UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
ट्रिपल तलाक़ –ये सवाल जाकर मोदी जी से पूछो!
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : आजकल अख़ाबर के पन्ने ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ के ख़बरों से भरे पड़े हैं. ‘फ़ोन पर पत्नी को तलाक़ दिया’,...
Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...
Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...
European women’s lobby launches gender balance campaign
By Nicholas Rigillo, DPA,
Brussels : Despite some progress, women remain grossly under-represented in European politics. Slightly fewer than one third of the European Parliament's (EP) 785 seats are occupied by women, while only nine of the EU's 27 commissioners are female.
A group of leading women politicians has recently launched a campaign in Brussels aimed at bridging this gender gap when the composition of the EP and the European Commission come up for renewal next year.
Nirbhaya Trust launches ‘I feel safe’ app in Hyderabad
Hyderabad : Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust, set in remembrance of the Delhi December 16, 2012 gang rape victim, here on Tuesday launched the "I feel...
Husband deserts Muslim woman for attending Independence Day
Patna: A Muslim school teacher in Bihar was forced to leave her house by her husband who felt she had violated the Shariat law...
Two arrested for raping sisters in Rajasthan
Barmer (Rajasthan): Two people have been arrested in Rajasthan's Barmer district for allegedly raping two sisters when they were returning home last week, police...
Why did Muslim Personal Law Board dissolve its women’s wing 7 years after formation?
The women’s wing convenor was asked to delete all the social media accounts that the wing holds. Members have called the decision arbitrary and...
Birbhum gang rape: Opposition flays Trinamool over SC directive
Kolkata: The opposition Friday flayed the West Bengal government after the Supreme Court directed it to pay additional compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the...
Delhi man, mother get life terms in dowry death case
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld life sentences to a man and his mother for killing his wife for dowry. The court also regretted the stand of the girl's family, saying the case shows discrimination against the girl child still exists in Indian society.
In twilight of their lives, they look for life partner
By Rafat Quadri, IANS,
Ahmedabad : They were in their 50s, 60s and even in their 70s. With love and longing in their hearts and dressed in their best clothes, hundreds of elderly men and women from various parts of Gujarat gathered here to look for a suitable match.
The 75 women and 700 men, many of them lonely in the twilight of their lives, offered their bio-data as prospective marriage candidates at the unique function in Town Hall here.
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over honour killing
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the alleged honour killing of a young Dalit...
Kashmir violence begins to challenge Mehbooba Mufti’s rule
By Sheikh Qayoom
Srinagar : Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti could not have asked for a more troubled start to her innings as the head of...
Legal literacy an effective tool to control violence against women in India
India has slipped to the 112th spot from its 108th position in 2018 in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2020, which...
Tribal women protestors in Lalgarh teargassed
By IANS,
Lalgarh (West Bengal): A Trinamool Congress team, including two junior central ministers, visited this trouble-torn belt Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of the ongoing security operations before police staged a baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a group of agitating tribal women.
Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide
By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net
Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...
A.G.Noorani’s The Code vs the Talaq: A Critique
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
A.G. Noorani added his voice to the debate of the season in his opinion piece titled “The Code vs...
Rashmi Shukla is Pune’s second woman police chief
Pune : Senior police officer and State Intelligence Department Commissioner Rashmi Shukla was appointed the new police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, official sources...
Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...
After driving across India, Khasi woman eyes Mongol Rally
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : Driving a seven hp two-stroke engine for 4,110 km in 20 days is not an easy task, but Miatmon Sooting, a single mother to a seven-year-old, should be proud enough that she completed the race in an auto-rickshaw in 15 days. It's given her the confidence to eye the gruelling Mongol Rally.
Woman gang raped in Delhi, two arrested
New Delhi: A woman was gang raped by two people on the pretext of being provided a job, police said Friday, adding the alleged...
WB High Madrasa exams begin; 5 mothers appear for paper with infants on lap
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Malda: Alim and Fazil examination 2014 of the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education began on February 10 and will last till February 24, 2014.
President of the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education Razle Rabbi informed that in 143 centres throughout the state exams are being conducted and total numbers of the 54,858 examinees are taking the examinations.
Women’s bill holds many unrealized promises: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi: The women's reservation bill holds many unrealized promises for the political empowerment of women, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here Saturday.
"India was one of the first countries where women were given the right to vote. Parliament has, over the years, enacted several laws for their empowerment, welfare and protection," Meira Kumar, the first woman to be the Lok Sabha speaker, said at a summit on 'Inclusive Growth and Empowerment of Women of Rural India'.
Obama bypasses Congress to promote equal pay for women
Washington: President Barack Obama resorted Tuesday to an executive order to oblige federal contractors to provide equal pay for women who currently earn less...
Congress again fails to send woman from Kerala to Lok Sabha
Thiruvananthapuram: In matriarchal Kerala, Congress' Savithiri Lakshman continues to be the only woman party leader to win a Lok Sabha election ever in the...
Triple Talaq: Turning a mole hill into a mountain
By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net
O People, it is true that you have certain rights over your women, but they also have rights over...
Woman gets relief from incontinence
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...
Maulvi Mumtaz Ali- A Nineteenth century advocate of women’s rights
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
It is generally thought that movement for women’s rights began with western educated people and in 19th century. But very few people know about Maulavi Mumtaz Ali Khan, a traditional ‘alim, product of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband who was very enthusiastic supporters of gender equality. There are two things to be noted here: one, he was a traditional ‘alim and was not under the influence of western thought and two, he was advocating gender equality purely on the basis of Islamic traditional sources i.e. Qur’an and hadith.
Total literacy for women in five years, promises PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : All women in the country would be literate in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while noting that female illiteracy and poor infrastructure were obstructing India's economic growth.
The prime minister, who was launching the Rs.65 billion (over $1.3 billion) literacy mission 'Saakshar Bharat', said: "In fact, many observers have seen infrastructure development in the economic sector and female literacy in the social sector as two very critical factors that impede India's steady climb to a higher and sustainable level of growth and development."
In the lanes of Batla House, a mission to empower women
By Sadia Suhail for Twocircles.net
New Delhi: The narrow, dingy lanes of Batla House in Delhi may not look the most appealing for...
Sonia, Rahul condole death of Sister Nirmala
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the death of Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala.
Sister...
One held for Nepal woman journalist’s murder
By IANS,
Kathmandu : A week after the brutal murder of a woman broadcaster in Nepal's violence-hit Terai plains, the Maoist government Sunday said the mastermind behind the killing has been arrested.
Mebilal Paswan, said to be associated with a little-known Terai organisation calling itself the Terai Ekta Parishad, has been arrested for the murder of radio journalist Uma Singh, government spokesman and Minister for Communications and Information Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the interim parliament Sunday.
Mahara said Paswan, arrested Saturday, had admitted involvement in the killing.
Women’s groups to protest Monday against ordinance
By IANS,
New Delhi : Unhappy with provisions of the ordinance over sexual crimes, women's groups are planning a big protest against it Monday and a signature campaign in the near future.
54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak
Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...
Two released Japanese tourists depart Yemen
By NNN-SABA,
Sana'a : Well-informed sources said that the two Japanese women tourists Keiko Mishima, 41, of Suginami Ward, Tokyo, and Shizuko Endo, 44, of Fukuoka, left Yemen on Friday morning a day after they were freed from their kidnappers in Marib province, 170 kilometers east of the capital, Sana'a.
The sources said to Saba, that Keiko Mishima and Shizuko Endo enjoy good health after they were kidnapped last Wednesday by gunmen in Marib.
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan condemn arrest of rape survivor, youth activists
TCN News
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) of Rajasthan has strongly condemned the arrest of a young survivor of gang-rape and two Jan Jagran Shakti...
High BP in women may cause dementia in later life
By IANS,
Washington: Women with high blood pressure (BP) may be at a greater risk of dementia later in life, says a new finding in the US.
"Hypertension is very common in the US and many other countries and can lead to serious health problems," said Lewis Kuller, professor of epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
"Proper control of blood pressure, which remains generally poor, may be very important to prevent dementia as women age," added Kuller.
PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...
SC to hear plea over woman lawyer’s manhandling by police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in a case of assault and manhandling...
HIV-positive woman spreads hope in Uttar Pradesh
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Gorakhpur : After she tested positive for HIV three years ago, Bhanumati (name changed) was shattered. Living under the shadow of death, the 36-year-old feared she too would die of the infection like her husband. But today Bhanumati spearheads AIDS/HIV awareness programmes in villages of Uttar Pradesh.
Bhanumati, a resident of Tilauli village in Gorakhpur district, some 300 km from Lucknow, has constituted an all-women group that undertakes counselling of AIDS/HIV patients and also organises sensitisation programmes in India's most populous state.
Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list
New Delhi : It's all about Indian girl power all the way! Making a mark on the global map, seven Indian celebrated personalities including...
International Women’s Day: women group calls for protection of rights
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: On 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8th March), Hyderabad based organization Nisa Research and Resource Centre for Women organized a program in Hyderabad calling for protection of women’s rights both by civil society and governments.
Muslim Students Federation to seek legal advice over denial to wear hijab in some...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Union Muslim League students’ outfit Muslim Students Federation (MSF) has decided to launch an online survey to address...
Women Maoist commanders charged with sedition in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Two women Maoist commanders and three of their associates have been charged with sedition for dropping a huge cache of arms at a busy square here in January, police said Friday.
"We have framed a chargesheet in a local court here against these five accused and witnesses will depose in October when the trial begins," a police official told IANS.
Two top women insurgents - Meena Chaudhary alias Geeta and K.S. Priya alias Malti - dropped eight bags loaded with 91 pistols and 26 wireless sets at Dangania area in Raipur while travelling in a car.
Differently-abled Odisha girl clears civil service exam in first attempt
By Jatindra Dash,
Bhubaneswar: It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha's differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first...
Women, men clash again in Bengal over ladies special train
Kolkata : In yet another territorial battle on West Bengal's rail tracks, women clashed with men on Wednesday for the second time in...
Women activists protest detention of Asiya Andrabi
Srinagar, (IANS): Activists of women's separatist group 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith) on Tuesday protested against the detention of the group's chief, Asiya Andrabi, under...
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.
Islamic theological “expertise” in the liberal press
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
The article points out the internal inconsistencies in the theological arguments made by A. Faizur Rahman in articles which...
Nitish orders police transfers after stripping of woman in public
By IANS,
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday reshuffled the state's top police brass following an alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here. The incident shocked the nation.
Fourteen Indian Police Service (IPS) officers including the inspector general of police and the deputy inspector general have been transferred.
Top police officers in Patna, including district and city police chiefs, have been removed and posted at different places.
Fourteen deputy superintendents of police have also been transferred.
Demonstration against harassment of women in Mumbai
By TCN News,
Mumbai: To register their protest against harassment and humiliation of women by mischief mongers in the city, the youth wing of Movement for Human Welfare (MHW) organized a signature campaign and demonstration at Mumbai’s Andheri railway station on 28th June.
Notably, during the last few days some anti-social elements have been busy in harassment of pedestrian women in Mumbai specially at and around the Andheri railway station.
Women run 14 percent Of Indian businesses, most self-financed
By Devanik Saha
Richa Dubey’s profession - running an online retail business that connects artisans with consumers - may not appear unusual for a modern...
Saudi Women: agents of change shattering common stereotypes
By Lulua Asaad,
Vienna - When I made the decision to move to Vienna, I was unprepared for the repercussions my attitude, behaviour and opinions would have in forming and influencing European perceptions of women from Saudi Arabia, a country that is at a crossroads between modernity, globalisation, liberation, empowerment, heritage and cherished traditions.
शाहीन बाग़’ की बड़ी जीत, मोदी सरकार बातचीत को हुई तैयार
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ पिछले डेढ़ महीने से ज़्यादा वक्त से धरन पर बैठी महिलाओं के हौंसले ने आख़िरकार मोदी सरकार...
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part 2 on Anwari Noor Jahan
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour
Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...
Saudi Arabia appoints woman to lead Ebola fight
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has appointed a woman, Tamara Tayeb, to lead the country's fight against the Ebola virus disease, media reported Friday.
Deputy Commander...
Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence
Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015
By TCN...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...
Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Amit Sharma, a zonal manager with a telecom company, abandoning his pregnant wife and posting his profile at a matrimonial website proved costly as he was denied anticipatory bail by a city court and sent to jail for 14 days.
His wife Lata alleged that Sharma, who married her in January 2008, soon started harassing for not bringing sufficient dowry. A few months earlier, he abandoned her despite her being pregnant, following which she charged her husband with cruelty.
Antony orders probe into woman army officer’s allegations
By IANS,
New Delhi/Chandigarh : Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday ordered the Indian Army to probe allegations of "physical and mental torture" levelled by a woman captain against three senior male officers, even as the army said the investigations had begun.
"The minister has taken a serious view of the matter and ordered that it be thoroughly investigated and a report presented to him," a defence ministry official said in New Delhi.
In Chandigarh, a senior officer said the investigations had already begun.
Karva Chauth continues to captivate Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day when married Hindu women fast till sundown to pray for their husbands' long life and prosperity, Karva Chauth is a much awaited festival in North India. This year, too, there is palpable excitement in the air.
Tamil Nadu woman set to create yoga world record
Chennai : On the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday, a woman advocate in Tamil Nadu is progressing to set a world record for...
NIA inspector shot dead in UP, wife critically injured
New Delhi : A National Investigation Agency inspector was shot dead while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, sources said on...
क्या औरत का काम सिर्फ़ घर संभालना है?
चन्द्रजीत रघुवंशी
उत्तराखण्ड : बुनाई वाली मशीन पर जब वो तेज़ी से अपना हाथ चलाती है तो उसका आत्मविश्वास और काम के प्रति लगन देखते...
President, PM congratulate Sania on becoming No.1
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sania Mirza for becoming the new women's doubles No.1 player on Monday.
Sania...
Candidates’ wives shed political apathy to hit campaign trail
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : They are apolitical and have been pursuing their independent careers, but the general elections have brought them out on the campaign trail. Wives of several Lok Sabha candidates in the capital are busy for over 20 hours a day, wooing voters on behalf of their husbands.
The wives are concentrating on women voters who form over 45 percent of Delhi's electorate.
Promila Sibal, wife of Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk Kapil Sibal, feels that women in her husband's constituency are more open to her and talk on a variety of issues.
Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir
Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...
In house of memories, meet the nowhere women
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Madhulika Sonkar, IANS,
Bihar Police okays 35 percent quota for women
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police sations.
डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....
Saina in semis, assured of maiden Worlds bronze
Jakarta : Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance on Friday to enter her maiden women's singles semifinal at the...
मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल
जावेद अनीस
पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...
Women’s self-help groups shore up farm communities
By V. Vijayalakshmi, IANS,
Pune : The woes of the agricultural community in rural Maharashtra may be far from over, but a Mumbai-based trust is helping out a sizeable number of farm families through women's self-help groups (SHGs).
The SHGs, being funded by the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan, have instilled confidence in thousands of poor farm families by forging a tie-up with Big Bazar, one of India's biggest retail outlets for supply of homemade products.
Dalit woman commits suicide to evade rape attempt
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman committed suicide Saturday by setting herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to evade a rape attempt by her neighbour, police said.
Family members alleged that she took the extreme step to evade a rape attempt by a neighbour in Faizabad, about 150 km from here.
"The woman, in her dying statement to the magistrate, seconded the allegations made by her husband Rajaram, but died before naming the person," Faizabad police chief R.K.S. Rathore told IANS.
खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
नीट 2022 की परीक्षा में लगभग 1200 मुस्लिम बच्चों ने सफलता हासिल की है इनमें से कई बच्चे मदरसा बैकग्राउंड के...
Gurgaon security guard’s daughter excels in Class 10 exams
Gurgaon : Beating all odds, a 14-year-old daughter of a security guard in Gurgaon has excelled in Class 10 CBSE exams by scoring a...
Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security
Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...
Women devotees flood Kerala capital for festival
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Spirals of smoke rose from hundreds of firewood stoves here Tuesday as an estimated three million women devotees from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu converged on the path to the Attukal Bhagavathi temple and cooked rice offerings for the goddess.
The offering is made on the penultimate day of the 10-day-long Attukal Pongala festival, which is often referred to as the equivalent of the Sabarimala pilgrimage for women.
Attukal Bhagavathi is believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic "Silappathikaaram".
No “Achhe Din” for IIT students with three-fold increase in fees
By Sumaiya Arafaat for TwoCircles.net,
After NIT’s it’s bad news for IIT students. The panel, headed by IIT Roorkee Chairman Ashok Misra has approved a...
Ramadan 1435: Azan
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Students of MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai learn to give azan, Islamic call to prayers. MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary...
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.
Women’s bill in Lok Sabha after consultation: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress said Friday it was keen to get the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha but said it will be brought to the lower house only after consultation with political parties.
Paban Singh Ghatowar, the Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha, refused to specify a time-frame for bringing the bill, saying that dates taken by the media were "speculation."
The landmark bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday after two days of acrimony, seeks to reserve a third of all seats in legislatures for women.
Media award for young woman journalist
By IANS,
New Delhi : Alifiya Khan, 24, has won the third Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for exposing loopholes in the country's healthcare system with a series of investigative articles.
The award consists of a citation and a cash award of Rs.15,000. Khan, a Mumbai-based correspondent with the Hindustan Times, wrote on 12 state-run healthcare centres.
"Primary Hell Centres" - one of her articles which helped Khan clinch the award - unveiled the condition of health centres where untrained Ayurvedic doctors carried out post mortems and used disposable needles on patients.
Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal
Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said.
The crime took place Friday in...
Woman thwarts robbery attempt, catches two robbers
New Delhi: A 29-year-old woman foiled a robbery, courageously snatching a pistol from a group of four armed robbers who barged into her house,...
Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...
Indian woman jailed for compatriot’s murder in Australia
Sydney: A court in Australia on Monday sentenced an Indian-origin woman to 18 years in jail for the murder of her ex-lover's fiance out...
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केरल की चार ईसाई ननों को उत्तर प्रदेश के झांसी रेलवे स्टेशन पर एबीवीपी के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा जबरन चलती ट्रेन से...
Woman Maoist killed in gunbattle in Orissa’s Kandhamal
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman Maoist rebel was Tuesday killed by security forces in a gunbattle in Orissa's Kandhamal district, an official said.
Getting information that a group of Maoists had gathered in the forest near Daringbadi area of the district for a meeting, police and special operations group personnel raided the area.
There was an exchange of fire after the rebels attacked the security forces and a woman Maoist was killed, district collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
Final hearing on two Delhi gang rape convicts’ appeals in July: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its March 15 interim order staying execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...
Bhopal survivors chain themselves near PM’s residence
By IANS,
New Delhi : Thirty-seven Bhopal gas disaster survivors, including 22 women, were arrested Wednesday when they chained themselves near Prime Minister Manmohar Singh's residence here to demand that the government address their grievances.
The police said the people chained themselves to the railings opposite the heavily-guarded prime minister's residence.
“They were not allowed to go near the PM's house, so they chained themselves. We cut their chains and took them into custody,” Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) Ajay Kashyap told IANS.
NCW conducting study on honour killings
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has commissioned a research study on honour killings in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told parliament Friday.
"A study has been commenced on honour killings in two states and the findings would be known after the completion of the study," Krishna Tirath told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
The government is in the final stages of preparing a bill on honour killings to curb the social menace.
Woman boxer found dead, Andhra government orders probe
By IANS,
Hyderabad : n upcoming woman boxer, who had represented Andhra Pradesh in the national championships, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her hostel room at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here Wednesday.
S. Amravati, 21, who was found in her room in the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) hostel at the stadium, was suspected to have committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. She had been undergoing coaching for three years.
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...
Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...
President to visit women’s first education institute
By IANS,
Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office, to attend a function at India's first, over a century-old education institution for women.
On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dhondopant Karve, the founder of this institute which was the country's first to impart women's education.
Activist groups demand passage of women reservation bill
New Delhi, (IANS) : Several members of women's rights groups assembled here on Tuesday to demand from the government passage of long-pending Women's Reservation...
50 percent women married as minors: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday.
69-year-old nun’s murderer admits killing another: Police
Kottayam (Kerala): A day after Kerala Police revealed that a man arrested from Haridwar for killing and 69-year-old nun at her convent near here...
India’s Muslims are finally breaking free of the mold
There’s hope for India’s Muslims as they set new examples of excellence defying great odds
By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net
Colonial hangover ails workers of Assam’s tea industry
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Tezpur (Assam) : Colonial-style bungalows of Assam's expansive tea gardens and the British-era lifestyles of their executives paint a picture postcard of yore. Sadly, this hangover also extends to the poor living conditions of labourers - an issue now in the limelight after the World Bank said that it was probing the violation of workers' rights inthese plantations it jointly finances with Tata Global Beverages.
The phantasmagoria of Pakistan’s women’s rights
By Ishtiaq Ahmed
The past few days have been filled with such dramatically contrasting news about the fortunes of Pakistani women that one can liken the rights of Pakistani women to a phantasmagoria: a changing scene made up of many elements in which the changes that take place make it impossible to discern what is real and what is merely an illusion.
Every fifth candidate in Bengal first phase has criminal cases
New Delhi : As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that...
Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Imphal (Manipur): The Manipur Muslim girl students have formed, perhaps first time in the history of the state, a union to wage a war on two fronts: to change Muslim socieity’s approach on higher education for Muslim girls and to demand state government reservation for Muslim women.
‘Girls are insecure becuase of love jihad:’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madhya Pradesh also threatened legal action against those misrepresenting her 'Keep Knives' speech.
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Tamil Nadu’s rape survivors are minorities we don’t know about
Society neglects rape survivors, and those who have been to prison and juvenile homes. It’s this exclusion that makes these victims and survivors indulge...
Rahul Gandhi targets Modi’s personal life
Jammu: Targeting BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi's personal life, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said Modi not once mentioned his wife's name...
SIT trying to shield Rathore: Ruchika’s lawyer
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Pankaj Bhardwaj, molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra's lawyer, Wednesday said the special investigation team (SIT), constituted to probe fresh cases registered against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is trying to shield the accused.
"SIT is working hand in glove with the accused and they are only trying to shield him and delay the proceedings of the case. We have no trust in SIT's investigation, that is why we had demanded a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe in the case," Bhardwaj told IANS here.
Bigger conspiracy behind killing: Greater Noida victim’s wife
Greater Noida : The killing of a man in a village here following rumours that his family consumed beef was part of a bigger...
Four arrested for woman professor’s murder
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people.
Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
"Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
4 held for misbehaving with JNU girls, baton charge on campus
By IANS,
New Delhi: Violence broke out on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus late Sunday evening when four outsiders in an inebriated state were caught teasing women students and Delhi Police had to resort to baton charge and teargas to disperse the agitated students.
The shallowness of the discourse on Muslim Personal Law
By Umair Azmi
The liberal silence has, thankfully, been broken. If equality between the genders is impossible within the realm of Muslim law, irrespective of...
पूजा करने गई महिला से गैंगरेप,बंदायू में हुई जघन्य वारदात
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उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में एक महिला के साथ निर्भया कांड जैसी घटना को फिर से दोहराने का मामला सामने आया है। 50...
These women are legends in recorded music
By IANS,
New Delhi: They came from the bylanes of the courtesans' colonies in heartland India to become legends in the annals of recorded music.
An exhibition, "Women on Record: Celebrating the Music of Women in the Early 20th Century", traces the history of women in Indian classical music and their involvement with the 78 rpm vinyl records through a series of collages, texts, archival prints and photographs of the women, their lives and their patrons.
Shopian case: Donate-shroud-to-CBI campaign launched by women groups
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Farhana Firdous: Triple medal winner in M.Sc and a dream to help the marginalised
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
If our mainstream media is to be believed, nothing good happens near or at the India-Bangladesh border. Every now and...
Over five million people endorse effort to end violence against women
By DPA,
New York : More than five million people have signed a petition to support the UN campaign to end violence against women, a programme spearheaded by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, the UN has said.
The petition was presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mark Tuesday's International Day to End Violence Against Women.
"We thought that the more names we collected, the stronger our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for governments everywhere," Kidman said at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York.
First Indian woman chaplain for South African army
By Fakir Hassen, IANS,
Pretoria : Caroline Pillay has made history by becoming the first South African of Indian descent to serve as a chaplain in the army.
Pillay was among 275 volunteer recruits who started an intensive training course this week at the air force gymnasium here before they serve for two years in the army.
Undeterred by the fact that at 39 she was almost twice as old as most of the other recruits, Pillay said she was looking forward to stamping her feet even at her "mature" age, confirming that she was fit, healthy and ready to tackle the course.
Police officer suspended for sexually exploiting woman
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A police sub-inspector here was suspended Monday for sexually exploiting a woman about eight months ago, the police said.
Senior superintendent of police L. Ravi Kumar initiated action against Afal Singh after the SSP was given a CD containing evidence against Singh.
"When Singh was the station officer (SO) of Vijay Nagar police station, the woman had come to him for some help and he sexually exploited her," Kumar said.
Kumar has initiated an inquiry into the case by a senior police officer.
Sports icons laud Saina for entering world badminton semis
Kolkata : Sports icons on Friday took to Twitter to congratulate ace shuttler Saina Nehwal for reaching the singles semi-finals at the badminton...
नसबंदी शिविर की लापरवाही में आम सवाल
By मनोज मिश्रा,
शनिवार को बिलासपुर, छत्तीसगढ़ से दस किलोमीटर दूर पेंडारी के नेमीचंद जैन अस्पताल में सरकार की तरफ़ से महिलाओं के लिए नसबंदी शिविर आयोजित किया गया. इस शिविर को लगाने का मक़सद महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य की चिंता नहीं था. बल्कि शिविर इसलिए लगाया गया था ताकि सरकार अपना एक कोटा पूरा कर सके और सर्वे में यह दर्शा सके कि उसने एक साल में इतनी नसबंदियों को अंजाम दिया है. ऐसा इसलिए ताकि उन्हें पिछले कुछ वर्षो की तरह इस बार भी नंबर एक मुख्यमंत्री का ख़िताब मिल जाए.
Campaign against female infanticide in Bengal
Kolkata : To tackle gender imbalance in the state, the West Bengal government has launched a campaign against female infanticide, which includes organising awareness...
Modi government tried to kill me in a plane crash: Mamata
Kolkata: Virtually comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ravana, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused his government of running a terror...
Woman among five hanged to death in Iran
By DPA,
Tehran : Five prisoners, including a woman, convicted in a case of murder, were hanged here, the official newspaper Iran reported Thursday.
The five were hanged Wednesday in the Evin prison in northern Tehran after their death sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The woman had reportedly killed her husband who wanted to marry a younger woman.
Murder, rape, sabotage and drug-trafficking of quantities in excess of five kilograms are crimes punishable by death in Iran.
Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements
By IANS,
London: All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn.
Researchers say women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a newborn. It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.
Case against BJP MP in UP; says framed
Lucknow : A case was registered against BJP's Lok Sabha member Sachidanand Hari Sakshi, better known as Sakshi Maharaj, in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday...
अच्छी ख़बर : एएमयू को ‘नैक’ ने दिया ए ग्रेड
न्यूज डेस्क।Twocircles.net
देश के प्रतिष्ठित अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय को राष्ट्रीय मूल्यांकन एवं प्रत्यायन परिषद (नैक) की समीक्षा में 3.24 के संचयी ग्रेड प्वाइंट...
Four gang-rape convicts get 10-year jail in dacoity case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded 10-year jail terms to four people - earlier convicted for the brutal gang rape of December...
AMU alumni band ‘ANTIM’ to release its composition of National Anthem on Republic Day
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A music band formed by the alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has come...
Uber, three other cab operators banned in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government banned Uber and three other cab operators from plying their taxis in the capital city from Friday, a top official...
First women navigators commissioned in Indian Navy
By IANS,
Kochi : Another glass ceiling was broken Friday as two women were commissioned into the Indian Navy as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces.
Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh were awarded their "Wing" at the passing out parade here.
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
By IANS,
London : An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London.
The 42-year-old woman had illegally stayed back in the country after arriving on a holiday, the police said. Her house was raided on a tip-off.
She pleaded guilty to 17 offences of identity fraud at Kingston Crown Court and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A large number of documents, including fake and original passports, driving licences and bank documents were seized from her house.
The iron lady of Tamil Nadu (Profile)
By Venkatachari Jagannathan,
Chennai : J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the 'Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu', returned to power on Saturday - after a seven...
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...
Humiliated South African woman to be finally honoured
By IANS,
Pretoria : Sarah Bartmann, a South African Khoisan woman who was made to exhibit her unusual physical features like her large buttocks to Europeans in roadside shows in the 19th century, will be honoured by having some heritage sites named after her.
The South African government is to open some heritage sites after her name this month that could help the people to remember the icon of oppression and colonialism that systematically stripped Africans of their dignity, BuaNews reported.
I want to improve bureaucracy: IAS woman topper
By IANS,
New Delhi : This year's woman topper of the prestigious civil services examination has a simple aim - she wants to help people who haplessly run with files from one office to another.
"I must be able to improve bureaucracy so that I can help people who are running from one office to another with files," said Iva Sahay, who ranked third in the All India civil services examination and has the highest ranking among women. The results of the exam were announced Thursday.