Women in Hong Kong, China most financially independent: Survey
By DPA,
Singapore : Women in Hong Kong, China and Singapore do not need to rely on their men to pay for their shopping binges, a survey said Sunday.
Across the Asian region, women from Hong Kong are the most financially independent, with 81 percent of respondents paying the bills for their purchases, followed by mainland Chinese at 75 percent.
The survey was conducted by market researcher Synovate with the findings in The Business Times.
Stories of women’s empowerment, a werewolf
A book analyses the drivers of change and the repercussions of present-day gender revolutions, a man in today's Kolkata meets a man who claims to be a werewolf. Some light and some heavy dosage, the IANS bookshelf this weekend has reality meeting fantasy. Take a look.
1. Book: Half A Billion Rising; Author: Anirudha Dutta; Publisher: Rainlight; Pages: 247; Price: Rs.395
Strong legislation needed to check crime against women: MPs
New Delhi : Decrying the rising atrocities on women, members in the Lok Sabha Thursday advocated strong legislation and a change in the mindset...
Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement
Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...
Dr. Rehana Sultana — The Iron Lady of Hyderabad
TCN series on Muslim women empowerment
On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor
Girl student made to take off shirt during exam
By IANS,
Ghaziabad: A girl student appearing for her high school examination was made to take off her shirt in the classroom by a woman invigilator who suspected her of concealing some written material for cheating inside her clothes. The girl's parents Friday protested against the incident.
The girl was appearing for the Uttar Pradesh board high school examination in Modi Nagar of Ghaziabad Thursday.
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part 2 on Anwari Noor Jahan
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...
Table Tennis: AAI win girls title, PSPB in men and women’s finals
New Delhi : The Airports Authority of India dethroned Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) to win the youth girls team title in the...
Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women.
The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.
Mamata slams Modi government over flood relief fund
Kolkata : Lamenting the Centre's financial non-cooperation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday charged the Narendra Modi government with double standards...
Fresh, young faces in Left list, Subhasini Ali fielded from Barrackpore
Kolkata : Packing 26 new faces and nominating several young leaders, West Bengal's main opposition Left Front Wednesday announced its candidates list for the...
You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...
By TCN News
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...
Sheema Mohsin first Muslim woman on Karnataka wakf board
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Bangalore: By her appointment as the member of the Karnataka State Wakf Board, a new chapter has been added to the history of the state where perhaps has never been a Muslim woman appointed on a statutory body like wakf board.
By profession a journalist and social activist Sheema Mohsin (36) is based in Bangalore.
Woman cop freed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : A 23-year-old woman cop in Chhattisgarh, abducted by Maoists earlier this month, has been set free after a 'jan adalat' or people's court found her "innocent", police said Sunday.
Constable Kiran Usendi was freed Saturday in the Pakhanjoor forest stretch of Kanker district in Bastar region after the Maoists public court ordered her release.
"The lady police personnel was abducted when rebels attacked a police search team. The insurgents took her to their hideout and she was produced before the 'jan adalat' where she was found innocent," a police officer told IANS.
Modi attacks Congress over women’s safety
Mumbai : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the issue of women's safety in the country.
Raking up...
B.Ed student hangs herself in Agra
Agra: A woman B.Ed student at a deemed university here Saturday committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan, police said.
Kavita Sharma, a...
Meet Waseema Shaikh: A deputy collector from rural India
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Born and brought up in a small village called Joshi Sanghvi in Loha Taluka of Nanded District of Maharashtra, Waseema Shaikh struggled...
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.
Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women
By IANS,
Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them.
For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women.
The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.
15 percent voting in first phase of Karnataka polls
By IANS,
Bangalore : About 15 percent voting was reported in the first three hours of polling Saturday in 89 constituencies across 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first phase of assembly elections.
Around 17.3 million voters, including 8.4 million women, are eligible to pick their representatives from over 950 candidates. There are 17 women contestants. The Karnataka assembly has 224 seats.
Women’s panel demands Trinamool MP’s arrest for rape remarks
New Delhi : Demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul for making derogatory remarks, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said...
Foxconn’s Discriminatory Hiring Practices: Undermining Women’s Empowerment in India
Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A startling revelation regarding Foxconn’s alleged discriminatory hiring policies at its Apple iPhone plant in India has come to light. Shockingly, the company...
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.
Tejpal called woman associate regularly from prison
Panaji : Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who is in judicial custody here, regularly telephoned from prison a Delhi-based woman business associate, an inquiry...
हज 2022 : ‘हज मोबाइल एप’ से होगा आवेदन,तैयारी में जुटी सरकार
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
हज 2022 के ऑनलाइन आवेदन प्रक्रिया को 1 नवंबर से शुरू हो गई है। केंद्रीय अल्पसंख्यक मंत्री मुख्तार अब्बास नकवी ने मुंबई के हज...
65 mn pregnancy test strips distributed among rural women
By IANS,
New Delhi: Aiming to reduce unwanted pregnancy and better antenatal care (ANC) among rural women, India has distributed 65 million pregnancy test strips across the country.
"The scheme of distributing Pregnancy Test Cards (PTCs) was conducted in two phases across India. The first phase took care of 11 states and the next helped 17 states," a health ministry official told IANS.
Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly
By IANS,
Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.
Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.
‘Enforcement of laws on women hit by lack of funds’
By IANS,
New Delhi: Enforcement of women-friendly laws suffers from lack of funds and training among the implementation agency personnel, activists said here Thursday.
Widow set afire in MP village
Betul (Madhya Pradesh) : A widow was set on fire in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district allegedly by her relatives in...
Kunta Devi: A woman farmer from UP
By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service,
One day, more than 20 years ago, Kunta Devi’s husband never returned home from his workplace at a brick kiln and has been untraceable since then. He seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving his wife alone with their 3 children—I daughter and 2 sons, with the youngest one barely 2 years old. Kunta does not know if he is dead or alive. She now lives with her 2 sons and their wives and 4 grandchildren—3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.
Woman judges and Sharia
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
Recently two women judges have been appointed in Malaysia in the Sharia court but strangely enough their appointment is conditional on their not handling cases pertaining to marriage and divorce.
They can handle other cases like the custody of children, maintenance, property, etc. The appointment of women judges is a welcome move but the conditionality attached seems strange.
Like mother, like child, glam kids beat the trodden path!
(Mother's Day is on May 8)
By Shilpa Raina, IANS,
EU, UN pay tribute to Indian women
New Delhi : In many rural families in India, there is still a preference for investing in education for boys as compared to girls,...
Indian law: Domestic Violence Act
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
PM apprised about Ruchika case
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Friday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about developments in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that has grabbed national headlines.
Tirath had gone to meet the prime minister to wish him on New Year day and also apprise him about the case. National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas was present on the occasion, official sources said.
Belgium set to become first EU country to ban burqas
By DPA,
Brussels: Belgium Wednesday moved a step closer to becoming the first European Union (EU) country to punish Muslim women who hide their faces in public, as the interior affairs committee of its parliament passed a resolution against burqas.
Burqas are full-length, head-to-toe garments which obscure a woman's face completely, usually with a semi-transparent section that allows the wearer to see out.
Self-employment project for women by scientist body
By IANS,
Lucknow : In order to make rural women of Uttar Pradesh self-employed , a scientist body here has initiated a training project, officials said Monday.
Scientists at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow have launched a pilot project to train rural women for self employment.
"CIMAP has undertaken a programme to train rural women in making herbal products like incense sticks, rose water and other products," said A.K. Singh, a CIMAP scientist.
Initially, the programme was launched for villages in Lucknow and Barabanki districts.
Woman techie cheats NRI of Rs.1.3 mn, booked for cyber crime
By IANS,
Kendrapada (Orissa) : At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday.
"The police have registered criminal cases against software engineer Kaveri Patra, a resident of Mulabasanta village in Kendrapada district, and seven others including her father, husband and father-in-law on the charge of cheating and committing a cyber crime," officer in charge of the local Pattamundai police station K. C. Mallick told IANS.
Urdukidzcartoon.com connecting Urdu language with a new generation of kids
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2013 moves to Chandigarh
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The fifth leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour (WPGT) 2013 is all set to get underway at the Chandigarh Golf Club from Wednesday.
Minor raped by 20-year-old man
By IANS,
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in the heart of the national capital, police said Saturday. No arrests have been made in the case so far.
The incident took place in the servant's quarters at Kasturba Gandhi Marg near Connaught Place Friday, police said.
"The incident took place Friday afternoon when the victim was alone in the servant's quarters. Neeraj Kumar, who lives in a servant's quarters in the nearby area, came and forced himself on the minor," a police officer said.
Four arrested for woman professor’s murder
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people.
Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
"Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
Girl stabbed to death: HC notice on transfer of case to CBI
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government and police on a plea seeking direction to hand over...
Woman researchers equally participate in a Seminar organized by Theological department of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Sunni Theological Society Department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a national level on the theme “Human values in world religions”...
Pakistan women must unite for their rights, says daily
By IANS,
Islamabad : Women in Pakistan must unite and "raise high the banner of their rights", said a Pakistani daily on International Women's Day Tuesday.
Haryana gifts women free bus rides for ‘Rakhi’
By IANS,
Chandigarh : To mark the festival of 'Raksha Bandhan' when women tie a colourful thread on the wrist of their brothers as a symbol of bond of love, the Haryana government Tuesday announced that all women in the state will be allowed to travel free in state transport buses.
A state transport department spokesman said the free travel facility will be available to women in all Haryana Roadways buses on 'Raksha Bandhan' day, falling on Aug 24, to go visiting their brothers.
Rajiv Gandhi’s vision was to pass women’s bill in parliament: Sonia
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Friday said the passage of the women's reservation bill in parliament would be the realisation of her late husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's vision to politically empower women.
Addressing a meeting of Congress office bearers and state party chiefs here, she said : "Women reservation bill ...when it comes to fruition, it would be the realisation of Rajiv Gandhi's vision to empower women politically."
The meeting was organised to finalise programmes for the party's 125th anniversary celebrations.
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...
NIA inspector shot dead in UP, wife critically injured
New Delhi : A National Investigation Agency inspector was shot dead while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, sources said on...
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.
Woman private eye Lalli gets cracking again in new book
(IANS Books)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : "I've always known I'd be stuck with a corpse some day - possibly in the first week of October." Lalli, India's new woman private eye - in the manner of the classic 20th century detectives - finds her corpse and begins decoding the cryptic clues to the murder.
Detective writer Kalpana Swaminathan, a surgeon by profession, casts her net of intrigue right from the word go in her latest whodunit, "The Monochrome Madonna", the third in the series, published this month.
Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021
Women Summit is the annual get together of the members and well-wishers of Women’s Manifesto, a national level NGO formed in 2014. It...
BJP moves EC over Kumar Vishwas’ remark
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly...
Woman Maoist killed in gunbattle in Orissa’s Kandhamal
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman Maoist rebel was Tuesday killed by security forces in a gunbattle in Orissa's Kandhamal district, an official said.
Getting information that a group of Maoists had gathered in the forest near Daringbadi area of the district for a meeting, police and special operations group personnel raided the area.
There was an exchange of fire after the rebels attacked the security forces and a woman Maoist was killed, district collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.
Woman suicide bomber kills 40, mainly Iranians, in Baghdad
By DPA,
Baghdad : A suicide bomb blast Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 65 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security official.
The agency said the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the official told the agency.
Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books
The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...
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.
US Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab
Washington : A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work.
Najaf...
The iron lady of Tamil Nadu (Profile)
By Venkatachari Jagannathan,
Chennai : J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the 'Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu', returned to power on Saturday - after a seven...
तस्वीरों में देखिए अलीगढ़ का रमज़ान : रौनकें तो वो नही है,मगर अहसास वही...
मोहम्मद कुनैन रज़ा Twocircles.net के लिए
रमज़ान पिछली बार की तरह इस बार भी कोरोना महामारी के दौरान आया है। पिछली बार पूरा रमज़ान...
Moga’s shame: Young woman alleges gang-rape
Moga (Punjab) : A young woman in Punjab's Moga district has alleged that she was gang-raped by her friend's husband and his friends, police...
Subhashini Ali dwells on women’s issues, attacks Mamata regime
Kolkata: Launching her Lok Sabha campaign on International Women's Day, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Subhashini Ali Saturday focussed on issues faced by women...
Woman donates body to AIIMS for research
New Delhi : A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at the AIIMS, authorities said on Tuesday.
Darshana Arora, a resident...
Modi proved to be not of his wife and old parents then how can...
By A. Mirsab , TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Maharashtra state Minority Minister Mr. Arif Naseem Khan who was addressing a rally in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra hurled a full fleshed attack on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his speech and asked Muslims to vote for secular party Congress in greater number to beat Narendra Modi’s dream of ruling India.
SC pulls up Bengal for failure to protect rape victim’s rights
New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday said that West Bengal government failed to protect the fundamental rights of a village woman who was gang raped...
Rape remarks: NCW to seek Trinamool MP’s expulsion
Kolkata: Taking suo motu cognisance of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's "atrocious" rape remarks, the NCW Tuesday said it is writing to the President...
Need to mitigate roadblocks in women’s empowerment: President
New Delhi : There is a need to mitigate the roadblocks which deprive women from becoming agents of change, President Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday.
"We...
Women’s college AMU celebrates Founder’s Day
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.
What Dolly Kumari learnt -– and how it could change India’s textiles industry
By Lavanya Garg
In 2014, Dolly Kumari, an outspoken 12th class passout, left her home in Jharkhand, journeying about 2,000 km south to a new...
Woman scientist, UN official among India’s top analytics
Kolkata : A woman data scientist, a member of the UN's Big Data innovation initiative, analytics thought leaders and a analytics head of a...
This super teacher is on a mission to transform the lives of children in...
Kanchan Sharma, a retired lecturer, has been running a school for the slum children for over a decade now.
Mubashir Naik and Irshad Hussain |...
Neerja Bhanot conferred ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ in London
Chandigarh : Braveheart flight purser late Neerja Bhanot was conferred the 'Bharat Gaurav Award' at a function at the House of Commons in London,...
Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic
Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...
Woman with son jumps before train, killed
By IANS,
Kolkata : A woman, along with her one-and-half-year-old son, committed suicide Tuesday by jumping before a train in West Bengal's Hoogly district allegedly following dowry demands from her in-laws, the police said.
"Punam Sahu jumped in front of a passenger train along with her one-and-half-year-old son at Hoogly's Gobra Station Tuesday. She was being allegedly pressurised by her in-laws for dowry," a police official said.
Sahu went to live at her parental house after her husband was detected with cancer a few months ago.
Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet
Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...
After youth, AAP to reach out to women
New Delhi : After receiving an "overwhelming" response at the interaction with youth as part of its Delhi Dialogue Campaign, the AAP will reach...
Air hostesses among eight held for prostitution
By IANS,
New Delhi : A self-styled godman who preached spirituality while running a prostitution racket and two air hostesses were among eight people arrested for flesh trade here, police said Friday.
The eight, including two men and six women in the age group of 19 to 30 years, were taken into custody near the PVR cinema at Saket in south Delhi Thursday while travelling in two cars.
They included an air hostess who worked for an Indian carrier and another who was employed by an European airline.
NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...
Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband
By IANS,
New Delhi : The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a "betrayed" woman to get details of her husband's salary.
Women to attend Church of England meetings
By IANS,
London: Women clergy will attends bishops' meetings of the Church of England for the first time.
Girl pushed from Charminar by ‘boyfriend’ dies
By IANS,
Hyderabad: An 18-year-old girl who was injured after allegedly being pushed down from the historic Charminar by her 'boyfriend' died Friday, police said.
Police said Sameera, a resident of Talabkutta neighbourhood in the old city, succumbed to her injuries Friday at the government-run Osmania General Hospital.
Doctors said the girl had sustained head injuries and both her legs and a hand were fractured.
Meanwhile, police have arrested Arshad, who had escaped after allegedly pushing the girl down from the first floor of the monument Thursday evening.
दर्दनाक : बेबस माँ ने बच्चो के साथ ख़ुदकुशी कर ली
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, बिजनौर (नहटौर)
बिजनौर में एक दर्दनाक घटनाक्रम में मुफलिसी से तंग आकर एक गरीब औरत ने अपनी दो बेटियों के साथ ख़ुदकुशी...
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Ban Triple Talaq immediately: Women’s group
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...
तारोन दोद्राई की सीखने की ये ललक आपको हौसलों से भर देगी
प्रियंका सुबर्नो
झारखंड के खूंटी ज़िला के तोरपा ब्लॉक, ज़रिया पंचायत, रंगरू टोली गांव में स्थित ‘विलेज लेवल सर्विस सेंटर’ (वी.एल.एस.सी.) ग्राम स्तर सेवा केंद्र...
Woman gang raped in Delhi, two arrested
New Delhi: A woman was gang raped by two people on the pretext of being provided a job, police said Friday, adding the alleged...
Ramadan 1439: Sakina
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Sakina, born and brought up in Mumbai, is a teacher. She lives in Bangalore with her family. She says “We shifted...
Girl killed in Kashmir cloudburst
Srinagar : A 15-year-old girl was killed in a cloudburst in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, police officials said.
Cloudbursts hit Gangangir and Sonamarg areas...
Orissa girl sacrificed for good harvest
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said Monday.
The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.
चित्रकूट : गेंगरेप के बाद दलित युवती ने कर ली थी आत्महत्या, अब...
विशेष संवाददाता। चित्रकूट। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में महिलाओं के साथ बलात्कार की बेहद शर्मनाक घटनाओं की श्रेणी हाथरस की तरह चित्रकूट में भी एक दिल...
Triple Talaq Bill: A classic case of judicial overkill
By Tariq Hasan for TwoCircles.net
Algarh: The Triple Talaq bill passed in the Lok Sabha and to be presented in the Rajya Sabha if passed...
Women journalists protest slanderous stereotypes, seek watchdog
New Delhi : A national organisation of women journalists Monday highlighted the need to regulate the social media in the wake of prevalent "slanderous...
‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...
State governments indifferent to Anganwadi workers: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said the state governments are adopting a "careless" and "irresponsible"...
Powell calls for more Indian women students in US
By IANS,
Kolkata: Asserting that the US was stepping up efforts to increase the number of young women studying in her country, Ambassador to India...
This women’s day meet Captain Salva who dared to dream of skies
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: ‘Dream big, determination and hard work can take you to skies’. These are not the words of some wannabe motivational speaker but from a shy young woman from the narrow lanes of old Hyderabad who has literally touched the sky.
WRB is against the essence of social justice: Dr. Ejaz Ali
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: The Rajya Sabha MP of Janta Dal-United (JD-U) Dr M Ejaz Ali on Tuesday stated that the Women's Reservation Bill in present format will turn the parliament into a 'kitty club' of high society ladies.
Ali was in the city to attend a workshop on the issue organised by All India Dalit Muslim Morcha (AIDMM) at UP Press Club in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Yemen to appoint four women as district managers
By NNN-SABA,
Sana'a : Yemeni Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qater Hilal said that four women would be appointed in the positions of district managers in four provinces.
Hilal added that their appointment would be the first step to expand this policy in other provinces of the country, pointing that the appointments would be in the capital Sana'a and Aden, Taiz, Hodeidah and Ibb provinces.
He affirmed this experiment aims at strengthening the effective participation of women in political and administrative life and decision-making positions.
Gaya’s Urdu girls’ high school to celebrate its golden jubilee
By Tameemuddin Humble,
Gaya: In 1964 when the community was witnessing girls’ shyness or feeling unworthy of schooling, some revered souls of Gaya, now in their eternal abodes, founded an institution, exclusively for the girls in the city. The “Urdu Girls High School” came into being at the waqf land dedicated to the Madarsa Anwarul-Uloom that spared a portion of the big compound for the promotion of girls’ education as well as the Urdu language.
India takes up rape incident with Maldives
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has taken up "quite strongly" with Maldives the rape of an Indian woman and has been assured of action by its government, an official said Tuesday.
A.K. Ganguly slams Bengal rights panel over woman’s torture
Kolkata : Former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly Thursday condemned the alleged torture of a woman by West Bengal police, and expressed anguish over...
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...
Global women’s summit held in Istanbul
By IANS,
Istanbul : A global summit for women was held in Istanbul for providing a platform to women to share "what works" in accelerating their economic advancement in society.
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.
Four get life sentence in Shakti Mills gang-rape case
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Friday awarded life sentences to four men convicted for gang-raping a 19-year-old call centre employee in the Shakti Mills Complex...
Violence against women: Madhya Pradesh cuts sorry figure
By Sanjay Sharma, IANS,
Bhopal : Domestic violence has increased by five times in the last nine years, a shocking 1,217 gang rapes were reported in 1,300 days and maternal mortality is one of the highest in India - women in Madhya Pradesh don't have much to cheer about this International Women's Day Monday.
From 7,283 cases of domestic violence against women in 2001, the number went up by five times to 36,215 in 2009, according to police records.
With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Bundu : Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to "bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women" whose husbands and kin have taken to arms.
Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile 'zamindar' (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 km from Ranchi, makes terracotta, dokra (metal ware) and ceramic sculptures, jewellery, cutlery and solid three-dimensional wall paintings using ethnic Sohrai motifs and techniques.
India International Science Fair: 15-year-old Jharkhand student develops jacket that helps the blind
By Archana Rao
New Delhi : Unlike most children of his age, Prithvi Raj isn’t interested in science experiments like baking soda volcanoes or balloon...
बुंदेलखंड की बहादुर बेटी और ‘गुलाबी गैंग’ की शेरनी हेमलता पटेल की भूली बिसरी...
हेमलता पटेल गुलाबी गैंग की संस्थापक सदस्यों में से हैं। बुंदेलखंड का मशहूर गुलाबी गैंग महिलाओं के विरुद्ध होने वाले अत्याचारों से लड़ने के...
Woman alleges rape, tattooing of insults on forehead for not bringing dowry
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman in Rajasthan has alleged that she was harassed, beaten-up, raped and was tattooed with abuses including...
Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.
Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board
By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow.
Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.
Why do women prefer crime stories?
By IANS,
Washington : Women prefer real crime stories based on rape and murder -- more so than men -- as they fear becoming victims, says a new study.
Many people might assume that men, being the more aggressive sex, would be most likely to find such gory topics interesting.
But research says women fear becoming victims of crimes, so they turn to crime books in a possible effort to learn strategies and techniques to prevent crimes.
Girl gangs with a noble cause
By Anjali Singh, CNS
There is no power like girl power. This can’t ring more true when it comes to empowering young adolescent girls in rural India.
What began as self help girl group, a unique concept taken up by UNICEF Lucknow, today is one of the most powerful tools young adolescent girls are using to protect themselves against exploitation and fight for their rights.
Called 'Kishori Sabhas' or 'Samuhs' these groups are so popular that they have even managed to do away with practices like child labor and child marriage in the villages.
How was this possible?
Challenges in Implementation of National Food Security Act discussed
By TCN News
New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...
Obese women more impulsive than others
By IANS,
Washington : Obese women tend to be more impulsive than their normal weight counterparts, according to a study.
University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) researchers tested how obese and normal-weight men, women are driven by immediate versus delayed gratification.
They gave 95 participants (men and women) the choice of receiving hypothetical amounts of money immediately or fixed amounts to be received after delays of two weeks, one month, six months or after years.
Government plans women’s health campaign
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Indian government's premier agency for science communication, Vigyan Prasar, is planning to launch a nation-wide programme to educate women on health related issues.
Recurring debate over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Maadar E Vatan & Vande Mataram
Repeated debate has always meant more TRPs but never really a step forward
By Nita Khan for TwoCircles.net,
It was August 22, 2011. A week...
Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam
New Delhi : Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School here on Saturday topped the class 12 examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),...
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...
Hang bride burners: Supreme Court
By IANS,
New Delhi : Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said.
Women set for Karva Chauth celebrations
By IANS,
New Delhi : Adorned in traditional garb and with intricate henna designs on their hands, women in the national capital and several parts of north India are celebrating the Karva Chauth festival Wednesday with a day long fast and prayers for their husband's long life.
As per custom, women must observe a day long fast which is followed by evening rituals including sitting around the deity Gaura Mata and a small clay pitcher called karva and offering prayers.
Girl tortured by father, stepmother rescued in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The injuries and scars all over her body bear testimony to the cruel torture she was subjected to by her father and stepmother...
European, Asian stars vie for top honours at Women’s Indian Open
By IANS,
Gurgaon : Leading women golfers from Asia and Europe will tee along with India's best in the DLF Women's Indian Open starting at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Wednesday.
The third edition of India' only Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) event will tee-off with the pro-am Tuesday while the three day main event will be played from Wednesday. The tournament offers $120,000 in prize purse. The format of the event will witness the cut being applied after two days with the top 50 golfers plus ties making it to the final round.
Over 32,000 cases of women’s rights violation in 2014-15
New DelhiI More than 32,000 cases of violation of rights of women have been reported by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights...
Campaign on wheels against child trafficking launched in Assam
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday flagged off the 'Mukti Caravan', a campaign on wheels against child trafficking spearheaded by Bachpan Bachao...
In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening
Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...
Women’s rights activists condemn assault on Mangalore girls
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's rights activists Sunday condemned the attack on girls in a pub in Karnataka's coastal city of Mangalore by a self-styled moral brigade called Sri Rama Sene.
Several women's rights organisations expressed their anger at the assault, saying it was violation of freedom.
"Nobody has right to assault anyone and there can be no justification for this. Due action should be taken against them," Meenakshi Lekhi of the National Commission for Women (NCW) told IANS.
Television hosts assault woman during live show
By IANS/EFE,
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), April 10 (IANS/EFE) Three television hosts assaulted a woman presenter and pulled out her hair after she called them homosexuals during a live show broadcast on the national network.
Enrique Crespo, Ali David and Tommy "La Berny" Castillo attacked Venya Carolina on live television as she called them homosexuals, the Commission on Public Entertainment and Radiophony said in a statement Friday.
Six women arrested in Uttar Pradesh with 200 tortoises
By IANS,
Lucknow : Six women from West Bengal were Monday nabbed with as many as 200 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, a police official said.
"Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed the women and seized several sacks full of tortoises," district police chief Kripa Shanker Singh told IANS over telephone.
All the women were arrested from near the bus station in Mainpuri, some 200 km from Lucknow, Monday evening.
"We have contacted the forest officials," said Singh. The women were being questuiioned, the police said.
UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities
By Arun Kumar, IANS
Washington: A prominent woman-owned hospital group in the United Arab Emirates, begun by a woman who moved there from Nagpur, plans to bring affordable health care services to smaller Indian cities with a $24 million World Bank financing.
"The project will introduce high clinical and managerial standards and create new jobs where there is significant unemployment, especially in smaller Indian cities," the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, said on signing of agreements to finance Zulekha Hospitals Group's expansion plans.
Kerala to set up psychological counseling centers for women
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.Net,
Malappuram: The Women Folk of Kerala is undergoing many mental pressures in the interiors of their house, even after much innovation in the field of Women empowerment.
And so, the government has decided to set up a Psychological Counseling centre in every towns of Kerala. This will help to solve the problems of the most discriminated group in the society to a great extent.
CBI files charge-sheet against 13, rules out rape, murder in Shopian case
By Agence India Press
Srinagar: The CBI has filed a charge-sheet against 13 people including six doctors and lawyers for allegedly "fabricating" evidence in the aftermath of recovery of two bodies of women Nelofer and Asiya in Shopian in May this year.
The CBI informed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday that a charge-sheet had been filed before a Chief Judicial Magistrate against 13 people for allegedly creating false evidence and witnesses.
UN body concerned about impact of Gaza violence on women
United Nations : The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Friday expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women's...
Gender neutrality much needed in India: Kiran Bedi
New Delhi : Gender neutrality is required in corporate India to reduce the attrition of female staff, social activistg Kian Bedi, a former top...
Indian challenge ends in ITF women’s tournament
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Indian challenge in the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament got over Friday with the defeat of Isha Lakhani and Sanaa Bhambri in the semi-finals.
On a hot and humid day at DLTA complex here, third-seeded Isha went down 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain while Sanaa, seeded fifth, lost to seventh-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko, 3-6, 2-6.
Webley-Smith will meet her doubles partner Kolesnichenko for the title clash Saturday.