Bangladesh joins Trans-Asian Railway network
Dhaka, Nov 11 (IANS) Bangladesh has joined the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) corridor project that would have three entry points from West Bengal in India and connect the country's rail system to an 81,000-km network stretching from Europe to East and Southeast Asia.
The rail network, first mooted by the UN in 1960, is also dubbed the "Iron Silk Road" after the ancient trade route. It would link capitals, ports and industrial hubs across the 28 Asian countries all the way to Europe.
Hasina wins appeal in graft case
By IANS
Dhaka : A Bangladesh court has invalidated the procedure under which the government has been conducting its anti-corruption drive. The Dhaka High Court has accepted a plea from jailed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina challenging the demand by the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that she submit a statement of her wealth.
The ruling could provide Hasina a brief reprieve and makes the ACC's task difficult as it has adopted the same procedure to issue notices to over 200 people.
Gunmen murder 11 of Iraqi journalist’s family
By DPA
Baghdad : Unidentified gunmen murdered 11 members of an Iraqi journalist's family in east Baghdad, independent Voices of Iraq reported Monday citing a statement by the Iraqi committee to protect journalists.
About seven armed men in a civilian car broke into the house of Diyaa al-Wakaz Sunday, shooting dead all his family members including his wife and children, witnesses said.
Al-Wakaz, who currently lives in Jordan, is the editor of Iraq News Network, a news website which releases its news from the Jordanian capital Amman.
Pakistan lets Gulf royals hunt 200 bustards each
By IANS
Karachi : The Pakistani government has permitted 31 members of the ruling families of four Gulf states to hunt up to 200 bustards each during the 2007-08 season.
Nine permits have been issued to the ruling family of Qatar, and five each to the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Seven members of the Saudi ruling family and five of Bahrain have also received permits from the foreign ministry.
"The permits are person-specific, each with a bag limit of 200 birds, and forbid the trapping and netting of the bird and poaching of chicks and eggs," Dawn reported Tuesday.
It’s back to ABCs for Pakistan political parties
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Political parties in Pakistan seem to be flaunting their knowledge of the English alphabet. While the manifestos of two parties are based on five Es and Ds, another party is to unveil a list of poll promises focussing on five Rs.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) announced its manifesto based on five Ds - Democracy, Development, Devolution, Diversity and Defence.
U.S. intelligence probing al-Qaeda link with Bhutto killing
By Xinhua
Washington : The U.S. intelligence agencies were still investigating whether al-Qaeda terrorists had been behind the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the White House said on Friday.
"There have been many claims of responsibility. Our intelligence community is still looking into it," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel told reporters at Crawford, Texas, where President George W. Bush's family is spending their New Year holiday.
Dhaka seeks food for disaster relief, not funds
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh has said it would request donors to give food grains instead of funds for disaster relief after the Nov 15 Cyclone Sidr to help curb rising food prices at home.
It also decided to allow open market sale at private outlets to curb the rise of rice prices by one or two taka ever day. One US dollar fetches around 60 taka.
There were reports attributing the price rise to India, which has hiked its export price. India had pledged 500,000 tonnes of rice for the cyclone victims.
Seven civilians killed in Iraq violence
By DPA
Baghdad : Seven civilians were killed in separate incidents of violence in Iraq Thursday, according to security sources and media reports.
In Arbil, in the northern Kurdish region, city police department chief Abdel-Khaleq Talaat told reporters that an element belonging to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces shot at a family, killing four of them on the spot and wounding two.
Talaat described the Peshmerga militant as "mentally deranged." The militant had stormed into the family's home and opened fire.
Development, not empty slogans, is my agenda: Kashmir CM
Press Release, NAK
Samba : Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that any attempt to mislead the people by false slogans needed to be frustrated and his party would resist those who try to divert people's attention from development to hollow promises.
Apex court makes special team to probe Gujarat riot
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday decided to constitute a special team headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K Raghavan to probe 10 crucial cases of 2002 communal carnage in Gujarat.
A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P. Sathasivam and Aftab Alam took the decision while hearing a bunch of petitions seeking either a probe into these cases by the CBI or transfer of their trial outside the state.
The bench, however, decided to pass the formal order, constituting a "special investigation team (SIT)" for the probe Wednesday.
Orissa youth burnt alive by suspected Maoists
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Suspected Maoists set ablaze a youth after tying him to a tree with an iron chain in Orissa's Angul district, an official said Saturday.
The incident occurred in Nuasahi village, located in the middle of a forest, some 200 km from here Friday night, Additional District Magistrate Bandhu Billor told IANS on phone.
"We suspect it may be the handiwork of Maoists. The police are investigating the matter," Billor said.
He said the villagers heard a blast and rushed to the spot to see the youth in flames, tied to a tree with a chain.
State Minister escapes unhurt in a terror attack in Northeast India
By KUNA
New Delhi : A Minister in India's Northeastern state of Assam Thursday escaped unhurt in a blast that injured seven others.
A blast by an insurgent group at a market in Assam's Karbi Anglong district today during a public meeting addressed by state?s Hill Areas Development Minister Minister H Khorsing Ingti, injured seven people, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported. The Minister, however, escaped unhurt, the news agency said, quoting an officer of the Assam Police.
Kathmandu closure Wednesday over Maoist killing
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Putting aside their differences, student organisations affiliated to major political parties and angry local residents have called a shutdown in Kathmandu Valley Wednesday to protest the killing of a local businessman by Maoists in a guerrilla camp supervised by the UN.
Led by the student organisations of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, protesters Monday led marches in the capital, asking for the killers of businessman Ram Hari Shrestha to be brought to justice.
Kashmir: A call for new realism?
By Murtaza Shibli,
The moderate faction of Kashmir's pro-freedom political amalgam, Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has renewed its call for 'realism' to seek solution to the longstanding Kashmir problem that was once regarded as 'nuclear flashpoint', but has since been relegated to the sidelines as India and Pakistan embarked upon a historic 'peace process' that started after Pakistan's then military ruler and now beleaguered President, General Musharraf agreed to roll back his country's policy of supporting Jehad in Kashmir.
Three members of biker gang accused of murders arrested
By IANS,
New Delhi : Three members of the notorious gang of bikers, allegedly involved in at least five shootings in July, were arrested in the capital, police said Friday.
Three of the five members of the gang - Zakir, Rakesh and Mushtaq - were arrested from Badarpur area in south Delhi where they had gone to meet the wife of one of their friends Thursday, Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.
Two of the gang members, including the kingpin Om Prakash alias Bunty, are still absconding, Bhagat said.
Government appeasing separatists: Lt. Gen S.K. Sinha
By Murali Krishnan, IANS,
New Delhi : Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Lt. Gen. (retd.) S.K. Sinha has accused the government of going out of its way to "appease" separatists in the valley when it should have countered their "absurd propaganda" that land transfer to the Amarnath shrine board was going to change the demographic profile of Kashmir.
Popular Front to help Bihar flood victims
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Popular Front of India has decided to extend help to the victims of floods in Bihar.
A Press release issued by general secretary E. M. Abdurahman on Sunday from Bangalore said the volunteers of Popular Front will collect money and clothes from public all over Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu within a week. The National Executive Committee members of Popular Front Moideenkutty Faizy and Yasir Hassan are now on a visit to the effected northern districts of Bihar to assess the situation.
Son of a jeweller killed, ornaments stolen in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 35-year-old son of a jeweller was killed at his shop by unidentified robbers, who fled away with ornaments worth millions Sunday in Tilak Nagar area of west Delhi, police said.
"The incident took place around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Ashok Kumar was at his shop when two men entered and at knife-point asked him to hand over all the jewellery," a senior police officer said.
"When Ashok resisted, they stabbed him. The robbers then fled with jewellery. Ashok was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," the officer added.
US drone attack kills six in Pakistan
By DPA,
Peshawar : Unmanned drone aircraft operated by the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fired missiles into a target in Pakistan's lawless tribal region, killing six militants, security officials said Saturday.
The strike took place in Boya sub-district, some 25 km west of Miranshah, the main city in North Waziristan tribal district.
"The drones fired four missiles just before midnight at the house of a tribesman Khyali Dawar," said an intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Six people died, and three were injured," the official said.
Four killed in Turkey blast
By DPA,
Istanbul: At least four people were killed when a roadside bomb hit a minibus carrying military personnel in Istanbul Tuesday, Turkish media reported.
The blast occurred as the minibus was passing a cemetery on its way from a military housing complex.
One of the victims was the 17-year-old daughter of an officer. At least nine people on the bus were injured in the blast.
Huseyin Avni Mutlu, the governor of Istanbul, said the bomb was detonated by remote control, according to the state-run Anatolian Agency.
BJP not fielding Muslim candidates in Godhra for ‘political reasons’
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Bombay HC seeks police’s reply to questions over Karkare’s death
By TCN Staff Reporter,
CPI (M)’s independent MLA Manjalamkuzhi Ali resigns from Kerala Assembly
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Abdul Kaleem – the man who moved Aseemanand to confess
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi,TwoCircles.net
Muslim woman laborer tortured, ‘molested’ in West Bengal
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Teenager raped, whipped to death in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : A teenager in Bangladesh died after being raped and then whipped 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics this week, a media report said.
Friday Prayer over, 1000s gathering at Tahrir Square for ‘Day of Departure’ rally
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Victims of ‘secret killings’ and their families demand justice
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Omar Abdullah visits Makhdoom Ashraf’s shrine in Kichaucha Shareef
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Jamia to hold common test for UG entrants
By IANS,
New Delhi : Starting this year, Jamia Millia Islamia University will conduct common entrance test for some of its undergraduate courses.
Suicide bomber hits Afghan army base
By IANS,
Kabul : A suicide bomber Saturday attacked an Afghan army base in Gambiray area in the eastern province of Laghman. Casualties are feared.
Jauhar University gets minority status
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow : Mulayam Singh government of Uttar Pradesh adopted, amidst boycott of Opposition parties, the amendment bill granting minority status to Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar University on the last day of Assembly session here Wednesday.
Addressing the last session of the assembly, the chief minister declared an amendment in Muhammad Ali Jauhar Act 2005, granting the Rampur based University minority status.
Court dismisses Koli plea to change his lawyer
By IANS
Ghaziabad : A special court Friday dismissed an application by Surendra Koli, prime accused in the Nithari serial murders, to change his lawyer and cancel his plea that employer Moninder Singh Pandher's confession be incorporated in a chargesheet related to one of the killings.
Pakistan mosque siege shows extremist threat: White House
By DPA
Washington : The seizure of the Red Mosque in Pakistan by radical Islamists shows the danger of extremism, the White House said Tuesday.
Antulay’s Assurance Minority Definition Will Not Be Reviewed Welcomed
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal : The All India Catholic Union, (AICU), the All India Christian Council, (AICC) and the United Christian Action, (UCA), have welcomed the Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Barrister Abdul Rehman Antulay's assurance that he will ensure that the Union Government does not push through a proposal to redefine religious minorities on the basis of their population in individual States.
Six killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence
By DPA
Gaza : Israel has killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in separate incidents which included skirmishes with local militants and air strikes in Gaza City and in the southern part of the strip.
The latest Palestinian death came Thursday evening in an Israeli air strike against a militant trying to launch a rocket-propelled grenade at troops near Khan Younis in the southern part of Gaza, an Israeli military spokesman said.
The militant, as well as two others injured in the attack, were from Hamas, medics said.
Gaza : Israel has killed six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in separate incidents which included skirmishes with local militants and air strikes in Gaza City and in the southern part of the strip.
The latest Palestinian death came Thursday evening in an Israeli air strike against a militant trying to launch a rocket-propelled grenade at troops near Khan Younis in the southern part of Gaza, an Israeli military spokesman said.
The militant, as well as two others injured in the attack, were from Hamas, medics said.
Backgrounder: Kidnappings in Afghanistan this year
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has killed a second South Korean hostage held in Afghanistan on Monday night, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said.
Due to worsening security, Afghanistan has witnessed a series of kidnappings so far this year.
One British journalist and his three Afghan colleagues were abducted by Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province on February 20, but were released one day later.
Spokesman: Taliban kills 2nd S Korean hostage
·A Taliban spokesman said the male hostage named Song Kin-Shi was shot dead Monday night as the Afghan government was not serious in the talks.
·He said the dead body was dumped near Ghazni-Kandahar highway.
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has killed one more South Korean hostage held in Afghanistan on Monday night, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told Xinhua from an undisclosed place.
Pakistani leader declares Aug 14 as ‘black day’
By IANS
Lahore : A nationalist leader in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province has asked people to observe a "black day" on Aug 14, when the country celebrates its 60th Independence Day.
Baloch leader Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal said the decision not to celebrate the Independence Day was to protest against the "suppression of his supporters by the Pakistani government".
Three killed, eight wounded in Kashmir road accident
By IANS
Srinagar : Three people were killed and eight others wounded when an over-loaded minibus carrying devotees from the Hazratbal shrine turned turtle near here Friday.
Police here said the mini bus, returning with devotees after the special Friday prayers at Hazratbal, overturned at Zakura locality, 14 km from here.
"Three people died on the spot while another eight sustained serious injuries in the accident. All the injured have been shifted to hospital," said Javaid Ahmad Koul, superintendent of police (Hazrtabal).
Pak Government replaces Law Minister
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan government today replaced Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar, apparently a fallout of the reversal it suffered over the suspension of the country's Chief Justice.
Zahid Hamid, the Minister for Privatisation and Investment, has been made the new Minister for Law and Justice, state-run PTV reported.
Zafar will take over as Privatisation and Investment Minister.
Detained Iranians freed in Iraq
By IRNA
Baghdad : Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi said here Wednesday that members of an Iranian delegation who were detained by the US troops have been released.
US forces arrested an Iranian delegation comprising of experts of Energy Ministry without any explanation Tuesday night.
The Iranians had traveled to Iraq upon an invitation by Iraq's Energy Ministry to carry out electricity projects in the war-stricken country.
Kazemi Qomi added, "US forces delivered the Iranian delegation to Iraqi prime minister's office Wednesday morning."
Gaza militants attack Israel by homemade rockets, mortars
By Xinhua
Gaza : Fatah's armed wing in Gaza claimed responsibility on Sunday for firing homemade mortars and rockets from northern Gaza Strip at southern Israel.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, said in a statement that its militants fired on Sunday morning a homemade rocket from northern Gaza at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Issue of Iran’s nuclear programme not “closed” – US
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : The United States has said that the Iranian nuclear programme case is not closed yet, in a direct response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement in New York.
"Iran is under Security Council sanctions, is under several Chapter VII resolutions not asking it nicely or politely, but requiring it as a matter of international law, to halt its uranium enrichment programme and to engage in negotiations with the international community," said State Department deputy spokesperson Tom Casey in his daily press briefing Wednesday.
Musharraf confident of victory in Presidential poll
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is seeking a second five-year term in uniform in a key poll today, has expressed confidence that he will be re-elected and pledged to quit as Army Chief after the issuance of notification in this regard.
"I will shed the uniform after the issuance of notification regarding my becoming the next President and before being sworn in," he said addressing MPs of the ruling PML-Q and its coalition partners during a dinner at the President House late last night.
Iran criticizes France
Tehran, Oct 7, SPA -- Mohammed Ali Husseini, the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry has described the new political trend of the French government towards Iran as an illogical trend.
In a statement to the pressmen today, Husseini said 'we have made it clear to the French officials that illogical trends towards Iran will not yield positive results.
It is worth mentioning that the French foreign minister has recently criticized the Iranian nuclear policy noting that his country prefers diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue.
Mahesh Bhatt calls on Rizwanur’s mother
By IANS
Kolkata : Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Wednesday said he had never seen people's solidarity like the one following the death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman here as the director called on the mother of the victim at her residence in the evening.
"In my whole life I never experienced such a situation when all people, despite their different religions, raised a single voice for humanity and justice. I am feeling really great to sit at the feet of Rizwanur's mother today," Bhatt said during his visit to the Tiljala Lane residence of Keshwar Jahan.
Iran’s Jalili is newcomer in nuclear mission
By DPA
Teheran : Iran's new nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili is headed to Rome on his first mission in the new job -- a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
The 42-year-old diplomat, who has served a succession of Iran's leaders going back to 1989 in key background positions, will be travelling with Iran's outgoing chief negotiator Ali Larijani, a decision announced Sunday by the foreign ministry to give added backing to the newcomer on the job.
Iran ready for talks with US over Iraq: foreign minister
By DPA
Baghdad : Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Iran was willing to hold fresh talks with the US over Iraqi security.
Mottaki said late Wednesday he considered an earlier US initiative about dialogue with Iran as a positive step.
The Iranian minister said his talks with the US would focus on Iraq and the US forces there, adding that Iranian diplomats in US custody should be released. He said the Iraqi government should be responsible for their release.
UN voices concern over Pakistan’s emergency
By DPA
New York : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday voiced "great concern" over Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule in his country.
"He expresses his strong dismay at the detention of hundreds of human rights and opposition activists, including the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief" Asma Jehangir, said a statement issued by Ban.
Ban urged the Pakistani authorities to immediately release those detained, lift restrictions on the media and take early steps for a return to democratic rule.
Heavy poll turnout pushes Kashmir separatists into a corner
By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,
Srinagar : Where do the unexpectedly high voting percentages in the first two phases of elections in Jammu and Kashmir leave the separatist leadership that had called for a boycott?
That question could get increasingly important for separatists in the Kashmir valley if the next few phases of the assembly elections go the way of the first two.
Maoist woman, suspect in cops’ massacre, arrested
By IANS,
Raipur : A Maoist group 'commander' who is one of the key suspects in the killing of 55 policemen in March 2007 in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district has been arrested, the police said in this state capital Thursday.
Rame alias Ranjeeta, 28, was held in Dhamtari, some 80 km from here, late Wednesday night when she visited the town for medical treatment, the police said.
She hails from a village under Dornapal police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, part of the Bastar region in the southern half od the state, and the nerve centre of Maoist rebellion in India.
Would have run roller over Varun: Lalu Prasad
By IANS,
Patna : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday said that had he been the country's home minister he would have run a "roller" over Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims and bothered about the consequences later.
Speaking at an election rally in Kishanganj in Bihar, Lalu Prasad said: "If I were the country's home minister, and if Varun had said this (inflammatory speeches), then I would have run a roller over his chest, and thought about the consequences later."
Three-day Shahjahan Urs ends peacefully in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : Despite fears of sectarian differences and confusion, officials heaved a sigh of relief as the three-day 354th Urs, death anniversary, of Mughal emperor Shahjahan ended peacefully here with a record number of 60,000 visitors entering the Taj Mahal for free.
The urs of the Mughal emperor came to an end Tuesday evening.
Plea for voice test in 2002 Gujarat riot case rejected
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A court hearing the Naroda Gam case of the 2002 Gujarat riots has rejected the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) plea to conduct voice tests on VHP activists Babu Bajrangi and Jaideep Patel. Eleven people were killed in Naroda Gam.
The SIT had wanted to cross-check claims of complicity of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders in the riots. The claims were made in a sting operation by a magazine in 2007.
CBI asked to probe Kandla Port Trust land leases
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe Kandla Port Trust (KPT) officials who allegedly leased land to influential people at a throw-away rent without proper valuation.
A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta passed the order on a petition of Centre for Public Interest Litigation, an NGO which alleged that over 16,000 acres of the port land was leased out by KPT officials to select individuals at throw-away rents.
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Kashmir panchayat candidate injured in firing
By IANS,
Srinagar : A panchayat candidate was shot at by separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district Tuesday, police said.
Even Delhi’s minority district facing same bureaucratic apathy
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
AIMPLB’s protest meeting on Waqf bill, RTE on July 24
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Bharatpur clash toll rises to seven
By IANS,
Jaipur : The toll in the clash between two communities in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district rose to seven with three more bodies recovered from a well, police said Friday.
Bangalore blasts 2008: Madani’s lawyers point out loopholes in prosecution’s case
By Staff Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Muslim youths tortured after Modi’s call to release the detained tourists
By TCN Staff Reporter,
State-level Qur’an Quiz Competition organized in Imphal
By Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
40-day harshest winter period ‘Chillai Kalan’ begins in Kashmir
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press,
Mecca Masjid gets new marble ‘takht’ four years after the blast
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
‘Bio health monitoring system’ to ensure health security of Narmada River
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: A first of its kind scientific initiative in the country is going to be made in Madhya Pradesh for ensuring health security of Narmada River.
UP Govt builds road on Deoband cleric’s field of standing wheat crop
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Qateel’s “killers” arrested, Jailer suspended, media report says
By TCN Staff Reporter,
By-election for Jangipur seat today: Voters to decide fate of President’s son
In this Muslim majority constituency, principal opponents against Congress' Mukherjee are Muslims and hence there might be some dramatic outcome.
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
BJP demands Vastanvi’s barred from Gujarat for calling Modi ‘brutal’ and ‘tyrant’
By TCN News,
Ahmedbad: The Bhartiya Janta Party wants Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi to be barred from entering Gujarat.
Wazhul Qamar lives in Thane but is in ‘wanted fugitives’ list given to Pak
By Mohd. Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
CPI (M) MLA didn’t commit suicide, was killed, claims kin
By Zaidul haque, TwoCircles.net
BJP minister’s speech in Gujarat Assembly exposes Modi’s lies
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Opposition slams Mayawati’s move for reservation to Muslims
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
‘Neither me nor my colleagues have cheated anybody’
TMMK chief MH Jawahirullah clarifies about his conviction in an alleged cheating case
By MH Jawahirullah,
DAA revocation won’t affect AFSPA applicability: Army
By Bureau Report, Agence India Press,
Sanjiv Bhatt is the witness of the ‘gory’ tale of Gujarat, not an accused!
Bhatt seeks beefed-up security cover as he feels heightened threats to his life
By Sayema Sahar,
10 Years of Resistance: Anhad salutes ‘women of resilience’
By Rafat Nayeem Quadri, for TwoCircles.net,
TIME magazine’s glorification of Modi denounced
Action Alert issued against TIME and Brookings Institution
By TCN News,
Expectations from Mamata’s budget: Muslims want education, homes
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Revolt in Gujarat BJP; dissidents want Modi’s ouster from CM post
By TCN Special Correspondent,
My father was not complicit in Babri Masjid demolition: PV Narsimha Rao’s son
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
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