IM was originally called ‘Usaba’, says NIA
By IANS,
New Delhi : The banned Indian Mujahideen (IM) was initially named "Usaba" when it came up in Karnataka's Bhatkal, the NIA said in...
Indonesian cleric’s terrorism trial resumes
By DPA,
Jakarta : Muslim militant cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, alleged leader of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, was back on trial Monday in Indonesia.
Engineer Rasheed’s Rallying Cry: A Fight for ‘Rights’, ‘Dignity’ and a ‘New Political Era’...
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Out on bail and ready to make waves, Engineer Rasheed hit the campaign trail with a powerful rallying cry echoing across the...
JNU students misbehave with VC, administration demands police action
New Delhi, (IANS): The JNU administration has demanded stern police action against a group of students who allegedly misbehaved with Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar...
No muzzling of freedom of expression: Minister
New Delhi: There will be no restrictions on the freedom of expression on writers and intellectuals, said Delhi Culture Minister Kapil Mishra while inaugurating...
बिहार में भी जज बने 22 मुसलमान, जिनमें शामिल है 7 लड़कियां
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
पटना- उत्तर प्रदेश और राजस्थान में न्यायिक सेवा में मुस्लिम युवाओं के अच्छे प्रदर्शन के बाद अब बिहार न्यायिक सेवा...
23-year-old woman shot dead in Gurgaon
By IANS,
Gurgaon (Haryana) : A 23-year-old newly-wed woman was Sunday shot dead at her house in Gurgaon, a satellite town of the national capital but police said it could be a case of suicide.
The victim, identified as Ruchi, was undergoing training with a private airline.
"Initial investigation suggests that it's a suicide, but we are probing the case from the murder angle also. We are questioning her husband Gaurav Chauhan, who has a criminal background. We have sent the body for post mortem-examination," said Ved Prakash, Gurgaon deputy commissioner of police.
Supreme Court grants bail to Hyderabad cleric Maulana Naseeruddin
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a major snub to the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat that will rekindle hope in incarcerated innocent Muslims, the Supreme Court today granted bail to Hyderabad cleric Maulana Naseeruddin who is languishing in Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail for the past five years on conspiracy charges. Maulana’s bail appeal was pending in the apex court for the last seven months. The court had three times issued notices to the Gujarat government to submit its counter reply but it failed to do so until now.
Ananda takes oath as Karnataka’s deputy ombudsman
Bengaluru : Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Wednesday administered the oath of office to Justice N. Ananda as the state's new deputy...
Will continue to work in UP, says Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): Asaduddin Owaisi, whose AIMIM failed to get a single seat in Uttar Pradesh, said on Saturday that it was a good start...
Why Modi avoids the media
By Amulya Ganguli
In another two years, Narendra Modi may well enter the Guinness Book of Records for failing to hold a press conference. In...
Man wanted in nearly two dozen cases arrested in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A man who was wanted in nearly two dozen criminal cases and was absconding for the last 15 years was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshi Ram district after a shootout and a gun and several live cartridges were seized from him, the police said Friday.
"Acting on a tip-off, we arrested Chandra Pal in Sahavarpur town in Kanshi Ram district," police inspector Ratendra Singh told IANS over phone.
India Fraternity Forum trains volunteers to help Hajis in Mina
By TwoCircles.net news dek,
Dammam: India Fraternity Forum (IFF) conducted a workshop for Hajj volunteers who will be going to serve Hajis at Mina during the days of Dhul Hajj 9 to 12. The event was organized to provide guidelines and instructions to volunteers and train them so that they could serve the Hajis in a better way.
The event featured U. T. Khader, MLA of Mangalore, Karnatak, Abdul Sathar, President of Tamilnadu Social Welfare Association, P M Harris, Reporter of Malayalam News. Abdulla Kutyadi presided over the function.
Kashmir: Civilian killed in cross-fire, People stage protest
By News Agency of Kashmir
Anantnag: Villagers went on a rampage soon after a civilian was killed in a fierce encounter when security forces were chasing the militants who escaped from a cordon during an encounter at Pranhall village of Damhal Hanjipora in south-west of Kulgam, here on Saturday morning.
Defence Spokesman told News Agency of Kashmir that on specific information security forces launched a search Operation at Pranhall village of Kulgam district and an encounter took place between the militants and Security forces. The militants reportedly managed their escape.
WPI, SDPI condemn rail fare hike, demand roll back
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India strongly opposed the Modi-led BJP Government at the centre for the sharp increase of rail fair and freight charges with immediate effect.
Terrorism and Muslim: Another instance of media stereotyping
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Over 5,000 Rohingya Muslims settled in Jammu: Sayeed
Srinagar: Over 5,000 Rohingya refugees are living in in many settlement colonies in Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital Jammu after fleeing persecution in Myanmar,...
Government to hold talks with Kashmiri groups
By IANS,
New Delhi: In a bid to defuse the volatile situation in the Kashmir Valley, the central government plans to soon hold talks with leaders of various political parties and separatist groups, official sources said here Wednesday.
"While the plan for the talks have been accepted in principle, the details are yet to be finalised," an official source told IANS.
"There are even suggestions that the talks be in (Kashmir's summer capital) Srinagar."
Beware of anti-terror moves turning against itself: Muslim leaders
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram: Care should be taken to ensure that the anti-terror moves do not turn in favour of terrorists themselves, said leaders of Muslim organizations in a press conference. The attack on the professor is mean and cruel. The individuals and groups who worked behind it have insulted Islam and the Kerala society. The society should alienate them. Muslim community will provide boundless support for the same, the leaders said.
The language of violence
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net,
Violence is shockingly becoming the language of all and sundry. One only has to look around to see how violence is becoming a part of life in a world filled with lofty ambitions and selfish desires. Apart from ambition and selfishness I think there are other reasons also for violence finding so much universal acceptance. Among them is the lack of patience among people, the glorification of violence and its association with patriotism and valour.
Terror camps continue in Pakistan: US report
By IANS, New Delhi : Contrary to Islamabad claims that terrorist organisations no longer flourish in Pakistan, the US state department has raised concerns that outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) continue to operate from Pakistan for their activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The 'Country Terrorism Report' prepared by the State Department and released Monday has listed these outfits among the 42 prominent terrorist groups worldwide.
Islamic theological “expertise” in the liberal press
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
The article points out the internal inconsistencies in the theological arguments made by A. Faizur Rahman in articles which...
Police question top Orissa bureaucrat in coach’s murder
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Orissa police Monday questioned a senior official of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the murder case of athletics coach Biranchi Das, the police officials said.
The police summoned Priyabrata Patnaik to the police commisionerate here and questioned him on his alleged involvement in the murder of Das, who was former coach of six-year-old marathon sensation Budhia Singh.
Toronto Celebrates an Evening for Hyderabad
By Ayub Khan,
Mississauga, Ontario : It was an evening to reckon with as hundreds of Hyderabadis turned out for an cultural event on July 11, 2009, in this suburb of Toronto. The Mehfil-e-Hyderabad, organized by a diverse group of Hyderabadi Canadians, started off as a pitch in the virtual community called CharminarConnection and soon caught the imagination. The dramatic turnout for the event despite its low publicity reveals
that the good old method of word of mouth communication is still relevant in this day and age of instant communication.
25 killed in road accident in Colombia
By DPA,
Bogota: At least 25 people died in northern Colombia when the bus they were riding in drove off the road and down a 100-metre-deep ravine in Antioquia province.
Seven people were injured, some seriously, in the accident Easter Sunday.
Local traffic police chief Rodolfo Palomino said that, according to survivors, the crash on a road between Puerto Nare and Medellin was due to a burst tyre.
An action plan to ’emancipate’ Indian Muslims
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : The Jammat-e-Islam Hind (JIH), one of India's oldest Muslim groups, has put in place a path-breaking Rs.55 billion (Rs.5,500 crore) action plan to create educational, health and housing facilities to improve the lot of millions of poor Muslims in the country.
One killed, two dozen injured in stage explosion
By IANS,
Bhubaneswa: An attempt to create a smoke screen for a play scene went horribly wrong when the explosive material used went off killing one person and injuring two dozen more in Orissa's Nayagarh district, police said Wednesday.
The explosion occurred when a member of a drama troupe was trying to create smoke by burning explosives for a scene in Petapali village.
"There was a drama show in the village. A troupe member burnt explosive material for a love scene," said police officer Manoranjan Mohanty.
Four of the injured are in critical condition, he said.
Lack of toilets, water pumps complicating Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, (IANS): The lack of toilets and well-maintained manual water pumps have complicated the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, according to a UN report.
The report released...
Youth held for posting girl’s objectionable photos on net
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Orissa police have arrested an engineering student for circulating objectionable photographs of his girlfriend and also posting them online after she refused to marry him, a police official said Friday.
Gopal Krushna Panigrahi, a second-year student of information technology here, was nabbed from Berhampur, some 100 km from here, after the girl's father lodged a police complaint against him, police officer Abhimanyu Guda said.
Panigrahi had proposed marriage to the girl, also a student at the same institute, but was turned down.
B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College given status “Deemed-to-be-University’
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Established in 1984 B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College was today declared deemed-to-be-university by the Central Government.
As a consequence of the new status the name of the institute will change to B.S. Abdur
Rahman Institute of Science & Technology. It will continue to be affiliated to Anna University, Chennai but it can award degrees and start new courses. Current students will get their degrees from Anna University.
Two ex-cons, spouses to fight LS last phase in Bihar
Patna: Two criminal-turned-politicians, called 'bahubalis' in local parlance, and wives of two jailed leaders will Monday contest the final phase of the Lok Sabha...
Statement on behalf of Arivu Perarivalan, by her sister, G. Arulselvi
By TCN News,
Chennai: The Hon’ble Supreme Court in commuting death sentences of Arivu, Santhan and Murugan has recognized the implicit pain, suffering and dehumanizing effect arising out of prolonged imprisonment by death row prisoners. It bears mention that Arivu, Santhan and Murugan have already spent 22 years of their lives in single cell confinement. In fact, they have faced 16 years of their lives under the shadow of a noose. During these long years while facing the grim possibility of an imminent execution, each day they have suffered terrible stress, anxiety and gradual disintegration of their mind, body and soul.
Gunfight in Kashmir
Srinagar: Security forces Monday engaged separatist guerrillas in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.
The gunfight started in Lolab area of...
Iraq thanks Iran for participating in Iraq’s neighbours meeting
By NNN-IRNA
Baghdad : Iraqi Foreign Minister Hushyar Zebari, in meeting with Iran's visiting deputy foreign minister here Saturday, has thanked the Islamic Republic of Iran for its participation in a meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries.
Zebari said Iran's decision shows that it is serious in resolving Iraq's problems adding that Iran's policies towards Iraq, during the years of invasion, have always been supporting the democratization of Iraq.
Meeting of deputy foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors will be held in Baghdad on Sunday.
Mecca Masjid blast: Andhra Govt to lift cases against Muslim youth
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Prof Syed Zahoor Qasim donates Rs 3 lac to AMU for scholarships
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Noted scientist Professor Syed Zahoor Qasim today presented a cheque of Rs. three lakh to Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis for the award of scholarship and Gold Medal.
Prof. Zahoor Qasim donating a cheque for Rs. 3 Lakhs to AMU VC Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis
Prof. Qasim is an alumnus of AMU. While accepting the donation Prof. Azis termed at as a unique gesture on the part of Prof. Qasim.
Prof. Zahoor Qasim donating a cheque for Rs. 3 Lakhs to AMU VC Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis
Iranian President heads for Venezuela after short visit to Bolivia
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has left La Paz for Caracas after meeting Bolivian President Evo Morales during his short visit.
During his visit Thursday, three cooperation documents in the fields of energy and industry were signed by the two countries' officials.
The two presidents also signed a cooperation agreement and a joint communique. The presidents call the visit a turning point in bilateral ties and underscored the need for further cooperation.
Protest against Tsundur Judgment at AP and Telangana High Court
By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: On Monday, the Tsundur Dalits Struggle Committee For Justice, comprising seventy-five people’s organization, protested against the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which released the twenty-one accused in the Tsundur Dalit massacre case. The protest was a part of the long struggle the committee has taken up. In the history of dalit movement, this was the first time a protest has been staged in front of a High Court demanding justice for the Tsundur dalits. All of the protestors taken into preventive custody and were released in the afternoon.
Haj is not for making profits, says apex court
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday said that the private tour operators (PTOs), engaged in the travel of Haj pilgrims, could not undertake their enterprise with an eye on profits.
Historian Ram Chandra Guha delivered Sir Syed Memorial Lecture at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: “Nationalism and patriotism do not convey same meaning and two seminal figures of the 19thcentury Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan realized it. They loved and worked for their country without hating other nations. Nationalism thrives on hating others, which both opposed”, said eminent historian Professor Ram Chandra Guha while delivering the Sir Syed Memorial Lecture the Assembly Hall of the Zakir Husain Engineering College, Aligarh Muslim University.
Now build your own Taj Mahal, courtesy Lego
By IANS,
London : Danish toy-maker Lego is next month launching build-yourself models of the Taj Mahal, consisting of as many as 5,922 pieces, including the monument's intricate minarets, domes and finials.
"The famous Taj Mahal palace of India is known all over the globe for its incredible beauty and elegance," the 74-year-old toy-maker, whose name means “play well” in Danish, said.
Yoga Day: Muslims join in, say they feel rejuvenated
Rahul Vaishnav
New Delhi: Like any devout Muslim during the holy month of Ramzan, Irfan Salmani Dehalvi, 42, woke up shortly before dawn, had 'sehari',...
No political reconciliation in Bangladesh, says law advisor
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's interim government is not planning any political reconciliation like in Pakistan, says Law and Information Advisor Mainul Hosein, blaming politics and politicians for anarchy and corruption.
The government wanted to keep former prime ministers Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina out of the country. "But they did not cooperate," Hosein told foreign media correspondents Sunday about the two women who have been jailed on corruption charges.
Soz speaking out of turn: National Conference
By IANS,
Jammu : Members of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir are not too happy with Saifuddin Soz, leader of their ally Congress, for going public with government decisions on dealing with the turbulent situation in the Valley before the state cabinet formally announced them.
"It's highly regrettable that Soz speaks out of turn," a senior National Conference (NC)leader told IANS.
Party leaders now feel the state Congress chief is undermining the sanctity of the cabinet.
Police reforms must to battle communal mindset: Ex-top cop
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : India needs to carry out police reforms at the earliest to rid young recruits of the poison of...
ABVP derides ‘anti-nationalism’ in JU, threatens to chop Leftists’ legs
Kolkata : Deriding left-leaning students for turning Jadavpur University into a "hub of anti-national activities", the RSS students' wing ABVP on Monday took out...
India’s first degree course on tackling terrorism
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Sumaya Rafiq Zargar, 23, grew up in Srinagar under the shadow of militancy but does not want her next generation to live in fear. She is in a batch of 18 students who have enrolled for the country's first degree course in countering terrorism.
An initiative of Pune-based NGO Sarhad that works in insurgency-battered Jammu and Kashmir, the two-year post- graduate course called Counter Terrorism and Peace Management starts Oct 2 - the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi - at the Sarhad Research Centre in Pune.
Bomb targets train in Sri Lanka
By DPA
Colombo : A claymore mine was set off against a moving train in eastern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.
Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...
Free innocent Muslim youths jailed in the name of terrorism: Mohd. Adeeb
By Hasan Zia Rizvi, TwoCircles.net,
Jung offers civic bodies Rs.300 crore loan, seeks end to strike
New Delhi : Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday offered a loan of Rs.300 crore to two municipal corporations for payment of the...
Campaigning ends for April 11 polls in Bengal
Kolkata : Campaigning came to an end on Saturday for the second part of the opening phase of the West Bengal assembly polls, involving...
High-ranking Egyptian official visits Iran
By RIA Novasti
Tehran : A high-ranking Egyptian official made an official visit to Iran on Wednesday, the first since diplomatic ties between the two countries were severed in 1979.
During his stay in Tehran, Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Derar exchanged views on bilateral relations, as well as regional and international issues, with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
He also passed on a written message from Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Rajnath meets Muslim clerics on Kashmir
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met with a group of Muslim clerics, who discussed with him ways and means to...
Sheikh Hasina granted bail
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The Bangladesh High Court Sunday granted bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and stayed any further actions against her in a graft case.
A high court bench comprising Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury granted the bail on a writ petition from Hasina.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had filed the graft case against Hasina accusing her of taking kickbacks in a power-plant deal.
Now Rajasthan Govt. lifts TCN photo of Azamgarh girls
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Ram temple is an electoral issue, says Vinay Katiyar
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Ram temple was very much an issue this election and the party's Hindutva's agenda was intact, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP leader Vinay Katiyar said Thursday.
"The Ram temple is an issue in this election but presently we will not disclose our strategy on how we are going to solve it," Katiyar told reporters in Faizabad, 180 km from this Uttar Pradesh capital, about the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
ABVP vandalism in Delhi University, manhandles Prof. Jafri
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activist ransacked the History department of the University of Delhi on Monday. Head of the Department Prof. Saiyid Zaheer Husain Jafri was manhandled by the activists protesting against a class that will teach that there are multiple versions of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
मौलाना बरकतुल्लाह भोपाली —अंग्रेज़ों के नाक में दम करने वाला एक अनोखे क्रांतिकारी
मुहम्मद उमर अशरफ़, TwoCircles.net के लिए
20 सितम्बर 1927 की रात मौलाना बरकतुल्लाह भोपाली की आख़िरी रात थी. इस रात अपने साथियों से अपने पूरे...
AIMIM releases first list of candidates
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Hyderabad: The All Indian Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has announced their first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and AP assembly elections. The party had received applications from eighty five people seeking its nomination.
AIMIM president and sitting member of parliament Asaduddin Owaisi will contest from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat. Zahid Ali Khan, the editor of Siasat Daily, has emerged as the main challenger in this Muslim dominated constituency.
“Desh ko bachao”: AAP’s promise to the slums of Indore
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
Living in trash is not a condition kind to the human sensibility. In a slum in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, in Javar Nagar bordering the wealthy enclave of Kathju Colony, a community of 250 families suffers, but not in silence.
Pakistan mosque siege shows extremist threat: White House
By DPA
Washington : The seizure of the Red Mosque in Pakistan by radical Islamists shows the danger of extremism, the White House said Tuesday.
Police kill four militants in Pakistan
By DPA
Islamabad : Four suspected militants were killed Monday in an exchange of fire with police in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, an official said.
AMU signs MoU with University of Sharjah
By TCN News
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates for cooperation...
Bomb threat forces plane to land in Portugal
By DPA,
Lisbon : A Portugalia Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Lisbon late Thursday after it received a bomb threat.
Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee launches its magazine
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has been raising voice against injustice and atrocities by police in the country especially in Andhra Pradesh. Now to spread its voice the organization has launched a magazine named Civil Liberties Monitor.
Famous Islamic scholar Maulana Mohd Naseeruddin along with some human rights activists including Harsh Mandar, Prof. Har Gopal, Prof. Rama Malkote, S.R. Shankaran, Retd principal secretary to the Govt of A.P. were present at the inauguration program on September 30.
Bihar may free Nepalese Maoists
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar may free Nepalese Maoists languishing in the state's prisons after two senior communist leaders from the neighbouring country asked for the release of their "comrades", official sources said here Tuesday.
"The Bihar government has sought details of Nepalese Maoists lodged in different jails to identify them," sources in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office said.
At least three dozen Nepalese Maoists are lodged in different Bihar jails, according to official sources in the state prison department.
Survivors recall horror of Kashmir floods
By Sheikh Qayoom ,
Srinagar: After surviving 12 agonizing days and nights on the attic of his nearly submerged house here with his family, Sheikh...
Eight students killed in Bangladesh accident
By Xinhua
Dhaka : Eight schoolboys were killed in a road accident in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong district Monday, news agency UNB said.
According to officials, a passenger bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying 10 schoolboys of a high school, during heavy rainfall at about 7:45 a.m.
Five schoolboys died on the spot while three others succumbed on way to hospital.
Seven injured - including two schoolboys, the auto-rickshaw driver and four bus passengers - were admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Germany worried Pakistan’s nuclear arms could fall into wrong hands
By DPA
Berlin : German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern Saturday that Pakistan's nuclear weapons could fall into the wrong hands during the current crisis in the country.
There were no immediate grounds for concern, despite the unrest in the Muslim country, but the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could "spread to become the worst crisis in Pakistan's history", Steinmeier said.
Minister purchased Waqf Land worth Rs 4 crore for just Rs 1,763
By TwoCircles.net staff reporterNagpur : Maharashtra State Animal Husbandry and Waqf Minister Anees Ahmad has been exposed after the Waqf land scam.CNN-IBN reported that,...
Donate to relief works for Assam’s riot and flood victims
Lakhs of people rendered homeless and are in relief camps need urgent help
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Mayawati files nomination for Rajya Sabha
By IANS,
Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati Tuesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha.
Two cops hurt in Peshawar blast
By IANS,
Peshawar : A powerful explosion in this Pakistani city extensively damaged a police van, injuring two policemen Friday, two days after the blasts in Lahore that killed 35 people.
The police mobile van that was on Ring Road in Achini Bala area was heavily damaged, Dawn reported.
On Wednesday, three back-to-back blasts in Lahore killed at least 35 people and wounded over 200.
The first blast occurred near Karbala Gamay Shah in Lahore's Lower Mall area while the second and third blasts were near Bhatti Chowk, just a few paces away.
Indian mission in UAE sets up centres to assist workers
By IANS
Dubai : The Indian mission here is making arrangements to set up special counters where Indians can submit documents related to their work permits.
Imarat Shariah opens another health centre in Patna
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: Extending its health facilities for common people, Imarat Shariah (Bihar, Jharkhand & Orissa) has opened a health centre at Sabzibagh, heart of the city.
The organization is already running some hospitals in Phulwari Sharif and in Patna City. Hundreds of patients from across communities have benefited from these hospitals. The building for the Sabzibagh health centre has been donated by one Quari Masood.
PM, Rahul misleading nation over Sachar implementation: Welfare Party chief
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Website on J&K Gujjars launched
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation - an organisation working for the welfare of Indian Tribes under its "Focus on Gujjars" scheme today launched its first ever website www.jktribals.co.cc on Gujjar tribe of the state.
Indian American couple denied bail for slavery charges
By IANS
New York : A wealthy Indian American couple, who were arrested last month on charges of enslaving two Indonesian women, have been denied bail by a federal court here.
UP CM in Delhi, spoke of ‘assimilating’ minority
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
One security man killed, 16 others injured in Pakistan’s tribal area
By Xinhua
Islamabad : One security man was killed and 16 others suffered injuries in Northwest Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area, a local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported on Saturday.
Pakistan PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto arrives in Washington
By NNN-APP
Washington : Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto arrived here Sunday evening for a visit to the US capital ahead of her planned return to Pakistan next month.
The former prime minister, who is scheduled to return to Pakistan on Oct 18, will deliver a speech Tuesday on the Capitol Hill on “The Political Situation in Pakistan” at an event, organised by the Middle East Institute.
Former US ambassador to Pakistan, Wendy Chamberlin, who heads the institute, will moderate the presentation.
Hyderabad police stops BJP from hoisting national flag
Hyderabad : Tension prevailed at the Golconda Fort here Wednesday as police arrested some activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trying to hoist...
Three FTII alumni to return National Awards
Pune: Three prominent FTII alumni on Wednesday decided to return their National Awards in protest against what they termed "an atmosphere of intolerance" in...
Sania Mirza booked for trespass in mosque
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) The police Thursday registered a case against tennis star Sania Mirza and an advertising agency for shooting a commercial in the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad without permission.
The Hussainialam police station registered a case of trespass against Sania and the advertising agency on a complaint by the minority welfare department.
Assistant commissioner of police, Charminar, B. Reddenna said the department had complained that Sania and the ad agency shot the commercial in the mosque without its permission.
Seven more SIMI activists arrested in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS
Bhopal : Seven more suspected activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested in Madhya Pradesh, the police said Monday.
Five of the activists were arrested from Ujjain and two were nabbed from Indore during operations at suspected hideouts Sunday night, said the police.
The police said the SIMI activists were attending a meet in Indore when they were apprehended.
"Their interrogation will reveal their plans," said Indore Superintendent of Police Anshuman Yadav.
Quake causes massive damage to property in Kashmir
Srinagar: The massive earthquake, epicentred in Afghanistan, that rocked Jammu and Kashmir on Monday afternoon has caused huge damage to property across the Valley...
Entrance exams for Rahmani-30 in April
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The entrance test for the coming year IIT coaching that will be conducted by Rahmani-30, under Rahmani Foundation, will be held on April 5, 18 & 19.
The decision has been taken in the light of efforts made this year for IIT coaching and preparations for it and after the suggestions of ADGP Abhyanand, the academic responsible for coaching, teachers' team, the management of Rahmani-30 and Maulana Wali Rahmani, chairman of Rahmani Foundation.
Fact finding mission on illegal arrests of terror suspects: Teesta
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Human rights activist Teesta Setalwad is planning to take the cases of terrorism suspects, those who have been illegally arrested and tortured and detained in India'a 'war on terror.' TwoCircles.net's Md. Ali spoke to her about her views on terror investigations and plans for defending terror suspects.
TwoCircles.net: There are some reports in media that you are going to take up the case of Abu Bashiar Islahi, the alleged mastermind of the Ahmadabad serial bomb blast.
Fresh clashes between Hamas-Fatah kill nine
By Xinhua
Gaza : Fierce infighting between rival Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas continued for the third consecutive day Wednesday, leaving nine more people dead.
Man killed for not using mat to offer namaz
New Delhi: A man was beaten to death by his relatives for not using a mat gifted by them to offer namaz prayers, police...
PM: Turkey tries to eliminate PKK
By Xinhua
Ankara : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that his government was in an effort to eliminate the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) that threatens the unity and integrity of Turkey.
In his televised address to the nation, Erdogan said, "we are trying to cut social, logistic, financial and psychological support of the terrorist organization as a whole," and recalled that government authorized Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) for cross-border operations as of November 28.
IUML Takes on Kanthapuram for anti League stance, alleges ties with BJP
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: An article written by Indian Union Muslim League state general secretary KPA Majeed in party mouthpiece Chandrika and Madhyamam daily...
Owaisi, Ajmal meet Home Minister over Assam; Govt mulling CBI probe
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
ABVP member’s protest could have been more decent: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said the protest by a student organisation's member, who spat at a Delhi University professor during a campus seminar, could have been "more decent".
“The party has taken note of the protest in the Delhi University. We believe that the protest should have been more decent,” BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.
‘Messiah’ politics around Uniform Civil Code and Triple Talaq must come to an end
By Mohammed Umar for Twocircles.net
State driven acculturation of minorities is often deemed as impinging upon the civil liberties, for the reason that it chokes...
Azam says Modi met Dawood in Lahore; government terms it baseless
Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan on Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim at the residence...
Three found guilty in Kolkata Park Street gang rape case
Kolkata : Nearly nine months after her death, the Anglo-Indian woman gang-raped on Kolkata's Park Street in 2012 finally got justice on Thursday with...
Arguments of three more Delhi blasts accused over
By IANS,
New Delhi : The arguments by the defence counsel of three more of the 14 accused in the Sep 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case ended Thursday, with all contending there was no evidence to prove their guilt.
With these, the arguments for seven of the accused - all represented by lawyer M.S. Khan, are over. Those for the remaining seven will start Sep 27.
Appearing for Sadiq Sheikh, Zia ul Rehman and Qayamuddin Kapadia, Khan argued that no circumstantial evidence is available in their case.
Yogi’s minister ‘working hard’ to get a DM transferred; BJP closes its ears
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet minister Omprakash Rajbhar, who represents Zahoorabad constituency in Ghazipur district is still sulking after his demand...
Pakistani woman killed by grandchildren
By IANS,
Islamabad : A 70-year-old woman in this Pakistani capital was killed by her grandchildren when she tried to intervene in a dispute.
Musharraf picks businessman as caretaker PM
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has picked Irshad Ullah Khan, a businessman owning several gemstone mines, to head a caretaker government from Nov 15 till the formation of the new government after the election, a senior official said Monday.
"Irshad Ullah Khan will be taking oath of office of caretaker prime minister on Thursday," the official, who did not wish to be identified, told IANS.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi files nomination at Titabar
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday filed his nomination papers for the assembly elections that are to be held in two...
Hit-and-run convict Pereira sentenced to three years RI
By IANS
Mumbai : Taking a stern view of a lower court handing out a six month sentence to businessman Alistair Pereira for the deaths of seven people in a hit and run accident last year, the Bombay High Court Thursday increased his jail term to three years rigorous imprisonment.
Chief Justice Swantanter Kumar said "Pereira deserves no sympathy" and held him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.500,000 on him.
"There can be no reason for any uncalled sympathy in the case," the chief justice said.
Bombay High Court dismisses Jundal’s plea for physical court appearance
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by terror acused Sayyed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, to quash a Maharashtra government...
Mumbai: Girl Students Asked To Remove Hijab At The College Gate Introducing New Dress...
By K K Ahmed / TwoCircles.net
NG Acharya & DK Maratha College in Mumbai's Chembur area has been in the news from the last few...
Eviction of slum dwellers in Kolkata: Are Muslims being discriminated?
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Pakistan opposition to boycott polls if PPP agrees
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's opposition parties will collectively boycott the upcoming general elections if the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) also comes on board, a media report Thursday said.
"The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will boycott the Jan 8 elections and launch a movement against President Pervez Musharraf if the Pakistan People's Party takes a similar decision," Dawn said.
Iranian border with Iraqi Kurdistan reopens Saturday
By NNN-KUNA
Tehran : Iranian border with Iraqi Kurdistan will re-open beginning on Saturday, Under-Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council for Internal Affairs Muhammad Jaafari said on Saturday.
He said that the decision was made after Iraqi Kurdish officials discussed border security with Iranian officials in Tehran.
‘Make in India’ launch: By Modi, about Modi
By Prashant Sood,
New Delhi : The launch of "Make in India" campaign here was as much about the new initiative as about the man...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha
By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s President Syed Sadatullah Hussaini has condemned the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha.
In a communique...
US Death Toll at 3,879 in Iraq
Baghdad, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The US Central Command in Iraq Thursday announced the killing of one of its soldiers in the Iraqi capital, bringing the number of American servicemen killed in the Arab country since war began in March 2003 to 3,879.
In a brief release, the US military said that the killing, possibly staged by members of the resistance, occurred in west Baghdad, on Wednesday.
With the recent death, Washington has lost 35 soldiers so far this month in the Iraqi territory.
Now RaGa milk to counter NaMo tea!
By Mohit Dubey, IANS,
Gorakhpur/Lucknow : The Congress is seeking to counter NaMo chai with RaGa (Rahul Gandhi) milk.
A week after BJP's prime ministerial candidate...
Bush comes out in support of ‘indispensable’ Musharraf
By,Arun Kumar, IANS
Washington : Days after sending a "clear message" to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to lift the emergency rule, US President George W. Bush has offered his strongest support to a defiant but "indispensable" key ally.
The general "hasn't crossed the line" and "truly is somebody who believes in democracy", said Bush a day after a top US envoy returned from a failed mission to persuade Musharraf to shed his military uniform and take the democratic path.
Babri Masjid demolition anniversary: Indian Muslims to continue struggle for Justice
Statement from Association of Indian Muslims of America:
Today December 6, 2007, we the Non-resident Indian Muslims observe one of the darkest days in the sixty year sojourn of our nation's post-independence history. Starting with India's first war of independence in 1857 the multi-religious, multi-ethnic people of India struggled collectively for about a century to gain freedom from the colonial yoke. In 1947 their efforts succeeded and our nation began its tryst with destiny to find its place on the world stage.
14 साल की बच्ची का अपहरण, पुलिस को 9 दिनों में भी नहीं मिल...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
दरभंगा : बिहार राज्य के दरभंगा ज़िले के बाढ़ समैला नामक एक गांव में 14 साल की एक लड़की पिछले 9 दिनों...
Mahbubul Hoque urged AMU Alumni at Chicago to build institutes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Mahbubul Hoque, an old boy of 2000 batch of Aligarh Muslim University who has emerged as a successful young entrepreneur in the field of Education by establishing schools, colleges and university urged upon the Aligarh Alumni living in different cities of USA, Canada and other countries to build educational institutions in India and carry forward the Aligarh movement.
Manager convicted for cheating Delhi bank
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) A special judge sentenced a former chief manager of the Corporation Bank to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a forgery and cheating case and also imposed a fine of Rs.250,000 on him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked Vardgaraj Pai for forging documents and sanctioning loans to K. Vijay group of companies by fraudulent means during 1998-2000, the agency said in a statement Monday.
The loans were not repaid, resulting in a loss of Rs.100 million to the bank, the statement said.
Gujarat HC issues notice to riot accused Kodnani, Patel
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to minister of state Maya Kodnani and VHP leader Jaydeep Patel admitting an application filed by Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) for cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to them by a sessions court.
Let’s free physical fitness from religious and political agenda: Popular Front
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In the run up to the International Day of Yoga on June 21, K M Shareef, the Popular Front of...
Apex court notice to Modi on Javed Akhtar’s plea
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notices to the Gujarat government on two lawsuits, including one by film lyricist and activist Javed Akhtar, seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly plotting the killing of Ujjain youth Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausarbi.
A bench of Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice Aftab Alam issued notices to the state government also on another lawsuit by Sheikh's brother Rubabuddin Sheikh.
Muslim League Parliamentarian writes to Telangana CM demanding justice for Shiekh Hyder
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: The custodial death of poor labourer Sheikh Hyder in Nizamabad town continues to draw ire from different political parties, the recent to jump in is the Indian Union Muslim League. IUML Member of Parliament from Ponnani Kerala, ET Mohammed Basheer has shot a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao demanding stringent action against the cops involved in the custodial death.
Cow vigilantism has to stop, SC tells states
New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asserted that cow vigilantism has to stop and directed states/Union Territories to appoint district nodal officers to...
A letter to a friend who is getting married
By PA Abdullah
My Dear Friend
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah!
Indian released after 9 years in Saudi jail
By TCN News,
Kannur: Mohammed Ayoob Kannur, of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state who was in a Saudi jail, has been released from the jail. With IFF’s regular follow up, it took 4 months to complete the formalities and he was released and sent to India.
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