Bank robbers walk away with CCTVs
By IANS,
Islamabad : Robbers struck at a bank here and walked away with Rs.6 million cash - and CCTV cameras.
Hyderabad varsity to offer course in Islamic finance
By Mohammed Shafeeq,
Hyderabad : The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here plans to offer a diploma course in Islamic finance from the next...
Death on India’s roads — same as 2 daily plane crashes
By Kamala Thiagarajan
About 350 people die every day on India’s roads - more than any other country - with those under 18 and two-wheeler...
Mumbai blasts: The locations and time
By IANS,
Mumbai: Details of the three blasts that shook south Mumbai Wednesday evening:
Four cops killed in Maoist attack on rail station
By IANS,
Patna : Six people, including four policemen, were killed in a surprise Maoist attack at the Jajha railway station in Bihar's Jamui district, the police said Sunday.
Over 100 Maoists attacked the Jajha railway station, killing six people, including two Government Railway Police men, two Special Auxiliary Police personnel, and a railway official. The rebels fled with arms and ammunition of the police forces.
"Till now six casualties have been reported in the Maoist attack," Jamui Superintendent of Police Vinay Kumar told IANS by telephone.
Shaheen Bagh: 40th day of Protest against CAA, NPR & NRC, crowd increased and...
Yusuf Ansari, Twocircles.net
New Delhi. 'Tere ghurur ko jalayegi, wo aag hun, Aakar Mujhe Dekh, Main Shaheen bagh hun (I am the fire that will...
MiM calls for Hyderabad bandh
By TwoCircles.net newsdesk
New Delhi: The All India Majlis Iteehadi-e-Muslimeen (AIMIM) has called for a bandh on Saturday to protest against the bomb blast at the Makka Masjid in Hyderabad.
Nine people were killed and 15 others were injured as a resulf of this bomb blast in historic Makka Masjid near Char Minar on Friday during Juma prayers. Ten more people died in police firing when they came out on the streets to protest the blast.
Salman, Anupam, Bhandarkar attend NaMo’s oath ceremony
New Delhi : Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and his father and writer Salim Khan, actor Anupam Kher and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar were among the...
Sachar report, the half-sach and West Bengal election
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
J&K bans publication of local English daily
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government Sunday banned publication of a daily English language newspaper, as it can "easily incite acts of violence...
Great walls of states restrict regional satraps’ ambition
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Uddhav slams Karnataka Police for anti-Marathi stand
Mumbai : Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Monday said the Maharashtra-Karnataka territorial row is as significant as the India-Pakistan boundary dispute, re-kindling the decades...
Young lives left to flicker out of neglect
By Kanu Sarda, IANS
New Delhi : Azad, 11, and Nuruddin, 8, are deaf and dumb. They go to school every day. They learn nothing. Their teachers have no idea how to teach them.
Chandu, 10, is mentally retarded. His school does not know his medical history. He has one textbook and one exercise book in his schoolbag. After 10 months in the same class, the exercise book is blank.
Aamir Khan's superhit "Taare Zameen Par" has made many aware of the needs of special children, but has left the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) unmoved.
Break silence on conversions, Agnivesh tells Modi
By Trina Joshi,
New Delhi : Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the issue of religious conversions and reassert his agenda of development and said Hindu chauvinists "should fix their own backyard" before inviting people back home as part of their 'ghar wapasi' movement.
Bihar Police spray bullets on mosque during communal clashes
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Woman dies after doctor removes both kidneys
By IANS,
Patna : A 22-year-old woman died after a doctor allegedly removed her kidneys during surgery, her family said Thursday.
Sabila Khatoon, mother of a six-month-old baby, died at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) Wednesday night.
A resident of Tangaul Patti in Bihar's Hajipur district, about 30 km from here, Sabila was admitted at the PMCH in early February after her condition deteriorated following a surgery for stone in a kidney.
Doctors at the PMCH found that both her kidneys had been removed and immediately put her on dialysis.
Court helps Muslim woman to live with Hindu husband
New Delhi : Coming to the aid of a young Muslim woman who alleged threats from her family after she married a Hindu, the...
Normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir after Masrat Alam’s release
Jammu/Srinagar : Though the ruckus that followed the controversial release of separatist leader Masrat Alam continued to ruffle feathers in the national capital on...
Arrested Chinese engineers hospitalised
By IANS,
Raipur: Three Chinese engineers, arrested in Chhattisgarh for alleged culpability in a chimney crash at the Balco power plant in which 41 workers were killed last year, were Tuesday shifted to hospital even as the issue of the large number of Chinese working in India once again hit the headlines.
The engineers were employed with Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO) that was building a 1,200 MW thermal power plant in Korba town, about 240 km from Raipur, for Vedanta Resources Plc-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco).
Brain and Spine TB new threat for next generation
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: Passive lifestyle, junk food and weak immune system are leading to Brain and Spine TB. This was disclosed...
77 kg heroin seized in Turkey
By IANS,
Ankara : Police in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul confiscated around 77 kg of heroin and detained six suspects in a major anti-drug operation.
Police also conducted raids Friday in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, Xinhua reported citing the Anatolia news agency.
The heroin, seized in Istanbul, was found stashed in blankets, police said.
Turkey has been a key transit route for smuggling drugs from Asia and the Middle East to markets in Europe.
Vajpayee wanted Modi removed as chief minister: Congress
New Delhi: In a fresh salvo against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress Friday said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted him...
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.
Gurugram: Hindutva groups disrupt Friday prayers for 3rd consecutive week
After protests, the police detained several people from Hindutva groups. Muslims were allowed to offer prayers on some portions of the ground in...
After security, beleaguered Gazans want more
By Xinhua
Gaza : The long expected safety and security returned to Gaza's streets eventually after Hamas took control of the enclave, however people living there began to come to their senses that it is not the only thing they want.
"We were looking for an end of chaos, we wanted the security and we got it," said Ahmad al-Ifranji, a middle aged beans dealer whose face showed paradoxically anxiety rather than delight.
"Now, the people look for food and dignity life as the first class aim," he turned his topic sharply, making his bewildering paradox clear.
AMU’s minority status: PM Modi must erase HRD ministry’s blatant bias
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood
The minority character of Aligarh Muslim University is back in the news. Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi has told...
Another Odisha minister faces egg attack
Bhubaneswar : After Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma, Odisha Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak faced egg and tomato attack from Congress...
Hindutvawadis in American politics
By Ayub Khan
The appointment of Sonal Shah to Barack Obama's transition team has rightly garnered the headlines. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Activists, writers, scholars, and others bearing right wing Hindu extremist ideology have been gradually carving themselves a niche in the American politics, academia, and intelligentsia.
नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
झारखंड/छत्तीसगढ़: नोटबंदी ने आम लोगों को बेहाल कर रखा है. और जिनके पास काला धन है, वे रोज़ काले को सफ़ेद...
India’s ‘Obama moment’ will be when a Muslim becomes PM
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
Barack Obama's emergence as the front-runner in the US presidential election confirmed that the much-hyped "American dream" is not a myth after all. It is possible for a person with talent and charisma to break through the glass barrier. No walls of prejudice separate him from the rest.
Obama's rise is the greatest vindication, therefore, of America's multicultural polity. If and when he takes the oath of office Jan 20 next year, it will be an unprecedented "Obama moment" in American history.
Top U.S. envoy urges Pakistan to lift emergency
By Xinhua
Islamabad : The visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D Negroponte on Sunday urged Pakistan to lift emergency, end curbs on media and release the political detainees.
BJP issues first list of 45 candidates for Kashmir polls
Jammu : The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday issued the first list of 45 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
The names were finalised...
UP to wrap up arrangements for Haj pilgrims by Sep 11
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government Monday asked officials to complete all arrangements by Sep 11 for the departure of Haj pilgrims from the state.
No handicap to success for Jahanara Khatun
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata/Berhampur: 41 year old Jahanara Khatun was ranked 31st in the examination for the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Examination for...
Pakistan army kills five pro-Taliban militants
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan's military said Tuesday it had killed five Islamist militants and arrested 20 following the abduction of four security personnel by gunmen in the country's restive tribal area.
"(An) unknown number of masked miscreants abducted four security personnel from paramilitary Dir Scouts when they were on their way to the base in the tribal district of Ladha in South Waziristan," the army's chief spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said.
Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...
President greets nation on Eid-ul-Azha
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and urged people to imbibe the spirit of love...
In J&K, an advocate held in police lockup “without charges” since two weeks
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: Family of a Doda-based lawyer and social activist Babur-ul-Islam Nehru has alleged illegal detaining of Nehru by Jammu and...
Activists vow to fight on for complete freedom of thought, speech
New Delhi : A number of academicians, writers, students and activists on Friday vowed at the Pratirodh forum here to keep resistance alive till...
Maoists kill five in Chhattisgarh ahead of shutdown
By IANS
Raipur : Maoists killed at least five special police officers (SPOs) and injured three in a gun battle in Chhattisgarh's southern Bijapur district, even as security was beefed up in Bastar region ahead of the Oct 30 strike called by the rebels.
"We have five casualties, all SPOs," Ratanlal Dangi, the Bijapur district superintendent of police, told IANS by telephone from Pamulvaya village, about 500 km south of Raipur.
24 Chhattisgarh security personnel found dead
By IANS
Raipur : The bodies of 24 Chhattisgarh security personnel, who had gone missing after a gun battle with Maoists in Dantewada district Monday, were recovered Tuesday even as rebels launched fresh attacks, police said.
Civil society adopts 7 point resolution over “Liberty and Fraternity in the Constitution: A...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Many social activists, academicians, researchers and prominent citizens took part in a discussion on “Liberty and Fraternity in the...
Delhi Police launch hunt for Patna blast accused
New Delhi: Delhi Police Monday said it was conducting searches to trace the hideouts of suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Haider alias Black Beauty, wanted...
Woman gang raped in Delhi
By IANS
New Delhi : In a shocking incident, a woman in north Delhi was allegedly gang raped by her husband's employer and his friends, the police said Friday.
The woman, a housewife in Mukherjee Nagar, was allegedly attacked and raped by the three men Thursday night when her husband had gone out. She was at home with her sister-in-law, a police official said.
"The victim's husband had gone out when his employer Devendra came to the house along with two of his friends. A friendly entry is suggested as the victim was acquainted with them," the official told IANS.
Muslim Student Federation distributes school kits among poor students on Independence Day
By TCN News
New Delhi: The Muslim Students Federation (MSF) Delhi wing held a national school kit distribution program under its “Nayi Disha Naya Rasta”...
Now Haneef faces eviction from apartment
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : As if being detained without charge for the past 11 days in the Brisbane watch-house was not bad enough, Muhammad Haneef, held for his suspected links to the terror plot in Britain, now faces eviction from his apartment in Gold Coast for failing to pay the rent.
Haneef is said to have always paid his rent and kept the apartment tidy, but now his landlord Callum Spence is seeking legal advice on whether the tenant can be evicted for failure to pay rent.
Stray incident apart, Eid prayers offered peacefully in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Save for a stray incident of some youths torching a police vehicle in Srinagar, Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered amid peace and tranquility across Jammu and Kashmir Monday.
Five seers submit report on ‘Hindu exodus’ from Kairana
Lucknow : A committee of five seers on Thursday submitted to Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav its findings on whether there has...
Kashmiri students divided on ‘azadi’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Even as Kashmir Valley continues to see protests and cries for "azadi", a group of 60 Kashmiri students who visited Delhi were clearly divided on the issue of freedom, with some saying that youths were being brainwashed and others rooting for a plebiscite.
"Some of the youth are being brainwashed by anti-national elements. The majority of the stone-pelters get money in return. Kashmir is and will remain an integral part of India," said Sajad Yousuf, a student of Kashmir University.
Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...
De-radicalization in India will be the first step towards healing: Safoora Zargar
Safoora Zargar was one of the speaker at Indian American Muslim Council’s (IAMC) 72nd Republic Day celebration. The virtual event took place on January 31,...
Ambassador says Pakistan mourning Benazir loss, hopes for democracy
By NNN-APP
Washington : Expressing the Pakistani government’s strong condemnation of assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, ambassador to the United States Mahmud Ali Durrani said he was pretty sure that the attack against her was carried out by terrorists as he also stated that the Pakistanis want democracy to move forward.
“We are extremely sorry that Benazir Bhutto, one of our great political leaders, has been assassinated, and it happened immediately after she was addressing a public rally in Rawalpindi.
A report on the performance of MPs from Uttar Pradesh
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.ent
Our Government is trying everything possible for progress of Uttar Pradesh - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, February 4, 2017 in Meerut, Uttar...
Mehbooba Mufti charges NC with village headman’s killing
Srinagar : Mehbooba Mufti, opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Friday accused the ruling National Conference (NC) of the murder of a PDP village...
Case registered against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan
New Delhi : A 35-year-old woman has filed a case against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for allegedly threatening her with dire consequences, police said...
Young Muslims from backwaters of India making it to Civil Services
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Jaipur blasts: a blessed occasion for B.J.P.
By Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani
The investigation into the Jaipur blasts is now almost complete. The pattern of the bombings was identical with those of earlier similar occurrences, and it has further been confirmed by the statement of the so-called owner of the cycle shop from which the persons, speaking with Bengali accent, had purchased seven cycles used in the terror strike.
Latest on Hindutva hate agenda: 5Ms including ‘Poisonous Fruit of Islam’, ‘Bastard Marxists’
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: ‘Malicious 5’: Marxism, Macaulayism, Missionaries, Materialism and Muslim extremism are five biggest enemies of the Hindu society, claims a pamphlet distributed at the three-day World Hindu Congress 2014 that concluded here on Sunday.
Man charged in plot to attack US military recruiting centre
By DPA,
Washington : A Maryland man was Wednesday charged in connection with a plot to attack an Armed Forces recruiting station in Catonsville, Maryland, the US Justice Department said.
Minority communities from across the World write letter opposing CAA: Full Text
Here is the full text of the letter written by members of the minority community from across the world expressing their concern over the...
Open letter to PM: A nuclear willing country with hunger & malnutrition?
By Ravi Nitesh,
Respected Sir,
Cop held for raping nursing student
By IANS,
Lucknow : A policeman, who was absconding after allegedly raping a nursing student, was arrested here Thursday, an official said.
Arun Kumar Yadav, 25, a constable of the Bazar Khala police station, was nabbed Thursday from near the Kaiserbagh bus station.
On the pretext of dropping the 25-year-old nursing student, who had arrived here a few days ago from her native Pratapgarh district, to a bus station, Yadav took her to his friend's house and raped her Tuesday night.
Kejriwal hosts Iftar; Jung, Sheila among attendees
New Delhi : Political fault lines in the Indian capital took a hit on Sunday evening as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hosted...
Businessman shot dead in Patna
Patna(IANS) : A businessman has been shot dead here by criminals, police said Saturday.
Shiv Prasan Yadav, a wholesaler, was killed Friday night near Maalsalami locality. Police suspect extortion or business rivalry led to the killing, which sparked street protests as people blocked roads.
Muslim family attacked on train in UP, three detained
Lucknow, (IANS): Three people were detained on Friday for attacking a Muslim family on board a train in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri after a video of...
Blair named Middle East special envoy
By DPA
New York : Former British prime minister Tony Blair was appointed Wednesday as an international envoy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tasked with mobilising global aid and development for the Palestinians.
Free ration supply: But Margi villagers san utensils, fuel to cook
By Sheikh Nasir Hussain, NAK
Margi (Kishtwar) : “It appeared as if the village was bombarded,” had said IGP Jammu zone SP Vaid to media claiming that government has announced 15-day free ration to the victims but ironically Margi villagers today don’t have utensils and fuel to cook any food.
We will reduce our enemies to ashes: Iranian general
By RIA Novosti
Tehran : Iran has the capability to fire 11,000 rockets at enemy bases within one minute if the country is attacked, a commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps said.
"Within the first minute of any attack by enemies against our country, the missile and artillery unit of the ground force is capable of firing 11,000 missiles and shells at targets that are known to us," General Mahmoud Chaharbaghi, the top missile commander of the Revolutionary Guards, said on national TV Saturday.
Why don’t Muslims vote for the BJP?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
“What percentage of Muslims will vote for the BJP?,” Dr. Zafar Mahmood was asked last week during his talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a difficult question to answer as there is no data available regarding this but everyone agrees that it is not a huge numbber. But the question to be asked here is why a major national political party has failed to attract significant number of Muslims to its side?
Somali pirates hijack ship with Indian crew
By IANS,
Nairobi : Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship in the Gulf of Aden with 23 crew members, including Indians, on board, the European Union naval force said Monday.
The MV Suez, which was travelling in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) was attacked early Monday, Naval Force spokesman John Harbour said.
"The MV Suez, weight 17,300 tonnes with a crew of 23 from Egypt, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India, is a Panama-flagged merchant vessel with a cargo of cement bags," Harbour was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
From Rs.50 a day to a hugely successful radio jockey
By Papri Sri Raman, IANS
Chennai : From a small town into a million hearts and record books, it has been a roller coaster ride for radio jockey N. Dheenadayalan, known to his listeners as Dheena or Speed Dheena.
Growing up in the 1980s in Salem in western Tamil Nadu, for young Dheena Mumbai was as distant a dream as Memphis.
"My schoolteacher mother knew Dheena was not really academically inclined," the young man tells IANS with a smile.
Court reserves order on Soren’s appeal
By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on an appeal filed by former coal minister Shibu Soren challenging his conviction by a subordinate court in a case related to the murder of his private secretary Sashinath Jha.
After the completion of the arguments of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by counsel Siddharth Luthra, a bench of Justices R.S. Sodhi and H.R. Malhotra said the order was reserved and will be pronounced later.
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on an appeal filed by former coal minister Shibu Soren challenging his conviction by a subordinate court in a case related to the murder of his private secretary Sashinath Jha.
After the completion of the arguments of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by counsel Siddharth Luthra, a bench of Justices R.S. Sodhi and H.R. Malhotra said the order was reserved and will be pronounced later.
Eid celebrated with feasts and prayers in capital
New Delhi,Oct 2 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims gathered at the historic Jama Masjid and other mosques across the city Thursday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr praying for peace and communal harmony in the backdrop of the recent bomb blasts that rocked the capital.
The largest prayer congregation was held in Jama Masjid in the old city as elderly people and children dressed in new clothes exchanged pleasantries and gifts to mark the occasion.
Huge gap between Indians and Kashmiris: Nandita Haksar
New Delhi : Human rights activist and prominent lawyer Nandita Haksar has claimed that there is a huge gap between Kashmiris and Indians and...
Ramadan 1437: Danish Qavi
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
After Iftar, Danish was explaining the importance of interpersonal behaviour to one of the employees at his upmarket multi-utility store in...
Part of Delhi ‘Dargah’ land sold illegally by Waqf Board: Report
New Delhi (IANS): A part of the land belonging to Hazrat Naseeruddin Aulia Dargah in the national capital was sold illegally in connivance with...
Let’s welcome Kareena-Saif’s son Taimur
By Ram Puniyani
The domination of communal consciousness in social space is very frightening. The prevalent ‘social common sense’ looks at history through the prism...
UAE, Vatican establish diplomatic relations
By IANS
New York : The United Arab Emirates and the Vatican have issued a joint communique here announcing the establishment of diplomatic ties.
PPP claims government provided faulty jammers to Bhutto
By IRNA
Islamabad : Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto -led Pakistan People's Party Tuesday alleged that the jammers provided to her by the government to protect her from bomb attacks during the election campaign were faulty and exposed her to a "high risk." Rehman Malik, a PPP leader and Security Advisor to Bhutto, asked the Interior Ministry to provide "fault-free jammers along with a technician to ensure full protection" to her from any attempted attack, PTI reported.
Israeli cabinet approves release of 90 Palestinian prisoners
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : The Israeli cabinet approved Sunday a release of some 90 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Government spokesman David Baker confirmed the approval to Xinhua, saying 16 ministers supported the proposal and six voted against.
All the prisoners who will be released would mostly be Fatah members and the list only includes prisoners who have not been involved in the murder of Israelis, Baker told Xinhua.
The importance of the upcoming Seemanchal Literature Festival
By Zafar Anjum for TwoCircles.net
Seemanchal International Literary Festival (SILF) is the inaugural international literary event organised by Kitaab International, Singapore, in collaboration with...
AMU admin relents, will allow undergrad female students in library each Sunday
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration has finally relented to the long held demand of allowing female undergraduate students to its central Maulana Azad Library after it faced criticisms from all quarters for the VC’s alleged sexist remarks.
How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thousands of miles from Bihar, Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan of Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) talked about their...
Special court denies homemade food in Ramzan to Muslim accused; Mumbai prison restrict another...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai : In an unsympathetic occurrence the Special MCOCA court established inside Mumbai Central Prison, commonly known as Arthur Road Jail, turned down the application filed by 20 odd accused persons in a case of ‘sending of threatening email before Gujarat and Delhi blasts in 2008 ‘ for allowing homemade food delivered by relatives inside prison during the month of Ramzan.
Bangladesh to import 50,000 tonnes of rice to increase stock
By NNN-BSS
Dhaka : The Bangladesh government has decided to import 50,000 tonnes of rice through open tender to increase the stock of rice.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the advisory committee on government purchase in the cabinet room of the Secretariat here Tuesday. Finance Adviser Dr. AB Mirza Azizul Islam chaired the
meeting.
The finance adviser told reporters that the meeting had also approved the tender for development of roads in four upazilas of Brahmanbaria district under the "Rural Infrastructure Development
Project-26".
Washington Conference seeks nuclear-free-zone in Kashmir
By IANS
Jammu : An international conference of Kashmiri leaders from the two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Washington has called for making Kashmir a nuclear-free zone.
"India and Pakistan should negotiate a treaty to create a nuclear weapons-free zone in all of Jammu and Kashmir," a nine-point declaration adopted during the seventh International Peace Conference on Kashmir in the US capital said.
Good words, sympathy for Urdu in Tamil land
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: It was a gala evening at Hotel Merina Tower where Indian Union Muslim League leaders had gathered to release an Urdu book. The speakers – from IUML chief and MP E Ahmed to party MLA Abdul Basith – uttered good words and showered sympathy for the weaning Urdu language in the land of Tamil language.
Women rights’ organizations appeal to President to not sign anti-rape ordinance
By Citizen News Service
Nudity was interrogation method at Abu Ghraib: witness
By DPA
Washington : Stripping Iraqi detainees was an official interrogation technique at Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003, a witness has said at the trial of the most senior US soldier charged with inmate abuse at the site.
Army Staff Sergeant James Beachner Wednesday did not make clear how far up the chain of command the approval went. But another witness said the wing of Abu Ghraib where notorious abuses happened had been turned over to military interrogators by the former US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) set up to run Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
Two more die in Pakistan firing, Modi says things will be fine
New Delhi/Jammu/United Nations/Mumbai: Pakistan Rangers continued to fire across the International Border with India through the night and well into Wednesday, killing at least...
Bhutto receives new threats from Pakistani militants
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has received threats of new suicide attacks from Islamic militants, days after two bomb attacks on her procession left 140 people dead, her lawyer said Tuesday.
"We have received a letter saying that Benazir Bhutto could be attacked while traveling or at her home," Farooq Naik told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA).
"The letters say that even a female suicide bomber could target her," he said, adding that Bhutto's party was going to take further measures to heighten her security.
American paedophile deported
By IANS
Chennai : A 60-year-old American paedophile, arrested in Tamil Nadu on May 22, has been deported to the United States, police said.
Some 70,000 expected to perform Laylat Al-Qadr prayers in Kuwait’s Great Mosque
By NNN-KUNA
Kuwait : Some 70,000 people are expected to gather at the Great Mosque for Laylat Al-Qadr prayers in one of the final days of the holy month of Ramadan.
Dr Adel Al-Falah, the undersecretary of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, said at a news conference here Thursday that 50,000 worshippers were expected to take part in the overnight prayers during the last 10 days of the fasting month, and the figure would peak to 70,000 on the 27th day of Ramadan.
The authorities have made all necessary preparations for the annual religious service.
AMU’s Malappuram centre becomes first fully Wi-Fi campus under Digital India
<By TCN News
Malappuram: As part of Digital India 2020 Mission, Aligarh Muslim University’s Malappuram Centre became India’s first university to get complete Wi-Fi under...
Condition of former Bangladesh premier worsens, no treatment abroad
By IANS
Dhaka : A day after detained former premier of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina fell ill inside a courtroom, the authorities in Bangladesh have ruled out medical treatment abroad for her and have alleged that she was not giving details of her ailments. Meanwhile, the condition of Hasina has worsened.
Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddique Tuesday said there was no way to send detained Hasina abroad for treatment under the jail code but they would form a medical board for her.
Two found beheaded in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : Beheaded bodies of two Afghans, abducted by unknown people days ago, have been found in Rafhidan district of central Afghanistan's Ghazni province, the provincial police chief said Saturday.
"A man and a woman were abducted by unknown people about three days ago in Rafhidan district and their bodies were found Friday afternoon in the area," said Alishah Ahmadzai, police chief of Ghazni province.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings yet. However, Ahmadzai suspected that militants might have committed the crime.
With Bihar MLA in jail, rape victim takes Class 10 exam
Patna : A day after ruling RJD legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of raping a schoolgirl, surrendered in a court and was sent to...
Goa minister’s son booked for rape; he’s innocent says father
By IANS,
Panaji : Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte's son Rohit, charged with allegedly raping a 14-year-old German girl, Tuesday managed to elude the police, even as his father maintained he was innocent.
Superintendent of Police (North) Bosco George told mediapersons Tuesday evening that the minister had also been made an accessory to the crime.
"We have served a notice at Rohit's home asking him to report to the Calangute police station as soon as possible," said George.
BSF trooper in police custody for killing Srinagar teenager
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday suspended a trooper and handed him over to the Jammu and Kashmir police after admitting that he was "prima facie" involved in the killing of 16-year-old Zahid Farooq Sheikh here last Friday, an incident that triggered violent protests in the valley.
"Prima facie evidence has proved the involvement of Lakhwinder Kumar, a jawan of 68 battalion of BSF, in the shootout that resulted in the death of Zahid Farooq Sheikh of Nishat here Friday," P.P.S. Sandhu, special director general (DG) BSF, said.
Gujarat village offers mantra of communal harmony
By IANS,
Palanpur (Gujarat) : Amid communal tension and regional strife in different parts of the country, a village in Gujarat has a happy story to tell. Around 5,000 people got together Monday to inaugurate a renovated dargah (Muslim shrine) in the village that is home only to Hindus.
Pakistani senate member awarded ‘Pride of Ludhiana’ award
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Ludhiana: An 85-year-old Pakistan senate member Humaza has been awarded with the ‘Fakhr-e-Ludhiyana’ (Pride of Ludhiana) prestige here on Friday.
What was Gandhi’s evaluation of RSS?
By Ram Puniyani,
With the new ruling dispensation, Modi Sarkar, attempts are being made to present Gandhi in a light which is favorable to the RSS combine. First, the Swachata Abhiyan (Cleanliness drive) was inaugurated on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), then it was claimed that RSS had nothing to do with Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.
Soldier, two militants killed in Kashmir gunfight
By IANS,
Jammu : An Indian Army soldier and two militants were killed and a major critically injured in an ongoing gun battle in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Sunday evening.
The gunfight in Thana Mandi area of the district, 180 km north of Jammu, was still on at 9.30 p.m., police said.
An army team led by Major S.K. Mahapatra traced a group of militants in the forested area and in the ensuing gunfight between the two sides, Mahapatra was injured and and a soldier killed.
Conference propose a zakat system for permanent removal of poverty
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net
Curfew imposed in Jamshedpur after clashes
Ranchi : A curfew has been imposed in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city, the home town of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, after two communities clashed over...
70 killed in Pakistan’s militant stronghold
By DPA
Islamabad : Up to 70 pro-Taliban militants were killed Thursday as helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts in Pakistan's volatile north-western valley of Swat, officials said.
"The insurgents attacked a law enforcing agencies' post at Khwaza Khela around 4:30 local time this morning and the security forces retaliated with small arms and mortar fire," military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told DPA.
Local authorities confirmed 60 to 70 of the militants have been killed in the ongoing operation, he added.
British Indian Muslims flay Delhi bombings, say no to witch hunt
By IANS,
London : An organisation of Indian Muslims in Britain has condemned the Delhi bomb blasts, describing the perpetrators as "disciples of Satan working to defame Islam and Indian Muslims", but cautioned the Indian government against a witch hunt.
The Council of Indian Muslims UK (CIM) has asked the government to launch an independent inquiry into the serial blasts so that "innocent" Indian Muslims are not targeted, according to Muslim News. It referred to the investigations into previous blasts in Jaipur and Ahmedabad in which Muslim youth were "detained and harassed".
बिहार के पहले चरण का मतदान जारी… महिलाओं में खासा उत्साह!
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
बिहार में पहले चरण का मतदान जारी है. लोगों में वोटिंग को लेकर खासा उत्साह है. खास तौर पर महिलाएं काफी संख्या...
Quartet restates support for independent Palestinian state
By Xinhua
Lisbon : The Middle East Quartet's mediators restated their support here Thursday for an independent Palestinian state and voiced concerns over the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
"A Palestinian state is viable not only in terms of territories, but also in terms of institutions and its capacity to manage them," former British prime minister Tony Blair told a press conference after a Quartet meeting held in this Portuguese capital, the first since he took the post as its envoy.
CPI-M condemns attack on Hussain paintings
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday condemned the attack on a photo exhibition held in protest against the non-inclusion of M.F. Hussain's paintings at the India Art Summit.
The CPI-M said in a statement that it "strongly condemns the attack by Hindu chauvinist elements". It demanded that the culprits be brought to book.
Dispute over a mosque brewing in old Delhi
Another Babri in making: Putting of idol in a ‘historical mosque’
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Union Budget 2015 promises new education and livelihood prog for minority youth for school...
Allocation remains same as last financial year despite unspent funds
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday announced ‘Nai Manzil’, an integrated education and livelihood scheme to help school dropout youth from minority communities help find better employment. The government also continued with the same allocation for the minority ministry – Rs 3738 crore – as last year.
Mushawarat deliberates on milli, national and international issues
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Central Committee of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMIM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, met here on Monday, 17 February under the chairmanship of national President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan.
Kazis, muftis have no official powers, SC told
By IANS,
New Delhi: The central government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that kazis and muftis in the Muslim community did not wield any administrative...
Iran not heading towards war with US, says Ahmadinejad
By NNN-PTI
New York : Iran does not need nuclear weapons and is not heading towards a war with the United States, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a controversial visit here amid tight security and strong protests, said.
The Iranian President, who flew into New York Sunday, would address the UN General Assembly and take part in a question-answer session in the premier Columbia University.
Over three dozen injured in day-long Srinagar protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : Over three dozen people, including six policemen, were injured in day-long clashes in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Saturday following the death of a teenager they alleged was killed in a street protest a day earlier.
Irate mobs, pelting stones at the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, took to streets in many areas of the old city and Srinagar's uptown areas.
Carpooling is the only practical solution: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that carpooling was the only solution to cope with odd-and-even number cars on alternate...
Prophet Row: Mere ‘hearsay evidence’ against Prayagraj violence accused
The remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) drew backlash from around 15 Islamic nations, with the Centre claiming the remarks were the views of "fringe...
Pakistan politician offers help to release Korean hostages
By IANS
Islamabad : Leader of the opposition in the Pakistan National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has offered to help in securing release of the South Koreans held hostage by Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Rahman, who is also secretary-general of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), held out this assurance while talking to Korean Ambassador Kim Jooseeok Tuesday.
Hostile witness gets court notice in Shivani murder case
By IANS
New Delhi : Frowning on witnesses who retract their testimony, a court here Thursday issued notice to Suresh Kukreja, close friend of convicted police officer R.K. Sharma, for backtracking on his statement in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri issued notice to Kukreja under section 181 (false statement under oath) and 193 (punishment for false evidence) of Indian Penal Code for which maximum punishment can be up to seven years.
HC asks centre to help two engineers return from Iran
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the central government on a plea of family members of two Indians, who have...
Anti-terror laws fine, but how to tame a rogue state?
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
Nothing makes the mind concentrate as much as a crisis. As the Manmohan Singh government's latest anti-terror initiatives show, it took the ghastly tragedy of Mumbai to make it realise that its earlier desultory approach towards the 21st century's most serious menace would have to be abandoned.
Only time will show how far the new measures - a more stringent anti-terrorism legislative measure and a new federal investigating agency - will succeed in dealing with the threat.
Clubbing Islam with terrorism unacceptable: Pranab Mukherjee
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Kolkata: Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has opposed the global campaign, India included, to associate Islam with terrorism. He said the idea of associating Islam with terrorism floated by the U.S. after 9/11 is unacceptable.
He was speaking at the seminar on "Terrorism and Justice" organized by an NGO.
"After the Twin Tower attack, the U.S. floated worldwide the concept of ‘Islamic terrorism'; I am vehemently opposed to this" the Munsif daily quoted him saying.
Curfew in parts of Kashmir as separatists call march
By IANS,
Srinagar : Curfew was imposed in parts of Srinagar and other towns of the Kashmir Valley Wednesday as separatists asked the people to march to south Kashmir's Pampore town to observe the death anniversary of Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz, who was killed in firing by the security forces in 2008.
"Curfew is in place in old city areas of Srinagar, including uptown Maisuma and Batmaloo localities. Curfew has also been imposed in south Kashmir's Pampore, Pulwama, Kakpora and Tral towns to prevent separatist-incited violence," a senior police officer said here.
Brothel raided, four women arrested
By IANS
Ghaziabad : A thriving call girl racket run from a house was busted and four women arrested, the police said Thursday. The house had half a dozen ferocious dogs to keep curious onlookers away, the police added.
The women along with two customers were arrested after the Ghaziabad police Wednesday night raided the house.
Abdullah stirs up debate with remarks on accession
By IANS
Srinagar : National Conference (NC) party patron and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah's recent statement questioning the state's accession to India is being widely seen here as an expression of "anguish rather than intent".
Tamil jailed in Canada for funding LTTE
By IANS,
Vancouver : In the first conviction in Canada for funding of terrorists abroad, a court here jailed a Tamil for collecting money for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) which was routed by the Sri Lankan forces in May last year.
Modi launches frontal attack on Congress leadership
By Rajeev Khanna, IANS
Ahmedabad : Bringing up the 1984 riots, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Sikh origins and the terror attack on parliament, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has launched an all out offensive against the Congress with only two days to go before round two of polling.
Unfazed by the Supreme Court issuing a contempt notice against him for raising the issue of Sohrabuddin Sheikh's staged killing by the police, the controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has taken on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
France wants India to let Taslima travel to Paris
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, not wishing to court a controversy during his first here this weekend, has asked India to let Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen travel to Paris to receive the Prix Simone de Beauvoir.
"The President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, has asked that Taslima Nasreen be invited to France so that the prize Prix Simone de Beauvoir, which has been awarded to her, may be given to her officially," the French embassy here said in a statement Thursday.
Kashmiri Journalist detained by J&K police, released after interrogation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: Kashmir based Journalist and editor of online magazine The Kashmir Walla, Fahad Shah was on Sunday, June 18th detained for...
Muslims help in construction of a Hindu temple in UP
By NNN-PTI,
Baghpat : In an exemplary show of communal harmony, Muslims of Niwara village are extending financial support in construction of a Hindu temple here.
The Muslims of the village have collected about Rs 70,000 to help in construction of the lord Shiva temple for Hindus, who are financially not so strong.
According to the village Pradhan Haji Rafaqat Ali, who is also advisor of the temple, the construction was initially opposed by some villagers but they soon joined others in supporting the cause.
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