Violence a throwback to the troubles 90s: Omar Abdullah
By Murali Krishnan, IANS,
New Delhi : The four days of continued violence in the Kashmir Valley, pitched battles between civilians and the police and the paralysis of the administration are a throwback to the turbulent 1990s, says National Conference president Omar Abdullah.
Phrase ‘saffron terror’ takes the message home: Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi : Unapologetic about using the term "saffron terror" that infuriated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said he used the words to convey the message that a few rightwing religious groups were behind some terror blasts in India.
"I cannot claim the patent on the phrase. The phrase has been used in the past," Chidambaram told a press conference here.
Publisher rushing with Bhutto’s last book
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) The book Benazir Bhutto had finished writing a week ago is being rushed for publishing by HarperCollins following the Pakistan's former prime minister's assassination Thursday.
The book, titled "Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West", is part political treatise and part memoir of the first woman elected prime minister of a Muslim nation.
HarperCollins executive editor Tim Duggan described the book as "Bhutto's vision for how to bridge the political and cultural gap between the Islamic world, which is becoming increasingly radicalised, and the West".
Three people stabbed to death in west Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Three members of a family were stabbed to death by an unidentified person at their home in Rajnagar Colony in west Delhi, police said Saturday.
Vinod Verma, a telephone operator at the Hungarian Embassy, his wife Pushpa and daughter-in-law Pooja were killed Friday night.
Verma's adopted son Nitin was also stabbed and is recovering at a hospital in Palam.
Police are suspecting that a property dispute may be the cause of the murder.
Saiyid Hamid, Justice Ahmadi attend Annual Body Meeting of HWF
By TCN News
New Delhi: Annual Body Meeting of Human Welfare Froundation (HWF) was held June 10, 2012 at Jamia Hamdard Convention Centre.
Muslim winners of UP 2012 elections
By TCN News
Sixty-nine were declared winner in the UP 2012 Assembly elections. In 2007 there were 56 Muslim winners.
Associating Islam with terrorism wrong: Dalai Lama
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The perception created by media that Islam is associated with violence and terrorism is totally wrong, said Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama at world religions congress that began at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on January 17.
High court rejects Madani’s bail plea
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Thursday rejected the bail application of People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Naseer Madani in the 2008 serial blasts here.
Over 20 die as LTTE attacks military base, Indians wounded
By IANS,
Colombo : Tamil Tigers carried out a stunning pre-dawn air-and-ground assault on a military base in Sri Lanka's north Tuesday, leaving 21 military personnel and rebels dead and many including two Indian radar engineers injured. The authorities said they had, for the first time, shot down one of the two Tiger planes.
Minority leaders welcome Bombay HC decision on scholarship schemes
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Hindu trader shot dead in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : A Hindu trader was shot dead when he resisted a kidnap bid in Pakistan's Quetta city, police said.
Mehbooba Mufti meets families affected by Kashmir violence
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) : Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday met families of the victims of violence in this volatile south Kashmir district,...
Resolve differences through dialogue: Dalai Lama on Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is visiting Jammu and Kashmir, said Saturday that differences must always be resolved through dialogue.
Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...
Iran’s scientific advancement pride or Islamic World – Sheikh of Al-Azhar
By NNN-IRNA
Cairo : Grand Sheikh of Egypt's Al-Az'har University Sheikh Muhammad al-Tantawi said here Wednesday Iran's scientific advancement, particularly in nuclear field, are pride for Islamic World.
Sheikh Tantawi made the comment in a meeting with visiting representative of IRI Supreme Leader at Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani.
Elaborating on commonalities among Muslims of various Islamic schools of thought, he added, "Promoting solidarity among world Muslims is a dire need today."
Bihar Maoists blast railway track to enforce shutdown
Patna (IANS) : Maoist guerrillas Sunday blasted a portion of a railway track in Bihar to enforce shutdown, which has been called to protest the arrest of one of their leaders.
The leftist rebels blasted railway track at Rajapatti station in Bihar's Chapra district, official sources said. No casualty or injury has been reported.
"Maoists planted an explosive devise on the track near the outer signal and detonated it, damaging about two-metre stretch of the line," sources said. Railway traffic on Chapra-Gopalganj sector of Northwest Railway was disrupted for hours.
Targeted by Khadi management, employees threaten all-India strike
Mumbai : After the furore over calendars and diaries, in which Mahatma Gandhi's photos were replaced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's, the Khadi & Village...
Two arrested for double murder in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two people have been arrested in connection with the double murder of two lovers in New Friends Colony in south Delhi last week, police said Monday.
Factory worker Hari Lal, 25 and domestic help Bimal, 22, were strangled to death and their bodies were found in a park Saturday.
"The accused have been identified as Edward, father of Bimal, and Ruben Joseph, a security guard," a police official said.
The assailants killed the duo for the honour of their caste and religion July 10, police said.
Ramadan miracle: Peace in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Markets remained over-crowded with shoppers and roads in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir were blocked with heavy traffic as Muslims started the first day of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan Tuesday.
Life in the Srinagar city and the rest of the valley was crippled during the last three weeks because of violent protests and the curfew imposed to restore law and order following the bitter agitation over the Amarnath land row and subsequent pro-separatist demonstrations.
कोचाधामन – जहां ओवैसी को फायदा मिलेगा
By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
कोचाधामन: बिहार राज्य का एक ऐसा विधानसभा क्षेत्र, जहां सबसे अधिक मुस्लिम वोटर्स हैं. यहां लगभग 75 फीसदी मुस्लिम वोटर्स...
Bihar SIO holds sit-in in support of AMU campus in Kishanganj
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Students rally assaulted in capital by police: #OccupyUGC
By TCN News
New Delhi: Thousands of students thronged the capital today responding to a call by OccupyUGC and marched towards the Parliament demanding...
12-year-old crushed to death, residents ransack police post
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a tractor trolley here Monday, officials said. Following the accident, angry residents vandalised a police post and damaged vehicles, alleging that the police had helped the tractor driver to escape.
The accident occurred around 2 p.m. Monday near Tila Mor police post in Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad, police said.
Kejriwal opposes Lalu’s dynasty politics
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday told his party that he was opposed to RJD leader Lalu Prasad's dynasty politics...
Sibal lauds Gujarat’s senior cop for speaking out
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday praised Gujarat's senior police officer Sanjeev Bhatt without directly naming him.
Siddiqullah’s political party merged with the AIUDF in West Bengal
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Mobiles replace wake-up call for pre-Ramzan fast meal
By IANS,
Bhopal : "Roza rakhne walon jag jao, Sehri ka waqt ho chuka hai (Wake up all those who have to keep the fast, it's time for breakfast) -- the call from an old "Sehri Awakener" which used to awaken people during the Ramzan month is now yielding place to mobile phones.
"In the changing times, the place of the sehri awakeners has been taken by mobile phones as friends and relative - mostly in urban areas - now call each other in the morning to wake them up. This is considered as pious work as per Islamic beliefs," said Razi Hassan, a computer vendor here.
Who will ostracise ghosts of the Sept. 6, 2014 Kashmir floods?
By Sheikh Qayoom
Srinagar : Few Kashmiris can forget the night of September 6, 2014 and the horror that continued for nearly a month after...
A Hindu police inspector who got a closed mosque reopened after 18 years
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : At a time when a gulf is widening between the police force and the minorities in India and a wall of distrust is coming up, a police inspector in Hyderabad has set a shining example of Hindu-Muslim amity and commitment to duty. Sri Hari, a police officer of rank of inspector and a resident of communally sensitive old city of Hyderabad has gone out of the way to help the Muslim community in the restoration of an old mosque which was lying locked and unused for the last 18 years.
Jamia MLA to spend his salary on legal aid of Delhi blast accused
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: To provide financial and legal assistance to Azamgarh youths who are behind the bar in connection with Delhi serial blasts 2008, Asif Mohammad Khan, MLA from Okhla, has announced to donate his monthly salary for their legal aid. For immediate help, the MLA last week gave Rs. 50,000 each to the family of Ziaur Rahman and Mohd Shakeel, two of about one dozen Azamgarh youths accused in the terror blasts.
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi to picket govt-sponsored liquor shops in TN
By Shafee Ahmed Ko., TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (Humanitarian Peoples Party) will picket the government sponsored liquor shops in Tamilnadu and Puducherry (formerly known as Pondicherry) on March 7, declared Prof M.H. Jawahirullah, Chief Coordinator of the Party.
मेरठ में कश्मीरी छात्र की पिटाई से गुर्जरों में उबाल
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ जनपद स्थित चौधरी चरण सिंह विश्वविद्यालय में पढ़ रहे एक कश्मीरी छात्र अनीस पोसवाल के...
Dhaka’s international airport to be modernized
By IANS
Dhaka : The Zia International Airport (ZIA) here is set to undergo massive modernization with help from Denmark, including replacement of its twice-repaired radar.
The life of the radar runs out next year.
"We need to replace the radar urgently as the present one is obsolete in the modern air traffic control system," said an official of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), the executing agency of the project.
Mecca Masjid police firing case: HC advices petitioner to approach SC
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh High Court has disposed the petition in Mecca Masjid police firing case advising the petitioner, who was demanding registration of murder case against police officers, to approach the Supreme Court as similar litigation is lying under appeal from the state Government.
Woman student-editor stirs Kashmir’s young creative minds
Saba Nazki
By Ruwa Shah
Srinagar : In search of space for political dissent in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley, 23-year-old Saba Nazki and a bunch...
For the first time, Muslim doctors of Gujarat to come together for a seminar...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Vadodara: Two not for profit organisations are organising the 1st state-level seminar for all Muslim doctors of Gujarat to enhance...
After 240 years Kanpur leather industry on the verge of permanent closure: An annual...
By Mohammad Faisal, TwoCircles.net
From a humble beginning nearly 240 years ago, the leather tanning industry in Kanpur city of UP grew in leaps and...
Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks
By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net
The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...
Azharuddin Quazi of Yavatmal secures AIR-315 in UPSC exam
By Maariyah Siddique, TwoCircles.net
“I faced poverty and misery since childhood and my father took up odd jobs to support the family financially,” recalls Azharuddin....
Chandrapur in Maha tense after police beat up Muslim husband-wife duo
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: About a week after three policemen mercilessly beat up a Muslim family – husband and his pregnant wife – on a petty issue in Chimur area of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra the district is tense as guilty policemen have not been arrested even three days after named FIR against them.
An appeal to come out and vote
By Mohammed Saleem, TwoCircles.net,
Assembly elections in Karnataka is on May 5 and voting will begin at 7.0 AM.
Pakistani beggar shames cellular provider
By IANS
Islamabad : A Pakistani beggar shamed a cellular operator when he reminded it that whatever be his profession, he deserved to be treated like any other subscriber and be shown the same courtesies.
Muhammad Zafar, who has for long been begging on the streets of Sialkot in Punjab, was miffed when the guards at a Mobilink franchise tried to stop him from entering the shop.
Australian experts question Haneef’s visa cancellation
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : The Australian government's decision to revoke Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's visa hours after he was granted bail has drawn protests in this country, with experts questioning the move.
Even as India summoned Australia's envoy to New Delhi to voice concern over the development, human rights activists said that Canberra's move appeared to cast aspersions on the magistrate who ordered Haneef, 27, freed on bail.
Stop Orissa violence: Mushawarat
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM) President, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, issued the following statement on Thursday, 3 January 2007, about the ongoing anti-Christian violence in Orissa:
Haneef wins appeal to return to work in Australia
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Brisbane : An Australian court here Tuesday reinstated Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's work visa, paving the way for him to return to work here and leading to calls for Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews resignation.
The Australian Greens Party demanded Andrews' resignation after Acting Chief Justice Jeffery Spender of the Federal Court ruled that the minister made a jurisdictional error when he cancelled Haneef's visa on character grounds.
Education of Muslims in the villages of Faizabad district (UP)
By Kaleem Kawaja,
In April 2009 I visited some villages in Faizabad district which is located about 130 km east of Lucknow, on the main highway leading from Lucknow to cities in Eastern U.P. As such it is considered a part of eastern UP where the majority occupation of people is still agriculture, although industrial and commercial activity is now beginning to sprout in the city of Faizabad. Muslims form the majority population in many villages in Faizabad district. But their educational level is very depressed and there are very few good schools in the villages.
HCI considering relaxation for Hajis in Bihar’s flood-hit areas
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: As the devastation caused by the flood has altered the very idea of normal life in the northeastern Bihar, it has also dimmed the hope of Muslims in the region to go on Haj this year. That’s why the Haj Committee of India is considering some relaxation for the affected districts.
Even after 19 days since the flood hit the region that constitutes around 50 lakh Muslims, the situation is such that lakhs of people are living in the relief camps. Their belongings have been swept away by the calamity.
IUML terms Centre’s actions following E Ahamed’s death an insult to Nation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The first meeting of Indian Union Muslim League held in Malappuram after E Ahamed's demise termed the ill treatment of its...
Kerala’s agriculture awards for CM Muhammed and Danish Majeed
By TwoCircles.net staff correspondent,
Kozhikode: CM Muhammed of Malappuram and Danish Majeed of Kozhikode have been selected for two of around 10 of the agriculture awards instituted by the Kerala stat government. The awards are distributed each year for excellent performances in the field of agriculture.
Yoga to be taught in central schools
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced that yoga will be made compulsory in all central schools from Class 6...
Civil rights groups give PFI a clean chit in Udayagiri riot case
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: It was not Popular Front of India but the Hindu extremist organization Sri Rama Sene and the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka that are responsible for the communal violence in Udayagiri in July this year, says fact-finding report by civil rights groups.
Triumphant Shireen steps into Aliah University without veil
By Adnan Alavi,
Shireen Madiha has finally stepped into the university on her conditions. She had refused to bow down to the union's diktat that every woman teacher will have to wear a burqa on campus.
Now she has succeeded and the union is forced to accept its defeat. Shireen [her name wrongly appeared as Sirin Middya in some newspapers] had invited the ire of the students' union in Kolkata's Aliah University, where she taught Bangla literature, for not wearing the veil.
Essential to involve more eligible young voters: Nasim Zaidi
New Delhi, (IANS) : Chief Election Commissioner of India Nasim Zaidi said on Tuesday it was essential to involve more and more eligible young voters...
Turkish troops enter northern Iraq
By Xinhua
Mosul(Iraq) : Turkish troops entered the Iraqi territories in the northern Kurdish autonomous region early Tuesday despite an Iraqi protest against Sunday's air raids in the region by Turkish planes.
"About 100 Turkish troops carrying light weapons entered the mountainous Bradrak area near the border," said a spokesman for the Kurdish border guards.
Overnight, the Turkish artillery shelled two villages near the border in Duhuk province bordering Turkey, causing material casualties, the source added.
Tehelka’s Populist Turn?
By Bobby Kunhu and Sudeep KS,
The magazine joins the Great Kerala Terrorist Hunt. This was sent as a rebuttal to Tehelka, but has not been published.
Maoist blow up crèche in Jharkhand
By IANS
Ranchi : Maoist guerrillas have blasted a government-run crèche in Palamau district of Jharkhand, the police said Wednesday.
"Maoist rebels blasted an anganwadi (crèche) in Manatu block of Palamau district Tuesday night," said police spokesman R.K. Mallik.
Maoists, who are active in 18 of the state's 24 districts, have blasted about 20 government buildings in the past four years.
PM stresses need to create opportunities for Muslims
By IANS
New Delhi : Stating that communal harmony and coexistence of all the great religions of the world are the building blocks of Indian civilization, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government recognises the need to create opportunities for Muslims by providing them with quality education.
He was addressing a function here for distribution of the Indira Gandhi Award for national integration. The award was given to noted human rights activists J.S. Bandukwalla from Vadodara and Ram Punyani from Mumbai.
‘Police followed legal procedure in visiting Kerala House’
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Tuesday clarified that police did not conduct any raid at Kerala House, the official state house...
Wives of criminal-turned-politicians lose in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Four prominent criminal-turned-politicians of Bihar were barred from this Lok Sabha contest by courts. They put up their wives instead. But the voters firmly rejected them, as all four women lost the elections.
Jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin's wife Heena Sahab, contesting from Siwan, was defeated by an independent candidate Om Prakash Yadav.
Ranjeeta Ranjan, the wife of Pappu Yadav, was defeated by Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) Vishwa Mohan Kumar in Supaul.
Two killed in Lahore blast
By IANS,
Lahore : A remote controlled bomb exploded in a Sufi shrine in this Pakistani city killing two people and injuring 27, police said.
Hussainabad Imambara, other historical religious buildings damaged by thunder storm
By Mohd. Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Pakistani media continues working despite obstacles
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad(IANS) : Most news channels in Pakistan continue to work despite their viewership reducing to less than five percent after the government ordered cable operators to take them off the air.
Notwithstanding the government diktat against news channels - national and international - after emergency was imposed Saturday, the need for information is driving people to buy dish antennas, read more newspapers and news on the Internet.
Moreover, the 65 million mobile phones in the country are acting as a major source of information.
MBA student claims four boys made obscene MMS
By IANS
Noida : A management student in Delhi's suburb Noida in her police complaint has claimed that an obscene MMS of her has been prepared to extort money, a police official said Tuesday.
She lodged a complaint against four boys at the sector-20 police station.
According to sources, the girl pursuing MBA at a private institute said that she ran a financial services company at Atta market, Noida.
She said that four boys - Sonu Chauhan, Yogendra Bhati, Sunil Bhati and Sazid - were her business associates.
कोरोना बनाम मुस्लिम तंजीम : वक़्त की जरूरत है कि अवाम की मदद के...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net
2002 गुजरात दंगों के लिए जिम्मेदार ठहराये जाने गोधरा से आई एक बेहद सुखद ख़बर ने पूरे गुजरात को तसल्ली दी है।...
President, PM condole former Goa governor’s death
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday condoled the death of Mohammed Fazal, former governor of Goa and Maharashtra.
In...
Boy killed in fresh Kashmir protests
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, AIP
Srinagar: A boy died during violent protests in the old city area of Srinagar Friday afternoon in Rajouri Kadal.
A Class 12 student Tufail Ahmad Matoo, 19, died in Rajouri Kadal area where clashes between stone pelting youths and the security forces broke out after Friday prayers.
Kerala government for vaccination survey in schools over Mallapuram dip
Thiruvananthapuram : Amid reports of rejection of the immunisation programme for school children in Muslim-dominated Malappuram district, the new Kerala government is planning a...
IslamicGoogle: a search engine for information about Islam, Muslims
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: A new search engine exclusive for information about Islam and Muslims has been launched. Powered by Google the IslamicGoogle search engine will use "safe search" technology and produces results from all over the internet with more preference to famous Islamic websites.
“Islamic search engine powered by Google striving to provide an easy to use resource to anyone wanting to learn more about Islam and provide a good way for Muslims to surf the web safely,” says the search engine.
Fatwas: the big picture
An analysis of randomly selected Deoband fatwas
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
White House underscores mission in Iraq following bin Laden’s new message
By Xinhua
Washington : The U.S.-led military mission was again justified following Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatened to wage more attacks on Iraq and Israel, the White House said Saturday.
"This is a reminder that the aim of Al-Qaeda in Iraq is to block democracy and freedom for all Iraqis," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.
"It also reminds us that the mission to defeat Al-Qaida in Iraq is critically important and must succeed."
12 children killed in Pakistan road accident
By IANS
Patoki (Pakistan) : At least 14 people, including 12 school children, were killed when a speeding truck hit their motorized rickshaw Wednesday in the town, some 70 km south of provincial capital Lahore, in eastern Pakistan.
The accident occurred around 7.45 a.m. near a bridge when a truck coming from Multan hit the motorized rickshaw which was taking the children and some teachers to a school in Habibabad, Online news agency reported.
Some 50,000 Iraqi families back home – UNAMI
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has said here some 50,000 Iraqi families had already been sent back home.
It will also launch a fresh assistance programme once the security situation improves in the country, it said in a release on Wednesday.
Upon request from the Iraqi government, the mission will also exert efforts to organise and implement a voluntary repatriation of Iraqi refugees, according to the release.
It put the current flow of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons at 40,000 and 10,000 respectively.
Israel Obliterating Gaza Economy: UN
Gaza, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, revealed on Friday that the blockade imposed on Gaza by Israel for the last six months will cause irrevocable damage to the economy of that Palestinian region.
This is the third report this week questioning the punitive measures on the 1.5 million people living in the Palestinian autonomy, after reports from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.
Musharraf to take oath as president Nov 29
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pervez Musharraf will take oath as Pakistan president for a second 5-year term Nov 29, TV channel Dawn News reported Monday.
Officials were quoted by the report as saying that the Defence Ministry would notify the retirement of Gen Musharraf as Chief of the Army Staff a day before the oath taking.
The oath taking ceremony will be held at Islamabad and Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar will administer the oath of office and secrecy, the report said.
Bohra community holding Muharram discourses in suburban Mumbai
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Mumbai: The Dawoodi Bohra community is conducting the annual Muharram discourses in the suburb of Mumbai this year for the first time. Over 1 lac community members from all parts of India and the world have gathered in Mumbai to attend Ashara Mubaraka, the ten-day Muharram discourses being conducted by Dawoodi Bohra community leader Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. The discourses will conclude on 26th December.
AMU VC appeal to Muslim MPs: Help for restoration of AMU minority status
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: Addressing Muslim parliamentarians and intelligentsia in New Delhi yesterday, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis has appealed to them to come forward for the educational development of Muslims in the country and make all efforts for restoration of AMU minority character.
Arif Naseem Khan becomes first Maharashtra Muslim home minister
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan has become the first Muslim to be Minister of State for Home (Urban) of Maharashtra since the state came into existence in 1960. He was included in the state cabinet on February 19.
After remaining headless for years, Delhi Minority Commission gets its chairman
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Mobile phone services suspended in Kashmir
Srinagar : The authorities on Thursday evening suspended all mobile phone services throughout the Kashmir Valley without any notice.
The subscribers of different mobile phone...
Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was held here Thursday after protests following the arrest of a local.
23 bodies lie unclaimed under Jaipur sky
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt and Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Jaipur : They looked like they were just sleeping, but their tattered clothes, deep wounds and blood clotted faces told a story of terror, devastation and desolation.
Lying under the sky on the pavement outside the morgue at a city hospital here Wednesday morning were bodies of 23 people, including two women and a child, waiting for their relatives to claim them.
As the series of bomb blasts ripped through the Rajasthan capital, killing 61 and injuring over 100, the victims were taken to the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital nearby.
यूपी की शान बंदायू के उस्ताद राशिद अली खान को पदम् भूषण सम्मान
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
भारत सरकार ने कला क्षेत्र में योगदान के लिए यूपी के बदायूं के राशिद खान को तीसरे सबसे बड़े सम्मान पद्म भूषण से...
50 killed in fightings in Afghanistan
By NNN-Xinhua,
Kabul : At least 50 people were killed in fightings between Taliban and the rival militants in northeastern Afghanistan, officials said...
Inducting Talib Hussain in PDP shows Mehbooba’s apathy towards rape survivors
TCN News
Mehbooba Mufti, President of People’s democratic party (PDP) and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir welcomed Talib Hussain in her party today.
Although...
Bihar to reopen Bhagalpur cases against officials
By IANS
Patna : Eighteen years after the Bhagalpur riots in which over 1,000 people were killed, the Bihar government is set to take action against the police and civil officials who had been indicted for their role in the riots.
After it reopened 28 cases related to the 1989 communal riots, the government has now decided to re-work cases against the guilty police and civil officials.
Kashmir isn’t the issue of good governance and providing better facilities claims Syed Ali...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar: Commenting over the change of guard in Jammu & Kashmir, Huriyat(G) chairman Syed Ali shah Geelani in a...
Teenager arrested for killing Sikh cabbie in US
By IANS
Chicago : A teenager was charged with the murder of a Sikh cab driver whose burnt body was found early this month in Seattle.
Earnest Lennell Collins Jr., 18, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder of Jagit Singh, 43. He was arrested Monday from Chicago.
Singh died after being shot twice in the head July 10. Singh was allegedly shot to death by Collins, who later torched the cab, according to court papers.
When fire fighters reached the spot, they found Singh dead in his cab.
Chicago : A teenager was charged with the murder of a Sikh cab driver whose burnt body was found early this month in Seattle.
Earnest Lennell Collins Jr., 18, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder of Jagit Singh, 43. He was arrested Monday from Chicago.
Singh died after being shot twice in the head July 10. Singh was allegedly shot to death by Collins, who later torched the cab, according to court papers.
When fire fighters reached the spot, they found Singh dead in his cab.
Serial blasts rip through Jaipur; Hindus & Muslims among 60 dead; Indians condemn
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Jaipur : Terror struck again. This time they chose one of the most busy tourist cities in the country: Jaipur. It was 7:30 pm, 13th May, prime time for shopping when daytime temperature is above 40 degree. Markets were bustling but within minutes they were shaking with serial blasts.
Supplies to reach Kashmir Valley
Jammu : As the Jammu-Srinagar highway has been damaged at several places following heavy rainfall, an alternate route will now be used to bring...
Murder accused held for duping banks of Rs.80 mn
By IANS
New Delhi : A runaway murder accused who with his two associates duped four banks of Rs.80 million has been arrested, the police said Thursday.
Sunder Lal was arrested Wednesday from the Kashmere Gate inter-state bus terminal when he came board a bus for Chandigarh, Haryana.
Along with two associates, Sarabjit Singh and Neelam Singh, Sunder Lal had duped four banks - ICICI, HDFC, HSBC and Citi Bank.
The police said Sarabjit Singh and Neelam Singh were arrested last year, but Sunder Lal managed to flee to Mohali.
MANUU teachers express solidarity with Prof Ilaiah
Police have issued notice to Ilaiah for his write up “hurting religious sentiment”
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Maulana Azad National Urdu University Teacher's Association (MANUUTA)...
After Padma Shri, Saif thanks all his directors
By IANS,
Mumbai: An overwhelmed Saif Ali Khan thanked all his directors for his successful film career that fetched him his Padma Shri national honour Monday.
"I am very proud and honoured to have received this honour. I would like to thank my family and loved ones who have been there for me and the industry for supporting me," Saif, who is in Mumbai, said in an e-mail message.
UP resident arrested with 2 Kgs Charas
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Police arrested a resident of Uttar Pradesh and recovered 2 Kilograms of Charas from his possession in Handwara area on Sunday.
According to SP Handwara, Dr. Haseeb Mughal, specific inputs were received regarding smuggling of a drug consignment from Sopore to Kupwara area.
Based on the inputs, he said, a special patrol party was deputed today from Police Post Chogal to Pohrupeth Bus Stop headed by SHO Chowgal S.I Khursheed Ahmad.
Implement Srikrishna Report Now’: AUDF
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Mumbai : In a press statement from his Mumbai residence today Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Al- Qasmi, Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) and Assam State Jami'at Ulama-e Hind president demanded an immediate action on the recommendations of Justice Srikrishna Commission Report on the 1992-93 communal riots that took place as aftermath deprecation of the Babri Masjid demolition.
Israeli settler runs over Palestinian near Nablus
RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (KUNA) -- A Palestinian citizen was deliberately killed on Sunday when an Israeli settler ran him over in Qabiya, near Ramallah.
Ramallah Hospital sources said the victim was identified as Wasfi Al-Khateeb, 25, who succumbed to serious injuries.
An Israeli settler was driving his car towards Al-Khateeb and "deliberately" hit him, stressed eyewitnesses.
Bypasses constructed by the Israelis back in 1994 after the Oslo Agreement to secure settlers' movements at certain points intersect with roads leading to Palestinian towns. Settlers often block these roads.
Five army officers get jail term for corruption
By IANS
New Delhi : An anti-corruption court of Jabalpur, in Madhya Pradesh, has ordered three years' jail each for five army officers after convicting them on charges of corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said here Thursday.
The convicted officers include Col. P.O. Ommen, Maj. E.R. Kumar, Lt. Col. P.K Rawal, Lt. Col. J.S. Virdi and Naib Subedar N. Prasad, said the CBI in a statement. Each of them was also ordered to pay fine of Rs.2,000 by the designated CBI court.
Rein in leaders who spew venom: Muslims to Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on Indian Muslims that they will "live for India and die for India", was Saturday welcomed by...
J&K Cabinet orders reshuffle in civil administration
By Agence India Press,
Srinagar: The State Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah approved following transfers and postings.
Pakistan flag found in Muslim shrine, four held
By IANS,
Anand : Four people were detained after a Pakistani flag was found atop a tree in the premises of a Muslim shrine in Gujarat's Anand district, police said Monday.
"We have detained four people, including a trustee of the shrine in Umreth town. They are being questioned as to how the Pakistani flag went unnoticed for the last two months as informed by the local residents," a senior police official said.
"The state home department had been informed of the detention as the matter is sensitive. A Pakistani flag had been spotted for the first time in the region," he said.
Kasab gets 10 days to study Mumbai attack charge sheet
By IANS,
Mumbai : Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive during the terror attack on this city last November, was Tuesday given 10 days to study the charge sheet in the case.
Judge M.L. Tahilyani, who is trying the case, rejected Kasab's plea to be handed over a copy of the 11,500-page charge sheet in Urdu. However, he gave 10 days to Kasab and Kasab's lawyer S.G. Abbas Kazmi to study the current charge sheet, which is in English, Hindi and Marathi. The next hearing will be on May 2.
Trustee of ‘little India’ in Jerusalem meets President Mukherjee
By Arvind Padmanabhan
Ramallah (Palestine): For more than 800 years, a little enclave in Jerusalam has been the symbol of India in this part of...
Protests in Kashmir over youth’s killing
By IANS,
Srinagar : Carrying the body of a youth who was allegedly killed in firing by security forces, thousands of people walked in protest in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora area Wednesday.
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.
Brahmins left high and dry after Maya’s Brahmin’s sammelan
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Saudi Arabia gives approval for return of Sharif to Pakistan
By NNN-PTI
Islamabad : The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said Friday.
"Saudi Arabia has already told Nawaz Sharif that he can go back to his country whenever he likes. We are working out the modalities so that he can return in November," said PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi.
ATM stolen in Gurgaon
By IANS,
Gurgaon: Three men made off with an automated teller machine (ATM) in an audacious robbery here early Saturday after locking up the guard, police said.
The ATM was later found in adjoining Mewat district and a police team that had been sent to retrieve it had not returned till late at night.
"We will know how much money was stolen only after the team returns," a police officer said.
The robbers used a gas cutter to uproot the ATM of the ING Vysya Bank, situated at Sector 4-5 crossing, and took it away in a car, police said.
Poonch curfew lifted, community leaders agree to keep peace
Jammu: Curfew was lifted from Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch town Friday evening and the army withdrawn after members of the two clashing communities, brought...
Of Islamophobia in the name of secular stereotyping
By Abul Kalam Azad,
Secularism, for many upper caste liberal Hindus, is a stick to beat the Muslims. They shed crocodile tears that can drown the entire nation over the apparent ‘communalization’ of middle class Muslims. They started betraying this extreme discomfort, as the author of this highly problematic article, at many young middle class Muslims ‘sporting long beards and wearing pathani suits’ because you know the body etiquette is all this country needs to brand a Muslim as ‘communal’ – a Hindu sporting a sindoor, a Hindu wearing a janeu, these specimens are capable of pure unadulterated secularism (or the Indian version of it) – and show dubious concern over them being usurped by ‘global jihad’.
Kerala plan panel to take up issues of Wayanad Muslims with the Centre
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Newly elected SIO president vows to bring student issues in political debates
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Newly elected national president of Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) Sohail KK has vowed to bring students issues in mainstream political debates, particularly during the next general election.
Islamic banking ideal for economic growth: Expert
By IANS,
Bhopal: The interest-free Islamic banking system will provide the ideal thrust to India's economic development, an expert said here Sunday.
City Museum depicting Hyderabad’s history inaugurated
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The historic city of Hyderabad Sunday added another landmark with the formal inauguration of City Museum, said to be the first of its kind in the country.
Celebs, activists hit Kolkata streets against lynchings
Kolkata, (IANS): A large number of activists, film personalities, poets, writers, musicians and studnets on Wednesday staged a protest here against mob lynchings.
The rally was...
Millions gather in Saudi Arabia for Haj
Makkah : Nearly two million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Haj, which culminates on Sunday with the standing on...
Separatists surprised over Pakistan’s ‘silence on Kashmir’
By IANS,
Srinagar : Worried over the "well-being" of its leaders arrested earlier this week, separatist Hurriyat Conference Thursday said it was "surprised at the silence of Pakistan over Kashmir".
"We are seriously concerned about the well-being of our leaders arrested by the authorities here," said the joint coordination committee of the moderate and hardline factions of the Hurriyat conference in a statement issued here.
Police inspector jailed for raping minor
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A police inspector, accused of raping his colleague's 16-year-old daughter, surrendered Thursday before a city court after evading arrest for over a month.
Andhra Govt. to rebuild Nizam era mosque in secretariat campus
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to re-build the decades old mosque in the state Secretariat campus, next door to the Chief Minister's office. The small mosque known as "Masjid-e-Siasiat" was built during the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the people were offering prayers under a asbestos shed which was built later. It was mostly the Muslim employees of the Secretariat and visitors who offered prayers at the mosque.
Bhopal encounter: Jamiat alleges Judge appointed for probe has ‘RSS leanings’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: The decision of Madhya Pradesh government for conducting a judicial probe of Bhopal encounter has been welcomed by the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Maharashtra...
American Center donates books to Jamia
By IANS
New Delhi: The American Center here Monday donated some of its best collection of American literature and history to the Jamia Milia university, terming it a small gesture of the "deeper ties" between the two.
Michael P. Pelletier, minister-counsellor for public affairs at the American Center, said: "This is a small part of our deep ties with Jamia. These books are on literature as well as political write ups."
The 200 books that were donated will be included in the section of American writings in the new building of the Dr. Zakir Husain Library of the varsity.
US Senators urge Mike Pompeo to impose “targeted sanctions” on India for its rising...
TCN News
Concerning the rising hate crimes against minorities in India, fourteen US Senators have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressing US Government...
5 killed, 70 detained in large Israeli offensive on Gaza
By Xinhua
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip : Five Palestinian militants were killed and four Israeli soldiers wounded during a large-scale Israeli military operation in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics and Israeli army said Tuesday.
Palestinian residents of al-Fakhari village, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, said that 30 Israeli tanks, armored vehicles and bulldozers stormed the village at predawn in the day.
Disabled in Odisha yet to benefit from Swachh Bharat: Study
Bhubaneswar : Despite the much hyped Swachh Bharat Abhiyan underway across the country, the disabled people in Odisha were yet to reap its benefits,...
Mob ransacks Kolkata hospital after infant’s death
By IANS, Kolkata : Angry family members of a 10-month-old baby who died at a private city hospital Tuesday ransacked the hospital alleging medical negligence. Several people were injured as police resorted to baton charge to control the situation.
However, the hospital authorities, who refused to hand over the body till all dues were cleared, said the infant was suffering from fatal ailments since birth.
Gulam Mohammad, who was admitted to the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) of Iqbalpur area in mid-March and was being fed through a pipe, died Tuesday morning at the hospital.
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids give letter of request to Sonia Gandhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : It was an afternoon to remember for the child stars of Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" - Rubina Ali Qureshi and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail Shaikh who met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and gave her a letter, requesting they be given a house as soon as possible.
The kids were in the capital to walk the ramp for designer duo Ashima-Leena at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) which began Wednesday.
Both Rubina, 9, and Azharuddin, 10, along with their parents landed in the capital Tuesday and the designer duo had made all their arrangements.
Give Batla House shoot-out accused FIR copy: court
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Police to give those accused of involvement in the Batla House shoot-out, a copy of the first information report (FIR), as sought by them under the Right to Information Act.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: "Police have not been able to give any specific reason how and why disclosure of the FIR, even when the name of the informant is erased, would impede the process of investigation, apprehension of offenders or prosecution of offenders."
Amit Shah in Lucknow: Two SP MLCs vacate seats to adjust Yogi and other...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
National President of Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah is on a nationwide tour, and in the first phase, he landed in...
Uncertainty looms large over the camp inmates of BTAD violence
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Narayanguri (Baksa): It’s been two weeks since the carnage broke out in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) which witnessed more than 45 deaths of villagers and the situation is getting normal but the affected people too much worried to be normal. The people who have been living at Narayanguri camp under Gobardhan police station in Baska district are not sure if they will ever return to their native villages.
Gag order on Memon funeral; media blacks out telecast
Mumbai : Not willing to take any chances, police here on Thursday issued a gag order to the media barring it from photographing...
Antulay remarks to dominate parliament sitting Monday
By IANS,
New Delhi : Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay's controversial remarks on the death of a top police official in the Mumbai terror attack is set to dominate parliament proceedings Monday, with the opposition clamouring for his resignation while the government planning a statement on the matter.
One more arrested for West Bengal train sabotage
By IANS,
Kolkata: A 25-year-old pro-Maoist activist has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the sabotage that triggered the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment in West Bengal last month killing 148 people, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Saturday. This is the fourth arrest in the case.
Bholanath Mahato, an active member of Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), was arrested from near Khemasuli village close to Jhargram in West Midnapore district late Friday night, a CBI official said.
Pakistan court or mission to decide kid’s custody issue: Delhi HC
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Monday held Pakistani courts and high commission were the competent authority to decide the custody issue of...
Ulema meets U.P. Governor, demands implementation of Sachar Committee recommendations
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow: All India Sunni Ulema Council presented a memorandum to Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeswar on 26th February, demanding the implementation of Sachar Committee recommendations in the state.
14 killed in Iraq, Al Qaeda tunnels found
By DPA
Baghdad : A fresh spate of violence Tuesday left at least 14 dead and 19 injured in Iraq, where US troops uncovered what they said was a network of underground tunnels used by Al Qaeda insurgents to store weapons and launch attacks.
In Baghdad, a car bomb went off near the ministry of industry, killing at least five and injuring 10, a police source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
Another car bomb blast killed two and injured seven in Baquba, 60 km northeast of Baghdad.