Indian, foreign women artists tread common ground
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Malathi Selvam, a rangoli artist from Puducherry, draws patterns in coloured powder. Figures of women, mostly of goddesses and brides, make up her art as she draws at weddings.
Anna Laine from Sweden, an anthropologist by profession, works with laces, which she uses to trace simple patterns on paper and canvas.
Kristina Matousch, a packaging industry employee in Sweden, traces her patterns with old packages, which are folded and scissored to black-and-white linear and rectangular shapes.
Woman income tax official arrested for taking bribe
By IANS,
New Delhi : An assistant commissioner of income tax in Bangalore has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.200,000, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) statement said here Wednesday.
An income tax assessee had lodged a complaint with the CBI that the accused, K. Chandrika, had demanded a bribe of Rs.1 million for accepting income tax returns filed for the financial year 2005-06.
The CBI then registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and laid a trap.
NGOs release charter urging men to say no to violence against women
New Delhi : A 10-point charter was released here by Non-Government Organisations on Tuesday urging men to become agents of change and say no...
DPS asked to compensate teachers in sexual harassment case
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society to compensate three of its teachers, who had alleged sexual harassment by the principal of Faridabad branch of the school, to the tune Rs.2.5 lakh each.
Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt in his order asked DPS to pay Rs.2.5 lakh each to three of its teachers and Rs.1.5 lakh to another employee of the school who had accused the then school principal U.S. Verma of sexual harassment. The teachers were forced to resign from their positions following the allegation.
Three held guilty of both gang rapes in Shakti Mills
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday held three men, convicted earlier for gang rape of a call centre employee in the Shakti Mills complex...
एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...
एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...
Seminar on ‘Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciences’ held in Aligarh
TCN News
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) held a seminar on Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciecnces and noted pediatrician, Dr Hameeda...
BJP divided on women’s bill, Advani calls MPs for tea
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's quota bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath saying that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
As the signs of disquiet grew, veteran leader and chairperson of the BJP parliamentary party L.K. Advani called for a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs at his residence over tea Thursday evening.
Tarannum Firdous, the first Muslim girl from Siliguri to crack WBCS in her maiden...
TCN News with inputs from Sadique Mumtaz
“Hard work never goes in vain. One who continues working hard despite enduring pain and adverse conditions is destined...
क्या कर्नाटक में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का शैक्षिक भविष्य अंधकार में चला गया है !
कर्नाटक हिजाब को लेकर हुए नकारात्मक चर्चा का असर लड़कियों की शिक्षा पर हो गया है, बहुत सी लड़कियों ने स्कूल जाना बंद कर...
Saving Muslim women? First, learn to stand for us: An Open Letter to AIMPLB
By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net
Dear respected AIMPLB members,
Be it the women rallies taken out by AIMPLB throughout the country abruptly stopped, the sudden...
National consultation on violence against women in January
New Delhi: A national consultation will be held between civil society organisations and government officials in January on protection of women from violence, organisers...
Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive
On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...
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,...
Divisive Rhetoric to Ethical Quagmires: Women Politicians Under the Spotlight
TCN News
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...
DCW to work with Delhi Police’s crimes against women cell
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday decided to work closely with Delhi Police's special unit dealing with crimes against women...
AIMPLB must stop fooling people over Triple Talaq
By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for Twocircles.net
“Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense,...
Mahjabeen sailing SAFEENAH to take poor to happiness
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Patna (Bihar): The place I have entered now is in the heart of a densely populated Muslim area which houses believers of other faiths also. You won't be impressed by the hygienic quotient or the lack of it in the area. But what impresses one and all is the devotion of a middle-aged local Muslim lady to social work.
I was there to meet Mahjabeen Sarwar who runs an NGO called SAFEENAH, an acronym for the “Society for Awareness, Family Welfare, Education, Economic Upliftment, Nationality & Health.”
A dropout herself, she sends village children to school
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school.
This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.
British Indian jailed for raping 12-year-old girl
London: A British Indian man has been jailed for over ten years for raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain last year, a media report...
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...
TCN News
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) President Aruna Roy has launched a fact-finding report on the February violence inside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamic...
Woman stripped naked in Rajasthan village
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman was stripped naked, her face blackened and she was forced to ride a donkey on the...
Haryana’s women legislators – motorcylist nurse to industrialist mom
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : One was a nurse who ran her campaign riding a motorcycle. Another is known for her flamboyance in politics and social life. A third has been listed by Forbes magazine as one of India's richest women. They are among the nine women elected Thursday to the 90-member Haryana assembly.
In a state that has one of the worst sex ratios in the country with just around 800 females per 1,000 males, 67 women were in the poll fray among 1,222 contenders this time.
Missionaries of Charity mourn Sister Nirmala’s death
Kolkata: The Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday saluted Sister Nirmala's life of service and dedication, recalling her role in taking the religious order forward
"We...
Islamists oppose women as heads of state, government
By IANS,
Dhaka : Women should be debarred from holding office as heads of government or state, an Islamist party has said in Bangladesh, where women have headed governments between 1991 and 2006.
The election law should be amended to make women ineligible to hold these offices, the Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan (BKA) Saturday told a government panel led by Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, currently holding a dialogue with political parties.
Ahmed performs prime ministerial functions in a caretaker government holding office since January last year.
A temple which welcomes only women
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk.
The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.
Creator of Bulli Bai app arrested from Assam: Delhi Police
The report quoting sources said the man identified as Neeraj Bishnoi was the mastermind who allegedly created the app on the GitHub platform.
TCN...
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.
Woman gets relief from incontinence
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman, suffering from continence, a condition characterised by involuntary loss of urine, for the last one year, has finally...
Niqab ban gets unanimous support in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,
Toronto : Canadians have unanimously supported the niqab ban announced by French-speaking Quebec province this week. After France, the Canadian province is the first in North America to ban the niqab, a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women.
The ban, triggered by an Egyptian immigrant woman's refusal to remove her niqab in her French classes in Montreal, will disallow access to government services, schools and colleges and health care to those who don't remove the face veil.
Women’s Super-G results at Sochi
By IANS,
Rosa Khutor: Following are the women's Super-G results at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday:
1. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1:25.52
2. Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany, 1:26.07
3....
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.
Nand Ghar project launched by Vedanta, women and child ministry
New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurated the first "Nand Ghar" or modern anganwadi of the 4,000 her ministry plans...
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.
आख़िर तीन तलाक़ पर क़ानून की बात इसी वक़्त क्यों उठी?
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जी हां, क्यों तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत यानी एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ का मुद्दा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले के लगभग तीन महीने बाद...
Woman official in Punjab attempts suicide
By IANS,
Patiala : A woman revenue official in Punjab has been admitted to a hospital here after she attempted suicide in this town, 80 km from Chandigarh, police officials said Thursday.
The woman, Jaspal Kaur, a 'Naib Tehsildar' in the revenue department, consumed some poisonous substance after paying obeisance at a gurudwara (Sikh shrine) here Wednesday.
She was rushed to the Rajindra Medical college and hospital here where doctors said that her condition was now stable.
AIMMM reiterates demand for Muslim reservation, sub-quota in WRB
By TCN News,
New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) has reiterated demand of 10% reservation for Muslims in job and education and sub-quota for OBCs and Muslims in Women Reservation Bill. It also demanded government not to play games to sow discord between Muslims & non-Muslims OBCs and suggested the government to conduct Caste Census.
Rajya Sabha members condemn acid attacks
New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha members Friday condemned the many incidents of acid attacks and demanded stringent punishment for their perpetrators,...
No consensus on women’s bill, discussions to continue
By IANS,
New Delhi : The central government Monday said it would continue discussions on the women's reservation bill, after its meeting with leaders of parties in the Lok Sabha failed to reach a consensus as most opponents stuck to their stated positions.
"Further discussion will continue," the government said in a statement after the nearly two-and-half hour meeting on the contentious bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday.
"I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.
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...
No marriage? 23 Saudi women sue guardians
Riyadh : Twenty-three Saudi women sued their parents last year for not letting them get married, a source at the National Society for Human...
Cash for Votes: How Women-Centric Schemes Are Shaping India’s Elections
M. I. Khan, TwoCircles.net
Is paying more cash to women the new normal to win elections in India? This factor has emerged on the surface...
Muslim women of Malabar
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
TCN Malabar series: Part 8
In various towns of Malabar, it is not uncommon to see Muslim women on the streets, bazaars, and schools. They can be easily identified with their traditional mode of clothing. Young girls wear long colorful skirts, long sleeved blouses and heads covered in dupatta or a hijab. Older girls, it seems, prefer shalwar qameez. Married women wear saris or abayas.
Sandra wins $50,000 women’s ITF title
By IANS,
New Delhi : Third seed Sandra Zahlavova of Czech Republic overpowered Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the $50,000 women's ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) courts here Saturday.
Bojana, 16, who put out the first and fifth seeds en route, had no answer to 23-year-old Sandra's aggressive play. The Czech found a chink in the Serb's armour, a weak forehand, and attacked it relentlessly, though both had problems with their serve to start with.
Odisha gets first women’s university
Bhubaneswar : The Rama Devi Autonomous Women's College here is set to be the first women's university in Odisha.
The central government has approved the...
Saina gets a bye in World Badminton Championships first round
By IANS,
New Delhi: India's world No.6 Saina Nehwal got a bye in the women's singles first round of the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad August 10-16.
For the sixth seed Saina it could be a smooth ride till the quarterfinals. In the third-round, she may face 10th seed Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva and if she overcomes her, she may run into second seeded Lin Wang of China in the quarterfinals.
Israeli and Palestinian mothers birth a new generation of peace with healing lullaby music
By Eliana Gilad
What does an Israeli neonatal intensive care unit and the biblical prophetess Miriam, sister of Moses - a figure equally respected by both Jews and Muslims - have in common?
They both employed the conscious use of voice, rhythm and music as a means of natural healing in the face of calamity during times of change.
Heavy security for Pakistani women’s cricket team
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Heavy security has been deployed at Barabati stadium in Cuttack after protests against holding World Cup matches with Pakistan's women's cricket team in the city.
Demonstration against harassment of women in Mumbai
By TCN News,
Mumbai: To register their protest against harassment and humiliation of women by mischief mongers in the city, the youth wing of Movement for Human Welfare (MHW) organized a signature campaign and demonstration at Mumbai’s Andheri railway station on 28th June.
Notably, during the last few days some anti-social elements have been busy in harassment of pedestrian women in Mumbai specially at and around the Andheri railway station.
Bharti is ‘violent’, says HC, dismisses bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, accused of domestic violence...
UN call to end violence against women in war
By Xinhua,
United Nations : The UN Security Council has said that systematic rape and other forms of sexual violence against women during armed conflicts can constitute war crimes and called on the international community for greater efforts to combat the "silent war".
"Violence against women has reached unspeakable and pandemic proportions in some societies attempting to recover from conflict," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday while addressing a Security Council debate on sexual violence in armed conflict.
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Rajya Sabha debates women’s bill – finally
By IANS,
New Delhi : After frenzied opposition and repeated disruptions, the Rajya Sabha Tuesday evening finally debated the historic women's reservation bill in the run up to a vote on the legislation reserving one-third seats for women in parliament and state legislatures.
Amongst those who spoke were Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Arun Jaitley, Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) Brinda Karat, Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Satish Mishra and Jayanthi Natarajan of Congress.
Women scavengers make new beginning, join mainstream
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Usha Chaumar, a former woman scavenger who now lives a life of respect and sells home-made pickles for a living rather than carry human excreta, the change she is happiest about in her life is that people now offer her water in the same glass as they drink from - a sign that she is accepted in the society.
"I couldn't imagine that people would invite me to their homes, and what's more, offer me water in a glass that they use themselves!" said a confident looking Chaumar, dressed in a blue sari, at a press meet in the capital Tuesday.
SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
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...
Ensure fair probe into St.Stephen’s incident: Centre to UGC
New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to look into the case of alleged sexual...
Some Madhya Pradesh prisoners to be freed on I-Day
By IANS,
Bhopal : Women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh who have not been convicted for life and who have served over five years of their sentence will be set free on Independence Day Friday.
The government will also free certain other categories of prisoners, an official spokesman said. Those who suffer from serious illnesses like cancer will be unconditionally released.
African women writers take a new turn
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends.
Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".
More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report
United Nations, March 6 (Prensa Latina) The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman.
The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent.
In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.
Women rough up bank manager over loan
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said Thursday.
Agitated women, armed with brooms and slippers, barged into Union Bank branch manager's cabin in Phephna village of Ballia district Wednesday, and manhandled him for refusing to meet them for the past 10 days.
AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra
New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...
Seven arrested for stripping woman in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Seven of the nine people accused of beating a tribal woman and parading her naked in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district Friday have been arrested, police said Sunday.
The incident took place in the district's Chapaner village, when Manju of the Bhil community, who had eloped with her paramour Khuman last year despite being married and having three children, returned to the village for the Raksha Bandhan festival.
Scalpel Over Choice? How Hospitals in India Are Turning Childbirths Into Business
Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: When 33-year-old Khushboo Jaiswal walked into a private hospital in Delhi, she was expecting a calm and natural childbirth filled...
Watch your diet, you multi-tasking women!
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Nivedita Sharma, IANS,
Woman dies in Delhi, family alleges dowry death
By IANS,
New Delhi : The relatives of a 22-year-old woman who died in the national capital have alleged that the victim was killed by her in-laws for dowry, police said Thursday.
Deepti Sharma, mother of a girl, was admitted to a west Delhi hospital Wednesday by her in-laws where she died the same day, a police officer said.
Mumbai Municipal commissioner issues circular to all hospitals to not ask Muslim women to...
Women said they have not problem showing face for security reasons, but sometimes security guards ask them to take off entire burqa or lose...
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन
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असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...
For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist
By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net
The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...
Women over 50 not shying from marriage
By IANS,
New Delhi: A study by a matrimonial site shows that a considerable number of single, divorced and widowed women above the age of 50 are not shying away from marriage.
According to Jeevansathi.com, Indian women are willing to marry even at the age of 50 and above.
The study showed that 70 percent of the profiles on their site are posted by the individuals themselves, 10 percent by their relatives and 20 percent by friends.
Wait for some more days for women’s bill: BJP women’s wing
Panaji : The Narendra Modi-led government has been in power for only six months and should be given "some more days" to usher in...
अजय राय की पत्नी ने कहा, मोदी-मुलायम डरे हुए थे मेरे पति से, ‘ऊपर’...
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वाराणसी: पिंडरा से विधायक अजय राय ने लोकसभा चुनाव में मोदी के खिलाफ चुनाव लड़ा था. कल इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने उन पर रा.सु.का. की धारा हटा दी है. इसके साथ ही अजय राय की जमानत का रास्ता भी आसान होता दिख रहा है. लेकिन बेहद लोकल लगती यह खबर दरअसल पूर्वांचल की राजनीति की दिशा बदल सकती है. TwoCircles.net ने कल विधायक अजय राय की पत्नी रीता राय से बात की. पेश है वह बातचीत -
18 killed in Shimla accident
By IANS,
Shimla : At least 18 people, mostly women, were killed when a private bus rolled down a gorge near the tourist destination of Kufri in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday morning, police said.
Eyewitnesses said more than 40 people were travelling in the bus when the accident took place. The bus was coming to the state capital here from Kumar Sein town, 70 km away.
Unconfirmed reports put the toll at 33 dead.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal confirmed 18 deaths.
The injured have been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College here.
‘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...
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...
ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’
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Violence against women in Bangalore: official numbers tip of iceberg
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : When it comes to the number of women being subjected to violence on the streets of this tech hub of India, official figures conceal far more than they reveal, according to women's rights activists.
"For every single reported case, 10 or more lie hidden," says Jagdeesh B.N., one of the founder members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK), a social group working for safety and security of women. Most of the cases of physical and verbal abuse on women on the streets of Bangalore were not reported, he added.
Colombian inmate allowed to dress like a woman
By IANS,
Bogota : A Colombian court allowed an inmate to wear a skirt and makeup in a men's prison, acknowledging his freedom of personality, EFE has reported.
The decision of the Superior Court of the central city of Ibague Friday will allow Fairber Narvaez to dress like a woman and go by the name of "Mireya" in the jail near Chaparral.
"There are a lot of homosexuals here, but they haven't dared to come out of the closet," Narvaez said upon hearing the decision. "I did it and now they don't see me as a clown - they respect me."
Mayookha, Anu Rani set new meet records of national athletics
Kolkata : Triple jumper Mayookha Johny and javelin thrower Anu Rani shone for their respective departments as both bagged new meet records on Day...
Irom Sharmila appears in Delhi court
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years for repealing AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House Court, in the national capital. She was produced here in a case where she sat on fast on Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in the year 2006, but was charged section 309 of IPC for attempting to commit suicide.
Sikh Woman elected city council member in US
Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...
All-women police station opened in Dharamsala
Dharamsala : After Shimla, this town in Himachal Pradesh Monday became the second in the state to have an all-women police station.
Chief Minister Virbhadra...
Rukhsana’s family migrates to Rajouri Town
By News Agency of Kashmir
Rajouri:The family of Gujjar girl, Rukhsana who won great commendation for her valorous act of killing a militant after a group of them attacked her house, today migrated from the home village in Shadra Sharief area of Rajouri, fearing retaliation from the militants.
Rukhsana hit the headlines across the country early this week after police claimed that she along with her brother and other family members killed a dreaded Lashkar commander when he barged in their house along with his two associates.
59 women MPs in new parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday.
In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections.
While the Congress topped the list, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 13 women being elected.
The All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) follow with four women each getting elected to the Lok Sabha.
Demonstrations across country in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Outraged by “blatant misuse of state machinery to hound and persecute a group of courageous human rights defenders” – Teesta...
Women voters outnumber men in Jharkhand; 61 percent turnout
Ranchi : Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...
Smriti Irani: TV’s popular ‘bahu’ to play a crucial role in educating India
By Mohammad Mudassir Alam,
Monday, May 26, 2014 was a red letter day in democratic history of India as Narendra Damodaran Das Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country. Modi’s swearing in ceremony was stud with many highlights such as the presence of heads of SAARC countries, politicians, entrepreneurs, Bollywood stars, sports persons, etc. Besides these, the countrymen and analysts appreciated the cabinet of Modi, which is quite smaller in comparison to previous government and featuring considerable number of youth parliamentarians.
‘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:
बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की...
बिहार में पर्चा लीक अपराध एक बहुत बड़ी त्रासदी बन चुका है। यह बिहार के युवाओं के सपनों का सरेआम क़त्ल हो जाने जैसा...
Couple’s fight on honeymoon ends in woman’s death
By IANS,
Shimlal: It was a honeymoon that apparently went sour and ended in a murder. A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his newly-wed wife by pushing her off a cliff during their honeymoon in Himachal Pradesh, police said Tuesday.
The body of the victim, Simranjit Kaur, was recovered from a gorge in Shimla district early Tuesday, over a week after her death. Her husband Simranpal Singh Bhullar was arrested from Panchkula in Haryana Monday.
Villagers planning another ‘sati’ temple in Raipur
By IANS,
Raipur : Villagers in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district are reportedly planning to construct a temple at the site where an elderly woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre, even as seven people have been held for the crime, police said Tuesday.
Police deployment has been increased to foil their plans, an official said. Dozens of people had Monday offered prayers at the site in Chechar village, 125 km from here, despite a a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman.
Principal expelled Ruchika, but not Rathore’s daughter
By IANS,
Chandigarh: A magisterial inquiry into the expulsion of Ruchika Girhotra from her school here has revealed that while the school authorities singled out the teen-aged molestation victim for action in 1990, no such step was taken against the daughter of her tormentor though she too defaulted in fee payment.
When saying ‘no’ empowered these women
By Shilpa Raina,
New Delhi : As a child-bride, activist Sampat Pal's mother-in-law sternly instructed her to have dinner only after everyone in the family had eaten. She agreed, but a part of her rebelled against this gender discrimination. And a day came when she could take it no more and ate before everyone else did. That very moment forever changed the course of life.
This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife
After giving lessons to husbands, Asma is back with some instructions to wives.
By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net,
I drew a blank, as I began...
डींगरहेड़ी कांड : महापंचायत ने जलाई इंसाफ़ की मशाल
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
तावड़ू (हरियाणा) : मेवात ज़िले के डींगरहेड़ी गांव में 24-25 अगस्त की रात को गौरक्षकों द्वारा दो लोगों की हत्या, एक...
Justice Eqbal initiative: TN family courts to work on weekend also
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: For fast disposal of pending cases in Family Courts in Tamil Nadu, Chief Justice of Madras High Court Y.M. Eqbal has asked all six family courts in the state to work on Saturdays also besides weekdays. If necessary, the courts will function on Sundays as well. The courts will work accordingly from coming Saturday (10th July).
Bhutanese women in politics: Victims of prejudices
By Shilpa Raina,
Thimpu : There is no gender discrimination in Bhutan but, when it comes to the representation of women in politics, socio-cultural prejudices...
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.
Women lawmakers demand 50% share of Nepali CA chairs
By Xinhua,
Kathmandu : Women members of Nepali Constituent Assembly (CA) have demanded that women CA members be allowed to chair 50 percent of all the CA-related committees and parliamentary committees to ensure gender balance in constitutional making process.
According to Saturday's The Himalayan Times daily, there are 14CA-related committees and 10 parliamentary committees in the CA cum legislature-parliament. Elections of all the committees are scheduled for January 9.
Poverty-stricken woman sells off goats to construct toilet
Patna : In a rare move, a poverty-stricken woman chose to sell her four goats for financing the construction of a toilet at her...
The shallowness of the discourse on Muslim Personal Law
By Umair Azmi
The liberal silence has, thankfully, been broken. If equality between the genders is impossible within the realm of Muslim law, irrespective of...
No jeans for girls, says Mahapanchayat
Barsana (Mathura): A Mahapanchayat held in a Uttar Pradesh town has ruled that girls should refrain from wearing jeans.
The order was issued two days...
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.
Sari-wearing women may face jail if new Nigerian law passed
By Fakir Hassen, IANS,
Johannesburg : Indian women in their traditional saris with midriffs showing may find themselves falling foul of Nigerian law if a bill currently under discussion in that country is passed.
Tourists in towelling wraps and Nigerian women in traditional dress with their stomachs exposed could also find themselves behind bars for three months or subjected to fines of $100, according to the Media24 News Service here.
Ensure toilets in every home: PM to women panchayat leaders
Ranchi/Jamshedpur : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to women representatives in panchayats in the country to make efforts to construct toilets in...
Women’s commission faces heavy backlog of complaints
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) is facing a heavy backlog of complaints that were either not taken up or not disposed of, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Friday.
"In the annual audit inspection of 2008-09, the issue of pendency (of complaints) has been pointed out in the National Commission for Women (NCW)," Tirath informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
"Efforts are made to settle and cut down the pendency by NCW," she added.
Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...
Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them.
"Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.
Woman lawyer stabbed to death in court
By IANS,
Bangalore: An advocate allegedly stabbed a woman lawyer to death in the Karnataka High Court Thursday over a failed love affair, a police official said.
Advocate Raju, 28, stabbed junior lawyer Naveena, 25, many times with a knife and then attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat and consuming poison. He also attempted to stab himself in the stomach, Cubbon Park police sub-inspector Jagdish told IANS.
By the time Naveena was rushed to a nearby hospital, she died.
Raju was taken to a private hospital for emergency treatment and is under intensive care.
Railway minister’s son booked in rape case
Bangalore:Karthik, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, has been booked for sexually abusing and cheating a Kannada film actor, police said Thursday.
"We have...
US Citizens Protest War in Iraq
By Prensa Latina,
Washington : The Code Pink anti-war organization protested on Friday against occupation of Iraq in front of a Marine Corps recruitment center in California.
Activists held pink banners with the mottoes: "Bring Back the Troops Now" and "The war is Eating Our Children."
We will do anything in our power to stop that war, asserted Zanne Joi, a member of Code Pink, created in 2002 by one hundred women.
The meeting is part of the peaceful actions promoted by the group to celebrate Mothers' Day.
Decision on women fighter pilots to be considered: President
By IANS,
Pune : A decision on inducting women into the fighter stream will be taken after due consideration, President Pratibha Patil said Wednesday after her maiden sortie in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jet.
The president, who is also the first woman supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that while she had confidence in the capability of women, the decision to allow women in combat would be taken by the three services after deliberation.
Meet the woman who groomed Freida Pinto
By Madhusree Chatterjee , IANS,
New Delhi : Indian actress Freida Pinto is making waves internationally for her walk down the Oscar red carpet, her designer gowns and gracing the covers of popular magazines, thanks to "Slumdog Millionaire". But not many know the woman who helped groom her and introduced her to British director Danny Boyle.
Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents
By IANS,
London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.”
"Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people.
Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.
Three women found dead in Delhi house
New Delhi : The bodies of a two women and a 12-year-old girl were found dead on Sunday in a building here, police said.
The...
From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...
Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...
Woman forced to eat human excreta on witchcraft charge
By IANS,
Patna: A woman in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday.
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...
JIH’s stand on co-education makes its Kerala unit uncomfortable
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net
Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison
Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...
Illegal migration leads to exploitation of women: study
By IANS,
New Delhi: Poverty, landlessness and unemployment are pushing larger number of Indian and Bangladeshi women to different countries through illegal channels and subjecting them to exploitation and sexual harassment, a new study said here Friday.
The study titled 'Gender dimensions of international migration from India and Bangladesh: Impact on the families left behind' found that majority of women, who emigrate illegally, were subjected to isolation, low remuneration, exploitation and sexual harassment by their employers.
Women activists demand probe into stripping of anti-liquor activist
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Women activists in Orissa Monday demanded a probe into the alleged stripping last month of a woman anti-liquor activist by some people in Balasore district.
Several women activists met the chairperson of the State Women's Commission (SWC) Namita Panda and demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for stripping and beating Jayanti Padhi, a known anti-liquor activist. They also demanded a probe and action against police officials who they alleged were shielding the attackers.
Fewer women at top due to glass ceiling: Women entrepreneurs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Although more and more women are joining the workforce in India, a glass ceiling is keeping them away from top positions, women entrepreneurs feel.
Female suicide bomber kills six in northeast of Baghdad
By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Wednesday outside a court in Baquba, the capital city of the volatile province of Diyala, killing six people and wounding 18 others, a provincial police source said.
The attack occurred around midday when a woman wearing an explosive-belt blew herself up among a crowd of people at the entrance of the city court, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The powerful blast also destroyed several nearby civilian cars and buildings in the city, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, the source said.
Displaced Pakistani women suffer more due to customs, says report
By IANS,
Lahore : Displaced women in Pakistan are in dire need of medical help by female health professionals as their customs and traditions bar them from even talking to a stranger, a media report said Wednesday.
"At the Shaikh Shahzad and Shaikh Yaseen camps for displaced people, there are thousands of expectant women, and their deliveries are due in the coming months," said assistant professor Asima Karim, who recently spent about a week in Mardan, heading the first medical team comprising woman doctors and nurses from the University of Health Sciences.
SC declines to take cognizance over Chhattisgarh deaths
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea urging the court to take cognizance of the death of 13 women due to...
After getting ‘indecent proposal’ from her father in-law, Parveen decides to teach him a...
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net.,
It was completely against the spirit of his own name, when Mohammad Islamuddin (52), a Delhi police sub-inspector, reportedly asked Parveen (28), his own daughter-in-law to get into prostitution, when she asked for money for her children school fee and food.
Talking to TwoCircles.net, Parveen said; “I wanted money for education and food for my children, so when I begged Nasir (32), (her husband) and his father, they told me to get into prostitution (Bachcho ke liye paise chahiye toh jakar dhanda kar le),"
Social disparity to blame for molestation, rape: Javed Akhtar
By Saket Suman
Jaipur (IANS) : Celebrated Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Sunday rebuffed claims that Westernisation leads to rapes and other crimes...
Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...
Maiden session of B.Ed. at Ajmal Women College inaugurated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The maiden session of Bachelor of Education section of Maryam Ajmal Women College of Science and Technology was inaugurated at Hojai in Assam’s Nagaon district on Monday with the presence of several dignitaries.
Woman among five hanged to death in Iran
By DPA,
Tehran : Five prisoners, including a woman, convicted in a case of murder, were hanged here, the official newspaper Iran reported Thursday.
The five were hanged Wednesday in the Evin prison in northern Tehran after their death sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The woman had reportedly killed her husband who wanted to marry a younger woman.
Murder, rape, sabotage and drug-trafficking of quantities in excess of five kilograms are crimes punishable by death in Iran.
Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...
Congress rebukes Rathore for invoking Nehru
By IANS,
New Delh: The Congress Thursday rebuked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, for invoking the name of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his remark to media that he would "smile more".
Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the former DGP was "mentally sick".
Replying to queries about Rathore's remark, Tewari said the remark was the "result of this mental sickness".
"The authorities should send him for a mental check-up," he said.
Women commuters cheer as Rajya Sabha passes quota bill
By IANS,
Mumbai : Thousands of women commuters travelling in local trains Wednesday celebrated the first round of success of the Women's Reservation Bill by cheering and offering flowers to other travellers at a railway station in the suburbs.
Armed with flowers, the women commuters and some others belonging to local self-help groups thronged the Ulhasnagar railway station early morning, a day after the Rajya Sabha passed the bill to reserve a third of seats in the legislatures for women.