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The first of women officers in Pakistan hope to carry arms soon

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By Igor G. Barbero, IANS/EFE, Abbottabad (Pakistan) : Amid shouts of "Allah Hu" of hundreds of men cadets, a group of 38 women does stretches, push-ups and a series of other exercises in their new dark green tracksuits, like that of the national flag, on the outskirts of the city of Abbottabad, in the north of Pakistan. Having had good education and fulfilled their dream of entering the most powerful institution in Pakistan, the army, the first few batches of women officers of the Military Academy also hope to hold arms soon and defend the country on its frontiers.

Sushma Swaraj – an orator and a prominent face of BJP (Profile)

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New Delhi : A top woman leader of the BJP and one of its best orators, Sushma Swaraj has blazed some records in her...

Ramadan 1435: Half-fasts

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Fasting in the month of Ramadan is obligatory for adult males and females (with certain exemptions). But young Muslims beg their...

Ban calls for ending violence against women

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By IANS, New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality. He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.

HC notice on poor girl’s plea for free treatment

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a plea by a 13-year-old girl, suffering from...

Indian-origin woman charged with murdering neighbour in Canada

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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...

Dead woman elected as panchayat samiti member in Bihar!

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Patna : A woman in Bihar, who died nine years ago, has been elected as panchayat samiti member in the recently concluded 10-phase panchayat...

79% Women’s report harassment and abuse, trend more prevalent in Northern India, reveals a...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A recent research by UK-based advocacy group ActionAid has once again highlighted the grim situation of women's...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में कल से सुनवाई, बोर्ड व जमीयत की ओर...

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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...

Woman gets relief from incontinence

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman, suffering from continence, a condition characterised by involuntary loss of urine, for the last one year, has finally...

Historian Rana Safvi bags Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2020 

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Renowned historian and author Rana Safvi has won this year’s Yamin Hazarika Award. The prestigious award is given in the...

Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards

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By TCN News In the 4th Edition of Connections 2020 by the IIMC Alumni Association, independent journalist Meena Kotwal was awarded the Indian Institute of...

Ramadan 1438: Ara Jan

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "Our Prophet(S.A.W) has said that the month of Ramadan has 10 days of mercy and 10 days of forgiveness and...

AMU Women Badminton team wins North Zone Intervarsity Championship

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Why women’s safety not in poll campaign, ask activists

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New Delhi : Rights practitioners, lawyers and thought leaders Wednesday asked why was women's safety not of pivotal concern in the ongoing elections, and...

40% women victim of domestic voilence in Kashmir:Survey

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By Mudassir Kuloo,Agence India Press,

Sikkimese woman raped in Delhi

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New Delhi: A 25-year old woman from Sikkim has allegedly been raped in the national capital, police said Friday. The victim in her complaint said...

Jamiat to organize woman conferences to show Muslim women are not against Sharia

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In its national executive meeting, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind decided to organize woman conferences in various cities across the country to...

Bharatiya Mahila Bank expanding base across India

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Agartala: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the country's first all-women bank, aiming to economically empower women will open 55 more branches across the country...

Left parties join hands ahead of polls in northeast

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Imphal : Joining hands ahead of elections in some northeastern states, the left parties have called for unity among themselves to stamp out corruption...

Five Bengal girls fight child marriages

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Woman, son burnt alive for dowry in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 30-year-old woman who was constantly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry was allegedly burnt to death by them along with her two-year-old son, police said Saturday. The victim, Brijesh, a resident of Ratol town in Baghpat district, was married to Praveen, a resident of Khimawati locality of Muradnagar in Ghaziabad in 2005. They had two sons, aged three and two, police said.

Indian woman found dead in Oman

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Muscat: An Indian woman has been found dead in her apartment in Oman's Sohar city, hours after having lost her daughter and husband in...

A week after protests, AMU keeps peaceful dissent alive

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Text and photos by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh: On the night of 15 December, Ayesha (20) and Tuba (21), two students of AMU sat in...

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

Lalitha Kumaramangalam takes charge as NCW chair

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New Delhi : BJP leader Lalitha Kumaramangalam Monday took charge as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women and said that she will...

Syrian rebels kill 10 women: Report

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By IANS, Damascus : Syrian rebels killed 10 women in the central province of Hama Sunday, state media said. Armed "terrorist" groups carried out killing in...

Indian priest faces deportation for molestation in US

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Washington: An Indian-American priest who admitted to fondling a girl while attending dinner at her grandmother's home in Minnesota has been sentenced to 25...

Dhaka can take lessons from Beijing, says Rasheda

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By NNN-BSS, Dhaka, Bangladesh : Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury described Dhaka-Beijing friendship as an excellent one since time immemorial in terms of trade and commerce, culture and history and said, Bangladesh could take lessons from China. Bangladesh should follow the strategies of China to move towards economic prosperity as Beijng had shown amazing economic achievement in agriculture, industry and human resources development, she said at a discussion at a city hotel on Saturday afternoon.

A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...

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TCN News Dr Lubna Sarwath, Contesting Candidate for Karwan Legislative Assembly, Telangana, Hyderabad, Socialist Party(India) has released the manifesto for her constituency which is a...

From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...

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Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...

Kids, women severely burnt as high-tension wire falls on them

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Three children and three women were severely burnt when a high-tension wire fell on them in the Khoda area of Ghaziabad Monday night, police said Tuesday. According to officials, the children and the women were sitting on the rooftop of their house when the overhead high tension 11,000 volt transmission wire fell on them, severely burning them.

At age 70, woman wants divorce to avenge husband’s cruelty

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a court here seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband. She calls it her overdue "revenge". Bimla Devi wants to end her 53-year-old relationship with Rakesh Kumar, who she says has dumped her for another woman and now allegedly wants to grab her (Bimla's) property. The distraught woman has moved an application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Manmohan Sharma against Kumar. Bimla Devi and Kumar were married March 10, 1955.

50 percent seats for women in Maharashtra local government bodies

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By IANS, Mumbai: In a significant move, the Maharashtra cabinet Wednesday approved hiking reservation from 33 percent to 50 percent for women in all local self-government bodies.

‘Society will benefit from more women in politics’

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By IANS, New Delhi : When 181 women get "empowered" to enter parliament society as a whole will benefit, Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed said here Monday. "All eyes are riveted towards India's parliament now. The thing to be kept in mind is that by asking for 33 percent reservation, we are not asking for a favour because when 181 women will be in the parliament, the society as a whole will benefit," Hameed said at the release of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on gender equality in Asia-Pacific region.

Woman kills two children, self in Tripura

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By IANS, Agartala : A woman poisoned her two teenaged children and then killed herself in Tripura, which is witnessing an increase in the number of suicides, police said Tuesday. Laxmi Sarkar, 27, killed her two children and then committed suicide late Monday in Kalyanpur in west Tripura, a police spokesman said. She reportedly took the extreme step due to abject poverty. In separate incidents, two middle-aged women also committed suicide in west Tripura allegedly due to poverty, police said.

Judge bans burqa in Australian court

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By IANS, Sydney : An Australian judge Thursday refused to allow a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil in court during her testimony as a witness in a fraud trial. Perth's District Court Judge Shauna Deane said that in the interest of a fair trial the witness should not be allowed to wear a niqab or burqa. But she said she would speak to counsel about ways to accommodate the witness, The Age reported.

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.

Fearing further attacks & arrests, Muslim families flee Uttarakhand village

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Following communal violence in a village in Uttarakhand on April 16, several Muslim families have fled the area fearing arrests and further attacks.  Muhammad Raafi |...

About 750 women personnel to guard Indo-Nepal border

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By IANS, Patna : India's paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will deploy about 750 women constables at the Indo-Nepal border soon to check human trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities, an official said Friday. "In a bid to strengthen security, about 750 women personnel of the SSB will guard the porous Indo-Nepal border from West Bengal to Bihar," SSB Inspector General Dilip Tandon said.

Essay writing competition in celebration of Mother’s Day

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Human’s Pride, an NGO that works for the poor and oppressed section of the society has announced a national essay writing competition for Mother’s Day.

Andhra plans exclusive police stations for women

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By IANS, Hyderabad: One police station exclusively for women would be set up in each of the districts of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy announced Monday.

Record 13 women get elected to Haryana assembly

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Chandigarh: Haryana's legislative history has a new entry - 13 women candidates have been declared elected to the new state assembly Sunday out of...

Chhattisgarh has 15,000 women Maoists: police chief

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS, Raipur : About 15,000 armed women Maoists operate in Chhattisgarh and they form a significant chunk of the insurgents engaged in a bitter battle with the state machinery, says Director General of Police Vishawa Ranjan. "Some 30 percent of the total 50,000 armed rebels, or 15,000, are female insurgents, who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," Ranjan told IANS in an interview.

Women’s safety top issue in JNUSU election

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New Delhi : With growing cases of crimes against women at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most student organisations Wednesday outlined women safety as their...

Trinamool MLA’s son worried about his safety after mother shot at

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Kolkata : Days after his mother was shot at in their home, the son of Trinamool Congress legislator Arjun Singh on Saturday expressed concern...

Check crimes against women: NHRC to Gurgaon police

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Gurgaon police commissioner over the increasing number of crimes against women. Taking suo motu cognizance...

Asma Nama- Sensitivity Quotient: A Simple Note on Simplicity and Sensitivity

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, A Face book post said. An Afghani child falls asleep after hard work at a brick kiln. Children as young as three year olds do hard labour, as seen here.

Samajwadi women wing chief joins BSP

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By IANS, Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party suffered a jolt Saturday when its national women's wing chief Ranjana Bajpai quit to join her party's sworn foe -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Attributing her decision to the "neglect of Brahmins in the Samajwadi Party", she pointedly accused Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh of having "completely hijacked the party". Her exit came within days of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's abrupt move to axe her as the candidate for the Sitapur Lok Sabha seat.

Abduction of women rising in India; UP at the top

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New Delhi : Cases of kidnapping of women and girls are on the rise in India, with Uttar Pradesh registering the maximum number of...

Relative arrested for murder of MGR kin

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By IANS, Chennai : A woman was arrested Monday for allegedly masterminding the murder of her relative, Vijay Kumar, kin of former chief minister M.G. Ramachandran, police said. The six men that Bhanumati, Vijay Kumar's sister-in-law, reportedly hired to kill him have also been arrested. Vijay Kumar, 53, was killed in a posh southern suburb here over a property dispute June 4. A week later, the case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department under the control of the Director General of Police K.P. Jain.

Muslim women in India are in miserable condition: Uzma Naheed

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Uzma Naheed comes from a family of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband. She is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and has been working for the upliftment of the Muslim women in India and abroad. Though she comes from the religious establishment she is very critical of religious establishment for keep Muslims in intellectually and socially miserable condition.

Apex court rejects women panel’s plea against rapist

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a suit by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Delhi High Court order setting free a rapist who had "redeemed himself" by clearing the civil service exam while in prison.

Nepali man held for raping, sodomising daughters, son

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Panaji : In a shocking incident, a Nepali national was arrested on Thursday by Goa Police for raping and sodomising his biological daughter,...

Over 32,000 widows, 97,000 orphans in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar: There are over 32,000 widows and 97,000 orphaned children in violence-battered Jammu and Kashmir, a new study has found, suggesting that the unending conflict in the border state has only made things worse for the vulnerable sections of society. "There were 32,400 widows and 97,200 orphans in 2008 in Kashmir and the number is growing. With the continuity and intensification of armed conflict, their life conditions have deteriorated to miserable sub-human levels," says the study conducted by valley-based known sociologist Bashir Ahmed Dabla.

For Muslim women Eid means more work

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net

Haryana village headman arrested for killing two women

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By IANS, Chandigarh : A Haryana village headman, who allegedly killed two women on Diwali night over a property dispute, was arrested here, a police official said Thursday. Shribhagwan Singh, Sarpanch (headman) of Karaur village in Rohtak town, around 250 km from here, was nabbed here Wednesday morning. "Shribhagwan Singh was absconding since Nov 28 after killing two village women on Diwali night. He was arrested by the Chandigarh police here, near the football stadium in Sector 17," said a police official.

Triple Talaq Bill: A classic case of judicial overkill

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By Tariq Hasan for TwoCircles.net Algarh: The Triple Talaq bill passed in the Lok Sabha and to be presented in the Rajya Sabha if passed...

Indian woman phones home after being declared dead

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By ANTARA News, New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday. Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said. Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.

“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.

China launches Shenzhou-9 with first woman astronaut

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By IANS, Beijing: China launched its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with the country's first female astronaut aboard Saturday.

Uber, three other cab operators banned in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government banned Uber and three other cab operators from plying their taxis in the capital city from Friday, a top official...

Women most vulnerable to climate change, says UN report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women, particularly those in poor countries, are among the most vulnerable to climate change, said a United Nations report released here Thursday. "They (women) are among the most vulnerable to climate change, partly because in many countries they make up a larger share of the agricultural work force and partly because they tend to have access to fewer income-earning opportunities," the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) report said.

Crime against women, rapes up in Delhi

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New Delhi : Delhi has witnessed an 18.3 percent rise in crime against women in 2014 as compared to 2013, with a whooping 31.6...

More women are becoming primary migrants: book

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : Asian women are joining men in migrating to other countries, in many cases as principal bread winners, says a new book. In recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of female migrants, who sometimes come as primary breadwinners. The male-female ratio of international level on the whole is 52.5 per cent to 47.5 per cent, though its proportion in the developed countries is almost 50:50, says the book 'Striped Zebra, The Immigrant Psyche' by US-based Uday C. Naval and Soofia K.Hussain, published by Rupa.

Andhra minister’s son booked for harassing woman

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Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister's son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman. Ravela Sushil -- son of Andhra...

Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal listed among CNN’s top ten heroes

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By Arun Kumar Washington : Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal is listed among CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2015, for bringing safe drinking water to more than...

तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...

India’s women’s bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister

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By Manish Chand, IANS, New Delhi : India's experiment with gender equality in parliament through the women's reservation bill has struck a chord in Africa, says Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh. "I hope this legislation goes through. It's inspiring for women everywhere, including in Africa," Tetteh, one of the seven women ministers in the West African country and a firm backer of stronger India-Africa ties, told IANS in an interview. A lawyer by profession and an aide to Ghana President John Atta-Mills, Tetteh was here to attend a business conclave.

Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers

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By DPA, Nairobi : A woman Sudanese journalist and United Nations worker could face up to 40 lashes Wednesday for wearing trousers. Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a columnist and public information officer at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), was arrested in Khartoum along with 13 other women in early July. Ten of the other women were given 10 lashes for breaching Islamic law, but Hussein demanded a lawyer and delayed her trial. She has invited local and foreign journalists to view her flogging should she be convicted.

Now women will guard the frontiers

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Attari (Punjab) : They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years, will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border soon after they complete this week their physical training at the BSF's Kharkan camp, 10 km from Hoshiarpur town. Some recruits will be deployed on the India-Bangladesh border later.

Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net  Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...
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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata:  The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s state-run R.G. Kar Hospital has sparked widespread outrage and...

Mystery over woman’s death in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Police were Wednesday investigating the death of a former air hostess under mysterious circumstances at Ghaziabad. Some passers-by noticed Jaya Kaushik, a 26-year-old who earlier worked with Deccan airlines, lying critically injured near railway tracks at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday. They rushed her to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Attending doctors said her left leg and right arm were found broken and there were multiple injuries in her abdomen.

Delhi Government not serious about addressing female foeticide, claims Asian Center of Human Rights

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.netAsian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, 'Delhi: Disabling the Girl Child?' has stated that there is little seriousness...

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Woman prisoner commits suicide in Jharkhand

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Ranchi: A woman prisoner committed suicide in Jharkhand's Gumla district Saturday, police said. According to police, Jagini Oraon committed suicide in a toilet of Gumla...

Rural women of Uttar Pradesh assert themselves

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SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad  

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By TCN News,   Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...

Women’s voices from Atali

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Dr. Sandhya Mhatre and Neha Dabhade A fact finding team consisting of Adv. Irfan Engineer and these writers, visited the riot torn village of...

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...

India rejects Albania’s demand for Mother Teresa’s remains

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has rejected Albania's demand for Mother Teresa's remains, saying she was an Indian citizen - a decision widely welcomed in this country where the Nobel prize winner spent her life tending to the poor and needy. An external affairs ministry official told IANS Tuesday that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no question of returning her remains. It was reacting to a demand by Albania, the country where she was born on Aug 26, 1910, "Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be said," the official said.

Warjri is Meghalaya’s first woman home minister

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UP government’s utterances on women ring hollow

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Uttar Pradesh cop accused of rape

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By IANS, Lucknow : An Uttar Pradesh policeman has been booked for allegedly raping a woman in Shahjahanpur district, officials said Thursday. Tejpal Singh, posted at Tilhat police station of the district, is absconding after the woman accused him of raping her. "The woman has alleged that Singh lured her to his government quarter inside the police station premises when she went there to lodge a complaint Oct 15," Shahjahanpur district police Superintendent Ejil Arasan told IANS over phone. The woman said that Singh raped her and then tried to give her money, he added.

Handwara Killings: Statements issued by minor girl under pressure, claims Kashmir civil society group

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A day after the minor girl at the center of Handwara protests gave her statement to the local...

Looking beyond Women’s Day and Capitalism-inspired Feminism

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By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net Now that Women’s Day has gone, women will be forgotten once again for the rest of the year....

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him. Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."

Women’s strength in Agartala civic body increases

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Indian women’s relay team to compete Friday

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By IANS, Beijing : It will be India's last chance to salvage prestige on the track event of athletics as the women's 4x400m relay team get into action at the Beijing Olympics Friday. The showpiece track and field have seen pathetic performances from the Indians so far, with none of the competitors progressing beyond the first stage and none managing to replicate the performance they had come up with to make the cut for the big event.

Two injured in Agra clash

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Lucknow : Two people were injured when two groups clashed in Agra which prompted police reinforcements to control the situation, police said on Monday. The...

DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim

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New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...

More to Saudi women than the niqab

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By Maha Akeel Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and stereotyped countries in the world is Saudi Arabia, particularly when it comes to its women.

261 women artists paint their thoughts

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By IANS, New Delhi : Spirituality, women's bonding, landscapes, coloured abstractions, shapes and figures - 261 artists from all over the world have put their thoughts on 300 canvases in one of the biggest women's art exhibitions at the Art Mall here. The exhibition titled "Stree", which began three years ago as an annual event, is a tribute to talented women artists who have either taken up art as a vocation or hobby, said Ila Jain, director of the mall, who manages the mammoth display space-cum-learning centre. The 10-day exhibition began March 8.

Lucknow gets an ‘all women’ petrol pump

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Lucknow : Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an 'all women' petrol pump here on the eve of International Women's Day. Named 'Shakti Filling...

Goa, Kerala top Gender Vulnerability; Bihar, UP at bottom

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New Delhi, (IANS): Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are at the bottom in a new Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) prepared by Plan India, while Goa, Kerala...

Othello-reciting Tamil rapist jailed in Britain

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By IANS, London : An Oxford University-educated Tamil banker who quoted from a Shakespeare play as he raped a woman has been sentenced to over three years of imprisonment by a British court. Paramasivan Sivasothy, an investment banker, recited lines from "Othello" to his terrified victim while raping her, Southwark Crown Court heard Friday. The woman managed to call the police while his back was turned and officers recorded Sivasothy as he carried out the "brutal, ugly and repugnant" attack, the prosecution said. A tape of the woman's ordeal was played in court.

Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row

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To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Rheumatoid arthritis rising among women

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Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) After lying dormant for four decades, rheumatoid arthritis has resurfaced among women in the US. "More research needs to be done to better understand the causes and treatment of this devastating disease," said Sherine Gabriel, Mayo Clinic rheumatologist and lead investigator of the study. From 1955 to 1994, its incidence had continually been on the decline, but changed in mid-nineties. When Mayo researchers analysed patient data from early 1995 to early 2005, they found that both the incidence and prevalence (percentage) of the condition were rising.

Conflict to peace via women: Helping distressed women in J&K

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Peace and conflict in Kashmir are linked to patriarchal interventions in Kashmir. “The women don’t have a slightest idea about it. They feel it...

Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...

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Teresa Rehman awarded Sanskriti Award 2009 for Journalism

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By TwoCircles.net staff writer New Delhi: Teresa Rehman of Assam has been awarded Sanskriti Award for 2009 for her work in the field of journalism. Sanskriti Award is presented to young talents in the age group of 25-35 years in the fields of Literature, Journalism, Art, Performing Arts and Social Achievement. This is the 30th year of this prestigious award. Award carries Rs. 50,000 in cash and a citation.

Bangladesh’s ninth parliament will have record 64 women

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh, where politics is dominated by two former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia, will see a record 64 women sitting in its ninth Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly). For the first time, 19 women contesting for 23 parliamentary seats defeated their rivals by huge margins in the election that saw the Hasina-led alliance winning three-fourths of the 299 seats. They will be joined by 45 women nominated to the assembly as per a provision in the constitution. Generally, they are from the ruling alliance, boosting their majority.

Hetalbari: The curious case of land acquisition which left residents confused

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In the fourth and final part of the Sunderbans series, we look at the curious case of Hetalbari, a small village in Sunderbans, where...

Running in Olympics is like wining gold for Afghan girl

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Date set for court battle over fortune of Asia`s richest woman

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By ANTARA News/DPA, Hong Kong : A court date was set Wednesday for what is expected to be a spectacular and scandal-packed battle over the fortune of Asia's richest woman. The hearing into the 4.2 billion US dollar fortune of Nina Wang, who died aged 69 last year, leaving her money to an unknown feng shui master, is due to begin on February 16, 2008. At a hearing Wednesday, a High Court judge ruled that a further assessment could be made in October to decide if the case can proceed in February. It is expected to last eight weeks.

Man, family get 10-year jail for demanding dowry

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : A city court Tuesday sentenced a man and his parents to 10 years in jail for demanding dowry from his wife who was forced to commit suicide in 2005. The court also slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 each on Shailender, his father Braham Singh and mother Santosh. "Keeping in view the fact and circumstances of the present case and having regard to the nature and gravity of the offence, I am of the considered opinion that the convicts do not deserve any leniency," Additional Sessions Judge Paramjit Singh said.

युवती की संदिग्ध मौत के बाद आगरा में बवाल, तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा में एक युवती की संदिग्ध मृत्यु के बाद दो समुदायों के बीच हिंसक झड़प हो उठीं। दोनों समुदाय...

More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation

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By Prachi Salve While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board...

Women comprise 5.5 percent of 288-member Maharashtra assembly

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Mumbai : Barely 5.5 percent of the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly are women, according to an analysis of poll results Monday. Of the total 4,119...

Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh enter sub-junior women’s hockey semis

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By IANS, Sonepat: Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.

भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...

​​Who is Teesta Setalvad? From 2002 Gujarat riots to 2022 SC verdict

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The arrest of Padma Shri awardee Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad has been widely condemned. Muhammed Nihad P V | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — The detention of...

Women’s role key in empowering the community: National Women’s Front

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By TCN News, Madurai (Tamil Nadu): “Women constitute around 50% of the population and hence their part in empowering the community is very essential. Our Prophet (PBUH) included women in all areas of community empowerment. Hence we also should follow this,” Ms. S. Fathima Gani, Tamil Nadu state president of National Women’s Front, the women’s wing of Popular Front of India.

Meghalaya governor assures check on crimes against women

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By IANS, Shillong: Condemning crimes against women in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Thursday said the government is adopting new strategies to tackle the issue.

India’s eight women wrestlers for Worlds announced

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Lucknow : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday selected eight women grapplers for the World Championships to be held in Las Vegas...

Withdraw case slapped for protesting rape, demand women activists

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By IANS, Kolkata : Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for "stifling the voice of protest", a section of women rights activists Wednesday demanded withdrawal of...

SC pulls up Bengal for failure to protect rape victim’s rights

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday said that West Bengal government failed to protect the fundamental rights of a village woman who was gang raped...

Probe into trafficking of Indian women into SE Asia

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By Mahendra Ved, IANS, Kuala Lumpur : Authorities in India, Malaysia and Singapore are intensifying a probe into a widespread trafficking racket that pushes women from India's northeastern states into flesh trade in Malaysia and Singapore. Investigations have intensified after the rescue of five Indian girls here, leading to the arrest of several kingpins in three countries, The New Straits Times said.

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

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New Delhi: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communque said on...

Handwara Case: Girl says police abused her, forced her to deny assault by Jawan

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A month after the alleged molestation of a local school girl in Handwara which sparked state-wide protests that...

Malaysian woman strikes yoga pose to win shopping vouchers

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : Striking a yoga pose has won Malaysian Adriana Zuleika Azmi shopping vouchers worth RM 5,000 ($1,432) that she can spend with award-winning television personality Aznil Nawawi. A participant had to walk into a Ogawa firm outlet and take a picture with any of the Ogawa products. She struck a yoga pose on the Ogawa ezShape machine to win the grand prize in a contest, NST Online said Monday. It did not specify which of the asanas from yoga, the system of mental and physical rejuvenation that has its roots in India, was performed.

Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize

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By Betwa Sharma, IANS, United Nations : Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize. Khabar Lahariya is produced and marketed by rural women from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of India's most populous state. The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given by the United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar, a centre for gender and education, which is based in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers

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AAP leader Alka Lamba attacked in Delhi, one held

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New Delhi : A 19-year-old has been arrested for throwing a stone at AAP legislator Alka Lamba during her anti-drug drive here on Sunday,...

Women protest in Manipur to demand release of student activists

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Imphal : Scores of women held protests here on Sunday to demand the unconditional release of five Kangleipak Students Association activists arrested on charge...

Malaysian Minister says Women should know their safety is their right

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Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities

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By TCN News The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...

SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of December...

सरेआम की थी छेड़छाड़, विरोध पर मारा था थप्पड़, छत से कूदी मेडीकल छात्रा...

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मोहम्मद वसीम। Twocircles.net मेरठ में जिस मैडिकल छात्रा को सरेआम छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर सहपाठी द्वारा थप्पड़ मार दिया था और उसने सुभारती...

Troubled for dowry, woman commits suicide

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Beaten and assaulted for not bringing dowry, a 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the city, Police said Monday. Deepa locked herself inside a room in her house in Timarpur area in north Delhi late Sunday. When her husband Girish Kumar tried to call her, she did not respond, the police said. Kumar immediately made a call to Deepa's parents, who stay a few miles away from their house. "After reaching there, they broke open the door and found Deepa hanging. They brought down the body and called the police," a police officer said.

बुंदेलखंड की बहादुर बेटी और ‘गुलाबी गैंग’ की शेरनी हेमलता पटेल की भूली बिसरी...

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हेमलता पटेल गुलाबी गैंग की संस्थापक सदस्यों में से हैं। बुंदेलखंड का मशहूर गुलाबी गैंग महिलाओं के विरुद्ध होने वाले अत्याचारों से लड़ने के...

MP minister bats for UP government on Badaun, draws Congress’ ire

Women
New Delhi: Babulal Gaur, home minister in the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, Thursday came to the defence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh...

मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...

‘Women of India, South Africa should partner each other’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women of India and South Africa should enter into partnerships in economic development programmes, South Africa's High Commissioner Harris Majeke said here Wednesday.

हिन्दू कोड बिल पर चुप्पी साधकर भाजपा कर रही ट्रिपल तलाक की राजनीति

Women
अभय कुमार पिछले महीने पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश के सोनभद्र में भाजपा की एक बड़ी रैली से ख़िताब करते हुए पार्टी अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने सपा,...

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

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

NSE sends notice to companies without woman director

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Chennai : India's leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday said it has issued notice to 260 companies...

‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders

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Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...

TDP MP asks women to dress in ‘dignified manner’

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New Delhi:A debate in the Lok Sabha on crime against women turned into a lesson on virtues of "dignified" dressing Thursday, when a TDP...

‘Need campaign through short films, documentaries again terrorism’

Women
Jaipur : Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that there was a need for a campaign through...

Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive

Women
By IANS, Jammu : It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu -- living with her Hindu paramour. Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared -- and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she "knew some secrets about her superiors". According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing.

Ruchika case to be probed again as model case: Moily

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The molestation and suicide of teenager Ruchika Girhotra will be re-investigated as a "model case" and the accused should be tried for abetment to suicide of a minor to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law", Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.

Seven get death for raping, killing mentally-challenged Nepali woman

Women
Rohtak : A special court in Haryana's Rohtak town sentenced seven men to death for raping a mentally-challenged Nepali woman and then murdering...

Workshop on Multiple Intelligences Theory held in Chennai

Women
By TCN News Chennai: “So, can you sing ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ to the tune of ‘Mary had a little lamb’?” asked Sadiya Saleh, the moderator of the workshop on Multiple Intelligences. One participant tried, but slowly went back to the original tune. “Well, people who are musically intelligent can!” The workshop on Theory of Multiple Intelligences was held on Saturday March 13th at Al-Qamar Academy, an Islamic school in Chenai. The workshop was open to women from the general public and attended by about 40 women.

Moms go online for seeking parenting advice

Women
By IANS, Washington: Moms are going online to consult one another and seek parenting advice, says a US study.
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