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JIH organizes a workshop on marriage

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Patna University to have a new hostel for minority girls

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By TwoCircles.net, staff reporter, Patna: Bihar’s prestigious Patna University (PU) will soon have a new hostel for minority girl students. The hostel, constructed by the state government’s minority welfare department, will be ready for students in a month.

Special police in Uttarakhand districts to check crime against women

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Dehradun, (IANS): The Uttarakhand government will raise special police units in the state's 13 districts to deal exclusively with crime against women. A decision to this...

Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...

Trailblazer police officer Yamin Hazarika remembered

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter , Guwahati: Yamin Hazarika, the first woman from Assam to clear the Delhi Andaman Nicobar Island Police Service (DANIPS), was remembered in...

Ramadan 1438: Bisma

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I just finished taking my Math exam. I practiced for two whole days and forgot one answer in the end,"...

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

One lakh women attend annual Sunni Ijtema in Mumbai

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By TCN News More than 1 lakh women attended the 26th Grand Annual Sunni Ijtema event to acquire Islamic knowledge; understand their roles...

Ramadan 1439: Mehnaaz

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Mehnaaz, 21, is a psychological counsellor and a career guide at Blue Nile counselling. She says, “This is my passion, something...

Triple talaq law will affect social cohesion, says Owaisi

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Hyderabad, (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has opposed the bill seeking to criminalise instant triple talaq, saying this would have severe consequences on rule of...

We want the government to see what they have done, say women resisting in...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net Srinagar: For the past four years, the support group, "Justice for Kunan Poshpora" has been commemorating February 23 and the...

सादिया देहलवी…. याद तो बहुत आएंगी ‘आपा’

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.Net उनके दुनिया से रुख़सत हो जाने की ख़बर इतिहासकार इरफ़ान हबीब ने दी थी। इरफ़ान हबीब ने अपने टिवीटर पर लिखा...

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हिना आस। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान कुछ सुखद परिणाम भी आए हैं। 2013 में दंगे की तल्खी को राजनीति के गणित ने...

Muslim women protest in Jaipur to demand ban on wine

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Indian Social Forum helps stranded women in Saudi Arabia return to India

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By TCN News A woman from Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi, who was forced to work as a housemaid in a remote town in...

शौहर को जेल भेजना इस मसले का हल नहीं है: सहबा

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशि‍श की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के...

Indian origin woman in Thailand’s richest list

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New York, July 11 (IANS) A 28-year-old Indian origin businesswoman has made it to the list of the 40 richest people in Thailand compiled by the Forbes magazine. Nishita Shah, managing director of diversified GP Group, and her family are ranked 19th with a net worth of $375 million. At 28, she is the youngest among the richest in the Southeast Asian country.

अनदेखी : उप्र राज्य महिला आयोग में एक भी मुस्लिम महिला नहीं

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net भारतीय जनता पार्टी भले मुस्लिम महिलाओ की हितैषी बनने का एलान करे और तलाक़ और हलाला जैसे मुद्दों लड़ाई लड़ने...

Muslim women need their own leadership: Naish Hasan

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Naish Hasan is the name of a woman who made a history and earned lot of criticism when her nikah was officiated by a Muslim lady. She refutes that was a popularity stunt. Rather, it was to show that women are eligible to conduct nikah. Talking to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net, Hasan, who is founder member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, calls for reform in Muslim law for women and also an alternative leadership for them.

No handicap to success for Jahanara Khatun

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Berhampur: 41 year old Jahanara Khatun was ranked 31st in the examination for the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Examination for...

चंपारण की पूर्व विधायक रश्मि वर्मा पर हमले-धमकियों की कहानी झूठी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: राजनीतिज्ञों द्वारा चुनाव जीतने के लिए कुछ भी किया जाना कोई नयी घटना नहीं है. चाहे वह बूथ लूटना हो...

Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...

Triple talaq verdict: petitioners now live in fear of social boycott and threats

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net It has been a week since Supreme Court of India passed a historic judgment abolishing the triple talaq practice within the...

क्या नाम है!…अशफ़ाक़…पांच गोलिया चलीं और बेवा हो गई 11 दिन की दुल्हन

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इसरार अहमद, twocircles.net दिल्ली। क़रीब 50 लोगों की मौत के बाद पूर्वी दिल्ली के इलाक़ों में हिंसा थम गई है। इन तीन दिनों में कई...

Be alive to the purpose of life: Maharashtra HSE topper Nazima Almas Sayed

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By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net, “It feels great!” says Nazima Almas Sayed. And she has every reason to feel so – she bagged the first rank in the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Examination. Her achievements have not stopped there. She got second place in Vidharbha in the state Medical Entrance Exams, first in the state entrance for private colleges ASSOCET and second in the state Sevagram exams. Nazima, a student of the Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, topped the HSE exams with 98.5% marks. Over 11.84 lakh students had attended the exam conducted in February-March.

All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya

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Kozhikode (Kerala) (IANS): On her first visit to her home state Kerala after the Supreme Court upheld her marriage with Shafin Jahan, Hadiya on Saturday...

Exclusive: Story of the ‘objectionable’ material recovered from Afreen Fatima’s house

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Soon after razing his house, police claimed that Afreen Fatima’s father, Javed Mohammad, was the mastermind of the protest in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in...

Sheema Mohsin first Muslim woman on Karnataka wakf board

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Bangalore: By her appointment as the member of the Karnataka State Wakf Board, a new chapter has been added to the history of the state where perhaps has never been a Muslim woman appointed on a statutory body like wakf board.

By profession a journalist and social activist Sheema Mohsin (36) is based in Bangalore.

Khargone violence aftermath: Muslims allege police of highhandedness, arresting ‘innocent youth’

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Accusing the Khargone police of harassment, protesting women said that they have been forced to hit the streets because of the persistent persecution of...

आशियाना टूट जाने के डर से सड़क पर आई हजारों महिलाएं , यह है...

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Seminar on rights and duties of women in Islam organized at Aligarh

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Emphasising that the rights given by the Islam to women about 14 centuries ago are still not available to the non-Muslim women, Professor Shakeel Samdani from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday said, “Islam gives complete liberty to women and they are allowed to do every work within the limits of Sharia.”

Triple talaq verdict a lesson for Muslim community on reforms: Former minister Salman Khurshid

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By Prashant Sood New Delhi, (IANS): The triple talaq bill is a step towards imposing a Uniform Civil Code and the judicial verdict on the...

आज़मगढ़ में दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आजमगढ़ जिले के एक गांव में दलितों पर पुलिस उत्पीड़न का मामला सामने आया है। गांव में दो पक्षों...

बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net मोदी सरकार के दूसरे कार्यकाल का आखिरी बजट अल्पसंख्यकों के लिए मायूसी लेकर आया। पिछले वर्ष के मुकाबले इस वर्ष अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय...

WB Police awards Firdausi Begum for her bravery

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By Zaidul Haque, Twocircles.net,

मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...

Triple Talaq: Muslim Personal Law Board’s stand is un-Islamic

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By Syed Ubaidur Rahman The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has told the Supreme Court that Triple Talaq in a single sitting is not...

एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद

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आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने...

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

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By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)

आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी के विरोध में कानपुर में भारी बवाल

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में शुक्रवार को बवाल हो उठा। दरअसल कुछ मुस्लिम सामाजिक संगठनों ने भाजपा नेत्री नुपुर शर्मा द्वारा हज़रत मोहम्मद...

J&K Technical Education Board in a mess, students allege college lecturer of deliberately failing...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In June, Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a student of a Srinagar-based polytechnic college, committed suicide after he found...

Housewife chefs: Delivering home food in star hotels

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, IANS,

तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?

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Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net 31 साल की यास्मीन से निकाह के समय तो तीन बार ‘क़बूल है’ ज़रूर पूछा गया था, लेकिन जब शौहर ने उसे...

Urdukidzcartoon.com connecting Urdu language with a new generation of kids

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...

Bulli Bai app case: Women activists hold protest in Kozhikkode, demand action from Kerala...

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The protesting women said that the Hindu right-wing force's attacks to suppress Muslim women will be futile and will not prevent Muslim women...

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक...

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आसिफ इकबाल | Twocircles.net बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन...

Reporting Rape: February edition

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net This article is part of a monthly series Reporting Rape in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against...

A massive dharna of Muslim women demanding quota in WRB

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By Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net, Patna: With enthusiasm and determination Muslim women in Patna today demanded their exclusive shares in Women's Reservation Bill. A number of Muslim women from across the city, mostly burqa wearing, sat on dharna under the banner of Bihar Muslim Khawateen Morcha at Kargil Chowk protesting against the bill in its present form and demanding quota for Muslim and backward women.

Malala invites five global girl champions to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

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By Aslam Chandio for TwoCircles.net, Islamabad: Rights activist and young campaigner for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai has invited five remarkable and inspiring girl champions to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony scheduled to be held on December 10 at Oslo, Norway.

‘Messiah’ politics around Uniform Civil Code and Triple Talaq must come to an end

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By Mohammed Umar for Twocircles.net State driven acculturation of minorities is often deemed as impinging upon the civil liberties, for the reason that it chokes...

अज़ान के विमर्श में किन बिंदुओं पर बात करना ज़रूरी है ?

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-मसीहुज़्ज़मा अंसारी हिंदुस्तान की मशहूर प्लेबैक सिंगर अनुराधा पौडवाल इन दिनों अज़ान पर दिये अपने बयान को लेकर चर्चा में हैं.एक टीवी इंटरव्यू के दौरान...

क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net हम आज बदलते समाज के साथ अपनी अलग पहचान बनाने में मुसलसल लगे हैं. जिसमें अपने अधिकार और समानता को लेकर आए...

हिजाब हटाने से अगर किया इंकार मतलब परीक्षा में ‘NOT Allowed’

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net यूनिवर्सिटी ग्रांट्स कमीशन के नेशनल एलिजिबिलिटी टेस्ट में जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया की एक मुस्लिम छात्रा को हिजाब पहने होने के कारण प्रवेश...

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Twocircles.net के लिए दरियापुर( मुकामां) से आसिफ इकबाल की रिपोर्ट पटना से करीब 90 किमी पूरब में गंगा नदी किनारे दरियापुर गांव बसा है। यहां...

Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...

Why are Muslim residents of Bilkis Bano’s village leaving their homes after convicts’ release?

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Several Muslim families from Randhikpur (Singwad) have begun leaving their homes and seeking refuge in Rahimabad Relief Colony of Devgarh Baria taluka in Dahod...

Raje, Gehlot mourn singer Mubarak Begum Shaikh’s death

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New Delhi : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister, on Tuesday mourned the death of legendary Bollywood playback singer...

Triple Talaq Bill: A classic case of judicial overkill

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By Tariq Hasan for TwoCircles.net Algarh: The Triple Talaq bill passed in the Lok Sabha and to be presented in the Rajya Sabha if passed...

“Srinagar has become an open-air prison,” restrictions back to Kashmir capital after decades

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After the spate of civilian killings in Kashmir, especially of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community and non-locals, the government has beefed security in...

“School Chalo” program spreads the message of education

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By TCN News Bangalore: Popular Front of India organized “School Chalo” program on May 30th to spread the message of education. This program was held in Tank Garden area of Bangalore.

More than 250 students who participated in this program. Majority of students were from the Govt School and from an economically challenged background. The students walked around the area with the slogans on the cards to spread the message of education.

Students of MES Indian School on educational trip to Dubai

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By TCN News Dubai: Eleven students of The MES Indian School of Doha, Qatar recently visited Dubai as part of the friendship and educational exchange program.

Homemakers without a home: women and displacement in Chars of Dhubri

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By Parvin Sultana, The lives of char dwellers are marked by persisting underdevelopment, systemic exclusion, and frequent displacement. However, its impact is manifold on the lives of women. This brings forth the need to take a gendered look at the process of dispossession.

Shraddha Walkar murder case: Why are India’s Muslims feeling the heat?

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The Shraddha murder case is yet another example of how an entire community is targeted for the crime of one and how easily...

Pellet victim Insha clears Class 10 exams, aims to become a doctor

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Srinagar: On Tuesday, January 9, Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) declared the result of students appeared in 10th...

हमें फ़ातिमा शेख़ को क्यों याद रखना चाहिए!

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मानसी सिंह Twocircles.net के लिए महिलायों की शिक्षा जैसे क्रान्तिकारी क़दम की सराहना के लिए सावित्रीबाई फुले और उनके पति ज्योतिबा फुले के बारे में...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net उस दिन 2 अप्रैल थी और रमज़ान की आमद का ऐलान हो चुका था। मुस्लिम समाज इस रमज़ान का शिद्दत से...

J&K Police Officer alleges CRPF men of injuring civilians, molesting females

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The death of four dozen Kashmiris in protests following the encounter of Hizbul Commander has ushered in innumerable...

मेरठ में मृतक पार्षद जुबैर के परिजनों से घर जाकर मिले ओवैसी

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net शनिवार को एआईएमआईएम के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष असदुद्दीन ओवैसी मेरठ में स्वर्गीय जुबैर अंसारी के घर उनके परिजनों से मिलने पहुंचे। पार्षद जुबैर...

Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...

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The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...

Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...

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Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net आगरा की जिस प्रिंसिपल ने स्कूल में अल्पसंख्यक समाज के बच्चों का बहुमत होने पर खुद को धार्मिक उत्पीड़ित दिखाया था उसकी...

Raising legal age for marriage for women in India: Here’s why it’s bad news...

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While worry over early marriage is a start in the right direction, legislative action on the subject is equivalent to addressing symptoms rather...

Meet Shariya Manzoor: The boxer girl from Kashmir

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Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is...

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Bengal plans 24×7 helpline for sick kids, pregnant women

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Kolkata : West Bengal is mulling a 24x7 toll-free helpline to help transport pregnant women and sick infants to the nearest hospital in case...

BJP’s claim of protecting Muslim women is fraudulent, Talaq Bill satisfies Hindutva forces: SDPI

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By TCN News New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) condemned and opposed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s desperate attempts to pass...

Perils of covering protests for Journalists in Kashmir

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Women Helpline launched in Ghaziabad

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Goa, Kerala top Gender Vulnerability; Bihar, UP at bottom

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TCN News Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...

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By TCN News Chennai: Police allegedly lathi-charged on protestesters during a march organized by the Tamilnadu Thowheed Jamath cadres.

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Let the world hear our stories of defiance and resistance to caste-violence: Dalit women...

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net On June 21, issues and stories of Dalit women were presented at the UN level for the first time ever...

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India. Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?

Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case

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On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment. Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...

BJP leader in TN alleges girls wearing purdah cheat in exams; MMK demands action...

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Jamia administration bows down to women hostellers; accepts all their demands

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Kerala’s new trend setters: Muslim women members of Mahallu committee

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Andaleeb Wajid, is the author of several novels. "Ramadan is a month of faith and devotion. It is month where all...

Indian Muslims face imminent threat of genocide, mass persecution: Experts

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10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training

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Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...

International Women’s Day: Meet UP’s Rehana Adeeb, a ‘rebel’ for men, but a ‘messiah’...

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Social activist Rehana Adeeb, who is fighting for the rights of women in areas such as Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat and Saharanpur in western Uttar...

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

चम्बल डायरी: ‘घर में न सहरी के लिए कुछ है, न इफ़्तार के लिए’

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शाह आलम यह मेरी ‘चम्बल संवाद यात्रा’ का बारहवां दिन था. जालौन जिले के मुख्यालय उरई से 66 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर महेवा...

Former VC Hamid Ansari, Shashi Tharoor to speak at Reclaiming India conference on democratic...

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TCN News Mohammad Hamid Ansari (Former Vice President of India), Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi (Historian and a Grandson of Mohandas Gandhi) and Rev Dr William Barber (Co-Chair...

International tobacco control award for Dr Mira Aghi

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By Bobby Ramakant, CNS, Noted tobacco control advocate and a United Nations consultant Dr Mira Aghi was conferred upon the International award in recognition of her lifetime contribution to advancing tobacco control initiatives for women. The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) presented its Tribute for Outstanding Service to Women award to Dr Mira Aghi (65 years) at the recently concluded 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) in Mumbai, India.

‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.

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The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...

Two bright kids of Azamgarh

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By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net special correspondent Azamgarh: Musaid Helal Khan son of Motasim Billah Khan passed his X Class through ICSE board examination securing over 94% marks. He stood first not only in his school Jyoti Niketan but perhaps the whole district of Azamgarh.

Kerala health minister objects to ‘Keertan’ during Yoga Day celebrations

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala health minister K K Shyalaja has expressed her discontent over the recital of a Hindu ‘Keertan’ (prayer...

Why death penalty for child rape doesn’t mean swifter, better justice

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Mumbai, (IANS/IndiaSpend): About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of...

‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader

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The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR...

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Merajur Rahman Baruah wins National Award for documentary ‘Shifting Prophecy’

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By TwoCircles.net news desk New Delhi: Delhi based independent documentary filmmaker Merajur Rahman Baruah won the 55th National Award for his documentary film ‘Shifting Prophecy.” The film was awarded Rajat Kamal for the 55th National Award in the Best Film on Social Issue category. Mr. Baruah is an accomplished documentary filmmaker with several documentaries and awards to his credit. He won the Best Director Award at Hyderabad International Film Festival in 2008 for the same film.

Muslim women call for codification of personal laws

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

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National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...

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SC disallows burqa, full sleeve shirt for AIPMT examination on Saturday

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The first woman VC of Calicut University steps down

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Conflict to peace via women: Helping distressed women in J&K

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Over 1.25 lakh women trafficking cases in India last year

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Kolkata, (IANS): There were 35,000 reported cases of child trafficking and 1,25,750 women trafficking cases in the country in 2016-17, with West Bengal topping in...

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Journey to NASA owes to AMU: Hashima Hasan

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TCN News Aligarh: For Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) alumna, Dr Hashima Hasan, Program/Discipline Scientist at the NASA, USA, the fascination with space science began when she...

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Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia

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15 women organizations in Telangana demand release of all persons arrested for anti CAA-NRC-NPR...

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Women organizations gather at Jantar Mantar to demand 33% reservation

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a massive show of urgency and solidarity, women came out on streets to demand the passage of...

See if triple talaq impinges Muslim women’s rights, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to examine whether the practice of 'talaq-e-bidat' (instantaneous triple talaq), 'nikah halala' and...

Muslim women converge to pray for release of Maulana Naseeruddin

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslim women converged in Hyderabad on Friday to pray for the release of Maulana Muhammad Naseeruddin, his three sons and other Muslim youths who are languishing in different jails in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for several years.