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Clamor for abolition of capital punishment after ‘secretive’ and 'political'...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,New Delhi: Several human rights activists and groups have condemned the ‘secretive’ execution of Afzal Guru, calling it politically motivated. Several ‘concerned’...
View ArticleParliament attack plotter Afzal Guru executed
By IANS,New Delhi/Srinagar: Twelve years after a terror attack on its parliament brought it to the brink of war with Pakistan, India Saturday executed Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru in a meticulously...
View Article'Afzal's hanging an act of political expediency'
By IANS,New Delhi: The government Saturday was accused by some jurists of hanging Afzal Guru on account of political expediency as it was finding itself on the backfoot on issues of national security...
View ArticleParliament attack victims' kin to write to Pranab
By IANS,New Delhi: The families of victims of the 2001 parliament attack will write to President Pranab Mukherjee to get back the bravery awards returned by them earlier, Maninderjit Singh Bitta,...
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Participatory-banking for equality before law in India
By Syed Zahid AhmadThe secular system adopted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for banking and financial services in India is conflicting with the fundamental right to freedom of religion. RBI being...
View ArticleI was detained for talking with media: Geelani
By IANS, New Delhi: A day after he was detained following the hanging of Afzal Guru, Delhi University lecturer S.A.R. Geelani Sunday said his detention by police happened because he had spoken to the...
View ArticleAfzal Guru's hanging: Curfew continues, Valley tense
By IANS,Srinagar: Curfew continued without relaxation for the second day Sunday in all ten district headquarters of the Valley and some other places in the state.Police said curfew restrictions under...
View ArticleWomen musicians not unusual, say singers from Islamic nations
By IANS, New Delhi: Even though an all-girl rock band in Kashmir faced a fatwa, women musicians have been performing on the stage without any hiccups in Muslim-majority countries like Iran, Tunisia and...
View ArticleNo newspapers in Srinagar
By IANS,Srinagar: The residents of Srinagar did not wake up to read the newspaper at leisure this Sunday. The city reeled under curfew for the second day, receiving no print editions of local...
View ArticleMoulana Suleman Sikandar passed away
By Syed Zainulabedin, TwoCircles.net,Hyderabad: Eminent Muslim leader and Vice President of Majlis Tameer-e- Millat, Moulana Suleman Sikandar passed away here at the wee hours yesterday. 84 year old...
View ArticleCurfew continues uninterrupted in Kashmir, injured teen dies
By IANS,Srinagar: A 14-year-old boy wounded in clashes with security forces died in a hospital here Monday as curfew continued without any relaxation in Kashmir Valley for the third day following the...
View ArticleA.R. Rahman attends Grammy red carpet
By IANS,Los Angeles: Oscar-winning Indian composer A.R Rahman attended the 55th Annual Grammy Awards held here Sunday night along with wife Saira Banu.Looking dapper in suit teamed with shades, he also...
View ArticleVHP's Modi as PM chant 'objectionable': Hindu priests
By IANS,Patna: An influential group of Hindu priests Monday objected to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate in the next...
View ArticleSC notice on plea for scrutiny of intelligence agencies
By IANS,New Delhi: On a petition to bring intelligence agencies under legislative scrutiny and their accounts under the CAG, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government,...
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'Inter-faith dialogue only way out for communal harmony and social stability'
By TCN news,Mumbai: The felicitation ceremony of a programme organized by the Students Islamic Organization (SIO) today ended at Vidyarthi Bhavan Churchgate with high fervor to promote inter-faith...
View ArticlePakistan circumspect on Afzal Guru's hanging
By IANS,Islamabad: Pakistan Monday was circumspect on the hanging of Indian parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, with the foreign ministry saying it did not want to go into the details of the trial...
View ArticleTwo days after hanging, speed post reaches Guru's family
By IANS, Srinagar: The speed post sent by Tihar Jail superintendent to Afzal Guru's family in Kashmir Valley's Sopore town was delivered Monday, two days after he was hanged in the national capital....
View ArticleSix Muslim candidates selected as civil judges in AP judicial services
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh High court has appointed 65 candidates as civil judges for Andhra Pradesh state judicial services. Among those sixty five candidates, six...
View ArticleCurfew in Kashmir after Afzal's hanging hits residents
By IANS,Srinagar: Three days of curfew in the Kashmir Valley after Afzal Guru's hanging Saturday has hit residents, who say they are running short of essential supplies and medicines.Although...
View ArticleMy children are scared: Iftikhar Gilani
By IANS,New Delhi: Two days after he was detained by police along with his family following the execution of Afzal Guru, senior journalist Iftikhar Gilani Monday said his children were still...
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