Shaheen Bagh: Bid to pick Kazmi’s relative foiled; Hundreds come out to protest
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
‘Conspiracy’ behind denying passports specific to Muslim Youths in Malabar
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Keeping her poll ‘promises’ WB CM announces largesse to Muslims
Mamata: Aliah University will soon become one of the best
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Coffee Inn Art Community organises rose event for ‘our beloved’ Prophet
By TCN Staff Reporter,
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.
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.
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.
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,
Police recover landmines in Orissa
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : The Orissa Police Thursday recovered three powerful landmines, each weighing about 3 kg, from a road near MV-126 village in the state's Malkanagiri district.
Acting on a tip-off, police personnel arrived on the spot and discovered the landmines. Later, a landmine disposal squad from Cuttack reached the village under the Kalimela police station and disposed of all the landmines, Sub Divisional Police Officer Satyabrata Bhoi said.
Indonesian Police capture most wanted terrorist
By Xinhua
Jakarta : Indonesian Police Wednesday said they arrested Abu Dujana, commander of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) - a terror group operating in South East Asia allegedly responsible for Bali bombings.
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.
College principal, family beaten up in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS
Bhopal : Two persons were arrested Saturday for allegedly beating up a college principal and his family in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district due to differences over holding student union polls.
Five activists of the students' body Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) allegedly beat up Shiv Charan Chaurasia, a government college principal Friday night in Tikamgarh, about 300 km from here. They did not spare Chourasia's family either, beating up his wife and children before ransacking the house.
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."
Jihad Council announces unilateral truce in Kashmir
By IANS
Srinagar : The United Jihad Council (UJC), based in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, has announced a three-day unilateral ceasefire coinciding with the holy Muslim festival of the Eid.
UJC spokesman Sadaqat Hussain called the local newspapers and news agency here Monday and announced the council's decision for a ceasefire on Oct 12, 13 and 14 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
"The decision has been taken so that Muslims can celebrate the coming Eid festival peacefully," the spokesman said.
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.
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.
Family of Sep 13 blast’s Kashmiri victim gets compensation
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Ghulam Hassan, the pain of losing his brother in the Sep 13 blast in the capital will never go away. But the migrant from Jammu and Kashmir is a relieved man after receiving Thursday the compensation cheques in the name of his mother, his widowed sister-in-law and fixed deposit for his niece.
The compensation amounts were handed to him at the Daryaganj District Revenue Office here Thursday evening.
BJP puts Congress on dock over Deoband remark
By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The BJP put Congress party in big trouble on Saturday when it asked the party to apologize the Muslims for its remark on India’s one of great seats of learning.
Muslims & Dalits urged to strengthen SDPI
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: In the backdrop of atrocities being committed on Muslims and Dalits it is imperative that Muslim voluntary organizations and movements come to the forefront for the advancement of these communities. It is high time for the Muslims to take initiative for the political movement that values democracy and social and economic equality, said A. Sayeed, general secretary of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) while addressing its Madhya Pradesh state party delegates here on Sunday.
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,
IUML holds rally against ‘Cruelties of Air India against non-resident Keralites’
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Obsession of the Governments with growth regime has failed to focus on people’s development
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Regional stalwarts from Bihar, AP skipped Narendra Modi’s swearing in ceremony
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Akabruddin Owaisi files writ petition in HC to quash ‘hate speech’ cases
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Asaduddin Owaisi’s official residence in Delhi attacked by Hindutva activists
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Muslim clerics in Lucknow want ‘objectionable’ portion from Kamal’s film deleted
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Dispatch from Kashmir: Afzal Guru hanging and the ‘core’ of Indian nationhood
Transforming Kashmir from ‘the issue’ to ‘one of the issues’ is a rich reflection of India’s diplomatic craftsmanship, even though Pakistan continued to harp...
Now Muslim group wants ‘Bharat Ratna’ for Sir Syed
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC), Aligarh is now demanding the highest civilian award to be awarded posthumously to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
Al Misbah initiates discussion on improving educational situation of minorities in Assam
Nurul Hassan, TwoCicles.net
‘Muslim girls want to study – Delhi Government School says No’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Karnataka government to unveil its policies Monday
By IANS,
Bangalore : The three-week-old Congress government in Karnataka faces the state legislature for the first time Monday with Governor H.R. Bharadwaj outlining its policies for the year.
Play “Quli: Dilon Ka Shahzada” at MANUU
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, H.K. Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies hosted the play “Quli: Dilon Ka Shahzaada,” a Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation production on 13th February 2014 at 7 pm at the Open Air Auditorium of the University.
Discussion on voting patterns in India and ‘tactical’ voting of Muslims
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Institute of Objective Studies organised a discussion on “Voting Patterns in India with Reference to Tactical Voting by Muslims” on February 27 in the Capital.
EC probing BJP’s ‘communal party’ tag in Tripura school books
Agartala : The Election Commission of India is probing the BJP being tagged a "communal party" in the textbooks of government schools in Left-ruled...
Quirks of History: How Jinnah forestalled Fazlul Haq’s gambit
By Prof. Refaqat Ali Khan,
Write Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, an NGO, invited me to attend the SAARC Literary Festival in Dhaka on 27-28 February, 2014. Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives were participants. The seminar / festival proposed a discussion / review “Beyond Borders, Trust and Reconciliation”.
AAP’s Bhopal candidate Rachna Dhingra finds support at MIT
By TCN News,
Boston, USA. Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) from the Greater Boston area gathered to screen award winning documentary (on the Bhopal disaster) Bhopali on Sunday April 6th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The event was organized by the Boston chapter of University Students for Aam Admi Party (us4AAP), an organization with chapters in more than 100 campuses, and AAP - New England who have been actively working on supporting AAP candidates in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in India.
Social Media got brighter with Munawwar Rana’s Muhajir Nama
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Who would not be familiar with Munawwar Rana’s name? Munawwar Rana, whose poetry is the place where a mother, surrounded by the fence of mundaneness, breathes freely. Munawwar Rana, for whom the way to heaven is not above skies but at the feet of mother.
Muslim Organizations in Mumbai send memorandum to Egypt’s Ambassador to India
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Expressing their concerns for the violation of Human Rights in Egypt, some Muslim organizations in Mumbai has sent a combined memorandum to the Egypt’s Ambassador to India. These organizations have also appealed Government of India to bring the matter before United Nations and help restore democracy in Egypt.
Of Pakistan’s Punjab and high levels of drug use
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: When it comes to drug use, Pakistan’s province of Punjab due to its large share of the population, has the highest number of people who use and inject drugs with 2.9 million people using illicit substances in the past year and approximately 260,000 people who currently inject drugs.
Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The alleged gang rape and murder of two dalit girls on 27 May 2014 in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh has been condemned largely throughout the country by every section of the society. The condemnation did not stop within the borders of the country but international organizations have also expressed their dissatisfaction towards lack of adequate sanitation facilities and growing sexual violence of women resulting into the violations of human rights in India. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appalled by the brutal rape and killing of two dalit girls in UP whereas Amnesty International has criticized the police machinery of India who have time and again found to have derelict towards registering and investigating cases of rapes of low caste girls and their lackadaisical behavior in booking higher caste culprits in those cases.
Pakistan’s SC orders formation of national council for protecting minorities’ rights
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered the federal government to form a national council of minorities' rights for protection of minority rights and ensuring religious harmony.
Love Thy Neighbor: Nawaz Sharif’s Visit to India
By Ram Puniyani,
India Pakistan relations have always been mired with in various controversies, which have been preventing the friendly relations with our neighbor, who in ‘popular perception’ is seen as an enemy. It is due to this that while all the members of SAARC countries have been invited, the one to draw maximum popular attention has been the coming of Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan. In a deft move India’s the then Prime Minister designate sent an invite to all the heads of SAARC countries for his swearing in ceremony, (16 May 2014)which was held with great pomp and show.
POTA court rejects Maulana Qavi’s bail in 10 year old Modi’s assassination conspiracy case;...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: On Wednesday Special POTA court in Ahmedabad rejected Maulana Abdul Qavi’s bail in a 10 year old conspiracy case registered in Gujarat. The special judge accepted all the defenses of Maulana Abdul Qavi except that he was not absconding since last 10 years and turned down his bail on the ground of him being absconding before arrest. Jamiat Ulema Hind, an NGO providing legal assistance to the Maulana has shown determination to approach Gujarat High Court for the relief.
“We are all Palestinians” Chant tens of thousands in London
By M Ghazali Khan,
London: Thousands of protesters, estimated around 100,000, have demonstrated outside the Israeli Embassy against Israeli aggression on Gaza and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
Obama’s Eid greeting to Muslims backfires
Washington : A White House message on Twitter wishing “Muslims in the United States and around the world a blessed and joyous celebration” of...
Pakistan lodges protest with India over firing across ‘working boundary’
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: The Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and lodged a protest over what it called...
Faizan Mustafa of AMU gets SAARC’s Best Law Teacher Award
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Professor Faizan Mustafa of Aligarh Muslim University and presently Vice Chancellor of Nalsar Law University Hyderabad got this year’s prestigious SAARC’s Best Law Teacher Award. In a unanimous decision, the high-powered jury consisting of Professor NR Madhav Menon, eminent jurist and Founder Vice Chancellor of NLSIU, Bangalore and Mr Lalit Bhasin, President of Indian Law Firms, announced the conferment of the award on Professor Mustafa.
Pakistan targets 86% literacy rate by year 2015
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : Pakistan's National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) to achieve 86 percent literacy rate in the country by year 2015 through expanding its ‘Literacy Program’ nationwide.
This was stated by Dr. Nasim Ashraf, Chairman NCHD while talking to APP. The Commission, he said, has successfully entered its 5th year of operations through expanding its literacy and health programmes from two districts in 2002 to more than 122 districts in 2007.
Pakistan cancels election in Benazir’s constituency
By IRNA
Islamabad : The Election Commission of Pakistan has cancelled election in the constituency where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was contesting election for the Lower House of the Parliament, the Commission said on Friday.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27 in the city of Rawalpindi after she addressed a huge election public meeting.
"The election process was terminated on National Assembly-207 Larkana-cum-Shikarpur in Sindh due to the death of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto," the commission said in a statement.
Four-year-old kidnapped, murdered in Andhra Pradesh
By IANS
Hyderabad : In a shocking incident, a four-year-old child was kidnapped and murdered in Himayatsagar near here, police said Tuesday.
Kartik, who was kidnapped by his father's friend a week ago, was murdered within hours of the kidnap. Babu, the alleged kidnapper who had demanded a ransom of Rs.5 million, confessed after the police arrested him early Tuesday.
After a three-hour effort, police retrieved the victim's body from rocks in Peeramcheru area in Rajendernagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
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,