‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...
This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...
Will ensure good beef if you vote for me, says BJP candidate in Malappuram
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Malappuram: After North East, the BJP is singing a different tune over beef in Malappuram in Kerala. During the ongoing byelection...
At Talimi Mela in Jalgaon, Khatik Muslims promise to prioritise education over every other...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Jalgaon(Maharashtra): Representatives from various muslim organisations gathered for an education awareness drive led by association Muslim Khatik Welfare of Mehrun, Jalgaon.
Organised under...
Kerala Sunni Students Federation to adopt villages damaged by police in Malappuram
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Malappuram: The images of homes torched by the police and residents complaining about police brutality had presented a haunting picture of...
Nothing wrong if Bhagwat becomes President: Jaffer Sharief
Bengaluru, (IANS): Congress leader and former Union Railway Minister C. K. Jaffer Sharief has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi supporting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
Four DU students held for chasing Smriti Irani’s car
New Delhi, (IANS): Four Delhi University students were arrested for "chasing, misbehaving and overtaking" Union minister Smriti Irani's car in an inebriated state here...
For Shikarawallahs of Srinagar’s Dal Lake, no end to sufferings in sight
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: From all over the country and the world, people flock to Kashmir to witness its beauty, picturesque landscape and...
Press association seeks pension scheme for working journalists
New Delhi, (IANS): The Press Association of India on Saturday demanded from the central government a suitable pension scheme for working journalists, accredited by...
On PM’s behalf, Naqvi offers ‘chaadar’ at Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Ajmer (Rajasthan), (IANS): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday offered a "chaadar" on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the "dargah" of...
Cancel Aseemanand’s bail, demands Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday urged the central government to take steps for cancelling the bail of Swami Aseemanand, an accused...
Madhya Pradesh: Paper Audit Trail shows EVMs can be rigged; votes going to BJP...
By Siddhant Mohan, Twocircles.net
Bhopal: In the aftermath of the five state elections completed recently and the BJP’s landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj...
BJP MLA brings up triple talaq issue in Gujarat Assembly
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, a BJP legislator on Friday moved a motion in the Gujarat Assembly advocating the...
Gujarat makes cow slaughter punishable with life imprisonment
Gandhinagar, (IANS): The Gujarat assembly on Friday made its anti-cow slaughter law the toughest in the country with the offence now becoming non-bailable and...
SC refuses to hold early hearing on Ayodhya
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hold an early hearing on petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict on...
SC bans hotels, restaurants along highways from serving liquor
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday said hotels and restaurants falling within 500 metres on either side of the national and state highways...
Aditya Nath has been hailed as ‘Anandmath Sanyasi’: Anandmath preached the cleansing of Muslims...
By Shamsul Islam for Twocircles.net
The senior RSS/BJP ideologues lately have been hailing UP chief minister, Mahant Yogi Adityanath as sanyasi (Hindu ascetics) of novel...
The law says India can’t export beef. Yet, India is one of the leading...
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi : The recent debates over the consumption of beef in India seems to have everyone confused. India continues to...
Teachers to launch agitation over UGC pay review report
New Delhi, (IANS): The apex organisation of teachers in the country on Friday announced that it would launch the countrywide agitation in April to press...
SC refuses to hold early hearing on Ayodhya
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hold an early hearing on petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict on...
Speaking of human rights in a ‘Resisting Valley’: Kashmir before the UN Review
By Mohammed Sirajuddeen for Twocircles.net
The Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (Third Cycle) of the 27th session is going to be held in early...
Two-day independent people’s tribunal on disappeared people in Punjab to be organised in Amritsar
By TCN News
The Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project in collaboration with prominent human rights organisations in Punjab and India will be holding a...
उज़मा नाहिद वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड से सम्मानित
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मुंबई : पिछले 25 सालों से मुस्लिम महिलाओं के बीच काम रहसामाजिक कार्यकर्ता उज़मा नाहिद को उनके महिला कल्याण और आर्थिक विकास...
Court asks nine JNU students to appear on April 6
New Delhi, (IANS): A Delhi court on Thursday asked nine students to appear before it on April 6, to record their consent or refusal...
Pregnant woman alleges triple talaq over girl child fears
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): A pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging her...
Electronic voting machines (EVMs) deserve multi-party control. Here’s why
By Dr. Syed Zafar Mahmood, President, ZakatIndia.org
To conduct polling for the parliamentary election and those for the provincial assemblies, the election commission of India...
Conference discusses core women’s issues
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A determination to change the discourse on diversity and a plan of action to grow the network for change...
GST Bills passage fails to cheer Indian equities
Mumbai, (IANS): The passage of a major tax reform in the country failed to cheer the Indian equity markets on Thursday.
The key indices were...
Lok Sabha rejects Rajya Sabha amendments to Finance Bill
New Delhi, :(IANS) The Lok Sabha on Thursday rejected the amendments proposed to the Finance Bill 2017 by the Rajya Sabha.
The Bill, being a...
मदरसों के छात्रों को भी आरटीई की सुविधाएं देने की सिफ़ारिश
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : एक बार फिर से मदरसों के आधुनिकीकरण व उन्हें शिक्षा के अधिकार (आरटीई) के दायरे में लाने की बहस...
RSS chief Bhagwat backs inter-caste marriages
New Delhi, (IANS): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has backed inter-caste marriages as one of the ways to eradicate social discrimination.
"We insist...
UGC to continue existing plan schemes
New Delhi, (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday announced continuing all its existing schemes funded under the 12th Five-Year Plan, for another...
CCTV on campus invasion of right to privacy: JNU Students Union
New Delhi, (IANS): The decision to install CCTV cameras on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus has not gone down well with its students...
Protest shutdown hits life in Kashmir, clashes at some places
Srinagar, (IANS): Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Wednesday by the separatist-called protest shutdown against the shooting death of three civilians during...
Government sensitive towards farmers’ issues: Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): The central government is "sensitive" towards the problems and challenges faced by the farmers and all possible help is being provided...
A public apology to Irshad Ali, who spent 11 years in jail on false...
By Rashmi Bhushan and Aman Bhushan for Twocircles.net
It was deeply painful to read about Irshad Ali , who was acquitted of terror charges by...
Kerala police to probe BJP MP’s speech in relation to murder of Kasargod Imam
Kasargod: The special police team investigating the murder of Imam Riyas Moulavi will look into the role of BJP MP from Mangalore Nalin Kumar...
Triple Talaq: Muslim Personal Law Board’s stand is un-Islamic
By Syed Ubaidur Rahman
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has told the Supreme Court that Triple Talaq in a single sitting is not...
Meet the RSS-backed ‘nationalist’ Muslims campaigning for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya
By Siddhant Mohan, Twocircles.net
‘What’s in a name?’ asked William Shakespeare centuries ago. Azam Khan will disagree.
As journalists, we are used to making calls and...
Congress rejects suggestion of Bhagwat as President
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Tuesday said that there was no question of it backing the Shiv Sena's suggestion to consider RSS chief...
JNU got best varsity award for good work, not hostage ‘drama’: Javadekar
New Delhi, (IANS): Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) got the best university award for its good...
Demand for student union grows stronger in Jamia, protests force University to postpone Student...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircle.net
New Delhi: In the second week of March, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) drafted a constitution to hold an election for Jamia...
Bengal beef dealers to meet Mamata over UP crackdown
Kolkata, (IANS): Beef dealers in West Bengal wish to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to apprise her of the "harrowing situation" in the state...
Two-day international conference on Indo-Afghan relations at Jamia Millia
By Manzar Imam for Twocircles.net
New Delhi: The Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD), Kolkata and the Academy of International Studies (AIS),...
Unlocking of Babri Masjid was a ‘balancing act’ by then government: Arif Mohammed Khan
By Rohit Srivastava
New delhi, (IANS): The unlocking of the Babri Masjid in 1986 that led to the "shilanyas" (groundbreaking) of the Ram Janambhoomi temple...
SC asks Centre, J&K to decide on state’s minorities
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir governments to sit together to decide the issue...
Quota hike for Muslims not on basis of religion: Telangana CM
Hyderabad, (IANS): Telangan Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao Monday clarified that the proposal to hike quota for Muslims is not based on religion but...
SC asks Centre to draw up action plan to check farmers’ suicides
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government to prepare a "line of action" that the states should take for...
Entrance exam dates announced for diploma in English for madrasa graduates in Deoband
By TCN News
Mumbai: Director of Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre Maulana Mohammad Burhanuddin Qasmi through a press release has announced the dates of...
Jamaat-e-Islami film on water scarcity makes it to All India Children’s Educational Festival
By Raqib Hameed naik, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: A short film “Boond Boond Zindagi” made by the Jamaat-e-Islami chapter of Maharashtra has been selected for 21st All...
UP should give slaughterhouses time for regularisation: Owaisi
New Delhi, (IANS): AIMIM President and Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the Uttar Pradesh government should give time to...
No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar
New Delhi, (IANS): HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday denied female students were discriminated at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after reports said they...
Muslim ban represents US’ darkest era: Indian-American philanthropist
New Delhi, (IANS): As a teenager when Fakhrul Islam, now Frank F. Islam, crossed the Atlantic in 1970 to realise his American dream, the...
SDPI to launch a nationwide campaign against ‘politics of terror’ on April 8
By TCN News
With the purpose of spreading awareness about democracy, push aside concern of fear and promote secular atmosphere, the Social Democratic Party of...
The controversy over Padmavati, and Bollywood’s soft war against Muslims
By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net
Padmavati, a Bollywood movie being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is the latest in a plethora of movies showing inter-religious...
‘Non-BJP parties should accept Nitish as leader’
Patna, (IANS): Bihar's ruling JD-U on Sunday urged all non-BJP parties, including the Congress, to accept the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to...
Why can’t Hindus get subsidies like Muslims, asks Togadia
Ahmedabad, (IANS): Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday demanded that the government should stop all subsidies provided to Muslims from money of...
Allow us to build Ram temple, Swamy tells Muslims
Patna, (IANS): BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday urged Muslims to hand over their part of the land in Ayodhya to help the construction...
Arrests of BJP activists for Imam’s murder shows how the party is looking to...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
The murder of an Imam in Kasargod and the subsequent arrests of three BJP activists has once again highlighted the growing...
Two killed, 10 injured in communal violence in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, (IANS): Two persons were killed, one of them in police firing, and 10 others injured while around 50 houses were ransacked and set...
There will no discrimination based on religion, caste, gender: promises UP CM Aditya Nath
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi on Saturday said his BJP government will implement Prime Minister Narendra...
Jamiat’s efforts to unite Muslim sects gathers pace from Khwaja land
By Brajendra Nath Singh
Ajmer, (IANS): The BJP's stunning victory in Uttar Pradesh and the elevation of firebrand Hindutva leader Aditya Nath Yogi as state...
Aditya Nath promises no bias on religion; no harassment of couples
Gorakhpur, (IANS): Promising that there will be no bias in the name of religion and caste, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi on...
VHP reiterates demand for law to construct Ram temple
New Delhi, (IANS): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday reiterated its demand for the enactment of a law to facilitate the construction of...
So far, only anti-Romeo squads, brooms in UP: Akhilesh
Lucknow, (IANS): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at the new state government, saying only "anti-Romeo squads and...
Jews, Muslims, Indian Americans join hands against hate crimes
Washington, (IANS): People from the Jewish, Muslim, and Indian American communities gathered on the steps of Tifereth Israel Synagogue in northwest Washington and stood...
क्या मरहूम हाशिम अंसारी के बेटे इक़बाल इस जंग की रिवायत को बरक़रार रख...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बाबरी मस्जिद-राम मंदिर मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने भले ही आपसी समझौते की बात की हो, लेकिन मामला अब धमकी पर...
Kashmir-based environmental film wins ‘Palmdale Vision Award’ in USA
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Srinagar: Kashmir-based documentary filmmaker-Jalal Ud Din Baba documentary on Wullar lake has won a special “Palmdale Vision Award 2017” at 5th...
Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder
New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...
Adityanath as CM is shocking, says New York Times
New York, (IANS): The decision to pick Hindutva leader Adityanath Yogi as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh shows the BJP thinks "nothing stands in...
Beef ban affecting people’s health, says Telangana official
Hyderabad, (IANS): A District Collector in Telangana on Friday said that beef ban due to "bad Brahminical culture" is affecting the health of people,...
Muslim women and children beaten, asked to leave community park in Meerut
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Meerut: With the appointment of Hindu hardliner Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister, events and actions have started adversely affecting the...
Five Muslim journalists win Laadli Media Awards for work on gender sensitivity
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Five Muslims journalists were announced as winners of the prestigious Laadli Media award on Thursday for Gender Sensitivity...
BJP march to Telangana assembly against Muslim quota foiled
Hyderabad, (IANS): Police arrested BJP leaders to foil their march to Telangana assembly on Friday to protest the state government's move for hiking the...
Do you need an eye? Take one of mine: How Mohammed Reshi is trying...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kakapora: As a common Kashmiri, what can you do to bring peace in the region? Protest? Keep quiet? Donate? Participate...
Clashes in JNU over controversial UGC notification
New Delhi, (IANS): A group of JNU students clashed with private security guards on the campus on Friday during a protest demonstration over a...
BJP demands anti-Romeo squads in Bihar
Patna, (IANS): The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday demanded the setting up of anti-Romeo squads in Bihar for women's safety in line...
SC suggestion for Ayodhya talks unwise: CPI-M
New Delhi, (IANS): Chief Justice J.S. Khehar's suggestion that all parties in the Ayodhya dispute should settle the matter through talks "is superfluous and...
BJP lawmakers suspended from Telangana assembly
Hyderabad, (IANS): All five BJP members in the Telangana legislative assembly were on Friday suspended from the house for two days for disrupting the...
Mufti Nasihur Rahman: A cleric devoted to promoting sanitation in Assam
By Abdul Gani, Twocircles.net
Guwahati: A week or so ago, the issue of Assam’s Islamic clerics coming together to pass a Fatwa against a young...
Aseemanand granted bail in Mecca Masjid blast case
Hyderabad, (IANS): A city court on Thursday granted conditional bail to former RSS worker Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case.
The...
Online petition to Times of India demands front-page apology for linking Najeeb to ISIS
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Delhi: Shehla Rashid, a JNU student leader has started an online petition on Change.org addressed to the newspaper Times of India to issue...
Scheduled Castes orders amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, (IANS): The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2017 seking to modify the lists of Scheduled Castes in Odisha and Puducherry was...
New commission for socially, educationally backward
New Delhi, (IANS): The Union cabinet has approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes replacing the National Commission for...
Congress MP alleges caste discrimination in UP
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress member in the Lok Sabha Ranjeet Ranjan on Thursday said Yadavs and some other castes were being targeted in Uttar...
Law enforcement agencies fabricate terrorism cases where Muslims are often targeted: Teesta Setalvad in...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Teesta Setalvad has never been known to mince her words when it comes to speaking the truth, and March 15 was...
Why the Supreme Court’s idea of out-of-court settlement in Ayodhya is not practical
By Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi for Twocircles.net
The demolition of the Babri Masjid was not merely a communal insurgency which claimed hundreds of innocent Muslim lives...
Despite loss, BSP’s politics of social justice is the only antidote to BJP’s communal...
By Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net
The recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP), one of the most populous states in India, has ushered in a...
Four meat shops set ablaze in UP’s Hathras
New Delhi, (IANS): Four makeshift meat shops were set afire on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras area by anti-social elements, the town's residents said.
Earlier...
Indian-American Muslims welcome Teesta Setalvad’s testimony in UN against human rights violations in India
By TCN News
Indian American Muslim Council, a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has welcomed Teesta Setalvad's hard-hitting testimony...
Ajmer blast convicts get life term
Jaipur, (IANS): A local court here has awarded life imprisonment to two men convicted for the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast in which three...
We have been displaced thrice, will not allow it again: Geetha, leader of Adivasi...
This is the second of the two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...
बाबरी मस्जिद-राम मंदिर : जाने कब क्या हुआ इसके निर्माण से लेकर शहादत तक
प्रस्तुति : अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
1528 : ज़हीरुद्दीन बाबर ने अपने मंत्री ‘मीर बाक़ी’ के द्वारा 1526 ई. में फ़ैज़ाबाद से पांच किलोमीटर और दिल्ली...
Will accept Ram Mandir if Sacchar committee recommendations are met, says Dr Zafar Mahmood...
By TCN News
Dr Zafar Mahmood, President of Zakat Foundation of India, has suggested an eight-point agenda to the ongoing issue of Babri Masjid, saying...
Imam hacked to death in Kasargod, police clueless
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Kasargod: Tension prevailed in the district of Kasargod following the brutal murder of an Imam at Choori in Kasargod town. Riyas...
Muslim religious leaders divided on Ayodhya dispute resolution
New Delhi, (IANS): Several Muslim religious leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court (SC) observation for resolving the Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute through...
Timeline of Babri Masjid-Ram temple dispute
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Courts suggestion on Tuesday for an amicable settlement to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya has yet again...
’20 UP ministers, four from Uttarakhand face criminal cases’
New Delhi, (IANS): The new Uttar Pradesh government has 20 ministers with criminal cases against them, Uttarakhand four, and Punjab two, a report said...
Expel all corrupt leaders or resign, BJP tells Mamata
Kolkata, (IANS): The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday demanded that TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expel what the former said were corrupt...
Will free UP of corruption, riots: Adityanath
New Delhi, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said he will work to rid the state of corruption and communal riots.
Adiyanath,...
Babri Masjid Action Committee says no out-of-court settlement
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Virtually ruling out an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute as suggested by the Supreme Court, the Babri Masjid...
‘Don’t make Aadhaar card mandatory for mid-day meals’
New Delhi, (IANS): Congress member K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday urged the government in the Lok Sabha not to make Aadhaar card mandatory for students...
Babri case is about title: Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): Virtually ruling out an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute as suggested by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, MP Asaduddin Owaisi said...
Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...
This is the first in a two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...
BJP hails SC advice for amicable settlement of Ayodhya dispute
New Delhi, (IANS): The BJP on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court's advice for an amicable settlement of the Ayodhya Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
The Bharatiya Janata...
मुसलमानों को राम मंदिर से कोई समस्या नहीं, लेकिन मस्जिद भी वहीं बने —बाबरी...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : अयोध्या की विवादित बाबरी मस्जिद-राम मंदिर मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आए अहम टिप्पणी के बाद एक बार...
President presents KCK International Awards in print journalism
New Delhi, (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented KCK International Awards for excellence in print journalism here and hoped it would "inspire others...
What ails the Congress? The list is too long, and the problems all too...
By Mohammed Zubeer Ahmed for Twocircles.net
In the past few decades, the grand old party of India, Indian National Congress has been losing its ground...
NIA issues fresh summons to Zakir Naik
New Delhi, (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday issued fresh notice to televangelist Zakir Naik to appear before it in a case...
Save cow to save India: BJP MP
New Delhi, (IANS): "India will survive only if cow survives," BJP MP Shankarbhai N. Vegad said on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha member...
Police torches vehicles, vandalises homes and arrests innocents following political clashes in Malappuram
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Tweocircles.net
Malappuram: Ayishumol has had little to do apart from praying to God and shedding tears ever since her two sons were...
A trip to Rajgir: Atithi Devo Bhava, but what about the poor?
By Arfina Khanam for Twocircles.net
The caption of ‘Incredible India’: Atithi Devo Bhava, seems like an unfinished dream when I visited Rajgir in Bihar. The...
Two Muslim youth fired from job for offering ‘Friday prayers in office’
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
In what appears to be a case of religious intolerance and discrimination, two Muslim students from Glocal University hired by a...
Nizamuddin clerics arriving on Monday
New Delhi, (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that the two Indian clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, will be...
39,000 candidates sit for J&K civil services exam
Jammu, (IANS): Around 39,000 candidates across Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Sunday appeared for the state Civil Services Examination at 84 centres.
"State Public Service...
Love jehad to sabka vikas: Can Modi tame Yogi?
By Amulya Ganguli
Did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) desist from naming its Chief Ministerial candidate for UP before the assembly polls because it wanted...
Keshav Maurya and Dinesh Sharma: Perfect foil to each other
Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and two-time Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma -- chosen as new Deputy Chief Ministers...
Did Yogi arm-twist Shah, Modi into decision making?
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): It was not after all as smooth an operation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah to...
Adityanath’s appointment indicates BJP pursuing Hindutva politics: Opposition
New Delhi, (IANS): Opposition parties on Saturday criticised the BJP after it announced Yogi Adityanath's name as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,...
Muslim women voted for BJP because of triple talaq: Ravi Shankar
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said Muslim women voted for the BJP during the just concluded Uttar...
Maruti violence: Life term for 13, five-year jail for four
Gurugram, (IANS): A Haryana court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to 13 former workers of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) in connection with the...
New Uttarakhand CM: An RSS activist once named in a scam
By Anurag Dey
Dehradun, (IANS): New Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, a long-time RSS loyalist, once named in a multi-crore rupee agricultural scam, is...
BJP firebrand leader Yogi Adityanath is new UP CM
Lucknow, (IANS): Gorakhpur Lok Sabha MP Yogi Adityanath was on Saturday named as the next Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in a meeting of the...
AMU signs MoU with University of Sharjah
By TCN News
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates for cooperation...
Yusuffali MA, MD of Lulu Group, lauded by Government of India for contributions to...
By TCN News
Famous entrepreneur and philanthropist Yusuffali MA earned praise from Government of India for his contributions to India Development Foundation of Overseas Indian...
More than 350 Muslim NGOs come together for conference on youth empowerment in Bangalore
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles
Bangalore: The Career Information & Guidance Movement for All in India (CIGMA) Foundation’s sixth South India NGOs Conference on the...
Manoj Sinha to be new UP CM
New Delhi, (IANS): Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha is "almost" certain to be the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, even as BJP state...
Modi is now more presidential than before
By Amulya Ganguli
Narendra Modi's emergence as the most dominant politician in today's India, as the Congress's P. Chidambaram has said, means that he is...
Trivendra Rawat to take oath as Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun, (IANS): Long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Trivendra Singh Rawat will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on Saturday afternoon.
Prime...
RSS man Trivendra Rawat to be Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun, (IANS): Long-time RSS activist Trivendra Singh Rawat was on Friday elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party and will take oath as the...
Maruti violence: Court to announce punishment on March 18
Gurugram, (IANS): After hearing arguments from prosecution and defence, a Haryana court on Friday said it will on Saturday pronounce the quantum of punishment...
Government approves printing plastic notes
New Delhi, (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been authorised to conduct field trials for printing plastic Rs 10 denomination notes which...
Mamata wants meet on EVMs
Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the "possibility" of EVM tampering and urged the Election Commission to call an...
Stop blaming Muslim leadership for UP debacle: Akhilesh, Mayawati are the real culprits
By Murshid Kamal for Twocircles.net
Victory has many fathers but defeat is an orphan. In the triumphant camp, Prime Minister Modi is being credited for...
President to open ‘Universities of the Future’ meet
New Delhi, (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate on Saturday a three-day international conference on "Universities of the Future: Knowledge, Innovation and Responsibility" in...
6 challenges for the new UP government
By IndiaSpend Team
With 200 million people, equivalent to the population of Brazil, but with an economy the size of Qatars -- which has 2.4...
Muzzling the press: Journalists attacked again by Police in Srinagar
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: For journalists in Kashmir, there seems no end to harassment and thrashings at the hands of security forces, despite...
Mohammed Jamal: A godfather to thousands of orphans in Wayanad
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
The beauty of Wayanad district in Kerala needs no introduction, and Muttil a hilly hamlet in this district is no different....
Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat
By TCN News
Khudai Khidmatgar made an important contribution towards women empowerment in the region of Mewat, Haryana by starting a vocational centre on March...
No evidence to show EVMs can be tampered with: EC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Election Commission on Thursday emphasised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political...
HC dismisses JNU students’ plea on UGC notification
New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea against the procedure followed by the JNU to implement a UGC notification...
Recent election results demand a re-look into the merits of the Electronic Voting Machine
By Mohammed Anis Akhtar for Twocircles.net
The integrity of the world’s largest democracy, India, depends on the reliability and validity of elections, held on a...
HC dismisses JNU students’ plea on UGC notification
New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea against the procedure followed by the JNU to implement a UGC notification...
Geelani, Mirwaiz, Yasin arrested
Srinagar, (IANS): Police on Thursday arrested separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik here after they tried to stage...
Sidhu becomes cabinet minister in Punjab
Chandigarh, (IANS): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was inducted on Thursday as a cabinet minister in the new Congress government in Punjab headed by Chief...
Why are Muslim voices always forced to be on the defensive in the mainstream...
By Nazish Hussain for Twocircles.net
A democratic polity guarantees freedom of expression to its citizens through various means. In the realm of our social life,...
IMRC launches 4 projects aimed at Muslim empowerment, preserving historical treasure
By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net
The US-based charity organisation Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) has added four new projects to be completed by 2017...
IUML names PK Kunhalikutty as candidate for upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Malappuram
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The Indian Union Muslim League on Wednesday announced the name of its senior-most leader P K Kunhalikutty as the candidate for...
Protect Nahid Afrin, fatwas threat to rights: Lawyer Vrinda Grover
Kolkata, (IANS): Holding that 'fatwas' have no legal or constitutional basis, noted lawyer and human rights activist Vrinda Grover says steps should be taken...
India at 148th in number of women MPs; UN calls for quotas
By Arul Louis
United Nations, (IANS): Releasing a world ranking of the number of women parliamentarians that that placed India 148, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head...
Regressive to think of using paper ballot again: Anna Hazare
New Delhi, (IANS): Amid allegations of EVM tampering and demands for holding assembly elections by using paper ballot, social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday...