Myanmar president calls for unity to overcome challenges
Nay Pyi Taw : Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Monday called on the country's political forces to work together in unity to overcome...
Empowering Taste and Women Entrepreneurs: Doodhpathri’s Culinary Queens in J&K Redefine Tradition
Mehar Zargar, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Amidst the picturesque scenery of Doodhpathri in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district, where lush meadows meet flowing streams, a remarkable story unfolds. Here,...
सीमांचल की ज़मीन पर साहित्य का इंटरनेशनल उत्सव
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बिहार के किशनगंज में इंटरनेशनल लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल...! ये बात कईयों के लिए हैरानी का सबब बन सकती है. मगर ये...
4 mentally ill women die mysteriously in Chennai
By IANS,
Chennai : The bodies of four destitute female patients, who died mysteriously within hours of each other in a mental health institution here Friday, have been sent for postmortem examination, a senior health official told IANS.
"The four women - Rosaline, 43, Mehanji, 32, Muthu Selvi, 48 and Rajammaal, 52 - were our patients for a considerable amount of time. They had a long history of several complications.
A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...
Woman who blew lid on Woods’ affairs now regrets
By IANS,
London: Ashley Samson, the woman who revealed fallen golfer Tiger Woods' affair with club hostess Rachel Uchitel, claims she was offered more than 150,000 pounds by the sports star's agents to stay mum. She now regrets the mess she has created, reports The Sun.
Samson says she wished she had taken the "hush money", reports the newspaper's website thesun.co.uk. "It probably would have been better as what ended up happening was a big mess," she said.
Virginity test of tribal women for state-sponsored marriage unacceptable: AIPWA
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: While strongly condemning the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government’s move for virginity test as precondition for tribal women to avail the benefits of state mass wedding scheme, the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) has demanded the government to rollback the order and give compensation to the women who were subjected to humiliating virginity tests.
Young tribal woman inspires farming community to better livelihoods in Odisha
By Chinmaya Dehury
Koraput (Odisha): Raimati Ghiuria, a young tribal woman, not only proved to be a leader in conserving local traditional varieties of rice...
33 percent quota for women in Delhi, union territory polices
New Delhi : The union cabinet on Friday gave its approval for 33 percent reservation to women in direct recruitment to posts ranging from...
Improper implementation of RTE Act a cause of concern: Former Member of Planning Commission
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Caritas India in a joint collaboration of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) organized a National level interface on...
Muslim Women in Ranchi Lead Efforts In Providing Relief For Migrant, Daily Workers Amid...
Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, migrant and daily wage workers have faced tremendous hardships to meet their needs. While the government has rolled out...
40% Muslims in Telangana have no savings, only 19.2% have salaried jobs; Sudheer Commission...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The Sudheer Commission on `Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana,' India’s newest state, has shown that the condition of...
Hyderabad’s IT corridor to have all-women police station
Hyderabad : The Telangana government has decided to set up an exclusive all-women police station in Cyberabad, the information technology (IT) district housing several...
Teresa Rehman awarded Sanskriti Award 2009 for Journalism
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.
Association of Indian Muslims of America put up a tailoring center for girls in...
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM) of Washington DC has begun building a tailoring training center for poor...
Probe begins into Odisha student’s suicide
Bhubaneswar: A probe has been initiated into the suicide of a tribal woman student a week ago in Odisha's Gajapati district after she did...
35 NGOs come together to push for women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Thirty-five civil society organisations will get together next week to formulate an action plan to push for the women's reservation bill that was passed by the Rajya Sabha but is yet to be taken up by the Lok Sabha.
Ranjana Kumari of the the Centre for Social Research, one of the participating NGOs, said: "The aim of the public meeting is to chalk out an action plan in order to pressurize parliamentarians to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha."
Congress gears up to support women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and legislative assemblies.
At a meeting, the party's women ministers and senior MPs, including those who are members of the Parliament Standing Committee on the bill, discussed the Congress strategy to push the legislation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi also attended the meeting held at the party headquarters here.
85 percent voters want action on violence against women
New Delhi : Eighty-five percent of Indian voters are likely to vote for a candidate who commits to work towards ending violence against women,...
Sangh Parivar women demand arrest of nun who was raped
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Further vitiating the already surcharged atmosphere in Orissa's Kandhamal district, hundreds of women of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti - an outfit affiliated to the Sangh Parivar - Tuesday demonstrated here demanding the arrest of a nun who was raped during the violence that erupted in the area in August.
"The allegations made by the nun appear to be baseless because she is not coming forward to identify the people already arrested," the organisation's zonal organising secretaty Suchitra Mohapatra told IANS.
Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president
By IANS,
Shimla : Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).
Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university.
Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.
Withdraw case slapped for protesting rape, demand women activists
By IANS,
Kolkata : Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for "stifling the voice of protest", a section of women rights activists Wednesday demanded withdrawal of...
Mulayam under fire for his rape remark
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday came under heavy fire for his rape remark, made a day earlier at an election...
Women’s quota bill in parliament Monday; Smooth passage likely
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the numbers on its side, the ruling Congress was upbeat that the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill that will be presented in the Rajya Sabha on International Women's Day Monday for discussion and passage will sail through without a hitch.
Bihar minister addresses Smriti as ‘dear’, triggers verbal duel
New Delhi : Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Chaudhary on Tuesday indulged in a verbal duel on...
UN creates unified organisation for women
By DPA,
New York: The UN General Assembly Friday took a major step by pulling together fragmented groups to establish a new entity aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide.
The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known simply as UN Women, will merge four existing groups that have been working to improve the lives of women and girls.
Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued
By IANS,
Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches here.
NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically
By IANS,
Kolkata: Days after over 100 women were sterilised in a single day at a health camp under unhygienic conditions, the NHRC Monday issued a notice to the West Bengal government.
Death of a Muslim woman in police station and her missing son
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Blaming the insensitive local police for the alleged suicide of a woman from a poor family from Doma area in Rangareddy district and inaction in finding her missing son, the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has demanded the DGP of Telangana to set up a special team to find out the whereabouts of the missing youth Mohammad Muqtar and ensure safety of his life.
Number of women elected to Lok Sabha less than 2009
New Delhi: This Lok Sabha will have a lesser number of women than the last time with just 55 women being elected to the...
Saudi men lobby for remarriages of widows, divorcees
Riyadh : A group of Saudi men have formed a society to promote remarriages of widows and divorcees within the existing system of polygamy...
Himachal CM launches save girl child programme
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday started a programme to save the girl child in the Kangra district - the...
Do genes control intolerance and anti-social behaviour?
By Nishant Arora
New Delhi: As Indian society grapples with the issue of intolerance and violence, genetic experts are opening up the hoary discussion on...
A woman killed every two hours in Brazil
By IANS/EFE,
Rio de Janeiro : A woman is killed every two hours in Brazil and this average puts the country in 12th place among nations registering the most violent deaths of women, a study has said.
Most of the victims are killed by relatives, husbands, boyfriends, former partners or men they rejected, the 2010 Map of Violence study said Tuesday.
Forty percent of women killed in Brazil are between the ages of 18 and 30, and most cases are related to domestic violence, the report prepared by the independent Sangari Institute said.
Meher Fatima talks about her book on 150 patriotic Indian Muslims
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
The book Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857-2007) provides biographical profiles of 150 patriotic Indian Muslims, many of them unsung heroes – those who did not become party to the two-nation theory. Author Meher Fatima Hussain, Lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia, talks to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on her book.
What inspired you to write this book?
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...
Bill on Triple Talaq cleared by Cabinet
New Delhi, (IANS): A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter...
Shias to campaign against female foeticide
By IANS,
Lucknow: All set to prove their progressive nature, Shia Muslims have resolved to wage war against female foeticide.
Rajasthan court declares IAS officer absconder
Jaipur: A court here Tuesday declared Rajasthan IAS officer B.B. Mohanty an absconder after he went on the run in connection with the rape...
Journey to NASA owes to AMU: Hashima Hasan
TCN News
Aligarh: For Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) alumna, Dr Hashima Hasan, Program/Discipline Scientist at the NASA, USA, the fascination with space science began when she...
Criticism of Haj policy recommendations on women invalid: Review committee member
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi, (IANS): The criticism of certain recommendations of the review committee on the new Haj policy -- including that of...
Triple Talaq is cruelty against Muslim women, rules court
Allahabad : In a landmark ruling, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed Triple Talaq as "cruelty against Muslim women" and said no "Personal...
First US woman vice presidential candidate dead
By IANS/EFE,
Washington : Geraldine Ferraro, the first American woman vice presidential candidate, has died. She was 75.
एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...
एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...
Woman raped by Delhi Police constable
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a constable of Delhi Police's Crime Branch in Dwarka area of southwest Delhi earlier this week, police said Sunday.
"The incident took place in Sector 16 of Dwarka when the victim's husband was not at home. Her husband had gone to Haryana. She complained that the constable was drunk at the time of the incident," a police officer said.
When her husband returned, she told him about the incident after which they approached police Wednesday.
Confessions of a hijabi
By Farah Zahidi Moazzam
I watched the Bollywood film My Name is Khan the other day. The brilliant depiction of an autistic person by India's leading actor Shah Rukh Khan and director Karan Johar's surprisingly taut direction made for a good film.
In one particular scene, I felt a lump form in my throat. Sonya Jehan, the actress who plays Khan's sister-in-law, a working woman living on the West Coast of the United States, has her hijab pulled off while walking down a hallway.
‘Parliament may take up bills on communal violence, women’s quota’
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Communal Violence Bill, Women's Reservation Bill, Seeds Bill and Insurance Laws amendment bill were among the significant legislations likely to be taken up by parliament in the ongoing budget session, an independent parliamentary research organisation said Tuesday.
An official of PRS Legislative Research, which works to strengthen the legislative process and tracks functioning of parliament, said that the four bills were among the legislations held up in the past due to lack of political consensus.
Attitude about abortion same in Hindu & Muslim women: study
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A study published in the journal BMC Public Health reports that the attitude of Muslim women is slightly more favorable towards abortion than Hindu women.
Musharraf slams Pakistan government over women’s rights
Islamabad : Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the ones calling him dictator have deprived the women of their rights in...
Triple talaq should be covered under Domestic Violence Act: Muslim body
New Delhi, (IANS): In a letter written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday, a Muslim body has demanded that the triple talaq or...
Shabana Azmi invites crowd for Nirbhaya’s tribute
Mumbai : Veteran actress and social activist Shabana Azmi has urged the public to come in "large numbers" to pay tribute to the December...
Patna University to have a new hostel for minority girls
By TwoCircles.net, staff reporter,
Patna: Bihar’s prestigious Patna University (PU) will soon have a new hostel for minority girl students. The hostel, constructed by the state government’s minority welfare department, will be ready for students in a month.
Bihar woman deserts alcoholic husband at village meet
Patna: A 35-year-old woman in a Bihar village Sunday deserted her alcoholic husband and refused to live with him at an open panchayat meeting,...
Probe ordered as woman complains against UP’s 1090 official
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe and directed the repatriation of the incharge of the '1090 Women Power Line' on...
Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative
By Shobha Shukla
"There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...
‘पार्च्ड’ यानी एक पुराने विषय में नयी छौंक
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
भारत में सिनेमा बदल रहा है और इस तरीके से बदल रहा है कि भारतीय समाज कई दफा उन बदलावों को स्वीकार...
Woman held in hoax email threat case in Kolkata
By IANS,
Kolkata : A woman was held by the Kolkata Police Wednesday in connection with the hoax e-mail threat about serial bombings in the city.
"We have detained Sabitri Dandapath, 40, for interrogation. She used to maintain the register of the cyber café and worked as a domestic help at the owner's residence. We are interrogating her to get more information about the case," Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (Detective Department) Dilip Adak said.
14 साल की बच्ची का अपहरण, पुलिस को 9 दिनों में भी नहीं मिल...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
दरभंगा : बिहार राज्य के दरभंगा ज़िले के बाढ़ समैला नामक एक गांव में 14 साल की एक लड़की पिछले 9 दिनों...
Muslim women are oppressed in India: says minority social activist
By Alka Pande, CNS
It is in India and neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, alone, where Muslim women are oppressed, rest of the Muslim dominated nations give equal status and rights to women. This is how the Muslim minorities feel in this Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. These Muslim minorities also feel that the government schemes do not reach them.
Dec 16 gang rape verdict: Key points
The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentences to four convicts in the Delhi Dec 16, 2012 gang rape. Here are key points...
‘Internet Saathi’ to digitally empower one lakh women in Bengal
Kolkata : 'Internet Saathi', a joint digital literacy programme of Google India and Tata Trust, is all set to roll out across 400 villages...
Saina becomes first Indian to enter final at Worlds
Jakarta: World No.2 shuttler Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to enter the final of the badminton World Championships as the...
Pregnant women helpless at Orissa relief camps
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS,
Kandhamal (Orissa) : Pregnant women are the worst sufferers in the relief camps for victims of anti-Christian violence. Their houses burnt down, over two dozen women have given birth during their stay in the makeshift tents in the last two months and many more are expecting.
Besides sleeping on the ground, with just a plastic mat to lie upon even though it gets cold at night, and eating just dal and rice, they have to cope with inadequate medical attention at several relief camps - far from the comfort of their homes.
Why women interact socially better than men
By IANS,
Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study.
The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.
A bus ride to remember victim of Dec 16 gang rape
New Delhi : Activists from Delhi's red light area and students Monday boarded a bus from Connaught Place and rode to Munirka in south...
Men posing as policemen held for Delhi women’s gang rape in Goa
Panaji : Five people, arrested for posing as policemen, have been charged with abducting, beating and sexually assaulting two young women tourists from Delhi...
Kerala village Nadapuram wins union award for empowerment accountability
Nadapuram Panchayat in Kozhikode district is being governed by IUML for few decades now.
By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net,
Kozhikode: Nadapuram often comes to the...
My love for love stories
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net
I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.
Implement our suggestions: Women’s panel
By IANS,
New Delhi: Expressing its unhappiness over most of the recommendations made by women's commissions remaining unimplemented, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it will consult the government for tabling its reports and the action taken on them.
Addressing the media at the beginning of a meeting with representatives from state women commissions, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the commission would write to the central and state governments to ensure that the reports submitted by the commissions are tabled in the respective assemblies and the parliament.
Jamiat to organize woman conferences to show Muslim women are not against Sharia
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...
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...
PM confident women’s quota bill will be passed
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he was confident that the women's reservation bill that seeks to provide 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be passed in parliament.
The bill will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, International Women's Day.
The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.
Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.
Women celebrate US Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights
Washington : Thousands of women celebrated the verdict of the US Supreme Court against a controversial Texas abortion law as the greatest victory in...
Court orders Permanent Commission for women in army, air force
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to over 50 women officers who had accused the government of discrimination vis-a-vis their male counterparts.
A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all Short Service Commission women officers who retired and approached the court seeking Permanent Commission in the forces.
खरखौदा कांड पर कुछ सवाल
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
उत्तर प्रदेश, जिसे लेकर बहुत सारे राजनैतिक स्वप्न मुमकिन हैं, अब उन खौफनाक सपनों का गढ़ बनता जा रहा है जिसे हर लड़की के परिजन दिन-रात देख रहे हैं. बदायूं को लें, मुजफ्फरनगर या लखनऊ, सूबे का कोई भी प्रमुख इलाका बलात्कार और हत्या की घटनाओं से अछूता नहीं है. उन इलाकों की गिनती ही कहीं नहीं है, जहां हुए बलात्कार के मामलों की खबर ही समूचे पटल से नदारद है. इस फ़ेहरिस्त में एक और नाम, जि4ला मेरठ का जुड़ा है. मेरठ के खरखौदा में एक लड़की ने आरोप लगाया कि पिछले लगभग डेढ़ महीनों के अंतराल में उसके साथ दो बार सामूहिक बलात्कार हुआ, उसकी शरीर से किडनियां निकाल ली गईं और उसे इस्लाम कबूल करने के लिए मजबूर किया गया. प्रथम दृष्टि से यह मामला तो एक सीधा और साफ़ मामला लगता है लेकिन मामले की गहराई में जाने पर और भी कई बातें सामने आती हैं.
गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...
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हाथरस की गए गेंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की आज सुबह दिल्ली के सफदरजंग अस्पताल में हुई मौत के बाद दलितों का...
Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship
Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...
Pakistani women have miles to go in politics
By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan's parliament has a woman speaker, a woman is a federal minister and 74 women have been elected to the National Assembly. But thanks to the widely prevalent feudal system, women in three of the country's four provinces are not allowed to vote during elections.
Of the 74 women in the National Assembly, 14 were elected to the general seats and 60 to the reserved seats.
Virtual world abuzz on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Debates and discussions on the historic women's reservation bill is buzzing the virtual world too.
Manisha Ahlawat, who created a group "Reality Bites? Would the Women's Reservation Bill be implemented unbiased?" on popular social networking site Facebook, says: "Seeing more women in the position of power will definitely make more people respect women.
Out of Reach: The Quiet Ways India’s Digital Push Leaves Rural Women Behind
Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh: India’s digital story is often told through numbers. Millions of UPI transactions every minute. Seamless online services. Government schemes...
In Uttar Pradesh, old Dalit woman beaten for using hand pump
By IANS,
Lucknow : An old Dalit woman was beaten up by upper caste people for using a hand pump installed in their locality in an Uttar Pradesh village to draw water, an official said Wednesday.
"The complainant has alleged that she was beaten with sticks for using the hand pump installed in Mudaiya locality in Lacchu village in Auraiya district," said sub-divisional magistrate N.K. Mishra.
Renowned Muslim women scholars call for adopting Islamic teachings for ‘happy family, stronger society’
TCN News
New Delhi: Muslim women intellectuals and scholars from around the world on Tuesday unanimously gave a clarion call to adopt Islamic teachings for...
WPI urges MEA to intervene for repatriation of stranded Indian women workers in Saudi...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India national president Mujtaba Farooque, in a letter to Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
India to make every woman literate in five years: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Over 300 million Indians are still illiterate and about half of India's women cannot read or write but that would change in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said while launching the Rs.65 billion literacy mission 'Saakshar Bharat' on International Literacy Day Tuesday.
Treat women equal to men, says Shabana Azmi
Mumbai : On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi says rather than treating women like goddesses, the...
Women activists, journalists condemn hate speech, online auction of Muslim women during virtual event
On January 8, ANHAD organised a virtual discussion titled Women Against Hate in response to hate speech against India's Muslims during an event...
Pakistani woman indicted for attempted murder in US
By DPA,
Washington : The US government Tuesday indicted a Pakistani woman for attempting to murder American interrogators while she was being held in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly seized a rifle from a US Army officer and tried to fire it at the interrogators who arrived in Ghazni, Afghanistan in July to question her about possible terrorist related activities, the US Justice Department said.
Don’t ban ‘India’s Daughter’: Panelists
New Delhi : Increasing violence against women and stifling of debate were among the issues highlighted at a discussion relating to the controversial documentary...
Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi
New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...
Turned away by health centre, woman gives birth at tea-stall
By IANS,
Lucknow : After a pregnant woman was turned away from a community health centre (CHC) in the Uttar Pradesh capital, she was forced to give birth at a tea stall, officials said.
Tej Kumari was brought to the CHC in the Mall village on the outskirts of Lucknow in an advanced stage of pregnancy midnight Wednesday, the officials said.
However, Kumari was declined admission in the CHC as her family refused to pay a bribe to the medical staff at the CHC, the officials added.
Two teen-aged Nari Niketan girls attempt suicide
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Two teen-aged girls, who were residing at the government-run Nari Niketan (women's house) here, Tuesday tried to commit suicide by consuming poison, police said.
According to police, the two girls were shifted to a government hospital here after they consumed poison and started vomiting. They are residents of Sector 45 and 26 respectively.
67 girls found in raid on Rajasthan ashram are hypnotised
By IANS
Jaipur, July 5 : Counselling of 67 girls, found in a police raid on an ashram being run in a hotel in Rajasthan's Rajsamand,...
A father’s dream, a daughter’s dedication: The story of the first Muslim woman from...
By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net
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Anginat raahi gaye
Iss raah se unka pta kya
Par gaye kuchh log iss par
Chhod...
Have empowered 12 lakh women in Amethi: Rahul
New Delhi: On a day he filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that...
Woman attemps to set herself ablaze near Rashtrapati Bhavan
By IANS,
New Delhi : Apparently depressed due to quarrels with her husband, a 30-year-old woman allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze near the heavily-guarded Rashtrapati Bhavan here Monday evening, officials said.
The woman, identified as Sangeeta, allegedly poured kerosene over her body and set herself afire around 5.30 p.m. on Dalhousie Road behind the presidential palace.
Security officials rushed towards her and put out the flames, before officials from Delhi Fire Service could reach the spot.
Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade
By TCN News
Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...
Rape is fault of the victims, say half of women: survey
By IANS,
London : Half of women think that rape victims are to blame for the attack, a media report said Monday quoting a British study.
The poll of 1,000 adults found that 54 percent of women believe rape victims should be held accountable for their attack and women were more likely than men to blame victims, with those aged between 18 and 24 the most likely to judge, Daily Mail reported.
Mukherjee to open meeting of women speakers of parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee will Wednesday inaugurate the seventh meeting of women speakers of parliament, which will exchange experiences on gender issues.
Exclusive: Story of the ‘objectionable’ material recovered from Afreen Fatima’s house
Soon after razing his house, police claimed that Afreen Fatima’s father, Javed Mohammad, was the mastermind of the protest in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in...
Dr. Rehana Sultana — The Iron Lady of Hyderabad
TCN series on Muslim women empowerment
On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor
Subhashini Ali dwells on women’s issues, attacks Mamata regime
Kolkata: Launching her Lok Sabha campaign on International Women's Day, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Subhashini Ali Saturday focussed on issues faced by women...
Special police in Uttarakhand districts to check crime against women
Dehradun, (IANS): The Uttarakhand government will raise special police units in the state's 13 districts to deal exclusively with crime against women.
A decision to this...
One killed in landslide in Jammu region
Jammu: One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district Monday,...
Amnesty International urges Chhattisgarh authorities to protect Adivasis protesting against private companies
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter
Raigarh: Amnesty International India on Sunday, January 14 said that the local authorities in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, should respect and protect the...
NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers
New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...
PM apprised about Ruchika case
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Friday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about developments in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that has grabbed national headlines.
Tirath had gone to meet the prime minister to wish him on New Year day and also apprise him about the case. National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas was present on the occasion, official sources said.
Bengal youth beaten up for protesting women’s harassment dies
Kolkata : A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into coma after being beaten up for protesting harassment of women during an idol immersion procession...
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जी हां, क्यों तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत यानी एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ का मुद्दा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले के लगभग तीन महीने बाद...
Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent
New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...
WB police delay submission of report; 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to stay in...
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Bangaon: Thanks to negligence of over 10 months by West Bengal police, an 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to remain at the juvenile home in West Bengal even as her mother is running from pillar to post to seek her release.
महिलाओं की दुनिया का एक कड़वा सच
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महिला दिवस हर साल की तरह आया और चला गया. खानापूर्ति के लिए महिलाओं पर जमकर भाषणबाज़ी की गई और सशक्तिकरण...
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...
UP woman MLA seeks action against peers’ stripping act
By IANS,
Lucknow : A woman legislator in Uttar Pradesh lodged a complaint with the speaker's office over two Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) legislators taking...
बंधुआ मजदूरी और देह व्यापार के दुश्मन अजीत सिंह
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी : अजीत सिंह बनारस में एक जाना पहचाना नाम हैं. बनारस की अंधी बस्तियों से लेकर बड़े-बड़े मकानों में अजीत सिंह...
Can’t ask PM or CMs to have women ministers, says SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday declined a plea seeking direction to chief ministers of seven states to consider inducting women in...
Nikki Haley to address ‘Women In Leadership’ in Mumbai
Mumbai : Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina in the US, will take part in an interactive session on "Women In Leadership" here Thursday,...
Niqab ban gets unanimous support in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,
Toronto : Canadians have unanimously supported the niqab ban announced by French-speaking Quebec province this week. After France, the Canadian province is the first in North America to ban the niqab, a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women.
The ban, triggered by an Egyptian immigrant woman's refusal to remove her niqab in her French classes in Montreal, will disallow access to government services, schools and colleges and health care to those who don't remove the face veil.
‘Crimes against women to be taken up in parliament’
New Delhi : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said Thursday that there would be a debate in the Lok Sabha on rising crimes...
Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...
Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...
Student brings lack of women’s toilets to court’s notice
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi may be aiming to become a world class city for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but it lacks basic amenities like public toilets for women, reveals a report by a college student that has compelled the Delhi High Court to direct civic bodies to provide better public conveniences.
Shahana Sheikh, a final year student of economics at Lady Sri Ram (LSR) College, undertook a tour of slums and the outskirts of Delhi from May to July 2008.
Four decades on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims yet to find closure
Many victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy still reel from the devastation that the incident caused in their lives.
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40 percent Delhi women faced sexual harassment in past year: Study
New Delhi : Despite tougher laws enacted after the gruesome Nirbhaya gang-rape some three years ago, women in Delhi hardly feel safe, says a...
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Arrest the attackers of Soni Sori immediately: Women India Movement
BY TCN News,
New Delhi: Women India Movement (WIM) has come down heavily on the Chattisgarh government for not doing enough in arresting the culprits...
Girls see way out of ghetto through cricket
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route.
In proper cricket whites and the rest of the kit, 45 girls who live in Bapu Dham Colony are practising very seriously at the cricket ground of the Government Model High School in Sector 26.
Their dream of making it to the Indian team - like their heroes from this city, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - is being backed by the NGO Yuvsatta and the local administration.
Woman raped, killed in Goa
By IANS,
Panaji : A 55-year-old woman was raped and killed along the Arambol beach in Goa, a police officer said Saturday.
The woman, identified as a local villager, was found naked by the fishermen returning from the sea in early hours of Friday. She used to sell flowers at the beach.
The fisherman informed the police about the killing.
"We had sent the body for post mortem. The report which arrived late yesterday (Friday) evening confirmed rape," Police Sub-Inspector Sarvesh Narvekar told IANS.
China-based Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
New Delhi : Business executive Meena Barot Monday created history by becoming the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China, a moment she called the "most beautiful" in her life.
Cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese and a handful of expatriates, Barot, 36, who lives in China, ran with the Olympic torch for around 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province around 8.30 a.m. (6 a.m. IST).
Domestic violence – most destructive war within us
By Shahnoor Rahman,
I remember, on 26th June 2011 when I was in second year MBBS in Gauhati Medical College, while passing through the postmortem ward, I had fainted when I saw the corpse of a woman slaughtered by her husband as he suspected her of adultery.
Swati Maliwal new DCW chief, opposition cries foul
New Delhi : Swati Maliwal, wife of a prominent AAP leader, will be the new chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW),...
Woman burnt to death for giving birth to girl child
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for giving birth to a baby girl for the second time in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
"Just hours after Momeena delivered a baby girl Tuesday, she was set on fire by her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law," police inspector Somveer Singh told IANS on phone.
Singh said the three accused ran away with the newborn girl after setting Momeena on fire. Momeena, married for five years, was a resident of the Ahera village in Baghpat, some 350 km from Lucknow.