A year when non-fiction made headlines
(2013 in Retrospect)By Shilpa Raina, IANS,New Delhi : Non-fiction ruled the roost in 2013, with many revelations the works threw up making for screaming headlines . These juicy tidbits also helped in...
View ArticleCongress in Kerala faces tough issues before polls
By IANS,Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress in Kerala is facing a host of issues as general elections draw near and a leader said an assessment has been done on the "performance of the sitting Lok Sabha...
View ArticleForeign guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight
By IANS,Srinagar : A holed-up foreign guerrilla was killed Thursday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, a senior officer said.A Pakistani national identified as...
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Blanket of hope initiative distributes blankets and other relief to victims...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,Shamli: To send warm relief to the Muzaffarnagar riot-victims camped in various camps at Shamli, Shahzad Poonawalla and other responsible intellectuals and activists...
View ArticleCriminal Charges against Modi and 59 others
Verdict expected today. Washington DC: A Magistrate's court in Ahmedabad, India is expected to deliver its verdict on the crucial Zakia Ahsan Jafri Criminal Complaint against Gujarat Chief Minister...
View ArticleCabinet orders probe in Gujarat snooping, BJP fumes
By IANS,New Delhi : The cabinet Thursday ordered a probe into the alleged snooping on a young woman by Gujarat Police in 2009 at the behest of former state home minister Amit Shah, provoked an angry...
View ArticleNow apply online to Indian schools in Oman
By IANS,Muscat : Indian schools in Oman will go online with their admission process for the academic year 2014-2015, a media report Thursday said.The website related to admissions,...
View ArticleRelief for Modi as court upholds SIT closure report
By IANS,Ahmedabad : In a major relief for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a local court Thursday dismissed a petition by a killed Congress leader's widow, challenging the SIT's closure report...
View ArticleIndian man drowns in UAE
By IANS,Dubai : A 23-year-old Indian drowned while swimming in the Arabian sea in Fujairah, UAE, police said.The man, identified only by his initials A.M.M., was swimming along with two other friends...
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Three AMU faculty members attend international conference in Singapore
By TCN News,Aligarh: Professor Mohammad Afzal Khan, Dr Roohi Abida Ahmed and Dr. Hassan Imam from the Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University participated in the...
View ArticleMulayam's remark on riot camps taken to minorities panel
By IANS,New Delhi : The National Commission for Minorities Thursday admitted a petition seeking action against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh for saying that not one of the Muzaffarnagar riot...
View ArticleTruth alone triumphs, Narendra Modi on SIT report
By IANS,Ahmedabad : As a local court upheld the closure of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report probing the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, state Chief Minister Narendra Modi said it represented...
View ArticleCourt verdict has exposed conspiracy against Modi: BJP
By IANS,New Delhi : The BJP Thursday welcomed the Ahmedabad court decision to dismiss a plea challenging the clean chit to Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, and said truth has prevailed and a...
View ArticleRights panel notice to UP over children's deaths in camps
By IANS,New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary and district magistrates of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli on reports of children's...
View ArticleControl rooms to check man-animal conflict in Kashmir
By IANS,Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir has set up control rooms to promptly intervene in case of man-animal conflict in the state. Victims of such conflicts will also get enhanced compensation, Forest...
View Article'Wives of disappeared Kashmiri men can remarry after four years'
By IANS,Srinagar : In a significant development, a group of Islamic scholars Thursday ruled that "half-widows", or women whose husbands had disappeared during the over 20-year-long conflict in Jammu...
View ArticleWoman, two daughters die of suffocation in Kashmir
By IANS,Srinagar : A woman and her two daughters died of suffocation after inhaling cooking gas leaking from a cylinder in their house in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district Thursday, police said.The...
View ArticleFamily and friends of Khurshid Anwar start campaign for investigation
By TCN News,New Delhi: Family members, friends and co-workers of the recently deceased Executive Director of the Institute for Social Democracy, Khurshid Anwar have come together to press for a...
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Seminar on issues of Pasmanda Muslim in Gorakhpur
By Tanvir Salim,Gorakhpur: A seminar on Pasmanda Muslim issues was held in Gorakhpur on December 22, 2013 in remembrance of late Ashfaq Husain Ansari by the social organization Ashfaq Husain Ansari...
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CLMC write to NCW on moral policing by police inspector in Hyderabad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has condemned the ‘moral policing’ by police inspector Syed Nayeemuddin Javed. CLMC has now written to the...
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