Mamata ordered police to block my visit: Rushdie
By IANS,Kolkata : Taking the West Bengal government head on, author Salman Rushdie Friday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered police to block his arrival to Kolkata and that organisers of the...
View ArticleFormal talks on 'Vishwaroopam' to be held Friday evening
By IANS,Chennai : Following preliminary talks moderated by Tamil Nadu Home Secretary R. Rajagopal between Chandra Haasan and leaders of Muslim organisations Friday, both parties are likely to meet...
View ArticleFreedom of expression is being misused: UFF on Vishwaroopam
By TCN News,New Delhi: Ummah First Foundation (UFF), a group of Muslim journalists, intellectuals and academician has severely condemned the move of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on the issue of Kamal...
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Akabaruddin Owaisi interrogation begins in Nizamabad
By Syed Zainulabedin,Hyderabad: On the first day of its two day police custody in Nizamabad, Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akabaruddin Owaisi was interrogated for several hours today by two town...
View ArticleShow respect for religious sentiments: PFI to film fraternity
By TCN News,New Delhi: The Central Secretariat of Popular Front of India has urged the filmmakers to give due respect to the belief systems and sentiments of different ethnic and religious communities...
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The Original Sin of Shahrukh Khan
Indian Muslims are mere pawns in the endless game of chess between India and PakistanBy Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net,Now what was Shahrukh Khan thinking when he did that article for Outlook? If...
View ArticleTrinamool MP calls Rushdie 'satan'
By IANS,Kolkata : Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed Friday called Salman Rushdie a "satan" and said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had done the right thing if she indeed blocked the...
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My inspiration for art is Kalidasa now: Akbar Padamsee
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,New Delhi : Akbar Padamsee is one of the of the last of the surviving masters of modern Indian art, who unlike his peers, has diversified his oeuvre to include paintings,...
View ArticleAssaults on artistic freedom cultural terrorism: Rushdie
By IANS,Kolkata : Likening the "assaults" on artistic and intellectual freedoms in India to "cultural terrorism", Booker Prize-winning writer Salman Rushdie Friday said it was a "shame" he did not have...
View ArticleBJP to boycott meetings called by Shinde
By IANS,New Delhi : The BJP Friday decided it will boycott public programmes of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and not respond to any communication from him as leader of house in Lok Sabha over his...
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Vishwaroopam screened in Lucknow amidst ‘peaceful’ protests
By TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent,Lucknow: The controversial Kamal Haasan movie Vishwaroopam was screened peacefully in five multiplexes and a cineplex amid protests by All India Sunni Board on...
View ArticleIsraeli embassy car blast: Police files supplementary charge-sheet
By IANS,New Delhi : The Delhi Police Friday filed a supplementary charge-sheet in the Feb 13 Israeli embassy car blast here, which mentions details of the vehicles used by the suspects and their...
View ArticleCourt seeks action report on Shinde's Hindu terror remark
By IANS,New Delhi : A Delhi court Friday asked the city police to file a report detailing the action taken on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde...
View ArticleWhy CBI not quizzing Buddhadeb on Nandigram firing: Bengal minister
By IANS,Kolkata: The West Bengal government has written to the central government asking why former chief minister Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee was not being quizzed by the CBI for his alleged role in the...
View ArticleKerala Govt in fix in row over 'holy hair' between two Sunni factions
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,Thiruvananthapuram: The UDF Government in Kerala is facing a tough time with regards to maintaining good relations with two major Sunni factions. The Kerala Chief...
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Case for Indo-Pak backchannel
By Zafar Choudhary for TwoCircles.net,As indicated by improved situation on the Line of Control, the India-Pakistan relations are limping back to normalcy but stability still remains farfetched. Going...
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Book on ‘nuances of journalism’ released
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,New Delhi: Becoming a prolific writer is the dream of a large number of journalism and mass communication students, who want to make a mark in the media industry....
View ArticleFaith stifles free speech in India
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, Both Hindu and Muslim fanatics are up in arms against artistic and literary freedom in India. One of their targets is the old "sinner" Salman Rushdie. But there are two...
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'Ammaji' Qamar Azad Hashmi passes away, funeral today
By TCN News,New Delhi: Qamar Azad Hashmi, teacher, activist, widow of Haneef Hashmi and mother of Communist playright Safdar Hashmi and activist Shabnam Hashmi passed away on February 1 due to a...
View ArticleDistribution of anti-Venkaiah Naidu pamphlet in BJP office at Bhopal causes...
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,Bhopal: Quite a flutter was caused during the visit of former Union minister and ex-national BJP president Venkaiah Naidu, who is in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, to the...
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