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Shoot out outside Ghaziabad college, girl student injured

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Ghaziabad : A girl student of IMS College in Ghaziabad was accidentally injured when a student shot at another student outside the college gate...

Woman IPS officer shouted at by BJP lawmaker responds with poem on FB

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Lucknow, (IANS): A day after a video of IPS officer Charu Nigam breaking down in public after being shouted at by a BJP legislator...

Chargesheet filed in Odisha woman’s murder

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Bhubaneswar : A chargesheet was filed against a man for the murder of a sexual assault victim in the state last November, an officer...

British government seeks more ethnic minority women in public life

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By IANS, London : Minister for women and equalities Harriet Harman says Britain needs more Black, Asian and other minority ethnic women councillors after new data showed their numbers have fallen. Only 149 out of 19,617 elected councillors across England are minority ethnic women this year, compared with 164 in 2006. This represents less than one per cent of all councillors, although minority ethnic women make up more than five percent of the population. To fully reflect society the number of female minority ethnic councillors would have to rise nearer to 1,000.

Gang-raped woman cremated; public kept at bay

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By IANS,

Ghaziabad teacher arrested for sexually assaulting student

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Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad Police arrested a teacher for sexually assaulting a class XI student of a prestigious public school in Modinagar town here. The police...

Woman board member: Over 300 NSE-listed companies yet to comply

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Rohit Vaid, Chennai/New Delhi : As many as 313 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have not inducted a woman...

SC begins hearing appeals by December 16 gangrape convicts

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging...

‘Sonia Gandhi India’s most popular woman’

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By IANS,

Sania named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

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New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was Tuesday appointed the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asian region by UN Women at...

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.

Singur after six year: Voice of only Muslim Panchayat member Ashia Begum

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCirclees.net, Part 3 of the three part series on Singur. Part 1: Six years later

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

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‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

Muslim community leaders laud Adv Salian for her daring revelation in Malegaon blast case

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Muslim community leaders belonging to different non-governmental organizations have unanimously praised special public prosecutor Rohini...

HIV woman returns to hospital after rape-accused arrested

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Almost two years after an HIV-positive woman was allegedly sexually abused by staff members of a leading hospital and the state AIDS control society, the victim has resumed treatment at the facility following the arrest of the two accused. According to the police, accused James, a senior technician of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Nek Ram, a counsellor with Chandigarh AIDS Control Society were arrested Friday. A case of rape has been registered against the accused.

Women protest outside police headquarters

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By IANS, New Delhi : About 150 women stated a noisy protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here demanding more police presence on roads and fast-track courts to deal with rapists.

SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights

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New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

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By IANS, Lucknow : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five. Announcing this on the last day of the board's three-day annual convention at the Nadwa Darul-Uloom Islamic university here, AIMPLB spokesman-cum-legal adviser Zafaryab Jilani told reporters Sunday: "We have nominated five women this time on the board's executive committee."

In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes

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By Richa Sharma,IANS, New Delhi : Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws. A total of 185,312 incidents of crime against women were reported in the country during 2007 as compared to 164,765 during 2006, an increase of 12.5 percent. The number of crimes committed against women has increased continiously during the last five years.

साजिश के तहत बिगाड़ा गया त्रिपुरा का माहौल ,जमीयत की रिपोर्ट में किया गया...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net जमीयत उलमा ए हिंद की एक टीम ने त्रिपुरा में हुए हिंसा के बाद वहां पहुंच एक फैक्ट रिपोर्ट तैयार किया है,...

Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...

Five sleeping labourers crushed to death in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : Five sleeping labourers, including two women, were killed and two children injured when they were crushed under the wheels of a bus here at midnight Saturday. The victims were asleep near a crossing under the Sector-24 police station of Noida. According to Superintendent of Police City Mahesh Mishra, the driver of an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus was trying to park his bus at 11.45 p.m. on the ground when he failed to spot the sleeping labourers.

Protest in Kolkata over nude photos of women with ‘Allah and Muhammad’ texts

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kolkata: Several Muslim groups led a protest in Kolkata angered by photographs published in a Bengali Daily of women protesting in nude, with Arabic texts, including names of Allah and Prophet Muhammad.

Kejriwal accuses BJP of failing to protect women

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New Delhi : AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday asked the people of Delhi to vote for his party and accused the BJP of failing...

Young woman with male sex organs operated upon at AMU’s medical college

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: The doctors at J N Medical College were left baffled when they found a 20-year-old woman possessing a male sex organ and testes instead of a uterus and ovaries. She was operated upon, testes were removed and a functional vaginal canal was created by a team of doctors led by Dr. Arshad Hafeez Khan, Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery at the college.

President, vice-president for more women in legislatures

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New Delhi : Stressing the need for appropriate women representation in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said women's empowerment was...

Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings

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St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza jumped to her...

Five youth held in Bengaluru for gang-raping minor

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Bengaluru: Five youth were arrested on Thursday for the alleged gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl here, a police official said. "The accused, an acquaintance, and...

Congress gears up to support women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and legislative assemblies. At a meeting, the party's women ministers and senior MPs, including those who are members of the Parliament Standing Committee on the bill, discussed the Congress strategy to push the legislation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi also attended the meeting held at the party headquarters here.

Scheme to raise awareness among minority women

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By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS, New Delhi : India's Planning Commission is starting a scheme to create awareness among minority women about issues and rights that can empower them socially, educationally and economically, and also teach them the importance of hygiene and sanitation. To be implemented over the next five years with the help of the ministry women and child development, the scheme will cost Rs.200 million (Rs. 20 crores).

Far from home, Kerala nurses a lifeline for families

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By Sanu George, IANS,

सरेआम की थी छेड़छाड़, विरोध पर मारा था थप्पड़, छत से कूदी मेडीकल छात्रा...

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मोहम्मद वसीम। Twocircles.net मेरठ में जिस मैडिकल छात्रा को सरेआम छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर सहपाठी द्वारा थप्पड़ मार दिया था और उसने सुभारती...

JIH women wing demands impartial probe into ‘rape’ and murder of civil defence worker

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The 21-year-old-victim, who was associated with the Lajpat Nagar District Magistrate office, was found murdered on August 26 at Surajkund, Faridabad. As per her...

‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow

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By TCN News Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...

Sexual harassment led to Delhi school stampede: fact-finding report

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, New Delhi: A fact-finding report released today has concluded that sexual harassment of girl students led to the stampede in the government senior secondary school in New Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area on September 10 resulting in the death of five girls and injury of scores of others.

Archery World Cup: Indian men in final; women to play for bronze

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By IANS, Kolkata: Continuing the form that fetched them the men's recurve team gold in the World Cup Stage I, the Indian archers put the country in line for the yellow metal in the Stage II at Porec, Croatia Friday. The troika of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia would take on the Russian Federation in the final Saturday. The Indian women's recurve team, comprising Bombayla Devi, Rimil Buriuly and Dola Banerjee, made it to the bronze medal play off against Ukraine.

बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net  उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...

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...

Rats nibble woman’s body in mortuary

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Bhopal : A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly...

Manipur CM ensures medical aid for destitute woman

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Imphal : She had lost all hope and was living a life of despair. Bed-ridden since 2011, R.K. Tamphasana felt abandoned by the world,...

Mother throws newborn in Kolkata canal

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By IANS, Kolkata : A 32-year-old woman allegedly threw her illegitimate newborn in a canal here Wednesday, the police said. The baby, though rescued in time, died later in the day. The incident took place at Chaulpatti area of Beliaghata in north-eastern Kolkata.

Ban women working in casino, demands Goa Congress

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Panaji: The Goa Congress on Thursday demanded that women be stopped from working in the state's casinos, citing safety issues. Addressing a press conference at...

यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच

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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...

Women lawmakers demand 50% share of Nepali CA chairs

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By Xinhua, Kathmandu : Women members of Nepali Constituent Assembly (CA) have demanded that women CA members be allowed to chair 50 percent of all the CA-related committees and parliamentary committees to ensure gender balance in constitutional making process. According to Saturday's The Himalayan Times daily, there are 14CA-related committees and 10 parliamentary committees in the CA cum legislature-parliament. Elections of all the committees are scheduled for January 9.

Bodies of missing woman, minor daughters found in Kolkata

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Kolkata: The bodies of a 37-year-old woman and her two minor daughters who had gone missing nearly a fortnight ago were recovered from inside...

Police still to interrogate Pune call centre rape victim

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By IANS, Pune : Police said Sunday they hadn't found any "corroborative evidence" of rape following allegations that a 22-year-old woman employee of a call centre here had been gangraped by around 10 men, including her cab driver. The call centre employee of IBM has not yet made a statement to police. She was allegedly raped Thursday night and has been in a state of shock since then.

Somnath Bharti gets bail in domestic violence case

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New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Delhi's former law minister Somnath Bharti, who is accused in a domestic...

The invisible makers of the city

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Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often...

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

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Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

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...

Odisha to increase quota for women in urban bodies

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Odisha will increase the quota for women in the state's urban local bodies to 50 percent from the existing 33 percent, an official said Friday.

Women deprived from voting in elections in Pakistan province

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Islamabad: Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters. The women's...

’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’

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New Delhi : The percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as...

AIMPLB must stop fooling people over Triple Talaq

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By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for Twocircles.net “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense,...

यूपी में भाजपा की जीत के बीच कहाँ खड़े है मुसलमान !

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net देश के सबसे बड़े राज्य उत्तर प्रदेश में भारतीय जनता पार्टी चुनाव जीत गई है। संभवतः योगी आदित्यनाथ एक बार फिर...

World’s most lucrative women’s golf Tour to debut in China

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By IANS, Beijing : The world's most lucrative women's golf tour arrives in China this October. The inaugural Grand China Air Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) that features world No.2 Annika Sorenstam and the sixth-ranked Tseng Yani, will be held from October 24-26 at Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan. The tournament featuring 63 of the world's best players will compete for $1.8 million.

Give Indian Muslim women more social space: Minority bodies

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By IANS,

Punish tipplers with brooms, says Bihar women’s panchayat

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By Imran Khan Patna: A women's panchayat in a Bihar village has ordered women to punish with brooms people found consuming and selling liquor, while...

Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

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Madrid : The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is...

Hyderabad Siblings Launch India’s First All-Women Taxi Bike Service

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: “It was while commuting to college that I began exploring ideas for safe travel for women after personally facing security issues....

‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam

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

Woman gang raped in Delhi, two arrested

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New Delhi: A woman was gang raped by two people on the pretext of being provided a job, police said Friday, adding the alleged...

Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...

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Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...

Writer-activist from Assam bags Padma Shri

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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Known for her significant contribution to children's and women's literature, noted writer-activist Eli Ahmed was on Wednesday named a...

Iraqi women face ‘silent emergency’

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By DPA, Baghdad : Poverty, lack of security, and a lack of basic services have created a "silent emergency" for Iraqi women, a study released Sunday found. A survey of 1,700 Iraqi women conducted by the Iraqi non-governmental organisation al-Amal and released by the international charity Oxfam in honour of International Women's Day Sunday found that a majority of women had been victims of violence, and that their personal safety was still their primary concern.

Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!

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Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...

Activists, academics come out in support of activists Teesta & Javed

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BY TCN News, New Delhi: Activists and academics have come out in support of anti-communalism activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, who...

The Muslim Personal Law Board: The old game continues

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By Asghar Ali Engineer

Night shifts affect women more than men: Study

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London : Sleep is an important part of our biological cycle and disruption to a good night's sleep, especially after working in night shifts,...

Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction

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Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...

Dying Urdu education in Hyderabad

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A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...

Five women beaten to death in Jharkhand over witchcraft

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Ranchi : Five women were beaten to death on the outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday for allegedly practicing witchcraft, Jharkhand Police said. The incident...

US admits holding teenage son of Pakistani scientist

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By DPA, Karachi : US authorities have admitted that the teenage son of a Pakistani woman scientist held in the United States on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan is in their custody, her family said Sunday. "We received a letter from the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J Gracia late Friday in which he acknowledged of having in custody Aafia Siddiqui's eldest son, Ahmed, who will turn 12 years old in November," her sister Fauzia told DPA.

115 mn widows live in poverty: Loomba Foundation study

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London: At least 245 million women around the world have been widowed with India alone accounting for 42.4 million. And more than 115 million widows live in devastating poverty, according to a new study released by Britain's Loomba Foundation, which is campaigning to put the plight of widows on the United Nations agenda. The Loomba Foundation presented the first edition of the study, 'Invisible, Forgotten Sufferers: The Plight of Widows Around the World' to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in New York as part of its campaign.

Indian woman in Oman kills children, attempts suicide

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By IANS, Dubai : An Indian woman in Oman murdered her two children and then attempted suicide. She has been arrested. The woman, identified by her neighbours as Priya from Kerala, killed her two children Friday morning at her home in the Muttrah locality of the Omani capital of Muscat, the Khaleej Times newspaper said. She had reportedly informed the police and her friends and relatives in Oman and in India about her intentions before committing the crime. The two children, a boy and a girl, were students of Class 2 and kindergarten, respectively, at the Indian School in Muscat.

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

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

WB Police awards Firdausi Begum for her bravery

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By Zaidul Haque, Twocircles.net,

Fearing further attacks & arrests, Muslim families flee Uttarakhand village

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Following communal violence in a village in Uttarakhand on April 16, several Muslim families have fled the area fearing arrests and further attacks.  Muhammad Raafi |...

Opposition gives privilege notice against Odisha minister

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Bhubaneswar : The Congress party on Monday gave a breach of privilege notice against Odisha Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh for misleading the...

Woman attacked with acid in Srinagar

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Srinagar : A young woman, who is a law student, was attacked with acid here Thursday, leaving her in a critical condition, police said. Police...

उत्तराखंड में जज बन गई गांव की जहांआरा ,गुलसिताँ’ और आयशा

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ । Twocircles.net 22 दिसम्बर को उत्तराखंड न्यायिक सेवा के आएं परिणाम में तीन मुस्लिम लड़कियां जज बन गई है। खास बात यह है...

Male students disrupt Leadership Summit organised by women students in AMU

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TCN News The women’s leadership summit, 2019 scheduled for 3 days from 26th March to 28th March that began yesterday at the Aligarh Muslim University...

Women rights panel framing guidelines for Air India

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By IANS, New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday said that it would issue guidelines within a month to the national carrier Air India (AI) to address the frequent complaints by their women staff alleging harassment from male colleagues and management. "We are preparing guidelines on the working environment for Air India, like we issued guidelines to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry on the working hours for women," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said.

Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence. Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on "Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence", said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future. Walia stressed on the need for sensitising the doctors and para-medical staff to give them adequate skills for effectively treating the victims of domestic violence and those who are subjected to harassment, atrocities and sexual exploitation.

EIFF conducts seminar on “Healthy Woman Healthy Family”

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By: Muhammad Afaque Nagoor,

On the Meanings of the Hijab

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By Sana Khan, More than three years ago I wrote an article titled ‘burqa-to wear or not to wear’. A friend said that she supported the view of the French government banning the burqa as it truly was doing it to respect the principle of secularity in school and well of course it would liberate women, and in this light I wrote this article. That time I was arguing that the wearing or not wearing of a burqa/hijab is an individual choice about attire. Just as the other women exercise their opinion to dress in the manner they want, without any hue and cry, a woman in burqa/hijab should have the right to dress in the way she wants to. I am sharing here some excerpts from that article which I think are significant only to place the discussion around hijab in a more lucid way as it explains my position on hijab.

Woman software engineer goes missing in Noida

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Noida, Dec 21 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman software engineer of a multinational company has gone missing from here, as her father suspected she has been abducted by her former boy friend, the police said Sunday. According police inspector Dharmendra Chauhan, Shruti Lamba of Sector-30 Noida was in love with her former colleague Naeem, 31, a resident of Delhi. Her father Satish Kumar, a retired IAS officer, objected to the relationship and asked the daughter to resign from the company Shruti worked for earlier, Chauhan said.

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...

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...

Teenaged girl gang-raped, killed in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: A teenaged girl has been gang-raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Saturday. The barbaric incident took place near Balisahi village, about...

Women play key role in Indian Navy traditions: official

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women may not be allowed on board its warships but they do play an important role in Indian Navy traditions for it is always a woman who customarily launches a ship, says an official ahead of Navy Day Dec 4. "It may sound strange but even though we consider all our warships to be feminine, women are not allowed on board except for occasions like Families' Day, when naval officers are allowed to bring along their spouses," an Indian Navy official told IANS.

Apex court rejects women panel’s plea against rapist

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a suit by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Delhi High Court order setting free a rapist who had "redeemed himself" by clearing the civil service exam while in prison.

Kejriwal questions Modi, Jung over minors’ rape in Delhi

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed anguish over the horrific incidents of minors' rape here and questioned what steps Prime Minister...

Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal

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Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said. The crime took place Friday in...

Congress seeks new Odisha law for women’s safety

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : The Congress Thursday demanded a new legislation in Odisha to ensure safety and security to women and claimed that crimes against them were on the rise in the state.

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.

Bharti is ‘violent’, says HC, dismisses bail plea

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, accused of domestic violence...

“School Chalo” program spreads the message of education

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By TCN News Bangalore: Popular Front of India organized “School Chalo” program on May 30th to spread the message of education. This program was held in Tank Garden area of Bangalore.
More than 250 students who participated in this program. Majority of students were from the Govt School and from an economically challenged background. The students walked around the area with the slogans on the cards to spread the message of education.

Sadhvi Pragya on hunger strike, demands Kumbh visit

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Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya, who was given a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the National Investigation Agency, on Monday began a...

Four Muslim women arrested for rioting in Gujarat town

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Ahmedabad: Many people, including four Muslim women, have been arrested in connection with rioting that took place between two communities in...

Defence ministry to decide on women’s entry in forces: Parrikar

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Chandigarh : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said his ministry would take a final decision within two months on easing norms for...

Woman IT employee jumps from auto

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By IANS, Hyderabad : A 22-year-old software engineer was injured when she jumped out of a moving autorickshaw here after a man tried to molest her, police said Wednesday.

Men harassed by women want separate ministry for themselves

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Agra: A two-day national conference of men's rights activists representing more than 100 groups across India has demanded a separate ministry for men's welfare,...

Jilted lover stabs woman in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man stabbed his 20-year-old former girlfriend to death Monday near a bustling market here, police said. The jilted lover has been arrested.

HC takes cognizance of Tihar women’s deplorable condition

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a letter sent by the Supreme Court's Justice Kurian Joseph...

500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has agreed to the state government’s request to provide benefits to around 500 nurses who have returned from conflict-hit Iraq and Libya.

Eye on WB election, Mamata supports minority’s share in women quota

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Women most vulnerable to climate change, says UN report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women, particularly those in poor countries, are among the most vulnerable to climate change, said a United Nations report released here Thursday. "They (women) are among the most vulnerable to climate change, partly because in many countries they make up a larger share of the agricultural work force and partly because they tend to have access to fewer income-earning opportunities," the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) report said.

Naidu bats for women’s quota bill, uniform civil code

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New Delhi : Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said political parties must reach a conclusion on the long-pending women's reservation...

No plans for new women’s battalions in paramilitary forces

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are no plans for raising new women's battalions or reserve battalions in the central armed police forces (CAPFs), parlaiment was informed Tuesday.

Tihar has separate lock-ups for women, Delhi HC told

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate lock-ups for women accused in Tihar...

SC directs payment of monthly maintenance, arrears to harassed woman

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New Delhi: After a prolonged high-cost litigation, a woman has at last succeeded getting justice from the Supreme Court, which taking a serious view...

Decision soon on permanent commission for women in armed forces

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : The defence ministry will shortly take a decision on granting the much-awaited permanent commission for women in the armed forces, a senior defence official said Wednesday. The top brass of the armed forces have already agreed on opening up more avenues for women officers and granting them permanent commission in non-combatant branches.

Muslim women in the slums: poorest of the poor

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A study of the maternity care and births in Mumbai slums By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, A large number of Muslims of India live in poverty and they are the majority of the poorest of the poor living in slums. This is according to a study conducted in 2006 in Mumbai. The details of the study were published earlier this month.

CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level

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Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...

Study finds only 66% of Muslim women using medical care for child delivery

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By TCN News New Delhi: A study published in the online journal PLos One has found poor migrant Muslim women to be one of the groups least likely to use safe medical care for child delivery.

Kolkata exhibits unknown women freedom fighters

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CBSE results: Girls outperform boys in foreign centres

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AIDWA’s first National Convention of Muslim Women in Delhi

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

About 800 Muslim women are expected to attend the first National Convention of Muslim Women to be organized by the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA). AIDWA is the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

No vacancy for women officers in army, air force: government

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government Monday told the Delhi High Court that there is no scope to grant women officers permanent commissions in the army and air force, as there are no vacancies for them. Appearing on behalf of the government, Additional Solicitor General A.S.Chandhiok said: "Army and Air Force officers are in surplus numbers. If we grant permanent commission (PC) to the Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers, then where will we accommodate them?"

Indian maid lost arm due to fall from building: Saudi police

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Riyadh : Riyadh police on Friday said that an Indian maid lost her arm due to a fall from a building and not because...

Girl from Murshidabad tops the MLib exam of IGNOU

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata/Baharampur: A girl from a Middle class Muslim family of Murshidabad district Aslema Khatun has topped the post-graduation examination of Library...

Herbal pill can cut your appetite by a fifth: Study

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By IANS, London: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals. The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks. Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool. They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 percent, reported dailymail.co.uk.

Women’s rights must be respected: President

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said India "must respect as sacred the rights of women to equal opportunities and dignified living", as...

Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday. Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.

This party picks ordinary yet extraordinary folks

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By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS, New Delhi : One look at its candidates and you know that the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party is trying hard to be a party "with a difference". For the Delhi polls, it claims to have fielded the city's lone woman auto driver, a house painter, the youngest male and female in the fray, and a man who has married his wife six times! For some of the party's 11 candidates for the Nov 29 polls to elect a 70-member assembly, this is the first brush with politics. What's more, most of them hail from ordinary backgrounds.

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के ख़िलाफ़ देश भर में विरोध हो रहा है। इस विरोध प्रदर्शन के दौरान कई तरह की नई बातें...

69-year-old nun’s murderer admits killing another: Police

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Kottayam (Kerala): A day after Kerala Police revealed that a man arrested from Haridwar for killing and 69-year-old nun at her convent near here...

Women form only a third of India’s internet population: Google

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New Delhi: Only one-third of the total Indian population with access to the internet are women, says a survey conducted by Google. The survey revealed...

Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide

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By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...

Giving shoes a new life in Patna

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Shazia Qaiser runs the state’s first shoe laundry service. Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net PATNA (BIHAR) — A black and green board reading “Revival: Service Centre for...

Documentary salutes Kerala woman’s heroic work

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NCW unhappy with Colors on female foeticide serial

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it was unhappy with Colors channel's reply to its notice over portraying women in a poor light in the serial "Na Aana Is Des Laado". "We have received the response to our notice from Colors TV and I went through it but am not satisfied with what they had to say. We will take further action in the matter," NCW chairperson Girja Vyas told IANS. "Na Aana Is Des Laado" is aired on Colors on weekdays and deals with the issue of female foeticide.

Workshop teaches women how to be safe

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By IANS, New Delhi: Self-defence, cyber crime and awareness on laws were some of the issues dwelt upon at a workshop on women's safety here Saturday.

Couple booked for torturing Dalit girl

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By IANS, Lucknow: A woman was arrested Wednesday and a search was on for her husband after they allegedly held a six-year-old Dalit girl hostage for the past six months and tortured her, police said. The matter came to light Sunday when police raided their home on a complaint by the girl's mother and rescued her. "We were shocked to see the condition of the girl who had injuries and bruises all over her body. She could hardly walk," Paresh Pandey, superintendent of police (Trans Gomti), told reporters.

Breaking Barriers: Women don the entreprenuer’s cap

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Shweta Sharma, New Delhi : Shravani Hagargi's parents gave her three options - continue with her studies, get married or do a regular 9-5 job. But her urge to do something for the uplifting her fellow women was stronger than her parents' command.

Women activists protest detention of Asiya Andrabi

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Srinagar, (IANS): Activists of women's separatist group 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith) on Tuesday protested against the detention of the group's chief, Asiya Andrabi, under...

Like mother, like child, glam kids beat the trodden path!

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(Mother's Day is on May 8) By Shilpa Raina, IANS,

Amnesty phone to deal with sexual violence

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Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive

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By IANS, Jammu : It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu -- living with her Hindu paramour. Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared -- and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she "knew some secrets about her superiors". According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing.

US women’s rights `still not there’ after 50 years

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Women’s bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP

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By IANS, New Delhi: The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation. The BJP, a staunch supporter of the bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women, appeared a divided house with some MPs opposing the quota and threatening to vote even against the party's whip. The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

HRD ranks JNU, HCU among top four universities

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New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University, which recently faced controversies, have figured in top four rankings released by the union...

Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly

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By IANS, Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.

Women’s access to Haji Ali shrine: HC verdict on Tuesday

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Mumbai : The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its much-awaited verdict on a petition challenging the ban on women to...

Death of a Muslim woman: Missing son surrenders, denies he kidnapped Minor

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By Ayesha Minhaz for Twocircles.net Hyderabad, February 22: When Mohammad Muqtar returned home to Doma village of Ranga Reddy District (Telangana) on Friday night, his...

President calls for renewed efforts towards women literacy

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Hyderabad : Expressing concern over the relatively lower rate of literacy among women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for renewed...

BJP MLA brings up triple talaq issue in Gujarat Assembly

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, a BJP legislator on Friday moved a motion in the Gujarat Assembly advocating the...

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...

Ethnic minority women grossly under-represented in UK

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By IRNA, London : Ethnic minority women are grossly under- represented in British politics by some 600 per cent, according to a new report by Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote Black campaign group. Black, Asian and minority ethnic women account for less than one percent of England's 20,000 local councilors, numbering only 168, when some 1,000 would be more representative, the report found.
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