UN Committee wants more from India on human rights
By IANS,
New Delhi : A UN committee has recommended repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act, more budgetary support for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and setting up of human rights commissions and courts in all states.
In its recommendations, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) also called for the implementation of the Sachar Committee report (on socio-economic status of the Muslims) “without further delay”.
Hijab is my ornament: Mumbai corporator Afreen
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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
What is there to emulate Modi? Ask Gujarat-based activists
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Can Islam and Secularism dialogue with each other?
By Maulana Waris Mazhari,
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)
The question of whether or not there can be a dialogue between Islam and secularism is a particularly pertinent one today. Many Muslims, including the vast majority of ulema and Islamists, believe that these ideologies are polar opposites. Hence, they insist, there is no possibility of arriving at even a minimum consensus between the two.
दिल्ली दंगो में जेल में बंद 24 मुस्लिमों को जमानत,जमीयत कर रही थी पैरवी
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दिल्ली दंगों से जुड़े मामलों में 24 मुस्लिमों जिन्हें आरोपी बनाया गया था, उन्हें शनिवार को जमानत दे दी गई।
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Osama bin Laden to release video message: report
By Xinhua
Cairo : An Islamic website will issue a new video message of Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sep 11 attacks, US-based SITE intelligence group said.
SITE said Thursday on its website that it has learned that a new video message is forthcoming from the head of Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden, addressing the American people on the sixth anniversary of the attacks of Sep 11, 2001.
The website also posted an image from the forthcoming video.
Smoking a major cause of heart disease among youngsters
By Ziaulla Nomani,
Heart disease is no more associated with old age. It is fast catching to the younger population of the city, mainly due...
Cyclone toll in Bangladesh rises to 2,579
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The toll from Cyclone Sidr that devastated Bangladesh last week has gone up to 2,579, according to the flood and disaster management ministry of Bangladesh.
In the latest report released Monday, the disaster management ministry put the total number of people injured at 1,491 and 1,063 as still missing.
However, the unofficial count put the toll figure at over 3,000.
The Bangladesh government Monday asked the international community to assist in its efforts to provide emergency aid to the cyclone victims and post-cyclone rehabilitation.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind strongly condemns Mumbai terror attacks
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Mr Nusrat Ali, Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemned in severest terms the last night's terror attacks in Mumbai. He has demanded a high-level enquiry into these attacks so that the culprits might be brought to book soon.
Condoling the demise of those who were killed in this terrorist and subversive act, and extending his sympathy with their near and dear ones as well as those rendered injured, the Secretary-General said, "We are deeply grieved with these killings and share their feelings at this critical hour."
Ruchika molestation case: Hearing adjourned to Friday
By IANS,
Chandigarh: A local court here Thursday adjourned to Friday the hearing on former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore's plea challenging his conviction for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea for enhancement of Rathore's sentence is also pending before the same court.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh heard the arguments for over six-hours Thursday before adjourning the hearing. During Thursday's proceedings the media were not allowed inside the courtroom on the request of Rathore's counsel.
British Muslim bodies flay Mumbai attacks
By IANS,
London : The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai unequivocally and said "there is no excuse for such acts, whatever the cause may be".
Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "I condemn this heinous act and extend my sympathies and condolences to the bereaved. Many Britons have deep links with the city of Mumbai and India and I join them in this hour of sadness and anxiety."
The Federation of Indian Muslim Organizations Midlands, UK, also condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Telangana constitutes panel for Muslim reservation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday constituted a commission to study the socio-economic and educational status of Muslims in the state and recommend increase...
Death of Fathima Latheef a blatant case of discrimination and Islamophobia, say students
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Just five months after Dr. Payal Tadvi, a medical student at Nair Hospital in Mumbai was driven to suicide due to...
Brahma Kumari sisters tie rakhi to Jamia VC
By TCN News,
New Delhi: To mark the auspicious festival of ‘Raksha Bandhan’ which falls on August 29, 2015, the Brahma Kumari sisters tied...
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Party Two Jaish guerrillas, soldier killed in Kashmir
By IANS
Srinagar : Two guerrillas of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and a soldier were killed early Tuesday when security personnel surrounded a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Deepti Naval plays Kashmiri Muslim in ’19th January’
Mumbai : Debutante film maker Sanjay Amar's "19th January", will see veteran and acclaimed actress Deepti Naval in the role of a Kashmiri Muslim.
"I'm...
BJP manifesto: Salient points
New Delhi : The BJP manifesto released Monday talks about building 100 new cities, setting up a price stabilisation fund, evolving a single national...
Young Nikhat desperately looking for Fasih
She has knocked at home ministry, foreign ministry, Delhi Police, Karnataka Police, NIA, CBI, but got no information about Fasih Mehmood
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Gurgaon quack confesses to aborting 250 female foetuses
By IANS
Gurgaon (Haryana) : In a shocking disclosure, a quack here has confessed to aborting over 250 female foetuses, adding he has lost count of the number of abortions he carried out at his nursing home over the last decade. Criminal behind Nandigram violence held
By IANS
Kolkata : A notorious criminal who was allegedly behind the recent violence in Nandigram was arrested from West Bengal's South 24-Parganas early Saturday, police said.
Acting on a tip, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) raided a guesthouse in Mahishadal and arrested Salim and four of his associates. The police have recovered arms and ammunition from them.
Salim has confessed to his involvement in the violence in Nandigram, police said.
Common Law Admission Test, 2011
CLAT was conceptualized and implemented pursuant to a case filed at the Supreme Court of India highlighting the hardships of students who would have...
First edition of Indian Muslim Entrepreneurs Network conference held in Pune
By TCN News
Pune: A new initiative aimed at driving Muslim involvement in India’s start-up and technology economy was hosted in...
India has struggled to protect minority communities: USCIRF
By TCN News
Washington, DC: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a US-govt body that monitors religious freedom in the world has critized India...
‘Non-ideological, open dialogue among religions needed to promote human rights’
By Arul Louis,
United Nations : India has called for a non-ideological and open dialogue among religions and civilisations to promote and strengthen human rights...
Five top Manipur separatists arrested in Guwahati
By IANS,
Guwahati : Five top separatist leaders of the northeastern state of Manipur were arrested in Assam in a major anti-insurgency drive, officials said Wednesday.
An Assam police spokesman said four of the arrested were from the outlawed People's Liberation Army (PLA) and their armed wing, the Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), and another was the general secretary of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF). All the arrests were made here late Tuesday.
Malayali Muslims assemble on Iftar party in Bangalore
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kozhikode: Thousands of Malayali Muslims assembled in the ifthar party organized by the Jamat-e Islami Malayali chapter in the Bangalore city. The party was held at the Shadab Shahi Mahal in the Thanari Road.
British teenagers held for online bank fraud
By IANS,
London: Two British teenagers have been arrested for selling bank account details hacked from personal computers across the world through internet.
Details of more than 65,000 bank accounts hacked from personal computers worldwide were allegedly sold on an internet site. At least 8 million pounds were emptied from the accounts, The Sun reported.
According to police, 8,000 crooked "customers" were also offered advice on how to use card details fraudulently to buy goods, transfer cash and call sex phonelines.
CPI-M, Congress should drop India from party names: BJP leader
Kolkata : Calling for punishment for the students who participated in the "anti-India" march, the BJP on Saturday said the CPI-M and the Congress...
Saudi official attends Arab Conference on mining in Cairo
By SPA
Cairo : The First International Conference of Mining and Quarries Economics in the Arab World concluded its deliberations here yesterday.
The conference was organized by Egyptian Scientists Association in cooperation with Saudi-Egyptian Mining Services Establishment. A large number of Arab experts in the field of mining and mineral resources attended the conference.
The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the conference was headed by Under Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Dr. Sultan Jamal Shaoli.
BJP promises Ram temple again, Congress calls it a lie
By IANS,
Nagpur : With general elections round the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the party was committed to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Congress termed the promise a lie. Addressing the BJP's national council meeting here, party president Rajnath Singh said building a temple to Lord Ram was the party's "nishtha and aastha (vow and aspiration)" and they were looking for an opportunity to build the temple at Ayodhya.
AMU to accredit more U.P. madrasa degrees
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Aligarh: In a move to provide more madrasa graduates with an opportunity to get higher education, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has expedited its efforts to recognize degrees of more madrasas. Kerala orders probe into religious conversion
Thiruvananthapuram : A report about 35 people getting converted to Hinduism Sunday would be probed by a senior police official, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh...
EU urges Syria to release human rights defenders
By NNN-KUNA
Brussels : The European Union has expressed its "deep concern" about the recent detention of members of what the EU described as "pro-democracy grouping in support of the Declaration of Damascus, in Syria."
An EU Presidency statement released on Sunday recalled Syrias international commitments, namely the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and urged the Syrian authorities to immediately release all those detained.
Prof. Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo passes away
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Prof. Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo, a noted scholar and former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University, died here today. He was 86. Born on November 14, 1924 in Patna, he did his D. Phil in 1958 from Oxford University under the guidance of Prof. Hamilton A. R. Gibb.
Dr. Arzoo, appointed as lecturer in the Department of Arabic at AMU in 1953, became Reader in Islamic Studies and in 1968 he became Professor and Chairman in the Department of Arabic and Dean, Faculty of Arts in 1975.
Hurriyat releases annual report targets state government over human rights abuse
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The annual report of separatist faction Hurriyat (M), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has brought out...
एनडीए की बारात में सभी दूल्हे
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: बिहार चुनाव में एनडीए की रंग-बिरंगी बारात उछलते-कूदते आगे बढ़ रही है. मगर इस बारात का ‘दूल्हा’ कौन है, खुद...
SDPI to hold its organizational poll
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will hold its organizational elections from branch to national level during June to December this year.
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 Modi’s Israel visit extension of Hindutva ideology: Karat
New Delhi, (IANS): Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel a "complete turning point", senior CPI-M leader Prakash Karat on Tuesday said it was...
Al Qaeda Has No Role Here: Militant Groups in Kashmir
By INS
Srinagar : After Al Qaeda released a video about how they are going to target India and Indian embassies because of the fact that they are oppressing Muslims .The Kashmir militant groups have reacted in different way to the Al Qaeda's statement and have effectively replied Al Qaeda to stay out of Kashmir because it has no role in Kashmir struggle and that they would like to keep their struggle as an indigenous one .Same way when Al Qaeda tried to intervene in Palestine,a biggest local militant group in Palestine HAMAS, also advised Al Qaeda to stay away.
Prosecutor in Dawood sister’s case withdraws after threats
By IANS
Mumbai : The additional public prosecutor in an extortion case involving Haseena Parkar, the elder sister of India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, Tuesday withdrew from the case after allegedly receiving anonymous threat calls. Palestinian leader denounces Hamas, declines to have dialogue with its leaders
By NNN-KUNA
Ramallah : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Hamas Wednesday, and declined to have dialogue with its leaders.
Speaking at a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), an umbrella political group, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, he accused Hamas of trying to establish its own state in Gaza.
"There is no dialogue with those murderous terrorists," Abbas said, referring to Hamas militants.
Baramulla on edge, Minor reshuffle in JK Police
By Sheikh Imran Bashir,Agence India Press,
Srinagar: A curfew was strictly imposed since morning in Baramulla district, 65 km north of Srinagar, and Sopore, 55 km north of Srinagar, as the authorities feared protests in these areas. Despite curfew, there were reports of massive protests in the town against the death of two youth from the area one, Faizan Ahmad, died after he drowned into a river in a police chase two days ago and 23-year-old Fayaz Ahmad Khanday fell to bullets fired on the funeral of Faizan.
In Kerala, attempts to save Arabi Malayalam take final shape
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Kozhikode : The history of Islam in Kerala goes back more than a thousand years, with the first mosque in the...
 BJP MLA slaps Bihar Minister with case over Modi insult
Patna, (IANS): A BJP legislator on Thursday filed a case against Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan over a video clip that...
A confusing guide for confused Muslim voters
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
If you are a Muslim and a voter in this Lok Sabha election then all the parties are interested in getting your votes. They are meeting your leaders/brokers/well-wishers to tell you how to vote. We have compiled those directives in one place so that all confusion remains in one place.
Kashmir floods: Carpet industry incurs losses worth $5 billion
Srinagar : Caked with mud and soaked in putrid water, Qazi Mohammad Yahya’s ruined handmade carpets and Pashmina shawls reflect Indian Kashmir’s economic devastation...
Gopalgarh riot: three killed by bullets, confirms autopsy report
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
A history of the Muslims and Barak Valley: Pioneering effort to bring the facts
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Musharraf to take oath as president Nov 29
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pervez Musharraf will take oath as Pakistan president for a second 5-year term Nov 29, TV channel Dawn News reported Monday.
Officials were quoted by the report as saying that the Defence Ministry would notify the retirement of Gen Musharraf as Chief of the Army Staff a day before the oath taking.
The oath taking ceremony will be held at Islamabad and Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar will administer the oath of office and secrecy, the report said.
Indian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, family pleads innocence
By IANS
New Delhi : The family of a Keralite, sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Saudi Arabia for allegedly transporting narcotic drugs, claims he is innocent and has sought the Indian government's intervention for his release. Kerala HC accepts plea seeking to hand over the hand-chopping case to NIA
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
 Institutes will become bastions of patriarchy, casteism, ruthless discipline and commodity after Autonomy: Prabhat...
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Aligarh: “The commodification of education will lead to destruction of excellence, reason, epistemic exteriority, and the institutes will become bastions of patriarchy, casteism,...
Committees, commissions just to silence minorities: Speakers at a seminar
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Urdu Edition of the distinguished The Sunday Indian news weekly in association with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind today organized a seminar on "Committees, Commissions and Minorities" at India Islamic Culture Centre in New Delhi, with speakers highlighting the sordid history of such committees and commissions particularly those set up with the apparent intension of taking out the truth of events and organized crimes that directly hit the minorities specially Muslims in the country.
Chhattisgarh to hire choppers to fight Maoists
By IANS
New Delhi : Worried about the escalating Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, the ministry of home affairs Wednesday allowed state authorities to hire choppers to take on the rebels. Iran ready to expand ties with Algeria – Officials
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Minister of Housing and Urban Planning and Iranian head of joint Iran-Algeria commission Mohammad Saeedi-Kia said Tehran is ready to take big steps in ties with Algeria.
Upon arrival in Algiers' airport, Saeedi-Kia said "The aim of his trip to Algiers is to make preparations for President Ahmadinejad's upcoming visit to Algeria.
Stressing the importance of ties between the two friendly countries of Iran and Algeria, Saeedi-Kia said, "There are plenty of grounds for cooperation between Tehran and Algiers."
Eid preparation keeps valley markets abuzz in Kashmir
By Nazir Ganaie / Waheed Yaseen, Agence India Press,
Sky marshal arrested for trying to molest passenger
By IANS
Srinagar : A sky marshal on board a Delhi bound flight was arrested here Friday for allegedly harassing a woman passenger and trying to molest her.
While the Srinagar-Delhi Air Deccan flight was still on the tarmac here, the passenger complained that Krishen Kumar - who was posted as sky marshal on the aircraft - made lewd remarks at her and attempted to molest her.
Other passengers inside the aircraft raised their voice in support of the victim, following which the departure of the aircraft - scheduled to leave at 12.45 p.m. - was delayed.
 The story of minors: A note on the practice of untouchability in Uttar Pradesh
The mainstream Manuwadi media and Savarna liberal media are always desperate to take note of the atrocities on Dalit-Bahujans in a particular fashion. The...
Bal Thackeray wants Antulay to fight Maharashtra’s case
By Quaid Najmi, IANS,
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has urged former Maharashtra chief minister and union minister A. R. Antulay to provide his legal expertise and knowledge in the vexed Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue, currently being heard in the Supreme Court, a party leader said.
Thackeray specially invited Antulay to his bungalow, 'Matoshri' in Bandra, late Saturday night and requested him to use his legal acumen and his long political and administrative experience to help strengthen Maharashtra's case in the Supreme Court, Sena MP Sanjay Raut told IANS.
Narendra Modi, social media and elections
Election fever has gripped the country and it is inevitable to talk about the contribution of the social media in political campaigns, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, and the bureaucracy. IANS picks up something from these varied topics. Take a look.
Air India aircraft from Dubai crashed in Mangalore, 160 killed
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Mangalore: At least 160 people are feared dead this morning after an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai, carrying 173 passengers, crash-landed near Mangalore airport in Karnataka. At least 6-8 people have been rescued. They are in critical condition. Soon after the crash, the aircraft was engulfed in fire.
Two convicted in Orissa for judo coach’s murder
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A fast track court in this Orissa capital convicted two people Monday in the sensational murder of judo coach Biranchi Das, a government lawyer said.
‘Over 94 percent poor Muslims don’t get subsidised food grains’
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : Most of the poor among India's 138 million Muslims do not get subsidised food grains in rural India, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), one of the leading organisations working for the welfare of the community.
"94.9 percent of Muslims living below the poverty line (BPL) in rural areas do not receive free food grains, and only 3.2 percent get subsidised loans," JIH has said in a recent document called Vision-2016.
The document is a roadmap for educational, economic, and social emancipation of Muslims, India's largest minority community.
Taslima herself wanted to go to Jaipur: associate
By Sujoy Dhar, IANS
Kolkata : Sundeep Bhutoria, a social activist and businessman now in the limelight for facilitating Taslima Nasreen's passage to Rajasthan after rioting in Kolkata over her stay in India, said he acted at the request of the controversial Bangladeshi writer and not any government.  Yoga guru Ramdev accuses Muslims of terrorism, abducting Hindu women
Ramdev claimed that Islam and Christianity were obsessed with conversion while Hinduism taught its followers to do good.
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Clashes in Kashmir over Udhampur truck attack
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in parts of Srinagar on Monday over an attack on a truck in Udhampur, as a shutdown called by the separatists...
Kashmir assembly to take up Afzal mercy plea Sep 28
By IANS,
Srinagar: The resolution seeking clemency for parliament attack convict Afzal Guru will be tabled in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Sep 28, an official said Saturday.
From peons to clerks, raids unveil Madhya Pradesh’s millionaires
By Shahnawaz Akhtar,IANS,
BJP candidate booked for anti-minority remarks
By IANS,
Lucknow : A case has been filed against Ram Iqbal Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, for making objectionable comments against Muslims, police said Saturday.
The case against the BJP candidate was registered Friday, police inspector Bind Kumar told IANS on phone.
Singh made the remarks at a public meeting in Mau district Thursday, he added. Mau is 300 km from Lucknow.
Bihar: 4 Muslims killed over land dispute in Purnia
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net
Patna: In a horrible incident at least four Muslims have been killed and 8 persons have been critically injured in Barnia Ghat village under the Parora Panchayet in K. Nager block of Purnia district yesterday. The killed persons have been identified as Mohmmad Salam, Mohammd Noor, Mohammad Nazir and Abdul Ghaffar.
The incident was result of a dispute over a plot of land measuring 4.17 acres between local Muslims and Adivasi tribals.
We need to prioritise women’s security: Aamir Khan
Hyderabad : Superstar Aamir Khan, who does his bit to bring social change in the country via his show "Satyamev Jayate", is disturbed over...
I received threatening calls to abandon case, says Nithari lawyer
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Ignoring threatening calls to abandon the cases, lawyer Khalid Khan forged on, fighting for justice for the poor Nithari families who had lost their children to bestial rapist-murderers. Thursday's conviction by a court of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surendra Koli in one case has come as a vindication.
For advocate Khalid Khan it was a profession by chance and not choice.
Bidding the army adieu, Musharraf steps into civilian life
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Bowing to intense international and domestic pressure, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf finally stepped down as the army chief Wednesday amid speculation that he would lift the emergency after beginning a second term - in civvies - Thursday.
Musharraf handed over the army's reins to his chosen successor Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, even as the military claimed to have regained control over the restive Swat Valley in the northwest. It said up to 220 pro-Taliban militants had been killed since late October.
Rahmani Foundation conducts interview for CA course
By TCN News,
Patna: Rahmani Foundation conducted on 4th July an interview for final selection of candidates for its newly launched Chartered Accountancy course. The interview was for 63 candidates from Bihar and Jharkhand who have cleared the written test held on 27th June.
Out of 63, 58 candidates appeared in the interview held at Maulana Azad Engineering College, Anisabad in Patna.
What has happened to my beloved Mangalore?
By Maxwell Pereira, IANS,
Is it a curse that's hit Mangalore? Why is it so much in the news in just the last two years for all the wrong reasons?...for vandalism, desecration of religious places, molestation and moral policing over young girls, for rent-a-riot shockers, and now for the deaths of 158 in a colossal tragedy caused by the ill-fated Air India Express crash at its Bajpe airport?
Thieves loot Rs.1.4 mn from Srinagar ATM
By IANS
Srinagar : Burglars for the first time Tuesday decoded the digital code of the J&K Bank's automatic teller machine (ATM) at the Tourist Reception Centre here and decamped with over Rs.1.4 million.
"It is for the first time that a hi-tech crime like this has been committed in Kashmir," a senior police officer said here.
"Instead of using any crude mechanical method to force open the ATM machine, the thieves used technology to break the digital code of the ATM machine," the police officer said.
 Parallel Literature Festival will attempt to counter the elitist nature of the Jaipur Lit...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The world-famous Jaipur Literature Festival, or JLF, has entered in its eleventh chapter this year. JLF has been inviting writers - both...
AMU organises seminar on life and works of Ismat Chugtai
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, is organising a two-day seminar to celebrate the works and life of Urdu literary giant...
Muslim body decide not to hold protest against Babri Mosque demolition
By IRNA,
New Delhi : A Muslim body, All India Babri Masjid Re-building Committee (AIBMRC) fighting for rebuilding Babri Mosque in Ayodhya will not organize any protests on Saturday on the anniversary of demolition of the mosque to express solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
The AIBMRC said it will, instead, send a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil urging her to order the rebuilding of Babri Mosque at its original site in Ayodhya or refer all disputes related to the issue to a Supreme Court for final order.
Two policemen held for Kashmir’s Narbal firing incident
Srinagar: Two policemen who opened fired on an unruly and stone-pelting crowd in Narbal area, leaving a teenager killed and two people injured were...
Bedi alleges AAP offering bribe, Kejriwal denies
New Delhi : BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi Saturday alleged that the AAP was trying to woo voters by offering bribes. AAP chief...
First Haj flight leaves Srinagar for Jeddah
By IANS,
Srinagar : The first Srinagar-Jeddah flight carrying Haj pilgrims left this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Tuesday morning.
The pilgrims were given a warm send-off by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had been personally overseeing the arrangements for this year's pilgrimage.
Arrangements for ablutions, the 'ahram' (unstitched white robe), foreign exchange and travel documents had been made by the authorities at the Bemina Haj house here.
BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh arrested in murder case
By IANS,
Lucknow : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Azamgarh Ramakant Yadav, wanted in a murder case, was arrested Tuesday, police said.
However, there were contradictions over the place from where Yadav was arrested. Some officials said he was nabbed from Azamgarh district, while others said the parliamentarian was arrested from Ghaziabad.
Azamgarh Additional Superintendent of Police Sarvesh Kumar told IANS that at this time they could only confirm Yadav has been arrested and other details would be divulged later.
Jamia invites applications for Civil Services exam coaching
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Centre for Coaching and Career Planning, Jamia Millia Islamia has invited applications for free coaching for Civil Services (Mains) 2010 Examinations from the students who belong to Minorities, OBCs, SCs and STs and wish to appear in the Civil Services Examinations 2010. Applications must reach Jamia by June 4.
AMUSU to organize convention against state excesses on innocent citizens
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) will organize a convention ‘State Excesses on Innocent Citizens’ tomorrow, December 11.
The event is aimed at sensitizing the students on the criminalization and victimization of innocent citizens through state agencies.
DAA revocation won’t affect AFSPA applicability: Army
By Bureau Report, Agence India Press,
MIM tells panel it prefers unified Andhra Pradesh
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Monday told the Srikrishna committee that it is opposed to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh but if the split becomes inevitable, Rayalseema should be merged with Telangana to form a new state with Hyderabad as its capital.
The political party, which has considerable following among Muslims in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, told the panel that it is against the idea of making Hyderabad a union territory.
From Gandhi to Nehru: RSS-BJP’s shifting blame game
By Ram Puniyani,
India’s partition, Gandhi murder and policies of Nehru have been a matter of ceaseless debates. Each political tendency has its own interpretation of these events, which in a way are landmarks of sorts in modern Indian History. As such the phenomenon of Partition of India and assassination of Gandhi are interwoven in the sense that Godse (Mahatma Gandhi’s killer) held Gandhi responsible for appeasement of Muslims. Godse constructed his story around warped understandings of the events of the time to create the ground for murder of the Mahatma.
Varun Gandhi should be arrested: Kapil Sibal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Slamming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for his alleged communal speech and his unapologetic stand, union minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday said there was no place for people like him in politics and he should be arrested.
The BJP candidate from Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, who is facing a criminal case for his alleged hate-Muslim campaign speech, should be arrested, said Sibal.
The senior Congress leader added that Varun Ganhdi's offence should be treated as non-bailable.
For peace BJP, Muslim organizations share dais
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Genuinely first in the political history of Mumbai, the Hindu right wing political party BJP and various Muslim and secular organizations came on one platform for sake of the communal harmony and greater good of the secular India. However critical one may be of political organizations, they deserve applause and appreciation when they do something constructive. Pakistani troops kill 10 militants
By DPA,
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces said Friday that troops repelled a militant attack in the troubled Bajaur tribal region, killing 10 militants.
The raid on a checkpoint in the Mula Said area also left two soldiers dead and six others wounded, the Frontier Corps paramilitary force said in a statement.
Taliban rebels have stepped up attacks on the government forces in Bajaur, located near the Afghan border, during the last few days.
In early 2009, the military had declared victory over the militants after months of intense fighting.
Spanish exhibition inaugurated
By IRNA-SPA
Jeddah : The Undersecretary of Ministry of Culture and Information for International Cultural Affairs Dr Bakr Baqadir inaugurated here Sunday an exhibition of Spanish Artist Carlos Angel Diath Kambilio including a number of paintings.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by Spain's Ambassador to the Kingdom Manuel Alabart.
 Modi government spent over Rs 4,300cr in publicity, reveals RTI
Mumbai (IANS): The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has so far splurged a whopping Rs 4,343.26 crore only for advertisements and publicity through...
Minarets of Golden Mosque destroyed in new attack
By DPA
Baghdad : Extremists Wednesday blew up the minarets of one of the holiest religious sites for Shia Muslims in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra, the second attack on the site. Protest rally denounces NHRC report, Muslim leaders give memorandum to Home Minister
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Mounting pressure on the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre for a judicial probe into the Batla House encounter, the Coordiantion Committee of Indian Muslims (CCIM), an umbrella body of leading Muslim organizations, held a protest demonstration today at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. CCIM was formed last year in the wake of rising incidence of minority witchhunting following terror strikes in the country.
 Key Indian criminal laws now available in Urdu
By IANS,
Mumbai : For the first time in India, key criminal laws as well as a dictionary of legal terms have been made available in Urdu.
Lucknow celebrates birth anniversary of Hazrat Imam Husain
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Crimes against women on the rise in Agra
By IANS
Agra : There is a spurt in crimes against women in Agra district. Shockingly, at least in some cases, law enforcement officials have remained indifferent while the victims' community and family members have either turned their backs on the suffering women or harassed them further. Jamia Millia to conduct B.Tech entrance test in 63 centres
By IANS
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia University will hold entrance tests for its B.Tech course outside Delhi in 63 centres Saturday.
The university received 37,000 applications for its 350-seat B.Tech course.
"For the first time, the university moves out of Delhi to conduct its entrance test as the demand is huge for the course. The entrance will be conducted in Patna, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Ranchi, Srinagar and Guwahati," Simi Malhotra, media coordinator of the university, said Friday.
GCC Foreign Ministers to convene in Jeddah next Saturday
By NNN-KUNA
Riyadh : Foreign ministers of member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold their 104th meeting in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia, next Saturday under chairmanship of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal.
We don’t respect Indian coaches, laments Nayeem
By Abhishek Roy, IANS
New Delhi : Former national coach Syed Nayeemudin says "we don't respect our Indian coaches" - and this is detrimental for the future of football in the country.
"It is a pity that in this country we don't respect our own coaches. Our culture teaches us that guru is above everyone and I have also followed this right through my playing days," said Nayeem, who is now back in India as chief coach of the Bangladesh national team in the ongoing Nehru Cup football tournament here.
World Sufi Spirit Festival: A perfect treat for music aficionados
Jodhpur : A fusion of Sufi music and history at the three-day World Sufi Spirit Festival had aficionados from across the world soak up...
Australian PM discusses Pakistan situation with Musharraf
Canberra, Nov 5 (Xinhua) Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday he had conveyed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, following the latter's proclamation of emergency rule Saturday, that his government "could not support the extra-constitutional behaviour in any way".
Howard said he made the telephonic call Saturday night to urge Musharraf to exercise restraint and added that he respected the president's strong stance against terrorists, but could not support his latest actions, according to Australian Associated Press.
JIH demands high-level probe of Jamia Nagar encounter
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has demanded a high-level impartial investigation into the Jamia Nagar police encounter on September 19 in which two alleged suspected terrorists were killed while one was arrested.
In a press statement issued today, JIH Secretary General said that an impartial investigation would expose the reality of the involvement of those youths in terror activities.
Muslim leaders unanimous in criticizing Justice Katju’s comments
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna : Recently a 16-year old Muslim student Mohammad Saleem of a Christian minority school in Madhya Pradesh has moved to the Supreme Court against an order of the MP High Court rejecting his petition challenging the decision of his school to throw him out for refusing to shave his beard.
Supreme Court defers hearing on Modi, BJP relieved
By IANS
New Delhi/Ahmedabad : The Supreme Court Monday deferred till Wednesday hearing on two pleas seeking probe into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role in the extra-judicial killing of a Muslim youth, with his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) breathing easy ahead of the crucial first round of assembly polls. A bench of Justice Tarun Chatterjee said it would take up the matter Wednesday as its first item. The bench deferred the hearing of the case without issuing any notice. Apex court says no to probe into Batla house killings
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea for an independent judicial probe into the killings of two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists and a Delhi Police inspector in the September 2008 Batla House shootout in the capital's Jamia Nagar locality.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices P. Sathasivam and B.S. Chauhan dismissed the plea that the slain youths were innocent, saying "how can innocent people have arms and kill police".
IASC guidelines on mental health released in Srinagar
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in emergency settings were rolled out in Srinagar on Frdiay at a two-day workshop, organised by ActionAid International. The guidelines are a WHO-led initiative to set minimum standards for mental health care in emergency situations.
ATUJ hails notification of Urdu as 2nd official language in Jharkhand
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Ranchi : The Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu Jharkhand (ATUJ) has welcomed the notification issued by the State government by order of the...
 Gujarat Congress moves SC against NOTA
New Delhi, (IANS): The Gujarat unit of the Congress on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision to introduce None of the Above (NOTA)...
Top cop, three others held guilty in Shivani Bhatnagar murder
By IANS
New Delhi : A city court Tuesday held former Indian Police Service (IPS) official R.K. Sharma and three others guilty of the murder of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar nine years ago.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri held Sharma and his associates, Pradeep Sharma, Satya Prakash and Sri Bhagwan guilty of murder and hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Her. Bhatnagar, then journalist with the Indian express newspaper here, was found murdered in her east Delhi apartment Jan 23, 1999.
The quantum of sentence will be pronounced March 20, Thursday.
30 Al Qaeda insurgents killed in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : US and Iraqi forces killed at least 30 Al Qaeda suspects during a major offensive on militant strongholds in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, the US military said Wednesday. 9/11 top news event in last 50 years
By IANS,
Auckland : The 9/11 terror attack and Princess Diana's death topped a poll of the biggest news events in the past 50 years, a media report said Sunday.
Thousands of people in New Zealand were asked to vote in an online poll ahead of a television special - "50 Years of Television News" - broadcast Sunday on TVNZ, New Zealand Herald reported.
Voters were given a list of 30 news events since 1960 and asked to vote for their top 10.
The Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the US came out at number one, followed by Princess Diana's death in 1997.
SpiceJet flags off first Hajj flight from Bihar’s Gaya
New Delhi : Budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said its first Hajj flight took off from Gaya in Bihar with 135 passengers on board.
Special...
I wasn’t there when Jessica was killed: new Delhi Police chief
By IANS
New Delhi : The new Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Thursday denied that he was present at Tamarind Court restaurant in the national capital, when model Jessica Lal was killed there in 1999. "I have nothing to do with the Jessica Lal murder case as I wasn't even present there (when the killing took place)," Dadwal said while addressing his first press conference as new police commissioner here. "The media reports regarding my presence are baseless." Nothing for appeasement of Muslims in the Union Budget 2014-15
By Syed Zahid Ahmad,
There is nothing for appeasement of Muslims in the Union Budget 2014-15. Significantly there are just following two small para in 35 pages budget speech.
Talha Amir released, Maha ATS finds no evidence against him
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Talha Amir, son of renowned Azamgarh personality Maulana Amir Rashadi, has been released by the Nagpur police after a Nagpur court accepted his bail application on January 3. The Maharashtra ATS had told the court they were not seeking his further police remand.
Villagers lynch suspected thief in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: Villagers on patrol duty beat a youth to death with iron rods, sticks and bricks after they caught him sneaking into a house in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday.
Mukesh Kumar, 21, was lynched late Friday in Niyamatpur village, about 300 km from here.
"A group of villagers, who were on patrolling, caught Mukesh sneaking into the house of a trader. He died after the assault," police Inspector Nisar Hussain told reporters in Bareilly.
Advani’s rejuvenating yatra to start from poll-bound states
By IANS,
New Delhi : Twenty years after he took out a 10,000-km yatra to catapult his party into political reckoning, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani will next month embark upon another journey for a similar purpose and is likely to start with states going to the polls this year.
"The chief purpose is to instil confidence among the party rank and file in the aftermath of the party's poll debacle," national executive member and a political adviser of the party G.V.L. Narasimha Rao told IANS.
AAP, Bihar jolt BJP, but Modi still going strong
By Prashant Sood and Brajendra Nath Singh
New Delhi : The AAP's dramatic rise and the comeback of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar in Bihar...
Ban on NDTV India put on hold
New Delhi : After facing all-round flak, the government on Monday put on hold the one-day ban on Hindi news channel NDTV India, even...
Mob attacks MLA’s house, torches guard room in Kashmir
Srinagar : Security forces clashed with protestors on Thursday in the Kashmir Valley after the house of an MLA was attacked in south Kashmir,...
Seven men convicted in Britain for terror plotBy Xinhua London : Seven men were sentenced on Friday for up to 26 years in prison over an al-Qaeda-linked plot to kill hundreds in Britain and the United States. Â Â Â Â The sentence was announced at Woolwich Crown Court in east London, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported. Â Â Â Â The men were in a "sleeper cell" led by Dhiren Barot, who is serving a life sentence for plotting to kill "hundreds if not thousands" of people using explosive-packed limousines and a 'dirty' radiation bomb, the court heard. LeT denies links with Al Qaeda, says USA working on Indian propaganda’
By NAK,
Srinagar : Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of the militant outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir, has denied its links with Al-Qaeda and condemned the financial sanctioned by United States of America.
A caller, identifying himself as spokesman of the outfit, Dr Abdullah Gaznavi told News Agency of Kashmir that the militant group was only active in Jammu and Kashmir and there were no links of any kind with Al-Qaeda.
The spokesman claimed that LeT never targeted any civilian area and has focused its struggle only against `Indian occupation forces' in Kashmir.
Pakistan important strategic partner, Boucher to visit next week
By NNN-APP
Washington : Pakistan is a close strategic ally in wide-ranging areas and top American official for South Asia, Richard Boucher will visit the country next week as part of regular consultations in the region, the State Department said.
New platform for 11 radical left parties in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Sep 13 (IANS) Eleven radical left parties have floated a new political platform, the Democratic Left Alliance (DLA), with the objective of "materialising the ideology of left politics" and helping establish "a democratic Bangladesh".
They have attacked mainstream political parties and those left groups that engage in electoral and power politics.
Polling stations to be set up outside Kashmir Valley for migrant voters
Jammu : The Election Commission Sunday announced it would set up 21 polling stations in the Jammu district for migrant voters for the Jammu...
Crucial Phase 1 poll tomorrow; will reflect mood of Muslim voters
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
 IUML appeal to President, UP Governor to release Dr Kafeel Khan
TCN News
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has written to the Governor of UP, Anandiben Patel, to seek intervention for the detention of Dr Kafeel...
Woman held for murder of elderly lady
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 24-year-old lady was arrested here Tuesday along with her husband for murdering and robbing an elderly woman, police said Tuesday.
Dolly Aggarwal of Rani Bagh was arrested for murdering her neighbour Manjeet Kaur, who ran a marriage bureau, Feb 23.
Police said Dolly and Gopal Aggarwal slit Kaur's throat and wrist. They then ransacked her house and took away two mobile phones, clothes, cash as well as jewellery items.
Rights groups, senior activists express concern on Madani case
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Asifa Karamat Ali: Gold Medalist of Gujarat University
TCN series on Muslim women empowerment
On International Women's Day, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor
Close to cabinet expansion, a junior minister resigns in Kashmir
By News Agency of Kashmir
Jammu, Jan 1 (NAK): Close to the heels of cabinet expansion, second in less than a month- one of the junior ministers in Jammu and Kashmir submitted his resignation to chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, here on Tuesday morning. Well informed sources revealed that Minister of Sate for Finance, Planning, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Revenue, Prem Sagar Aziz was asked to submit his resignation by his party high command to pave way for the induction of some new faces in the council of ministry.
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