Preity Zinta not against joining politics
By IANS,
New Delhi : Actress Preity Zinta Thursday praised the Women's Reservation Bill, saying it will reduce discrimination and bias against women - and indicated that was not averse to joining politics.
"This (the bill) provides an incredible opportunity to women. We have women in important position. Our president (Pratibha Patil) is a woman. Sonia Gandhi is there. There will be more woman in our parliament," the actor told reporters on the sidelines of a health event organised by UNAIDS.
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.
NC woman legislator, activists protest award to army major
Srinagar, (IANS): Women workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) on Wednesday protested against the award of the Army Chief's commendation card to an...
Ensure fair probe into St.Stephen’s incident: Centre to UGC
New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to look into the case of alleged sexual...
Woman’s decomposed body found in Delhi
New Delhi: The decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman, missing since Sep 10, was recovered from a wooded area just across the sprawling presidential...
BSP MP moves bail application in rape case
New Delhi: BSP MP Dhananjay Singh Saturday moved bail application after the woman who accused him of raping her, denied the charge in a...
Nine women killed in Gujarat temple stampede
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat's Rajkot district Sunday night, police said.
The condition of two of the injured, admitted to the nearby Junagadh Government Hospital, has been described by doctors as serious.
US teacher rips off girl’s hijab, gets fired
Washington, (IANS): A teacher at a school in the US was fired after he ripped off the hijab from an 8-year-old girl's head for...
Mahajan to attend women presiding officers’ meet in Switzerland
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the ninth annual meeting of women speakers of parliament in Switzerland Sep 4-5.
The theme...
HC orders permanent commission to women in navy
New Delhi : The Delhi high Court on Friday allowed a pleas of naval women officers for permanent commission in the force, saying it...
Women’s helpline working fine: UP Police
Lucknow : After a woman said she did not get any response from the police after being robbed, Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday denied...
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur qualifies for Olympics
Kolkata : Manpreet Kaur of Railways created a new national record in the women's shot put at the 55th National Open Athletic Championship...
Women more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis
By IANS,
London : Women appear to be more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis than men, according to the latest research.
Tuulikki Sokka from the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, along with members of the QUEST rheumatoid arthritis (RA) programme, explored links between gender and disease activity measures, in more than 6,000 RA patients from 70 sites in 25 countries.
"Generally, women report more severe symptoms, greater disability, and often have higher work disability rates than men," she said.
Muslim religious preacher nabbed in Kerala for advising against breast milk
Kozhikode ( Kerala) : After the arrest of a newborn's father, Kerala Police took a Muslim religious preacher into custody early on Saturday...
Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’
Ranchi : Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district...
Crucial women’s quota bill lapses for the fourth time
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
New Delhi : Amid a plethora of gestures on women's empowerment, a crucial piece of legislation, a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies for women, has again lapsed with the 15th Lok Sabha holding its last sitting ahead of the April-May general elections.
Hijab in Kerala: the transformation from ignorance to knowledge
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
A few decades ago, if a Muslim woman from Malabar clad in a burqa had gone to Ernakulam, people would have looked at her astonished. Because, burqa or any such dress was unfamiliar in southern Kerala. But now, anyone can see women in burqa or girls wearing head-scarves walking through the busy streets of Ernakulam. Hijab is no more new in the work places, educational institutions and public functions in Kerala.
New Shia Nikahnamah: Reforming Muslim Law through the backdoor
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
Ramadan 1438: Seher Iqbal
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I was outside India, as a student, for more than 5 years. I had been around a diverse set of...
Sharmila opens ‘Women in Malayalam Cinema’ exhibition
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Censor board chief Sharmila Tagore Saturday inaugurated an exhibition titled "Women in Malayalam Cinema" as part of the ongoing 14th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).
The exhibition is being held as part of an exercise to document the history of women in Malayalam cinema - in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes.
Inaugurating the exhibition, Sharmila said that the Malayalam cinema industry has a great range of women characters starting from Rosy in 1928.
Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time
New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Sania...
DPS asked to compensate teachers in sexual harassment case
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society to compensate three of its teachers, who had alleged sexual harassment by the principal of Faridabad branch of the school, to the tune Rs.2.5 lakh each.
Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt in his order asked DPS to pay Rs.2.5 lakh each to three of its teachers and Rs.1.5 lakh to another employee of the school who had accused the then school principal U.S. Verma of sexual harassment. The teachers were forced to resign from their positions following the allegation.
Rape bid on woman in running Mumbai train
Mumbai: Mumbai Police are investigating an incident of attempted rape of a 22-year old woman by an unidentified person in a running suburban train...
Empowering Rural Women: India’s Drone Pilots Pioneering Agricultural Innovation
Suhail Bhat, TwoCircles.net
Gurugram (Haryana): On a Monday morning in Manesar, a village in Gurugram district, Haryana, a group of four women attentively follows instructions from...
Women’s College at AMU organises Annual Mushaira
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Aligarh : Poets from all over India recently gathered in Aligarh Muslim University’s Women’s College for the Annual Mushaira, which was inaugurated by...
Muslim women can opt out of triple talaq, AIMPLB tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to issue an advisory...
African delegates expecting high from women’s summit
By Xinhua,
Hanoi : Women are still victims of poverty and disparity, First Lady of Burkina Faso said here Thursday at the opening of the pre-summit ministerial roundtable of the Global Summit of Women.
The Summit, which is to kick off later Thursday, gathered over 900 businesswomen, professionals and government leaders from around the world to talk about women's development and other issues.
“No remorse, did right thing”: Bulli Bai app creator tells police
Neeraj Bishnoi, 21, and a second-year BTech student from an institute in Bhopal was arrested by Delhi Police from Assam’s Jorhat district on...
I lived on but many women can’t; so help me stop this: Acid attack...
By Vivek Singh Chauhan
New Delhi : On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand...
Sexual harassment of serious concern: Himachal acting CJ
Shimla: Violence against women and sexual harassment at the workplace are serious concerns and the judiciary can play a major role in delivering gender...
Himachal ex-MLA booked for sexual assault
Shimla: A former BJP legislator in Himachal Pradesh was Tuesday booked on a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was sexually assaulted...
‘मौत को क़रीब से देखा तो ज़िन्दगी की असली क़ीमत का अंदाज़ लगा’
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : रोटी, कपड़ा व मकान के साथ-साथ बेहतर स्वास्थ्य और शिक्षा… ये पांच ऐसी बुनियादी मानवीय आवश्यकताएं हैं, जिसे...
Former civil servants demand action against Pragya Thakur over incendiary speech
103 signatories of the Constitutional Conduct Group said that BJP MP Pragya Thakur has forfeited the ethical right to be a member of...
Manipuri Muslim women who took part in Nupi Lan of 1939 remembered
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The 75th anniversary of Nupi Lan, or women’s agitation of 1904 and 1939, was observed in Manipur on Dec. 12, 2014. Many Muslim civil societies in Manipur urged State Government to recognise the Muslim women who took part in the women’s agitation of 1939.
Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later".
The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.
Encourage competitive spirits amongst our children: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Detroit: “Competition in India is growing so fast that you will lag behind if you are not able to perform to the highest level. You have to give your best,” said Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, the Consul General of India in Detroit on Sunday. Speaking to parents, he said we have to encourage competitive spirit amongst our children.
SC bars seeking votes over religion, ruling hailed
New Delhi (IANS) : The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that seeking votes on the basis of religion, race, caste or language of a candidate...
Men against violence-5: Men also face violence but…
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Dhaka : Do the men also face violence within domestic sphere? I come across this question from my friends. They alleged, activists do not want to see violence faced by men in the home. Sometimes, they cite examples of men in abusive relationships. I also wanted to share this question with activists. I was afraid that I will be blamed politically incorrect if I ask this question to anyone from the women’s movement. I thought I will be branded with certain ideological terminology. But during Dhaka Consultation, I gathered courage and raised this question.
आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी के विरोध में कानपुर में भारी बवाल
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में शुक्रवार को बवाल हो उठा। दरअसल कुछ मुस्लिम सामाजिक संगठनों ने भाजपा नेत्री नुपुर शर्मा द्वारा हज़रत मोहम्मद...
Sikh woman at 60 becomes Canada’s oldest mother
By IANS,
Toronto : A 60-year-old Sikh woman has become the oldest mother in Canada by giving birth to twin boys in Calgary city this week.
Ranjit Hayer and her husband Jagir Hayer, who have been trying to have a baby for the past 40 years, finally became proud parents of the twins delivered Tuesday in a city hospital.
After being rejected by Canadian doctors for in-vitro fertilization because of her old age, the woman had reportedly traveled to her native India get fertilized with a donated egg.
Do ‘liberal icons’ encourage identity politics among Muslims?
By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net
The ‘liberal icons’ are again preaching Muslims, especially women, about what is an acceptable form of dressing. This has...
महाश्वेता देवी : श्रद्धांजलि के साथ राजनीति की चुप्पी
अनिल मिश्र
शोक के वक़्त कोई खटराग शोभा नहीं देता. ख़ामोशी ही सबसे उचित लहज़ा होती है. लेकिन जब जीवन के उत्सव और उसके मूल्यों...
India’s scavenger women find new jobs – and dignity
By Shweta Srinivasan, IANS,
New Delhi : Rani Bai, a Dalit woman in her late 20s in Madhya Pradesh, has thrown away the shoddy cane basket and hand shovel with which she would clean a dozen dry toilets everyday. Armed with scissors and a needle, she now churns out beautiful bags from waste leather - that's her new job.
"From scavenging I would earn a pitiful Rs.30 a month, now I can earn up to Rs.1,000 - and the job is respectable," said Rani, who hails from Dewas district.
Asian woman charged with killing her children
By IANS,
London : A Sri Lankan-origin woman has been charged with murdering two of her children and wounding the third.
Sasikala Navaneethan, 36, stabbed Shanjayan, five, and his four-year-old sister Sharani to death in their quiet south London suburban house May 30.
She was also charged with the attempted murder of her six-month-old daughter, who survived the attack.
Magistrates remanded Navaneethan in custody Friday, and she is due to appear in court January 13 next year.
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar...
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based...
UN reports three sex cases involving Indian peackeepers
United Nations: A UN report says that Indians in its peacekeeping operations were involved three substantiated cases of sexual exploitation or abuse between 2010...
Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse
Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday.
This...
294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...
Taxi drivers pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women
New Delhi : Auto and taxi drivers on Thursday took pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women.
They took the pledge in this regard...
Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team
Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...
Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam.
"There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.
Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday.
First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out
By IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies.
Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.
Margaret Thatcher named world’s most influential woman
By IANS,
London: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been named as the most influential woman in the world, according to a new survey.
Indira Gandhi loved simple things: Shahnaz Husain
By Shilpa Raina, IANS,
New Delhi : A woman who liked simple things and was "in love with her country and grandchildren". That's how herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain describes Indira Gandhi, the 'iron lady' of Indian politics.
"Mrs Gandhi was a very beautiful woman; a person like her will never be born again. She had an electrifying presence. You just couldn't get over her personality," Husain told IANS in an interview over phone from London.
Four held for misbehaving with girls in JNU
By IANS,
New Delhi: Four men in an inebriated state were arrested Sunday for misbehaving with girl students and threatening a security guard by putting a gun to his head on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.
According to the varsity students, the four men came inside the campus around 3.30 p.m. They were drinking in their white Hyundai Accent car.
Meet Shariya Manzoor: The boxer girl from Kashmir
Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is...
Ayesha Noor, the Karate champion from slums of Kolkata conferred with Tejaswini award
TCN News
Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...
‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader
The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level.
Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net
PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR...
Rally for road safety among women held in Delhi
New Delhi : A rally to promote road safety awareness among women was organised here on Sunday by International two-wheeler maker Honda in collaboration...
Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that it cannot frame guidelines for every rape case and asked for records related to the trial.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the commission to bring the case records before it within four weeks.
Pass women’s reservation bill immediately: Activists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Demanding immediate passage of the women's reservation bill, women rights groups and activists Wednesday took out a protest march here.
Organised...
Haryana to have women police stations from Raksha Bandhan
Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Friday announced it will set up women police stations in all the 21 districts of the state...
Estranged working wife entitled to maintenance: Court
New Delhi : A Delhi court has said that even a working wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband irrespective of...
Woman scientist, UN official among India’s top analytics
Kolkata : A woman data scientist, a member of the UN's Big Data innovation initiative, analytics thought leaders and a analytics head of a...
Hamida Aapa ki yaaden
By Shaheer Khan for TwoCircles.net
Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passed away on Sunday, August 16th at the age of 93 at her house in...
Women to spread breast cancer awareness through car rally
By IANS,
New Delhi : Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Agra spreading awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally, which will see doctors, health and community activists accompany the women, will begin here Oct 2.
Assam doctor found killed with neck slit in ICU
Guwahati: A woman doctor was found killed with her neck slit in the Intensive Care Unit of a medical college in Assam Friday, police...
Dalit woman set on fire for objecting to molestation
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday evening in Kannauj, some 250 km from Lucknow, where Altaf and two of his aides set the Dalit woman on fire. With severe burn injuries, the woman was being treated in a hospital, where her condition was critical.
Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals
Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...
Program organized to review the Scheme for Minority Women empowerment
By TCN News,
New Delhi: To review the process and to draw a map for effective implementation of Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women, Ministry of Minority Affairs today organized an interaction with women organizations in New Delhi which was attended by representatives of a large number of women organizations from different part of the country.
Women activists try to storm BJP, Congress offices
Imphal : Women activists on Sunday tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know...
Woman detained for crossing barricade on PM’s route in Delhi
New Delhi : A 20-year-old woman was detained by Delhi Police on Wednesday for crossing a barricade put up on a route to be...
Rajnath asks Delhi Police to ensure security for women
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday expressed concern over the safety of women in Delhi and asked the city police to ensure...
Chinese women now initiate majority of divorces
By IANS,
Beijing: Women in China are now taking the lead in filing for divorce, with 70 percent of cases initiated by wives in 2010.
Girl burnt by alleged rapist dies after 13 days
By IANS,
Ranchi : A girl set afire by her alleged rapist succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in the steel city of Jamshedpur after 13 days Friday, a doctor said.
VIPs visit murdered Dalit woman’s mother, probe continues
Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit...
Shazia Khan: An entrepreneur trying to mentor Muslim women find their feet
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
For Shazia Khan, the path to success has never been a straight one: as a Muslim girl growing up in...
‘Injection’ attacks spark fear among women in Andhra district
Hyderabad: "Injection attacks" by unknown men have sent panic among women in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district with six more women being attacked in...
Do you know these women who won their right to Hijab?
These four Muslim women across the globe are resisting discrimination and reasserting their right to wear their Hijab.
Naila Khan | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The Karnataka...
Japanese tourist found dead in Delhi hotel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 55-year-old Japanese woman was found dead and her French husband unconscious in a central Delhi hotel Monday, the police said, suspecting a drug overdose may have caused the death.
According to the police, Agase Jean Marry called the hotel Suncity's reception desk around 9 a.m. asking them to arrange a doctor for his wife Okoru Odda, 50, who had collapsed.
"The hotel staff who went to check on the woman found both of them unconscious inside the room. Odda, they later found, was already dead," said an investigating police officer.
Rahbar Free Coaching Centre’s award ceremony held
By TCN News,
Patna: The 69th and 70th award ceremony of city-based Rahbar Free Coaching Centre (run by Bihar Anjuman) was held at Phulwari Sharif,...
Harassed by legislator, woman official commits suicide
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A woman agriculture officer in Andhra Pradesh committed suicide alleging mental harassment by a legislator, a minister said Sunday.
B. Rajeswari Sunday died of burn injuries at a corporate hospital, where she was undergoing treatment after she set herself ablaze four days ago.
Minister for Small Industries D.K. Aruna said action would be taken as per law against those responsible for the woman's death. She said Rajeswari named a legislator and two other people's representatives in her statement.
BJP to issue whip on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Faced with dissidence over the women's bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said it will issue a whip to its MPs to support the proposed legislation in the Lok Sabha.
"All the MPs will support the decision taken by the party leadership. A whip will be issued," party leader Sushma Swaraj, who is the leader of the opposition in the lower house, told reporters.
She added that all BJP MPs will support the party's decision to back the bill, which seeks to reserve a third of all seats in legislature for women.
UK elects first female Sikh MP
London, (IANS): Preet Gill has become the first female Sikh MP to be elected to the UK's Houses of Parliament as Thursday's general election results...
British woman sues NHS, says her IVF child doesn’t have her genes
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London : In a case without equal in Britain, a woman who bore a child, conceived through artificial insemination, is suing the NHS for not being able to use her own eggs to prepare the embryo.
Greta Mason of East Sussex gave birth to a male child, Jaden, conceived via IVF using an anonymous donor's egg from Spain and the sperm of her husband, Chris.
The IVF wait-list of the NHS is quite long. The couple waited for six years for their turn, and by the time it finally came, Greta had turned 40. Her eggs were too old for conception, the NHS doctors told her.
Gujarat police puts up hoardings on Bilkis Bano’s old house assuring women safety
The eleven convicts live a few meters away from Bilkis Bano's house, where hoardings have been put up.
Staff Reporter | TwoCircles.net
AHMEDABAD (GUJARAT): Gujarat Police’s...
Four teenagers held for 25 robberies, carjackings
By IANS,
New Delhi: Four teenagers blamed for 25 incidents of robberies and carjackings at gunpoint in just one month have been arrested from nearby Gurgaon in Haryana, Delhi Police said Thursday.
Sanjeev, 19, Saleem, 19, and two juveniles were caught from Sector 21 area Wednesday. They had spread terror in Delhi and Gurgaon.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Delhi) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said the accused tied to escape in their Santro car but were overpowered.
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...
Vocational training: 30 percent quota for Bengal girls
Kolkata: The fees for girls will be halved at entrance tests for polytechnics or ITI vocational courses and 30 percent seats reserved for them...
Dalit woman paraded naked in Punjab, one held
By IANS,
Batala (Punjab) : One person has been arrested for allegedly parading a Dalit woman naked in Punjab's Bhagwanpur village Aug 10, police said Monday.
According to the police, the woman was allegedly paraded by her neighbours, who belong to an influential family.
"They forcibly took me to their house and thrashed me. Then they tore my clothes and forced me to go round the village," the victim told reporters.
The neighbours were angry as the victim's brother-in-law Gagandeep Singh was having an affair with a girl from the family.
Ex-judge to probe Gujarat snooping case, says Shinde
New Delhi:The central government will soon appoint a retired judge to probe whether Gujarat Police snooped on a woman at the behest of BJP's...
61 women in this Lok Sabha, highest ever
New Delhi: The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61.
"This is the highest number of women members elected...
Saudi law allows only women clerks in lingerie shops
By IANS/AKI,
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has passed a new law that would allow only women salesclerks in lingerie shops.
Women to operate two-wheeler ambulances in Tamil Nadu
Chennai : In a first-of-its-kind, Tamil Nadu will now have women paramedical members weaving in and out of traffic on their two-wheeler ambulances to...
Missionaries of Charity mourn Sister Nirmala’s death
Kolkata: The Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday saluted Sister Nirmala's life of service and dedication, recalling her role in taking the religious order forward
"We...
ASEAN to create commission on women and children next year
By NNN-PNA,
Cha-Am, Hua Hin, Thailand : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will create next year a special body that will be tasked to protect the rights of women and children in the region.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva bared this Friday shortly after the inauguration of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which marked the first day of the three-day 15th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits being held here in southern Thailand.
Uber to create 50,000 jobs for Indian women by 2020
New Delhi : US-based mobile cab-booking company Uber announced on Thursday its commitment to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020 in...
Smoking during pregnancy heightens sudden infant death chances
By IANS,
Washington : Women who smoke during pregnancy have greater chances of losing their newborns to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to new research carried out by Calgary University.
In the first-ever experimental study to compare the breathing reflexes of premature babies of smokers versus non-smokers, researchers found that babies whose mothers had smoked showed a number of signs of impaired respiratory function.
Absconding Assam legislator arrested on rape charges
Guwahati : Assam legislator Gopinath Das, who was absconding since last month, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the rape...
Meet on rising crime against women in Bengal Feb 23
By IANS,
Kolkata: Blaming West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government for the rise in rape cases in the state, a coordination body of Left-affiliated women's organisations...
Woman hangs herself in Assam police station
Guwahati : A 39-year-old woman hanged herself inside a toilet at the Dispur police station in Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said on...
Delhi councillor arrested over racist comment
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 50-year-old woman councillor was arrested here Thursday for making a racist comment a year ago, police said Thursday.
Kalpana Jha,...
Kamala Suraiya: The literary star of Kerala is no more
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
The epitome of love, the dear writer of Kerala Dr. Kamala Suraiya has bid farewell to this world. Malayalis’ own Madhavikkutty who secured an unforgettable place in the world of literature will now live in the hearts of millions through the works that eternalize her. The great writer who had been ailing for some months passed away at 1.55 am on 31st May in the Jahangir Hospital in Pune. She will be interred at the Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram with State honours tomorrow. She was 75 and is survived by three sons.
Row over women’s football match cancellation in West Bengal
Fatwa, HS exams and Urs of Pir reasons behind cancellation
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Malda: A women’s football match organised by a local club in Malda district was stopped after objections by the villagers allegedly after a local Imam passed strictures, prompting the Kolkata media to go overboard writing about the controversy. But an investigation by TwoCircles.net has revealed, apart from the Imam’s comments, higher secondary examination and an Urs of the Pir at Chandipur village were also equally the reasons, unlike the hype about it.
Three women charred to death in Chhattisgarh village
Raipur, March 7 (IANS) A woman and her two daughters were charred to death in a Chhattisgarh village Saturday after fire broke out in their shanty while they were asleep, police said.
The incident occurred in Kunjnagar village in Surguja district at around 4 a.m., police said.
The three victims were identified as Rajkumari, 32, and her two daughters - Rekha, 12, and Jaya, 10.
Where women take charge of Durga Puja celebrations
By IANS,
Ranchi : An all-women Durga Puja celebration has entered the 15th year in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city.
The Sarvajanik Durga Puja Committee, formed by 37 women in 1993, has been celebrating the festival without the support of men for the last 15 years. The women belong to Srinagar colony in Dhanbad, 240 km from Ranchi.
The women raise funds and also perform prayers and other rituals.
"We had decided that there will be no male member in the committee and each and everything will be organised by women," said Seema, president of the committee.
British Indian jailed for raping 12-year-old girl
London: A British Indian man has been jailed for over ten years for raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain last year, a media report...
Uber rape: Indian woman withdraws US case
By Arun Kumar
Washington : An Indian woman executive who sued Uber after allegedly being raped by a driver for the cab-hailing service in...
Woman raped by childhood friend on pretext of job
New Delhi: A 30-year-old fitness centre employee has been arrested for raping his childhood woman friend here after promising to provide her a job,...
Assam’s two-child norm in draft policy ‘unnecessary’, ‘anti-women’
Kolkata, (IANS): Assam's suggestion of implementing a two-child policy is not only "unnecessary" but is also "anti-women" and "anti-poor", says an expert.
"Assam's total fertility...
Fake widows found drawing pension, woman arrested
By IANS,
Lucknow : A woman has been arrested in an Uttar Pradesh village after a local official found over two dozen women who were drawing widows' pensions from the state government though they had husbands.
Sub Divisional Magistrate Gola G. Chandra scanned the applications of all beneficiaries of widows' pensions in Padariya Tula village of Lakhimpur Kheri district last week after receiving a complaint.
"Over two dozen applications were found to be fake by Saturday and the process is still on," Chandra told IANS.
Push for women’s reservation bill, activists tell MPs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its speedy passage.
Ranjana Kumari, director of Women Power Connect, while welcoming the increase in women's numbers at 'panchayat' (village council) level, said the bill for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament must be passed and should be a priority for all parliamentarians.
Sikkimese woman raped in Delhi
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...
If triple talaq struck down, then new divorce law will come, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that if the latter invalidates the men-centric triple talaq that is discriminatory...
…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा
दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
Winds of change: A step forward
A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...
IAF women officers on Himalayan cycling expedition
Pathankot (Punjab) : An Indian Air Force all-women officers' team Sunday embarked on a month-long cycling expedition from here to Leh in Jammu and...
In India, women bankers have broken glass ceiling
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Arvind Padmanabhan, IANS,
Delhi woman injured in acid attack
New Delhi : A 26-year-old married woman was injured on her face and neck in an acid attack by two bikers here, police said...
Women candidates in Chhattisgarh put up tough fight
By IANS,
Raipur : The five women candidates fielded by Chhattisgrah's main parties - three by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two by the Congress - are posing a stiff challenge to their male rivals for the Lok Sabha seats.
"The five women candidates of the BJP and Congress fold have been giving sleepless nights to their rivals. I can't say they are going to win easily but surely they have great chances," political analyst Vinod Singh told IANS.
Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’
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."
Crimes against women up in 2016
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 24: Number of crimes recorded against women went up in 2016 to more than 3.3 lakh (338,954) from 3.2 lakh...
CBI files chargesheet in Unnao custodial death case
By IANS
New Delhi, July 7: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five men including Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's brother Atul Singh...
Indian women’s hockey team thump Belarus 6-0
By IANS,
Boston : Striker Rani Devi slammed a hat-trick to help India to a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Belarus in their Group D fixture at the junior women's hockey World Cup here wednesday.
With this win, India qualified for the medal league second round as the top team from the pool.
India scored through Roselin Dung Dung (16th), Poonam Rani (38th), Ritu Rani (51st) and Rani Devi (53rd, 54th and 58th min).
Both teams started cautiously, but as the first half progressed India took territorial supremacy pushing action in the Belarus end.
Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay.
Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).
Women play vital role in Pakistan: Khar
By IANS,
Islamabad : Women in Pakistan are more empowered than those in other developing countries, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
Father, brother, uncle arrested for raping minor for two years
Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has alleged that her father, uncle and brother have been raping her for the past...
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मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...
All-party meet crucial to women’s bill, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial".
"It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.
Custodial torture worst crime, says Delhi HC
New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the recent alleged custodial death of a 34-year-old man, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said custodial torture is...
‘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...
Teenaged girl gang-raped, killed in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A teenaged girl has been gang-raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Saturday.
The barbaric incident took place near Balisahi village, about...
Islam not against progress of women: Er Mohd Salim
By TCN News,
Jaipur: Islam does not restrict women from progress, nor education or business. Islam just expects them to do all these things while remaining within the Islamic parameters, said Engineer Muhammad Salim, Rajasthan state president of Jamaat Islami. He was addressing a conference on “Be protector of women’s dignity” here last week.
“The wealth earned by women is theirs. They are owner of moveable or immovable property or wealth that they inherit,” Er Salim further said.
Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for 42 years, dies; outpouring of grief at funeral
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : Nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who lay in coma for 42 years, the longest in world history, died here on Monday....
To wear or not to wear: Comments on purdah during a seminar draw ire...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: A comment about Muslim women covering their faces with purdah by MES state president Fazal Gafoor has drawn the ire of other Muslim groups in the state with most of them saying that the statement was made eying publicity and nothing more.