50 percent women married as minors: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday.
The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women
Snobar | Twocircles.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of...
Irom Sharmila rejects Congress for AAP, continues fast
Imphal : Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a fast-unto-death since the last 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces,...
US military men to find kidnapped Nigerian girls
Washington: The US has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad as part of its efforts to find more than 200 schoolgirls who have...
No uniform policy of Waqf boards on Muslim widow pension
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In March, 2013 West Bengal Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of minority affairs and madrasa education, had announced honorarium for Muslim widows and divorced women. The honorarium, it was decided, would be given from the special funds of the Chief Minister, but would be delivered through State Waqf Board.
Stories by women, for women
From the story of Urmila, Sita's sister to life in Iran and the cruel fate of Bollywood's item girls - all these stories on the IANS bookshelf this weekend throw light on the many hues of women and, interestingly, are written by women. Take a look.
Ban calls for ending violence against women
By IANS,
New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality.
He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.
Neighbour rapes eight-year-old
By IANS,
New Delhi : An eight-year-old student of a government school was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old deaf and dumb neighbour here, police said Thursday.
Women Maoist commanders charged with sedition in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Two women Maoist commanders and three of their associates have been charged with sedition for dropping a huge cache of arms at a busy square here in January, police said Friday.
"We have framed a chargesheet in a local court here against these five accused and witnesses will depose in October when the trial begins," a police official told IANS.
Two top women insurgents - Meena Chaudhary alias Geeta and K.S. Priya alias Malti - dropped eight bags loaded with 91 pistols and 26 wireless sets at Dangania area in Raipur while travelling in a car.
यूपी में दरोगा पर ही फरियादी से बलात्कार का आरोप
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में रक्षक के ही भक्षक बनने की घटना सामने आई है। शाहजहांपुर के जलालाबाद पुलिस थाने में तैनात सब इंस्पेक्टर...
Woman injured in crude bomb blast in Nandigram
By IANS,
Kolkata : A woman member of Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) was injured Sunday in a crude bomb blast at Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, the police said.
Crude bombing and firing started early Sunday between activists of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Trinamool Congress over land acquisition at five villages of Nandigram - Osmanchowk, Jalpai No. 7, Jadubarichowk, Sonachura and Bhutarmor.
Three-year-old raped in Bihar, one arrested
Patna: A man was arrested in Bihar's Madhubani district Saturday for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl and then hanging her naked from a tree,...
First Zamira Begum Rahman memorial lecture held in Tezpur
By TCN News
Guwahati: The First Zamira Begum Rahman Memorial Lecture on the topic “Women Empowerment and Society” was delivered by Sarmistha Das, Assistant...
No afterthought on women’s reservation bill: Khurshid
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government will go ahead with the women's reservation bill with no plans to dilute any of its clauses even though it is open to discussions with any political party, said Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
"The cabinet has taken a well-informed decision. If we did not believe in the decision we have taken then why would we have taken such a step in the first place?" Khurshid queried, speaking to reporters on the margins of a microfinance conference here.
Bihar reserves 35 percent quota for women in police
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar has approved 35 percent reservation for women in the direct recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors, an official said Wednesday.
निर्भया काण्ड के बाद घटने के बजाय बढ़े हैं बलात्कार के मामले
By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: निर्भया कांड के तीन साल पूरे हो चुके हैं. इन बीते तीन सालों में बलात्कार की घटनाएं और...
German mother, Goa police trade charges
By IANS,
Panaji : A German woman who has complained that her daughter was being sexually harassed by the Goa education minister's son, says police would "prefer" her to withdraw the complaint, though police said she was evading them.
Speaking to the media Sunday, Fadella Fuchs alleged the police were sitting on her complaint filed on Oct 2.
Haryana announces three awards on Women’s Day
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Monday announced three new awards, including one in the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, to honour women in different fields to mark International Women's Day.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the three state awards are being instituted to honour and inspire women in their fields of choice.
Speaking at a state-level function here to honour outstanding women of Haryana, Hooda said the first state level award of Rs.100,000 in cash would be known as Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Puraskar.
Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...
AMU elects its first woman in teachers association
By IANS,
Aligarh: After being in the news for alleged gender bias, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time elected a woman to its influential teacher's association.
Give death to molestation bid accused: Bihar MLA
Patna : An RJD legislator in Bihar on Wednesday demanded death penalty for those accused of fatally injuring his sister by throwing her out...
Bengal nun gang-rape: Women’s panel blames police of inaction
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Women on Sunday said the police did not act even though the convent where a 70-year-old nun was...
First Japan Woman as PM Hopeful
By Prensa Latina,
Tokyo : Japan's former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike officially presented her candidature for the prime minister's post on Monday, thus becoming the first woman disputing that position in the country's history.
Koike, 56, will run for the leadership of the governmental Democrat Liberal Party, with the elections set for September 22.
The former TV anchorwoman told press she has received the enthusiastic support of her colleagues, and added the country could perfectly have a woman as head of the government to overcome the standstill in the Japanese society.
Will cover the same people again if required, says Kerala journalist attacked by BJP...
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Shajila A came into limelight when the ‘Mathrubhumi daily’ carried a photo of her in tears yet continuing her duty covering...
दिल्ली हिंसा: अजित डोभाल ने कहा था, ‘डरने की जरूरत नहीं’, लेकिन… दूध लेने...
इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। उस्मानपुर के करतार नगर में अपने घर से बच्चों के लिए दूध लेने घर से बाहर निकले मोहम्मद इरफ़ान तीन दिन...
Tribals to Form Political Party in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: Tribals in Kerala have remained on the periphery of the state's politics, since they have never been paid...
Kerala government floats new policy to empower women
By IANS,
Palakkad (Kerala) : The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday.
Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women.
"Our goals can be achieved because Kerala is far ahead of other parts of the country with regards to women's literacy and life expectancy," said Vijayan.
Pass Women’s Reservation Bill: NHRC
New Delhi : The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Tuesday called for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill to give them one-third seats...
Remembering Qurratulain Hyder : The fierce, unapologetic and bold Urdu writer
By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net
The Union Hall building of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) is buzzing with supporters of the newly elected...
It is a ‘political conspiracy’, says sacked NCW member
By IANS,
Bangalore : Nirmala Vankatesh, the sacked member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), lashed out at the central government Monday, terming her removal a "political conspiracy".
"It is a political conspiracy against me," Vankatesh told reporters here.
Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury had Friday sacked Vankatesh for allegedly failing to conduct an unbiased enquiry into the attacks on women at a Mangalore pub Jan 24 by the activists of a fringe rightwing Hindu group, Sri Ram Sene.
Woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to encroachment on her land, police said Monday.
The incident took place Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor district, about 400 km from Lucknow.
Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have been arrested, police said.
"In the incident, the woman suffered a miscarriage. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital," police inspector Rajesh Kumar Gautam told reporters.
Parrikar hails all-girl NCC team that scaled Everest
New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday congratulated the NCC girl cadet team...
Air India to run all-women crew flights on Women’s Day
By IANS,
New Delhi : National-carrier Air India will operate eight flights with an all-women's crew on the International Women's Day Tuesday, the civil aviation ministry said.
Women doctors force rape victim to deliver, kill infant
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra police have arrested and charged two women doctors with forcing a teenaged girl -- who had been raped and was seven months pregnant -- to deliver and then killing the newborn.
I.S. Patil, the investigating officer, said the incident occurred Nov 29 after the 15-year-old rape victim -- more than seven months pregnant -- was admitted to the Sitamai Hospital at Pen in Raigad district, around 100 km south of here.
The hospital is run by Pramodini Paranjpe, a gynaecologist.
Nepal to have first woman chief justice
By Anil Giri
Kathmandu : After its first woman president and speaker, Nepal is set to have its first woman chief justice.
A meeting of the...
मोदी जी! क्या लड़कियां सिर्फ़ अचार बेचने के लिए हैं?
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
इन दिनों सोशल मीडिया पर पीएम नरेन्द्र मोदी का एक बयान पर काफी कुछ शेयर किया जा रहा है, जिसमें उन्होंने कहा...
Stringent punishment sought for stalking, acid attack
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) wants separate clauses on acid attacks and stalking of women in the the Indian Penal Code and stringent punishment for the crimes.
हरियाणा के नूह में रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग,32 झुग्गियां खाक
विशेष संवाददाता। twocircles.net
एक और रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग लग गई है। इस बार आग हरियाणा की नूह इलाक़े में लगी है। आग के कारणों...
In Hailakandi, a father-son duo might hold edge over their rivals
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Hailakandi: The district of Hailakandi, Assam, has been a hotspot of political activity in the past few weeks, and...
Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women
By IANS,
Belgaum (Karnataka) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for increasing atrocities on women and children in the country.
"Though rape and murder of women are committed in New Delhi right under the nose of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has failed to prevent such heinous crimes," Modi said at a party rally at Kittur, about 30 km from this north Karnataka town.
Jan Dhan, pension scheme to help women in big way: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and the pension scheme announced in the union...
Mirza-Hingis win 2015 Wimbledon women’s doubles title
London: Sania Mirza combined with former world number one Martina Hingis late Saturday to win a thrilling women's doubles final in the 2015 edition...
Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl
Agartala: A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police said.
"Kamalpur...
Woman files case against parents, husband for forced marriage
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.
अदालत में जाकर लड़ाई लडेंगे मुस्लिम संगठन ,बेगुनाहों की रिहाई की कवायद में जुटे
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
बीते कुछ दिनों से देशभर में मुसलमानों के ऊपर हुए अत्याचार के खिलाफ कई मुस्लिम संगठनों ने अपनी आवाज़ें बुलंद की हैं और...
AAP protests crime against women in UP
Ghaziabad: The AAP organized a protest here against rising crime against women in Uttar Pradesh under the Samajwadi party government.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district...
‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow
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...
My father is Rajiv Gandhi: Priyanka to Modi’s daughter comment
Amethi/New Delhi : In a scathing retort to Narendra Modi's reported "daughter" comment, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said she was the daughter of late...
Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction
Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...
NCW meets Air India staff involved in mid-air scuffle
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women Wednesday recorded statements from the Air India air hostess, the flight purser and the two pilots involved in the Oct 3 mid-air scuffle and alleged molestation on board a flight.
"The committee constituted by the NCW met the air hostess, the flight purser and two pilots. They have recorded their statements," committee member Manorama Bawa from All India Women's Conference told IANS.
Women’s groups to launch stir against crime
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's organsations Thursday decided to launch a nation wide stir to protest rising incidents of crime against women in the country.
Najma Heptulla assumed charge as Minister for Minority Affairs
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Dr. Najma Heptulla assumed the office as a Minister of Minority Affairs on Tuesday afternoon.
SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...
Army opens doors for women in military police
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) In a historic development, the Indian Army on Thursday started the process of recruiting women, three months after the...
वैशाली की ‘गुलनाज’ को न्याय के लिए जमीयत ने लिखी नीतीश को चिट्ठी
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
बिहार के वैशाली में एक मुस्लिम युवती के साथ हुई लोमहर्षक वारदात से दुःखी होकर जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द में बिहार के...
Favour women SHGs in allocation of ration shops: Jharkhand CM
Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday instructed the officials to favour Women's self-help groups (SHGs) in allocation of ration shops in...
CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges
Kannur (Kerala) : The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state of misusing power...
Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 a.m. Wednesday from the south side of the 8,848 m mountain, according to the Nepal-based Arun Treks & Expedition Pvt ltd.
Microfinance scheme for transgenders, marginalised women
By IANS,
Chennai: In a bid to empower transgenders and marginalised women, a microfinance programme was launched by Tamil Nadu TAI Vizhudugal Federation (TAIVF) here Friday under which 16 groups were given a loan of Rs.50,000 each.
"AIDS and connected issues cannot be addressed in isolation. To ensure long-term impact and sustainability of any programme we realised that transgenders and marginalised women groups have to stand on their feet, become self-reliant and take charge of their lives," R. Lakshmibai, project director, Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) said.
Ramadan 1437: Reshma Sadiq
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Remembering from a time when she was little girl, Reshma mentioned how her father took her out for an evening during...
The connection between self-immolation & domestic violence
By Tanay Sukumar
Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only...
Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam
Brooklyn, New York : Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports.
Triple talaq, nikah halala violate right to equality, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): Triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy violate Muslim women's right to equality and dignity and are not protected by the right...
Priyanka, Smriti in war of words over Rahul’s work
Amethi:A war of words broke out Saturday between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and BJP's Amethi Lok Sabha candidate Smriti Irani, as the Gandhi scion urged...
Campaign for women’s reservation bill gains momentum
By IANS,
New Delhi : Barely five days after it was launched, the civil society movement to support the passage of the women's reservation bill has started gaining momentum. Nearly a hundred people have signed up the online petition to the president and scores of others have taken up the cause on the social networking site, Facebook.
Ramadan 1435: Peek
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
A young girl curious to take a peek into the male section of Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, perhaps searching for...
Appoint full-time women’s commission head, Brinda tells PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Accusing the government of "indifference and neglect" of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a full-time chairperson of the organisation.
The CPI-M politburo member's demand came in the wake of its present chairperson Girija Vyas being elected as a Lok Sabha MP.
Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi
New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday.
The woman also claimed that the...
HC nixes triple talaq plea, says women entitled to equality
New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea to direct the government to ensure that triple talaq must...
Women crime less in male-dominated societies!
New York: Feminists would take this with a grain of salt as a new study has found that rates of rape, sexual assault and...
Centre empowering women: Heptulla
New Delhi : Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Thursday said efforts were on to empower women from every section of society and economic...
DCW to work with Delhi Police’s crimes against women cell
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday decided to work closely with Delhi Police's special unit dealing with crimes against women...
भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...
DMK, AIADMK to groom women of substance for elections
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK have sprung into action, now that the women's reservation bill is just a step away from being passed. Both parties have decided to groom their women cadres to fight elections.
The ruling DMK is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres.
US more in alignment with Islamic values than many Muslim states: Sheikh Aaidh Al-Qarni
By Siraj Wahab
A popular Saudi author and religious scholar has raised some questions about governmental and societal practices across the Arab world and asserts that the United States is more in alignment with many Islamic values than many countries represented as Muslim states.
Sheikh Aaidh ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni, whose self-help book “Don’t Be Sad” sells briskly both in English and Arabic, made the remarks in two recent columns published in the pan-Arab mass-circulation Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
Kashmir budget proposes free schooling for girls
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...
‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’
By IANS,
New Delhi: As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud.
Clearing the first hurdle, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 of the total 4,109 seats in the 28 state assemblies.
Space for women in Masjid, that is, room for women in Muslim community
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Women’s reservation leads government’s 100-day plan
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Thursday outlined the priorities of the new government for the next 100 days:
- Early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill providing for one-third reservation to women in state legislatures and in parliament.
- Constitutional amendment to provide 50 percent reservation for women in panchayats and urban local bodies.
- Concerted effort to increase representation of women in central government jobs.
90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday.
The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.
Ramadan 1436: Photos of Day 8
A cute child from Malegaon, Maharashtra; another cutie from Jamnagar, Gujarat; Juma prayer at a Bohri masjid in Surat, Gujarat; a "connected" couple in...
Indian women’s compound archery team claims Asiad bronze
Incheon:The Indian women's team won the bronze medal in the compound archery event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field...
eCommerce will help empower women: Experts
New Delhi : Evolution of the e-commerce sector in India will help in empowering women as it will provide opportunity for them to work...
Woman gang raped, killed
New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman, who was reported to be missing since Friday morning, was gang raped by her friend and his associates who...
Ruchika’s principal returns state award
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.
‘Our only demand is to be allowed back in classrooms with hijab,’ says girl...
Hazra Shifa is a higher-secondary student at the government pre-University (PU) college of Udupi, Karnataka which is at the centre of Hijab row...
Now, women to man India-Pakistan border
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana, IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : With women getting ready for patrol duty, gender barriers are falling on the international border between India and Pakistan.
The 36-week training of the first batch of about 200 out of the 612 women recruits, all between 18 and 22 years of age, started at the Border Security Force's (BSF) training camp at Kharkan village, 15 km from here, Monday. Classes for the remaining recruits will start later.
Sri Lanka to increase women’s involvement in local politics
Colombo : Sri Lanka's new cabinet on Thursday vowed to amend laws to increase the number of women in local politics and state institutions.
Addressing...
10-year-old domestic help burnt by employer
By IANS,
New Delh: A 10-year-old girl, working as a domestic help, was allegedly tortured and burnt by her employer in east Delhi, police said Thursday.
"The victim was working as a domestic help at a house last several months. Her hand was burnt by a hot utensil by her employer," a senior police officer said.
The incident took place around 11 a.m. in Lakshmi Nagar area of east Delhi.
Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida
Abdul Kalam Azad
Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....
Dowry charge against Jharkhand health minister
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi, who got married last week, has been accused by a woman he was engaged to last year of demanding dowry to marry her.
Shipra Singh, a resident of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, alleged that Sahi, who had got engaged to her February 2007, did not marry her as her father was not able to arrange the dowry demanded by Sahi.
According to a report in a local newspaper, Shipra said Sahi had demanded Rs.5 million in cash and a luxury car from her family.
Women protest in Manipur to demand release of student activists
Imphal : Scores of women held protests here on Sunday to demand the unconditional release of five Kangleipak Students Association activists arrested on charge...
Muslim women join hands to rehabilitate khaki terror victims in Hyderabad
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Hyderabad: In a commendable move that will show light to the society which appeared almost indifferent to the acquittal of scores of Muslim youths in terror cases in Hyderabad, least to talk of their rehabilitation, the city Muslim women have come up extending their helping hand to the victim youths.
Rapes and Crimes against Women in India
Outraged South Asians protestoutside Indian High Commission
By M Ghazali Khan,
London: In a display of unity against unbridled series of rapes and other crimes against women in India, particularlyin Uttar Pradesh more than 400 people of various denominations have protested outside the Indian High Commission, 4 June. Protesters includedBritish Dalit organisations, women rights organisations, writers, poets and filmmakers.
Only seven women candidates in Rajasthan
Jaipur : A grand total of only seven women candidates have been fielded by the Congress and the BJP to contest the Lok Sabha...
Pushing Uniform Civil Code counterproductive for women: CPI-M
New Delhi : Accusing the Narendra Modi government of "targeting minorities", the CPI-M on Tuesday said the Centres move to push the Uniform Civil...
Seats to be reserved for girls in ITIs
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Following the footsteps of Haryana, the central government has decided to reserve seats for women in all the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here Monday.
"We have received a written communication from the central government appreciating our decision to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for women in ITIs to ensure their empowerment," said Hooda.
This scheme was introduced in Haryana in 2006, observed as the year of the girl child.
Saving Muslim women? First, learn to stand for us: An Open Letter to AIMPLB
By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net
Dear respected AIMPLB members,
Be it the women rallies taken out by AIMPLB throughout the country abruptly stopped, the sudden...
Khap panchayats check social evils, says Haryana CM
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has come out in defence of khap panchayats, saying they keep a check on social evils...
Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism
Kenitra/Sale (Morocco), June 1 (DPA) A young woman passes in a sleeveless shirt and a knee-length skirt, her hair flowing down her back.
Another woman of the same age follows in a loose tunic and pants, the Islamic headscarf covering every strand of her hair.
An older woman wears the traditional djellaba, a long outer robe with full sleeves, her hair in a bun. Some women wear the strictest Islamic dress, covering themselves in black from head to toe, with only the eyes visible.
International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued
New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...
Woman suicide bomber kills 2 in hospital in W Iraq
By Xinhua,
Fallujah, Iraq : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a hospital in a town near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others, a local police source said.
…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा
दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
Women empowerment mission to begin work soon
By IANS,
New Delhi: The central directorate of the National Mission for Empowerment of Women will soon be operational, officials Monday said.
"The directorate will have four posts with a director of additional secretary level. The names will be forwarded to the cabinet for approval next week," a women and child development ministry official said, adding that the states had also been told to set up their resource centres soon.
An amount of Rs.35 lakh per year has been sanctioned for state centres, the official said.
Women panel seeks report on Delhi scribe’s death
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday sought a report from the Jharkhand Police over the alleged killing of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak.
"We have sought a detailed report from the Koderma district police about the death of the girl," said NCW chairperson Girija Vyas.
Vyas said that a case should be sent to a fast track court so that the culprits are punished.
The 23-year-old journalist, who worked with a business daily in New Delhi, was found hanging April 29 at her home in Koderma, about 200 km from Ranchi.
Handwara Case: Girl says police abused her, forced her to deny assault by Jawan
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A month after the alleged molestation of a local school girl in Handwara which sparked state-wide protests that...
A Jewish voice against the “burqa ban”
By Joshua M. Z. Stanton
Even as a Jew in New York, I know what it is like to be Muslim in France.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of north-east
New Delhi/Agartala : The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for north-east India to promote the...
Women manage finance better: Chanda Kochhar
By Anuradha Shukla, IANS,
New Delhi : Chanda Deepak Kochhar, set to take over as managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank, India's largest in the private sector, firmly believes women make better bankers, even if a lot also depends on how they use the opportunities that come their way.
"So far as the financial sector is concerned, I feel women are always better with managing finance," says the 47-year-old banker who takes charge Friday at the landmark ICICI Bank Towers in Bandra-Kurla Complex in suburban Mumbai.
Bengal plans 24×7 helpline for sick kids, pregnant women
Kolkata : West Bengal is mulling a 24x7 toll-free helpline to help transport pregnant women and sick infants to the nearest hospital in case...
Tripura women set to play vital role in local bodies
By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS,
Agartala : Even as the nation debates the women's reservation bill, women in Tripura are getting ready to stand up and be counted in elections to local self-government bodies next month.
Political parties across the board are positive about nominating women candidates for the three-tier panchayat polls July 20.
Congress leader Ratan Lal Nath told IANS: "Yes, our party is already in the process of nominating more women now than in the previous panchayat election."
Muslim women converge to pray for release of Maulana Naseeruddin
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslim women converged in Hyderabad on Friday to pray for the release of Maulana Muhammad Naseeruddin, his three sons and other Muslim youths who are languishing in different jails in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for several years.
Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February
TCN News
Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation have jointly designed a leadership program for women to identify, train and activate emerging women leaders for...
Indian woman phones home after being declared dead
By ANTARA News,
New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday.
Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said.
Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.
योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...
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उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...
Vani, Mehar in joint lead in women’s golf
Bengaluru : Delhi's Vani Kapoor and defending champion Mehar Atwal scored two-over 74 and 75 respectively to share the lead in the second round...
Odisha man held for harassing woman
Bhubaneswar:The Odisha Police crime branch Wednesday arrested a man for opening a fake Facebook account in the name of a woman and for harassing...
Sex workers, women’s groups in One Billion Rising campaign
By IANS,
Kolkata: Sex workers from the city's red light areas participated in street plays and dances and brought out a rally as part of...
Nursery student molested by teacher
By IANS,
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl student was allegedly molested by a physical training teacher, himself a minor, here, said police Friday adding that the accused has been detained.
Four policemen sacked for deaths, woman’s beating
By IANS,
Lucknow: In a rare move, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday ordered the dismissal of four policemen including two inspectors for their role in two custodial deaths in Allahabad and the thrashing of a woman in Sultanpur district.
Principal Home Secretary Fateh Bahadur told mediapersons: "Taking serious note of police high-handedness in both cases, the government has decided to terminate their services to set an example before other erring cops who harass common people."
SSSC condemns Irom Sharmila’s re-arrest
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has condemned the re-arrest of Irom Sharmila.
On 19th August, Imphal Court in its...
Female activist killed in Pakistan
Islamabad:A female Pakistani human rights activist was shot dead in Karachi after hosting a discussion on allegations of torture in Balochistan province, a media...
Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000
By AFP,
Chengdu, China : A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.
Amid fears of new aftershocks among a traumatised population, Beijing put out a fresh urgent appeal for tents as foreign medical teams began to arrive in southwestern Sichuan province.
500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates
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.
Women’s helpline working fine: UP Police
Lucknow : After a woman said she did not get any response from the police after being robbed, Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday denied...
सुलखानपुर : जहां इंसान तो इंसान जानवर भी मर रहे हैं भूखे
नासिर अली, TwoCircles.net
बांदा : उत्तर प्रदेश के बांदा क्षेत्र में हर गांव, हर आदमी बस एक ही इंतज़ार में है कि कब कोई करिश्मा...
Why did Muslim Personal Law Board dissolve its women’s wing 7 years after formation?
The women’s wing convenor was asked to delete all the social media accounts that the wing holds. Members have called the decision arbitrary and...
More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation
By Prachi Salve
While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board...
Women to row in Kerala boat race
By IANS,
Kottayam : A boat club in Kerala is all set to enter the record books when 116 women will row a 35-metre-long snake boat at the 56th edition of an annual race to be held at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha.
Barring four men, who would be standing and controlling the boat, the oars during Nehru Boat Race would be used by only women, Mathew Thomas of the Kumarakom Vanitha Boat Club told IANS.
"This is the first time that an all-women team is handling oars and this is happening for the first time on a snake boat," said Thomas.
Court orders protection for woman duped by policeman
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide protection to a woman who has filed a complaint against a constable for raping her and marrying her despite having a wife.
A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed the police to provide the woman protection and told the District Investigating Unit (DIU) to monitor the case.
Penniless widow writes to Patil for mercy death
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old widow in Orissa has sought permission from President Pratibha Patil to end her life, saying she has no money to feed her three mentally challenged children.
500 Iraq-returned nurses interview for new jobs
Thiruvananthapuram : More than 500 Kerala nurses, who lost their jobs and had to return from Iraq and Libya, appeared for an interview here...
West Bengal tribal women allege police excesses, demand action
By IANS,
Kolkata : A group of tribal women in West Bengal has filed a complaint against police officers who, they alleged, tortured villagers during the probe into a landmine ambush of the chief minister's convoy Nov 2 in West Midnapore district. The women demanded stern punishment to the police officers.
"We've received a written complaint from the tribal women who claimed they were tortured by police officers during the course of investigation. We're now looking into the matter," West Midnapore District Magistrate N.S Nigam told IANS Thursday.
Too few Indian women joining the army
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Not many women seem interested in joining the Indian Army. Only half the women candidates who qualified in the entrance exam and interview turned up for the Officers Training Academy (OTA) course in Tamil Nadu this year.
The course has 80 seats but only around 40 women candidates came as the course began in April this year. This comes even as the top army brass has agreed to give permanent commission to women officers in more branches.
All women have to undergo the OTA course to join the army.
Sikh Woman elected city council member in US
Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...
AAP leader Ashutosh appears before NCW
New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh on Thursday appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in compliance with the women panel's...
Women candidates in Chhattisgarh put up tough fight
By IANS,
Raipur : The five women candidates fielded by Chhattisgrah's main parties - three by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two by the Congress - are posing a stiff challenge to their male rivals for the Lok Sabha seats.
"The five women candidates of the BJP and Congress fold have been giving sleepless nights to their rivals. I can't say they are going to win easily but surely they have great chances," political analyst Vinod Singh told IANS.
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...
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National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) President Aruna Roy has launched a fact-finding report on the February violence inside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamic...
‘Sports can empower women’
New Delhi: Social pressures shouldn’t restrict any woman to pursue a career in sports, said a former international volleyball player who believes sports has...
Woman stripped naked in Rajasthan village
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman was stripped naked, her face blackened and she was forced to ride a donkey on the...
Congress MP urges government to check trafficking of women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh Madhu Gaud Yaskhi Thursday made an impassioned plea to the government to evolve an effective action plan to check trafficking of young women and girls in the country.
During zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Yaskhi said that women from villages and towns were being lured by unscrupulous elements on the promise of providing them attractive jobs or roles in movies, but were later forced into prostitution.
"Such hapless young women and girls are taken away to foreign countries by means of fraud and deception," Yaskhi said.