Appeal to all faiths to “unite and work for pluralistic society” at AMU’s inter-faith...
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The national seminar on ‘Commonalities among Religions’ organized by the Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) drew up a resolution inviting people of all faith to unite and work for strengthening the pluralistic society.
Who will speak for the Human Rights Defenders?
By Pushkar Raj
The Bombay high court judgment cancelling Prof. Sai Baba’s bail and initiating contempt proceedings against the writer Arundhati Roy is a major...
Indian Social Forum helps woman stranded, tortured in Riyadh return to India
By TCN News
Indian Social Forum, a platform for Indians in Saudi Arabia, helped an Indian expat worker to return back to India after she...
Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Assam Waqf board has declared to put pressure on the state government to enforce the amended (Act 27 of 2013) to the state’s Waqf Act, 1995 to reclaim encroached waqf properties across Assam.
U.S. House speaker calls for int’l investigation into Bhutto’s assassination
By Xinhua
Washington : U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Saturday called for an international investigation into the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before providing any more aid to the country.
Pelosi, a Democrat, said in a statement that the U.S. government should make its assistance to Pakistan conditional on the country's probe of Thursday's assassination and cooperation in the anti-terrorism war with the U.S.
Ahmedabad blasts: Bail plea decision of 4 accused on Aug 8
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A court here Saturday reserved its order till Aug 8 on the bail applications of four accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts which killed 57 people, a lawyer said.
Hamid Ansari condoles deaths in Makkah’s Grand Mosque accident
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari has condoled the deaths in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of...
Congress to promote communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Congress party will launch a campaign across Uttar Pradesh to promote communal harmony by highlighting the contribution of freedom fighters from different castes and religions, party officials said Tuesday.
"The campaign 'Sanjhi Virasat... Sanjhi Shahadat' is aimed at projecting the secular and composite culture of Uttar Pradesh that in turn will help promote communal harmony," Amaresh Misra, in-charge of the party's Anti-Communal Front told reporters here.
The campaign will start May 31 and will continue till May 10 next year.
Kerala Muslims celebrate Eid with fervour
Thiruvananthapuram: Muslims in Kerala flocked to the specially erected Eidgahs across the state and celebrated Eid on Thursday.
Superstar Mammootty was at Eidgah in Kochi,...
Teenaged girl, two others killed in police firing in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar: Two 17-year-olds, including a girl, and another young man were killed Sunday when security personnel fired on mobs attacking police stations in south Kashmir's Pulwama district as escalating violence engulfed Kashmir Valley.
With the three deaths, the toll of protesters killed in police firing across the Valley since Friday has risen to nine.
The law and order situation has deteriorated with violent protests rocking most cities and towns and mobs attacking police stations, police camps, vehicles on the highways and also beating up trapped security men.
Neighbourhood Committees should step into the leaderless vacuum
Citizens should fill the void created by the present institutions of power in ensuring safety for women.
By Raghavan Srinivasan
Thousands offer Friday Prayers behind Imam-e-Kaba in Lucknow
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Restrictions in Srinagar after teenager dies in clash
Srinagar : Authorities on Sunday imposed restrictions in Srinagar city after a teenager died after being injured in a clash with security forces...
Too early to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq: Russia
By RIA Novosti
Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) : It is too early to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said at an international conference on Iraq here Friday.
He said the main criterion in determining a withdrawal schedule should be Iraqi law enforcement's preparedness to maintain law and order.
Lavrov said the presence of coalition troops in Iraq "is one of the stabilizing factors, preventing the country from spiralling into the chaos of a full-scale internal war."
Court orders release of two Patna blast suspects
Patna : A special court in Bihar has ordered the release of two suspects in the October 2013 Patna serial blasts as the National...
Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya’s ‘guru’ ready for probe
By IANS,
Ambala (Haryana) : Swami Avdheshanand Giri, the spiritual guru of Pragya Singh Thakur - a Hindu ascetic arrested in connection with Sep 29 Malegaon blasts, has said that he is ready to help the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) with the probe into his links with his disciple.
On the defensive after his name cropped up during investigations due to his links with Pragya, the guru Thursday said he was open to any probe.
Ulema disapprove Tamil Nadu marriage law
By V.M. Khaleelur Rahman for TwoCircles.net,
A high power joint meeting of different Muslim organisations such as the Jamaat-ul-Ulema, Jamiat-ul-Ulema, Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ahle Hadees was held on Thursday, 14th January 2010 in Vellore (Tamil Nadu) in which the newly enacted Registration of Marriages Act 2009 of Tamil Nadu was discussed in detail.
Maulana Waliullah saheb, founder and principal, Madrasa Madinul Uloom, Vaniyambadi presided and Maulana Ayub Rahmani saheb, Member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, conducted the meeting in a very dignified manner.
Iranian linguistic centre coins Farsi term for SMS
By DPA
Tehran : An Iranian linguistic centre has called for the use of a Farsi term for SMS or mobile phone text messaging.
The Farhangestan, the country's linguistic watchdog centre responsible for presenting genuine Persian vocabulary, has approved the Farsi term payamak (little message) for SMS, Fars reported.
Payam means message and -ak is a diminutive ending in Farsi.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had last year ordered the government and official organizations to avoid using Western terms and replace them with relevant Farsi translations given by the Farhangestan.
Eight Chinese, gunman killed in Philippines hostage drama
By DPA,
Manila : A sacked police officer seized a tourist bus and opened fire at his hostages, killing eight of them, before he was shot dead by police ending an over 10-hour-long hostage drama in a seaside park in Manila city Monday.
Eight of the dead were Chinese passengers held for more than 10 hours inside the air-conditioned bus in a seaside park in Manila city, the Philippine government said.
The hostage-taker, dismissed police officer Rolando Del Rosario Mendoza, was also killed in an exchange of gunfire with the police assault team, authorities said.
Mumbai trains blasts: Five awarded death, seven life in jail
Mumbai: A Mumbai special court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to five and life sentence to seven others, all convicted in the 7/11 serial...
Yasin Malik injured in Srinagar protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was injured here Friday when the police baton-charged a group of protesters in Lal Chowk city centre.
Malik was leading a sit-in protest of about 4,000 people at Lal Chowk after Friday prayers. The separatist leader was injured as police used batons and tear gas shells to disperse the protesters.
"Malik fell unconscious and was immediately removed to the SMHS hospital," a JKLF activist told IANS.
Letter threatens terror attack on temples on Janmashtami
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi government has received an anonymous letter threatening a terror attack on temples across the city during the Hindu festival of Janmashtami Aug 24, official sources said Wednesday.
“The anonymous letter, received at the Delhi Secretariat Tuesday evening, threatens terror attacks on temples in the city during Janmashtami by Kashmiri militants,” an official source told IANS.
Janmashtami is celebrated every year as the day of birth of Lord Krishna.
Arushi’s father held for Noida double murders
By IANS,
Noida : DPS student Arushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar was Friday arrested for the twin murders of his daughter and domestic help Hemraj at their Noida residence.
Talwar, who was arrested after sustained interrogation, was taken to an undisclosed location Friday morning.
"We have arrested Rajesh Talwar for double murder," a police official said.
Arushi, 15, a Class 9 student of Delhi Public School (Noida), was found dead with her throat slit and multiple stab injuries on her face, chest and neck exactly a week ago on May 16.
Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...
Two West Bengal workers murdered in Kerala
By IANS,
Malappuram (Kerala) : Two construction workers from West Bengal were found murdered at an under-construction house at Kondotty in Kerala, the police said Thursday.
The dead, Ranjan Biswas and Gokul Biswas, in their early 20s, were siblings and were from Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, the police said.
"There were five persons from West Bengal working at the site. The three others are missing now. We don't know what happened," Gopakumar, the police sub-inspector at Kondotty police station, told IANS.
उस रोज़ मज़हरूल हक़ ने रोका न होता तो लौट जाते गांधी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
महात्मा गांधी दक्षिण अफ़्रीक़ा से भारत लौटने के बाद जिस शख़्स के कारण बिहार में टिके और आज़ादी की...
Curfew in Poonch after clashes
Jammu : Curfew was imposed in Jammu Friday following tension between two communities.
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Poonch town of Jammu region as...
Pakistani forces kill 45 militants: TV
By IRNA,
Islamabad : Pakistan military helicopters shelled suspected militants and killed 45 in the country’s Khyber tribal region on Tuesday, local TV channels reported.
Dawn TV, citing security sources, reported that the forces conducted operation in mountainous Tirah valley in Khyber agency.
Geo television reported that several women and children were among those killed, adding that 15 people also injured in the bombing.
Arabs in East Jerusalem get jitters before Annapolis summit
By Zhu Jianhui, Xinhua
Jerusalem : Sitting in his cafe standing by the footway leading up to Mount of Olive, a tourist must in East Jerusalem, Nabil Ansari, the owner of the cafe in his 50s, was worrying about the fate of the city where he lives as a Mideast peace summit loomed.
Although the sovereignty of the East Jerusalem is unlikely to be finalized at this summit to be held in American Annapolis, the Arabs living in the area are hard to get rid of the jitters from the slight possibility.
UPA has disappointed Muslims: JIH chief
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Muslims had voted for UPA with great expectations but the alliance of secular parties could not keep its promises made in the last Lok Sabha election, said Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH).
Kashmiri students claim ragged, beaten up in Ghaziabad institute
Ghaziabad : Students from Kashmir in a local educational institute here complained that they were beaten up and ragged by seniors while the institute's...
Haneef assumed innocent unless proven otherwise: Australia
By IANS
New Delhi : Muhammad Haneef, the Indian doctor detained in Australia for his alleged links to the failed British car bombings, is assumed to be innocent unless proven otherwise, a senior Australian minister said Wednesday.
Two Maoists wanted for Jharkhand ex-minister, cop’s killings held
By IANS,
Ranchi: Two more Maoist rebels, allegedly involved in the murder of former Jharkhand minister Ramesh Singh Munda and the abduction and beheading of police inspector Francis Induwar, were arrested from the state's Khuti district, police said Saturday.
Disabled have divine ability, government scheme in Guinness records: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said physically challenged people have a "divine ability" and urged people to change the way...
Mufti urges review of incentives for security forces in J&K
By AIP Bureau
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has urged government of India to review its incentive policy for security forces in view of repeated instances of murder for medals, rewards and promotions.
यूपी चुनाव : दारुल उलूम का ऐलान, नेताओं के लिए बंद रहेंगे दरवाज़े
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: दारुल उलूम के मुफ्ती अब्दुल क़ासिम नोमानी ने साफतौर पर कह दिया है कि वे दारुल उलूम की परिधि में...
Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers
Agartala : Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said.
"The three...
Militants hide inside Kashmir mosque after gunbattle
By IANS,
Jammu : Security forces Saturday laid a cordon around a mosque in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir where three militants hid themselves after a gunfight with the forces, police said.
The militants were being chased by security forces in the remote mountainous area of Keshwan in Kishtwar district, about 210 km north east of Jammu. They entered a nearby mosque to take shelter after a gunbattle with the forces.
"We have laid a cordon around the mosque. We have to proceed very cautiously
Cattle trader shot dead in Bihar
Patna, Feb 15 (IANS) A cattle trader was shot dead and his money was looted by criminals in Bihar's Samastipur district, police said on...
Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin
By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.
Nitish Kumar announces support for women’s quota bill
By IANS,
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come out in open support for the women's reservation bill, putting the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in a dilemma as party president Sharad Yadav has opposed the legislation.
"I am in support of the women's reservation bill in its present form, it should be pushed through soon," Nitish Kumar told reporters here Saturday.
Three days on, Ahmedabad police clueless about real culprits
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Investigating agencies probing the serial bomb blasts in Ahmadabad claimed to have got some leads and are supposed to be working on them.
Addressing the mediapersons on 29th July 2008, a top official who is part of the investigating team claimed to get the leads but didn't name any terrorist organization.
As many as 20 bomb blasts in a span of 70 minutes ripped through the capital city of Ahmedabad on 26th July in which 49 people were killed and more than 100 injured.
Iran’s Majlis Speaker cancels speech at European Parliament under protest
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Iran's Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel has cancelled a scheduled visit to Strasbourg, France, where he was to address the European Parliament on Thursday in protest against "the dual behaviour" of EP officials.
The speaker's decision was made after it was reported that a number of EP officials recently met the leader of the terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO).
Yakub’s death is a painful reminder for Indian Muslims
By AJ Quraishi for TwoCircles.net
In his only interview to India Today in 1994, a confident Yakub Memon insists that though his story might...
Congress complains to poll panel against Modi
New Delhi : The Congress Friday approached the Election Commission demanding action against Narendra Modi, saying that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate had sought...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
NC leaders pay tributes to Begum Akbar Jahan
By JNA NEWS,
Jammuj: Rich tributes were paid to Madar-i-Meharban late Begum Akbar Jahan at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan here in a function organised by the National Conference Women Wing President Laxmi Dutta, on Saturday. Large number of National Conference workers and leaders were present in the function.
While paying tributes to Madre-i-Meharban, Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincia1 President said that late Begum Akbar Jahan served the State under various capacities. She played historic role during freedom struggle of India with national leaders like Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.
FIR against IAS officer, 15 others in Bihar SC/ST scholarship scam
Patna : An IAS officer, along with 15 other officials, was booked on Wednesday for alleged irregularities in disbursement of post-matric scholarship among...
24 year old Tabrez beaten up by mob whole night, dies in hospital after...
TCN News
Shamz Tabrez Ansari was caught by a mob who accused him of stealing a motorcycle on 18th June, tied to a pole and...
Manoj Tiwari to start film on Sher Shah Suri in 2013
By IANS,
Patna : Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari is set to begin shooting for his dream project - a Hindi film on the life of emperor Sher Shah Suri, next year.
Awareness campaign for alarming suicide rates in valley
By Mir Umar, Agence India Press
Srinagar: To curb the menace of suicide among the Kashmiri youth, a private social organization held a special programme series namely Sukoon, which was held today at SKICC, Srinagar.
Nasir Aslam Wani, Minister of state (MoS), Dr. Amit Wanchoo, SSP CID Jammu, Syed Afadul Mujtaba and child psychiatrist in Germany, Dr. Christen Jacob were a number of dignitaries who shared the dais with the famous Bollywood actress Nandita Das who is a Social Activist besides a Film Maker.
Flood horror haunts Srinagar, people abandon homes, shops
Srinagar: Nisar Hussain, 65, who lives in the Gogjibagh residential area of Srinagar, repents his decision to have come back home after three months....
Pakistan polls likely to be delayed by five weeks
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to delay the planned Jan 8 polls by four to five weeks, a senior official said Tuesday ahead of a crucial meeting to decide the final date.
"We don't think that it would be possible for the commission to hold elections on Jan 8. We have received very negative reports from many parts of the country," the official told IANS before going into the meeting that would look into the reports sent by provinces and district officials of the ECP.
JUH led the massive protest in support of Rohingya Muslims
TCN News
On Thursday, thousands of people held a protest demonstration against the ongoing persecution and worst ever exodus of Rohingya Muslims and others in...
कनहर ने लिया बदला, बाढ़ में यूपी सरकार का बांध
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.Net,
सोनभद्र: सोनभद्र के दुद्धी में कनहर नदी पर सिंचाई परियोजना के तहत बन रहे बांध के साथ-साथ उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार की नीतियों-योजनाओं...
Mulayam flays Azam Khan over Jayaprada comment
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday flayed his one-time confidant Azam Khan for calling actress-MP Jayaprada a "BJP agent".
Replying to questions at a press conference here, he said: "I do not consider it right on Azam's part to be making such loose statements in public.
"Even if he has a grouse against anyone within the party, being a senior leader, he is expected to talk it out and discuss at our internal forum instead of going about talking like this publicly."
I was a Maulana from Bhatkal. That is enough to be arrested: How Shabbir...
Mention the name Bhatkal and the first thing that mainstream media will suggest is the coastal town’s association with terrorism. Over the past decade,...
Four robbers, a thief lynched in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Villagers in two districts of Bihar Friday lynched five people, including four armed men who had minutes earlier robbed cash from a bank, betraying an unnerving trend towards social intolerance and rise in incidents of instant justice across Bihar.
The four bank robbers were beaten to death in Buxar village, and one suspected thief was lynched in Siwan district, the police said.
A mob of villagers beat to death the robbers who were trying to flee after looting cash from the State Bank of India branch at Chausa village in Buxar district, about 125 km from here.
MEPs say Blair is part of Mideast problem
 By IRNA
Brussels : Two Members of the European Parliament have strongly criticized the European Union for consenting to accept the nomination of ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the Middle East Quartet's special representative.
"The European Union as a member of the Middle East Quartet is about to squash the hopes of the people of the Middle East for a peaceful two-state solution.
Muslim Peace Coalition condemns Paris attacks, reiterates need for comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism
By TCN News
The Muslim Peace Coalition joined a host of global organisations in unequivocally condemning the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed more than...
राजद ने बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव के पहले चरण हेतु उतारे केवल 3 मुस्लिम उम्मीदवार
नेहाल अहमद । Twocircles.net
राष्ट्रीय जनता दल ने बुधवार की दोपहर को बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव के पहले चरण के लिए कुल 42 विधानसभा उम्मीदवारों की...
Mother Kosi, pardon us, they say to a river
By Imran Khan, IANS,
Patna : Left helpless and desperate by the wrath of the Kosi, hundreds of women in Bihar have turned to worshipping the river in the hope that it will relent and make the floods mitigate.
"Mother Kosi is angry, we are offering prayers to appease her," said Parbhawati Devi, the resident of a village near a road linking Saharsa to Madhepura, two of the worst affected districts.
Suicide van bomb kills six people in Iraq
By Xinhua
Ramadi(Iraq), Nov 21 (Xinhua) Two suicide bombers blew up their explosives laden minivan in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, Wednesday morning, killing six people and wounding six, a provincial police source said.
The two suicide bombers parked their minivan outside a courthouse guarded by policemen in central Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, and blew it up, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
I am no know-all leader: Narendra Modi
New Delhi : Saying he was no know-all leader, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has disclosed that he relied a lot on "professionals...
Police & administrative officers should be loyal towards Constitution, rule of law: Gujarat ex-DGP
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Police and administrative officers should not be loyal to any person or persons. Their loyalty should be towards the Constitution, law and the rules. In Gujarat, some officers are so loyal towards Narendra Modi that they can go to any extent to please him. And that is what happened in February-March 2002 when the administrative and police officers, throwing the rules and traditions to wind, indulged in highly objectionable activities.
US backs Dhaka, but warns against rights violations
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's caretaker government has received an approving nod from the US, but with a rider against human rights violations while dealing with politicians and officials being detained and put on trial.
Visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs John A. Gastright endorsed the electoral reforms and political reforms that the government of Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed has been undertaking since January, including the end-2008 timetable for the ninth general elections.
Disapprove irresponsible statements: Modi
New Delhi : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday expressed his disapproval over "irresponsible" statements being made by those claiming to be the...
Cleric to tour Gandhis’ constituencies to highlight ‘plight of Imams’
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Photography exhibition organised in Guwahati college to mark child rights day
By Aurelyne Khongriat, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Mass Communication Department of Assam Don Bosco University marked Child Rights Day with a photography exhibition on 20th November 2014.
First semester students explored the theme of ‘Colours’ in all its shades by putting up 12 panels of 36 photographs.
Government to meet Muslim MPs on Haj facility reforms
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Thursday said it will soon call a meeting of Muslim members from both houses of parliament to seek suggestions on reforming Haj pilgrimage facilities.
From Adversity to Prosperity: How Shakeela’s Rug Weaving Initiative Transformed Rural Women’s Lives in...
Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Shakeela Bano’s journey from a housewife to an entrepreneurial inspiration in her village, Katsil in Sakaldiha Tehsil, is...
Man who cheated death looks for Guinness mention
By IANS,
Thane: A man who survived despite contacting various life threatening ailments including cancer and paralysis and who underwent 10 major surgeries hopes to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for his feat, doctors said Sunday.
Doctors who have treated Shamji Solanki, 47, said his survival surely deserves a mention in the Guinness and they have sent his medical records to London.
Vishwaroopam screened in Lucknow amidst ‘peaceful’ protests
By TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent,
Urdu litterateur Prof. Abdul Qavi Desnavi passes away in Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
SDPI ‘dismayed’ at Lok Sabha poll results but hopes Modi to observe ‘Rajdharam’
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), is “appalled and dismayed” at the outcome of the 16th Lok Sabha election results which have thrown up the Hindutva forces to hold the reins of power on its own strength. However, SDPI has accepted the people’s verdict without any rancour while hoping that the ruling clan will observe “Rajdharam” in governance by taking all Indians irrespective of their religion, caste, creed and gender together with in the inclusive development of the country.
Police won’t let AAP leaders into riot-hit Mandsaur
New Delhi/Mandsaur, (IANS): An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) team on Friday left for Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur to meet the families of the farmers who...
New book on ‘Media in Our Globalizing World’ released
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) organised a function at the Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club of India Annexe, New Delhi on December 9, to mark the release of the book Media in Our Globalizing World. The book, brought out by the IOS, deals with various aspects of the media in the present context.
Judge murdered in Colombia
By IANS/EFE,
Bogota : A criminal court judge was murdered outside the building where he lived in Bogota by gunmen riding a motorcycle, Colombian police said.
Jose Fernando Patino was shot three times Monday outside the building in north Bogota and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.
The judge recently served in Soacha, a city near the capital, and had been transferred to Fusagasuga, another city in central Colombia.
Drop charges against Bangladesh editors: Human Rights Watch
New York: Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading...
Coalition against Genocide flays hype over US ambassador’s meeting with Modi
Administration showed poor judgement in reaching out to Modi but is justified in maintaining the policy over his visa ban: CAG
By TCN News,
Washington DC: Coalition Against Genocide (CAG), a broad alliance dedicated to justice and accountability for the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 and to combating extremist ideologies that were its genesis, today expressed disappointment at the hype over the US administration's outreach to infamous Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, banned from entering the US for his egregious violations of religious freedom, while criticizing the US Department for its ill-advised move. News reports indicate US ambassador to India, Ms. Nancy Powell met with Mr. Modi, as well as opposition leaders and non-government organizations in Gujarat.
Search on for 20-year-old who swindled depositors of Rs.1.1 bn
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala police are on the lookout for a 20-year-old man who disappeared after swindling investors to the tune of Rs.1.1 billion, the police said.
"For the past few days there has been a hue and cry in the media about Sabari and now we have received a few complaints of people being cheated by him. We have begun investigating and a special squad will be appointed to probe the matter," Senior Inspector General of Police Arun Kumar Sinha told IANS.
Relaxations for Gujarat riot victims in recruitment for Indo-Tibetan Border Police
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs at the Centre has announced relaxations for the victims of Gujarat 2002 riots in criteria for the recruitment in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), a central government force that runs under the ministry.
Tribal separatists kill four in Assam
By IANS
Guwahati : Suspected tribal separatists Friday killed four people and seriously wounded one a day after kidnapping them, police officials said.
A police official said the five - all woodcutters - were abducted Thursday by suspected militants of the Jewel Gorlosa faction of the outlawed Dima Halam Daoga (DHD), popularly known as the Black Widow.
Four dead bodies were recovered from a thickly wooded area Friday near village Lalangsu in North Cachar Hills district, about 290 km south of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
Why condemn only some killings, asks Omar
By IANS,
Jammu : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday took a dig at those who are "selective" in condemning killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
Paswan faces stiff competition, but ‘BJP votes’ may help him clinch victory narrowly
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hajipur: As Hajipur voted on May 7, local poster of boy in Indian politics, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan appeared to be facing stiff competition, but he may clinch the victory, even though he may not be able to register his name in the Guinness book, this time around.
Undermining the SIT’s ‘clean chit’
Why is the Indian media, including the group the author works for, not following up on some of the sensational disclosures made in this book?
Book: The Fiction of Fact-Finding; Modi & Godhra
Author: Manoj Mitta
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 261
Price: Rs 599
A tale of AMU’s two upsurges
Student protest in 1965 and 2007-09
By Dr Mohammad Sajjad
Cornered, Haryana CM offers ‘regrets’ on beef statement
Chandigarh : Finding himself cornered over his controversial stand on consumption of beef, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday first tried to...
Fake cold drink factory busted, six held
By IANS,
New Delhi : Six people were arrested Friday after police busted a fake cold drink factory here seizing about 1,000 spurious bottles of well-known brands, police said.
The factory producing the drinks under the brand names of Pepsi, Coke, Sprite and Thumbs Up was raided in north Delhi.
A police officer said the products were supplied to local markets, almost daily. About 1,000 bottles were seized.
The man who ran the factory, Rakesh Tomar, was absconding, police said.
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How can the Congress shed its ‘Muslim party’ image?
By Amulya Ganguli for IANS:
Ever since the A.K. Antony committee identified the Congress's Muslim "appeasement" tag as a major reason for its electoral reverses,...
JNU VC hails Budget for higher education
New Delhi, (IANS) : JNU Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar, hailed the measures for higher education announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Wednesday...
Maoists return arms looted from police
By IANS
Kathmandu : The Maoists in Nepal have rushed to put out a rebellion in their party and spruce up their tarnished image as they returned to local authorities the firearms looted by dissidents from a police post three days ago.
Bhanu Bhakta Pokhrel, chief administrative officer of Nuwakot district, where the rebels in the Maoist party had attacked a poorly guarded police post Thursday, told the official media the stolen arms had been returned.
Indian National League cuts off ties with LDF
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kannur: The Indian National League has decided to end its 14-year long relation with the Left Democratic Front in Kerala. The decision was taken in the party’s state council meeting held yesterday in Kannur. The party has also decided to cooperate with the United Democratic Front in the up-coming three-tier panchayat elections.
‘RTI should be used to strengthen the government’
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Right to Information Act (RTI) must be used to strengthen the government, National Minorities Commission Chairman Wajahat Habibullah said here Wednesday.
Media watchdog slams Iran for Internet cafe crackdown
By DPA
Vienna : An international media watchdog Tuesday condemned Iran's closure of internet cafes in Tehran and the continued detention of two cyber-dissidents.
Iran's authorities Dec 16 closed down 24 internet cafes in the capital and arrested 23 people, eleven of them women, for "immoral behaviour," Reporters Without Borders, a press freedom organization, said. The Tehran police had warned 170 Internet cafes the day before that they were risking being closed.
Two warring groups agree to call off stir at Aralam Farm in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: Tension has eased in the Aralam Farm Rehabilitation Area (AFRA) in Kerala after two warring groups have agreed to call...
Fake encounter accused Gujarat police officers to quit today
New Delhi, (IANS): Gujarat Police officers N.K. Amin and Tarun Barot - both facing criminal cases involving alleged fake encounters - on Thursday informed the...
Malegaon blast accused charged under MCOCA: ATS
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has charged all the 10 accused in the Malegaon blast, including Sadhvi Pragnya Chandrapal Singh Thakur and Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit, under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), ATS chief Hemant Karkare said here Thursday evening.
Karkare said that investigations into the Sep 29 Malegaon blast, which left six dead and 20 injured, are on the verge of completion.
Libya unrest: Gulf Air to bring 67 more Indians
By IANS,
New Delhi: Besides the over 500 Indians flown to Delhi from Libya, a Gulf Air flight carrying 67 Indian who entered Egypt by land will touch down in Mumbai Monday morning.
Babri case missing files: CBI recovers 16 of 23
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the Babri Masjid missing files case, the federal investigating agency CBI has traced 16 of the 23 missing files related to the Babri Masjid case, just three days before the next hearing in the case. The agency was asked on July 15 by the UP Government and the Allahabad High Court that is hearing the Babri Masjid title suit to probe into the missing crucial files related to the case.
Khurram Parvez’s organisation wins Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Philippines-based Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) headed won the Democracy and Human Rights Award for its...
TCN 2014 in 12 stories
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
It is always a challenge to select just a few stories to represent an entire year. But to give our readers a...
Gujarat cops hunt for 10 escaped under-trials
By IANS
Vadodara (Gujarat) : The Gujarat police have sounded state-wide alert for the 10 under-trials who escaped after assaulting a police escort team Wednesday afternoon.
The incident took place on the Vadodara-Ahmedabad Express Highway over the Mahisagar bridge, 30 km from here, when the ten were being escorted back to Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad from a court hearing here, Vadodara Superintendent of Police Amit Vishwakarma told IANS Thursday.
Advani eulogizes Urdu at release of his book ‘Mera Watan Meri Zindagi’
By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Despite the fact that BJP could not get support of Muslims in the last general elections, the party’s efforts to woo the community are going on. The release of Advani’s book in Urdu on Thursday evening is another attempt in the direction.
Bhopal encounter: Mahmooda Bi files complaint against MP police, state home minister for killing...
By A Mirsab and Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net,
Solapur (Maharashtra): In a recent development, Mahmooda Bi, mother of Khalid Machala who was killed in Bhopal encounter...
Muslim groups condemn atrocities on Muslims in Sri Lanka
By TCN News,
New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, the apex body of Indian Muslim organisations, condemned the continuing attacks on the Muslim minority in Sri Lanka since last Sunday. President of AIMMM, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said the continuing attacks, murders and burning of Muslim localities and uprooting of thousands of Muslims by armed Sinhala extremists is a blot on the face of Sri Lanka and proves that the Sri Lankan government has not learnt any lesson from the Tamil revolt which was extinguished at great cost over three decades of blood-letting.
Marathi book on Tipu Sultan’s life and achievements to be released soon
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
In an attempt to highlight Tipu Sultan's personality, diplomacy, relationships with other rulers, foreign policies and other facets of his rule,...
Prince Mishaal opens Tuesday Forum on Hajj researches
By SPA
Makkah : On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Prince Misha'al bin Majed bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Jeddah, will inaugurate here on Tuesday the Eighth scientific Forum on " Hajj researches."
The Forum will be organized by the Institute of the Two Holy Mosques for Hajj researches at Ummal Qura university.
Intelligence input led to confusion, firing on Kashmiri youths
New Delhi : With Kashmir Valley remaining tense over the killing of two youths by the army personnel, highly-placed sources Wednesday said intelligence inputs...
Taliban threatens to attack South Korean facilities
By Xinhua
Seoul : The Taliban has threatened to attack South Korean facilities in Afghanistan because of Seoul's alleged failure in pulling out all its citizens as promised in exchange for the release of hostages last week, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Monday.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, a purported spokesman for the Taliban, said Sunday that the Islamic fundamentalist group obtained information that some South Koreans were still in Afghanistan.
Modi, Sonia hand over chaadar for Ajmer Sharif
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday handed over chaadar to be offered at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer Sharif to Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi also handed over chaadar to be offered at the dargah, a party release said. She handed over the chaadar to party leaders at her residence in the capital.
Commission probing Guwahati violence gets no witness
By IANS
Guwahati : There was a hue and cry for a judicial probe into the shameful act of Nov 24, 2007 in which a tribal woman was stripped in broad daylight here during mob violence that also led to the death one person and injured 200 more. But the probe commission hasn't got a witness yet.
Under pressure after the violence, the state government immediately constituted a commission of inquiry headed by justice (retired) R.K. Manisena Singh.
A year later, the terror continues
On first anniversary of Delhi bomb blast and Batla House 'encounter'
By Mahtab Alam
AMU announces result of Civil Services coaching entrance test
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The result of the National Entrance Test conducted by the Residential Coaching
Academy (RCA) of Aligarh Muslim University was announced today by Prof. Ziauddin
Khairoowala, Director of the Academy. Against the 100 seats, 335 candidates have been
selected for interview and group discussion.
The test was conducted earlier this month at three centers namely Aligarh, Lucknow and
Kozhikode for selecting 100 candidates for 2011 Batch as a full time regular coaching
for Minorities/ Scheduled Castes (SCs)/ Scheduled Tribes (STs) & women candidates of
Pakistani militants admit role in Mumbai attacks: NYT
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Pakistani authorities have obtained confessions from members of the Pakistani militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba that they were involved in the Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks, the New York Times reported Thursday citing a Pakistani official.
The confessions are sure to put pressure on Pakistan's leaders, the influential US daily said in a report from Islamabad, noting that senior Pakistani officials have repeatedly complained in recent weeks that India has not provided them evidence of Pakistani complicity.
Conflict leaves 8 dead in S Afghanistan
By Xinhua
Kabul : A clash killed eight persons, including six Taliban insurgents, in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan Friday, provincial police chief Syed Aqa Saqib said Saturday.
Six Taliban rebels and two policemen were killed as they clashed in Arghandab district on Friday night, Saqib told Xinhua.
Kanhahar has been a hotbed of Taliban rebels, who clash with Afghan and foreign troops frequently.
Meanwhile, the U.S.-led coalition forces said Afghan and coalition troops killed several militants in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province on Friday.
CBI interrogates Priyanka Todi
By IANS
Kolkata : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday interrogated Priyanka Todi for the second time in connection with the mysterious death of her husband Rizwanur Rahman in September.
A three-member women's team went to her Salt Lake residence around 9 a.m. and questioned her for three hours, a day after her father, industrialist Ashok Todi, was interrogated by CBI sleuths for 10 hours.
Gujarat Muslims targeted in blast aftermath, say rights activists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Claiming that around 400 Muslim youths were rounded up for questioning in connection with the serial bombings in Gujarat's largest city Ahmedabad last week, human rights activists have criticised the singling out of members of a community without first probing their role in the terrorist attack.
Voice for human rights of terrorists should be low: legalists
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Top legal luminaries seem to be divided when it comes to human rights of those accused of terror acts with majority having the view that terrorism should not be taken as a normal crime and thus the voice for human rights of terror accused should be lower than that of other crimes.
Iraqi PM criticizes US raid on Baghdad’s Shia suburb
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has criticized the US military operation in Baghdad's Shia bastion of Sadr City, hours after the 26 suspected militants were killed in the capital's eastern neighbourhood.
A noble cause to help orphans, destitute
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Hubli (Karnataka): With an aim to revive the obligation of Zakat and to create mercy and mutual helpfulness in the community, Zakat Charitable Trust of Karnataka was founded on August 17at Hubli in Dharwad district in Karnataka.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion, Alhaj Shaik Saheb Bellary, Chairman and Managing Trustee of Zakat Charitable Trust of Karnataka gave details about the aims and objectives of the trust.
South African attacks on foreigners rise, 5 more killed
By DPA,
Johannesburg : Five more people were killed early Sunday as a wave of anti-foreigner attacks that has claimed over seven lives spread like wildfire through South Africa's business capital, Johannesburg.
Two people were burnt and three people beaten to death in the early hours of the morning in a squatter camp in Cleveland, east of the city, police told the South African news agency Sapa.
Zimbabweans were the main target of the attack, in which a further 50 people sustained injuries, including gunshot and stab wounds, police spokeswoman Cheryl Engelbrecht said.
Migrants linked to Cologne violence, assault on women
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance towards refugees, after a spate of assaults on women during New...
Mehndi competition attracts thousands to the Malappuram Crafts Mela
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
A Muslim techie beaten to death by right wing Hindu radicals in Pune, another...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: The aftermath of uploading of derogatory images of Chatrapati Shivaji and late Shiv Sena chief Bala Saheb Thakerey has led to the sporadic violence by the right wing activists across the Maharashtra state resulting into the destruction of public and private properties. The violence has also claimed life of a young Muslim techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh resident of Solapur where as another youth Younus Khan is struggling for his life in hospital.
Press Guild of Kashmir resents curbs on local media
IFJ condemns media gag in Kashmir
By AIPTV- Bureau,
Srinagar: Press Guild of Kashmir, has expressed serious resentment against the government that has virtually banned the local media but was extending all facilities to media persons coming from Delhi and other parts of India to cover the situation here.
Turkey’s emergency meeting accuses PKK of disrupting national unity and integrity
By Xinhua
Ankara : Turkey on Sunday accused the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) of aiming to disrupt unity and integrity of the country.
The accusation was voiced in an official statement issued at an emergency meeting on border security following a fresh attack by the northern Iraq-based PKK in southeastern province Hakkari earlier on Sunday, killing 12 government soldiers and wounding 16 others.
The statement denounced that it is apparent that the PKK aims to disrupt unity and integrity of Turkey with heinous attacks.
Ashif Sheikh ‘cleaning’ up India’s shame of manual scavenging
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Muslim woman serves talaq notice
By IANS
Jaipur : In a rare move, a Muslim woman in Rajasthan has served a talaq notice on her husband but experts say this was not permissible under the Muslim personal law.
Modi to face farmers’ anger in 2019: Yogendra Yadav
New Delhi (IANS): Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav on Tuesday warned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face the anger of the farmers in...
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