At least 20 killed in suicide bombing attack in N Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : At least 20 people were killed and about 30 others wounded in a suicide bombing attack at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, local police source said.
Colonel Ali Dulan, leader of the Baquba police, was among the killed, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The suicide bomber detonated explosives at about 7:00 p.m. (1500 GMT) in a gathering at the mosque in the Shifta district where people were breaking the daily fast, the source said.
CPI-M announces 24 Lok Sabha candidates
New Delhi : The CPI-M Sunday announced the names of 24 candidates who will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election from 13 states and...
Bhutto’s assassination is ‘appalling’, says Sri Lanka
By P.K. Balachandran, IANS
Colombo : Sri Lanka Thursday described the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto as an "appalling crime" which it said should be "condemned in absolute terms".
"The assassination illustrates the need for the countries of the region to get together to combat the vicious menace of terrorism," Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona told IANS Thursday.
Lal Masjid blast: Toll rises to 15
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Another victim of Friday's suicide blast at a marketplace near the Lal Masjid here succumbed to his injuries Saturday, raising the toll to 15, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
APP quoted hospital sources as saying that a 22-year old policeman died at a hospital here early Saturday.
Eight policemen have died in the suicide attack, which apparently targeted police personnel, according to officials.
Over 60 were injured in the blast that also damaged several shops in a busy market.
Islamabad : Another victim of Friday's suicide blast at a marketplace near the Lal Masjid here succumbed to his injuries Saturday, raising the toll to 15, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
APP quoted hospital sources as saying that a 22-year old policeman died at a hospital here early Saturday.
Eight policemen have died in the suicide attack, which apparently targeted police personnel, according to officials.
Over 60 were injured in the blast that also damaged several shops in a busy market.
Innovative eco-friendly paper bag by Nanital based NGO Pahal wins applause
By M. Reyaz, TwoCirlces.net,
Post Paris – Let some of us stand apart
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,
The unfortunate attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine of Paris in January 2015 has brought to the fore a man-made cataclysm that has been threatening to shape up in the world for over two decades blatantly defying the existential necessity of 'maintaining an inter-community relationship balance' that's needed for the welfare of humanity and everything else in the multiverse. Like a clap it needs two hands.
Odd-even Day 4: No major hassles on first working day
New Delhi : Contrary to apprehensions, Delhi's odd-even vehicle scheme aimed at battling pollution did not lead to the feared problems on Monday, the...
Ansari, Ahmed can’t walk free – Rampur blast case remains
By IANS,
Mumbai : They may have been acquitted in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case, but Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, the two Indians who had been accused along with Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab, have to fight other legal battles before they walk free.
The two suspected operatives - Ansari from Goregaon in Mumbai and Ahmed from Madhubani in Bihar - of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were Monday acquitted by a special court in Mumbai that was hearing the 26/11 terror attack case.
What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?
By Shamsul Islam
While speaking at RSS headquarter, Resham Bagh, Nagpur in the 3rd week of March Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief declared: “Now...
Qatar boat capsize: Keralites also among victims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kochi: Keralites have also been identified among the victims of the boat capsize off Doha coast. The family of Moidunny Kutty (52), resident of Malappuram, has been informed of his demise.
The boat ‘Damas Victory’ capsized off the coast of Doha in Qatar on Tuesday (June 30). There were 19 Indians among the 30 people on board at the time of sinking. The vessel has been taken out and three more bodies recovered by the rescue workers who are trying to remove more bodies.
Networking the Millat: a one-man crusade
By Nigar Ataulla
“ Networking�…. We have all heard this umpteen times at seminars and forums. The Muslim community has many scattered links that need to be tied up. How common it is to find Muslims running from pillar to post to reach out to each other. A database of Muslim organizations, journalists, social workers or for that matter educational institutions had always been a dream of sorts. But not anymore!
Nine acquitted in 1993 Hyderabad blasts
By IANS
Hyderabad : A local court Friday acquitted nine of the 10 accused in the bomb blasts that rocked the Andhra Pradesh capital in 1993.
Islamic Da’wah centre organizes 3rd “Reverts’ Get-Together”
By Manzar Imam, TwoCircles.net,
SP parliamentary board sets aside merger with Ansari’s party
Lucknow : Bowing to the wishes of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday took a u-turn on the...
Musharraf warns trouble-makers
Rawalpindi, Dec 29, IRNA , President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said miscreants and anti-social elements cannot be allowed to damage lives and property of the common man in the guise of protest as the entire nation is mourning the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in the city of Rosalinda after she addressed a huge election rally.
Hundreds of vehicles, patrol stations, railway tracks and shops were burnt or damaged across the country over the last two days in protest against the assassination of the two-time prime minister.
Militant, soldier killed in Kashmir encounter
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : An unidentified militant and a solider were killed and two others jawans wounded in a fierce encounter at Kangan area of Ganderbal district
Giving details of the encounter an official spokesman told News Agency of Kashmir that an operation was launched by Ganderbal Police and 24 RR at Barwal Thune on receiving a specific information regarding presence of militants in the area.
Pakistan court orders Lakhvi’s release; outraged India summons envoy
Islamabad/New Delhi : The Islamabad High Court on Friday declared the detention orders of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai...
Batla House encounter: what are Muslim youths in Azamgarh thinking?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Muslim youths in Azamgarh are terrified thanks to the Batla House encounter where two Azmi youths were killed and indiscriminate picking of many others from Delhi and Azamgarh itself. They think they were targeted as part of conspiracy.
Mohd. Sarfaraz, president of Students Union, Shibli College
Soldiers run amok in Assam village, try to rape minors
By Waliullah Ahmed Laskar for TwoCircles.net,
Peshawar attack: Pakistanis overwhelmed with India’s solidarity
New Delhi : For the past two days, Indians have been constantly communicating with Pakistanis through Twitter condemning the Peshawar attack and showing solidarity...
Abu Salem, Karimullah Khan get life, Merchant given death in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
Mumbai, (IANS): A Special TADA Court on Thursday awarded life sentence to prime accused Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan, while awarding death sentence to M....
Security Threats Loom Large: Militant Attacks Cast Shadow Over Jammu and Kashmir’s Assembly Elections?
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: More than a decade since Jammu and Kashmir regained the right to elect its own government, a wave of militant attacks in...
UN in Pakistan urges government to reinstate moratorium on death penalty
By Aslam Chandio, TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: The United Nations in Pakistan has expressed deep concern at the increasing number and pace of executions in the country since December 2014, and at the government’s recent announcement that it has now withdrawn its moratorium on the death penalty for all cases, not only those related to terrorism.
Close to Taj, a different monument of love
By Brij Khandelwal, IANS
Agra : Just 500 metres from the Taj Mahal, there's another monument of love in this city that very few people know about - one that has changed the life of many a leprosy patient in India.
The Japanese-founded Jalma Centre for Leprosy Treatment, being run by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has completed more than four decades of service, treating hundreds of thousands of leprosy affected who are traditionally ostracised in India.
Centre nods for caste in census
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Central Government has now agreed to include caste in the census with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday informing the Lok Sabha that the Union Cabinet will endorse the move shortly.
Replying to the issue raised by yadav heavyweights including Lalu, Mulayam and Sharad during the Zero Hour on the last day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Mukherjee said all parties are agreed on the inclusion of caste in the census and there should not be any apprehension about it.
Non-Muslim racket hoodwinking Muslim girls into flesh trade debunked
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Nanded : Some Non-Muslim youths from Haryana disguised as Muslims, who, for the last two years, had been running a racket of hoodwinking poor Muslims into marrying off their daughters with them and taking those girls with them to Haryana and Rajasthan for flesh trade and later selling them in metros like Delhi, have been arrested here, reports Urdu daily Inquilab Thursday.
Hindu monks exhibit mystical powers at Kamakhya
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANSÂ
Guwahati : One stands on a leg for hours while another buries his head in a pit while doing a headstand... thousands of Hindu seers from across the Indian subcontinent are showing their psychic powers at a religious festival that opened here Friday.
Anna, Kejriwal part of RSS plan to eliminate Congress: Digvijay
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Sunday said the RSS supported anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for its...
Dr. Ibrahim Ali Junaid healing his own terror tag
This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored by Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC).
Doctors treating injured at Valley hospitals work tirelessly, beyond shifts
By Ruwa Shah
Srinagar : They have proved to be the unsung heroes: doctors in various hospitals of the Kashmir Valley have been working day...
Rice not to visit Middle East before peace conference
By Xinhua
Washington : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will not travel to the Middle East region before the upcoming Middle East peace conference due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday.
"I wouldn't anticipate that she's going to be going on any foreign travel between now and Annapolis," McCormack said.
Mohammad Ibrahim Ansari was an icon for Bhiwandi
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Bhiwandi (Maharashtra): Mohammad Ibrahim Ansari, a renowned social activist and an esteemed personality of the city, died of heart attack last Friday, and with him buried an era of selfless social service. He was 74.
Man arrested for killing panther in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS
Bhopal : A man has been arrested for killing a panther in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, forest department officials said Monday.
The leopard had gone to drink water at a dam bordering Damoh district, about 100 km from Panna district headquarters, when it was shot dead.
"The body was first sighted by a forest guard Friday night on whose information the department staff reached the spot Saturday and seized it. The post mortem examination suggested death from gunshot injuries. A pellet was also removed from the body of the panther," a forest department official said.
ममता बनर्जी भी अब महागठबंधन के साथ…
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
पटना : बिहार चुनाव में महागठबंधन की ताक़त दिनों-रात बढ़ती ही जा रही है. दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल के बाद...
Lawyers arrested in Anantnag in priest suicide cases, released on Bail
By News Agency of Kashmir
Anantnag: Two advocates arrested by the police after the suicide of a Mahant of a local tample were bailed out by the court, here today.
Sources revealed that Advocate PN Goja and Advocate Charnjeet Dhar alongwith three other members of Nagpal Prabandhak Committee members were taken into custody after Mahant Sukh Ram of Sherbagh Temple committed suicide by setting himself on fire.
Yasir murder case: HC orders life imprisonment for six accused
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The Kerala High Court,on Thursday, ordered life imprisonment for six accused in the murder of Yasir. The accused have also been fined for Rs 25,000 each. The judgement of the division bench of the High Court has scrapped the order of the Manjeri sessions court in 2005 by which all the accused were acquitted for lack of evidence. Yasir, native of Tirur, was murdered in 1998.
US captures suspected pirates after attack
By DPA,
Washington : The US Navy captured six suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden Saturday off the coast of Djibouti, the military said.
The men fired on the USS Ashland, which was on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Aden, the Navy said. The ship returned fire on the skiff, which then caught on fire, prompting the alleged pirates to abandon ship. The men were then taken on board the Ashland, where they received medical treatment.
WB police delay submission of report; 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to stay in...
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Bangaon: Thanks to negligence of over 10 months by West Bengal police, an 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to remain at the juvenile home in West Bengal even as her mother is running from pillar to post to seek her release.
Bangladesh tough against drugs, human trafficking: Official
Agartala : Bangladesh strongly follows a 'zero tolerance' policy against the drug menace, human trafficking and other border crimes, the country's home secretary Mohammad...
Andhra offers cop’s job to informer in murder case
By IANS
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday night promised to appoint as police officer anybody providing information on the murderer of a girl student following growing criticism over its failure to crack the two-month-old case.
The state government announced a reward of Rs.500,000 to the person providing information leading to the arrest of the killer and also promised to appoint him as sub-inspector, provided he meets certain conditions.
Hariri tribunal comes into force
By Xinhua
Beirut : An international court to try those suspected to be involved in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik Hariri has come into force.
Paswan for CBI probe into Orissa violence
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said he would lead a delegation of eminent persons from all minority communities to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon to demand a CBI probe into the recent incidents in Orissa.
The minister, after meeting a delegation of prominent Christian leaders, on Saturday described the violence against the community members as an attack on the basic tenets of the constitution and demanded that leaders of "terror" should be arrested without any further delay.
Police officer probing madrassa scam shot dead
Lucknow : A police sub-inspector probing a madrassa scam was shot dead in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.
Sukhbeer was posted...
Muslim reservation conference demands OBC status in Maharashtra
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Ambulance driver attacked by CRPF; still manages to take patients for treatment
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: As the Kashmir unrest continues, it seems the brutalities of the Indian security forces have only worsened with...
Kashmir sarpanch lied about being shot: Police
By IANS,
Srinagar : In an interesting twist to a local sarpanch's allegations that separatist gunmen had shot him, police sources Friday said he had lied about being shot.
AMU student activist attacked
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aligarh: A student activist of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was attacked inside the University campus by alleged anti-social elements in...
Turkish premier warns of attack against Kurdish rebels in Iraq
By NNN-KUNA
London : Turkey will launch military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq despite frantic appeals for restraint from the US and NATO, its prime minister told The Times newspaper Monday.
Speaking hours before the PKK, the Kurdish Workers Party, killed at least 17 more Turkish soldiers Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey had urged the US and Iraqi governments repeatedly to expel the separatists, but they had done nothing.
UP CM calls for modernization of madarsas
Lucknow (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called for modernization of the Madarsas' imparting education to children of the minority community.
Inaugurating...
Fake medicine factory busted in Orissa
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : A spurious medicine manufacturing unit was busted in Orissa's Bolangir district and fake drugs worth over Rs.20 million were seized, police said Saturday.
A police team raided a factory owned by Sankarlal Agarwal at Kantabanji town, over 400 km from here, late Friday and seized the fake drugs, district police chief Himansu Kumar Lal who led the team, told IANS.
Agarwal confessed that he supplied the fake medicines to the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, apart from places in Orissa, he said.
Advani did nothing to stop Babri demolition, says PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Hitting out at the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said L.K. Advani was present at the time of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 but did nothing to stop its destruction.
"What is the record of Advaniji? He was present at the time when Babri Masjid was demolished. If he was a strong leader, he would have staked his reputation in preventing the carnage," Manmohan Singh said in an interaction with the Indian Women's Press Corps at the Taj Palace Hotel here.
‘Cooperation key to Success for Muslim businessmen’
By SM Fasiullah for TwoCirlce.net,
Cornered LTTE’s defences crumbling faster: Lankan army chief
By IANS,
Colombo : Sri Lankan troops marching towards the Tamil Tigers' last bastions in the north have cornered the rebels in the jungle district of Mullaitivu and their defences were crumbling faster despite heavy resistance, the army chief has said.
Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka told reporters late Saturday that the advancing troops were making "rapid progress and have captured 17 km during the past 17 days towards Mullaitivu" where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were maintaining their strong buildups.
Propaganda against PDP proved baseless: Abdunnasir Ma’dani
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The propaganda that the LDF had lost the general elections due to sharing stage with the PDP has been proved baseless by the by-elections, said Abdunnasir Ma’dani, chairman of the People’s Democratic Party. The leaders of the LDF failed in the by-elections even though the PDP had not shared stage or even campaigned for the candidates. The leaders including those of the CPI should think about the matter seriously, he said.
If Modi wins in Gujarat…
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi
No person seems to have dominated Gujarat politics as much as Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the last one decade. In case he wins this 2007 election, where fifty-fifty chances appear after the voting on 11 and 16 December, what will be the ‘Modis’ effect on national politics viz-a-viz BJP and if he fails, how the Congress and BJP will turnaround their politicking in India; a debate every political analyst and media portal is genuinely trying to explore.
No pre-poll alliance with Congress, clears Ajmal of AIUDF
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal said that his party will not form any alliance with...
Rivers swell in Kashmir Valley after rains
By IANS,
Srinagar : Incessant rains have left the Kashmir Valley's rivers and streams swollen, prompting authorities to issue a flood alert for Friday.
"There will be rain and thundershowers across the valley in the next 12 hours. The weather will only show signs of improvement by tomorrow (Saturday) evening," said an official of the weather office here.
"The minimum temperature in the valley will stay around 13 degrees Celsius during the next 24 hours," the official added.
JNU students to continue protest despite new barrier
New Delhi : The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Monday called the university administration's decision to set up grills at the protest site on...
Thokk Do: Five years of Encounter-Raj in Uttar Pradesh
The staggering number of 'encounters' in Uttar Pradesh during chief minister Yogi Adityanath's term only make true his 2017 statement—a rather undeclared policy of...
Former Malaysian Deputy PM named Chairman of world’s largest listed oil palm firm
By NNN-Bernama
Kuala Lumpur : Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam has been appointed chairman of Synergy Drive Berhad, the company set to become the world's largest listed oil palm plantation company.
The company, being formed through a 31 billion Malaysian Ringgit (about 9.1 billion USD) merger of three major listed plantation companies majority owned by the government, Sunday named six new directors, including Dr Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, the former chairman of PNB Berhad, the national asset management company, as deputy chairman.
From angry young man to angry father: Vinod Khanna’s cinematic voyage
By Vikas Datta
New Delhi, (IANS): He came into prominence playing an angry young man in a 1970s classic and one of his last major...
Ashish Khetan sends letter petition to CJ of Bombay HC on framing of innocent...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Farmer’s daughter Tasleem Fatima grabs third spot in Telangana IPE exam
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: The modest house of Mohammed Samad in Murtazaguda area of Rangareddy district has been flooded with people visiting him...
Markazul Ma’arif conducts convocation and elocution competition
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Markazul Ma’arif Education & Research Centre (MMERC), the unique institution that teaches English language and modern communication skill to fresh madrassa...
In the office of Kolom, a Kolkata-based newspaper, Hindus join Muslims for Iftar
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Over the last two years, starting from the inhuman killing of Akhlaq to the recent lynching of Pehlu Khan in...
Landmine defused near Amarnath pilgrimage route
By IANS,
Srinagar : Security forces Monday defused a powerful landmine close to the Srinagar-Baltal route taken by pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.
The landmine had been placed under a bridge near the national highway in Wussan village, about 30 km from here.
The highway is being used extensively by devotees of Hindu god Shiva who are on an annual two-month pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, which began Wednesday.
Islamic Jihad: our home-made rockets became similar to Katyusha
By Xinhua
Gaza : A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad's military wing said on Monday his brigades have developed home-made rockets similar to the range of the Russian-made Katyusha.
The spokesman, who identified himself as Abu Ahmad, added that the rocket can be fired to a distance of 22 kilometers "and can hit the far north of Ashkelon city if Israel invaded Gaza Strip."
Israel threatens to unleash a large-scale offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip following the increase of rocket-fire on the southern communities of Israel.
Blasts aim to create religious hatred : CIM
By TwoCircles.net news desk
British Indian Muslims have strongly condemned the inhuman series of blasts in Indian cities of Ahmadabad and Bangalore. “No one with the slightest human feelings will ever stoop so low to take innocent lives like this. The perpetrators are worse than animals, devoid of conscience and human values.” Chairman of Council of Indian Muslims—UK (CIM), Munaf Zeena said in a statement issued today.
US-based organization distributes ‘Ramadan ration’ among widows, Rohingya refugees in Jammu
By TCN News
Jammu: US-based organisation Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC) conducted a two-day ‘Ramadan Ration Program’ among 300 poor and...
Bangladesh police refuses to register case against JI leaders
By NNN-PTI
Dhaka : Bangladesh police has refused to register a sedition case against three top leaders of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, accused of opposing the 1971 Liberation War, despite a court order, saying it had not received the mandatory government sanction.
"Sanction of the government is required prior to register a sedition case. But we did not get the sanction yet," the officer-in-charge (OC) of Tejgaon police station Lutfur Rahman told court a day after a magistrate ordered the police to file a case and launch an investigation against the three.
Sushma Swaraj’s remarks dig the secular foundation of the country: IUML MP
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Apropos External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s remarks demanding Bhagwad Gita be declared as national scripture, ET Muhammad Basheer, MP from...
Varun Gandhi’s views surprise cousin Rahul
By IANS
Puducherry: Stating that he doesn't "carry hate and anger", Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was "surprised" by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches.
"I am surprised by his views. Life is full of surprises," Rahul Gandhi said at a press conference here.
He said Varun Gandhi's speeches were his "personal views".
If I die on hunger strike, book jail authorities for provoking me to commit...
Zabiuddin continue to refuse food for over 50 days protesting against his 33 months long solitary confinement by Mumbai Central Prison
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai:...
BJP to woo Dalits, farmers; Modi urges workers to focus on development
New Delhi : The two-day BJP national executive meeting concluded here on Sunday with the ruling party drawing up a roadmap on making development...
Delhi Police seeks Rasheed’s custody
By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi Police's crime branch has sought the custody of travel agent Rasheed, accused of smuggling Indians abroad in a scam that allegedly involves several MPs and Andhra Pradesh politicians.
An Open Letter to Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut
By Mohammad Haider Talat,
Dear Sanjay Raut,
This is with reference to your article (dated April 12, 2015) in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ of which...
Speeding truck crushes five to death in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur: A speeding truck crushed to death five men returning on foot from a religious function in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district early Monday, police said.
Eight people were injured in the accident that took place in Surguja district's Bhittikala village, about 380 km from here.
"Some 35 people were returning to their homes in the early hours Monday on foot after attending an overnight Hindu religious function when a truck crushed them on a state highway. Four were killed on the spot while one person succumbed to his injuries in hospital," police said.
Auditorium in memory of Dr. Anwar un Nisa
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Renowned scholar and intellectual Moulana Syed Salman Hussain Nadvi, Dean of Nadwat-ul-Ulema (Lucknow) inaugurated the ‘Anwar unnisa Memorial Auditorium’ at Azaan International School, Tolichowki. The auditorium has been christened after the name of Hyderabad’s renowned personality Dr. Anwar un Nisa.
Bhagwat said Everyone born in India is Hindu
Baitul (Madhya Pradesh), (IANS) : In a remark likely to court controversy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said every person born in India...
11 killed in Imphal bomb blast
By IANS,
Imphal : At least 11 people were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured as a powerful bomb exploded near a high-security zone in this Manipur capital Tuesday evening, police said.
The blast took place at about 7.30 p.m. near the zone which houses a police commando training centre, police said, adding that most of the victims were civilians.
No outfit immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. The nature of the explosion was being investigated, police officials said.
NDA government has failed to contain terrorism: Raj Babbar
Lucknow : The NDA government at the centre has failed to contain terrorism, Congress Rajya Sabha member Raj Babbar said on Tuesday.
Speaking to party...
Ghulam Nabi Azad files papers for Udhampur seat
Jammu : Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief Minister...
Shiv Sena sacks partymen over ink attack on RTI activist
Latur (Maharashtra): In a damage control exercise, the Shiv Sena on Saturday condemned the attack and blackening the face of RTI activist Mallikarjun Bhaikatti...
Appointment of Syed Rafat Alam as chief justice of Allahabad HC challenged
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Bhopal panel moots enhanced relief package, Anderson’s extradition
By IANS,
New Delhi: The ministerial panel on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has recommended that the government press for former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson's extradition from the US and set aside Rs.1,500 crore as relief package for those affected by the world's worst industrial disaster.
11 killed as high-voltage wire fall on mob in Assam
Guwahati : At least 11 people were killed and over a dozen injured when a high-voltage electric wire fell on a mob at Pengeree...
Peace shattered in Hyderabad by violent communal clashes
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Indian Americans express shock over church attack in Chhattisgarh; demand justice for victims
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) , a US based advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant...
Upset Mufti bashes Zargar, Qara for raising demilitarization issue with PM
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Upset over the snubbing of his party ministers, Muhammad Aziz Zargar and Tariq Hameed Qara by Prime Minsiter Dr. Manmohan Singh at Raj Bhawan over the issue of demilitarization, Peoples Democratic Party Chief Patron Mufti Sayeed
has reportedly ragged up the duo for acting against the party mandate.
Suspected Babbar Khalsa terrorist arrested in Haryana
By IANS,
Mohali (Punjab): A suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) was arrested from Haryana's Ambala district, police said Sunday.
Avtar Singh was arrested from the Materi village of Ambala district, about 40 km from here, by a special team from Zirakpur Saturday night and brought here Sunday, according to police.
Next month’s polls will lead to Manmohan-Advani face-off
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The next round of assembly elections in five states, and also possibly in Jammu and Kashmir, will be of high importance for all the political parties for they will set the tone for next year's general election.
Whichever of the two major protagonists - the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - emerges victorious in most of the states will have the advantage of stitching up the alliance led by it. The loser, on the other hand, may find that some of its allies and would-be allies are drifting away from it.
Amjad Ali Khan seeks protection of national monuments
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan wants new rules framed to protect India's top national monuments like the Taj Mahal and prevent another sad episode like the Babri Masjid demolition.
Describing the 1992 demolition of the 16th century structure as "a blot on India's fair name", he said as the nation celebrates 60 years of independence one should dispassionately analyse the gains and losses and also mourn what has been lost.
Dhule riots toll climbs to five
By IANS,
Dhule (Maharashtra) : The death toll in communal violence here in Maharashtra rose to five Tuesday with another person wounded in police firing succumbing to injuries, police said.
Israeli ground troops in southern Gaza, one killed
By DPA
Tel Aviv : Israeli ground troops crossed into the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday morning, almost two weeks after militants from the area attacked the Israeli side of the nearby Kissufum crossing.
Muslim tenants facing rejection from Hindu landlords in Delhi
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Is being a Muslim itself a cause of suspicion? Yes, at least in Delhi where Muslims are suspected not only by the police but also a majority of the majority community. The case becomes crystal clear when it comes to renting flats in the city where Muslim ruled for about 1,000 years.
A flawed definition of secularism lies behind the Ayodhya verdict
By Rohini Hensman
Whose Faith and Belief?
A new Darul Uloom trains women qazis
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan on Monday announced the formation of Darul Uloom Niswaan, a centre for Islamic learning and theology...
Musharraf strongly condemns Charsada suicide bombing, vows to eliminate extremists, terrorists
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Friday strongly condemned the dastardly act of terrorism in Charsada during the Eid prayers that killed scores of people and injured dozens, in strongest terms.
The President said no Muslim could even think of committing such a heinous crime that takes the lives of a large number of innocent faithful, who had gathered to say their Eid prayers.
One killed in landslide in Jammu region
Jammu: One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district Monday,...
Four stduents from Aliah University win award at European competition
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Four students from Department of English, Aliah University in Kolkata have bagged the second position in an International ‘Creative Writing...
221 Indians died during Hajj 2007
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Jeddah: 221 Indians died during Hajj of this year (1428 Islamic Hijri calendar) according Suhel Ajaz Khan, the consul for Hajj on Indian Consulate in Jeddah.
Most of these death were natural causes such as heart attack, six died in road accidents. Website of Jeddah’s Indian consulate list 144 names.
India sent 157,000 hajis of which 110,000 went through the Hajj Committee of India. 86 Indians are in Hospital being treated for various ailments.
Kalam rests his dream 2020 on national performance
By Sanjay Sharma, IANS
Bhopal : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tuesday stressed on the need to implement the National Performance Index (NPI) for achieving the dream of seeing India a developed nation by 2020.
Inaugurating a three-day management festival, Odyssey-2007, at the Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Kalam said that the major problems before the country were poverty, increasing population, lack of education, unemployment and slow pace of development.
Abu Salem to stay in police custody till June 1
By IANS
New Delhi : Alleged mobster Abu Salem, the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, would stay in Delhi Police custody till June 1 as it is probing a third case of extortion registered against him here, a local court ruled Monday.
Kozhikode Twin blasts: Haleem again sent to police custody
TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: Abdul Haleem, arrested by the police in connection with the twin blasts in Kozhikode in 2006, has again been sent to police custody. The Judicial First Class Magisterate Court took the decision, taking into account the appeal of the Crime Branch that he was needed for detailed probe. The court also ruled that the accused should be presented back in court in the morning of 29th August after collection of evidences.
Pakistan government starts closing shops selling dish antennas
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad(IANS) : In an unprecedented move, the Pakistan government has started cracking down on shops selling dish antennas and digital receivers after information-starved people started queuing up following the diktat ordering news channels off the air.
"Five shops in nearby Rawalpindi have been closed for selling dish antennas and digital receivers," a shop owner in Islamabad told IANS.
He said he had also closed his shop fearing "permanent" closure by the authorities.
Am a loyal Indian, do not need certificate from anyone: Owaisi
Lucknow : AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that he is a kloyal Indian and does not need a certificate of nationalism and...
Ramadan 1437: Azeez ul-Haq
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“My father didn’t let me return after Indira Gandhi’s assassination”, Azeez ul-Haq talks about the time he spent in Delhi. He...
Court may drop TADA charges against Tunda
New Delhi: A court here Thursday said charges filed against Lashkar-e-Taiba's bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda under a stringent law over a 1994 case...
Azamgarh man giving respect to life in death
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent
Azamgarh: Long back, to be precise 7th September, 1998, a Hindi daily “Aaj” carried a report entitled “This is how unclaimed dead bodies are disposed”. The report showed through a photograph as to how two persons were throwing shrouded dead bodies, brought in a rickshaw, in river Tons from the bridge. Compared to this callous attitude of administration the report extolled virtuous work of Irfan Ahmad, a member of Muslim Relief Committee, Azamgarh.
Hyderabad students’ bail plea not opposed
Hyderabad : A court on Monday was set to pronounce orders on bail petitions of 25 students and two faculty members of University of...
Hindus to lead Muharram procession in riot-hit Trilokpuri
New Delhi : Days after being hit by communal riots, Delhi's Trilokpuri is preparing to set an example in communal amity as 30 Hindu...
Delhi Police seek Abu Salem’s trial
By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi Police Thursday filed a charge sheet against extradited mobster Abu salem, seeking his trial for attempting to extort Rs.50 million from a Delhi businessman through an extortion syndicate he ran here from Dubai in 2002.
In its charge sheet filed in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur, police said they had gathered enough evidence to prove that Salem tired to extort Rs.50 million from south Delhi-based contractor Ashok Gupta through his henchmen here.
Rajnath declines comment on Shiv Sena’s Muslim vote remark
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday refused to comment on ally Shiv Sena's demand that voting rights of Muslims should be...
BJP fooling liberals? Waqf, Urdu promotion missing in Hindi version
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is at double speak yet again. Hindi version of the BJP manifesto doesn't mention Urdu Promotion and removing encroachments from Wakf properties.
Thirty injured in Pakistan mosque stampede
By DPA
Islamabad : Around 30 people were injured during a stampede by devotees offering prayers with a prominent Saudi cleric at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Lahore, news reports said Thursday.
Old Delhi gears up for month of fasting and feasting
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : As the sun went down behind the majestic dome of Delhi's Jama Masjid, the lights came on, illuminating...
“On Dec 29, we were only Muslims to them,” Dorana residents in MP recount...
By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Dorana, a village located in Daloda Tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh, is a predominantly Hindu village - comprising of...
यह ‘एक्शन’ मुज़फ्फ़रनगर में होता, तो मुरथल न होता!
Dr. Nadeem Zafar Jilani for TwoCircles.net
मुरथल
चीखें तो नरोदा-पाटिया,
मुज़फ्फरनगर से भी आई थीं,
मगर तुम्हें सुनाई नहीं दीं शायद,
कि वहाँ सरे आम लुटने वाली,
बेबस, मजबूर...
Omar visits injured legislator in hospital
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday visited a government hospital here to enquire about the health of injured opposition...
Post-Sachar Andhra: An assessment
By Mohd Ismail Khan, Twocircles.net,
(Third part of the series)
Sharif’s UN speech a monumental error of judgement
By Hardeep S. Puri
Absent good advice, democratically-elected leaders are capable of making serious mistakes which have far-reaching repercussions on the future of their...
Accused of abuse, Catholic priest asked to return to US
By IANS,
Chennai/New Delhi: The Archbishop of Madras Rev Fr M.Chinnappa has asked Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul - accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in America - to return to the US and face the sexual assault case filed against him.
According to Chinnappa, he has spoken to the Bishop of Ootacamund (Ooty), around 535 km from here, where Jeyapaul is at present posted.
Chinnappa said Jeyapaul has to comply with the demands.
Kerala armed robbery suspect held in West Bengal
By IANS
Thrissur (Kerala) : A suspect in an armed robbery and a shootout at a gold ornament manufacturing unit here was arrested in West Bengal and was brought here Wednesday.
Dipu, 22, alias Muhammed Shanawaz was arrested at Rishra, 32 km from Kolkata, according to police.
"He was brought by train here today (Wednesday)," said Sub-Inspector P.R. Bijoy of the Thrissur East police station.
Iraqi President says Government authority will not wane
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : Iraqi President Jalal Al-Talabani has denied American reports that the government of Nouri Al-Maliki was embroiled in serious difficulties that cast doubts on its credibility and legitimacy.
Health camps of US doctors for poor patients in Hyderabad
After Hyderabad ‘2015 Health India Initiative’ will now move to neighbouring Karnataka where it will hold similar health camps in Bijapur from February 1 to 6, and Bangarpet from February 8 to 12.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: 6th India Health Initiative of Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) attracted thousands of poor patients who benefited with medical care in their own localities.
Nine abducted Pakistani officials released
By DPA
Islamabad : Nine government officials abducted by suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan were freed Wednesday after five days in captivity, media reports said.
Syrian PM sees no peace before Israel quits Golan Heights
Amman, December 30, SPA -- Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Al-Otari warned Saturday that peace would not materialize in the Middle East before Israel withdrew from the Golan Heights and the other Arab territories it occupied in the 1967 six-day war.
"The region and its peoples will not enjoy peace unless it provides for the return of the entirety of the Golan Heights until the June 4, 1967 borders," Al-Otari said during the opening meeting of the Joint Higher Jordanian-Syrian Commission.