Country needs PM with six-inch brain: JD-U’s Bihar leader
Patna : In the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United on Monday took a dig at Narendra Modi, saying the...
अंधेरे में लोकतंत्र का ‘चौथा स्तंभ’
Tanveer Jafri for TwoCircles.net
देश के स्वयंभू ‘लोकतंत्र के चौथे स्तंभ’ में एक भूचाल सा आया दिखाई दे रहा है. जिस मीडिया से...
Suicide bomber kills nine in Afghanistan
By IANS,
Kabul : A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning in Afghanistan's Khost city, killing nine people and injuring 30, a police official said.
Another acid attack in Delhi, one injured
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 20-year-old woman was injured Tuesday in an acid attack in Delhi. This is the third such incident in the area in the past one month and the police claim that it is the handiwork of a "maniac on the prowl".
Amreem Siddiqi, a schoolteacher, suffered minor burn injuries as an unidentified man threw acid on her while she was leaving for school around 8:00 a.m. in Brahmnagri area in Osmanpur.
Untouchability cuts across regions and religions in India
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Waltham, Massachusetts: Two-day symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar concluded here on Sunday. The symposium was organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.
Symposium saw participation by a number of Indian and American academicians and Dalit activists and sympathizers with Dalit cause.
Hyderabadi Haleem: Much more than a food delicacy!
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: With the first sighting of the crescent moon that marks the commencement of the Islamic month of Ramadan, Pista House eateries is all set to dish out tonnes of scrumptious Haleem everday until Eid.
CBI nabs arms dealer Suresh Nanda, his son
By IANS
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested arms dealer Suresh Nanda, accused of receiving kickbacks in the purchase of Israeli Barak missiles in 2000, and his son Sanjeev from Mumbai for allegedly bribing an Income Tax official to fudge their account books, the probe agency said Sunday.
Nandas were produced in a Mumbai court, which granted transit remand to the CBI. They are likely to be brought to the capital later Sunday, and be produced in a court.
"They will be produced in a Delhi court tomorrow (Monday)," CBI spokesman G. Mohanty told IANS.
Murder ‘accused’ jailed two months before police admit mistake
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 30-year-old man in Ghaziabad was lodged in jail since two months on charges of murder, before police admitted he was not involved in the crime.
Islamic social organisations provide releif to Gaja Cyclone victims
TCN News
Gaja cyclone that hit coastal and delta districts in Tamil Nadu created a heavy loss uprooting thousands of acres of coconut grooves, several...
Two Muslims transporting buffaloes killed brutally in Jharkhand
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Ranchi: In a gruesome attack on minorities in Jharkhand, two Muslim men were beaten and hanged to death...
NRC updation to be completed by 2016 end in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The process of NRC Updation in Assam has made progress as per schedule and is expected to ensure final publication of the updated NRC within December, 2016, according to a state government release. Powers to take decisions on operational issues, however, have been delegated by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to an empowered NRC Committee of the State Government on 17/06/14.
HC lifts September 17 ban on meat sale in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted a stay on the controversial ban on sale of meat here on September 17, but declined...
Court frames gangrape charges against senior IAS officer
By IANS,
Chandigarh: A local court here Saturday framed gangrape charges against Haryana's commissioner and secretary in fisheries department N.K. Jain in an eight-year-old rape case.
Jain, a 1978 batch Haryana-cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was Chandigarh home secretary at the time of the incident.
Charges of criminal conspiracy and putting a person in fear of accusation of offence to commit extortion were also framed against Jain in the court of additional district and sessions judge R.N. Bharti.
Ambedkar Foundation appoints AMU prof. to manage Urdu translation of Ambedkar writings
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Professor Mohammad Asim Siddiqui from the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been appointed as the managing editor...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors call May 11 as ‘Black Day’ for Justice
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
MIM sends notice to Parineeti Shinde for ‘offensive’ statements against party
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad: Angered with what it termed as ‘unprovoked offensive statements’ against the party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has now sent a legal notice to Congress MLA Parineeti Shinde, daughter of former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to apologies for her recent statement.
Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq
Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...
Prince of Arcot re-elected president of Ajmer Dargah Committee
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, has again been elected president of the Ajmer Dargah Committee. He was first from the South India to be elected to this position. The term of the president is for one year.
Ajmer Dargah Committee is a statutory body of the Union government which oversees the famous dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer.
Professor Ibrahim was elected the vice-president of the committee in a meeting of the Dargah Committee in Delhi.
Five civilians taken hostage in Kashmir standoff
By IANS
Srinagar : Militants have taken five civilians hostage in a south Kashmir mosque where their standoff with security forces continued for the second day Monday.
Three guerrillas of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit had taken shelter in the mosque in village Palnu near Yaripora Kulgam, 80 km from here, after security forces chased them Sunday afternoon.
"There was a brief exchange of fire (Sunday) resulting in injuries to a security person. Reinforcements were rushed to the spot and the mosque was surrounded," said a senior police officer.
Kashmiri editor invited to Editors Guild of India
Srinagar: Editor-in-chief of widely circulated local English daily Greater Kashmir has been nominated as a member to the prestigious Editors Guild of India.
Fayaz Kaloo...
Modi’s Islamophobic Speech: Is BJP Anxious About 2024 Despite Tall Claims?
TCN News
New Delhi: It is reasonable to assume that the outcry following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overtly anti-Muslim speech in Rajasthan, where he warned people...
Court casts doubt on police witnesses in north-east Delhi violence, grants bail to 7...
TCN News
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to 7 persons in a case related to the north-east Delhi riots while casting doubts...
Centre offers more sops to minorities ahead of polls
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections scheduled for early next year, India Thursday increased the share capital of a funding agency for Muslims to Rs.8.50 billion and extended the Haj subsidy to an additional 13,000 pilgrims this year.
Tharoor non-committal on Indians in Sri Lanka jails
By IANS,
New Delhi : Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyaar, an influential leader of Kerala Muslims, Wednesday said that Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor was non-committal on the possibility of bringing back about 40 Indians in Sri Lankan prisons.
"I met Tharoor last week in Thiruvananthapuram to make a request to bring them back to our country. Tharoor said he would examine this case. He did not give me any assurance," Musliyaar, who is in New Delhi, told IANS.
Bail plea rejected in corruption case
By IANS,
New Delhi: A city court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of one of the two persons arrested along with a senior home ministry official by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case April 29.
Special Judge O.P. Saini rejected the bail plea of Lavleen Gupta taking note of the CBI's opposition on thr ground that the investigations are at initial stages and the bail may provide her an opportunity to tamper with the evidence.
Earlier, counsel for Gupta rgued that a bail be granted as the initial investigations were over.
शाहीन बाग़: धरने का 40वां दिन, भीड़ भी बढ़ी और जोश भी, ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। 'तेरे ग़ुरूर को जलाएगी वो आग हूं, आकर देख मुझे, मैं शाहीन बाग़ हूं... जिन्हें नाज़ है हिंद पर वो कहां...
Sad to see Kamal Haasan planning to quit India: Siddharth
By IANS,
Chennai : Southern actor Siddharth says it is shocking to hear that Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan is planning to leave India because of "unfair persecution" on his film "Vishwaroopam".
Afzal’s family says no to Tihar visit, wants body back
By IANS,
Srinagar: Afzal Guru's family said Tuesday they would not visit his grave inside Tihar Jail, but would instead continue their struggle to get his mortal remains back to Kashmir.
‘फ़ारबिसगंज गोलीकांड’… अब भी ताज़ा हैं ज़ख़्म
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
फारबिसगंज: अररिया से फारबिसगंज जाने वाली सड़क धूप में सोने की तरह चमचमाती है. फोर लेन की यह सड़क जहां ख़त्म...
AMU teacher wins Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial Award
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Prof. Najam Khaleeq, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University has been awarded prestigious Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teacher’s Honour Award.
Molestation charges against a college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam: What is the...
By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya,
Curfew has been imposed for last two days in the Karimganj district of Assam after massive street protests from people...
Concerted efforts needed to tackle terrorism: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said concerted efforts were needed to tackle terrorism which has assumed serious proportions and which threatens...
Jamia Millia Islamia to flag off cycle rally
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Jamia Millia Islamia will flag off its annual cycle rally from the Indo-Pak border Monday that will reach the capital March 8, a statement here said.
There is no need for National Counter Terrorism Centre: JIH
Jamaat demands complete freedom for Haj Committee to make its own travel arrangements, choose airlines
"NCTC curbs civil liberty"
"Govt should snap all diplomatic ties with Israel"
Stock market is open for Muslims: Deputy CEO of BSE
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Second session concludes
First Hajj flight from Kerala on October 9
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kozhikode: The first Hajj flight of this year from Kerala will fly from the Karippur International Airport on October 9. The decision was taken I the annual Hajj meeting convened by the External Affairs Ministry in Delhi.
The flights from Karippur will take the Hajis from Kerala, Lakshadweep and Mangalore. The Hajj flight service will be in function till November 11. The Saudi Airlines, entrusted for the task this year, will arrange Air Bus that can carry 300 persons for the purpose.
दिल्ली हिंसाः अपने घर नहीं लौटना चाहते शिव विहार के मुसलमान, पुलिस और पड़ोसियों...
दिल्ली के उत्तर-पूर्वी ज़िले के ज़ाफ़राबाद, मौजपुर ब्रह्मपुरी, मुस्तफ़ाबाद, कर्दमपुरी, खजूरी ख़ास और शिव विहार इलाक़ों में हुई हिंसा में 45 लोगों की मौत...
Bilawal Bhutto is day dreamer: E Ahmed
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Former Junior Foreign Minister and IUML leader E. Ahmed has called Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari a day-dreamer on his controversial statement where he said that he will take every inch of Kashmir from Pakistan.
Ram Temple very much on BJP agenda: Advani
By IANS,
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh): The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Saturday termed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as the "mother of all ills" and assured voters that the construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya was still on his party's agenda.
"The Congress-led UPA government is the mother of all ills. Farmers are committing suicide, women are not safe... the government is a mute spectator," he said while addressing an election rally here, his first in Himachal Pradesh.
‘Jaise Osama mara na ho, Sambhal mein zinda hai…’
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh :The residents of Deepa Sarai, Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, claim to have descended from Turkish people who arrived in...
Anti-Christian violence in Mangalore was planned: rights groups
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: A fact-finding team of human rights activists visited Mangalore (Karnataka) on October 10-11 to investigate the attacks on Christian institutions and the community and found the anti-Christian violence was planned.
A team of 17 human rights activists from Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka and Maharashtra visited the city and investigated into the attacks on Christian institutions and persons in and around the city.
कौन है फतेहपुर के सय्यद कासिम हसन जिनकी कब्र पर सलाम करने पहुंच गए...
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
पहले और दूसरे चरण में उम्मीद के मुताबिक मतदान होने के बाद अखिलेश यादव का आत्मविश्वास प्रबल हो गया है। तीसरे चरण...
Another Sanatan Sanstha member held in Goa blast case
By IANS,
Panaji: A self-defence instructor associated with the Sanatan Sanstha was Wednesday arrested for the Diwali-eve blast in Margao in which two members of the Hindu group were killed while carrying a bomb, police said.
Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande said Dilip Managaokar, 39, was involved in planting an improvised explosive device (IED) that did not explode.
"He was involved in planting an improvised device at Sancoale (30 km from here) which did not explode," Deshpande said at a press conference at the police headquarters.
Madhya Pradesh to appeal against Bhopal verdict
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Wednesday that the government will file an appeal in the high court seeking enhancement of the punishment awarded to seven convicts in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
A five-member committee of legal experts is being constituted to study the verdict before going in for the appeal, he told reporters.
"Since the verdict is disappointing, we have decided to file an appeal to get justice for the victims and to get the sentence of the convicts increased," Chouhan said.
Accusation against PFI: Lok Sabha adjourned
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The CPI (M) accusations against the Popular Front of India in the Lok Sabha led to disruptions and later adjournment of the house for half an hour yesterday. MB Rajesh, CPI (M) MP from Kerala, said in the Zero Hour that the centre should investigate into the allegations against the PFI. His naming of certain parties ‘that helped terrorists’ irritated some UPA MPs who protested against his remarks. The disruptions finally led to the adjournment of the house.
Amin tells court he fears for life in jail
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : Former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shoot-out case whose plea to turn approver is pending in court, has raised serious questions about his security in jail and told the court that his life is in danger.
He pleaded before the Ahmedabad court Friday for more security and has sought transfer from the present barrack.
Maoists torch vehicles, thrash ex-legislator’s relative
By IANS,
Ranchi : Maoists torched three vehicles and thrashed a relative of a former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator in Jharkhand's Latehar district Wednesday, police said.
About 20 rebels raided Barihatu village, around 140 km from here, and set three cars on fire by sprinkling patrol on them. They later beat up an uncle of Prakash Ram, a former RJD legislator , a police officer said.
Guard accused of dozing off kills colleagues
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A security guard in Malaysia shot dead two of his colleagues after they blamed him of dozing off while on duty.
The incident took place at 5.30 a.m. Friday at the car park of Klang Hospital in Selangor state, Omar Mammah, criminal investigation department acting chief, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The guard did not try to escape, but surrendered himself to his supervisor and waited to be arrested at the hospital's security room.
The two victims, both shot in the chest, were from Kuala Lumpur.
North Korea fires missiles towards Sea of Japan
By DPA
Tokyo/Seoul : North Korea fired a number of short-range missile Friday morning towards the Sea of Japan, South Korea's military confirmed.
Latur riot leaves 4 dead, 15 wounded
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The death toll has risen to four in the communal violence that erupted in Pangaon in Latur district of Maharashtra on Friday night. The village has been put under curfew.
According to reports at about 8 pm on Friday night there happened a verbal argument between two groups when a youth from a certain community was answering to his natural call near a place of worship of the majority community. Soon people from both the communities gathered at the spot and erupted a violent communal clash.
Larijani: No more anti-Iran resolution
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Leadership representative in the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said Dec 6 2007 that issuance of yet one more anti-Iran resolution by the UN Security Council is not absolute.
"The logic of issuing a resolution against Iran has come across with difficulty; so, issuance of such a resolution is not definite," Larijani told a group of Basijis north of Tehran.
Larijani insisted the remaining problems with the IAEA would be solved one after another.
‘Slumdog’ kid Azhar’s parents could not vote
By IANS,
Mumbai : Away from the spotlight, the parents of over a dozen slum children who acted in the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" cast their votes here Thursday. But the mother and father of media darling Azharuddin Ismail Shaikh found their names missing from the electoral rolls yet again.
"I have been knocking all doors but to no avail. This is the third Lok Sabha election when we could not vote. We have all the necessary documents, including voter registration card," lamented Azhar's father Ismail Shaikh, when contacted by IANS. They live in the Garib Nagar slums.
The half widows of Kashmir: A story of endless wait and hardships
In the second of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir,...
Now, ‘Tipu Jayanti’ by Congress govt in Karnataka as a state event; BJP opposes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Bangaluru: After revoking BJP introduced harsher cow slaughtering bill, the Congress government in Karnataka has now decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of the 18th century legendary king Tipu Sultan as a state event.
Israel concerned of Egypt letting Hamas members into Gaza
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : In the wake of Egypt's decision to allow at least 80 Hamas members to enter the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Israel sent a message to Egypt, claiming that some Hamas members had recently received military training in Iran and Syria, mass circulation the Ha'aretz reported on Tuesday.
The group of Hamas members, including senior members of its political leadership as well as well-trained militants, entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing on Sunday morning.
Al-Qaeda’s video and Media
By Pramod Kumar for TwoCircles.net,
The NDTV, on 7th September 2014, in its weekly programme, We The People, held a discussion on the “Global Jihad Comes to India” and the participants included a “secular fundamentalist”, two “ultra cultural nationalists”, two Muslims, three representatives from intelligence and law enforcing agencies and an outsider who happened to be a Muslim. The trigger was the release of a video on 3rd September, 2014, by al-Qaeda announcing the formation of a new Branch of “al-Qaeda in the South Asian Continent”. The release of video revealed al-Qaeda`s own concern about having ceded space to its splinter group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
Delhi witnesses four percent surge in crime
By IANS,
New Delhi : The capital witnessed a four percent increase in crime in 2011 against 2010, Delhi Police said Friday.
Present Bihar Assembly has lowest Muslim representation in 60 years
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The current 14th Bihar Legislative Assembly has the lowest number of Muslim Members since Independence. Since the first state assembly poll held in 1952 in Bihar the present assembly – for which elections were held in 2005 which saw victory of JD-U and BJP combine – is the first in last 60 years to witness the lowest Muslim representation.
Amidst reconciliation efforts, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind factions continue dispute over claim of cases defended
By A Mirsab,TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Raising evident doubts over the genuineness of the reconciliation efforts between the two factions of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, led by uncle-nephew...
10000 KM yatra to liberate 1.2 million people from the caste ridden practice of...
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Abdullah, Abbas hold talks on efforts to boost peace process
By Xinhua
Amman : Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday held talks with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on efforts to push the peace process forward on the eve of a Middle East peace conference slated for next week at Annapolis, the United States.
According to a royal court statement released after the meeting, Abdullah told Abbas that he would intensify consultation and contacts with Arab leaders over the next few days to crystallize a unified Arab position that supports the Palestinians at the Annapolis meeting.
Release the innocent Muslims jailed for terror attacks – PFI
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Home Demolitions, Mass Detentions Spark Fear in Kashmir After Pahalgam Attack
TCN Correspondent
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): "Even if my brother was involved in the attack, what has our family got to do with it?" asks Aisha...
Assam killings probe indicts Mahanta, security forces
By IANS
Guwahati : A probe ordered by the Assam government Thursday blamed then chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and the security establishment for 'secret killings' of relatives of separatists between 1996 and 2001.
Tabled in the assembly Thursday, the Justice K.N. Saikia Commission report has recommended the dissolution of the Unified Headquarters of the army, police and paramilitary forces in Assam. Mahanta denied the charges against him.
The unified command came up in January 1997 to tackle insurgency in the state.
Another lie exposed: Modi not invited to Davos
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Mr. Narendra Modi has no invitation to come to World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos in January 2008. This information was made available to media by Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA). This news that exposes another lie of Modi camp, further damages Mr. Modi’s national and international image.
Dhaka seeks food for disaster relief, not funds
By IANS
Dhaka : Bangladesh has said it would request donors to give food grains instead of funds for disaster relief after the Nov 15 Cyclone Sidr to help curb rising food prices at home.
It also decided to allow open market sale at private outlets to curb the rise of rice prices by one or two taka ever day. One US dollar fetches around 60 taka.
There were reports attributing the price rise to India, which has hiked its export price. India had pledged 500,000 tonnes of rice for the cyclone victims.
A Pakistan where people want Modi as PM
By Imran Khan ,
Purnea (Bihar): It's true. People of this Pakistan want Narendra Modi to become prime minister of India.
More than 250 residents,...
Compensation for Muslim youths tortured in blast case
By IANS,
Hyderabad : In an unprecedented move, the Andhra Pradesh government Friday paid compensation to Muslim youths wrongly arrested and tortured by police in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case.
Assam governor slammed for ‘irresponsible’ statement
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: PB Acharya, the Assam and Nagaland governor, who has been in the headlines for wrong reasons after taking charge of...
Pavan Kapoor is India’s new ambassador to Israel
New Delhi : Pavan Kapoor, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, was on Thursday named as India's new ambassador to Israel.
"Pavan Kapoor (lFS:...
Muslim groups condemn church burning in Delhi
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Terming it as an attack on the religious minorities, several civil society organizations and Muslim groups have condemned the burning of St Sebastian Catholic Church in north-east Delhi.
Can woman be given option to say no to triple talaq before nikaah: SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board if it was possible to give the woman...
Pakistan law commission chief may be sacked
By IANS
Islamabad : Faqir Hussain could be sacked as head of Pakistan's Law and Justice Commission for his adverse comments on the manner in which Supreme Court judges were removed in the wake of an emergency being declared in the country, a media report said Thursday.
Hussain has already been divested of his twin post of Supreme Court registrar.
Kerala Muslim groups to continue anti-textbook stir
By IANS,
Kozhikode : Several Muslim organisations in Kerala Wednesday jointly decided to intensify their agitation for the withdrawal of a controversial Class VII social studies textbook that has been termed "anti-religious" by various communities.
The co-ordination committee of various Muslim groups announced their decision at a convention here. They said they would march to the state secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram July 21 as part of their protest.
The committee added it would join hands with other organisations that are also demanding the withdrawal of the textbook.
As usual, criminals & crorepatis lord over Maharashtra polls
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : Criminals and moneybags account for a large chunk of the candidates fielded by the top five mainstream parties in the...
Pakistan asks India to activate body on prisoners
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan has accused India of delaying the exchange of prisoners by not activating the bilateral mechanism agreed upon and set up in March this year.
Arrested Kerala IS operative had fought in Iraq: NIA
Kochi : A Kerala man who was arrested on Wednesday for joining and supporting the activities of the IS, had undergone arms training and...
I was inspired by brother Zameer’s determination: Naseeruddin Shah
Ace actor congratulates Zameeruddin Shah on his appointment as AMU VC
By RNI,
दुखद : हजारों जान बचाने वाले यूपी के मशहूर डॉक्टर फज़ल करीम कोरोना से...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के प्रख्यात हृदय रोग विशेषज्ञ डॉ० फज़ल करीम का बुधवार को राज्य की राजधानी, लखनऊ में निधन हो गया। उनकी...
Muslim League raises Telangana encounter killings in Parliament
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi/Hyderabad: Raising the issue of encounter killing of five under trial terror accused Muslim youths in the custody of Telanagana police in the Parliament, E Ahamed, national president of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Member of Parliament from Malappuram, on Tuesday demanded a reply on the matter from the state government.
Crisis in Pakistan threatens world: US rights leader
By IANS
New Delhi : The crisis in Pakistan "threatens" the whole world and President Pervez Musharraf should restore "transparent democratic order" and stability in the country, said US civil rights leader and Democratic Party veteran Jesse Jackson here Tuesday.
"The suspension of democracy and the state of emergency in Pakistan is testing the United States' and the world's resolve, and its moral authority and its quest for freedom," Jackson said here while delivering the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture at Teen Murti Bhavan.
Erekat says no Hamas dialogue unless it apologies
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat denied on Sunday reports that talks between rival factions of Fatah and Hamas are likely to resume after U.S.-sponsored November peace conference is held.
"There are so many rumors that result from personal judgments," Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio.
Pakistan court orders Lakhvi’s release; outraged India summons envoy
Islamabad/New Delhi : The Islamabad High Court on Friday declared the detention orders of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai...
Rahmani Foundation to start coaching for SSC, Banking and Railway jobs
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: Munger based Rahmani Foundation has decided to set up a coaching centre in Munger to prepare Muslim students for exams to various vacancies in Staff Selection Commission, Railways, and Banking sectors. The decision to setup the coaching center in Munger was taken because of non-availability of a suitable place in Patna.
RJD smells conspiracy in Monazir Hasan’s removal from state cabinet
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: With an aim to mobilize Muslim support for their party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders have begun attacking the JDU-BJP government in the state for their anti-Muslim policies.
In a joint press statement on 25th April, president of Patna Maha Nagar Rashtriya Janata Dal, Khursheed Alam, and senior RJD leader Naushad Hashmi strongly criticized some policies of the government.
Saudi employer hammers 23 nails into Lankan maid’s body
By DPA,
Riyadh : A maid from Sri Lanka was being treated in hospital after her employer in Saudi Arabia allegedly hammered 23 nails into her body, Arab News daily reported Wednesday.
"I had to work continuously since I had to do the chores of all the occupants and when I wanted to take rest due to tiredness, they inserted the nail in my body as a punishment," the 50-year-old woman told a Sri Lankan television station.
The woman, who has returned to Colombo, said she was overworked, threatened with death, and beaten.
Shariat application act says that judiciary has no right to amend personal laws :...
TCN News
New Delhi: On fifth day of ensuing debate over Triple talaq, advocates representing Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind including V. Giri, Shakil Ahmad Sayed, Niaz Ahmad...
India will forever see riots with Modi at helm: Mayawati
Kolkata : Alluding to the 2002 Godhra riots in Gujarat, BSP supremo Mayawati Monday said India would be "forever gripped" in riots and face...
सेवाओं से लैस है ज़ियाउल इस्लाम का मोबाइल एप्लीकेशन
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net,
सवाई माधोपुर(राजस्थान): आज जब पूरा देश डिजिटलीकरण की ओर बढ़ रहा है और लगभग सभी क्षेत्र डिजिटल होते जा रहे हैं, ऐसे...
Court begins hearing on Sachar Committee report
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday began hearing on a petition on the implementation of the Sachar Committee recommedations on improving the socio-economic conditions of the Muslim community.
Senior lawyer P.N. Lekhi told the court that the recommendations were not in the interest of society and sought scrapping them.
The court was hearing Lekhi's arguments on a public interest petition filed by the Rashtriya Mukti Morcha, an NGO, challenging the government's action taken report on the recommendations.
Dharna in Mumbai against Doha Agreement
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: In protest to the Doha agreement the Movement For Peace and Justice (MPJ) of Maharashtra and Jamaat-e-Islami held a dharna on Friday at Azad Maidan.
Bomb blast in Ajmer dargah, 1 killed
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Ajmer: According to reliable sources there was a bomb blast in Ajmer dargah compound leading to at least one dead and several injured. The bomb blast occurred at the time of iftar, traditional opening of fast after sunset in the month of Ramadan.
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.
AMU deploys officers at Malappuram Center
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Amidst court cases against its off-campus centres including one in Malappuram (Kerala), Aligarh Muslim University has deployed high rank officers to run the show. AMU VC has ordered to transfer the services of Prof Mohammad Arif to work as Officer-on-Special-Duty (Administration) at Malappuram Special Center.
Qatar to replace sponsorship system for foreign workers with employment contracts
Doha: Qatar, host of the 2022 football World Cup, said on Wednesday it will abolish its sponsorship system for foreign workers.
The sponsorship system “will...
None from Assam has joined IS but interest up: Police
Guwahati: Following a rise in jihadi activities, Assam Police are worried about international Islamist terrorist outfits like the IS (Islamic State) making inroads into...
IAEA chief set to defend Iran’s progress
By Xinhua
Beijing : The UN nuclear watchdog chief is set to urge full backing for an Iran transparency plan at an agency governors meeting on Thursday after Western powers said Tehran must do more to allay fears about its atomic agenda.
Whether a new International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's compliance with a pledge to clarify past secret nuclear work to the IAEA is cause for new hope or further skepticism will be debated by the agency's 35-nation Board of Governors.
Prof David Lelyveld delivers extension lecture at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Noted scholar and author of ‘Aligarh’s First Generation: Muslim Solidarity in British India’, Prof David Lelyveld of the William Paterson University, USA was in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to deliver an Extension Lecture on ‘Sir Syed and Women’s Education’ at the University Polytechnic Auditorium.
India should wait for court’s decision on Lakhvi: Pakistan
Islamabad : Pakistan Thursday said India "unnecessarily" debated the bail granted to alleged 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, complaining that the Samjhauta...
Congress workers oppose alliance with NC in Kashmir
Jammu : Congress workers Saturday told the party top brass that they must not fight the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in...
2,000 Kashmiri youth to join paramilitary forces
By IANS,
New Delhi : It may not be enough to tackle the grave problem of unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir, which has around 300,000 jobless people, but the central government Friday announced that 2,000 youth from the state will be recruited in the central paramilitary forces.
Sit-ins, protests amid separatist shutdown in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar: People came out in large numbers to stage sit-ins and protests at many places in this Jammu amd Kasmir summer capital Srinagar Thursday on the second day of a separatist shutdown even as restrictions were removed throughout the Valley.
People came out in Nowhatta, Rajouri Kadal, Naid Kadal, Safa Kadal, Bohri Kadal and Khanyar areas of the city early Thursday and staged sit-ins and protests in response to the call given by the separatist Hurriyat group headed by Syed Ali Geelani.
Love Jihad ‘victim’ makes statement before magistrate
Lucknow : In a fresh and dramatic twist to the 'Love Jihad' case involving a girl in Meerut, the victim Monday alleged that she...
There is resistance and hope in Kashmir: Sanna Irshad Mattoo
Najiya O, Twocircles.net
It has been more than five months since the revoking of the Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state of Jammu...
AMU students should create “bridges of understanding’ between different groups
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Muzaffar Ali, noted film director, on Tuesday lamented that hardly any effort have been made by film makers for unraveling the saga of India’s first war of Independence in 1857.
He was delivering the 5th K P Singh Memorial Lecture on the “Language of Moving Images in the 21st century” at Kennedy Auditorium, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a release by Dr Rahat Abrar, AMU PRO said.
Bihar Minister accuses MEA of delaying clearance for foreign trip
By TCN Staff Reporter
New Delhi: A delay in political clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs for travelling abroad left Abdul Bari...
German president urges dialogue with Muslims as Ramadan nears end
By SPA
Berlin : German President Horst Koehler called Thursday on Germany's large Muslim minority to engage in dialogue on social questions, two days before the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, reported dpa.
An increasing number of people recognized the need to find a common answer to questions facing a society containing differing cultures, Koehler said ahead of the festival of Eid ul-Fitr which starts Saturday.
"What are our common values? How do we wish to live? What kind of world do we want to leave to our children?" Koehler asked.
Jammu shutdown over new AIIMS disrupts life
Jammu : Life was disrupted here on Wednesday by a protest shutdown called by traders and lawyers to press for setting up of an...
US embassy delegation visits Darul Uloom Deoband
By RINA International Service
Deoband: A delegation from US embassy in New Delhi visited Darul Uloom Deoband on November 15, 2007. Members of the delegation held talks with rector of Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Marghoobur Rahman and its vice-rector Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman for long hours.
Five killed in suicide blast in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : At least five policemen were killed and 25 people injured in a suicide blast that targeted a police station in Pakistan's Hangu town early Thursday, a media report said.
Maulana Azad’s vision is lauded in Trinidad
By Paras Ramoutar, IANS,
Port-of-Spain : The work and vision of India's first minister of education Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was highlighted during the celebration of International Scholars' day in Chaguanas in central Trinidad.
Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra addressed graduates of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation (MGICC), the Indian cultural centre, Nov 11.
Mishra praised the work, vision and philosophy of Azad who worked tirelessly for Hindus and Muslims to live in harmony and peace with each other.
Three years after Muzaffarnagar riots, no justice in sight for gang-rape survivors
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporters
The Uttar Pradesh government has failed to expeditiously investigate and prosecute the seven cases of gang-rape filed after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar...
One more held for Ajmer blast
By IANS,
Jaipur: One more accused in the 2007 Ajmer blast, which killed three people and injured 30, has been arrested in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, police said Wednesday.
मशहूर इस्लामिक विद्वान सिद्दिक हसन का निधन
विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net
जमात-ए-इस्लामी हिंद के पूर्व सहायक अमीर प्रोफेसर के० ए० सिद्दीक हसन का मंगलवार को कोजीकोड में देहांत हो गया। वो भारत...
Olmert to seek approval to free 250 Palestinian prisoners
By DPA
Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will seek the approval of his cabinet to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a show of support for Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas.
Haji Public School: Redefining rural educational scenario in Jammu & Kashmir
It’s remote, it’s out in the mountains, a family’s endeavour to give back to its ancestral village
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Breswana, Doda (Jammu and Kashmir): Located at an altitude above 7,100 feet, Breswana – about 200-odd kms from Jammu – is one of the many typical remote villages of the mountain region – no motorable roads, rocky, harsh terrain with steep slopes, not to mention the adverse weather for most time of the year.
Bihar honours police officer who arrested IM chief
Patna : The Bihar government Monday awarded Police Medal to Indian Police Service officer Vinay Kumar for his gallantry in arresting Yasin Bhatkal, chief...
MIM’s Hindu candidate defeats Congress Muslim candidate in local election
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Gujarat’s cotton grows on child labour
By Papri Sri Raman
Hyderabad(IANS) : Little Shobha's story did not make a national headline. Like many children from her village, Deval in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan, Shobha, 12, went to work in a textile factory in Amreli in neighbouring Gujarat.
Her job was to gin cotton. Ginning is a process by which the sticky seed and fibre is separated from the raw cotton pod.
In February this year, Shobha died, a victim of sexual assault. Her sister, also a working child, was ordered by the employer to take Shobha's body back home.
Situation not conducive for elections in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti
By Neerja Chowdhury, IANS,
New Delhi : Elections must not be held now in Jammu and Kashmir due to the continuing turmoil, People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti says, adding that mainstream political parties in the state need to find their "bearings and space again".
Mehbooba Mufti also ruled out an alliance between the PDP and the Congress for the coming assembly elections due by October and warned against attempts to "demonise" her party in view of the widespread unrest sparked off by the Amarnath shrine land row.
Haryana to introduce reservation bill in assembly
Chandigarh : The Haryana government will introduce the bill to provide reservation to five communities, including the Jat community, in the ongoing budget session...
How Children are being divided along communal lines after Pulwama incident
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Right after the Pulwama attacks, Kashmiri Muslims were targeted all over India and a feeling of hatred towards Pakistan was in...
President Pervez Musharraf sheds light on his policy
By SPA
Islamabad : President Pervez Musharraf says the former chief justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was trying to remove him illegally and Pakistan would have been in trouble if he had been allowed to have his own way.
What would have happened if we had allowed this chief justice to have his own way. We would have landed Pakistan into chaos, he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera televisioin.
A rare normal day for Kashmir
By Agence India Press
Srinagar: An uneasy calm prevails in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday again.
Schools and business establishments have reopened after a four daylong strike. Vehicles too have come back on the roads.
According to Hurriyat (G) programme sheet people have been called for no strike today. Meanwhile, the fresh protest chart of Hurriyat (G) was announced in the evening.
Banks were also seen functional while people were seen in long queues outside ATMs withdrawing money.
Traffic jams were reported from many places especially city’s commercial hub Lal Chowk.
Communal row ends, meals resumed in Jharkhand school
By IANS
Ranchi : Midday meals in a Jharkhand primary school resumed after nearly one and a half years it was stopped when the Hindu students refused to eat food prepared by a Muslim cook.
The midday meal was started Wednesday in Sindpur Middle School under Baliapur block of Dhanbad district, around 290 km from here.
The incident took a communal turn when the Hindu students refused to eat food prepared by a Muslim cook.
The district education department replaced the Muslim cook by a Hindu cook that led to the Muslim students refusing to eat the food.
An interview with Mr. Muij Uddin Mahmud, Advocate, Guwahati High Court
By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam re-arrested
Jammu: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam was Tuesday re-arrested by police in Jammu jail premises after authorities released him following the Jammu and...
Shahi Imam seeking time from PM to discuss terrorism, Muslims
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid here, has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the current state of affairs of Muslims in India, especially the targeting of Muslims in the name of countering terrorism.
“Muslims are severely offended at the indiscriminate arrests of the Muslim youths in the name of investigating bomb blasts and terrorist activities in different parts of the country, particularly in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Azamgarh and Delhi,” Bukhari said in his letter to the prime minister.
J&K government to build township for border residents: Minister
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will build a township at a safe place for the residents of border villages affected...
AMU corruption: Probe team to hear complainants on Apr 5
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: A two-member panel probing charges of financial irregularities against the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Aligarh Muslim University Prof PK Abdul Azis has slated April 5 as next date of hearing. The complainants have been directed to appear before the panel on prescribed date at India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi.