Photo Feature: Protests on 23rd Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
New Delhi : To remember the 23rd Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary, Muslim groups across the...
Working for comprehensive development: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday said the government has been working for comprehensive development of the state through various welfare...
Legislator injured in Jammu and Kashmir assembly ruckus
By IANS,
Jammu : A lawmaker from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was injured during a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Tuesday after...
End Kashmir row for peace: Pakistan envoy
New Delhi : The Kashmir dispute needs to be resolved to ensure "viable peace and stability in the region", Pakistan's High Commissioner to India...
Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights
By IANS,
Jammu: The Congress has decided to oppose a bill moved earlier this week in the upper house of the state legislature depriving women of their citizenship rights if they marry non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
"This piece of legislation will never be supported by the party within or outside of the legislature," said a senior Congress minister in the coalition government of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
The Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill moved March 8 by Murtaza Khan of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
AMU vice chancellor meets Smriti Irani
Aligarh : A three-member delegation of the Aligarh Muslim University, led by Vice Chancellor Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah (retd) met union HRD minister...
50 killed in Iraq suicide bombing
By DPA,
Tikrit (Iraq) : At least 50 people were killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday outside a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, security sources said.
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
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Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
Ulama Council again puts Batla encounter on top of its agenda
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh: Indicating that it will raise the Batla House encounter issue in high tone during the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh – after forgetting the issue for some months following the Lok Sabha elections in May 2009 – Rashtriya Ulama Council has again put the issue on top of its agenda. The party organized a meeting in Azamgarh yesterday to introduce its charter of 14 demands with Batla issue topping the list.
Man killed on Delhi’s BRT corridor
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 60-year-old property dealer died Friday after an Indian Army truck hit him on the BRT corridor here, police said.
The accident took place around 3.30 p.m. in Ambedkar Nagar area of south-east Delhi.
"Tara Chand was crossing the road along with his son Yogesh, 30, when a truck of the Indian Army hit him. His son escaped unhurt as he had already crossed the road," a senior police officer said.
"Tara Chand was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The truck driver was arrested and the truck was impounded," the police officer added.
Mulayam blames Congress for backwardness of Muslims
By TwoCircles.net special correspondent,
Terrorists kill 13 in Assam, army kills one attacker
ArrayGuwahati : In Assam's worst terror attack since 2014, gunmen in military fatigues opened fire at a crowded market in Kokrajhar town on Friday,...
Chinese hostages in Pakistan released
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Nine people including seven Chinese nationals were released after being abducted by religious students here Saturday, abductors said.
Want to study in Australia? Get details at virtual education fair
New Delhi : To facilitate 'live' interaction of prospective Indian students with faculty members and representatives of top Australian universities, IDP Education, one of...
Stage set for concluding function of ‘Karvane-i-Ittehad Mulk-o-Millat’ on March 8
By Pervvez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Stage is all set for the grand All India Milli Council’s concluding function of the “Karvane-i-Ittehad Mulk-o-Millat” (Caravan of Unity of Community and Country) here on March 8, from 10:00 am onwards in the FICCI stadium.
Pakistan polls likely to be delayed by five weeks
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to delay the planned Jan 8 polls by four to five weeks, a senior official said Tuesday ahead of a crucial meeting to decide the final date.
"We don't think that it would be possible for the commission to hold elections on Jan 8. We have received very negative reports from many parts of the country," the official told IANS before going into the meeting that would look into the reports sent by provinces and district officials of the ECP.
PDP protests withdrawal of ex-legislator’s security
By IANS,
Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday protested in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly accusing the state government of withdrawing the security cover of one of its former legislators.
Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone promised to take up the matter with the government.
"This is sheer vindictiveness," PDP leader and former home minister Abdul Rehman Veeri said. He referred to the case of Mohi-ud-Din, who represented Rajpora constituency in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Research fellowship hiked for others; SC/ST, minority scholars feel let down by govt’s biased...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Research fellows belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and minority communities across the country are feeling let down alleging that the central government overlooked them from the recent fellowship hike that their counterparts from other categories received.
Book launch: Winning The Peace: A Quest released in Mumbai
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
A rational approach towards same-sex unions
"What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, and leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are aggressive folk." (Al-Qur'an 26:165)
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi,
Following the footsteps of a few Western countries, the Delhi high court has decriminalized the consensual sex between adults of the same gender on July 2, 2009.
Five held for pasting posters depicting Mulayam as ‘missing’
Lucknow : Five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested by police Monday for allegedly putting up posters in Azamgarh that described...
You’ll be the employer and I the employee, Mamata tells industrialists
Kolkata : Amid an impressive gathering of ministers, foreign delegates and industrial bigwigs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banereje on Friday inaugurated her annual...
India’s foreign outlook is obsessed with Pakistan: Tharoor
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Aligarh: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that the ultimate purpose of any country’s foreign policy is to promote the security and well-being of its own citizens. We want a world that gives us the conditions of peace and security that will permit us to grow and flourish, safe from foreign depredations but open to external opportunities.
Of history, curries and Mumbai soaps
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book case this week is a delight for those who love a good story.
MANUU to coach Civil Services aspirants from minority community
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in Hyderabad has invited applications from minority community students who want to appear in Civil Services examination. The university will provide coaching for the country’s top services.
Aspirants will have to submit applications along with a DD of Rs. 100 in favor of “MANUU” payable at Hyderabad.
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Abdul Bari Siddiqui rumoured to be Nitish’s second-in command
By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Even though Sunday morning started with crackers going off at BJP offices in Delhi and Patna based on the...
Aware of his rights, boy ensures teacher for school
By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS,
New Delhi : For six months he and his peers, all students of the crucial Class 10, went without a science teacher. That's when 15-year-old Haryana boy Wasim Akram remembered a chapter on his rights as a citizen and decided to test it.
Within 10 days, a teacher was appointed to his school!
"Since the session started last year, we didn't have a science teacher. When no one came to teach us even after six months, we decided to do something about it," Wasim, who studies at the government high school in Kairaka area of Mewat district, told IANS on phone.
US nuclear report a victory for Iran, says Ahmadinejad
By IANS
Ilam (Iran) : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday called the US intelligence report on Iran's nuclear activities victory for Tehran's stand and a "final blow to all ill-wishers" of the country.
"The report proved legitimacy of the Iranian nuclear activities," Ahmadinejad said addressing a large rally in the western Iranian city, official news agency IRNA reported.
Book review: Jihadi Jane, the Women who ‘love’ ISIS
By Parvin Sultana for Twocircles.net,
Author: Tabish Khair
The holy month of Ramadan was marked by frequent attacks by ISIS in different parts of the world....
UAE urges developed nations to meet emission targets
By IANS
New York : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has voiced its grave concern over the dangerous consequences of climate change and urged the developed nations to take necessary measures to comply with greenhouse gases emission targets.
"Industrialised nations have responsibilities regarding commitments to the Kyoto protocol as well as legally binding targets to limit their greenhouse gas emissions," Rehab Al Mansouri, member of the UAE Permanent Mission to the UN, told the world body in course of a debate on sustainable development, reported WAM news agency.
Guided by ‘zakat’, a village funds its road and bridge
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Lucknow: Guided by 'zakat' - charity as envisaged by the Quran - villagers of Muslim-dominated Shirajpur in Uttar Pradesh have repaired roads, dug wells, established schools and are now building a bridge.
The village is located in Azamgarh, some 300 km from Lucknow, and its people say the apathy of public representatives towards their problems prompted them to take up development activities themselves.
Indian Muslims must ask Pakistan not to export terror: cleric
By IANS
New Delhi : A delegation of Indian Muslims must go to Pakistan and tell the new government there to stop exporting terror to India, a senior cleric here said Wednesday.
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the shahi imam of Jama Masjid, the country's largest mosque, said it was high time prominent Muslims from India went to Pakistan to do some plain speaking.
"I think prominent Muslim leaders should go to Pakistan with the Indian government's support and tell their authorities that their country should stop sending terrorists to India," Bukhari told IANS.
Bollywood can act as Kashmir tourism’s ambassador: Mufti
Srinagar : Perceptions about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir were fast changing in a positive manner, and the return of Bollywood can make...
Medicine stocks drying up in Manipur after rebel threat
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS
Imphal : Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in Manipur are hit by an acute drug shortage after pharmaceutical companies stopped medicine supplies following a huge extortion demand by separatists.
"It is very unfortunate that militants were demanding money and threatening pharmaceutical companies resulting in the firms stopping supplies of medicines. We are negotiating with the companies to resume supplies very soon and assured them of full protection and security," Manipur Health Minister Parijat Singh told IANS.
On 25th anniv, Indian Govt out to bury Bhopal gas tragedy to bail out...
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Even though after 25 years hundreds of thousands of survivors of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster, plagued by innumerable diseases continue to suffer incessantly, the governments of the day instead of helping them out to lessen their pains think their prime duty is to downplay the whole episode to present a goody-goody picture before the world at large on 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
Nawaz Sharif advised against attending Benazir’s funeral
By NNN-APP
Larkana : The spouse of assassinated PPP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari has advised PML(N) Chief and former Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif to abstain from the funeral and burial rites of his late wife on Friday.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) sources told APP that Zardari advised Nawaz Sharif for abstention in view of prevailing tense situation in the area.
PML(N) Chief planned to reach Larkana in the afternoon to attend the last rites of late Ms Benazir Bhutto, it was learnt.
मोतिहारी में मौलाना अबुल कलाम आज़ाद व बत्तख मियां अंसारी के नाम पर खिलवाड़
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
मोतिहारी : जिन महापुरूषों को हमें सर-आंखों पर बैठा कर रखना चाहिए. उनकी स्मृतियों का सरकारी सिस्टम में क्या हश्र होता...
IAEA meeting starts with focus on Iran
By DPA
Vienna : The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors Thursday started its year-end meeting here, with talks focusing on the Iranian nuclear standoff.
The dispute over Iran's nuclear programme will dominate the meeting, with diplomats split over whether the country's cooperation on its nuclear activities is sufficient to stave off new UN sanctions.
Pakistan SC returns petition against media curbs
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : Pakistan's Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking scrapping of amendments made to the electronic media code on Nov 3, the day emergency was imposed by President Pervez Musharraf.
The apex court said the scope of Article 184(3) of the Constitution, under which the plea had been filed, had been curtailed under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).
Minorities development programmes to involve MPs: Minister
By IANS,
New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Thursday said the government will involve local MPs in planning development programmes in nearly 90 districts of the country with sizeable minority population.
"We have decided to involve the MPs from 90 districts with sizable minority population in the central government funded Multi-sectoral Development Programmes," Khurshid told reporters.
The Multi-sectoral Development Programme is a scheme aimed at improving the socio-economic parameters in districts with more than 25 percent minority population.
Gujarat cop held in Prajapati killing sent to police custody
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : Gujarat Police inspector Ashish Pandya, who was arrested from Rajkot Thursday for his role in the killing of Tulsi Prajapati in an alleged fake gun battle, was presented before a Danta court Friday and remanded in 12-day police custody.
Pandya, who refused a lawyer and argued his case in person, has denied all the charges made out by the police. He is the fifth policeman to be arrested in the case.
Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
A protest against the death of Ishwar Singh, a Dalit employee of HAFED (Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation...
Moist-eyed Bollywood says 26/11 taught unity to Mumbai
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bollywood celebrities say 26/11 was an event that united Mumbai residents and should never be forgotten. Be it Akshay Kumar or Aamir Khan or Priyanka Chopra, they all look back at the terror attacks a year ago with sorrow and remember those who lost their lives.
Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.
Media prejudice towards Muslims
By Azizur Rahman for TwoCircles.net,
The word “media” plural of the Latin word “medium” has evolved to connote the meaning “all the means of communication” be it print or electronic”. Literally, it does not make any distinction on what to choose and what not, to communicate to the people. Hence, the media is morally obligated to report everything that is in the interest of the nation irrespective of any bias towards what and whom it is relating to.
How Afreen Khan led a sustained movement against CAA-NRC in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Jharkhand had been witnessing a wave of protests against CAA- NRC-NPR since December last year leading the State assembly to eventually pass a...
Gunfire between Afghan soldiers leaves five dead
By DPA
Kabul : Four Afghans and a soldier of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan died after they were hit during an exchange of gunfire between Afghan army soldiers in the western region of the country, officials said Tuesday.
Anna Hazare’s Campaign against Corruption
A Perspective from India’s North East
By Madhu Chandra
Judicial remand for CPI-M worker in Tapasi Malik murder case
By IANS
Kolkata : A West Bengal court Saturday remanded Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker Debu Malik, the prime accused in Singur girl Tapasi Malik's rape and murder, in judicial custody for a fortnight.
The Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate court of Chandannagore in Hooghly district remanded him in judicial custody till Aug 18.
Debu Malik was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in June this year for his alleged role in the rape and murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur, about 40 km from the state capital.
Transfer of officials knee-jerk reaction: AIADMK
Chennai : Tamil Nadu's ruling party AIADMK has lodged a protest against the large scale transfer of officials ordered by the Election Commission and...
Pakistan’s banned group claims responsibility for killing spokesman
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistan's banned militant group Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) Friday claimed responsibility for killing Baluchistan provincial government spokesman Raziq Bugti, private DAWN NEWS TV channel reported.
Biberg Baloch, self-claimed spokesman of BLA, has called a press club in Quetta to make the claim, according to DAWN NEWS.
Raziq Bugti was shot dead Friday afternoon by gunmen in an ambush in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, local TV channels reported.
Digvijay shows ‘loopholes’ in MP Lokayukta’s clean chit to CM Chauhan
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment.
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Popular Front files 1015 cases against news orgs for anti-Muslim hate
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New Delhi: As social media floods with hate posts alleging that the coronavirus was a planned conspiracy of Muslims, Popular Front has attempted...
नीतिश राज में मुसहरों को बिल्डरों का खौफ़
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना:बिहार की राजधानी में मुसहर जाति के लोग इन दिनों भारी संकट में हैं. मुसहरों की जमीन पर एक बिल्डर की...
BHU: Ten days after protests and violence, a few hopes and a lot of...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few weeks, the Banaras Hindu University has been at the centre of student protests and has attracted attention...
Health Association asks JK Police to strictly implement ban on tobacco advertisements in Kashmir
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: Demanding strict implementation of ban on display of tobacco advertisements at the point of sale, Voluntary Health Association...
JD-U calls for debate on triple talaq in Parliament, assemblies
New Delhi, (IANS): The Janata Dal United (JD-U) on Monday called for "wide ranging debates" on triple talaq, or instant divorce, in Parliament as...
Kashmir on boil, many hurt in police action
By Mir Umar,Agence India Press,
Srinagar: The large scale protest demonstrations in defiance of curfew are pouring in from various towns of Kashmir valley.
Scores of people were reportedly holding demonstrations in Sopore, Naidkhai and Kreeri areas of north Kashmir and there were reports of clashes in Baramulla.
People in Naidkhai and adjoining areas of Sopore have defied curfew on Sunday and have held protest demonstrations. At least three persons have got injured in the police action, while thousands of additional troops have been deployed in the area.
CPI-M mulls impeachment motion against Chief Justice Misra
New Delhi (IANS): The CPI-M on Tuesday said it was contemplating an impeachment motion with other opposition parties against Chief Justice Dipak Misra after...
अलीगढ़ में अभियान थमना और ‘घर-वापसी’ की रस्साकशी
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
आगरा/अलीगढ़: “धर्मान्तरण अपराध है, ‘घर-वापसी’ नहीं”, यह कहना था भाजपा के सांसद योगी आदित्यनाथ का, जब वे किसी चुनावी मजलिस को संबोधित कर रहे थे. योगी आदित्यनाथ के इस बयान के कई अर्थ समझ में आते हैं. पिछले हफ़्ते उठे धर्मांतरण के बवाल के बाद जनता और विपक्ष सरकार से इस मामले पर जवाब मांग रही थी. नयी-नवेली सरकार से यह अपेक्षा भी की जा रही थी कि वह इस मामले में एक मजबूत पक्ष रखकर दोषियों पर उचित कार्रवाई करेगी.
Interlocutors to begin Kashmir mission Saturday
By IANS,
Srinagar: The three newly appointed interlocutors on Kashmir are expected to arrive here Saturday amid boycott calls from separatists.
Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : A shutdown called by separatists affected life in Srinagar Tuesday, although the authorities did not impose any restrictions in the city.
India, Pakistan may resume dialogue after Lok Sabha polls
Islamabad : India and Pakistan hope to resume their composite dialogue once the Indian parliamentary election ends, Pakistan's envoy to the US has said.
Jalil...
Vaughan apologises to Zaheer for ‘jelly bean’ prank
By IANS
London : England captain Michael Vaughan has apologised to star Indian bowler Zaheer Khan for the 'jelly bean' incident that caused an unpleasant stand-off between Khan and Kevin Pietersen on the field Sunday evening.
Speaking to newspersons after India's resounding victory at the second Test in Nottingham, England coach Peter Moores also admitted that the home team's conduct had "got out of hand".
Abdullah meets Antony over civilian killings in Kashmir
By IANS,
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Defence Minister A.K. Antony here Tuesday and is understood to have discussed with him the killing of civilians in an allegedly unprovoked firing by army personnel in the state in February.
Abdullah called on Antony at his residence.
"The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister met the defence minister," a defence ministry official said.
Silent majority speaks: Gujarat riot victims yet to receive death certificates
By Rafat Nayeem Quadri for TwoCircles.net,
Not opportune time to hold Kashmir polls: Omar Abdullah
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said people of the flood ravaged state were still struggling to rebuild their...
Serial blasts rock Bhutan
By IANS
Thimphu : A string of explosions rocked Bhutan injuring one woman and damaging shops and businesses, officials Monday said.
A Royal Bhutan Police spokesman said there were four bomb blasts, including one in capital Thimphu, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday.
The other explosions took place in the districts of Samste, Chukha and Dagana.
"In all there were four explosions in which a woman was injured," a police official said.
Politics needs religion to eradicate corruption: Ulema Council
By Mohd. Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Bulandshahr: Unraveling the anatomy of a riot
By Ram Puniyani
The scene of violence in the name of emotive issues has been continuously throwing new patterns of instigating and orchestrating violence. In recent...
Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...
तालिबान की तारीफ करने पर सांसद शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क पर मुक़दमा
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समाजवादी पार्टी के संभल ज़िले से सांसद डॉ शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क के खिलाफ देशद्रोह का मुकदमा दर्ज किया गया हैं। शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क ने...
Journalist shot dead in UP two days after Yogi Adityanath declares the state ‘Crime-Free’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The claim of Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that he had made UP a 'crime free' state fell on its...
China, Afghanistan seek closer cooperation
By Xinhua
Beijing : Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta agreed Tuesday to further promote bilateral cooperation and strengthen all-round cooperative ties.
Hailing the progress of bilateral relations, Yang said the two countries had all along respected and supported each other in the past 52 years.
In honour killing, man murders sister’s lover
By IANS,
Lucknow: In a case of suspected honour killing, a man in his mid-20s was arrested Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district for allegedly murdering his sister's lover. The accused man's sister is now missing, police said.
"I hacked him for the sake of honour...I wanted to save the prestige of my family and, therefore, killed him," Anuj Tomar, arrested from Nai Mandi town of Muzaffarnagar, told reporters Saturday.
Reconstruction team appreciates security cooperation on Pak-Afghan border
By NNN-APP
Washington : Commander of a US provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Nangahar province has reported significant progress in building local infrastructure and also expressed appreciation for cooperative efforts in ensuring security on the difficult Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Air Force Lt. Col. Gordon Phillips said the reconstruction team in Nangahar province, which shares a long border with Pakistan, has already completed 11 reconstruction projects worth about $800,000 and established key relationships with local leaders.
What should be done with militants body, Bollywood debates
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai : Director-actor Farhan Akhtar feels the slain Mumbai terrorists should be sent back to Pakistan on the same dingy they came on, but another filmmaker Anees Bazmi says "we're humans first, so let's bury them here".
After a prominent Muslim organisation refused to bury the Mumbai militants in cemeteries here, Bollywood personalities have reacted differently to the issue.
Mahesh Bhatt suggests let army take the call as there is a "code as to how to handle the enemies' corpses".
Ramadan 1437: Mohammad Tayyab
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
A few years ago, Tayyab, who works as a lawyer, was invited to a community Iftar in his neighbourhood. The lane...
Journalists groups unanimously condemn NDTV ban
N0ew Delhi : Journalists associations on Monday unanimously condemned the one-day ban on NDTV India news channel and termed it as a selective...
Two U.S. soldiers killed, 11 injured in Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Two American soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded in two incidents throughout Iraq, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
A soldier assigned to Multi National Division-Baghdad was killed and ten others wounded while conducting combat operations in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, the military said in a brief statement.
Two Iraqi soldiers, an interpreter and a local citizen were also injured during the incident, it said.
Chargesheet filed in television professional’s murder
By IANS,
Mumbai : The chargesheet in the murder of a television professional, whose body was chopped into over 300 pieces, allegedly by Kannada actress Maria Monika Susayraj and her lover M.L. Jerome Mathew, was filed Thursday in a court here by the police, an official said.
The investigations into the murder was launched following a missing complaint lodged by television executive Neeraj Grover's parents May 7 this year, and Maria was arrested May 23.
Government snubs Modi over 26/11 remarks, BJP fumes
By IANS,
New Delhi : A war of words broke out Wednesday between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram snubbed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that Mumbai could not have been attacked by Pakistan-based terrorists without support from within India.
Chidambaram said at a press conference here: "You should ask Narendra Modi and Pakistan if they are in contact with each other."
यौन हिंसा और धर्मसंगत न्याय
By गुफ़रान सिद्दीक़ी,
कथित तौर पर अमेठी के तांत्रिक की हवस की शिकार एक नाबालिग बच्ची से जब पुलिश अधीक्षक द्वारा बलात्कार के आरोपी का नाम पूछा जाता है, तो बच्ची मौनी बाबा का नाम लेती है. यह सुनकर लड़की को डांटकर भगा दिया जाता है और यह धमकी भी दी जाती है कि अगर वह फ़िर से मौनी बाबा का नाम लेगी तो उसके पूरे परिवार को झूठे मामले में फंसा दिया जाएगा. पीड़िता को यही बातें उसकी मेडिकल जांच करने वाले डॉक्टर से भी सुनने को मिलती है और आखिर में न्यायिक मजिस्ट्रेट से भी. अंत में थक-हारकर पीड़िता और उसके पूरे परिवार को अपना घर छोड़ कर लखनऊ में अपने किसी परिचित के घर शरण लेनी पड़ती है. यह घटना निर्भया कांड के बाद की है, यानी उस समय की जब पूरे प्रशासनिक तंत्र को बलात्कार के मामलों में पहले से ज्यादा मुस्तैद और संवेदनशील बनाने की वचनबद्ध घोषणाएं हमारी सरकार करती रही है.
Muslim groups to protest against textbook in Kerala
By IANS,
Kozhikode : A coordination committee of various Muslim organisations in Kerala Wednesday decided to go ahead with the plan to launch an agitation for the withdrawal of a controversial class VII social studies textbook.
P.K. Kunhalikutty, state general secretary of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), said the government decision Wednesday to constitute an 18-member expert team to study the controversial textbook and the school curriculum reforms in the state will not deter them from the agitation.
National Archives to observe 125th Foundation Year of NAI in Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The National Archives of India (NAI), Regional Office, Bhopal is organizing a 3-day outreach programme from September...
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By Minu Jain, IANS,
One more nabbed in Pune serial blasts case
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad Monday arrested one man for alleged involvement in the August 2012 Pune serial blasts, an official said here.
Afzal’s body not likely to be given to family
By IANS,
New Delhi : The body of Afzal Guru buried in Tihar jail premises is not likely to be handed over to his family, officials said Monday.
Delhi blast accused to be produced in court Thursday
By IANS,
New Delhi: Delhi bomb blast accused and Indian Mujahideen (IM) member, Akbar Ismail Choudhary, was brought to the national capital from Hyderabad by the Special Cell of Delhi Police Thursday for interrogation in the Sep 13, 2008 serial blasts here.
"Akbar Ismail Choudhury was brought to Delhi Thursday on a transit remand from Hyderabad in connection with the Sep 13 Delhi serial blasts. He will be produced in Tis Hazari court later in the afternoon and we will seek his custody for interrogation into the Delhi blasts," DCP (Special Cell) Alok Kumar told IANS.
Police kill murder suspects, relatives cry foul
By IANS
Hyderabad : Police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district Wednesday gunned down three of the seven suspects in the sensational kidnapping and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
The police claimed that the three were killed in a gun battle in Thatikayala village in Dharmasagar mandal, about 250 km from here. However, relatives of those killed alleged that they were killed in a fake encounter.
According to the police one of the suspects snatched the revolver of a cop when a police team had taken them to the scene of offence to collect evidences.
Ongoing Israeli army operation in Gaza kills at least five
By Xinhua
Gaza : Five Palestinians were killed on Thursday morning during ongoing Israeli army operations in southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, witnesses and paramedics said.
Four of the dead were from one family, medical sources said. They were killed when their home in Bani Suhaila area in the east of Khan Younis came under Israeli artillery shelling.
NCHRO fact-finding report on Bengaluru blast 2013
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,
No headway yet in Indian American student’s death probe
By IANS,
New Delhi : With autopsy report awaited, Delhi Police Tuesday failed to make any headway in the investigation into the kiling of an American Indian student in Mukherjee Nagar, area near Delhi University, a day earlier.
“We cannot say anything before the post-mortem. It will only be done when the parents of the victim (Keanan Mehra) reach the capital. They are expected to arrive today (Tuesday) evening,” said a police official investigating the death.
Kader Khan and Rajinder Sachar honoured in Houston
By IANS
New York : Well-known Bollywood actor and scriptwriter Kader Khan and former chief justice of Delhi high court Rajinder Sachar were given the honorary citizenship of the city of Houston by the city mayor at an annual function organised by an Indian social organization.
Mayor Bill White honoured the two Indians at the 17th annual convention of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian origin (AFMI), a North America based organisation which focuses on socio-economic and educational development of Muslims and other underprivileged people in India.
AAP has the edge in Muslim neighbourhoods
New Delhi : Posters and banners of the AAP and its leaders were festooned across electric poles, bus stops and buildings while young boys...
फ़िर फ़िसली साक्षी महाराज की ज़ुबान
By TCN News,
यह विरोधाभासी समय खबरों की दुनिया में एक लंबे समय तक बना रहेगा. एक तरफ़ जहां प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी अपनी साम्प्रदायिक छवि को छोड़कर सद्भाव और सेकुलर छवि बनाना चाह रहे हैं, वहीं दूसरी ओर उन्हीं की पार्टी के नेता और सांसद साक्षी महाराज उनकी अधर में पड़ी लुटिया को डुबोने में लगे हैं. साक्षी महाराज अपने बयानों से बाज़ नहीं आ रहे. पहले उन्होंने मदरसों और लव-जिहाद पर बयान देकर ‘राष्ट्रवादी’ वाहवाही तो लूट ही ली थी, लेकिन अपने बयान पर कायम होने की बात और मोदी के कथन की अपने ही तरीके से ‘समीक्षा’ करने के बाद उन्होंने संभवतः और भी क़ाबिल-ए-गौर काम किया है.
Rs.130 mn released to computerise Waqf Boards records
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Tuesday said it has released over Rs.130 million for computerising the records of the Waqf Boards across the country.
Visa pact signed with Pakistan; India insists on 26/11 justice
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Over 12 million vote in Gujarat battle round one
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: More than 12 million people voted in Gujarat Thursday in elections that have pitted a confident Chief Minister Narendra Modi against a disparate opposition.
Minorities and Dalits to meet in US to discuss challenges
By IANS
New York : Over 2,000 delegates from India and other countries will meet here this July to discuss the challenges and opportunities being faced by minorities, Dalits and other backward classes in India.
The main organiser of the International Dalit-Minorities Conference July 4-6 is the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) based in Michigan.
Chandigarh landlord arrested for voyeurism
By IANS
Chandigarh : An established businessman and grandson of a former Punjab minister was arrested here Thursday on charges of installing a spy camera in a bathroom being used by two girls who were staying as paying guests in his house.
Ramneek Sharma, a grandson of former Punjab minister Pandit Mohan Lal - who set up the Sanatan Dharam (SD) group of colleges and schools in Punjab and Chandigarh - was taken into custody by the police from his Sector 38 residence after the spy camera came to light.
Ahmadi’s appointment as arbitrator in power dispute annulled
By Rana Ajit, IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has annulled former chief justice of India (CJI) A.M. Ahmadi's appointment as an arbitrator to resolve a dispute between the Gujarat government's power generation company and a private firm.
A bench of H.K. Sema and Markandey Katju last week invalidated Ahmadi's appointment as an arbitrator between the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd and Essar Power Ltd.
The Gujarat High Court had appointed the former chief justice, approving a proposal by Essar Power Ltd.
Man arrested for raping teenaged stepdaughter
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A man has been arrested here for allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter repeatedly over the last two years, police said Sunday.
"The accused, Chander Pal, is a resident of Rajiv Shahpur Colony in Sector 38 where he was living with his stepdaughter who is around 15 years old. He was arrested Saturday evening on the complaint of his neighbours who were suspicious of his activities for a long time," Rajesh Shukla, station house officer of Sector 39, told IANS.
"He has been booked under Section 376 (rape) and 506 (intimidation)," Shukla said.
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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
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President Karzai lays floral wreath at Pakistan monument
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Thursday visited the Pakistan Monument to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the country.
On his arrival at the Monument, President Karzai was given guard of honour by a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan army.
He laid floral wreath at the monument and stood silent for sometime in memory of those who laid their lives for the integrity and solidarity of the country.
The dilemma over adoption continues even after SC judgement
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Opinions remain divided on the issue of adoption by Muslims even as the Supreme Court passed a land-mark judgement on February 19, in a 2005 writ petition field by social activist Shabnam Hashmi allowing Muslims to adopt.
Indian taking siesta dies as fire devours office
By IANS,
Dubai : An Indian businessman in Qatar died after a fire broke out in his office while he was taking a siesta.
Mohammad Fariz, in his 30s, was taking a short nap in his office in the Industrial Area of Doha when the fire broke out due to a short circuit Tuesday afternoon.
According to local media reports, the fire devoured the entire office building before Fariz could escape.
Play on Rizwanur faces police ire: theatre group
By IANS
Kolkata : A theatre group here has alleged that it was threatened by police against staging a play on Rizwanur Rahman, a Muslim youth who died under mysterious circumstances, though the police denied the allegation. The play was staged on the streets as a protest against the alleged attack on freedom of expression.
CRPF Ramadan Gift: No Barricades during night in old City of Srinagar
By Agence India Press,
Security forces strip search youth, arrest ones with pellet injuries in Baramulla
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RTE: the Act needs Action
By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net,
The much-awaited and much-debated Act -- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) -- is in effect now. And Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh hopes, now no children have to walk to long distance to attend a school as he had to in his childhood. By this India is now amongst one of the few countries which ensure compulsory education legally. It took nine years after the Constitutional amendment was done to make education one of the fundamental rights.
Trouble in Kerala’s ruling coalition over ministership claims
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Trouble is brewing in Kerala's ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) as two of the coalition partners are putting pressure for a ministerial berth.
One Modi’s fate is linked to another
By Veturi Srivatsa,
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Kargil martyr’s widow denied treatment for not having Aadhaar card, dies
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Muslim League wins Kasargode district panchayat after 10 years with INL support
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kasargode: The Muslim League won the presidency of the Kasargode district panchayat after a gap of 10 years with the support of the Indian National League. Party’s district vice-president PB Abdur Razak was elected the president of the district panchayat in the election held on Thursday.
TMMK cadres court arrest in Vellore for appointment of Urdu teachers
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Chennai: Apropos to the ultimatum call given by TMMK president Prof. M.H. Jawahirullah on Jan 6 to the Tamil Nadu Government that he would employ picketing at vantage points if concerned education authorities ignored his demand to employ teachers awaiting confirmation past 12 years in Urdu medium Government Muslim Higher Secondary School in Vellore town, Prof. Jawahirullah and his cadres today courted arrest in the town.
Zafarul Islam Khan of AIMMM condemns attack on Ulema Council activists
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, has strongly condemned the unprovoked firing by the Azamgarh BJP MP Ramakant Yadav and his supporters on a procession of Ulema Council near Phoolpur in Azamgarh on 12 August which killed one person and injured others.
Writers angry, demand Taslima be set free
By IANS
New Delhi : Artists and writers in the capital, sharing the anguish of beleaguered Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, have expressed outrage at the treatment meted out to her by the government and demanded she be allowed to live in place of her choice.
"The entire writing and creative community is deeply outraged by the treatment given to her," Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, cultural critic and former vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi International Hindi University, told IANS.
Statesman Award for MJ Babu of ‘Madhyamam’ daily in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The Statesman Award for the best rural reporting in the country has been won by MJ Babu of the ‘Madhyamam’ daily in Kerala. Mr Babu is senior reporter in the Thiruvananthapuram bureau of ‘Madhyamam’. This is the second Statesman Award for Babu.
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