Apex court cancels Hasan Ali’s bail
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday cancelled the bail of alleged money launderer Hasan Ali Khan, described as the country's top tax evader.
Attack in Pakistan affront to humanity: Obama
By DPA,
Washington : US President Barack Obama condemned a suicide bombing in Pakistan that left at least 44 people dead at a UN World Food Programme distribution point Saturday.
AMU VC, Kerala Govt. to review progress on Malappuram off-campus centre
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Aligarh: Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University will attend the meeting convened by the Government of Kerala to review the progress relating to setting up of the Off-Campus Centre of Aligarh Muslim University in the Malappuram district.
The Minister for Revenue and Minister for Higher Education, Government of Kerala will also be present in the meeting to be held on August 6, 2009 at Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala.
MANUU to coach Civil Services aspirants from minority community
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in Hyderabad has invited applications from minority community students who want to appear in Civil Services examination. The university will provide coaching for the country’s top services.
Aspirants will have to submit applications along with a DD of Rs. 100 in favor of “MANUU” payable at Hyderabad.
[Photo by blonnet.com]
[Photo by blonnet.com]
Goa chief minister orders enquiry into music festival
By IANS,
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Wednesday ordered an enquiry into the legalities of holding a three-day music festival at the ecologically sensitive forest area near Agonda beach here.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji Wednesday, Kamat said the district magistrate would be asked to visit the party site, 80 km from here, near a biodiversity hotspot, which is home to exotic butterflies.
After TimesNow, Dr. Zakir Naik to send legal notices to other media houses
Dr Naik also considering filing civil suit against TimesNow before Bombay High Court very soon.
By A Mirsab, TwoCirlces.net,
Mumbai: Days after sending a Rs....
Aftab Hussain Saikia appointed Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia, Judge of the Gauhati High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil today made appointment. Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia will be the Chief Justice from the date he assumes charge of his office.
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.
Women’s voices from Atali
Dr. Sandhya Mhatre and Neha Dabhade
A fact finding team consisting of Adv. Irfan Engineer and these writers, visited the riot torn village of...
Rehabilitate Muslim youths acquitted of terror charges: Tasleem Rahmani
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: “If there is not an undeclared emergency against the Muslim community, the government should immediately stop the malicious campaign of arresting and implicating Muslim youths in false cases of terrorism,” said Dr Tasleem Rahmani, president, Muslim Political Council of India.
Verdict on Gujarat fake shootout on Thursday
By IANS New Delhi : The Supreme Court has deferred to Thursday its verdict on the staged shootout of Ahmedabad resident Sohrabbudin Sheikh and...
Hindustani films’ first superstar and the Lucknow school of Urdu poetry
By Vikas Datta,
Literature has a close relationship with films, specially Hindustani films, and it would not be wrong to say that the two are intricately intertwined. For what are films but a story leaping from the printed page (or in these days, a device screen) to be acted out on the big screen with the same norms of narrative, plot, characters and character development, dialogue and, yes, lyrics of course.
सिनेमाघर में राष्ट्रगान : नफरत की राजनीति को बढ़ावा और असल मुद्दों से दूरी
अभय कुमार
पिछले महीने केरल की राजधानी तिरुवनंतपुरम में पुलिस ने 12 लोगों को हिरासत में ले लिया. उनपर आरोप लगाया गया कि जब सिनेमा...
Congress NCP disappoint Muslims in their first lists of candidates
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: The Congress and NCP have disappointed Muslims with the former including only one Muslim and the latter none in their first lists of candidates. A senior Muslim leader told TwoCircles.net that Congress can still remedy the situation by fielding Muslim candidates.
Armed men flee with businessman’s car in Greater Noida
By IANS
Noida : Three unidentified men fled with the Santro car of a businessman as well as his belongings after forcing the driver off the car at gun point, police said here Saturday.
The men requested the driver of businessman Kamal Mehta, a resident of Gamma I sector of Greater Noida, for a lift late Friday night as he was returning to his own home after dropping Mehta.
President pays tribute to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on birth anniversary
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee paid homage to his predecessor Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth president of India, on his 110th birth anniversary...
Don’t rake up Kashmir issue, students’ body tells OIC
By IANS,
New Delhi : Taking a strong stand against the appointment of a special envoy for Jammu and Kashmir by the Organisation of Islamic Countries, a students' group has asked it "not to meddle in India's internal affairs".
Non-Aligned Students and Youth Movement (NASYM) chairman Subhash Choudhury said: "Kashmir is a bilateral issue and would not welcome a third party intervention. Therefore OIC must not exceed its brief and interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation like India."
महागठबंधन के लिए आसान नहीं है विधानसभा अध्यक्ष का चयन करना
By राजन झा
नवगठित बिहार विधानसभा में अध्यक्ष के पद को लेकर महागठबंधन में आम सहमति बनाना कठिन होगा. महागठबंधन के तीनों घटक दलों कांग्रेस,...
Sena MP’s bid to force-feed fasting Muslim unfortunate: Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said the incident of a Shiv Sena MP trying to force-feed a fasting Muslim staffer of...
Suicide car bomb kills Iraqi in Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : A suicide car bomb struck a security checkpoint in western Baghdad on Saturday afternoon, killing a soldier and wounding six people, an Interior Ministry source said.
"A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a checkpoint manned by Iraqi army and police forces in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The attack resulted in the killing of a soldier, wounding two others, two policemen and two civilians, the source added.
No video of Kanhaiya shouting anti-national slogans: Delhi Police to HC
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Monday admitted on Monday before the Delhi High Court that "it has no video footage" which could...
No ‘direct’ evidence in Coimbatore blasts: judge
Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) The judge who awarded life sentences to 43 people for the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts that killed 58 people and injured hundreds said the government could not provide "direct evidence" in the case and it was "not good enough" to give them the death sentence.
Pakistan education sector marred by corruption: ADB
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's educational sector is marred by corruption, strong gender and regional inequalities and insufficient budget allocations, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
An evaluation report of the bank has noted that the problem has led to social imbalances in the country, Dawn said Sunday.
Senior Piramal executive goes missing
By IANS
Mumbai : A senior executive of pharmaceutical major Nicholas Piramal India Limited has gone missing in Madhya Pradesh. Police launched a search Saturday.
According to company sources in Mumbai, Ashwani Kumar Bhatt had left Indore to attend a conference in Gwalior Friday. He was expected to return to his home here Saturday, but he did not.
Despite repeated attempts by his family and top company officials to contact him, his as well as his driver's cell phones remained switched off, the sources said.
SDPI disappointed at CBI letting Amit Shah off the hook in Ishrat case
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) feels dismayed at the Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI) which while filing a supplementary charge-sheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case has let Amit Shah, a close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, off the hook. Only former Intelligence Bureau, (IB), special director Rajender Kumar has been accused of murder and three serving officers of criminal conspiracy in the case.
An Eid like no other: Why Muslims of India have a lot of tough...
By Tariq Hasan for TwoCircles.net
The first reaction to Prime Minister Modi’s rather belated words of condemnation of the spiralling incidents of the lynching of...
Aligarh gears up to tackle swine flu
By IANS,
Aligarh : The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in the Aligarh Muslim University has taken special measures to tackle swine flu, with a separate out patient department (OPD) set up to screen any suspected cases.
A team of doctors have been deputed to confirm the symptoms and to decide whether the suspected cases need blood screening/isolation/quarantine, Ashraf Malik, the college principal and chief medical superintendent said Thursday.
Soccer unites children
By Deborah Clifford, Common Ground News Service
On the first day of Camp Coexistence, kids tended to stick with the friends whom they already knew (Jews with Jews and Arabs with Arabs). But new friendships were already forming by day two, and the kids began to interact in mixed groups.
Curfew in Srinagar for Muharram Friday
By IANS,
Srinagar: Curfew will be clamped to maintain law and order in Srinagar city Friday when the main Shia Muharram procession is scheduled to be taken out here.
इबादत के महीने का जोरदार खैर मकदम
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।मुजफ्फरनगर Twocircles.us
इबादत के महीने रमजानुल मुबारक का मुसलमानों ने हमेशा की तरह दिल खोल कर स्वागत किया है.बाजारों में पहले दिन से ही...
IOS seminar on ‘Application of Equality before Law in India: The Constitutional Mandate and...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Justice Rajinder Sachar, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and a noted public figure, has said the country is currently passing through a difficult phase of its history, however, there was no cause for despondency as it had not weakened yet.
Hashimpura massacre: HC notice to 16 former PAC men
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to 16 former Uttar Pradesh policemen acquitted in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case,...
Kashmir at cross roads: What’s in store for Kashmiris if BJP is part of...
By Ram Puniyani,
The recent (December 2014) verdict of Kashmir elections has been fractured, so to say. While the PDP has emerged as the single largest party, the BJP is a close second with substantial percentage of votes. Interestingly, the BJP has secured most seats and major vote share from the Hindu majority Jammu region of Kashmir. Now the dilemma for the other parties, National Conference, Congress is in which direction to go as far as the government formation is concerned.
‘Self-Censorship’: Siddique Kappan’s Battle for Justice and Identity After Jail
Hana Vahab, TwoCircles.net
Two years after being granted bail by the Supreme Court, Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan's struggle is far from over. His release from...
BJP, Shiv Sena’s politics based on bullying people: Rahul
Amethi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday attacked the Shiv Sena and the BJP over the incident in Maharashtra Sadan in which a...
सरकार ने एनडीटीवी को एक दिन के लिए बंद करने का निर्णय लिया है
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: केन्द्रीय सूचना व प्रसारण मंत्रालय द्वारा गठित एक कमेटी ने आज एनडीटीवी को एक दिन के लिए बंद करने का निर्णय...
Shiv Sena hails RSS chief for Mother Teresa remarks
Mumbai : The Shiv Sena has patted Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remarks on Nobel laureate Mother Teresa terming them as...
40,000 border residents in J&K migrate amid warlike situation
Jammu (IANS): Over 40,000 border villagers were forced to migrate from their homes as the Pakistan Rangers continued targeting civilian and defence facilities in...
Do not bury dead terrorists in Mumbai: Muslims
By RINA,
New Delhi: The president of a Mumbai organization Muslim Council of India, Ibrahim Bhai demanded the authorities of Jama Masjid Trust to neither allow interring the terrorists killed in recent Mumbai terrorist attacks nor consider them a Muslim because they have committed a barbarous act which is clearly un-Islamic.
Advani says Muslims fare better in Gujarat
By IANS,
New Delhi : Muslims fare better in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Monday, citing Justice Rajinder Sachar's report on minorities.
"In setting up the Sachar committee, the government had its own objectives. But going through the comparative statistics compiled by the committee, I feel Gujarat should be grateful to Justice Sachar for proving convincingly that under Narendra Modi’s regime, Muslims are far better off than their compatriots in other states," Advani said in the latest post on his blog.
गाय की पूजा के लिए गौशाला में गई दलित महिला के साथ दुष्कर्म
TwoCircles.net News Desk
रोहतक : हरियाणा के रोहतक स्थित पहरावर गौशाला में एक दलित महिला गाय की पूजा करने गई थी, जहां उस महिला के...
Take Coronavirus threat seriously, health experts warn travelers to Saudi Arabia
By TCN News
London: Health experts from the Association of British Hujjaj (Pilgrims) UK (ABH), a UK-based Hajj/Umrah specific organisation, have issued a stern warning...
Mehbooba Mufti lends support to Jamaat to revive election fortunes
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: - The Election Commission of India's announcement that they are not going to hold Assembly election in the state of...
Congress, BJP welcome Supreme Court order on Ayodhya
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court order dismissing a petition seeking postponement of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya row.
Muslims complain of irregularities in Census in BJP-ruled MP
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
SC admits plea for compensation to Muslim youths, fresh probe of terror blasts
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Attacks due to hate campaign against Muslims: CPI-M
New Delhi: The growing attacks on minorities are not just cases of intolerance but the outcome of a sustained campaign against Muslims for which...
MBMC knocks on NCM doors; Commission assured for swift actions
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC) on Tuesday approached the National Minorities Commission (NCM) at Delhi to report the alleged objectionable comments posted by a hotelier against the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Captured terrorist Kasab taken for identification parade
By IANS,
Mumbai : Captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, was shifted Saturday to the fortified Arthur Road Jail in south Mumbai for an identification parade in connection with the Nov 26 terror attacks, a police official said.
Kasab would be identified by at least 40 eyewitnesses, including policeman Arun Jadhav who was travelling in the police jeep that was hijacked early Nov 27 morning by the terrorists, who attacked the financial and entertainment capital of India.
Bhutto forthcoming, Musharraf vague about rapprochement
By IANS
Washington/Karachi : Leaving the field clear for a rapprochement in the future, Pakistan's exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has sought a "balance of respective powers" if she joins President Pervez Musharraf in government.
While Bhutto was forthcoming about her political plans after a reported meeting with Musharraf in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, back home the Pakistani president kept everyone guessing.
He told his supporters at a meeting "not to worry" and said he did not plan an immediate change in the government set up.
Rahmani Tutorials to hold oral test for selected candidates on Jan 14-15
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: With an aim to increase the percentage of Muslims in government services like Railways and banking, the Rahmani Foundation of Munger had some time back decided to offer eligible but poor Muslim students free coaching for tests held for jobs in these services.
Protest held in Latur against mob lynching and inaction of government bodies
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Narendra Modi’s government faced the first stain of lynching when Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a Pune-based techie was killed in May 2014...
AMU students demand union, launch ‘indefinite strike’
Students at AMU have been demanding to conduct the elections for the students' union for over 6 months. The last elections to the...
Iranian president holds talks in Afghanistan
By DPA
Kabul : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a one-day visit to the Afghan capital Tuesday for talks on bilateral and regional issues with President Hamid Karzai.
During the first leg of a three-country tour, Ahmadinejad wanted to broaden existing ties between the neighbours, officials in Kabul and Tehran said.
However, observers believe that the main purpose of his visit was to neutralize US and British accusations that Iran is supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Two injured in Guwahati blast
By IANS
Guwahati : At least two people were injured in an explosion Wednesday in Assam's main city of Guwahati, officials said.
Is a consensus possible on the new President?
By Amulya Ganguli
For a party known for its hubris, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to consult the opposition for a consensus on the...
Hyderabad police cancels permission for religious meet
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police Saturday cancelled permission for a public meeting, which was scheduled to be addressed by a cleric from the Ahle Hadees...
Let us take charge of our Ummah
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,
Duly supported with authentic data, the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee gauged in 2006 the Muslim deficit in India vis-a-vis any other community or social group. This Committee and the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission (2008) recommended a series of affirmative actions to be taken by the Government in order to restore justice to Muslims and ameliorate their plight to the level of national averages. However, very little, say less than ten percent, of follow up action has been taken so far that includes amending the Waqf law, instituting the national minorities scholarship schemes and establishing the national commission for minority educational institutions. A host of major recommendations whose implementation would make the real difference still remain confined to the portals of these two landmark reports of recent Indian history. Though the 2014 parliamentary election manifestos of the Congress Party and Aam Aadmi Party did belatedly take note of some of these many remaining recommended steps.
Human trafficking scam accused Rasheed remanded in police custody
By IANS
New Delhi : A Delhi court Friday remanded Rasheed Ali, the prime accused in the human trafficking scam involving Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babubhai Katara, in seven days' police custody.
ATS gets Purohit’s custody again, searches his house in Pune
By IANS,
Nashik/Pune : Malegaon blast accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit had misused official authority and forged documents for issuing arms license to his friend in 2005, the prosecution told a Nashik court.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra police investigating the Malegaon case also searched Purohit's residence in Pune's Erandavane area to look for evidence but officials refused to divulge details of the raid or seizure, if any, to the media.
Scheme for Muslims’ education to be launched
By IANS,
New Delhi : An initiative to impart basic education as also vocational skill development for the Muslim population is being launched, an official...
If you follow Islam, you will never ignore women’s education: Rashida Badsha
With a female literacy rate of over 90% in a town with more than 75% Muslims, Bhatkal has not only broken stereotypes, it has...
Muslims to hold ‘dharna’ to press for their demands
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: A joint committee of Muslim organizations of India has decided to organize a 'token dharna' in New Delhi on 14th August to press for its demands of Muslim empowerment.
Joint Committee of Muslim Oraganizations for Empowerment (JCMOE) was formed recently by various Muslim organizations. It demands implementation of the recommendations of Justice Sachar Committee report and Ranganath Misha Commission's recommendation for the empowerment of minorities including Muslims.
New Delhi: A joint committee of Muslim organizations of India has decided to organize a 'token dharna' in New Delhi on 14th August to press for its demands of Muslim empowerment.
Joint Committee of Muslim Oraganizations for Empowerment (JCMOE) was formed recently by various Muslim organizations. It demands implementation of the recommendations of Justice Sachar Committee report and Ranganath Misha Commission's recommendation for the empowerment of minorities including Muslims.
Five days on, little progress in probing schoolgirl’s death
By IANS,
New Delhi : Five days after the death of 11-year-old Shano Khan, there was hardly any progress in the investigations as Delhi Police Tuesday said they were awaiting the post-mortem report to find out if she died due to corporal punishment she had received at school.
"We are still waiting for the post-mortem report. And without the report we cannot take any further action," a senior police officer told IANS on condition of anonymity.
"But today we spoke to some of Shano's classmates and took their versions into account," said the officer.
Seven Ghaziabad policemen suspended for custodial death
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Seven policemen in Ghaziabad, including two sub-inspectors, were suspended Sunday after a first information report (FIR) was lodged against them for the death of an innocent person in police custody.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Charan Pal Singh lodged a complaint at the Kavi Nagar police station that legal action should be initiated against the police officers who had picked up for questioning suspect Yogesh Tyagi who died during interrogation.
“Chup Tazia” procession in Lucknow: A religious and cultural tradition
By Faisal Fareed,TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Thousands of Shia muslims took out the traditional 'chup tazia' procession in old parts of Lucknow on Tuesday. The procession originated at 5 am from Imambara Nazim saheb and culminated at Roza-e-Kazmain at around 8 am as per the prescribed schedule. The procession is the sevent permitted procession as per the tripartite agreement between shia-sunni and district administration sealed in 1999.
As NIA questions Kashmir University research scholar, students allege move as a fear tactic
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Weeks after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a freelance photojournalist Kamran Yousuf on allegations of instigating stone pelting,...
Godhra train burning was conspiracy, Modi innocent: probe panel
By IANS,
Ahmedabad/New Delhi : Six years after the horrific burning of a train in Godhra killed 59 people and triggered Gujarat-wide communal violence, a probe panel headed by Justice (retd) G.T. Nanavati has concluded that it was no accident but a premeditated crime - leading to jubilation in the ruling BJP and cries of outrage from the Congress and rights activists.
Lahore attack was the most frightening experience: Dominic Cork
By IANS,
London : Former England Test player Dominic Cork said Tuesday's terrorist assault on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was "one of the most frightening experiences" imaginable.
"It's just been one of the most frightening experiences you could ever witness," said Cork, whose bus was just ahead of the ones carrying the Sri Lankan players and umpires.
Cork, who was doing commentary for the series, said his bus left for the ground only about five minutes before the Sri Lankan team's bus.
UNHCR warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Iraq
By Xinhua
Geneva : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate with the number of displaced Iraqis, both inside and outside the country, still rising.
The total number of uprooted Iraqis currently stands at about 4.2 million and the monthly rate of displacement has climbed to more than 60,000 compared to 50,000 previously, UNHCR spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis told reporters in Geneva.
Politics takes over day after Uttar Pradesh blasts
By IANS
Lucknow : The blame game has begun in Uttar Pradesh, a day after serial terror bombings in three towns killed 13 people, with opposition parties Saturday training their guns on the Mayawati government while a cracker going off in Mughal Serai, near Varanasi, led to panic for a while.
The cracker that went off in Mughal Serai Saturday morning led to panic.
Radical Hindu terror plot in unsolved bombings?
By Murali Krishnan, IANS,
New Delhi : More arrests are expected in the coming weeks as the frightening dimensions of a radical Hindu terror plot start to unravel, with investigators indicating that it had the makings of a larger conspiracy and planning of reprisal killings of Muslims for serial bombings in a number of Indian cities.
Indian Mujahideen operative sent to judicial custody
New Delhi : A court here Monday sent Indian Mujahideen operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, an accused in the 2008 Delhi blasts, to judicial custody...
Ten killed in car bomb blast in Syria
Damascus: At least ten people were killed and over 20 injured Friday when a booby-trapped car exploded in a pro-government district of Syria's Homs...
विनोद यादव –सताए हुए तबक़े की एक मज़बूत आवाज़
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
आज़मगढ़ : इस देश में कई नाम ऐसे हैं, जो एक कोने में चुपचाप पड़े रहते हैं और लोगों के हक़...
Protection, management and development of awqaf in India
(Editor’s note: A shorter version of this write up was delivered as a welcome address by Dr Alam at a seminar on ‘Awqaf in...
Central Wakf Council for a national conference to resolve wakf disputes
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Central Wakf Council has urged the Central Government to call a national conference of all chief ministers and state ministers looking wakf departments to resolve all pending issues/disputes related to wakf properties in the country.
The 56th meeting of the Central Wakf Council held today in New Delhi to consider the matters regarding wakf properties decided to recommend for such national conference.
Largest Sunni bloc in Iraqi parliament ends boycott
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The largest Sunni bloc in the Iraqi parliament decided Thursday to end its boycott and attend the parliament sessions.
Spokesman of the Iraqi Accordance Front Dr Saleem Abdullah told a press conference, attended by Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani whose dismissal from the post triggered the walkout, that all its members will resume attending the sessions.
He added that the decision came after holding talks with different parliamentary blocs, pointing out that Al-Mashhadani will be heading the sessions.
UJC accuses Hurriyat (M) of ‘criminal silence’ over elections
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Srinagar : Sending warning signals to Hurriyat Conference (M) for its 'criminal silence' over the issue of ensuing assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, United Jehad Council (UJC) has said that the silence maintained by Hurriyat leaders over the election issue is seemed suspicious and such blunder would never be forgiven.
Contractor killed in Jharkhand, Maoists suspected
By IANS,
Ranchi : Suspected Maoist rebels shot a contractor dead in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand Thursday, police said.
Parmanand Ojha, the contractor, was shot dead early Thursday morning at Kodwe village of Hazaribagh district, about 110 km from Ranchi.
The dead body has been sent for post mortem examination.
"According to relatives and close associates of Ojha, Maoists had demanded a levy from him which he denied. It seems that Maoist rebels killed Ojha as a result," a police official of Hazaribagh told IANS.
Tribal separatists kill four woodcutters in Assam
By IRNA
Guwahati, India : Tribal separatists Friday killed four woodcutters and seriously wounded one more, the latest in a string of attacks in the last two days in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
A police official said the dead bodies were recovered from a thickly wooded area near village Lalangsu in North Cachar Hills district, about 290 km south of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
इस बार यूपी में बढ़ गई विधायकों में मुस्लिमों की तादाद, पढ़े किसने -किसे...
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा में मुस्लिम विधायकों का आंकड़ा 2017 के मुकाबले में मामूली अंको में बढ़ा है। इस बार 36 मुस्लिम चुनाव जीतकर विधानसभा...
DDA allots 17 bighas for Muslims of East Delhi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has handed over about 17 bighas of land behind Buland Masjid in Shastri Park, North East Delhi, to Municipal Corporation to meet out the basic needs of the people in this area.
A primary school, medical facility, a marriage and ceremony hall and a graveyard will be constructed in the area.
Scepticism in India about Musharraf’s anti-terror vow
By Manish Chand, IANS
New Delhi : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's vow to wipe out terrorism from his country after the Lal Masjid assault is viewed with scepticism here, with most experts doubting if this will translate into a loosening of the military-mullah alliance and less cross-border terror against India.
G. Parthasarathy, a former Indian ambassador to Pakistan, for one is not convinced.
No bias in UPSC Civil Services interview: Musharraf Ali, ranked 80 at UPSC
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Mohammed Musharraf Ali Farooqui, who qualified in the UPSC Civil Services Examination with all India rank of 80 interacted with Maulana Azad National Urdu University students who are preparing for the Civil Services.
Man killed for failing to repay Rs.200 loan, attacker arrested
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 36-year-old man was arrested for killing another man who was unable to repay him a loan of Rs.200, police said Sunday.
Anil Kumar was arrested Saturday for beating Ravi to death with a stick in Nabi Karim area of old Delhi Nov 10.
During interrogation, Anil said that Ravi had borrowed Rs.200 from him but was not returning it. On Nov 10, an enraged Anil beat Ravi with a stick till he collapsed, Deputy Commissioner of Police (central Delhi) Jaspal Singh said.
Emergency pitches army against Pakistani society: report
Islamabad(IANS) : By imposing "what amounts to martial law", Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has pitched himself and by extension, the army, against all civil and legal institution of the country and alienated what remained of his support among the intelligentsia and civil society, a newspaper comment Tuesday said.
"Whatever implication this has for his personal role in the country's future, more troubling is the disaffection that this generates against the army," Shafqat Mahmood wrote in an article headlined "Musharraf has pitched army against civil society" in The News.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns ICC’s charges against Sudanese President
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has strongly condemned the war crime charges levelled against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The chief prosecutor of the ICC accused Bashir of "committing crimes against humanity" in the western Sudanese province of Darfur, which Sudan had categorically denied.
‘Hindu Nation’ comments trigger uproar in Goa
Panaji : Controversial comments made by two ministers of the BJP-led Goa government, one wishing for a Hindu nation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Afghan districts retaken from Taliban
By DPA
Kabul : Afghan officials said Wednesday their forces have retaken two districts earlier captured by the Taliban in the southern region of the country.
Farmers’ march in Assam against ‘intolerance’
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Guwahati: More than five thousand farmers from all religions, communities and tribes have came out on the streets...
Maharashtra: Two killed in Pusad riots
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Two persons were killed and four others were injured in a communal clash in Pusad region of Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on Friday evening. Curfew has been imposed in the area.
Have political parties, but spare the pious iftar
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed
Iftar parties in the capital are falling into a rut - the president and the vice president's iftars have taken place while Sonia Gandhi and Shiela Dikshit are about to host their parties. There are so many of them that it is difficult to tell who was the first one to break the ice this year!
Australia calls Jaipur blasts ‘reprehensible’
By Neena Bhandari, IANS,
Sydney : Australia has strongly condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur in which at least 63 people were killed, saying that the "the attack on a democratic, tolerant, open society is repugnant".
Offering its deepest sympathies to the victims of the attack Tuesday evening, their families and the people of India, a statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said it was a "reprehensible act, for which there can be no justification... Australia hopes the perpetrators are brought to justice quickly".
Eleven years on, no justice for Makkah Masjid victims
By Kaneez Fathima for TwoCircles.net
It has been eleven years for Makkah Masjid bomb blast and subsequent police firing. During the Friday prayers on 18th...
Muslims performance in Engineering Services Exam 2009
By TCN News,
Patna: The performance of Muslim candidates in Indian Engineering Services Examination 2009 is very poor though a little better than theirs in the Civil Services. Of 469 successful candidates in the Engineering Services Exam 2009 conducted by Union Public Service Commission, there are 13 Muslims, that is 2.77%.
The UPSC has announced the results of the Engineering Services Examination, 2009. The examination for these services was held in June 2009 and the interviews for Personality Test held in February – March 2010.
JNU students face demonetisation problems
New Delhi : The ongoing cash crunch in the wake of demonetisation hasn't spared even the student community in Jawaharlal Nehru University, with many...
‘Two killed, 10 injured in Jammu terror attack’
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Friday said two people were killed and 10 were injured so far in...
Communal row ends, meals resumed in Jharkhand school
By IANS
Ranchi : Midday meals in a Jharkhand primary school resumed after nearly one and a half years it was stopped when the Hindu students refused to eat food prepared by a Muslim cook.
The midday meal was started Wednesday in Sindpur Middle School under Baliapur block of Dhanbad district, around 290 km from here.
The incident took a communal turn when the Hindu students refused to eat food prepared by a Muslim cook.
The district education department replaced the Muslim cook by a Hindu cook that led to the Muslim students refusing to eat the food.
Haneef’s detention without charge draws flak
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : As Mohammad Haneef, an Indian doctor, spent his 10th day in detention in Brisbane Thursday in connection with the British terror plot, criticism mounted against Australia's anti-terrorism laws.
Christian gets death under Pakistan’s blasphemy law
By IANS
Lahore : Apprehending the worst, Younis Masih, a Pakistani Christian accused of insulting Islam, wept with Walter Fazal Khan, a fellow-Christian and prisoner, as the two prayed in a lock-up in a jail here.
Kashmir separatists under house arrest
Srinagar: Authorities Friday placed prominent separatist leaders in the Kashmir Valley under house arrest and imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar ahead of Independency...
143 of 300 girls cleared JEE under Udaan scheme: Irani
New Delhi : Under the "Udaan" scheme of CBSE, 143 out of 300 girls from the initial batch had cleared the JEE exam, Human...
Two militants killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Two militants have been killed in an ongoing operation by security forces in the Pir Panchal range of the Himalayas in south Kashmir, police said here Wednesday.
"Following information about the build-up of guerrillas in the Pir Panchal mountain range, an operation against them has been launched from both sides of the range in Anantnag district of south Kashmir and Rajouri district of the Jammu region,” a police official said.
SP announces Rajya Sabha list, door shut on Amar Singh
Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party (SP) Friday announced the names of six party candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for next month.
The party's...
President award to first father and now son for contribution to Arabic language
By TCN Special Correspondent,
As Indian, Sania’s heart can’t beat for Pakistani: Sena
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Shiv Sena Friday spewed venom over tennis star Sania Mirza's plans to marry cricketer Shoaib Malik, saying if she is a "true Indian" how can her "heart beat for a Pakistani?".
"Her 'palanquin' will start from India and end in Pakistan, which is an enemy country in every respect, whether in the battlefield or sports arena," Sena mouthpiece Saamna said in an editorial.
"Her 'nikaah' will be conducted in Hyderabad and the 'daawat-e-walima' will be held in Pakistan," it said.
Clashes between Gaza clan gunmen and Hamas kill four
By Xinhua
Gaza : Four Palestinians were killed and 15 wounded in clashes between one of Gaza City's clans and the Hamas movement's police in the Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said.
Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency in the Palestinian health ministry, told reporters that two Hamas police officers and two members of Helles clan from eastern Gaza City were killed and 15 wounded from both sides Wednesday.
UP elections: Cleric plays vital role in bringing 13 parties on one stage
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
AAP ‘encouraging theft’ by promising freebies like free water: Shiela Dikshit
By Trina Joshi,
New Delhi : The Aam Admi Party (AAP), which came to power for the second time in Delhi -- with a record...
Misuse of anti-dowry law increasing in India
By Kanu Sarda, IANS
New Delhi : Vikash Tuteja, who is in his late 30s, had to pay his wife a hefty Rs.1.2 million as the settlement amount in his marriage dispute. It is Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that has spoilt his life as his in-laws have been using it quite frequently to extract money from him.
Vikash, whose case was settled in a Family Court in Delhi, and many other men and their families have become a victim of this anti-dowry law, which deals with a husband or his family subjecting a woman to cruelty.
Swamy’s mosque comments create uproar in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi : There was an uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday over comments by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in Assam where he...
Delhi HC tribunal lifts ban on SIMI
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: A special tribunal of the Delhi High Court on 5th August lifted the two-year ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The tribunal headed by Justice Geeta Mittal had on Friday reserved the order on the petition by SIMI challenging the ban imposed by the central government on February 7, 2008.
No country for minorities
From Pakistan to India to Sri Lanka, religious and ethnic minorities are being increasingly victimized across South Asia
By Aijaz Zaka Syed
‘Bhagwat’s Mother Teresa comment to justify forced reconversion’
Kolkata : Condemning RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment on Mother Teresa, a forum of minorities organisations in West Bengal Saturday said the leader's "malicious"...
Gunmen blown up three Sunni mosques in south of Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday blew up three Sunni mosques in two towns north of Hilla City, some100 km south of Baghdad, a local police source said.
"The Osama Ibn Zayd and Abdullah al-Juburi mosques in al-Askandariya, 50 km north of Hilla, were blown up by explosive charges," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
"The third mosque was attacked in the same way in the town of Jebla, 40 km north of Hilla," the source said, adding that the attacks caused no human casualties.
MPJ presents People’s Manifesto to political parties
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: With the Lok Sabha elections drawing nearer political parties are striving every nerve to allure people by promises while on the other hand NGOs are busy guiding them to a comparatively better candidate or party.
In such an attempt Movement For Peace And Justice (MPJ) held on Wednesday a press conference to present before the political parties the people’s manifesto and to tell the voters what qualities to be viewed when choosing a candidate.
Bhopal’s Maulana Azad Institute of Technology holds academic audit
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
जाटलैंड में ‘दंगल’ ने बनाए नए समीकरण
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ्फरनगर/बागपत/शामली : कभी-कभी कुछ फिल्में अच्छी होती है और कुछ बदलाव ले आती है. 2014 मे केंद्र मे काबिज़ भाजपा की...
VHP to protest Muslim call to take back land for Amarnath board
By IANS,
Jammu : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Friday said its firebrand leader Praveen Togadia will be here Sunday to protest calls by Muslim groups to take back land given to the Amarnath Hindu shrine authorities.
VHP Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Rama Kant Dubey said the Muslim groups, including what he described as mainstream political parties, had launched "a malicious campaign" against the Amarnath pilgrimage.
Palestinian teenager killed in Israeli incursion in central Gaza
By Xinhua
Gaza : A Palestinian teenager was killed after an Israeli army bulldozer drove over him in the refugee camp of al-Buriej, east of the central Gaza Strip, Thursday morning, medics and witnesses said.
The witnesses said that several Israeli army tanks and bulldozers backed by attack helicopters stormed the Palestinian-controlled area east of central Gaza Strip amid intensive gunfire.
Mother’s milk is the best nutrition for the child
World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August 2012
By Shobha Shukla, CNS,
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has an edge in Dhubri LS constituency
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Perfume baron and Assam United Democratic Front chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal seems to have got an edge over his rival Congress candidate in Assam’s Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency. People are looking with interest at the seat wherein they expect a direct and tough fight between AUDF and the Congress.
टीपू सुल्तान को लेकर कर्नाटक में सियासी हलचल
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
टीपू सुल्तान की मौत के लगभग 220 साल बीत चुके हैं। लेकिन टीपू सुल्तान आज भी कर्नाटक की राजनीति में मुद्दा...
Maoists loot Orissa businessman’s home
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Armed Maoists set two vehicles of a businessman on fire and looted his home in Orissa's Malkangiri district, a senior police official said Saturday.
Panic gripped the area, particularly among businessmen and traders, as Friday midnight's incident came just two days after a Maoist-sponsored shutdown in the tribal dominated district, nearly 620 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
SIO launches Muslim reservation campaign in West Bengal
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Putting pressure, ahead of the coming Assembly elections, on the Left Front government in West Bengal to provide reservation to Muslims in jobs and education, the West Bengal chapter of Students Islamic Organisation of India today launched a state-wide 10-day campaign for Muslim reservation.
Jamia VC Mushirul Hasan honored with French award
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, has been appointed Officer of the Order of Academic Palms by the Prime Minister of France.
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of France awards these premier orders, called Palmes Academiques, to eminent personalities for their services in the field of culture and the arts. Prof Hasan has accepted the honor which is one of the oldest civil distinctions issued by the Government of France.
Environmental activist highlights mercury poisoning in Kodaikanal
Mercury contamination at Unilever factory site not yet cleaned up; people suffering for 30 years
By TCN News,
Narmada Oustees converge in national capital; demand revocation of raise in dam’s height, rehabilitation...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The two day 'Chetavni Dharna' (warning) of hundreds of Sardar Sarovar Project affected families at Jantar Mantar concluded on Wednesday with a strong warning to the Prime Minister and NDA Government to undertake a serious review of the illegal decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project and assess the true costs and benefits of the Project, which is to cost Rs. 90000 crores, while the Government has decided to submerge 2.5 lakh people in the valley.
Silent protest in Hyderabad against clampdown in Kashmir
By TCN News
A silent protest against the undemocratic clampdown on daily life in Kashmir over the past two months was held at Dharna Chowk,...
President of India greets Pakistan on its Independence Day
By TCN News,
New Delhi: President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 14th August greeted the people and the Government of Pakistan on the occasion of their Independence Day.