Separate teachers cadre for Haryana’s Mewat
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana's Mewat area, which has a substantial population of Muslims, will now have a separate cadre of teachers, a lawmaker said Sunday.
Suicide explosion in eastern Pakistan kills 8 people
By KUNA
Islamabad : At least 8 persons were killed and nearly 60 were wounded Thursday in a suicide explosion on a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) bus in an eastern Pakistani city, said officials.
PAF spokesman, Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, said a suicide bomber riding a motorbike rammed into the bus as it was taking personnel to the air base in Sargodha city, about 300 kilometers east of Islamabad.
He said about six PAF personnel were killed and 40 others were wounded.
Jamia Millia teachers condemn rustication of JNU student leaders
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Group has strongly condemned the move by the administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University to rusticate five student leaders, including the JNU Students’ Union president Sandeep Singh.
On Wednesday five student leaders, including three office bearers of the JNU Students’ Union were served show-cause notices and within hours their rustication orders were passed by the administration. JNU Students’ Union president Sandeep Singh has also been rusticated.
End killings in Kashmir, find out a political solution: Left
By TCN News,
New Delhi: All India Left Coordination (AILC), a joint group of four Left parties, has demanded an end to killing of civilians in Kashmir and a political solution to the Kashmir issue. AILC made the demand yesterday while observing its National Day of Solidarity with Kashmiri people.
Madrasa students in Unnao beaten up for refusing to say Jai Shri Ram
TCN News
On the afternoon of Thursday about 10 to 12 boys of the Darul Uloom Faize Aam Madarsa were out playing cricket, 4 youth...
‘हम पूरी तरह से जामिया के साथ हैं’ –अरविन्द केजरीवाल
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया की उम्मीदें एक बार फिर से जगी हैं. देश के सबसे प्रतिष्ठित शिक्षा संस्थानों में...
Hyderabad remained calm during Friday prayers
Additional security forces deployed
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Noida murder: Krishna’s lawyer thrashed
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : The lawyer of Krishna, compounder to Noida twin murder accused dentist Rajesh Talwar, was Thursday attacked by other lawyers when he was going to a special court here, since they had announced a shutdown.
The incident occurred in the morning when Krishna's lawyer Praveen Rai and his local aide F.C. Sharma were proceeding to towards the special magistrate (Central Bureau of Investigation - CBI) court.
Senior lawyer Bhartendu Sharma said: "As the lawyers here had announced a strike in Ghaziabad courts, the two were intercepted and their papers were torn."
Two Maoists lynched in Jharkhand
By IANS,
Ranchi : Two Maoists were lynched by angry villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said.
According to the police, five Maoist rebels went to Jalim village of Latehar district late Thursday night and demanded money from the villagers.
The rebels also roughed up some people, which angered the villagers. The villagers started pelting stones and beating them with sticks and iron rods.
Three of the five rebels managed to escape while the remaining two were lynched.
LeT planned attacks on Somnath temple, Bollywood stars, Shiv Sena leaders
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington: Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) was planning to carry out fresh Mumbai type attacks on the National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi, Somnath temple in Gujarat and some Bollywood stars and Shiv Sena leaders in Mumbai, according to the FBI.
9/11 attacks linked to loss of male babies
By IANS,
Washington : The horrific 9/11 terror attacks may have also led to increased loss of male children in the US, even among those women who had no direct link to the event.
Tim Bruckner, assistant professor of public health at the University of California Irvine and colleagues at UC-Berkeley found that the foetal death rate for males spiked in September 2001. Significantly fewer boys were born than expected in December 2001.
BJP downplays ex-Gujarat minister’s conviction
By IANS,
New Delhi : The BJP Wednesday downplayed former Gujarat minister Mayaben Kodnani's conviction in a Gujarat riots case, calling it a "legal process".
Mehbooba condemns Delhi blasts
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Srinagar: Strongly condemning today's Delhi blasts Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and Member Parliament, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed deep grief and anguish over the loss of innocent lives in these outrageous acts of violence.
In a statement issued here this evening, the PDP President said the perpetrators of such inhuman acts have no religion. She said shedding innocent blood through such senseless actions is the most condemnable act as the victims of these blasts are always the unsuspecting civilians.
Women cell of Rajasthan Jamaat-e-Islami Hind demands ban on liquor
By TwoCircles.net Reporter
Jaipur: The women cell of the Rajasthan unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has demanded a blanket ban on liquor in the state.
Addressing a...
Fatah forces arrest 20 Hamas members in West Bank
By Xinhua
Gaza : Islamic resistance movement Hamas said Wednesday President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah security forces have detained 20 members of the movement in different West Bank areas.
The group said in a leaflet sent to reporters that the security forces stormed houses in the towns of Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron, and detained 20 Hamas members.
After Hamas forcibly took control of the Gaza Strip, Abbas had sacked Hamas government and outlawed its police force, known as the 'executive force', as well as its armed wing al-Qassam Brigades.
Muslim girl teaching Yoga in Ranchi provided security after threats
Ranchi, (IANS): Security has been provided to a Muslim girl in Jharkhand who teaches Yoga, as she is facing a threat to her life from...
West Bengal Civil Services results declared, 40 Muslim candidates qualify
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The son of a former ice-cream seller, Habibulla Laskar, is among the 40 Muslim students out of the total enlisted...
‘Probe 3 mysterious explosion-like sounds in Goa’
By IANS,
Panaji: Goa Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik Sunday officially requested the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to dispatch a team of experts to "solve the mystery of three explosion-like sounds which rocked coastal parts of South Goa district" Feb 10.
In a press note issued here, Naik said that in view of the terror-strikes in Pune Saturday, the three mysterious and unexplained explosion-like sounds should not be overlooked "since Goa has been one of the prime targets of terrorists for sometime now".
US Federal court allows AJC, Gujarat victims to challenge US government’s ‘Suggestion of Immunity’...
By TCN News,
New York: A US federal judge has issues an order asking the American Justice Centre (AJC) to file, on behalf of the victims of 2002 Gujarat massacres, their response to the US government’s suggestion of “immunity” in the Alien Tort case against Indian premier Narendra Modi.
‘Muslims participate in all kinds of politics without giving up their Muslim identity’
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
S.A.R. Geelani arrested on sedition charges, gets bail
New Delhi : A court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges.
Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg...
उजागर होता संघ का इज़रायल प्रेम
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
सागर: एक लंबे समय से चल रहे इजरायल और फिलिस्तीन के अंतर्विरोध पर भारत की सत्ताधारी पार्टी की स्थिति समझ में नहीं आ रही थी. हाल में संयुक्त राष्ट्र में फिलिस्तीन पर आए संकट की बाबत हुई वोटिंग में भारत ने इज़रायल के खिलाफ़ अपना मतदान किया. अमरीका की बारहा याचना और संस्तुति के बाद भी दक्षिण एशिया के लगभग सभी देशों ने इजरायल का विरोध किया.
Bhutto says her PPP party likely to boycott general elections
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said Tuesday that her party will possibly boycott the upcoming general elections, local media reported.
Bhutto made the remarks in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore during a telephone interview with a group of reporters.
She also urged Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to resign and ruled out the possibility of serving under Musharraf in the future government.
"It seems unlikely that the People's Party will participate in the upcoming elections," she said.
बिहार चुनाव पर शोधपरक पत्रिका ‘डेमोक्रेसीज़’ का विमोचन
By TCN News
पटना: बिहार सामाजिक और राजनीतिक सशक्तीकरण के दौर से आगे निकल गया है. अब इसके आर्थिक सशक्तीकरण की ज़रुरत है. आर्थिक तरक्क़ी...
Reservation will not help Muslims, will only open Pandora’s box
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS,
The way to hell, we are told, is paved with good intentions.
The Ranganath Mishra Commission report, tabled in the winter session of parliament, recommends 15 percent reservation for all minorities in government jobs, education and welfare schemes, of which 10 percent quota is for Muslims - the largest minority in the country.
Hamas government slams Abbas-Olmert meeting
By Xinhua
Gaza : Sacked Hamas administration criticized President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meeting on Monday, terming it as "obscure."
"These frequent meetings can't be understood and would be fruitless and have no meaning especially with Olmert's regular threats to invade Gaza," Ahmed Yousef, political advisor of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya, told reporters.
BJP MP lodges FIR against ‘anti-national’ JNU students
New Delhi : Maheish Giri, the BJP Lok Sabha member from East Delhi, on Thursday said he has lodged an FIR against 'anti-national' students...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi files nomination at Titabar
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday filed his nomination papers for the assembly elections that are to be held in two...
Farooq Abdullah’s sister may join Third Front
New Delhi : The Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference (JKANC), led by Begum Khalida Shah, elder sister of ruling National Conference leader Farooq...
VP Hamid Ansari inaugurates centenary celebration of Shibli Academy at Azamgarh
Affirmative action in favour of the socially and educationally backward to ensure equality of opportunity is a matter of right, not of charity, said the Vice President.
By TCN News,
Azamgarh: The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the “International Seminar to mark the Centenary of Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy at Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh” here on Saturday.
U.S. pledges to lift embargo on new Palestinian gov’t
By Xinhua
Ramallah : The U.S. consul general in Jerusalem Jacob Walles told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday that the United States would lift the embargo on the new Palestinian government once it was formed, pan-Arab satellite TV al-Jazeera reported.
    Walles made the pledge during his meeting with Abbas at the latter's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, said the report.
IAEA meeting starts with focus on Iran
By DPA
Vienna : The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors Thursday started its year-end meeting here, with talks focusing on the Iranian nuclear standoff.
The dispute over Iran's nuclear programme will dominate the meeting, with diplomats split over whether the country's cooperation on its nuclear activities is sufficient to stave off new UN sanctions.
Kashmir situation still retrievable: Saifuddin Soz
By George Joseph, IANS,
New Delhi : Congress leader Saifuddin Soz says the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which has seen angry protests by stone-pelting mobs and 17 civilian deaths in the past month, is "still retrievable", but "the quality of governance has to improve".
"There is no point in blaming just Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The buck does not stop at Omar's door only," Soz, 73, the state Congress chief, told IANS in an interview at his residence here.
Get lost, Liberhan tells media
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Get lost!" This was retired Supreme Court judge M.S. Liberhan's outburst when confronted by journalists over his leaked report into the Babri mosque razing published Monday.
Ambushed while taking a walk, Liberhan became angry when a journalist asked him if he had perhaps leaked the report to the Indian Express daily that published a condensed version of his findings into the 1992 mosque demolition.
"I am not such a characterless person!" Liberhan shouted back, and began walking away. He went to say that he was "very sad" at the way the media was treating him.
One killed in landslide in Jammu region
Jammu : One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district...
Enquiry demanded into biased police action in riot torn Muradabad village
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Holi – a shared colourful heritage of Hindus, Muslims
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS,
Though I never see people as Hindus and Muslims, yet I would like to share that Tilak Raj Rustagi, a Hindu friend and colleague of mine, has since 1983 been coming to my place on Holi to smear the red gulal on my forehead as a mark of the festival's inter-faith harmonious spirit.
Once a relative of mine, on seeing the colour smeared on my forehead, remarked, "It is irreligious to play Holi." I told him that such things only reiterate my faith in my religion, as friendly acts like putting gulal or lighting a candle on Diwali cannot take away my religion.
Assam’s rebel Bodo group splits, extremist faction to wage war
By IANS,
Guwahati : The rebel National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam has split, with D.R. Nabla who was sacked as its chief claiming Saturday that he still heads the group and will continue to fight for independence.
"I am still the president of the NDFB that has been fighting for the last 22 years for the right to national self-determination, independence and sovereignty," Nabla told IANS.
Agitated Modi walks out of Karan Thapar TV interview
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Not willing to talk about the Gujarat riots of 2002, an agitated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi walked out of an interview with senior journalist Karan Thapar after just four minutes when he was asked if he had an "image problem".
Modi walked out of the interview meant for the "Devil's Advocate" programme to be aired on CNN-IBN Saturday evening.
Narcotics worth Rs.10 mn recovered in Delhi
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested four people on charges of drug peddling and recovered contraband opium and heroin worth Rs.10 million from them.
Sleuths of the Narcotics Cell of Delhi Police Wednesday arrested four people, identified as Paramjeet Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Narian Singh and Angrej Singh, after conducting raids in Delhi and Rajasthan.
Police recovered from them 27.5 kg of opium - the biggest haul of the noarcotic substance in the capital in the last two years - and 750 gm of heroin, valued at Rs.10 million in the international market.
Maulana Mahmood Madani appeals for peace
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: In a statement released here today, Maulana Mahmood Madani, leader of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind expressed his pain at the killing of innocents in the terrorist operation in Mumbai. He condemned the attack in strongest word possible and said nothing can justify this ugly incident.
Eight Maoists gunned down in Maharashtra
By IANS
Mumbai : In one of its biggest anti-Maoist operations, the Maharashtra police gunned down eight rebels and left five others wounded seriously in fierce gunbattles in an eastern border district. The police also recovered weapons from the Maoists, an official said here Monday.
State Director-General of Police (DGP) P.S. Pasricha said Monday evening that the Anti-Naxalite Operations (ANO) Cell of the police waged four gunbattles over the past week with the Maoists in Gadchiroli district, bordering Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
नीतीश सरकार दंगा पीड़ितों के न्याय के लिए गंभीर नहीं – दीपंकर
By TCN News,
पटना: एआइपीएफ भागलपुर द्वारा आज पटना के आइएमए हॉल में ‘25 साल बाद भी इंसाफ से वंचित भागलपुर’ रिपोर्ट का लोकार्पण किया...
Rizwanur case: cops get bail, suicide note submitted in court
Kolkata, A city court Wednesday granted interim bail to three police officers, who were sent to 14-day custody Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the mysterious death of Muslim youth Rizwanur Rehman last year.
Former deputy commissioner of police (Detective Department) Ajay Kumar, former assistant commissioner Sukanti Chakraborty and sub-inspector Krishnendu Das were granted interim bail against a bond of Rs.10,000 each.
They surrendered before the Metropolitan Magistrate's court Tuesday and submitted their bail pleas, which were then rejected.
PDP’s ‘self-rule’ vision can resolve Kashmir issue: Mufti
By IANS,
Jammu : Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and patron of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Saturday said his party's idea of "self rule" can form the basis of a solution to the Kashmir issue.
Talking to reporters in Jammu, Sayeed said that PDP's self rule was a vision and a road map to the solution of Jammu and Kashmir issue. The solution lies within self rule as it addresses both the internal dimension and with Pakistan administered Kashmir.
BJP MP backs Patel stir, wants quota like Jats
Ahmedabad: In a shot in the arm to Patels seeking reservation in government jobs and educational institutions in Gujarat, BJP MP from Porbander Vitthal...
Complete copies of Journal started by Sir Syed restored at AMU library
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The complete file of the historical social reform journal, Tahzibul Akhlaque, published by the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University, Sir...
Killing with medicines
By Jaspal Singh,
mareez-e-ishq par rehmat Khuda ki,
marz barhta gaya joon joon dawa ki --- Meer
Almost forty years ago I visited an old Baba in Arizona.He hailed from the Doaba in Punjab and had come to the US in the twenties of the last century.When I met him he was in his eighties.He had married a Mexican woman and had several children and grand children.Those days because of the racist immigration laws men from India could not marry white American women and they were not allowed to bring their families,meaning wife and children to the US.So many Punjabis married Mexican women.
Five policemen killed in Baghdad bomb attack
By DPA,
Baghdad : Five policemen were killed and three injured Wednesday when a bomb targeted their patrol in southern Baghdad, a police source said.
The bomb was planted on a road in al-Athouriyeen neighbourhood in al-Doura, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.
Security forces sealed off the area and the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, at least 11 Iraqi passengers are kidnapped when their bus was seized on the road from Baghdad to the southern city of Hilla, police sources told DPA.
Hilla is some 40 km to the south of Baghdad.
Modi announces Rs.1.25 lakh crore Bihar package
Ara (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday announced a much-awaited Rs.1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar ahead of the assembly polls....
Eight migrant workers killed in Manipur
By IANS
Imphal : Eight migrant workers were killed by insurgents in Manipur in two separate incidents, officials said Tuesday.
A police spokesman said seven people we re shot dead late Monday on a roadside near Mayai Lambi on the outskirts of Imphal.
"The seven people were brought in a van and then were lined up by the roadside with their hands tied to their back and were shot dead from close range with automatic weapons," K. Tomba Singh, a police official, told IANS.
2900 fined for rash driving on Shab-e-Barat
New Delhi: As many as 2,900 people were fined in the national capital for rash driving and performing stunts on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat...
Parliament of world’s religions wants Nobel for Sri Sri
New Delhi : Parliament of the World's Religions on Sunday compared the "ideologies and experiments" of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar...
Blogs keep Pakistanis informed with TV channels blocked out
By Devirupa Mitra, IANS
New Delhi : With private television news channels blocked in Pakistan, Internet users there relied on websites and blogs which went "live" to update their readers continuously on the evolving situation.
It was at 5.12 Pakistan time Saturday (12:12 GMT) that Metroblogging Lahore (lahore.metblogs.com) broke the news that a local cable operator World Call had pulled the plug on television channels. A user comment on that post from Karachi said that his television screen had also gone blank at precisely 5.12 p.m.
President condemns Israeli crimes against Palestinians
By IRNA
Tehran : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Friday condemned the atrocities of the Zionist regime against the oppressed Palestinian people.
"Why don't you let the black box of the Zionist regime be decoded?" Ahmadinejad asked followers of the Zionist regime after he took part in the International Qods Day rally here.
"Nations should be allowed to conduct research on crimes of the Zionist regime and decode the black box of its atrocities," he added.
Six American soldiers killed in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Six US soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks across Iraq, military said Sunday.
Ahmadinejad criticized for embracing his female schoolteacher
By DPA,
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, widely known for his strict Islamic approach, was criticized Wednesday in Islamic circles for having embraced his female teacher from primary school and for having kissed her hand.
The incident took place on teachers' day Tuesday in Tehran during which the president also awarded the elderly lady.
Although considered among Iranian officials as a total taboo, Ahmadinejad shook and kissed her hand and even embraced her after the award ceremony.
IB has role in growing subversive activities: Popular Front of India
By TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Intelligence Bureau has a decisive role in growing subversive activities in the country, reportedly accused the Popular Front of India. The organisation’s state president Nasarudheen Elamaram and general secretary Abdul Hameed made the accusation in a press conference.
CBI’s anti-corruption branch to investigate false degree case of former AMU Registrar
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Anti Corruption Branch of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Ghaziabad has registered a case against Group Captain Shahrukh Shamshad, Ex-Registrar...
Assam first phase polls to decide fate of 539 candidates
Guwahati : Assam will hold the first phase of assembly polls on Monday for 65 constituencies to decide the fate of 539 candidates. Assam...
Servant arrested for murder of elderly couple
By IANS
Mumbai : The domestic help of an elderly couple has been arrested for their murder last week, the Mumbai police said Monday.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told IANS: "Sandeep Maindare, 29, who used to work as servant for the deceased couple, has been arrested by Unit IX of the Mumbai crime branch at Ratnagiri, 200 kilometres from here."
The police suspect the couple might have been murdered Friday night.
National Conference vows to take on PDP
Srinagar : The ruling National Conference is bracing to take on a resurgent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in assembly elections due this year in...
UPA dividing people on basis of minority, majority: Advani
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : Criticising the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for "dividing people on the basis of minority and majority communities", Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani said here Friday that the UPA was using caste and religion for nursing its vote banks.
Launching the BJP's poll campaign from the constituency of Gandhinagar, from where he has won four times, Advani said though the constitution does not talk about dividing people on the basis of minority or majority, the UPA government at the centre "is doing just that".
देवबंद में जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द का महत्वपूर्ण सम्मेलन शुरू, ज्ञानवापी मस्जिद मामले में...
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मुसलमानों के हालिया ज्वलंत मुद्दों पर चर्चा के लिए जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द का सम्मेलन देवबंद में शुरू हो गया है। यह ...
Kolkata residents protest against Dadri lynching
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: The Dadri lynching continues to see protests across the country. As many as seventeen minority and human rights organisations voiced...
Israeli mafia boss reported killed
By DPA,
Tel Aviv : An explosion ripped through a car in North Tel Aviv Monday morning, killing an alleged underworld kingpin, and lightly wounding two bystanders, Israeli media said.
Police would not confirm the identity of the fatality, who media reports said was Yakov Alperon, the head of one of Israel's most notorious and largest crime families.
Nor were police prepared to say that the blast was the result of a bomb planted in the rented car in which Alperon was.
Indian Mujahideen only half busted, still has fangs to strike
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
New Delhi : A massive crackdown has seriously dented the widespread network of the shadowy Indian Mujahideen (IM), blamed for the terror attacks in Indian cities, but investigators say a large number of jehadis are still at large with the potential to strike at will.
An unprecedented suppression of the secretive outfit has led to some 35 arrests across the country, almost all of them educated young men and united by a common desire to seek vengeance to perceived wrongs done to India's mammoth Muslim minority.
Pakistan: Opposition should back up claims of poll rigging with evidence
By NNN-PTI/APP
Islamabad : Pakistan's caretaker government Tuesday dismissed allegations by opposition leaders about the rigging of the Jan 8 general election, saying they should provide evidence to back up their claims.
Information Minister Nisar Memon said the interim government believes that the political parties and candidates should work together to create an atmosphere conducive to the holding of free, fair and transparent polls.
Two rebels sentenced to death in Pakistan for bombing
By DPA
Islamabad : A Pakistani court Thursday handed down death sentences to two members of a separatist organization for carrying out a car bomb attack in the southern city of Karachi in 2005 which killed three people and injured more than a dozen, media reported.
Salman Ahmed not a juvenile, affirms AIIMS
By IANS,
New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday told a city court that a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, who claimed to be a minor, was very well a major.
A report of the AIIMS' medical board, submitted to the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, said that the age of Salman Ahmed alias Chotu is somewhere between 25 to 26 years.
Hot April disturbs normal life in Patna
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Patna: No sooner summer season started this year than the whole nation came under the unrelenting heat wave which has taken many lives so far in different parts of the country. In the month of April, the temperature is presenting the scene of hot month of June. Condition is similar in Bihar’s capital city of Patna where the running April has been recorded as the hottest April in one decade. With each day, heat is going up here.
School kids beat filmmakers to make movie on Mumbai 26/11
By IANS,
New Delhi : Filmmakers made a beeline to register titles to make movies on the Mumbai terror attacks last year, but a group of 20 school children has already shot a film titled "MH (Muslim, Hindu) 26/11 - Mumbai Under Attack!". It will be premiered here Tuesday.
Made by children aged between 11-14, the film highlights how the images of the attacks shown by media affected the children's mind.
The project has been funded and supported by the Ryan Foundation under the aegis of Ryan International Group of Institutions, said a press release.
Husain show resumes after ‘brief disruption’
By IANS
New Delhi : An exhibition of the limited edition prints of eminent artist M.F. Husain resumed Sunday in the capital after it was hurriedly called off a day ago following alleged threats from Hindu fundamentalists over his nude depiction of Hindu goddesses.
The India International Centre (IIC), a culture hub of the capital, decided to resume the solo show after a "brief disruption" following a meeting of its directors late Saturday night. "It opened at 11 a.m. Sunday and closed at 5 p.m.," an IIC official said. The show would continue.
Shazia Ilmi AAP candidate from Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday announced that the party's core committee member Shazia Ilmi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Ghaziabad...
Anti-beef ban march in Mumbai on Tuesday
Mumbai: Thousands of people, including butchers, students and political leaders, will walk together in a march here on Tuesday to protest the ban on...
नफ़रत के साए में घिर गया है भारत का मुसलमान
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Passport Seva Kendra opened at Imphal
The office would also benefit Muslims preparing to perform hajj
By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Opening of a passport office at Imphal is a dream comes true for the people of the state, said Chief Minister O Ibobi while inaugurating the office of Passport Seva Kendra here.
The function, organised by the Union Ministry of External Affairs on March 31, was attended by Gaikhangam, deputy chief minister; Thangso Baite, Lok Sabha MP; Haji Abdul Salam, Rajya Sabha MP; P C Lawmkunga, chief secretary; Mukesh K Pardeshi, joint secretary of Ministry of External Affairs, and Ajungla Jamir, Guwahati Regional Passport officer.
Zakia Jafri welcomes SC order on Narendra Modi and others
By TwoCircles.net Correspondent
BJP and Left pays tribute to Owaisi
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: In a reflection of the respect he commanded across the political divide, the AIMIM President Salahuddin Owaisi earned kudos from the young BJP legislator G Kishan Reddy as well as a leftist poet Ghaddar.
"Despite the ideological differences I can tell you that Mr. Owaisi was a great political leader", said Kishan Reddy paying his tributes to Owaisi, who passed away on Monday evening.
Photo Essay: Ranchi’s Muslims recount religious discrimination, apathy amid pandemic
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
While the world was dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, in India, however, Muslims became targets of a concerted attack. The media...
Maharashtra minority panel to inquire into torture of blast convicts
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Commission for Minorities will inquire into the alleged torture of the blasts convicts in the Arthur Road Jail. This was announced by the Chairman of the Commission Naseem Siddiqui.
Siddiqi said that the Commission will recommend the state government to take action against the guilty officials if the allegations were found true.
Romesh Sharma, five others convicted for murder
By IANS
New Delhi : A city court Friday convicted Romesh Sharma, an alleged associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and five others for the murder of fashion designer Kumjum Budhiraja.
Additional Sessions Judge S.P. Garg held Sharma and five others guilty of the murder of the 29-year-old designer. She was fatally shot March 29, 1999 when she went to offer prayers at a temple at Sharma's south Delhi farmhouse.
MP Atiq Ahmad held for 2005 murder
By IANS
New Delhi : After evading arrest for eight long months, Lok Sabha MP Atiq Ahmed has been arrested in connection with the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Raju Pal in Allahabad.
The expelled Samajwadi Party MP from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh was arrested from Pitampura in west Delhi late Thursday and will be produced in the Tis Hazari court later Friday, Delhi Police sources said.
18 more Telugu students sent back from US
Hyderabad: Eighteen more students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh returned Hyderabad on Saturday after being deported by the American authorities.
The students, who had gone...
UAE seizes cannabis bound for Europe
By IANS,
Dubai : Customs officials here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have seized a parcel containing two kilograms of cannabis after a tip off given by their European counterparts, WAM news agency reported.
Customs inspectors at Dubai Cargo village foiled a bid to smuggle the banned drugs into an European country.
The parcel arrived here from an African country and was discovered after exchange of information with two European capital cities about the illegal shipment, the report said Sunday.
Dalit student attacked; OU students burned down portraits of Hindutva ideologues
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
We’re being harassed for taking up cudgel against Modi govt: Rubabuddin tells TCN
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Ahmedabad: The family of Sohrabuddin Sheikh killed in a fake encounter in November 2005 in Ahmedabad is being harassed for taking up cudgels against the Narendra Modi government.
Speaking to TwoCircles.net, Rubabuddin, brother of Sohrabuddin, said that over 80 policemen in plainclothes came to arrest him at 10.30 p.m. on January 29, 2009, in police jeeps without registration numbers. However, cops did not tell him the reason for seeking his arrest.
Hyderabad body builder to lead India at Mr World competition from today
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : In a rare honor, a body builder from Hyderabad is leading the 14 member Indian team at the World Body Building Championship at Las Vegas in USA starting from today. Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, winner of several titles in the country will be contesting for the Mr. World title in the heavy weight category of 90 kg plus.
Wife of Burdwan blast accused sent to police custody
Guwahati: A court here Saturday sent Sujina Begum, wife of Burdwan blast accused Shahnur Alom, to 14 days' police custody, officials said.
Assam Police Saturday...
Report on Israel’s visit prepared for meeting of Arab league – Egyptian FM
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul Gheit said that he and his Jordanian counterpart are preparing a report regarding their visit to Israeli Wednesday night, which they will both present at the scheduled Arab Foreign Ministers's meeting on Monday.
In a press release Thursday, Abul Gheit said such report is in coordination with the Arab ministerial committee tasked with handling the Arab peace initiative and would be submitted to the members of the international diplomatic Quartet.
Cairo : Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul Gheit said that he and his Jordanian counterpart are preparing a report regarding their visit to Israeli Wednesday night, which they will both present at the scheduled Arab Foreign Ministers's meeting on Monday.
In a press release Thursday, Abul Gheit said such report is in coordination with the Arab ministerial committee tasked with handling the Arab peace initiative and would be submitted to the members of the international diplomatic Quartet.
State shielding perpetrators, polarising communities, says Kashmir civil society group on rape and murder...
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter
The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on Wednesday, January 31 expressed serious apprehensions on the role of police...
PM blasts Advani, calls him opportunist
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday described Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani as an "opportunist" and said his only contribution to "national welfare" was his role in the demolition of the Babri mosque.
Asked to comment on Advani's repeated criticism of the Congress prime minister, Manmohan Singh shot back and said the only "prominent role" the BJP leader had played was in the 1992 razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya that triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
Wajahat sends Chidambaram a public testimony about Abu Jindal
By Md. Javed Shaikh & Rehan Ansari,
Syed I Ahson resigns from the post of Pro-VC of Patna University
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Fed up with lawless situation at university and criminal behavior of students, Syed I Ahson Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Patna University (PU) has resigned from his post yesterday. He has submitted his resignation to VC Shyam Lal to forward it to the university’s chancellor and governor of Bihar Mr. Devanand Konwar, governor of Bihar.
The resignation came after a group of students pelted stones on the office of S I Ahson while he was holding a meeting with some senior teachers in his chamber on Saturday evening.
Bin Laden urges Europeans to quit Afghanistan: tape
DUBAI (AFP) - Osama bin Laden urged Europeans to break ranks with the United States and quit Afghanistan, while stressing he alone was behind the 9/11 attacks, in a tape attributed to him on Al-Jazeera television on Thursday.
The United States "insisted on invading" Afghanistan even though it knew that the Afghans were not behind the 2001 attacks, and "Europe walked behind it," the voice purported to be that of the Al-Qaeda chief said in a "message to the European peoples."
Oman Embassy in India petitioned to rescind Modi’s visit to Oman
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The New Delhi Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman has been filed with a public petition urging their government to rescind the likly visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Oman later this year.
The petitioners have reminded the Oman Embassy and their government that Modi is being investigated for his role in the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat in which thousands of innocents were killed with the help of government machinery.
CPI seeks Narendra Modi’s disqualification
By IANS
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India (CPI) Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) to disqualify Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from contesting the assembly elections for his controversial remarks justifying the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter.
A CPI delegation led by party MP Gurudas Dasgupta, who approached Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy with the party's demand, said the remark was a clear incitement to violence and communal polarisation.
IMPAR : 200+ thought leaders form think tank to present true picture of Indian...
By Yusuf Ansari, TwoCircles.net
For a few years, the country has been witnessing agencies and individuals come up with unique ways to malign the name...
Haneef flying back to India Saturday night
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef was Saturday allowed to leave Australia by a late night flight, but the government has refused to reinstate his 457 work visa even though it has dropped terrorism charges against him.
Haneef, 27, who was held July 2 in connection with the British terror plot, is boarding the 11.55 p.m. flight home from Brisbane following Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Kevin Andrews' decision to allow him to leave Australia.
IIMC cancels lecture of Gauhar Raza purportedly for his documentary on 2002 riots
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has cancelled the invitation for a lecture of noted scientist, social activist and documentary film maker Gauhar Raza, at the last minute purportedly after it learnt that he has made a documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots Junoon Ke Badhte Kadam (Evil Stalks the Land).
CIC summons Delhi Police to RTI hearing on Batla encounter
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has summoned Delhi Police to a hearing on an RTI petition seeking details about the Batla House encounter and the Delhi serial blasts accused. The hearing – for which the Commission has taken more than one year against the provision of 90 days – will be held on February 9 on the second appeal of the RTI petitioner.
Bhutto’s party to contest elections
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistan's People's Party (PPP),which used to be led by the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, announced on Sunday that it would contest the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.
Speaking at a news conference after a central executive committee meeting in Naudero in the southern Sindh province on Sunday, Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari said that PPP would participate in the elections and urged former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to boycott elections.
JUH welcomes Supreme Court judgment against use of religion; says order will ‘relieve’ Muslims
By TCN News
New Delhi:- Maulana Mahmood Madani, General Secretary of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind lauded the Supreme Court judgment against the use of religion, caste, creed...
When Vastanvi was praising Modi, Muslims were being tortured in Surat
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
JKCSS condemns attack on innocent citizens as death toll rises to 17 in Kashmir
By TCN News
Srinagar The Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCSS) has severely criticised the actions of the Indian armed forces and Jammu...
Sderot attacked by Quds Brigades
By KUNA
Gaza : Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for attacking the southern Israeli town of Sderot early Wednesday.
In a statement, the brigades said it launched six "Quds" missiles early this morning at the town.
The operation, it said, was in retaliation for continued Israeli violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Madrasa girl wins science innovation award but poverty stops her from pursuing science
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
AIMIM appoints retired judge as co-opt member in Maharashtra
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In an attempt to boost its panorama in Maharashtra, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has nominated retired judge Taher Shaikh as co-opted member of the party.
Shaikh, 70, who is presently the vice-president of the Society for the Retired Judges in Aurangabad, was selected by party office bearers on Monday. Shaikh had commissioned the state government’s 2007 enquiry related to waqf properties in the state.
Man killed as crane topples over in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 30-year-old call centre employee was killed when a crane toppled over and fell over his car in west Delhi Sunday, police said.
According to police, the accident took place around 3 a.m. Sunday near Rajouri Garden flyover when Abhinav Puri was returning home.
"Abhinav, who worked in a call centre in Gurgaon, was returning home in Tilak Nagar area when the incident took place," said a senior police officer.
"The crane toppled over and parts of it fell on three cars, including Abhinav's car," the officer said.
Maliki inept to overcome Iraq’s sectarian divide – US report
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : A new leaked US intelligence report said that the future of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is uncertain in the coming period due to his inability to overcome sectarian divide in this embattled country.
The National Intelligence Estimate report, to be released later Thursday, said that there are "measurable but uneven improvements" in Iraq's security since President George W. Bush authorised the troops surge last January, according to media reports.
Seven killed in Baghdad bombings
By Xinhua
Baghdad : At least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a series of bomb attacks here Sunday, an interior ministry source said.
Three people were killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a US patrol in Baghdad's southern district of Dora, the source said. The blast apparently missed its target and hit bystanders.
Earlier, three civilians were killed and six wounded when a homemade bomb planted inside a car detonated near a passing police patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad.
Gokul Chat blast case charge sheet filed in Hyderabad
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: OCTOPUS, the anti terrorist force of Andhra Pradesh Police has filed a voluminous charge sheet in the case of bomb blast at Gokul Chat Bhandar in the Nampally criminal court on Saturday.
22nd anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition: Several groups put up united symbolic demonstration at...
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: More than 30 organizations put up a united demonstration at Jantar Mantar on the 22nd anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition on Saturday, December 6.
खरगौन हिंसा में आवाज़ उठाने वाले ज़ैद पठान की गिरफ्तारी पर रोष
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मध्यप्रदेश के इंदौर में रविवार को मुस्लिम समाजिक कार्यकर्ता ज़ैद पठान को राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा कानून (रासुका) के तहत गिरफ्तार किए जाने का...
One Indian doctor being questioned, another released
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : The Australian Federal Police have been given another 48 hours to question Dr Mohammad Haneef arrested in Gold Coast over possible links to the failed UK terrorist attacks, even as the second man, Dr Mohammed Asif Ali, being interrogated has been released.
राजस्थान: ऑस्ट्रेलियाई एनआरआई वाजिब अली बने मेवात से विधायक
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नगर (भरतपुर), TwoCircles.net
हाल में ही संपन्न हुए विधान सभा चुनाव में राजस्थान के भरतपुर जिले की नगर विधानसभा सीट से...
Mumbai based Association of Muslim Professionals announces Awards of Excellence in the field of...
TCN News
The importance of teachers can be understood by the quote of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) where he said that "I have been sent only...
Mehmood Pracha elected SAMLA president
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Prominent lawyer and social activist Mehmood Pracha has been elected as the president of the South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association...
मिसाल: औरंगाबाद ‘मजलिस’ का पार्षद बन गया हजारों मज़दूरों का मसीहा
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औरंगाबाद-
"मिटा दे अपनी हस्ती को अगर कुछ मर्तबा चाहे
कि दाना खाक़ में मिलकर गुल-ओ-गुलज़ार होता है"
...
Nanda lawyer urges light punishment in BMW case
By IANS,
New Delhi : Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the 1999 BMW hit-and-run case, Friday urged that cases of drunken driving resulting in death be not pursued under harsh legal provisions that prescribe life term as maximum punishment.
Nanda cannot be prosecuted under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) when a law commission report on the sentence to be meted out under Section 304 and section 304A is still pending, defence counsel Prem Kumar told Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar, wrapping up additional arguments in the case.
तीन दशकों से भोपाल गैस पीड़ितों के संघर्ष की आवाज़ रहे अब्दुल जब्बार का...
By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net
भोपाल गैस त्रासदी के पीड़ितों को न्याय दिलाने के लिए संघर्ष करने वाले 62 वर्षीय अब्दुल जब्बार का गुरुवार को लंबी...
Seminar talks on historical bond between Zamorins, Koyas
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Kozhikode: Elaborating on strong bond from the 800-odd years in building a township called Kozhikode, historian MGS Narayanan, said the immense support offered by the Zamorians to the Koyas – term refers to Muslims in the city – was a gesture of gratitude for their efforts in building this town.
Reality of the allegations against AMU VC
By Mushtaq Ahmad Alig,
It is generally said, and to a great extent correctly, that whenever a new Vice Chancellor (VC) comes to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), he is warmly welcomed with bouquets all the way from the Aligarh railway station to the VC lodge, but when he departs or is forced to leave the university, bricks follow him from the VC lodge to the railway station or till he vanishes from the sight if leaving by a car. This writer was a student during the tenure of two VCs.
President’s escort car meets with accident in Darjeeling
Darjeeling : President Pranab Mukherjee's convoy on Friday was involved in an accident when one of the escort vehicles slipped into a ditch while...
Four held with deer skins in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Four people were nabbed in Chhattisgarh with skins of the Barasingha deer, an endangered species, police said Wednesday.
NCHRO demands withdrawal of fake case against Lateef Mohammed
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, (NCHRO), has demanded that the Hyderabad police delete the name of Lateef Mohammed Khan, general secretary of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee, (CLMC), Hyderabad, and executive council member of NCHRO from the very serious criminal offence case registered against him namely under Cr. No.198/2007 of Gopalapuram police station on June 15, 2007.
Jamaat Islami snubs critics of its entry into politics
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has reaffirmed that its plan for entry into electoral politics is on when Kerala JIH chief T Arif Ali in a public gathering in Calicut on January 10 snubbed those who are criticizing its political plan.
Pakistani national arrested from Allahabad
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Pakistani national, who had allegedly concealed his nationality, was arrested Friday from a hotel in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, the police said.
"Imran Ahmad was arrested from his room in the hotel Sakshi," police officer D.P. Shukla told IANS by phone.
Ahmad, who is from Karachi, had mentioned his nationality Indian in the hotel's register, Shukla added.
Ahmad was being interrogated by the police and intelligence officials.
Central forces rushed to Karnataka after Taslima row
By IANS,
New Delhi : Central paramilitary forces have been rushed to riot-hit parts of Karnataka after violence erupted over an article on the Muslim veil based on Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's writings, Home Miniser P. Chidambaram said Tuesday.
"The situation is under control, we have rushed in central forces," Chidambaram told a new conference.
Riot-hit Shimoga and Hassan towns were peaceful Tuesday, a day after two people were killed during protests over the article on the Muslim veil published by a Kannada daily.
On parole, Maudany breaks down
By IANS,
Kollam (Kerala) : Muslim leader Abdul Nasser Maudany, on parole to attend his daughter's wedding in Kerala, broke down here Monday while addressing a prayer meeting.
Ramadan 1438: Ghulam Muhammad
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"Ramzan for me means change in my work hours." Says Ghulam Mohammad, with a laugh, who works as a local...