Jamaat-e-Islami Hind initiates relief and rehabilitation work for Delhi riot victims
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Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has initiated its relief and rehabilitation work for riot victims in northeast Delhi after a series of visits to assess...
Digvijay defends Salman Khurshid
By IANS,
New Delhi : Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal was left with no issues to take up against Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said Monday.
50 wounded in protests against Amarnath land allotment
By IANS,
Srinagar : At least 50 people, including 12 security personnel, were injured Thursday in violent protests across Kashmir against land allotment to Amarnath shrine authorities, paralyzing life in the Valley.
Zeeshan Bashir, 19, was allegedly fired upon by the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Kawdara area of Old City in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar as a mob resorted to heavy stone throwing on a security force picket.
Zeeshan was rushed to the hospital where attending doctors described his condition as critical.
Increased budget will help in socio-economic uplift of minorities: Naqvi
New Delhi, (IANS) : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said the increased allocation in the 2017-18 Budget...
Five killed, 12 injured in Guwahati blast
By IANS
Guwahati : At least five people, including an infant, were killed and 12 others injured Saturday in a powerful explosion at a crowded market place in Assam's main city of Guwahati.
Will Kashmir’s ‘Kingdom of Amity’ ever be reclaimed?
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : The Shivratri festival, which used to be a grand integrative occasion for the majority Muslim and the minority Kashmiri Pandit...
Maoist threat to power plants in Orissa
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Security at power plants in Orissa has been increased after intelligence inputs of a threat from left-wing extremists, an official said Thursday.
"We have increased security for hydro and thermal power units. A few days ago we had discussed with home department how to beef up the security. We are ensuring the power plants remain secure," an official of the state energy department said.
Last December, Maoists damaged a valve house of the Balimela Hydel Power in Malkangiri district, affecting power generation. Malkangiri is about 600 km from here.
Pakistan claims significant developments in Mumbai probe
By DPA,
Islamabad : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday that his country had made significant developments in the probe into the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which left more than 170 people dead and over 300 injured.
"We are moving ahead in our investigations and we are examining our development," he told a local news channel when asked to comment on a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) story that reported Pakistan's own probe had linked militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) with 10 fighters involved in the Mumbai attacks.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind will contest elections
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi:Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) will now contest elections. It has decided to fight for assemblies and parliament. However, in first stage it will focus on local bodies’ elections. A decision to the effect was taken on 17th February during a four-day workshop going on at its headquarters in New Delhi.
Huge expectations weigh on Modi, says Canadian media
Toronto : Narendra Modi, set to become the next prime minister, will have to move quickly on India's huge expectations with the world watching,...
Rains, floods kill 269 in Tamil Nadu, 54 in Andhra
New Delhi : The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said...
Delhi court extends police custody of IM suspect
New Delhi : An Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, who was allegedly involved in the 2010 Jama Masjid bomb blast in New Delhi, has been...
Abducted official in Bangladesh traced
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The abducted Bangladeshi project officer of a Danish donor agency has been located and his rescue is now a matter of time, Bangladesh law enforcing agencies have said.
20 Tajik soldiers dead after rebel attack
By DPA,
Dushanbe (Tajikistan) : Suspected terrorists attacked a convoy of troops in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan Sunday, killing 20, according to local media.
Syed Wasif Haider: AMU graduate, Silicon Valley executive and now IAS
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Two terrorists ‘neutralised’ in Jammu: Parrikar
New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said two terrorists who attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district have...
People won’t allow Rahul Gandhi to make Gorakhpur a picnic spot: UP CM
Lucknow, (IANS): Hours before Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi lands in Gorakhpur to meet the families of children who died at the BRD Medical College,...
South Korean hostage pleads for help in telephone interview
By DPA
Seoul/Kabul : A South Korean woman taken hostage by extremist Taliban rebels in Afghanistan has pleaded for help from the South Korean government in a telephone interview published in Monday's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper.
"We are sorry to have caused this trouble. We want to get out of here as soon as possible," Lee Ji Young, 34, was quoted as saying.
"Don't worry too much about me," she also said in a message to her parents.
Seoul/Kabul : A South Korean woman taken hostage by extremist Taliban rebels in Afghanistan has pleaded for help from the South Korean government in a telephone interview published in Monday's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper.
"We are sorry to have caused this trouble. We want to get out of here as soon as possible," Lee Ji Young, 34, was quoted as saying.
"Don't worry too much about me," she also said in a message to her parents.
Police make biggest antiques haul
By IRNA
Tehran : Police on Monday made the biggest haul of antiques unprecedented in the past 15 years, both in terms of volume and value.
The antiques were discovered in Tehran's customs office.
The shipment was bound to the United States.
According to the Public Relations Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Tehran province, expert, Hassan Gharakhani Bahar, said the shipment consisted of historical objects from Iran, Europe and Buddha which were registered as household appliances to be dispatched to the US.
US citizen arrested in child pornography racket
By IANS,
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic): An American citizen and three Dominican Republic nationals have been arrested on charges of running a child pornography ring in the country.
US citizen Williams Bonaparte allegedly hired three women to recruit young girls and shoot pornographic movies in his apartment at Puerto Plata, Prensa Latina quoted officials of law enforcement agencies as saying Friday.
On raiding his home, police found a camcorder, a VCR, lights, CDs with pornographic material, and marijuana, the officials said.
Sold by father, boy hurt in train accident faces uncertain future
By IANS,
Suri (West Bengal): Ashraful Haq, 12, was sold off by his father to a blind beggar, who was taking him to Ranchi in the ill-fated Vananchal Express for helping him in getting alms. But the beggar died in the train accident in West Bengal's Birbhum district and Ashraful is now left to fend for himself.
Ashraful is the eldest son of Intezab Ali, a resident of Samsi in Malda district.
"My father is very poor. I have two other brothers. We hardly get two square meals a day," said Ashraful, now under treatment at the Suri district hospital.
Iran Red Crescent donates 5,000 tents to Iraqi people
By IRNA
Tehran : Iran's Red Crescent Society (RCS) said 5,000 tents have been delivered to the Iraqi Red Crescent.
According to the RCS Public Relations Office report on Wednesday, the donation was carried by 12 trucks and entered into the Iraqi territory from Mehran border point.
Representatives from both Red Crescent Societies and also the coordinator of the World Red Cross Federation attended the delivering ceremony.
Meat-starved Goa looks to High Court for relief
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,
Panaji : For a land known for using copious amounts of beef for curry, roasts or steaks for every meal, a week without red meat feels like forever.
Witch-hunting against rights activists in Kerala
‘Kerala Police emulating their north-Indian counterparts’
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Six Somali pirates killed in group fight over ransom
By IANS,
Mogadishu: Six pirates from rival groups in Somalia were killed in fighting over the sharing of $7 million ransom gained from the release of a Greek tanker off central Somalia.
Somali pirates Sunday received almost $7 million for freeing a Greek oil tanker carrying two million barrels of oil and with 28 crew on board, Xinhua reported.
"As far as we know six men died in the fighting that has been going on between the groups since Monday and almost seven others got wounded," Rashiid Yasir, a pirate, told Xinhua from Harardhere, a port town where the fighting broke out.
Kolkata observes idol immersion ceremony amidst tight security
Kolkata : Durga Puja in Bengal was over and idol immersion continued in full swing on Thursday after a day's pause on Wednesday...
Uneasy calm in Pakistan city after military action
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Uneasy calm prevailed in Swat, a city in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), with heavy paramilitary forces parading in the area Saturday, a day after a six-hour military action against a militant group.
Maulana Fazalullah, leader of the Islamic Movement, is said to have fled the area but his more than 4,000 followers are present in the Imamdheri madrassa run by the movement.
Lakhvi’s petition challenging detention order rejected
Islamabad : The Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan on Friday rejected 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's petition challenging the detention order...
Cow slaughter: Kolkata beef dealers to meet officials
Kolkata, (IANS): The Calcutta Beef Dealers' Association plans to meet the Kolkata civic body regarding a change in cow slaughter timings to check illegal...
Pakistani troops seal off town after militant attacks
By DPA
Islamabad : Two days after the Lal Masjid operation here, the Pakistan army Friday surrounded a town near the border with Afghanistan following a string of militant attacks.
Troops sealed off approaches to Hangu in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) where several members of the security forces were killed and injured in bombings the previous day, the Dawn news channel reported.
BJP MPs stopped from entering troubled Basirhat
Kolkata, (IANS): A three-member team of BJP MPs was stopped and detained by the police enroute to violence-hit North 24 Parganas on Saturday.
A heated argument...
TCS recruits 136 from Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh : The Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) has selected 136 students of Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, and Department of Computer...
Violence over construction of a mosque leaves 3 dead, 30 injured in UP
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh): Three persons were reportedly killed and 30 others wounded, two of them seriously, as violent clash between police and a mob of minority community erupted in Loni area in Ghaziabad, 24 km from New Delhi.
Auto driver’s son Mohd Gouse tops combined Andhra engineering exam
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Auto driver's son Mohammed Gause Jani has topped Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine Common Entrance Test 2010 (EAMCET) in its engineering stream. EAMCET is conducted by JNT University Hyderabad on behalf of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE).
Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...
Kerala govt. recommends Taslima’s controversial book “Lajja” for madrasas
By TCN Staff reporter,
Criticism of nation not acceptable, says Amit Shah
New Delhi : The BJP on Saturday invoked the issue of 'nationalism', as its two-day National Executive began here, and categorically stated that the...
India issues advisory on H1N1 flu for Haj pilgrims
By IANS,
New Delhi : The external affairs ministry has issued an advisory for Haj pilgrims for prevention of H1N1 pandemic flu during the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
The advisory suggests that pilgrims should not shake hands or hug in greeting during the Haj, unless it is a mandatory religious activity. Other taboo activities were spitting in public and taking medicine without consulting a doctor.
The first batch of pilgrims is expected to leave for Saudi Arabia in the second half of October.
Rizwanur case: cops get bail, suicide note submitted in court
Kolkata, A city court Wednesday granted interim bail to three police officers, who were sent to 14-day custody Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the mysterious death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rehman last year.
Former deputy commissioner of police (Detective Department) Ajay Kumar, former assistant commissioner Sukanti Chakraborty and sub-inspector Krishnendu Das were granted interim bail against a bond of Rs.10,000 each.
They surrendered before the Metropolitan Magistrate's court Tuesday and submitted their bail pleas, which were then rejected.
Abdullah II: Talk of Jordan-Palestine confederation is a conspiracy
By DPA
Amman : Jordan's King Abdullah II has said talk of a confederation of his country and the Palestinian territories was a "conspiracy" against both sides.
No place for dead terrorists in ‘sacred Mother India’: Muslim group
By IANS,
Mumbai : The terrorists behind the Mumbai strike should not get a "final resting place anywhere in sacred Mother India" because Islam does not permit the killing of innocent people, a prominent Muslim organisation said Monday.
Muslim Council president Ibrahim Tai said he has written to the trustees of Bada Kabrastan in south Mumbai, the biggest graveyard in the city close to the JJ Hospital where the autopsies of theslain terrorists were conducted, as well as to Mumbai Police and the state government.
The problem of Rape: Why India is still failing?
By Aabid Ali Haider for TwoCircles.net,
The brutal and harrowing rapes in Kerala have revealed that women in India are unsafe when it comes to...
Modi is no more a holy cow
By Syed Ali Mujtaba,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal human character has come to fore on the silence of the killing of the Kannada...
MHA has no info of para-military personnel strength: RTI
Lucknow, (IANS): In a surprise response to an RTI filed by a Lucknow activist, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has denied having any information...
JD-U, BJP activists clash over Modi posters
By IANS,
Patna: Workers of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday clashed in Bhagalpur and Patna over posters of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a strike organised against the hike in fuel prices.
In the communally sensitive Bhagalpur, a clash broke out after JD-U activists objected to BJP activists carrying Modi's posters, police said. The JD-U workers tried to tear the posters that led to the clash.
Bangladesh sending a male Taslima as Dy High Commissioner in Kolkata?
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Some Muslim intellectuals of West Bengal have jointly sent a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina urging her not to send to India a controversial Bangladesh writer – who is known for his blasphemous writings – as Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, India because such appointment will be against the public interest and against the interest of Government of Bangladesh.
Enter your world of unlimited litigation: Lanco Hills vs AP Wakf Board
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Russian FM rejects U.S. call for further sanctions against Iran
By Xinhua
Brussels : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed a call by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for further U.N. sanctions on Iran concerning its ambitious nuclear program.
"It fully confirms the information that we have: that there is no military element in their nuclear program," Lavrov told reporters after talking with Rice on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial meeting.
But Lavrov, who came to Brussels for a NATO-Russia Council meeting, expressed his strong hope that "these negotiations with Iran will continue."
Union Home Secretary confirms arrest of Keralites in Bangladesh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Malappuram: The Union Home Ministry has confirmed the arrest of the two Keralites, accused in the controversial Kerala-Kashmir terror case, caught in Bangladesh. The arrest has been officially registered in Meghalaya. The Union Home Secretary GK Pillai said in a press conference last day that both men were arrested on Wednesday by the BSF in the Meghalaya border.
Mash’al team illuminating Vellore with knowledge and social awareness campaigns
By Azeezullah Faisal, TwoCircles.net,
SDPI demands CBI inquiry into Hindutva terror
Deplores threat to the Caravan magazine.
By TCN News,
Delhi blasts accused Shahzad was not hiding, say villagers
By Mahtab Alam for TwoCircles.net
In Bihar, NGO initiative for Muslim unity through Ramadan calendar
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Ramadan is the most holy month of the Islamic calendar. It is a month of seeking Allah’s mercy, forgiveness for sins and salvation. Unfortunately, for many Muslims, it is also a month of confusion and conflict – from the beginning to the end of the month – to how long should be taraveeh or the night prayers, and when to begin and end fasting each day.
World Bank gives $50 mn loan for training minority youth
New Delhi : The World Bank on Friday signed a credit agreement of $50 million with India for education and skill training for minorities...
High alert at Malda station after rebel threat
By IANS
Malda (West Bengal) : Security has been beefed up at Malda railway station in West Bengal following intelligence reports that a combine of Maoists and Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants would blow it up, an official said Friday.
Ajmal CSR announces donation of Rs 10 lakh for quake victims of Nepal
By TCN news,
Guwahati: Two leading social organisations of Assam, Ajmal Foundation and Markazul Ma’arif, extended a donation of Rs 10 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for assistance to worst affected people in Nepal on account of the recent earthquake that devastated the country.
Rocket attack kills one in Kabul
By Xinhua
Kabul : A rocket fired by militants killed one person and wounded five people in the Afghan capital early Monday, police said.
What ails the Congress? The list is too long, and the problems all too...
By Mohammed Zubeer Ahmed for Twocircles.net
In the past few decades, the grand old party of India, Indian National Congress has been losing its ground...
NIA to file chargesheet against two top IM men soon
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a court here Monday that it will file a chargesheet against two top suspected Indian...
Mr. Yusuffali lays down foundation of Sports Complex at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Prominent entrepreneur of United Arab Emirates and Chairman and Managing Director of Lulu Group International, Mr. Yusuffali M.A., who was conferred honoris causa degree of D. Litt. by Aligarh Muslim University at its Annual Convocation on March 29, 2014, laid down the foundation of a sports complex to be constructed with an endowment of Rs. 5 Crore that he donated to the university, on 30th March. Mr. Ali’s wife and relatives were also present on the occasion where he also inaugurated the Website of Aligarh Muslim University at the Vice Chancellor’s Lodge.
Autopsy confirms Kashmir youth was tortured
By IANS,
Srinagar : Doctors who carried out the autopsy of Zamin Rashid, who died in police custody in Jammu and Kashmir, confirmed finding torture marks on his body, sources said Thursday.
RSS controlling, dictating Modi government, says Yechury
Kolkata: Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with handing over his government's control to the RSS, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said the...
Give up arms, Muslim clerics tell terrorists and Maoists
By IANS,
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh) : Terrorists and Maoists were urged Tuesday to give up arms by a mass gathering of Muslim clerics at India's oldest Islamic seminary here, prompting Home Minister P. Chidambaram to applaud the move "as a call to duty ... to all right thinking people".
Addressing an estimated 500,000 followers, the clerics said the Muslim community, the country's largest religious minority, would take up their cause if the terrorists and Maoists shunned violence.
Muhammed – A great orphan to India’s Freedom Movement
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Maoists kill policeman, blast rail tracks
By IANS,
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar/Patna: Maoist guerrillas killed a policeman and a Marxist activist and blasted rail tracks on the second and final day of a shutdown in six states to protest a security crackdown.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) targeted rail tracks in Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal derailing the Rajdhani Express proceeding to New Delhi from Bhubaneswar.
The incident took place in Bihar's Gaya district, where officials said the rail line would be opened for traffic only Wednesday morning.
Kerala getting raw deal from Central for its minority welfare schemes
Department set to consult Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net,
Kozhikode: Claiming a laudable performance in discharging its duties towards and completion of time-bound projects for the welfare of minorities, the Kerala state minority welfare department has asserted that it is still getting a raw deal from the Centre’s Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Murder ‘accused’ jailed two months before police admit mistake
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 30-year-old man in Ghaziabad was lodged in jail since two months on charges of murder, before police admitted he was not involved in the crime.
Why are minority-run elementary schools in Bihar on verge of extinction?
Out of the total 108 minority-run schools in Bihar, 91 have been reportedly shut, while others are without required teachers.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
BIHAR — Elementary...
Unrest in Pakistan’s ‘Northern Areas’ may affect India, says book
By IANS
New Delhi : Rising sectarianism and unrest bordering on separatism in Pakistani Kashmir's sprawling Gilgit-Baltistan region, known as Northern Areas, could affect neighbouring countries like Afghanistan and India, says a new book.
"Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: The Untold Story" (Manas Publications) says growing alienation in the mineral rich region has given "India a valuable leverage against Pakistan and, therefore, has the capability to affect Indo-Pakistan relations".
Thousands of Pakistanis mark ‘black day’ over media curbs
By DPA
Islamabad : Thousands of Pakistani opposition activists, lawyers and journalists observed a "black day" Thursday with nationwide protests against the imposition of rigorous curbs on broadcasters by President Pervez Musharraf.
Dr. Masood Ahmed joins SP but his supporters are not so sure
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: Former education minister and president of National Lokhind Party (NLHP). Dr Masood Ahmed joined Samajwadi Party (SP) amidst presence of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at party headquarters in Lucknow on Sunday.
Omar Abdullah objects to Patil with AK-47
By IANS,
Srinagar : National Conference president Omar Abdullah has taken exception to President Pratibha Patil posing with an AK-47 rifle - but there are others who feel he is making a mountain out of a molehill.
Writing in his blog, Omar said: "I know she is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces but the photograph reminded me of a rather forgettable Sylvester Stallone movie 'Stop or My Mom will Shoot'.
15 dead in Pakistan riots after Bhutto assassination
By DPA
Islamabad : At least 15 people were killed in nationwide riots that continued early Friday following the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, with angry mobs torching dozens of vehicles and government buildings, ransacking banks and shops, and clashing with police.
The violence began after Bhutto was shot dead at a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi Thursday afternoon. Most of the riots centred in the southern province of Sindh, her political stronghold.
Gujarat ‘fake encounter’ cops suspended
By IANS
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government has suspended two senior police officers charged with the staged killing of a Muslim, Sohrabuddin Sheikh, a full 12 days after they were arrested.
1,000-hour bandh in Assam districts lifted
Guwahati : A 1,000-hour bandh in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts demanding an autonomous state was Friday lifted following an assurance from...
CBI names 51 officials in Ayodhya missing files case
By IANS,
Lucknow : As many as 51 Uttar Pradesh officials have been named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case of missing files related to the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid row.
The list was submitted by the premier investigation agency before a special bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday.
Erosion in West Bengal has largely stopped: CPI-M
Kolkata : The CPI-M on Friday claimed that the erosion in its support base in West Bengal has been contained to a large extent...
Delhi Police wakes up to cyber crimes
By Sahil Makkar
IANSNew Delhi : Caught unawares by a recent flood of cyber crimes that it did not quite know how to tackle, Delhi Police is getting its act together by setting up two dedicated cyber forensic labs as well as training policemen on the intricacies of the Internet.
PDP leader’s Gypsy burnt in Kashmir
By News Agency of Kashmir
Anantnag : An angry mob set ablaze a police gypsy allotted to a Peoples Democratic Party leader at KP road after the vehicle hit a pedestrian here today.
Police sources informed News Agency of Kashmir that a speeding police gypsy bearing No. JK02 Q - 4128 allotted to PDP leaderAbdul Salam Reshi of Bijbehara, hit a pedestrian Manzoor Malik of Batakoot at KP road, injuring him seriosuly.
Five killed in Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar, March 23 (IANS) Four security personnel and a separatist guerrilla were killed Sunday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
On a tip off, a team of the police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) surrounded a house at Dangerpora area, 12 km from the city centre, early in the day, a police officer said.
"Our forces came under heavy fire from the holed up militants, resulting in the death of three policemen and a CRPF man," the officer told IANS.
‘Honest differences with Sharad on women’s bill’
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar Saturday admitted that there was "an honest difference of opinion" between him and party president Sharad Yadav on the women's reservation bill.
Nitish Kumar added that members of the JD-U parliamentary party will take a decision on the legislation when it is taken up for voting in the Lok Sabha.
Woman bank employee arrested for killing colleague
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 27-year-old bank employee was Saturday arrested for conspiring with her friend to kill her colleague, police said.
Renu, a Delhi University graduate, was nabbed after her friend Rahul and two of his accomplices arrested earlier this month in the case revealed that she was the main conspirator in the murder.
Dilip Kumar, 27, an employee of the Canara Bank, went missing May 8 and his burnt body was recovered from Ghaziabad two days later, police said.
Calligraphy: art works from the heart
Maulana Tarique, a Fazil from the Darul-Uloom Deoband, is the only professional calligrapher in Deoband. He has inspired many youngsters to value the art of calligraphy.
By Nigar Ataulla
Quiet by-lanes and creaky cycle rickshaws, little tea shops and steep stairways dot the town of Deoband in western Uttar Pradesh.
Minority panel, civil society furious at Swamy’s ‘hate article’, might issue notice
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Ramadan 1433: Shukr
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Eighteen-year old Shabhana daughter of Meraj Jahan is reading the Holy Quran outside her 24sq. yrds- 2 room house. She never...
BSP’s Naseemuddin Siddiqui questioned by UP Police
Lucknow, (IANS): Two days after his expulsion from the BSP, former Uttar Pradesh minister and senior state politician Naseemuddin Siddiqui was questioned by the...
Cong, PDP eying Muslim votes
J&K: Nagrota constituency becoming prestige for political parties
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Jammu: Nagrota constituency in the Jammu district is all set to see an interesting fight as Muslim votes has started showing its impact even before the polling with two main parties Congress and PDP borrowing more and more time to finalize its candidates.
Minority government too can conclude n-deal, say experts
By Manish Chand, IANS,
New Delhi : A minority government can conclude a pact with the IAEA and sign any international agreement, including the nuclear deal, as long as it enjoys the support of a majority in parliament, leading experts said here after the Left pulled out support from the ruling UPA coalition.
15 militants surrender in Tripura
By IANS
Agartala : Fifteen tribal separatists have surrendered to the authorities in Tripura, the police said Thursday.
A police spokesperson said 15 National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) guerrillas laid down arms Wednesday before officers of the Assam Rifles and the Tripura State Rifles at Gobindabari in Dhalai district, 170 km north of here.
"The militants took arms training in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (of southeast Bangladesh)," a police official said.
A surrendered militant explained why they wanted to give up violence.
Release all political prisoners, end curbs on freedom of expression in Kashmir: Amnesty India
TCN News
Amnesty International India on Thursday called for the immediate release of all political prisoners marking the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370...
An epoch-making Urdu bibliography
By Dr Omar Khalidi
Dr. Anwar Moazzam, former professor of Islamic Studies at Osmania University in Hyderabad, Deccan, India and Ashhar Farhan, an info-technologist and entrepreneur has compiled a massive, epoch-making bibliography of works in social sciences in Urdu. Dr. Moazzam launched the project way back in 1976, under the auspices of Indian Council for Social Science Research and National Council for the Promotion of Urdu Language, both institutions funded by the union government of India in New Delhi.
Plea dismissed for law prohibiting cow slaughter, beef sale
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a law to prohibit cow slaughter and sale of beef and its...
Headley names Pakistani Army officers involved in 26/11
By IANS,
New Delhi: Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley has told a US court that serving Pakistani Army officers were involved in the 26/11 terror mayhem in Mumbai, and one of them was "on the other side of the telephone line" with the terrorists during the 2008 attack, news reports said Friday.
According to Outlook newsmagazine editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta, the involvement of the Pakistani Army officers proves their "direct link" with the terror carnage in India's commercial and financial capital in 2008 that left 166 people dead, including foreigners.
Two Kashmiri youth to represent team India at US Snow Sculpture Championship-2018
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: A snow sculpting team from India led by a young Kashmiri artist Zahoor Din Lone has been selected for...
Delhi assembly gives martyr status to slain NDMC official
New Delhi : Delhi Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to give a status of "Martyr" to the NDMC official M.M. Khan who was...
Communal clash in Jammu, Srinagar highway blocked briefly
Jammu : Members of two communities clashed here Sunday over a land dispute, torching three vehicles and blocking the busy Jammu-Srinagar highway for hours,...
Jamia to honour Vatsyayan, Shabana Azmi, E Sridharan
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has decided to confer the honoris causa degrees upon some eminent personalities at its Annual Convocation on October 30, 2008.
They are Dr Kapila Vatsyayan (Social Historian), Shabana Azmi (Actor), Nasiruddin Shah (Actor) and E Sridharan (Managing Director, Delhi Metro).
Muslim clerics come out in Abu Bashar’s defence
By IANS,
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) : Prominent Islamic clerics led by the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Maulana Ahmed Bukhari, Thursday came out in support of madrassa teacher Mufti Abu Bashar, arrested for his alleged involvement in last month's serial bombings in Ahmedabad, and demanded the government stop "undue harassment of Muslims".
Joined by Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi, MP from Mumbai, Bukhari virtually sounded a bugle of revolt against what he termed the "anti-Muslim" policies of the Indian investigating agencies.
Unawareness making govt.’s monetary assistance scheme for divorced Muslim women useless
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh): The state has already in place a welfare scheme for poor and divorced Muslim women but due to lack of awareness about the scheme, its funds are returned to the government.
Who will speak for me if I belong to Pakistan’s Minority Community?
By Abdul Hafiz Gandhi,
EU concerned about extremism in Pakistan
By IANS
Brussels : The European Union has voiced concern about the Lal Masjid episode in Pakistani capital Islamabad and has called on the government to take a position against extremists in the country, INEPNEXT news service said.
Setalvad terms CBI raids as “shameful political vendetta”; support pours in from civil society
“This is nothing but a bid to subvert the cause of public justice and ensure that no justice happens in these cases.”
By TCN News,
Mumbai/New...
Maoist killed, policeman hurt during raid
By IANS
Raipur : A joint team of about 100 policemen from Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra started a pre-dawn raid Thursday on a Maoist hideout in the forests straddling the two states, killing a senior rebel, the police said.
Four killed in Quetta blast
By IANS,
Islamabad : Four people, including a TV channel cameraman, were killed and several injured Friday when a powerful explosion tore through a hospital in Pakistan's Quetta city.
Arshad Zaidi, a bank official, was shot at near Mannan Chowk and he was brought to Civil Hospital at Jinnah Road. He succumbed to the gunshot wounds.
The blast took place when a large number of people gathered at the hospital after learning about Zaidi's killing, Geo TV reported.
The deafening explosion damaged the emergency department and nearby buildings.
Meet Sheikh Maqsud Alam, a Muslim caretaker of Kolkata’s oldest Christian cemetery for 24...
Forty-seven-year old Sheikh Maqsud Alam is a caretaker of a Christian cemetery. He looks after the Barrackpore Cemetery, which is one of the oldest...
Karnataka court acquits 17 suspected SIMI youths in a 7-year-old Unlawful Activities case
Case pertains to unlawful activities across the state and not the 2008 Hubbali blast for the orchestration of which right wing activists were arrested by Karnataka police.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hubli (Karnataka)/ Kozhikode (Kerala): All 17 suspected members of the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were allegedly involved in terror activities across the state, have been acquitted by a court here after the prosecution failed to prove its charges.
Preserving the legacy of Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung (1905-1944)
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Anna, Kejriwal part of RSS plan to eliminate Congress: Digvijay
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Sunday said the RSS supported anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for its...
Militants’ strike hits life in Kashmir
By IANS
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) sponsored strike to remember its dead leader Maqbool Bhat hit routine life in the Kashmir valley Monday, even as security forces killed two militants.
Shops in the state's summer capital were shut and there was little traffic on the roads. Authorities had made tight security arrangements as the JKLF activists marched through the city.
The activists took out a procession from their Maisuma headquarters here and tried to march to the UN office in Srinagar.
Iran calls on Palestinians to keep ranks in resistance
By IRNA
Damascus : Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African affairs Mohammad-Reza Bagheri said here on Sunday he has met and called on leaders of Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas to be united in their resistance.
Briefing Iranian journalists based in Damascus, Bagheri said that Palestinians should stay vigilant for plots hatched for them and avoid such traps.
Muslim civil servants: ready to serve the country and the community
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
In India the Civil Services Exams which is conducted by the Union Public Services (UPSC), is one of the most prestigious but one of the toughest exams to crack. A total of 27 Muslims have cleared the written and interview process of the Civil Services Exam of 2007. Two circles spoke to some of the Muslims who have cleared the civil services examination- Rashid Munir Khan, Rank-69, Tafseer Iqubal, rank-181.
While Tafseer is originally from Dhanbad and did M.A. in History. Rashid Munir Khan is from a rural background, and done his schooling from Varanasi.
Six indicted for plotting attacks on US military base
By Xinhua
Washington : Six men arrested last month for allegedly plotting attacks on US military base of Fort Dix in New Jersey have been indicted.
Ram Madhav to finalise J&K government formation with Mehbooba
Jammu: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday authorised Ram Madhav to fly to Jammu and Kashmir to finalise government formation arrangements with PDP leader...
After Lahore, 43 more die in Pakistan bombings
By Awais Saleem,IANS,
Islamabad : At least 43 people were killed in powerful explosions in three different cities in Pakistan Friday, two days after triple blasts ripped through a Shia religious procession in Lahore killing 35 people.
In Quetta, capital of Balochistan provice, at least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a massive blast targeting a Shia procession. The blast took place near Meezan Chowk in Quetta.
Panic gripped Quetta after the blast as rescue workers shifted the dead and injured to the hospital. The death toll is feared to rise.
Tension in Nandigram over alleged rape
By IANS,
Kolkata : The atmosphere in West Bengal's troubled Nandigram area turned tense once again Saturday after cadres of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) ransacked houses of a rival group and allegedly raped a woman.
According to police, the anti-land acquisition group Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) alleged that CPI-M cadres attacked their homes in Gokulnagar Friday night, raped a 45-year-old woman and injured 10 BUPC supporters.
Parbhani masjid blast acquittals: Court doubted state’s intention in prosecuting the accused
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: The complicity of public prosecutors, coupled with a lethargic attitude of the Maharashtra state in prosecuting the accused in...
Modi’s modernity vs saffron orthodoxy
By Amulya Ganguli,
Historian Ayesha Jalal has writen in her latest book, "The Struggle for Pakistan", that "at the root of Pakistan's national identity crisis has been the unresolved debate on how to square the state's self-proclaimed Islamic identity with the obligations of a modern nation-state".
20 more terrorists trained in Yemen for attacks: Report
By DPA,
Washington: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a Christmas Day flight over Detroit, told investigators that about 20 other Muslims were being trained in Yemen for similar attacks, US broadcaster CBS said, citing the British intelligence services.
The attack on the Delta/Northwest Airlines flight was prevented only because the PETN explosive that Abdulmutallab smuggled on board failed to detonate.
Practise religious tolerance, urges apex court
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday emphasised the need for religious tolerance in the country to preserve its diversity and unity.
The apex court delivered the ruling while approving of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) practice of keeping the city's slaughter houses closed for nine days every year during Paryushan ceremony of the Jain community and banning the sale of the meat in the city during those days.
Batra unopposed elected HI president
New Delhi : Narinder Batra was Monday unopposed elected the president of Hockey India while Mushtaque Ahmad was elected secretary general as the national...
Assam Congress says no poll alliance with AUDF
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The Congress party on Sunday decided not to have any alliance with the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Ban-Ki-Moon calls for unity in Palestine to be restored
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : Voicing deep disappointment and discontent over the failure of the Palestinian national unity government that grouped Fatah and Hamas, United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has called for Palestinian unity to be restored.
In an interview with Al-Ahram daily published on Monday, the secretary general expressed his support for the call by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak regarding the restoration of unity in the Palestinian territories.