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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi

By Rahat Abrar, Addressing a meeting at Aligarh Muslim University on the occasion of Republic Day Celebrations which was held to felicitate students and staff who have brought laurels to AMU, Mr. E. Ahmed, Minister of State for External Affairs said that no nation can aspire to greatness if large section of its population is excluded from benefits of national achievement and progress. He added that the challenge before the nation is to ensure that the fruits of development are shared in equal measure by all communities, particularly those excluded and deprived.

By Kul Bhushan, IANS, India's budget yet again demonstrates to NRIs that investing in their homeland is probably the best option right now. The West is still struggling to climb out of one of its deepest recessions and provides low returns, while India's growth story promises healthy returns. Surely, it's time to wake up and smell the Indian coffee.

By Mohammad Allam, The purpose of any educational institution is to develop all-round personality of the student through keeping education in the centre. If education is not in the centre, no model of students union will work to improve the educational culture of the institution and all-round personality of the students. To achieve the aims and objectives, the function of the concerned educational authority is to construct such a model which inspires the students to perform better at all levels by placing education in the centre.

By Mohammad Sajjad ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA, VOL. VI: SOUNDINGS ON PARTITION AND ITS AFTERMATH, Edited by Mushirul Hasan, Manohar Books, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 369, `950.00

By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,

By TCN News, New Delhi: A three-day seminar on Urdu’s classical genres was successfully organised by UGC Departmental Research Support (DRS) between February 26-28 at...

By Syed Ubaidur Rahman, Narendra Modi's historic win shocked the so-called Muslim leaders who expected a miracle victory for non-BJP, non-Congress parties in the Lok Sabha battle.

By Amulya Ganguli New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Prima facie, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not fare too badly in the recent elections in north and central India. It beat the anti-incumbency factor in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to retain power and its vote share in Rajasthan, where it lost, was marginally less than the Congress'.

By Md. Khurshid Ahmed, The historical backgrounds firmly prove the arrival of the Ahoms and Muslims as invaders in the first half of the thirteenth century CE. Muslims from the west started entering Assam in 1206 few years before the invasion of the Ahoms into the state in 1226. The only difference between the two is that the Ahoms could lay down permanent empire but Muslims failed to establish their rule prosperously. Muslims yet, could conquer some portions in Assam and administrated them temporally. Since that period Muslims began to settle over the region.

By Dr Sandeep Pandey,

By Andaleeb Wajid

By C. Uday Bhaskar, IANS,

By Bobby Ramakant, CNS, Noted tobacco control advocate and a United Nations consultant Dr Mira Aghi was conferred upon the International award in recognition of her lifetime contribution to advancing tobacco control initiatives for women. The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) presented its Tribute for Outstanding Service to Women award to Dr Mira Aghi (65 years) at the recently concluded 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) in Mumbai, India.

By Shobha Shukla, CNS The nation is abuzz with the news of Rouvanjit Rawla, a class VIII student of Kolkata’s prestigious La Martiniere School for boys, who hanged himself four months ago, reportedly unable to bear the humiliation after he was caned by his school principal Sunirmal Chakroborty, and allegedly by some other teachers as well. What was his crime?

By Ram Puniyani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a point to keep visiting temples when visiting other countries. His visit to...

By Vikas Datta, Devices for travelling instantly to any corner of the world and any time period already exist - they are called books. Though Western Europe and North America may form the most frequent settings for English fiction, there is at least one writer who will use unconventional locales - Africa's arid wastes or trackless bush, Central America's steamy forests, South Pacific's laid-back but isolated islands or elsewhere - and any time of recorded history. Like this author who brings into focus a landlocked Southeast Asian country amid the throes of revolutionary change in a series of mysteries, which incorporate both the unseen world of spirits and an absurd Communist bureaucracy.

TwoCircles.net presents “Agenda for India”. Series editor is Charu Bahri. Professor M Saleemuddin, Professor and Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit and former Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University shares his thoughts:

By Manoj Kumar, IANS,

By Prof. M.H. Jawahirullah

(In this piece, Prof. M.H. Jawahirullah, President of Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), counters claims by artist Francois Gautier about his exhibition on Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb held at Chennai.)

To begin with: Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) strongly condemns Francois Gautier for his lies, innuendos and calumnies regarding his exhibition held at Chennai.

By Imran Khan, Patna: A Muslim man whose uncanny resemblance to Osama bin Laden made him actively woo Muslim votes for Lalu Prasad and Ram...

MOSCOW. (Alexey Isakov) - Although Russia and the United States have different histories, cultures and traditions, they also have much in common: vast territories and natural resources, human and scientific-technical potential. And the destinies of our two peoples have crossed many times. Two hundred years is a long time, and over the past two centuries Russian-American relations have undergone many changes, occasionally becoming seriously strained. But ever since regular contact began, Russians and Americans have felt respect and sympathy for each other.

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, After sixty-year-long judicial process, the hearing on Babri Masjid title suite came to conclusion on July 26, 2010 at the three-member Special Bench of Allahabad High Court comprising Justices S U Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and D V Sharma but the verdict was reserved which may be delivered on any day before 1st October because Justice D V Sharma is going to retire on that day.

By Kaleem Kawaja,

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, The resignation of Nitish Kumar from the post of chief minister of Bihar following the decimation of Janata Dal (United) has exposed how weak actually he was without the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi : Eight months after violence engulfed Manipur that left nine people dead, the Centre has finally intervened in the controversy...

By Charu Bahri For three years, Uttar Pradesh farmhand Pradeep Kumar, 24, has been treated for a disease that India largely eliminated 11 years ago:...

By Ram Puniyani

By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The Amarnath land transfer row has come as a godsend to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was looking for an emotive issue after the Ayodhya temple movement fizzled out. The party now hopes to recapture the mood of the "awakening" of Hindus, which was associated with Ayodhya, to consolidate its position in the run-up to the next round of assembly elections.

By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...

By Anupam Kher, IANS, Born in Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I came to Mumbai 27 years ago in search of a career. That career eventually gave me a chance to showcase my talent, according me national recognition, and also some fame. I am thankful for that chance the city gave me.

Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,

By Shahrukh Alam, On Wednesday, I met some young men from Dhule. I am not at all sure where Dhule is and I said as much to them. "There was some violence there. It has been in the news lately," they said. "Did any bombs go off in Dhule?" said I. "No bombs, no. But there was communal violence. It was on the news."

By Salman Sultan, Book: Rounded Up: Artificial Terrorists and Muslim Entrapment after 9/11 Author: Shamshad Ahmad, Ph.D.