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AMU Convocation: Women take centre stage, bag 122 medals

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By TCN News Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) plays a special role in India’s development and AMU students have made their mark not only in India...

Now, women are new vote bank in Bihar

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Patna: With women voters outnumbering male voters in the first two of the five-phase Bihar assembly polls, they have emerged as a prominent vote...

Gang-raped German woman to return to Chandigarh and depose

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Chandigarh : A young German woman who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from an upscale hotel here in September 2008 is arriving in the city Thursday to depose in the case before a local court, police said Monday. "The German woman will reach Chandigarh on Jan 15 and probably her father will accompany her," Ramesh Chander, Sector-17 station house officer, told IANS. The court hearing is scheduled for Friday. The woman will be accompanied by German embassy officials from New Delhi.

Provide facilities to homeless, lactating women in Delhi: Court

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city government to provide food and medical facilities to homeless pregnant and lactating women...

’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’

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New Delhi : The percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as...

Tarannum Firdous, the first Muslim girl from Siliguri to crack WBCS in her maiden...

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TCN News with inputs from Sadique Mumtaz “Hard work never goes in vain. One who continues working hard despite enduring pain and adverse conditions is destined...

Eloped girl’s father abducts boy for revenge, held

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man has been arrested for abducting a six-year-old cousin of a boy with whom his daughter had eloped last month, police said. Qadir Khan, a 38-year-old from Sitamarhi in Bihar, was arrested from Gorkhpur Tuesday for kidnapping the boy in east Delhi July 27. The boy has been rescued from Qadir Khan's custody and police said search was on to find Khan's accomplices.

Indian woman ‘recruiter’ for ISIS extradited from Dubai, arrested

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Hyderabad : A Dubai-based Indian woman allegedly recruiting youth for terror outfit ISIS in Syria and Iraq was extradited here on Friday and arrested...

Those who ‘own little, live on little’ carry highest burden of climate change

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Women comprise 70% of world’s poor. They consume the least, are paid the least, own the least, and yet pay the highest price of climate change By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service (CNS), Climate change seems to be the new food for thought for world leaders to chew upon. Recently 122 heads of state gathered in New York City for the UN Climate Summit, organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, aimed to mobilize action to prevent looming climate disasters and garner political will for a new climate change treaty by the end of 2015.

Triple Talaq Bill passed in Lok Sabha, to be tabled in Rajya Sabha now

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TCN News The Lok Sabha passed the Triple Talaq Bill today, Thursday criminalizing the practise defeating the amendments proposed by the opposition parties. The bill...

उलझ गया है कि यूक्रेन में छात्रों की वापसी का मामला, परिजनों में निराशा

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मुहम्मद आसिम। Two circles.net यूक्रेन की विनिशिया मैडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ने वाली छात्रा अस्मिता इस समय काफी चर्चा में है। अस्मिता दिल्ली की रहने वाली...

Consult us, women groups before finalising triple talaq law, AIMPLB tells government

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New Delhi, (IANS): Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the bill on triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has...

Women politicos turn Amazonian in Bengal poll season

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Kolkata : West Bengal may be one of the states recording the largest number of crimes against women, but the ongoing assembly elections have...

Bhutanese women in politics: Victims of prejudices

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By Shilpa Raina, Thimpu : There is no gender discrimination in Bhutan but, when it comes to the representation of women in politics, socio-cultural prejudices...

11 ‘women only’ buses launched in Delhi

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Woman among five hanged to death in Iran

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By DPA, Tehran : Five prisoners, including a woman, convicted in a case of murder, were hanged here, the official newspaper Iran reported Thursday. The five were hanged Wednesday in the Evin prison in northern Tehran after their death sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court. The woman had reportedly killed her husband who wanted to marry a younger woman. Murder, rape, sabotage and drug-trafficking of quantities in excess of five kilograms are crimes punishable by death in Iran.

Malaysian Minister says Women should know their safety is their right

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‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow

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By TCN News Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...

Bishop stirs trouble after he adopts 26-year-old

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By IANS, Kochi : A bishop in Kerala has stirred controversy by adopting a 26-year-old woman, prompting the archbishop of the area to hold an inquiry after priests in his diocese made a complaint. The issue of 58-year-old Kochi bishop John Thattumkal adopting a 26-year-old woman has been probed by the Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil of the Verapoly Archdiocese near Kochi and the report has been sent to the Vatican.

Jayalalithaa takes oath as legislator

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Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday took oath as a member of the legislative assembly after winning the bye-election...

SC to hear woman advocate’s plea over her rape

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court will Tuesday hear a plea alleging police inaction on a complaint by a woman advocate from Chhattisgarh alleging...

Delhi has lowest women voters in country: EC

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital has the lowest percentage of women voters in the country, the Election Commission (EC) said Wednesday. The EC...

She fights genetic disorder with art

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By Madhulika Sonkar, IANS,

Pachauri questioned in sexual harassment case

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New Delhi : Noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who faces charges of molestation and sexual harassment of a junior colleague at environment think-tank TERI,...

Girl stabbed to death in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 19-year-old girl died after being stabbed for objecting to a man who allegedly abused her on Thursday in central...

Missionaries of Charity mourn Sister Nirmala’s death

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Kolkata: The Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday saluted Sister Nirmala's life of service and dedication, recalling her role in taking the religious order forward "We...

Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...

HIV-positive mother gets child custody

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By IANS, New Delhi : A smile lit up Sunita Verma's face as she got her two-year-old boy back after nearly a year thanks to the Delhi High Court which Tuesday ruled in her favour despite the fact that she is HIV-positive. Justice Gita Mittal also appointed an activist who will look after the child on a regular basis. She also ordered that the child undergo a medical test Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Sunita approached the court as her in-laws refused to give her the child after her husband Satish died of AIDS.

Can Shariah be changed?

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

‘मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड’ में हर तबक़े की नुमाइंदगी क्यों नहीं?

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net भारत में इस समय समान नागरिक संहिता या कॉमन सिविल कोड की बहस चल रही है. कुछ संगठन इसकी प्रखर मांग...

Odisha gang rape: Women panel seeks action against doctors

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Husband deserts Muslim woman for attending Independence Day

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Patna: A Muslim school teacher in Bihar was forced to leave her house by her husband who felt she had violated the Shariat law...

Before rape, Goa MLA ‘bought’ minor girl for Rs.50 lakh

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Panaji : Goa's former education minister and an unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who was arrested by the state police Crime Branch on Thursday for...

Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide

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Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...

PM confident of women’s quota bill passage

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By IANS, New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures. "We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures," Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for women here.

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...

Ramadan 1435: Peek

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net A young girl curious to take a peek into the male section of Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, perhaps searching for...

Woman killed in an old Delhi building collapse

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By IANS, New Delhi : A dilapidated building under repairs in old Delhi caved in Saturday, killing a woman and injuring two others. “At about 12.55 a.m. we received the call from the owner, Ram Babu. His wife Rajrani (55) died on the spot, while two others were taken to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hopital and are undergoing treatment there,” a police official said. According to the owner, the police said, the building was being repaired when it collapsed.

A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...

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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...

17-year-old raped by three men in car

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By IANS, New Delhi : Three men in a car dragged a 17-year-old girl into their vehicle and raped her in north Delhi Friday, police said. According to police, the men abducted the girl from outside her JJ Colony home in Shalimar Bagh when she was going to a public toilet nearby. After raping her, the men dumped her in outer Delhi. "They later dumped her in Narela (outer Delhi). The policemen patrolling the area found her on the road and took her to a hospital. Doctors have confirmed sexual assault," said a policeman.

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

Delhi to have more PCR vans, helplines

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By IANS,

Indian-origin mathematician honoured in Australia

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By Neena Bhandari, IANS, Sydney : Nalini Joshi, an Australian of Indian origin, has become only the third woman in mathematics to be elected to the prestigious Australian Academy of Sciences (AAS), founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. Joshi, head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney, was made a fellow of AAS in recognition of her life-long achievements in the field of mathematics.

Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a woman here last week, police said Tuesday. Two more accused were still on the run.

HIV positive woman’s last wish remains unfulfilled

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By IANS, Kolkata : The "last wish" of Mawii, a 22-year-old HIV positive patient from Mizoram, to die in the arms of her parents at home, remained unfulfilled as she died here while changing flights on way from Bangalore to Aizawl, sparking an argument between her friends and Air India. Mawii, a terminal patient, was under treatment at the Bowring hospital, Bangalore, and was flown to Kolkata Monday morning after she expressed her wish to die at her home.

Ludhiana girl not allowed to unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar

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Chandigarh : A 15-year-old girl from Ludhiana, who had vowed to hoist the Tricolour at Srinagar's historic Lal Chowk, was turned back by security...

Woman suicide bomber kills 40, mainly Iranians, in Baghdad

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By DPA, Baghdad : A suicide bomb blast Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 65 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security official. The agency said the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the official told the agency.

Woman gang raped on the banks of river Ganga

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Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a...

Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to...

A post-graduate course in “facilitating women’s wellness and justice”

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By TCN News, Bangalore: Baduku Community College (Samvada, Bangalore) invites applications for a 3-month Post-Graduate Certificate Course: *Facilitating Women’s Wellness and Justice*, to be conducted between 18th August and 18th November, 2014.

Kerala no better than Delhi with regards to sexual violence against women

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

“Here to prove football isn’t a sport for elites,” Muslim girl-group Parcham breaking stereotypes...

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By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: “We wanted to break the stereotype and bring girls together to interact,” said Sabah Khan, co-founder of Parcham. The organization...

Rats nibble woman’s body in mortuary

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Bhopal : A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly...

Woman brutalised with iron rod discharged

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AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi

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New Delhi (IANS) : The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a...

Five dowry cases filed in a day in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : As many as five dowry cases were registered on a single day with Gurgaon police with complainants alleging harassment by in-laws,...

Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet

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Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...

Girls thrashed at Karnataka’s Mangalore for partying

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Rajiv killing conspirators not to be free for now, kin dismayed

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New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court Friday said that the seven conspirators in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination will not be released for now, a...

Moms go online for seeking parenting advice

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By IANS, Washington: Moms are going online to consult one another and seek parenting advice, says a US study.

Women suffer bad eyesight for not wearing glasses

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By IANS, London: Millions of British women are suffering from poor vision because they are too vain to wear spectacles, a study has revealed. The research revealed a quarter of females who need glasses refuse to get their eyes tested and would rather squint or suffer blurred vision than 'ruin their appearance' with spectacles, reports dailymail.co.uk. Approximately 7.5 million women are struggling with eyesight which they know is well below 100 percent.

India’s Muslims are finally breaking free of the mold

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There’s hope for India’s Muslims as they set new examples of excellence defying great odds By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net

मौलाना आज़ाद यूनिवर्सिटी में 16 छात्र हॉस्टल से सस्पेंड, भोजनालय के शुल्क में बढ़ोतरी...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net मौलाना आज़ाद नेशनल उर्दू यूनिवर्सिटी में बीते दिनों भोजनालय के शुल्क में हुए बढ़ौतरी के विरोध में प्रदर्शन करना वहां के कुछ छात्रों...

Court orders Permanent Commission for women in army, air force

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to over 50 women officers who had accused the government of discrimination vis-a-vis their male counterparts. A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all Short Service Commission women officers who retired and approached the court seeking Permanent Commission in the forces.

Muslim woman police officer files racism charge in UK

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By IANS, London : After three senior Asian officers recently filed racism charges against the London Metropolitan Police, a Muslim woman officer has taken her department (Met) to the employment tribunal saying she was bullied because of her colour and sex. The complainant, Yasmin Rehman, 42, is the Met's director of partnerships and diversity. She is responsible for upholding racial and religious diversity within the Met.

Only 2 percent increase in women legislators in Bengal

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Kolkata : Though the number of women contesting the 2016 West Bengal assembly polls increased to 198 as against 174 in 2011, only 40...

Woman to get Rs.10 lakh for seeking toilet

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Mumbai : A woman who demanded a toilet instead of jewellery from her father at her wedding will get Rs.10 lakh as reward, it...

Decision on women fighter pilots to be considered: President

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By IANS, Pune : A decision on inducting women into the fighter stream will be taken after due consideration, President Pratibha Patil said Wednesday after her maiden sortie in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jet. The president, who is also the first woman supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that while she had confidence in the capability of women, the decision to allow women in combat would be taken by the three services after deliberation.

National consultation on violence against women in January

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New Delhi: A national consultation will be held between civil society organisations and government officials in January on protection of women from violence, organisers...

Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president

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By IANS, Shimla : Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university. Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.

Ashalata Kamble: Redefining motherhood to include the voices of marginalised women

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By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net How does one define motherhood? Is it not important to locate the position of scholars who have commented and written extensively...

Key Ishrat Jahan documents missing: Rajnath

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New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that key documents related to the Ishrat Jahan case have gone missing from his ministry...

“We need employment, not help,” Nagpur’s sex workers decry ban, barricading of area

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Ganga Jamuna area of Nagpur in Maharashtra is the oldest Red Light area of the city and has always been bustling with people. In...

2.5 million more voters in Kerala this general election

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Thiruvananthapuram : On April 10, nearly 2.5 million more voters in Kerala will cast their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections, as compared to...

Women’s panel demands Trinamool MP’s arrest for rape remarks

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New Delhi : Demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul for making derogatory remarks, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said...

Woman kills paramour for eyeing her daughter

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman and her brother were arrested for allegedly killing her paramour as he wanted to develop a relationship with her daughter, police said Wednesday.

Woman jumps on metro track, escapes unhurt

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New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman jumped on a Metro track on Saturday but escaped unhurt as the driver of a train coming in stopped...

बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net मोदी सरकार के दूसरे कार्यकाल का आखिरी बजट अल्पसंख्यकों के लिए मायूसी लेकर आया। पिछले वर्ष के मुकाबले इस वर्ष अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय...

A bus ride to remember victim of Dec 16 gang rape

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New Delhi : Activists from Delhi's red light area and students Monday boarded a bus from Connaught Place and rode to Munirka in south...

Reliance Foundation to spread financial literacy among slum women

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Mumbai : The Reliance Foundation on Monday announced a unique initiative it has taken up -- a project to spread financial literacy and awareness...

Karnataka sets up helpline for women

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Treat women with respect: President Mukherjee

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By IANS, New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday stressed the need to bring about a change of mindset in the society so that women are treated with dignity and respect.

Junior NTR marrying a minor?

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By IANS, Hyderabad: The proposed marriage of popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR with a relative of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu has created a row with claims that the girl is minor. Shanti Prasad, a lawyer, Friday approached Machilipatnam Legal Services Authority claiming that Narne Lakshmi Pranati was a minor and thus her marriage would be illegal. The authority issued notices to Junior NTR, Naidu and the girl's father Narne Srinivas Rao, who owns Telugu news channel Studio N. The hearing was adjourned to Feb 24.

Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements

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By IANS, London: All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn. Researchers say women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a newborn. It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.

Ramadan 1435: Ladies entrance

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net In South Asia very few mosques have space for women worshipers. Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, a Shia Masjid does have...

Spat with minister: Haryana transfers woman police officer

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Chandigarh : The Haryana government transferred IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia on Saturday, a day after she refused to leave a meeting when Health and...

Why did Muslim Personal Law Board dissolve its women’s wing 7 years after formation?

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The women’s wing convenor was asked to delete all the social media accounts that the wing holds. Members have called the decision arbitrary and...

Bangkok woman runs Rs.50 mn e-ticketing fraud in India, four held

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police Sunday said a 50-year-old woman of Indian origin based in Bangkok is suspected to have been running an e-ticket scam worth millions of rupees from India and four people have been arrested in this connection. Naeem Ahmed, 24, Shahid Iqbal, 25, and Feroz Alam, 23, all resident of West Bengal, were arrested from Kolkata Dec 20. Their woman accomplice Kanika Budhiraja, 27, was arrested from Rana Pratap Bagh in the capital Thursday.

A dropout herself, she sends village children to school

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school. This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.

Push for women’s reservation bill, activists tell MPs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its speedy passage. Ranjana Kumari, director of Women Power Connect, while welcoming the increase in women's numbers at 'panchayat' (village council) level, said the bill for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament must be passed and should be a priority for all parliamentarians.

‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’

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By IANS, New Delhi: As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud. Clearing the first hurdle, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 of the total 4,109 seats in the 28 state assemblies.

Mohammadi Begum – A role model for Meo women

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Series on Mewat – Part 4 By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor’s degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.

Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life

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New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...

Rajasthan woman beaten with chain to ‘free’ her of evil spirit

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Jaipur : A 32-year-old woman resident of a small village in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan was beaten up severely with an iron chain by...

Women to continue to be barred from Haji Ali shrine for now

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New Delhi : Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court...

Jamia Millia Islamia VC backs women’s quota bill

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By IANS New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women’s reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.

Uber to create 50,000 jobs for Indian women by 2020

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New Delhi : US-based mobile cab-booking company Uber announced on Thursday its commitment to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020 in...

Reinstate 11 women officers, Supreme Court to army

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By IANS,

Severest punishment for woman’s killers: Meghalaya home minister

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Shillong: Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri Thursday assured severest punishment to the GNLA rebels involved in the coldblooded murder of a tribal Garo woman...

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....

दिल्ली दंगों में पहली सज़ा,दिनेश को पांच साल का कारावास

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने फरवरी 2020 में उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में हुए दंगे के मामले में पहली सज़ा सुनाई है। गुरुवार को कड़कड़डूमा...

Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce

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Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community. Riya Talitha...

भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net 9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...

119-year-old woman dies in Mexico

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By EFE, Colima (Mexico) : Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be one of the oldest women in the world, died here this week. She was 119. The spokesman for the state employees benefits agency in the western state of Colima, Jose Armando Naranjo, told EFE that Perez died Tuesday from "generalised septicemia, pneumonia and cardiac problems". She was buried Wednesday in the community where she lived, La Cofradia de Juarez, in a ceremony attended by some of her 266 descendants.

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

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...

Sexual harassment charges against CJI: SC asks IB, CBI, Delhi Police to look into...

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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Sikh Woman elected city council member in US

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Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...

Women’s bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP

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By IANS, New Delhi: The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation. The BJP, a staunch supporter of the bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women, appeared a divided house with some MPs opposing the quota and threatening to vote even against the party's whip. The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Women’s panel slams Noida police for naming rape victim

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Woman raped, minor girl molested in capital

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By IANS, New Delhi : A woman was allegedly raped after falling unconscious and a six-year-old girl was molested in two separate incidents of sex crimes in the capital, police said Friday. "A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Syed Saamir Ali, 28, resident of Bulandshahr, March 28. Ali and the woman had met at a mobile repairing shop in Nehru Pace a few days earlier and had become friends," a police official said. Ali had served the woman cold drinks laced with sedative March 28 and raped her when she became unconscious.

We want the government to see what they have done, say women resisting in...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net Srinagar: For the past four years, the support group, "Justice for Kunan Poshpora" has been commemorating February 23 and the...

Three injured in Bengal acid attack

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Kolkata: Three people, including two women, were seriously injured in West Bengal's Siliguri district when acid was thrown on them by two unidentified assailants,...

Jharkhand gets first woman Chief Justice

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By IANS Ranchi: Gyan Sudha Mishra, the first woman Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, was Sunday sworn in by governor Syed Sibte Razi at the Raj Bhawan here. Mishra is the sixth Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court after the state was carved out from Bihar Nov 2000. Mishra was enrolled as lawyer in 1974 in Patna High Court. She was elevated to the post of judge in 1994 after which she was transferred to Rajasthan High Court. Her father, S.C. Mishra, was Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq

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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...

Enough jails for women prisoners: Government

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Strict action against those who misbehave with women: Kerala CM

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Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): Strict action will be taken against those who misbehave with women, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. "The recent stand of...

‘Honour killers’ death sentence commuted to life imprisonment

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday commuted, to life imprisonment, the death sentence to three men for killing a teenage couple for "honour"...

Changing women identity in Kashmir

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By Bilal Ahmad Malik, The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...

Girl shot dead in Kashmir home

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By IANS, Srinagar: Separatist guerrillas barged into a house in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district and shot dead a 20-year-old girl, police said Wednesday. The incident took place late Tuesday in Shopian district's Keller village, about 50 km from here. The gunmen fired at Shiraza Akhtar from point blank range. "Shiraza received a fatal bullet wound in her head and succumbed to injuries before she could be taken to hospital," a police official said. "Police rushed to the spot immediately and carried out searches in the village."

Tiger kills woman in Kanha reserve

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By IANS, Bhopal : A tiger is believed to have killed a middle-aged woman in Kanha Tiger Reserve, an official said Tuesday. "The partially eaten body of a middle-aged woman, Sukhna Bai, was recovered by forest department staff and villagers in the Supkhar range of tiger Reserve Sunday," additional principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) H.S. Pabla told IANS by phone.

Didn’t go to town when Vajpayee’s niece joined us: Congress

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Kolkata: Hitting back at the BJP for showcasing its new recruit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's half brother, the Congress Saturday said it did not...

Woman tourist dies at the Taj Mahal

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By IANS, Agra : A woman tourist from Indore died after she slipped and fell on the marbled surface of the Taj Mahal after the city was hit by rain and thundershowers. Hasina Bano Chaudhary lost her balance and fell from the main marble structure Saturday. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel guarding the monument tried to take her to the hospital, but she collapsed at the main gate due to profuse bleeding from the head. Last week, a south Indian tourist slipped and suffered a fracture at the Taj.

In delhi, nearly all rapes are by relatives, neighbours

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Ramadan 1435: Aspirations

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net College-going Muslim girls at Marina beach in Chennai. They visit the beach quite often to chill out. One is training to...

Women lawmakers may be directly elected in Bangladesh

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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.

Why do women prefer crime stories?

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By IANS, Washington : Women prefer real crime stories based on rape and murder -- more so than men -- as they fear becoming victims, says a new study. Many people might assume that men, being the more aggressive sex, would be most likely to find such gory topics interesting. But research says women fear becoming victims of crimes, so they turn to crime books in a possible effort to learn strategies and techniques to prevent crimes.

Muslim Personal Law Board to approach Supreme Court on Assam child marriage issue

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A case related to the minimum age of Muslim girls getting married is pending before the Supreme Court. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI – The...

Manipur molestation: NSCN-IM leader’s photo released

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By IANS, Imphal: Three weeks after a leader of the Naga insurgent outfit NSCN-IM allegedly molested a Manipuri actress, the Manipur government Friday made his photo public.

AMU Women’s College: Naba Naseem elected as President

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In the student union polls held on Monday. AMU Women's college elected Naba Naseem, a second-year student from BA, as its...

Tripura to increase number of women police personnel

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Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Irom Sharmila appears in Delhi court

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years for repealing AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House Court, in the national capital. She was produced here in a case where she sat on fast on Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in the year 2006, but was charged section 309 of IPC for attempting to commit suicide.

Ramadan 1433: Itikaf

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net "Itikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف‎) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of...

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में दलित उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं से जुड़े आपराधिक मामले लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं और आज़मगढ़ से लेकर...

Love Jihad and targeting of religious minorities

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By John Dayal, The recent outpouring of support for the “development” agenda of the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, by several leaders of the Catholic and Protestant churches may possibly stave off the immediate attention of the Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Home affairs, but it is not likely to reduce the deep and seemingly abiding distrust the Indian political and social system has of what is popularly called the “Missionaries”. Nor will it mitigate the hate that is now erupting in India against religious minorities.

Book Review: The Mothers of Manipur: Twelve Women Who Made History

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By Aparna Sharma for TwoCircles.net Name of the book: The Mothers of Manipur: Twelve Women Who Made History Author: Teresa Rehman, Publisher: Zubaan Books, 154 pages Number of...

Girl murdered by youth in Andhra, rape suspected

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Improper implementation of RTE Act a cause of concern: Former Member of Planning Commission

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Caritas India in a joint collaboration of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) organized a National level interface on...

First woman from India’s northeast conquers Everest

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Delhi woman arrested in Punjab for tearing off clothes

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By IANS, Bathinda (Punjab) : A woman was arrested here Tuesday after she tore off her clothes in front of the district police chief's office to press her demand for action on her complaint. The police registered a case of obscenity against Pinky, a Delhi resident, and arrested her. Pinky had earlier created a flutter outside the office of the district police chief, alleging that the police were not taking action on her complaint that her minor daughter Jyoti was being forcibly kept by a Bathinda resident.

NRI woman from Vancouver shot dead in Punjab village

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By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : A day before she was to fly back to Canada, an Indian woman based in Vancouver was Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants at her village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. Kuldeep Kaur, 32, was going to the gurudwara in Lehli village near Mahilpur town, 25 km from here, when she was attacked. Police said she had been fired upon from close range and was hit by one bullet in the chest. She died on the spot.

भारत में फ़्लू जैसी मामूली बीमारी से मर रही हैं गर्भवती महिलाएं

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net श्रीनगर/दिल्ली: भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ और यूनीसेफ के दिशानिर्देशों को आधार बनाकर मां और बच्चों की देखभाल करने के प्रयास हो...

Three held guilty of both gang rapes in Shakti Mills

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Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday held three men, convicted earlier for gang rape of a call centre employee in the Shakti Mills complex...

A man’s battle for women’s rights

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Feeling lost amidst academics spewing jargon at a recent seminar on Muslim women, I was relieved to meet Nasiruddin Haider Khan, ...

NCW condemns Mamata government for crimes against women

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Kolkata : Holding the Mamata Banerjee government's "lethargic attitude" as responsible for rise in crimes against women in West Bengal, National Commission for Women...

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,...

(VM) After Saina, Sania’s turn to hit the top

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By Veturi Srivatsa, Just three days after Saina Nehwal was deposed as World No.1 badminton player in only a week, her Hyderabad citymate Sania Mirza ascended to the throne on Sunday as the tennis world’s top doubles player. The country rightly savoured and celebrated Saina’s rise to the top of the summit but before the weekend, she had to make way for Chinese Li Xurei to return to the top. Sania offset the disappointment and her accomplishment is also not easy coming.

British government seeks more ethnic minority women in public life

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By IANS, London : Minister for women and equalities Harriet Harman says Britain needs more Black, Asian and other minority ethnic women councillors after new data showed their numbers have fallen. Only 149 out of 19,617 elected councillors across England are minority ethnic women this year, compared with 164 in 2006. This represents less than one per cent of all councillors, although minority ethnic women make up more than five percent of the population. To fully reflect society the number of female minority ethnic councillors would have to rise nearer to 1,000.

All women’s prison in Goa soon

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By IANS, Panaji : Goa will soon have a prison exclusively for women convicts and undertrials, Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza said Thursday.