Woman attemps to set herself ablaze near Rashtrapati Bhavan
By IANS,
New Delhi : Apparently depressed due to quarrels with her husband, a 30-year-old woman allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze near the heavily-guarded Rashtrapati Bhavan here Monday evening, officials said.
The woman, identified as Sangeeta, allegedly poured kerosene over her body and set herself afire around 5.30 p.m. on Dalhousie Road behind the presidential palace.
Security officials rushed towards her and put out the flames, before officials from Delhi Fire Service could reach the spot.
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...
STF asked to trace missing woman official in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has entrusted the Special Task Force (STF) with finding a 53-year-old woman government official, who has been missing along with her driver since Friday, an official said Monday.
Rakesh Jain, district manager of state Food and Essential Commodities Corporation, posted in Sitapur, has been missing since last Friday.
"A team of STF would now probe the case. We would make every effort to trace the woman official," Additional Director General (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.
People talking of women’s security are snooping on them: Priyanka
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): For the second consecutive day, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday targeted the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Speaking at...
Muslims in/of India: surrogate oppressors or colonizers?
A Muslim woman deconstructs how dominant majoritarian narratives reconstruct Indian Muslim women as the perpetual Other.
Misria Shaik Ali | TwoCircles.net
This is an article, an...
A Bihar man goes to meet daughter who strayed into Pakistan
Patna: Janardan Mahto, a labourer from a Bihar village, on Tuesday left for Delhi where he hopes to meet his daughter Geeta, the deaf-mute...
Ten women labourers drown in Rajasthan
Jaipur : Ten women drowned when a boat they had boarded to cross a river capsized in Rajasthan Friday, police said.
The mishap occurred in...
Unfortunate that women are not safe even in woman-ruled states: Gadkari
Kolkata : Stressing on the need for women empowerment, union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said it was unfortunate for the country that women...
एक परिचय- मेरठ यूनिवर्सिटी की टॉपर इरम फ़ातिमा
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर- इरम फ़ातिमा मुजफ्फरनगर शहर के मौहल्ले लद्दावाला में रहती है। बेहद ऊर्जा वान है, मासूम बच्ची की तरह चहकती...
Kerala women’s body wants minimum age for nuns
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala State Women's Commission has asked the state government to ensure that girls who want to be nuns are at least 18 years old.
"We have received complaints and the recommendation that we gave to the state government is based on it. Action will be taken against those parents who send their daughter who is below 18 years to become nuns," commission chairperson D. Sreedevi told reporters here Tuesday.
Deendar Anjuman: Damned by the Muslim community, haunted by the security agencies
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
13 years on, no political consensus on women’s quota bill
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : Opposition from three political parties may still derail the bill seeking to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislatures for women.
Though the union cabinet decided last Thursday it would introduce the bill, it does not have the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, to get it passed.
The three parties -- the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- are demanding a quota for weaker sections within this one-third quota.
Jammu and Kashmir to have law on violence against women
By IANS,
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce a bill in the budget session of the state legislature for the protection of women against domestic violence.
The decision was taken at the state's winter capital here, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah late Monday night.
The decision was taken in the backdrop of several cases of mysterious deaths of women in Jammu and Kashmir, attributed to a demand for dowry or harassment of women by in-laws.
Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women
By Najia O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.
Government confident of women’s bill passage: Moily
By IANS,
New Delhi: Despite several hiccups that the women's reservation bill is facing in parliament, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday night said the central government is confident to pass the bill in the current budget session.
"We want to pass the bill this session. We are very confident," Moily told the CNN-IBN news channel in an interview.
Indian nurses freed in Iraq, to reach Kerala Saturday
Thiruvananthapuram : All 46 Indian women nurses seized by Sunni insurgents in Iraq were freed Friday and will fly to Kerala Saturday morning, Chief...
The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman...
Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview.
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More to Saudi women than the niqab
By Maha Akeel
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and stereotyped countries in the world is Saudi Arabia, particularly when it comes to its women.
Honour for AMU teacher
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Dr. Ghazala Yasmin, guest teacher, Department of Applied Mathematics, ZH College of Engineering and Technology at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been awarded the “A K Agarwal Prize for Best Publication of the Year 2014”.
Activist lawyer killed in Navi Mumbai
Thane: Activist lawyer Minakshi Jaiswal was brutally killed with her neck slit and two fingers cut off at her residence in Navi Mumbai, officials...
‘Take action only in accordance with the law’: Supreme Court to UP govt on...
The apex court granted three days to the Uttar Pradesh government to prove how demolition complied with the building laws and other mandatory procedures.
Basil...
‘Why aren’t more Indian women empowered?’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian women have reached the highest office, yet why isn't this empowerment trickling down to all levels, asked Syria's first lady at an interaction with women journalists here Thursday.
A former investment banker, Asma Akhras al-Assad, 33, arrived nearly an hour late at the Indian Women's Press Corps, but stayed on longer than the scheduled period. She is accompanying her husband, President Bashar al-Assad, on a five-day state visit to India commencing Tuesday evening.
PM wants more ‘meaningful voice’ for women in politics
By IANS,
New Delhi : Mobilising the "vast latent capabilities of our women" was imperative to democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while advocating a a more meaningful voice for women in political and developmental processes.
"The representative bodies (in India) should think of ways to marshal the energy and the impatience of the young and the vast latent capabilities of our women," Manmohan Singh said in his address at the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Countries (CSPOC) here.
For many rural women in Bihar, Kheta embroidery work aims to boost livelihood
Kheta is said to be a 500-year-old quilting heirloom practised exclusively by Shershahabdi women. Today, Kheta embroidery work is getting popular among non-Shershahabdi people...
गुरुग्राम : जहां मुसलमान पढ़ रहे थे नमाज़ ,वहीं हिन्दू संगठन करने लगे कीर्तन
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बीते शुक्रवार, गुरुग्राम के सेक्टर 47 में मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों को एक बार फिर जुमे की नमाज़ अदा करने में दिक्कत का सामना...
Ramadan 1433: Quran
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Ramadan is also the month of Quran, Muslims' holy book. Two ladies seen reading Quran in Jama Masjid of Delhi.
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Naroda Patiya riot case: Guj HC bench refuses to give preference to Kodnani’s appeal,...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Ahmedabad: A division bench of Gujarat High Court that has begun the final hearing in the Naroda Patiya cross...
Boost development to enhance women’s role in preventing conflicts: India
By Arul Louis
United Nations : Drawing attention to the challenges posed by women's under-representation in roles for preventing and ending conflicts, India has said...
NIT development being highlighted as communal incident: Mehbooba
Srinagar : While Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti described the student unrest at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) a "non-issue", the...
ये घटनाए बताती है कि उत्तर प्रदेश में पत्रकारों के लिए सब कुछ सही...
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न्यूज़ वेबसाइट 'स्क्रॉल' की कार्यकारी संपादक सुप्रिया शर्मा ने लॉकडाऊन खत्म होने और अनलॉक के प्रारंभ होने के तुरंत बाद भारत के...
Neural tube defect more likely to affect teen pregnancies
By IANS,
Sydney : Younger women are more likely to have neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancies than older women, according to a new study.
The report showed that teenage women had the highest rate of NTD affected pregnancies and women aged 30-34 years the lowest. The neural tube becomes the brain and spinal cord.
"Multiple pregnancies were also more likely to have neural tube defects than singleton pregnancies," said Samanthi Abeywardana of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) National Perinatal Statistics Unit.
Women bless Mamata Banerjee for first ladies’ train
By IANS,
Kolkata : A day after Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ladies' special local train, hundreds of jubilant women showered their blessings upon the West Bengal leader and wished her well.
The first ladies' special train was flagged off Sunday and started plying from Howrah to Bandel station Monday. The train would run twice daily during peak hours from Monday to Saturday every week.
Hijab ban forced many Muslim women in Karnataka to drop out of colleges: new...
The report by PUCL Karnataka elaborates the ways in which Muslim women students were denied their right to education by being forced to...
Ramadan 1438: Shazia
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I started Ramzan just because everyone in my house used to fast and my father was pretty particular about it,"...
Indian tribal women’s ‘smart’ ride to economic self-reliance
By Anurag Dey
Sahebganj (Jharkhand), (IANS): Her thumbs flying fast over the touchscreen of her smartphone, Purnima Mahato, 35, of this tribal village in Jharkhand,...
Kalam prays for rape victim’s recovery
By IANS,
Patna : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday prayed for the speedy recovery of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim in Delhi.
Professor Suraiya Husain passes away
By TCN
Aligarh: Noted writer, renowned scholar and former Chairperson, Department of Urdu, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Professor Suraiya Husain passed away following a prolonged...
Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...
Eight-year-old girl raped in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : An eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her landlord's son here on Wednesday -- but her parents came to know about...
अंतरराष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या दिवस पर विशेष :संघ के बड़े एजंडे का छोटा सा हिस्सा है...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
साल 2014 में केंद्र में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद बीजेपी देश भर में अपने व्यापक एजेंडे को लागू करने की दिशा में...
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.
No link between gender justice, St.Stephen’s minority status: Activists
New Delhi : Women activists on Wednesday condemned St. Stephen's principal Valson Thampu's for "mishandling" the sexual harassment case, saying the fight for gender...
Indian women’s hockey team heads for Ireland
New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team will depart for Ireland Wednesday night to participate in a three-match Test series to prepare for the...
Muslim women education in Kerala: My mom and I, then and now
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,
Golf: Indian girls slip to ninth place
Hong Kong: The Indian golf team of Gaurika Bishnoi, Ridhima Dilawari and Nishtha Madan ended the second day in tied ninth position at the...
Eloped girl’s father abducts boy for revenge, held
By IANS,
New Delhi: A man has been arrested for abducting a six-year-old cousin of a boy with whom his daughter had eloped last month, police said.
Qadir Khan, a 38-year-old from Sitamarhi in Bihar, was arrested from Gorkhpur Tuesday for kidnapping the boy in east Delhi July 27.
The boy has been rescued from Qadir Khan's custody and police said search was on to find Khan's accomplices.
Veiled Muslim women barred from entering France
By IANS,
London : Three Saudi women were barred from entering France for refusing to remove their face veils, it was reported here Wednesday.
PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event
ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...
Bengal Christian forum condemns gang rape of nun
Kolkata: Condemning the alleged gang rape of a nun by dacoits in West Bengal's Nadia district, a state forum of Christians on Saturday accused...
Harassed for dowry, woman commits suicide in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : A 22-year-old woman who was allegedly being harassed for dowry by her husband committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in Noida, the police said.
The incident came to light Monday morning, when the woman's body was discovered by her husband.
Anita, a resident of Harola area, was married to Gajendra Singh, a factory worker, two years ago.
Anita's brother Kaushlendra in a complaint to the police alleged that Singh used to torture her for dowry.
The police have registered a complaint. The accused is said to be absconding.
Medical student commits suicide in AIIMS hostel
New Delhi: A 17-year-old MBBS student allegedly committed suicide early Sunday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her hostel room in the...
जिसने काम चलाया था उसके लिए क़लम चला दिया…
मोहम्मद अनीसुर रहमान खान
कितना अच्छा विचार है कि हम अपने देश की बागडोर जिसके हाथ में दें उसका रिपोर्ट कार्ड भी हम ही बनाएं...
Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to commemorate the life and achievements of Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack, a Memorial Lecture was held at Jamia...
SDPI to hold ‘Ladies Parliament March’ against WRB
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Alleppey (Kerala): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will hold “Ladies Parliament March” and stage "dharna" (sit-in) against the Women Reservation Bill in the present form on May 13 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Islam not against women solemnising marriage: Syeda Hameed
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : Islam does not prohibit a woman from solemnising a marriage and it was reflective of the "slow and steady" changes happening in Muslim society, says Syeda Hameed, an official who courted controversy by performing the marriage rituals of a couple.
"As a religion, Islam does not prohibit a woman from solemnising marriage. We have to move forward. It is the need of the hour," Hameed, a member of the country's Planning Commission, told IANS in an interview.
तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
31 साल की यास्मीन से निकाह के समय तो तीन बार ‘क़बूल है’ ज़रूर पूछा गया था, लेकिन जब शौहर ने उसे...
Jamia Hamdard students on indefinite hunger strike, authorities pay no heed
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Students of Jamia Hamdard under the aegis of Hamdard Student Democratic Forum (HSDF) observing indefinite hunger strike...
First UAE woman in North Pole expedition
By IANS/WAM,
Dubai : Elham Al-Qasimi will become the first woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attempt an unassisted two-week expedition to the North Pole.
Elham's expedition, whose date is yet to be set, will also involve skiing, currently the preferred method of unsupported travel across the Arctic Ocean. There will be no re-supplies, airdrops or any other kind of assistance during her trip, organisers said Monday.
Indian held for Andhra student’s murder to appear in court
London, May 9 (IANS) A 24-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was to appear before British magistrates Friday on charges of killing a woman from his native state in the city of Birmingham, 190 km from here.
Nagaraju Kumar Nalluri was arrested Wednesday - a day after police found the 23-year-old woman dead from head injuries in her rented house in the Birmingham suburb of Handsworth.
Four held for illegally selling Rs.700 mn property of actress
By IANS,
Chennai : Four people, including two women, have been jailed for allegedly selling a property worth over Rs.700 million and partly owned by actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti. They used forged papers to sell the property in the northwest suburbs of this city, the police said.
The four were arrested Friday following a complaint from one of the owners of the property.
All of them were sent to Puzhal prison after a court remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days, a police official said.
Telangana to launch 24×7 helpdesk for women
Hyderabad : As part of its efforts to ensure women's safety, the Telangana government has decided to start round-the-clock helpdesk with toll free number...
Women MPs number yet to touch 50 in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : So much for woman power. The number of women MPs in India's 545-member Lok Sabha has never touched 50, the Election Commission said Friday.
"The nearest when women members could reach this mark was in the 13th Lok Sabha in the 1999 elections when 49 women candidates were elected. It was barely 9.02 percent of the total Lok Sabha Seats," a communique said.
The number of women elected to the Lok Sabha came down to 45 in 2004. It was the second highest in the house since its inception. "It was only 8.29 percent of the total seats," the communique said.
Indian parliament elects its first woman speaker, Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : History was made in India Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar, 64, became the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha - the lower house of parliament - with MPs cutting across party lines supporting the election of the Dalit leader.
The newly elected members of the 15th Lok Sabha watched in rapt attention as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani, who were engaged in a bitter war of words until a month ago, together led Meira Kumar to the podium.
About 750 women personnel to guard Indo-Nepal border
By IANS,
Patna : India's paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will deploy about 750 women constables at the Indo-Nepal border soon to check human trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities, an official said Friday.
"In a bid to strengthen security, about 750 women personnel of the SSB will guard the porous Indo-Nepal border from West Bengal to Bihar," SSB Inspector General Dilip Tandon said.
Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences
By IANS,
New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.
She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.
Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.
Woman who saved Muslims in riots hoists flag in Bihar
Patna : Commoner Shail Devi, who saved the lives of 10 Muslims during the communal clashes in Muzaffarpur district earlier this month, hoisted the national flag at the state Congress headquarter here Monday.
Paramours of married women beware!
By IANS,
New Delhi: Paramours of married woman beware! The Supreme Court has ruled that a man having an affair with a married woman and unwittingly driving her husband to end his life out of humiliation is liable to be held guilty of abetting the suicide.
A vacation bench of Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice B.S. Chauhan ruled thus while endorsing an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling convicting and jailing Guntur resident Dammu Sreenu for three years.
Two women robbed of passport, US currency in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : Two women who were returning after shopping at a mall here were robbed of their passport, US currency and other valuables at gunpoint by two men on a motorcycle, police said Saturday.
The victims, Swati Dwivedi and Monika, residents of Sector 20, were returning home in a cycle rickshaw at around 11 p.m. Friday after shopping at the Great India Place (GIP) mall, when their rickshaw was intercepted by the two men, police said.
Whither women’s security in Akhilesh’s Uttar Pradesh?
Being a woman and moving around in Akhilesh Yadav's Uttar Pradesh seems to be a mortally scaring thought.
While union home ministry records show that rape cases in India's most populous state of over 200 million people, which sends the largest number of 80 lawmakers to the national parliament, have seen a quantum jump of 55 percent over the previous year, the state government and the police force, possiblyl the largest in the country and pathetic by all standards, continues to drag its feet in one-line statements and knee-jerk reactions of setting up teams and taking the PR route of "CM blasted officials, probe is in the right direction".
Haryana student rapes classmate, arrested
By IANS,
Kurukshetra: An engineering student of a private college was arrested in this Haryana district for allegedly raping his Dalit classmate, police said Sunday.
Shabnum Wani: A Half widow who feels betrayed by both the Government and the...
In the last of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Shabnum Wani.
Bemina (Srinagar): On ...
Bengal women commuters hit by dirty railway station toilets
Kolkata : Lack of water and hygienic conditions in public toilets at railway stations in West Bengal hinder more than 70 percent women commuters,...
Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him.
Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."
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...
Facing ire over remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Nupur Sharma has a record of controversies
37-year-old Sharma is a former president of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) who rose through the ranks of the ruling BJP to become...
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...
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part IV on Jayanti Keishing
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Kejriwal accuses BJP of failing to protect women
New Delhi : AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday asked the people of Delhi to vote for his party and accused the BJP of failing...
The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers.
Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the Year
By IANS,
Vienna : Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country's leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards Association (WAA), the EFE news agency reported Saturday.
The Vienna-based World Awards Association Friday named Betancourt as the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year award, the report said.
She will receive the honour at a ceremony Oct 26, details of which would be announced later. Betancourt, 46, has dual Colombian and France citizenship.
Law and order situation broadly under control: Bengal governor
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday termed the overall law and order situation in the state as "broadly under control" and said...
NCW condemns Mamata government for crimes against women
Kolkata : Holding the Mamata Banerjee government's "lethargic attitude" as responsible for rise in crimes against women in West Bengal, National Commission for Women...
Saudi Arabia appoints woman to lead Ebola fight
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has appointed a woman, Tamara Tayeb, to lead the country's fight against the Ebola virus disease, media reported Friday.
Deputy Commander...
Haryana gets 21 all-women police stations
Chandigarh : Promising a better policing environment to make women feel secure in approaching police, the Haryana government on Friday launched all-women police...
5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari
Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...
In house of memories, meet the nowhere women
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Madhulika Sonkar, IANS,
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...
Muslim religious preacher nabbed in Kerala for advising against breast milk
Kozhikode ( Kerala) : After the arrest of a newborn's father, Kerala Police took a Muslim religious preacher into custody early on Saturday...
Advocate seeks copy of Ruchika’s case file under RTI
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Delhi based advocate Tuesday filed an application under the Right to Information Act (RTI) with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking copy of the "entire file of the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case".
Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore was sentenced by a CBI court Dec 21 to six months in jail for molesting teenager Ruchika 19 years ago on Aug 12, 1990. A fine of Rs.1,000 was also imposed on Rathore, who, however, was immediately granted bail by the court.
Now Indo-US bilateral agenda on women’s issues
By IANS,
New Delhi : US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning women during her stay here.
Talking to reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital, Verveer, whose position was created by the Barack Obama administration this year, said women's issues were of primary global concern and every effort needs to be made on behalf of the government and the civil society to address them.
वीडियो में देखिए लखनऊ घण्टाघर का सीएए के खिलाफ ऐतिहासिक प्रदर्शन!
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net
लखनऊ।
नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में शाहीन बाग़ की तर्ज़ पा चल रहा प्रदर्शन का आज...
Efforts on to free abducted Indian woman: Family
Kolkata/Kabul : The Afghan and Indian governments are working at "various levels" to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted in...
Woman found dead in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 40-year-old woman was found dead with head injury marks in her southwest Delhi home Wednesday, police said.
Manju Chabra was found dead in her house in Dabri by her 20-year-old daughter around 11.30 a.m., a police officer said.
"The door of the house was found locked from outside. The woman was lying on the floor with injuries to her head. The victim's two daughters and son had left the house in the morning," the officer said.
Police suspect that her husband Nanakchand Chabra, who is absconding since the incident, is behind the murder.
Hetalbari: The curious case of land acquisition which left residents confused
In the fourth and final part of the Sunderbans series, we look at the curious case of Hetalbari, a small village in Sunderbans, where...
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.
Empowerment of Muslim women through Islamic knowledge
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) have conducted a three-day seminar cum workshop on 'Right of Women in Qur'an-Theory and Practice' at Sarvodaya Building, St. Pius College Goregaon East in Mumbai to equip women with adequate knowledge and skills to do their work more effectively and efficiently in their respective fields.
Proposal to legalise prostitution to be placed before SC panel: NCW
New Delhi : The proposal for legalising prostitution in India will be placed before the Supreme Court constituted panel Nov 8, National Commission for...
Mother Teresa has been like god for me: Cured cancer patient
By Anurag Dey
Kolkata : As the world celebrates the Vatican approving sainthood for Mother Teresa, a 50-year-old woman, whose "miracle" cure from cancer was...
Women of Nandigram movement suffer in silence
Kolkata: They were once an integral part of the Nandigram movement that eventually catapulted the Trinamool Congress into power in West Bengal, but women...
As Mehbooba Mufti takes over, people of J&K hope for development, revocation of draconian...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: Continuing the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, the daughter of late J&K Chief Minister Mufti...
Bihar woman says man harassed her via 750 mobile numbers
Patna : A woman in Bihar here has claimed that a man called her from 750 mobile phone numbers in the last six years...
Tribal women protestors in Lalgarh teargassed
By IANS,
Lalgarh (West Bengal): A Trinamool Congress team, including two junior central ministers, visited this trouble-torn belt Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of the ongoing security operations before police staged a baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a group of agitating tribal women.
Suicides by pregnant women, new mothers under-reported
By IANS,
Sydney : Nearly twice as many women commit suicide during pregnancy or the time around childbirth than previously thought, according to University of New South Wales researchers.
The results highlighted the significance of perinatal (period shortly before and after birth) mental health, with suicide being the leading cause of indirect death, followed by cardiac disorders. Deaths from accidents and violence are also significant.
India’s first halal cosmetics firm set to expand outlets
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Ahmedabad : Mauli Teli has people coming up to her often and asking what 'halal' has to do with cosmetics. "Are...
इस बार यूपी में बढ़ गई विधायकों में मुस्लिमों की तादाद, पढ़े किसने -किसे...
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा में मुस्लिम विधायकों का आंकड़ा 2017 के मुकाबले में मामूली अंको में बढ़ा है। इस बार 36 मुस्लिम चुनाव जीतकर विधानसभा...
Meghalaya governor assures check on crimes against women
By IANS,
Shillong: Condemning crimes against women in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Thursday said the government is adopting new strategies to tackle the issue.
Book captures everyday art by rural Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pushpa is a sweeper at the international airport in Mumbai, sweating it out for eight hours a day to fend for her family of three. But when at home in a slum, the widow is an artist - she draws rice-flour "kalam", or sacred designs to welcome guests, outside her home in a narrow alley near Santa Cruz.
Lalita, a Yadav housewife at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, is rooted to a culture where women have lived behind the veil for years. But she is bound to Pushpa by a thread of colours.
53-year-old woman becomes second swine flu fatality
By IANS,
Mumbai: A 53-year-old woman died here Saturday evening of swine flu, becoming the second fatality in India of the fast-spreading virus, officials said.
Additional Chief Secretary Health Sharvari Gokhale told IANS that the woman had been treated at the Lilavati Hospital for the past four days for "pneumonia and hypertension".
"Today she was admitted to Kasturba Hospital and her blood test was taken. It tested positive for swine flu and she passed away this evening," she said.
She has been identified as Fahima Panwala and belonged to Mumbai.
यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच
उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...
Paying a debt to our mothers, says law minister
By IANS,
New Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily Tuesday said by passing of the historic Women's Reservation Bill providing 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies "we are paying a debt to our mothers".
The apprehensions expressed by some MPs on the quota would be addressed, the law minister assured the house.
Women’s bill holds many unrealized promises: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi: The women's reservation bill holds many unrealized promises for the political empowerment of women, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here Saturday.
"India was one of the first countries where women were given the right to vote. Parliament has, over the years, enacted several laws for their empowerment, welfare and protection," Meira Kumar, the first woman to be the Lok Sabha speaker, said at a summit on 'Inclusive Growth and Empowerment of Women of Rural India'.
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.
Confident women lack social skills
By IANS,
Washington : Women who project themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are perceived as highly competent but lacking in social skills.
Women who present themselves as modest and cooperative, while well liked, are perceived as low on competence.
However, confident and ambitious male candidates are viewed as both competent and likable and therefore are more likely to be hired as a manager than either confident or modest women.
From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...
Dignity March to end shaming, silence of sexual violence survivors concludes in Delhi
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The Dignity March, initiated by Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan, a group of NGOs to end sexual violence against women and children in...
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
By IANS,
London : An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London.
The 42-year-old woman had illegally stayed back in the country after arriving on a holiday, the police said. Her house was raided on a tip-off.
She pleaded guilty to 17 offences of identity fraud at Kingston Crown Court and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A large number of documents, including fake and original passports, driving licences and bank documents were seized from her house.
SpiceJet operates all-women flights on Women’s Day
By IANS,
Mumbai : International Women's Day got off to a flying start Friday with private carrier SpiceJet's first flights of the day being operated by all-women crew, an official here said.
NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers
New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...
EC move to curb bogus voting by ‘veiled’ women
Chandigarh : To check any attempt at bogus voting by women coming in veils to polling booths for casting their votes, the Election Commission...
Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
World’s most lucrative women’s golf Tour to debut in China
By IANS,
Beijing : The world's most lucrative women's golf tour arrives in China this October. The inaugural Grand China Air Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) that features world No.2 Annika Sorenstam and the sixth-ranked Tseng Yani, will be held from October 24-26 at Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan.
The tournament featuring 63 of the world's best players will compete for $1.8 million.
Humpy in semi-finals of women’s world chess championship
By IANS,
Nalchik (Russia) : Koneru Humpy established herself as the hot favourite with a sweeping 2-0 win over China's Shen Yang in the quarter finals to cruise into the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship.
In the semi-finals, Humpy will clash with another Chinese youngster, Hou Yifan, who at 14 is considered very talented.
The second semi-final will feature Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia and Sweden's veteran Pia Cramling.
Heptulla oldest, Irani youngest cabinet minister
New Delhi : Najma Heptulla is the oldest member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, while Smriti Irani is the youngest.
The 74-year-old...
Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative
By Shobha Shukla
"There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...
Saudi Women: agents of change shattering common stereotypes
By Lulua Asaad,
Vienna - When I made the decision to move to Vienna, I was unprepared for the repercussions my attitude, behaviour and opinions would have in forming and influencing European perceptions of women from Saudi Arabia, a country that is at a crossroads between modernity, globalisation, liberation, empowerment, heritage and cherished traditions.
खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...
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नीट 2022 की परीक्षा में लगभग 1200 मुस्लिम बच्चों ने सफलता हासिल की है इनमें से कई बच्चे मदरसा बैकग्राउंड के...
Solidarity action held for Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to express deep respect for Irom Sharmila and to support the ongoing struggle for justice by civil society...
No permanent commission for women in army: government
By IANS,
New Delhi : There is no scope for granting permanent commission to women in the army, the government told the Delhi High Court Friday.
Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium submitted before Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that the granting of permanent commission to women officers on short service commission in the Indian Army is out of question.
However, the court has stayed the retirement of the officers involved in the litigation till the final outcome of the case and the matter was posted for final arguments Nov 19.
Soccer girls
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
When FIFA World Cup Soccer Final match is played on Sunday, there will be at least a billion people will be watching it around the world. Going by the two pictures that I will present to you, some of these fans will be young Muslim girls of India.
She almost did not become a Doctor; but now Dr Farida Ghoghawala helps thousands...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Fort Meyers, Florida: For most professionals, 60 is the age when they are expected to take a...
Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature
Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....
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.
No vacancy for women officers in army, air force: government
By IANS,
New Delhi: The central government Monday told the Delhi High Court that there is no scope to grant women officers permanent commissions in the army and air force, as there are no vacancies for them.
Appearing on behalf of the government, Additional Solicitor General A.S.Chandhiok said: "Army and Air Force officers are in surplus numbers. If we grant permanent commission (PC) to the Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers, then where will we accommodate them?"
Nigeria: 63 women escape from Boko Haram captors
Nairobi : Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors...
राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश
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राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...
Criticism of Haj policy recommendations on women invalid: Review committee member
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi, (IANS): The criticism of certain recommendations of the review committee on the new Haj policy -- including that of...
African delegates expecting high from women’s summit
By Xinhua,
Hanoi : Women are still victims of poverty and disparity, First Lady of Burkina Faso said here Thursday at the opening of the pre-summit ministerial roundtable of the Global Summit of Women.
The Summit, which is to kick off later Thursday, gathered over 900 businesswomen, professionals and government leaders from around the world to talk about women's development and other issues.
27 held for killing five women over alleged witchcraft
Ranchi : At least 27 people have been arrested for beating five women to death near state capital Ranchi for allegedly practising witchcraft,...
Merajur Rahman Baruah wins National Award for documentary ‘Shifting Prophecy’
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Delhi based independent documentary filmmaker Merajur Rahman Baruah won the 55th National Award for his documentary film ‘Shifting Prophecy.” The film was awarded Rajat Kamal for the 55th National Award in the Best Film on Social Issue category.
Mr. Baruah is an accomplished documentary filmmaker with several documentaries and awards to his credit. He won the Best Director Award at Hyderabad International Film Festival in 2008 for the same film.