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Eve teasing or crime against women?

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By M. Hanif Lakdawala, Raisa Baig, 18, a student of Mass Media had to spend three hours at the police station in South Mumbai to lodge a complaint against a man who physically touched her intentionally when she was commuting to college by bus. When she was struggling with the molester, not a single fellow traveler came to her rescue and she had to fight it out single-handedly. This happened in a Muslim dominated area and the victim and culprit both were Muslims.

Ensure toilets in every home: PM to women panchayat leaders

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Ranchi/Jamshedpur : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to women representatives in panchayats in the country to make efforts to construct toilets in...

Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net “Kolkata has transformed into a city of rallies,” observed Mayurakshi Banerjee, a Mumbai-based cine worker who has called the city home for...

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

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

Woman to woman: Pratibha Patil to visit Britain Oct 27-29

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By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS, London : President Pratibha Patil will visit Britain Oct 27-29 in a state visit showcasing the close ties between India and Britain, officials said. "This is a visit that will reinforce the point that our relations are excellent," said Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee after the government and the royal family announced the visit.

Woman thwarts robbery attempt, catches two robbers

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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,...

Our society behaves horrendously with women: Author Amish Tripathi

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By Shilpa Raina, Jaipur : Controversies in India are given greater prominence than pressing issues like the oppression of women that need to be brought...

NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health

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New Delhi : The National Alliance of Maternal Health and Human Rights (NAMHHR) with Oxfam India Thursday organised a two-day event here related to...

Woman kills her 2 children after argument with husband

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman slit the throats of her two children and then stabbed them to death after an argument with her husband in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred in Maholi locality of Sitapur district where Savita, in a fit of rage, killed her three-month-old son and four-year-old daughter. "Savita slit the throats of her two children and then stabbed them to death," Javed Khan, a police officer, told IANS on the phone. She had an argument Saturday morning with her husband over money matters, he added.

दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की महिलाओं को नहीं जाने दिया अमित शाह के...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नई दिल्ली। दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की हज़ारों महिला प्रदर्शनकारियों गृह मंत्री अमित शाह से मिलने उनके घर नहीं जाने दिया।...

The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence

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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.

Muslim women have no place in Assam state’s politics

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Dec 16 gang rape verdict: Key points

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The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentences to four convicts in the Delhi Dec 16, 2012 gang rape. Here are key points...

Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife

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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.

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : कोरोना ने जिनकी मासूमियत छीन ली और मुस्तक़बिल बिगाड़ दिया !

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यह ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट बताती है कि कोरोना की महामारी ने नोनिहालो की जिंदगी को बर्बाद कर दिया, गरीब परिवारों के बच्चें इससे ज्यादा प्रभावित...

Woman wins contest to attend UAE satellite launch

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pipped 160 other residents to win a contest held to select a visitor to the country's first multi-purpose satellite launch.

Old woman from India gets death sentence in Malaysia

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By TCN News,

Tihar has separate lock-ups for women, Delhi HC told

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate lock-ups for women accused in Tihar...

Government planning better facilities for working women: Minister

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New Delhi : The government is planning several initiatives to provide better facilities for working women so that they can perform to their full...

एक बार फिर जंतर मंतर पर जुटे किसान, लगाया वादाखिलाफी का इल्ज़ाम

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में आज संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा अराजनैतिक ने लखीमपुर हिंसा में मारे गए किसानों को इंसाफ और केंद्रीय मंत्री अजय...

Woman’s solo mission helps Ladakh schools bloom

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By Shudip Talukdar, IANS,

Bengal man nabbed with dismembered bodies of woman, child in bags

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Kolkata: A man in West Bengal's Hooghly district was arrested on Saturday while he was trying to dispose off the bodies of a woman...

NCC girls’ team to scale 6,001-metre peak

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New Delhi: An NCC girls expedition to the 6,001-metre-high Mount Deo-Tibba peak was flagged off from here by Director General Lt. Gen. A....

Indian women allege being duped by Albanian firm

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By IANS,

Poll: 60 % women abused in Jordan

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By Xinhua, Amman : Six out of ten women in Jordan are abused, with one in four physically abused, a poll showed Monday. Almost half of the women surveyed believed that physical violence is acceptable under certain conditions, said the poll. The poll, conducted by the Jordan Center for Social Research, is about violence towards women in the kingdom, helping lift the veil slightly off the Arabian women.

AIMPLB questions media hype on ‘Talaq’ while ignoring women security

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Dr Asma Zehra, executive committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB) addressed media persons...

Bigger conspiracy behind killing: Greater Noida victim’s wife

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Greater Noida : The killing of a man in a village here following rumours that his family consumed beef was part of a bigger...

Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests

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Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women...

सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन में हुआ था बवाल, एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठ रहे...

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विशेष संवाददाता। twocircles.net सुल्तानपुर में दुर्गा मूर्ति विसर्जन जुलूस के दौरान साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़कने के मामले में पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर लगातार सवाल खड़े हो...

Women joining hands to protect secularism in the country

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, With the high intention for mobilizing women of the country to propagate harmony, inclusion, justice and peace all over the country, a group of women moved to launch a forum “Women For Secularism” recently in Mumbai. The forum believes that though people are divided on the lines of class, caste, race and religion, there is an urge among them to see a peaceful environment and women can play very important role in promoting secularism and secular values in our country which is increasingly coming under the influence of communal forces.

University of Oxford expresses concern over rising caste, gender-based violence in India

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TCN News The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the prestigious University of Oxford have expressed grave concerns against the rising caste and gender-based violence...

India’s first ‘women-IIT’ being set up in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Nagpur : Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.

Self-employed women’s group to go global

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), which assists poor women in the unorganised sector to make a living, is all set to take its apparel brand Hansiba to foreign shores by holding fashion shows in the US and Britain and exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan. SEWA chairperson Reema Nanavaty said: "Our apparel brand Hansiba will now hold fashion shows in the US and UK this year, besides exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan."

Badshah Khan’s hundred-year-old message of peace

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net "There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed 1,400 years ago by the Prophet all the time when he was in Mecca.” - Badshah Khan

Women will man India-Pakistan border, come Friday

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Amritsar : Indian women troopers are just a few hours away from creating history at the India-Pakistan border. Newly inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF), they will be the first lot of women to guard the international border in Punjab from Friday. "All the 178 girls will be posted at the international border," BSF Punjab frontier deputy inspector general (DIG) Jagir Singh told IANS here Thursday.

Promise of an Optimal Future for Women and Girls

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By Shobha Shukla, CNS In 1910, a meeting of 35 women in Copenhagen started a worldwide movement demanding universal voting rights for women. That was a turning point in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. Now, 100 years later, over 3000 delegates (40% of who were men) from 146 countries, gathered together in Washington DC to press for universal access to maternal and child health. 2010 is as transforming a mile stone as 1910 was, in the journey of achieving basic human and health care rights for all women and children.

Make Delhi safe for women, minister tells police

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police need to work towards making the national capital crime free and should ensure women's safety, Minister of State...

Bihar cabinet okays 35 percent job reservation for women

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Patna: The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday formally approved 35 percent reservation for women in all government jobs in the state, officials said. The cabinet meeting...

Saudi women face jail, flogging for checking husband’s phone

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Riyadh : Women in Saudi Arabia could be sent to jail and flogged if they check their husband’s telephone without his knowledge and consent....

Sixty percent of burn patients in Jammu are women

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Jammu : Women constitute sixty percent of those with burn injuries here, a study said here on Wednesday. The study -- Burns in Jammu: Retrospective...

Ex-NCP minister booked for sexual assault

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Mumbai:A former Nationalist Congress Party minister Laxmanrao Dhoble has been accused of sexual assault by a woman college employee, officials said. "We have registered a...

Fatwas: the big picture

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An analysis of randomly selected Deoband fatwas By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Inquiry report on death of pregnant women by Thursday: Odisha minister

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Monday said a committee probing the death of three pregnant women at a...

रामनवमी शोभायात्रा के दौरान देश भर में हुई हिंसा पैदा कर रही है बड़ी...

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में शनिवार को बाला जी शोभायात्रा के दौरान दो समुदायों के बीच संघर्ष हो गया था। इससे...

UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...

SC allows Jamiat-e-Ulema to intervene in rights of Muslim women matter

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday permitted an intervention application by the Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind contending that Muslim personal law was protected by the...

Farah Pandith play leading role engaging Muslims: Clinton

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By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that as US special representative to Muslim communities Farah Pandith, a Kashmiri-origin woman, will "play a leading role" in US efforts to engage Muslims around the world. "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Farah Pandith to serve as Special Representative to Muslim Communities," she said making a formal announcement about the creation of a new office responsible for US "efforts to engage with Muslims around the world on a people-to-people and organizational level".

BJP women will get equal opportunity in 2014 polls: Smriti Irani

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By IANS, Panaji : Women will get "equal opportunity" to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP vice president and TV acterss Smriti Irani said Wednesday.

115 mn widows live in poverty: Loomba Foundation study

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London: At least 245 million women around the world have been widowed with India alone accounting for 42.4 million. And more than 115 million widows live in devastating poverty, according to a new study released by Britain's Loomba Foundation, which is campaigning to put the plight of widows on the United Nations agenda. The Loomba Foundation presented the first edition of the study, 'Invisible, Forgotten Sufferers: The Plight of Widows Around the World' to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in New York as part of its campaign.

More to Saudi women than the niqab

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

Journalist’s sister wants viscera examined in Delhi

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New Delhi : Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the...

Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize

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

Islam does not condone abuse of women, children, says Forum

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By IINA,

Mayawati orders release of Banda rape victim

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By IANS,

यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...

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यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...

Delhi by night – many cops but so few women

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(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape) By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

Kolkata safe city for women: Bengal governor

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Kolkata : West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Thursday expressed satisfaction over the law and order situation in the state and called Kolkata a safe...

खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...

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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...

Railway minister’s son booked in rape case

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Bangalore:Karthik, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, has been booked for sexually abusing and cheating a Kannada film actor, police said Thursday. "We have...

Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

Kawish, an effort to empower through guidance and counseling

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A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...

Nikki Haley to address ‘Women In Leadership’ in Mumbai

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Mumbai : Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina in the US, will take part in an interactive session on "Women In Leadership" here Thursday,...

FIRs against Mumbai tabloid, Marathi news channel for hurting religious sentiments

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Two separate FIRs were lodged on Thursday against a newspaper and its reporter and an editor of a Marathi news...

Woman judge sacked in Tripura

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By IANS, Agartala: A judge in Tripura has been dismissed from service for making derogatory remarks against the judges of higher courts, an official said Sunday.

Women’s panel to probe case of indebted farmers selling women

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it was sending a team to probe the "awful and unbelievable" reports that debt-ridden farmers in Uttar Pradesh's drought-hit Bundelkhand region were selling off their women to survive. "It is awful and unbelievable that it still happens in the country and that too in Uttar Pradesh where the chief minister is a woman," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS. "We are sending a team to find out the details and have asked for the report within 24 hours," she said.

मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र

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TCN News, वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...

Four months after self-immolation bid, unemployed woman dies

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Chandigarh: An unemployed woman who had set herself ablaze outside the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here in December last year...

First British woman in space reunited with Russian crewmates

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London : The first British woman in space was reunited on Friday with her Russian crewmates on the space flight which took place 25...

50 percent quota for women in panchayats lauded

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission of Women Thursday welcomed the cabinet's decision to reserve 50 percent of seats in rural panchayats for women. "We are delighted," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here. The cabinet has approved amendment of article 243 D of the constitution to increase the reservation from 33 percent to 50 percent of the panchayat seats to be filled by direct election for women. "Women face discrimination from the home to parliament. They have to be made equal partners in decision-making," she said.

Western woman aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan

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By DPA, Kabul : Unknown gunmen killed a foreign woman when she was going to her office in the western part of the capital city Monday, police said. The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area following the shooting, said Zemarai Bashary, interior ministry spokesman. Bashary declined to provide more information or identify the victim. But a police official, who did not want to be named because he was not authorized to talk to news media, said the victim was from South Africa and worked with an aid organization.

Meghalaya governor rues crime against women

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By IANS, Shillong: Governor R.S. Mooshahary Saturday lamented the growing incidents of crime against women in Meghalaya.

Feng shui master loses battle for fortune of Asia’s richest woman

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong judge Tuesday dismissed a claim on the $13 billion estate of Asia's richest woman by a feng shui master who claimed to have been her secret lover. The judge, Johnson Lam Man-hon, threw out the claim by feng shui master Tony Chan, 50, for the entire fortune of Nina Wang, head of the Chinachem property empire who died in April 2007 aged 69. Instead, he awarded the estate to a charitable foundation run by Wang's family, saying that a will produced by Chan to claim Wang's fortune was not genuine.

Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study

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By IANS, Patna : Sixty-seven percent of women and 78 percent of children in Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states of India, are anaemic, according to a report. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences has revealed that of the anaemic children, 30 percent are mildly anaemic, 47 percent are moderately anaemic and two percent have severe anaemia.

Army opens doors for women in military police

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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) In a historic development, the Indian Army on Thursday started the process of recruiting women, three months after the...

Woman officer leads guard of honour for Obama

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New Delhi: Wing Commander Puja Thakur led the ceremonial guard of honour for US President Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sunday. Wing Commander Thakur walked...

Ulema express concern over social curse of dowry

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By RINA New Delhi: Expressing grave concern over the evil practice of dowry, Deoband’s Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Talha ‘Peerr Ji’ said, “Numerous mishaps of dowry in Saharanpur during last few months have forced Ulema, Muftis and intellectuals to contemplate on the issue deeply.”

Campaign on wheels against child trafficking launched in Assam

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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday flagged off the 'Mukti Caravan', a campaign on wheels against child trafficking spearheaded by Bachpan Bachao...

NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically

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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.

Woman raped by three men in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men including a 65-year-old in Trilokpuri area of east Delhi, police said Saturday. "The senior citizen who is accused of rape is related to the victim's son-in-law. The victim's daughter had got married a year ago and at present is going through a marital discord with her husband. The victim had gone to the house of a relative of her daughter's in-laws," a police officer said.

Women officials will play major role in future, says Air Force Chief

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : With the government allowing permanent commission to women in select branches of the armed forces, Air chief Fali Homi Major today indicated the Services were open to the idea of career women officers in several other departments too.

Farah wins best jewellery designer award

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By IANS Mumbai: ewellery designer Farah Khan Ali is on cloud nine after receiving “Best Jewellery Designer of the Year Award” at the Retail Jeweller India Awards.

Canada outraged over security exemption for niqab-wearing women

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By IANS, Toronto: A YouTube video showing two niqab-wearing Muslim women being allowed to board a flight at Montreal airport without being subjected to any security checks has outraged Canadians. The incident, which was captured by a British passenger of Air Canada's flight from Montreal to Heathrow last month, violates international standards which require airport check-in staff to see the faces of passengers who board their flights.

Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon

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By Rajnish Singh, Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...

Early lead for Amandeep in women’s golf

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Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded the only under-par score of 2 under 70 to grab the lead on Day 1 of the 12th...

Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the Year

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By IANS, Vienna : Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country's leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards Association (WAA), the EFE news agency reported Saturday. The Vienna-based World Awards Association Friday named Betancourt as the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year award, the report said. She will receive the honour at a ceremony Oct 26, details of which would be announced later. Betancourt, 46, has dual Colombian and France citizenship.

Fewer women at top due to glass ceiling: Women entrepreneurs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Although more and more women are joining the workforce in India, a glass ceiling is keeping them away from top positions, women entrepreneurs feel.

NCW records statement of Bengal woman tortured by police

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Kolkata : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team led by Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam Saturday recorded the statement of the woman who was allegedly...

UAE calls for more women in peacekeeping

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By IANS, New York : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called for increased participation of women in peacekeeping operations to curb violence against women in war zones and conflict areas, WAM reported Friday. "Women participation in international peacekeeping process, mediation, reconciliation, and reconstruction efforts is highly essential to maintain gender equality and to reduce violence against women," Ahmed Al-Jarman, UAE's permanent UN representative, said during the Security Council debate on "Women and Peace and Security" Thursday.

Ramadan 1435: Unframed

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...

Tamil Nadu woman set to create yoga world record

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Chennai : On the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday, a woman advocate in Tamil Nadu is progressing to set a world record for...

‘Beyond Religion and Party Lines’: How Women in Okhla and Kalkaji Voted in Razor...

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Syed Muskan, TwoCircles.net "Okhla Beemaar Hai, Usse Shifa Chahiye (Okhla is ill, and it needs Shifa - healing)." These words, spoken by Rubina, a resident...

Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...

Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede

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Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said. The...

Jharkhand village orders last rites of woman charged with adultery

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By IANS, Ranchi : A Jharkhand 'panchayat' (village council) has ordered the last rites of a woman to be performed for allegedly having an extra-marital affair, media reports said Monday. According to the reports, Sunita Devi, a resident of Barki Gorang village, 70 km from here, was allegedly having an affair with her neighbour Harinath Bhokta. She is married to Ram Dayal Munda and has two children.

UP woman police officer conquers Antarctica’s highest peak

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Lucknow: An IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has successfully climbed the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctic sub-continent, an...

‘Consider us human’: Stigmatised, vulnerable sex workers at Kolkata’s Khidderpore, Bowbazar urge world

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Atika Sayeed, TwoCircles.net  “Vaishya aur ba-ismat aurat ka muqaabla hargiz-hargiz nahi karna chahiye. In dono ka muqabla ho hi nahi sakta. Vaishya khud kamaati hai...

उज़मा नाहिद वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड से सम्मानित

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुंबई : पिछले 25 सालों से मुस्लिम महिलाओं के बीच काम रहसामाजिक कार्यकर्ता उज़मा नाहिद को उनके महिला कल्याण और आर्थिक विकास...

Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’

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Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students...

अनदेखी : उप्र राज्य महिला आयोग में एक भी मुस्लिम महिला नहीं

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net भारतीय जनता पार्टी भले मुस्लिम महिलाओ की हितैषी बनने का एलान करे और तलाक़ और हलाला जैसे मुद्दों लड़ाई लड़ने...

Vedanta college completes 20 years educating Rajasthan’s girl child

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Jaipur : Hindustan Zinc, a part of the Vedanta Group, has completed 20 years of its initiative in Rajasthan's Sikar district to educate the...

50 women sick after getting vaccine in MP

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Gwalior, (IANS): As many as 50 women fell sick after getting a vaccine at the maternity ward of a hospital in this Madhya Pradesh city,...

Muslim women in the slums: poorest of the poor

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A study of the maternity care and births in Mumbai slums By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, A large number of Muslims of India live in poverty and they are the majority of the poorest of the poor living in slums. This is according to a study conducted in 2006 in Mumbai. The details of the study were published earlier this month.

Delhi to get technical varsity for women

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi government Monday announced that it will set up a technical university for women here.

दिल्ली हिंसा: अजित डोभाल ने कहा था, ‘डरने की जरूरत नहीं’, लेकिन… दूध लेने...

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इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net दिल्ली।  उस्मानपुर के करतार नगर में अपने घर से बच्चों के लिए दूध लेने घर से बाहर निकले मोहम्मद इरफ़ान तीन दिन...

अपनी योग्यता को देश की सेवा में समर्पित करना चाहती है सदफ़ चौधरी

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net कैमिकल इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई और फिर एक अमेरिकी बैंक मेंं काम कर चुकी सदफ़ चौधरी के घर का माहौल पूरी तरह...

Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation. "We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.

हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा

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    हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...

Progress losing identity a sheer loss: Gujarat GIO President Saliha Malik

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Kanyashree scheme to be part of school syllabus: Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Kanyashree Prakalpa - a scheme for girls - would be included...

Delhi High Court dismisses custody death charge against police

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High court has dismissed a petition filed against the Delhi Police by a woman who alleged that her brother died in police custody. On Aug 26, 2007, Tek Chand was apprehended by the police on suspicion of theft but was released the same day. On Feb 18, 2008, police found an unidentified body, which was identified by the relatives of Tek Chand. His sister Phoolwati filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, claiming that he had died after being tortured in the police post in Madipur in west Delhi.

Bengal woman jumps off building to escape rape bid

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Kolkata : A woman in West Bengal's Howrah district jumped off a three-storey building to escape a rape bid and three people have been...

IMRC का ‘ग्रेन्स फॉर ग्रैनीज़’ कार्यक्रम : ताकि कोई भी ग़रीब व बुजुर्ग महिला...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter हैदराबाद: सत्तर की उम्र पार कर चुकी खासिम बी अब बिस्तर से उठ नहीं सकती हैं, वे अपने हाथ पैर भी...

Woman call centre worker stabbed to death in Lucknow

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Lucknow : A call centre worker was stabbed to death in Lucknow Wednesday, police said. Shabnam, 28, was walking to office for the morning shift...

AMU faculty nominated ‘Woman of Substance’

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Anandiben: Gujarat’s first woman CM, India’s 15th

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By Vinod Taksal, New Delhi : In Anandiben Patel, Gujarat has got its first woman chief minister and the country its 15th woman head of...

निम्मी की कहानी : मुजफ्फरनगर दंगे में विधवा हुई एक कमज़ोर औरत , जिसे...

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निम्मी अब मुजफ्फरनगर के किदवईनगर में रहती है। हो सकता है उसका नाम नईमा हो मगर स्कूल वो कभी गई नही और नईमा उसे...

‘Support Sharmila’ campaign to begin on Women’s Day

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Society must be proactive in checking violence against women: Sonia

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No country for women

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By Dr. Shah Alam Khan,

Delhi’s rights charter to empower women’s body

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New Delhi: A draft bill on a Charter of Women's Rights has been prepared to give additional powers to the Delhi Commission for Women...

Rheumatoid arthritis rising among women

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

Among the first to die in Nice attack was Muslim woman

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Nice : A middle-aged Muslim woman was among the first to be killed when a trucker mowed down 84 people here in a terror...

Ban rave parties, says Goa woman legislator

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By IANS, Panaji : Rave parties should be completely banned in Goa and scantily-clad women should be dropped from government advertisements promoting tourism outside the state, Goa's only woman legislator Thursday said. Speaking during a discussion in the assembly, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters. "Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.

CBI files chargesheet in Unnao custodial death case

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By IANS New Delhi, July 7: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five men including Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's brother Atul Singh...

Ban urges gov’ts to ensure full range of rights for rural women

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Pink, Akira and ten years of police reform in India

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By Pushkar Raj for TwoCircles.net Pink and Akira, two recent Bollywood hit films, depict an ugly reality of the police in India. It seems...

Shanbaug rape accused was living a ‘normal’ life in a UP village

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Lucknow: The rape accused in the nurse Aruna Shanbaug case, Sohan Lal Bharti Valmiki, has been living in a Uttar Pradesh village for the...

How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls?

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Mohammad Faisal, TwoCircles.net  How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls? At least it is not that easy in India’s...

जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान

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उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...

Women protest in Manipur to demand release of student activists

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

Women candidates still stuck in ‘winability’ factor?

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By Sreeparna Chakravarty, New Delhi : Political parties have made a plethora of promises during the campaign for the 2014 general elections for the betterment...

Spell out norms for devolving Nirbhaya fund to states, SC tells centre

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the central government to spell out the manner in which Nirbhaya fund - for safety...

Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality

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By IndiaSpend Team As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...

Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for 42 years, dies; outpouring of grief at funeral

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By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who lay in coma for 42 years, the longest in world history, died here on Monday....

Women’s education key to progress: Rabey Nadvi

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By RINA, Kairana: President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadvi said that if a woman is given education then, it will pave the way for the development and progress of the whole family. Similarly, if a woman is deprived of the education then, the whole family would plunge in the darkness of ignorance and superstition. Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadvi was giving away certificates of Khatm-e-Bukhari to the students of Jamia Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqua Lil Banat here yesterday.

Woman missing from Delhi Metro station

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 24-year-old newly married woman went missing from the highly congested Chandni Chowk Metro Station here, police said.

Indian challenge ends in ITF women’s tournament

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Indian challenge in the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament got over Friday with the defeat of Isha Lakhani and Sanaa Bhambri in the semi-finals. On a hot and humid day at DLTA complex here, third-seeded Isha went down 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain while Sanaa, seeded fifth, lost to seventh-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko, 3-6, 2-6. Webley-Smith will meet her doubles partner Kolesnichenko for the title clash Saturday.

AMU elects its first woman in teachers association

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By IANS, Aligarh: After being in the news for alleged gender bias, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time elected a woman to its influential teacher's association.

‘Women a vital part of UAE workforce’

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A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...

Rajouri braveheart Rukhsana honoured with medal, cash

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By IANS, Jammu: Rukhsana Kousar, the brave heart of Rajouri who killed top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Osama in her house in September last year, Saturday received an award for her act of exemplary bravery. The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak was presented to Rukhsana, on behalf of President Pratibha Patil, by Rajouri Deputy Commissioner J.P.Singh at an official function in Rajouri, 160 km north of Jammu.

Women come out against rising sex crimes in UP

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Women celebrate in Bihar’s first ‘smokeless’ village

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Patna : Women in a village in Bihar are celebrating -- as all its 240 households have been provided with cooking gas connections and...

Three held for human trafficking, two girls rescued

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New Delhi: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for their involvement in human trafficking, while two girls from West Bengal were rescued,...

From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...

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Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...

NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers

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New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...

Prabhu prioritises women safety in rail budget

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New Delhi : Giving priority to women's safety, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday announced the utilisation of resources from the Nirbhaya Fund by Indian...

In twilight of their lives, they look for life partner

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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.

SRK’s driver arrested for raping minor

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Mumbai: A driver who works with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Rajendrakumar Gautam has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl who works at former...

30 days that bound a nation – in shame and concern

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By IANS, (One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
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