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By IANS Mumbai : The verdict in the case related to gang rape of Bilkis Bano Yakub Rasool and the killing of her family members in a small town - one of the most horrific incidents of 2002 communal violence in Gujarat - is likely to be delivered by a Mumbai court soon. According to defence counsel Rajendra Shirodkar, Additional Sessions Judge U.D. Salvi's ruling could come as early as Friday or by Tuesday (Jan 22). The tragedy in Randhikpur, a town 250 km from Ahmedabad, permanently changed the Bilkis Bano's life.

By IANS, New Delhi : Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said a new phenomenon of "saffron terrorism" was behind several bomb blasts, prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to accuse the government of trying to divert attention from its failures. Chidambaram, while inaugurating a conference of chiefs of police forces of the country, said: "There is no let up in the attempts to radicalise young men and women in India.

By IANS, Srinagar : Normal life across Kashmir Valley was affected Saturday by a strike call given by Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani against President Pratibha Patil's visit to the state. Shops, government offices, educational institutions and banks in Srinagar and other towns were shut. However skeletal traffic was on roads here. The authorities made elaborate security arrangements to maintain peace.

By RIA Novosti Ankara : Turkey's military command has accused some EU countries, particularly France and Britain, of acting in a way that supports Kurdish militants, media reports said. Turkey, a NATO member with EU membership aspirations, has long sought to put an end to attacks from northern Iraq carried out by militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

New Delhi : Terming Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging "wrong and badly handled", Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Monday said his body should have...

By RINA, New Delhi: Resolving to consolidate the secular forces in the country, the Aligarh based non governmental organization Millat Bedari Muhim Committee on Tuesday declared its support to the Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Rallying behind the Millat Bedari Muhim Committee, noted film-maker Mahesh Bhatt told the reporters here yesterday that civil society cannot let the communal forces assert themselves and that there is a need to strengthen the secular forces.

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली: जेएनयू में कुछ हफ़्तों पहले हुए कथित रूप से राष्ट्रविरोधी और विवादित कार्यक्रम की जांच के लिए गठित की...

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New Delhi : Separatist Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani should declare he is an Indian to get a passport, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar...

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Lucknow: Senior cabinet minister and Chairman, State Haj Committee (SHC) Naseemuddin Siddiqui on Tuesday blamed the foreign ministry for with-holding 11000 haj seats. "They have kept 11000 seats and allotting them to VIPs and others. This quota should be immediately released to various state's haj committee for general muslims," said Siddiqui who was re-elected as Chairman of UP's state Haj Committee on Tuesday at Lucknow.

By KUNA Gaza : Palestinian groups have fired some 37 missiles from north Gaza on southern Israel Wednesday, a spokesman of the Israeli Army said. The previous Israeli report was 17 missiles and five civilians injured. The spokesman said five missiles hit in Sderot while the rest hit uninhabited areas nearby. The army had admitted to five injuries and also reported damage to nearby cars and other property. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed by Al-Quds Brigades.

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that two railway engine factories will be set up in Bihar. "We are building railway...

By Xinhua Islamabad : Former Prime Minister and Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto Friday morning left for Dubai on a three-day visit to see her children and ailing mother Nusrat Bhutto, according to the official APP news agency. "Benazir Bhutto boarded flight EK-613 at 0900 hours (0400 GMT) early Friday," an official of the Pakistan People's Party said. Bhutto planned to leave late Thursday but she had to return from the Islamabad airport because she was carrying her expired passport.

By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Women’s under representation in political sphere is inextricably linked with their low and inferior status in the Indian society....

By DPA Dhaka : Bangladesh has mounted a nationwide search for a 1,500-year old statue of Hindu godhead Vishnu, which went missing from Dhaka's airport during transhipment to France for display at an international exhibition, police and witnesses said Monday. About a dozen suspects were detained over the weekend when the authorities were loading the second shipment of the rare artefacts for France for display at an international exhibition.

By Karoly for TwoCircles.net, The honeymoon is over. CPI (M) has divorced Abdunnasser Madani and his People Democratic Party (PDP) after their nearly year long stint together, where both their babies of Lok Sabha results and the by-elections results were stillborn. While it is a going back to roots for the CPI(M), PDP is left uprooted and Madani faces a sharp reversal in fortunes and seems destined for the next harsh phase in his life.

By Xinhua Dhaka : Cyclone Sidr has caused damage to over 25 percent of mangrove forests in Bangladesh's southwestern Sundarbans, the world's largest, The Independent newspaper reported Thursday. A preliminary assessment by forest officials said about 25-30,000 hectares of mangrove forests have been "severely" damaged, while another 70-80,000 hectares of forestland have suffered partial damage. Sundarbans is located 350 km southwest of capital Dhaka in the greater Khulna district. It also covers southwestern Bagerhat and Satkhira regions.

By IANS Lucknow : A police sub-inspector was shot dead Wednesday evening in Uttar Pradesh's Akbarpur district allegedly by his two relatives over a land dispute. Shiv Singh was killed in Duttpura village of the district at 6 p.m, said Superintendent Of Police (SP) Vir Bahadur Singh. Police suspect that Shiv Singh's brother, Ram Singh, and his nephew are involved in the murder. Both the accused are absconding and police have launched a manhunt to nab them.

Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: A conglomerate of five Bhopal-based organizations active among the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster and those exposed to the ground water contamination have announced that they will launch their indefinite agitation in New Delhi from July 26th.

By IANS Dubai : Former Indian Davis Cup player Zeeshan Ali has been appointed the permanent coach of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tennis team. Ali was earlier given a temporary contract after he guided the UAE to the Tier III Davis Cup event in July. After being appointed the permanent coach, Ali said that players must show renewed commitment to their sport if they were to progress further in the Davis Cup.

By IANS, Los Angeles/Hyderabad : The police in the US said Saturday that no foul play was suspected in the death of a 24-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh state, while her family claimed that the death might be connected to her husband's demand for more dowry. Goli Sushma was found dead Thursday afternoon at her home at Northridge city near Los Angeles. Devonshire Police Station, under whose jurisdiction the incident happened, sent a three-member team to the house.

By IANS, Dhaka: Amnesty International Wednesday condemned the "hasty executions" of five former army officers found guilty of the 1975 assassination of Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "Transparency was needed over their hasty executions", the rights watchdog said in a statement, adding a note of concern over the safety of family members of the convicts. Mujib's daughter and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government carried out the executions last week ignoring the opposition expressed from Amnesty.

By IANS, Mumbai : Delhi's Shamim Khan climbed to the top of the leader board with a fiery four-under-66 in round three of the CG Open Golf here Friday.

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By Islami Tijara, This is first part of the 4 part series on the idea of Equity Market being best investment options for Muslims

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New Delhi : A number of Muslim and civil rights organisations organised a stage-in at Jantar Mantar on Parliament Street here Tuesday to demand implementation of Justice Srikrishna Commission recommendations. They demanded from the government to bring to justice those responsible for killings of hundreds of innocent Muslims during Mumbai riots 1992-93.

By IANS, New Delhi: Five men, including a business graduate, have been arrested here for their involvement in over 50 cases of robberies, snatching, vehicle thefts in Delhi and its suburbs, police said Wednesday. Parveen Shanker, an MBA from Symbiosis University, Pune, Manoj Kejriwal, a graduate in history from Ranchi University, Rahul Anand, a BSc drop-out from Patna University, and Hari Om and Mahesh Kumar were arrested Tuesday from Geeta Colony area of east Delhi. One semi-automatic pistol, two country-made pistols and 19 live cartridges were recovered from them, police said.

By Sheikh Qayoom, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will need more than over 50 years of experience as a mature politician to keep the ruling PDP-BJP alliance on an even keel as controversies rattle the coalition even before it starts delivering on promises of peace and development.

By IANS, New Delhi: Delhi Police sub-inspector Sharif Ahmed has been sent to judicial custody till Feb 11 after being arrested for allegedly demanding bribe to settle a rape case, police said Thursday. Ahmed, posted at New Usmanpur police station in northeast Delhi, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau following a probe into a complaint filed in December, an officer said.

By Xinhua New York : Thousands of protestors took to the streets along Broadway in Manhattan to demand an end to the Iraq war and prevent another on Iran. Organised by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, the protestors braved rain Saturday to march from Union Square to Foley Square, chanting slogans like "What do we want? Peace! When do we want it? Now!"

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar: Panic stricken former militants and sympathizers of separatists have started migrating out of Kashmir's Sopore town following the killings of former...

This year Muslim student’ pass percentage increased to 78.04% By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Three Muslim students are among the ten toppers in the West Bengal Higher Secondary Examination 2015. The result of the WBCHSE was declared on May 29, 2015. Sk Monirul Mondal came second; Aminul Ahsan is fourth while Mahir Akhtar stood ninth in the whole state.

By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: For creating enthusiasm among madrasa students to memorize well the Holy Qur’an and beautify its recitation, Idara Dawatus Sunna (IDS) organizes Qur’an competition every year. It held the 10th contest on Thursday at Haj House in Mumbai.

मोहम्मद आसिफ़ इक़बाल मराठवाड़ा के बीड़ इलाके के साबलखेड़ गांव में रविवार को एक बच्ची की पानी भरने के दौरान मौत हो गई. रविवार होने...

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Mumbai : A special court conducting trial of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts has summoned all the 23 who have been found not guilty, including three of the Memon family, to appear before it on Wednesday.