Punjab police fail to question top official Virk
By IANS
Chandigarh : Punjab Police have been unable to interrogate former director general of police (DGP) S.S. Virk even once since his arrest on Sunday on charges of corruption and harbouring of terrorists.
Virk, who was arrested in New Delhi, is being treated at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here after doctors on Monday found his blood pressure to be high and suffering from accelerated hypertension.
On Tuesday, a court in Mohali town remanded Virk in judicial custody for 15 days.
Saudi army officer held in Iraq for World Cup terror plot
By DPA,
Baghdad : A Saudi army officer was arrested in Iraq Monday for past attacks and for involvement in an alleged Al Qaeda plot targeting the World Cup events in South Africa, an Iraqi military spokesperson said.
Saudi Colonel Azzam al-Qahtani, also known as Sanan al-Saudi, entered Iraq in 2004 and is believed to have been involved in attacks on religious sites in Karbala and Najaf, Iraqi General Qassem Atta said.
He is accused of cooperating with Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's second in command, in planning attacks on the World Cup events in South Africa, which begin in June.
Robbers abduct six in Madhya Pradesh, release three
By IANS
Bhopal : As many as six people were abducted in two separate incidents in Shivpuri and Sheopur districts of Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior division but three of those kidnapped have been released, police said Friday.
"While the abductions took place Tuesday, we learnt about them Thursday when three of those released by the robbers came to us for help," Shivpuri District Superintendent of Police Dinesh Chandra Sharma said.
Baired Parmal and Savaram Advasi of Tora village had gone to collect wood when they were kidnapped by a group of about six robbers, Sharma said.
Mathura: Shahi Idgah Masjid survey on hold till Jan 20 as Masjid Committee objects
The Muslim side representing Shahi Idgah in Mathura filed an objection in the survey of disputed complex.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — With the...
US-based Aligarh alumni convention to discuss educational opportunities for women
By TCN News
Houston, Texas: The Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations is all set for its 14th annual convention on the theme of “Advancing Educational...
Akbar Owaisi sent to police custody
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A court in Andhra Pradesh's Nizamabad district Wednesday sent MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi to police custody for two days in another case related to his hate speech.
Two convicted for Indian-origin woman’s murder
By IANS,
London : Two Britons have been convicted for the murder of an Indian-origin woman, with the judge terming it a "premeditated, calculated and ruthless crime".
The Nottingham Crown Court Friday sentenced solicitor John Cort, 54, to at least 29 years, while his hired killer Brian Farrell, 37, was sentenced to life in prison, for the murder of Vina Patel, Cort's colleague in a law firm.
Patel, 51, was killed by Farrell, who was hired by Cort after he had swindled over 650,000 pounds from the firm's accounts. Cort needed over 1.5 million pounds to pay off his debts.
U.S. soldier killed in bomb attack in Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : An American soldier was killed and eight others were injured in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
The attack occurred on Wednesday when a roadside bomb detonated near the soldiers' vehicle while conducting combat operations in the area, the military said in a statement.
Six of the eight wounded soldiers have returned to duty after being treated in an army medical facility, the statement said.
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on the verge of division
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, which played a pivotal role in the freedom struggle of India, divided at that moment when its working committee dismissed its president Maulana Arshad Madni from his post on 6th March.
Bhopal Bait-ul-Maal’s role lauded in uplifting poor Muslims
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Qazi of Bhopal Maulana Abdul Lateef Khan Qasmi has made a fervent appeal to well-to-do Muslims to come forward and donate generously to improve the lot of their unfortunate co-regionalists who are wading in illiteracy and poverty.
A state of intimidation: Sexual abuse and arrest of Godhra Muslim women
TCN investigates the case and digs out the unpublished inquiry report of National Commission for Women,
#HajFacts : हाजियों के लिए टीका खरीद में भी भ्रष्टाचार, स्वास्थ्य मंत्री ने स्वीकार...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारतीय मुसलमानों के मुक़द्दस हज को भी भारत सरकार ने अपने भ्रष्टाचार का माध्यम बना लिया है. हद...
Peaceful Republic Day in Kashmir
By IANS
Srinagar : India's 59th Republic Day was celebrated amid a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley Saturday, with Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baigh pledging to continue the war against "foreign guerrillas".
There was no violence during the day, which began with a mild snowfall.
"It was the most peaceful Republic Day in Kashmir in years. Militants made nearly half a dozen attempts to cause blasts but we foiled them," a police officer said here.
Gunmen kill eight people in northern Iraq
By Xinhua
Mosul (Iraq) : Eight people, seven of them security personnel, were killed in two attacks in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, the provincial police said Wednesday.
"Unknown gunmen attacked a police checkpoint late Tuesday in the Ein al-Beidha village in al-Qaiyara town, 25 km south of Mosul, killing six policemen," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Separately, gunmen stormed the house of an Iraqi army officer in the al-Zinjili neighbourhood in Mosul early Wednesday, killing him and his father.
Lalu supports Obama’s advice of tolerance
Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday praised US President Barack Obama for his advice to have religious tolerance for all.
"Obama has rightly advised...
At Talimi Mela in Jalgaon, Khatik Muslims promise to prioritise education over every other...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Jalgaon(Maharashtra): Representatives from various muslim organisations gathered for an education awareness drive led by association Muslim Khatik Welfare of Mehrun, Jalgaon.
Organised under...
Saudi Arabia wants India to reduce Haj quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : India has managed to increase its Haj quota by 4,000 despite a request by Saudi Arabian authorities to reduce the number of pilgrims because of an accommodation crunch around the main mosque.
"Haj agencies in Saudi Arabia have requested the Haj Committee of India to reduce the number of pilgrims as they are facing a shortage of shelters around the Haram Shareif (the main mosque) due to development works taking place," said a source in the ministry of external affairs (MEA).
Police casualties in Maoist violence shoots up in Chhattisgarh
By IANS
Raipur : Police casualties in Maoist-related violence in Chhattisgarh increased in 2007 as 200 police personnel were killed, a senior police officer said Tuesday.
"Chhattisgarh recorded 436 deaths in Maoist-related violence in 2007, as against 458 casualties reported in 2006. But the deaths of policemen and special police officers (SPOs) shot up to 200 last year, while that number was 74 in 2006," Girdhari Nayak, Inspector General (Maoist Operations) told IANS.
Forty-eight policemen and SPOs had been killed in 2005, he said.
Iraqi death toll drops for third straight month
By Xinhuanet
Beijing : The number of Iraqis killed fell to the lowest monthly total -- 718 -- since the 2006 bombing of a Shiite shrine prompted a hideous cycle of retaliatory sectaran violence. But the U.S. military acknowledge the number of deaths is unacceptable.
Iran appoints new nuclear negotiator after Larijani resigns
By IANS
Tehran : Iran has appointed a new chief nuclear negotiator after earlier incumbent Ali Larijani, who was in the public eye internationally due to the country's controversial nuclear programme, resigned from his post, Tehran announced Saturday.
Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed Saeed Jalili, Iran's deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs, as Larijani's successor. "Saeed Jalili will take his place," Xinhua quoted Elham as saying.
Ramadan 1437: Mustaqeem Ahmad
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Through most of the day, the temperature hovers around the mid-forties mark. In the narrow streets leading up to Mustaqeem’s shop...
Tired of government neglect, Mumbra residents take to training their own youth for employment
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Mumbra, a largely Muslim settlement on the outskirts of Mumbai, has a peculiar history; it largely came up after the 1992...
Political leader under house arrest in Kashmir’s Srinagar
By NNN-APP
New Delhi : The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Zaffar Akbar Bhat has been put under house arrest in Srinagar on Friday.
He was arrested shortly before he was to lead a rally to protest against human rights violations by security forces in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Media reports quoting spokesman of the party said a contingent of police raided his house and asked him not to move out of the house.
Attacking northerners, breaking Babri mosque both signal fascism
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS
In his book, "The Anatomy of Fascism", Robert O. Paxton referred to the fascistic tactic of "mobilising passions" to garner support. The Hindutva brigade in India has been assiduously using this prescription to advance its divisive cause. Muslims have been the primary target, but Christians and even Hindus haven't been spared.
Mayawati expels Shahid Siddiqui from BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday expelled her Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) general secretary Shahid Siddiqui from the party.
Siddiqui's exit came within hours of the publication of his interview in a national English daily where he sought to brand Mayawati as a despot.
‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ joint Shia-Sunni Eid prayers held at Delhi
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Almost 10,000 devout from Shia and Sunni sects offered joint Eid prayers together – for the first time...
Muslim MP against AMU off-campuses
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: “Establishment of educational Centers of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) outside Aligarh, is a ploy to destroy its minority character”, Mohammad Adeeb, president All India Minority Co-Ordination Board and also a Rajya Sabha MP, said today in a press conference here at the Constitutional Club.
Meerut’s Gulzar looks beyond Oscar to a polio-free world
By IANS, Text
Lucknow : Mohammed Gulzar - the name may not ring a bell. But this polio affected boy plays a key role in the 38-minute Oscar nominated documentary "The Final Inch" and says he is happy with the nomination. But the real victory will be saying "final goodbye to the wretched virus".
"Oscar nomination is a great recognition. But the real victory will be when we will say a final goodbye to this wretched virus," Gulzar said at an interactive session at the Uttar Pradesh Press Club here Friday.
CBI charges Dera Sacha Sauda chief with murder, rape
By IANS
Chandigarh : Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh finds himself in a fresh controversy with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday filing a status report in the Punjab and Haryana High Court accusing him in two cases of murder and one case of rape.
The dera chief has been slapped with two charges of murder and conspiracy and one charge of rape. The CBI alleged that a "sadhvi" (woman follower) of the dera had been raped in the premises of the sect headquarters in Sirsa (Haryana), about 300 km from here.
13 injured in Bengal train blast
Kolkata : At least 13 people were injured, four of them seriously, when a miscreant hurled a bomb at one of his rivals during...
Arrest Haj House attackers, build it in Muslim locality: Shoaib Iqbal
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The terrorists who attacked Haj House in Dwarika should be arrested immediately and the new Haj House should be built in some Muslim locality, demanded Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly, Shoaib Iqbal yesterday.
Pune-based NGO to provide scholarships for Muslim students to prepare for UPSC exams
By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net
With an aim to increase the Muslim representation in civil services, a Pune based NGO-Concern for People Trust Academy-held an awareness...
Jammu and Kashmir gets first woman CM in Mehbooba
Jammu : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with...
Fadnavis orders police probe into preacher Naik’s speeches, writings
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered a probe into the speeches, writings and other materials of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, president...
Tension grips Hyderabad before Milad-un-Nabi celebrations
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Spanish court drops graft case against Benazir
By IANS
Islamabad : A Spanish court has dropped money-laundering investigation against Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto citing lack of evidence.
Bhutto, who returned home Oct 18 after eight years of self-exile, her husband Asif Ali Zardari and several others were being investigated after suspicions were raised by foreign currency operations at a bank in the eastern Spanish town of Onteniente and the purchase of a house in Spain.
CBI files chargesheet against kidney racket kingpin
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed in a special court in Ambala, Haryana, its chargesheet against Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of a multi-billion rupee kidney racket, and eight other accused in the case.
"During investigations, evidence has been collected to establish the role played by the kingpin (Amit Kumar) in the racket of illegal kidney transplantations," a CBI statement said here.
Muslim Personal Law Board meet begins in Bhatkal
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The special Working Committee meeting of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) began this morning at 10:30 with the recitation of Holy Quran by Maulana Niamatullah Askiri in Bhatkal, Karnataka.
It is said Babri Masjid is the main issue going to be discussed in the meeting. The delay in both title suit and demolition cases is cause of big concern for the board.
NHRC special rapporteur tours Gujarat relief camps
By IANS,
Mehsana (Gujarat) : Many survivors of the communal violence of 2002 complained they were denied even basic amenities in relief camps when a representative of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) met them during his Gujarat visit.
R.K. Bhargava, special rapporteur (Central Zone) of the NHRC, visited several localities in Sabarkantha and Mehsana districts during his five-day visit which began Sunday.
Kashmir valley starts seventh day under curfew
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Kashmir valley continued to be under curfew for the seventh consecutive day Saturday, but officials said restrictions would be relaxed in a phased manner in the state's summer capital Srinagar and other nine districts.
"The curfew will be relaxed for two hours in the district headquarters of Badgam, Ganderbal, Shopian, Kulgam, Kupwara and Pulwama from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.," a police officer told IANS.
Sad that Aamir feels like leaving India: Digvijaya
Panaji : It was sad that Bollywood star Aamir Khan and his filmmaker wife Kiran Rao felt like leaving India in the face of...
International Court judge expresses concern over Gujarat
By IANS
New Delhi : Justice Navanethem Pillay, judge at the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Monday expressed concern at the evidence of state complicity in the Gujarat violence of 2002.
No scarcity of Namaz space in India; Central Waqf Council must be strengthened
By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood for TwoCircles.net
The Haryana State Waqf Board has submitted to the district administration a list of 19 Waqf properties in...
Genesis of Anti-foreigners movement in Assam
Part III: Nellie 1983
By Anjuman Ara Begum and Diganta Sharma for TwoCircles.net
Mughals did not support cow slaughter: Home minister
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday stressed on the need to protect cows, saying even the Mughals, who ruled India...
MANUU extends admission date for Kashmiri Students
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Taking Kashmir’s ongoing turmoil into account that may have restricted Kashmiri students from traveling to the University, Maulana Azad National Urdu...
With UP in mind, Muslims to float common front to take on ‘communal forces’
By Sheikh Manzoor
New Delhi : Many Muslim leaders, worried about electoral marginalisation of the community, especially after the split in Muslim votes in Assam,...
A conspiracy to destabilise India: MPJ
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Movement for Peace & Justice condemned the serial blasts of Bangalore and Ahmedabad and termed it a conspiracy to destalibise India through terror means.
MPJ demanded that this conspiracy should be unearthed at the earliest and perpetrators given severest punishment.
Statement issued by MPJ appealed all sections of the community to maintain peace and harmony. It also offered condolences and sympathy for those killed and injured in blasts.
Court observation on Muslim women’s photos valid, says community
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court's observation that Muslim women will have to lift their veils to be photographed for the electoral rolls is valid, members of the community say.
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma had made the observation while deliberating on a plea to prohibit display of photographs of burqa-clad Muslim women in the voters' list.
Andhra legislature pays tributes to Kalam
Hyderabad: Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature on Monday paid rich tributes to former president of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who died last...
ईमानदारी की मिसाल : आयशा ने लौटा दिया वंदना का लाखों की नक़दी...
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Minority’s welfare day celebrated in Hyderabad on Maulana Azad’s 125th birth anniversary
By TCN Staff reporter,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Congress Government celebrated Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s birth anniversary as Minorities welfare day.
Three killed in police-militant clash near Lal Masjid
By DPA
Islamabad : Three people, including a soldier, were killed and at least a dozen others were injured as security forces and militant students exchanged fire at a besieged mosque in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Kohli extradition: High Court defers hearing to Thursday
By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Monday deferred till Thursday the hearing of the review petition of Manindar Pal Singh Kohli, a Briton of Indian origin, facing extradition to the UK for alleged rape and murder of British teenager student Hannah Foster four years ago.
A division bench of Justices Mukul Mudgal and P.K. Bhasin said it would hear the arguments - challenging the decision of the lower court and the high court to extradite Kohli - on July 26.
Coaching for to-be-lawyers from Muslim community in Telangana due to increased demand for Muslim...
TCN News
Awami Insaaf Movement, an NGO, based in Hyderabad working on issues related to Muslims, are offering coaching for potential candidates to appear for...
An interview with Parveen Amanullah, Social Welfare Minister, Bihar
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
$320 monthly salary for Indian maids in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh : The monthly salary for Indian maids recruited in Saudi Arabia has been fixed at 1,200 Saudi riyals ($320), a media report said...
A new Darul Uloom trains women qazis
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan on Monday announced the formation of Darul Uloom Niswaan, a centre for Islamic learning and theology...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : गांव के ‘डॉक्टर ‘ जिन्होंने हमारे गांव बचा लिए !
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चार गुना अधिक प्रकोपित मानी जा रही कोरोना की दूसरी लहर के कहर से देश भर में तबाही फैल गई और...
Explosive substance recovered in West Bengal
By IANS
Kolkata : The West Bengal police Tuesday recovered a sizable volume of highly explosive substances from Siliguri town in Darjeeling district.
The recovery of the explosives came after a tip-off from a house-owner about his tenants, who had not turned up for days, the police said.
"Today (Tuesday) a landlord from the Mallaguri area, Kancha Maji, informed the police that two of his tenants have not returned home since April 3," Superintendent of Police, Darjeeling, Rahul Srivastava told IANS.
Will restore Article 370 to original form, promises PDP
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Friday it would restore Article 370 in its original form, if it wins power,...
Ajmer blast has foreign links, says Patil
By IANS
Ajmer: Home Minister Shivraj Patil said Saturday that the bomb blast at Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's shrine here that killed two people appeared to have "links across the border".
Without naming any group or country, Patil told a press conference: "The investigations point to (terrorist) links across the border.
"Please don't ask the police to reveal details of the investigation," he went on. "When the probe is complete, the details will be revealed. The investigation is going as far as our borders."
Owaisi seeks probe into SIMI activists’ jailbreak, gunning down
Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday demanded an inquiry by a Supreme Court judge into the escape of eight alleged SIMI activists...
Panther Sena protests against move to install Shivaji statue in BAMU using students’ fund
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
It would be normal to assume that providing adequate facilities to students would be a priority for the administration of any...
Ticket, black beauty – IM used code words to plan attacks
By Rajnish Singh,
New Delhi : Ticket, reservation, agency, elaichi, black beauty: These were some of the over 70 code words used by members of...
BJP, Congress, PDP imposed polls on flood-ravaged Kashmir: Omar
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday blamed his rivals in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party...
Ishrat case: Congress government watched terror plot bloom, alleges BJP
New Delhi: Levelling serious allegations against the Congress in the Ishrat Jahan shootout case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the Congress...
All party delegation members free to interact with anyone: Government
New Delhi : The members of the all-party delegation during their two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, beginning September 4, will be free...
Kashmir on boil, many hurt in police action
By Mir Umar,Agence India Press,
Srinagar: The large scale protest demonstrations in defiance of curfew are pouring in from various towns of Kashmir valley.
Scores of people were reportedly holding demonstrations in Sopore, Naidkhai and Kreeri areas of north Kashmir and there were reports of clashes in Baramulla.
People in Naidkhai and adjoining areas of Sopore have defied curfew on Sunday and have held protest demonstrations. At least three persons have got injured in the police action, while thousands of additional troops have been deployed in the area.
Bihar storm leaves farmers shattered
Patna : The tropical storm that ripped through Bihar has left farmers in the state distraught and helpless.
Repairing their houses that were destroyed by...
Bilkis Bano justice is a ray of hope: Jamaat-e-Islami
Press Release
Mumbai, 21st January, 2008.
Sentencing 11 people for life imprisonment in the infamous Bilkis Bano case by the special court in Mumbai is a welcome judgment and a ray of hope to the other victims of Gujarat carnage in 2002, a national shame.
The courage of Bilkis Bano and his family during this period who have to change their residence 300 times should also be applauded.
Though the Judgement is welcome but it should only be the beginning and not the end in it self and the other culprits should also be brought to justice.
Aslam Ghazi,
Spokeperson,
Zafar Agha appointed Editor-in-Chief of Qaumi Awaz
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress-run Associated Journals Ltd, a company founded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on Wednesday announced its plan to resume publication of...
Fresh violence rocks Chirang, five killed
By IANS,
Guwahati: Five people were found killed in communal violence-hit Chirang district in Assam's Bodo areas, police said. The victims were yet to be identified.
Former solider held for spying in Delhi
By IANS
New Delhi : A retired solider of the Indian Army has been arrested on charges of espionage and for allegedly providing classified documents to an agent of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) in the capital, the police said Wednesday.
Sleuths of the Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Javed Ahmed, 42, resident of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, from Jama Masjid area. He came there to give some documents related to the Indian Army to the ISI agent.
But the ISI agent and a mediator, Salaudin, managed to give the police a slip.
Jama Masjid Shahi Imam’s son anointed Naib Imam
New Delhi : Shaban Bukhari, the 19-year-old son of Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari, was Saturday formally anointed the Naib Imam (deputy...
Two suspected terrorists arrested in UP
Gorakhpur : Two suspected terrorists said to be Pakistanis have been arrested here in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday.
The two were part of a...
यूपी में कांग्रेस की धमक की आहट दे गया सोनिया गांधी का रोड शो
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: बनारस के नगर मुख्यालय कचहरी के चौराहे पर एक भव्य अम्बेडकर स्मारक पार्क है. इसमें भीमरावअम्बेडकर की मूर्ति है. इस पार्क...
U.S. to continue pressing Iran on nuke issues
·U.S. dismissed Wednesday Ahmadinejad's saying that Iran nuclear issue was closed.
·Ahmadinejad: nuke issue of Iran is now closed, has turned into an ordinary Agency matter.
·Iran has denied U.S. charges, insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
By Xinhua
United Nations : The United States, which is seeking international support to impose new sanctions against Iran, dismissed on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's saying that the nuclear issue of the Islamic republic was closed.
Flag yatra: Prime Minister appeals for restraint, BJP in no mood to relent
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press,
Tension in Bihar town after police brutality
By Imran Khan, IANS
Patna : An angry crowd threw stones at a police station in Bihar town and also attacked a man Tuesday, a day after a youth was thrashed by a mob and brutally tortured by police for allegedly snatching a woman's gold chain.
Curfew in Bangladesh to be lifted for 17 hours Saturday
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The Bangladesh authorities decided to further lift the curfew imposed from Wednesday night on six major cities, announcing that there will be no curfew for 17 hours on Saturday.
A government handout Friday night said that the curfew will be lifted from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. local time on Saturday in the six divisional cities including Dhaka Metropolitan City.
Muslim students, leaders protest lecturer’s anti-Islam remarks
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Hyderabad : A large number of students, mostly burqa-clad, at St. Ann's Degree College for Women...
Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...
Gujarat court acquits nine of waging war charges
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A local court Friday acquitted nine people, including an advocate, who were charged with waging war against the nation and hatching a conspiracy to create terror in Gujarat after the 2002 communal riots.
Additional Sessions Judge A.H. Shah acquitted advocate Mohammed Ali and eight others - Mohammed Abdul Bari, Istekhar ul Hasan, Abdul Rahim, Mohammed Safiuddin, Saeed Akbar, Javedkhan Azizkhan, Aslam Nagori and Ahmed Hussain Mansuri.
The court, in its 125-page judgment, observed that the prosecution had failed to prove their case against the accused.
Government plans three universities for minorities
By Khalid Akhter, IANS,
New Delhi : After allocating Rs. 25 crore (Rs.250 million) for two more campuses of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the government is planning to set up three more universities for the country's minorities, according to officials.
"Three universities primarily for the students of minority communities will be set up with a view to providing them better higher education," a senior official of the minority affairs ministry told IANS, requesting anonymity since he is not authorised to speak to the media.
‘Girls are insecure becuase of love jihad:’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madhya Pradesh also threatened legal action against those misrepresenting her 'Keep Knives' speech.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA...
Growing demand for judicial enquiry into Karkare killing
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Aligarh: Terrorism is a big threat to India. But it is strange that the government is not tackling it in true spirit, said speakers at a seminar on “War on Terror: Myth & Reality” held on January 17 in Aligarh.
Blair’s appointment as Quartet special envoy delayed in Jerusalem meeting
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Russian reservations have helped delay on Tuesday the appointment of outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as special envoy for the Mideast Quartet, local Ha'aretz reported after the Quartet envoys finished their meeting without any statement.
The envoys of the Quartet, grouping the United States, the UN, European Union and Russia, left without speaking to the press, and details on the talks weren't immediately available, said the daily.
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Urdu Media Cell opened at Delhi State Congress office
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: In a bid to reach Urdu readers, and through them the big chunk of Muslim masses, Delhi State Congress has opened Urdu Media Cell at its office. Now communication from the party will directly go to Urdu newspapers and magazines.
Pakistani woman marries Indian, but told to leave India
By Sharat Pradhan, IANS
Lucknow : The future of a 21-year-old Pakistani woman hangs in the balance after she married an Indian in an Uttar Pradesh town but has been told to leave the country since her visa expires Friday.
Kawalzia came to the small town of Bispohar Bazar in the eastern district of Siddharthnagar, some 250 km from here, with her mother last month on a visitor's visa but decided to get married to her cousin Shamshad Ahmad.
BJP questions Akhilesh’s claims on power sector
Lucknow : The Bhartiya Janta Party on Wednesday questioned the claims of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Uttar Pradesh making giant strides in the...
New book on Pir Mohammad Munis launched at his hometown in Bihar
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bettiah (Bihar): A new book in Hindi on Pir Mohammad Munis, journalist, Hindi writer and freedom fighter from Bihar’s Champaran district, was launched on Sunday at Bettiah town here in Bihar.
It was largely due to the efforts of Munis, along with Sheikh Gulab and Raj Kumar Shukla that Mahtama Gandhi had come to Champaran in 1917 that led to his historic Champaran Satyagraha against the plight of the indigo planters.
India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...
Ramadan 1439: Rasool Qadri
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Mohammed Rasool Qadri has been born and brought up in Bangalore. “ My family has been here since the past...
Uneasy calm prevails in curfew-bound Indore, death toll now 7
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Uneasy calm prevailed in curfew-bound Indore, the financial capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday as the total death toll in the communal riots following the "Bharat Bandh" (All India shutdown) call given by Hindu fundamentalist outfits on Thursday has risen to seven with two more deaths reported on Friday.
Three weeks after Una Rally, Dalits in Gujarat continue to pay for raising their...
By Amit Kumar. TwoCircles.net
The Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised in the wake of attacks on Dalits in Una, Gujarat by cow vigilantes might have...
Aliah University in shambles; Students boycott exams, demand recognition, campus placements
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Urdu be made compulsory in all schools: Vice President Hamid Ansari
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Every child should be taught in her mother language; as Urdu issues have remained unresolved for the last 60 years, Urdu speakers and Urdu lovers should come out for the development and promotion of the language, said Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari.
Election panel issues notices to Sonia, Digvijay Singh
By IANS
New Delhi : The Election Commission has issued a notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explain her "merchant of death" remark made during the Gujarat poll campaign.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has also been issued notice for his statement on "Hindu terrorism" in Gujarat.
Both have been given time till Tuesday to file their replies.
The notices come a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi replied to his notice to explain his speech allegedly justifying the extra-judicial killing of a Muslim man in 2005.
Only Kerala five star hotel bars can serve liquor: SC
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram : Tipplers in Kerala were left wringing their hands in despair as the Supreme Court upheld the state policy to restrict service...
No compensation yet to Gopalganj victims, Muslims still frightened
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Even four days after the violence hit Pathan Toli and other areas under Barauli Police Station in Gopalganj district of Bihar which saw burning of a madrasa and dozens of homes of Muslims, some Muslim villages there still remain in fear.
Imarat Shariah demands enquiry into lapse of minority scholarship fund
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Phulwari Sharif (Patna): Maulana Anisur Rahman Quasmi, general secretary, Imarat Shariah (Bihar, Jharkhand & Orissa), said more than 5 thousand applications for post- matric scholarship for minorities could not be sent to the concerned office in time.
NHRC issues notice to Centre, J&K government
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government over the...
Brinda Karat seeks justice for victims of Gujarat riots
By IANS,
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the arrest of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat Tuesday asked the central government to ensure protection and justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
"The centre should intervene in the case involving the Gujarat Chief Minister (Narendra Modi)," Karat said after releasing a report on the Gujarat genocide witnesses here.
President Zardari condemns Karachi bomb blasts
By IRNA,
Islamabad : President Asif Ali Zardari has denounced as “barbaric and heinous” the blasts in Karachi that killed over 20 people and injured many more on Friday, presidential spokesman said.
Two successive blasts in Karachi, occured in two hours, resulted in the death of 25 people and injuries to 100, according to provincial health minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed.
"The killing of innocent citizens while performing religious rites is a barbarous and heinous act and is most reprehensible and should be condemned," the President said in a message.
Convert Jinnah House into war memorial: BJP legislator
Mumbai : BJP legislator from South Mumbai M.P. Lodha on Tuesday urged the central goverment to convert Jinnah House, the house built by Pakistan...
Malegaon 2008 Blasts: NIA’s plea for custodial interrogation of accused pending in SC for...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
India’s most elite anti-terror investigation team, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which was established specifically to probe terror-related cases and...
Qateel’s “killers” arrested, Jailer suspended, media report says
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Parliament attack case: convict’s appeal dismissed
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a rare fourth appeal by Shaukat Hussain Guru challenging his conviction and 10-year jail term for concealing information from police about the Dec 13, 2001 terror attack on parliament.
A bench of Justices P.P. Naolekar and V.S. Sripurkar dismissed the alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed militant's appeal saying it was "devoid of merit" and "not maintainable".
Are Muslims still relevant in UP election?
The UP polls result shows the failure of strategy followed by the non-BJP parties, especially the Congress, SP and the BSP to soft-pedal secularism...
Indian doctor sentenced for Glasgow airport bombing bid
By DPA
London : Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed was Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail by a court in London in connection with the failed car bombing of Glasgow airport in Scotland last June.
The 26-year-old doctor, who hails from Bangalore, had earlier admitted at the Old Bailey Criminal Court in London that he withheld information relating to the attack.
His brother Kafeel Ahmed, who drove a blazing jeep at the main entrance of Glasgow airport June 30, 2007, later died of his injuries.
Saudi ambassador hold party in Washington on Eid Al-Adha
By SPA
Washington : Saudi ambassador to the US Adel bin Ahmad Al-Jubeir held here yesterday a breakfast party following Eid Al-Adha prayers.
The party was attended by the heads and personnel of the departments and offices of the embassy in addition to members of the Saudi community in Washington and the Saudi students studying in the region of Washington.
They exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha and expressed their optimism that the pilgrims would perform their rituals in comfort and ease.
One killed in Srinagar firing, political parties call for peace
By IANS,
Srinagar : One person was killed when police fired on slogan-shouting agitators here Thursday, further fuelling anger in crisis-hit Jammu and Kashmir as political parties, separatists and mainstream politicians called for peace over the Amarnath land row.
Ishrat killing: Central government stands by terror link affidavit
By IANS,
New Delhi : The home ministry Wednesday said it stood by its affidavit on the controversial killing of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others in an alleged fake shootout five years ago after the Gujarat police claimed they were terrorists.
"We stand by our affidavit (claiming the four were terrorists)... we are not backtracking," Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told reporters.
"Even if they were terrorists, we cannot kill them in cold blood," he added.
Israeli air strike kills three Hamas suspects
By Xinhua
Gaza City : An Israeli air strike blew up a vehicle and killed three suspected Hamas members in Gaza early Sunday morning, Israeli army sources said.
Omar flatly rules out division of Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday ruled out any division of the state, rebuffing those asking for statehood for Jammu region, and said his government was trying to ensure that "justice is done" to the state's three regions.
"Jammu and Kashmir is already a small state and we cannot afford to divide it to make it smaller," Omar said.
He was replying to a question on creation of a separate state for Jammu region, as has been demanded by a group here after the central government's tentative nod to a separate Telangana in Andhra Pradesh.
Bomb blast in Pakistan kills 10
By Xinhua
Islamabad : At least 10 people were feared killed in a huge blast in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) Monday, Dawn News channel reported.
The blast occurred near an army public school in a cantonment area in Kohat district of NWFP, said the report.
The blast could be a suicide attack targeting the school, which was recruiting students, officials said.
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.
Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi elected chairman of Bihar Haj Committee
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, nazim Imarat Shariah, has been elected chairman of Bihar Haj Committee. In a meeting held at Haj House in Patna on 13th August to elect new chairman, Haroon Rasheed, a member of Bihar Haj Committee, proposed Maulana’s name for the post, and he was elected unanimously for the term of three years.
Maulana Qasmi has been working as nazim Imarat Shariah for several years. Last month he was appointed as member of Bihar Haj Committee by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Najjar: Iran to give crushing response to any threat
By IRNA
"One of the US threats is economic sanctions which will be ineffective," Najjar told IRNA on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week.
At 60, some queries about the rule of law in India
By A. Srinivas and Kaneez Fathima,
This year our country completes 60th year of Republic. In these 60 years, were the constitutional principles implemented? Did the governments which came to power in these years follow the constitution? These are not doubts but queries which come to our minds after analyzing the incidents from past.
Amjad Ali Khan to teach at Stanford University
By IANS,
Chicago : Amjad Ali Khan, the sarod maestro, will be teaching for two and half months at Stanford University, according to an announcement from the university.
Haneef’s family hopes for his early release
By IANS
Bangalore : Family members of terror suspect Mohammad Haneef spent anxious hours Friday, happy that the Australian police are not seeking to detain him any longer but worried that they may charge rather than release him.
"We are relieved," Haneef's wife Firdous told reporters.
She and other family members, mother Qurrattulain and brother Shoaib were happy that further detention is not being sought by Australian police but they were not ready to celebrate yet - after reports that 12 hours of police questioning beginning Friday could be spread over three days.
Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy announces awards for 2011
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
सलमान खुर्शीद का सवाल, मोदी के कार्यक्रमों में भीड़ कितनी असली?
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
फर्रुखाबाद: पूर्व विदेश मंत्री और कांग्रेस नेता सलमान खुर्शीद ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के विदेशी कार्यक्रमों में जुट रही भीड़ पर सवालिया निशान लगाया. सलमान खुर्शीद ने प्रश्न उठाया है कि इन कार्यक्रमों में जुट रही भीड़ कितनी असली है? सलमान खुर्शीद ने यह भी कहा है कि प्रधानमंत्री नारे लगवाने के लिए भारत से लोगों को लेकर जाते हैं. अपने देश से लोगों को ले जाने के बजाय प्रधानमंत्री को उस देश की आवाम पर भरोसा करना चाहिए.
Haneef probe will go ahead: Rudd
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the government will institute an inquiry into the failed case of Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, back home in Bangalore after charges of terrorism against him were dropped and his visa cancelled.
The Australian Labour Party had committed to a judicial inquiry into Haneef's case prior to the federal election.
BJP trashes Liberhan report, Congress counters
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed in the Rajya Sabha over the Liberhan Commission report Wednesday, with the opposition calling it a "national joke". The ruling party hit back with an accusation of a "cold-blooded conspiracy" to pull down the mosque Dec 6, 1992.
Arun Jaitley of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the third speaker after Samajwadi Party's Amar Singh initiated a short duration discussion on the Liberhan report, also wondered whether the report had been outsourced to some other people to be written.
Nation is always empowered by its women: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women.
“Nation is always empowered by its women....
Fresh charges against Pandher for Nithari killings
By IANS
Ghaziabad : A Ghaziabad court Wednesday filed fresh charges of rape and murder against Noida-based businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, prime accused in the case related to the serial killings in Nithari village.
The fresh charges were framed by designated Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge Rama Jain in the case related to Jatin Sarkar's daughter Pinki.
Pakistan-Bangladesh partnership recieves big success: Defence Adviser
By NNN-APP
Dhaka : Pakistan has achieved success in every sector and plays vital role in promoting regional and international arenas, says the Defence Adviser of Pakistan High Commission for Pakistan in Bangladesh.
Addressing an ‘Iftar Mahfil’ the Defence Adviser of Pakistan Brig. Khadim Hussain said that despite multi-pronged challenges Pakistan made laudable successes in all sectors that help sustained economic growth and promote regional and international peace.
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