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Rahul targets Modi on manifesto delay, women’s security

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Sirsa/New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday launched a multi-pronged attack on the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing them...

PM apprised about Ruchika case

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Friday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about developments in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that has grabbed national headlines. Tirath had gone to meet the prime minister to wish him on New Year day and also apprise him about the case. National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas was present on the occasion, official sources said.

Woman forced to eat human excreta on witchcraft charge

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By IANS, Patna: A woman in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday.

Woman wins contest to attend UAE satellite launch

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pipped 160 other residents to win a contest held to select a visitor to the country's first multi-purpose satellite launch.

Opposition rejects charge sheet on ‘Odisha gang rape’

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Muslim organizations welcome Women’s Reservation Bill, demand separate quota for SC, ST and Muslim...

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, Muslim organizations welcomed the resolve shown by the UPA government for the introduction of 33% reservation for women in Parliament and legislative houses but they demanded separate quota for SC, ST and backward classes, particularly Muslim women. Ms.Parveen Abdi, founder Secretary General of All India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board, appreciated the UPA chairperson and all those who have supported the move for the introduction of women’s reservation bill and termed the move as a historic leap in women empowerment.

BJP fields 58 women for Kolkata civic polls

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Kolkata : The BJP on Tuesday announced its list of 142 candidates - including 58 women and 18 from religious minorities - for the...

Uber to create 50,000 jobs for Indian women by 2020

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New Delhi : US-based mobile cab-booking company Uber announced on Thursday its commitment to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020 in...

President for improving nurse-patient ratio in India

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By IANS, New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil Tuesday stressed the need to improve the nurse-patient ratio in India that is facing a shortage of over one million nurses. "Nurses can contribute to creating awareness about healthy practices, disease prevention, and provide vital maternal and child healthcare services to the community. I would like to point out the need to improve the nurse-patient ratio in the country," Patil said on the occasion of International Nurses Day in the capital.

Haryana to spread hygiene among rural women

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By IANS, Chandigarh : In order to spread health and hygiene among the rural women of the state, the Haryana government has decided to provide them with sanitary napkins at a price of Re.1 each. Manufactured under the brand name Mukti by the Haryana Women Development Corporation, each sanitary napkin would cost Rs.2 but the state's health department will subsidize half the cost. Haryana's Women and Child Development and Health Minister Kartar Devi said Wednesday that the focus of the campaign was to make sanitary napkins available easily to rural women throughout the state.

Punjab Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for women’s reservation

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Chandigarh, (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central government to enact the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33...

Muslim League forms org for female students

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Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’

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The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'. Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — In...

India not a happy place for mothers: report

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : At a time when the world celebrates Mother's Day, it turns out that India scores poorly among the middle-income countries when it comes to health care and well-being of mothers. The country is ranked 73 in the list of 77 nations rated for the "best place to be a mother", according to a report by child rights organisation 'Save the Children'. What is more shocking in the 'State of the World's Mothers 2010' report is that India is rated much lower than a host of conflict-ridden African countries like Kenya and Congo.

बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की...

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बिहार में पर्चा लीक अपराध एक बहुत बड़ी त्रासदी बन चुका है। यह बिहार के युवाओं के सपनों का सरेआम क़त्ल हो जाने जैसा...

Widowed in Muzaffarnagar riots, 50-year-old Nimmi has given up on getting justice

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Nimmi lives in Muzaffarnagar’s Kidwai Nagar locality. Her real name could very well be Naeema, but she never went to...

Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’

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New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...

Campaign against violence on women launched with human chain

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By IANS, New Delhi : Scores of people, who included home makers and anganwadi workers as well as well known personalities, formed a human chain at the India Gate lawns Friday to send out the message that violence against women should not be tolerated and to formally launch the women and child development ministry's campaign.

Trial courts cautioned on domestic violence cases

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नफ़रत भरे इस दौर में तमन्ना पंकज बन रही हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता की मिसाल

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तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles.net पेशे से वकील तमन्ना पंकज लोगों की ज़िंदगी में हिंदू-मुस्लिम के बीच के फ़ासलों को कम कर उसे एक नया आयाम देने की...

Telangana government to give wings to Muslim woman’s dream

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Hyderabad : The Telangana government has come forward to extend financial assistance to Syeda Salva Fatima, one of the few Muslim women to hold...

Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania

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Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the sports ministry for naming ace tennis star Sania Mirza for the...

बीड़ी ही बना जीने का सहारा…

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निकहत प्रवीन भागलपुर (बिहार) : बड़ा बेटा उसके बग़ल में बैठा था और छोटे बेटे को गोद में लिए, सिर झुकाए वो लगातार बीड़ी बनाए...

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...

Eight-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband

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By DPA, Riyadh : An eight-year-old Saudi girl got divorced from her 50-year-old husband after the marriage drew severe criticism, the girl's lawyer said Thursday. Abdullah al-Jeteily said that the court in Onayza city approved the divorce decree after several officials in the region talked with the husband. Two request by the girl's mother for a divorce were rejected before, and one judge ruled that the girl would be able to file for divorce herself only after she reaches puberty.

I am a threat only to those who believe in hatred: Teesta

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By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Amid all the legal troubles she and her husband Javed Anand face, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad is...

Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests

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Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women...

33 percent reservation for women in paramilitary forces: Rajnath

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Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday announced 33 percent reservations would be provided for women in all paramilitary forces, including Central Industrial...

Many Sri Lankan women are harassed in public transport

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By IANS, Colombo : Many Sri Lankan women travelling in public transport face some form of "sexual harassment" mainly in the cosmopolitan areas, a media report quoting a research study said Sunday. According to the report, a study conducted by the Legal Aid Commission has "found that two out of every five women experienced some form of sexual harassment on buses and trains".

Two women robbed of passport, US currency in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : Two women who were returning after shopping at a mall here were robbed of their passport, US currency and other valuables at gunpoint by two men on a motorcycle, police said Saturday. The victims, Swati Dwivedi and Monika, residents of Sector 20, were returning home in a cycle rickshaw at around 11 p.m. Friday after shopping at the Great India Place (GIP) mall, when their rickshaw was intercepted by the two men, police said.

‘A woman in every 26 seconds raped in South Africa’

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By DPA, New York : South Africa's Academy Award winning actress and activist Charlize Theron said Monday that a woman is raped every 26 seconds in her country, a situation she described as "quite horrific". Appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Theron took over her new job as United Nations Messenger of Peace to lead the campaign to end violence against women.

Bhopal – Three decades of Struggle: Gas survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar

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The struggle for justice and adequate compensation continues even after three decades after the country’s first major industrial disaster By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi/Bhopal: Five women survivors of the ill-famous 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today began an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar here along with a thousand survivors and their children sitting in a dharna, demanding adequate compensation to the victims of the country’s worst industrial disaster.

Sharad Joshi lone dissenter against women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Sharad Joshi, a prominent farmers' leader from Maharashtra, was the lone dissenter against the women's quota bill during voting in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, saying he didn't oppose the measure but the manner in which it would be implemented. "Women's reservations yes, yes, yes, yes. Rotation (of constitutions) and (their) selection by lottery no, no, no," Joshi maintained while participating in the more than three-hour debate on the bill. Thus, when the bill was put to a voice vote, Joshi let the crescendo of "ayes" to subside before quietly saying "No".

Government schemes, microfinance can go a long way in empowering Muslim women

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net “Wujood-e-zan se hai tasveer-e-kainaat mein rang,” (The colours of the universe are there because of the existence of womankind) --...

Woman burnt to death for giving birth to girl child

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for giving birth to a baby girl for the second time in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday. "Just hours after Momeena delivered a baby girl Tuesday, she was set on fire by her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law," police inspector Somveer Singh told IANS on phone. Singh said the three accused ran away with the newborn girl after setting Momeena on fire. Momeena, married for five years, was a resident of the Ahera village in Baghpat, some 350 km from Lucknow.

Soni Sori’s condition out of danger

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New Delhi: Tribal teacher-turned-leader Soni Sori, who was attacked with acid and is undergoing medical treatment at the Apollo hospital here, is out of...

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

Chaitanya Datla first civilian woman to sail Indian Navy warship

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By IANS, New Delhi : Chaitanya Datla, a 28-year old executive from Bangalore, is all set to create history by becoming the first civilian woman to sail on an Indian Navy warship. Datla was chosen the winner of National Geographic Channel's "Mission Navy: Lehron Ke Sartaj" from over 50,000 civilians who participated in the landmark docu-reality series, it was announced Wednesday.

First woman vice chancellor in Delhi University?

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By IANS, New Delhi : Meenakshi Gopinath, principal of Lady Shri Ram College, may become the first woman vice chancellor of Delhi University, informed sources said Thursday.

Naroda Patiya riot case: Guj HC bench refuses to give preference to Kodnani’s appeal,...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: A division bench of Gujarat High Court that has begun the final hearing in the Naroda Patiya cross...

Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...

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In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

Rajasthan gets NHRC notice over woman’s rape by policeman

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over a report that said a police assistant sub-inspector allegedly raped...

Bangladesh revives women’s development policy

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By IANS, Dhaka : The Bangladesh government has announced the revival of a women's development policy to mark International Women's Day Monday while activists pledged to focus on acid attacks on women. State Minister for Women and Children Shirin Shjarmin Chowdhury said the National Women's Development Policy-1997 would be broad-based and reintroduced to include rights of tribal women, those who are physically and mentally challenged and those hit by climate change.

Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

Bilawal wants 50 percent women in Pakistani parliament

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says that he dreams of a Pakistani parliament that will have 50 percent women, it was reported here.

In Pictures: Evicted thrice in 5 years, displaced women in Assam village decry poor...

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Since the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Assam in 2016, several poor families in Dholpur char have been evicted thrice— the...

एक और सानिया मिर्ज़ा, इस बार पहली फाइटर पायलट

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net यूपी के मिर्जापुर की सानिया का चयन एनडीए परीक्षा में हुआ है। वो देश की पहली मुस्लिम महिला हैं और उत्तर प्रदेश...

Supreme Court gets a woman judge, two others

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday got three new judges, including a woman, with President Pratibha Patil elevating the chief justices of the Madras, Jharkhand and Bombay high courts. The three are Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Madras High Court Chief Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale and Bombay High Court Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave. They will be the judges of the Supreme Court with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices, said a release issued by the ministry of law and justice here.

Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Imphal (Manipur): The Manipur Muslim girl students have formed, perhaps first time in the history of the state, a union to wage a war on two fronts: to change Muslim socieity’s approach on higher education for Muslim girls and to demand state government reservation for Muslim women.

Young women pressurised for sex even when not feeling like it

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By IANS, Sydney : Young women were pressurised into having sex with partners even when they didn't feel like it, according to a study. "Thirty-seven percent of young women who took part in the study had experienced pressure from partners to have sex when they didn't want to," said Moira Carmody, assistant professor at the University of Western Sydney. "This involved manipulation such as 'if you love me you will have sex', through to ignoring non-verbal and verbal indications of uncertainty or refusal, and even using physical force," said Carmody.

Police find ‘vital leads’ in Kerala nun’s murder

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Kottayam (Kerala) : Two days after a Kerala nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room on Thursday, police claimed...

Women’s quota bill: Despite opposition, government firm

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By IANS, New Delhi : Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, the government said there was no option but to push forward with the legislation in the absence of a consensus. The government has timed the consideration and passage of the bill in Rajya Sabha with the 100th year of international women's day Monday. The landmark legislation seeks to reserve 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.

Women officials will play major role in future, says Air Force Chief

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : With the government allowing permanent commission to women in select branches of the armed forces, Air chief Fali Homi Major today indicated the Services were open to the idea of career women officers in several other departments too.

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...

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

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By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

Murdered Dalit woman’s mother gets newly built home

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday handed over the keys of a newly constructed house here in Ernakulam district to...

BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress

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New Delhi : The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres...

WhatsApp rape videos: Accused sent to one day police custody

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New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday remanded an accused arrested in connection with rape videos that were posted on phone messaging service WhatsApp...

Oestrogen relieves psychotic symptoms in women

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By IANS, Sydney : Oestrogen estradiol, when combined with anti-psychotic drugs, seems to be effective in treating women with schizophrenia, according to a new study. The link between oestrogen and mental illness was recognised more than a century ago. However, scientific evidence backing oestrogen as a mental illness therapy has only recently emerged. "Epidemiologic observations of sex differences in the onset and course of schizophrenia prompted exploration of oestrogen's role in schizophrenia," the study authors wrote.

Chinese urban women contribute one-third to family income

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By IANS, Beijing: Chinese women in urban areas on an average contribute about one-third to their family income, a survey has found.

Female trainee police officer kills self in MP

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Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...

Indian women’s team inspired by men’s thrashing of Oz

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By IANS, Melbourne : The Indian women's cricket team is drawing inspiration from their male counterparts as they begin their tour to Australia. After Ricky Ponting's men were annihilated in Mohali, the Indian women's team have vowed to continue the onslaught on the Aussies Down Under. Indian coach Sudha Shah said she was looking forward to the three-week tour which will feature one Twenty20 clash and five one-day internationals. "When we see how our men performed we would love to do the same thing out here," Shah was quoted as saying in Daily Telegraph.

Big B lauds woman for winning Rs.1 crore

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By IANS, New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for Rahat Taslim from Jharkhand who became the first woman to win Rs.1 crore on his gameshow "Kaun Banega Crorepati".

Sangh Parivar women demand arrest of nun who was raped

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Further vitiating the already surcharged atmosphere in Orissa's Kandhamal district, hundreds of women of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti - an outfit affiliated to the Sangh Parivar - Tuesday demonstrated here demanding the arrest of a nun who was raped during the violence that erupted in the area in August. "The allegations made by the nun appear to be baseless because she is not coming forward to identify the people already arrested," the organisation's zonal organising secretaty Suchitra Mohapatra told IANS.

‘Islam is spiritually against divorce’

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By Faiyaz Ahmed Siddiquee The “triple-talaq” is a form of divorce practiced among Hanafi Muslims, under which a man at any point of time may...

‘Enforcement of laws on women hit by lack of funds’

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By IANS, New Delhi: Enforcement of women-friendly laws suffers from lack of funds and training among the implementation agency personnel, activists said here Thursday.

Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement

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Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

Sushma calls attack on Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru ‘shameful’

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday described as "shameful" an alleged attack and stripping of a Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru...

Islamic practice cited to justify bar on women in Sabarimala

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24: The Travancore Devaswom Board on Tuesday cited the Islamic practice of barring women from entering mosques to justify the...

असम हिंसा में चांद और अस्मत गिरफ्तार, परिजनों ने कहा, फंसाया गया

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मोहिबुल हक़।Twocircles.net असम के दरांग में पिछले दिनों अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान हुई हिंसा के मामले में असम पुलिस ने हिंसा भड़काने के आरोप...

Need to address gender inequality in workforce: Sayeeda Hameed

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Withdraw case slapped for protesting rape, demand women activists

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By IANS, Kolkata : Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for "stifling the voice of protest", a section of women rights activists Wednesday demanded withdrawal of...

Bahrain launches new women empowerment programme

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By IANS, Dubai : Bahrain has launched a new women empowerment project designed to raise the status of women in that Gulf nation. Launched by Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Women (SCW), the project is part of its economic empowerment programme in cooperation with the country’s Labour Fund and the Bahrain Training Institute (BTI), the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported. Acting director of programmes and projects at the SCW, Ezz Al Deen Al Moayyed said the SCW has already begun a tailoring and design project under the new programme.

‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...

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“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...

Government will pass women’s bill before March 16: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government intends to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns March 16 for a three-week break, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal here Wednesday. "The government intends to pass the bill in the Lok Sabha before March 16. That's our intention," Bansal told IANS. The Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed the historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures.

Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka

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By Arul Lewis United Nations: As India challenges centuries-old biases, the power of one million elected women is influencing communities across India through the local...

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

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New Delhi: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communque said on...

Akhilesh announces Rs.20 lakh for murdered NIA official’s family

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Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs.20 lakh for the family of NIA official Tanzeel Ahmad,...

Ramadan 1435: Peek

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net A young girl curious to take a peek into the male section of Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, perhaps searching for...

Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics

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By IANS, Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...

Sari-wearing women may face jail if new Nigerian law passed

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By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Johannesburg : Indian women in their traditional saris with midriffs showing may find themselves falling foul of Nigerian law if a bill currently under discussion in that country is passed. Tourists in towelling wraps and Nigerian women in traditional dress with their stomachs exposed could also find themselves behind bars for three months or subjected to fines of $100, according to the Media24 News Service here.

Kolkata safe city for women: Bengal governor

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Kolkata : West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Thursday expressed satisfaction over the law and order situation in the state and called Kolkata a safe...

Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists

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New Delhi : Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate...

A witch-hunting survivor takes up crusade to save Assamese women

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By Aditya Baruah Guwahati : In her mid-60s, Birubala Rabha looks like any tribal Rabha woman next door. What distinguishes her from the others is...

Uber rape: Indian woman withdraws US case

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By Arun Kumar Washington : An Indian woman executive who sued Uber after allegedly being raped by a driver for the cab-hailing service in...

Activist groups demand passage of women reservation bill

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Several members of women's rights groups assembled here on Tuesday to demand from the government passage of long-pending Women's Reservation...

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

JIH urges govt to take strong action against hate speeches, hate crimes against Muslims

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Talking to the media during an online press briefing, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) vice-president Prof. Salim Engineer welcomed the law against mob lynching brought...

Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner

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By IANS, Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday. "We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.

Kejriwal assures help to women entrepreneurs

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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party government will "extend all possible assistance" to the city's emerging women entrepreneurs, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said...

Pakistani govt committed to root out black laws and anti-women: minister

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By NNN-APP, Islamabad : Minister for Women Development Ms Sherry Rehman said that the present government was strongly committed to rooting out all black laws and anti-women practices from the society. Speaking as chief guest at a seminar on “Situation of Violence Against Women in Pakistan” organized by Aurat Foundation here at a local hotel, she said that women related issues are mainstream issues which swept under the carpet.

Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net “Kolkata has transformed into a city of rallies,” observed Mayurakshi Banerjee, a Mumbai-based cine worker who has called the city home for...

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...

Women fight shame in flood-hit Bihar

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By Imran Khan, Supaul (Bihar) : Malti and Bhagwati Devi are just two of the thousands of people who have had to abandon their homes...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने शुक्रवार को बीजेपी की पूर्व प्रवक्ता नूपुर शर्मा का पैगंबर मुहम्मद के बारे में उनकी टिप्पणी के लिए भारी फटकार...

Women celebrate US Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights

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Washington : Thousands of women celebrated the verdict of the US Supreme Court against a controversial Texas abortion law as the greatest victory in...

Crafting Harmony: Muslim Hands Shape Earthen Stoves for Hindu Devotees in Bihar

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M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In the heart of the capital city, a heartwarming display of communal harmony unfolds each year as the poorest Muslim women...

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...

Poll: 60 % women abused in Jordan

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By Xinhua, Amman : Six out of ten women in Jordan are abused, with one in four physically abused, a poll showed Monday. Almost half of the women surveyed believed that physical violence is acceptable under certain conditions, said the poll. The poll, conducted by the Jordan Center for Social Research, is about violence towards women in the kingdom, helping lift the veil slightly off the Arabian women.

A family of 47 voters wooed by all in Bihar

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By Imran Khan, Patna : It's a joint family of 85 people, with 47 being voters and in this poll season, they find themselves much...

Nitish recommends CBI probe into shelter home rapes

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BY IANS: Patna, July 26: Under pressure from opposition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged rape of over...

Activists mark Irom Sharmila’s 15 years of anti-AFSPA protest

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Kolkata : Branding as "draconian" the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives sweeping powers to the armed forces to deal with terrorism,...

Recurring debate over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Maadar E Vatan & Vande Mataram

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Repeated debate has always meant more TRPs but never really a step forward By Nita Khan for TwoCircles.net, It was August 22, 2011. A week...

Mentally-unstable woman kills her children

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Lucknow: A mentally-unstable woman here beat her two children with bricks to death for playing against her wishes, police said Thursday. The incident took place...

Kashmir conflict affects all dimensions of women’s life, ‘Women’s Voices in Jammu and Kashmir’...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCirlces.net, Srinagar: All dimensions of life such as education, overall development, social life and health have been impacted the most due to continued conflict in the Kashmir valley, more than 50% women responded during a survey ‘Women’s voices in Jammu and Kashmir (2014)’.

Delhi hospital restores mobility to 130-kg Uzbek woman

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New Delhi: An accident four years back left Kavlaynova Oygul, from Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, with a broken thigh bone that refused to heal despite...

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Women get permanent commission in military

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces. A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent commission. In its 32-page order, the bench directed the government to reinstate those officers as well as those who retired during the case.

US team visiting India to boost women’s numbers in ICT

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Enough jails for women prisoners: Government

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...

Gujarat safe for women, Bengal unsafe: Modi

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Bankura (West Bengal) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to curb crimes against...

Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction

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By IANS, New Delhi : An alert Delhi Police woman official foiled the abduction of a blind girl here, police said Thursday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Kiran Sethi...

Kerala assembly to hold special session for women’s quota

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent seats in the local legislative bodies for women. "The main reason to call the special session is to pass this new law to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women in the local bodies," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters. Currently, there are 20,554 elected representatives in Kerala, of which 33.33 percent seats are reserved for women.

Othello-reciting Tamil rapist jailed in Britain

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By IANS, London : An Oxford University-educated Tamil banker who quoted from a Shakespeare play as he raped a woman has been sentenced to over three years of imprisonment by a British court. Paramasivan Sivasothy, an investment banker, recited lines from "Othello" to his terrified victim while raping her, Southwark Crown Court heard Friday. The woman managed to call the police while his back was turned and officers recorded Sivasothy as he carried out the "brutal, ugly and repugnant" attack, the prosecution said. A tape of the woman's ordeal was played in court.

‘Land most important for Kerala Dalits’ – Bluestone rising scholar awardee Maya Pramod

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Maya Pramod, a research scholar who received the prestigious Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize instituted by the Brandeis University, USA, believes ownership...

Seven women in Modi’s council of ministers

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New Delhi : Seven women Monday took oath as ministers in the Narendra Modi government, and one of them is set to be a...

Woman arrested for jewellery theft

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: A woman was arrested here Saturday for allegedly stealing jewellery from highend outlets along with her male accomplice, who is still at large, police said. The duo was identified as Babli Shahnaaz alias Bano, 42, and her brother-in-law Sajid Ali, 30. Senior Superintendent of Police Raghuvir Lal said: "Sajid and Shahnaaz struck at highend jewellery outlets and mostly operated as a couple." "In a planned manner, they would go to big jewellery outlets around lunchtime, when most of the sales staff was not around," Lal added.

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said. Aben Sofia was found...

Muslim men come out in support to abolish Triple Talaq

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By TCN News New Delhi: A group of 225 Muslim men from across the country have come out in support of the...

19-year-old Maryam Siddiqui bags top spot in GenZ Leadership Olympiad

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Maryam Siddiqui, a first-year Bachelors in Architecture student of Jamia Millia Islamia, has brought laurels to the university...

BJP praising Ambedkar for petty political gain: Sonia

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Nagpur : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the BJP which earlier opposed and targeted Babasaheb Ambedkar was now praising him for "petty...

Clean Chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment case is supreme injustice, say...

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TCN News About 350 feminists and women’s rights groups have written an open letter to the retired judges of Supreme Court expressing their disappointment at...

Malaysian Indian woman hangs herself with wedding sari

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian had a massive heart attack when he saw his wife had hanged herself using her wedding sari. T. Selvatharan thought that his wife K. Komathy, 33, had left the bedroom to drink water at dawn on Tuesday. When she did not return and he went out to check, he found her hanging by the ceiling fan. "She had been seeking treatment for depression," the husband, 47, told Tamil Nesan newspaper, while recovering at a hospital in Johor Baru.

Make Delhi safe for women, minister tells police

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police need to work towards making the national capital crime free and should ensure women's safety, Minister of State...

Thrown out of convocation ceremony attended by President, Kerala girl refuses gold medal

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In an extremely controversial step, Rabeeha Abdurehim, a student from Kerala, was sent out of the hall in which President Ramnath...

Mobile phone-based alerts for pregnant women launched

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Kolkata : A mobile phone-based alert system for pregnant women in rural areas was launched here on Monday to help them stay healthy till...

Kerala mulls law to protect women

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Women’s summit a bid to remove Delhi’s ‘rape capital’ taint

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By Parvati Tampi, New Delhi : What has been done since the horrific Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder? What remains to be done? These...

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11 implants allow woman to walk after 36 years

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Gurgaon : For 48-year-old Sachi, life remained painful for more than three decades. But now she can walk after a gap of 36 years...

Rashida Begum hacks militant to death in Rajouri

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By NAK, Rajouri: In one of the rarest cases a woman hacked a militant to death and forced two others to flee in injured condition in border district of Rajouri in Jammu & Kashmir. Identified as Rashida Begum wife of Noor Mohammad of villge Shadhara in Thanna Mandi area of the district Rajouri, the woman struck back when at least three militants reportedly barged into her house and tried to abduct her, late last night.

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Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco

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By IANS, New Delhi: Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco products, a shocking figure revealed by the Indian health ministry Saturday. "It is shocking that over 8.5 percent of the ante-natal mothers in India are tobacco users," said Jagdish Kaur, in-charge of the tobacco control programme in the health ministry. She said though the number of tobacco users are mostly men, yet the number is too big, especially for the pregnant women. There are at least 25 million successful pregnancies every year in India.

Dr Burney’s book on ‘How to Feed Your Kids: And Enjoy’ released

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Gang-rape case: Court rejects plea for hearing on alternate days

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Number of women in Indian parliament lower than global average: UN

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Bangladesh opposition unites against Hasina’s women’s policy

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Hong Kong peeping Tom took over 1,000 sneak photos of women

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong peeping Tom, who was caught as he snapped a picture up the skirt of a woman on an escalator with his mobile phone, had more than 1,000 similar pictures, a court report said Thursday. Police found 346 pictures taken up the skirts of women and more than 700 photos showing the backsides of women wearing mini-skirts and shorts. Thirtynine-year-old Chan Yung who claimed to be a university professor, appeared in court Wednesday pleading guilty to committing an act to outrage public decency.

Blueline bus mows down woman doctor in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 71-year-old woman doctor was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in the national capital Friday. Rajeshwari Dewan, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave, was run over while she was crossing the road near Bhikaji Cama Place in south Delhi around 9 a.m., a police official said. The woman, who was working with a charitable trust, died on the spot. The bus driver fled from the spot, the police said.

Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl

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Agartala : A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police...

Over three years, 70 pregnant women found HIV+ in Tripura

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Agartala : About 70 pregnant women have tested HIV-positive in Tripura in the past three years, an official of the Tripura State AIDS Control...

Women lag behind men in muscle strength recovery

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By IANS, Washington : Women are four times more likely than men to experience a broken forearm and require a cast or immobilisation. To examine whether the effects of such casting were similar between the sexes, researchers examined immobilised volunteers for a period of three weeks. They determined that while men were able to regain 99 percent of their strength within a week of removing the cast, women's strength was still 30 percent lower than their pre-cast optimum strength.

Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday. Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here. He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal. His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.

Four incidents of sexual assault come to light in Andhra

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Pakistan passes pro-women bill

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.

Cases of triple talaq extremely rare among Indian Muslims, confirms survey

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A survey conducted by Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy (CRDDP) has found that incidents of...

साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट

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टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म...

Asma Nama: Listen to Rajeena; dismissing her is a sign of clear hypocrisy

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By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net When the comments section of an article becomes a filthy ditch of abuses getting too personal, it’s an easy...

Obama tributes from India’s most acclaimed women in films

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By IANS, New York : Barack Obama's election as US president is historic not just for Americans but for people the world over, say three of Indian cinema's best known women - Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Shabana Azmi. Tributes to the president-elect who will be the first African American in the White House poured in Wednesday at the the opening of the five-day MIAAC Film Festival of Indian Independent and Diaspora films.

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...