Nitish Kumar says ‘not in race for PM post in 2019’
Patna, (IANS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he is not in race for the post of Prime Minister in 2019 elections.
The...
CLMC demands abolition of death penalty
“Stop the vengeful execution of Yakub Memon”, the NGO says
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) on Monday came out strongly condemning...
Remembering Lady Anees Imam, One of the Founders of Modern Bihar
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The role of minority personalities in the national movement and nation-building remains unacknowledged and is also being systematically and deliberately...
FM: Iran to positively study Iraq’s request on talks with U.S.
By Xinhua
Tehran : Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that his country would positively study Iraq's request for holding the second round of talks with the United States, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Iraqi officials have made the request. We have stressed we will examine their request with a positive view after the U.S. responds to the request," said Mottaki after seeing off Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at Tehran Mehrabad International Airport.
Taj Mahal perhaps the world’s most photographed monument
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra : The Taj Mahal in Agra is perhaps the world's most photographed monument. Each minute hundreds of cameras click to...
ISIS से जुड़े गिरफ़्तार संदिग्ध दंपति पर संस्पेंस, पुलिस की कहानी में कई झोल,...
ओखला विहार से कश्मीरी दंपति की गिरफ़्तारी का मामला गहराया
पुलिस ने माकन मालिक और ब्रोकर को हिरासत में लेकर की पूछताछ
रेंट...
Iran says nuclear issue ‘closed’ as West threatens sanctions
New York, Sep 26 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared the dispute over his country's nuclear programme "closed" even as Western nations threatened additional sanctions if Iran fails to stop its enrichment programme.
Ahmadejad said in a speech before the UN General Assembly Tuesday that the matter was now in the hands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog. The IAEA has been holding talks in the last two days with Iranian negotiators to map out a plan to get assurances and proof that Iran's nuclear intentions are peaceful.
Expeditious hearing of cases involving politicians must start with SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday said the expeditious hearing of cases involving lawmakers and politicians should start with the top court itself.
The...
Girls bag top ranks in Madrasa exams of south Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram : Girls bagged the top ranks in the Madrasa public exams conducted by the Dakshin Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board in the state. Girls won the top three ranks in fifth and seventh standards whereas boys had to be content with just the first two in the tenth standard exams.
Politician booked for insulting remarks on Sonia, Mayawati
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh president of the Peace Party of India was booked Wednesday for making offensive comments against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and state Chief Minister Mayawati at a public meeting, police said.
"Abdul Mannan made insulting remarks against Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati while addressing a public meeting in Faizabad district Tuesday," police inspector Digvijay Singh told IANS over telephone.
Eight killed in Assam terror attack
Guwahati : At least eight people were killed on Friday when suspected militants opened fire at a busy market in Kokrajhar town in Assam,...
An unsung radical of Urdu literature
By Shad Naved,
A tribute to the underrated and unsung Urdu writer Wajeda Tabassum, who died recently…
Blaming Muslims for terrorism, a global conspiracy: Mohammad Islam Qasmi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Roorkee: Several terrorist attacks took place across the globe for which individuals from different religions were arrested; so associating only Muslims with terrorism is unjustified, said Dr. Mohammad Islam Qasmi, president of Uttarakhand Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.
Kerala govt delays affiliation of thousands of minority unaided schools
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Copter crash kills 14 American soldiers in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Fourteen US soldiers were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, the US military said.
The military said in a statement that the soldiers, assigned to Task Force Lightning, died when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding went down in northern Iraq during an operation.
The helicopter was carrying four crewmembers and 10 soldiers.
The statement also said that there was no indication of hostile fire and that the chopper was suffering a mechanical snag.
Kashmir guerrillas’ latest target – mobile phone operations
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : Guerrillas in Kashmir have carried out three deadly attacks over three days against mobile phone operations after their communication equipment...
No headway made in Indian’s murder in Sharjah
By IANS
Dubai : Police in Sharjah are still clueless about the motive behind the killing of an Indian businessman whose body was found in his apartment last week.
The body of Devarajan was discovered by his son Binu at their residence in Musalla Tower apartment near Rolla Square in Sharjah, Thursday.
Police have not yet arrested anybody but Saturday questioned watchman of the building, a few acquaintances of the victim and the housemaid (who was sacked last month for her alleged involvement in some petty theft), Khaleej Times reported.
Who is changing the tide at NIT?
By Bilal Bashir Bhat for TwoCircles.net,
Last year during the Techvaganza festival at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, Kashmir, I was there to receive...
Protect novelist Murugan’s freedom of expression: Sahmat
New Delhi : The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat) Saturday called upon the Tamil Nadu government to protect novelist Perumal Murugan's constitutionally guaranteed freedom...
Kalyan Singh appointed BJP vice-president
New Delhi : A day after he rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh was Monday appointed the...
Mumbai celebrates the god of good fortune
By Probir Pramanik, IANS
Mumbai : Mumbai is all aglitter and celebrating. From towering jewel-laden Lord Ganeshas to little clay statues placed in neighbourhood parks and homes, the elephant-headed god - the harbinger of good fortune - will be the cynosure of India's financial and entertainment capital for the next week.
Prohibitory orders in MP town after communal tension
Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh), (IANS): Prohibitory orders were clamped in Azad Nagar of Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district following communal tension, police said on Tuesday.
Superintendent of...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
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Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
Loyalties change in Kerala ahead of Lok Sabha battle
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala is witnessing political somersaults in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) has decided to desert...
Slew of initiatives in education
By IANS,
New Delhi : Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday unveiled a slew of legislative, policy and administrative initiatives for the education sector during the first 100 days of the government. Some of the major moves are as follows:
Legal
* To enact the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education bill.
* Evolve consensus to set up an All India Madrassa Board.
Mystery deepens over West Bengal police officer’s death
By IANS,
Kolkata : The mystery surrounding the death a police officer, who initially investigated controversial Rizwanur Rehman case, deepened Friday with a top Eastern Railway official saying since January there was no report of anyone being run over by a train in West Bengal.
The body of Arindam Manna, the second officer of the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Dum Dum, was found near the Mankundu railway station. It bore injury marks on legs, hands and eyes.
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लखनऊ : दादरी के बिसाहड़ा गांव में अख़लाक के हत्या में शामिल एक आरोपी सोनू सिसौदिया को पुलिस ने क्लीन चिट दे...
Communal violence in Maharashtra town of Dhulia over Indo-Pak match
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
London Olympics: Now victims of Agent Orange demand eviction of Dow Chemical
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Afghan Blast Kills One US Soldier
By Prensa Latina
Kabul : One US soldier died, and another two were injured when an explosive device detonated in their vehicle in the Afghan province of Khost, Pentagon sources reported Thursday.
The incident took place Wednesday, and the two wounded soldiers were taken to a US base to receive medical treatment.
In the meantime, the Afghan interior ministry reported that about 200 alleged rebels died in clashes with the army during the occupation of the southern locality of Musa Qala.
Radicalisation of Muslim youth: wages of minority alienation
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
One communal party, the Muslim League, was responsible for the partition of India. The provocative role of another group of communal outfits, the Hindu supremacist Sangh Parivar led by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and its fraternal organisations like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal, has been alienating the minorities as never before.
Mirwaiz asks ‘strong’ Congress government to solve Kashmir issue
By IANS,
Srinagar : Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged the new Congress-led "strong government" to solve the Kashmir issue and fulfil the promise of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
"Now that India has a strong government, time for solution of the Kashmir issue has come," the Mirwaiz, who heads the moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, told a rally here.
The rally attended by thousands of Hurriyat supporters was organised on the death anniversary of his father Mirwaiz Mohammed Farooq, who was shot dead by militants May 21, 1990.
Communal clash in Vijyawada after Hindu boy married a Muslim girl
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : Clashes between the groups of two different communities continued for the second day today in Vijaywada city of coastal Andhra region as tension simmered over the elopement of a girl of one community with the boy of another community.
The trouble started last night in Wynchpeta area of old city in Vijaywada when a boy of one community made a provocative remark to the boy of another community over the incident of elopement.
Muslim body to probe Jaipur bombings
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Jaipur (Rajasthan): A day after the state BJP government indicated that the investigation into Jaipur bombings could be handed over to a central government agency, the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, an umbrella body of Muslim organizations, announced on August 3 to form an enquiry committee to nab the real culprits.
Jamia condoles passing away of former VC Dr Syed Zahoor Qasim
By TCN News
New Delhi: A condolence meeting was held on October 20, Tuesday in Jamia Millia Islamia to condole the death of Dr....
PIL filed in Dhule riot case by victims’ families and ANHAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Govt. to lift control over minority education institutions
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: In a big development for minority communities, the Union government has decided to exempt Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and some other universities from government control over fees, admission quotas and administration.
Yet another police bungle in Haneef’s case
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : A new embarrassing police faux pas has been revealed in the investigation of Muhammad Haneef even as support grows across Australia for the Indian doctor charged in connection with the UK bombing attempts.
Chequered history of women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Following is the chequered history of the women's reservation bill moved in the Rajya Sabha Monday that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in the country's legislatures:
1996 -- The Deve Gowda government introduces the women's reservation bill as 81st Constitutional Amendment Bill.
1998 -- The bill is re-introduced in the 12th Lok Sabha as the 84th Constitutional Amendment Bill by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
1999 -- The NDA government re-introduces the bill in the 13th Lok Sabha.
The Dogma of selective feminism
By Kashif Mansoor for TwoCircles.net,
Selective feminism
Feminism in its self-avowed celebration of its hallow promises to realise the empowerment has ignominiously flunked to actually understand the basic issue of women emancipation if at all deliberated in entirety. Empowerment going by Merriam Webster and Oxford dictionaries, means giving power/official authority to someone and the freedom to do something. Thanks to modern European philosophers, the idea of freedom has in fact been chained to slavery of narrow perspectives and widely played down.
Mob attacks school alleging gangrape of minor
Lucknow, (IANS): A mob attacked a private school in Meerut and vandalised property on Wednesday alleging that a seven-year-old girl student had been gang-raped by...
Hyderabad police raid madarsa to look for suspect
By IANS
Hyderabad : Stepping up investigations into Saturday's twin blasts that claimed 43 lives, the city police raided the well-known Darul Uloom madarsa here to look for a suspect.
Hours after releasing the sketch of a suspected bomb planter at Lumbini Park, a police team conducted a search late Wednesday night at the seminary located at Shivrampalli, run by eminent religious scholar Moulana Hameeduddin Auqil Hussami.
Kalam tells children not to stop dreaming
By IANS
New Delhi : Outgoing President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in his farewell interaction with the staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan, told their children not to stop dreaming and recited a poem to inspire them to work for his cherished ideals.
Speaking in Hindi, Kalam, who relinquishes office July 25 and will be succeeded by Pratibha Patil, told the children that they should not stop in their quest for knowledge and help the country through hard work and farsightedness.
"Main nirantar chadhta raha, chadhta raha,
Shikhar kahan hai, mere ishwar
Tribal women felicitated for foiling Maoist abduction bid
By IANS
Raipur : Fifteen women who stopped Maoists from kidnapping six farmers in Bijapur, one of the worst insurgency hit districts of Chhattisgarh, have been felicitated by police.
A function held Sunday at the district headquarters showered praise on the women. The rebels had kidnapped six farmers but the women surrounded them and forced them to retreat. The incident took place Saturday in the Jainagar area, some 480 km south of state capital Raipur.
A country without words
By Parayi for Twocircles.net
Friends who had tongues
Are dragged down the road
To adorn the emperor’s brave new prison
Guard dogs bark with blood red eyes
Across roads,...
Beef controversy dragged unnecessarily: Union minister
Guwahati : Terming the recent controversy over beef and the Dadri lynching incident as 'unnecessary', union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)...
Roadside bombing kills five Afghan cops
By Xinhua
Kabul : A roadside bombing killed five policemen in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan Thursday morning, officials said.
Hyderabad situation tense but peaceful, toll mounts to 14
By Indo-Asian News Service
Hyderabad: The situation in the old city was peaceful but tense as the toll in Friday's terror blast at the historic Mecca Masjid and subsequent police firing mounted to 14 Saturday.
Memon reiterates pledge to ensure transparent elections
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : Interim Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A Memon Saturday reiterated government’s pledge to take all possible steps for ensuring free, fair and transparent elections in the country. Talking to PTV he urged the people, candidates and political parties to pin point any foul play, the interim government as well as election commission will immediately rectify the wrong and ensure level playing field for all irrespective of their party affiliations.
Pre-monsoon rains play havoc in Pakistan
By DPA
Islamabad : At least 17 people were killed and dozens of others injured in the aftermath of heavy rains in central Pakistan that broke a prolonged hot spell, which left more than 285 people dead across the country earlier this month, news reports said Monday.
More funding needed for child nutrition, says CRY
New Delhi: The government should provide for greater funding of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in the budget for 2016-17, a child rights...
‘Sufis of Punjab’ – Building bridges across borders
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "The Sufis of Punjab"; Edited by Muzaffar Ali, Anoo C. Nayar and Syeda Bilgrami Imam, Publisher: Rumi Foundation, Price: Rs.1,895, Pages: 208
Name DRDO after Kalam, Telanana CM urges PM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday urged the central government to name Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) after former president...
Suicide blast outside Colombo leaves eight killed
By IANS,
Colombo : Seven security force personnel and a civilian were killed, while 17 others were injured in a suicide bomb explosion by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on the outskirts of Colombo Sunday morning, defence sources here said.
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the suicide explosion took place at a Civil Defence Force (CDF) post near St. Ann's Church at Wattala, Hekkita Road, lying 10 km north of here.
Hasina to be tried in jail for security reasons
By IANS
Dhaka : The trial of Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members accused of extortion will be held in the parliament complex where she is jailed, authorities here have decided on grounds of security.
The law ministry on Tuesday issued a gazette notification under which the Dhaka metropolitan magistrate has been asked to conduct the proceedings in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan, or parliament complex.
रोहतास सिविल कोर्ट में बम विस्फोट, एक की मौत एक घायल
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सासाराम (बिहार) : बिहार के रोहतास ज़िला के सासाराम शहर में वहां के सिविल कोर्ट में बम विस्फोट होने की ख़बर है....
West Bengal doubles funds for Muslims, madrasas education
By IANS,
Kolkata: In an apparent bid to woo the Muslims ahead of next year's assembly polls, the West Bengal government Monday proposed to more than double the plan outlay for minorities and madrasa education from Rs.121 crore to Rs.300 crore next year.
Presenting the state budget for 2010-11, Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said special priority has been accorded to the improvement of vocational and technical education in madrasas along with expansion of education and improvement of standards.
Five held in Guwahati, explosives seized
By IANS,
Guwahati : Five people were arrested and a large cache of explosives, including 500 detonators and gelatin sticks, were seized here Monday, police said.
A police spokesperson said the seizures were made from a private vehicle during a routine road check on the outskirts of Assam's main city Guwahati.
"The vehicle was stacked with explosives neatly wrapped in jute sacks with the consignment coming from somewhere in Meghalaya and was marked to someone in Guwahati which we cannot divulge right now as investigations are on," a senior police officer said.
Senior journalist Zia Haq denied US visa
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In his famous speech in Cairo Barak Hussain Obama might have emphasized conciliation towards the Muslim world but it is completely belied by the way US embassies and security agencies across the world treat Muslims.
What next for Zakir Naik and the Islamic Research Foundation?
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The ban on Zakir Naik’s organisation Islamic Research Foundation for five years is not unexpected; last month, the government had...
Jharkhand chief minister tables Rs.63502.69 crore tax-free budget
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday tabled in the assembly a Rs.63502.69 crore budget for financial year 2016-2017, which imposes no new...
Leading Mumbai diamond export firm rejects Muslim MBA’s job application on religious grounds
Company blames new HR trainee, claims it does not discriminate on religious grounds
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: In what can be termed as a case...
Write Muhammad, not Mohd., says Jammu & Kashmir govt. circular
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Srinagar: In a likely welcome move, the Jammu & Kashmir government has decided to standardises spellings of some sacred names by asking, in the first step, all schools in the state to register only the spelling Muhammad while admitting students.
The government has decided to restore the purity of sacred names when the West has often been accused of distorting some of the most sacred Muslim names.
Ramadan 1437: Mariya Hasni
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“Someone should really talk about how much a woman's workload increases during Ramadan,” Mariya says jokingly. A mother of three, she...
RSS, BJP hate the Constitution: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday asserted that the RSS and BJP hate the Constitution as it has kept their "idea of Hindu...
Manipur votes for its second LS seat Thursday
Imphal : The Congress-ruled Manipur votes Thursday for its second Lok Sabha seat.
"Over 12,000 central para-military forces and state security personnel have been deployed...
NC-Congress combine sweeps Kashmir polls
By IANS,
Srinagar : The National Conference (NC)-Congress combine won five of the six Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha constituencies while an independent was leading in Ladakh.
NC president Farooq Abdullah was declared winner from Srinagar constituency after he defeated his closest rival Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by a margin of nearly 32,000 votes.
NC's Mirza Mehboob Beg defeated PDP's Peer Mohammed Hussain from south Kashmir Anantnag constituency by over 5,000 votes.
Muslim leaders discuss fallout of biased terror probes
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: To discuss the terrorist attacks and consequent biased probe by government investigating agencies, India’s leading Muslim organization Jamaat-e-Islami Hind conducted an all-party meeting of all prominent Muslim organizations yesterday at its headquarters in Jamia Nagar area in New Delhi.
The meeting sent a signal that the community cannot afford anymore to sit idle seeing indiscriminate arrest of community members and now its leaders.
The Thackeray family’s dubious inheritance
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The Thackeray family's parochial agenda has a long history. It all began with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's father, Keshav Sitaram, who was a member of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, the organisation which spearheaded the agitation for a separate Maharashtra in the 1950s.
Probe demanded into beating of lawyer by Chhattisgarh police
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two senior supreme court lawyers Friday accused the Chhattisgarh police of detaining one of their juniors in the state's Maoist-hit Dantewada district overnight and beating him up while he was in their custody.
Advocates Colin Gonsalves and Prashant Bhushan told reporters that their junior colleague Alan Toppo and a local tribal activist were "kidnapped" Thursday evening by Dantewada police and were taken to Bijapur district where both were kept in police custody for the entire night.
Bhutto spoke to her children hours before dying
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Hours before she was assassinated, former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto spoke to her three children over phone.
Though she was busy with her election campaign in Punjab province throughout yesterday morning, she took out time to speak to her children Bakhtawar (19), Bilawal (17) and Asifa (14).
"There were meetings going on but she spoke to her children as she normally did whenever she was away from home," a close aide of Bhutto told 'The Post'.
Bhutto spoke at length to her youngest daughter Asifa, the aide said.
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.
Delhi cops bust illegal telephone exchange
By IANS
New Delhi : Two people were arrested on charges of running an illegal telephone exchange in northwest Delhi, the police said Wednesday.
Delhi Police's special cell nabbed Sanjay Rajvanshi and Satya Patnaik Tuesday, for allegedly running an illegal international long-distance (ILD) telephone exchange at their company N.G. Softech Pvt. Ltd in Sector-14 of Rohini.
Source: Abbas to deliver speech about peace conference
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a speech about Annapolis peace conference when he returns to the West Bank, sources at Abbas' office said on Sunday.
The sources did not reveal the date of the public speech. After participating in the U.S.-hosted peace conference which convened on Nov. 27, Abbas visited Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia en route to Ramallah.
Next year’s State plan to be Rs. 4500 crore
'Allocations amount to financing peace in J&K': CM
By News Agency of Kashmir
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir will have plan allocation of Rs. 4500 crore for the next fiscal (2008-09) which is Rs. 500 crore more than the current year. The plan will be fully funded and include a component of Rs. 993 crore of special plan assistance, over and above the power reform grant.
Hoisting of saffron flag on top of mosque in Bihar done to make Muslims...
The PUCL report released in Patna on May 17 questioned the role of the administration and has called for investigating the alleged involvement of...
Dropout rate falls in Jammu and Kashmir schools
By IANS,
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has seen a steady decline in the dropout rate in schools and the government is making the maximum efforts to expand quality education in the state, a minister has said.
Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, in his reply in the state assembly on the grants of the departments under him, claimed Friday that the number of school children dropping out has gone down from 367,000 to 39,000 over a period of five years "due to the government's efforts".
Forbesganj firing: Police killed women, infant from pointblank
Shocking video of the dead persons expose brutal face of Bihar police under JDU-BJP rule
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
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.
Supplementary charges filed against 4 Delhi terror suspects
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi police Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, including its media cell head Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, accusing them of involvement in the serial bombings here last year.
Israel raises alert level in north after electronic alarm activated
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raised the alert level on Sunday morning in the north after suspicions that Syria might attack Israel, or other Jewish targets around the world via international terror networks, Israel Radio reported.
The alert came after the tactical fence's electronic alarm was activated while it was touched and tracks were spotted on the Syrian side of the border, which sparked fears of a possible infiltration from Syria, said the radio.
Muslim organizations come together to form Milli Ittehad Parishad, march on Nandigram on 24th...
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Kolkata: A number of national level Muslim organizations of India have come together to form Milli Ittehad Parishad, a joint platform to protest violence in Nandigram.
Pakistan Army not for peace with India: Brajesh Mishra
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Pakistan Army will never accept peace with India as its very existence depends on hostility towards New Delhi, former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra said here.
"This talk has also failed. And it would continue to fail, as in the past, as we have not yet grasped the reality that (the) Pakistan Army will never allow peaceful relations with India," Mishra said Tuesday night.
He was addressing a conference on "Countering Terrorism in South Asia".
Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan passes away
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan, a former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, died on Monday. He was 71.
Hasan, who...
Thousands flocked to the streets across Maharashtra demanding reservation and non interference in personal...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad: Displaying unity for the restoration of five percent reservation and non interference of government in personal Laws, thousands of Muslims...
Five blasts rattle Lahore’s red light area
By DPA,
Islamabad : A militant organisation Friday claimed responsibility for a series of low-level blasts that rocked a red light area in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore and injured three people.
Five back-to-back blasts occurred in Shahi Mohalla, a neighbourhood where female singers perform dances for money and where customers can also pay for sexual favours. The explosions caused panic in the busy streets.
CBI court convicts Chandigarh cop for taking bribe
By IANS,
Chandigarh: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court Tuesday held a Chandigarh policeman guilty of accepting bribe from a drug peddler who is at present lodged in a jail here.
CBI Special Judge Darshan Singh convicted sub-inspector Ved Parkash of accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from Harpal Singh alias Raju in 2007 after threatening to slap false cases on him.
The quantum of sentence in the case would be announced Wednesday.
Why Prashant Kishor is Wooing Muslims Ahead of Bihar Assembly Polls: Will He Succeed?
MI Khan, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Election strategist-turned-political activist Prashant Kishor, convenor of Jan Suraj Abhiyan (JSA), is positioning himself as a significant new political force in Bihar...
Kurdish envoy says Russia could mediate with Turkey
Moscow(RIA Novosti) : Russia could mediate in the ongoing conflict between Kurdish separatists and Turkish troops on the Iraqi border, a Kurdish envoy said.
Turkey has amassed up to 150,000 troops in anticipation of a major military operation, which has been backed by parliament, against around 3,500 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents based in Iraq.
Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, (IANS): Police placed Dalit writer and social activist Kancha Ilaiah under house arrest here on Saturday to stop him from leaving for Vijayawada...
Aligarh Alumni Association of Washington D.C. organizes Sir Syed Day Memorial Lecture
By TCN News,
Washington: In order to honor Sir Syed Ahmad and to remember his contributions in education, Aligarh Alumni Association (AAA) of Washington...
Jamia VC to interact with mediapersons
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Prof. Talat Ahmad, who took over as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia on May 15, 2014, will address a Press Conference to answer queries related to university’s academic programmes and developments. He will lay down his vision and roadmap for the progress of the university in the next five years.
IUML to support UPA
By IANS,
Malappuram (Kerala): Setting at rest all speculation, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Thursday said it will support the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in case of a confidence vote.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the national leaders of the party held at the residence of IUML supremo Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal here Thursday evening.
Mother’s biryani awaits Irfan
By Abhishek Roy, IANS
Vadodara : There was no hustle and bustle at the Pathan residence Tuesday as younger son Irfan arrived in his hometown with the Indian cricket team for the fifth One-day International against Australia Thursday.
Mother Shamim Banoo was busy with her chores in the house while father Mehmood Khan Pathan was at the Jama Masjid. Irfan's elder brother Yusuf was busy practising with the Baroda cricket team at the historical Motibaug ground.
But amidst all there was a feel good factor in the Pathan's residence.
Mushawarat to organize National Muslim Political Convention
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: The Markazi Majlis (Central Committee) of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat,the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, met here on Saturday, 13 June 2009, under the chairmanship of the national president Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan.
ULFA blows up gas pipeline in Assam
By IANS
Guwahati : Separatists Saturday blew up a gas pipeline in a powerful explosion in Assam, even as police foiled an attempt by rebels to trigger a blast in Guwahati, officials said.
In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases
Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity.
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NIA begins probe into UP assembly explosive recovery
Lucknow, (IANS): The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Friday formally started a probe into the discovery of an explosive substance in the Uttar Pradesh assembly...
NIA seeks special powers to go undercover: Is it a tough call for the...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The apex anti-terrorism investigative agency of India – the National Investigative Agency (NIA) – recently applied to the government for grant of special powers for conducting undercover operations in terrorism-related investigations.
SDPI demands Sushma Swaraj be sacked
“If humanity is the ground for helping an accused then morality is the ground to sack such a minister.”
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic...
Triple murder: Court seeks Bengal view on CBI probe
Kolkata : The Calcutta High Court Tuesday sought the West Bengal government's stand on a petition seeking CBI probe into a triple murder in...
मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर दंगा : मुक़दमे वापसी की प्रकिया के ख़िलाफ़ सड़क पर उतर आए हैं...
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मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : योगी सरकार की मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर दंगों में आरोपियों से मुक़दमा वापसी की प्रकिया अब खटाई में पड़ सकती है....
Securitymen attack rival Syedna’s sons in mausoleum
Mumbai : Private security personnel assaulted the sons of self-proclaimed Dawoodi Bohra Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin when they were offering prayers at the Raudat Tahera...
Banking on father’s good work, president’s son hopes to win
Jangipur : Facing a tough contest in the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress candidate Abhijit is...
Protest meeting condemning Israel held in Delhi
By IRNA,
New Delhi : To condemn Israeli forces assault on aid convoy to Gaza, a protest meeting was held Thursday in Delhi.
Under the banner of Shaheed Murtuza Mutahari Society and Idara Tafheem Islam a protest meeting to condemn Israeli forces attack on aid ships which were carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was held Thursday evening at Husaini Hall Delhi.
Indian Waqf Service: Impeccable remedy of waqf mismanagement
Commentary on Waqf Bill 2010 - Part II
By Dr. Syed Zafar Mahmood
Lal Masjid clerics flee as students surrender; army on standby
By IANS
Islamabad : The chief cleric and deputy cleric of Lal Masjid - where at least 21 people have been killed and over 200 injured in clashes with security forces - have moved to a "secure location" Wednesday morning, Online news agency of Pakistan has reported.
Attacks on Rohingyas sought to prevent them from returning: UN
Geneva, (IANS): The attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar were carried out with the premeditated aim of not only expelling them but also to prevent...
Mumbai protest against killings in Assam, Burma turns violent
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
UMF to intervene in upcoming Panchyat Election in Jharkhand
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Probe yet to begin in Zakia’s petition into role of Chief Minister Narendra Modi...
By TwoCircles.net Correspondent,
Ahmedabad : Though almost two months have passed since the Supreme Court on March 27 ordered probe into the petition by Zakia Jafri against 63 persons, including Chief Minister Narendra Modi, about their roles in 2002 communal riots in the state, Special Investigation Team(SIT) has not even recorded the statements of the witnesses.
This was revealed in an affidavit submitted to the Gujarat High court by SIT convener Geetha Johri on Tuesday. The apex court had asked the SIT to complete the probe within three months and submit its report.
Curfew relaxed in Meghalaya district
By IANS,
Shillong : Curfew was relaxed for three hours in parts of West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya Thursday, two days after it was imposed in the wake of communal tension, an official said.
British teacher jailed in Sudan teddy row pardoned
By DPA
London : British teacher Gillian Gibbons, who was jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammed has been given a presidential pardon, reports said Monday.
A presidential adviser was quoted as saying the Briton would be freed later in the day, the British Press Association (PA) said.
The news came as two British Muslim politicians, Baroness Warsi and Lord Ahmed, met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to plead for her release.
Kidnapped Punjab girl recovered from Ambala rail station
By IANS,
Mohali (Punjab): A five-year-old girl who was kidnapped from outside her house here Wednesday night was recovered by police from Ambala railway station Thursday, police said.
The kidnappers called up the girl's industrialist father in the afternoon and told him to pick Mehak from the railway station. However, the kidnappers did not demand any ransom from the family, the police claimed.
AIIMS woman employee ends life by jumping into Yamuna
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 37-year-old woman employee of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Yamuna river from a flyover on the Delhi-Noida border after a quarrel with her family, the police said Monday. Media persons covering the incident were allegedly roughed up by her family members.
‘No action on students’ sexual harassment complaint’
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Friday said that nearly a fortnight had passed since two girls of Kirori Mal College complained of sexual harassment by two college professors but no action had been taken.
Two girls of Kirori Mal College March 3 filed a complaint of sexual harassment against two professors of Urdu department of their college - Saba Karim and Khaif - DUSU vice president Kriti Wadhera told IANS.
IUML’s E Ahamad lambasts India’s decision to abstain on Israel vote
“Any departure from the traditional policy of India towards Arab world, especially in respect of Palestine, will result in nothing but strong opposition and...
Poverty in Pakistan: many reasons, few solutions
Karachi, Sep 18 (IANS) Pakistan, a nation of 160 million, has in real terms 34 percent of its population - much higher than the government's figure of 24 percent - living below the poverty line, but precious little seems to be done to address the imbalance.
Even more frightening is the fact that government figures do not recognise the growing urban-rural divide.
Jammu Muslims call on governor, demands special schemes
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Jammu: The Jammu Muslim Co-ordination Committee has sought the intervention of Governor NN Vohra so as to end the apathy of the state government towards the Muslims living in Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Reasi districts of Jammu region.
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
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.
Ignore people engaging in hate propaganda, says SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday held that it would be better for Indian democracy if the inflammatory and hate speeches by certain...
Another ‘lover’ arrested at Sania Mirza’s house
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Another man, this time from Uttar Pradesh, has found himself behind bars for creating a nuisance at tennis star Sania Mirza's house on the eve of her engagement.
Hyderabad police Thursday picked up 24-year-old Arvind Singh Yadav when he reached Sania Mirza's house in Banjara Hills to express his desire to marry India's top woman tennis player.
Frustrated by no action, J&K National Youth Corps president threatens self-immolation
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar : As the indefinite hunger strike of National Youth Corps volunteers in Srinagar entered its...
Abbas Kazmi moves court against his removal from Islam Gymkhana
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Advocate Abbas Kazmi, who is defending Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab, filed a petition on Thursday in the special court formed in the Arthur Road Jail, demanding that a notice be issued to the president of the Islam Gymkhana trust from whose board of trustees Kazmi has been expelled following his decision to defend Kasab.
Air strike, clashes kill 124 militants in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad: At least 124 militants were killed and more than 70 injured in the biggest offensive of security forces in the Khyber, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies in northwest Pakistan, a media report said.
The security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, targeted a militant gathering in the remote Jamrud area of Khyber agency, killing more than 60 militants and injuring 70, Online news agency reported quoting sources.
Centre has released over Rs. 550 crore for development of minority districts
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: For schemes under the Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) the Central Government has released Rs 555.45 crore so far. MsDP, a part of the Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme for minority welfare, was launched for development of 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs). Under the scheme 72 minority concentration districts of the country have been covered till date.
Government snubs Modi over 26/11 remarks, BJP fumes
By IANS,
New Delhi : A war of words broke out Wednesday between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram snubbed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that Mumbai could not have been attacked by Pakistan-based terrorists without support from within India.
Chidambaram said at a press conference here: "You should ask Narendra Modi and Pakistan if they are in contact with each other."
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