NCW issues notice to Ramdev
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Wednesday issued a notice to yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul...
Meet Dr. Mubeena Ramzan, the first Kashmiri woman to feature among world’s 500 most...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Dr Mubeena Ramzan of Kashmir created history earlier this month when she became the first Kashmiri woman to be enlisted among...
Number of rape cases rising in India
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday.
According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003.
The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
Gene exposes women with migraine to increased cardiac risk
By IANS,
Washington : Women with migraine seem to be at a greater risk of heart disease and stroke if they possess a certain gene, according to a new study.
Researchers followed 25,001 white women for the occurrence of heart attacks and ischemic stroke. About 18 percent had a history of migraine while 40 percent with active migraine reported migraine with aura.
Women in contract jobs more likely to face sexual advances
By IANS,
Sydney : Women holding casual and contract jobs are 10 times more likely to face sexual advances than those in permanent positions, according to a study.
The research by Anthony LaMontagne, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, examined the likelihood of sexual harassment in different types of employment.
"Our study shows that 79 percent of those who experience unwanted sexual advances at work are women," he said.
Delhi Aanganwadi workers’ indefinite hunger strike enters 6th day as AAP govt evades holding...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The indefinite hunger strike by Delhi State Aanganwadi Workers’ and Helpers’ Union entered its seventh day...
Women’s cricket team prepares for busy schedule ahead
By IANS,
Mumbai : The women's cricket team will participate in two training camps ahead of their busy international schedule that starts with the England tour in August.
The team will tour England (August), Australia (November) before the World Cup in Australia (March 2009) and the ICC World Twenty20 in England (June 2009).
Indian woman becomes world’s first to fly Russian fighter
By Fakir Balaji, IANS,
Bangalore : Suman Sharma, daughter of a retired Indian naval officer and an army colonel's sister, became the world's first woman to fly the mighty Russian MiG-35 fighter jet at the Aero India international air show here.
The 30-year-old also became the first civilian woman to co-pilot the American-strike fighter F-16IN of Lockheed Martin two days before the biennial event took off at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Yelahanka, about 20 km from here.
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...
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...
Woman rescued 195 hours after China’s earthquake
By Xinhua,
Chengdu : A 60-year-old woman was rescued at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday from rubble in Pengzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, more than 196 hours after the May 12 earthquake.
Wang Liqun, a retiree from the provincial capital of Chengdu, had lived on rainwater in the past days. She, still conscious when rescuers found her, was rushed to hospital.
Wang was inside a temple when the quake struck. She was hit by a falling girder in the head and had been in coma until last Tuesday, according to the rescue team from an air force regiment based in Chengdu.
Infant Dalit girl killed, family attacked over drawing water
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Dalit woman was refused water from a handpump, her family beaten up by upper caste people and an infant daughter killed in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police officer said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday in Bhadroni village of Shivpuri district, where caste wars are not too uncommon.
Saroj Jatav, 25, went to draw water from a handpump but was stopped by few upper caste people.
Later, as she was on her way to the police station with her husband Nawal Singh and three-month-old child Aanchal, Saroj was stopped by the same people and beaten up.
“We should record our history, our victory” Dalit poet Mercy Margaret
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Dalit literature that revolves around the struggles and lives of Dalits first emerged in the 1960s and has seen exponential growth since....
यूपी में दलित किशोरी की बलात्कार के बाद हत्या, दो गिरफ्तार
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.Net
उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर खीरी में बेहद दरिन्दगी का एक मामला सामने आया है। यहां पकरिया गांव में दलित समुदाय की एक नाबालिग़...
Magnificent Mary clinches record 6th World Championship gold
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian boxing legend M.C. Mary Kom scripted history by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold medal in the...
No need for CBI probe into rape at girls’ home: Bihar DGP
By IANS:
Patna, July 24:Amid growing demand for a CBI probe into the alleged rape of over 40 minor girls in a shelter home in...
Courage, determination keep single mothers going
By Shilpa Raina, IANS,
New Delhi : They are moms as well as dads for their children. Despite facing innumerable difficulties, these single women have taken life head-on and borne the dual responsibility with dignity and determination.
For Kalpana Dhar, 50, separating from her husband was the only option especially after difference of opinion gave rise to regular arguments and confrontations.
"I took this step at a very late stage of my marriage. But I had to do this because of my only son. He was suffering and I had to take a stand," said Dhar, a banker.
Squash: Indian girls make last 8
Eindhoven (The Netherlands) : India carved out a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday to ensure a place in the top eight competition...
Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised women battling the system of Triple Talaq and said the entire country supports them.
"I pay...
India not a happy place for mothers: report
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : At a time when the world celebrates Mother's Day, it turns out that India scores poorly among the middle-income countries when it comes to health care and well-being of mothers.
The country is ranked 73 in the list of 77 nations rated for the "best place to be a mother", according to a report by child rights organisation 'Save the Children'.
What is more shocking in the 'State of the World's Mothers 2010' report is that India is rated much lower than a host of conflict-ridden African countries like Kenya and Congo.
Centre asks Nagaland to punish guilty in Dimapur lynching
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asked the Nagaland government to take strict action against the people involved in the lynching...
Vedanta college completes 20 years educating Rajasthan’s girl child
Jaipur : Hindustan Zinc, a part of the Vedanta Group, has completed 20 years of its initiative in Rajasthan's Sikar district to educate the...
Lijjat – Empowering women through papads for 50 years
By Quaid Najmi, IANS,
Mumbai : A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till they hit upon the idea of selling papads. Fifty years later, their entrepreneurial effort, Lijjat Papad, is an award-winning company with an annual turnover of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore/$97 million).
Women have to be empowered – not just educated – to end son preference
By Charu Bahri
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: I wouldnt be around to write this story if the Bahri clan I hail from - Hindus from...
Reports: two Japanese women kidnapped in Yemen
By Xinhua,
Sana'a : Two female Japanese tourists were kidnapped near Yemen's major tourist attraction Marib on Wednesday, local officials told foreign media.
The Japanese women were seized by unknown armed men while visiting a historic dam in the town of Marib, some 180 kilometers east of the capital of Sanaa, said the media reports.
The armed men took the two women, members of a tourist group sightseeing near the old dam of Marib, in their vehicle and kicked away their Yemeni driver, a provincial government official was quoted as saying.
Two Maharashtra towns in communal turmoil
Karanja in Washim district ignited with communal riots under pretense of ‘Love Jihad’; another town in Nasik district under curfew after mob attacks and...
Husband’s retirement no ground for reducing alimony, rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the retirement of a husband was no ground for reduction in the maintenance granted to a...
Tripura opens toll-free helpline for women in distress
Agartala: The Tripura Police, as part of its initiatives to curb rising atrocities and crimes against women, has launched a toll-free helpline for women...
जेयूसीएस द्वारा योगी आदित्यनाथ की संसद सदस्यता खारिज़ करने की मांग उठाई गयी
By TCN News,
लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों भाजपा सांसद योगी आदित्यनाथ का विवादित वीडियो चर्चा में आया, जिसमें वे मुस्लिम लड़कियों को जबरन हिंदू बनाने की बात कर रहे हैं. उक्त वीडियो के बारे में जर्नलिस्ट्स यूनियन फॉर सिविल सोसाइटी(जेयूसीएस) के सदस्य डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्मकार शाहनवाज आलम, राजीव यादव व लक्ष्मण प्रसाद ने कहा है कि यह दलितों के हिंदूकरण, महिला हिंसा, सांप्रदायिकता और आतंकवाद की राजनीति पर केन्द्रित एक डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म 'SAFFRON WAR’ का हिस्सा है, जिसे 2011 से ही कई फिल्म महोत्सवों व अकादमिक गोष्ठियों में दिखाया जाता रहा है.
Silent Sufferers: Harassment still remains behind closed doors
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
New Delhi : Priya Gosain (name changed) never paid heed to her boss' "inappropriate advances". Ignoring him was...
Taking justice to women’s doorstep in Kerala
By Jeevan Mathew Kurian, IANS,
Kozhikode (Kerala) : Justice at the doorstep is a much espoused cause but remains a dream. For women in Kerala justice may not be at their doorstep, but they can at least seek it in their neighbourhood.
The Jagrata Samithis (Vigilance Committees) in local administrative bodies is slowly turning into sanctuaries of justice for them. The committees have come up in 832 local administrative bodies out of around 1,200 in the state.
Assamese woman gang-raped in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Assamese woman was raped here by two men who have been arrested, police said Sunday.
One of the men...
eCommerce will help empower women: Experts
New Delhi : Evolution of the e-commerce sector in India will help in empowering women as it will provide opportunity for them to work...
No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily
Islamabad : There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this...
Women Reservation Bill is anti minority bill – AIUDF
By TCN News
New Delhi: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came out against the proposed Women Reservation bill saying it "is completely against" it in its present form.
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...
Too few Indian women joining the army
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Not many women seem interested in joining the Indian Army. Only half the women candidates who qualified in the entrance exam and interview turned up for the Officers Training Academy (OTA) course in Tamil Nadu this year.
The course has 80 seats but only around 40 women candidates came as the course began in April this year. This comes even as the top army brass has agreed to give permanent commission to women officers in more branches.
All women have to undergo the OTA course to join the army.
नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...
74% of class 6 students in government schools cannot read Hindi textbook: Sisodia
New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, revealed on Tuesday that 74 per cent students of class...
आखिर क्यों नही मिल पा रहा बिलकिस को इंसाफ !
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
2002 में गुजरात दंगों के दौरान बिल्कीस बानो से गैंगरेप और परिवार के 14 लोगों की हत्या करने के मामले में...
Women lawmakers may be directly elected in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : Women lawmakers in Bangladesh would be directly elected following an amendment to its Constitution, the Sheikh Hasina Government has announced.
The change would facilitate holding of direct elections to seats reserved for women in the Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly) in the next parliamentary polls, Local Government and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said Saturday.
"We shall amend the constitution to allow women to come to the house through direct elections from the next parliamentary polls," The Daily Star quoted the minister as saying.
End violence against women, say Nobel peace laureates
New Delhi : Women Noble Peace laureates Monday called on the Indian government to take more decisive steps to end sexual violence in India...
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.
NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused
TCN News
Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...
Crimes against Russians causing worry back home: Consul general
By IANS,
Panaji: Victimisation of Russian citizens in Goa has created a lot of apprehension back home, the Russian consul general has said in a letter to the state chief minister.
The letter dated Dec 14 said "crimes against women" in Goa were increasing and that the mission was willing to tell its citizens not to go out after 10 p.m. in Goa, if it helps the situation.
Kerala emerging as emulative model for Muslim women’s education, says E Ahmed
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: Kerala has emerged as an emulative model in terms of the Muslim women’s education, IUML MP E Ahmed has said. Most of the educational institutions in the state have good number of women students with some of them leading with 75 per cent women representation, he added.
Uber rape case: Fingerprints of accused match
New Delhi: A forensic expert Friday told a court here that the fingerprints of the Uber cab driver, accused of raping a woman executive,...
Unfortunate that women are not safe even in woman-ruled states: Gadkari
Kolkata : Stressing on the need for women empowerment, union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said it was unfortunate for the country that women...
#TCN10: Looking back at TwoCircles.net
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
“Are there enough news stories on Indian Muslims to do a daily news portal?” This was one of the first question that...
After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting
By Shafeeq Alingal
Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...
Bodies of missing woman, minor daughters found in Kolkata
Kolkata: The bodies of a 37-year-old woman and her two minor daughters who had gone missing nearly a fortnight ago were recovered from inside...
Men, women approach charity differently
By IANS,
Sydney : Would you prefer to give money to someone needy in your neighbourhood or a needy person in a foreign country?
If you're a man, you're more likely to give to the person closest to you, that is, the one in your neighbourhood, if you give at all.
If you're a woman, you're more likely to give, and to give equal amounts to both groups, according to research by Texas A&M University marketing professor Karen Winterich and colleagues.
A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...
TCN News
Dr Lubna Sarwath, Contesting Candidate for Karwan Legislative Assembly, Telangana, Hyderabad, Socialist Party(India) has released the manifesto for her constituency which is a...
Anam Munaf Vadgama, a role model for girls
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
German woman molested by a group in Chandigarh
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A young German woman was allegedly abducted and molested by a group of youth in the city in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.
The police have registered a case against unidentified youth, who abducted the German woman from the city's upscale Taj Hotel in the main commercial hub of Sector 17.
What has baffled the police is the fact that the woman was abducted in a Scorpio sports utility vehicle (SUV) from a high-security area of the city. The hotel complex has private and police security.
FIR against Misha Bharti for poll violation
Patna: An FIR was Thursday lodged against Misha Bharti who is contesting from Patliputra seat in Bihar for forcibly entering a polling booth and...
Kashmiri women’s group ups ante on V-Day
By IANS,
Srinagar : Activists of Kashmiri women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Faith) raided some restaurants here Saturday to foil Valentine's Day celebrations, saying it was un-Islamic.
The group's chief, Asiya Andrabi, headed a small group of her activists who visited some hotels and restaurants in the city centre Lal Chowk area.
"We did not find anybody observing the vulgar and immoral celebrations connected with the so-called Valentine's Day here," Asiya told reporters.
Nun gang rape: Women’s right panel team to visit Bengal
Kolkata : Taking cognizance of the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal's Nadia district, the National Commission for Women on Friday...
Congress asks Kerala women’s panel chief to step down
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala Friday asked Kerala State Women's Commission chairperson Justice D. Sreedevi to quit after the panel decided to recommend a minimum age for girls to become nuns.
Chennithala termed the recommendation as the latest instance of the Left government using its power and clout over government-controlled bodies to hit out at the minorities.
Sania-Hingis win Guangzhou Open title
Guangzhou: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis outclassed the Chinese pair of Shilin Xu-Xiaodi You to claim the Guangzhou Open title on Saturday.
The Indo-Swiss combination...
Law and order situation broadly under control: Bengal governor
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday termed the overall law and order situation in the state as "broadly under control" and said...
The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers.
Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Canadian women tourists robbed in Lucknow
By IANS,
Lucknow : Two Canadian women tourists were robbed in the Uttar Pradesh capital late Sunday night, police said.
The incident took place in the central Hazratganj locality of the capital at around 11:30 p.m. when the tourists from Ottawa, Canada, were returning to their hotel in a cycle rickshaw.
"According to the complainants, Gillian and Catherine, two motorcycle borne men intercepted them and snatched their purses," additional superintendent of police Paresh Pandey told IANS.
Youth can be in vanguard of change: Kashmiri woman leader
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Zahra Banoo looked demure in her white salwar kurta, her head covered and a soft smile never leaving her face. However, behind this facade is the first woman in the history of Ladakh and Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir to contest elections for a local administrative body.
Concerned about the plight of her community, Banoo wants the younger lot, both boys and girls, to come forward and change things for good in the troubled state.
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,...
Professional housewives!!
By Dr Kouser Fathima
The term may surprise many but trust me professional housewives or PH are a reality. To start with, PH are qualified...
Remembering children of riot affected families on Children’s Day
Study reveals the terrified children in relief camps badly need social, emotional and administrative support
By Nikhat for TwoCircles.net
I didn’t know women were cricketers’ partners: Stanford
By IANS,
London : Sir Allen Stanford, the American sponsor of the $20 million Twenty20 cricket series in Antigua, has said he did not know the women he was filmed with this week were related to England players.
Stanford has already apologised after being shown on the giant screen with his arms around an England player's girlfriend and the wife of another seated on his lap during a match being played in Antigua Monday.
Defence ministry to decide on women’s entry in forces: Parrikar
Chandigarh : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said his ministry would take a final decision within two months on easing norms for...
NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...
Indian junior hockey girls lose 0-1 to England
Breda (The Netherlands) : India lost to England 0-1 in their last league match of the women's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on...
Women stopped from using road in Bangladesh town
By IANS,
Dhaka : For the last month, women in a Bangladesh town have been unable to use a road that has a mosque on it, but also the post office and several homes, thanks to a self-styled Muslim cleric who says their presence is illegal under Islamic law.
Retired soldier Abdus Sattar, who calls himself 'Pir', has been guarding the road in Chittagong's Pirojpur town with the help of a stick for the last month.
And the administration is yet to act against Sattar, The Daily Star said Tuesday.
A graffiti on Bara Masjid Road in Mathbaria says "women are forbidden on this road".
‘Gender discrimination leads to malnutrition in women’
By IANS,
Dhaka: Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has deplored gender discrimination in healthcare programmes pursued by South Asian nations, saying it leads to malnutrition and chronic diseases among women and children.
"Negligence of women's health puts huge impact on children even when they grow up," he said while participating in a dialogue entitled "Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue on Health and Education: Learning from Neighbours" here Saturday.
"It leads to high rate of maternal mortality and malnutrition, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases among women and children," he added.
In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations
By TCN News
Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...
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.
Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.
Hooda assures impartial probe into Ruchika case
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Without listing any concrete steps for time-bound action in the matter, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday assured an impartial enquiry into the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case involving former director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore.
"All aspects of this case are being examined legally and the government would try to ensure justice to the affected family," Hooda told mediapersons at Khedar near Hisar, 300 km from here, after inaugurating the first phase of the 1,200 MW Rajiv Gandhi thermal power plant.
Calcutta University VC, teachers allege assault
Kolkata : Calcutta University vice chancellor Suranjan Das was on Wednesday manhandled and many teachers assaulted by supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool...
One billion rising program held at Rajasthan town
By TCN News,
Tonk, Rajasthan: Tarraqi I foundation conducted one billion rising program for justice, violence day ("Sabki Yahi Aawaz Ho, Hinsa Mukt Samaj Ho") on Friday near Marjina Begum’s residence.
Women’s bill elevates Sonia Gandhi to league of her own
By Mayank Chhaya, IANS,
The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, elevates Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to a league of her own and guarantees her a defining place for posterity.
British MPs to hear about female foeticide in India
By IANS,
London : Claims about rising incidence of female foeticide in India are to be presented to British MPs.
A report by the international charity ActionAid and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) of Canada claims female foeticide is so common that in Punjab only 300 girls survive for every 1,000 boys among high-caste families.
The report, titled 'Disappearing Daughters', is to be presented to MPs belonging to Britain’s all-party group on population, development and reproductive health Monday.
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam mark Babri demolition anniversary with protests
By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam organised protests and demonstrations throughout the state on Friday, December 6, marking the Babri Masjid demolition. The...
Seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A three-day seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ has been inaugurated today in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
पूजा करने गई महिला से गैंगरेप,बंदायू में हुई जघन्य वारदात
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में एक महिला के साथ निर्भया कांड जैसी घटना को फिर से दोहराने का मामला सामने आया है। 50...
Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences
By IANS,
New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.
She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.
Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.
Kerala government floats new policy to empower women
By IANS,
Palakkad (Kerala) : The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday.
Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women.
"Our goals can be achieved because Kerala is far ahead of other parts of the country with regards to women's literacy and life expectancy," said Vijayan.
No girl child? Then Himachal panchayats won’t get funds
By Vishal Gulati,
Shimla : Determined to check its skewed sex ratio, the Himachal Pradesh government won't fund panchayats if no girl is born in...
Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested
New Delhi : A 32-year-old working woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was raped at a secluded spot by the...
Attack on women in Karnataka unfortunate: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
By IANS,
Bangalore : Actor-turned-author Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has slammed the "moral brigade" for attacking women in Mangalore and Bangalore in recent times.
"The attack on women in Karnataka is unfortunate. The entire episode seems to be politically motivated," Suchitra told reporters at the launch of her debut novel "The Summer of Cool" in the city Saturday.
She said sending pink chaddis (pink underwear by women groups to Sri Ram Sene, the group that attacked women in Mangalore) was not enough.
Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police will launch a new mobile application from new year, which will ensure women's safety during travel, and enable people to...
Four get life sentence in Shakti Mills gang-rape case
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Friday awarded life sentences to four men convicted for gang-raping a 19-year-old call centre employee in the Shakti Mills Complex...
Handymen husbands for rent in Argentina
By Maricel Seeger, IANS,
Buenos Aires : Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the bedroom".
Husband for Rent is a successful Argentine company that for 50 pesos ($15.50) an hour will undertake domestic chores for women who don't have a "handyman" around the house, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.
Young woman with male sex organs operated upon at AMU’s medical college
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The doctors at J N Medical College were left baffled when they found a 20-year-old woman possessing a male sex organ and testes instead of a uterus and ovaries. She was operated upon, testes were removed and a functional vaginal canal was created by a team of doctors led by Dr. Arshad Hafeez Khan, Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery at the college.
Bihar woman leaves husband’s house for lack of toilet
Patna: A woman in a Bihar village has left her husband's house after he failed to construct a toilet. She has returned to her...
Government offers dialogue on women’s bill, disruptions go on
By IANS,
New Delhi : The women's reservation bill continued to stall parliament for the fourth day Thursday as the government sought to calm the opposition by offering a dialogue to resolve differences on the legislation.
But the government's offer for an all-party meeting had no effect in breaking the deadlock over the bill, which led to adjournments in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha.
Women in Chhattisgarh protest award of liquor shop licences
By IANS,
Raipur : Hundreds of women laid siege to the collector's office in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh Tuesday to protest the district authorities' move to award a large number of annual contracts for opening liquor shops in villages.
The protesters said that district authorities are allotting several liquor shops in each village in Rajnandgaon district to raise revenue but it would lead to rise in violence against women as males will waste money on consuming liquor.
Yemen to appoint four women as district managers
By NNN-SABA,
Sana'a : Yemeni Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qater Hilal said that four women would be appointed in the positions of district managers in four provinces.
Hilal added that their appointment would be the first step to expand this policy in other provinces of the country, pointing that the appointments would be in the capital Sana'a and Aden, Taiz, Hodeidah and Ibb provinces.
He affirmed this experiment aims at strengthening the effective participation of women in political and administrative life and decision-making positions.
Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.
‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Activists Wednesday lauded the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said that it was just one of the many hurdles it will face before women get true representation in governance.
Manorama Bawa, patron of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC), said she anxiously watched the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday where the bill was passed by an overwhelming majority after two days of pandemonium.
Women’s quota bill unlikely in Lok Sabha this session
By IANS,
New Delhi:The government is unlikely to move the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the few remaining days of the budget session before parliament goes into recess around May 7, Congress sources said.
They said the government had told political parties during its consultation with them on the bill last month that it would conduct another round of talks before moving the draft loegislation.
Research scholar molested in IIT-K
Kolkata: A research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was allegedly molested by a contractual sweeper while she was asleep in the...
New campaign to spread awareness against dowry
By IANS,
New Delhi : Concerned over continuing cases of harassment of women, the women and child development ministry Wednesday launched a new campaign to rope in school girls and sensitise them against the custom of dowry.
Under the campaign 'Daughters against Dowry', the ministry plans to organise workshops in schools across the country to sensitise girls against the custom of dowry.
बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव
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Operated from mosque, a women-run health clinic in Hyderabad has treated over 25000 patients...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a healthcare NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) from Hyderabad in south India has been a source of respite for the...
Men against violence-3 : Violence strike at one’s heart
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Dhaka : Why we talk so passionately about gender based violence? Why do we put so much energy on it? The big question is WHY? WHY?? WHY??? Answer lies on the impact of violence. Is not so?
Meet 10 women who are spearheading movement against CAA-NRC in India
Nazish Hussain and Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net
In the wake of countrywide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR, India is witnessing a watershed massive movement led by women. From...
सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...
Libya’s First Lady owns airline company, 20 tonnes of gold: Report
By IANS,
Dubai: Libya's First Lady Safia Farkash al-Baraasi has amassed enormous wealth, including the airline company Buraq Air and 20 tonnes of gold, a media report said.
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...
Asma Saleem awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation
By TCN News
Panaji, Goa: Prominent scholar and litterateur Mrs. Asma Saleem was awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for her Urdu translated book Safar at a ceremony in Panaji on August 20.
The Sahitya Akademi translation awards presentation ceremony was held at the Kala Academy’s Dinanath Mangeshkar hall. The welcome speech was delivered by the secretary of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Agrahar Krishnamurti. The president of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Sunil Gangopadhyay presided over the function.
One killed in fight over balloon in West Bengal town
By IANS,
Kolkata : An altercation among children over a balloon led to a scuffle between their grandmothers in a West Bengal town. The same evening, one of the women, a Trinamool Congress activist, was attacked by a group of teenagers following which she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital here, the police said Wednesday.
The incident took place in Naihati town of North 24 Parganas district, about 40 km from here.
Kalam prays for rape victim’s recovery
By IANS,
Patna : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday prayed for the speedy recovery of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim in Delhi.
65 mn pregnancy test strips distributed among rural women
By IANS,
New Delhi: Aiming to reduce unwanted pregnancy and better antenatal care (ANC) among rural women, India has distributed 65 million pregnancy test strips across the country.
"The scheme of distributing Pregnancy Test Cards (PTCs) was conducted in two phases across India. The first phase took care of 11 states and the next helped 17 states," a health ministry official told IANS.
Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row
To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...
Woman judges and Sharia
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
Recently two women judges have been appointed in Malaysia in the Sharia court but strangely enough their appointment is conditional on their not handling cases pertaining to marriage and divorce.
They can handle other cases like the custody of children, maintenance, property, etc. The appointment of women judges is a welcome move but the conditionality attached seems strange.
One woman shot dead by police in New Zealand hostage incident
By Xinhua,
Wellington : One woman was shot dead by police during a hostage incident in the New Zealand northern city of Whangarei on Thursday.
Police said the woman, aged in her mid 30s, entered a shop on Reyburn Street on Thursday morning, carrying what they believe was a firearm, Radio New Zealand reported.
The shop owner alerted the police and the armed offenders squad was called.
It was believed the woman knew a person working in the shop.
Women Commission for setting up of family courts in J&K
By Agence India Press,
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Women proposed setting up of Family Courts to settle domestic disputes, besides enhancing existing domestic acts and laws against women rights violations in the state.
In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases
Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity.
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NHRC notice to Rajasthan over woman’s rape by policeman
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over the alleged rape of a woman by a police constable and his...
डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...
Thrown out of convocation ceremony attended by President, Kerala girl refuses gold medal
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In an extremely controversial step, Rabeeha Abdurehim, a student from Kerala, was sent out of the hall in which President Ramnath...
Woman’s burnt body found in Delhi house
By IANS,
New Delhi : The burnt body of a woman was found in her house here Monday, police said.
Anju, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, was found dead around 3 a.m., a police officer said.
"We found the burnt body of a woman in the house. We are investigating the case and have apprehended her husband Ramu for questioning," the officer said.
Mother, daughter held for stoning woman to death
By IANS,
Raipur : A village headwoman in Chattisgarh was arrested Monday with her daughter and son-in-law for allegedly stoning to death a woman who was branded a witch.
The incident took place at Narkela village in Jashpur district, about 450 km from here.
"The village sarpanch, Rimni Bai, and her daughter and son-in-law were arrested following strong evidence that they stoned to death a middle-aged tribal woman Budhiaro Bai after branding her a witch," said a police official probing the case.
Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam
New Delhi : Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School here on Saturday topped the class 12 examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),...
Higher percentage of women voted in Bengal than men
Kolkata: A higher percentage of women voters exercised their franchise compared to men in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that voted...
Dressing tips for men, women at work
New Delhi: In today's professional world, it's not just your hard work that matters but also the way you dress yourself. From avoiding running...
Woman shot at in Lucknow for resisting chain snatcher
Lucknow: A woman was shot at twice late Tuesday here when she resisted a chain snatcher, police said Wednesday.
The shooting took place around 11.30...
Daughter of Nagpur Court peon becomes judge at the age of 25
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Nagpur: In a distinguished event that brought cheer to the face of a Nagpur Court peon, his daughter cracked the competitive...
Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...
Missing Voices: Rahul Gandhi’s Rally at Nuh Reveals Gender Gap in Political Engagement in...
Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
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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.
Tripura to increase number of women police personnel
Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...
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."
Woman army officer alleges sexual harassment
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A captain in the Indian Army Tuesday alleged she was being sexually harassed by three senior officers and was being illegally confined in her unit in Kalka town in Haryana, 30 km from here.
Captain Poonam Kaur, who is serving in an army supply and transport unit located at Kalka, made the allegations against her commanding officer Col. R.K. Sharma, Lt. Col. Ajay Chawla and Major Suraj Bhan.
Kaur told IANS on phone that she was being physically and mentally harassed by these officers as she turned down their physical advances.