Islamic news website in Malyalam launched
By TCN News
Kozhikode, Kerala: The JIH Kerala has launched an online Islamic news website in Malyalaml www.islamonlive.in at the Hira Centre in Kerala on June 18, 2012.
Four accused in Kachru ragging granted bail
By IANS,
Dharamsala : A Himachal Pradesh court Saturday granted bail to all the four students who have been accused of allegedly ragging a first-year medical student leading to his death last year.
"All the four accused students were granted bail by the fast-track court of Purinder Vidya as all the eyewitnesses in the case have been examined by the court," a lawyer appearing in the case told IANS.
There were 71 witnesses in the case.
Children defy curfew, march to police stations in Jammu
By IANS,
Jammu : Children along with their parents, defied curfew in this winter capital city of Jammu and Kashmir and its adjoining areas and marched to police stations to offer themselves for arrest over the Amarnath land row.
Curfew was clamped Tuesday night on the entire Jammu city, having a population of one million people. Army has been called out to keep the situation under control.
AMU’s medical college to get expansion worth 23 crore for various departments
TCN News
Aligarh: AMU Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor has announced that the varsity’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) has got projects worth Rs 23...
CBI to treat Shabbir’s application as FIR in Sadiq jamal’s encounter case
By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net
SC clears decks for trial in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Javed Akhtar, Paresh Rawal react to lynching cases
Mumbai, (IANS): Veteran film celebrities Javed Akhtar and Paresh Rawal have condemned the lynching of a police officer in Srinagar and another incident in...
UN chief condemns deadly bomb attacks in Pakistan
By Xinhua
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Thursday the deadly bomb attacks on a convoy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the southern port city of Karachi.
The secretary-general is "shocked to hear" that the convoy of Bhutto, "who arrived in Karachi a few hours ago, was attacked by two road side bombs reportedly killing more than 100 people and injuring many more," Ban's press office said in a statement.
Maoists kill Chhattisgarh minister’s guard
By IANS
Raipur: Maoist rebels killed a police constable deployed to guard state Public Health Engineering Minister Kedar Kashyap in Chhattisgarh's insurgency hit Bastar district, police said Sunday.
At least three Maoists, attired in school uniforms, late Saturday fired at constable Khubchand Sahu at a weekly market in Mardapal village, 260 km from here, a police official said.
Sahu succumbed to the bullet injuries on the way to hospital. A woman standing near Sahu also received bullet injuries and has been admitted to a hospital in the district headquarters at Jagdalpur.
Nepali grandfather held for two-year-old’s rape
By IANS,
Kathmandu : A 46-year-old man has been arrested in western Nepal for the alleged rape of his two-year-old granddaughter, police said.
Lila Gandharva, a resident of Dorphirdi village in Tanahun district, had smuggled the two-year-old girl inside his house and kept her hidden there for five days before his neighbours came to know of it and reported him to police.
Gandharva was arrested following the complaint Wednesday, police said.
Muslim panel backs Liberhan, opposes communal violence bill
By IANS,
Lucknow: Other than not indicting former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Sunday said it saw nothing wrong with the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of the Babri mosque.
Speaking at the conclusion of a day-long meeting of the board's executive here, AIMPLB secretary general Abdul Rahim Quraishi told media persons: "We do not see the Liberhan Commission report as politically motivated. However, what the commission should not have done was giving a clean chit to former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee."
How over 7 crore Muslims, Dalits may not get to vote this year due...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Almost exactly a year ago, TwoCircles.net had reported that ahead of the state elections in Karnataka, close to 18 lakh Muslims...
Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...
Ayodhya mosque finally gets go ahead, construction to begin soon
Apart from a mosque, a library, a community kitchen and a hospital are also proposed in the mega project.
TCN Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI - The...
MHRD prepares format to monitor school-wise Aadhaar enrolment
New Delhi, (IANS): The Ministry of Human Resource Development, which made Aadhaar card mandatory for students to avail mid-day meals, has told states and...
Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula
By TCN News
The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...
Andhra churches demand 15% of minority funds
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches (APFC), an apex body of the Bishops and Heads of Churches in the state, met Chief Minister Dr K. Rosaiah on May 29 and demanded allocation of 15% of Minority Funds for the Christian community in all state welfare schemes.
Judicial directions sought for establishing winter shelters in J & K and Uttarakhand
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,
The Supreme Court on October 31 directed the governments of five northern states (UP, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh) to build sufficient number of shelter homes for homeless people ahead of the winter season.
Prabhakaran in India to recuperate from wounds?
By T.S.V. Hari, IANS
Chennai : Rumours of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo V. Prabhakaran having crossed the Palk Straits to India to recuperate from wounds sent the Tamil Nadu police into a tizzy Friday.
The state police's anti-extremist wing - the 'Q' Branch - refused to comment on the rumours that said Prabhakaran may have been seriously wounded and moved to Tamil Nadu.
There were enough indications here that the law and order machinery was pressed into service to check all hospitals across the state for persons with unexplained wounds.
Modi should not be divider, but moderniser: Newt Gingrich
By Shantanu Guha Ray,
Astana (Kazakhstan) : Newt Gingrich, an influential US politician and a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has advised Narendra...
CPI (ML) to stage dharna to protest violence in Kashmir
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: The CPI (ML) has condemned excessive use of police force to disperse protestors in Kashmir in which 14 people were killed and hundreds injured in police firing in the last 24 hours.
The party is going to organize a dharna at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar tomorrow to show its solidarity with people of Kashmir and to protest against the economic blockade and police firing.
Benazir Bhutto plans return to Pakistan on Oct 18
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Exiled former prime minister and chairperson of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto, will return to Pakistan on Oct 18, her party announced Friday.
Bhutto will land in port city Karachi, where she will pay tribute to a monument of the nation's founding father Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the PPP said at a press conference telecast live by TV channels.
Protect Article 35 A says Aiyar
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Saturday that Article 35A must remain part of...
Pakistan rejects International Crisis Group’s report
By IRNA-PPI
Islamabad : Pakistan Friday rejected a report released by International Crisis Group's (ICG), saying it is patently biased and reflects a complete lack of understanding and appreciation of the environment and ground realities in Pakistan.
Commenting on the Brussels-based NGO, ICG's report, the government spokesman regretted that sitting thousands of miles away from Pakistan and trenched in the European environment, ICG was attempting to meddle in the democratic process of Pakistan.