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लखनऊ: जमीनी विवाद में जिंदा जला दिए गए बाराबंकी स्थित हैदरगढ़ के मोहम्मद यासीन की लखनऊ के सिविल अस्पताल में इलाज के...
बिजनौर ट्रेन रेप कांड : निलंबित हुआ सिपाही, दर्ज हुआ मुक़दमा, लेकिन की जा...
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बिजनौर : चलती ट्रेन में रोज़ेदार महिला के साथ बलात्कार करने वाले सिपाही कोमल शुक्ला को एसपी जीआरपी केशव कुमार चौधरी ने...
Workshops to raise voting awareness among women
New Delhi: In a bid to raise the voting awareness among women, the Election Commission Saturday organised various camps, cultural programmes and workshops...
Differently-abled Odisha girl clears civil service exam in first attempt
By Jatindra Dash,
Bhubaneswar: It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha's differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first...
Jankidevi Bajaj award conferred on Shamshad Begum of Chhattisgarh
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The prestigious 25th IMC Ladies Wing Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar 2017 was conferred on the renowned social worker from Chhattisgarh, Shamshad...
Woman translator of Kalam’s book barred from dais at release function
Thrissur: An event here in Kerala to release the Malayalam translation of former president late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's last book was cancelled on Saturday...
इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध के हत्यारोपियों की जमानत रद्द, पत्नी ने कहा अब मिला सुकून
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उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में 2018 में हुई हिंसा में इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध सिंह की हत्या के मामले में आरोपी योगेश राज की ज़मानत...
South Asian Women’s Day observed in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Students from a number of South Asian countries living in Delhi came together at the Delhi University Monday to celebrate the South Asian Women's Day.
The celebrations saw cultural programmes by students from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Tibetan community.
Amrita, one of the organisers of the programme, said: "On this day we would like to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism in Pakistan, the internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka, India and Burma and to the anonymous victims of armed violence."
Save Sharmila campaign condemns rape of 3 women by Army personnel in Assam
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In another shocking incident, it has been reported that on 6th April, 6 Indian Army jawans raped 3 women in Khorsim Athor village in Anjukpani in Assam. It has been reported that the jawans on patrol reached the village and allegedly took a 13-year-old to the neighboring jungle. The girl's mother and another relative later reached the site to rescue her. According to reports, the jawans then raped the other two women as well.
RTI activist in trouble for asking too many questions
By IANS,
Agra : You could be asking for trouble by asking too many questions under the Right to Information Act. This was learnt the hard way by an activist here, who was told by the police that he was interfering in government work as he persisted with queries in the case of a woman kept in a protection home for seven years without being charged.
‘Women judged as women, men as individuals’
New Delhi : Women in any profession are are judged as women whereas men are judged as individuals, rued National Commission for Women chairperson...
Lakhs attend Barelvi Ijtema in Mumbai
By TwoCircles.net staff writer
Mumbai: Lakhs of men and women attend the 19th Annula International Sunni Ijtema organized by Sunni Dawate Islami in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Oct 30th to Nov. 1st.
The first day of the three day event was reserved for women which saw about one lakh women from Mumbai and suburbs participate in the proceedings. The lectures on the first day was geared towards women- importance of acquiring Islamic knowledge; understand their responsibilities as a Muslim women, prepare themselves in accordance to the Islamic law for the creation of a moral society.
J&K Gujjar women most neglected in the country: survey
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
The empowerment of a woman leads to empowerment of entire family. But unfortunately women have always been neglected lot in every field of life. They have been generally kept out of development in the country. A survey reveals Gujjar women in Jammu and Kashmir are among the most backward and discriminated women in the country.
Rahul attacks Modi, says he is backed by business groups
Rampur/Akbarpur (Uttar Pradesh)/Doda (Jammu and Kashmir): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over his alleged links with...
Delhi polls: Women candidates promise the moon on security
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : With women's security being such a big issue in the capital, women candidates in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly...
Five women beaten to death in Jharkhand over witchcraft
Ranchi : Five women were beaten to death on the outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday for allegedly practicing witchcraft, Jharkhand Police said.
The incident...
Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views
By IANS,
Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa.
Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.
Muslim women are oppressed in India: says minority social activist
By Alka Pande, CNS
It is in India and neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, alone, where Muslim women are oppressed, rest of the Muslim dominated nations give equal status and rights to women. This is how the Muslim minorities feel in this Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. These Muslim minorities also feel that the government schemes do not reach them.
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.
Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...
Sheila Dikshit is India’s longest serving woman chief minister
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sheila Dikshit Monday became the longest serving woman chief minister in the country when she wrested power for the third time in the Delhi assembly elections. The women chief ministers who preceded her were:
Sucheta Kripalani: She became the first woman chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in October 1963 and was there till March 1967 heading a Congress government.
Nandini Satpathy: She headed the Congress government in state from June 1972 to March 1974 and March 1974 to Dec 1976.
Women are backbone of nation, says Sachin Tendulkar
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh): On his first visit to a village which he has decided to adopt for development, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar Sunday said...
Delhi’s young to vote for jobs, women’s safety
By Priyanka,
New Delhi : The young in Delhi want jobs and are most likely to vote for a party that makes the city safe...
Asian women show they’re on top
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Nearly 24 years after mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner became the first man to conquer the 14 highest peaks in the world, South Korean Oh Eun-sun followed in his footsteps Tuesday, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat, beating her closest rival Spain's Edurne Pasaban.
The 44-year-old became South Korea and Asia's heroine after she reached the summit of Mt Annapurna, 8,091m, with her ascent being broadcast live.
CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level
Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...
Mamata seeks to defend pendency of rape trials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration's inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it...
Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...
By TCN News,
Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.
Courts sentences minor’s rapist, murderer to death
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A court in Orissa's Ganjam district Monday sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering an eight year old girl three years ago, officials said.
District and Sessions Judge Raghubir Das handed down capital punishment to A. Chandraya, 43, after convicting him, in Berhampur town, some 180 km from here, public prosecutor H.K Pradhan said.
Chandraya, a resident of Dayapalli village in the district, accompanied the girl to a local community feast Dec 24, 2007 night, on her father's request.
No arrest yet in Dimapur lynching case; victim’s body reaches Assam
Dimapur/Guwahati: The Nagaland government is yet to make any arrest in connection with Thursday's incident when a mob broke into Dimapur's high-security central jail...
EC move to curb bogus voting by ‘veiled’ women
Chandigarh : To check any attempt at bogus voting by women coming in veils to polling booths for casting their votes, the Election Commission...
Muslim women must press for their rights
(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.
SC begins hearing appeals by December 16 gangrape convicts
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging...
Rajouri braveheart Rukhsana honoured with medal, cash
By IANS,
Jammu: Rukhsana Kousar, the brave heart of Rajouri who killed top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Osama in her house in September last year, Saturday received an award for her act of exemplary bravery.
The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak was presented to Rukhsana, on behalf of President Pratibha Patil, by Rajouri Deputy Commissioner J.P.Singh at an official function in Rajouri, 160 km north of Jammu.
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.
UP woman booked for raping minor boy
Lucknow : A 23-year-old woman has been booked for allegedly raping a 16-year-old boy in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
A...
Shahnaz to attend White House summit of entrepreneurs
By IANS,
New Delhi: Herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain has been invited for a summit to the White House and will also be undergoing a short course at Harvard University.
The 63-year-old has been invited to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, April 26 and 27.
"I am very happy to receive this invitation and to represent brand India there," Husain told IANS.
President wishes all women on International Women’s Day
New Delhi, (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday extended his "best wishes" to all women of the world for International Women's Day, observed on...
NHRC directs Rajasthan government to compensate woman
New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday asked the Rajasthan government to compensate a woman who delivered a baby by the roadside after a state...
Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban
Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday.
"Trinamool...
Temple can’t prohibit entry of women devotees: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that unless a temple had a constitutional right, it could not prohibit the entry of the...
Instead of lowering prices, BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi asks to pay taxes on Sanitary...
New Delhi (IANS): BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who was part of a panel discussion on "Loss Fertility in Females" at the inaugural Menstrual Awareness...
Vrindavan widows’ first Holi with colours Friday
Goverdhan/Vrindavan : For the first time, about a 1,000 widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will this year play Holi with colours at an...
Rapist jailed for 30 years
New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...
Woman sets herself, infant ablaze
By IANS,
Bhopal : A woman set herself ablaze with her three-week-old daughter in her lap in Gunga village on the outskirts of the Madhya Pradesh capital, police said Monday. The child died. The mother survived.
With the child in her lap, Inder Bai, 27, poured kerosene on herself and set herself afire late Sunday evening while her husband, Jagdish Ahirwar, 30, a labourer, was away at work. She is suspected to be mentally deranged, the officer in charge of the Gunga police station said.
Sheila Dikshit: ‘mascot of a clean chief minister’
By IANS,
New Delhi : From a politician by default to the Congress' longest serving woman chief minister, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday wrote herself into the record books by steering her party to a third consecutive victory in the assembly elections.
Riding the twin planks of development and good governance, the 70-year-old Dikshit, who is known for her humility and charisma, was the first chief minister in Delhi to get a second consecutive term in 2003. And now, one more.
At 16, Arsh Ali is India’s youngest archaeologist at work
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow: At his age, teenagers loaf around and look for fun and adventure. Not so for the 16-year-old Arsh Ali.
He not...
AMU’s impact on Muslims share in higher education
By Charu Bahri, TwoCircles.net
Danish Malik is no stranger to challenges. Hard pressed for money, he tutored his way through graduation and continues to tutor...
Workshop trains Delhi women in self-defence
New Delhi : Hit your attackers at soft spots like eyes, the adam's apple or groin, keep pepper spray in your hands while moving...
Indian-origin grandmother is Trinidad and Tobago’s first woman PM
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.
Many Christians come out opposing ban on play ‘Agnes of God’
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Several Indian Christians have criticized demand by some catholic groups to ban a play titled 'Agnes of God' and...
Woman Maoist arrested in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Naxalite woman, wanted in several cases and carrying a reward of Rs.30,000, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday.
Kamla, an active member of Tanda Dalam, has been involved in various murders and gun battles with the police.
"A tip-off was received about Kamla's presence in Kodhapar forest area in Balaghat district on Saturday after which the police laid a trap and arrested her late Sunday," Balaghat Superintendent of Police Harinarayanchari Mishra said.
He said the arrest would help police bust the network of Maoists in the region.
तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ गिरफ्तार, पूर्व आईपीएस संजीव भट्ट पर एक और केस दर्ज
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देश की जानी-मानी समाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को गुजरात एटीएस ने 2002 के गुजरात दंगों के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया है। इसके...
Temple attack in Pakistan not because of faith: Reema Abbasi
Kolkata: Asserting that Hindus were not persecuted in her country, Pakistani journalist-author Reema Abbasi on Saturday attributed land-grabbing rather faith behind attacks on temples...
Fast track courts for crimes against women in UP
Lucknow: All 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh will soon have fast track courts for crimes against women, an officials said Saturday.
A decision to this...
Rajya Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day Tuesday as a handful of opposition members noisly voiced their protest against passing the historic women's reservation bill.
When the house assembled in the morning, chairman Hamid Ansari read out a condolence message on the Chilean earthquake and then announced question hour.
Burqa ban in Europe – Arresting cultural freedom?
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld France's controversial law of banning face-covering Muslim veils or burqa from the...
नुशीन अल ख़दीर : भारत की महिला क्रिकेट टीम को विश्व कप जिताने वाली...
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2005 के क्रिकेट महिला विश्व कप फाइनल में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत को एकतरफ़ा मैच में 98 रनों से शिकस्त...
India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85
By NNN-Bernama,
Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying.
Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka.
She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Women activists, journalists condemn hate speech, online auction of Muslim women during virtual event
On January 8, ANHAD organised a virtual discussion titled Women Against Hate in response to hate speech against India's Muslims during an event...
Shake hands with female teachers or face fine, Muslim boys told
Geneva : Muslim school students in the Swiss canton of Basel cannot refuse to shake hands with their female teachers on religious grounds, otherwise...
Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman
New Delhi: Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested on charges of gang rape and sexual assault of a 30-year-old woman from Assam,...
Restless legs could trigger imminent orgasms in women
By IANS,
London : Restless legs and overactive bladder could trigger imminent orgasms in women, according to a study.
Neuropsychiatrist Marcel Waldinger and his colleagues of Utrecht University and The Hague's HagaHospital studied 18 Dutch women with Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS).
Their findings were recently published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Women affected by this rare and mysterious syndrome experience persistent genital sensations as if they are continuously on the verge of an orgasm.
Women rights panel framing guidelines for Air India
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday said that it would issue guidelines within a month to the national carrier Air India (AI) to address the frequent complaints by their women staff alleging harassment from male colleagues and management.
"We are preparing guidelines on the working environment for Air India, like we issued guidelines to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry on the working hours for women," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said.
78 percent Indian women consider India safe to travel
New Delhi : A majority of Indian women of various age-groups across the country feel India is a safe place to travel, reads a...
Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar
Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...
Yadav chieftains stifle women’s aspirations
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.
Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday.
Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here.
He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal.
His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.
Women’s panel to submit report on Amethi ‘atrocities’
By IANS,
Lucknow : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it will submit within a week a report on the police attack on women in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town.
"I visited Amethi and met the women injured in the baton charge by police. I saw their medical reports," Neeva Konwar, a member of the NCW, told reporters in Lucknow after returning from Amethi.
The police allegedly broke into the houses of some residents of Amethi July 13 after they staged a noisy protest against the deteriorating power supply in the town.
Human Rights group concerned over falling Uttarakhand child-sex ratio; complains to NHRC
By TCN News,
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), in a recent report titled, ‘The State of Female Foeticide in Uttarakhand’ has found that...
Special police in Uttarakhand districts to check crime against women
Dehradun, (IANS): The Uttarakhand government will raise special police units in the state's 13 districts to deal exclusively with crime against women.
A decision to this...
95% verdicts of Shara’yee Panchayats go against women: Research Scholar
By RINA,
New Delhi : An analytic survey conducted by Ms. Qutub Jehan Kidwai of Mumbai-based institution ‘Islamic Studies’ reveals that in ninety-five per cent of cases decided at Shara’yee Panchayats go against Muslim women.
Her survey on ‘Islamic Rights of Women’ mainly targets religious institutions and intellectuals in Uttar Pradesh.
Rajya Sabha members condemn acid attacks
New Delhi: Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha members Friday condemned the many incidents of acid attacks and demanded stringent punishment for their perpetrators,...
Women’s groups seek action against Dev
New Delhi : Different women organisations Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission, seeking action against Bengali actor and Trinamool Congress candidate Dev...
Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence
Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015
By TCN...
President, PM call for end to violence against women
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for gender equity and decried violence against women as the...
Shilpa calls on women to turn their own saviours
By IANS,
Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty has called on women to strengthen themselves physically and mentally to become their own saviours in times of crisis.
Indian woman hangs herself in UAE
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi: A 27-year-old woman from India's Kerala state allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi.
Rape heinous crime but against blanket death penalty, Mulayam tells NCW
New Delhi : Amid a controversy over his remarks opposing death penalty for rape, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has told the NCW...
शाहीन बाग प्रोटेस्ट के 90 दिन पूरे, अब ऐसा है हाल
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नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ़ लगातार चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन ने को 90 दिन पूरे...
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...
IAF grants permanent commissions to 22 women officers
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to grant permanent commissions to 22 women officers in line with a court directive to ensure gender equality but this will not apply to women officers who join in the future, an official said Wednesday.
"We have started the process of according permanent commission to 22 women officers in accordance with a Delhi High Court order and have decided against challenging it," IAF spokesperson Tarun Kumar Singha told IANS.
4 reasons why there is no justification for bulldozer politics
Experts believe that demolishing houses of protestors is against the rule of law and deprives people of fundamental rights.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Following...
NGOs protest against Honour Killing of a Dalit Boy
By TCN News,
Puducherry: Periyar Viduthalai Kazagam, a Tamil Nadu based organization along with Puducherry unit of Khudai Khidmatgar jointly protest against the brutal honour...
Clear rehab scheme for rape victims, women’s panel asks PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the prime minister to implement a rehabilitation scheme for rape victims that would help rebuild their lives.
The commission has sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard requesting him to clear the scheme as soon as possible.
"We met the prime minister over this scheme and have also sent him a detailed letter on why rehabilitation of rape victims was necessary," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here Saturday.
Mulayam fears an all-women parliament
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said the women's reservation bill was an "international conspiracy" to weaken Indian democracy and said it would ultimately lead to an all-women parliament that would be "alarming" for the country.
"The women's reservation bill will eventually weaken Indian democracy and it is really unfortunate that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government at the centre was playing into the hands of those whose only intent was to break the backbone of Indian democracy," Mulayam Singh said at a press conference here.
Rohtak rape: Protests erupt after police apathy
Chandigarh: Protests erupted in Haryana's Rohtak town Sunday after details emerged of the barbaric manner in which a mentally-challenged Nepali woman was raped and...
Penniless widow writes to Patil for mercy death
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old widow in Orissa has sought permission from President Pratibha Patil to end her life, saying she has no money to feed her three mentally challenged children.
Women’s quota bill passage will invite agitation: Mulayam
By IANS,
New Delhi : Days after President Pratibha Patil declared the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in parliament as one of the top priorities of the government, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday opposed the bill saying that its passage would invite an agitation.
Mulayam Singh, who argued for the provision of reservation for women from the backward classes and minorities in parliament, warned of an agitation if the bill was passed in its present form.
He further demanded convening of an all party meeting to seek opinion of various political parties.
एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद
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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.
Woman wins 22-year property battle, but gets no land
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.
Somnath asks political parties to reserve seats for women
By IANS,
Kolkata : Voicing his support for the pending women's reservation bill, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee Monday said all political parties in India should nominate women candidates to increase female participation in the higher representative organisations.
"I don't understand why the political parties do not nominate 33 percent women candidates in the election," Chatterjee said at the Women Achievers Award programme organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation here.
Orissa woman gives birth to identical triplets
By IANS,
Jajpur (Orissa) : A 24-year old woman in Orissa's Jajpur district has given birth to identical triplets, a rarity that occurs once in three million births, a health official said here Monday.
The woman, Santilata Mahalik, a resident of Kunida village, gave birth to three sons Sunday through a normal delivery in the community health centre at Sukinda, 140 km from here.
Bengaluru garment workers protest change in PF law
Bengaluru : About 15,000 women garment workers on Monday staged a massive demonstration on the outskirts of Bengaluru, protesting change in the Provident Fund...
“Here to prove football isn’t a sport for elites,” Muslim girl-group Parcham breaking stereotypes...
By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: “We wanted to break the stereotype and bring girls together to interact,” said Sabah Khan, co-founder of Parcham. The organization...
University of Oxford expresses concern over rising caste, gender-based violence in India
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The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the prestigious University of Oxford have expressed grave concerns against the rising caste and gender-based violence...
Here, blue stands for women’s empowerment
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...
Soccer girls
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
When FIFA World Cup Soccer Final match is played on Sunday, there will be at least a billion people will be watching it around the world. Going by the two pictures that I will present to you, some of these fans will be young Muslim girls of India.
Government schemes, microfinance can go a long way in empowering Muslim women
By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net
“Wujood-e-zan se hai tasveer-e-kainaat mein rang,”
(The colours of the universe are there because of the existence of womankind)
--...
कोई नहीं है भजनपुरा का फुरसा हाल लेने वाला…
Anzar Bhajanpuri for TwoCircles.net
बिहार के कोसी क्षेत्र की पहचान दुनिया भर में है. 2008 की कोसी त्रासदी ने यहां की कठिन ज़िन्दगी और संघर्ष...
Beating all odds, Jharkhand girl clears matriculation exam, inspires others
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi : This Jharkhand girl cycled 24 kilometres every day to and from her school. And today, Neelu Kumari has made her...
Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain
Ujjain : Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take 'Samadhi' (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for...
Prabhu prioritises women safety in rail budget
New Delhi : Giving priority to women's safety, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday announced the utilisation of resources from the Nirbhaya Fund by Indian...
Woman’s burnt body found in Delhi house
By IANS,
New Delhi : The burnt body of a woman was found in her house here Monday, police said.
Anju, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, was found dead around 3 a.m., a police officer said.
"We found the burnt body of a woman in the house. We are investigating the case and have apprehended her husband Ramu for questioning," the officer said.
Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle
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...
PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days
Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...
Birth anniversary of Irom Sharmila observed with token hunger strike at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A day long fast was organized here at Jantar Mantar on the call of Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, Association of Protection of Civil Rights, Lok Raj Sangathan and Students Islamic Organisation of India to support Irom Sharmila and to demand repeal of AFSPA. Many people participated and observed the hunger strike.
DCW seeks appellate authority under sexual harassment act
New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday urged union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to constitute an appellate authority...
DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...
Action sought against two lawyers for derogatory remarks on women
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association on Friday sought action against two lawyers - M.L. Sharma and A.P.Singh - for making derogatory...
Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death
Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...
Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’
Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said.
The incident took...
“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...
Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...
J&K man held for raping Canadian tourist in Goa
Panaji: A man from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a Canadian tourist at the beach village of Arambol in...
J&K Technical Education Board in a mess, students allege college lecturer of deliberately failing...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In June, Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a student of a Srinagar-based polytechnic college, committed suicide after he found...
AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi
New Delhi (IANS) : The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a...
Pass Women’s Reservation Bill: NHRC
New Delhi : The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Tuesday called for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill to give them one-third seats...
Merajur Rahman Baruah wins National Award for documentary ‘Shifting Prophecy’
By TwoCircles.net news desk
New Delhi: Delhi based independent documentary filmmaker Merajur Rahman Baruah won the 55th National Award for his documentary film ‘Shifting Prophecy.” The film was awarded Rajat Kamal for the 55th National Award in the Best Film on Social Issue category.
Mr. Baruah is an accomplished documentary filmmaker with several documentaries and awards to his credit. He won the Best Director Award at Hyderabad International Film Festival in 2008 for the same film.
Goa child lured with Rs.10 note, raped; UP man held
Panaji: A native of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for raping a minor girl, after luring her with a Rs.10 note, police said Monday.
The...
आज़मगढ़ में दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के आजमगढ़ जिले के एक गांव में दलितों पर पुलिस उत्पीड़न का मामला सामने आया है। गांव में दो पक्षों...
Widowed in Ramadan by rioters, Rukayya now lives for three daughters
By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Washim, Maharashtra: Rukayya Parveen, 25, a simple and quiet girl from Karanja town in Washim district of Maharashtra, considered herself blessed...
Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a momentous, heartwarming step not only for India, but is likely to be an inspirational trendsetter for women's empowerment in the entire region.
Although it is only the first step, the ripples from the smashing of a glass barrier are bound to be felt in virtually all areas of traditional male dominance. Like its democracy, therefore, India will also be a beacon in the matter of women's emancipation.
Every third Pakistani woman has osteoporosis
By IANS,
Islamabad : One out of every three women over the age of 50 in Pakistan is suffering from osteoporosis, health experts have said.
One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.
National women’s front organizes workshop for women
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A workshop on Women Safety was organized by the National Women's Front today at the India Islamic Cultural Center in New Delhi.
Five held guilty in two Shakti Mills gang-rape cases
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday found five people guilty of two gang-rape cases in July-August last year in the Shakti Mills Complex here, officials...
Women’s self-help groups shore up farm communities
By V. Vijayalakshmi, IANS,
Pune : The woes of the agricultural community in rural Maharashtra may be far from over, but a Mumbai-based trust is helping out a sizeable number of farm families through women's self-help groups (SHGs).
The SHGs, being funded by the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, have instilled confidence in thousands of poor farm families by forging a tie-up with Big Bazar, one of India's biggest retail outlets for supply of homemade products.
Outrage grows as anti-Hijab row escalates in Karnataka
The ban has sparked fears of further marginalization among the Muslim community of Karnataka who constitute around 12 percent of the state’s population.
Muhammad...
Three held for woman’s gangrape in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Three men were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said Wednesday.
"The woman was waiting for a bus to go to Ujjain Tuesday when the trio offered her lift in their jeep. Later, they took her to bypass road and raped and assaulted her," said Dewas Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rajput.
Rajendra Senghav of Dewas, Sunil Mehta of Raisen district and Bunty Patel of Bhopal were arrested by a police patrol on the bypass road, he said.
Girl,15, raped in Jharkhand hospital
Ranchi : A 15-year-old rape victim, undergoing treatment at a Jamshedpur hospital, was raped for a second time by a security guard of the...
Leading Deoband Ulema oppose Women’s Reservation Bill
By RINA,
Deoband: Some of the leading Ulema of Deoband have shown their opposition to 33 per cent Women’s Reservation Bill that has again gained momentum due to the elevation of Ms. Meira Kumar as the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha in the history of independent India.
This issue has ruffled many a feathers in not only in the political circles but also in the realms of religion. Many Ulema are from the world renowned Islamic seminary of Darul Uloom have opposed the bill.
No woman to vie for Panjab University students union president
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Seventy percent of the students in Panjab University (PU) are women, but in the last three decades its students union has never had a woman president. Nor will it this year, as all candidates for the president's post in the Friday poll are men.
Women have contested and have been elected for the posts of vice-president and secretary, but not for the top post.
Paramours of married women beware!
By IANS,
New Delhi: Paramours of married woman beware! The Supreme Court has ruled that a man having an affair with a married woman and unwittingly driving her husband to end his life out of humiliation is liable to be held guilty of abetting the suicide.
A vacation bench of Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice B.S. Chauhan ruled thus while endorsing an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling convicting and jailing Guntur resident Dammu Sreenu for three years.
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Dec 16 victim’s father, activists condemn Mulayam’s rape remark
New Delhi/Lucknow/Mumbai : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape Friday attracted widespread outrage with political parties, tinsel town celebrities and the...
Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...
Husband’s retirement no ground for reducing alimony, rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the retirement of a husband was no ground for reduction in the maintenance granted to a...