दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की महिलाओं को नहीं जाने दिया अमित शाह के...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की हज़ारों महिला प्रदर्शनकारियों गृह मंत्री अमित शाह से मिलने उनके घर नहीं जाने दिया।...
Jamiat to organize woman conferences to show Muslim women are not against Sharia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In its national executive meeting, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind decided to organize woman conferences in various cities across the country to...
Girl gang-raped in MP, woman among 5 held
By IANS
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), July 4 : A teenaged girl was gang-raped here by four youths with the help of a woman, police said on...
Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...
Khuti gang-rape mastermind held in Jharkhand
By IANS:
Ranchi, July 22:The mastermind of the gang rape of five women in Khuti district of Jharkhand a month ago was arrested on Sunday...
Judge bans burqa in Australian court
By IANS,
Sydney : An Australian judge Thursday refused to allow a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil in court during her testimony as a witness in a fraud trial.
Perth's District Court Judge Shauna Deane said that in the interest of a fair trial the witness should not be allowed to wear a niqab or burqa. But she said she would speak to counsel about ways to accommodate the witness, The Age reported.
AAP promises 2 lakh toilets for women
New Delhi : Two lakh public toilets for women, 100 courts to fast-track rape cases, Wi-Fi connected CCTV cameras are some of the poll...
Minor found hanging in UP village, father alleges rape
Lucknow: A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a Uttar Pradesh village late Tuesday, police said Wednesday. The father of the...
Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held
New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...
President meets UN-bound former women scavengers
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil has met 30 women from Rajasthan who have been liberated from the age-old inhuman practice of manual scavenging and are all set to walk the ramp at the United Nations General Assembly hall witn some wellknown models.
Assuring them that the manual scavenging practice would soon be abolished completely in India, the president told them that she would also discuss the matter with the government.
The 30 women were selected as part of a social reform initiative of the Sulabh sanitation movement.
Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies
By Raqib Hameed Naik,
Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....
Kejriwal orders magisterial probe into Kenyan woman’s gang-rape
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged gang-rape of a Kenyan woman here in a moving...
Now, all-women canteen at Jamia in Delhi
New Delhi : Jamia Millia Islamia has got its first all women-run canteen as part of the efforts of a self-help group towards women...
In Rural Telangana, How a Dalit Women-Run Radio Station Is Changing Lives
Mohini Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Not long ago, in a corner of southern India where caste and gender boundaries still hold strong, the idea of Dalit women...
Differently-abled Odisha girl clears civil service exam in first attempt
By Jatindra Dash,
Bhubaneswar: It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha's differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first...
PM confident of women’s quota bill passage
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures.
"We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures," Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for women here.
Budget gives boost to women, child development schemes
By IANS,
New Delhi : Schemes to improve female literacy, credit support and microfinance to rural women as well as children's heath and education have been given prime importance in the union budget announced Monday.
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme - for providing health, nutrition and education services to children up to six years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers - has been granted Rs.6,705 crore (Rs.67.05 billion) in the budget.
Zero tolerance for crimes against women: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government will have a policy of "zero tolerance" for violence against women, and was committed...
Implement our suggestions: Women’s panel
By IANS,
New Delhi: Expressing its unhappiness over most of the recommendations made by women's commissions remaining unimplemented, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it will consult the government for tabling its reports and the action taken on them.
Addressing the media at the beginning of a meeting with representatives from state women commissions, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the commission would write to the central and state governments to ensure that the reports submitted by the commissions are tabled in the respective assemblies and the parliament.
Two women thrown off train in Bihar, one dead
Patna : In a shocking incident, a woman was killed and another seriously injured when some unidentified people threw them off a running train...
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...
India can be a superpower only by empowering women: Rahul
New Delhi: On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday India can never aspire to be a superpower...
Mongolian woman alleges molestation by Delhi customs official
New Delhi: A 24-year-old Mongolian woman has filed a complaint that she was molested by an official at the customs office here Thursday, police...
Chequered history of women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Following is the chequered history of the women's reservation bill moved in the Rajya Sabha Monday that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in the country's legislatures:
1996 -- The Deve Gowda government introduces the women's reservation bill as 81st Constitutional Amendment Bill.
1998 -- The bill is re-introduced in the 12th Lok Sabha as the 84th Constitutional Amendment Bill by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
1999 -- The NDA government re-introduces the bill in the 13th Lok Sabha.
Muslim community leaders laud Adv Salian for her daring revelation in Malegaon blast case
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Muslim community leaders belonging to different non-governmental organizations have unanimously praised special public prosecutor Rohini...
Women get permanent commission in military
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces.
A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent commission.
In its 32-page order, the bench directed the government to reinstate those officers as well as those who retired during the case.
Saarc, UN to work for women’s empowerment in South Asia
Kathmandu : Saarc and UN Women will work towards promotion of gender equality, gender justice and empowerment of women among the countries in the...
आज़मगढ़ में दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के आजमगढ़ जिले के एक गांव में दलितों पर पुलिस उत्पीड़न का मामला सामने आया है। गांव में दो पक्षों...
How Muslim women in India resist online abuse
Muslim women received significantly more abuse when compared to women from other religions. They received 55.5% more problematic or abusive content.
Suchitra | TwoCircles.net
NEW...
‘Gender budgeting necessary for women’s development’
New Delhi : Issues like girl child's education, sanitation and maternal health have been given importance in the Budget 2014, but it lacks gender...
असम हिंसा में चांद और अस्मत गिरफ्तार, परिजनों ने कहा, फंसाया गया
मोहिबुल हक़।Twocircles.net
असम के दरांग में पिछले दिनों अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान हुई हिंसा के मामले में असम पुलिस ने हिंसा भड़काने के आरोप...
‘मोदी ने रूकवा दी मेरे शौहर की रिहाई’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: ओखला से आम आदमी पार्टी के विधायक अमानतुल्लाह खान की बीवी साफ़िया खान ने TwoCircles.net के साथ बातचीत में अपने...
Ramadan 1435: Elderly
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Two eldery women sit on the stools to eat their iftaar at the Thousand Lights Mosque, Chennai. Respect for parents and...
Muslim women should be allowed to wear burqa: Tory chairperson
By IANS,
London : Muslim women should have the right to choose to wear the burqa, Conservative Party chairperson Sayeeda Warsi has said. "Just because a woman wears the burqa, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life," she says.
Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the cabinet, defended the burqa Monday.
"Just because a woman wears the burka, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life. Why should we tell women what to wear? What it boils down to is choice. If women don’t have a choice over what to wear then they are oppressed.
Child star Rubina still in slum, but Marathi autobiography ready
By Quaid Najm, IANS
Mumbai: Rubina Ali Qureshi, the little girl from a Mumbai slum who shot to stardom with the Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire", is set to release the Marathi version of her autobiography even as she continues to live in the same squalid surroundings feeling "unsafe and insecure".
The book, titled "Majha Taryankade Pravas", has been translated from an English version, "Slumgirl Dreaming", by Mumbai author Maitreyi Joshi and published by Mehta Publishing House, Pune.
Poverty-stricken woman athlete in jail for prostitution
By IANS,
Raipur : Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after being arrested for prostitution, police said.
A police officer who arrested Nisha Shetti, 26, last Friday from a posh locality of Raipur said she had revealed during interrogation that she was forced to become a call girl due to deprivation and had travelled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs.50,000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days.
Singapore premier urges couples to have more babies
By DPA,
Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Saturday called on couples to have more children as the city-state's birth rate slipped to its lowest level in 2009.
"Despite all our efforts, we are producing far too few babies," Lee said in a message marking Sunday's start of the lunar Year of the Tiger.
"Last year, we were short of at least 10,000 babies just to replace ourselves," he added.
Lee especially urged ethnic Chinese to dismiss their superstitions against children born in a Year of the Tiger.
Telangana CM for action against onscreen violence against women
Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao Thursday asked the state police chief to consider taking action against films and television serials portraying...
Kerala health minister objects to ‘Keertan’ during Yoga Day celebrations
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala health minister K K Shyalaja has expressed her discontent over the recital of a Hindu ‘Keertan’ (prayer...
J&K man held for raping Canadian tourist in Goa
Panaji: A man from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a Canadian tourist at the beach village of Arambol in...
Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...
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...
Special units to tackle crimes against women proposed
New Delhi : The central government Monday proposed to set up "Investigative Units on Crimes against Women" (IUCAW) in 20 percent of the districts...
Hyderabad woman sets afire two children, ends life
Hyderabad : A woman set afire her two children and later committed suicide here on Saturday.
According to police, the incident occurred in Gachibowli area...
Jammu and Kashmir gets first woman CM in Mehbooba
Jammu : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with...
Two young Swedish women marry in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : Two young Swedish women, who were living together in New Delhi for the past one year, married in traditional Hindu style at a temple here, a priest said.
According to Baba Dharam Das, who conducted the marriage Saturday at a temple in Agra Cantonment, an autorickshaw driver brought the two women to the temple and persuaded him to get them married according to Vedic rites.
The autorickshaw driver made arrangements for the marriage in which Sandra, who played the husband, put vermillion on the forehead of Sara, who played the wife's role.
A letter everyday to president on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : A letter everyday to President Pratibha Patil, communities on social networking sites and blogs -- these are the new initiatives announced by rights group campaigning for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in parliament.
My husband was treated like a dog: CRPF trooper’s widow
Alappuzha (Kerala) : The wife of a CRPF trooper from Kerala who drowned in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday hit out at CRPF officials, accusing them...
Rag-picking girls’ date with prime minister Saturday
By IANS
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 12-year-old Useeran Sheikh, a rag-picker, as she shook hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday, and requested abolition of child labour and quality education for all children in the country.
Sheikh with two other rag-picker children met the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in the capital.
"I liked it very much. This is the first time I am meeting the prime minister. I never thought this would ever happen to us," Sheikh said excitedly after leaving the Prime Ministers' House.
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...
Women devotees flood Kerala capital for festival
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Spirals of smoke rose from hundreds of firewood stoves here Tuesday as an estimated three million women devotees from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu converged on the path to the Attukal Bhagavathi temple and cooked rice offerings for the goddess.
The offering is made on the penultimate day of the 10-day-long Attukal Pongala festival, which is often referred to as the equivalent of the Sabarimala pilgrimage for women.
Attukal Bhagavathi is believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic "Silappathikaaram".
The way to a lady’s heart is through her stomach – if you’re a...
By Ernest Gill, DPA,
Hamburg : The way to a lady's heart is through her stomach - if you're a male chimpanzee seeking a mate. But you have to be patient and feed her lots of meat over a long period of time, according to new findings by German scientists.
Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long periods of time, according to a study led by German researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich.
‘Dangal’ experience changed my life: Kashmiri actor Zaira Wasim
By Shamshad Ali
New Delhi : Zaira Wasim, who was unknown a few months ago, has now become a household name in her native...
German woman molested by a group in Chandigarh
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A young German woman was allegedly abducted and molested by a group of youth in the city in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.
The police have registered a case against unidentified youth, who abducted the German woman from the city's upscale Taj Hotel in the main commercial hub of Sector 17.
What has baffled the police is the fact that the woman was abducted in a Scorpio sports utility vehicle (SUV) from a high-security area of the city. The hotel complex has private and police security.
Himachal by-elections: Wives hope to succeed husbands
By IANS,
Shimla : Two women are hoping to make it a family affair by contesting for two Himachal Pradesh assembly seats that were vacated by their husbands who are now Lok Sabha MPs.
Pratibha Singh, wife of former Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, is eyeing the ticket for the Rohru seat whereas Sudha Sushant, wife of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajan Sushant, is hoping to contest from Jawali.
Byelections to both the seats will take place Nov 7.
Property rights of Half Widows can’t be eschewed as Quran and Sunnah has given...
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)...
83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC
Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...
Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University
By IANS,
Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.
शाहीन बाग प्रोटेस्ट के 90 दिन पूरे, अब ऐसा है हाल
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ़ लगातार चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन ने को 90 दिन पूरे...
One arrested for molesting woman in hospital
By IANS,
New Delhi : One man was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman Sunday at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital here, the police said.
An altercation broke out between the woman, who had come for her son's treatment, and a worker in hospital's canteen over the rate of eatables she had bought.
“One person was arrested on the basis of complaint lodged by the woman,” the police said.
Shia, Sunni speakers share stage at Chennai event
By TCN News,
Chennai: Shia and Sunni speakers came together on stage to talk about ‘Importance of Hijab in women empowerment’ and the topic of Islamic bondage between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
The seminar ‘Importance of Hijab in Women Empowerment’ was addressed by Sayeda Sabika Haider, Tabassum Aun, Aalima Ummey Laila and Fathima Muzaffar Sahiba. It was held on Sunday, April 5 at ‘Imam Ali ibne Abi Talib (as) Islamic Centre’ at Perambur, a statement from the Chennai Shia Youth Association said.
Why women interact socially better than men
By IANS,
Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study.
The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.
Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
To wear or not to wear: Comments on purdah during a seminar draw ire...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: A comment about Muslim women covering their faces with purdah by MES state president Fazal Gafoor has drawn the ire of other Muslim groups in the state with most of them saying that the statement was made eying publicity and nothing more.
Indian nanny accused of killing baby in Dubai
Dubai: An Indian nanny in Dubai has been accused of strangling an 11-month-old baby girl to death with her scarf as she was denied...
Jadavpur varsity sets up panel to probe ‘sanitary pad protest’
Kolkata: Disapproving of the "sanitary pad" campaign against rape and sexism on campus, the Jadavpur University on Monday set up a three-member fact-finding panel...
“Women’s Day a chance to understand women’s struggles,” AMU celebrates International Women’s Day
TCN News
The International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 was observed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women with great ardour at...
288 percent rise in teen rape suspects, India mulls new law
By Chaitanya Mallapur ,
Rape is the fastest-growing crime among juveniles; 86 percent of teens arrested for various crimes come from poor families, only six...
Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq
Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...
A man’s battle for women’s rights
Feeling lost amidst academics spewing jargon at a recent seminar on Muslim women, I was relieved to meet Nasiruddin Haider Khan, ...
More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233
The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.
Eight-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband
By DPA,
Riyadh : An eight-year-old Saudi girl got divorced from her 50-year-old husband after the marriage drew severe criticism, the girl's lawyer said Thursday.
Abdullah al-Jeteily said that the court in Onayza city approved the divorce decree after several officials in the region talked with the husband.
Two request by the girl's mother for a divorce were rejected before, and one judge ruled that the girl would be able to file for divorce herself only after she reaches puberty.
Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...
Human Rights group concerned over falling Uttarakhand child-sex ratio; complains to NHRC
By TCN News,
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), in a recent report titled, ‘The State of Female Foeticide in Uttarakhand’ has found that...
10 years’ jail to six for Meghalaya gang rape
Shillong: A fast-track court in Meghalaya Monday convicted and sentenced six people to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for the December 2012 gang rape of...
एआईएमआईएम के नेता ज़ुबैर अहमद की हत्या में नही मिल रहा इंसाफ, साथ नही...
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Sharad Joshi lone dissenter against women’s quota bill
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".
Gujarat High Court notice to IAS officer’s wife in US
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it...
This Ramzan, be a good husband: Say No to domestic abuse
By Asma -Nama
I know, it must sound odd to you.
A woman giving a piece of advice to men?
What’s more, asking them to...
हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
हैदराबाद: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें सालाना...
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam mark Babri demolition anniversary with protests
By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam organised protests and demonstrations throughout the state on Friday, December 6, marking the Babri Masjid demolition. The...
Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry
By IANS,
Kolkata : A West Bengal court Friday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for burning a woman to death a decade ago.
Rina Jaiswal, a resident of Golabari town of Howrah district, was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for not fulfilling dowry demands.
The Howrah court Friday found Rina's husband Deepak, her mother-in-law and three sisters-in-law guilty of murdering her and awarded them life terms.
Police sources said Rina was married to Deepak in 1997.
Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college
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.
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...
NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of NGOs working for men's rights Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace.
The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament starting July 26, should be discarded and a fresh gender neutral draft should be prepared.
The draft bill was prepared by the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry.
बिन ईंधन का सिलेंडर, फ्लॉप साबित हो रही है मोदी की उज्ज्वला योजना
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मध्य प्रदेश के शाजापुर ज़िले के कांजा गांव की निवासी मंजूबाई का प्रधानमंत्री उज्ज्वला योजना के तहत मिला गैस...
‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:
Tamil woman identified as Malaysian after 11 months’ detention
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A Tamil woman has been identified as a Malaysian national by the country's human rights body after 11 months in detention, when she fell seriously ill.
Rajeswary Murugiah, 22, was detained in October last year after she was found without an identity card and said she did not remember her ID number. She was lying unwell in detention till human rights watchdog Sukham took up her case and resolved it in a single day, The Star newspaper said Thursday.
Woman set ablaze for flouting voting ‘fatwa’
Nashik: In a shocking incident, a woman, who allegedly flouted a local voting 'fatwa', was assaulted and set on fire in Yevla town of...
Giriraj does it again: Remark on Sonia’s ‘white skin’ triggers outrage
New Delhi/Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh caused embarrassment to the government and triggered outrage on Wednesday with a racist remark about Congress president Sonia...
VIPs visit murdered Dalit woman’s mother, probe continues
Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit...
Journalist’s sister wants viscera examined in Delhi
New Delhi : Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the...
Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...
Centre asks Nagaland to punish guilty in Dimapur lynching
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asked the Nagaland government to take strict action against the people involved in the lynching...
I lived on but many women can’t; so help me stop this: Acid attack...
By Vivek Singh Chauhan
New Delhi : On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand...
Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team
Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...
Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...
Women have to be empowered – not just educated – to end son preference
By Charu Bahri
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: I wouldnt be around to write this story if the Bahri clan I hail from - Hindus from...
UNICEF report reveals 80,000 women die in India every year during childbirth
By KUNA,
New Delhi : A new report released by UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund) has revealed that almost 80,000 women die in India during childbirth every year due to malnutrition and lack of pre-natal medical facilities in villages and remote areas.
The startling revelations also indicate that 45 percent of the women are married before they turn 18, and that around one million infants die every year, of which 40 percent die in the first week itself.
NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry
New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...
India: topper among women in UPSC exam credits family for achievement
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Delhi girl Ashmia Jain, the overall topper among women candidates in the Civil Services Examination, credits her achievement to her family's efforts.
Jain, who secured the seventh position in the 2007 exam, is a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics.
The 25-year-old told PTI that she had dreamt of the moment when she was in Class IX. "When I was in Class IX, I had told one of my friends that one day I would also make it to the civil services exam".
A topper from her school days, Jain toiled tediously for one and a half year to achieve her goal.
Nabard launches digitisation scheme for women’s groups
New Delhi : In an experiment to empower women through information technology (IT) and promote financial inclusion, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural...
Muslim women of the world urged to unite
By NNN-Bernama,
Kuala Lumpur : Collective action among Muslim women around the world is necessary to bring out women's issues for serious, indepth discussion, says the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), Daisy Khan.
Muslim women represented half of the world's Muslim population and therefore their issues were societal and serious, she said in an interview with Bernama here Tuesday.
Five women students harassed for suspected Maoist links
By IANS,
Kolkata : Five women students of Jadavpur University claimed they were harassed by the police in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district for allegedly having Maoist links.
The incident took place at a house near the university where the five students - Debolina Chakrabarty, Jayeeta Das, Roopa Basu, Somdatta Mukherjee and Anwesha Sarkar - were running the Matangini Mahila Samity, a women's outfit working against land acquisition in Nandigram, Singur and other places in West Bengal.
ट्रिपल तलाक़ –ये सवाल जाकर मोदी जी से पूछो!
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : आजकल अख़ाबर के पन्ने ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ के ख़बरों से भरे पड़े हैं. ‘फ़ोन पर पत्नी को तलाक़ दिया’,...
Conviction rate low, says DCW as Delhi sexual crimes hit 15-year high
By Rajnish Singh
New Delhi : Twentyone cases of sexual abuse of women, on an average, are reported in the capital every day, according...
DMK to train women cadres in governance: Kanimozhi
By IANS,
Chennai : As the bill reserving one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies awaits to be passed by parliament, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres in governance.
"We plan to train DMK party women in various aspects of governance. We want to groom our party women so that they are ready as and when the 33 percent reservation for women comes into effect," Kanimozhi, party Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, told IANS.
This party picks ordinary yet extraordinary folks
By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS,
New Delhi : One look at its candidates and you know that the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party is trying hard to be a party "with a difference". For the Delhi polls, it claims to have fielded the city's lone woman auto driver, a house painter, the youngest male and female in the fray, and a man who has married his wife six times!
For some of the party's 11 candidates for the Nov 29 polls to elect a 70-member assembly, this is the first brush with politics. What's more, most of them hail from ordinary backgrounds.
मुजफ्फरनगर में दहाड़े ओवैसी “खैरात नही अब हक़ लेंगे”
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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव क़रीब आने के साथ ही यूपी में राजनीति की गरमा-गरमी बढ़ती जा रही हैं। आज किसान यूनियन के...
11 arrested for beating up police, woman
Kolkata : Eleven persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly beating up a policeman after a fight broke out between neighbours over playing...
Muslim girl tops Bihar Board’s Intermediate Arts Exams
Five amongst first 10 happens to be Muslim girls
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Patna: Marking a paradigm shift for the Muslim community, a Begusarai girl...
US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in all aspects of their lives.
Kathleen Mulligan, assistant professor of voice and speech in Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, New York will work closely with the women's centre at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi as well as with adolescent girls in the community.
On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram
The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...
Women and children lead fight against CAA-NRC in Maharashtra
T I Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are intensifying across states, the latest being Maharashtra....
Woman stripped, assaulted in Bihar, CM orders probe
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday ordered a probe over a woman being stripped and assaulted publicly in a village in...
US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Sonia Gandhi
New York : A US court of appeals in New York has affirmed a district court's order and dismissed Nov 1984 anti-Sikh violence...
Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ
New Delhi : The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom...
NCW upset with ‘obscene’ depiction of women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Alarmed over the rise in "obscene" depictions of women in the print and electronic media, including in television soaps, the National Commission for Women (NCW) wants a self-regulatory board to keep a check on this.
NCW Chairperson Girja Vyas Tuesday demanded a change in the existing legislation. She also suggested stiff penalty and punishment for violators.
"In today's world, the depiction of women is done in obscene ways through various mediums," she told reporters here.
She said soap operas either show woman as a vamp or a simple innocent girl.
Speakers indict Narendra Modi for orchestrating gender violence and serious violations of...
By TCN News,
A packed meeting at the London School of Economics organised by the LSE Gender Institute in collaboration with the Freedom Without Fear Platform and South Asia Solidarity Group on 3rd March, discussed the rise of Hindu fascism and its impact on gender and called for Narendra Modi to be brought to justice.
Painful story of a poor Muslim girl
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
It’s not a best kept secret that if any unfortunate incident takes place with the inhabitants of lower strata of our society, then it doesn't get that required attention by the guardians of civil society which it deserves.
Safina tops women’s rankings
By DPA,
Hamburg: Dinara Safina retained first place in the latest women's tennis rankings issued Monday by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as she makes another attempt to claim her first title at the majors.
The Russian Safina takes 9,801 points into the French Open which started Sunday, with the Williams sisters Serena and Venus following on 7,838 and 7,237 points, respectively.
The defending French Open champion Ana Ivanova of Serbia is eighth on 4,892 points.
WTA top 10 as of May 25 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 9,801 points
India’s first all-women post office comes up in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : After announcing India's all women public bank, the central government Friday started an all women post office here on the occasion of the International Women`s Day.
Mohammadi Begum – A role model for Meo women
Series on Mewat – Part 4
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor’s degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.
Woman killed in an old Delhi building collapse
By IANS,
New Delhi : A dilapidated building under repairs in old Delhi caved in Saturday, killing a woman and injuring two others.
“At about 12.55 a.m. we received the call from the owner, Ram Babu. His wife Rajrani (55) died on the spot, while two others were taken to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hopital and are undergoing treatment there,” a police official said.
According to the owner, the police said, the building was being repaired when it collapsed.
Media and Gender
By Faheem Muhammed M.P
Mass media is one of the most potent institutions which determines how an individual perceives gender and gender discourse. Through its...
Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav
By George Joseph, IANS,
New Delhi : Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav says that 90 percent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all seats in India's legislatures for women.
"If there is no party whip, 90 percent of the MPs will oppose the bill, whether they are from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) or the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), whether they are from backward classes or upper castes, whether they are male or women MPs," Yadav claimed in an interview.
Rahul Gandhi meets women artisans in Gujarat
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with women artisans in a Kutch village Sunday as part of his two-day tour of the Kutch, Saurashtra and northern regions of Gujarat.
The young Congress MP met women engaged in handicrafts in Bhujodi village of Kutch district, which was devastated by a major earthquake on Jan 26, 2001.
Plea in SC seeks women members in seven state governments
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a petition seeking direction to the chief ministers of seven states to consider...
Watch your diet, you multi-tasking women!
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Nivedita Sharma, IANS,
NCW to start 24×7 toll free helpline
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women will soon start a 24-hour helpline to assist women in distress, its chief Mamta Sharma said Friday.
Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’
The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
Chinese women now initiate majority of divorces
By IANS,
Beijing: Women in China are now taking the lead in filing for divorce, with 70 percent of cases initiated by wives in 2010.