Suspected Hizbul militant seeks bail
By IANS,New Delhi : Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, arrested for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, Monday moved a Delhi court seeking...
View ArticlePresident Pranab Mukherjee gives away awards to distinguished ladies
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,Guwahati: President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Monday hailed the works of film personality Sharmila Tagore and renowned Assamese litterateur Mamoni Raisom Goswami for...
View ArticleOn singing Vande Matram
On singing Vande MatramBy J.S.Bandukwala for TwoCircles.net I am writing this after reading Firoz Bhakt Ahmed 's views on Vande Mataram. I consider Feroz as a friend whose heart cries for the sorry...
View ArticleAmbedkar International Center (AIC) acquires 13 acres of land in Washington...
By TCN News,Washington DC - The Dr. Ambedkar International Center announced today that it has acquired a 13 acres property in the Washington DC area with the aim of uniting all Ambedkarites and Bahujan...
View Article'We need to get out of the Bt trap'
By GOI Monitor,BORN TO the families of teachers, Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl always wanted to 'change the world'. Moving from English literature to mainstream journalism to independent film making,...
View ArticleCPI(M) asked to make public the report on the killing of former party leader
By TCN News,New Delhi: A group of individuals who describes themselves as “well wishers of the Left movement” has written a letter to Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India...
View ArticleScholar and thinker Asghar Ali Engineer dead
By IANS,Mumbai : Renowned Islamic scholar, progressive thinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformist leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away here Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family members said. He...
View ArticleWidow of Nasiruddin hopeful for justice after Calcutta HC transfers case to CBI
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,Kolkata: Widow of Nasiruddin has expressed her hope for justice after the Calcutta High Court transferred the case regarding custodial death of Trinamul Congress worker...
View ArticleEducating the Muslim girl child - in a Mughal-era structure
By Meha Mathur, IANS,New Delhi : Functioning in a Mughal-era structure near Jama Masjid in the capital's old quarters is the Balak Mata Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India's oldest...
View ArticleDr. Engineer championed the cause of peace: VP
By TCN NewsNew Delhi: The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has condoled the passing away of Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, the renowned scholar and social activist. Dr. Engineer passed away in...
View ArticleWith government officials turning hostile, Varun Gandhi acquitted in hate speech
By TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent,Lucknow: Claiming to be saviour of Muslims, the Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party government at Uttar Pradesh showed leniency towards BJP's leader and MP Varun...
View ArticleAssam expresses grief at the demise of scholar-activist Engineer
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,Guwahati: Along with the entire country, Assam too has expressed its grief at the demise of renowned scholar and progressive thinker Asghar Ali Engineer on Tuesday at the...
View ArticleWB Panchayet election to be held in 3 phases by 15 July: Calcutta HC
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court, led by Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalya Bagchi today directed the state election commission to hold the...
View Article400 Indians in Saudi Arabia to help illegal expatriates
By IANS,Dubai : Responding to an appeal by Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, 400 expatriate Indians have registered as volunteers to help Indian workers in that country affected by a new labour...
View ArticleMulayam, Advani conspired on Babri masjid: Beni Prasad Verma
By IANS,Lucknow : Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Tuesday accused Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with BJP leader L.K. Advani to bring down the Babri mosque in...
View ArticleSohrabuddin case: BJP accuses Congress of framing its leader
By IANS,Jaipur : The Bharatiya Janta Party Tuesday accused the Congress of using the CBI for framing its leader of opposition in Rajasthan and former state home minister Gulab Chand Kataria in...
View ArticleSohrabuddin case: Mumbai court summons Rajasthan BJP leader
By IANS,Mumbai : A Mumbai court Tuesday issued summons to Rajasthan's Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria and three others to appear before it June 4 in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shooting case,...
View ArticleKhurshid visiting Saudi Arabia, Nitaqat to be discussed
By IANS,New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid goes to Saudi Arabia on May 24-27, the first visit by an Indian foreign minister in the last five years, during which the kingdom's Nitaqat...
View ArticlePeople's patience is running thin over corruption
Indians’ patience is running thin over the question of corruption and bad governanceBy Aijaz Zaka Syed,Gujarat is paying American PR firm, APCO Worldwide, millions of dollars to build and promote Brand...
View ArticleLecture on religious tolerance, communal harmony and secularism in Indore
Mansoor Ilahi and Abdullah, TwoCircles.net,Indore: “Secularism is the backbone of Indian society and there can’t be any other political philosophy better than secularism for our country. The...
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