Bangalore blasts 2008: Madani’s lawyers point out loopholes in prosecution’s case
By Staff Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Muslim youths tortured after Modi’s call to release the detained tourists
By TCN Staff Reporter,
State-level Qur’an Quiz Competition organized in Imphal
By Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
40-day harshest winter period ‘Chillai Kalan’ begins in Kashmir
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press,
Mecca Masjid gets new marble ‘takht’ four years after the blast
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
‘Bio health monitoring system’ to ensure health security of Narmada River
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: A first of its kind scientific initiative in the country is going to be made in Madhya Pradesh for ensuring health security of Narmada River.
Israeli car blast: Kazmi moves bail application
By IANS,
New Delhi : Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for alleged involvement in the Israeli embassy car blast case, Friday moved his bail application in a Delhi court here.
UP Govt builds road on Deoband cleric’s field of standing wheat crop
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Qateel’s “killers” arrested, Jailer suspended, media report says
By TCN Staff Reporter,
By-election for Jangipur seat today: Voters to decide fate of President’s son
In this Muslim majority constituency, principal opponents against Congress' Mukherjee are Muslims and hence there might be some dramatic outcome.
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
BJP demands Vastanvi’s barred from Gujarat for calling Modi ‘brutal’ and ‘tyrant’
By TCN News,
Ahmedbad: The Bhartiya Janta Party wants Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi to be barred from entering Gujarat.
Modi’s visit to Bangladesh has zero for northeast
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: Many people might have gone gaga over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent to Bangladesh. Modi even mentioned it as the...
As Waqf Bill Awaits President’s Nod, AIMIM and Congress Move SC Against It
TCN News Desk
New Delhi: The contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, recently passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, has been challenged in the...
Jauhar University gets minority status
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow : Mulayam Singh government of Uttar Pradesh adopted, amidst boycott of Opposition parties, the amendment bill granting minority status to Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar University on the last day of Assembly session here Wednesday.
Addressing the last session of the assembly, the chief minister declared an amendment in Muhammad Ali Jauhar Act 2005, granting the Rampur based University minority status.
Five killed in renewed Hamas-Fatah clashes
By DPA
Gaza City : Five Palestinians were killed in renewed clashes between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.
Murmurs against Musharraf, former PM Jamali resigns from party
By IANS
Islamabad : There were murmurs against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's poll plans and dissensions within the party he blessed erupted, leading to the resignation of former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali from the Pakistan Muslim League (Qaid).
Hamas takes over Gaza Preventive Security headquarters
By DPA
Gaza City : After hours of fighting which killed at least 14 and wounded dozens, Hamas Thursday overpowered one of four major security compounds in Gaza City belonging to President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah-affiliated security forces, hospital officials and witnesses said.
Chhattisgarh Maoists call for economic blockade, police on alert
By IANS
Raipur : Maoists in Chhattisgarh have called for a two-day economic blockade in the state's insurgency-hit Bastar region next week and police forces have been put on high alert to foil the rebels' plans.
Court dismisses Koli plea to change his lawyer
By IANS
Ghaziabad : A special court Friday dismissed an application by Surendra Koli, prime accused in the Nithari serial murders, to change his lawyer and cancel his plea that employer Moninder Singh Pandher's confession be incorporated in a chargesheet related to one of the killings.
Olmert: Israel to release 250 Fatah prisoners
By Xinhua
Sharm El-Sheikh : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he plans to release 250 prisoners from the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
   Olmert made the remarks in a four-way summit at this Red Sea resort which aims to ease the current grave situation in the Palestinian territories and activate the stalled Mideast peace process.
Iraqi journalist shot dead in Baghdad
By DPA
Baghdad : Iraqi journalist Hamed Sarhan was killed by gunmen in southern Baghdad, Iraq's press syndicate president Shehab al-Tamimi said Wednesday.
Arab Parliament stages reconciliation bid between Hamas, Fatah
By DPA
Amman : The speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mohammad al-Saqr, has said that he is planning to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday as part of a reconciliation bid between Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
President Musharraf warns Lal Masjid occupiers to surrender
By NNN-APP
Suni Shoran(Balochistan) : President General Pervez Musharraf here Saturday warned the Lal Masjid elements to surrender or otherwise face the consequences.
Talking to media representatives at the residence of Federal Minister Yar Mohammad Rind in Sani Shoran Bolan district, he said the government has demonstrated extraordinary patience regarding Lal Masjid issue but it should not be taken as its weakness.
Israeli soldier killed in clashes with Gaza gunmen
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : An Israeli soldier was killed and two were lightly wounded Thursday during clashes with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, the army said.
Antulay’s Assurance Minority Definition Will Not Be Reviewed Welcomed
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal : The All India Catholic Union, (AICU), the All India Christian Council, (AICC) and the United Christian Action, (UCA), have welcomed the Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Barrister Abdul Rehman Antulay's assurance that he will ensure that the Union Government does not push through a proposal to redefine religious minorities on the basis of their population in individual States.
US wants early lifting of ban on politics in Bangladesh
By IANS
Dhaka : The US and Britain have welcomed the timetable for general elections in Bangladesh and said they would support efforts to facilitate the process.
Both the nations, however, have not offered any comment on Bangladesh's caretaker government arresting former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case of extortion Monday.
Zia, Hasina come together against caretaker government
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's two top women politicians, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, have made common cause for the first time in 17 years following the former's arrest by the military-backed caretaker government.
The Awmai League leader's imprisonment has also sparked the first public protest against the government since a national emergency was clamped Jan 12.
But the most significant development has been the manner Zia has rallied to the defence of her rival Hasina following the latter's July 16 arrest.
Six killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence
By DPA
Gaza : Israel has killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in separate incidents which included skirmishes with local militants and air strikes in Gaza City and in the southern part of the strip.
The latest Palestinian death came Thursday evening in an Israeli air strike against a militant trying to launch a rocket-propelled grenade at troops near Khan Younis in the southern part of Gaza, an Israeli military spokesman said.
The militant, as well as two others injured in the attack, were from Hamas, medics said.
Gaza : Israel has killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in separate incidents which included skirmishes with local militants and air strikes in Gaza City and in the southern part of the strip.
The latest Palestinian death came Thursday evening in an Israeli air strike against a militant trying to launch a rocket-propelled grenade at troops near Khan Younis in the southern part of Gaza, an Israeli military spokesman said.
The militant, as well as two others injured in the attack, were from Hamas, medics said.
Backgrounder: Kidnappings in Afghanistan this year
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has killed a second South Korean hostage held in Afghanistan on Monday night, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said.
Due to worsening security, Afghanistan has witnessed a series of kidnappings so far this year.
One British journalist and his three Afghan colleagues were abducted by Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province on February 20, but were released one day later.
Spokesman: Taliban kills 2nd S Korean hostage
·A Taliban spokesman said the male hostage named Song Kin-Shi was shot dead Monday night as the Afghan government was not serious in the talks.
·He said the dead body was dumped near Ghazni-Kandahar highway.
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has killed one more South Korean hostage held in Afghanistan on Monday night, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua from an undisclosed place.
Syria calls upon Palestinian parties to return to dialogue
By Xinhua
Damascus : Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on Monday called upon the Palestinian parties to return to dialogue in order to end the current crisis and establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Muallem made the remarks while meeting with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister's special envoy for the Middle East affairs Svein Sevje, according to the official SANA news agency.
Taliban ready to swap female hostages for prisoners
By Xinhua
Kabul : Taliban Tuesday expressed readiness to swap all South Korean female hostages with their women supporters held in Afghan and US military detention centres, Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf said.
"We offer to exchange all the Korean females with those Taliban women supporters who have been languishing in Afghan government prisons and US military detention centres in Kandahar and Bagram," Ahmadi told Xinhua from an unknown location.
However, he did not specify the number of women who have been held by authorities in Afghanistan for supporting the Taliban.
Tribal assembly against Taliban insurgency opens in Kabul
By DPA
Kabul : Hundreds of tribal elders from Afghanistan and Pakistan met in Kabul Thursday for the start of a three-day "peace jirga" aimed at containing the influence and activities of Taliban insurgents and bringing calm to the border region.
"The people of Afghanistan and Pakistan are waiting for the success of this jirga (tribal assembly) and are very hopeful," Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in opening remarks to some 650 delegates gathered inside a huge tent closely guarded by international troops and Afghan forces.
US concerned about impact of UK withdrawal from Iraq – report
By IRNA
London : The US administration is becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of an imminent British withdrawal from southern Iraq and would prefer UK troops to remain for another year or two, according to a press report.
Reporting from Washington, the Guardian newspaper said that the US was worried about the political consequences of losing British troops.
Pakistani leader declares Aug 14 as ‘black day’
By IANS
Lahore : A nationalist leader in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province has asked people to observe a "black day" on Aug 14, when the country celebrates its 60th Independence Day.
Baloch leader Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal said the decision not to celebrate the Independence Day was to protest against the "suppression of his supporters by the Pakistani government".
Iraqi political leaders hold crucial summit on Tuesday
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : Iraqi political leaders will hold summit talks here Tuesday to discuss the creation of a "moderate" front, wide-scale reform policy, and reformation of the government, an official spokesman said.
Ali Al-Dabbagh said in a statement Monday the top politicians would discuss the aftermath of the withdrawal of the Iraqi Accord Front from the government, and how to convince the Front to reverse the pull-out decision.
More than 300 killed in Pakistan clashes since July
By DPA
Islamabad : Some 250 militants and 60 troops were killed in clashes in Pakistan's tribal areas since the July storming of a radical mosque in Islamabad, a military spokesman said Friday amid fresh attacks.
Casualties among security forces resulted from roadside bombs, suicide attacks and fire fights with Islamic militants, mainly in the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan, army spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said.
Pak Government replaces Law Minister
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan government today replaced Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar, apparently a fallout of the reversal it suffered over the suspension of the country's Chief Justice.
Zahid Hamid, the Minister for Privatisation and Investment, has been made the new Minister for Law and Justice, state-run PTV reported.
Zafar will take over as Privatisation and Investment Minister.
Detained Iranians freed in Iraq
By IRNA
Baghdad : Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi said here Wednesday that members of an Iranian delegation who were detained by the US troops have been released.
US forces arrested an Iranian delegation comprising of experts of Energy Ministry without any explanation Tuesday night.
The Iranians had traveled to Iraq upon an invitation by Iraq's Energy Ministry to carry out electricity projects in the war-stricken country.
Kazemi Qomi added, "US forces delivered the Iranian delegation to Iraqi prime minister's office Wednesday morning."
Gaza militants attack Israel by homemade rockets, mortars
By Xinhua
Gaza : Fatah's armed wing in Gaza claimed responsibility on Sunday for firing homemade mortars and rockets from northern Gaza Strip at southern Israel.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, said in a statement that its militants fired on Sunday morning a homemade rocket from northern Gaza at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Teacher Uma Khurana, framed in sex sting, gets bail
By IANS
New Delhi : Uma Khurana, a government schoolteacher falsely framed in a fake sting operation of a TV news channel, was Monday granted bail.
"So far the investigation has revealed that she was a victim of a fake sting operation conducted by the private TV news channel," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alok Aggarwal said while granting her bail.
Khurana's lawyer Vivek Sharma said: "We argued in the court that she was arrested only on the basis of a sting operation and even the prosecution has admitted that the sting operation was doctored."
Security forces kill 40 militants in Pakistan
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistani security forces killed 40 militants in the country's northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan Wednesday, a military spokesman said.
Pakistani army spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told private Geo TV that gunship helicopters were used to target positions of militants in mountains in the border area between North and South Waziristan.
"The operation was conducted in the morning and in the afternoon," he said.
Arshad said the militants had been using mountains to fire and ambush convoys of security forces.
Russia abstains from UN Security Council vote on Afghanistan
By RIA Novosti
New York : Russia abstained from a UN Security Council vote to extend the authorisation of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for another 12 months.
Russia raised objections Wednesday to the unexpected inclusion in the document of a sentence expressing appreciation to NATO as well as to contributors from many nations to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), "including its maritime interdiction component".
Iran test flies two new fighter jets
By IANS
Tehran : Iran Thursday successfully tested two fighter jets during a ceremony at the Mehrabad International Airport, Irna news agency reported.
The planes, named Sa'qeh (Thunderbolt), are the second generation fighter jets of Azarakhsh fighters of the Iranian air force.
The planes, claimed by the government to have been built by Iranian experts, will be officially inducted into the air force on the country's Army Day on Sep 22 - which coincides with the start of its war with Iraq in 1980.
Iranians to hold protesting rally in Paris
By IRNA
Paris : The Iranian community residing in France by issuing a statement on Saturday called on all Iranian compatriots to attend a protesting rally here on Sunday to oppose the recent statement of France Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner about Iran.
According to a statement, a copy of which was faxed to IRNA bureau in Paris, the demonstration will start Sunday at 4:00 pm in Trocadero Square and lasts for 2 hours.
Turkey, Iraq sign agreement no combating terrorism
By Xinhua
Ankara : Turkey and Iraq signed an agreement to fight against terrorism in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday.
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bulani signed the agreement.
Issue of Iran’s nuclear programme not “closed” – US
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : The United States has said that the Iranian nuclear programme case is not closed yet, in a direct response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement in New York.
"Iran is under Security Council sanctions, is under several Chapter VII resolutions not asking it nicely or politely, but requiring it as a matter of international law, to halt its uranium enrichment programme and to engage in negotiations with the international community," said State Department deputy spokesperson Tom Casey in his daily press briefing Wednesday.
Brinda demands punishment for Muslim youth’s killers
By IANS
Kolkata : Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Brinda Karat Friday expressed her grief over the mysterious death of a Muslim youth who had married the daughter of an industrialist Ashok Todi, and demanded punishment for those involved in the crime.
Rizwanur, a 30-year-old graphics designer, was found dead with head injuries beside a railway track Sep 21. His family members and neighbours alleged he used to get threatening calls from some police officers after he married Priyanka.
Iranian FM meets his French counterpart in New York
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has held a meeting with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
In the meeting Wednesday, Kouchner said: "Iran is a great country and we will never want to fight with it and we are looking for peace."
According to Foreign Ministry Media Department report, Kouchner, in the meeting, said that the media had distorted his statements about Iran.
Pakistan Supreme Court permits presidential poll
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : The Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday gave its go-ahead for polling in Saturday's presidential election but restrained the Election Commission from notifying the result till it takes a final decision on petitions filed against President Pervez Musharraf's candidature.
A 10-judge bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal asked the Election Commission to notify the results only after the court permitted.
Musharraf confident of victory in Presidential poll
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is seeking a second five-year term in uniform in a key poll today, has expressed confidence that he will be re-elected and pledged to quit as Army Chief after the issuance of notification in this regard.
"I will shed the uniform after the issuance of notification regarding my becoming the next President and before being sworn in," he said addressing MPs of the ruling PML-Q and its coalition partners during a dinner at the President House late last night.
Suicide car bombing kills 1 American in Kabul
By Xinhua
Kabul : A suicide car bombing targeting a convoy of U.S. military in the Afghan capital Kabul Saturday morning killed at least three persons, including one American, and injured nine others, an official at the press department of Afghan Interior Ministry said.
The attack occurred at 8:20 a.m. local time at the busy road linking Kabul International Airport to the fortified U.S. embassy.
Gaza militants launch rocket attacks at Israel
By Xinhua
Gaza : Two Palestinian armed groups said Sunday they launched four homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli town of Sderout early in the day.
The armed wings of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas claimed their responsibility for the attack in leaflets.
The two groups also told the media that they attacked the Israeli-Egyptian crossing by eight mortar shells.
Israeli air strike in Gaza injures seven civilians
TEL AVIV, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli aircraft delivered an air strike on a group of Palestinian militants in northern Gaza on Monday, injuring several people, the army press service and local radio said.
Gaza militants have recently intensified their rocket attacks on Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, firing the Soviet-designed Grad-type rockets, instead of the more commonly used, and cruder, Qassam-type rockets.
The army said the air strike hit the militants' position whilst the Palestinians were firing rockets at southern Israel.
Iraqi Govt has succeeded in thwarting civil, sectartian wars – Maliki
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has said the Iraqi government has succeeded in driving away the "ghost of civil and sectarian war," noting that his cabinet was now focusing on taking control of the security file, activating conciliation and pushing forward the political process.
"The government is placing as priority the taking over of the security file and the reconstruction of our armed forces," Maliki was quoted as saying in a meeting with visiting US Congressmen Sunday.
Mahesh Bhatt calls on Rizwanur’s mother
By IANS
Kolkata : Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Wednesday said he had never seen people's solidarity like the one following the death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman here as the director called on the mother of the victim at her residence in the evening.
"In my whole life I never experienced such a situation when all people, despite their different religions, raised a single voice for humanity and justice. I am feeling really great to sit at the feet of Rizwanur's mother today," Bhatt said during his visit to the Tiljala Lane residence of Keshwar Jahan.
Iranian women’s status elaborated at UN
By NNN-IRNA
New York, UN : IRI representative at UN General Assembly's 3rd Committee session here Wednesday elaborated on developments, advancement, and achievements related to women's status in Iran.
Seyyed Mohsen Emadi in his address also expounded on various types of aggressions observed against women in the world today, including poverty, threats due to foreign forces occupation, losses due to military attacks, human smuggling, aggressive behavior at homes, taking advantage of women in advertisements etc.
Rizwanur episode has affected Left government: Basu
By IANS
Kolkata : Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu Friday admitted the Left Front government in West Bengal has suffered political damage due to the inordinate delay in removal of tainted police officers following the mysterious death of a Muslim youth.
"Yes, the state government's image has received a beating due to the delay in transferring the policemen who had allegedly coerced Rizwanur. We have suffered politically," Basu told reporters while replying to a question at the state CPM's headquarters in Alimuddin Street here.
Iran’s Jalili is newcomer in nuclear mission
By DPA
Teheran : Iran's new nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili is headed to Rome on his first mission in the new job -- a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
The 42-year-old diplomat, who has served a succession of Iran's leaders going back to 1989 in key background positions, will be travelling with Iran's outgoing chief negotiator Ali Larijani, a decision announced Sunday by the foreign ministry to give added backing to the newcomer on the job.
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.
Former Mizo rebels feel betrayed by state
By Sangzuala Hmar, IANS
Aizawl : Twenty years after he surrendered and joined the mainstream, 42-year-old Zohmingthanga, a former rebel fighter from Mizoram, is an angry man today - leading a life of penury and feeling betrayed by the state.
A former Mizo National Front (MNF) rebel, Zohmingthanga surrendered in 1986 along with his insurgent leader Zoramthanga, now the respected chief minister of the northeast Indian state of Mizoram.
US not to suspend military aid to Pakistan
By Xinhua
Washington : The US has no plans to suspend military aid to its key ally Pakistan following the declaration of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell.
"At this point, the declaration does not impact on our military support for Pakistan's efforts in the war on terror," Morrell said late Saturday.
"Pakistan is a very important ally in the war on terror. And he (Defence Secretary Robert Gates) is closely following developments there," Morrell said.
UN voices concern over Pakistan’s emergency
By DPA
New York : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday voiced "great concern" over Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule in his country.
"He expresses his strong dismay at the detention of hundreds of human rights and opposition activists, including the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief" Asma Jehangir, said a statement issued by Ban.
Ban urged the Pakistani authorities to immediately release those detained, lift restrictions on the media and take early steps for a return to democratic rule.
Sectarian violence an attack on India’s composite culture: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Hitting out against sectarian and communal forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said these were disturbing and dangerous and an assault on India's composite culture and needed to be put down with a firm hand.
Referring to the attack on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka and the communal clashes in Assam and Maharashtra last month, Prime Minister Singh said the situation was aggravated by external interests that wished to derail the essential unity of India. Ethnicity and religion, he said, were being used as arguments to stir divisions.
ATS charges Malegaon accused under stringent law
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharshtra police has charged all the 10 accused in the Malegaon blast under a stringent law that will allow the authorities to keep them in detention for six months before having to file a charge sheet. The accused include Sadhvi Pragnya Chandrapal Singh Thakur and a serving army official, Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit.
Maoist woman, suspect in cops’ massacre, arrested
By IANS,
Raipur : A Maoist group 'commander' who is one of the key suspects in the killing of 55 policemen in March 2007 in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district has been arrested, the police said in this state capital Thursday.
Rame alias Ranjeeta, 28, was held in Dhamtari, some 80 km from here, late Wednesday night when she visited the town for medical treatment, the police said.
She hails from a village under Dornapal police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, part of the Bastar region in the southern half od the state, and the nerve centre of Maoist rebellion in India.
Samajwadi Party hopes to tie up with Congress in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Samajwadi Party is hopeful of working out an alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha polls though they face problems in seat-sharing in Uttar Pradesh, a top Samajwadi Party leader said here Friday.
Samajwadi Party state president Abu Asim Azmi said the near-collapse of talks at the central level did not mean that the doors to forge an alliance at the regional and state levels have been closed.
M.F Husain’s son finds his directorial debut accident-prone
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai : The director broke his wrist, the lead actress burnt herself and the hero badly injured his back - renowned painter M.F. Husain's son Owais is shaken by a series of accidents on the sets of his directorial debut and says the film can be termed as the most accident-prone ever made.
"I didn't know I broke my wrist until it got swollen like a dolphin out of the water," Owais, whose fractured hand is tucked away in a sling, told IANS.
Three-day Shahjahan Urs ends peacefully in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : Despite fears of sectarian differences and confusion, officials heaved a sigh of relief as the three-day 354th Urs, death anniversary, of Mughal emperor Shahjahan ended peacefully here with a record number of 60,000 visitors entering the Taj Mahal for free.
The urs of the Mughal emperor came to an end Tuesday evening.
Six get two-year jail in Bhagalpur riots case
By IANS,
Patna : A court in Bihar sentenced six persons accused in a case of murder during the 1989 communal riots in Bhagalpur to two years' rigorous imprisonment after convicting them of involvement in the crime, court sources said Tuesday.
Bhagalpur Additional District and Sessions judge Anil Kumar Pandey acquitted the six of charges of murdering a Muslim man during the riots but found them guilty of involvement in the crime.
Over 1,000 people, a majority of them Muslims, were killed in the month-long riots in Bhagalpur city in October 1989.
MMK organizes a conferences on the rights of the oppressed
Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net
Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu): Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi (MMK) of Tamil Nadu has made an elaborate arrangement for its Tiruvarur District Conference to be held on 24 January 2010.
The conference is for “The Rights of the Oppressed” of all the minority communities.
Different leaders representing All India Fishermen’s Organization, Gulf Representatives, Farmers Movcment,Christian Social Activists, etc are also participating.
Strike paralyses Kashmir, restrictions in old Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : A general shutdown paralysed life across the Kashmir Valley Friday as authorities clamped strict restrictions in the old areas of this city to ward off trouble that had started earlier this week with the death of a schoolboy.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chairperson of the moderate Hurriyat group, continued to remain under house arrest for the second day. Two other moderate separatist leaders, Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan, were arrested Wednesday to prevent them from participating in the protests here.
153 attacks against Indians in Australia in 14 months
By IANS,
New Delhi: Feb 24 (IANS) As many as 153 cases of attacks have been confirmed against Indian nationals, including students and taxi drivers in the last 14 months in Australia, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told parliament Wednesday.
In a written statement in the Lok Sabha, Krishna said the Indian government was "deeply concerned" about the plight of Indian nationals in Australia.
"The government of India has reiterated that it is the responsibility of the government of Australia to ensure that such attacks cease forthwith," he said.
Plea for voice test in 2002 Gujarat riot case rejected
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A court hearing the Naroda Gam case of the 2002 Gujarat riots has rejected the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) plea to conduct voice tests on VHP activists Babu Bajrangi and Jaideep Patel. Eleven people were killed in Naroda Gam.
The SIT had wanted to cross-check claims of complicity of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders in the riots. The claims were made in a sting operation by a magazine in 2007.
CBI asked to probe Kandla Port Trust land leases
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe Kandla Port Trust (KPT) officials who allegedly leased land to influential people at a throw-away rent without proper valuation.
A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta passed the order on a petition of Centre for Public Interest Litigation, an NGO which alleged that over 16,000 acres of the port land was leased out by KPT officials to select individuals at throw-away rents.
32 killed in clashes in north-west Pakistan
By DPA,
Islamabad: At least 32 people, most of them Islamist insurgents, were killed Saturday in clashes with pro-government tribesmen and airstrikes by Pakistani military in the restive north-western region, security officials said.
Jet fighters pounded the hideouts of Taliban militants in Orakzai Agency, one of seven districts in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 10 rebels.
IOS to organize conference on ‘India and Muslim World in 21st Century’
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Muslims urged to remain vigilant to challenges of interference in Shariah laws
By Pervez Bari, Twocircles.net,
On 6th day of dharna Rihai Manch lambasts clerics for ‘brokering’ deal with UP...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
President Mukharjee inaugurates AMU Murshidabad Centre’s campus
By TCN News,
Murshidabad: “Education is the only trusted tool for empowerment and it alone helps people to build a respectable career and character”, said the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today at Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was addressing at a programme after inaugurating the newly constructed campus of the AMU Murshidabad Centre.
LJP, BJP deny alliance reports
By IANS,
New Delhi/Patna : Leaders from both the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday refused to confirm reports of...
BJP Chief’s apology remark political gimmick: WPI
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India has termed the BJP’s willingness to apologise to Muslims as mere “political gimmick” and said that it lacked clarity and credibility.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s death centenary celebration: An occasion to create awareness for education
By TCN News,
Shamli: On the 116th Death Anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Khudai Khidmatgar organized a long cycle rally from Malkpura to Mansaoor in Shamli district on 27th March in which around 20 young people participated. The main slogan of the event was Aadhee roti khayenge bachho ko padhayenge (We will eat half bread, educate children). The rally started at 11 AM from Malakpura and covering distance of 12km through Khurgan, Mandawar, Baserha, Balhara, Pather, Doghpura and Rotan, concluded at 3 PM in Mansoora.
AMU teachers urge Muslims and secular voters to defeat ‘communal and fascist forces’
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) has appealed to all Muslim and secular voters to vote carefully and defeat communal and fascist forces in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, said Dr. Aftab Alam, Hony Secretary of AMUTA.
UMF backtracks after supporting ‘Modi Bhakt’ for Lok Sabha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: United Muslim Forum of Andhra Pradesh, an umbrella group of religious leaders, has backtracked from its controversial decision to support Lok Satta party chief Jayparakash Narayan from Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat.
Supreme Court to hear petition against Modi for using the word “Iman” in his...
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Supreme Court of India will hear a writ petition against Narendra Modi for using the word “iman” in one...
Will there be a surprise end to Modi’s tale?
By Saeed Naqvi,
If this election campaign is to be remembered like a suspense drama, it must have a surprise end.
What a roller coaster it...
Mystery of PMO’s vanishing Twitter followers
By Prasanto K. Roy,
On May 20, four days after the Congress party and its ruling alliance conceded the mother of all mandates in three decades to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, the Twitter handle of the Prime Minister's Office, @PMOIndia, vanished mysteriously.
People’s Alliance condemn the murder of three young persons in Badaun and Pune
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Peoples Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) has condemned the murder of three young persons in Badaun and Pune. In Badaun two cousins were raped and murdered and in Pune a Muslim IT professional was murdered by extremist Hindu mob.
‘Holistic approach being adopted for strengthening higher education sector in Pakistan’
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman Higher Education Commission of Pakistan said that the confidence shown by the Government of Pakistan in HEC’s capacity to develop higher education will be honoured and a holistic approach is being adopted to further strengthen this sector in all regions of the country.
New publication “Neo Aligarian” bilingual fortnightly tabloid to be launched
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A new tabloid “Neo Aligarian” is to be launched soon. The main aim behind publication of Neo Aligarian is to enhance understanding and cooperation between the students of various universities, Jasim Mohammad, publisher of the tabloid said, while chairing a meeting of students and research scholars of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Media Centre Aligarh.
Will Britain’s powerful Zionist lobby forgive Sayeeda Warsi?
By M Ghazali Khan,
The first ever female Muslim Minister in the history of Britain, Sayeeda Warsi, has displayed extraordinary courage by resigning as a Foreign Office Minister over David Cameron Government’s “morally indefensible” stand on Israeli barbarism in Gaza.
Son of a jeweller killed, ornaments stolen in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 35-year-old son of a jeweller was killed at his shop by unidentified robbers, who fled away with ornaments worth millions Sunday in Tilak Nagar area of west Delhi, police said.
"The incident took place around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Ashok Kumar was at his shop when two men entered and at knife-point asked him to hand over all the jewellery," a senior police officer said.
"When Ashok resisted, they stabbed him. The robbers then fled with jewellery. Ashok was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," the officer added.
US drone attack kills six in Pakistan
By DPA,
Peshawar : Unmanned drone aircraft operated by the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fired missiles into a target in Pakistan's lawless tribal region, killing six militants, security officials said Saturday.
The strike took place in Boya sub-district, some 25 km west of Miranshah, the main city in North Waziristan tribal district.
"The drones fired four missiles just before midnight at the house of a tribesman Khyali Dawar," said an intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Six people died, and three were injured," the official said.
ULFA intelligence network busted, three held
By IANS,
Guwahati: Security forces Saturday killed an ULFA militant and busted one of its intelligence networks by arresting three college student members, officials said.
Police said the three militants were tech savvy and worked for Paresh Baruah, the elusive commander-in-chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
They were entrusted with sending e-mails and fax messages to the media and other organisations, besides acting as spies for Baruah.
Private tutor held for raping student
By IANS,
Mumbai: A private tutor, who had been absconding for over a month, has been arrested for allegedly raping his minor student, police said Thursday.
Rajendra Nadar, 52, had been absconding since the victim's family lodged a complaint against him with Khar Police, investigating officer B. Mukhedkar told IANS.
"According to the complaint, the accused had been raping the girl for nearly three months. He then absconded from his residence in Vakola, Santacruz east," he said.
Eight killed, 25 injured in Iraq blasts
By DPA,
Baghdad : A total of eight people were killed and 25 injured Tuesday in two attacks in Iraq, police and government sources said.
A car bomb attack in Baquba city, north of Baghdad, killed eight people and injured 22, a government source said.
The car was parked between a automobile shop and a coffee shop overlooking Diyala river, in central Baquba, the source said according to Yaqen news website.
The blast damaged several cars, the source added.
Former policeman appears before CBI in Sohrabuddin case
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : O.P. Mathur, former additional director general of police, appeared before the CBI Thursday for questioning in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake shootout case.
Mathur was head of the state CID (Crime) department which was heading the investigation into the case before the Supreme Court handed it over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Mathur had been issued summons to appear before the CBI.
BJP not fielding Muslim candidates in Godhra for ‘political reasons’
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Bombay HC seeks police’s reply to questions over Karkare’s death
By TCN Staff Reporter,
CPI (M)’s independent MLA Manjalamkuzhi Ali resigns from Kerala Assembly
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Abdul Kaleem – the man who moved Aseemanand to confess
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi,TwoCircles.net
Congress MP Biswal’s attacker arrested
By IANS,
New Delhi: Delhi Police arrested the man who allegedly attacked former Orissa Chief Minister and Congress parliamentarian Hemananda Biswal here, police Saturday said.
Muslim woman laborer tortured, ‘molested’ in West Bengal
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
South Indian film actress held for prostitution
By IANS,
Bangalore : Nine people, including a woman who had acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies, have been arrested on prostitution charges, police said Friday.
Teenager raped, whipped to death in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : A teenager in Bangladesh died after being raped and then whipped 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics this week, a media report said.
Friday Prayer over, 1000s gathering at Tahrir Square for ‘Day of Departure’ rally
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Two hurt in Karachi rail track blasts
By IANS,
Islamabad : Two people were injured Friday in two blasts on a railway track in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, a media report said.
Victims of ‘secret killings’ and their families demand justice
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
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