Milad-un-Nabi celebrated in Andhra Pradesh
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Traditional festivity and religious fervour marked Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, in Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday.
Public meetings and rallies were held where speakers exhorted Muslims to strictly follow 'seerat-e-tayyaba' or the holy life of the Prophet. Feeding of the poor was organised by individuals and organisations to mark the occasion.
Muslims also celebrated the day cooking special dishes.
Poll panel censures BSP candidate from Lucknow
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission Saturday censured Akhilesh Das, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Lucknow constituency on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket, for making derogatory remarks about his rival and Samajwadi Party candidate Nafisa Ali.
"Election Commission is of the considered opinion that Dr. Akhilesh Das has violated the provisions of the model code of conduct and the Election Commission has censured him for the said violation," the poll panel said in a statement issued here.
Kashmir cops denied bail in Shopian rape-murder case
By IANS,
Srinagar : The district and sessions judge of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday rejected the bail application moved by four police officers accused of destroying evidence in the rape and murder of two local women.
While rejecting the bail application, Judge Syed Tauqeer Ahmed maintained that there was prima facie evidence against the accused. He said DNA profiling of the accused was yet to be completed and if released, they might interfere with the investigation.
Government, society must keep watch on communal groups: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the government and civil society groups must keep an eye on and protest against those who resort to violence in the name of religion to spread disharmony.
"I believe that both the government and civil society groups must continuously watch and raise our voice against groups and individuals who use violence in the name of religion," the prime minister said at a function to present the Kabir Puraskar and National Communal Harmony Awards for the years 2007 and 2008.
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.
Women Commission for setting up of family courts in J&K
By Agence India Press,
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Women proposed setting up of Family Courts to settle domestic disputes, besides enhancing existing domestic acts and laws against women rights violations in the state.
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.
Delhi student succumbs to Pune blast injuries
By IANS,
Pune: A student from New Delhi, Aditya Jaiprakash Mehta, who was injured in Saturday\'s terror blast here, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here early Wednesday, police said.
According to an official of the Pune Police Control Room, Aditya, 24, was a fourth year student of Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, an engineering college in the city.
Mehta died around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Jehangir Hospital here, the official said.
His relatives have already arrived here from New Delhi and the formalities to hand over the body are being completed.
Over 1 tonne of cocaine seized in Spain
By IANS/EFE,
Valencia (Spain) : More than 1 tonne of cocaine that arrived in the customs area of the port in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia hidden in the false bottom of a container shipped from the Dominican Republic was seized, investigators said.
One person was arrested in Valencia and a second suspect apparently waiting for the cocaine was detained in Barcelona province.
The cocaine was aboard the Nordsea, a Cypriot-flagged ship that arrived in Valencia on Feb 23 from the Dominican Republic.
‘Moscow bombers could be linked to Af-Pak terror network’
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : Plotters of the twin suicide blast at Moscow subway stations that killed 38 people could have links with the terror network based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, Russia said Tuesday.
The deadly blasts in the subway could have been organised with support from abroad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"I do not rule this out, nothing can be ruled out here," he said.
Friday prayers pass off peacefully in riot-hit Hyderabad
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Friday prayers passed off peacefully in riot-hit areas of Hyderabad as the curfew continued for the fourth day without any relaxation.
Police had made massive security arrangements in view of the Friday prayers. Though the curfew was not relaxed thus preventing huge congregations at major mosques, Muslims offered prayers either in neighbourhood mosques or in their homes.
Police allowed over 200 people including some leaders of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) to offer prayers at the historic Mecca Masjid, where thousands gather every Friday.
Marijuana worth Rs.700,000 seized in Orissa, 3 held
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Three people were arrested Friday on charges of possessing marijuana worth Rs.700,000 in Orissa's Malkangiri district, an excise official said.
Court summons Narayana Murthy over national anthem row
By IANS
Bangalore : A local court Saturday summoned Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy to appear before it on June 21 in connection with his alleged insult to the national anthem.
One killed, 40 wounded in Assam market blast
By IANS
Guwahati : At least one person was killed and 40 wounded, three of them critically, in a powerful explosion that ripped through a village market in Assam Wednesday.
Gogoi offers ULFA safe passage
By IANS
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday offered a month-long safe passage to leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to visit the state and gauge for themselves if people want peace and an end to violence.
Iran shows willingness to compromise on nuclear issue
By DPA
Vienna : A new round of talks may bring a way out of the stalemate over Iran's nuclear programme, said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
Bomb attacks kill six Afghan policemen, three civilians
By Xinhua
Kabul : Six policemen and three civilians have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
Haneef to file appeal against visa revocation; moved to prison
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Muhammad Haneef's lawyers will be filing an appeal in the Federal Court Wednesday, seeking a judicial review of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Kevin Andrews's decision to revoke the 27-year-old Indian doctor's 457 work visa, even as he was moved to Wolston prison on Brisbane's western outskirts.
Syria, Iran seek to further bilateral ties
By Xinhua
Damascus : Syria and Iran sought to further bilateral ties as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid an official visit here on Thursday in which he held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials.
Ahmadinejad's visit, two days after Assad's inauguration as president for a second seven-year term, was his second trip here since he became Iranian president in August 2005.
Taliban extends deadline for abducted Koreans
By Xinhua
Kabul : After killing two South Korean hostages, Taliban guerrillas Tuesday extended the deadline for 21 remaining hostages till 12 p.m. (0730 GMT) Wednesday.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi, told Xinhua on telephone from an undisclosed place that militants would kill more hostages if their demands were not met.
He also said some hostages were in very bad condition and they may die a natural death.
This is the ninth time Taliban militants have revised the deadline for killing Korean hostages.
CBI arrests land scam kingpin Ashok Malhotra
By IANS
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested city-based contractor Ashok Malhotra, the main suspect in a multimillion rupee land scam, from outside a private television news channel where he surfaced to give an interview.
"We have arrested Malhotra outside Zee News studio and will produce him in a court shortly to seek his remand," a senior CBI official said.
Jordan strikes energy deal with Iraq, Egypt
By NNN-KUNA
Amman : Jordanian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Shreidah has announced that the Iraqi government has agreed to supply oil to Jordan up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) and that Egypt has also agreed to increase exports of natural gas to the kingdom.
In a press statement Thursday, Shreidah said that the first delivery of Iraqi oil was expected to arrive at refineries in Jordan's Zarqa city within a few days, indicating that Jordanian trucks would rendezvous with Iraqi oil transporters near the borders.
Andhra team discusses illegal immigrants with UAE
By IANS
Dubai : A delegation from Andhra Pradesh led by Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammed Ali Shabber has held talks with officials here to discuss long term solutions to tackle the problem of illegal immigrants from the state.
Accompanied by four others, Shabber met Director of Dubai Naturalisation & Residency Department (DNRD) Brig. Mohamed Ahmed Rashid Al Marri Sunday.
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.
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.
Police clash with lawyers in Islamabad
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) Police used tear gas and chased with sticks hundreds of lawyers and political activists who gathered near the Election Commission (EC) here Saturday to protest the Supreme Court's decision allowing Pervez Musharraf to contest for presidency while heading the army. The EC was then scrutinising nomination papers of presidential candidates.
Kidnapped Red Cross officials freed in Afghanistan
By NNN-KUNA
Kabul : Four Red Cross officials, kidnapped in central Afghanistan last week, were safely released by their captors Saturday.
The two Afghans and two foreign nationals, one from Myanmar and Macedonia each, were seized by armed men, believed to be Taliban militants, in Said Abad district of the central Maidan Wardak province last week.
According to local officials, the four people were involved in efforts to secure release of a German national, who was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months back.
Doubts persist on Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan and Iran might have agreed on constructing a gas pipeline between the two countries but the deal is far from being signed, sealed and delivered.
Tehran's insistence on a clause in the Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) "under which the gas prices would be reviewed after every five years remains the bone of contention as Pakistan refused to budge before the Iranian demand", The News reported Tuesday in a dispatch headlined "Pakistan, Iran fail to clear snags in gas pipeline deal".
Bomb kills mayor of Iraqi town
By Xinhua
Baghdad : A roadside bomb explosion killed the mayor of Iskandriya town in Babel province south of Baghdad along with four of his bodyguards Thursday, a provincial police source said.
"A roadside bomb went off near the procession of Abbas Hamza al-Khafaji, mayor of Iskandriya town, 50 km south of Baghdad, while he was heading to his work in the morning, killing him and four of his bodyguards," the source told Xinhua.
The powerful blast destroyed two vehicles of Khafaji's convoy and wounded one, the source said.
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.
Rally blasts will strain Bhutto-Musharraf ties: Dawn
By IANS
Islamabad : The terror attack on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's convoy last week could strain the "mutual understanding" between her and President Pervez Musharraf, "given the suspected involvement of state officials", an editorial in a leading Pakistani daily said Monday.
The lack of a proper disaster management plan was once again evident in the wake of the Karachi attack Thursday that claimed at least 139 lives, another editorial maintained.
Pakistan rejects Bhutto’s call for foreign help in blast probe
By DPA
Islamabad : The Pakistan government Monday rejected former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's suggestion that foreign experts should be involved in the probe into last Thursday night's suicide bombing attack on her procession.
"Our experts are conducting the investigations and they are fully capable of doing it," Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told reporters in Islamabad.
Iran the single challenge facing US foreign policy – Rice
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has singled out Iran as the sole challenge facing the United States in the Middle East and the world.
"We are very concerned that the policies of Iran constitute perhaps the single, greatest challenge for American security interests in the Middle East and possibly around the world," said Rice before the House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday.
Adv. Sajid Siddiqui re-elected president of SDPI’s M.P. unit
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors call May 11 as ‘Black Day’ for Justice
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
‘Moderate’ Vastanvi’s fate to be decided on July 23-24
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Deoband meet: Vastanvi’s hope brightens as probe committee splits
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Minorities oppose Centre’s medical college admission order
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Hussainabad Trust to hold eye camp for city’s Zardozi workers
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Gopalgarh riot: Rajasthan Home Minister may lose his post for police “excesses”
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Mamata’s minority budget: Hopes knock the door, skepticism remains
By Zaidul haque, TwoCircles.net,
Sheeba Sageer elected Kerala state president of National Women’s Front
By TCN Staff Correspondent,
‘With You Shweta’: College students join Bhatt’s wife in protest march
By TCN Staff Reporter,
After Parl. panel’s rejection of UID bill, activists want it to be stopped
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Mamata’s intervention sought to resolve dispute over AMU Murshidabad land
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Chidambaram, Rakesh Maria responsible for Qateel’s murder: Mushawarat
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Mallika Sarabhai floats the idea of ‘referendum’ to pay real tribute to Sardar Patel
CM’s idea of constructing world’s tallest statue of Sardar could get outshined by common man’s people-friendly ideas
By Rafat Nayeem Quadri
Irregularities in the functioning of Muslim girls’ hostel exposed in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai violence: Media’s reporting questioned
By TwoCircles.net special correspondent,
Mumbai: Many fear that media is taking its revenge by its aggressive reporting on Azad Maidan violence.
‘Closure of camps is not the solution’
By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net
Assam Violence 2012: Stories from the ground: Part 3
Saudi Arabia frees detained Indian terror suspect
By IANS,
Bangalore : Saudi Arabian police have released Indian doctor Usman Ghani from 20-day detention after their investigation revealed he had no terror links as suspected earlier.
UAE, Kuwait lead Arab region in UNCTAD report
By NNN-KUNA
Geneva : The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait rank respectively at numbers 39 of their scale for the UNCTAD Trade and Development report covering 2006.
This result, according to the UNCTAD rankings, puts the UAE and Kuwait ahead of all the Arab countries.
Militant killed in Sopore gunfight
By IANS
Srinagar : Security forces Saturday evening stormed the hotel building in the heart of the apple rich north Kashmir Sopore town, where militants were holed up for the past three days and shot one of them dead.
"One militant has been eliminated in the encounter at hotel New Light in Sopore. However, exchange of fire is still taking place," said a police spokesman here.
He said paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) of police stormed the building following fierce firing.
Judiciary imprisoned: Ousted judge of Pakistan
By IANS
Islamabad : Ousted senior judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court Rana Bhagwandas has said the judiciary in the country is virtually under siege.
Heavy restrictions continue on the deposed judges who cannot come out of their houses, he said.
"(Former chief justice) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry still can't come out of his house, the police are still laying siege to it. The other day I tried to meet him but I could not," the Daily Times quoted Bhagwandas as saying.
Sharif denies any deal, says won’t serve under Musharraf
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has denied any power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf and stressed that the election, likely in January, will lack any credibility unless the sacked top judges were reinstated.
Sharif, who returned to Pakistan Sunday after forced exile in Saudi Arabia, also made a forceful pitch for restoring democracy and underlined that he will not serve under Musharraf under the present constitution to which several amendments were made.
Egypt calls for more talks between Palestinians, Israelis
By Xinhua
Cairo : Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Saturday called for more talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis in the wake of the Mideast peace conference in the United States.
After the Annapolis meeting, the Palestinians and the Israelis will meet on Dec. 12 to decide on a working plan on issues such as settlements, the status of Jerusalem, refugees, security and borders, he said in a lecture delivered at the Egyptian Association of International Law.
Coalition forces kill five militants in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : US-led coalition forces have killed five Taliban extremists, one of them a senior commander, in an operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, a coalition statement said Monday.
"Several militants were killed in an operation Sunday targeting Taliban command-and-control networks in the area," the statement said.
In an air strike in the Musa Qaleh district, the coalition forces destroyed a vehicle and killed all the five occupants, including one presumed to be a senior Taliban commander, the statement said.
Pakistan Missile Test Successful
By Prensa Latina
Islamabad : Pakistan successfully tested a Babur earth-earth cruise missile, named after a Mongolian emperor and developed by the country's engineers, reported Army sources in this capital.
The Hatf-VII rocket of 434 mile range has capacity of movement almost in silence, reported a military communiqué broadcast by the Pakistan Associated Press (APP).
The missile could carries nuclear or conventional warheads and can be launch from military submarines or fighter planes.
Report: Lebanese parliament speaker rejects cabinet’s amendment bill
By Xinhua
Beirut : Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri indirectly rejected Monday a constitutional amendment bill adopted by the majority government to open the door for the election of Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as president.
Berri's stand was outlined by MP Ali Hassan Khalil, a member of the speaker's parliamentary bloc and Amal Movement, local Naharnet news website reported.
Bangladesh shifts militants to separate cells
By IANS
Dhaka : Hardcore militants lodged in a Bangladesh jail were shifted to different cells Saturday following a high alert issued after the killing of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi.
Twenty-six militants at Chittagong Central Jail in southern Bangladesh were moved to separate cells. They included five convicted militants belonging to the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Star Online reported.
Jailer Iqbal Hossain said the visitors have been asked not to bring any bags or packets for any inmates at the jail gate.
Pakistan reports progress in investigation of Bhutto’s murder
By RIA Novosti
Islamabad : Progress has been reported in the investigation of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, local media said on Wednesday referring to the country's police spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema.
Pakistan was plunged into turmoil last Thursday following the killing of Bhutto, who had twice been the country's prime minister and was about to run in parliamentary elections January 8 as leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
Burj Dubai Reaches 158 Levels To Set World Record
DUBAI, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Burj Dubai, the iconic tower, has reached 158 levels, the most in any building in the world, its developer Emaar Properties said.
The tower is now 598.5 metres high and taller than Taipei 101 (508 metres) in Taiwan and CN Tower (553.33 metres) in Toronto, Canada, media reports here said.
Cladding work of the tower is now ongoing at an accelerated pace with 58 storeys already wearing the shimmering sheen of the high-performance cladding system, Emaar, a global property developer said in a statement.
Woman Maoist leader arrested in Jharkhand
By IANS
Ranchi : A top woman Maoist leader has been arrested from the Garwah district of Jharkhand, police said Monday.
Acting on a tip off Sunday night, police arrested Vineeta alias Simppi, a zonal commander of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from Bardari village of Garwah district, about 140 km from Ranchi.
Police said she had masterminded more than a dozen Maoist attacks in Jharkhand. She is accused of attacking a Home Guard training centre in Giridih district in 2006 and looting around 200 police rifles.
Close to Taj, a different monument of love
By Brij Khandelwal, IANS
Agra : Just 500 metres from the Taj Mahal, there's another monument of love in this city that very few people know about - one that has changed the life of many a leprosy patient in India.
The Japanese-founded Jalma Centre for Leprosy Treatment, being run by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has completed more than four decades of service, treating hundreds of thousands of leprosy affected who are traditionally ostracised in India.
ULFA’s hijacking plot thickens, Air Deccan employee arrested
By IANS
Guwahati : An Air Deccan employee was arrested and a rights leader detained Monday by police in Assam, even as intelligence officials questioned an advocate, after a plot by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to hijack a plane unravelled.
A police spokesman said an Air Deccan employee based in Guwahati, Sumon Dutta, was arrested and is now being interrogated by special teams of police and intelligence officials on charges of alleged nexus with the ULFA.
Sania slips three spots to 32
By IANS
New Delhi : Sania Mirza's recent injury lay-off has cost her three places in the Women Tennis Association (WTA) rankings as she dropped to the 32nd position in the rankings released Monday.
The 21-year-old Hyderabadi player, who returns to the court at the Qatar Total Open, however, managed to hold on to her doubles position at 23.
Sania, who made a third round appearance at the Australian Open, losing to American Venus Williams, slumped in the singles ranking as she missed out the Pattaya Open earlier this month because of a back injury.
Woman dies after being raped, set on fire
By IANS,
Patna : A woman, who was allegedly raped and then set on fire by a civic body chief in Bihar, died after battling for life for six days, a police official said Saturday.
The victim, Asha Devi, in her 30s, suffered nearly 80 percent burns. She died at a nursing home in Siliguri in neighbouring West Bengal.
She was admitted in a critical condition in the nursing home last week after she was set on fire by Navin Yadav, Thakurganj Nagar Panchayat chief in Kishanganj district, about 350 km from the state capital here.
Five murders in a day in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : During the 24 hours to Thursday evening, five people - a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, a tailor, a property dealer, a milk vendor and a restaurant employee - were killed in four murderous assaults in the capital, police said.
Two unidentified men barged into the residence of Mohammed Abid and his wife Shanno in Inderlok area of north Delhi at around 11.30 a.m. Abid, a rickshaw puller, was away from the one-room home.
Muslims are used just as vote-bank: Syed Shahabuddin
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Gaya: Since Independence of the country, the Muslim minority has been used as a vote-bank by all political parties which make promises during campaigns only to forget later, said Syed Shahabuddin, ex-MP and chief editor of Muslim India.
Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam to contest Lok Sabha election
By TwoCircles.net reporter,
Tiruchirapalli: Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) will make formal inauguration of the Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (MMK), its newly-floated political party, at the party's state conference at Chennai after the rainy season.
Addressing a press conference here on 6th July TMMK president M H Jawahirullah announced it and said efforts were on to register the MMK with the Election Commission. He further said the party would contest in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
IUML to support UPA
By IANS,
Malappuram (Kerala): Setting at rest all speculation, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Thursday said it will support the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in case of a confidence vote.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the national leaders of the party held at the residence of IUML supremo Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal here Thursday evening.
Reality show members remanded in police custody
By IANS,
Kolkata : Three members of a Bengali TV reality show, including two producers and a contestant, were remanded in five days police custody by a West bengal court Saturday for allegedly pushing the caretaker of a hotel from the fifth floor for asking them to stop their night-long drinking.
The team of "Fatafati" - a reality show aired on ETV Bangla - went to Midnapore town, about 165 km from here, to shoot for a special episode Friday.
Curfew in Kashmir as Hurriyat calls for peaceful protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : Curfew continued across the Kashmir valley for the ninth day Monday with the Hurriyat calling for peaceful protests but authorities treading with caution following the deal to set aside 40 hectares of land for the Amarnath shrine board to use during the pilgrimage season.
There were no reports of curfew relaxation from anywhere in the valley Monday, when the the joint coordination committee of both the Hurriyat groups, headed by hardline Syed Ali Geelani and the moderate wing chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, has called for peaceful protests.
‘Growing sense of betrayal and victimisation leads to illogical protest’
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Responses get strong as Madani’s health deteriorates day by day
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s prosecution is a lesson to learn from: Adv Ravichander
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
PIL filed in Dhule riot case by victims’ families and ANHAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Abolish capital punishment: Fate of death row prisoners like ‘lottery’
M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net
Sunni Majlis-e-Amal demand justice for Shaheed Zia-ul Haq’s family
By Hasan Zia Rizvi, TwoCircles.net,
‘Need to look into role of India & Muslim world in new perspective’
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Majlis-e Mushawarat produces ‘evidence’ against Special Cell claims on Liaqat Shah
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
AMU students’ union to launch a movement for AMU’s minority status
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union today organized a Symposium on Restoration of AMU’s Minority character.
Allegations of bias against Bihar, Jharkhand in selecting ‘model’ schools
Minority concentrated blocks are ‘recklessly ignored’ alleges some AMU alumni.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Assam reacts sharply at ULFA’s warning to singer Zubeen Garg
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Swami Aseemanand and Art of ‘Statement Withdrawal’
By Ram Puniyani,
Swami Aseemanand emerged as the alleged kingpin in the series of blasts, starting from Malegaon, Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad, Ajmer Dargaah...
AMU’s Academic Staff College becomes nodal agency under Nalanda Project
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India has selected the UGC Academic Staff College (ASC) of Aligarh Muslim University as a Nodal Agency for training and awareness generation among faculty members of minority managed degree colleges under “Nalanda Project”.
‘Ambedkar transformed from being the leader of the untouchables to being a thinking man’
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: While Babasaheb Ambedkar has been widely accepted as the leader of the untouchables, we should pay attention to other aspects of his life which are as promising, says Ananya Vajpeyi, the author of the prize winning book The Righteous Republic.
NSUI gears up campaigning for Congress’s Lok Sabha election candidate, reaching out to the...
By TCN News,
Jammu: The state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Neeraj Kundan held a meeting in Govt. Maulana Azad Memorial Post Graduate (MAM) College, Jammu, in support of Congress-NC candidate Madan Lal Sharma, on 2nd April, Wednesday.
BJP may have the last laugh due to Muslims’ vote division in Moradabad
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Moradabad: “Mark my word ST Hassan (of SP) will win this time,” 55 year old Mohamamd Fareed said animatedly to his friend, a Jat at the Moradbad Bus Stand, a day before the election on April 16. Moradabad goes to poll today.
Amnesty International releases second edition of Manual to combat injustice
By A. Mirsab,TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Amnesty International has recently published second edition of ‘Fair Trial Manual’ to help combat injustices around the world. The first edition of ‘Fair Trial Manual’ was published in 1998 primarily to support Amnesty International staff and members. The first edition was overwhelmingly accepted around the world which benefitted number of lawyers and activists who fight for injustices meted out to innocents. Due to the increased demand the first edition had to be published in 15 languages.
Four year old girl struggles at GMCH after Bodo militants’ attack
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The little girl was screaming at her bed at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The four year old Taslima Khatun of Narasingbari village in Assam’s Baska district has lost her finger and received bullet injuries as armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoalnd (NDFB) opened fire killing four people in front of her on Thursday night.
Modi wave didn’t help BJP’s Muslim candidates
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Modi wave that has given BJP a historic win has reduced the number of Muslim MPs in Lok Sabha. This wave did not help its own Muslim candidates. 282 BJP MPs will sit in the next Lok Sabha but none of them Muslim.
SC stays death sentence of rape-murder convict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence of Kalu Khan, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in...
CLMC urged PM to curb the activities of Hindutva organizations
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee has condemned the brutal killing of Mohsin Sadiq Sheikh in Pune. It has written a letter to...
Research scholars’ fellowships face fund crunch, students left in the lurch
Fund for SC students worst affected.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Several research scholars, enrolled in M.Phil and PhD courses in different subjects in universities across the country are not getting their fellowships on time. Students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) seem to be most hit since Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has not released the fund for the year so far.
AMU faculty suspended over ‘abusive’ posts against VC on FB
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, on the authorization of the Executive Council in its special meeting held on July 22, 2014, has placed Dr. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Associate Professor, Department of History under suspension with immediate effect, pending enquiry.
Controversy erupts over SC judge ‘Gita in school’ statement, AVP writes to President
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: A massive controversy has erupted throughout the country over Supreme Court Justice Anil R. Dave’s statement on Saturday that Indians should go back to their ancient traditions, and texts such as Mahabharat and that Bhagwad Gita should be introduced to children in schools at an early age.
IOS to organize conference on ‘India and Muslim World in 21st Century’
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.
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.
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