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By IANS, Srinagar : Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided on the efficacy of the "quiet" talks with the central government. The executive meeting of the moderate Hurriyat group, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, ended late Thursday without any consensus on the proposed resumption of talks with New Delhi.

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By TCN News Delhi: About 250 academics have appealed to the Press Council of India and the Broadcast Association to take necessary action against...

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Sydney : Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef will seek compensation and wants the Australian government to broaden the powers of the judicial inquiry into his bungled terrorism case, according to his lawyers.

Leading law firm Maurice Blackburn will be acting on Haneef's behalf during the judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention last year.

By IANS, Mumbai: Mumbai Police Monday cracked the Rs.8 million robbery from the house of Bollywood actress and politician Hema Malini and nabbed five people in this regard, an official said. The suspects were caught from a residential complex, Nensey Colony in Borivli East, barely 10 km north of Hema Malini's residence in Goregaon East. Police have recovered around Rs.one million worth of jewellery from the home of one of the accused and Rs.93,000 cash from the others, said Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Rakesh Maria.

Lucknow : The BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit Monday lashed out at the SP government for alleging the former had a role in the communal...

By IANS, New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Communist Party of India (CPI) Thursday described the tabling of the first part of the Nanavati Commission report in the Gujarat assembly as a politically motivated action by the Narendra Modi government. Tabling a split report, which deals only with the train burning tragedy, was a politically motivated move by the Modi government, CPI-M politburo member Brinda Karat said.

By IANS, New Delhi : Sultana Begum, the great granddaughter of the last Mughal emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar, has found an unusual saviour - a coffee table book on the former prime ministers of India. The book, 'The Prime Ministers of India - 1947-2009' has been compiled by journalist Shivnath Jha and his teacher wife Neena Jha to raise money for Sultana Begum's rehabilitation. Sultana Begum, a poor widow with four daughters, sells tea in a kiosk in Shibpur, a semi-urban township, 80 km southwest of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.

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New Delhi : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday demanded action against outgoing Delhi Police chief B.s. Bassi on the Patiala House...

By IANS Lucknow : Two teachers were arrested Thursday evening, while police have launched a manhunt for the third teacher allegedly involved in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Unnao, 45 km from here. Police said the geography teacher of the Class X1 student had summoned her home on the pretext of explaining "certain lessons" on Sunday.

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New Delhi : Delhi Metro Tuesday shut three of its stations for several hours due to a religious gathering on a disputed plot of...

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Mumbai: The state-level Dr Mahmoodur Rahman Committee submitted its interim report to Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh on 30th June in which it made recommendations to improve the condition of Urdu schools and recognize madrasa degrees.

The committee has also recommended the government to establish new schools and improve teaching of Marathi language in Urdu schools. On economic front, the committee recommended to provide latest textile technology to power looms.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Almost 30 years ago Punjab was burning and Sikh were the target of the 'nationalists'. The issue of Punjab and Sikh identity were much larger and need a proper analysis whether the promises made during the transfer of power were fulfilled or not. The demand for autonomy of the states grew. On June 3rd, 1984, Indian army was asked to 'flush-out' 'terrorists' holed up in the campus of Golden Temple. No news was coming in. The only resource for credible information was BBC and its two reporters from India Marc Tulley and Satish Jacob who reported the entire event boldly. Mrs Indira Gandhi came on All India Radio and spoke to the nation about the necessity of 'army action' as innocent lives were being lost in the firing from the Golden Temple Complex.Many senior persons died including DIG J.S.Atwal who was killed outside the complex when he came out from worshiping.

By TCN Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: The suspense about the ‘missing’ Minister of State for Home Amit Shah came to an end on Wednesday, with the latter attending the state cabinet meeting and chairing a high-level meeting of the home and police department. The minister was conspicuous with his absence in some key government programs on May 1. His sudden disappearance coinciding arrest of an IPS officer in connection with Sohrabuddin case had caused suspense.

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By IANS, Srinagar : Seven guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a prolonged gunfight in the Kashmir Valley, the police said Saturday. The gunfight erupted Friday afternoon in Sriwas mountain area bordering north Kashmir districts of Bandipore and Ganderbal after troopers of 3 Para Regiment of the Indian Army challenged a group of heavily armed militants moving in the higher mountain reaches of the area, the police said.

By NNN-APP/PTI Rawalpindi : Six people including three policemen, two passers-by and a passenger were killed while 15 others sustained injuries four of them seriously in a bomb blast here on Tuesday. DIG Rawalpindi Saud Aziz told reporters that the blast took place at 12.08 pm as police personnel tried to stop a suspect who blew himself up killing three policemen and three civilians on the spot. A passenger van passing by was also hit by the blast and the passengers were hit by the splinters killing one passenger and wounding 15 others, police said.

By Ghulam Badiuddin, Urdu Times Achalpur was an ideal abode of Hindu- Muslim unity in the past. Here both communities participated in all local social, cultural, political, civil and even religious events together. Both communities shared equally in marriages, education, agriculture, sale and purchase of goods, floods and epidemics and helped each other. Males and females of both communities shared in every happiness and tragedies jointly.

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By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Islamic Information Center (IIC) has released a video providing “logical answers” to questions raised by Bollywood movies PK and OMG from Islamic perspective. The video titled "Wrong Number vs Right Number" is apparently inspired from Aamir Khan's dialogues in the PK movie.

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Islamabad : The visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D Negroponte on Sunday urged Pakistan to lift emergency, end curbs on media and release the political detainees.

Devanik Saha Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years - 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent...

By NNN-KUNA Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has vowed during a visit to Karbala City to track down those who started the riots and chaos among Iraqis during recent religious rites. Maliki's arrival to the city under heavy security Wednesday coincided with deployment of Iraqi forces across the city after riots broke out during a Shiite religious rites earlier in the week.

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: More than two thousand teachers of un-aided Madrasah sat on ‘indefinite’ hunger strike in Kolkata on June 18, Wednesday demanding recognition, mid-day meal, text book, uniform, etc. They, however, withdrew from their protest on Thursday after two TMC MPs Ahmed Hassan and Idris Ali met them and assured them that the Chief Minister of West Bengal has promised to seriously look into the matter.

Patna : A minor girl was allegedly raped and murdered, and her body was found in the state capital Sunday, said police. The incident has...

By IANS, Pune: A month after a blast in Pune killed 17 people, city Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh Saturday charged the staff of the German Bakery and its customers with "utter negligence" and said the bag with the bomb had been lying unnoticed for over 90 minutes. "It was not a few minutes or 10-15 minutes, more than one-and-half hours and yet nobody bothered to notice it... This is sheer carelessness on the part of the people," he said, addressing a rally of over 1,000 students at the Azad campus here. The event was organised by the Sakal Social Foundation.

By IANS, New Delhi : Unfazed by the storm he created with his remarks on the killing of Maharashtra police officer Hemant Karkare during Mumbai's 26/11 attack, Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay Friday stuck to his ground and said he has done nothing to embarrass the government and the party. Though highly placed government sources said Antulay had sent his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after an uproar was kicked up when he raised questions on Karkare's killing, the minister refused to either confirm or deny whether he had put in his papers.

By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

By IRNA Damascus : Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African affairs Mohammad-Reza Bagheri said here on Sunday he has met and called on leaders of Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas to be united in their resistance. Briefing Iranian journalists based in Damascus, Bagheri said that Palestinians should stay vigilant for plots hatched for them and avoid such traps.

By TCN News Chennai: “So, can you sing ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ to the tune of ‘Mary had a little lamb’?” asked Sadiya Saleh, the moderator of the workshop on Multiple Intelligences. One participant tried, but slowly went back to the original tune. “Well, people who are musically intelligent can!” The workshop on Theory of Multiple Intelligences was held on Saturday March 13th at Al-Qamar Academy, an Islamic school in Chenai. The workshop was open to women from the general public and attended by about 40 women.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Protests are brewing against the continuing arrest of human rights activists in Kerala on the charge of suspected Maoist links. Notable activists in the state urged the state government to take stringent action to release the activists of Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF) – T Sugathan, Ajayan Mannoor and Karivelloor Ramakrishnan – who were arrested last week.

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By IANS, Srinagar/New Delhi : At least 65 percent voting was recorded Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir during the second phase of the seven-stage polling despite a boycott call by Muslim separatists and the winter chill, officials said. Voting ended peacefully with a large number of people exercising their franchise in the troubled state, said R. Bhattacharya, deputy election commissioner, in New Delhi.

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By TCN News, Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has deplored the sharp communal divide between minorities, especially Muslims, Dalits and Sikhs, in recent months leading to violence, arson and killings in Uttar Pradesh instigated by the political parties across the spectrum which have high stakes to capture power in the state.

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday yet again spoke out on the issue of intolerance in the country, as she...

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Two people have been arrested and hashish worth Rs.50 million in the international market was recovered from them, the Ghaziabad police said Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Ratan told reporters that acting on a tip-off the Kotwali police intercepted a vehicle coming from the Bulandshahr Road Industrial Area near the Maha Maya Stadium and during checking found 50 kg of hashish hidden under the seats. The two arrested men were identified as Aslam and Alisher, both residents of Ghaziabad.

By IANS New Delhi : Three youths have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in east Delhi, the police said Monday, adding that a fourth accused was untraced yet. Those arrested, identified as Devender, Deepu and Ashok, and in their 20s, raped the 14-year-old girl Sunday evening when she was returning to her Dallupura home with her uncle from the Kalkaji temple in south Delhi. The incident took place in New Ashok Nagar, close to their home.

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By TCN News, Congratulations, Mr Asaduddin Owaisi on making a century of questions on the floor of the Lok Sabha during February-May Budget Session 2010. Perhaps this is the first time that a Muslim parliamentarian has asked more than 100 questions in a single session. Well done, Hyderabad MP of Majlise Ittehadul Muslimeen. Third time in a row Owaisi leads Muslim MPs in the report card of floor performance exclusively presented by TCN.

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...

Mumbai: A day after the Bihar elections results, the Shiv Sena said on Monday the outcome "could change the course of national politics in...

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Banning Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the government said it is a terrorist organization and its members are attached to terror groups but in my investigation I found that almost all cases against SIMI members were rejected by the courts and several ex-SIMI members were acquitted, says Ajit Sahi, Editor-at-Large, Tehelka weekly. Talking to TwoCircles.net about the ban on SIMI, Sahi said the government has failed to prove the charge of terrorism against SIMI in the last eight years since it was banned.

By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Putting question mark on congress's secularism, the Janta Dal (U) has demanded removal of the newly appointed Maharashtra ATS chief, KP Raghuvanshi saying his credibility as a secular officer is doubtful. Talking to this correspondent today the national spokesperson of the JD (U) Shivanand Tiwari said that Congress-led Maharashtra government has appointed a person who allegedly mixed up with the Malegaon blasts accused.

By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Muslims across Kerala Friday gathered in mosques and special prayer centres to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, or Bakr Eid, the festival of sacrifice. Soon after the morning prayers, thousands of devotees sacrificed goats and other animals. Meat was also donated to the poor in the spirit of sacrifice and giving that the festival symbolises. The biggest crowds were seen in the Muslim dominated Malappuram district as well as in places such as Kozhikode and Kochi.

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By IANS, New Delhi : In its Action Taken Report (ATR) submitted in parliament Tuesday along with the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, the government stated that political leaders holding office should not simultaneously hold positions of responsibility in religious organisations. The authorities' response was to the recommendation of former high court judge M.S. Liberhan that "political leaders, holders of constitutional offices and especially those holding cabinet positions sometimes simultaneously hold offices in religious organisations".

By IANS, New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said action will be taken against Adarsh housing society in the next two to three days for violating environmental laws.

Jamshedpur, Jan 2 (IANS) Shamim Khan and his team won the pro-am event at the year opening Tata Open golf tournament at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses here Wednesday. Shamim (33) and his team comprising amateurs B.S. Marwah (37), Anil Kumar (35), Shashi Tiwary (32) and Sunil Prakash (20) shot a total of 137 to win the title. In second place was the team led by Randhir Singh Ghotra (32). The four amateurs who made up Ghotra's team were B. Muthuraman (30), Rana Sinha (30), Sanjay Verma (25) and Ravi Parikh (38) shot a total of 130 points.

By Amulya Ganguli, Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is taking its time to select its chief minister for Maharashtra, Narendra Modi is leaving his distinctive mark on political and other fields. In politics, the prime minister has brushed aside the earlier by-poll setbacks by his successes in Maharashtra and Haryana. Although the BJP failed to get a majority in the western state, it made a few points which the party probably wanted to make for some time.

By IANS, Jaipur: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan police has arrested a person with links to some right-wing Hindu groups in connection with the 2007 bomb blast in the Ajmer Dargah Sharif, police said Friday. The ATS said more arrests would be made soon. Three people were killed and at least 30 injured when a bomb exploded near the Ahata-e-Noor, a courtyard on the premises of the Dargah of Sufi Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, on Oct 11, 2007. The accused Devendra Gupta, hailing from Bihari Ganj in Ajmer, was arrested Wednesday night, police officials told IANS.

Blame game ensues after communal riot in the run up to the Bihar assembly elections later in 2015 By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net, Muzaffarpur/Patna: Even as several NGOs and local people are coming forward to support Azizpur villagers – stitching their lives together after communal riots 15 days ago – the incident has come as a ready handle for all the political parties.