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खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net नीट 2022 की परीक्षा में लगभग 1200 मुस्लिम बच्चों ने सफलता हासिल की है इनमें से कई बच्चे मदरसा बैकग्राउंड के...

Muslim girls in Azamgarh getting higher education, giving tough fight to boys

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Part of the Azamgarh speaks series. New Delhi: Nikhat Bano is pursuing MA in geography at Aligarh Muslim University. She did graduation also at AMU. She is from Azamgarh. Her village is not much developed but she herself reflects the developed thinking of Azamgarh Muslims about woman education.

Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...

Protesters demand better security for women

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Virginity test of tribal women for state-sponsored marriage unacceptable: AIPWA

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: While strongly condemning the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government’s move for virginity test as precondition for tribal women to avail the benefits of state mass wedding scheme, the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) has demanded the government to rollback the order and give compensation to the women who were subjected to humiliating virginity tests.

Mumbai women jailed for hurling slipper at apex court judge

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

Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon

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By Rajnish Singh, Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...

Basketball body green-lights players to wear hijabs at games

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Moscow, (IANS): FIBA, the worlds governing body of basketball, ruled to allow players to wear hijabs, a head covering traditionally worn by many Muslim...

Rs.4.75 lakh course for aspiring women politicians

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43 women go missing on Canadian highway in 30 years

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By IANS, London : Mystery surrounds one of the remotest stretches of highway in Canada after nearly 50 women have gone missing in past 30 years, it was reported here.

Country’s richest woman loses in Haryana polls

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Chandigarh: Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar assembly seat, officials said Sunday. Jindal, who was elected from Hisar in...

Woman files case against parents, husband for forced marriage

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By IANS, Patna : A newly married Dalit woman in Bihar has filed a case against her parents and husband for forcing her into marriage, an official said here Wednesday. Shabnam Kumari, in her 20s, filed the case early this week in the court of chief judicial magistrate in Begusarai district, about 125 km from here. Shabnam, a resident of Bashi village in Begusarai, said in her complaint that she was married to Sagar Ram of Suro village this July against her wish. She alleged that her parents married her off after taking money from her husband.

Argentina’s women hockey captain celebrates Olympic bronze in her bra

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By DPA, Beijing : Argentine women's field hockey captain Magdalena Aicega was thrilled as she celebrated the team's bronze medal in her bra, wrapped only in an Argentine flag. Where was her shirt? "I gave my shirt to Diego, because he asked me for it. I could not say no to him, it hardly took me a second to take it off," Aicega said Friday. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona - who encouraged his compatriots in the changing rooms after their painful semifinal loss to the Netherlands - was in the stands Friday.

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...

‘जामिया नगर की निर्भया’ को हर हाल में इंसाफ़ मिलना ही चाहिए

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net हमेशा सुर्खियों में रहने वाला दिल्ली का जामिया नगर एक बार फिर ग़मज़दा है. वजह इसी इलाक़े में रहने वाली एक...

Zeeshan Ali: first Muslim girl from Bihar to win Fulbright Fellowship

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Bringing laurel to Bihar and her community, Zeeshan Ali has won Fulbright Fellowship from the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). She will be the first Muslim girl from Bihar to have been awarded the prestigious fellowship. “I was quite surprised when the news was broken on me. I really feel honored. I am happy beyond bounds,” says Zeeshan, Patna University Ph.D. student, talking to TwoCircles.net.
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‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.

AsmaNama: Is Shehla Rashid Muslim? Muslim Discussions

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#Sarcasm#JNU#JNUSU#ShehlaRashid#Discussions#Muslim#Moslem#Kafir #Kanhaiyya#RohithVemula Dr.Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, We Muslims, Moslems, Musalmans or Muhammedans are very interesting peoples. We have many nice habits. Like, we discuss...

Women Commission for setting up of family courts in J&K

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By Agence India Press, Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Women proposed setting up of Family Courts to settle domestic disputes, besides enhancing existing domestic acts and laws against women rights violations in the state.

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.

You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...

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By TCN News Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...

Missing woman Everester: Mamata wants to monitor rescue

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Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is planning to head to Nepal to monitor rescue operations for missing ace mountaineer Chhanda Gayen, a minister...

Congress poll manifesto for UP promises 50% quota for women

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Lucknow, (IANS) : The Congress party on Wednesday released its manifesto here for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and announced 50 per cent reservation...

Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to...

UN announces new programme for Indian widows

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Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear...

Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital is second only to Uttar Pradesh in crime against women cases, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury informed the Lok Sabha Friday. Renuka Chowdhury, citing data provided by the National Commission for Women (NCW), said the total number of such cases in Delhi in 2008 stood at 724. The NCW put the total number of cases, including rape, torture for dowry and harassment against women, in Uttar Pradesh at 2,381. It is the highest in the country in 2008.

88 women have applied for Haj without ‘mehram’: Minister

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New Delhi, (IANS): In less than a week after procedure for Haj 2018 started, 88 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a...

भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Dear Rahul Gandhi, it is time you learnt how to be truly inclusive

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net I felt like writing to you after your being hailed as the new messiah of Indian secularism. Today you charm...

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...

Property rights of Half Widows can’t be eschewed as Quran and Sunnah has given...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a significant development regarding the property rights of Half Widows in Kashmir, a meeting with Ulema's (Islamic Scholars)...

DU students, youth pitch for women rights

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New Delhi : Delhi University students and youths from nine urban settlements in the capital Tuesday released a charter of demands for India's policy...

Maneka suggests measures to curb crimes against women

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New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Thursday suggested measures to curb atrocities against women including victim protection programme and strengthening...

No country for women

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By Dr. Shah Alam Khan,

Women’s quota bill on agenda: Meira Kumar

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By IANS,

Ramadan 1435: Ladies entrance

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net In South Asia very few mosques have space for women worshipers. Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, a Shia Masjid does have...

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

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

13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...

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Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...

A temple which welcomes only women

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk. The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.

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

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

Woman’s place is in the kitchen – in a hotel or on a ship

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(March 8 is Woman's Day) By Venkatachari Jagannathan, IANS,

U.S. military: Gunmen kill 5 Iraqis, wound pregnant woman

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By Xinhua, Baghdad : A group of unidentified gunmen killed five Iraqis on Saturday in a shooting attack, the U.S. military said. The incident took place near the U.S. Balad base north of Baghdad. The U.S. military said masked gunmen attacked the house belonging to the leader of the local Sunni Awakening Council group, an organization which stood up against al-Qaida terrorists with the back of the American and Iraqi troops. A pregnant woman escaped with an injury in the shooting, the military added.

मुज़फ्फरनगर: दंगा पीड़ित किशोरी का बलात्कार, पीटे गए परिजन

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुज़फ्फरनगर: इस शहद के बदनाम दंगे अभी थमने का नाम नहीं ले थे कि एक और घटना ने उत्तर प्रदेश में...

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

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

Ruchika’s principal returns state award

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Four days after a magisterial inquiry held the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School here guilty of being unfair in expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra for fee default, the school principal S. Sebestina Monday returned the state award. The Chandigarh administration had directed her to return the award, which was given to her in 2005 for meritorious contribution to city education. She was the principal of the school in 1990, when Ruchika was expelled.

Woman commits suicide, blames husband, sister

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New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan. She left a note blaming her husband and her...

Assam polls a fight between two opposing ideologies: Rahul

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Guwahati (Assam) : Terming the Assam assembly polls a "fight between two opposing ideologies", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged the people...

Hajj and Mahram: Modi government taking credit for Saudi government’s decision, say clerics

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that his government has relaxed the rule to allow Muslim women to go for Hajj...

Nawazuddin’s new movie deals with controversial Halala law

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Mumbai: After being a part of 68th Cannes International Film Festival, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's “Miyan Kal Aana” production, directed by his younger brother Shamas...

Islam does not condone abuse of women, children, says Forum

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By IINA,

Ramadan Special: Women Of All Faiths Attend ‘Iftar’ in Masjid in Aurangabad

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net  Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “I stepped into the mosque for the first time. We were welcomed by the host with great love and...

CBI consulting legal experts in Rathore case

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By IANS, New Delhi : After facing criticism for mishandling the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said it was seeking legal opinion to include charges of abetment to suicide against former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore.

Woman set afire by neighbours in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANAS, Bhopal: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in a Madhya Pradesh village after they accused her of stealing Rs.1,000, police said Tuesday. Seema Sen, 28, was Monday evening passing by the house of her neighbour Vishram Thakur when his wife Rani alleged that Seema had stolen Rs.1,000 from her house. A heated argument ensued following which the couple entered Seema's house, doused her kerosene and set her afire. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where her condition is said to be critical.

Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin

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By IANS, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.

UN chief highlights rural women’s role in global progress

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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that rural women are the key agents for sustainable development as the international community moves towards...

No woman feels safe in Delhi, says HC

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New Delhi : While questioning the measures taken and the method of policing adopted by Delhi Police for the extensive 'crime mapping' exercise conducted...

No Country for Women: Love and rights in troubled times

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By Neha Dabhade Recently in Rajsamand, Rajasthan, Shambu lal Raigar brutally hacked Mohammad Afrajul, a migrant from Malda, West Bengal to death with his own...

Welfare Party of India: Can it make a mark in Karnataka?

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By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

57 mn more men than women globally: UN report

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are 57 million more men than women globally, a UN report said.

Muslim woman invited to lead mixed-gender prayers

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : A Canadian author may become the first Muslim-born woman to lead the prayers at a mixed-gender congregation in Britain Friday as mosques bow to demands from modern Muslim women for their right to pray and representation. Raheel Raza, a resident of Toronto, has been invited to deliver the 'khutbah' at a congregation in Oxford by Taj Hargey, according to The Independent. Hargey is a self-described Imam and considered a liberal interpreter of Islam believing in mixed-gender prayers and female imams leading such congregations.

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...

Only five percent Indian women in senior corporate posts: Study

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New Delhi: Only five percent of working women in India make it to senior leadership positions in the corporate sector, compared to the global...

Women carving out bigger, bolder role in arts

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi: The rules are changing for women when it comes to the complexities, profundities and experimentation with life and art.

Protests over Odisha women panel’s report on gang rape

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By IANS,

Ban Triple Talaq immediately: Women’s group

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New Delhi : A women's organisation on Wednesday demanded an immediate ban on Triple Talaq since "it is not prescribed in the Quran". The National...

Parliamentary panel tables report on women’s reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Holding that reservation of 33 percent seats was a "necessary strategy" to enhance the participation of women in the decision making process, a parliamentary panel on a bill to enable this tabled its report in both houses Thursday amid vociferous protests by several parties. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice hoped that the measure would be passed into law "and put into action without further delay".

SC gives government four weeks to respond on triple talaq, other issues

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave the central government four weeks' time to file its response on the right of Muslim women...

Unite to end violence against women: Ban

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By IRNA, Tehran : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Women’s Day, March 8, while calling for a positive image of women in the media called for laws that say violence is a crime. According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran on Saturday, the full text of his message reads:

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...

DCW summons BJP legislator in AAP leader case

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday issued summons to BJP legislator O.P. Sharma in connection with the alleged attack on...

Pakistani woman climbs world’s seven highest peaks

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Islamabad : Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb seven highest peaks in seven continents in under eight months, media reported Sunday. Baig,...

Women scavengers make new beginning, join mainstream

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By IANS, New Delhi : For Usha Chaumar, a former woman scavenger who now lives a life of respect and sells home-made pickles for a living rather than carry human excreta, the change she is happiest about in her life is that people now offer her water in the same glass as they drink from - a sign that she is accepted in the society. "I couldn't imagine that people would invite me to their homes, and what's more, offer me water in a glass that they use themselves!" said a confident looking Chaumar, dressed in a blue sari, at a press meet in the capital Tuesday.

Five killed in Jammu gunbattle, four hostages rescued

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By IANS, Jammu : Security forces rescued three children and a woman, who were held hostage during a gunbattle in which three civilians, an army officer and a guerrilla were killed Wednesday in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The militants, holed up in a house in Chinore on the outskirts of this city, took six civilians hostage Wednesday morning. The police said they were trying to rescue the two remaining hostages before launching an assault on the guerrillas.

Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani

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New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...

UN creates unified organisation for women

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By DPA, New York: The UN General Assembly Friday took a major step by pulling together fragmented groups to establish a new entity aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide. The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known simply as UN Women, will merge four existing groups that have been working to improve the lives of women and girls.

Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again

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By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again. It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday. "It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."

Triple Talaq controversy shows how confused Muslims are over the issue

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By Dr Kouser Fathima for Twocircles.net Triple Talaq is in news again and the way Muslim community has reacted to it speaks volumes about...

Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

Impose president’s rule, make Odisha safe for women: BJP

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded president's rule in Odisha to prevent rape cases and atrocities on women.

Two women held in Chennai for dowry harassment

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BY IANS, Chennai : Two women were arrested Sunday on charges of harassment for dowry and assisting bigamy by attempting to arrange the third marriage of an IT professional relative domiciled in Singapore, the police said. "Madina Begum (55) and Safina (35) were arrested based on a complaint from Abu Bakkar Siddique that his Singapore-based son-in-law Mohammad Ali Maraikkayar was attempting to marry a third time through the efforts of his mother Madina and sister Safina," police inspector S. Kalyani told IANS.

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.

11 arrested for beating up police, woman

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Kolkata : Eleven persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly beating up a policeman after a fight broke out between neighbours over playing...

Bihar woman deserts alcoholic husband at village meet

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Patna: A 35-year-old woman in a Bihar village Sunday deserted her alcoholic husband and refused to live with him at an open panchayat meeting,...

Scrap polls if no women votes: Pakistani daily

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By IANS, Islamabad: A leading Pakistani daily has described as "perfectly legitimate" a demand that elections be scrapped in those polling stations where no woman votes.

Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college

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By IANS, Bhopal:At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said. The girls belong to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP - the Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing) to which those accused in the Professor Sabharwal murder case of Ujjain belonged.

The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman...

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Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview. Q: Why were you interested in this investigation?

Four Bodo women killed for ‘witch practice’ in Assam

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Campaign for women’s safety in public places

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

Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge

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New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...

Israeli and Palestinian mothers birth a new generation of peace with healing lullaby music

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By Eliana Gilad What does an Israeli neonatal intensive care unit and the biblical prophetess Miriam, sister of Moses - a figure equally respected by both Jews and Muslims - have in common? They both employed the conscious use of voice, rhythm and music as a means of natural healing in the face of calamity during times of change.

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

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During an ongoing three-day global summit,experts and scholars underscored the surge in attacks on Muslims in India.  TCN News Washington, DC — India’s 200 million Muslims...

Ramadan 1437: Shah Mohammad Shadab

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “Men are absolutely useless.” For a moment, Shah Mohammad Shadab lost the patience in his voice. Working with underprivileged minorities for...

Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana: The work of the special investigation team (SIT), probing criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is getting delayed as teenaged molestation victim Ruchika's family is not cooperating, the SIT chief said Sunday. Family members, however, dismissed the charge and questioned the team's efficiency.

Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

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By Shobha Shukla "There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...

Swati Maliwal new DCW chief, opposition cries foul

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New Delhi : Swati Maliwal, wife of a prominent AAP leader, will be the new chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW),...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

ITBP’s first women raring to guard borders, fight insurgents

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By Sahil Makkar, IANS, Panchkula (Haryana) : They are strong, courageous and determined to prove that men aren't the only ones who can guard the border, fight insurgents in jungles, or take up duties at high altitudes. They are the first batch of 209 women constables of the central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who Friday completed their 44-week-long rigorous training at a camp near here.

Perils of covering protests for Journalists in Kashmir

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Journalists working in Jammu and Kashmir while covering the protest face chances of harassment or injury, both by the protestors and police. By...

Ex-NCP minister booked for sexual assault

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Mumbai:A former Nationalist Congress Party minister Laxmanrao Dhoble has been accused of sexual assault by a woman college employee, officials said. "We have registered a...

Jamia Nagar maids gather over their issues

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Woman set on fire over enmity

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Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh): Three men tried to kill a 50-year-old woman by burning her alive over old enmity in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district. The...

SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

I didn’t know women were cricketers’ partners: Stanford

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By IANS, London : Sir Allen Stanford, the American sponsor of the $20 million Twenty20 cricket series in Antigua, has said he did not know the women he was filmed with this week were related to England players. Stanford has already apologised after being shown on the giant screen with his arms around an England player's girlfriend and the wife of another seated on his lap during a match being played in Antigua Monday.

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won.  Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...

Indian man charged with groping woman on flight to US

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Washington: An Indian origin man has been charged with simple assault for allegedly groping a sleeping fellow female passenger for about five minutes on...

Girl in Delhi thwarts rape bid by three men

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl saved herself from being a gang rape victim, fought back three of her neighbours who forcibly took her to...

Micro-financing empowers women in Jammu and Kashmir

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By Binoo Joshi, IANS,

HC seeks JNU response to plea challenging clean chit to professor

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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to reply to a plea challenging the university's...

Women’s college AMU celebrates Founder’s Day

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Women’s College of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) celebrated its Founder’s Day, which is basically the wedding day of Sheikh Abdullah, pioneer of women’s education, and his wife Begum Waheed Jahan in 1902.

Woman jumps on metro track, escapes unhurt

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New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman jumped on a Metro track on Saturday but escaped unhurt as the driver of a train coming in stopped...

Maya calls for Mulayam’s mental treatment over sexist remark

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Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati has suggested that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh be admitted to the Agra mental asylum for treatment following his sexist...

Delhi rape fallout: Women now wonder about a safe cab ride

Women
New Delhi:The recent rape of a 25-year-old working woman in a taxi has raised questions on women's safety in cabs - considered, until now,...

Intrepid French woman unveiled Tibet for the world

Women
By IANS, Chennai : The 73rd birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama is being marked by the University of Madras and Alliance Francaise here Sunday with a three-day festival of Tibetan culture. The festival began with a presentation on an extraordinary French woman, who was one of the only two French explorers to be able to reach the forbidden land of Lhasa in the hundred years between 1846 and 1950.

Muslim Women’s collective criticises AIMPLB’s stance on Triple Talaq

Women
By TCN News Bebaak collective, a reading, learning and sharing process initiated for Muslim women three years ago, has come out strongly against the...

अपने गाँव को शिक्षित किया तबस्सुम, तरन्नुम और रुबीना ने

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: बनारस से लगभग बीस किलोमीटर दूर सोजईं नाम का एक गाँव है. गाँव में बिजली-पानी की हालत खस्ता है. गाँव में...

IPS officer alleges harassment by senior

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Gurgaon: Gurgaon's Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Navdeep Singh Virk, of harassment and mental torture and wrongly interfering...

Woman murdered in West Bengal but police call it a suicide; family alleges political...

Women
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The death of a woman from an industrialist family in West Bengal’s Raniganj town has raised several doubts over the...

Old woman from India gets death sentence in Malaysia

Women
By TCN News,

Apex court strikes balance between justice and compassion

Women
By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court has upheld a five-year jail term to a paralysed Gujarati woman who abused a member of a Scheduled Caste, but has suspended her sentence for three months to enable her to appeal to the governor for remission of her sentence. The verdict, which struck a fine balance between justice and compassion, was delivered earlier this month by a bench of judges Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma.

The Muslim Personal Law Board: The old game continues

Women
By Asghar Ali Engineer

Mamata kicks-off assembly poll campaign on Women’s Day

Women
Kolkata: Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016...

Poor Muslim women connect to global fashion with crafts

Women
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

BJP team to probe woman’s burning in Barabanki

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New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday that it will send a four-member fact finding team to Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki...

Educating Muslim women in modern India: Problems and perspectives

Women
By Rakhshanda Jalil,

Tripura suggests stricter laws for crimes against women

Women
By IANS,

Yemen: government discuss seats allocation for women in councils

Women
By NNN-SABA, Sana'a : The Yemeni government discussed on Tuesday's meeting, headed by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, the report on reviewing the study of COTA system to allocate seats for women in the elected councils. The report, presented by Minister of Social and Labor Affairs, was referred to a ministerial committee for revision. The cabinet affirmed its support to woman and the importance of expending the political participation of women in the elected councils with an average of 15 percent.

All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya

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

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".

Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef

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By IANS, New Delhi : India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said. The survey also found that nearly 16 percent of men, who are now aged 20-49, were also married as minors.

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.

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind women presses for women’s rights in Gujarat

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By TwoCircles.net special correspondent, Ahmedabad: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind(Women’s wing), Gujarat, organized a statewide women’s campaign ``Aapnu Abhiyan,Nari Sanman”(The March Towards Dignity) last week. During the week-long campaign, public meetings, symposiums and rallies were organized at different places in the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Vijapur, Junagadh, Modasa, Bhuj, Patan, Dhori, Himmatnagar, Lamadia, Idar Dasaj, Panvad, Chhotaudepur and Vapi.

Only Muslim woman candidate in Manipur elections vows to fight against domestic violence

Women
The upcoming elections in Manipur are likely to be the most interesting one in years with Congress, historically the strongest party in the region,...

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...

Vitamin-D supplements benefit diabetic Indian women

Women
By IANS, Sydney : Women from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with insulin resistance showed marked improvement after taking vitamin D supplements, says a study. Von Hurst, nutrition lecturer at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Albany, conducted the study for her doctoral thesis. Insulin resistance is largely symptom-free and sufferers are unaware of their condition. "Once it has fully developed into type-2 diabetes, it can be treated, but not cured," says Von Hurst.

Women’s commission seeks nationwide debate on legalising gay sex

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday called for a nationwide debate on the Delhi High Court's landmark ruling that decriminalised gay sex in the country. "It is a very complex issue and needs to be studied in detail," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here. "Before taking any decision, we need to have a nationwide debate on this. Even the government is in favour of a debate on this issue before taking any decision," Vyas said.

Mauritius hiring only women from Indian subcontinent

Women
By IANS, Dhaka : Mauritius is phasing out male workers and hiring only women from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, a newspaper report here said Friday, quoting a local labour recruiting agent. The recruiting agent, who was not named, said the southern African island nation would not send back workers before their job contracts expire but it now has a policy of not hiring male workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. Bangladesh has been concerned at reports from Mauritius that the latter will send back 6,000 workers, employed mainly in its garment industry.

Aasra: A hope for destitute Muslim women

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By Nigar Ataulla

Manipur’s women not adequately represented in state legislature

Women
By IANS, Imphal : After Mizoram, Manipur is the second Indian state where women voters outnumber men. However, the number of female legislators in the state assembly is minimal.

23 lakh LPG connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana

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Kolkata : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 23 lakh liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections were given to below poverty line women households...

Only six women make it to Delhi assembly

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New Delhi : The 70-member strong Delhi assembly will have just six women legislators -- all from the Aam Aadmi Party, which has won...

Women’s safety everyone’s responsibility: Farhan Akhtar

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By IANS,

बर्बाद हो गया कानपुर का चमड़ा उद्योग, घट गए 8 लाख रोजगार

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश का कानपुर ज़िला देश में चमड़ा उद्योग का सबसे बड़ा केंद्र हैं। कानपुर शहर भारत के कुल चमड़े और चमड़े के...

Growing intolerance in India is worrying: Shabana Azmi

Women
New Delhi : Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday expressed support to those raising issues of intolerance in the country. She said "the growing...

Women’s panel to probe Air India air hostess’ charges

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a panel to probe the charges of assault levelled by an Air India air hostess against two pilots who were allegedly involved in a mid-air scuffle with her during a flight. The air hostess had filed a formal complaint with the women's panel.

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

Women’s education key to progress: Rabey Nadvi

Women
By RINA, Kairana: President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadvi said that if a woman is given education then, it will pave the way for the development and progress of the whole family. Similarly, if a woman is deprived of the education then, the whole family would plunge in the darkness of ignorance and superstition. Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadvi was giving away certificates of Khatm-e-Bukhari to the students of Jamia Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqua Lil Banat here yesterday.

Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala

Women
By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: The Saudi Arabian administration is set to recruit 500 Muslim women nurses from Kerala to work in hospitals in and around Mecca and Madina.

Imran Khan’s bride’s choice of dress for Nikah and Islamophobia

Women
By Shaheen Naqshbandi for TwoCircles.net Recently, Pakistani politician Imran Khan married Bushra Maneka. During the Nikah, the bride wore the full veil and some people...
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