Woman arrested with tortoises
By IANS,
Lucknow: A young woman has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district and 40 tortoises recovered from her, police said Saturday.
Seema Banerjee, 28, was arrested Friday evening from Matlupur area, police officer D.K. Sharma said in Mau, some 300 km from Lucknow. "The tortoises were recovered from two air bags she carried."
She has said she worked for a gang involved in the illegal supply of tortoises and animal skins to clients in Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Nepal as well as various states of India.
A non-existent signature, bogus ‘wanted’ story: How Parvej Khan spent 4.5 years in jail...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Jalgaon: Lockdown, quarantine and a total restriction on movement amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has now become part of our lives.
For...
Assam suffers huge losses in this year’s flood
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam has suffered huge losses in terms of lives, property, cropped land, dwelling units and infrastructure in three waves of flood this season. The last deluge wreaked havoc in Kamrup and Goalpara claiming several lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Pakistani leadership still eyes deal with Bhutto
By DPA
Islamabad : Hopes remain for a positive outcome to power-sharing talks between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, despite the breakdown of months of negotiations, a senior cabinet minister said Sunday.
"We think the dialogue will continue and we will try to come to a conclusion that will ensure political continuity," Information Minister Mohammed Ali Durrani said in Islamabad.
MHRD prepares format to monitor school-wise Aadhaar enrolment
New Delhi, (IANS): The Ministry of Human Resource Development, which made Aadhaar card mandatory for students to avail mid-day meals, has told states and...
President-forwarded AWMELA petition on Batla House ‘untraceable’ at Home Ministry
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Two weeks after the President of India forwarded it to the Union Home Ministry for further action, the petition by the Association for Welfare, Medical, Educational and Legal Assistance (AWMELA) on the Batla House encounter seems to have been lost at the ministry.
Nellie weeps and waits – even 28 years after the massacre
Survivors recount the bloodbath as if it happened yesterday
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCirles.net,
Pakistani radicals set $11 mn bounty on Rushdie’s head
By DPA
Islamabad : A group of Islamic scholars in northwest Pakistan placed a $11.5 million bounty on author Salman Rushdie's head, whose knighthood in Britain sparked an angry response across the Muslim world recently, a report said Saturday.
The bounty was announced during a meeting of 50 Islamic scholars in the Kanigram region of semi-autonomous North Waziristan, Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper reported.
JKSM demands release of its Poonch president
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Chairman Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Zaffar Akbar Bhat has flayed government and its security agencies for arresting its district president Poonch and alleges that the whereabouts of the man are not known since Monday.
In a press statement issued here today, Bhat said that government has no clear policy for those who on the one hand shun the path of violence and are making efforts for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir on the other. He said "all those released militants who have
NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand
By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...
Two killed in blast in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : At least two people were killed and several injured Wednesday in a blast in Balochistan province of southern Pakistan.
NRIs concerned about hate speeches in this Lok Sabha election
By TCN News,
Boston: The Coalition Against Genocide (CAG) today condemned statements by senior leaders of Hindu nationalist organizations, collectively known as the Sangh Parivar, openly inciting people to violence against religious minorities. These leaders also claimed that all Indians who are opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be driven out of India into neighboring Pakistan after the ongoing parliamentary elections.
Bihar remembers Shad Azimabadi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Patna: On Monday, famous Urdu poet Shad Azimabadi[1846-1927] who lived in Patna was remembered in a special function organized by the Urdu Directorate of the Bihar Secretariat.
PDP chief Mehbooba suffers minor injuries in road accident
By IANS,
Jammu : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was injured when her car overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Thursday evening, police here said.
Mehbooba was travelling towards Jammu in her bullet-proof Ambassador car after addressing a series of meetings in the Doda district when the vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down into a ditch - four to five feet below the road level.
RSS missive to cadres: Vote for Hindu agenda
By Arun Anand,IANS,
New Delhi : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has appealed to cadres to vote for parties and candidates that support the Hindu nationalist agenda, including abolition of special status for Jammu and Kashmir and construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya - seen as an endorsement of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto.
The BJP has promised to abolish Article 370 of the constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and build a temple at Ayodhya on the site of the demolished Babri mosque in its poll manifesto.
Apex court dismisses plea for early hanging of Afzal Guru
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea for early hanging of Mohammad Afzal Guru, condemned to the gallows for plotting the December 2001 terror attack on the Indian parliament.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices R.V. Raveendran and Markandey Katju dismissed the plea saying that the apex court has already decided the case.
The bench asked the petitioner, little-known Hindu organisation called Lashkar-e-Hind, to approach the government.
Curious case of a “secular Muslim”
By Abul Kalam Azad
Secularism is a cruel joke in this country: both the opponents and (a section of) the proponents of this glaringly basic...
Savita Ali: Raising her voice to highlight atrocities against Dalit and Muslim women
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...
Modi reaches Srinagar
Srinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Thursday afternoon to meet victims of the recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir.
A special plane carrying...
NDA will get 55% votes in 2019, claims BJP
Hyderabad, (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will get 55 per cent vote share in 2019 general elections to retain power,...
12 killed in clashes between Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan troops
By DPA
Colombo : Government troops repulsed a Tamil rebel attack on a military detachment in north-western Sri Lanka early Friday, killing nine rebels and losing three of their soldiers, a military official said.
Rebels initially launched a mortar and small arms fire attack on the detachment at Niatchchenai in Mannar, 320 km north of the capital, in the early hours of Friday.
Three soldiers were killed and four injured in the initial attack and troops retaliated, inflicting casualties on the rebels, the official said.
I am contesting to raise objections against Musharraf: Wajihuddin
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Wajihuddin Ahmed may be no competition for Pervez Musharraf, but the Pakistan president may have met his match in the Delhi-born former judge who is contesting the presidential election and says candidly that he is not in the race to win.
"I am not in the race to win the presidency but to raise objections against Musharraf's candidature," said the 69-year-old Ahmed, who is contesting to make a point and perhaps dent Musharraf's winning margin as the military dictator runs for a second term.
“We know very less about each other,” says renowned B’desh Baul musician Mac Haque
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: He is very popular and widely respected in Bangladesh. A household name in the world of Baul sangeet, Maqsoodul Haque – whose roots are from Assam – has also been able to leave a mark in this part of India with his mesmerizing performances.
10 Taliban militants, four policemen killed in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : At least 10 Taliban militants and four policemen were killed in fighting between the Afghan troops and Taliban in different provinces of Afghanistan.
Afghan troops backed by NATO forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province, a local official said Thursday.
"In the operation launched Wednesday night in Deh Chopan district, at least 10 rebels were killed and 14 others sustained injuries," Fazal Bari, district chief of Deh Chopan, told Xinhua.
Iraqi journalist shot dead in Baghdad
By DPA
Baghdad : Iraqi journalist Hamed Sarhan was killed by gunmen in southern Baghdad, Iraq's press syndicate president Shehab al-Tamimi said Wednesday.
NDTV raids remind of ‘Emergency days’: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS): The CBI raids on NDTV network's co-founder Prannoy Roy's premises is reminiscent of the Emergency days, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said...
Madrasa students now get free Monthly Season Tickets like other students
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Students, both boys and girls, studying in Madrasa, High Madrasa and Senior Madrasa have started getting free Monthly Season Tickets (MSTs) in 2nd class in the trains from August 1 like other students. The scheme was announced by Railway Minister Mamata Banarjee in her Railway budget 2009-2010 in July.
With ‘terror’ tag, Ziaur Rahman of Batla House contests Delhi civic poll
Mothers of other terror accused are campaigning for Rahman in Zakir Nagar ward
By Abu Zafar, TwoCircles.net,
Mamata fights anti-demonetisation war for national prominence
By Anurag Dey
New Delhi : After storming to power in West Bengal for a second consecutive term, 2016 saw Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee...
Rizwanur was provoked to commit suicide: high court
By IANS,
Kolkata : Saying Muslim youth Rizwanur Rehman was provoked to commit suicide last year, the Calcutta High Court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file charges against six people, including his father-in-law, industrialist Ashok Todi.
Justice Dipankar Dutta said: "Rehman was provoked to commit suicide by his in-laws, Ashok and Pradip Todi, and four police officers - Gyanwant Singh, Ajay Kumar, Sukanta Chakraborty and Krishnendu Das - last year. The CBI should file chargesheet in the lower court against them as soon as possible."
People rejecting Congress overwhelmingly: AAP
Panaji: The election results on Thursday have shown that people are "rejecting Congress overwhelmingly" in India, AAP spokesperson Ashutosh said on Thursday.
"One thing is...
Punjab police to keep an eye on former terrorists
By IANS
Chandigarh : Punjab's Director General of Police N.P.S. Aulakh Monday instructed field officers to monitor activities of former terrorists and their sympathisers in the state.
Aulakh told top police officers here at a meeting that the existing information and intelligence network in all field areas needed to be strengthened to monitor activities of former terrorists.
He asked them to keep a close watch on activities of those who have been acquitted or bailed out recently.
Imam Bukhari secures UP Legislative Council seat for son-in-law
By TCN Special Correspondent,
After 4,400 deaths, US ends combat in Iraq
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : US President Barack Obama declared the end of a wounding US combat mission in Iraq Tuesday, that resulted in 4,400 soldier deaths, while signalling escalation of the conflict in Afghanistan to defeat terrorists harboured in the region bordering Pakistan.
"As we speak, Al Qaeda continues to plot against us, and its leadership remains anchored in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said Tuesday in a prime time nationally televised address from the Oval Office.
‘Jihadi’ trainer held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A man from West Bengal who was allegedly planning to start a madarsa for 'Jihadi training' has been arrested, police said on Friday.
Alimul...
Noted criminal lawyer attacked in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Noted criminal lawyer R.K. Naseem was critically injured after he was attacked by one of his close relatives over some property dispute Sunday, police said.
Naseem was attacked by one of his brothers-in-law Vinod in Dabri area of southwest Delhi. According to police, Vinod hit Nasem on head with a stick.
Muslim Women Personal Law Board opposes govt salary to Imams
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Abbas’ aide restates necessity to strike deal ahead of Mideast peace conference
By Xinhua
Ramallah : An aide to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Sunday that going to a U.S.-sponsored peace conference without a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians would be "dangerous."
"It is very dangerous to go to the conference without agreement," Abbas' political advisor Nemer Hamad told reporters in Ramallah.
He added that "the framework agreement is needed to bridge the gap or at least reduce the gap so it could be bridged there in November meeting."
2,900 kg of cocaine seized in Panama
By IANS/EFE,
Panama City : Panamanian police and military units confiscated over 2,900 kg of cocaine in two separate operations over the weekend, authorities said here Monday.
HC asks Telangana to file counter affidavit on gun battle
Hyderabad : The Hyderabad High Court on Thursday directed the Telangana government to file counter affidavit on a petition filed in connection with the...
Parvez Hashmi retains Okhla
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Congress candidate Parvez Hashmi proved his detractors wrong by winning the Delhi assembly elections for the fourth time in a row from Okhla constituency where the killing of two alleged terrorists in a gun battle in September led to mass protests against "police excesses".
It was a close fight in the Muslim-dominated constituency among the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Brahm Singh and of the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Asif Mohammed Khan. Hashmi won by a margin of 400 votes. The RJD finished second.
अमन और भाईचारे के पैगाम के साथ संपन्न हुई ईद उल अज़हा
आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
कुर्बानी का दिन ईद और अज़हा अमन और भाईचारे के साथ मनाया गया।तमाम ईदगाहों से इमामों ने मुल्क में अमन और...
Dial toll free 1800 110 088 to register grievance with minority commission
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Minorities has set up a Toll Free MTNL Telephone number 1800 110 088 for the benefit of minorities. This will enable the members of minority communities to register their grievances with the commission.
Using this number, members of minority communities can also share important information about developments concerning the minorities. The help desk will also facilitate enquiry on status of their grievances and provide information about the functions and activities of the Commission.
Four Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
By IANS
Ranchi : Four Maoist guerrillas have been arrested in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said Saturday.
Six killed in Manipur, home secretary reviews security
By IANS
Imphal : Six people, including four separatists and two civilians, were killed in separate attacks in Manipur even as union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta visited the state to review the security situation, officials said Thursday.
A police spokesperson said paramilitary troopers of the Assam Rifles gunned down three militants near Sora village in Thoubal district Wednesday.
एक मंच पर मौलाना मदनी व तौक़ीर रज़ा, कहा –तमाम मसलक भूलकर हो जाओ...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ : ‘देश के हर मुसलमान को अपने अक़ीदे और मसलक पर क़ायम रहते हुए मिल्ली मसायल पर एकजुटता का परिचय देना...
Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time
New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Sania...
No peace with terrorists who burnt my Mumbai: Rushdie
By IANS,
London : Indian-origin writer Salman Rushdie says he is "desperately upset" by the terrorist attacks on Mumbai - his place of birth - and strongly disagrees with the view that peace ought to be made with Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
"I do think of Bombay as my hometown," he told the Daily Telegraph in an interview.
"Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else.
India’s first Sufi research centre to start in Patna
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Patna: A National Research and Teaching Centre for Sufism and comparative religion is soon going to start in Mitan Ghat, Patna,...
Muslims petition MP High Court for peaceful Friday in Dhar as Feb 12 coincides...
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Fearing communal flare-up, Muslim residents from Dhar town have petition Madhya Pradesh High Court to ensure they...
NIA to probe funding of Geelani, Naeem Khan and other Hurriyat leaders
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a preliminary enquiry against top leaders of Kashmiri separatist group Hurriyat Conference, SAS Geelani,...
ATS forcing blasts accused in Jaipur jail for confession
By TCN News,
Jaipur: Muslim groups in Rajasthan have charged that Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officials are forcing Jaipur terror blasts accused, currently lodged in Jaipur jail, for fresh confessions while the probe into the May 2008 serials blasts have been completed. The Muslim groups, after visiting the jail, alleged that the inmates are being kept without basic amenities, in violation of the Jail Manual and forced to make fresh confession despite the completion of investigation.
MP shows a copy of Misra report in Rajya Sabha, demands its tabling
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Leading from front in efforts by the Muslim community to put pressure on the central government to table the Ranganath Misra Commission report in the Parliament, Janata Dal-U Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar Ali Anwar yesterday showed a zerox copy of the Misra report in the Upper House and demanded the government to make it officially public as it is already being circulated unofficially.
Maoists release abducted tribal cops in Chhattisgarh
By IANS
Raipur : After keeping them in captivity for four days, Maoist militants in Chhattisgarh released two tribal Special Police Officers (SPOs)from their custody Monday in the southern district of Bijapur.
"Both the SPOs, males in their late 20s, were set free by the leftist extremists today, they are unharmed but highly terrorised," Ankit Garg, Bijapur district superintendent of police, told IANS.
He added that the two men were released in a forested area of Gangloor in Bijapur district in Bastar region, some 440 km south of capital Raipur, from where they were abducted Jan 24.
PFI condemns Delhi police harassment against Adv Mahmood Pracha
TCN News
New Delhi, Dec 25: Popular Front of India National Secretary, Mohammed Shakif on Friday condemned the searches by Delhi Police Special Cell at...
Mecca Masjid blast accused sent to NIA custody
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A special court Tuesday sent an accused in 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, to the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for 15 days.
IM suspects property attached, family left homeless, Jamiat comes in support
By TCN News,
Mumbai/Pune: Although it is the established procedure of the law that no person will have to bear the burden of crime done by other person but it is not always true for the investigative agency in India. In a trivial move National Investigation Agency (NIA) has obtained orders from special NIA court Delhi to attach property in Pune of allegedly absconding Indian Mujahideen operative Mohsin Chaudhary. It is noteworthy that Mohsin Chaudhary has been allegedly absconding since last 5 years but the investigation agency has acted now for attaching his property. Mohsin chaudhary’s family is into the denial and claims that the property does not belong to Mohsin but to his father in law.
7 held in Delhi for rioting
By IANS,
New Delhi: At least 27 people were arrested for rioting after a clash between two groups in east Delhi, police said Sunday.
According to police, the incident took place late Saturday when some residents of Block 11 in Kalyan Puri pelted stones on people of Block 16. The mob, which the police say was instigated by Sarwan, a known criminal of the area, torched three rickshaw carts and tried to set shops on fire.
India is already a Hindu nation: Goa Deputy CM
Panaji : India is already a Hindu nation and "all Indians in Hindustan are Hindus", Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza said Friday.
Defending the comments...
Civil society groups criticize Shinde’s withdrawal of ‘Hindutva terror’ remark
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Andhra Predesh: Trend/ Result of Muslim Lok Sabha candidates
Andhra Pradesh
| Constituency |
Muslim Candidate |
Party VHP calls for anti-conversion law
Kolkata: Slamming the opposition for stalling parliament over the conversion row, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Praveen Togadia Saturday pressed for an anti-conversion...
Over 125 Taliban rebels killed in Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : Afghan and the US-led coalition forces have killed more than 125 Taliban militants in separate gun battles in southern Afghanistan, coalition statements said Wednesday.
The joint forces confronted a large group of insurgents, preparing for an ambush, while conducting a combat patrol in Dihrawud district of Uruzgan province Tuesday night, the statement said.
More than 80 Taliban fighters fought the forces in a six-hour engagement, it said.
Coalition artillery and close air support was called in to repel the enemy reinforcements, it added.
Maudany in judicial custody; bail plea to be considered on August 30
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Bengaluru: Following the City Police Commissioner’s statement that the police had no evidence of Abdunnasir Maudany’s involvement in the Chinnaswamy stadium blasts, the police yesterday did not seek extension of his police custody and subsequently, Maudany has been remanded to judicial custody till September 11. Meanwhile, the Bengaluru Fast Track Sessions Court (V) has postponed the hearing of Maudany’s bail plea to August 30.
World should not forget humanitarian aid for Gaza: German FMBy IRNA Berlin : German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday called on the global community to step up its humanitarian efforts in Gaza in the wake of the Israeli political and economic blockade after Hamas took over power in Gaza. Rejoice, good days are here! Or are they?
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that achche din aa gaye (good days are here).The PM, in his own opinion...
‘Bengaluru blast: Ready to testify if I get permission’ – Maudany’s former guard
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Two held for raping widow
By IANS,
Jammu : Two of three government employees in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district who raped a widow after promising to give her a job have been arrested, police said Thursday.
Two Palestinian armed groups say responsible for rocket attack on Israel
By Xinhua
Gaza : Two Gaza militant groups claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the homemade rocket attack on an Israeli army base in southern Israel, wounding dozens of Israeli soldiers.
Saraya al-Quds, armed wing of the Islamic Jihad (Holy War), and Sallah el-Dein Brigades, armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said in a joint leaflet faxed to the press that they fired a rocket from northern Gaza at the southern Israeli town of Zikim.
Nitish Katara murder: Sukhdev Pehalwan gets life term
By IANS,
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the Nitish Katara murder, to life imprisonment.
BJP hails Farooq’s snub to Mufti on currency issue
By IANS,
Jammu : The Bharatiya Janata Party has supported National Conference leader and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah's assertion that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and shall ever remain so. The party's vice-president and spokesperson Hari Om Tuesday welcomed Abdullah’s statement at a rally here Monday that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and there was no question of using Pakistani currency in the state.  Yogi Adityanath to address rally in Lalu-Nitish stronghold
Patna, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address a rally in Bihar in mid June to mark three years of the NDA...
Porn racket in Delhi government school triggers violence
By IANS
New Delhi : Hundreds of agitated parents damaged public vehicles and hurled stones at a state-run school here Thursday after a sting by a private news channel showed one of its teachers allegedly forcing girl students into prostitution and to act in pornographic films. Nine people, including a municipal councillor, were injured in the violence. `
Kasab trial: Court views CCTV footage
By IANS,
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday viewed CCTV footage of the terrorists' attack on Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus here on the night of Nov 26, 2008.
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.
21 Indians arrested in Saudi crackdown on illegal expatriates
Riyadh : In a major crackdown on illegal immigrants, police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 21 Indians for residing illegally in the country, media...
Muslim organizations welcome Women’s Reservation Bill, demand separate quota for SC, ST and Muslim...
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Muslim organizations welcomed the resolve shown by the UPA government for the introduction of 33% reservation for women in Parliament and legislative houses but they demanded separate quota for SC, ST and backward classes, particularly Muslim women.
Ms.Parveen Abdi, founder Secretary General of All India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board, appreciated the UPA chairperson and all those who have supported the move for the introduction of women’s reservation bill and termed the move as a historic leap in women empowerment.
PDP-BJP alliance: Mufti Sayeed faces a balancing act
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will need more than over 50 years of experience as a mature politician to keep the ruling PDP-BJP alliance on an even keel as controversies rattle the coalition even before it starts delivering on promises of peace and development.
 Bengal Governor urged to ensure triple talaq petitioner’s security
Kolkata, (IANS): A five-member delegation on Monday met West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi and urged him to ensure physical and economic security to triple...
Effigies of Tharoor, Owaisi burnt in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : The traders body in Ghaziabad on Saturday burnt effigies of former union minister Shashi Tharoor and MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi over their...
5 Turkish soldiers killed in terrorist attack
By DPA,
Istanbul: At least five Turkish soldiers were killed Monday in a terrorist attack in the country's east, according to television reports.
Several soldiers were reportedly also injured in the attack, which took place near a village in the Tokat region. The soldiers were on patrol when they came under attack, possibly by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK).
Taliban captures Afghan district
By Xinhua
Kabul : Taliban militants have occupied a district in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan, officials confirmed Tuesday.  Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan passes away
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan, a former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, died on Monday. He was 71.
Hasan, who...
RTI query on Batla House encounter not replied
By RINA,
New Delhi: Speaking on ‘RTI and Better Governance’ in third annual meeting of Central Information Commission, asked government officers to voluntarily furnish more and more information to the masses in order to decentralize power. However, Delhi police and officers in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) refused to divulge information on relevant facts of controversial Batla House encounter sought under Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Abu Salem threatening me, says his brother
By IANS,
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh): Underworld don Abu Salem has been charged with threatening his brother Abu Jais here over a property dispute.
AAMSU to go on hunger strike for the BTAD violence victims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged the state government to pay attention to the families of the riot victims in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) or the students’ body will go on hunger strike after August 15.
Criminal, arms supplier arrested in Mumbai with arms
By IANS,
Mumbai: A member of the Chota Rajan gang and an arms supplier were arrested in two separate cases by the Mumbai Police's Crime Branch and arms recovered from them, police said Friday.
Muslim-Hindu Relations in Jammu Province – Part 4
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
Full Series: Muslim-Hindu Relations in Jammu Province
Kerala court convicts Hindutva extremists for bomb attack
By Md Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: In another blow to Sangh Parivar 13 persons reportedly associated with RSS and BJP were on Monday convicted and awarded rigorous imprisonment for their role in a bomb blast in 2000 at Cheruvanchery in Northern Kerala district of Kannur.
They have been convicted for 5-10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined from Rs 25000-85000.
‘West can cry but no change in Iranian nuclear policy’
By DPA
Tehran : The West can "cry its heart out," but there will be no change in Iran's nuclear research programme, said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Bush vows to look into issue of Kuwaiti prisoners in Guantanamo
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : US President George W. Bush vowed here Friday that the US government would ponder over the issue of Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
The vow was made by Bush at a media meeting with Arab media representatives in the White House. The meeting was attended by former Kuwaiti minister of information Saad bin Tafla al-Ajami.
Responding to a question in this context, Bush said the US policy now was to repatriate Guantanamo detainees to their homelands.
Truck full of explosives seized in Bengal
Kolkata : A mini-truck full of explosives was seized Sunday from West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said. The driver of the vehicle was arrested.
"We...
500 Nepali children sold to Indian circus companies: report
By Xinhua,
Kathmandu : More than 500 Nepali children below the age of 14 have been sold to various circus companies in India last year, Nepal's RSS news agency reported Thursday, quoting a new report.
The Report on Condition of Nepali Children: 2008 said around 500 Nepali children have been sold to Indian circus companies on various pretexts.
The majority of the children were from Nepal's southern districts of Bara, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Janakpur, Nawalparasi, Morang, Udayapur, Sarlahi and Ilam, the report compiled by the government's Central Child Welfare Committee, said.
 The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One
By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net
Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...
Iraqi delegation due in Iran
By IRNA
Baghdad : An Iraqi delegation will head for Iran early 2008 to discuss with Iranian officials issues of mutual interest, including border issues within the framework of the 1975 Algiers Accord.
Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Najeh Hamoud said here Saturday that the delegation will talk with Iranian officials the border line issues away from politics.
Hamoud declined to give any comment on the 1975 Algiers Accord.
Maha Govt issues ordinance to implement minority welfare schemes
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The state government issued on February 6 an ordinance for implementation of the eight schemes recently approved for the welfare and social and economic uplift of minorities.
Minister of Minority Affairs Haji Anees Ahmad told media that the ordinance has been issued to implement the eight schemes and by Monday the advertisements in this effect will be published in every newspaper for public information.
Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday.
Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.
 Hindutva Extremists Operate with Impunity in Cong-ruled Himachal Pradesh? Elderly Muslim Shopkeeper Assaulted Amid...
TCN News
In a disturbing incident, an elderly Muslim shopkeeper was violently attacked by a Hindutva mob in Himachal Pradesh, which has witnessed a rise...
Kashmir government working on RSS agenda, says Yasin Malik
Srinagar : Separatist leader Yasin Malik on Wednesday hit out at the Jammu and Kashmir government for denying space to separatists and accused Chief...
 ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “पुलिस ने मेरे बेगुनाह शौहर की हत्या की” हिरासत में...
तेलंगाना में मेदक पुलिस ने खदीर को चोरी के इल्जाम में गिरफ्तार किया था, गिरफ्तारी के बाद बेतहाशा पिटाई से खदीर की तबीयत बिगड़...
Tripartite meeting on voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Iran at
By IRNA
Tehran : UNHCR Headquarters hosted on 28 September in Geneva the 13th Tripartite Commission Meeting between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan and UNHCR on the joint programme for voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Iran, according to UNHCR press release issued on Sunday.
The Iranian delegation was headed by Mr. Seyyed Taghi
Ghaemi, Advisor to the Iranian Interior Minister and Director General of the Bureau by representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Jamia announces results
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Jamia Millia Islamia here Tuesday announced the results of entrance test and interviews of some of its courses.
The courses include Master of Business Administration (MBA) (full time), Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), MA (Mass Communication) and MA (Convergent Journalism).
The short-listed students will have to submit their certificates at the time of final admission, a university statement said.
Fahim Ansari’s wife relieved at his acquittal
By IANS,
Mumbai : Expressing relief over Fahim Ansari's acquittal in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai by the Supreme Court, his wife Yasmin Thursday said she was glad he was acquitted.
 PM Modi is accountable for the damages and disasters incurred by blindfold demonetization :...
TCN News
New Delhi: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) clearly observes that one year of much flaunted demonetization by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Punjab smuggler held with Rs.35 mn worth heroin
By IANS,
Amritsar (Punjab) : A notorious drugs smuggler was Monday arrested here by the special narcotics cell of the Punjab police and 3.5 kg of heroin worth Rs.35 million was recovered from his possession.
The smuggler, Davinder Singh, was arrested from Chheharta area of this Sikh holy city as he came to deliver the consignment of the drugs to another person. His accomplice Balbir Singh managed to escape.
 6 deaths in 13 days after the additional exclusion list of NRC is published...
TCN News
People whose names have been excluded in the draft list and the additional list of NRC (National Register of citizens) in Assam are...
Tribal school kids kill mates to get a holiday
By IANS
Partur (Maharashtra) : Three teenage students of a tribal school here killed their two younger schoolmates so that they could get a long holiday.
The killers, who have confessed to their crime, will be produced before the district court in Jalna and sent to a reformatory, Partur police told IANS Thursday.
The minor offenders, Jibhya Kale, Vallabh Kale and Namdeo Pawar, all in their early teens, took 8-year-old Ashok Kale and his 5-year-old brother Mangal Kale to a farm near their school Tuesday night and asphyxiated them.
Rajasthan ATS gets permission to quiz Malegaon 2008 blast accused
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Kashmir villagers continue protest over women’s death
By IANS,
Srinagar : People continued to protest for the third day Monday in Kashmir's Anantnag district where a woman was allegedly beaten to death by police during a search for contraband drugs.
Over 34,000 Indian Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
By IANS,
Jeddah : Over 34,000 Haj pilgrims from India have arrived here for the annual pilgrimage.
Liberhan Commission’s term extended by three months
By IANS,
New Delhi : The term of the commission probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was Tuesday extended by three months more. It was for the 46th time that the commission's tenure was extended, said a home ministry release. Its term would now expire Sep 30. "The commission is inquiring into the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992," it said. Oldest Babri litigant Hashim Ansari passes away
Lucknow : Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, passed away in Ayodhya on Wednesday morning, after prolonged illness.
Ansari has...
 CBI’s Rs 10 lakh reward for information on JNU student
New Delhi, (IANS): The CBI on Thursday announced Rs 10 lakh reward for information about Najeeb Ahmed, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student who went...
Andhra legislators nearly come to blows discussing terrorism
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Members of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly Thursday nearly came to blows as a debate over terrorism took an ugly turn.
Legislators of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) nearly assaulted one another as they exhanged accusations of being responsible for the spread of terrorism.
Lawyer fighting case against Koda seeks security
By IANS,
Ranchi: A lawyer fighting corruption cases against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and some bureaucrats has sought security from the state government as a precautionary measure.
The request has been made by Rajiv Kumar, the lawyer of Durga Oraon who filed a public suit in the Jharkhand High Court in 2008 seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the assets of Koda and six former ministers. Apart from this case, Kumar is also involved in about six public suits related to various scams.
Relieved parents await Sabeel’s return from Britain
By IANS,
Bangalore : The elderly parents of Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed, who was found guilty of withholding information on last year's terror plot in Britain and was being deported Wednesday night, say they are relieved that he is returning home at last. "Every day has been a day of special prayers for us since his arrest (on June 30, 2007 in Liverpool). We have not planned anything special to receive him as only thing we have been waiting all these months is his safe return," Sabeel's mother Zakhia Ahmed, a retired doctor, told IANS Wednesday. Threat from sea prompts Coast Guard revamp
By IANS
Daman : The emerging terrorist threat from the sea has prompted the Indian government to fast track replacement of ageing platforms and systems of the Coast Guard, Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced here Tuesday. Maoists damage school buildings in Chhattisgarh
By IANS
Raipur : About 250 armed Maoists have damaged three school buildings in a village in Chhattisgarh's trouble-torn Bijapur district, police said Saturday.
Armed with axes, spades and other weapons, the Maoists stormed into Murdanda village in Bijapur district in the early hours of Saturday and badly damaged two school buildings and a small school-cum hostel.
Almost 60 percent of the buildings of the three government-run schools have been damaged, police sources told IANS.
Hamas denies intentions to give up Gaza facilities for dialogue
By Xinhua
Gaza : Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) renewed on Saturday that it will not hand over Gaza Strip ministries and security compounds in exchange for dialogue with President Mahmoud Abbas of rival Fatah.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri was commenting on reports bylocal independent news agency of Maan which said Hamas hasaccepted to give up the Gaza facilities, including crossing points,to the Palestinian presidency.
"All the information in Maan's report are untrue and aim atcreating more troubles," Abu Zuhri said.
14 convicted in Bhagalpur riots
By IANS
Patna : A court in Bihar Monday found 14 people guilty of involvement in the 1989 Bhagalpur communal riots that had left over 1,000 people dead. The court will pronounce the sentences on June 27. Battle for control over Punjab Wakf Board ends
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed an order ending the legal battle for control over the affairs of Punjab Wakf Board, with its chairperson-cum-MLA Razia Sultana on one side and CEO-cum-IPS officer Mohammad Izhar Alam on the other. The High Court has ordered that the board constituted on November 9, 2005 by the Punjab government, following the differences among its members, would cease to exist and the board constituted on November 11, 2004, shall continue to work. Aware of his rights, boy ensures teacher for school
By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS,
New Delhi : For six months he and his peers, all students of the crucial Class 10, went without a science teacher. That's when 15-year-old Haryana boy Wasim Akram remembered a chapter on his rights as a citizen and decided to test it.
Within 10 days, a teacher was appointed to his school!
"Since the session started last year, we didn't have a science teacher. When no one came to teach us even after six months, we decided to do something about it," Wasim, who studies at the government high school in Kairaka area of Mewat district, told IANS on phone.
AFMI holds its zonal conference in Faizabad
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Faizabad : The American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) held its zonal conference on January 3rd, 2008 in the historic town of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. The theme of the conference was "Striving for Educational Empowerment."
© TwoCircles.net
Send this to a friend |