Hamas’ Haneya orders release of Fatah detainees in Gaza
By Xinhua
Gaza : Deposed Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas ordered on Thursday evening to free prisoners of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement who were detained this week by Hamas police forces.
Haneya said in a televised speech that he had instructed to release most of the detained by Hamas interior police "except those who were involved in riots and disturbances."
Bihar topper scam kingpin’s assets may be confiscated
Patna : The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police may confiscate the assets of Amit Kumar alias Bachcha Rai, the alleged kingpin...
Mushawarat deliberates on milli, national and international issues
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Central Committee of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMIM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, met here on Monday, 17 February under the chairmanship of national President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan.
Fake currency racket busted in Orissa, five arrested
Bhubaneswar, Sep 17 (IANS) Five people, including two women, have been arrested from Orissa's Cuttack city and fake currency worth Rs.300,000 seized from them, officials said Monday.
The accused had come from the neighbouring Jharkhand state and were staying in a lodge in the Banka Bajar area of Cuttack, about 25 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
On Sunday, two of them visited a crockery store to buy some goods. The shopkeeper doubted the genuineness of the Rs.1,000 note they gave and informed the authorities, a police official told IANS.
Not satisfied with Modi government, social structure of country badly affected in one year:...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the BJP government at the centre and said the...
JKLF chief on hunger strike against death for two Kashmiris
By IANS,
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Muhammad Yasin Malik Wednesday began a daylong hunger strike here to protest the death sentence being given to two Kashmiris in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case in New Delhi.
Malik and other senior leaders of the JKLF began their strike at party's Maqbool Manzil headquarters in uptown Maisuma locality here.
Mamata meets High Madarsa topper Shahida, assures all help for study
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Murder in Amroha pits Maliks against Turks, gives Samajwadi Party a headache before UP...
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
A murder in Amroha has created political storm in the district, and divided the Muslim community on caste lines, which...
Part III: Dropouts prompted by ailing education system leads to child marriage, early age...
This is the third story in a four-part TCN Ground Report series on how poor teacher-student ratio is leading to dropouts in schools of...
Poland to Increase Troops in Afghanistan
By Prensa Latina
Warsaw : Poland Defense Minister Bogdan Klich announced on Friday that Poland would send 400 other troops to Afghanistan, where it maintains 200 soldiers.
Klich told the TVN24 television station the new troop deployment would start between April and May of 2008.
He also said almost half of that number of soldiers will work in maintaining eight helicopters, to send them to that Asian central State.
Wali Rahmani leads AIMPLB delegation to Law Minister
By RINA,
New Delhi: A high level delegation of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) under the leadership of its General Secretary Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani met with Union Law Minister Hansraj Bharadwaj at his residence here yesterday and spoke about the controversy arising out of the remarks of Supreme Court Judge Mr. Justice Markandey Katju over beard and burqa.
The delegation apprised him of the unrest that has been created by the remarks of a senior Supreme Court Judge.
The burden of history: Aurangzeb to Abdul Kalam
By Wahidul Islam for TwoCircles.net
History cannot be repeated neither we can go back to time to check its credibility. We can demonise and...
Communal violence in Maharashtra town of Dhulia over Indo-Pak match
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
5 yr Ariful of Murshidabad languishing in Bangladesh jail for 1 yr
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Suicide car bomb hits security checkpoint northeast of Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : A suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi Army checkpoint outside a town in the province of Diyala northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing a civilian and wounding two soldiers, a provincial police source said.
The suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car into the checkpoint near the town of Hibhib at about 10:30 a.m. (0630 GMT), killing a civilian who was in the car with the suicide bomber, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Missile crashes into house in southern Israel, causes damage
By KUNA
Gaza : A lone missile presumably fired from a location in northern Gaza crashed into a house in a village in Israel's southern Negev on Tuesday inflicting damage.
A spokesman of the Israeli Army said the missile's blast caused no injuries, and another missile, fired simultaneously, hit an uninhabited location nearby.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said in a statement it was responsible for the missile attack.
Hijack threat turns to be hoax at Delhi airport
By IANS
New Delhi : Security agencies laid virtual siege to the domestic airport here Tuesday following a telephonic warning that an Alliance Air flight from Kanpur to New Delhi had been hijacked. The warning proved to be a hoax.
The plane, flight CD7801 with 42 passengers on board, landed safely at around 11 a.m., officials told IANS. A search of the aircraft did not yield any weapon.
SDPI to hold ‘Ladies Parliament March’ against WRB
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Alleppey (Kerala): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will hold “Ladies Parliament March” and stage "dharna" (sit-in) against the Women Reservation Bill in the present form on May 13 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
BJP threatens nationwide protest over shrine land
By IANS,
New Delhi/Ranchi : The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday threatened to launch a nationwide protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government's move to retain with itsellf the 40 hectares of land it had given to the Amarnath shrine authorities.
BJP president Rajnath Singh in Ranchi said his party would go for a nationwide agitation if the land were taken back from the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
No limits for expansion of ties with Algeria – Ahmadinejad
By IRNA
Algiers : IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Monday evening Tehran sees no limits for expansion of ties and relations with Algeria.
The visiting Iranian President made the comment at a meeting with Algerian Senate Speaker Abdel-Qader bin-Saleh, following a three-hour meeting with his Algerian counterpart, President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika.
No ban on other meat in Maharashtra: Fadnavis
Mumbai : Maharashtra heaved a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that after the ban on beef, the...
Tourists visit Taj Mahal under Supermoon
By IANS,
Agra: More than 160 tourists, including 92 foreigners, thronged the Taj Mahal when the Supermoon lighted up the Saturday night sky.
Withdraw Foreign Educational Institution Bill: Muslim students groups
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Muslim students organizations condemned the Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, 2010 that was approved today by Union Cabinet, and demanded its immediate withdrawal, saying the move will increase the commercialization of education.
UP announces compensation for kin of terror accused
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has announced financial compensation of Rs.600,000 to the family of Khalid Mujahid, the serial blast accused, who died last week.
The multi-hued, soaring business of kites
By Azera Rahman, IANS
New Delhi : With the onset of August, the Lal Kuan market in old Delhi has stirred from its slumber and is blossoming in various hues. Hundreds of kites are being readied every day at this place, the only wholesale kite market in the capital.
Humming with the voices of pedestrians and the honking of a hundred vehicles, the Lal Kuan market is in the heart of the quintessential Old Delhi.
Militants kill teacher in Ramban
By News Agency of Kashmir
Jammu : Suspected militants gunned down a teacher at a remote village of Ramban district in Jammu region, late on Sunday evening.
Official sources said that militants, believed to be of Hizbul Mujahideen, barged into the house of Abdullah, a teacher by profession, at Duniki (Sikli Top) on Sunday night and shot him dead
from a point blank range.
The gunmen dragged him out in the open and shot him dead after taking him barely fifty yards away from his house, sources told News Agency of Kashmir.
Jammu : Suspected militants gunned down a teacher at a remote village of Ramban district in Jammu region, late on Sunday evening.
Official sources said that militants, believed to be of Hizbul Mujahideen, barged into the house of Abdullah, a teacher by profession, at Duniki (Sikli Top) on Sunday night and shot him dead
from a point blank range.
The gunmen dragged him out in the open and shot him dead after taking him barely fifty yards away from his house, sources told News Agency of Kashmir.
The Rape of Nizam’s – a book on Hyderabad fall released
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Ansal brothers summoned for tampering with documents
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) A city court Friday issued summons to real estate tycoons Ansal brothers and four others convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy for allegedly removing, tampering and mutilating important documents related to the case.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) A.K. Kohar issued summons the six convicted men to appear before the court May 2.
The day-to-day hearing of the case, scheduled to begin in Delhi High Court Friday, will now begin Feb 29.
Stay away from elections, Musharraf tells spy agencies
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has decided that intelligence agencies will not be allowed to interfere during general elections early next year, a media report Monday said.
Quoting highly placed sources, The News said that "it has also been decided in principle that no former army general would be appointed as caretaker prime minister and the caretaker cabinets at the federal and provincial level would not comprise armed forces personnel".
BJD to protest Polavaram project construction
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday announced a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan in the state capital and a 'hartal'...
Effigies of Tharoor, Owaisi burnt in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : The traders body in Ghaziabad on Saturday burnt effigies of former union minister Shashi Tharoor and MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi over their...
India: security tightened in Ayodhya ahead of Ram Navami festival
By NNN-PTI,
Ayodhya : Security has been tightened in the temple town of Ayodhya where lakhs of pilgrims are expected to arrive for the festival of Ram Navami next week.(One Lakh:100,000)
Nasser’s son injured in road accident, critical
Chennai : N. Abdul Asan Faizal, son of popular Tamil actor Nasser, was critically injured Thursday morning when his car collided with an oncoming...
Suicide bombings kill 14, injure 30 in Iraq
By DPA
Baghdad : At least 14 people were killed and 30 injured Tuesday in twin suicide bombings in the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, media reports said.
The first blast targeted the home of the town's police chief, General Saad al-Nufus, the Dubai-based al-Arabya TV channel quoted the police as saying.
At least four people were killed and eight injured in the attack, including al-Nufus and some of his relatives, police said.
Mehbooba Mufti wins from Anantnag
Srinagar: Mehbooba Mufti, president of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Friday won the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
She...
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
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A visual chronicle of India’s cash-crunched aam admi
By Fakir Balaji
Bengaluru : Millions of Indians, especially the honest and poor, became paupers overnight after Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were...
AMU suspends 17 students for involvement in violent protest
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Aligarh: 17 students were suspended by AMU as police claimed to have solved the murder that lead to the violence on campus earlier this month. Police arrested three residents of near by areas of AMU claiming that they are the ones who killed student Mazhar Naeem to snatch mobile phone from him.
Three held for killing bank employee
By IANS,
New Delhi: Three people were arrested for killing a bank employee over his relationship with a woman colleague, police said Wednesday.
Dilip Kumar, 27, an employee of the Canara Bank, went missing on May 8 and his burnt body was recovered from Ghaziabad two days later, police said.
"During the investigation we found that he was in constant touch with a girl. We kept a vigil on her movements and found that one her close friend, Rahul, was involved in the murder of Dilip," a police officer said.
Somali pirates threatening to kill crew of Dutch ship
By DPA,
Amsterdam : Pirates who hijacked a Dutch ship May 27 are threatening to kill the crew if the ship is stormed to liberate them, Dutch newswire ANP reported Monday.
According to ANP, the pirates told Somali Radio Garowe Monday they had hijacked the ship because it had allegedly entered Somali waters illegally for fishing purposes.
"The government does not act against these things," one of the hijackers said.
The ship, owned by Reider Shipping from the northern Dutch town of Windschoten, is currently docked in the port of Bargal in northern Somalia.
मौलाना राबे हसन नदवी के हाथ मे पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड की कमान
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ऑल मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड की बैठक में मौलाना सैयद राबे हसन नदवी को सर्वसम्मति से ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड...
Omani FM rules out US-Iran showdown over nuclear program
By KUNA
Doha : Oman ruled out on Monday a military showdown between the United States and Iran over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
Omani Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah said that the Iranian nuclear file has become an international matter, adding that Gulf states are keen on the region's security, stability and economic prosperity.
No justification for bombings: Britain
By IANS,
London : Britain joined other countries in condemning the serial bombings in Jaipur that killed at least 63 people and expressed solidarity with India in the common fight against terrorism.
“Bombings in Jaipur have shown again the horrific destruction which terrorism brings,” British Foreign Minister David Miliband said in a statement.
हर एक बेटी की प्रेरणा है खतौली की जज बनी बेटी ज़ीनत
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खतौली-
एकदम टिपिकल भारतीय मुस्लिम लड़की ज़ीनत हिज़ाब में रहती है.तेज आवाज में बात नही करती है.अपनी अम्मी की घर के काम...
U.S. backs Abbas as Palestinian president
By Xinhua
Lisbon : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice publicly backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, describing him as "an excellent partner" at a Thursday press conference.
Jummah khutba: a missed opportunity
By Sheikh Khurshid Alam,
Ramadan has instilled a sense of piousness in many netizens. People keep forwarding all sorts of “Islamic messages” to all their contacts in this month. Whatsaap, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and all those social networking sites, which you know better, are abuzz with such “Islamic messages”.
Islamic theological “expertise” in the liberal press
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
The article points out the internal inconsistencies in the theological arguments made by A. Faizur Rahman in articles which...
Woman confesses to human sacrifice in Maharashtra village
By IANS
Nagpur : The main suspect in a human sacrifice case in a village in Maharashtra's Amravati district has confessed to the crime, the police said Sunday.
The suspect, Manisha Andhale, in whose house the charred body of a 28-year-old unmarried woman was found Thursday, told the police she had killed mentally challenged Sunita Mahajan to propitiate a deity in the belief that she would get wealth, Police Inspector A.P. Avachar told IANS.
The incident, which occurred in Papal village, has rocked the entire district.
Guerrilla hideout busted in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu : Security forces on Tuesday busted a guerrilla hideout in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir and seized a huge cache of arms...
Man gets death sentence for raping, killing child
By IANS,
Lucknow: A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district Wednesday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a minor girl, police said.
Chinese official gets life in jail for corruption
By Xinhua
Kunming (China) : A former official of transport department of Yunnan province, who fled to Singapore and was extradited to China, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for corruption.
Hu Xing, who had served as a deputy director in the department, was also deprived of his political rights for life and all his personal property was confiscated, as per the sentence handed down at the Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan.
Shopian deaths due to drowning, no rape, murder: CBI
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday said the deaths of two women in south Kashmir's Shopian district, which triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley this year, were due to drowning and neither of them was raped or murdered.
"The two women died due to drowning and were not raped and murdered as was alleged," CBI counsel Anil Bhan told reporters.
Pakistani radicals set $11 mn bounty on Rushdie’s head
By DPA
Islamabad : A group of Islamic scholars in northwest Pakistan placed a $11.5 million bounty on author Salman Rushdie's head, whose knighthood in Britain sparked an angry response across the Muslim world recently, a report said Saturday.
The bounty was announced during a meeting of 50 Islamic scholars in the Kanigram region of semi-autonomous North Waziristan, Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper reported.
Win for SIO : Supreme Court asks Center to include Urdu in NEET 2018...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi : Following a plea by the Student Islamic Organization (SIO), the Supreme Court today directed central government today to include Urdu...
Muslim League worker killed on verdict by CPIM party court: Kunjalikutty
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad blast: Council of Indian Muslims holds government responsible
By TwoCircles.net newsdesk
Council of Indian Muslims (CIM), a UK based organization has strongly deplored the blasts in the Makki Masjid in Hyderabad and police firing on the panicked congregators.
“One wonders how to express ones anger and disgust at such acts because condemnation has become a formality and as far as the Indian authorities are concerned this word has lost its significance.� CIM’s Chairman Mr Munaf Zeena said in a statement issued today.
Article 35A case in SC: Kashmir gears up for ‘mass agitation’
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Cutting across political ideologies, almost all political parties, separatists, business communities, and other socio-religious organisations in Kashmir united and threatened to...
Blasts meant to create panic in Bangalore: chief minister
By IANS,
Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said that Friday's serial blasts in Bangalore were aimed at disturbing peace and creating panic.
"Seven blasts took place between 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. leaving one person dead and seven people injured," he told reporters after an emergency cabinet meeting.
"This is the work of anti-social elements and anti-national forces," he said.
"Bangalore enjoys the reputation of being the fourth largest tech hub in the world. It is the centre for IT and BT.
Facebook posting leads to protest in Parbhani
By TCN News
Mumbai: Hundreds of Muslim gathered in Parbhani, a district in Maharashtra to protests against the blasphemous pictures and comments posted on facebook on Wednesday.
Renowned historians urge Hindus, Muslims to recognize shared heritage
Scholars repudiate myths fuelling Islamophobia in India
TCN News
Prof. Harbans Mukhia and Dr. Audrey Truschke, and a prominent political scientist Dr. Shamsul Islam, came together...
Car bombing kills two in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : At least two people were killed and 10 injured in a car bomb explosion in Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad Wednesday, a local police source said.
"A car bomb parked near the Samir Restaurant on a main road in Kirkuk exploded near a passing Kurdish soldiers' convoy," the city police chief told Xinhua.
The blast apparently targeted Kurdish Peshmerga forces guarding a police chief, but missed its target, killing at least two people and wounding ten, he said.
Jilted call centre employee sets colleague on fire
By IANS
New Delhi : A 24-year-old call centre employee allegedly set his female colleague on fire in northwest Delhi Friday after she refused his proposal for marriage.
According to the police, the call centre employee, Abhishek Sharma, poured petrol over Mandeep Kaur, 22, and set her afire near Queens Mary School in Model Town area.
After committing the crime, Sharma fled, but Mandeep managed to call the police. She was taken to the Jai Prakash Naryan hospital with 20 percent burn injuries. Her condition is stated to be stable.
MANUU to organize five day workshop on Urdu Journalist in December
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in collaboration with the National Council for promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), New...
Indian Americans denounce arrests of Muslims, demolition of Muslim homes in India
Globally renowned US-based Islamic scholar Shaikh Omar Suleiman led the protest in Dallas, which was jointly organized by The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), and North Texas...
Apprehensions among Muslims on election result, appear cautious
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Modi-Tsunami that has led BJP cross the magical figure on its own for the first time is being seen with apprehension and caution. Many people TCN talked to sounded worried that “things may get worse” with Narendra Modi at the helm.
Muslims under Modi 2.0
By Haamim Kutub Javed Ahmed
National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) is now no longer identified as such. It is Modi 2.0. The brand that catapulted...
Tale of state excesses: Of illegal detentions, fake encounters, false cases
Convention on ‘State Excesses against Innocent Citizens’ held at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: “After the demolition of Babri Masjid, the movement of its rebuilding was getting shrill and loud across the nation and to confine that movement, thousands of innocents were framed in the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and sent behind the bars for many years. I was one of them. Since I have been a student activist, I continued my activism in jail too. (I) opened the first jail university in Tihar Jail, introduced many courses,” said Khaliq uz Zamaan.
The world must stop misinterpreting terrorists as Messiahs of Islam
By Aziz A. Mubaraki,
If by any means spilling Muslim blood is the deciding factor for Muslims to decide who the community should take vengeance against, then these dissemblers i.e., ISIS, Al Qaeda or geographically more closer, the Talibans, should immediately go into hiding as these organizations have been butchering Muslims for years now.
Two Madhya Pradesh cops thrashed while arresting man
By IANS
Bhopal : Two policemen here were seriously injured when they were thrashed by the family of a man they went to arrest, the police said Tuesday.
Constables Suresh Dubey and Ripusudan Bhadoria went to arrest Prem, accused of illegally possessing arms, Monday night. His family members attacked them as soon as they handcuffed him.
Superintendent of Police Ramji Shrivastava said: "While the male members of the family of the accused beat up the policemen with sticks and rods, the women pelted stones at them. They were unable to arrest the accused."
Batla House encounter at last backfires; Congress loses Okhla
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Two days before its first anniversary, the Batla House encounter seems to have backfired at last. The demand of judicial probe into the encounter has been the core issue of the electoral campaigns of former councilor Asif Muhammad Khan who today won the Okhla assembly bypoll by pushing the Congress candidate to third – the Congress had won the seat four times consecutively.
Our minority government is for minorities: Karunanidhi
By IANS,
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) : The Tamil Nadu government may be by the "minority" DMK but it is for the minorities, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday said.
"We are not ashamed of being called as a minority government. I am happy to hear my government being called as minority government. Ours is the only government that fights for the rights of minorities - Christians and Muslims. We will raise our voice in their support in all the forums," Karunanidhi said, addressing a public rally here.
Do ‘liberal icons’ encourage identity politics among Muslims?
By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net
The ‘liberal icons’ are again preaching Muslims, especially women, about what is an acceptable form of dressing. This has...
Maoists blow up key bridge in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur: Maoists blew up Sunday a bridge on a national highway connecting Chhattisgarh to Andhra Pradesh in the state's worst insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said.
The rebels blew up the bridge on national highway 221 by using an improvised explosive device (IED). The road is key link between Dantewada district and Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district, officials here at police headquarters told IANS.
Climate of fear grips Hyderabad as Muslims apprehend more terror arrests
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Bengal experiencing near dictatorship: Activist Shabnam Hashmi
Kolkata: Describing BJP leader Narendra Modi as the biggest threat to secularism in India, noted social activist Shabnam Hashmi Saturday also charged the the...
Pakistani sells daughter to settle gambling debts
By DPA
Islamabad : A Pakistani man from the city of Karachi sold his 13-year-old daughter to settle gambling debts and was planning the same fate for her twin sister, local media reported on Tuesday.
Kathua and Unnao: Indian Americans protest against horrific rapes and the government’s handling of...
TCN News
Hundreds of Indian Americans came together in cities across the United States for candlelight vigils and demonstrations demanding fair and speedy trials of...
Documentary on Muzaffarnagar riots screened at 60 venues across 50 towns in protest
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: On the initiative of ‘Cinema of Resistance’, a documentary on Mzuaffarnagar riots was screened countrywide on at least 60...
Can’t allow Rohingya refugees in India, Indian Government tells Supreme Court
New Delhi (IANS): The government on Friday told the Supreme Court that India is already facing a "serious problem of infiltration" because of its...
I’m a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan’s descendant
By Biswajit Choudhury, IANS,
Kolkata : Bespectacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore who valiantly fought the British.
"We are born and brought up in Kolkata now for many generations; so that makes me a Bengali," says Husain Shah of his identity. He's a businessman, the owner of an agency that supplies fuel to retailers.
Kerala Haj applicants must submit passports by August 5
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kochi: Those selected for Haj pilgrimage 2009 under the state Haj Committee should submit their passports to the Haj Committee on or before 5th August. Those Haj pilgrims in the waiting list too should submit their passports.
Even though the Central Haj Committee has allowed submission of passports till August 31, the state Haj Committee fixed a new date since the first Haj flight from the country could be from Kerala and the journey may be delayed if a lot of time is taken to get Haj visas from the Saudi Consulate.
‘Muslims Will Not Forgive’: Massive Protest at Jantar Mantar Against Modi Govt’s Waqf Amendment...
Syed Abubakr, Sumit Singh/TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Thousands gathered at the city's Jantar Mantar on March 17 to voice their opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill,...
Top Indian Mujahideen suspects sent to judicial custody
New Delhi: Indian Mujahideen suspects Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu and Pakistani national Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman were Monday sent to judicial custody till May 8...
नुशीन अल ख़दीर : भारत की महिला क्रिकेट टीम को विश्व कप जिताने वाली...
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2005 के क्रिकेट महिला विश्व कप फाइनल में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत को एकतरफ़ा मैच में 98 रनों से शिकस्त...
For readers, simple New Year gifts and thoughts
By Saeed Naqvi,
In recent years, I have been alert to the possibility that I may one day be identified as a Muslim. Instead of pride, this new sense of being has arrived with doubt. Some items of identity are so close to one's skin that one grows up without noticing them. But we are now advancing towards an age of such concentrated focus that we need to narrow our vision.
Muslim outfit tries to disrupt Iftar party in Lucknow
By IANS,
Lucknow : Several members of a Muslim outfit Wednesday tried to disrupt an Iftar party hosted by the American Embassy at a five-star hotel here, police said.
Long queues as Jammu votes
Jammu: Voting for the Jammu Lok Sabha seat started on a brisk note Thursday as enthusiastic voters queued up outside polling stations much before...
Three minority universities proposed to be set up
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Three central minority universities may soon be set up in the country if a proposal forwarded by the ministry of minority affairs gets clearance from the human resource development (HRD) ministry.
A group of Muslim scholars recently met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and appealed for expediting work on the universities where students from the Muslim community would be given preference.
Bangladesh government snubs Zia on money disclosure
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IANS) Bangladesh's caretaker government has snubbed the country's last elected prime minister, Khaleda Zia, refusing to accept tax arrears that would regularize her hitherto undisclosed money.
Citing procedures, and the fact that she is being probed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Wednesday refused to entertain Zia's request to legalise her undisclosed money under the amnesty offered to tax evaders and black money holders.
Arvind Kejriwal upset over Sunil Pal for film Main Hoon Rajinikanth?
By Rihana,
Mumbai: When director Faisal Saif’s upcoming comedy flick Main Hoon Rajinikanth opened another card of surprise for Trade and Media about Laughter Challenge winner Sunil Pal enacting a spoof on Arvind Kejriwal from Aam Aadmi Party, insiders claimed that Kejriwal not being happy about his spoof!
Life-long jail without remission to ‘guru’ for murdering wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court Tuesday devised a novel, third category of punishment for murderers - a remission-less, life-long jail term, besides the legally prescribed usual death penalty or the normal life sentence, generally lasting 14 years.
A bench of Justice B.N. Agrawal sentenced self-styled spiritual guru Swamy Shraddananda alias Murali Manohar Mishra to life imprisonment without remission for murdering his wife in May 1992.
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Action against terrorists should begin in Pakistan: US experts
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : With the US intelligence community warning of a new terrorist attack in the next six months, two leading security experts suggest that preventive action should begin in Pakistan that remains the locus of terrorism.
Bruce Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who advised President Barack Obama on his Afghanistan Pakistan strategy said that for several years after 2002, Al Qaeda seemed fixated on conducting another mass-casualty attack in the US even more horrifying than 9/11.
Congress trying to keep Gujarat riots issue alive: BJP
New Delhi : The BJP Wednesday said the Congress is trying to keep the 2002 Gujarat riots alive because it is "desperate and frustrated".
The...
Pakistan’s apex court orders release of opposition leaders
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday came down hard on the government and ordered the immediate release of the opposition leaders who have been under arrest since they announced their plans to protest against the candidature of President Pervez Musharraf.
More than 150 opposition leaders were arrested Monday when the All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDM) announced its plans to start a campaign against Musharraf's bid to get himself elected from the assemblies for a second presidential term.
The toilet test
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
On the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, on October 2, 2019, nobody will defecate in the open anywhere in India. By then every one of us will have a toilet to go to. This is the target of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that the Prime Minister launched earlier this month to mark the mahatma’s 145th birth anniversary.
Minor girl gang raped in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 16-year-old girl was abducted and raped by three men in western Uttar Pradesh, police said Friday.
"We today (Friday) arrested one of the accused," police inspector Balchand told IANS on phone.
The incident took place Thursday night in Bulandshahar district, about 400 km from here.
Father of the victim Iqbal Khan said his daughter was abducted by three local young men while she was alone at her home in the Bhamra village at Bulandshaher.
She was then taken to a secluded place and gang raped, Balchand said.
Honour killing: Father claims daughter died of medical reasons
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The alleged case of honour killing of a 25-year-old research scholar of Panjab University took a different turn Thursday with the woman's father claiming she died due to medical complications and he had never objected to her relationship with a man of a lower caste.
However, students of Panjab University here have filed a complaint with the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) alleging that the woman, Shama Shukla, was actually killed by her father and brother for their 'honour'.
Ernakulam blast: 7 members of a Muslim family taken into police custody, released
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Kochi: Seven people from a Muslim family were taken into custody and released after questioning by the police yesterday in connection with the bomb blast that took place in the Ernakulam Collectorate building on Friday.
The Special Investigation Team which is probing the blast case had taken into custody six persons from Erattupetta in Kottayam district and one from Thodupuzha in Ernakulam district yesterday. They were released finding no evidence for their role in the blast.
After Nitish charade, ‘motley secular parties’ can’t fight Modi: CPI-M
New Delhi, (IANS): Accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of carrying out an "elaborate charade" to embrace the BJP, the CPI-M has said any alliance...
No role in MIM leaders’ arrest, says Andhra CM
by IANS,
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Wednesday said the government has nothing to do with the arrest of MIM leaders -- Akbaruddin and Asaduddin Owaisi.
No organised human trafficking in UAE, say police
By IANS
Dubai : There is no organised trafficking in human beings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to the Dubai Police, WAM news agency reported Thursday.
Major General Khamis Matar Al Mazina, deputy commander general of Dubai Police, said no UAE national has been involved in any kind of human trafficking case till date, "which proves that our country is free from such illegal practice".
He made the statement during a presentation on the country's anti-human trafficking law at the Dubai Police Officers Club Wednesday.
Burdwan blast: Bangladeshi sleuths reach Kolkata
Kolkata : A team of Bangladeshi intelligence officials Thursday reached Kolkata to talk to investigators, including the NIA, regarding the Oct 2 Burdwan blast...
One German hostage still alive: Afghan authorities
By DPA
Kabul : One of the German hostages purportedly held by the Taliban was still alive, but a second hostage had died of a heart attack, the Afghan foreign ministry said Saturday.
In a day of fast-changing developments, a ministry spokesman said that Kabul authorities were working to secure the safe return of the hostage still alive.
"Our security agencies reported to us that one of the German engineers is still alive and the second died of heart attack and heat," ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Baheen told DPA.
‘Not in my name’ protest held in Ranchi, memorandum handed over to Jharkhand Governer
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Another episode to the ‘not in my protest’ was added yesterday from Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. The protest was...
Backlash from Taliban attacks pushes Pakistan to act, says US
By IANS,
Washington : The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"We feel clearly that we're working more closely together with them. And I think that's a very big step forward," Richard Holbrooke told CNN Sunday attributing recent Taliban arrests to increased communication between the two governments.
Overdue SC/ST Amendment bill passed after avoidable one year delay
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: A full one year after its introduction, the long overdue amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...
Deoband’s Rector on Central Madrasa Board
By Yoginder Sikand
The recent suggestion by Justice Siddiqui, Chariman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, that the Government of India set up a Central Madrasa Board has been welcomed by a small section of the Indian ulema, but many of the more influential Muslim clerics in the country have strongly opposed it. Although the press has highlighted this fact, it has not cared to seriously look at the arguments that these clerics make in this regard, thus reinforcing the deeply-held stereotype of the ulema being allegedly wholly opposed to madrasa reform.
Seed of capitalism lies in interest based economic system: speakers
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: “Prodigality and greed lead to interest based economic system in which people do not only forget the respect of fellow human beings but also humiliate them. These systems are being promoted by capitalists” said Intezar Naeem, general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Nitish Kumar’s win a lesson for Modi, says Chidambaram
New Delhi: Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's win in the assembly elections was...
Opposition Slams Waqf Bill as Attack on Constitution, Democracy; Congress to Seek SC Intervention
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New Delhi: The passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, from both houses of Parliament following marathon debates has led to a...
Former Uttar Pradesh minister’s kidnapped grandson untraced
By IANS,
Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh home minister's grandson who was allegedly kidnapped Tuesday from Allahabad remains untraced, a police official said Thursday.
Sashwat Tripathi, 15, grandson of former state home minister Rajendra Tripathi, went missing late Tuesday when he left his home to meet his friends in Allahabad city, about 200 km from here.
"The family members lodged an FIR (First Information Report) on Wednesday after they failed to trace him," Lalji Shukla, senior superintendent of police of Allahabad, told IANS.
Kashmiri youth missing from Delhi
By NAK
Srinagar: A 25-year-old youth of Kashmir’s Budgam district working in a private Mobile company in Delhi has been reported missing since last four days by his parents and Budgam police has entered the report.
Taliban kills abducted cops; hang bodies from tree
By KUNA
Kabul : Taliban in southern Afghanistan have gunned down five policemen, who were kidnapped for some two months and were kept in captivity for the said period.
Residents said bullet-riddled bodies of the five constables were strung from a tree in Deh Rahod district of Uruzgan province.
Police chief of the province Juma Gul Himmat said enemies of the country, the term Afghan officials use for Taliban, were responsible for killing the policemen.
11 LTTE guerrillas killed in Sri Lanka
By Xinhua
Colombo : At least 11 Tamil Tiger guerrillas were killed when clashes erupted in northern Sri Lanka between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and government troops, officials said Saturday.
The clashes occurred Friday in Omanthai West in Vavuniya district. Nine soldiers were injured, officials said, adding that T-56 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades belonging to the rebels were captured by the troops.
Punjab CM awarded for promoting communal amity
Pune: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred the 14th Sant Namdev National Award - 2015 for promoting peace, communal harmony and universal...
Shia Muslim delegation going to Iraq to discuss anti-IS measures
New Delhi : Shia Muslim group Anjuman-e-Haideri announced Saturday it will be sending a team for war-torn Iraq Monday to discuss modalities of sending...
No relief for Soni Sori: Brother-in-law, sister, picked up for interrogation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi: Having barely recovered from a brutal attack on her face by assailants, Soni Sori, the human rights activist from Chattisgarh,...
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Four killed in Uttar Pradesh blasts
By IANS
Lucknow : Four people were killed in Uttar Pradesh Friday in simultaneous blasts in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi.
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Faith: Instilling Unity
By Ram Puniyani,
One has heard that faith can move mountains, but currently one looks forward to see that it restores peace and justice in society. We have been hearing about various Inter Faith Dialogues from quite some time. One such high level dialogue took place in Mumbai in second week of June 2009. This was attended by top clergy from Hindu and Christian religions. It came to the understanding that there should be no violence against minorities, there should be no conversions and that religious organizations will pool together their resources for charity.
PDP stages walkout from J&K Assembly over food shortage
By Amit Khurana, AIP,
Jammu: The PDP on Thursday staged a walkout amidst pandemonium from the state Assembly as it slammed the Jammu and Kashmir government for shortage of food supplies.
The PDP members stood from their chairs and resorted to sloganeering and alleged that the government has failed to convene Centre enhancement of the ration resulting in huge shortage of the supplies.
Hussainabad Trust organizes Iftar for 1200 people daily in Lucknow
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Central Waqf Council gets Rs 290 lakh grant
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Union Minister for Minority Affairs A.R. Antulay informed the Rajya Sabha Saturday that the government has increased yearly grant to Central Waqf Council from Rs 206 lakh in 2006-07 to Rs 290 lakh in 2007-08 in order to ensure smooth functioning of the waqf council.
In the financial year 2005-06 the grant to Central Waqf Council was Rs 145.25 lakh.
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Dalit politics beyond BSP
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.
Protest at Delhi Police Hqrs against growing culture of fake encounters
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: On the eve of 62nd Independence Day when President of India was preparing to congratulate the nation, a group of students, teachers and civil and human rights activists from across the National Capital gathered near the Delhi Police Headquarters in the heart of the city to protest violations of right to life – the growing culture of encounter killings – reminding the powers that be that all is not well with the country, particularly its minorities and the downtrodden –frequent target of these encounters.
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Kashmir back on track for few hours
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press
Srinagar: On Saturday life returned to normal in Kashmir Valley for few hours but as the clock struck 2 pm, youths hit the roads forcing closure of businesses and shops and within minutes the markets wore a deserted look.
An uneasy calm prevails in the Kashmir Valley. Schools and business establishments have reopened after a 21 day long strike. Vehicles too have come back on the roads but the relief was short-lived as separatists again enforced shutdown and clashed with police.
Security tightened at Karunanidhi’s daughter’s house
By IANS
Bangalore : Around 30 policemen Wednesday guarded the Bangalore residence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's daughter Selvi following an attack on it Tuesday.
Police said about 10 people have been detained for questioning in connection with the attack, in protest against Karunanidhi's comments on Hindu god Ram.
Lebanon’s ex-PM hails Kingdom’s efforts in holy sites
By IRNA-SPA
Beirut : Lebanon's Ex-Prime Minister Salim Al- Hoss hailed today the efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to develop and expand the holy sites in Makkah and Madinah. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) here, Al-Hoss said that "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes care of the pilgrims and works hard to develop and expand the holy sites in Makkah and Madinah.
Among these achievements is the establishment of Jamarat Bridge in Mina".
Court to frame charges in Babri Mosque demolition case
By IANS,
Lucknow: A special court hearing the Babri Mosque demolition case Tuesday ordered the then Faizabad district magistrate and some leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to appear before it for framing of charges.
The VHP and the BJP leaders are facing charges of criminal conspiracy behind the Dec 6, 1992 demolition of the 16th century mosque.
Pakistan to hold elections as per schedule: premier
By DPA
Islamabad : General elections in Pakistan is expected to be held as scheduled next January, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Monday, two days after emergency rule was imposed in the country.
"So far there is no change in the schedule," Aziz told reporters in Islamabad.
The national assembly is being convened to meet in Islamabad Wednesday afternoon, he was cited as saying by private Network News International.
The statement came a day after Aziz said the government might postpone the polls.
Hardware engineer lynched to death in west Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 32-year-old hardware engineer paid the price for intervening in a financial dispute as he was beaten up and hacked to death by eight assailants in west Delhi, police said Tuesday.
Anand was thrashed and attacked with sharp-edged weapons when he tried to intervene to pacify a scuffle that took place between two of his neighbours, Premwati and Paramjeet, over an old financial dispute near his house in Bindapur late Monday.
Anand, working with a contractor in Karol Bagh, died on way to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital.
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