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‘Women’s role in Digital India transformation undeniable’

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Bengaluru : The Indian woman of today is harnessing the digital advantage to maximize their potential to realize the goal of a Digital India,...

Social work through “Sangini”

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By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net special correspondent Azamgarh: Dr. Madhuri Singh is the daughter-in-law of a doctor couple. Both her in-laws, Dr. Rajdeo Singh and Mrs. (Dr.) K.R. Singh were doctors practicing in Azamgarh. Her husband, Dr. Kishore Singh, is a Pathologist and runs Singh Diagnostic Centre in Azamgarh city. Mrs. Madhuri is blessed by two children: elder son, has done M.Tech from USA and is working in Pittsburgh, USA; daughter is pursuing M.Sc in Counselling Psychology from Christ Church College, Bangalore.

Campaign against female infanticide in Bengal

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Kolkata : To tackle gender imbalance in the state, the West Bengal government has launched a campaign against female infanticide, which includes organising awareness...

Online group takes fight against gender crimes to the streets

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New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Women in India's commercial capital are being encouraged to fight against gender violence and demand police assistance to secure their rights by a group of social crusaders who came together through a social networking site. In a novel move, Fight-Back, a Facebook community of people fighting against gender atrocities, distributed wallet cards to women in Mumbai that have phone numbers of police help lines set up to tackle gender crimes, with the help of the Rotaract Club, a voluntary organisation engaged in service to the society.

Mamata all set to be West Bengal’s first woman chief minister

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By IANS,

Five Iraqi women killed in collision with US forces

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By DPA, Baghdad: At least five Iraqi women were killed in a traffic collision with a vehicle carrying US forces south of Baghdad Wednesday, police said. Police told the DPA that at least six Iraqis were injured in the collision, which took place on the highway linking the central town of Hilla with the capital. A US military helicopter rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to a US military hospital, police said.

‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A woman, who was suspected to have been kidnapped after her car was found in Hindon river here, was living in Delhi's suburb Gurgaon, said a police official Wednesday. Aditi Tyagi, 21, an executive with a call centre at Noida, another Delhi suburb, tried to hoodwink her parents by abandoning her car June 9 in Hindon river, the police said. After surveillance of her mobile number, she was found living with a man in Gurgaon, said Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan.

Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held

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New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...

Delhi government to send school heads to Cambridge for training

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New Delhi : The Delhi government will soon send 90 school principals to Cambridge University for an education leadership training exercise, as part of...

Handwara Killings: Statements issued by minor girl under pressure, claims Kashmir civil society group

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A day after the minor girl at the center of Handwara protests gave her statement to the local...

नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...

Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president

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By IANS, Shimla : Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university. Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.

In the Shadows of Safety: Delhi’s Homeless Women Navigate Fear and Heat

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Tauseef Ahmad and Abdul Basit New Delhi: Homeless women in the national capital are grappling with an unprecedented challenge: safety. They have been unable to sleep...

Key Ishrat Jahan documents missing: Rajnath

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New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that key documents related to the Ishrat Jahan case have gone missing from his ministry...

Woman, who accused Pachauri of sexual harassment, resigns

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New Delhi: The woman researcher, who levelled charges of sexual harassment against environmental scientist R.K. Pachauri, has quit her job at The Energy Research...

Indian feminists, women’s rights activists inspire US educator

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By Sahana Ghosh , Kolkata:Globe-trotting in his efforts to engage men and boys in efforts to prevent gender-based violence, an American public speaker and educator...

1,203 candidates to fight for Kerala’s 140 assembly seats

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Thiruvananthapuram : A total of 1,203 candidates were left in the fray and will now fight for the 140 Kerala assembly seats on May...

Lok Sabha concerned over women’s safety

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Friday expressed concern over the safety of women in the country with Speaker Meira Kumar calling for equal rights for them.

निम्मी की कहानी : मुजफ्फरनगर दंगे में विधवा हुई एक कमज़ोर औरत , जिसे...

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निम्मी अब मुजफ्फरनगर के किदवईनगर में रहती है। हो सकता है उसका नाम नईमा हो मगर स्कूल वो कभी गई नही और नईमा उसे...

Inter-Korean women call for national reconciliation, reunification

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By Xinhua, Pyongyang : Representatives of women from the two Koreas met on Thursday and Friday at Mt. Kumgang Resort of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowing to implement two declarations on reunification. The delegates called for promoting the national reconciliation and unity and boosting the desire for reunification, said the official news agency KCNA. They vowed to uphold and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the Oct. 4 declaration, which were reached by the two Korea's leaders in 2000 and 2007 respectively, the KCNA added.

8 महीने से जेल में है सपा विद्यायक नाहिद हसन, अखिलेश यादव से अब...

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मोहम्मद वसीम । Two circles.net के लिए तबियत खराब होने पर कैराना के विधायक नाहिद हसन को मुजफ्फरनगर अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया है...

Taslima Nasreen’s Indian visa extended by a year

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Indian government on Tuesday extended the visa of self-exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen by another year. The 55-year-old, who is now...

Lucknow gets an ‘all women’ petrol pump

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Lucknow : Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an 'all women' petrol pump here on the eve of International Women's Day. Named 'Shakti Filling...

Twenty-year battle of the people of Noamundi against Tata Steel still continues

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By Xavier Das Friends/comrades,

President Mukherjee emphasises women empowerment

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday stressed the necessity of educating women, providing them economic independence, and legal rights and social awareness...

Andhra plans exclusive police stations for women

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By IANS, Hyderabad: One police station exclusively for women would be set up in each of the districts of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy announced Monday.

Crimes against women on the rise in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Mohit Dubey,

SC declines to take cognizance over Chhattisgarh deaths

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea urging the court to take cognizance of the death of 13 women due to...

37-year-old woman becomes third swine flu victim in Gujarat

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old woman has become the third victim of swine flu in Gujarat. Though she died Aug 13, her death due to the virus was confirmed by the private hospital where she was admitted only Monday, health department officials said. Anandi Patel was a resident of Vastral locality in Ahmedabad and was admitted to a private hospital in Maninagar. She died Aug 13.

Two Maharashtra towns in communal turmoil

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Karanja in Washim district ignited with communal riots under pretense of ‘Love Jihad’; another town in Nasik district under curfew after mob attacks and...

Rahul Gandhi meets women artisans in Gujarat

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with women artisans in a Kutch village Sunday as part of his two-day tour of the Kutch, Saurashtra and northern regions of Gujarat. The young Congress MP met women engaged in handicrafts in Bhujodi village of Kutch district, which was devastated by a major earthquake on Jan 26, 2001.

Yemen To Appoint Five Women In Local Authority Positions

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By Bernama, Sana'a : Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qader Hilal revealed Wednesday a plan of appointing five women as deputies and assistants deputy governor in the capital Sana'a and the provinces of Aden, Ibb, Taiz, and Hodeidah, Yemen News Agency (SABA) reported. Delivering a speech in the opening of a meeting of the Ministry's women leaders, Hilal affirmed the importance of the meeting to increase the political participation of Yemeni women.

Women’s commission summons AAP leader Kumar Vishwas

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New Delhi : The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on the basis of a complaint filed...

Indian Americans hold protests in multiple US cities against hijab ban in Karnataka

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Protesters held placards saying “my body, my choice,” “revoke hijab ban,” “stop telling women what to do”, “hijab is my right,” and “hijab...

Focus on penalty corner conversion in Indian women’s hockey camp

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New Delhi : The Indian junior women's hockey team will focus on its "key problem" of conversion of penalty corners during a preparatory camp...

NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically

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By IANS, Kolkata: Days after over 100 women were sterilised in a single day at a health camp under unhygienic conditions, the NHRC Monday issued a notice to the West Bengal government.

Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t remember ever wanting to become a teacher.” Binish Affan laments the lack of role models in academics. A post-graduate...

The forgotten heroines of India from crypts of history

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Vast improvement needed for women’s safety: Manmohan Singh

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By IANS, New Delhi: As protests against the brutal rape of a five-year-old continue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said "vast improvement" was needed in the security accorded to women.

Saudi women petition king for right to drive

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By IANS/AKI,

Paramours of married women beware!

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By IANS, New Delhi: Paramours of married woman beware! The Supreme Court has ruled that a man having an affair with a married woman and unwittingly driving her husband to end his life out of humiliation is liable to be held guilty of abetting the suicide. A vacation bench of Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice B.S. Chauhan ruled thus while endorsing an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling convicting and jailing Guntur resident Dammu Sreenu for three years.

Women can’t be secured by curbing their freedom, says CJI

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New Delhi : Chief Justice of India H.L.Dattu Wednesday said security of women, in the wake of spate of cases of sexual assaults, could...

Mumbai women jailed for hurling slipper at apex court judge

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By IANS, New Delhi:The Supreme Court Wednesday jailed four women officials of Mumbai-based Boss School of Music for hurling a slipper at an apex court judge in March this year. A bench of Justices Altmas Kabir, G.S. Singhvi and H.L. Dattu convicted the four women, including the school's principal, on the charge of contempt of court for throwing a slipper at Justice Arijit, who has since retired, and sentenced them to three months' jail.

TDP MP asks women to dress in ‘dignified manner’

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New Delhi:A debate in the Lok Sabha on crime against women turned into a lesson on virtues of "dignified" dressing Thursday, when a TDP...

Improper implementation of RTE Act a cause of concern: Former Member of Planning Commission

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Caritas India in a joint collaboration of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) organized a National level interface on...

Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

Amla products to empower women in rural Bengal

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Kolkata: A campaign has been launched to produce Indian gooseberry or amla sauces, candy, dried chips, pickle, jellies to provide an alternative livelihood for...

Now women will guard the frontiers

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Attari (Punjab) : They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years, will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border soon after they complete this week their physical training at the BSF's Kharkan camp, 10 km from Hoshiarpur town. Some recruits will be deployed on the India-Bangladesh border later.

First British woman in space reunited with Russian crewmates

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London : The first British woman in space was reunited on Friday with her Russian crewmates on the space flight which took place 25...

Two Muslim women MPs promoted to Miliband’s front-bench team

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By IRNA, London : Two Muslim women have been promoted by Labour leader Ed Miliband among a new generation of MPs to prominent positions in his shadow front bench team.

Workshops to raise voting awareness among women

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New Delhi: In a bid to raise the voting awareness among women, the Election Commission Saturday organised various camps, cultural programmes and workshops...

Women’s cricket: Kiwis expect close series

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Bengaluru : New Zealand's women team head coach Haidee Tiffen on Thursday said her players were gradually getting acclimatized to the conditions here and...

परंपरागत मधुबनी पेंटिंग में हुनर आज़मा रही मुस्लिम बालिकाएं

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सूफ़ी परवीन Twocircles.net के लिए https://youtu.be/Q1-IttFHEdU बिहार के मिथिला क्षेत्र में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का एक समूह मधुबनी पेंटिंग की कला को सीखकर नई कहानी लिख...

One cannot pursue political ambition at cost of one’s life, says Shweta Bhatt

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By Sayema Sahar for TwoCircles.net,

Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district

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Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...

PM’s wife to launch women’s health campaign

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur will launch a nation-wide programme on International Women's Day Tuesday for women's health empowerment, officials said.

Women’s Day: March planned to Chouhan’s house Tuesday

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By IANS,

Women offer prayers and pongala to Attukal Devi in Thiruvananthapuram

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Close to four and a half million women devotees cooked sweet pongala - a concoction of rice and jaggery - on...

Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views

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By IANS, Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa. Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.

Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq

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Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...

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.

Modi flays governor over women’s reservation

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By IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday criticised Governor Kamla Beniwal for not signing a legislation reserving 50 percent of all seats in local bodies to women.

Arshi Hasmat tops WB Judicial Service Exams; 19 Muslims among 117 selected in...

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Arshi Hasmat, from Kolkata, has topped the 2014 Judicial Service Examinations of West Bengal, making her only the second Muslim to top the coveted test in recent years. In 2008, Bushra Adil had topped the same examination. Incidentally, on both occasions laurels to the community were brought by women.

क्या सचमुच एआईएमआईएम की वज़ह से गोपालगंज जीत गई बीजेपी !

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net बिहार में हुए उपचुनाव के नतीजों में गोपालगंज के नतीजे बहुत अधिक चर्चा में है। यहां राजद चुनाव हार गई है, राजद...

Akademi’s silence on writer’s killing condemnable: Sarah Joseph

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New Delhi : Joining the league of writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in the last few days, popular Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph...

Rahbar Free Coaching Centre’s award ceremony held

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By TCN News, Patna: The 69th and 70th award ceremony of city-based Rahbar Free Coaching Centre (run by Bihar Anjuman) was held at Phulwari Sharif,...

Delhi policeman facing trial for beating woman let off

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a policeman, facing trial for beating a woman, saying he was doing duty in the vice...

Godhra train carnage: AIDWA again rejects conspiracy theory

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Indian-origin man sentenced to life for wife’s murder

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Wellington: An Indian-origin man in Newzealand has been sentenced to life for killing his estranged wife while he was on bail, The New Zealand...

Chhattisgarh has 15,000 women Maoists: police chief

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS, Raipur : About 15,000 armed women Maoists operate in Chhattisgarh and they form a significant chunk of the insurgents engaged in a bitter battle with the state machinery, says Director General of Police Vishawa Ranjan. "Some 30 percent of the total 50,000 armed rebels, or 15,000, are female insurgents, who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," Ranjan told IANS in an interview.

SC notice to lawyers Sharma, Singh for anti-women remarks

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to advocates M.L.Sharma and A.P.Singh on a petition by the apex court's women lawyers association...

All women’s prison in Goa soon

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By IANS, Panaji : Goa will soon have a prison exclusively for women convicts and undertrials, Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza said Thursday.

‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Activists Wednesday lauded the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said that it was just one of the many hurdles it will face before women get true representation in governance. Manorama Bawa, patron of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC), said she anxiously watched the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday where the bill was passed by an overwhelming majority after two days of pandemonium.

तस्वीरों में : समय से पहले बाढ़ जैसे हालात, फंसे लोग ,बहे जानवर

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बिजनोर : उत्तराखंड में हो रही कई दिन से तेज़ बारिश के चलते गंगा किनारे के कई जनपदों में बाढ़ के हालात पैदा हो...

Remembering anti-caste social reformer Savitri Bai Phule on her birth anniversary

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TCN News Today marks the 188th birth anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule regarded as an icon in the field of education for girls in India. Born...

Woman raped in bus in Jharkhand

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Ranchi : A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a bus in Jharkhand's Koderma district, police said Saturday. According to the police, the woman was...

Woman income tax official arrested for taking bribe

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By IANS, New Delhi : An assistant commissioner of income tax in Bangalore has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.200,000, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) statement said here Wednesday. An income tax assessee had lodged a complaint with the CBI that the accused, K. Chandrika, had demanded a bribe of Rs.1 million for accepting income tax returns filed for the financial year 2005-06. The CBI then registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and laid a trap.

Rape victim seeks president’s permission for mercy killing

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Patna: A rape victim in Bihar has asked President Pranab Mukherjee for permission for mercy killing, saying she has been denied justice for nearly...

Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’

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Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students...

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

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By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

More women should take part in politics: Activists

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women rights activists have emphasised on increasing the participation of women in Indian politics as they will be able to provide good governance in the country. "Women should come forward to achieve their goals. They should participate in the country's election process and set an example for the entire world by efficiently working on issues that are close to their heart," National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas said while addressing a workshop on Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy.

Majiziya Bhanu wins gold in World Powerlifting Championship

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Majiziya Bhanu has done it again. The Kerala girl has won a gold medal in the 56 kg senior women's open...

First woman Delhi chief justice to take charge Monday

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New Delhi: Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the...

Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end

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By Anam Rais Khan for TwoCircles.net “The most hated of the Halaal (lawful things) to Allah is divorce.” Recorded by Abu Dawood, Ibn...

Jamia Hamdard students on indefinite hunger strike, authorities pay no heed

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By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Students of Jamia Hamdard under the aegis of Hamdard Student Democratic Forum (HSDF) observing indefinite hunger strike...

Ramadan 1433: Quran

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net Ramadan is also the month of Quran, Muslims' holy book. Two ladies seen reading Quran in Jama Masjid of Delhi. Link: TCN Ramadan...

BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday. "BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone. A case was registered against them Friday on the complaint of the victim's husband.

Kerala village launches dowry-free marriage websites

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By IANS, Nilambur (Kerala): A year back, residents of a Kerala village in Malappuram district took a pledge that they would neither ask for dowry in marriage nor give any. The villagers are now launching two websites on dowry-free marriages. These websites have been created by Nilambur village which has a population of 50,000, of which 40 percent are Muslims. The rest are Hindus and Christians.

Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India

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An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat By Shamsul Islam To, Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak, Namaskar.

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...

A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur/Delhi: Can the mood of a district of Manipur be replicated in the capital of the country? Maybe not, especially given...

African delegates expecting high from women’s summit

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By Xinhua, Hanoi : Women are still victims of poverty and disparity, First Lady of Burkina Faso said here Thursday at the opening of the pre-summit ministerial roundtable of the Global Summit of Women. The Summit, which is to kick off later Thursday, gathered over 900 businesswomen, professionals and government leaders from around the world to talk about women's development and other issues.

Woman found strangulated in capital’s Lajpat Nagar

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman was found strangulated in her house in Lajpat Nagar area of southeast Delhi late Saturday, the police said Sunday. "The incident took place Saturday night. Neelam was found lying on the floor by her husband Manoj Kumar when he returned from office. Without informing police, he took her to Moolchand Hospital, where doctors declared her dead," a senior police officer said. The hospital authorities informed the police about the incident.

Women comprise 5.5 percent of 288-member Maharashtra assembly

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Mumbai : Barely 5.5 percent of the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly are women, according to an analysis of poll results Monday. Of the total 4,119...

Women march for Change – Pictures from Hyderabad

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Women and transgender people from all walks of life gathered at Sundariah Vignana Kendram, Hyderabad in the hot afternoon on 4th April...

Instant Talaq and polygamy well rooted in Muslim personal law, JUH claims in counter...

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By TCN News The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind has filed its counter affidavit through its General Secretary Maulana Syed Asad Madani as a party...

Before rape, Goa MLA ‘bought’ minor girl for Rs.50 lakh

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Panaji : Goa's former education minister and an unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who was arrested by the state police Crime Branch on Thursday for...

Low representation doesn’t deter Indian women from voting

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New Delhi: They might not be getting their due when it comes to representation in parliament, but women have increased their participation in the...

Court orders Permanent Commission for women in army, air force

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to over 50 women officers who had accused the government of discrimination vis-a-vis their male counterparts. A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all Short Service Commission women officers who retired and approached the court seeking Permanent Commission in the forces.

Triple talaq ordinance will do more injustice to women: Owaisi

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Hyderabad, Sep 19 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the ordinance passed by the Union Cabinet making triple talaq a criminal offence will do...

13 held in Assam witch-hunting case

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Guwahati: At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam...

Let AAP government control Delhi Police, Kejriwal tells Modi

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over Delhi Police and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to...

Destitute women to get living quarters

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By IANS,

Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast

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Guwahati : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...

Child rights groups oppose Maneka’s statement, activists seek debate

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New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's stand that juveniles who commit rape should be tried as adults has evoked mixed...

Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...

Ramadan 1435: Fashion

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Girls at the MWA School, Chennai that is known for its quality of its education and grooming and also allows a...

बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...

Are religious beliefs, customs above constitutional norms, asks SC

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women...

Jharkhand gets first woman Chief Justice

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By IANS Ranchi: Gyan Sudha Mishra, the first woman Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, was Sunday sworn in by governor Syed Sibte Razi at the Raj Bhawan here. Mishra is the sixth Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court after the state was carved out from Bihar Nov 2000. Mishra was enrolled as lawyer in 1974 in Patna High Court. She was elevated to the post of judge in 1994 after which she was transferred to Rajasthan High Court. Her father, S.C. Mishra, was Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

Ramadan 1435: Azan

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Students of MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai learn to give azan, Islamic call to prayers. MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary...

Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29. The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.

Women politicos turn Amazonian in Bengal poll season

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Kolkata : West Bengal may be one of the states recording the largest number of crimes against women, but the ongoing assembly elections have...

Violence against women: Silence is violence

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Contribute to help rehabilitation of war widows: President

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called upon the people to make voluntary contributions for the rehabilitation of war widows, disabled defence...

18 castes to be included in ST category

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Ranchi: Jharkhand's Bhokta and Puran are among the 18 communities across India that are likely to be designated as Scheduled Tribes (STs) by the...

Delhi by night – many cops but so few women

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(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape) By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

‘Split verdict on Hijab issue deprives Karnataka’s Muslim girls’ education’: student orgs

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The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban on the wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka. Muhammad Raafi...

Amnesty phone to deal with sexual violence

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‘BJP working to boost presence in southern, eastern states’

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New Delhi: The BJP Mahila Morcha is working to strengthen the party's presence at the booth level in the southern and eastern states where...

Ramadan 1439: Andaleeb Wajid

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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...

Muslim clerics question court order on permitting women inside Haji Ali

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New Delhi : Muslim clerics on Friday questioned the Bombay High Court verdict allowing entry of women up to the restricted grave area of...

Woman, daughter kicked, stripped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : The mother and 18-year-old sister of a young man were kicked, stripped and paraded naked in an Uttar Pradesh village by locals who were against his relationship with a girl. The two brothers of the girl have been arrested, police said Saturday. The mother and sister of Phaujveer Singh, 24, a resident of Kalyanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, some 350 km from Lucknow, were Friday paraded naked in the village by a group of locals, including the family members of the girl.

Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory

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By IANS, New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday. Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India. "In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.

Women’s groups to launch stir against crime

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's organsations Thursday decided to launch a nation wide stir to protest rising incidents of crime against women in the country.

Unveiling the myths of Uniform Civil Code

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By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net The best of you are those who are the kindest to their wives. Prophet Muhammad A mother is a school. Empower...

Young Muslim women fume at Deoband diktat

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By Sarwar Kashani, IANS, New Delhi : Many young Muslim women have reacted sharply to the Deoband seminary's fiat on women and men working together in offices, saying it's high time clerics started looking at real issues plaguing the community such as economic backwardness. "I don't understand what makes them think it is possible to stop women from working," Farzana Tasneem, a 20-year-old jeans-clad girl who works at a call centre, told IANS.

Man held for woman’s murder in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 45-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of murdering a woman in the national capital, the Delhi...

Common issues of gender bias in India, US: American activist

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Kolkata: American gender activist and lawyer Vivian Huelgo on Wednesday drew attention to similar issues of gender bias in India and the US, saying...

Remarkable increase in the number of women parliamentarians in this elections

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TCN News The general elections of 2019 seems to have set a precedence of sorts with a lot of things happening for the first time. This...

Campaign for women’s safety in public places

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New Delhi: A campaign to raise awareness on women's safety at public places and public transport was launched Saturday in the national capital on...

Is Al-Qaeda preparing British women bombers?

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By IANS, London : Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report.

Irate women staff beat up Maharashtra official for harassment

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By IANS, Ratnagiri : A top district health official, accused of sexual harassment, was attacked, stripped and assaulted by some women colleagues, a government official said Thursday. "The women, including at least two employees in the district health department office, stormed into the cabin of District Health Officer (DHO) Pradeep Savale shortly after lunch break," Ratnagiri Chief Executive Officer K.S. Shingare told IANS.

Poll results prove women power, tweets Sushma Swaraj

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Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...

Why are Sikh women exempted from wearing helmet: HC

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following...

Woman leading prayers in women only mosque in China

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By IINA, Henan : In the central Chinese province of Henan, the scene of a woman leading prayers in a mosque for women only would not be a strange one, according to a report in ABC News Australia.

Tripura official suspended for molesting woman colleague

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Indian women allege being duped by Albanian firm

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Rag-picking girls’ date with prime minister Saturday

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By IANS New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 12-year-old Useeran Sheikh, a rag-picker, as she shook hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday, and requested abolition of child labour and quality education for all children in the country. Sheikh with two other rag-picker children met the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in the capital. "I liked it very much. This is the first time I am meeting the prime minister. I never thought this would ever happen to us," Sheikh said excitedly after leaving the Prime Ministers' House.