Five soldiers killed in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Gunmen ambushed an Iraqi army convoy in the volatile Diyala province Tuesday, killing five soldiers and wounding 16, an interior ministry source said.
Al Qaeda claims it killed Iraqi Sunni tribal leader
By Xinhua
Cairo : An Al Qaeda group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the killing of an Iraqi Sunni tribal leader, al-Jazeera TV channel reported.
The report said that the self-styled Islamic group Friday called the killing of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha a "heroic operation". Its statement could not be authenticated, but it was posted on a main Islamist web site.
The Sunni tribal leader Abu Risha, who was backed by the US and Iraqi governments to fight the Al Qaeda network in Iraq, was killed in a roadside bomb attack Thursday.
Iranian President calls on academics to help codify next development plan
By NNN-IRNA
Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi Prov : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on academics and researchers of all Iran's universities on Saturday to help government formulate next five-year Development Plan.
Addressing the closing ceremony of a gathering of Basiji (Volunteer) academics and researchers in this northeastern province, the president said, "We should construct the country based on the ideal patterns of the Islamic Revolution."
Police officer kills father in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A police sub-inspector has allegedly killed his father here over a property dispute, the Patna police said Monday.
The police officer, M.K. Madhup, is absconding and a manhunt has been launched to nab him. Madhup was posted at Dwaripuri under Patrakarnagar police station.
Arjun Prasad, 75, a retired government official, and a father of four sons and a daughter, was killed Sunday night following a scuffle over property.
Parents of kidnapped boy demand CBI probe
By IANS
Patna : Parents of a 12-year-old schoolboy, kidnapped from Patna nearly two months ago, want the investigation of the case to be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Akash Pandey was kidnapped on his way to school Aug 10. Despite giving repeated assurances, the Bihar Police have failed to trace the boy.
"The government should hand over the case to CBI as the police have failed to make any breakthrough," said Anju Pandey, Akash's mother.
Two Maoists, policeman killed in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Two Maoist insurgents were shot dead in a gun battle with police while one policeman was killed in a separate gun fight in Chhattisgarh Monday, an official said.
Both incidents were reported from Bijapur district of the state's southern mineral-rich forested Bastar region where insurgents had killed three people and injured five in an attack late Sunday.
Obama invites Sirajuddin Qureshi to conf of Muslim industrialists
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The U.S. President Barrack Obama has extended invitation to Sirajuddin Qureshi, an outstanding Muslim businessman from India, for attending a conference of top Muslim Industrialists and successful businessman from around the world, to be held on 26-27 April 2010 in Washington.
End of Hajj Subsidy, a relic of the Colonial era, unlikely to worry Indian...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Call it an election gimmick or an agenda of the Central government, but the announcement to set up a panel for...
CPI(ML) candidate arrested in Bihar
Patna : CPI(ML) candidate from Bihar's Katihar Lok Sabha constituency was Friday arrested in a case of murder, soon after he filed his nomination...
Malik stable in hospital after indefinite fast
By IANS,
Srinagar : Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was hospitalised Thursday after his health deteriorated following an indefinite fast.
Malik had started the fast Tuesday against, what he said, the "economic blockade" of the Kashmir valley by Jammu agitators who have been protesting the cancellation of land transfer to a Hindu shrine board.
The JKLF chairman's condition worsened and he was admitted to the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here, where doctors said he was stable.
Indians in Berlin protest against Citizenship Amendment Act
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
In solidarity with the widespread protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in India, the international community is also protesting against the...
What conversion?, ask Agra residents in midst of storm
By Brij Khandelwal,
Agra : The "conversion" to Hinduism of some people of a settlement on the outskirts of this city has triggered a debate...
कर्नाटक में ईसाई धर्म से जुड़ी किताब जलाई,हिंदुत्ववादियों पर आरोप
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कर्नाटक में ईसाई धर्म से जुड़ी किताब को जलाये जाने का मामला सामने आया हैं। धार्मिक पुस्तकों को जलाने का आरोप हिंदूवादी संगठनों...
Dr Kafeel’s brother Kashif shot in Gorakhpur, condition stable
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Kashif Jameel, younger brother of Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan has been shot in Gorakhpur on Sunday night about 10 pm. Kashif...
Don’t use Muslims as crutch on nuclear deal
The nuclear deal and other questions of foreign policy should be opposed or defended on their own merits. Sadly, both the government and its opponents have played fast and loose with the ‘Muslim’ card, to the detriment of the community’s larger interest.
Young Dalit writer attacked, threatened in Karnataka
Bengaluru: A young Dalit writer, who wrote a book against the caste system and Hinduism, was threatened by a few unidentified youth in Karnataka's...
From madrasa to IAS: Waseem-ur-Rehman in his own words
By Ummid.com,
Dr. Waseem-ur-Rehman is the first Madrasa product who has achieved the historic success in UPSC exams. His accounts are really inspiring for anyone who is willing to opt for this coveted career. Ummid.com brings the complete audio of his speech delivered at Dr. Manzoor Hasan Ayyubi hall in Malegaon.
Top Maoist leader arrested in Orissa
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Police in Orissa have arrested a top Maoist leader alleged to be involved in dozens of crimes, including an attack on the house of a former state minister.
Nabeen, 24, was arrested Tuesday from Malkangiri district and has confessed his involvement in insurgent activities in many areas of the state, police chief Satish Gajbhiye told IANS.
The youth, he said, was involved in the Koraput armoury raid in 2004 and the attack on the house of former minister and present Lok Janashakti Party State president Arabinda Dhali in 2005.
Quota ruling negates BJP stand on minority educational institutes
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court verdict Thursday upholding the law for reservation to backward category students in government-run institutions of higher education negates BJP's consistent opposition to exemption of minority educational institutes from the ambit of the quota law.
In its ruling, the apex court has held that exempting minority educational institutions from the ambit of the quota law and not forcing them to reserve seats for backward category students is not unconstitutional.
No political party in UP ready for ‘Mission 2017’
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow : Bravado and public posturing notwithstanding, none of the major political players seems to be battle ready for the assembly elections...
Patna woman’s crusade unearths royal scam targeting Indians
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS
Kathmandu : A one-year crusade by a gutsy 26-year-old woman from India's Patna city has exposed a major racket in Nepal that preyed on Indian students for years and yet went unpunished because it was run by a brother-in-law of King Gyanendra.
Over 100 Indian students were defrauded of millions of rupees and had their careers blighted by Nepali businessman Diwakar Chand, who is married to a first cousin of the king.
An Indian died under mysterious circumstances and yet two years later, police are yet to resolve the mystery.
Jharkhand’s citizens have nowhere to go with their grievances
By Nirendra Dev,
New Delhi: The BJP-led central government has initiated the process of reviewing the definition of "creamy layer" as applicable to Other Backward...
Gujarat killings put Modi in a tight spot
By Ashish Mehta
IANSGandhinagar : The shocking revelations about the killing of a Muslim man in 2005 by Gujarat police in a staged shoot out, coming only months ahead of the assembly polls, may put Chief Minister Narendra Modi in an unenviable position.
First evening of Ramazan in the Old City of Delhi
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Comes Ramazan and the surroundings of New Delhi’s Shahjahani mosque, popularly known as Jama Masjid, wears a deepened religious look – clearly visible in people’s attire and crowding in mosques. An hour before the sunset – the time to break fast – the Muslim dominant area presents a picture – very different from normal days. This is almost true with all Muslim localities everywhere.
Jamia Millia to send 1000 volunteers for C’wealth Games
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islami will provide 1000 volunteers for upcoming Commonwealth Games in the National Capital in 2010. Both male and female students will be included in the Jamia team of volunteers in equal numbers.
Asian businessman robbed of $1 mn in Paraguay’s airport
By Xinhua
Buenos Aires : Five gunmen have robbed an Asian businessman of $1 million during an airport heist in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, according to media reports.
The victim, who owns a currency exchange business in Asuncion, was robbed while he was waiting in the boarding lounge at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.
Buenos Aires : Five gunmen have robbed an Asian businessman of $1 million during an airport heist in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, according to media reports.
The victim, who owns a currency exchange business in Asuncion, was robbed while he was waiting in the boarding lounge at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.
How do RSS and other Sangh Parivar outfits escape terrorist tag?
By Adnan Alavi
The TV Today group's English channel Headlines Today aired the sting operation that showed top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar's involvement with Hindutva-inspired fanatics.
Kathmandu closure Wednesday over Maoist killing
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Putting aside their differences, student organisations affiliated to major political parties and angry local residents have called a shutdown in Kathmandu Valley Wednesday to protest the killing of a local businessman by Maoists in a guerrilla camp supervised by the UN.
Led by the student organisations of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, protesters Monday led marches in the capital, asking for the killers of businessman Ram Hari Shrestha to be brought to justice.
Implementation of minority welfare schemes in progress
 By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Patna: The state Government has started to actively implement minority welfare schemes in the whole state.
Palestinian Govt in Ramallah “sole legitimate” leadership – PM
By NNN-KUNA
London : Newly-named Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, called in remarks published on Monday on the Islamic movement Hamas to refrain from maintaining control on the Gaza Strip and recognise the West Bank-based governmnet as the sole legitimate leadership for the people.
Fayyad, interviewed by the London-based Arabic-language daily newspaper, "Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat," said Hamas "must stop claiming itself as the legitimate leadership" and accept measures that have been taken by President Mahmoud Abbas.
12 arrested for inciting riots in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : A dozen people were arrested for inciting riots as tension continued to prevail in the Mantola area of the city Tuesday following communal clashes Monday night, police said.
Additional companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary were deployed and a flag march held by the police in the afternoon. However, it failed to restore normalcy.
Maharashtra bypolls: Voting cancelled in 35 polling stations in Bhandara-Gondiya
Mumbai, (IANS): With serious malfunctioning in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) electronic voting machines (EVMs), polling was cancelled in at least 35...
Aligarh Alumni Association of Washington D.C. organizes Sir Syed Day Memorial Lecture
By TCN News,
Washington: In order to honor Sir Syed Ahmad and to remember his contributions in education, Aligarh Alumni Association (AAA) of Washington...
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.
Militants capture 100 more security personnel in Pakistan
By DPA
Islamabad : Islamic militants claimed Saturday that they had captured 100 more security personnel, a day after they released 48 captives in Pakistan's northwestern valley of Swat.
"We did not want unnecessary bloodshed, and that is why we assured them that they would be allowed to return to their homes safely if they surrender," said militant spokesman Maulana Sirajuddin.
He said the captives would be released before the media later in the day.
Artistes show solidarity with Palestinians
New Delhi : A conceptual artist Thursday smashed watermelons and took out olives from each. The olives represented Gaza's main crop while the performance...
Rohingya refugees lose all they saved in last five years to Delhi fire
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: About 44 huts of Rohingya refugees caught fire in Kalindi Kunj area of Delhi on Sunday, April 15,...
Youth claims to have seen Rizwanur being abducted
By IANS
Kolkata : A 29-year-old man has claimed he had seen some people abducting Muslim youth Rizwanur Rahman from somewhere in north Kolkata on Sep 21, the day his body was found with head smashed.
"I saw two Ambassador cars abducting Rizwanur on that day as he got out of a cab. It was before the Khanna cinema hall, at the bus stop, and the time was around 10 a.m.," said Indranil Ghosh at the studio of Bengali TV channel Tara Newz Saturday.
Ghosh also went to the spot and described what he saw.
Delhi Police to be trained to check cyber crimes
By IANS
New Delhi : In a bid to check cyber crime, officers of Delhi Police will be trained at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to detect frauds over internet.
Around 100 officers of the police will learn about computer hardware, software and networking besides cyber crime and computer forensics during the course.
The first batch of 50 officers, including five assistant commissioners, 15 inspectors and 30 sub-inspectors, will be given training for a month and a half on email tracking, online fraud and credit card frauds.
American held for carrying bullets in Lahore
By IANS,
Lahore : A 70-year-old US national has been arrested at the international airport here after a cache of cartridges was found in his possession, a media report said.
Introspection on Deoband Declaration
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi
It is imperative to see that even some hard core BJP sevaks are speaking about organizing debate on mutual understanding among Hindus and Muslims in India after the Anti-Terrorism Deoband Conference on 25 February. It is also appreciable that national and international media both print and electronic are taking the 'Deoband Declaration' with the same letter and spirit that the issue actually deserved.
BJP to induct five new faces in J&K Cabinet
Jammu,(IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will induct five new faces in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet and has also decided to drop three ministers...
Abbas-Olmert meeting postponed to Wednesday
By NNN-KUNA
Ramallah : The meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, scheduled for Tuesday, has been postponed to Wednesday, the Israeli Radio said.
The radio said Monday that the meeting, postponed for "technical" reasons, would be held at Olmert's home in Jerusalem.
The meeting, which will be the sixth between Abbas and Olmert, will discuss the final status of Jerusalem, the borders, and refugees, as well as security and water issues.
Fourth Ittehad-e-Millat Convention in Bhopal on May 23
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Keeping aside their sectarian differences and rivalries Muslim Ulema (clerics) of various sects from all over India would come on one platform for the sake of welfare of Muslim Ummah at large here in Bhopal on May 23 at Noor-us-Saba Hotel.
Government offers free vocational coaching to minority students
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government is offering students from minority communities free coaching for admission in various technical and professional courses like IT and business management.
Police comes under scrutiny in South Asia Media Summit
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The South Asia Media Summit held in Panaji raised concern over the lack of accountability of the police and intelligence forces in South Asian countries. The summit was organised by the International Centre Goa in association with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, India, an organisation with the headquarters in Germany.
The police and intelligence came under scrutiny at a session on ‘Do the police undermine democracy: some harsh realities in South Asia’. The session was chaired by senior journalist Sidharth Bhatia.
AMU peaceful for medical entrance test
TwoCircles.net newsdeskÂ
 Aligarh: The Entrance Test to MBBS/BDS of Aligarh Muslim Univeristy went off peacefully today, without any incident. The test was conducted at 44 different Centres in the Campus, and more than 24000 candidates from all over the country appeared. The University authorities, assisted by the District administration, had made elaborate arrangements for the peaceful holding of the entrance examination.
VP-elect Naidu dubs Ansari’s Muslim insecurity remark ‘political agenda’
New Delhi, (IANS): On the eve of taking over as Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari's remarks that...
UP minority educational institutions will hold common entrance test
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Goa taxi drivers stoned tourist vehicles, operators allege
By IANS,
Panaji : Taxi drivers in Goa, fearing competition, threw stones on travel operator-run tourist vehicles carrying domestic and foreign tourists Friday, a travel body said.
Dozens of Russians, British and Indian tourists including women had to face the ire of taxi drivers, who were protesting the movement of tourist coaches and other vehicles in their areas, it said.
Nearly a dozen cases of arson and criminal intimidation were reported by tour operators all over the state, Ralph de Souza, president of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), told reporters here.
Two LeT guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar : Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas were Sunday killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.
The gun battle...
NHRC should apologise, withdraw report on Kairana: Activists
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should apologise and withdraw its report on Kairana that is based on communally charged assumptions,...
Indian charged with rape, sodomy of Indonesian woman
Kuala Lumpur: An Indian national was charged in a sessions court here with three counts of raping and sodomising an Indonesian woman.
Mohamad Aslam Abdul...
Saleem Peerzada: Famous Alig and leader of Parcham Party passes away
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Saleem Peerzada, a popular leader among the Aligarh Muslim University fraternity, passed away on Tuesday following a hemorrhagic brain stroke on...
Brutal force will not solve Kashmir problem: Mohammed Salim
New Delhi : The use of "brutal, disproportionate force" is not going to solve the Kashmir problem, Communist Party of India-Marxist parliamentarian Mohammed Salim...
Review committee on Bhopal tragedy charged with helping Dow Chemical
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Irked with denial of water by upper castes, Dalit man digs up well in...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Washim (Maharashtra): In an exemplary display of courage and commitment, a dalit man from a drought-hit village in Washim district...
A 70-year-old shows the way
By Anil Sharma, IANS
Jaipur : A positive outlook can help overcome the toughest odds in life. Seeshpal Singh, 70, who has been confined to bed after an accident 25 years ago, has not let his misfortune cripple his spirit.
Singh, a resident of Soeen village in Bikaner district, over 300 km from here, is today a valuable and much-sought-after person.
Once a tall and lanky man, Singh was forced to lie on the bed after he fractured his spine in an accident. He is unable to walk and has been lying on bed since 1983.
Four arrested for damaging mangrove saplings in Orissa
By IANS
Kendrapada (Orissa) : Forest officials in Orissa Saturday arrested four people for damaging and uprooting mangrove saplings in the state's coastal district of Kendrapada.
Book on Bhopal’s noted Urdu journalist ‘Arif Aziz – Ek Tajzia’ released
By Pervez Bari, Twocircles.net,
Bhopal: When a journalist is eulogized in a function by speakers after speakers wherein a book critically analysing his works...
Air strike, clashes kill 124 militants in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad: At least 124 militants were killed and more than 70 injured in the biggest offensive of security forces in the Khyber, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies in northwest Pakistan, a media report said.
The security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, targeted a militant gathering in the remote Jamrud area of Khyber agency, killing more than 60 militants and injuring 70, Online news agency reported quoting sources.
Court notice to EC in Gujarat minister’s degree case
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission to include it among the respondents in a petition alleging the...
Security forces bust guerrilla hideout in Reasi district
Jammu:The Security forces on Saturday busted a guerrilla hideout in Reasi district of Jammu region, recovering some arms and ammunition hidden there.
Defense spokesman Lt....
More Indians likely to find domestic jobs in Middle East
By Sanu George,
Thiruvananthapuram : As more and more women in Middle East countries step outside their homes for work, the opportunities for Asians to...
‘De-communalise’ heritage monuments, conservationists demand
Agra, (IANS): Historical buildings in India should be "de-communalised" since there has been a growing tendency to give communal colour to heritage properties, said...
Two arrested in Bengal after Jamaat posters found
Kolkata : Two people were arrested Sunday in connection with recovery of posters of terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) from West Bengal's Purulia district,...
Kochi to host international seminar on Islamic finance
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: An international seminar on Islamic finance will be held in Kochi on October 4, 5 and 6, 2010. The seminar is organized by the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank Group and the Al Jamia al Islamiya (Islamic University) Kerala. Papers have been invited for the seminar. An essay competition too has been acnnounced.
त्रिपुरा में मुसलमानों के खिलाफ लगातार हिंसा के बाद सवालों के घेरे में सरकार
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बंगलादेश में दुर्गा पूजा के दौरान हुई संप्रदायिक घटना के विरोध के बहाने त्रिपुरा राज्य में हिंदूवादी संगठनों द्वारा मुस्लिम...
Maharashtra Police notice to mosque asking to refrain from speaking against beef ban in...
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
Nanded (Maharashtra): Muslims in the city here are worried due to the issuance of notice to the Masjid-e-Sumayya in B and C colony asking to refrain from allowing sermons and appealing people to participate in any protest rallies against recently enacted beef ban law.
Seminar on peaceful co-existence in Islam and Indian religions begin
By IRNA,
New Delhi : The First International Seminar on Peaceful Co-existence in Islam and Indian Religions kicked off Saturday at India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi.
The two-day seminar, organized by the office of the Al-Mustafa International University of Iran in New Delhi, aimed at building better relations between Islam and believers of various faiths in India.
The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. G R Mahdavi, Head of Al-Mustafa International University of Iran in New Delhi.
Repeal Draconian Laws, says Rights Groups
By TCN Special Correspondent,
‘Release Seema Azad, Vishwa Vijay and all Arrested under Such Laws’
Hijab is my ornament: Mumbai corporator Afreen
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Goa bill proposes minorities panel
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Goa Thursday introduced a draft legislation for setting up a minorities commission.
Amnesty has served its purpose: UAE official
By IANS
Abu Dhabi : The amnesty offered by the UAE to help illegal workers rectify their status or leave the country has achieved its goals, a UAE labour official has said.
"About 286,000 workers either corrected their status or left the country during the three-month amnesty period, which started June 3, indicating that the violators responded positively to the amnesty offer as the statistics and records show," said Obaid Rashid Al Zahmi, assistant undersecretary of labour.
Amazing Resounding Rahman is first Indian to get two Oscars
By Arpana,IANS,
New Delhi : God Save Rahman. That's what Allah Rakha Rahman means. And that's what the country said Monday for the man who became the first Indian music director to win two Oscars for his score in the globally appreciated film "Slumdog Millionaire" and for the film's theme song "Jai Ho".
Rahman, a household name in India for his contribution to Bollywood, as well as regional cinema from the south, has been the cynosure of all ears since 1992 when he burst on the Indian musical scene with his refreshingly different tunes for the Tamil film "Roja".
Train looted in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna: An armed gang of robbers looted and assaulted the passengers of a train in Bihar's Begusarai district early Tuesday, police said.
According to police officials, over a dozen armed men looted cash and valuables from nearly a dozen passengers of the Amarpali Express between Khagaria and Begusarai railway stations. Two passengers were injured when they resisted the robbers' attempts.
Angry passengers of the train later staged a protest at Barauni railway station and railway police lodged a case in this connection.
The dirty ad campaign to take credit for AMU Kishanganj
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Indian Professors condemn Taliban for imposing Jaziya on non-Muslims
By IRNA,
New Delhi : A group of professors at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi on Thursday strongly condemned Sikhs being harassed in Pakistan by Taliban.
Professors said imposition of 'jaziya'on Non-Muslims is a grave violation of Islamic teachings.
A statement signed by 22 senior professors said that it will only add to the already existing and ongoing demonisation of Islam, Muslims and human values the world over.
Due to threats from the Taliban hundreds of Sikhs have fled their homes in the semi-autonomous Aurakzai tribal region in Buner.
Son kills mother for liquor
By IANS
Bhopal : A 25-year-old boy in Indore stabbed his mother to death after she refused him the money to buy liquor, the police said Tuesday.
Mehrunisha, 55, had a scuffle with her son Manzur Ahmad Monday when he demanded money to buy liquor. When she refused, Manzur, who was already in an inebriated condition, repeatedly stabbed her with a knife in her stomach till she died.
On hearing her cries, her other children rushed to the room and attacked Manzur with the same knife. Manzur received serious injuries in the chest and stomach.
Bushehr nuclear plant’s fuel ready but sealed by IAEA: Iran
By IANS
Tehran : The fuel for Iran's nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr is ready for delivery by Russia but is sealed by the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said.
Mottaki told reporters here Saturday that he had discussed Bushehr with Russian officials during his visit to Moscow Sep 12 and that the talks were "going ahead" in a positive direction.
‘Kashmiris subjected to forced labour for 12 years’
By IANS,
Srinagar: A legislator of the Jammu and Kashmir Saturday alleged that people in north Kashmir had been subjected to forced labour for 12 years by the security forces.
Omar Abdullah visits areas affected by Pakistani shelling
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday visited areas hit by Pakistani shelling to express solidarity with affected families and to...
Jaitley set to present national budget for 2016-17
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was set to present India's national budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha on Monday...
Assam polls: Campaigning ends for first phase, 539 candidates in fray
Guwahati : Campaigning in 65 assembly constituencies in Upper Assam, the north bank of Brahmaputra river and Barak Valley where polling will be held...
Teenaged girl alleges gang rape, three held
By IANS
New Delhi : A 13-year-old girl Monday alleged that she was kept in confinement and repeatedly raped for over a month by several men.
The girl reported to the police that she was kidnapped a month and a half back while she was going to school near her Anand Parbat house in west Delhi. Her parents had filed with the police a complaint about her missing.
But on Sunday she somehow managed to escape from the clutches of her kidnappers and approached the police. The girl alleged that many men raped her in the confinement.
Purohit involved in Samjhauta Express blast too?
By IANS,
Nashik : Malegaon bomb blast accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit was Saturday further remanded in police custody till Nov 18 to facilitate investigations into new leads pointing to his possible involvement in last year’s Samjhauta Express bomb blast in Haryana state.
Shrinking space of mainstream media
By Soroor Ahmed,
Journalists are supposed to write for readers, but very often many of them, one way or the other, end up becoming the pleaders of political and business leaders. Yet they would pose themselves as independent champions of democracy. This phenomenon is not only confined to India, but elsewhere too.
Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bhubaneswar: National Confederation Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has decided to train Dalits and Adivasis in the state of Odisha to...
New SC bench to hear Memon’s plea on Wednesday
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu will constitute a new bench on Wednesday to hear 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast convict Yakub...
Muslim youths arrested in Hyderabad after the Bangalore crack down, the wave of terror...
By Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Kozhikode blast main accused sent to police custody
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kochi: The Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magisterate today ordered Abdul Haleem, arrested in connection with Kozhikode twin blasts of 2006, to be sent to police custody. Haleem, who is now in judicial custody, will come under police custody on Monday. The Judicial First Class Magisterate S Resmi issued the court order on the affidavit submitted by the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department Special Investigation Group.
IMC-USA denounces the UP blasts; appeals for peace and calm
Full statement:
Indian Muslim Council – USA (http://www.imc-usa.org) , an advocacy group dedicated towards safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos has condemned the bomb blasts in Uttar Pradesh. IMC-USA has appealed for peace and urged all Indians to practice restraint and not let the bomb blasts be used to divide the communities.
Six bomb blasts have killed 15 people and injured over 80 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The near simultaneous blasts occurred in the cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and the state capital, Lucknow.
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