Coffee Inn Art Community organises rose event for ‘our beloved’ Prophet
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Three years on, RTI a boon but needs more teeth
By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS,
New Delhi : Sixteen-year-old Shahnaz knew nothing about the Right To Information (RTI) Act till a few months ago, but today she is grateful for the three-year-old law that helped her secure admission in a government school.
"The school made me undertake an entrance test and failed me in that since I live in a resettlement colony. Finally I filed an RTI application asking the government education department to tell me if there is any provision of an entrance test for a student who has successfully passed Class 10," Shahnaz told IANS.
Indian Haj delegation interacts with pilgrims in Jeddah
By IANS,
Jeddah : A 25-member Indian Haj goodwill delegation visited this port city of Saudi Arabia and interacted with Haj pilgrims there, expressing their satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Indian Haj mission.
The delegation, which was led by senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz, reached the Jeddah Haj terminal Sunday. On Monday the delegates visited various accommodations for pilgrims in Mecca and Aziziya.
They also visited the main office of the Indian Haj mission and a 50-bed hospital run by them.
Ten militants killed in clash in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : At least 10 militants were killed in a clash with security forces in northwest Pakistan's tribal area Wednesday.
Fifteen other militants were also injured during the exchange of fire in Orakzai tribal agency, Xinhua news agency reported.
US drones Tuesday night fired two missiles at militant hideouts in North Waziristan tribal agency, killing at least six people, security officials said.
Activists, organisations deprecate fake Telangana encounter; demand CBI probe
By TCN News,
New Delhi/Lucknow: Three days after five Muslim under-trial youth were killed in what police called as “encounter” – denied by respective families calling it as deliberate killings, a number of organisations have come out heavily on the Telangana government and demanded a CBI probe into the gory incident.
SP headed for split as family power struggle intensifies
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party on Sunday appeared headed for a split as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ousted uncle Shivpal Yadav and three...
Soon to come a new university after Tipu Sultan’s name at Mysore
By TCN Staff reporter,
1984 Bhopal Gas survivors to knock on PM’s door on 28th anniversary
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
‘Muslims participate in all kinds of politics without giving up their Muslim identity’
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Sixth person die in hospital as Dhule slowly returns to ‘normalcy’
Curfew still on in affected areas
M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net
Delhi High Court directs Govt to block ‘offensive’ contents of ‘Innocence of Muslim’ film
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bajrang Dal activists forcibly wedded siblings on Valentine’s Day
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident on Valentine’s Day, Hindutva moral police forcibly married off siblings as they mistook them to be ‘couple.’
CLMC condemns the ‘inhuman incident of blast’
CLMC urges an end to media trial
By TCN News,
Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Madhya Pradesh’s Annual Plan hiked by 23 pc, pegged at Rs.35,500 cr.
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Annual Plan of Rs.35,500 crore has been sanctioned for Madhya Pradesh for year 2013-14. This is 23 percent more than last year.
Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East’s first College of Horticulture
By TCN News,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of developing the agriculture sector in the state as he laid the foundation stone of College of Horticulture at Lakhopur in Nalbari district which is the first of its kind in the northeast.
Millat Bedari Muhim Committee Demand President’s Rule in UP
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Supreme Court of India’s comment about the Uttar Pradesh government’s failure to protect its citizens and control the Muzaffarnagar riots indicates that the Apex Court has censured UP government said Prof. Razaullah Khan while chairing an analysis meeting of Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC) held at Media Centre Aligarh on 27th Committee (MBMC), Aligarh demands that President Rule be imposed in Uttar Pradesh after dismissing the Akhilesh Government as law and order has completely collapsed in state.
Degree recipients felicitated during ‘At Home’ organized by AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Students and PhD scholars of Aligarh Muslim University, who have received degrees at the Annual Convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University on March 29, 2014 were felicitated at an ‘At Home’ hosted by the University at the sprawling lawns of Sir Syed Academy on 30th March. AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brig. (Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali, Registrar, Group Captain (Retd.) Shahrukh Shamshad, distinguished AMU alumnus and eminent entrepreneur of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Nadeem Tarin, distinguished guests and alumni were present in the function.
Modi ‘wave’ at India TV Studio, Editorial Director resigns in protest
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Qamar Waheed Naqvi, Editorial Director of India TV has resigned in, purportedly in protest of a “staged interview,” with the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Rajat Sharma’s famous programme “Aap Ki Adalat.”
Lok Satta’s alliance with BJP: Gandhi and Ali Brothers?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
BJP supporters are proud to tell the fact that BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a coalition of 30 parties. Consider the...
Allah Baksh: Unsung hero of India’s freedom struggle
By Shamsul Islam,
On this May 14, 2014 falls the 71st anniversary of the martyrdom of one of the greatest freedom fighters of India, Allah Baksh. He lived and sacrificed his life for a free and all inclusive India. Allah Baksh was the Premier (those days chief minister was known by this designation) of Sind during the eventful days of ‘Quit India’ Movement of 1942 as head of the ‘Ittehad Party’ (Unity Party) which represented all sections of Sind and did not allow Muslim League to have any foothold in the Muslim majority province of Sind. Allah Baksh and his Party were not part of the Indian National Congress but when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a derogatory reference to the Indian freedom struggle and the ‘Quit India’ Movement in a speech in the British Parliament, Allah Baksh renounced in protest all titles conferred by the British Government.
Hindu Vahini’s involvement case thrown in SIMI’s basket to further the ban
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Security agencies have once again landed in awkward moment with their consistent maneuver to maintain ban over Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Andhra Pradesh police while deposing before a UAPA tribunal turned a Hindu Vahini attached communal violence instigation case into a SIMI proscribing justification.
8 year old Bhatkal boy earns prestigious ‘Preacher of the Nation’ award in UAE
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
New Delhi: A Karnataka coastal town of Bhatkal which continuously remain in mainstream media’s focus due to its being a “home town” of alleged Indian Mujahideen outfit’s absconding founders Reyaz and Iqbal Shabandri has unfortunately missed the Indian mainstream media’s spotlight when an 8 year little boy of its origin won the highest prestigious reward for a child in Dubai of being ‘Preacher of the Nation’.
Muslims in Patna gather after Friday prayer to condemn Israel’s brutal bombing
By Salman Ghani
Patna: Muslim representatives gathered after the Friday prayer in Dalal ji Ki Masjid in Alamgunj, Patna against the Israel’s barbaric bombardment on...
JTA decries Israel’s offensive in Gaza
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA) has strongly condemned the ongoing atrocities being perpetrated by Israel on helpless Palestinians in Gaza.
Boycott separatist militants on Independence Day: Journalists’ Forum Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the people of northeast India to defy separatist militants’ diktat on celebrating the Independence Day (I-Day) with. The scribe’ body argues that every patriotic Indian should observe the I-Day (and also the Republic Day) to pay their heartiest tributes to the known & unknown martyrs of India’s freedom movement for their supreme sacrifices.
Indians in Saudi Arabia asked to get machine-readable passports
Riyadh : The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has appealed to all Indians living in the kingdom to get machine-readable passports issued as soon...
US commander rules out military strike against Iran
By DPA
Cairo : The chief of the US Central Command Admiral William Fallon Sunday ruled out a possible strike against Iran and said Washington was mulling non-military options, instead.
"There are concerns in the region over Iran's behaviour and its radical talk that is constantly threatening other people. We are trying to find ways to work with other countries to get the Iranians to change their behaviour and to be more helpful," Fallon told reporters in Cairo.
Taliban kills abducted cops; hang bodies from tree
By KUNA
Kabul : Taliban in southern Afghanistan have gunned down five policemen, who were kidnapped for some two months and were kept in captivity for the said period.
Residents said bullet-riddled bodies of the five constables were strung from a tree in Deh Rahod district of Uruzgan province.
Police chief of the province Juma Gul Himmat said enemies of the country, the term Afghan officials use for Taliban, were responsible for killing the policemen.
Kidnapper of Adobe India CEO’s son arrested
By IANS
Noida : Chattra Pal, the alleged mastermind behind the high profile November 2006 kidnapping of Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta's son, was arrested here early Thursday, the police said.
Chhattrapal and his accomplices had abducted Gupta's three-year-old son Anant on Nov 13, 2006, and demanded a Rs.5 million ransom. Anant was found five days later. The police had then arrested Chhattrapal and two more people on charges of kidnapping.
Chhatra Pal had escaped from police custody on Feb 4, while he was being produced before a court.
TV scribe attacked in road rage
By IANS,
Noida : A man who claimed to be a lawyer and a politician attacked a television journalist with an iron rod in a case of road rage in Noida in Uttar Pradesh before he was arrested.
The incident took place around 11.30 p.m. Thursday at Sector 44 near the Amity University police post close to the Indian capital. Police identified the journalist as Chandra Prakash of NDTV.
Superintendent of Police Rakesh Gautam said Prakash was returning home in his car at Sector 93. While he was taking a u-turn, another car hit his car.
Al Qaeda terrorists active in Pakistan: US
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Even as several international terror organisations including Al Qaeda (AQ) operated and carried out attacks in Pakistan in 2007, Islamabad took steps to prevent support to the Kashmiri militancy, according to the US State Department.
"Pakistan's leaders took steps to prevent support to the Kashmiri militancy, and the number of violent attacks in Kashmir was down by approximately 50 percent from 2006," it said Wednesday citing public statements made by the Indian defence minister.
Ground shrinking for Muslim burials in Haryana; minority commission to visit state
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Concerned over reports about Muslims not being provided land for burial in Haryana, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has decided to take up the matter with the state authorities.
NCM has reportedly been receiving complaints from Muslims residing in Panipat, Kaithal, Sonepat and Karnal, where the dearth of land for burial has become a big concern for the community.
‘Lonely’ Taslima to return to Kolkata or Agartala
By IANS,
Agartala : Her writing "badly affected" since she left Kolkata and desperate to return, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said she would return there "as soon as possible". If not Kolkata, she would choose Agartala as her home when she returns to India in August.
Cash, jewellery worth Rs.25 mn stolen in Ludhiana
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Cash and gold jewellery worth nearly Rs.25 million was stolen from the office of a finance company in this industrial city of Punjab Monday.
The theft took place in the Miller Ganj area of the city where the office of the Muthoot finance company is located. The police have still not been able to identify the culprits behind the theft.
Interestingly, the theft first came to the notice of finance company officials in Gurgaon city adjoining national capital New Delhi when the sirens of the company's Ludhiana office started ringing there after the heist.
Islam was a revolution on several fronts: Hamid Ansari
By Mumtaz Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari on 15th July released a book entitled “Islami Tarraqqi Pasandi” authored by Late Ali Jawad Zaidi at a function here in the national capital.
Addressing on the occasion, the Vice President said that this book contains the issues on how to make the lives of common men better and purposeful. He suggested that this useful book should be translated into Hindi and English also so that more and more people may take advantage of this book.
Ketan Parekh denied more time to surrender
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to extend the July 31 deadline for stock broker Ketan Parekh to surrender to the Mumbai jail authorities to undergo his year-long jail term for siphoning off Rs.477 million from a Canara Bank subsidiary in a financial scam of 1992.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan asked him to approach the apex court's "chamber judge", who deals with the technical pleas like extending deadlines for surrendering before jail authorities, before being heard by it.
Parliament adjourned second time over Gujarat killings
By IANS
New Delhi : Both houses of parliament were adjourned for a second time Monday as Congress, Left parties and Samajwadi Party members disrupted proceedings over the issue of staged police killings in Gujarat.
Car bomb injures nine near Pakistani court
By DPA
Islamabad : Nine people were injured when a car bomb blew up Tuesday near the Peshawar High Court in north-west Pakistan, hospital officials said.
Suicide bombing kills 2 foreigners, injures 5 in Kabul
By Xinhua
Kabul: A suicide car bombing in the Afghan capital Thursday killed two foreigners and injured five, officials said.
"Two foreign security personnel working for a security company were killed in the explosion," said Ali Shah Paktiawal, Kabul deputy police chief. "Three foreigners and two Afghan civilians were injured."
The officials did not reveal the nationalities of the victims. However, media reports said one American and one Nepalese were killed and three Americans were injured.
One vehicle was totally damaged in the powerful explosion that targeted a convoy.
No talks till you reform, Bangladesh politicians told
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's election Commission has said it will not talk to political parties on electoral reforms till they affect political reforms, adding a new twist to their ongoing tussle with the military-backed government.
Taliban to free remaining seven South Korean hostages
By DPA
Kabul/Seoul : The Taliban will release the remaining seven hostages Thursday, the day after 12 of the 19 South Korean aid workers the militants have been holding hostage in Afghanistan for nearly six weeks were let free, a Taliban spokesman said.
The intention to complete the release under a pledge the Taliban made a couple of days ago in face-to-face negotiations with South Korean officials, was confirmed by Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi to South Korean television station KBS Thursday.
Bangladesh seeks N-power technology from Russia
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh hopes to get Russian technology to set up a nuclear power plant and says Moscow has expressed its willingness to cooperate.
After some tentative moves at the official level, political interventions were made during Foreign Advisor Iftikhar Ahmed Chowdhury's recent visit to Russia.
Syria condemns Beirut car blast
By Xinhua
Damascus : Syria on Wednesday strongly condemned a car bombing in eastern Beirut that killed a Christian lawmaker and several others, the official SANA news agency reported.
"This criminal act targets the efforts and endeavors exerted by Syria and others to achieve the Lebanese national accord," an unnamed Syrian media official was quoted as saying, asserting Damascus' keenness on security, stability and unity of neighboring Lebanon.
Columbia University president’s harsh remarks about Iranian president draw mixed reactions
By Xinhua
New York : Colombia University President Lee C. Bollinger's pointed introduction of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has drawn mixed reactions, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
New York : Colombia University President Lee C. Bollinger's pointed introduction of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has drawn mixed reactions, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Iran refutes allegation on hidden nuclear site
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council for International Affairs Javad Vaeedi has denied allegation on existence of a hidden nuclear site in Iran.
Vaeedi told IRNA Friday: "Such an allegation is being made under the circumstances that new round of Iran's cooperation with the IAEA has begun on one hand, and Iranian constructive presence at the UN General Assembly, on the other."
Egypt to launch civilian nuclear programme
By Xinhua
Cairo : President Hosni Mubarak announced Monday Egypt will set up nuclear power plants to make up shortfall in generation, and thus augment the country's power security, local media reported.
Addressing the inauguration of a northern Cairo power station, Mubarak said a council for peaceful use of nuclear energy will be established according to a republican decree, which will be issued within days, MENA new agency reported.
Militants free 48 captured Pakistani troops
By DPA
Islamabad : Islamic militants Friday freed 48 paramilitary troops that they had captured in overnight fighting in Pakistan's volatile north-western valley of Swat, where a week of fierce battles has left around 200 people dead.
The militants first paraded the soldiers to the media and then gave Rs.500 (around $9) to each captive before freeing them, Pakistan's Aaj news channel reported.
Pakistanis in US upset at emergency
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : Pakistani Americans by and large are feeling aggrieved and are critical of President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency - widely seen as tantamount to imposing martial law.
"The hope that democracy may be round the corner in my country has finally died. I am in mourning and so are many Pakistanis I came across in Jackson Heights (a South Asian conclave in New York)," Mumtaz Hussain, an artist and filmmaker of Pakistani origin, told IANS.
Jamia to organise conference on remote sensing
By IANS,
New Delhi : Experts from various institutions, including the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), will participate in a day-long conference Tuesday on 'Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Management' organised by the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
The conference will cover new horizons in the areas of spatial technology for hydrology, water and air pollution, land degradation, land use planning and natural hazards, an official statement said.
Army counter Geelani; appeal not to follow Hurriyat’s call
By Syed Amir Mehrab,Agence India Press,
Maudany’s judicial custody extended till October 12
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Disputed land will be cut into three pieces for ‘Peace’
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
UN envoy survives Iraq bomb attack
By IANS,
Baghdad : UN's top envoy to Iraq, Ad Melkert, escaped unhurt in a bomb attack on his convoy Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
Babri Masjid: ‘Sangh parivar should take the first step towards reconciliation’
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net
When everything turns to gold it’s autumn in Kashmir
By Sheikh Imran Bashir,Agence India Press,
Bihar assembly results diminish Modi’s position in national BJP
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Kashmiris’ staying outside feel respite after Union Govt directive to states
By Amin Masoodi, Agence India Press,
IPS officers who refused to toe Modi Govt’s line facing victimisation
By TCN Special Correspondent,
MP becomes 1st state to make public govt. officers’ property details
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
The Rape of Nizam’s – a book on Hyderabad fall released
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Kerala’s Hajj flights and Hajj Camp end tomorrow
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent
Notion that police is anti-Muslim should be changed – P Chidambaram
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Abul Hussain – A different story of a differently able person
By Diganta Sharma and Anjuman Ara Begum,
Polls for 5 Assemblies: A mid-term ‘referendum’ for UPA-II?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
After Japan’s Tsunami North East CMs urged to halt construction of dams
By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Sa’adi’s poetry transcends boundaries of nations: Sonia Gandhi
By IRNA,
New Delhi : Sheik Sa’adi’s poetry transcends the boundaries of nations and the passage of time to embrace all humanity and all cultures, said Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Friday.
Christian cemetery closed by British being ‘revived’ by Bihar Govt
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
National Conf. on ‘Creativity & Innovation in Education’ on Jun. 25 at Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
MMA seeks Law ministry’s view on quota for backward Muslims
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Khurshid’s rebuttal to critics: No separate cadre for Hindu trusts
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
An interview with Dr Shariq Nisar, the architect of India’s Shariah Index
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Dr Shariq Nisar, the architect of India’s Shariah Index (i.e. BSE TASIS Shariah 50) has been the man behind the launch of many shariah compliant products in the country such as Taurus Ethical Fund (By Taurus Mutual Fund), Pure Stock Pension Fund (By Bajaj Allianz), Secura India Real Estate Fund (India’s only Shariah compliant SEBI approved real estate venture capital fund). Most recently Dr Shariq has been associated with the launch of Shariah compliant commodities trading by National Spot Exchange Ltd.
‘Right to recall’ elected politicians only hope for Muslim community
By Aziz A. Mubaraki,
‘Azaan’: Raza Academy sends legal notice, SP threatens agitation
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal Gas victims give call for indefinite ‘Rail Roko’ stir
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
For her, New Year’s vow is wildlife conservation
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
‘Save Constitutional Rights Movement’ launched by Muslim Law Board
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Do Muslims ever follow ‘Imams’ in elections?
By Ashfaque Khan,
Self-proclaimed tellers of the imagined Muslim Vote Bank are not going to influence voting behaviour in any significant way.
Welfare Party of India’s organized its first public meeting in Kolkata
By Zaidul Haque, Kolkata
Home Ministry didn’t allow protest; Activists detained within 15 minutes
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Andhra’s cap on fee reimbursement will impact thousands of students
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Minority Ministry’s Independence Day ad depicts Sunita, talks about Salma
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
TDP’s ‘Muslim declaration’ has placed the community on cloud nine
10% quota in job and education; 8% quota in assembly; Rs 2500Cr in annual budget
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
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