Social harmony, unity would help defeat anti-India forces: Naqvi
Ajmer : Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said "social harmony and unity" is to be strengthened further to defeat the forces that...
Man arrested for threatening Dikshit
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday for making an anonymous call warning that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's life was in danger, police said.
Veer Singh, a resident of Farsh Vihar in east Delhi, allegedly made the call Thursday to implicate a man who was harassing him to repay his dues. He had stolen a mobile phone from Narela in outer Delhi to make the call to the police control room and then called up the other man.
Profiling ordinary Kashmiris during Ramadan
By TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Azaan Shah is a freelance photojournalist from the city. He loves to capture daily life in the trouble torn Kashmir. Here are...
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) welcomes release of Dr Kafeel Khan
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Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has welcomed the release of Dr Kafeel Khan, who has been repeatedly imprisoned by the Uttar Pradesh government...
Khair e Ummat Trust is not a front organization of SIMI: AIMPLB
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhagalpur riots at a glance
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net
Bhagalpur: The communal violence that broke out in and around Bhagalpur in October of 1989 continued for about two months and nearly 1,070 lives lost. Here a glimpse of Bhagalpur riot 1989. It was sparked off by processions carrying bricks for building the Ram temple in Ayodhya during BJP's movement against the Babri Masjid.
No arrests yet in Malegaon blast case: IG
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Malegaon (Maharashtra): S P Gupta, Inspector General (IG) of Nasik range termed the reports of six persons having been arrested in connection with the Malegaon blasts as false and concocted.
There were some reports in the media that six people have been arrested from Malegaon and Chalis Gaon.
Rohingya’s rise to militancy claimed 100 lives, says report
Naypyidaw (IANS): Members of a Rohingya militant group allegedly massacred as many as 99 people, including women and children, in Hindu villages in Myanmar's...
Pilgrims set off for Hajj from Calicut Airport
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The first group of pilgrims from Kerala to offer the Holy Hajj set off from the Calicut International Airport at around 4.30 pm yesterday. Elamaram Kareem, state Minister of Industries, flagged off the first flight. Kadannappalli Ramachandran, Minister of Devaswom, and PTA Raheem, Chairman of the state Hajj Committee, were also present.
NATO soldier, Afghan civilians killed in attacks
By DPA,
Kabul : A NATO soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack Sunday in southern Afghanistan, where two civilians were killed in similar blasts, officials said.
Abbas: Peace negotiations face obstacles
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas revealed on Sunday that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians "are facing obstacles, mainly settlements."
Israel and the Palestinians agreed in Annapolis peace conference held in late November to launch talks on final status issues, which are supposed to end up with the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
ISI still backs Taliban: US
By IANS,
Washington : US officials believe that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI) still supports the Taliban despite recent signals that the spy agency had started cracking down on the Islamist group, says the Washington Post.
Sania makes winning start in Dubai, meets Jankovic next
By IANS
Dubai : Sania Mirza overcame a first set lapse in concentration to pack off qualifier Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Tuesday.
Sania will now play Jelena Jankovic in the second round later Wednesday.
Sania also had a winning start in women's doubles as she partnered Italian Francesca Schiavone and beat wildcards Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-4, 6-4 at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
‘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"...
BJP hopes Maharashtra win will boost its prospects in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS): Perked by its success in the Maharashtra civic polls, the BJP has decided to use it for a "major political...
British PM arrives in Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss the handover of security in Basra to the Iraqi government, Iraqi state-run television reported.
This is Brown's first visit to Iraq since taking over as prime minister from Tony Blair on June 27.
He is expected to meet Iraqi leaders to discuss the readiness of the Iraqi troops to take over the responsibility of security in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, some 550 km south of Baghdad, the Iraqiya television said.
Secularism Denied: Justice Nariman Slams Babri Masjid Verdict as ‘Great Travesty of Justice’
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The Babri Masjid dispute, a landmark issue in Indian judicial and political history, has remained a contentious topic for decades. Justice RF Nariman,...
NCM writes to MHA over hate speech
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Taking cognizance of complaints filed, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has written to the Home Ministry on instances of hate speeches being made by members of the ruling BJP. NCM also issued notice to the MP Government on Garba ban for Muslims after the call given by Usha Thakur - BJP MLA.
Curfew like situation continues in Kashmir Valley
By Agence India Press
Srinagar: A general shutdown paralyzed life across the Valley on Friday as authorities clamped strict restrictions in the old areas of the city to ward off trouble that had started earlier this week with the death of a 14-year-old Wamiq Farooq on Sunday.
Chairman of Huriyat conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, continued to remain under house arrest for the second day. While two other pro-freedom separatist leaders, Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan, were arrested on Wednesday to prevent them from participating in the protests here.
Can Islam and Secularism dialogue with each other?
By Maulana Waris Mazhari,
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)
The question of whether or not there can be a dialogue between Islam and secularism is a particularly pertinent one today. Many Muslims, including the vast majority of ulema and Islamists, believe that these ideologies are polar opposites. Hence, they insist, there is no possibility of arriving at even a minimum consensus between the two.
Haryana village heads want police officials sacked
By IANS,
Bhiwani (Haryana) : Ten village heads at their meeting in Haryana's Bhiwani district Friday set a 13-day deadline for the state government to dismiss the police officials involved in the killing of a youth in an “encounter” near Tosham town.
The village heads at their 'mahapanchayat' (mega meet) demanded a compensation of Rs.2 million and a government job to a member of the family of Mahinder Kumar, who was shot. The village heads held their meeting Friday at village Garanpura, where the youth was killed.
Bongaigaon relief camps of Bodos who were displaced in 1990s
By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Modi alone records BJP’s objection to Minority Plan
By IANS
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday opposed any move to set aside funds for minorities while other chief ministers of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states offered only a feeble opposition to the proposal at a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) here.
Indian Muslim teenager in UK raped, murdered
London, (IANS): An Indian Muslim teenager was kidnapped, raped and murdered here for having a relationship with an Arab man, a UK court was told.
According...
Remembering Hindi litterateur Prof KP Singh
By Dr Mohammad Sajjad,
It is quite befitting for a reputed and historic university to commemorate its distinguished and accomplished academics: people who combined...
Handwara girl’s mother says video recorded under police pressure
Srinagar : The mother of the young girl whose alleged molestation by a army soldiersparked off violent protests in Handwara earlier this week alleged...
Sarvajan or bahujan, Mayawati in ideological bind
By Khalid Akhter, IANS,
New Delhi : Two years after its historic victory in Uttar Pradesh riding on a rainbow coalition of the low and high castes, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of Chief Minister Mayawati is caught in a dilemma -- whether to continue its inclusive agenda or revert to her core Dalit base.
Kerala celebrates Eid
Thiruvananthapuram : The Muslim community of Kerala celebrated Eid on Monday and visited specially erected Eid-Gahs, halls and mosques across the state to...
Six killed in Jammu terror attack
Jammu : A civilian and three security personnel were killed on Friday when two heavily-armed militants stormed a police station in Jammu and Kashmir...
Ensure essential items for flood-hit Kashmiris, SC tells government
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said the government should ensure that the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir get food, fuel, drinking...
“Process of release of separatist leader Masarat Alam initiated during Central Rule”
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar/New Delhi: Amidst uproar over the release of Hurriyat leader Masarat Alam, a Delhi-based news channel on Tuesday claimed the process of release of Masarat Alam was initiated when Jammu and Kashmir was done under central rule.
Four held for abducting youth in Haryana
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana): Four people, three of them students, were arrested for abducting a 21-year-old mentally challenged youth from this Haryana town Saturday evening, police said Sunday.
According to police, the four accused had kidnapped Nipun Gupta, son of an industrialist, from the Sector 7 market Saturday evening. Later, they called up Nipun's father and demanded Rs.80 lakh ransom for the release of the boy.
The kidnappers threatened Nipun's father that they would kill his son if he informed the police.
Bangladesh president visits Ajmer dargah
Jaipur : Bangladesh President Mohammad Abdul Hamid Sunday visited the Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty in Ajmer, and prayed for peace and harmony in...
Cylinder blast in Pakistan kills five
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Five people were killed and four injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded in a factory in southern Pakistan, media reports said Thursday.
The accident took place in a factory in Hyderabad in Pakistan's southern Sindh province Wednesday night, when the oxygen cylinders were being loaded on a truck during which one of the cylinders burst.
The blast levelled the factory to the ground and the oxygen cylinders and metal sheets were flung far and wide, Dawn News reported.
Islamabad : Five people were killed and four injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded in a factory in southern Pakistan, media reports said Thursday.
The accident took place in a factory in Hyderabad in Pakistan's southern Sindh province Wednesday night, when the oxygen cylinders were being loaded on a truck during which one of the cylinders burst.
The blast levelled the factory to the ground and the oxygen cylinders and metal sheets were flung far and wide, Dawn News reported.
दो साल बाद हो रहा है हज,मुसलमानो में भारी उत्साह
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गाजियाबाद के वारिश अहमद अपने अम्मी -अब्बू के साथ हज के रवाना हुए हैं। वारिश अहमद इससे पहले भी एक बार हज के...
Ragging death: Bereaved family demands stern action
By IANS,
Kurukshetra (Haryana): The family of Satyendra Kumar Dhiman, who committed suicide Monday by jumping in front of a moving train in Rajasthan, have demanded stern action against seven people named by him in the suicide note.
Satyendra, 28, who was pursuing a one-year advanced diploma course at Mumbai's Advanced Training Institute, was depressed and frustrated as his seniors were constantly harassing and ragging him, police said.
IMC-USA to hold its 4th convention in Chicago
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Fourth national convention of Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC_USA) will be held in Chicago on May 31st, 2008. Mr. Asim Khan, convention co-chair released the information about the convention today.
Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA), an advocacy group based in the USA has set “The Idea of India: Challenges and Prospects” as the theme of the convention. This meet is expected to bring Indian American community, activists, leaders and scholars together to discuss issues and topics related to India.
Rajya Sabha condemns Pakistan resolution on Afzal
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha Friday condemned the Pakistan national assembly's resolution denouncing the execution of Indian parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
Two Haryana, Rajasthan policemen arrested for drugs racket
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A police official from Haryana and another from Rajasthan were arrested in Mohali town of Punjab Sunday for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking racket, the police said.
Kerala teacher loses job after right palm chopped off
By IANS,
Muvattupuzha (Kerala) : Professor T.J. Joseph, whose right palm was chopped off by activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and stitched back by doctors, got another shock Saturday when the college he works for here dismissed him from service.
"I was shocked to get the letter. Honestly, I was mentally getting ready to get back to my job as a teacher. I was under the impression that the management would revoke my suspension and take me back. This has come as a real shocker," said Joseph lying on his bed in his home near here.
Indo-Pak academics in Jamia on human rights in South Asia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies & Department of Tourism, Hotel, Hospitality & Heritage Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia are going to jointly organize a one-day International Seminar on “Human Rights in South Asia”.
संघ कार्यालय में शोध छात्र को बंदी बनाया गया
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ: राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा मुजफ्फरनगर सांप्रदायिक हिंसा पर शोध कर रहे छात्र अनिल यादव को संघ कार्यालय में...
Pune woman succumbs to swine flu, city toll 24
By IANS,
Pune : The city recorded its 24th H1N1 casualty Wednesday when a 35-year-old woman died at the Sassoon Hospital here, said a health official.
The victim, a local resident, Shabana Quadir Shaikh, 35, had been admitted to the hospital in a serious condition four days ago, the official from the State Swine Flu Control Room said.
With this, the death toll in the city due to swine flu has touched 24. The test report of one more death is awaited.
Talks with the Taliban important — UN official
BERLIN, Oct 8 (KUNA) -- Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan Tom Koenig reaffirmed on Monday the importance of holding talks with the Taliban.
In an interview with the Welt newspaper, Koenig commented on the refusal of the Taliban of the offer of Afghani President Hamid Karzai on holding negotiations, saying one must not resign to disappointment after one failure.
He stressed the peacekeeping mission will continue and that talks will be held with the "satins", adding that the goal is to reach ceasefire and to attain peace through political negotiations.
Ranganath Mishra report may be discussed in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: Amid political stalemate over introduction of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday indicated its desire to discuss the Ranganath Mishra report, which recommends 15 per cent quota for minorities in jobs and education.
Congress sources said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated possibility of the report being taken up for discussion during his meeting with leaders of political parties in the Lok Sabha on the women's reservation bill.
The report was tabled in parliament in December last year.
भाजपा के दलित विरोधी चेहरे को उजागर करता यह पोस्टर
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इलाहाबाद : उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनाव की नज़दीकियां जैसे बढ़ रही हैं, वैसे ही चुनावी सरगर्मी में भाजपा अपने कार्यकर्ताओं की भूल-गलतियों...
Jamiat Ulema pays school fee for children of Behrampada fire victims
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The Maharashtra unit of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind yesterday paid more than six lakh in school fees on behalf of the students of the families who had fallen victims of the Behrampada fire last month in suburban Mumbai.
UN envoy in Afghanistan appreciates Iran’s constructive role
By IRNA
Tehran : United Nations representative to Afghanistan Tom Koenings said on Saturday that Iran has undertaken constructive role in Afghanistan.
In a meeting with Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP) Brigadier General Ismail Moqaddam, Koenings said that Iran has played an effective role in maintaining tranquility of Afghanistan and that only the US is denying Iran's positive role in Afghanistan.
Ex-Kerala home minister’s role in Fasal’s murder can be probed: HC
By TCN Staff Reporter,
A look into the life of Muslim roadside vendors in metros
By TwoCircles.net,
Muhammad Raees of Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh spends night on Mumbai pavement. Abdul Jabbar of Godda in Jharkhand earns Rs 600 a month in Delhi. Aziz Ahmad in Patna 'digs the well everyday to drink water.' Hundreds of miles away from each other, the common bond they share is: they are illiterate; poor; and Muslims. And to make their ends meet they are roadside vendors.
Shweta Bhatt Vs. Narendra Modi in Maninagar – A symbolic gesture or a real...
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
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M.F. Husain surrenders Indian passport in Qatar
By IANS,
New Delhi: Iconic artist Maqbool Fida Husain, who has been granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the Indian embassy in Doha, an official said.
The 95-year-old painter met Deepa Wadhwa, India's ambassador to Qatar, Sunday and surrendered his Indian passport, M.R. Qureshi, second secretary at the Indian embassy in Doha, told IANS over the phone.
Indian law prohibits dual citizenship. Once someone accepts citizenship of another country, he has to forego his Indian passport.
Maoists kill seven cops in Bihar
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“Media propaganda against madrassas is terrorism”
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: Propaganda against madrassas in a section of media is a kind of terrorism, said Jamiat e Ulama e Hind’s All India general secretary Maulana Syed Mahmud Asad Madani.
Madani was speaking at a protest convention called by Jamiant E Ulama Hind state committee against the propaganda of ‘madrassas in the name of terrorism’ held at Shahid Minar Maidan here on November 29.
Dissolution of UP Special Task Force demanded
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are feeling insecure as all types of state cruelty is being perpetrated against them on the pretext of terrorism, said Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NMC).
Speaking in a meeting of NMC held at Sahkarita Bhawan in the city, he said Muslims are being subjected to immense coercion and pressure in the name of terrorism.
Sikh shrine in Lahore “taken over by hooligans”
By IANS
Lahore : An 18th century Sikh shrine in Naolakha Bazaar here has been "taken over by a group hooligans" and the government is "hesitating to take action" against the Muslims who have locked the Sikhs out, Daily Times said Tuesday.
It said the government's action was "almost like the way Islamabad hesitated over the Lal Masjid affair," and asked if President Pervez Musharraf was "aware of the potential danger in this development."
RTI application in Urdu a legal right
By TCN News,
Allahabad (UP): Right to Information (RTI) application can be filed in Urdu in Utter Pradesh, said Deepak Sindh, the Central Information Commissioner.
In an order against the chief general manager of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Lucknow, he said that Urdu is the second language of the state and according to section 5(5) of RTI, it is a legal right of very citizen of the state to submit RTI applications in the language.
He also ordered to constitute a panel of experts of the language to deal with applications which are filed in Urdu.
Protest not to target Amarnath yatra: Mirwaiz
By AIP Bureau,
Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said the protests in Kashmir had nothing to do with the Amarnath Yatra and that the amalgam wanted the pilgrimage to pass off successfully.
"Our protests are against the human rights violations and increased killing of youths in Kashmir. We are not aiming anyone," chairman of the faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.
"We want the yatra to pass off successfully,” Mirwaiz, who is under house arrest, said in a statement.
Telangana protestors call off march
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) late Sunday night called off the Telangana march.
Dalit Muslim body expels its president Ali Anwar
By IANS,
Patna : An influential backward and Dalit Muslim body has expelled its national president Ali Anwar, MP, charging him with neglecting its cause and doing everything to make Bharatiya Janata Party's L.K. Advani the next prime minister.
The All India Pasmandsa Muslim Mahaz's executive committee has dismissed Anwar for "betrayal of the cause of empowerment of backward and Dalit Muslims". Anwar is Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP and is considered close to chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has been projecting him as the face of backward and Dalit Muslims.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to decide in August about contesting elections
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) is calling a special meeting of its Central Advisory Council next month to decide its political role in the country. It may decide to contest elections.
Academicians from Afghanistan condemn arrest of Jamia student Masood Ahmed, demand his release
By TCN News
Kabul: Twenty six academics from Afghanistan have sought the release of Masood Ahmed, a scholar and a social from Uttar Pradesh.
On October...
Kerala gov. move to implement Sachar report opposed
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Malappuram: True to the history and attitude of some political parties and organizations in the country, even half-hearted efforts by the establishment for the welfare of the Muslim community are hardly welcomed.
Feroz Khan and ‘Qurbani’ are part of my life: Zeenat Aman
By Subhash K. Jha, ians,
Mumbai : Yesteryears glamorous actress Zeenat Aman remembers Feroz Khan as a flamboyant filmmaker and says "Qurbani" epitomised the man and his larger-than-life stylish image.
"It's so sad. I didn't know about his illness. I only got to know about how unwell he was from his brother Akbar Khan whom I met on a flight. Feroz was such a stylish man. Lived life king-size. I can't forget all the good times we had while doing 'Qurbani'," Zeenat told IANS.
Chief negotiator: Israel must understand Palestinian leadership not weak
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei said on Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership was not weak, responding to Israeli claims.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who marked the third anniversary of President Yasser Arafat's death in Gaza Monday "have communicated a strong and important message to Israel and ourfriends," Qurei added during a news conference with EU foreignpolicy envoy Javier Solana.
Aurangabad court halted from hearing plea against Srinagar girl
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday restrained a court in Aurangabad from acting on a plea of a Muslim man who claimed a Srinagar girl to be his wife and sought judicial order to restore his "conjugal rights".
A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan restrained the Aurangabad's family court from taking any action on Jafri Syed Husain's plea, after it heard a petition from the Srinagar girl, who vehemently denied that she ever married the man.
Three Maoist rebels killed in Jharkhand
By IANS
Ranchi : Three Maoist rebels have been killed in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamau district, the police said Saturday.
According to the police, three members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in Chainpur hills of Palamau district, nearly 190 km from here, Friday night. The gun battle continued for three hours.
The gunfight took place when patrolling Jharkhand police and CRPF personnel spotted 10 Maoist rebels.
No dilution of CMP, nor any new addition, BJP tells PDP
New Delhi : BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday said there will be "no dilution or addition" to the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) agreed...
Politicization of terror
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Exactly ten years after Babri Masjid demolition, on 6th December 2002, a powerful blast rips apart a BEST bus in Ghatkopar in northern Mumbai. Two persons died on the spot. Maharashtra police picked up several Muslim youths including Khwaja Yunus, a Gulf-based NRI software professional. Years later, the POTA court acquits Yunus and all other accused. But something tragic occurs before the court acquittal.
JK Govt mulls ‘stern action’ to deal with BJP’s flag hoisting plans
By Bureau Report, Agence India Press,
Jammu: Flag hoisting plans by BJP on Republic Day at historic Lal Chowk in summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir has created sensation in government circles.
President urges promotion of national self-reliance
By IRNA
Tehran : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged people on Thursday to promote their self-reliance in order to develop a dynamic culture of scientific progress.
Addressing officials and staff of the Royan Research Center, the president said people should believe themselves and their potentials by insisting on their cultural characteristics if they wanted to become an influential nation at the international arena.
Established in 1991, Royan initially worked as a center for limited surgeries but it developed to a center for stem cell researches in 1998.
Gaza hospitals stop surgeries due to drug shortage
By Xinhua
Gaza : Ministry of Health in Hamas administration in Gaza announced on Sunday that most of the operation rooms in Gaza's hospitals have closed down due to the lack of essential anesthetization drug.
Khaled Radi, spokesman for the ministry, said that a mediator company has told them that Israel did not allow delivery of Nitrous oxide which is used as anesthetic in surgery operations.
Finger pressing EVM stronger than one on AK-47: Modi
Jammu : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the finger which presses the electronic voting machine (EVM) is much stronger than the one that...
Islamophobic incidents up by 1,000% since Trump took office: Muslim group
Washington, (IANS): The number of Islamophobia incidents involving US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials has increased by around 1,000 per cent since President...
Explosives-laden truck threat a hoax: Mumbai police
By IANS
Mumbai : Mumbai Police Friday termed as a "total hoax" reports about a truck laden with explosives that was headed from Goa to Mumbai.
Chief of Mumbai Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad K.P. Raghuvanshi told IANS Friday afternoon that a call about the "terror truck" was made to Goa Police Control room Wednesday by a man in an inebriated state.
"There's nothing to it. He has been identified and we will deal with him," he asserted.
Raghuvanshi declined to elaborate.
Muslims protest against Surya Namaskar order in all BMC schools
By TCN News
The decision of the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation to make Surya Namaskar compulsory in the over 1,200 schools run by the civic...
Palestinians set conditions peace talks
By RIA Novosti
Cairo : The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has set conditions for its participation in an international conference on the Middle East, the Arab as-Shark al-Ausat newspaper said Friday.
The PNA's conditions for participation in the conference include implementation of the 'Roadmap for Peace' plan and an Arab peace initiative.
Newly appointed AMU Vice Chancellor revokes Mustafa Zaidi’s suspension
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Aligarh: Newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Professor Tariq Mansoor has revoked the suspension order of Professor Mustafa Zaidi on...
Nazmeen (11) set on fire for wearing lipstick
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Her sin was that she wore lipstick and again wore ignoring the ‘prohibitory order’ of her neighbor Saleem (55) whom she called nana. The man set her on fire. She suffered 99% injuries and now recovering in a hospital in Jaipur.
While Muslims across the country are not willing to admit existence of terrorists among them as hardly one of them has till now been convicted of terror charges, what happened in Rajasthan on October 17 is not less than an act of terror.
J&K Gujjars extends support to Maha Panchayat in Rajasthan
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : The Gujjar of Jammu and Kashmir have extended full support to their community brethren of Rajasthan, who are demanding scheduled tribe status.
In a press statement, here today, Dr. Javaid Rahi, Secretary Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, said that the Gujjars extend full support to the Maha Panchayat being held in Rajasthan on Sunday.
Over 100 Pakistani soldiers go missing near Afghan border
By DPA
Islamabad : More than 100 Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the border with Afghanistan as pro-Taliban militants claimed to have abducted 300 men travelling in a convoy, news reports said.
Two contingents of security forces were driving in trucks near the town of Wana in the restive South Waziristan tribal district Thursday when they were stopped by a large group of armed men.
Islamic militants in the region said they had snatched the troops because the government in Islamabad was not honouring a peace deal.
Geelani’s son arrested, family barred from meeting Hurriyat hawk
Srinagar : Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's elder son, a doctor at a government hospital here, was on Saturday arrested by the Jammu...
Dhaka’s cultural world remembers Habib Tanvir
By IANS,
Dhaka : Habib Tanvir will continue to live in the world he created through stage, eminent cultural personalities of Bangladesh said of the Indian theatre pioneer who died earlier this month.
They noted with deep appreciation Tanvir's bringing to the cities indigenous theatre forms, using motifs and ideas from the rural areas.
Syed Shamsul Haq, Ataur Rahman, Aly Zaker, Sayeed Ahmed and Ramendu Majumdar, among others, recalled the "inspiring presence" of Tanvir who had visited Dhaka to interact with them, The Daily Star newspaper said.
Majlis debut in the maximum city
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: On the day when election is declared in Maharashtra All India Majlise Ittehadul Muslemeen (AIMIM) made its modest debut on Friday in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.
Madanpura, with a majority of Muslim population, from where Mohammed Ali Jinnah was elected before partition, Akbaruddin Owaisi, announced to enter the Maharashtra Assembly election aiming to win at least 10 seats.
Himalayas warming faster than global average
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Northwestern Himalayas has become 1.4 degrees Celsius warmer in the last 100 years, a far higher level of warming than the 0.5-1.1 degrees for the rest of the globe, Indian scientists have found.
Scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Pune University's Department of Geology examined the variation in precipitation (snowfall and rainfall) in the region and found that warming has led to a delay in the onset of winter and a reduction in snowfall.
Death penalty shouldn’t be politicised: BJP MP
New Delhi: Urging that the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case convict Yakub Memon shouldn't be politicised, BJP parliamentarian Udit Raj said...
CBI’s Rs 10 lakh reward for information on JNU student
New Delhi, (IANS): The CBI on Thursday announced Rs 10 lakh reward for information about Najeeb Ahmed, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student who went...
Sohrabuddin shootout: CBI team visits accused cop’s village
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : The CBI team, re-investigating the killing of young Muslim man Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged shootout with police in Gujarat, visited Wednesday the village of former deputy inspector general D.G. Vanzara, who is the main accused in the case.
After the CBI took over the investigation of the case from the Gujarat police on the direction of the Supreme Court, this was the third visit of the CBI team to Illol village within a week.
Low intensity tremor hits Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar : A low intensity tremor was recorded in Srinagar on Sunday. However, no damage was reported from anywhere.
"A tremor measuring 4.5 on the...
More money to address Muslim backwardness: Salman Khurshid
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government has increased the budgetary allocation to the minority affairs ministry by Rs.740 crore (Rs.7.4 billion) for the year 2009-10 to address the educational and economic backwardness of the Muslim community, Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday.
"The plan provisions for the ministry has been enhanced from Rs.130.89 crore (Rs.1.3 billion) in 2006-07 to Rs.500 crore (Rs.5 billion) in 2007-08, Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) in 2008-09 and Rs.1,740 crore (Rs.17.40 billion) for the year 2009-10," Khurshid told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Dhaka sceptical of recovering funds stashed abroad
By IANS
Dhaka : Authorities in Bangladesh have succeeded partially in recovering untaxed funds at home, but lacking adequate evidence they are growing increasingly sceptical about those laundered and stashed abroad.
The extended date asking people to declare unaccounted income ended Sunday. Officials said they had unearthed taka 32 billion ($535 million) of such income, generating taka 5.4 billion in tax.
Seventy percent of the 22,500 defaulters were from Greater Dhaka, the national capital and its surrounding areas, the New Age newspaper said Sunday.
Satiric poet Sagar Khayami passes away
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Famous Urdu satiric poet Sagar Khayami passed away yesterday at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 70. He was suffering from lung cancer. He is survived by his wife and three sons. His body has been flown to Lucknow for burial.
‘Government committed to rural development, progress of farmers’
New Delhi : The central government is committed towards the development of rural areas and progress of farmers, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday,...
Brisk voting in Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar/Jammu : Brisk voting was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday as people gathered in large numbers outside polling stations to exercise their franchise in round two of the assembly elections.
By 2 p.m., 35 percent of the pollsters had cast their votes in Ganderbal and Kangan constituencies of the Kashmir Valley even as the voting was significantly higher in four constituencies in the Jammu region.
High court dismisses plea for de-sealing SIMI office
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Student Islamic Movement of India's (SIMI) plea to de-seal a south Delhi property housing its office was Tuesday rejected by the Delhi High Court, which said the request was "untenable in law".
The building was sealed after the central government banned the outfit in 2001 for alleged involvement in terrorist activities.
Pakistan, India dialogues provides chance to resolve Kashmir issue
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan has provided a unique opportunity to address the contentious issues in a sincere, purposeful and forward-looking manner for a peaceful settlement of all outstanding disputes including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
In an interview with APP on Sunday, the Foreign Minister said Britain left several unresolved issues including that of Kashmir, which continues to be an obstacle in improving relations between Pakistan and India.
Bihar massacre case finally decided after 40 years
New Delhi : Nearly four decades after an unlawful assembly of about 400 people attacked the members of a minority community, killing 14 people...
Assam polls: Congress’ first list out, Gogoi to contest from Titabar
Guwahati/New Delhi : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will contest from the Congress bastion of Titabar, according to the list of the first 65...
Encounter specialist Rajbir Singh murdered in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 25 (IANS) Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police Rajbir Singh was shot dead late Monday by a property dealer in Gurgaon, a police official said.
"We have arrested one Vijay Bhardwaj for murdering Rajbir Singh. Rajbir was alone at Bhardwaj's office on Mehrauli-Gurgaon road when he was shot dead," Gurgaon police commissioner Mohinder Lal said Tuesday.
"The weapon used in the crime has been recovered but we are not sure about the number of gunshots fired by Bhardwaj," Lal added.
The police commissioner refused to give further details.
Bengal to adopt Ranganath Mishra Commission recommendations
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal's Left Front government Monday decided to adopt the Ranganath Mishra Commission's recommendations for the betterment of economically, socially and educationally backward minority Muslims in the state.
"We have decided to adopt the Ranganath Mishra Commission's recommendations and will implement that in our state for the minority Muslims. We don't know when the Union government will implement the committee's report but we are doing it in our state before the centre," Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told a press conference here.
Explosives laden lorry detected in Sri Lanka
By DPA
Colombo : A lorry laden with more than 1,000 kg of explosives was stopped by the police in northwestern Sri Lanka - the biggest such detection in the country's long conflict with Tamil rebels, the military said Saturday.
President of Imarat-e-Sharia Maulana Syed Nizamuddin passes away
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Patna: Maulana Syed Nizamuddin, Amir-e-Shariat (President) of Patna based Imarat Shariah of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha and general secretary of All...
Separatists react with cynicism to BSF trooper’s arrest
By IANS,
Srinagar : Separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday reacted with cynicism to the arrest of a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper for the killing of a 16-year-old youth, claiming several people have been killed by security forces over the last two decades.
"This is a positive sign on behalf of the BSF to admit the killing of an innocent youth, but what about those who have been killed by the security forces during the last two decades here?" asked Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Attacks target school children, policemen in Iraqi cities
By DPA
Baghdad : At least four people were killed and seven wounded, including policemen and school children, Thursday in two attacks in the cities of Basra and Mosul cities, sources said.
In the southern city of Basra, at least one child was killed and seven wounded when an explosive charge went off at a private elementary school in the suburb of Hakimiya, witnesses said.
Separately, at least three people were killed, including two policemen, by an explosion, which targeted a police patrol in Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad.
Andhra high court asked to clear plea against Muslim quota law
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the Andhra Pradesh High Court to dispose of by Oct 31 petitions challenging the state's law for four percent reservation to Muslims in professional and educational institutions.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran issued the directions, adding that in case the high court is not able to adjudicate the petition by Oct 31, it should make some interim arrangements regarding the admission of students in various colleges.
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Gandhians, Muslim group protest Bihar’s liquor policy
By IANS
Patna : A prominent Gandhian here has joined growing protests against the Bihar government's new liquor policy that allows alcohol vends to be opened every eight kilometres across the state.
Kashmir unrest: Information blackout as police crack down on media
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday cracked down on all Urdu and English newspapers published from here and blocked...
Defeat ABVP campaign against AMU branch in Kishanganj: Campus Front
By TCN News,
Patna: The Bihar unit of Campus Front of India has condemned “the communal blackmailing” of BJP youth wing ABVP by opposing the state government decision to set up Aligarh Muslim University’s branch in Kishanganj, a Muslim dominated district in Bihar. The state cabinet has approved acquisition of about 250 acres of land for the campus in the eastern Bihar district.
Centre for CBI probe into Kanpur explosion
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The central government has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct a CBI enquiry into the bomb explosion which occurred in Kanpur on Sunday.
In a special letter written to Mayawati, the Chief Minister of the state, the Union Home Minister of State Mr. Prakash Jaisawal has suggested the state government to recommend the CBI enquiry into the Kanpur bomb explosion.
Cyclone toll in Bangladesh rises to 2,579
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The toll from Cyclone Sidr that devastated Bangladesh last week has gone up to 2,579, according to the flood and disaster management ministry of Bangladesh.
In the latest report released Monday, the disaster management ministry put the total number of people injured at 1,491 and 1,063 as still missing.
However, the unofficial count put the toll figure at over 3,000.
The Bangladesh government Monday asked the international community to assist in its efforts to provide emergency aid to the cyclone victims and post-cyclone rehabilitation.
Calicut Masjid Committee official stabbed to death in mosque
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Malappuram: Secretary of the Masjid Committee at Chathamangalam in Calicut district was stabbed to death yesterday in the masjid compound. Masjid Committee Secretary Seethikoya Haji (66) was murdered at 5 in the morning when he was coming to the mosque for Fajr prayer. The police have begun investigation.
Madrasas: history and problem
By Muhammad Tariq Ghazi,
Talking about madrasa reform is fashionable among the elite. The whole debate is being conducted from a wrong premise. It is focused on what "appears" and not why is appears as it appears. People love to pontificate without ascertaining whether anybody is listening; and if not them without ever reassessing their own position as to why they don't attract the listeners.
Bangladesh chief justice rues politicization of judiciary
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh's most respected institution, the judiciary, has been politicised and the damage will take more than 20 years to repair, laments Chief Justice Ruhul Amin.
He told a gathering of lawyers in Noakhali that the damage wrought by political appointments to the judiciary in the recent years "will take more than 20 years to remedy", The Daily Star reported.
The current interim administration echoes him.
My son is not involved in terror activities, says father of Kerala youth arrested...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Ever since the news of her son’s arrest broke out, Safiya has had little to do apart from waiting for her...
जन आंदोलनों की व्यापक एकता पूंजीवाद के खात्मे के लिए ज़रूरी – वर्कर्स काउंसिल
By TCN News,
लखनऊ: ऑल इंडिया वर्कर्स काउन्सिल के तीसरे राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन के दूसरे दिन देश के विभिन्न भागों से आए प्रतिनिधियों ने मजदूर वर्ग की समस्याओं से निपटने और देश में चल रहे जन आंदोलनों की व्यापक एकता के सहारे पूंजीवाद के खात्मे के लिए रणनीतिक खाका तैयार करने की दिशा में गहन चर्चा की.
‘Fatwa’ against Indian Army aid to Kashmir mosques
By IANS
Srinagar : Kashmir's Grand Mufti, Mufti Muhammad Bashir-ud-Din, has issued a 'fatwa' against accepting money or help from the Indian Army in rebuilding the state's mosques and shrines, saying it was against Islamic law.
‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA
BY TCN News,
Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...
Army in Srinagar a deterrent: Chidambaram
By IANS
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said the army was deployed in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir as a "deterrent", with the police and paramilitary forces maintaining the law and order there.
"The army has been kept ready. The purpose of deployment of the army was a deterrent effect. Police and paramilitary forces are maintaining the law and order," Chidambaram told reporters here.
Indian couple in UAE seeks support for newborn’s treatment
Dubai : An Indian couple in the UAE has sought help to raise 240,000 dirhams ($65,342) to cover their new born baby's medical expenses.
The...
Two men held for robbery in Haryana
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Two men allegedly involved in cases of robbery were arrested and Rs.66 lakh were recovered from them, Haryana police said Sunday.
According to police, the two men carried out the crimes in Haryana and Rajasthan.
Apart from the money, police have also recovered a illegally-manufactured pistol and a motorcycle from their possession.
The two men were identified as Hoshiar alias Joni and Parkash alias Jagat Fauji, both residents of Khanpur town in Rajasthan.
Life-long jail without remission to ‘guru’ for murdering wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court Tuesday devised a novel, third category of punishment for murderers - a remission-less, life-long jail term, besides the legally prescribed usual death penalty or the normal life sentence, generally lasting 14 years.
A bench of Justice B.N. Agrawal sentenced self-styled spiritual guru Swamy Shraddananda alias Murali Manohar Mishra to life imprisonment without remission for murdering his wife in May 1992.