baghdad Sunday, according to Iraqi media and military sources.
Jamia Millia Islamia rises in solidarity with the North East Community
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent crimes against members of the North East Community, students, teachers, staff of the...
Powerful cyclone kills 48 in Bangladesh
By Xinhua
Dhaka : A powerful cyclone has claimed 48 lives in Bangladesh's southern coastal area, media reports said Friday.
The most deaths were reported from Barisal district. Other areas in the south like Khulna, Bhola, Bagerhat and Madaripur were also impacted in a big way by Cyclone Sidr, various reports said.
Almost all coastal areas had been affected in Bangladesh and the death toll is likely to go up further.
Electricity and phone lines have been disconnected since midnight in some places, including capital Dhaka, reports said.
Islamic banking may solve farmer suicide crisis: Swaminathan
By TCN News,
Chennai: Eminent economist and Father of Indian green revolution, M S Swaminathan sees Islamic banking and finance system as solution to the farmer suicide crisis. At an award ceremony here yesterday Swaminathan said Islamic banking may be the solution to farmer suicide crisis in Vidarbha.
Lost in Terror: Voices of many women, penned by one
By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi : Kashmir is on the boil; the "Azadi" chant reverberates from every corner; normal life is at a halt....
Court pulls up defence counsel in Katara murder
By IANS
New Delhi : A city court Wednesday pulled up defence counsel for seeking unnecessary adjournments in the Nitish Katara murder case of 2002 and asked him to conclude the final arguments by April 15.
Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur pulled up defence counsel G.K. Bharti after he again sought adjournment for concluding the final arguments in the case.
"This is your last chance to conclude the arguments. I will not hear the arguments after April 15," said the judge in his order.
The prosecution wrapped up their final arguments in the case in December.
Tablighi Ijtima concludes with pray for world peace and unity
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Campaign launched against woman trafficking in minority districts of Bengal
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Maldives to implement death penalty despite FM’s resignation
Male : Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said that he would go ahead with implementing the death penalty, an official said.
Abdul Gayoom...
Similar incidents but different reaction by Bihar police
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Mysterious silence of global community, Muslim world on killings in Burma
By Syed Zubair Ahmad,
‘Iran’s military prepared to defend country’
By Xinhua
Tehran : The chief commander of the Iranian army's Ground Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Hossein Dadras, has said Iran's armed forces are prepared to defend the country's territorial integrity against foreign invasions.
Voting in Bihar for seven Lok Sabha seats
Patna: Polling began Wednesday in Bihar for seven Lok Sabha seats, officials said. By-polls for two assembly seats are also being held.
As many as...
Protest rally in Agartala on Gaza attacks
Agartala : A protest rally was organised here Sunday calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza and urging the Indian government...
Woman killed after being branded witch
By IANS,
Ranchi : An elderly woman was beaten to death on the outskirts of Ranchi after being branded a witch, the police said Friday.
Mangari Oraon of Nanatar village, around 70 km from here, was attacked by fellow villagers Thursday. She was accused of using magic to kill a two-year-old boy.
The challenges of being a woman leader
By Shehla Rashid
I want to share a thought that has been on my mind for a while. We’re grateful for all the love and...
Crush Maoist terrorism, says Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai : Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Monday said there was need to "crush" the terror unleashed by "Maoist devils" in several states of India.
Many madrasas are run like personal business: Waris Mazhari
Waris Mazhari is the editor of the Delhi-based Urdu monthly Tarjuman Dar ul-Ulum, the official organ of the Old Boys' Association of the Dar ul-Ulum, Deoband. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he talks about the much-debated issue of madrasa reforms in India in the context of the recent proposal of the National Minorities' Education Commission for the setting up of a Central Madrasa Board.
Army camps in Kashmir have succumbed to ‘Mandir’ culture: Parvez Imroz, Chief, JKCCS
A Civil Rights activist for decades and well-known lawyer, Parvez Imroz is the Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and...
Leaders wear Islamic skull caps only for show: Heptullah
Patna : Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptuallah Thursday criticised former Bihar chief ministers Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad for wearing Islamic skull cap...
AP govt to arrange mass marriages of Muslim and Christain poor from next month
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has issued orders to organize mass marriages of poor Muslim countries and constituted a state level committee to supervise the implementation of the scheme.
Pre-dawn raid on Baghdad’s neighbourhood kills 15
By Xinhua
Baghdad : US and Iraqi forces backed by air support early Saturday raided a northern Baghdad neighbourhood where Shia militia are said to be active, killing at least 15 people and wounding 10, an Interior Ministry source said.
"The US and Iraqi troops conducted a pre-dawn raid on the neighbourhood of Al-Huseiniyah and traded fire with militiamen believed to be affiliated to Mahdi army militia loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Ruling in Chaudhry’s case ‘irrespective of consequences’
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's Supreme Court will decide on suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's petition "irrespective of the consequences" and despite previous court rulings being overturned by executive orders.
MQM denies threatening scribes, calls it ‘conspiracy’
By IANS
Karachi : Accused of nursing a front organisation that allegedly placed bullets in the cars of three journalists, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has termed the reports "a conspiracy" and asked the government to book the culprits.
Asam Sahitya Sabha president urges to avoid religious lines
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Dhruba Jyoti Borah, Asam Sahitya Sabha (ASS) president, has urged the people of the state to march ahead together...
Aligs not happy with library controversy, write to HRD minister
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aligarh: Jasim Mohammad, Secretary of Aligarh based Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC) has written to Smriti Z. Irani, Union Minister for Human Resource Development against what he termed as “undue and un-called for interference in AMU affairs.”
Out of sight Chand, out of mind in Haryana politics
By Alkesh Sharma,IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : He made national headlines when he fell in love. Just months after having fallen out of love, no one really is bothered about him - politically or otherwise. Haryana's elusive former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed is not even being sought by his own party, the Congress, for the Lok Sabha elections.
Pakistan apex court verdict on Musharraf likely today
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Political tension is high in Pakistan Friday with the Supreme Court likely to give its verdict on the petitions challenging Pervez Musharraf's bid at re-election as president while also holding the office of army chief.
The stage for the historic verdict was set Thursday evening when arguments were completed, both for and against Musharraf's bid, before a nine-judge bench headed by Justice Rana Bhagwandas.
Musharraf is among the 40-odd candidates on whose behalf nomination papers have been filed in the last two days for the election scheduled for Oct 6.
Exhibition of Indian Islamic Calligraphy at AMU
Aligarh: A three-day exhibition of Indian Islamic Calligraphy organized by the K. A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University was inaugurated by AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah. Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier (Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali and Managing Director of the Siasat Art Gallery, Mr. Zaheeruddin Ali Khan were present on the occasion.
IAMC wants disqualification of Indian politicians from Time Mag’s 100 online poll
By TCN News,
Washington DC: Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called on TIME magazine to disqualify Indian politicians from the 2014 TIME 100 online poll.
It will be Kejriwal vs Modi in Varanasi
Varanasi : In what will be the mother of all battles in the coming election, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal announced Tuesday he will take...
Bangladesh may set up ‘Truth Commission’ for businessmen
By NNN-PTI
Dhaka : Bangladesh is planning to enact a law to give legal cover to a 'Truth Commission' to secure confessions from businessmen accused of corruption without putting them on trial.
The planned setting up of the "Truth Commission" comes amid the ongoing campaign against corruption in which many businessmen have been put on trial, triggering panic among the community.
Former Iraqi diplomet to rejoin family in Australia
By NNN-Bernama
Melbourne : A former Canberra-based Iraqi diplomat has been allowed to return to Australia to be reunited with his family after five years of agonising wait for approval.
Nattiq Ali Radhi, 68, the Iraqi charge d'affairs in Canberra for four years until being recalled to Baghdad in 2002, fled to Yemen and then to Jordan awaiting a reunion with his wife, daughter and two sons, The Australian newspaper reported.
Sudan braces to receive 2,000 Palestinian refugees
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : The Arab League and Sudan are finalising arrangements for moving some 2,000 Palestinian refugees displaced from Iraq and left in strained conditions on the Iraqi-Syrian borders, Azzam Al-Ahmad, a league official in charge of the dossier of Palestinian refugees in Iraq said.
Sudan had expressed the will to host the 2,000 Palestinian refugees who are members of 400 families temporarily pending their return to their homes, Al-Ahmad told reporters here after his meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa Thursday.
All India Sir Syed Essay Writing Competition
By TCN News,
Aligarh: As part of the celebrations of the 197th birth anniversary of its legendary founder and an outstanding social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the Aligarh Muslim University would hold an All India Essay Writing Competition for university and college students in English language on the topic “Sir Syed envisioned AMU to be ‘Oxford of the East’. How do we make it ‘Oxford of the World – A World Class University?”
Turkish air strikes kill 175 Kurdish rebels
By Xinhua
Ankara : At least 175 rebels of the separatist Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air strikes by Turkish planes in northern Iraq on Dec 16, a Turkish Army statement said Tuesday.
It said that Turkey's military has hit more than 200 PKK positions in northern Iraq since Dec 16, killing hundreds of rebels.
Turkish planes carried out strikes at some villages near the border in the Qandil mountains Dec 16.
The military said other hideouts were hit in a cross-border air operation Dec 22 followed by artillery fire.
CBI inquiry ordered in Adilabad violence
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
The Andhra Pradesh government has accepted the demand for the Central Bureau of Investigations in to the incident of burning of six members of a family alive in Vatoli village of Adilabad earlier today.
The decision was announced by the Home Minister K Jana Reddy at Vatoli village after the MIM member of Parliament from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi raised the demand with him in Vatoli village. Owaisi expressed his complete lack of faith in the local police.
AUDF rules out merger, offers outside support to UPA to ensure stability
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Though Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) in its debut Lok Sabha elections won only one seat the votes it polled in nine seats it contested in Assam proved its potency in the state politics. As the party caused defeat of some Congress candidates, the news was making round that Congress will induct AUDF in the UPA and offer a ministerial berth to blunt the sharpness of this rising enemy.
बीजेपी के अकाउंट में मोदी का चंदा
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
भारतीय जनता पार्टी यानी बीजेपी उद्योगपतियों, कारोबारियों व व्यापारियों की पार्टी कही जाती है. बड़े-बड़े उद्योगपति, कारोबारी और व्यापारी हमेशा से...
Maudany remanded to police custody till August 26
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Bengaluru: PDP chief Abdunnasir Maudany has been remanded to police custody till August 26 in connection with the Bengaluru serial blast case. He was produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh R Hulagi late last night at his residence. Maudany was flown to Bengaluru yesterday after he was arrested by the Karnataka police in Kollam in Kerala.
Liberhan Commission term extended
By IANS
New Delhi : The term of the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry probing the razing of the Babri mosque has been extended by two months, up to Dec 31, it was announced Thursday.
Justice M.S. Liberhan, a retired judge, was asked to inquire into the events that led to the Dec 6, 1992 mosque demolition in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. The commission was set up about 10 days after the event.
The commission was initially asked to complete the inquiry within three months but it is yet to submit its findings.
I’m in control, Musharraf asserts amidst arrest reports
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Monday asserted he was in full control, amidst reports of his house arrest that triggered a stock market crash.
"It's a joke of the highest order," Musharraf told a foreign reporter, even as lawyers across the country staged violent protests across the country against the emergency declared Saturday.
Caste, religion column finds its way in Congress office bearers list
By IANS,
Panaji : A facsimile from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) allotting senior positions in the party's state hierarchy allegedly on the basis of caste and religion has sparked a controversy in the state Congress unit.
The cause for the controversy is a column titled 'community', adjoining the names of the six newly appointed office bearers. The column specifically mentions the religion and caste of the officials, along with their designation and area of operation.
A copy of the facsimile is available with IANS.
Government officials discuss drought situation in UP
Lucknow : A ten-member delegation of officials of the union government met Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Alok Ranjan on Thursday and discussed with him...
Five Muslim youths detained in Bangalore for circulating MMS on Modi
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,
Bengaluru: The Bangalore Central Crime Branch arrested five Muslim youths here on Saturday, for allegedly circulating a morphed photo of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on instant messaging service WhatsApp.
Lebanese lawmaker killed in car bombing
By Xinhua
Beirut : A Lebanese anti-Syrian lawmaker was among 10 people killed in an explosion here.
Kejriwal’s resignation will increase AAP support base: Ilmi
By IANS,
Kolkata: Justifying Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as Delhi chief minister, AAP leader Shazia Ilmi Saturday said the decision will only increase the party's support...
Police taking AK 47-armed Maoists ‘head-on’ with batons
By Sujeet Kumar, IANS
Raipur : Police in India's worst Maoist-hit state of Chhattisgarh have now been left with only wooden batons to defend themselves from attacks by heavily armed guerrillas.
On Wednesday, when a group of Maoists armed with AK 47s and landmines attacked the Vishrampuri police station in Bastar district, the five policemen there had only their batons as weapons of defence except for an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) who had a service revolver.
The rebels killed three policemen and blew up the police station.
Library App for girls of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Students’ Union and alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University have joined hands to create a mobile application that will allow girls of AMU to order books from Maulana Azad Library at the convenience of their residence. This app will allow undergraduate girls to get the book delivered to their hostel same day.
Akbaruddin Owaisi and other MIM leaders booked in Yafai murder case
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
West Bengal paper leak mastermind held
By IANS,
Kolkata : The kingpin of the racket in the state Joint Entrance Examination, who allegedly leaked this year's medical entrance question papers, was Wednesday arrested by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
"We have arrested Manas Patra, the kingpin of the racket, from Tikiapara area in Kolkata's twin district Howrah. We intercepted him when he was boarding a bus," CID Special Inspector General Niraj Narayan Pandey told IANS.
BJP manifesto release against poll code, Congress tells EC
New Delhi : The Congress moved the Election Commission over the BJP manifesto released Monday, saying that it was violation of the model code...
We had information about attacks by Bodo militants: Police
Guwahati : Authorities in Assam had information that Bodo militants would go on rampage but could not mobilise forces due to lack of time,...
Unsung, Shaukat Aziz bows out of Pakistani politics
By IANS
Islamabad : Indicative of the uncertainties in Pakistan's political landscape, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz has said he would not run in the January general elections - just a week after emphatically stating he had been offered eight constituencies and would run from two.
"The former Citibank executive quietly bowed out of politics on Saturday, embarrassed and dejected," The News reported Sunday.
Muslim family’s old association with Ramnavami
By IANS,
Darbhanga (Bihar) : Keeping alive a decades-old tradition, a Muslim family in Bihar Monday celebrated Ramnavami, the birth anniversary of Hindu god Lord Ram, in yet another example of communal amity in India.
Shamim Ansari, in his late 20s, is proud of his family tradition that also includes helping Hindu neighbours in making preparations for holy offerings and rituals.
More Pakistani soldiers missing after latest clashes with militants
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (KUNA) -- While efforts were still underway to secure release of nearly 300 already kidnapped soldiers, authorities Monday said that around 50 more paramilitary soldiers have gone missing after latest clashes started on Sunday with militants in the North Waziristan tribal agency along Afghan border.
We have reports about 50 troops are missing and they have been out of communication after fierce gunbattle with militants near Mir Ali village, said military spokesman, Waheed Arshad.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind-APCR to provide legal aid to families of mob lynching victims
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Jamaat-e-Islaami Hind has announced to provide legal assistance to the families of the victims of mob-lynching incidents.
JIH president Maulana Syed Jalaluddin...
SC chides government over Bhopal’s toxic waste
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday chided the central government for not doing anything for disposing toxic waste for 28 years since the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
BJP, Samajwadi Party lock horns over Jamia shootout
By IANS,
New Delhi/Panaji : Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Tuesday called for the resignation of Home Minister Shivraj Patil and a judicial probe into the shootout in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to label his stance "vote bank politics".
"Shivraj Patil should voluntarily step down in the name of morality and in the wake of the great Congress tradition over the decades," the Samajwadi Party general secretary told reporters in Goa.
20 Taliban, four policemen killed in Afghan clashes
By DPA
Kabul : Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed more than 20 suspected Taliban fighters while four policemen were killed in a series of ambushes and attacks by militants and a raid on a militant compound, officials said Wednesday.
Jamat-e-Islami consultative meeting demand urgent police reforms
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Four held for trying to stir communal trouble
By IANS
Kasargod (Kerala) : Four youths were arrested in Kasargod district in north Kerala Wednesday for trying to create communal disturbance by tearing down a hoarding put up for a Hindu festival.
The four, who were arrested in Bekal, said they were members of Islamic Students' Association (ISA), a group so far unknown in the state, the police said.
"We are probing whether the ISA is a frontal organisation for any other group," said N.P. Balakrishnan, deputy superintendent of police of Kasargod, 650 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
ANHAD Report on the police firing in Forbesganj
By TCN News
The following report is based on interviews with victims, their families, group meetings with villagers, visit to the site of firing and the Forbesganj Industrial Area.
जिनकी क़लम गांधी को चम्पारण खींच लाई…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
आज से ठीक सौ साल पहले चम्पारण के किसानों का दर्द जान गांधी 1917 में पहला सत्याग्रह करने चले आए. सत्याग्रह...
Jamiat leaders to meet Modi, UP CM over ‘worsening communal, political atmosphere’
New Delhi, (IANS): Prominent Muslim body, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Friday expressed grave concern over what it described as the "worsening communal and political atmosphere"...
Saudi king’s historic Vatican visit comes amid tension
By DPA
Rome : When Saudi King Abdullah arrives in Rome Tuesday he may wish to take a break from his schedule, including a historic meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican, for a quiet moment of prayer at the city's central mosque, Europe's largest Muslim house of worship.
In the highly unlikely event of Benedict visiting Saudi Arabia, there the pontiff would not find a single church to pray in. The kingdom prohibits all public religious displays that are not Islamic and routinely refuses clerics from other faiths entry into the country.
Owaisi raises reservation for Muslims, freedom of religion, fake encounters in Parliament
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Raising the issue of reservation for Muslims, freedom of religion, the purported ghar wapsi as well as the reinstatement...
गुजरात : मुसलमानों ने साफ़ किया 22 मंदिर, कर रहे हैं बाढ़ पीड़ितों की...
अनीस शेख़ व कलीम सिद्दीक़ी
बनासकांठा : मुल्क में भले ही कुछ लोगों द्वारा नफ़रत का माहौल बनाया जा रहा हो, लेकिन गुजरात में आए...
Nitish gives full marks to ‘PK’
Patna : Former Bihar chief minster Nitish Kumar Wednesday gave "full 10 marks out of 10" to Aamir Khan's film "PK", saying it is...
Structural Barriers to Media Openness in Kashmir
By Tanveer Ahmad Khan and Wasia Hamid
The modern age is one of global interactions wherein local happenings are shaped by the events taking place miles away...
Pakistan may hand over captured Taliban commander to US
By IANS,
Islamabad: Pakistan will consider extradition of Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to the US if such a request is received from Washington, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday.
The Taliban leader was captured in Karachi, Geo TV reported.
"No such request has so far been received," Malik told reporters here.
The minister said Chinese-made scanning devices would be installed in four provincial capitals by next year as part of the government's anti-terror measures.
Muslim groups clash delays dead body burial for 12 hours
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Clashes between two groups of Muslims over a local burial ground delayed the burial of a body by 12 hours in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said Sunday.
Fifty-years-old Nazir Hussein, a resident of Champua town, died Saturday morning in his home. His family members and relatives went to bury his body at the nearest burial ground.
But a group of villagers from the same community restrained them from doing so.
Authorities finally take steps to preserve Sher Shah’s tomb
By IANS,
Patna : Authorities in Bihar's Rohtas district have finally banned discharge of polluted water and immersion of idols in the tank surrounding the 16th century tomb of Afghan king Sher Shah Suri in district headquarters Sasaram.
The tank around the five-storey tomb in Sasaram town, about 150 km from here, is filled with acidic industrial discharge while illegally constructed buildings have come up all around it.
दिल्ली हिंसा: पुलिस की शर्मनाक हरकत, 14 साल के नाबालिग़ को भेजा जेल,...
इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। दिल्ली में तीन दिन हुई हिंसा के बाद हिंसाग्रस्त इलाक़ो से हर दिन दिल दहला देने वाली और शर्मनाक कहानियां सामने...
Bhatkal motivated youth with Osama videos: NIA
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal motivated young Muslim boys for terror activities by making them watch videos of lectures by...
FIR filed against Raja Bhaiya
By IANS
Lucknow : A first information report (FIR) has been filed against controversial Uttar Pradesh politician Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya for giving a false address and not mentioning the criminal cases pending against him in an application for obtaining fire arms licenses.
Ashok Kumar Singh, the station house officer of Hajratganj here, Saturday night registered the case under sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Raja Bahiya, an independent legislator from Kunda in Pratapgarh district.
Kerala Muslim student organisation to launch TV channel
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The Samastha Kerala Sunni Students’ Federation (SKSSF), the students’ organisation of the Samastha Kerala Jam’iyathul Ulema (EK faction), has decided to launch an entertainment channel. The channel will be owned by the Sathyadhara Communication Private Limited. The SKSSF will be in charge of the programmes in the channel. The channel named as ‘Darsana TV’ is registered as a full-time entertainment channel.