AIMPLB questions media hype on ‘Talaq’ while ignoring women security
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Dr Asma Zehra, executive committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB) addressed media persons...
US Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab
Washington : A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work.
Najaf...
Vitamins C, E, beta carotene fail to cut cancer risk among women
By IANS,
Washington : Women who take beta carotene or vitamin C or E or a combination of the supplements face a similar risk of cancer as women who do not take them, according to fresh data.
Studies have suggested that people whose diets are high in fruits and vegetables, and thus antioxidants, may have a lower risk of cancer.
Results from randomised trials that address the issue, however, have been inconsistent and have rarely supported that observation.
Jaipur gang-rape victim shifted to Delhi hospital
By IANS,
Jaipur: An 11-year old gang-rape victim was shifted to AIIMS in Delhi Friday from a government hospital in Jaipur where she underwent over a dozen surgeries in five months, police said.
A conversation with Dr Audrey Truschke, the author of Aurangzeb: The life and legacy...
By Misbahuddin Mirza for TwoCircles.net
Over the ages, the fertile lands of India have constantly attracted wave after wave of peoples to migrate and settle...
Women fight shame in flood-hit Bihar
By Imran Khan,
Supaul (Bihar) : Malti and Bhagwati Devi are just two of the thousands of people who have had to abandon their homes...
Chhattisgarh cop held for killing woman
By IANS,
Raipur : A police constable has been arrested for killing a woman in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, authorities said Wednesday.
Jeremias Tirki, 35, Monday allegedly pumped three bullets from his service revolver into the head and chest of his 40-year-old friend Surajmati at her residence in Balrampur area of Surguja, about 400 km from here.
The woman died on the spot and the constable managed to escape but he was arrested late Tuesday.
Charges framed against rapist, killer of journalist’s widow
New Delhi: A court framed rape and murder charges against 22-year-old domestic help, accused of raping and murdering the 81-year-old widow of a former...
Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore
By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net
I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...
Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to commemorate the life and achievements of Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack, a Memorial Lecture was held at Jamia...
Woman, man die in Gujarat hospital fire
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: A pregnant woman and a man were killed when a fire broke out in a hospital here Saturday, an official said.
The fire broke out in the catheterization laboratory of the V.S. Municipal Hospital, where the woman was on a ventilator.
"The fire sparked off due to a short circuit in the cath lab. It soon spread to a nearby ward. Fire fighters were rushed to the spot," the official said.
"About 100 patients were shifted to other wards," he added.
Ramadan 1438: Bisma
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I just finished taking my Math exam. I practiced for two whole days and forgot one answer in the end,"...
Girls see way out of ghetto through cricket
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route.
In proper cricket whites and the rest of the kit, 45 girls who live in Bapu Dham Colony are practising very seriously at the cricket ground of the Government Model High School in Sector 26.
Their dream of making it to the Indian team - like their heroes from this city, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - is being backed by the NGO Yuvsatta and the local administration.
Sania loses Birmingham tennis semifinal
By IANS
Birmingham: India's Sania Mirza blew a set advantage against Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to go down 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in the Aegon Classic tennis semifinal here Saturday.
Sania, who had beaten Rybarikova in their only meeting before, was appearing in only her second semifinal of the year. She had reached the Pattaya Open final in February.
The 22-year-old Hyderabadi, who played two matches Friday, recovered from a break down in the fourth game of the first set and then reeled off four games in a row for a 5-2 lead. She then comfortably served out the set in the ninth game.
बिन ईंधन का सिलेंडर, फ्लॉप साबित हो रही है मोदी की उज्ज्वला योजना
जावेद अनीस, TwoCircles.net के लिए
मध्य प्रदेश के शाजापुर ज़िले के कांजा गांव की निवासी मंजूबाई का प्रधानमंत्री उज्ज्वला योजना के तहत मिला गैस...
TN Board topper Jasmin Banu felicitated by TMMK
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: Jasmin Banu, the Tamil Nadu topper of Class X exam 2010, was today felicitated by Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) here. Banu of Tirunalveli Town MPL High School topped the entire state in board exam by scoring 495 marks out of 500.
At felicitation program held at TMMK office, Banu who was accompanied by her parents was presented a laptop on her achievement. “My hard work paid me,” said she who comes from a below average family. She studied at a government school.
NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused
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Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...
Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings
St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza jumped to her...
Divorce cases in courts: AIMPLB launches refresher program for Muslim lawyers
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today launched a national program whereby Muslim lawyers taking up Muslim divorce and other related cases in the Supreme Court and High Courts will be briefed on the issues in the light of Quran and Hadith, so that they could help courts understand the letter and spirit of Shariat on such issues.
Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.
Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?
भोजपुरी फिल्मों की मशहूर अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने इस्लाम के लिए छोड़ी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में बेहद लोकप्रिय भोजपुरी फिल्मों की अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने अभिनय की दुनिया को खुद से जुदा कर करते हुए...
Himachal fair to fairer sex
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
Shimla : Call it a coincidence, but many top slots in the Himachal Pradesh administration are occupied by women.
Man kills two minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: A man in Uttar Pradesh killed his two minor daughters as he was upset over his wife not giving birth to a son, police said Saturday.
Even after cremation, protests rage in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Students and women Monday continued their protests in the Indian capital against violence on women, a day after the city's gang-rape victim was cremated under heavy security.
Kashmir council no place for bill limiting women’s rights: Chair
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.
Married man’s illicit love affair ends in six deaths
By IANS,
Lucknow : A married man's illicit love affair with a widow went terribly wrong when the woman's father burnt alive the couple, and the man's family.
The widow, 36, was having an affair with Chunnu Bhurji, both residents of Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Khiri district, about 300 km from here. The woman was often chided by her father Satyawan over this. However, the couple kept meeting.
"Irked by this, Satyawan planned the massacre," Additional Superintendent of Police D.K. Singh told IANS by telephone.
सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन में हुआ था बवाल, एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठ रहे...
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सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन जुलूस के दौरान साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़कने के मामले में पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर लगातार सवाल खड़े हो...
Probe begins against policeman who complained against Mulayam
Lucknow : Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Wednesday appeared before Police Recruitment Board Director General V.K. Gupta as part of a departmental...
Over three million women gather for Pongala festival
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : More than three million women devotees lit earthen kilns to cook rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday on the occasion of Pongala festival.
The ritual started after the chief priest lit a hearth with fire brought from the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The fire was then passed on to the devotees, who stood in lines, stretching up to main roads of the city.
Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.
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.
On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram
The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...
Sri Lanka to increase women’s involvement in local politics
Colombo : Sri Lanka's new cabinet on Thursday vowed to amend laws to increase the number of women in local politics and state institutions.
Addressing...
’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’
New Delhi : The percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as...
Yusuf Mukati: Empowering the poor through a multi-utility resource centre
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...
Delhi woman injured in acid attack
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...
Over 1,800 women beggars held in Mumbai in three years
By IANS,
New Delhi : A total of 1,818 women beggars were rounded up in Mumbai and only 319 and 19 in Delhi and Kolkata respectively in the past three years, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday said.
"The number of women beggars hauled up in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata in the last three years is 319, 1,818 and 19 respectively," the minister told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
More women voters join polls in Bangladesh
By Xinhua,
Dhaka : More women voters are casting their votes in Bangladesh's 9th parliamentary election which is being held on Monday.
Witnesses said there are many women voters queuing up in different polling centers in Dhaka, adding the phenomenon was rare in the past.
After casting her vote in a polling center in Dhaka, Farhana Mahmud told Xinhua the government has created very good environment for voting, like the deployment of a highest number of security forces, banning the movement of vehicles.
Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament.
More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest.
One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.
First Zamira Begum Rahman memorial lecture held in Tezpur
By TCN News
Guwahati: The First Zamira Begum Rahman Memorial Lecture on the topic “Women Empowerment and Society” was delivered by Sarmistha Das, Assistant...
Two Maharashtra towns in communal turmoil
Karanja in Washim district ignited with communal riots under pretense of ‘Love Jihad’; another town in Nasik district under curfew after mob attacks and...
Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat
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....
Rajiv killing conspirators not to be free for now, kin dismayed
New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court Friday said that the seven conspirators in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination will not be released for now, a...
The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women
Snobar | Twocircles.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of...
‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...
“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...
Four arrested for woman professor’s murder
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people.
Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
"Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
Only the sky’s the limit for 10 Nepali women
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands.
But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky.
It is a mixed clutch of young women: a bowling champion, a journalist, a beautician, a homemaker, a student and diverse others. But the 10 have one thing in common: climbing Mount Everest.
First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force
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.
Depressed over mother’s death, Gurgaon woman jumps from 15th floor
Gurgaon: Shocked at the death of her mother during treatment at a multi-specialty private hospital here, a 25-year-old woman Saturday committed suicide by jumping...
Mom’s tailor style to match children’s steps
(Mother's Day is on May 8)
By Radhika Bhirani, IANS,
Enough jails for women prisoners: Government
New Delhi, (IANS) : The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners.
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...
Acid thrown at woman doctor in Delhi
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...
‘3,500 women benefit from Himachal’s Janani Express’
Shimla : More than 3,500 mothers and their newborns in Himahcal have benefitted in two months under the Janani Express-102 scheme, the state government...
Electronic bangles to keep Kerala women safe?
by IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : On the eve of International Women's Day, Kerala is mulling over the use of electronic gadgets for the protection of women, a state minister revealed Wednesday.
Why are Sikh women exempted from wearing helmet: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following...
Women healing Pakistan
By Ayeda Naqvi
Last week, six relief workers in Mansehra, a city in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), died after an attack on their office. In 2008, gunmen killed four staff members of another international aid agency. Charities and international aid organisations are under constant threat in Pakistan, particularly in the NWFP, yet a group of women continue their humanitarian efforts in the region, despite the risks.
Violence against women and religion
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
Religion is believed to be divine. It is divine in more than one sense. Firstly it is divine in the sense that its teachings are motivated by purest of intentions; secondly it is divine as its teachings are transcendent as religion exhort us to transcend what is to, what it should be in society as well as in our personal conduct. But soon after birth of religion it gets mixed up with customs and traditions already existing in society on one hand, and, on the other, powerful interests, often very negation of its teachings, begin to control it.
9.3 million Indian women disabled
By IANS,
New Delhi : The total number of disabled women in India stands at 9.3 million, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said Tuesday.
Police find ‘vital leads’ in Kerala nun’s murder
Kottayam (Kerala) : Two days after a Kerala nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room on Thursday, police claimed...
‘India’s tech revolution led by men and women under 27’
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Saying that the US needs to wake up to the reality of India's technological revolution being led by IIT-educated "young men and women under the age of 27", President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy commerce secretary said countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia were going to pose a major challenge to American dominance in the coming years.
Women Reservation Bill is anti minority bill – AIUDF
By TCN News
New Delhi: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came out against the proposed Women Reservation bill saying it "is completely against" it in its present form.
Women’s panel to probe Air India air hostess’ charges
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a panel to probe the charges of assault levelled by an Air India air hostess against two pilots who were allegedly involved in a mid-air scuffle with her during a flight.
The air hostess had filed a formal complaint with the women's panel.
Women to continue to be barred from Haji Ali shrine for now
New Delhi : Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court...
Taslima diagnosed with breast tumours in US
Dhaka: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumours at a hospital in New York.
Doctors found the tumours "quite big" and...
Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!
By IANS,
Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard.
Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk.
"Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.
UAE to launch educational campaign for women
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi:The United Arab Emirates' General Women's Union (GWU) has announced a new initiative to educate women about the legislations addressing and dealing with the issues concerning them, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.
The awareness drive titled "Know Your Rights" is part of the women's union's efforts to implement the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women, a joint initiative with the UNDP launched in 2006.
Woman alleges rape, tattooing of insults on forehead for not bringing dowry
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman in Rajasthan has alleged that she was harassed, beaten-up, raped and was tattooed with abuses including...
Migrants linked to Cologne violence, assault on women
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance towards refugees, after a spate of assaults on women during New...
MWL Chief hints at allowing women in future dialogues
By IINA,
Makkah : There will be programs and projects for dialogue and women will be allowed to contribute to the dialogue in affairs of their concern, said Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen Al Turki, Secretary General of the Muslim World League. The present goal is to formulate strategic programs and projects of future dialogue, Dr. Al-Turki said while addressing a press conference at the conclusion of the International Islamic Dialogue Conference here Friday.
Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi
New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...
Indian woman finishes among top 10 in South African marathon
By Fakir Hassen, IANS,
Johannesburg : A South African Gujarati woman is the toast of her community after she became the first Indian woman to finish in the top 10 of the prestigious Comrades Marathon run annually between two cities since 1921.
Against competition from international professional runners, Kashmira Parbhoo, 34, from the huge mainly Indian township of Lenasia, south of here, got a medal and 11,000 rands in prize money after finishing the 89 km race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Amit Sharma, a zonal manager with a telecom company, abandoning his pregnant wife and posting his profile at a matrimonial website proved costly as he was denied anticipatory bail by a city court and sent to jail for 14 days.
His wife Lata alleged that Sharma, who married her in January 2008, soon started harassing for not bringing sufficient dowry. A few months earlier, he abandoned her despite her being pregnant, following which she charged her husband with cruelty.
One cannot pursue political ambition at cost of one’s life, says Shweta Bhatt
By Sayema Sahar for TwoCircles.net,
Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday
Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...
Women judges should increase: Balakrishnan
By IANS,
Shimla: Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday said women's representation in the judiciary was at the minimum and "needs to be enhanced".
"Women's representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges," he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Dec 16 gang-rape: Delhi HC verdict Thursday
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict later Thursday on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four convicts in...
Orissa assembly woman marshal to move court
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A suspended woman marshal of the Orissa assembly, who had accused the house speaker of sexual harassment, Saturday said she would move court after a human rights panel found him not guilty.
Gayatri Panda, who had in March alleged that then speaker Maheswar Mohanty was sexually harassing her, expressed her dissatisfaction with the findings of the Orissa Human Rights Commission and said she would move the Orissa High Court for justice.
यूपीएससी में 267वीं रैंक प्राप्त फरहा हुसैन से बातचीत
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: जब कुछ कर दिखाने का जज़्बा हो और इरादे बुलंद हों, तो कठिन हालात में भी राहें बनने लगती हैं. इस...
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.
Two Circle Network’s Seed Fellow Sufi Parween Wins Laadli Media Award
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We are happy to announce that TCN’s SEED Fellow Sufi Parween has won the 13th Laadli Media Award for her exceptional contribution to...
Indian-origin woman charged with murdering neighbour in Canada
Toronto: An Indian-origin woman in Canada has been charged with murdering her neighbour in South Ottawa in Canada's Ontario province.
Gurpreet Ronald, 34, accused of...
मुस्लिम औरतों को बदनाम करने की शर्मनाक साजिश
सिमरा अंसारी Two circles.net के लिए
जब हम सभी बीते साल की सभी कठिनाइयों और दुखों को पीछे छोड़कर नए साल में...
Three women to manage Pennagaram bypoll
By IANS,
Chennai: Three women bureaucrats will manage the March 27 byelection to the Pennagarm assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Dharmapuri District Collector and District Electoral Officer P. Amudha, Returning Officer Maheswari Ravikumar and Deputy Suprintendent of Police Panchavarnam will be managing the byelection for the constituency, for which filing of nominations has started.
The run-up to the bypoll attracted attention when around 20,000 voters were ordered to be added to the electoral list just before the declaration of the byelection schedule.
Woman dies in police custody in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Malapuram: A 23 year old woman reportedly died in police custody in Kerala in March. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission, the police took the victim Hanisha, into illegal custody on 23rd March 2014. The police did not record the arrest and detained the woman at the police station, and on the next day, reported that Hanisha committed suicide inside the police station.
Ramadan 1433: Shukr
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Eighteen-year old Shabhana daughter of Meraj Jahan is reading the Holy Quran outside her 24sq. yrds- 2 room house. She never...
Media and Gender
By Faheem Muhammed M.P
Mass media is one of the most potent institutions which determines how an individual perceives gender and gender discourse. Through its...
Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement
Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...
Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband
By IANS,
New Delhi : The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a "betrayed" woman to get details of her husband's salary.
Saudi Arabia recruiting maids aged between 25 and 50
Dubai : The age of Indian domestic workers looking for employment in Saudi Arabia has been set between 25 and 50 years under a...
मदरसों के पक्ष में मायावती ने उठाई आवाज़
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
बसपा प्रमुख मायावती उत्तर प्रदेश में अपनी खोई हुई ज़मीन मुस्लिम वोटरों के जरिए तलाशने में लगीं हैं। पिछले कुछ समय से...
115 mn widows live in poverty: Loomba Foundation study
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London: At least 245 million women around the world have been widowed with India alone accounting for 42.4 million. And more than 115 million widows live in devastating poverty, according to a new study released by Britain's Loomba Foundation, which is campaigning to put the plight of widows on the United Nations agenda.
The Loomba Foundation presented the first edition of the study, 'Invisible, Forgotten Sufferers: The Plight of Widows Around the World' to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in New York as part of its campaign.
My love for love stories
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net
I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.
Acid attack victims: Centre, states to streamline payment of compensation
New Delhi: The central and the state governments on Saturday agreed to streamline the process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation, including first-aid...
Healthy diet helps limit excess weight gain in pregnancy
By IANS,
Wellington: A healthy diet and avoiding eating for two during pregnancy helps limit excess weight gain for both women and their babies, says a new research.
Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day
New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare.
They...
Indian women’s hockey team qualifies for 2016 Olympics
London: England ensured that India qualified for the Olympics after 36 years when they defeated Spain to enter the final of the ongoing EuroHockey...
Mamata to attend meeting on women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend a meeting of all political parties in the Lok Sabha on the women's reservation bill here Monday, a Trinamool Congress leader said Saturday.
The Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the Congress-led ruling coalition, had abstained from voting on the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha March 9.
"Mamataji will attend the meeting," Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay told IANS.
However, the party did not reveal the strategy to be adopted in the meeting.
Majlis Legal opposes PIL seeking guidelines for registering rape
Files an intervenor application opposing the PIL claiming it would be in violation of SC directions
By TCN News,
Pune: Majlis Legal Centre, a...
Missing Voices: Rahul Gandhi’s Rally at Nuh Reveals Gender Gap in Political Engagement in...
Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Nuh, Haryana: Amidst the sweltering 36-degree heat and towering buildings, the Nuh highway resonated with the pulsating beats of DJs and booming music....
NSE sends notice to companies without woman director
Chennai : India's leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday said it has issued notice to 260 companies...
‘Why aren’t more Indian women empowered?’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian women have reached the highest office, yet why isn't this empowerment trickling down to all levels, asked Syria's first lady at an interaction with women journalists here Thursday.
A former investment banker, Asma Akhras al-Assad, 33, arrived nearly an hour late at the Indian Women's Press Corps, but stayed on longer than the scheduled period. She is accompanying her husband, President Bashar al-Assad, on a five-day state visit to India commencing Tuesday evening.
Akhilesh announces Rs.20 lakh for murdered NIA official’s family
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs.20 lakh for the family of NIA official Tanzeel Ahmad,...
Goa women’s panel to probe ‘blouse-ripping’ cop
By IANS,
Panaji : The Goa women's commission will probe a senior police inspector who has been repeatedly caught ripping off women's blouses during public agitations and protests, an official said Tuesday.
Speaking to IANS, chairperson of the Goa state commission for women (GSCW) Ezilda Sapeco said the commission had called for footage from local TV news channels of Monday's protest outside the State Secretariat and would convene a meeting of its members on the issue soon.
Woman judge takes charge of Padmanabhaswamy temple
Thiruvananthapuram: K.P.Indira, the principal additional sessions judge here, Saturday took charge as the head of the administration of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple as directed...
Registering sex of foetus against ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign: IWPC
New Delhi: The Indian Women's Press Corps on Tuesday expressed concern over Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's statement on registering sex of...
Can women take smart decisions?
By Amit Dasgupta,
If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.
Women organizations gather at Jantar Mantar to demand 33% reservation
By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a massive show of urgency and solidarity, women came out on streets to demand the passage of...
Saina, Sindhu, Jwala-Ashwini in line for Worlds medal
Jakarta : As many as three medals will be on the line for Indian shuttlers on Friday as Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and...
Over 50,000 women cleared to work as domestic maids
New Delhi : A total of 53,616 women have been granted emigration clearance to work as domestic workers in the Middle East in the...
Lok Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill protests
By IANS,
New Delhi : Noisy protests against quotas for women in legislative bodies again forced adjournments of the Lok Sabha Tuesday with MPs of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) continuing their protests and slogan shouting.
The Women's Reservation Bill led to three disruptions of the lower house after similar protests forced four adjournments Monday.
When her repeated pleas fell on deaf ears, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till 4 p.m. after members reassembled at 2 p.m.
मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल
जावेद अनीस
पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...
Mother Kosi, pardon us, they say to a river
By Imran Khan, IANS,
Patna : Left helpless and desperate by the wrath of the Kosi, hundreds of women in Bihar have turned to worshipping the river in the hope that it will relent and make the floods mitigate.
"Mother Kosi is angry, we are offering prayers to appease her," said Parbhawati Devi, the resident of a village near a road linking Saharsa to Madhepura, two of the worst affected districts.
UP woman police officer conquers Antarctica’s highest peak
Lucknow: An IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has successfully climbed the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctic sub-continent, an...
Bihar Police okays 35 percent quota for women
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police sations.
Kerala no better than Delhi with regards to sexual violence against women
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,
Give big boost to women empowerment: Ambika Soni
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Emphasising the need for women's empowerment, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said women can play a vital role and bring a positive change in society.
"Women empowerment means financially strengthening of women so that they can bring profits for their families. In southern states, nearly 86 lakh women have been associated with self help groups and got financial assistance to run their families," Soni said here Saturday.
Woman gives birth outside health centre, inquiry initiated
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a still-born child outside a community health centre (CHC) in Uttar Pradesh after she was denied admission there. An inquiry has been initiated into the case.
Vidyawati was Tuesday night brought to the Gosaiganj CHC in Lucknow district in an advanced stage of pregnancy by her relatives.
However, the medical staff at the CHC allegedly refused to admit her.
Vidyawati subsequently gave birth to a still-born child in the gallery of CHC, officials added.
Over 3,000 tribal women demonstrate in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : In an unprecedented expression of anger, about 3,000 tribal women Wednesday demonstrated in Barwani before the district collector and the superintendent of police.
क्या औरत का काम सिर्फ़ घर संभालना है?
चन्द्रजीत रघुवंशी
उत्तराखण्ड : बुनाई वाली मशीन पर जब वो तेज़ी से अपना हाथ चलाती है तो उसका आत्मविश्वास और काम के प्रति लगन देखते...
Karva Chauth continues to captivate Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day when married Hindu women fast till sundown to pray for their husbands' long life and prosperity, Karva Chauth is a much awaited festival in North India. This year, too, there is palpable excitement in the air.
Scheme to raise awareness among minority women
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : India's Planning Commission is starting a scheme to create awareness among minority women about issues and rights that can empower them socially, educationally and economically, and also teach them the importance of hygiene and sanitation.
To be implemented over the next five years with the help of the ministry women and child development, the scheme will cost Rs.200 million (Rs. 20 crores).
Not just Durga, Mahishasur also worshipped in India
New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani's controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter...
School enrolment for Muslim children improves, Girls beat National Average
Many states still lagging behind in enrolling Muslim children
By TCN News,
A total of 14.83 million Muslim children were studying in Primary classes in academic session in 2008-09 or 11.03% of the total enrolment. In Upper Primary classes Muslims are 4.87 million which is 9.13% of the total. A slight improvement from the previous year, according to the data released under DISE Flash Statistics-2008-09.
Want justice not revenge: Bilkis Bano
New Delhi, (IANS): Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat...
Delhi needs woman chief minister: Meenakshi Lekhi
New Delhi : BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Wednesday said that only a "woman chief minister with administrative experience" can ensure the safety of women...
कोचिंग के फीस के लिए नौकरी कर जुटाएं पैसे, अब जज बन गई बोकारो...
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली - हाल ही में बिहार पीसीएस जे के परिणाम में 22 मुस्लिम नोजवानों ने जज साहब होने का गौरव...
British Indian woman election candidate stands for change
By Debdutta Bhattacharjee,
New Delhi/London : Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain's Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month's parliamentary elections, has been a busy...
ट्रिपल तलाक : ‘शरीअत क़ानून में बदलाव की सख्त ज़रुरत’ – तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी
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...
गुरुग्राम : जहां मुसलमान पढ़ रहे थे नमाज़ ,वहीं हिन्दू संगठन करने लगे कीर्तन
जिब्रानउद्दीन।twocircles.net
बीते शुक्रवार, गुरुग्राम के सेक्टर 47 में मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों को एक बार फिर जुमे की नमाज़ अदा करने में दिक्कत का सामना...
Rape accused driver sent to two days’ police custody
New Delhi: A court here Wednesday sent the taxi driver accused of raping a woman here to two days' police custody in a case...
A woman contesting polls for women’s cause
By F. Ahmed, IANS,
Bandipora, (Jammu and Kashmir) : Defying separatists' boycott call and militant threats, Gousia Bashir, the lone woman candidate in this north Kashmir constituency, says she is contesting the elections to highlight the problems of women and the poor.
Bandipora, once a hotbed of militants, goes to the polls Nov 17 in the first of the seven-phase assembly elections. And Gousia is contesting against 21 other candidates, all men.
ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
देश में गर्मी बढ़ने के साथ-साथ टेलीविज़न पर गोरापन बढ़ाने की क्रीमों के विज्ञापन भी बढ़ गए हैं. देश में रंग एक...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : यूपी सरकार पक्षकार नहीं, कैसे रखेगी अपना पक्ष?
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली...