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Abolish capital punishment: Fate of death row prisoners like ‘lottery’
M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.netA disclaimer first: Personally I believe that an eye for an eye may leave the world blind, or one eyed at best. And hence no matter how heinous the crime, life imprisonment (and...
View ArticleAzam Khan quits as Kumbh in-charge after stampede
By IANS,Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan Monday quit his position as chairman of the Kumbh Management Committee, owning moral responsibility for Sunday's...
View ArticleShinde defends secrecy in Afzal Guru's hanging
By IANS,New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday defended the secrecy shrouding the execution of Afzal Guru and said his family was informed two days before the hanging through speed post....
View ArticleCongress defends Afzal Guru's hanging
By IANS,New Delhi: The Congress Monday defended the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, saying three separate courts and the Supreme Court had found him guilty."Three separate courts found...
View ArticleAfzal Guru pens last letter to wife
By IANS, New Delhi: Hours before he was to be executed, Afzal Guru penned his last letter to his wife, Tihar Jail officials said Monday. The letter, written in Urdu, was posted Saturday but is yet to...
View ArticleConference held on Islamic tenets in AMU
By TCN News,Aligarh: Noted Islamic scholar and Rector of the country’s leading Islamic seminary, Nadvatul Ulema, Lucknow, Maulana Syed Rabey Al Hasni Nadvi exhorted the students to take up a vanguard...
View ArticleWill inquire into Gilani's 'detention': Shinde
By IANS,New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said he will inquire into the alleged illegal detention here of journalist Iftikhar Gilani, son-in-law of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah...
View ArticleTerrorism has no colour, says Shinde
By IANS,New Delhi: Seeking to build bridges with the BJP, which sought an apology from him over his "Hindu terrorism" remarks, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said he agreed that terrorism has...
View ArticleMufti calls India 'banana republic'
By IANS,Jammu: After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned the wisdom of executing parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the main opposition People's Democratic Party in the state...
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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Coaching centre for Muslim students opened in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,Imphal: The opening function of a coaching centre was organized at Lilong in Manipur on February 10, 2013. Lilong happens to be the largest Muslim inhabited area in...
View ArticleAfzal hanging not selective or political decision, says government
By IANS,New Delhi: The government Monday dismissed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's charge that the execution of Afzal Guru was selective, and said the assassination cases of former...
View ArticleCops told to give detailed report on Shinde's "saffron terror" remarks
By IANS,New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday sought a detailed status report from police by Feb 25 on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his remarks...
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Three years without Shahid Azmi
By Mahtab Alam,Today is the third martyrdom anniversary of Advocate Shahid Azmi. Shahid was shot dead by some ‘unidentified’ gunmen in his office late in the evening of 11th February 2010. Later, those...
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Students in AMU protest against execution of Afzal Guru
By TCN News,Aligarh: Students of the Aligarh Muslim University staged protest march against the execution of Afzal Guru, without any ‘fair trial.’ Hundreds of students join the protest and unanimously...
View ArticleKashmiri students in Hyd protested against Afzal’s hanging
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,Hyderabad: Kashmiri students from various varsities in Hyderabad assembled at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) to protest against the execution of...
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Afzal hanged, democracy buried
By Iqbal Ahmad for TwoCircles.net''I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for spilled blood never sleeps.''These were the parting words of Al-Malik al-Nasir...
View ArticleCurfew continues for fourth day in Kashmir
By IANS,Srinagar: There were no newspapers, internet or cable television in the Kashmir Valley as curfew continued uninterrupted for the fourth day Tuesday to prevent violence in the wake of Afzal Guru...
View ArticleAfzal Guru: ‘Conscious’ travesty of justice
Soft on saffron terror, Muslims figure top on government’s to do listsDr. M Waseem Raja,Being an ardent believer in Indian Constitution and at the same time a through secular in approach Indian Muslims...
View ArticleAct against Yasin Malik meeting Hafiz Saeed: BJP
By IANS,New Delhi: BJP president Rajnath Singh Tuesday said that the government should "seriously" take cognizance of JKLF chief Yasin Malik sharing the dais with 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in...
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