SDPI’s Akram Hassan, promising change in Mangalore
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,
Decision on new administrative units has shaken PDP: Omar
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday that the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been shaken by his...
AAP’s door-to-door campaigning won voters’ hearts
New Delhi : It was the AAP's door-to-door campaigning, along with a slew of innovative measures like flash mobs that helped the over two-year-old...
‘Lashkar ready to shun arms if Kashmir resolved peacefully’
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group, blamed for the Nov 26 Mumbai attacks, has said it was ready to shun arms if the Kashmir issue was resolved peacefully.
In a statement issued to the media here late Saturday, Abdullah Gaznavi, the spokesman of the outfit said: “If the world listens to our cries, and plays its role in resolving the Kashmir issue, there is no point continuing the fight."
In an apparent reference to the Al Qaida terror network, the LeT spokesman said the group had no association or relationship with guerrilla groups operating globally.
Five held for molesting woman on train
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Five men were arrested here Sunday for molesting a woman on Ranikhet Express train, officials said.
Babita boarded the general compartment of the train at the New Delhi railway station along with her husband and two children late Saturday night to go to Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
Five men, said to be drunk, also boarded the train and sat opposite the woman, an official of the General Railway Police (GRP) said.
Liberhan report tabled in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report was tabled in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram tabled the report at 12 noon.
The decision to table the report was taken following an emergency meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. The meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Include expatriates in Census: PFI
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kozhikode: All expatriates should be included in the census of population, demanded the Popular Front of India. The list of houses and the National Population Register (NPR) will be made this year and collecting details from every house will take place in February 2011. The NPR is the base for Unified Identity Card (UID) which is an indirect method of proving citizenship. The current situation is that the expatriates who left the country to make a living are risking their very citizenships.
Modi faces opposition flak over bid to ‘replace’ Gandhi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came under intense criticism from the opposition over his picture "replacing" Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017...
Khaleda’s political secretary sentenced for graft case
By Xinhua
Dhaka : Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia's political secretary Harris Chowdhury was sentenced to three-year imprisonment by a special court in a graft case Monday.
Court allows only prayers at Hubli Idgah Maidan
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the Muslim community to hold mass prayers twice a year in the Idgah Maidan in Hubli in Karnataka, but ruled out allowing the construction of any structure there by the community.
A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundkam Sharma gave the ruling, upholding the June 1992 verdict of the Karnataka High Court.
The high court, upholding the lower court's ruling, had said the Idgah Maidan was not the exclusive property of the Anjuman-e-Islam but belonged to what was by then the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation.
Former Kerala minister gets bail in molestation case
By IANS,
Chennai : Former Kerala minister P.J. Joseph, accused of molesting a television anchor, was Saturday granted bail by a judicial magistrate here.
Actress and TV anchor Lakshmi Gopakumar accused Joseph of molesting her on board a flight from Kochi to Chennai in 2006. In October 2006, the Tamil Nadu police registered a case under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1988, against him.
Joseph is the chairman of Kerala-Congress (Joseph) and an ally of the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala.
Centre not to extend ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi (IANS): The Centre on Sunday decided not to extend the suspension of anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir as announced in the...
Hamas warns of sabotage if Gaza pilgrims remain stranded in Egypt
By Xinhua
Gaza : Hamas on Monday threatened to make trouble on southern Gaza Strip borders with Egypt if Cairo continued to delay Palestinian pilgrims from returning home via the Gaza-Egyptian border.
"Egypt can alone make a decision to open Rafah crossing," said Ismail al-Ashqar, a Hamas lawmaker, referring to the only crossing in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip that allows Palestinians there to go from and to the outside world bypassing Israel.
Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 17
Jammu : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir for a day on July 17, officials said on...
Men against violence-1: Learn masculinity from Mahatma Gandhi?
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Dhaka : "Women have raised their voices against gender-based violence. They have fought for policies and laws. But now it is high time that women's movement should engage men. There are enormous challenges to counter violence against women. Without involving men, it is not possible to prevent gender based violence."
‘State wants to control media’: Journalists in Kashmir brace for worse
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The Union Territory administration seems to have started a “war” against the Journalists working in the valley as coronavirus...
Curfew in Guwahati as five killed in mob violence
By IANS
Guwahati : An indefinite curfew was clamped in Assam's main city of Guwahati Saturday after five people were killed and more than 130 wounded, 30 of them critically, in a mob attack on tribal protesters.
Trouble began when about 10,000 Adivasi or tribal people, backed by the All Assam Adivasi Students' Association (AAASA), took out a protest march through the city streets demanding scheduled tribe status.
Additional forces rush to violence-hit Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam : Additional police and paramilitary forces were rushed to coastal Andhra Pradesh on Monday, a day after large-scale violence rocked Tuni town in...
Prof. Mohd. Miyan new Vice-Chancellor of MANUU
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Prof. Mohammad Miyan has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. He will be the 3rd Vice-Chancellor of the University and will assume his new responsibility tomorrow on 14th May 2010.
President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil in her capacity as the visitor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), has given approval to this effect, Prof. S.M. Rahmatullah, Registrar, MANUU announced today while citing the appointment order received from the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
J&K politics: Bhim Singh challenges Hurriyat leaders
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Srinagar : Chairman Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party, Prof. Bhim Singh today challenged the Hurriyat leaders Sayed Ali Shah Geelani and Molvi Umer Farooq to contest from any of the Assembly constituency in Kashmir.
"I challenge to the two foremost but hostile Kashmiri Leaders to face me in any assembly constituency of the Kashmir Valley in the forthcoming Assembly Elections" Prof Bhim Singh said in a statement issued here today.
Five security men killed in bomb blast outside Colombo
By IANS,
Colombo : At least five Civil Defence Force personnel were killed and 13 wounded in a suspected suicide bomb explosion by the Tamil Tiger rebels on the outskirts of capital Colombo Sunday morning, defence sources here said.
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said that the suicide explosion took place at a Civil Defence Force (CDF) post located near St. Ann's Church at Wattala, Hekkita Road, lying 10 km north of here.
Five Mumbai blasts convicts sentenced
By IANS
Mumbai : Five men, who had unloaded smuggled contraband for the 1993 Mumbai terror blasts and were convicted under the Customs Act, were Friday sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 by a special court here.
AMU: Women’s College Students’ Union Election to be held on December 5
TCN News
The Students’ Union of the Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University will soon have new office bearers as an election schedule for the same...
Mother’s Day With Munawwar Rana
By Wasiullah Shaikh, TwoCircles.net,
Wherever the word ‘Mother’ is mentioned in Urdu poetry events, there the name ‘Munawwar Rana’- a famous urdu poet of our time, will also be mentioned. Through his beautiful poetry (Shayeri), Munawwar Rana has brought whole universe into a single word ‘Mother’.
Jamiat-Ulema divided over Modi
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Jamiat Ulema-Hind, which virtually controls the Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom at Deoband, appears sharply divided over Gujarat Chief Minister Naremdra Modi.
Nagpur Erupts in Violence Over Aurangzeb Grave Row, Quran Desecration ‘Rumour’; Curfew Imposed
TCN News
Mumbai: Nagpur witnessed violent clashes between two groups following the ongoing controversy surrounding the demolition of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s grave in Sambhajinagar. Stone...
Blast rocks Kabul hours before international conference
By DPA,
Kabul: An explosion rocked Kabul Tuesday morning hours before a major international conference is slated to be held in the Afghan capital.
Witnesses in northern outskirts of Kabul said they heard the explosion, but Afghan security officials were not available for comment.
At least four explosions were also heard near city's international airport Monday night, but there were not reports of casualties.
First Haj flight from Kerala takes off
By IANS,
Kozhikode : The first flight carrying 419 Haj pilgrims from different parts of Kerala took off from Kozhikode International Airport for Saudi Arabia Thursday afternoon.
"This is the first batch of pilgrims who are going for the pilgrimage arranged through the State Haj Committee this year," A.K. Abdul Hameed, chairman of the Haj Committee, told IANS.
Air India will operate 25 flights from here ferrying around 9,500 Muslim pilgrims from Kerala, Lakshadweep and Mahe, a small Union Territory enclave in Kerala.
The last Haj flight will leave Nov 16.
Naidu denies witch-hunt in CBI raids on NDTV founder
New Delhi, (IANS): Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Monday on rubbished allegations of witch-hunt by the NDTV news channel after the CBI...
Police rescues youth
By News Agency of Kashmir
Doda : Police today claimed that it rescued two youth from the clutches of militants in Bharat area about twenty five kilometers from here.
Two youth one among whom is a BA final student were  rescued from Gagla Bharat area here today, sources told News Agency of Kashmir.
 Police sources said two youth Shoab Mohammad and Jamshed Ahmed were missing since a fortnight about whom police learnt that they have been taken by a group of militants.
Doda : Police today claimed that it rescued two youth from the clutches of militants in Bharat area about twenty five kilometers from here.
Two youth one among whom is a BA final student were  rescued from Gagla Bharat area here today, sources told News Agency of Kashmir.
 Police sources said two youth Shoab Mohammad and Jamshed Ahmed were missing since a fortnight about whom police learnt that they have been taken by a group of militants.
Rape in Goa: Russia shocked, threatens travel advisory
By IANS,
New Delhi: Conveying its shock and outrage at the rape of a 9-year-old Russian girl in Goa, Russia Wednesday demanded the severest punishment for the rapist and warned that if such crimes targeting its citizens are not checked, it will ask Russian tourists to stop visiting the tourist resort.
"We are shocked and deeply outraged by the reports about the disgusting incident in India's well-known resort in Goa when a 9-year old child from Russia became another victim of a rapist," the Russian embassy said in a statement here.
Modi at the heart of BJP reshuffle
By IANS,
New Delhi : Will the rise and rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi help the BJP? Opinion is divided as strongman Modi took the centrestage in a major reshuffle within the party.
Kashmir leader for change in US policy towards Muslim Nations
By IRNA,
Srinagar, India : Former Chairman of Kashmir's Hurriyat Conference and prominent Shia cleric Maulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari while congratulating Barak Obama for winning the US presidency in historic elections has expressed hope that Washington under him will change its anti-Muslim policies.
"The world expects that the US policy of warmongering, occupation, bullying and deceit to end', Maulana said in a statement from his residence where he has been placed under arrest by Indian police since Thursday.
Musharraf refuses to give a timeframe for lifting emergency
By NNN-PTI
Washington : Despite intense international pressure, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has defended the imposition of emergency rule and refused to set a timeframe for lifting it.
"If I am a dictator, I don't know that kind of dictator I am. I am the strongest believer in democracy. I brought democracy to Pakistan and I still believe in it," Musharraf said in an interview to The Washington Post.
When asked about a timeframe for lifting the emergency, Musharraf bluntly said: "I don't know", but added he is "thinking about" that.
Minorities Commission comes out in support of suspended Head Master in Hyderabad
TCN News
When the news of the suspension of Head master of Government School at Nampally, Hyderabad, Lateef Mohammed Khan on 17th May for posting...
Eastern Public School in Bhopal accorded with Global Education Award
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Eastern Public School (EPS) in Bhopal was awarded with highly coveted Global Good Governance (3G) Education Award by Cambridge...
Dr Bahauddin Nadwi gets warm reception in Kuwait
By TCN News,
Kuwait: Dr Bahahuddin Nadwi, vice chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University, Kerala, was given a warm reception here by many Keralite associations...
Dhaka seeks help after NGO staff kidnapped in Afghanistan
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh has sought US assistance for release of Nurul Islam, employee of its NGO Brac, who has been kidnapped by suspected Taliban in Afghanistan six days ago.
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the request during a meeting with visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright.
The US is leading the anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan since 2001 with its own special forces and as part of NATO.
Ensure supply of goods to Manipur: PFI to Govt
By TCN News,
Bangalore: Popular Front of India General Secretary K. M. Shareef urged the Central Government to ensure supply of essential goods to the people of Manipur who are suffering from road block imposed by Naga groups. Shareef reminded the Government that it is their responsibility to save the Manipur people at any coast.
Kashmir moves towards normalcy after curfew lifted
By IANS,
Srinagar : Offices, shops and business establishments opened for work and traffic was back on the road Tuesday as curfew was lifted in the Kashmir Valley, though restrictions continued on the assembly of more than four people.
“Curfew has been lifted from throughout the valley today. Restrictions under Section 144 of the criminal penal code according to which assembly of five or more persons is deemed unlawful would, however, be strictly enforced,” said a senior police officer.
National elocution competition in English among madrassa graduates held
By TCN News,
Mumbai: The Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC) held its first all-India inter-DELL national elocution competition for ulama here, where selected ulama regaled the audience with their speeches.
DELL – the Diploma in English Language & Literature – is a two-year course to teach English and communication skills to the madrasa graduates under Markazul Ma’arif, which was established by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, MP from Assam, in 1994, a release from MMERC said.
क्या मुस्लिम तय करेंगे बिहार का विजेता?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: ऐसा लग रहा है कि बिहार की चुनावी लड़ाई मुस्लिम वोटों के चक्रव्यूह पर आकर टिक गई है. सभी दलों...
Gujarat Police arrest youth with huge cache of explosives
By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Court issues summons to Ansal brothers
By IANS
New Delhi : A Delhi court Tuesday ordered the city's leading builders Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal to appear before it to explain their alleged attempts to stop a campaign for justice to the victims of the 1997 Uphaar theatre fire tragedy.
40 Indians imprisoned in Saudi Arabia return
New Delhi : Forty Indian workers languishing in jail in Saudi Arabia for more than a year, arrived in India Friday after External Affairs...
US citizen arrested in child pornography racket
By IANS,
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic): An American citizen and three Dominican Republic nationals have been arrested on charges of running a child pornography ring in the country.
US citizen Williams Bonaparte allegedly hired three women to recruit young girls and shoot pornographic movies in his apartment at Puerto Plata, Prensa Latina quoted officials of law enforcement agencies as saying Friday.
On raiding his home, police found a camcorder, a VCR, lights, CDs with pornographic material, and marijuana, the officials said.
Hasan Mansur: a champion of slum dwellers rights
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Prof. Hasan Mansur is to be felicitated today by Slum Janandolana in Bangalore today. Prof. Mansur is being honoured for his contribution towards human rights and the dignity of toiling masses in the slums of Karnataka. The day-long programme will celebrate the struggle and culture of slum dwellers.
Slum Janandolana is a federation of slum people's initiatives across 13 Districts in Karnataka working towards realising the rights of slum dwellers.
Open letter to PM urging intervention in ‘illegal detention’ of Muslim Youth
Letter from CLMC Secretary Lateef Mohammed Khan requested him to act against ‘atrocities,’ and demand handing over the investigation to NIA immediately.
By TCN News,
Sabah & Riyazuddin among top 23 to receive MP Govt’s highest sports awards
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Sabah Khan and Riyazuddin are among the top 23 sportspersons who have been named to receive the Madhya Pradesh Government's highest sports awards for 2006.
The Madhya Pradesh Government has announced the names of the recipients of highest sports awards of the State viz. Vikram, Eklavya, Vishwamitra and Lifetime achievement awards. Vikram awards are being awarded to the sports personalities who have done the State and India proud in various events. Sabah Khan and Riyazuddin will be honoured with Vikram Awards.
BJP’s good showing in BMC answer to note ban critics: Javadekar
New Delhi, (IANS): The BJP on Thursday said the results of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls were an answer to those who have...
Poll panel seeks details of Azam Khan’s speech
Luncknow/New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday sought details of Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan's speech in which he said that only Muslim soldiers...
Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste
Celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ call Mahtama a ‘Reeactionary’ and regards him as not only castist but also racist.
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In an attempt to revisit the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate over caste hierarchy, celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ and Essayist Arundhati Roy spoke on “vicious sort of apartheid that functions in our society”, namely caste system.
Kolkata hospital employee arrested on molestation charge
By IANS
Kolkata : An employee of the state-run super speciality SSKM Hospital in Kolkata was arrested Wednesday for "outraging the modesty" of a female patient during a medical test Tuesday night.
Vatican to send 100 thousand dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal
By TCN News,
Vatican City: Following the earthquake that struck the territory of Nepal with extraordinary vehemence last weekend, the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” has undertaken to send a first contribution of 100 thousand dollars for aid to the population.
JEM militant killed in Kupwara
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : A Jash-e-Muhammad militant was killed in a joint operation by police and army in Kupwara district on Thursday.
An official spokesman said that police and 2 Para launched a joint operation at Balkul Gali Top of Wani Dorusa forest area, early this morning which led to a fierce gun battle between the troops and a militant.
Indians were hunted out in Kabul attack: Washington Post
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington: Pakistani militant group Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT) orchestrated last week's deadly attack on two Kabul guesthouses with the suicide bombers searching for Indian victims, the Washington Post reported Wednesday citing an Afghan intelligence official.
Investigators had concluded that LeT was involved in the attack based on evidence that it was carried out by a team of suicide bombers who spoke Urdu and who were searching for Indian victims, it said in a report from Kabul citing Afghan intelligence spokesman Sayed Ansari.
Massive protest at Batla House against govt. apathy
By RINA,
New Delhi: Against government’s false claims and promises the Batla House locality once again erupted with agitation of Muslims. A dharna was held under the aegis of Tahreek-e-Insaaf, Zakir Nagar here yesterday at the Batla House Square. It was attended by a huge crowd. Prominent among those who graced the occasion was the uncle of Ziaur Rahman and Saqib the accused of the Delhi serial bomb blast who are now under the custody of Delhi Police.
10 killed, 30 injured in Bangladesh
By Xinhua
Dhaka : Ten people were killed and 30 injured Monday in three separate road accidents in Bangladesh's Comilla district, 90 km southeast of here, UNB news agency reported.
Seven people were killed and five injured when a rashly driven truck rammed into a rickshaw on highway connecting Comilla with northeastern Sylhet district.
In another accident, two pedestrians were killed when a truck ploughed into a roadside gathering of people and ran over them. Sources said the driver of the truck lost control over the steering as one of its tires deflated.
Modi gives up Vadodara, retains Varanasi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday announced he has given up his Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat and retained the Varanasi...
Kashmiris staged peaceful protest after curfew relaxation
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press
Srinagar: Indian Kashmir’s protests turned a new leaf on Thursday, July 15 as protestors occupied streets in a peaceful show of resistance, marking, perhaps, a new era in the movement in the troubled Himalayan region.
BJP MP Satyapal Singh hid government dues from EC, alleges RTI activist
Mumbai : BJP MP from Baghpat had allegedly concealed information about unpaid dues to the city collector in his election affidavit, an RTI activist...
Nothing to do with Dalit students’ suspension: Dattatreya
Hyderabad : Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said neither he nor the BJP had anything to do with the suspension of five Dalit...
Egypt to host Arab Information Ministers Council emergency session in January
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : The Arab Information Ministers Council (AIMC) has approved unanimously Egypt's proposal to host an AIMC emergency session in January 2008 on the controls of radio and television broadcasting.
The proposed session will mull the possibility of fostering pan-Arab legislation to regulate the satellite radio and TV broadcasting, Egyptian Minister of Information Anas El-Fiqqi told reporters after the AIMC meeting here Wednesday.
Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat
By Audrey D'mello
The recent Times of India Campaign on Gender Equality in Law had a poster which appeared in TOI on June 20, 2015....
Three Kashmiri separatist leaders join Geelani’s Hurriyat
Srinagar: Three senior separatist leaders here on Wednesday joined the Hurriyat group led by hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.
Chairman of separatist Democratic...
Yaum-e-Ashura observed with procession in Hyderabad
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Shia Muslims in this historic city Monday observed "Yaum-e-Ashura" or 10th day of Muslim month Muharram by taking out the traditional "tazia" (mourning) procession.
It was all black and blood as a mood of mourning pervades through the old city of Hyderabad. Cries of "Ya Hussain" rent the air as blood oozed out of the heads and chests of the bare-chest Shia mourners in the mammoth procession, known as 'Bibi ka alam'.
Ulema disapprove Tamil Nadu marriage law
By V.M. Khaleelur Rahman for TwoCircles.net,
A high power joint meeting of different Muslim organisations such as the Jamaat-ul-Ulema, Jamiat-ul-Ulema, Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ahle Hadees was held on Thursday, 14th January 2010 in Vellore (Tamil Nadu) in which the newly enacted Registration of Marriages Act 2009 of Tamil Nadu was discussed in detail.
Maulana Waliullah saheb, founder and principal, Madrasa Madinul Uloom, Vaniyambadi presided and Maulana Ayub Rahmani saheb, Member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, conducted the meeting in a very dignified manner.
20 killed in Pakistan blast
By Xinhua
Islamabad : At least 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber triggered a blast in a mosque in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Friday.
The blast occurred in a mosque near the village of former interior minister Aftab Sherpao who was attending the prayers with his family members, state-run television channel PTV reported Friday.
Sherpao was offering prayers in the first row when the attacker triggered the bomb in the second row. Though Sherpao was unhurt as many as 20 people were killed in the attack and many injured.
Indian Muslims protest against the siege of Gaza
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Indian Muslim organizations staged a dharna (sit-in) yesterday at Jantar Mantar near the Indian Parliament against the blockade of Gaza Strip by Israel. All prominent Muslim organizations were represented by their leaders and activists. The initiative was taken by the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations.
India abstains from Libya vote, fears it may worsen situation
By IANS,
United Nations : As the Security Council authorised the use of force in Libya, India abstained from the vote out of a concern that the measures may not worsen the Libyan people's woes.
Army to help probe Pune blast
By IANS,
Pune: Explosive experts from the Indian Army Sunday reached Pune to help investigators probe the bombing at an eatery Saturday evening that killed nine people.
The team from the Pune cantonment of the Southern Army command visited the site of the blast where police forensic experts collected samples and other evidence.
Nearly 60 people were injured in the bombing at the German Bakery. It was the worst terror attack in India since the Mumbai mayhem of November 2008.
Britain will not ban Muslim Brotherhood: Cameron
London : Membership of the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as "a possible indicator of extremism", but the group will not be banned altogether...
Four Delhi blast accused in Gujarat police’s custody
By IANS,
New Delhi: A city court Friday allowed the custody of four suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, who were allegedly involved in serial blasts in the national capital last year, to the Gujarat police for probing the similar bombings in Ahmedabad.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed the plea of the Gujarat police to take accused Zeeshan Ahmed, Saquib Nissar, Mohammed Shakeel and Zia-ur Rehman on transit remand.
No headway yet in Indian American student’s death probe
By IANS,
New Delhi : With autopsy report awaited, Delhi Police Tuesday failed to make any headway in the investigation into the kiling of an American Indian student in Mukherjee Nagar, area near Delhi University, a day earlier.
“We cannot say anything before the post-mortem. It will only be done when the parents of the victim (Keanan Mehra) reach the capital. They are expected to arrive today (Tuesday) evening,” said a police official investigating the death.
‘Lonely’ Taslima to return to Kolkata or Agartala
By IANS,
Agartala : Her writing "badly affected" since she left Kolkata and desperate to return, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said she would return there "as soon as possible". If not Kolkata, she would choose Agartala as her home when she returns to India in August.
IAS officer’s spouse held for manhandling judge
By IANS,
Raipur : Spouse of a senior IAS officer was arrested after she barged into a local court in Chhattisgarh and manhandled and threatened a lady judge, the police said Thursday.
“Rozi Singh barged into the chamber of a family court judge, Sangeeta Tiwari, here Wednesday evening and manhandled her when the judge objected to her speaking loudly in the court room,�? Amit Kumar, Raipur district superintendent of police, told reporters.
“She (Rozi Singh) has been arrested on charges of manhandling and threatening the judge,�? Kumar added.
Photo Feature : ‘Khawaja Digar’ observed on Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Baha-ud-Din Muhammad Naqshband...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar : Thousands of devotees from across the Valley on Monday, December, 15 thronged to...
जौनपुर में राहुल गांधी, नोटबंदी पर तेवर कमज़ोर
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
जौनपुर/ वाराणसी : कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने आज उत्तर प्रदेश के जौनपुर में चुनावी रैली संबोधित की. इस चुनावी रैली में...
कोरोना से भी बड़ी महामारी है धार्मिक कट्टरता और आक्रामक राष्ट्रवाद : हामिद अंसारी
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
पूर्व उपराष्ट्रपति हामिद अंसारी ने कहा है कि " भारतीय समाज कोरोना वायरस संकट से पहले दो अन्य महामारियों - "धार्मिक कट्टरता"...
People’s tribunal holds Myanmar guilty of ‘genocide’ against Rohingyas
Kuala Lumpur, (IANS): An international people's tribunal on Friday held Myanmar guilty of "genocide" against Rohingya Muslims and said the "systematic targeting of civilians" and...
Main accused in human trafficking scam surrenders
By IANS
Hyderabad : The alleged kingpin of the human trafficking racket, in which several MPs and legislators are said to be involved, surrendered before police here Thursday.
Mohammed Rasheed Ali, a travel agent and resident of Malakpet area here, surrendered at the Central Crime Station (CCS) of the Crime Branch after several days of evading arrest.
He told reporters at CCS that he was innocent and had decided to surrender as he was receiving threatening calls from political leaders.
"I will tell everything in the court and I hope that police will protect me."
More than 600 bodies exhumed from mass grave in Bosnia
By DPA
Sarajevo (Bosnia) : Bosnian forensic experts Thursday completed the excavation of a mass grave at Kamenica-9 location near the eastern Bosnian Serb town of Zvornik and disinterred some 600 bodies, the Commission on Missing Persons confirmed.
The bodies, in different state of decay, were exhumed during the month-long operation, according to the commission.
The victims were Bosnian Muslim men from Srebrenica. Bosnian Serb troops massacred up to 8,000 Muslim men after capturing the area July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Worldwide condemnation of anti-Christian violence in Orissa
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: A few stray incidents were reported today in anti-Christian violence which broke out in Orissa after the killing of five people, including a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader.
Veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Former Minister and veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away on April 25, 2014 at his residence at Lilong Haoreibi Makha Leikai, in Thoubal District, due to an illness. He was elected to the Manipur Legislative Assembly from the Lilong Assembly Constituency four times. He also held various portfolios including the Department of Revenue and Irrigation & Flood Control as Cabinet Minister. He was 70. The last rite was performed on April 25.
Abducted official in Bangladesh traced
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The abducted Bangladeshi project officer of a Danish donor agency has been located and his rescue is now a matter of time, Bangladesh law enforcing agencies have said.
Kashmir crisis: Send army back to barracks, demand eminent citizens
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Eminent citizens from different parts of the country – some of whom played a role in solving the Amarnath crisis two years back – have expressed deep concern at the turn of events in Kashmir, and demanded the central government to send Army back to barracks the earliest.
Manjhi has quit: JD-U
Patna/New Delhi : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has resigned, said JD-U spokesperson K.C. Tyagi Friday.
"He (Manjhi) has resigned," Tyagi told IANS.
Tyagi said...
Modi govt misused CBI to get charges against Amit Shah dropped, alleges AAP
AAP had warned the country last week about the sinister conspiracy.
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Narendra Modi’s government direct and open interference in the functioning of the CBI has led to the dropping of serious criminal charges against BJP’s national president Amit Shah in the case of kidnapping and cold blooded murders of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and eyewitness Tulsiram Prajapati, Aam Aadmi Party has alleged.
Nitish justifies setting up AMU branch in Kishanganj
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar justified the government's decision to set up a branch of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Kishanganj district in the state in the wake of opposition by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and students organisation Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
"There should not be any opposition to set up a branch of AMU at Kishanganj. The government is committed to improve the education level. It has nothing to do with any community," Nitish Kumar told mediapersons here Tuesday.
Ramadan 1439: Salmaan
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Salmaan, 26 runs vegetable shop in Bangalore called "Fresh and More."
"My earliest memory of Ramadan is of fireworks (laughs). I...
Tension in Meerut over triple murder
By IANS,
Meerut : Meerut city in Uttar Pradesh observed a shutdown Thursday to protest a gruesome triple murder blamed on a family linked to the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) a week ago.
According to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Satya Prakash Agarwal, the shutdown was called by several political parties because of the revulsion over the way the young men were murdered.
The prime accused, Hazi Izlal, son of Hazi Iqbal, has reportedly confessed to the police that he killed the victims, who had earlier asked him not to harass a girl, at his house May 22.
Govt. to set up Central Madrasa Board On CBSE Pattern
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
PFI Telangana demands criminal cases against guilty police personnel in custodial murder case of...
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Condemning the custodial death of a Muslim youth Shaikh Hyder in Town-1 Police Station at Nizamabad city, the Popular Front of India, Telangana unit has demanded filing of criminal cases against guilty police personnel.
Patna HC former Justice Syed Shah Nayyar Hussain passes away in New Delhi
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Justice Syed Shah Nayyar Hussain, the former Patna High Court judge and presently with the National Green Tribunal, passed away...
Pakistan to probe alleged arms trading by troops in Congo
By DPA
Kinshasa/Nairobi/Islamabad : Pakistan said Wednesday it will look into allegations that its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo traded in gold and weapons with militias it was tasked with disarming.
रोज़ेदारों पर अंतरराष्ट्रीय संस्था का शोध : चाय-कॉफी से ज़्यादा ज़रूरी है पानी
TCN News
अंतरराष्ट्रीय संस्था ‘एपेडेमॉलॉजी ऑफ डायबिटीज इन रमज़ान’ ने 13 देशों में रोज़ेदारों पर रिसर्च करके यह निष्कर्ष निकाला है कि डायबिटीज और...
Muslims vow for economic empowerment at TCN annual convention
By TCN Team,
First session concludes
Mumbai: Elite of Mumbai joined the annual convention of TCN held at Hotel Taj President, Mumbai on Saturday.
Famous “light and sound show” of Red Fort now on YouTube
By TCN News,
New Delhi: About an hour-long sound and light show at Red Fort, Delhi is now available for free viewing on You Tube. The video of show was uploaded two days ago.
CBI-ATS team explores Abhinav Bharat’s role in Ajmer blast
By IANS,
Bhopal : A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Rajasthan Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has been investigating the role of Hindu rightwing outfit Abhinav Bharat in the Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and Ajmer Sharif blasts, police sources say.
The team has been interrogating suspects in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh for five days, the sources said Friday.
Over 300 Tihar Jail inmates screened for health issues
New Delhi, (IANS) : Over 300 inmates -- all above the age of 60 years -- were screened for health issues during a day-long...
Pune bombing felt like an earthquake, recalls trader
By IANS,
Pune: A powerful bomb explosion that tore through the German Bakery here killing nine people was so deafening that it felt like an earthquake to a startled shopkeeper nearby.
"I heard a huge noise. I had never heard anything like that before," said Santosh Bhosle, recalling to IANS the terrorised moments when a bomb concealed in a backpack exploded in the eatery popular with young Indians and foreigners attached to the Osho Ashram nearby.
Minor raped, another sexually assaulted in Delhi
By IANS
New Delhi : In two shocking cases of crimes against women in the capital, a mentally challenged minor girl was allegedly raped by an acquaintance while another minor girl was molested by her 55-year-old neighbour, a police official said Sunday.
Sandeep Rawat, a 27-year-old mini-bus driver, Saturday night raped the 12-year-old girl in New Kondli area of east Delhi, the police said.
"My daughter was sleeping with her grandmother when Rawat tied up the old lady and raped my daughter in the bathroom. We could not hear her cries," the victim's distraught mother told reporters.
Thieves demanded ransom for former president’s body
By DPA,
Athens/Nicosia : Cypriot authorities Tuesday arrested two people, including an Indian national, for allegedly stealing the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave three months ago and said the suspects had earlier demanded a ransom.
Police arrested an Indian national and a Greek Cypriot after they confessed to having removed Papadopoulos' remains from its coffin in December and placing the body in another person's grave.
Justice Minister Loucas Louca said the motive behind the well-organised heist was financial.
BJP workers burn effigies of Lalu, Nitish in Bihar
Patna, (IANS): Opposition BJP workers on Thursday burnt the effigies of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Bihar...
Conspiracy of silence helping attack against minorities: Shabnam Hashmi
Dear Dr Manmohan Singh,
Gujarat 2002 is being repeated in Orissa right now. The minority under attack has changed from the Muslim to the Christian. The perpetrators remain the same. The Vishva Hindu Parishad and various other Sangh outfits.
45 arrested over clash in MP town, curfew continues
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): At least 45 people were arrested in connection with a clash during the Hanuman Jayanti Hindu festival in a town in...
हैदराबाद, बीजापुर और बेंगलुरु में आईएमआरसी द्वारा अमरीका के डॉक्टरों की मदद से लगाया...
By TwoCircles.net staff Reporter,
हैदराबाद/बेंगलुरु : गरीब और ज़रूरतमंद लोगों की मदद के लिए इण्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरिटीज़ ( आईएमआरसी ) लगातार छठे साल भारत के कई हिस्सों में स्वास्थ्य कैम्प लगाया. इन कैम्पों का मकसद स्वास्थ्य जांच के साथ-साथ समाज में जागरूकता फैलाना भी है.
AAP leaders arrested for inciting communal passions
New Delhi : AAP leader Dilip Pandey and two other party members were arrested on the charge of promoting enmity between different communities here,...
Suspecting him as thief, junior docs slice off mentally unstable youth’s genital, leave him...
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: A mentally unstable youth, undergoing treatment at Nilratan Sarkar Medical College here, died after junior doctors, suspecting him to be a thief, beat him black and blue and later allegedly sliced off parts of his genital at their hostel.
Why was Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi so angry over Sabir Ali’s induction in BJP!
By Indscribe,
After former Janata Dal (U) leader Sabir Ali joined BJP, there was a near-hysteric reaction from Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
“Police beat him on his head with a waist belt,” family of Muslim cab...
By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Family of a 26-year-old cab driver Sohail Sheikh in Chembur area of Mumbai, Maharashtra has accused police of causing his...
Aligarh Muslim University to run Islamic insurance course
By IANS,
Aligarh : Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which has decided to introduce a course in Islamic banking from the next academic session, will also offer separate courses in Islamic insurance and finance, a university official said Thursday.
"The varsity intends to start these courses to cater to the ever increasing demand for trained personnel in Islamic insurance and finance sectors," AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told IANS.
The Islamic insurance course will be a diploma course, while Islamic finance will be a two-year masters programme, he added.
Obama’s wish for intervention in Kashmir may turn into will, with Lone’s new strategy
By Hem Raj Jain,
The entry of separatist leader Sajjad Lone in 2009 Parliamentary elections has created much profound, gigantic and complicated situation for India than meets the eye.
Most of the Indians including its media are deluding themselves that Lone’s entry means victory of Indian cause in either case. Indians erroneously think that if Lone wins then Indian cause wins and if Lone looses then separatists loose, hence India still wins.
Time has come to end Arab-Israeli conflict – Sarkozy
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : French President Nicolas Sarkozy said here on Sunday that the time has come to end the Arab-Israeli conflict and put an end to the fighting between Palestinians and Israelis which lasted more than sixty years.
Sarkozy said in a gathering organized by the French Embassy in Cairo that he would travel to Israel next spring to emphasize to the Israelis in the Knesset that no barrier would guarantee security for Israel.
Jamia scotches rumours about closing of Urdu medium school
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has scotched rumours doing the rounds that the university administration proposes to close down the Jamia Girls Senior Secondary School (Urdu Medium).
“It has been speculated in certain quarters that the university administration is toying with the idea of shutting down the said school. Nothing could be more factually incorrect. The university administration wishes to categorically state that these rumous are baseless and unfounded,” Jamia administration said in a release.
JNU bags ‘Best University’ award from President
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Jawaharlal University (JNU) has been announced the winner of the third "Visitor's Award", presented annually by the President to the...
Iran voices its readiness to help resolve Palestinian differences
By Xinhua
Tehran : Iran on Saturday voiced its readiness to help resolve Palestinian differences following days of bloody fighting between Hamas and Fatah which had killed more than 130 Palestinians, the official IRNA news agency reported.
    "While inviting all the Palestinian groups to dialogue for settlement of internal disputes and avoiding factional clashes, Iran is prepared to offer any help in that connection," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said.
Malaysia PM marries in private ceremony
By Xinhua
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi married Jeanne Adbullah Saturday, the Prime Minister's family said in a statement. The wedding took place at the prime minister's official residence, Seri Perdana.
BSF clash with border villagers in Tripura, 20 injured
By IANS
Agartala : At least 20 people were injured, 12 of them seriously, when Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and a violent mob clashed along Tripura's border with Bangladesh, officials Wednesday said.
A police spokesperson said the trouble began late Tuesday at Kathalia in western Tripura, 60 km from here, over the opening of a gate along the border to allow Indian villagers to cross a barbed wire fencing.
Six LTTE rebels killed
By Xinhua
Colombo : At least six Tamil Tigers guerrillas have been killed in continuing clashes with government troops in Sri Lanka's north, military officials said Saturday.
They said that at least three members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were killed in a confrontation at Welioya, in the northernmost Singhalese settlement in the country, Friday night.
In Vavuniya's Periyathampanai area in the north, three LTTE cadres were killed Friday.
The LTTE and government troops have been clashing regularly in the north since the middle of last month.
SIO Hyderabad rise with a new mission to save the Earth
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Tributes pour in for APJ Kalam
By TCN News,
Various organisations – Indian and of NRIs – have offered glorifying tributes to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, who died at...
UP Haj Minister orders FIR for manipulation in final list of Hajis
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minority welfare and Haj minister Azam Khan directed to lodge a FIR
for manipulation in the list of haj devotees.
Remove Haj subsidy in 10 years, SC tells government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday favoured doing away with the Haj subsidy and directed the government to eliminate the financial sops extended to pilgrims in the next 10 years.
नीतिश सरकार अपने निज़ाम को कलंकित होने से बचाएं –भाकपा
TwoCircles News Desk
पटना : ख़बर है कि विगत 28 जनवरी, 2016 को खगडि़या ज़िले के राहुलनगर दमहा गांव में बसे महादलित परिवारों के घरों...
Meet Dr Rafat Seema, a scholar who lends helping hand to displaced Rohingyas, needy
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: With a doctorate in Islamic studies, Dr Rafat Seema is an ‘Aalima’ and has been active in lending support to...
Maoists attack police station in Jharkhand
By IANS,
Ranchi : Maoists attacked a police station, torched six trucks, blasted a government building and a political party's office in two districts of Jharkhand while enforcing their 24-hour strike in parts of the state early Thursday.
"Maoist guerillas attacked Pirtand police station around 1 a.m. in Giridih district, some 210 km from here," District Superintendent of Police A.V. Homkar told reporters.
"A fierce gun battle ensued with the police which lasted for about four hours. No casualty took place in the gun battle," he added.
‘Clashes between lumpens-criminals often degenerate into communal tension’
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Dr Mohammad Sajjad is an Assistant Professor of History at the Aligarh Muslim University where he teaches late-colonial and Post-Independence...
Security personnel injured in mine blast by Maoists
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A security personnel was injured when a claymore mine suspected to have been laid by Maoists near a culvert in Orissa's Koraput district exploded Friday, police said.
The claymore mine went off when two state security personnel came to bathe in the culvert in a forested area near Maoist-infested Narayanpatna town, around 500 km from here, Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjeeb Panda told IANS.
"One of them has sustained injury in his leg," he said.
AMU Centres to transform Muslims’ development deficit: Abdul Azis
By TCN News
New Delhi: Unfolding an elaborated action plan, Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis said that Murshidabad and Malappuram Special Centres of AMU will become functional with MBA and BA (LLB) academic programmes from the next academic session. The University is preparing a holistic plan and submitting a detailed project report to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for allocation of funds.