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Tired of government neglect, Mumbra residents take to training their own youth for employment

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Mumbra, a largely Muslim settlement on the outskirts of Mumbai, has a peculiar history; it largely came up after the 1992...

British woman sues NHS, says her IVF child doesn’t have her genes

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : In a case without equal in Britain, a woman who bore a child, conceived through artificial insemination, is suing the NHS for not being able to use her own eggs to prepare the embryo. Greta Mason of East Sussex gave birth to a male child, Jaden, conceived via IVF using an anonymous donor's egg from Spain and the sperm of her husband, Chris. The IVF wait-list of the NHS is quite long. The couple waited for six years for their turn, and by the time it finally came, Greta had turned 40. Her eggs were too old for conception, the NHS doctors told her.

Mortar hits Israeli kibbutz, kills Israeli woman

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By Xinhua, Gaza : An Israeli woman was killed and three wounded on Friday afternoon by a mortar shell fired by Gaza militants at an Israeli kibbutz near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel. An Israeli army spokesman told Israeli Radio Arabic service that Palestinian militants fired in the afternoon a mortar shell from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Azza, adding that a woman there was killed and three men wounded.

Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut

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Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from...

Surge in female contestants, not MLAs

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By Saumya Tewari Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently - but not legislators - and three times as many...

Former VC Hamid Ansari, Shashi Tharoor to speak at Reclaiming India conference on democratic...

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TCN News Mohammad Hamid Ansari (Former Vice President of India), Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi (Historian and a Grandson of Mohandas Gandhi) and Rev Dr William Barber (Co-Chair...

NCW meets Air India staff involved in mid-air scuffle

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By IANS, New Delhi: The National Commission for Women Wednesday recorded statements from the Air India air hostess, the flight purser and the two pilots involved in the Oct 3 mid-air scuffle and alleged molestation on board a flight. "The committee constituted by the NCW met the air hostess, the flight purser and two pilots. They have recorded their statements," committee member Manorama Bawa from All India Women's Conference told IANS.

Here, blue stands for women’s empowerment

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By Rupesh Dutta, Alwar (Rajasthan) : The colour blue stands for women's empowerment here in Rajasthan, a sign that they have been pulled out of...

Women politicians can raise uncomfortable issues: British MP

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Kolkata: Women politicians are often able to raise "uncomfortable" issues in the public domain which their male counterparts have not thought of or don't...

Fatwas and Muslim Women

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By Irfan Engineer, The Supreme Court on 7th July 2014 ruled that fatwas had no legal sanctity and the defiance of fatwas would not have civil or criminal consequences as it had no place in independent India under our constitutional scheme. Though the Apex Court did not injunct Islamic religious authorities like the Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband, Dar-ul-Qaza or Nizam-e-Qaza from issuing fatwa as issuance of fatwas per se were not illegal in its opinion, it clarified that “it is not a decree, not binding on the court or the state or the individual. It is not sanctioned under our constitutional scheme”.

Woman raped, minor girl molested in capital

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman was allegedly raped after falling unconscious and a six-year-old girl was molested in two separate incidents of sex crimes in the capital, police said Friday. "A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Syed Saamir Ali, 28, resident of Bulandshahr, March 28. Ali and the woman had met at a mobile repairing shop in Nehru Pace a few days earlier and had become friends," a police official said. Ali had served the woman cold drinks laced with sedative March 28 and raped her when she became unconscious.

Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi

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New Delhi : Hoping to deflect the opposition flak, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she did not recommend travel documents...

Sister Nirmala laid to rest as admirers pay homage despite rain

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Kolkata : Braving heavy showers, hundreds of people from India and abroad bade a tearful adieu to Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala here on...

Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

शादी में दहेज़ के खिलाफ उलेमाओं ने उठाई आवाज़

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net मुस्लिम समाज में उलेमाओं की पहल धीरे धीरे रंग लाने लगी है। उलेमाओं और मुस्लिम समाज के जिम्मेदारों द्वारा चलाई गई...

Hijab controversy resurfaces in Mangalore

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mangalore: Time and again, the Hijab row continues to haunt Muslim girls in educational institutions across Karnataka, but especially so in Mangalore. This time, a college management on the outskirts of the city at Valachil in Dakshina Kannada district has asked girls not to attend the classes wearing Hijab.

Woman power pulls Orissa’s chariots of gods

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By Byomakesh Biswal, IANS, Baripada (Orissa) : It's a tug of equality. For women in the small town of Baripada that has come alive during the Jagannath rath yatra, pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra is as much about empowerment as it is about tradition. The Hindu chariot festival is observed in many parts of India, with mostly men doing the tugging, but in Baripada it is a unique affair because there women have the exclusive right of pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra - the sister of Lord Jagannath - in an act considered sacred.

Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet

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Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...

Acid thrown at woman doctor in Delhi

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New Delhi : Acid was hurled at a 30-year-old woman doctor at a crowded market in the national capital Tuesday morning by two motorcycle-riding...

Framing of charges ordered against man for assaulting northeastern woman

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New Delhi: A court has ordered the framing of charges against a man who was arrested for molesting and assaulting a woman from northeast...

Woman jumps on metro track, escapes unhurt

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New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman jumped on a Metro track on Saturday but escaped unhurt as the driver of a train coming in stopped...

Kerala branch of women’s bank to open on Monday

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank's Kerala branch would open here Monday, an official said Saturday. M.C. Maya, the banks' deputy general manager, said currently there...

Pregnant woman alleges triple talaq over girl child fears

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Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): A pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging her...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 1 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing with due permission the long form report in parts...

Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic

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Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...

Akkriti’s autopsy report hints she died of asphyxiation

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By IANS, New Delhi : Akkriti Bhatia, a Class 12 student of Modern School Vasant Vihar in the national capital, died of asphyxiation stemming from an asthma attack, according to the post mortem examination report, police said Friday. "The post mortem examination report hints Akkriti died of asphyxia. It seems to be a natural death but we are awaiting her viscera report and any conclusion can be reached only after going through the viscera report," a police officer told IANS.

Ethnic minority women grossly under-represented in UK

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By IRNA, London : Ethnic minority women are grossly under- represented in British politics by some 600 per cent, according to a new report by Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote Black campaign group. Black, Asian and minority ethnic women account for less than one percent of England's 20,000 local councilors, numbering only 168, when some 1,000 would be more representative, the report found.

Kerala village launches dowry-free marriage websites

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By IANS, Nilambur (Kerala): A year back, residents of a Kerala village in Malappuram district took a pledge that they would neither ask for dowry in marriage nor give any. The villagers are now launching two websites on dowry-free marriages. These websites have been created by Nilambur village which has a population of 50,000, of which 40 percent are Muslims. The rest are Hindus and Christians.

Kerala Govt women cell to facilitate poor girls for engineering courses

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By Aaliya N.P, TwoCircles.net, Kannur: The Women Empowerment Cell of Kerala Government is aiming to give engineering education for selected candidates. The girls who have passed science stream in +2 examinations will be given admission to three months engineering course of Indira Gandhi National Open University. “The girls are taught engineering to give technical help to the cell which will give those girls jobs in field of women empowerment and enlarge the reach of the cell to every section of the society,” said the director of the cell.

‘We Are Hiding in Forests’: Fear in Uttar Pradesh’s Rohingya Camps After Anti-Terrorism Squad...

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Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net Sajida Begum, 26, had just finished fajr prayers when the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barged into her shanty in the Rohingya refugee...

Sania overcomes Groenefeld to reach Wimbledon second round

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By IANS London: India's Sania Mirza made light of the second set loss to outlast German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in the opening round at the Wimbledon tennis championships here Monday. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi maintained her unbeaten record against the 52nd ranked German, beating her for the third successive time. She next plays 28th-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who beat compatriot Edina Gallovits 7-5, 6-1. Sania looked good to wrap up the match in straight sets but a lapse in concentration saw her literally throw away the second set.

दिल्ली दंगों में पहली सज़ा,दिनेश को पांच साल का कारावास

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने फरवरी 2020 में उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में हुए दंगे के मामले में पहली सज़ा सुनाई है। गुरुवार को कड़कड़डूमा...

Literary journal ‘Andaz-e-Bayan’ is the quest for understanding feminine pain and protest

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By Manzar Imam for TwoCircles.net, Subjugated for centuries, women have come a long way to getting their voice heard even in the most so-called progressive...

Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals 

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Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...

Full-fledged Women Department set up in Kerala

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Thiruvananthapuram : Keeping a promise made to the state's women in the Left Democratic Front election manifesto, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac, in his...

BJP condones beating of women: Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, Bangalore : Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infamous attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening that the BJP speaks about Indian culture "but condones beating of women". "Our opposition talks about Indian culture but condones the beating of women. Their activists go out and beat women," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally here, attacking the BJP which is in power in Karnataka.

Khushboo Mirza, member of Chandrayaan-1 team, talks to TCN

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, Patna: When the whole India was basking in the glory of launching of Chandrayaan-1 it was also the turn of Chaugori Mohalla, a tiny, traditional Muslim neighborhood in UP's Amroha district to take pride in the successful launching of the satellite. A daughter of the village was part of the mission Chandrayaan. The villagers are very proud of her so much so that they have started calling it Khushboo Mirza’s village.

NHRC to hear rights violation cases in North East India

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Women’s commission wants TV content monitored

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85 million women missing in India, China: UNDP

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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) At least 100 million (10 crore) women are missing in seven Asian countries, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Monday. It said 85 million of them are from India and China. "While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the regions' vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not translated into progress on gender equality," a fresh UNDP report released on the occasion of International Women's Day said here.

Assam doctor found killed with neck slit in ICU

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Guwahati: A woman doctor was found killed with her neck slit in the Intensive Care Unit of a medical college in Assam Friday, police...

Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, passed away at the age...

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Noida, (IANS): Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in the making of the tough...

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में दलित उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं से जुड़े आपराधिक मामले  लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं और आज़मगढ़ से लेकर...

अजय राय की पत्नी ने कहा, मोदी-मुलायम डरे हुए थे मेरे पति से, ‘ऊपर’...

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net 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 -

Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short

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New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...

Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat

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By Audrey D'mello The recent Times of India Campaign on Gender Equality in Law had a poster which appeared in TOI on June 20, 2015....

भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net 9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...

Dacoits allegedly rape nun in Bengal

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Kolkata: A nun at a convent in West Bengal's Nadia district was allegedly gang raped by dacoits, police said on Saturday. Strongly condemning the incident,...

NRI woman from Vancouver shot dead in Punjab village

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By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : A day before she was to fly back to Canada, an Indian woman based in Vancouver was Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants at her village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. Kuldeep Kaur, 32, was going to the gurudwara in Lehli village near Mahilpur town, 25 km from here, when she was attacked. Police said she had been fired upon from close range and was hit by one bullet in the chest. She died on the spot.

What Dolly Kumari learnt -– and how it could change India’s textiles industry

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By Lavanya Garg In 2014, Dolly Kumari, an outspoken 12th class passout, left her home in Jharkhand, journeying about 2,000 km south to a new...

Mamata all set to be West Bengal’s first woman chief minister

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Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case

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On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment. Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...

Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2005 in Gujarat

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A study exposes crude insensitivity of the state towards implementing the law By Nikhat, So far as spousal violence in Gujarat is concerned, the figure is very disturbing; around 28% ever married women have experienced sexual or physical violence and 34% of such women have sustained serious injuries. The extent of reportability of cases of spousal violence is even more frustrating, only 30% (i.e. 1 in every 3) of such women has sought help to end the violence and 58% of such women have neither sought help nor told anyone about the spousal violence [1].

Yadav chieftains stifle women’s aspirations

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two Yadav chieftains, with a combined strength of 15 in the Rajya Sabha, succeeded Monday to prevent voting on a historic legislation that seeks to reserve one-third seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.

Dignity March to end shaming, silence of sexual violence survivors concludes in Delhi

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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...

Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t remember ever wanting to become a teacher.” Binish Affan laments the lack of role models in academics. A post-graduate...

Rape Raj: Shrouded in Shadow

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By Shahnaz Islam, TwoCircles.net A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 30 minutes one rape is committed in India. A woman...

Father, brother, uncle arrested for raping minor for two years

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Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has alleged that her father, uncle and brother have been raping her for the past...

Poverty-stricken woman athlete in jail for prostitution

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By IANS, Raipur : Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after being arrested for prostitution, police said. A police officer who arrested Nisha Shetti, 26, last Friday from a posh locality of Raipur said she had revealed during interrogation that she was forced to become a call girl due to deprivation and had travelled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs.50,000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days.

Muslim women in mosque committees of Kerala shatter the myths built by right-wing media

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In 2015, Twocircles.net had reported about an emerging trend in Kerala, where women are given representation in mosque committees. At a...

75-year old man in Bihar marries woman half his age

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Patna : A 75-year-old man has married a woman half his age in Bihar's Samastipur district, ignoring the criticism of people and society. Ram Chander...

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

Jamia Millia introduces nine new courses for admission in academic session 2016-2017

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter New Delhi: In a significant move aimed at increasing the courses available in Jamia Millia Islamia, the varsity...

‘Violence against woman seen as assertion of power’

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Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : मुस्तफाबाद में अरविंद केजरीवाल की शैक्षिक भेदभाव की असलियत दिखाता है...

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असद शेख़ Twocircles.net के लिए देश की राजधानी दिल्ली के उत्तर प्रदेश बॉर्डर पर एक बड़ा मुस्लिम बहुल इलाक़ा मुस्तफाबाद है। ये इलाक़ा ज़्यादातर...

Five arrested for assault on German woman’s counsel in Goa

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By IANS, Panaji : Five people have been arrested from the hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra for Monday's assault on Aires Rodrigues, the counsel of German researcher Fadela Fuchs who has accused Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate's son Rohit of raping her 14-year-old daughter, police said Saturday. The combined team of Goa and Maharashtra police arrested Jenito Godinho, Santosh Shinde, Sandeep Pujari, Michael Jhonson Chakkal and Anison Nunes from a resort in Mahabaleshwar Friday.

First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76). She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.

AMU Women’s Club organizes Eid Milan programme

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By TwoCircles.net The Aligarh Muslim University Women's Club held Eid Milan function hosted by Prof Shagufta Aleem at the Indira Gandhi Hall on 21st July,...

Woman who opposed violence against her sex killed in Nepal

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By IANS, Kathmandu : A human rights activist and radio journalist in Nepal's violence-hit southern plains who had raised her voice against violence against women was savagely hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants at her own residence. Uma Singh, a journalist with private radio station Radio Today and a member of Women Human Rights Defender Network in Dhanusha district in the Terai plains, was attacked at her residence in Janakpur town Sunday evening, the Network said in a statement Monday.

Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq

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Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...

Budget gives boost to women, child development schemes

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By IANS, New Delhi : Schemes to improve female literacy, credit support and microfinance to rural women as well as children's heath and education have been given prime importance in the union budget announced Monday. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme - for providing health, nutrition and education services to children up to six years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers - has been granted Rs.6,705 crore (Rs.67.05 billion) in the budget.

Stripping of woman in public to be probed

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By IANS, Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered state police chief D.N. Gautam to inquire into the alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here after the opposition and women's rights activists created an uproar over the incident. Officials said the chief minister ordered Gautam to undertake the probe Thursday night although the police headquarters had already asked Inspector General (Patna zone) Sunil Kumar to look into the incident.

Delhi Metro makes coach location convenient for women

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New Delhi : To facilitate boarding and alighting of ladies from the same coach and avoid inconvenience to women passengers travelling on Line 1...

Muslim women must press for their rights

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, When her parents asked her to wear a "burqa" (veil) while attending classes at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, Rubina refused to comply with the demand. She was barred from going to the university and sat at home washing dishes.

Petition filed before Bombay HC to arrest Marathi daily’s chief editor for article defaming...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: An activist has approached the Bombay High Court urging it to order for arrest of Chief Editor of Maharashtra Times...

Women safe under Shariah laws: Muslim women activists

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New Delhi: Several women activists and female members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday insisted that Muslim women are...

Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...

No vacancy for women officers in army, air force: government

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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?"

तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?

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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...

Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day

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By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,

Women, men clash again in Bengal over ladies special train

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Kolkata : In yet another territorial battle on West Bengal's rail tracks, women clashed with men on Wednesday for the second time in...

Implement our suggestions: Women’s panel

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By IANS, New Delhi: Expressing its unhappiness over most of the recommendations made by women's commissions remaining unimplemented, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it will consult the government for tabling its reports and the action taken on them. Addressing the media at the beginning of a meeting with representatives from state women commissions, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the commission would write to the central and state governments to ensure that the reports submitted by the commissions are tabled in the respective assemblies and the parliament.

Kashmir council no place for bill limiting women’s rights: Chair

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir legislative council Deputy Chairman Arvinder Singh Monday rejected the permanent resident (disqualification) bill that aims to deny citizenship rights to women marrying non-permanent residents of the state. "The bill cannot be discussed in this house," he said. "The legislative assembly is the appropriate forum to table the bill, not the council," Singh said giving a ruling over the bill tabled by Peoples Democratic Party's legislator Murtaza Khan on March 8.

Irani education controversy: Court seeks verificiation papers

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New Delhi : A court here on Friday sought documents of verification from the Election Commission of India and Delhi University in a case...

‘Urban Indian women have low financial freedom’

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By IANS, Chennai : Even as their number is rising, the financial freedom of urban, working women in India is low and needs significant improvement, says a survey conducted across 11 cities.

Argentina’s women hockey captain celebrates Olympic bronze in her bra

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By DPA, Beijing : Argentine women's field hockey captain Magdalena Aicega was thrilled as she celebrated the team's bronze medal in her bra, wrapped only in an Argentine flag. Where was her shirt? "I gave my shirt to Diego, because he asked me for it. I could not say no to him, it hardly took me a second to take it off," Aicega said Friday. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona - who encouraged his compatriots in the changing rooms after their painful semifinal loss to the Netherlands - was in the stands Friday.

Shabana gives ‘royal ditch’ to Muslim women; didn’t turn up at their national convention

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By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Cine actor, former Member of Parliament, and one projected by the media as a strong supporter of women and human rights, Shabana Azmi gave a royal ditch to hundreds of Muslim women when she failed to honor her commitment to be the chief guest at the third national convention of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Lucknow on 11th October.

“Harassment of Teesta Setalvad continues; investigation be on objective evidence”

Women
By TCN News, Dublin (Ireland): Pointing out that the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to refer human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and her...

This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife

Women
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...

Police find ‘vital leads’ in Kerala nun’s murder

Women
Kottayam (Kerala) : Two days after a Kerala nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room on Thursday, police claimed...

Foreign woman journalist killed, another hurt in Afghanistan

Women
Kabul : A foreign woman journalist was killed In Afghanistan and another was injured after being fired at by an Afghan police officer Friday. "One...

Pakistan: govt. striving for women’s empowerment, says MNA Farahnaz Isphahani

Women
By NNN-APP, Washington : The elected Pakistani government is firmly committed to women’s empowerment and taking a number of steps to realize their full participation in national development, Member National Assembly Farahnaz Isphahani said. Speaking at a reception she hosted at Pakistani Ambassador’s residence in honor of women ambassadors and wives of Washington-based diplomats from various countries, the parliamentarian said the government is particularly focused on realizing women’s access to education all over the country.

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

Women
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said. Aben Sofia was found...

Women farmers fighting for their rights and identity

Women
By Amit Dwivedi, "I am the first woman farmer in my block who started cultivation 15 years back," said 45 years old Aisha Begum Khatoon of Hridaypur village in Ambedkarnagar district. When she picked up the hoe for the first time, all the villagers rebuked her for treading on a man's domain. However, she decided to move forward, despite all odds, in order to look after her three daughters and one son.

In house of memories, meet the nowhere women

Women
(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Madhulika Sonkar, IANS,

Woman donates body to AIIMS for research

Women
New Delhi : A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at the AIIMS, authorities said on Tuesday. Darshana Arora, a resident...

Intermediate topper Talat Nazneen wants to become IAS officer

Women
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Talat Nazneen Zakia has secured first position in Intermediate examination 2009 in Bihar, and thus has become pride of not only for her family but her educationally backward community also – the community where more males are literate than females.

St.Stephen’s principal maligning my image: Molested student

Women
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi : Launching a scathing attack on St. Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu for "maligning her academic career", the research...

Anupam Kher supports UN Women’s work on gender equality

Women
New York : Veteran actor Anupam Kher is happy to be appointed as the 50/50 champion for gender equality to support UN Women's work. In...

1,600 pregnant women perform yoga in Gujarat city, set world record

Women
Ahmedabad : More than 1,600 pregnant women in Gujarat's Rajkot city claim to have set a new Guinness record on the International Yoga Day...

“No remorse, did right thing”: Bulli Bai app creator tells police

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Neeraj Bishnoi, 21, and a second-year BTech student from an institute in Bhopal was arrested by Delhi Police from Assam’s Jorhat district on...

Student brings lack of women’s toilets to court’s notice

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi may be aiming to become a world class city for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but it lacks basic amenities like public toilets for women, reveals a report by a college student that has compelled the Delhi High Court to direct civic bodies to provide better public conveniences. Shahana Sheikh, a final year student of economics at Lady Sri Ram (LSR) College, undertook a tour of slums and the outskirts of Delhi from May to July 2008.

Nursing school in Srinagar asks students to sign affidavit banning Abaya, covering face during...

Women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Srinagar: A nursing school in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir has landed itself in controversy after directing its students to...

Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

Women
New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

BSP leader’s son held in sexual assault case

Women
Bangalore:Hyder Nasir, 24, son of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sheik Bahadur, was arrested here in a sexual assault case, registered against him and...

ट्रिपल तलाक : ‘शरीअत क़ानून में बदलाव की सख्त ज़रुरत’ – तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली:'ट्रिपल तलाक़' यानी तीन तलाक का मुद्दा इन दिनों काफी चर्चा में है. जहां एक तरफ़ कुछ महिलाएं इस मुद्दे पर...

Improper implementation of RTE Act a cause of concern: Former Member of Planning Commission

Women
By TCN News, New Delhi: Caritas India in a joint collaboration of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) organized a National level interface on...

Two women run over by Mumbai suburban train, driver arrested

Women
By IANS, Mumbai: In a rare occurrence on the Mumbai suburban railway network, two women commuters were run over by a train Thursday, leading to a massive agitation at Virar. Police have booked the train driver and guard for "causing death by negligence". According to Government Railway Police (GRP) senior inspector, Vasai Division, N. More - the duo have been charged under Sec. 304(a) of the Indian Penal Code (causing death by negligence) and other offences.

Nurse misreads prescription, kills woman by insulin overdose

Women
By IANS,

Women over 50 not shying from marriage

Women
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.

‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon

Women
By IANS, Ghaziabad : A woman, who was suspected to have been kidnapped after her car was found in Hindon river here, was living in Delhi's suburb Gurgaon, said a police official Wednesday. Aditi Tyagi, 21, an executive with a call centre at Noida, another Delhi suburb, tried to hoodwink her parents by abandoning her car June 9 in Hindon river, the police said. After surveillance of her mobile number, she was found living with a man in Gurgaon, said Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan.

Ensure safety of women passengers, court to DTC

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : In a major ruling in favour of thousands of women travelling in Delhi's buses, the Delhi High Court Friday called for an end to the "venomous practice" of "eve teasing" and told the state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to take steps to ensure the safety of female passengers. Justice Kailash Gambhir directed the DTC to file an affidavit spelling out the steps taken by the transport authority and what mechanism they propose to have in place to ensure complete safety of women in DTC and other buses.

Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death

Lead Story
Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...

‘Did I hit her? Did I abuse her? Then why the fuss?’ says BJP...

Women
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Gorakhpur : A couple of days after a video surfaced in which BJP MLA from Gorakhpur(Sadar) Radha Mohan Das Aggrawal was shown shouting...

Nasscom committed to women’s safety in IT sector

Women
By IANS,

UN panel reviews women’s situation in India

Women
By IANS, United Nations : A UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women has begun a review of the situation of women in India and seven other countries. During its 19-day session here, India will be reviewed on an exceptional basis, with the committee considering the country's follow-up report on the impact of the 2002 Gujarat massacres on women, the world body said. The committee will also review the status of women in Argentina, Fiji, Russia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Albania.

Maharashtra Muslims demand 20% share in state women quota of 50%

Women
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

New UAE fund to help refugee women, children

Women
By IANS, Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a new fund to help refugee and displaced women and children across the world. Launched under the patronage of Sheikha Fatima, wife of the UAE's founder and first president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and chairperson of the UAE General Women's Union, to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the new initiative is a fund raising effort benefiting refugee women and children in displacement.

Uber cab driver alleges police probe not fair

Women
New Delhi: Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, facing trial for allegedly raping a woman executive who he was ferrying in his taxi, Friday...

Congress committed to passing women’s quota bill: Sonia

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday said her party was committed to getting the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha.

Bengal nun gang-rape: Women’s panel blames police of inaction

Women
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Women on Sunday said the police did not act even though the convent where a 70-year-old nun was...

Candidates’ wives shed political apathy to hit campaign trail

Women
By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : They are apolitical and have been pursuing their independent careers, but the general elections have brought them out on the campaign trail. Wives of several Lok Sabha candidates in the capital are busy for over 20 hours a day, wooing voters on behalf of their husbands. The wives are concentrating on women voters who form over 45 percent of Delhi's electorate. Promila Sibal, wife of Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk Kapil Sibal, feels that women in her husband's constituency are more open to her and talk on a variety of issues.

Karnataka: Muslim girl commits suicide after being harassed by teacher ahead of R-Day rehearsals

Women
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In a tragic turn of events, a Muslim girl named Zaibunnisa committed suicide on January 25 after allegedly facing violence and...

Book captures everyday art by rural Indian women

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.

Jammu and Kashmir to have law on violence against women

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.

शिक्षा में नाम रौशन किया अम्मारा समन ने

Women
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net जूना(महाराष्ट्र): 'अंग्रेज़ी की एक प्रेरक कहावत है- 'स्ट्रगल एंड शाइन.' यह वाक्य हमें बड़ी शक्ति देता है, जिंदगी में आगे बढ़ने की...

इसरो में चयन, अब वैज्ञानिक बनेंगे काशिफ,अरीब और जमशेद

Women
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net दिल्ली स्थित जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया के छात्र मोहम्मद काशिफ़ का इसरो में चयन हुआ हैं। काशिफ़ ने राष्ट्रीय स्तर की इस...

No postal order for minority, women candidates in railway exams

Women
By IANS, Kolkata: Women, as well as minority and economically backward candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams will soon be exempted from postal order charges, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday. "We've already taken the decision not to take the postal order fees from women, minority and candidates belonging to economically backward section of our society who would appear in the railway examinations.

Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later". The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.

Efforts on to free abducted Indian woman: Family

Women
Kolkata/Kabul : The Afghan and Indian governments are working at "various levels" to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted in...

Celebrating the writings of women

Women
New Delhi, (IANS): Women writers, journalists, academics and professionals will come together later this month to debate and discuss issues that shape women professionals...

Violence against women: Silence is violence

Women

Hotel management student abducted, raped

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: A 23-year-old hotel management student has alleged that she was abducted and raped by four men who kept her confined for about a month, police said Wednesday. The victim told the police that she was kidnapped from near Pragati Maidan exhibition complex Aug 31 by a man whom she had known for some years. He first tried to drag her into his car but she resisted. He then beat her and told bystanders not to interfere claiming it was a "family matter", said a senior police officer.

Delhi woman injured in acid attack

Women
New Delhi : A 26-year-old married woman was injured on her face and neck in an acid attack by two bikers here, police said...

Kerala’s Left Front recommends 50 percent quota for women

Women
By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Friday recommended to the state government to reserve 50 percent seats in local governments for women. "We have now decided that it is time to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women. We expect it to take place by the local bodies polls next year," LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters.

Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college

Women
By IANS, Bhopal:At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said. The girls belong to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP - the Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing) to which those accused in the Professor Sabharwal murder case of Ujjain belonged.

No women as officers of border forces, says government

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Women cannot be appointed as officers in the three border guarding forces -- Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), according to the union home ministry's latest rules. This is despite the fact that the same recruitment rules provide for recruitment of women officers in the country's largest central paramilitary force under the home ministry - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Men posing as policemen held for Delhi women’s gang rape in Goa

Women
Panaji : Five people, arrested for posing as policemen, have been charged with abducting, beating and sexually assaulting two young women tourists from Delhi...

Mumtaz rides on Mamata’s wave

Women
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

No consensus on women’s quota bill: Bansal

Women
By IANS,

Polygamy a blessing, not curse, says AIMPLB; defends triple talaq

Women
New Delhi : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday defended the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, professing that polygamy...

AIMPLB must stop fooling people over Triple Talaq

Women
By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for Twocircles.net “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense,...

Khudai Khidmatgar holding Save Girl Child summit in Delhi

Women
By TCN News,

Olympic shooter depending on unborn baby to win

Women
By IANS, London: A heavily-pregnant Olympic shooter is depending on her unborn baby to help her to victory in London, she said Friday.

Women take part in great numbers in training programme

Women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: As many as 30 women trainees passed out from the first 90-day ‘Placement linked skill training programme’ under the ‘Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yojana (SJSRY) – principally aimed at the urban unemployed women – here on Tuesday.

Yusuf Mukati: Empowering the poor through a multi-utility resource centre

Women
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “Thodi si neki karle pyare …Allah ne mauka diya hai” (Do some good work dear …Almighty has given you...

Rate of domestic violence high in Tripura: HC chief justice

Women
Agartala : Tripura High Court Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta has expressed concern over the high rate of domestic violence, resultant deaths and cases...

Mix caution with your Holi colours: Doctors to pregnant women

Women
By Azera Parveen Rahman, New Delhi : Pregnancy is an exciting time, in anticipation of new beginnings. With Holi round the corner on Monday, doctors...

Islamists oppose women as heads of state, government

Women
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.
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