IRGC commander urges Muslims to maintain vigilance
By IRNA
Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi Prov : Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi on Thursday urged Muslims to maintain vigilance to thwart the US and global arrogance conspiracies at regional and international scenes.
"The global arrogance, led by the US, intends to destroy culture of the Islamic nations in line with its ominous goals," he said.
Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi Prov : Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi on Thursday urged Muslims to maintain vigilance to thwart the US and global arrogance conspiracies at regional and international scenes.
"The global arrogance, led by the US, intends to destroy culture of the Islamic nations in line with its ominous goals," he said.
Sentenced as Pakistani, Wasil Khan finally finds Indian identity
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS
Will my valley remain green? Many Kashmiris wonder
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : As the Kashmir countryside turns lush green with the paddy growing season, one wonders whether the farmers' greed for wealth...
Taliban ready to swap female hostages for prisoners
By Xinhua
Kabul : Taliban Tuesday expressed readiness to swap all South Korean female hostages with their women supporters held in Afghan and US military detention centres, Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf said.
"We offer to exchange all the Korean females with those Taliban women supporters who have been languishing in Afghan government prisons and US military detention centres in Kandahar and Bagram," Ahmadi told Xinhua from an unknown location.
However, he did not specify the number of women who have been held by authorities in Afghanistan for supporting the Taliban.
Muslim couple adopt two Hindu children in Jammu
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Jammu (J&k): When the entire Jammu and Kashmir is burning in communal fire over Amarnath Shrine land row, a Muslim family in Jammu has come forward to adopt two abandoned children of a Hindu family.
The two siblings, a girl and a boy aged over two and one years respectively, were spotted outside a sweet shop in Gangyal area. As soon as the news spread a Muslim couple living nearby approached the police station and expressed their desire to adopt them, says a report in The Tribune.
एक हजार सद्भावना सम्मेलन आयोजित करेगी जमीयत ,देवबंद में ऐलान
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
सहारनपुर के देवबंद में जमीयत-उलेमा-ए-हिंद का दो दिवसीय सम्मेलन शनिवार को सुबह से शुरू हो गया है। सम्मेलन में देशभर से हजारों...
Rahmani30 registers 100 percent success National Stock Exchange Certification, announces entrance on November 19
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Rahmani Program of Excellence, the parent body of Rahmani30 has announced that 100 percent of students have cleared National Stock Exchange Academy’s Certification...
French FM pledges to help stabilize Iraq
·"France is ready to play a role in the fighting against the violence," Kouchner said.
·Kouchner underlined that France supported a larger UN role in Iraq.
·Talabani said "this visit is a historic opportunity to promote French-Iraqi relations."
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Monday that his country is ready to help stabilize Iraq.
ULFA hints at resuming talks with government
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Sep 17 (IANS) A year after the peace process between New Delhi and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) collapsed Sep 22 last year, Assam's dominant separatist group is once again hinting at resuming the failed talks.
"The peace process abruptly came to a halt. However, neither of the two sides has called for withdrawal of the process and instead both have mutually invited each other for talks," the ULFA said in a statement received by IANS.
US arrests 11 for H-1B visa fraud
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : An ongoing US federal probe into an H-1B visa fraud has led to the arrest of 11 people in seven states and the indictment of IT services firm Vision Systems Group founded by an Indian-American.
Announcing the arrests in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, US Attorney Matthew Whitaker alleged that the arrested people had filed false documents to obtain visas for Indian and Pakistani computer engineers and programmers.
First batch of Haj pilgrims from Telangana leave for Jeddah
Hyderabad : The first batch of 340 pilgrims left from Telangana for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to perform the Haj pilgrimage.
The Air India...
AIMPLB questions media hype on ‘Talaq’ while ignoring women security
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Dr Asma Zehra, executive committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB) addressed media persons...
BJP would apologise for any mistake: Rajnath
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Tuesday said it has been fed to people that his party was anti-Muslim, and added...
Muslims to get 10% quota in OBC: West Bengal cabinet
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: Yielding to the pressure by the Muslim community in the state, the West Bengal Government today decided to reserve 10% quota for socially, educationally and economically backward Muslims under OBC category. The state cabinet took the decision today in Kolkata.
CBI to probe IIT-M student Fathima Latheef’s death
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
The CBI will enquire the alleged institutional murder of IIT Madras student Fathima Latheef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister...
Iraqi troops launch major offensive against Al Qaeda
By DPA,
Baghdad : Some 26,000 Iraqi soldiers and police have begun a sweep of the west of the country, searching for armed men from Al Qaeda and related groups, government media announced Monday.
The operation seeks to foil "any terrorist plot that could affect the security situation," General Bahai Hussein al-Karkhi, chief of police for Iraq's western, predominantly Sunni Muslim al-Anbar province, told Baghdad's al-Sabah newspaper.
Yechury manhandled by two Hindu Sena activists at press meet
New Delhi, (IANS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury was roughed up by two youth at a press conference here on Wednesday. The two who...
Israel’s Barak: larger military operation in Gaza “just a matter of time”
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip is "just a matter of time," local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
Barak paid a visit to soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)'s Gaza Division on Wednesday evening along with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi and Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, head of the Southern Command.
Now, posters in Jadavpur demand freedom for Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland
Kolkata : A day after pro-Afzal Guru slogans were heard in the prestigious Jadavpur University, its campus was on the boil on Wednesday as...
Man blinds wife, cuts off her ears
By IANS
Bhopal : A man on the run from the law for the past two years blinded his wife and cut off her ears in Rama village of Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, the police said Tuesday.
Rakesh Yadav, 45, suspected that his wife Guddi, 40 was having an illicit relationship with his younger brother while he was on the run.
According to the police, villagers reportedly incited Yadav against his wife. He took his wife to their farm Monday evening on the pretext of some work. There he tied her with a rope, stabbed her eyes and cut off her ears.
Smuggler held with leopard skin
By IANS
Agra : A Nepalese citizen was recently arrested with a leopard skin at the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh in a search carried out by the state's forest department with assistance from an NGO.
Sumiran Raidas, a resident of Nepal's Kapilvastu district, was arrested from a raw-leather market of Naugarh district earlier this week after the NGO Wildlife S.O.S provided information about his activities to the forest department officials.
पटना की मस्जिद में फेंके गए पटाखे, लिखी गयी गालियां
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
पटना: आज रविवार की सुबह पटना की न्यू मिल्लात कॉलोनी के फुलवारी शरीफ में अराजक तत्वों ने दस्तक दी, और पिछले सवा-डेढ़...
Muslim women gather in Mumbai to discuss ways to eliminate terror
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: In first of its kind meeting on the issue Muslim women from across Maharashtra gathered in Mumbai yesterday to discuss ways to eliminate terrorism from India. They expressed their concern on the rise in terror in the country and discussed ways to eliminate it.
“After every terror attack we just condemn it. It won't work anymore. Time has come for us to come into open and work with the society to root it out,” said Ghazala Azad of Awami Bharat, the organizer of the program held at Urdu Markaz, Urdu Girls High School in Dongri,
Dead denied burial over graveyard land dispute
By IANS,
Patna : A village in Bihar's Gaya district remained tense Tuesday, a day after a group of Hindus stopped Muslims from burying two of their dead due to a dispute over the graveyard land, police said.
Muslims of Madhav Bigha village in Gaya, about 100 km from here, were angry after two of their dead were denied burial in the graveyard by some Hindus Monday.
According to police sources in Gaya, when Kamruddin Ansari's body was brought for burial to the graveyard, some members of the Hindu community stopped the Muslims. Earlier, another body was also denied burial.
Iran denies military intervention in Iraq
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Iran's Defence Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohamad-Najjar has dismissed recent US' allegations that Iran has military intervention in Iraq and supports terrorist groups in the country and said such charges are aimed at fomenting the US-led psychological war.
Mohammad-Najjar made the remarks on the sidelines of the 7th `Rashed' Quality Festival here Sunday.
The Islamic Republic of Iran regards Iraq's security as its own, he underlined.
J&K Human Rights Commission asks government to investigate 2,080 unmarked graves in two Jammu...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, directed the state government to conduct a comprehensive...
Masjid rebuilt in Kalambar but not open for prayers
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Kalambar (Maharashtra): Terror and fear continue to overwhelm the downtrodden Muslims of Kalambar. Muslims still fear the unexpected, as “they” may retaliate at any moment. And they do not have the economic and political strength to stand against the impending onslaught of the powerful local RSS fellows.
That is why according to the Imam of the earlier demolished and then rebuilt Mosque Akbar Afghan, around five families have fled to other villages.
Delhi minister gets threat call, writes to home minister
New Delhi : Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Thursday informed union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he got a threat call and...
Nawaz Sharif’s party to contest Pakistan elections
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) will take part in scheduled parliamentary elections Jan 8, a party spokesman said Sunday.
‘Bhagwat’s Mother Teresa comment to justify forced reconversion’
Kolkata : Condemning RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment on Mother Teresa, a forum of minorities organisations in West Bengal Saturday said the leader's "malicious"...
Free-medicines-for-all programme launch in October
By IANS,
New Delhi: India's ambitious plan to provide free medicines to all will be launched from October, says a government report.
Why not a uniform, complete Muslim Family Law Act for entire India?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Do you think there is a Muslim family law act in India that covers all familial issues and that is applicable on all Muslims living in any part of the country, be it Gujarat, Goa or Jammu & Kashmir? If you think so, you are, sorry to say, absolutely wrong.
Maoists set new demands for release of kidnapped official
By IANS,
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government Thursday suffered a major setback in its effort to free its official kidnapped by Maoists when the rebels made fresh demands that villagers branded Maoists be released from jails and a civil defence group chief be arrested immediately.
The Maoists had earlier put through the wife of the abducted block development officer Prashant Layak their demand for release of their three comrades from a jail, and then insisted on release of 11 others.
Delhi, Mumbai blasts blot on security agencies: Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi : The recent bomb attacks in Mumbai and Delhi are "a blot" on security and intelligence agencies, Home Minister P. Chidambaram admitted Thursday.
To stop villagers from migrating in search of water, IMRC installs water pumps
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Bihar/Jharkhand: Every summer, Mohammed Raket Miyan, 40 from Village Gordhia in Gaya District of Bihar has no choice but...
Kashmir police can fight militancy on its own: DG Police
By Sadat Khan, Agence India Press
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police Director General Kuldeep Khoda said on Friday that the police were fully prepared to take on the militants on their own strength.
The Director General of Police reportedly made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, who assessed the security situation in the state.
Pillai wanted to know the capability of the Jammu and Kashmir Police to take up the role of fighting insurgents in place of central paramilitary forces.
Traders’ conference held at Aligarh’s Numaish
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A traders’ Conference at State Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition at Muktakash, Aligarh.
“A distinction has been maintained between lawful and unlawful in all the religions of the world. Islam has more specifically demarcated a line between lawful and unlawful. That's why the traders and businessmen should take care of this distinction while doing his business,” said a Senior Faculty Member of Aligarh Muslim University and President of the Sir Syed Awareness Forum while speaking in the conference.
Protest outside police HQ over Trilokpuri riots
New Delhi: A group of Jawaharlal University (JNU) students Saturday protested outside the Delhi Police headquarters alleging discrimination against the minority community in the...
Andhra police on alert on border with Chhattisgarh
By IANS
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh police fanned out Wednesday through the forests bordering Chhattisgarh to foil attempts by Maoists to enter the state following the killing of 24 security personnel by rebels in the neighbouring state.
Muslim women will not tolerate interference in Sharia: AIMPLB members
Hyderabad : Women members of All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday said that Muslim women are safe and secure in Islamic...
‘Modernization of education in Minority Institutions more important than in Madarsas’: World Education Summit
By A.Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Many representatives from different Muslim Education Institutions and Education experts from all corners of the country had gathered for the fourth World Education Summit in New Delhi where they have appealed to the government to shift its focus from madarsas towards providing latest technology education to minority students and to remove hurdles encountered by number of Minority Education Institutions across the country in imparting quality and modern education to the minority students.
Maoists, LTTE under control: Tamil Nadu police chief
By IANS
Chennai : A day after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed concern over increased presence of Maoists and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, state Director General of Police P. Rajendiran said Monday that the menaces were "very much under control".
"Our sustained measures against Naxalites (Maoists) and cross-border terrorists have yielded good results. However, we are not letting our guard drop. We have created at least 60 checkpoints all along the (650 km long) coast of the state," Rajendiran told IANS.
यूपी चुनाव में ओवैसी, दलितों-मुसलमानों को साथ लाने की कोशिश
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन(एआईएमआईएम या एमआईएम) के नेता असदुद्दीन ओवैसी इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश के तीन दिनों के दौरे पर हैं....
Jammu and Kashmir politicians condemn Benazir’s assassination
By IANS
Jammu : Cutting across party lines, politicians in Jammu and Kashmir have condemned the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, terming it as an act of terrorism aimed at snuffing out democracy in the neighbouring country.
While mainstream politicians were unanimous in reading in her assassination a move by terrorists to impact the South Asian region's political and security situation, separatists saw in it a clear attempt to destabilise Pakistan.
In riot affected Dhulagarh, Hindus & Muslims celebrate Tagore’s birth anniversary together
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On Tuesday, members from Hindu and Muslim communities of Dhulagarh, West Bengal together celebrated the birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore by tying...
Mumbai terror suspect held near South Africa border?
By IANS,
Johannesburg: Two Pakistanis, one a suspect in the Mumbai terror attack, were arrested in Zimbabwe as they tried to enter South Africa, a media report said Saturday. But a South African police officer denied they were terrorists.
Zimbabwean police said 33-year-old Imran Muhammad, wanted in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attack, was arrested near the Beitbridge border post, the Herald newspaper said.
He was travelling with another Pakistani national, Chaudry Parvez Ahmed, 33, Radio France Internationale (RFI) quoted the Herald as saying.
Sharif to return again, but now as Musharraf ally?
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Waving green flags, carrying portraits and chanting slogans, hundreds of people are heading towards Lahore where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would be landing Sunday after seven years of exile in Saudi Arabia and Britain.
This would be his second attempt to enter the country after he landed on Sep 10 from London and was sent back to Saudi Arabia from the airport.
Man kills son for refusing to beg
By IANS,
Raipur : A man killed his 11-year-old son and buried him in his house after the boy refused to join his father as a beggar in a Chhattisgarh village. The man was arrested Monday, police said.
Ashok Nishad, 50, smothered his son Bhola Nishad to death Friday at Thethwarpara village in Dongargarh, some 125 km from here. Ashok was an alcoholic.
"Nishad was forcing his son for a few months to join him for begging so that he could get more cash daily for liquor," Vishwas Chandrakar, police station chief at Dongargarh, told IANS.
4th International Nursi Studies Conference held in Kolkata
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: The life, works, spiritual thoughts and contribution of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, the most influential Islamic scholar in modern Turkey, and his great works `Risale-I Nur’, a Tafsir-e-Quran, were discussed at the 4th International Nursi Studies Conference held here.
The conference was organised in association with Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (IFSC) of Turkey and the Arabic Department of Aliah University of Kolkata on February 12-13.
Explosive material seized in Gujarat, three held
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: A huge cache of explosive material and detonators has been seized in Gujarat's Valsad district and three people have been arrested, police said Sunday.
A Special Operations Group of the Vapi police in Valsad, neighbouring Maharashtra seized 200 kg of Ammonium Nitrate, 600 detonators and 200 gelatine sticks from an autorickshaw that was heading towards the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Saturday night, a police official said.
Three people in a car accompanying the autorickshaw have been arrested, he added.
Bihar ex-MLA Radhakant Yadav to get ‘Karkare Award’
By Manzar Bilal and Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Full court must be called to discuss SC situation: Ex-judges
Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS): A former Chief Justice of India and two other judges have termed as "unprecedented" the press meet by four senior sitting judges of...
Ban appreciates India’s ‘courageous handling’ of Mumbai attack
By Lalit K. Jha, IANS,
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday praised India's "courageous handling" of the Mumbai terrorist attack last month, which killed more than 170 people including several foreign nationals.
Responding to a question on the increasing tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of the attack, Ban stressed the need to continue dialogue between the two South Asian neighbours.
Addressing his year-ender press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Ban said India and Pakistan should continue with their composite dialogue.
Telangana, Andhra CMs congratulate Sania Mirza
Hyderabad: The chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday congratulated tennis star Sania Mirza for being selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel...
Modi wave or media hype ? Media must not lose credibility
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt,
Is there a wave for the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi? Certainly yes, if you watch television channels that day-after-day and...
Subramanian Swamy moves SC to build Ram temple in Ayodhya
New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking construction of Lord Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Mentioning...
BJP’s Assam MP alleges award returnees took money, apologises
Guwahati : Rameswar Teli, a BJP Lok Sabha member from Assam, on Tuesday alleged that litterateurs from across the country returned their Sahitya...
Oldest Babri litigant Hashim Ansari passes away
Lucknow : Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, passed away in Ayodhya on Wednesday morning, after prolonged illness.
Ansari has...
Thiruvallur District launches Muslim Women’s Aid Society
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
80-year-old raped by youth
By IANS,
Lucknow : An 80-year-old woman was assaulted and raped by a young man in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said Monday. The 27-year-old rapist was arrested Monday.
Probe team to visit dead West Bengal cop’s office Tuesday
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the death of a police officer who had carried initial investigations in the sensational Rizwanur case, will visit his office Tuesday for clues to his mysterious death, an official said here Monday.
The body of Arindam Manna, posted with the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Dum Dum, was found Feb 11 near the Mankundu railway station under the jurisdiction of Sheoraphuli GRP. It bore injury marks on legs, hands and eyes.
Kashmiris celebrate Musharraf’s victory
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Though the fate of Pakistan President is still hanging in fire, the supporters of separatists leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq celebrated the victory of Gen Parvez Musharraf by bursting crackers and taking out a victory procession in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, here on Sunday.
Nanavati report based on manufactured evidence: Tehelka
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Nanavati commission relied on "manufactured evidence" to conclude that the Godhra train burning tragedy was pre-planned, according to the Tehelka newsmagazine, which last year carried out an undercover investigation into the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat.
Showing the footage of the sting operation, part of the sensational expose in November carried out by an undercover journalist, Tehelka editor Tarun Tajpal said witnesses were caught on camera saying they were bribed by the Gujarat police to make false statements before the investigative commission.
Bhagalpur riots probe panel warns of social media dangers
Patna: The Bhagalpur Riots Probe Commission's report has warned the government that social media has become a launch pad for spreading hatred and communal...
Court issues production warrant against Jundal
New Delhi : A court here Wednesday issued warrant for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal to be brought before it connection with cases of...
Ramjanmabhoomi verdict: Uttar Pradesh seeks central support
By Sharat Pradhan,IANS,
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel as part of its contingency planning ahead of the much-awaited verdict in the volatile 125-year-old Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case.
A three-judge special bench of the Allahabad High Court, which concluded its hearing in the long pending case last month, will announce its verdict Sep 17.
‘You Are a Terrorist, a Murderer’: Kashmiri Students Face Rising Threats Across India Following...
TCN News Desk
“You are a terrorist.” “You are a murderer.” “Get out, or we will deal with you.”
These threats have been directed at Kashmiri...
जमकर हो रही है बिहार के नौजवानों की कामयाबी की तारीफ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
दिल्ली के रहने वाले सबिहुल हसन ने बिना किसी कोचिंग संस्थान की मदद के बिहार पब्लिक सर्विस कमीशन में 288...
AMU to set up world class museum
Aligarh : Thanks to a generous donation of $50,000, a world class museum will come up at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
A US-based well-wisher...
Can national anthem really instill patriotism?
By Shiba Aamir for TwoCircles.net,
On November 30, the Supreme Court of India ordered all the cinema halls in India to play national anthem to...
Hang Kasab now, says slain commando’s father
By IANS,
Bangalore : K. Unnikrishnan, father of the slain National Security Guard commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, said Thursday there should be no delay in the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, sentenced to death for his role in the Mumbai terror attack.
"I don't want any delay in hanging Kasab. I want it fast-tracked," he told reporters here, reacting to the death sentence awarded to Kasab.
Nawaz Sharif deported to Saudi Arabia
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was Monday dramatically deported to Saudi Arabia just four hours after he had landed in Pakistan after seven years in exile, hoping to campaign against the country's US-allied military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Confirming this, ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Shujaat Hussain told IANS that Sharif was allowed to land in the country and deported after he agreed "to go to Saudi Arabia instead of a jail."
Attack on professor: Human Rights Commission intervenes on alleged torture of Muslims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The National Human Rights Commission is turning its attention to Kerala on the complaint that Muslim families are being tortured in the name of the investigation on the attack on professor, according to reports. The Commission has reportedly asked the state DGP to give an explanation on the matter within two weeks. The HR Commission’s move was prompted by the complaint filed by NM Siddique, Ernakulam district president of the NCHRO.
On the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Malcolm X
By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan, TwoCircles.net,
O, Malcolm, My Malcolm:
You are present when you are away.
Dearest Malcolm,
You were just a name for me from my history books; until I read Maya Angelou’s account of meeting you at Harlem. That day something changed.
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...
Alshifa Hospital gets second ambulance
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Alshifa Multispecialty Hospital has got a second ambulance to server its target population.
‘Canada police was warned about 1985 Air India bombing’
Montreal, May 1 (DPA) Canadian police were tipped off that Sikh separatists could be plotting a terrorist attack against an India-bound flight several months before Air India flight 182 exploded, killing hundreds, a former policeman told an inquiry panel.
The testimony contradicted the official account by Canadian police, who have insisted for more than two decades that security personnel had no idea the attack was coming.
Indian, Pakistani soldiers celebrate Eid at LoC
Srinagar : Indian and Pakistani soldiers Tuesday greeted each other on Eid and exchanged sweets at Aman Setu and in Tangdhar sectors of the...
India Islamic centre condemns Boko Haram terror activities
New Delhi: The India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) Thursday "strongly condemned the terror activities" of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram which has been...
BJP fields one Muslim in Bihar
Patna: Contrary to expectations, the BJP has fielded only one Muslim candidate for the Bihar assembly elections -- so far.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has...
Boucher to discuss political crisis with Pakistani opposition
By DPA
Islamabad : US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher was due to discuss Pakistan's current political crisis with liberal opposition parties after he arrives in the capital Islamabad late Tuesday, party officials said.
Dawat-e-Islami’s three-day 26th annual conference to begin in Mumbai on Friday
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Sunni Dawat-e-Islami, an International non-political religious organization established in 1991 under the leadership of Maulana Mohammed Shakir Ali Noorie, is going to hold a three-day 26th annual ijtema (conference) at Azad Maidan from...
Iran denies opposition group’s claim over secret underground nuke site
By Xinhua
Tehran : Iran on Friday denied a claim by the country's main opposition organization which had accused Tehran of constructing secret underground nuclear site in central Iran for military use.
Javad Vaidi, deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council noted in a statement that the country's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani had "denied the related accusations and there's no secret nuclear site in Iran".
Economics of Islamic Banking in India
By Syed Zahid Ahmad,
With silent debates on Islamic Banking in India among Indian Muslims, some of our financial sector players and political leaders, time has come that besides considering the religious, social, political and diplomatic dimensions, we should understand the economics of Islamic banking for Indian economy.
Four Sharif supporters die in shooting near Islamabad
By Xinhua
Islamabad : At least four supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif were killed Thursday when unidentified gunmen fired at his party's procession on the outskirts of Islamabad, local press reports said.
Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), was due to address election rallies in the eastern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad.
A procession was taken out to welcome Sharif when unidentified gunmen opened fire from a house on the main Islamabad airport road, the PML-N said.
Supreme Court probe panel to investigate Sohrabuddin’s killing
By IANS,
New Delhi: The sensational killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged fake gun battle and the murder of his wife and a friend are likely to be probed by the Supreme Court's Special Investigations Team (SIT), which is inquiring the 2002 Gujarat communal riots.
The Supreme Court Monday ordered that the 2005 killings by the Gujarat police will be investigated by the probe panel headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan.
Father of arrested LeT militant wants him punished as per law
By Imran Khan, IANS
Patna : The father of suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Sabauddin Ahmad alias Sallahudin alias Farhan, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Uttar Pradesh, wants him to be punished in accordance with the law.
Sabauddin, along with five other suspected LeT members, was arrested last week from Lucknow for his alleged involvement in an attack on a CRPF camp in Rampur on Jan 1 in which seven personnel of the paramilitary force as well as one civilian were killed.
The blame game and RS election in Assam
Suspended AIUDF MLA Majharbhuiyan says party chief Ajmal asked him to abstain.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After remaining in the centre of the...
Report: Some two million people become homeless refugees within Iraq since 2003 war
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Nearly two million Iraqis have fled their homes and become refugees in other parts of their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the Iraqi Red Crescent (IRC) said in a report.
The report said that more than 1.93 million people had left their homes by Aug. 31 this year, looking for safer places within their country, creating an "unprecedented human tragedy".
Kodnani arrest: A ray of hope for justice in Gujarat
Arrest of Kodnani shows wheels of justice have started moving in right direction in Gujarat; may act as a deterrence to prevent repeat of 2002; say activists.
By TwoCircles.net special correspondent,
Traders clash with police in Srinagar
Srinagar : Traders clashed with police here on Tuesday after marching towards the secretariat to denounce the government's failure to compensate them following last...
Pakistan security forces kill 12 Islamic militants
By DPA
Islamabad : At least 12 Islamic militants were killed Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Pakistan's restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Around 30 to 40 militants in two vehicles opened fire on a military patrol this morning around 11 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) when they were stopped at Banda checkpoint near Miran Shah, the main city in tribal district North Waziristan," military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told DPA.
Islamabad : At least 12 Islamic militants were killed Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Pakistan's restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
"Around 30 to 40 militants in two vehicles opened fire on a military patrol this morning around 11 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) when they were stopped at Banda checkpoint near Miran Shah, the main city in tribal district North Waziristan," military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told DPA.
Frame uniform scheme to compensate rape victims, SC tells states
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all state governments and union territory administrations to formulate a "uniform scheme" for compensation to...
Students in Guwahati get training in social media
By Risa Laloo, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) held a three days’ workshop on Social Media Immersion from 4th -6th August for the post graduate students of Mass communication and Educational Leadership.
Kashmir’s autumnal glory may be shortlived – thanks to urbanisation
By F. Ahmed, IANS,
Srinagar : As the chinar leaves change colour from green to crimson to yellow, autumn, the season of plenty in Kashmir, is at its peak. The countryside is buzzing with activity as peasants harvest their paddy crop and fruit growers pick apples in their orchards.
"Despite poor rains this year, we have a good crop and thanks to Allah, my family has enough to suffice till the next paddy crop is sown," said Abdul Salam Rather, a farmer in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district.
Israel to release 450 Palestinian prisoners prior to Annapolis conference
By NNN-KUNA
Gaza : The Israeli government has approved a decision to release 450 Palestinian detainees in a move announced just before the US-sponsored Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, next week.
According to the Israeli radio Monday, all Palestinian prisoners who will be released are members of the Palestinian Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Nation must back SC judges for speaking truth: Shiv Sena
Mumbai, (IANS): The nation must back the four Supreme Court judges who have spoken up boldly in favour of justice and national interest, the Shiv...
Iran-Iraq-US talks to be held after Eid-E Qorban
By NNN-IRNA
Baghdad : The fourth round of trilateral talks among Iran, Iraq and the US on Iraq's security has been postponed until after Eid-e Qorban (Feast of Sacrifice) which commemorates the end of annual Haj ceremony, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday.
Zebari announced this after his meeting with Iranian delegation in Baghdad where he also underlined that the postponement is due to technical reasons rather than political.
‘Media not free in Bihar’: Ruckus in Bihar Assembly over Katju remarks
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Mehbooba’s hesitation in taking over as CM may pave for Governor rule in J&K
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Srinagar: A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died, the state is heading...
Protect violence-hit children of Assam: NGO
New Delhi : An NGO working for child rights Wednesday urged the government to provide protection to about 800 children in Assam affected by...
‘Tehsin embraced terror when he was 18’
By Rajnish Singh,
New Delhi : Indian Mujahideen's operational head Tehsin Akhtar, now in police custody, embraced terrorism when he was only 18 years old.
Such...
21 formally charged for hand in Burdwan blast
Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday formally charged in a special court 21 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, for their involvement in...
Telangana sets up SIT to probe killing of prisoners
Hyderabad : The Telangana government on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe April 7 killing of five undertrial prisoners by police.
The...
US woman charged for plotting terrorism in Europe, South Asia
By DPA,
Washington : The US government has charged a Pennsylvania woman with conspiring to commit terrorism by using the internet to find recruits to carry out attacks in Europe and South Asia, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The charges against Colleen R. LaRose include conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and to kill in a foreign country, making false statements and attempting identity theft. If convicted, she could be ordered to spend the rest of her life in prison and pay $1 million in fines, the department said.
Sangh working on an agenda in Muslim-dominated East Bihar
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Rajsamand murder: An elegy to humanity
By Riyaz Arshad Nazish for TwoCircles.net
The gruesome killing of Mohammed Afrajul, an innocent labour in Rajasthan, is a terrifying incident that testifies the fact...
Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Department of Physics at Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing the XI Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture on 17th February, 2014 at 3.30 p.m. in the Auditorium, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Two Pakistani soldiers, one civilian killed in roadside bombing
By DPA,
Islamabad : Two paramilitary soldiers and one civilian were killed Saturday in a roadside bombing in Pakistan's restive tribal region along the Afghan border, a security official said.
After SMSes, Tamil Nadu women see red in mehendi
By IANS,
Chennai : Rumour mills are working overtime these days on mobile phones and social media. They are targeting women in some parts of Tamil Nadu to make them see red in mehendi/henna.
My brother can never be a terrorist: Qateel Siddiqui’s sister
Special Series on Terror Arrests from Bihar – Part Three
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
DMK gives one seat each to three allies
Chennai : The DMK Tuesday inked seat-sharing agreements with three of its allies - Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), Puthiya Tamizhagam (PT) and Indian Union...
Fake medicine factory busted in Orissa
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : A spurious medicine manufacturing unit was busted in Orissa's Bolangir district and fake drugs worth over Rs.20 million were seized, police said Saturday.
A police team raided a factory owned by Sankarlal Agarwal at Kantabanji town, over 400 km from here, late Friday and seized the fake drugs, district police chief Himansu Kumar Lal who led the team, told IANS.
Agarwal confessed that he supplied the fake medicines to the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, apart from places in Orissa, he said.
Bush extends unilateral sanctions against Syria
By RIA Novosti
Washington : US President George W. Bush has ordered unilateral sanctions against Syria be extended for another year, citing suspected support for terrorism and continued threat to American security, foreign policy and economy.
JIH leaders, Imam Bukhari visit Agwan, Adnan
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: To show solidarity with Abdul Rasheed Agwan and Adnan Fahad, the two arrested from Jamia Nagar area by ATS on Sunday and released around midnight the same day, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) led a mass visit to their houses today.
Mehbooba visiting Pakistan to attend Pugwash conference
By IANS
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti will pay her first visit to Pakistan when she goes to Islamabad later this month to attend a two-day Pugwash conference on "regional stability".
Five shot dead in Guatemala brothel
By IANS/EFE,
Guatemala City : Four men and a 15-year-old boy were murdered in a brothel in the southern Guatemalan town of Escuintla, authorities said.
A police spokesman told reporters that "two heavily armed men" entered the brothel Sunday night and after robbing the customers, who were drinking alcohol there, "fired indiscriminately" at them.
"The toll in the massacre was five men killed, among them a youth 15 years old, and two others seriously wounded. The attackers fled," said the spokesman.
Thackeray blows hot and cold at BJP in Dussehra rally
Mumbai : Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recent surgical strikes across the Line of...
TCN cartoon: A tamasha party
By Yusuf, TwoCircles.net,
A book on Jinnah by Jaswant Singh led to a tamasha of BJP for public enjoyment.
Party with a spectacle.
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
Odisha to enhance agri budget outlay
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the outlay of agriculture budget would be enhanced with a special focus to increase...
Belgium’s Khan brothers show EU the yoga way
Brussels: Ten years back Feroze and Sameer Khan opened their yoga centre in Brussels, starting initially in the auditorium of the Indian embassy. Today,...
Muslims can adopt child under juvenile justice law: SC
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday said that Muslims can adopt a child under the amended juvenile justice law and its enforcement could not be impeded by the Muslim personal law.
Global Muslim population estimated at 1.57 billion
By IANS,
Washington : An estimated 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages live in the world today, representing 23 percent of the global population of 6.8 billion, according to a new study of more than 200 countries.
India is estimated to have the third largest Muslim population of over 160 million after Indonesia with more than 200 million and Pakistan with nearly 175 million.
Kerala plan panel to take up issues of Wayanad Muslims with the Centre
By TCN Staff Reporter,
AUDF-led Third Front to contest Lok Sabha poll in Assam
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: In a move that may alter the electoral arithmetic of the ruling Congress party in Assam – and in the rest of the country also particularly the Hindi belt if the experience extended – the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has taken a lead to form Third Front to contest coming Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Fifty years of unreasonable restrictions: An illustrated history of UAPA
Video by Bhamati Sivapalan and Vidyun Sabhaney for Media Collective
Text by Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves
Soon after its adoption, the Constitution of India was...
RBI is inflating the Indian Economy
By Syed Zahid Ahmad,
The recession in the US and prevailed uncertainty in the petroleum producing nations had provided an opportunity for India to pull capital resources from the US and Gulf countries, but the practical approach of RBI has converted the opportunities into challenges as the liquidity and inflation are certainly not under the control of the RBI which is attempting to freeze the liquidity by increasing the interest rate and cost of credits. FICCI and the corporate sector have already criticized RBI’s recent announcement to increase the rate of interest.
Victims of India’s ‘War on Terror’
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
In a development of far-reaching and frightening implications for the stature of the Indian judiciary, Bar Associations in several parts of the country are effectively banning advocates from defending Muslim youth branded as 'terrorists', many of them who may well be wrongly accused. A chilling indicator of how deeply-rooted anti-Muslim prejudice has now become.