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Don’t eat for two, pregnant women advised

Women

By IANS, London: The traditional advice that expectant mothers should 'eat for two' is dangerous, says a report by a British government health watchdog. The watchdog, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), says it has been forced to speak out against the common advice to prevent an obesity crisis among mothers-to-be. In a report released Wednesday, NICE suggests that pregnant women should do at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day such as a brisk walk, swimming or cycling, according a Daily Mail report.

14 साल की बच्ची का अपहरण, पुलिस को 9 दिनों में भी नहीं मिल...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter दरभंगा : बिहार राज्य के दरभंगा ज़िले के बाढ़ समैला नामक एक गांव में 14 साल की एक लड़की पिछले 9 दिनों...

Assam: SC provides relief to 50 lakh women; says panchayat certificate is proof of...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In a big relief to nearly 50 lakh women in Assam who were fearing deportation after their citizenship had been questioned,...

Will cover the same people again if required, says Kerala journalist attacked by BJP...

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Shajila A came into limelight when the ‘Mathrubhumi daily’ carried a photo of her in tears yet continuing her duty covering...

Mehbooba Mufti to be the first women CM of J&K; calls for appointment of...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Ending the three-month speculation over the formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, President, Peoples Democratic...

Happy to see girl students shine: Modi

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the students on their success in various examinations, and said he was Â“happy to see...

Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts

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33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM). Riya...

Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys

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By Tanay Sukumar Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...

Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’

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Ranchi : Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district...

Mappila culture: A harmonious mix of Arab and Kerala traditions

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 7

Golfers Dagar, Malik favourites for national women’s tourney

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New Delhi : Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik will be among the favourites when the 100th edition of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur...

Railway minister’s son seeks anticipatory bail in rape case

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Bangalore: Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Saturday moved a court for anticipatory bail in a rape and cheating case filed...

Police officer suspended for sexually exploiting woman

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A police sub-inspector here was suspended Monday for sexually exploiting a woman about eight months ago, the police said. Senior superintendent of police L. Ravi Kumar initiated action against Afal Singh after the SSP was given a CD containing evidence against Singh. "When Singh was the station officer (SO) of Vijay Nagar police station, the woman had come to him for some help and he sexually exploited her," Kumar said. Kumar has initiated an inquiry into the case by a senior police officer.

Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede

Women

Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said. The...

‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’

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By IANS, Shimla: Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday.

Maharashtra launches crime tracking system

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Mumbai : On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country's first comprehensive 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' through 42 cyber...

Starving sisters locked for months, rescued in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Locked up inside their home and unfed for months together, two sisters were rescued from their north Delhi apartment Saturday, police officials said.

Tripura official suspended for molesting woman colleague

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By IANS,

India’s first ‘women-IIT’ being set up in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Nagpur : Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.

Chandigarh Police soft on women drivers?

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By Ritika Sharma, IANS,

UP government’s utterances on women ring hollow

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

Chinese women now initiate majority of divorces

Women

By IANS, Beijing: Women in China are now taking the lead in filing for divorce, with 70 percent of cases initiated by wives in 2010.

Shocked at targeting of sexual harassment complainant: ‘Gulabi Gang’ maker

Women

Kolkata : National award winner Nishtha Jain, who helmed documentary "Gulabi Gang", has supported women students of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute...

Court jails married man for raping, cheating woman

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New Delhi: A court here awarded a 10-year jail term and also slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a man who concealed his...

India’s Muslims are finally breaking free of the mold

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There’s hope for India’s Muslims as they set new examples of excellence defying great odds By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net

Squash: Indian girls make last 8

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Eindhoven (The Netherlands) : India carved out a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday to ensure a place in the top eight competition...

Turkmenistan to gift women $14 on Women’s Day

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Muslim women will not tolerate interference in Sharia: AIMPLB members

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Hyderabad : Women members of All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday said that Muslim women are safe and secure in Islamic...

Campaign to make minority and SC/ST women legally aware

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Ashray Welfare and Charitable Society (AWCS) organized an event on legal awareness for women belonging to SC/ST and minority communities living near Pant Nagar and Nizamuddin in the community hall of Pant Nagar neighbourhood.

Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle

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By TCN News Delhi : Activists from various organisations will come together in Delhi tomorrow to commemorate and support the 15-year long struggle of Irom...

IIMs want more girls, non-engineering students

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By IANS, Kolkata: The Indian Institutes of Management are now looking to rope in more girl students and those with non-engineering background to get a more diversified variety on their rolls.

Exhibition portrays facets of women in Indian popular art

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Want to see how women can be provocative, trendy and empowered at the same time through popular art? Visit the ongoing exhibition here, showing them in all their incarnations in various media. The genre of popular art, a form of alternative art, is relatively new, but it is fast carving a niche for itself. It can be anything - right from memorabilia and miniatures to the collector's hobby art - like personal collections of stamps, postcards, coins, textiles, prints and posters, to name a few.

Bengaluru garment workers protest change in PF law

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Bengaluru : About 15,000 women garment workers on Monday staged a massive demonstration on the outskirts of Bengaluru, protesting change in the Provident Fund...

Telangana to launch 24×7 helpdesk for women

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Hyderabad : As part of its efforts to ensure women's safety, the Telangana government has decided to start round-the-clock helpdesk with toll free number...

Government yet to move on women’s bill talks

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break. "I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.

Saudi women to get new IDs by 2019

Women

Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has said all women will get the new electronic and smart national ID card with biometric fingerprint technology by 2019. “Since...

Women’s education key to progress: Rabey Nadvi

Women

By RINA, Kairana: President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadvi said that if a woman is given education then, it will pave the way for the development and progress of the whole family. Similarly, if a woman is deprived of the education then, the whole family would plunge in the darkness of ignorance and superstition. Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadvi was giving away certificates of Khatm-e-Bukhari to the students of Jamia Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqua Lil Banat here yesterday.

Karnataka woman police officer’s resignation sparks row

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Bengaluru : The sudden resignation of Karnataka woman police officer Anupama Shenoy as Deputy Superintendent of Police in Ballari district sparked a controversy, after...

Humiliated South African woman to be finally honoured

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By IANS, Pretoria : Sarah Bartmann, a South African Khoisan woman who was made to exhibit her unusual physical features like her large buttocks to Europeans in roadside shows in the 19th century, will be honoured by having some heritage sites named after her. The South African government is to open some heritage sites after her name this month that could help the people to remember the icon of oppression and colonialism that systematically stripped Africans of their dignity, BuaNews reported.

Delhi to get 5,000 new women voters

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New Delhi : The Election Commission has received about 5,000 new voter enrolment forms after holding a day-long voting awareness campaign for women in...

Women celebrate in Bihar’s first ‘smokeless’ village

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Patna : Women in a village in Bihar are celebrating -- as all its 240 households have been provided with cooking gas connections and...

Men, women approach charity differently

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By IANS, Sydney : Would you prefer to give money to someone needy in your neighbourhood or a needy person in a foreign country? If you're a man, you're more likely to give to the person closest to you, that is, the one in your neighbourhood, if you give at all. If you're a woman, you're more likely to give, and to give equal amounts to both groups, according to research by Texas A&M University marketing professor Karen Winterich and colleagues.

Decision on women fighter pilots to be considered: President

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By IANS, Pune : A decision on inducting women into the fighter stream will be taken after due consideration, President Pratibha Patil said Wednesday after her maiden sortie in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jet. The president, who is also the first woman supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that while she had confidence in the capability of women, the decision to allow women in combat would be taken by the three services after deliberation.

Landlord held for raping tenant in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: A landlord was arrested in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar on charges of raping his tenant, police said Saturday. The incident took place in a slum...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?

Women

तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...

Women MPs’ day in parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi: With the world observing International Women's Day, Indian lawmakers Tuesday made a strong pitch for reserving one-third seats in parliament and state legislatures for women.

Meet Mubeena Ramzan, the trailblazer in imparting women’s education and property rights

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By Sadaf Shabir, TwoCircles.net “In today’s world, if something goes wrong in our household, women are held responsible,” said Mubeena Ramzan, an iconic figure for...

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

Swarovski’s ode to your special woman with new line

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By IANS, New Delhi: This Women’s Day, celebrate the women who have touched your life and add a sparkle to their life with exquisitely designed...

Govt. scheme for leadership development of Muslim women

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By TCN News,

11 ‘women only’ buses launched in Delhi

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By IANS,

Cry, daughter, cry..

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By Nupur Basu, IANS, Nothing surprises me any more when it comes to how low we can sink as a society in heaping abuses on India's daughters. Even before she has been able to dry the tears from the last assault, comes the next one.

Why no quota for women in Rajya Sabha, asks Mamata

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By IANS, New Delhi : A day after her party boycotted voting on the women's reservation bill, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday asked why a third of the Rajya Sabha seats too should not be kept for women. "Why there is no 33 percent reservation for women in the Rajya Sabha?" a visibly upset Banerjee asked reporters. The Trinamool Congress chief said that her party had "so many times" raised the issue of reservation for women in the Rajya Sabha.

Why death penalty for child rape doesn’t mean swifter, better justice

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Mumbai, (IANS/IndiaSpend): About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of...

‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...

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For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...

Law and order situation broadly under control: Bengal governor

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By IANS, Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday termed the overall law and order situation in the state as "broadly under control" and said...

Welfare Party of India: Can it make a mark in Karnataka?

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By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Reform sexual assault laws, treatment of survivors: HRW

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By TCN News

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...

International Women’s Day: Meet UP’s Rehana Adeeb, a ‘rebel’ for men, but a ‘messiah’...

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Social activist Rehana Adeeb, who is fighting for the rights of women in areas such as Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat and Saharanpur in western Uttar...

NCC girls’ team to scale 6,001-metre peak

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New Delhi: An NCC girls expedition to the 6,001-metre-high Mount Deo-Tibba peak was flagged off from here by Director General Lt. Gen. A....

Woman kidnapped in Kathmandu, trail leads to India

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By IANS, Kathmandu : Amid increasing incidents of lynchings triggered by suspicions of kidnapping, Nepal police Friday said they had rescued an abducted young woman who was being taken across the border to India. Isha Bhattarai, from Jhapa district on the Indo-Nepal border and a second-year student in the Padma Kanya Campus, was abducted from a busy area of the capital Thursday while she was going to college, police said.

President to visit India’s first women’s education institute

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By IANS, Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office. On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the completion of 150 years of the country's first institute for women's education founded by Maharshi Dhondopant Karve.

जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान

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उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...

अज़ान के विमर्श में किन बिंदुओं पर बात करना ज़रूरी है ?

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-मसीहुज़्ज़मा अंसारी हिंदुस्तान की मशहूर प्लेबैक सिंगर अनुराधा पौडवाल इन दिनों अज़ान पर दिये अपने बयान को लेकर चर्चा में हैं.एक टीवी इंटरव्यू के दौरान...

Global Women Summit in Vietnam

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By Prensa Latina, Hanoi : Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.

Sania to get Khel Ratna Award

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Delhi : The sports ministry on Friday confirmed that tennis icon Sania Mirza will be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest...

Women’s car rally for breast cancer awareness flagged off

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By IANS, New Delhi : At least 60 decorated cars, with name and blood groups of occupants pasted on them, were flagged off early Friday as a women's car rally started from here to spread awareness of breast cancer among people. Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, drove from New Delhi to Agra to spread awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally was followed by doctors, health and community activists on Gandhi Jayanti.

TCN launches an internship program

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By TCN News Come learn about exciting world of online journalism. TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a US-based non-profit news organization working on unreported stories of the...

Western woman aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan

Women

By DPA, Kabul : Unknown gunmen killed a foreign woman when she was going to her office in the western part of the capital city Monday, police said. The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area following the shooting, said Zemarai Bashary, interior ministry spokesman. Bashary declined to provide more information or identify the victim. But a police official, who did not want to be named because he was not authorized to talk to news media, said the victim was from South Africa and worked with an aid organization.

Majority of women unaware of rights: Study

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By IANS, New Delhi : Seventy percent of women in the national capital are unaware of constitutional and legal provisions made for them, a new study released Tuesday said.

Child’s rape: Delhi Police clueless about attacker

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New Delhi: It has been two days since a four-year-old girl was found raped in the national capital but Delhi Police are still clueless...

IPS officer alleges harassment by senior

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Gurgaon: Gurgaon's Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Navdeep Singh Virk, of harassment and mental torture and wrongly interfering...

Stringent punishment sought for stalking, acid attack

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) wants separate clauses on acid attacks and stalking of women in the the Indian Penal Code and stringent punishment for the crimes.

Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’

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New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...

Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women

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By IANS, New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.

Girl child empowerment responsibility of cinema: Shabana

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By IANS,

Woman wins 22-year property battle, but gets no land

Women

By Sugandha Pathak, IANS, New Delhi : It took 22 long years for a court to direct the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to return a plot to coal depot owner Darshna Rani. But six months after the verdict, the 75-year-old is still to get her due. "It's been almost six months since this judgment came in our favour, but getting the land is still a distant dream. I am sure they (the MCD authorities) will file an appeal in the high court. I don't know for how many more years this case will go on," said a visibly frustrated Vinod Kumar Batra, Rani's son.

Ramadan1433: Naseema’s life

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net

Indian women’s hockey team thump Belarus 6-0

Women

By IANS, Boston : Striker Rani Devi slammed a hat-trick to help India to a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Belarus in their Group D fixture at the junior women's hockey World Cup here wednesday. With this win, India qualified for the medal league second round as the top team from the pool. India scored through Roselin Dung Dung (16th), Poonam Rani (38th), Ritu Rani (51st) and Rani Devi (53rd, 54th and 58th min). Both teams started cautiously, but as the first half progressed India took territorial supremacy pushing action in the Belarus end.

Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest

Women

By IANS, Bhubaneswar : An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 a.m. Wednesday from the south side of the 8,848 m mountain, according to the Nepal-based Arun Treks & Expedition Pvt ltd.

SC pulls up home ministry for not acting promptly on rape videos

Women

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took to task the union home ministry for doing just nothing for 20 days on a complaint...

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

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By Manish Chand, IANS,

Three raped in Bihar

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By IANS,

Respect women, says Delhi government posters

Women

By IANS,

Pushing TRPs up for the girl child

Women

By Anjali Singh, CNS, Lucknow: She epitomises the plight of girl children in India to the neglected, rejected, abused and sold off like property, "Laali", the character that Ratan Rajput plays in the popular tele serial "Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi kijo", has become an instant hit with viewers all over . No prizes for guessing why.

Seven arrested for stripping woman in Madhya Pradesh

Women

By IANS, Bhopal : Seven of the nine people accused of beating a tribal woman and parading her naked in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district Friday have been arrested, police said Sunday. The incident took place in the district's Chapaner village, when Manju of the Bhil community, who had eloped with her paramour Khuman last year despite being married and having three children, returned to the village for the Raksha Bandhan festival.

First woman from India’s northeast conquers Everest

Women

By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,

Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery

Women

By Sarat C. Das, IANS,

West Bengal to train 50,000 women to meet shortage of nurses

Women

By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state health ministry will train fifty thousand women to meet the shortage of nurses in the state.

डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…

Women

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...

Free travel for girl students: Mamata

Women

By IANS,

Crime against women rise in northeast

Women

By IANS, Guwahati : The northeastern states have recorded a sharp rise in incidents of crime against women, the Women Power Connect (WPC) said Tuesday.

A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi

Women

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...

33 percent quota for women in Delhi, union territory polices

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New Delhi : The union cabinet on Friday gave its approval for 33 percent reservation to women in direct recruitment to posts ranging from...

Women take charge as Kerala hills echo with sound of labour protests

Women

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Munnar: In Kerala, elections at nearly all levels have been about either the United Democratic Front or...

PG accommodation ‘block list’ for women students

Women

By Ankush Vats New Delhi : It's often been a murky tale of harassment for outstation women students of Delhi University year after year. But...

Indian Social Forum helps stranded women in Saudi Arabia return to India

Women

By TCN News A woman from Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi, who was forced to work as a housemaid in a remote town in...

Gayatri Devi: People’s princess who loved lilies and horses

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi: The feisty princess Ayesha, daughter of the erstwhile maharaja of Cooch Behar, shot her first panther at the age of 13, stunning everyone. Six years later, the beautiful woman who came to be known as Maharani Gayatri Devi stunned her family again by falling in love with prince Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur. She called him "Jai" and insisted on marrying him, never mind that he already had two wives and that her own family was against the match.

Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

Women

Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to...

Muslim women beaten up in MP for allegedly carrying beef; uproar in Rajya Sabha

Women

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In yet another violence caused due to suspicion of possessing beef, two Muslim women were thrashed and abused by...

Women bodies, activists condemn ‘witch’ killings in Assam

Women

By TCN Staff Reporter,

Out of Reach: The Quiet Ways India’s Digital Push Leaves Rural Women Behind

Women

Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh: India’s digital story is often told through numbers. Millions of UPI transactions every minute. Seamless online services. Government schemes...

Apex court anguished over Rs.80 pension to major’s widow

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday voiced dismay over a paltry Rs.80 pension being paid to the octogenarian widow of an Indian Army Major who fought in the 1962 and 1965 wars.

It is a ‘political conspiracy’, says sacked NCW member

Women

By IANS, Bangalore : Nirmala Vankatesh, the sacked member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), lashed out at the central government Monday, terming her removal a "political conspiracy". "It is a political conspiracy against me," Vankatesh told reporters here. Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury had Friday sacked Vankatesh for allegedly failing to conduct an unbiased enquiry into the attacks on women at a Mangalore pub Jan 24 by the activists of a fringe rightwing Hindu group, Sri Ram Sene.

Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment

Women

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...

Eight-year-old girl raped in Ghaziabad

Women

Ghaziabad : An eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her landlord's son here on Wednesday -- but her parents came to know about...

Delhi by night – many cops but so few women

Women

(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape) By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

You’ll be the employer and I the employee, Mamata tells industrialists

Women

Kolkata : Amid an impressive gathering of ministers, foreign delegates and industrial bigwigs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banereje on Friday inaugurated her annual...

Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night. The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here. The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.

Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir

Women

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

Woman gang raped, killed

Women

New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman, who was reported to be missing since Friday morning, was gang raped by her friend and his associates who...

Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders

Women

Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...

Delhi to have special provisions for mentally ill women

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Taking note of the shocking saga of former model Gitanjali Nagpal, the Delhi High Court Thursday directed the government to create separate wards for mentally ill women, especially the homeless, in state-run shelter homes. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked the government to set up special wards for the mentally ill in the state government-run Nirmal Chhaya shelter homes within three months.

मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र

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TCN News, वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...

On Raksha Bandhan eve, Haryana to launch all-women police stations

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Chandigarh: Hoping to provide a better police environment for women, Haryana Police will launch all-women police stations in all 21 districts of the state...

Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...

Woman spends 10,000 pounds to hear her cat miaow again

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By IANS, London : A pet owner in southeast Britain has spent a whopping 10,000 pounds to hear her moggy miaow again after the cat suffered a rare throat condition, the Daily Telegraph reported. Jean Kelly, 40, first noticed her 13-year-old pet Cadbury suddenly lost his voice. She did not take any time to visit a vet who diagnosed that Cadbury was suffering from a paralysed larynx, a rare condition that needed immediate surgery.

No “Achhe Din” for IIT students with three-fold increase in fees

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By Sumaiya Arafaat for TwoCircles.net, After NIT’s it’s bad news for IIT students. The panel, headed by IIT Roorkee Chairman Ashok Misra has approved a...

How Three Muslim Women of Northeast Delhi Were Caught In A Legal And Financial...

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By Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net On her wedding day, Tabassum was issued an arrest warrant for missing a court hearing. The previous day, November 10, 2022,...

15-years-old too must get death for rape: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Juveniles who are 15 years old too must get death penalty if they commit rape, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on...

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...

J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages

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Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of...

Assam polls a fight between two opposing ideologies: Rahul

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Guwahati (Assam) : Terming the Assam assembly polls a "fight between two opposing ideologies", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged the people...

Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...

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Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief. Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Asansol (West...

Online campaign against ‘untouchability’ in Rajasthan

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Giving wings to dreams and a Sunday School!!

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An inspiring story of a bunch of dedicated volunteers who work for realizing the dreams of students from low-income area of Hyderabad By Rupa Abdi for TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Don’t allow yourself to be misled because of her burka and hijab or her surroundings. She is not just another ordinary Muslim girl living a simple life. She is an engineering student who also works part time for an NGO called Helping Hands.

Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’

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Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

Women in elections: Haryana continues discrimination

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By Jaideep Sarin , Chandigarh: Having a skewed sex ratio, one of the worst among Indian states, is not the only blot on Haryana. The...

Amina loves her goats unconditionally

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How Toxic Masculinity, Cultural Crisis and Legal Failures Fuel Sexual Violence

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Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net In a world tainted by the curse of masculinity, a word that translates solely to dominance, I walk as an object to...

Women’s commission wants TV content monitored

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First woman Delhi chief justice to take charge Monday

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New Delhi: Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the...

Two arrested in Beed of Maharashtra for rape and murder of Muslim minor girl...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Beed (Maharashtra): Four days after the rape and murder of a 14 year girl and her 57 years old mother, belonging...

71 women get B.Ed. degrees at Mazharul Uloom College of Ambur

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दंगे की ज़मीन में मुहब्बत की फसल,जाट -मुस्लिम साथ आए तो बदल गए मुजफ्फरनगर...

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हिना आस। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान कुछ सुखद परिणाम भी आए हैं। 2013 में दंगे की तल्खी को राजनीति के गणित ने...

Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University

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By IANS, Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.

Over 32,000 cases of women’s rights violation in 2014-15

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New DelhiI More than 32,000 cases of violation of rights of women have been reported by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights...

Bangladeshi female lawyer calls for efforts to realize equal rights

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By Huang Yanan, Xinhua, Dhaka : A prominent female lawyer in Bangladesh holds that in a still male-dominated society, women should be encouraged to work hard to realize real equal rights with men. Although progress has been achieved in the past years, Bangladesh is still a male-dominated country with less women government officials, journalists and entrepreneurs, Lawyer Tania Amir said in an interview with Xinhua recently. "In the rural areas, girls are not treated equally with boys," she said.

As Mehbooba Mufti takes over, people of J&K hope for development, revocation of draconian...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: Continuing the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, the daughter of late J&K Chief Minister Mufti...

We must protest brutalisation of women: Mahasweta Devi

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NCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women

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New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive...

UN announces new programme for Indian widows

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Hooda assures impartial probe into Ruchika case

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Without listing any concrete steps for time-bound action in the matter, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday assured an impartial enquiry into the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case involving former director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore. "All aspects of this case are being examined legally and the government would try to ensure justice to the affected family," Hooda told mediapersons at Khedar near Hisar, 300 km from here, after inaugurating the first phase of the 1,200 MW Rajiv Gandhi thermal power plant.

Indian-origin grandmother is Trinidad and Tobago’s first woman PM

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By Paras Ramoutar, IANS, Port-of-Spain : Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose forefather came here from India as an indentured labourer, has been elected the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago after the political alliance led by her emerged victorious and ended the ruling party's 43 years in power. Persad-Bissessar's People's Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentary seats in the elections held Monday. She is expected to be sworn in as prime minister Tuesday evening by President George Maxwell Richards.