Hamas militants attack Fatah lawmaker in Gaza
By Xinhua
Gaza : Militants of the Islamic Hamas movement stormed the office of a Fatah lawmaker in southern Gaza Strip and severely wounded him, Fatah sources said.
The sources said that several members of the Hamas executive security force stormed the office of Ashraf Jom'a, a Fatah lawmaker in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Monday evening.
Indian minorities discouraging youth from joining IS: Rajnath
New Delhi : There were only a "handful" or "negligible" number of people in India involved in activities related to the Islamic State (IS)...
Does Al Qaeda plan radioactive attacks on three US cities?
By Xinhua
Los Angeles : Apparent threats to launch radioactive attacks on three major US cities has made authorities in New York mount a heightened alert.
An Israeli website debka.com reported Sunday the threat of dirty bomb attack using radioactive chemicals in New York, Los Angeles and Miami was based on a "rush of electronic chatter on Al Qaeda sites".
Will the Deoband edict restrain jehadis?
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS
Although belated, the condemnation of terrorism by Darul-Uloom Deoband is a major step forward in the war against religious extremism. It can seem odd, however, that it took this widely respected religious seminary based in Uttar Pradesh so long to express its disapproval of the militancy of bigots and mercenaries although this country, and the world, have been battling this menace over a long period.
Conversion row disrupts Rajya Sabha for fifth day running
New Delhi : Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were again disrupted Friday for the fifth day running as the opposition Friday continued its demand...
Dattu Thorat: A mechanic working to improve education levels in Shirpur
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Most people expect a cycle repair mechanic to do just that: repair cycles, and make a living. Dattu Thorat also does...
EU condemns Taseer killing
By DPA,
Brussels : The European Union's foreign policy chief Tuesday condemned the "brutal" assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and called on Pakistan to catch his killers.
Three Afghan policemen, two insurgents killed
By Xinhua
Kabul : Three Afghan policemen and two Taliban insurgents were killed in separate clashes in the central Ghazni province, police said Monday.
Eid shopping reaches fever pitch in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar: Eid shopping Saturday reached fever pitch in Srinagar and other major towns of Jammu and Kashmir with people thronging markets in large numbers.
Crime branch to probe murder of elderly lawyer
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: Orissa has ordered the crime branch of its police to probe the murder of an elderly lawyer early this week in Mayurbhanj district, officials said Friday.
Kalicharan Pradhan, 74, was killed in an attack Feb 8 by some miscreants at his village Kumbharmunda, about 400 km from here. Pradhan's wife also suffered injuries.
"The state government has ordered the crime branch to probe the incident," a senior home department official told IANS.
First batch of Haj pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia
By IANS
New Delhi : The first batch of over 1,500 Indian pilgrims Monday left for Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj, including three flights from the national capital that was seen off by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
An estimated 157,000 pilgrims would be going to perform Haj this year.
Apart from Mukherjee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Revenue Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan also went to the Delhi international airport to see off over 1,200 pilgrims from north India.
Mandatory Bengali in West Bengal schools evokes mixed response from residents
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The ICSE, ISC, CBSE, Hindi and other medium schools in West Bengal are likely to introduce Bengali as a compulsory...
The story of Hadiya and the sick mentality of Kerala Police
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: The case of Hadiya, a girl who converted to Islam and married a Muslim has once again come under the...
Prime Minister needs to speak up on beef killing
By Tajinder Bains
The brutal killing of a man in Bisada village in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, not far from the Indian capital, on...
Iraq parliament recess bad idea: US officials
Baghdad/Washington: US officials have severely criticised plans by the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month summer recess while US troops were trying to secure the country enabling the government to seek political reconciliation among warring parties.
US Defence Secretary Bill Gates Wednesday told US Congress that a "variety" of US officials "have made clear to the Iraqis that it would be a very bad idea for the Council of Representatives to take a recess in July and August".
Muslims and Modi: Need of change in thinking
By Syed Ubaidur Rahman,
Narendra Modi's historic win shocked the so-called Muslim leaders who expected a miracle victory for non-BJP, non-Congress parties in the Lok Sabha battle.
Two killed in Mumbai slum blaze
Mumbai : Two people, including a child, were burnt to death and 11 others, among them three women, suffered injuries in a fire that...
U.S. House approves withdrawal deadline from Iraq
By Xinhua
Washington : The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that requires the Bush administration to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq by April 1, 2008, U.S. media reported Friday.
The House voted 223-201, mostly along party lines, to approve the measure on Thursday, and the Senate is expected to adopt a similar measure next week in its debate on a military policy bill.
Protesters clash with security men in Srinagar, one hurt
By IANS,
Srinagar : A teenager was critically injured when security forces fired at a protesting mob that defied curfew restrictions in the summer capital Srinagar Friday.
Iqbal Khan sustained a bullet wound in his head when the mob clashed with security forces in uptown Chanapora locality, five kilometres from the city centre Lal Chowk.
"The injured person was moved to the S.M.H.S hospital where attending doctors have referred him to Soura Medical Institute. Doctors said the teenager was very critical and battling for life," a source in the hospital told IANS.
War on Iran cannot be ruled out: Albright
By DPA
Prague : Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright does not rule out a war against Iran in the nuclear dispute between Tehran and the international community.
"This last resort can never be given up completely," the Czech-born Albright who also served as US ambassador to the United Nations, told Prague-based CT1 television.
"First negotiation has to take place, although Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says terrible things," she insisted.
Joined Indian Mujahideen to die for cause, says Haddi
New Delhi : Indian Mujahideen operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi has said he joined the terror outfit to protect the rights of Muslims and...
Saba Anjum: Muezzin’s daughter is now Indian hockey team captain
By AnIndianMuslim.com,
The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale.
उत्तर प्रदेश: भंवर में महिला-शिशु स्वास्थ्य सेवाएं
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
वाराणसी/लखनऊ: भारत बहुत पहले से ही जच्चा-बच्चा के स्वास्थ्य और उनकी मृत्युदर को रोकने की नीयत से प्रचार-प्रसार के कार्यक्रम चला रहा है. खासकर पिछले दस सालों में देश के ग्रामीण इलाकों को ज्यादा तवज्जो दी जा रही है कि महिलाओं का प्रसव उचित चिकित्सकीय देखरेख में कराया जाए और नवजात शिशु का किस तरीके से रखरखाव किया जाए, जिसकी वजह से उसे किसी भी संक्रमण या रोग से बचाया जा सके. शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में ‘पिछड़ा’ गिने जा रहे राज्यों में उत्तर प्रदेश का नाम सबसे ऊपर आता है. लेकिन इस नज़र को थोडा और वृहद् करके देखें तो ज्यादा गूढ़ सचाईयां सामने आती हैं.
Prayer in protected mosques: Shahabuddin reminds ASI of GOI-Mushawarat Agreement
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Syed Shahabuddin, ex-MP and former President of All India Muslim Majlise Mushawarat addressed a letter to Home Minister P. Chidambaram on the raging issue of revival of Namaz in Protected Masjids, suggesting the Government to take a fresh look at the Act of 1958 and amend it to accommodate genuine needs of the local Muslim communities which feel deprived of their Masjids.
Syed Shahabuddin has also advised the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to take a flexible stand and not rely on administration.
AAP names candidate against Shatrughan Sinha in eighth list
New Delhi : The Aam Aadmi Party would field Parveen Amanullah from Patna Sahib in Bihar against BJP's Shatrughan Sinha, it was announced Wednesday.
The...
Minister appeals for funds as crunch hits pro-poor schemes
By Vinayak Dutt
New Delhi : The funds crunch at the Centre seems to have adversely impacted the schemes meant for the rural poor which...
Pakistan security forces kill 12 Islamic militants
By DPA
Islamabad : At least 12 Islamic militants were killed Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Pakistan's restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Around 30 to 40 militants in two vehicles opened fire on a military patrol this morning around 11 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) when they were stopped at Banda checkpoint near Miran Shah, the main city in tribal district North Waziristan," military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told DPA.
Islamabad : At least 12 Islamic militants were killed Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Pakistan's restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Around 30 to 40 militants in two vehicles opened fire on a military patrol this morning around 11 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) when they were stopped at Banda checkpoint near Miran Shah, the main city in tribal district North Waziristan," military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told DPA.
Election Watch group vows to make politicians accountable
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
फ़तवे पर मीडिया के एक और झूठ का पर्दाफ़ाश
अफ़शां खान
पिछले दो दिनों से मीडिया में एक तथाकथित ‘फ़तवा’ चर्चे में है. इसे देश की तमाम मीडिया बार-बार टीवी स्क्रीन पर दिखा रही...
The mind map of a Muslim Indian
An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Syed Shahabuddin
By Dr. Hilal Ahmed
Introduction
Liberhan report used for character assassination: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday slammed the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya, saying the report is a "political document for character assassination".
Participating in the debate on the report in the Lok Sabha, BJP president Rajnath Singh alleged that the commission made political comments in the report by calling former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and party leaders L.K. Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi as "pseudo moderates".
This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife
After giving lessons to husbands, Asma is back with some instructions to wives.
By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net,
I drew a blank, as I began...
Jordanian King presided over first meeting of Jerusalem Fund
By NNN-Petra
Amman : King Abdullah has reiterated that taking care of holy places in Jerusalem and supporting the steadfastness of Palestinians in the holy city are of main concern and interest for him.
His Majesty made his remarks as he presided over the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Jordan Hashemite Fund for the Reconstruction of Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.
"The objective of the Fund is to institutionalise the work in this direction and provide the necessary support to take care of holy places," he said.
Social Democratic Party of India forms its unit in Goa
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The fast-expanding Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), a national-level political party with its headquarters in New Delhi, has now formed its unit in Goa with the election of the state-level committee on October 8.
Five year jails to two men for funding 2005 Delhi blasts
New Delhi: A court here Friday awarded five year jail terms to two men, who had supplied hawala money to the alleged mastermind of...
Kuwait Interior Minister reaffirms support for border guards
By NNN-KUNA
Kuwait : Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Sheikh Jaber Khalid Al-Sabah reaffirmed Sunday support of the higher political leadership for the border guards.
The higher political leadership will continue offering all possible material and moral support for the border guards to help them keep up with the latest technological achievements, Sheikh Jaber pledged during an inspection tour of Kuwait's northern border lines.
Seven years of Makkah Masjid Bomb Blast
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: On the occasion of completion of Seven years of Makkah Masjid bomb blast and subsequent police firing, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee paid homage to the martyrs and expressed its solidarity with the families of victims of bomb terror, police terror and media terror.
Justice to Urdu: Error rectified at New Delhi Railway Station
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Within three days, the New Delhi Railway Staion authorities have rectified the error in the Urdu section of the big board carrying the name of the station on the new building at the Ajmeri Gate side of the station.
The Urdu part of the board carrying name of the station in three languages was nothing short of a kid’s practice to write Urdu alphabet. Obviously it was the work of a non-Urdu knowing painter who perhaps wrote the name of the station both in Hindi and English on the board.
Mehbooba Mufti seeks RBI support for youth empowerment
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) support for youth empowerment in the state,...
Love Jihad and targeting of religious minorities
By John Dayal,
The recent outpouring of support for the “development” agenda of the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, by several leaders of the Catholic and Protestant churches may possibly stave off the immediate attention of the Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Home affairs, but it is not likely to reduce the deep and seemingly abiding distrust the Indian political and social system has of what is popularly called the “Missionaries”. Nor will it mitigate the hate that is now erupting in India against religious minorities.
रमज़ान को लेकर दारूल उलूम देवबन्द की हिदायत, बताया लॉकडाउन में क्या करें क्या...
तस्लीम क़ुरैशी
देवबन्द।अरब देशों के साथ भारत के केरल में आज जुमे (शुक्रवार) के दिन रमज़ान का पवित्र महीना शुरु हो रहा है। कल यानि...
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors express intense ire on 25th anniversary
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: For the 25th year-in a-row the thousands of survivors of the Bhopal gas Tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster, helped by the NGOs working for their welfare, on Thursday came out on the roads to mourn the death of their near and dear ones and express their deep anguish against the American Union Carbide pesticide factory from where poisonous gas Methyl Isocyanate, (MIC), spewed in the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984 when 3,500 people perished within hours. About eight thousands died in first three days.
Body of maid allegedly tortured by Saudi employer brought to Hyderabad
Hyderabad : The body of a woman from Hyderabad who died in Saudi Arabia earlier this month due to alleged torture by her employer...
President Musharraf lifts state of emergency on Pakistan
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : The Cabinet Division issued a Presidential Order on Saturday under which the state of emergency has been revoked and the Provisional Constitution Order-2007 has been repealed with immediate effect.
With the issuance of the Presidential Order, the constitution of Pakistan has been restored.
President Pervez Musharraf had assured the nation that the state of emergency would be lifted before December 16, 2007. With the Order issued Saturday, the promise made by the President to the nation has been fulfilled.
Ensure law and order in Bihar: Nitish Kumar tells police
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday directed top police officials to take necessary steps to curb crime in the state, an...
Abu Jundal sent to police custody till July 31
By IANS,
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Saturday sent Abu Jundal, a key suspect in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, to police custody till July 31, said an official.
Protest outside Delhi Police headquarters over Batla house shootout
By IANS,
New Delhi : Demanding a judicial probe over the Batla house shootout in which two terror suspects and a police inspector were killed, a group of people including women staged protests outside the Delhi Police headquarters Saturday afternoon.
Nearly 50-60 protesters from the Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group raised slogans against Delhi Police's Special Cell that on Sep 19 last year killed two men suspected to be involved in the Delhi serial bombings six days earlier.
BJP workers opposing Shatrughan Sinha assaulted in Bihar
Patna: A group of BJP workers opposing the Lok Sabha candidature of sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha from the Patna Sahib seat were Thursday beaten...
Human trafficking scam: Fresh notices to four MPs
By IANS
New Delhi : Four MPs who were named by an accused in a human trafficking racket have been sent notices once again asking them to cooperate in the investigation.
Badruddin Ajmal meets PM Modi, raises issue of Assam floods; asks for CBI inquiry...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
All India Union Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief and MP Badruddin Ajmal during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanded...
Haneef’s SIM was found in Jeep eight hours after Glasgow crash
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Fresh details have emerged in the case of Muhammad Haneef, the Indian doctor charged in connection with the failed UK bomb attacks.
The mobile phone SIM card belonging to Haneef was actually seized by the police eight hours after the jeep crashed in the Glasgow airport, when Haneef's cousin Sabeel Ahmed was arrested in Liverpool, sources in the UK and Australia have told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Key accused in TDP leader’s killing surrenders
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A key accused in the gruesome killing of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and eight others Tuesday surrendered to the police in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.
Madduleti Naidu and two others surrendered before police officials at Kurnoo town but insisted that they had no role in the murder of P. Venkatappa Naidu and others.
Andhra offers cop’s job to informer in murder case
By IANS
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday night promised to appoint as police officer anybody providing information on the murderer of a girl student following growing criticism over its failure to crack the two-month-old case.
The state government announced a reward of Rs.500,000 to the person providing information leading to the arrest of the killer and also promised to appoint him as sub-inspector, provided he meets certain conditions.
Sania-Martina wins US Open women’s doubles title
New York: Women's doubles top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated fourth seeded Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 to claim the...
I want to return home, Taslima Nasreen tells Sheikh Hasina
By IANS,
Dhaka : Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants. She has not yet received any response.
She is unhappy with all regimes in Dhaka and with India, where she lived for some years, but had to leave in 2007 following threats from Muslim extremists.
"The problem of all political parties in India is that they tend to appease the Muslim fundamentalists," Nasreen, who holds a Swedish passport and lives in Paris, told Blitz, a Dhaka weekly.
Parliament adjourned amid noisy scenes over Babri Masjid
By IANS
New Delhi : Both houses of the Indian parliament witnessed acrimonious scenes Thursday on the 15th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition with Left and other party members stalling the proceedings of both houses that led to repeated adjournments.
The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, which were disrupted as soon as they met in the morning, were adjourned for the second time till 2 p.m.
MMA not to bail out Musharraf
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's opposition Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has thrown a spanner in President Pervez Musharraf's attempts to reach out to the religious alliance in a bid to secure his re-election by saying it would have nothing to do with the military ruler.
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.
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Military: Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq on Tuesday
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Four U.S. soldiers were killed and at least three others injured in an explosion and a vehicle accident in Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
According to the latest statement of the military, three American soldiers were killed and three more injured in an explosion in Iraq's Diyala province northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday.
The incident occurred when the Task Force Lightning soldiers triggered an explosion near their patrol, the military said in the statement, without giving details on the type of explosion.
Lone LJP MLA in Bihar resigns over BJP alliance
Patna : Zakir Anwar, the Lok Janshakti Party's lone legislator in Bihar, Wednesday resigned from the party to protest the LJP's likely alliance with...
SIT to probe boy’s death in Hyderabad
Hyderabad : Hyderabad city police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of an 11-year-old boy who was burnt alive...
Report: South Indian Muslim Convention, Kochi, Kerala
By Yoginder Sikand  The release of the report of the Sachar Committee, appointed by the Government of India to investigate the...
24 militants arrested in Bangladesh
By IRNA
New Delhi : Bangladesh security officials have detained 24 suspected militants at the Zia International Airport at Dhaka when they were about to board a plane bound for Kabul.
The army-led joint forces with the help of police detained all of them, all aged between 15 to 20 years, for their suspicious movements before taking boarding pass for a Dhaka-Delhi-Kabul flight of the private GMG Airlines, Doordarshan news website reported here quoting Bangladesh immigration sources.
BJP fooling liberals? Waqf, Urdu promotion missing in Hindi version
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is at double speak yet again. Hindi version of the BJP manifesto doesn't mention Urdu Promotion and removing encroachments from Wakf properties.
Forced conversions and call for anti-conversion bill are brazen attacks on India’s Constitution, say...
By TCN News,
Washington DC: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos...
Man pushes Dalit employee into boiling oil
By IANS
Lucknow : A sweets shop owner pushed his Dalit employee into a large pot of boiling oil, resulting in his death, after the man refused to work for him in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district.
The employer, Anup Gupta, is absconding. The other employees reported the matter to the police after they noticed the body of Satvir Singh hanging out of the kadahi, the large pot used for frying, late Friday night in Bhartana town of Etawah.
Venezuela seizes over a tonne of cocaine
By EFE,
Caracas : Venezuelan authorities have seized 1.2 tonnes of cocaine and arrested 46 people in an anti-drug operation in the northern state of Carabobo, the interior minister said.
"We were actually dealing with intelligence ahead of time ... about an organisation with links to Mexican (drug) cartels ... and this (Sunday) morning they finally made this important seizure of more than one tonne of cocaine," Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami told the state-run VTV television.
He said the National Guard conducted the anti-drug operation in Puerto Cabello city in Carabobo state.
400 Haj pilgrims leave for Jeddah from Varanasi
By NNN-PTI,
Varanasi, India : The first two batches of Haj pilgrims from Varanasi, comprising some 400 people, left for Jeddah on special Air India flights from Babatpur Airport here.
The pilgrims boarded four special flights which took off on Thursday and Friday, airport director S K Siddh said.
About 5,500 people from Purvanchal have registered for the annual pilgrimage this year, of which 800 are from the Varanasi district itself.
For students of Rahbar Coaching Centre, Bihar Class 10 results are a reason to...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Patna: Following strict measures against cheating, more than 50 percent of the students appearing in the class 10 exams conducted by the...
UP CM assures justice to gang rape victims
Lucknow, (IANS): The four Greater Noida gang rape victims met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Thursday, and were assured that they...
Lakhvi seeks exemption from appearing in court
Islamabad : Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has requested a Pakistan court to exempt him from personal appearance citing security reasons, media reported...
Salem off MCOCA hook, thanks to extradition terms: Minister
By IANS
Mumbai : Gangster Abu Salem has been let off the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) due to the undertaking India gave to Portugal at the time of his extradition, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil Wednesday explained in the state assembly.
Making a statement in the assembly on the issue raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Devendra Phadnavis, Patil, who holds the home portfolio, however, assured the house that the gangster would be tried under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
‘Lashkar ready to shun arms if Kashmir resolved peacefully’
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group, blamed for the Nov 26 Mumbai attacks, has said it was ready to shun arms if the Kashmir issue was resolved peacefully.
In a statement issued to the media here late Saturday, Abdullah Gaznavi, the spokesman of the outfit said: “If the world listens to our cries, and plays its role in resolving the Kashmir issue, there is no point continuing the fight."
In an apparent reference to the Al Qaida terror network, the LeT spokesman said the group had no association or relationship with guerrilla groups operating globally.
Uproar in Bihar Assembly over remarks against Sir Syed in a book
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Sachar report divisive, will not implement it: Madhya Pradesh CM
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Aligarh Muslim University celebrates Gandhi Jayanti
By TCN News
Aligarh : Only a few people in the history of civilizations have made an everlasting impact as huge as Mahatma Gandhi. To...
Kejriwal refuses to give in to BJP’s apology demand
New Delhi : A day after the BJP sought an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his allegations against Finance Minister Arun...
Separatist shutdown affects life in Kashmir valley again
By IANS,
Srinagar : Normal life across the Kashmir valley was hit again as a separatist shutdown was observed Monday to coincide with a meeting of all mainstream political parties called by the Election Commission for assembly polls in the troubled state.
The shutdown has been called by the joint coordination committee of both the Hurriyat groups against the all-party meet in New Delhi.
India to bring back 10,000 workers from Saudi Arabia: Sushma
New Delhi : The government is making all efforts to bring back the 10,000 Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia and is...
End strike, demands will be studied: Kashmir employees told
By IANS,
Srinagar : The demands of striking Jammu and Kashmir government employees will be considered if they end their strike, a senior minister said, as the strike entered the ninth day Monday.
"We will consider the demands sympathetically only after the strike is called off," Law and Rural Development Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar told a group of reporters here late Sunday.
Sagar, a senior member of the National Conference-Congress government, was until now believed to be a strong advocate of breaking the impasse between the government and the striking employees through talks.
BJP MLA in Maharashtra convicted for creating ruckus during DCC Bank election in Ahmednagar
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
Mumbai : Mr. Shivajirao Kardile, a sitting Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Rahuri (District – Ahmednagar) constituency in Maharashtra has been found guilty of creating ruckus during election for District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB) in Ahmednagar. The FIR goes back to 12 years back which was registered on 25/05/2002 bearing CASE NO.121/2002.
UPA should not equate Afzal Guru with Sarbjit Singh: BJP chief
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Jammu : Expressing surprise over the recent statement by union minister for home, Bhartiya Janta Party chief Rajnath Singh today said that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the centre should not equate Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Sarbjit Singh, an Indian citizen awarded death sentence in Pakistan.
Addressing a public meeting, here today, Singh launched a tirade against the UPA government for allegedly `shielding' the parliament attack convict at the cost of national interest.
What Delhi HC means by Umar Khalid bail verdict: Even it’s a lie, witness...
The court held that protests against the contentious citizenship legislation and subsequent 'chakka jam' (blockade) was part of a "premeditated" conspiracy.
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Fatah al-Islam deputy is killed: Lebanese authorities
By DPA
Beirut : The second in command of an Al Qaeda-inspired militant group in Lebanon was killed in the northern port city of Tripoli, authorities said.
Shehab al-Qaddour, a Lebanese known as Abu Hureira, was killed few days ago by police near the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, where Fatah al-Islam militants have been fighting Lebanese soldiers since May, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said.
Court sends 7 Haryana STF members to police remand
By IANS,
Panipat: Seven of the eight members of the Special Task Force (STF), set up to tackle criminals in Haryana, who were arrested after being caught on camera trying to extort money from a jeweller here, were sent by a local court to police remand till March 20, police said Tuesday.
However, police will present STF chief Ashok Sheoran, an additional superintendent of police, in court Wednesday.
Will it be a cakewalk or tightrope walk in Bihar?
By Syed Ali Mujtaba,
Amidst high pitch election campaign, the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election began today. Voters must have formed their...
Pakistan tourism minister Bakhtiar reportedly resigns
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar, who angered the Islamic clergy for hugging her male coach during a paragliding show in France, was Saturday rumoured to have resigned.
Two Gulbarga Society killings accused surrender
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Two absconders in the Gulbarga Society massacre case yesterday surrendered themselves before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team.
Atul Vaidya and Meghsingh Chaudhary are accused of having incited violence and being a part of the mob that attacked the housing colony in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002 killing 38 persons including the ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafari. Both were declared absconding in the charge sheet filed by the SIT earlier this year.
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