Picked up from an Army ‘crackdown’, never to return: Dilshada Begum’s 23-year...
In the fourth of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Dilshada Begum. Zakura (Srinagar): On June 16, 1992, Bashir Ahmad Sheikh, then 40, started his day...
View ArticleFIR filed over attack on journalists: Delhi Police chief
New Delhi: A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Tuesday over some lawyers thrashing journalists at a city court here on Monday, Delhi Police said."We have registered an FIR in connection...
View ArticleMamata announces health insurance for journalists
Kolkata : The West Bengal cabinet on Wednesday passed a proposal to launch a health insurance scheme for state government-accredited journalists, including those who have retired.The journalists can...
View ArticleTV channels should clear air by telecasting Kanhaiya's speech
By Saeed NaqviArnab Goswami of Times Now Television runs his show rather like an animal trainer in an old fashioned circus or an Al Capone-like gangster terrorising his minions, which is what the...
View ArticleAligarh Film: Muslim outfit headed by Modi supporter protests against the...
By MahtabNamaWhile acclaimed director of Shahid and City Lights, Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh is scheduled to release today (26 Feb ‘16 ) for public viewing, the heading of a news item in Times...
View Articleअंधेरे में लोकतंत्र का ‘चौथा स्तंभ’
Tanveer Jafri for TwoCircles.netदेश के स्वयंभू ‘लोकतंत्र के चौथे स्तंभ’ में एक भूचाल सा आया दिखाई दे रहा है. जिस मीडिया से आम जनता यह अपेक्षा रखती है कि वह उसके सामने समाचारों को निष्पक्षता के साथ पेश...
View ArticleAre Indian ads coming of age with social messages?
By Azera Parveen RahmanNew Delhi: Why should laundry be a woman's job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of a young, working woman who gives voice to inequality in homes,...
View ArticleCRPF - आप आतंकियों के धर्म से ताल्लुक रखते हैं, लिहाज़ा आपको सूचना नहीं दी जा...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporterइलाहाबाद:सूचना का अधिकार अधिनियम जब लोगों के हाथ में आया तो लोगों को लगा कि इससे समाज के सभी वर्गों को सूचना प्राप्त करने में सहूलियत होगी, साथ ही साथ लोगों का यह भी सोचना...
View ArticleYusuf Mukati: Empowering the poor through a multi-utility resource centre
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.netAurangabad (Maharashtra):“Thodi si neki karle pyare …Allah ne mauka diya hai” (Do some good work dear …Almighty has given you an opportunity). This is the belief that powers...
View ArticleBeyond Homosexuality and AMU: Why ‘Aligarh’ is a must-watch movie
By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.netLast week, a day after Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh was released for public viewing in theatres across the country except Aligarh city, I watched it here in a...
View ArticleAcademicians, activists ask Press council to act against Zee News
By TCN NewsDelhi: About 250 academics have appealed to the Press Council of India and the Broadcast Association to take necessary action against Zee News for carrying a negative campaign against...
View ArticleTamil actor Sai Prashanth commits suicide
Chennai : Popular Tamil television actor Sai Prashanth committed suicide at his residence here, police said, adding he had left a suicide note saying no one must be blamed for his death.Prashanth is...
View ArticleJournalist who wrote the AYUSH ministry RTI story questioned by Delhi Police,...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.netNew Delhi: A Delhi-based Journalist, Pushp Sharma, whose RTI story regarding reply from Union AYUSH Ministry had hogged headlines a few days ago, was picked up for...
View ArticleBeef Row: Kashmiri students released in Rajasthan after Veterinary board...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.netRajasthan: Four Kashmiri students who were allegedly thrashed and later arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of cooking beef in Mewar University hostel have been...
View ArticleTwo Muslims transporting buffaloes killed brutally in Jharkhand
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.netRanchi: In a gruesome attack on minorities in Jharkhand, two Muslim men were beaten and hanged to death by unknown assailants in Jhabbar village of Latehar District....
View ArticleBJP MP Satyapal Singh hid government dues from EC, alleges RTI activist
Mumbai : BJP MP from Baghpat had allegedly concealed information about unpaid dues to the city collector in his election affidavit, an RTI activist said here on Saturday.As per a reply under RTI...
View ArticleHuman rights panel notice to Chhattisgarh over journalist's arrest
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to the Chhattisgarh government in connection with the alleged wrongful detention and torture of a journalist who is a human...
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