Malaysian Indian woman hangs herself with wedding sari
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian had a massive heart attack when he saw his wife had hanged herself using her wedding sari.
T. Selvatharan thought that his wife K. Komathy, 33, had left the bedroom to drink water at dawn on Tuesday. When she did not return and he went out to check, he found her hanging by the ceiling fan.
"She had been seeking treatment for depression," the husband, 47, told Tamil Nesan newspaper, while recovering at a hospital in Johor Baru.
JNU and Quest for a Just World
What JNU and Kanhaiya have done is hold a mirror to the great democracy that seems to have lost its way
Aijaz...
Government ready for law to end triple talaq: Naidu
Bengaluru, (IANS): The NDA government was ready to bring a law to stop the triple talaq in the Muslim community, if necessary, said Union...
बीड़ी ही बना जीने का सहारा…
निकहत प्रवीन
भागलपुर (बिहार) : बड़ा बेटा उसके बग़ल में बैठा था और छोटे बेटे को गोद में लिए, सिर झुकाए वो लगातार बीड़ी बनाए...
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
TMC MP likens Mamata to Mother Teresa, Goddess Saraswati
New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali likened party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Mother Teresa and Hindu Goddess...
“We feel scarred & traumatized,” say Muslim women victims of ‘Sulli Deals’
As dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves victims of an online ‘fake auction’ in which their pictures were shared and circulated on...
Gujarati Muslims and Congress
Can the relationship stand the test of time?
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
A temple which welcomes only women
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk.
The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.
BSF to deploy women troopers along borders
By IANS,
Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...
Husband deserts Muslim woman for attending Independence Day
Patna: A Muslim school teacher in Bihar was forced to leave her house by her husband who felt she had violated the Shariat law...
गुरुग्राम : जहां मुसलमान पढ़ रहे थे नमाज़ ,वहीं हिन्दू संगठन करने लगे कीर्तन
जिब्रानउद्दीन।twocircles.net
बीते शुक्रवार, गुरुग्राम के सेक्टर 47 में मुस्लिम समुदाय के लोगों को एक बार फिर जुमे की नमाज़ अदा करने में दिक्कत का सामना...
Justice denied, now waiting for judgment: Sheikh Hashim Ali’s 13 years’ incarceration
This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored...
Women more satisfied working in public sector than BPOs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women working in public sector undertakings (PSUs) are more satisfied than those working in private outsourcing companies, says a study by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
"Majority of working women gave priority to PSU sectors because the sector provided them job satisfaction, including reasonably good annual income, with job security and convenient working hours besides a healthy work environment," the study, Empowering the Women, said.
Don’t intend to harm anyone, only protect myself: Preity Zinta
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who has accused her ex-boyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia of molesting her, Saturday said the intention behind the complaint...
Mamata, Jayalalithaa keen to block Modi as PM
By T.R. Ramachandran,
Since the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984, women politicians have steered clear of having a go at the high...
Left woman MLA threw things at Chandy: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress party on Thursday showed visuals of Left women legislator Jameela Prakasham throwing things at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Finance...
Woman denied entry into hospital, gives birth outside
BY IANS,
Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) : The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe Saturday after a woman in the final stages of labour was denied entry into a hospital here and gave birth outside.
Kiran gave birth to a baby boy at the gate of the Hardoi district hospital Friday. After the delivery, Kiran's family members took her and the baby to a private nursing home for treatment, said the police.
दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की महिलाओं को नहीं जाने दिया अमित शाह के...
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।...
Check crimes against women: NHRC to Gurgaon police
New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Gurgaon police commissioner over the increasing number of crimes against women.
Taking suo motu cognizance...
India rejects Albania’s demand for Mother Teresa’s remains
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has rejected Albania's demand for Mother Teresa's remains, saying she was an Indian citizen - a decision widely welcomed in this country where the Nobel prize winner spent her life tending to the poor and needy.
An external affairs ministry official told IANS Tuesday that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no question of returning her remains. It was reacting to a demand by Albania, the country where she was born on Aug 26, 1910,
"Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be said," the official said.
Gujarat High Court notice to IAS officer’s wife in US
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it...
Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021
Women Summit is the annual get together of the members and well-wishers of Women’s Manifesto, a national level NGO formed in 2014. It...
Wait for some more days for women’s bill: BJP women’s wing
Panaji : The Narendra Modi-led government has been in power for only six months and should be given "some more days" to usher in...
In the name of progressiveness: A Note on the recent Speak-Out movement in...
By Praveena Thaali for TwoCircles.net
In recent times, Dalit-Bahujan women have started a speak-out* campaign to reveal their experiences of sexual harassment, which until now it...
Women defiant, demonstrate in Orissa’s riot-hit district
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Thousands of women Wednesday defied a ban on the gathering of five or more people and demonstrated at a police station and a government office in Orissa’s riot-hit Kandhamal district to demand release of those arrested on the charge of rioting, an official said.
“At least 3,500 women gathered in front of the police station and block office at G. Udayagiri. They were demanding the release of some people arrested on the charge of rioting,” District Collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
NHRC notice to Delhi government, police over pregnant woman’s abduction
New Delhi: The NHRC on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi government's health department and Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi over alleged inaction in the...
From Designing Clothes To Designing Cakes: The Journey of a Hijabi Cake Artist From...
Sobiya Inamdar/ TwoCircles.net
Nadia Aslam, a resident of Panjim, Goa has always had a love for baking cakes. She used to bake delicious cakes for...
Indian activist Ruchira Gupta wins Clinton Global Citizen Award
By IANS,
New York : An Indian journalist and activist Ruchira Gupta has been awarded the Third Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for her work against human trafficking in four Indian states.
Former president Bill Clinton presented the award to Gupta, president of the organisation Apne Aap Women Worldwide, during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) here Thursday.
The award recognises remarkable individuals for their leadership in improving the lives of people around the globe.
Student gang-raped in Bihar, two held
By IANS,
Patna: Two people have been arrested for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a student in a Bihar village, police said Sunday.
Class 11 girl raped by three classmates
By IANS,
Lucknow: A Class 11 girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint by three of her classmates in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, police said Saturday, adding that the suspects were absconding.
Residents of Hilwari village in Baghpat, some 400 km from here, held a series of protests, demanding the arrest of the boys.
The 16-year-old victim was abducted Friday by three boys of her class and raped at a secluded place. Medical reports of the girl have confirmed rape, police added.
One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.
Stone cold after Kosi kills her newborn
By Priyanka Khanna, IANS,
Araria/Supaul (Bihar) : For a woman whose eight-hour-old baby died a little while ago, Zafeda Khatum looks surprisingly unflustered. The 18-year-old maintains a stoic silence even as her family members clamour around to explain how she lost her first born to the ice cold waters of the Kosi river that unexpectedly entered her shanty in Araria district of Bihar.
Record 13 women get elected to Haryana assembly
Chandigarh: Haryana's legislative history has a new entry - 13 women candidates have been declared elected to the new state assembly Sunday out of...
Daughter wants death for rapist dad
By IANS
Amritsar: "My father should not be spared for his acts. He should be shot dead," was the impassioned plea of the college-going daughter of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The father has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past eight years.
Speaking to reporters here Thursday, the 20-year-old said she wanted no mercy for her father. "Don't spare him. The police should shoot him dead," she said, speaking in Punjabi.
Rehana Azmi – The inspiration of late Adv. Shahid Azmi
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59-year-old woman murdered in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 59-year-old woman was killed and valuables from her west Delhi house looted in a broad daylight Sunday, police said.
Sumitra Gulati was at her house with only her five-year-old grandson Pranav when a robber impersonating as a cable TV operator came in. The woman was stabbed to death, and Rs.50,000 in cash and some jewellery were taken away.
"The neighbours told us that Pranav said a man had come to repair the cable TV. The boy went to the first floor and when he came down he saw his grandmother lying in room in a pool of her blood," a police officer added.
Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle
By TCN News
Delhi : Activists from various organisations will come together in Delhi tomorrow to commemorate and support the 15-year long struggle of Irom...
Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman
Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...
Men, women approach charity differently
By IANS,
Sydney : Would you prefer to give money to someone needy in your neighbourhood or a needy person in a foreign country?
If you're a man, you're more likely to give to the person closest to you, that is, the one in your neighbourhood, if you give at all.
If you're a woman, you're more likely to give, and to give equal amounts to both groups, according to research by Texas A&M University marketing professor Karen Winterich and colleagues.
देवांगना,नताशा और आसिफ़ इकबाल रिहा, तेवर है बरक़रार
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में फरवरी 2020 में हुए दंगा मामले में जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा देवांगना कलिता और नताशा नरवाल...
20 girl students suffer sun stroke, fall unconscious
By IANS,
Raipur: As many as 20 girl students suffered a sun stroke and fell unconscious Tuesday at a government school near Chhattisgarh's capital city, officials said. They have been hospitalised.
The incident took place at a school in Urkura village on the outskirts of state capital Raipur.
Burqa-Clad Auto Driver Defies Norms in Chennai
Syed Ali Mujtaba, Twocircles.net
Chennai: Meet Bhiyari Fatima a burqa-clad Muslim woman auto-driver on the busy streets of Chennai. She has broken two myths, one...
Chhattisgarh stun Railways, become national women’s basketball champions
New Delhi : Chhattisgarh won the women’s 64th National Basketball championship after a stunning 81-77 victory over Indian Railways in the final at the...
Two students arrested a month after video-recorded gang rape on crowded US beach
Phoenix (Arizona): No one intervened while a woman was being gang raped in daylight on a crowded public beach in Florida in March, or...
Former female rebel arrested in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a former top female Tamil Tigers leader who headed a naval unit of the rebels, officials said...
Woman in MP arrested for selling son for Rs 50,000
Bhopal : A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district sold her son for Rs 50,000 five years ago and the incident came to light...
Two women beaten up in police station, 5 suspended
New Delhi: Five police personnel including four women officers, were on Saturday suspended for beating up two women accused of theft by their employer,...
Saudi men lobby for remarriages of widows, divorcees
Riyadh : A group of Saudi men have formed a society to promote remarriages of widows and divorcees within the existing system of polygamy...
Women fume at entry restrictions at Haji Ali shrine
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a women's group, Tuesday expressed anger over entry restrictions for women at the iconic Haji Ali shrine in the city.
Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists
Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...
Asia’s richest woman was feng shui master’s lover, court told
By DPA,
Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman, according to court testimony, was the lover of a feng shui master for 14 years before leaving him her entire multibillion-US-dollar fortune, a news report said Saturday.
Lawyers for feng shui master Tony Chan said he and Nina Wang shared a "long-lasting, close and affectionate love" from 1993 to her death last year, the South China Morning Post reported.
The pair allegedly had "midnight meetings" disguised as feng shui consultations during their secret affair, which began three years after Wang's husband was kidnapped, never to reappear.
‘British men, women most promiscuous in world’
By IANS,
London : British men and women are the world's most promiscuous people, leaving their American cousins far behind, according to a study.
Germans come next with the Dutch, Czechs, Australians, Americans and French ranking third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the list of the most promiscuous people, according to a study by Bradley University (BU) in Illinois, US.
‘The Little Muslims Gift Factory’: An Indian Muslim Woman’s Islamic Gift Shop Is Going...
Nikhat Fatima | Two Circles
In 2015 at the age of 27, Madiha Basheer started her business with her first product a beautiful box curated...
Program organized to review the Scheme for Minority Women empowerment
By TCN News,
New Delhi: To review the process and to draw a map for effective implementation of Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women, Ministry of Minority Affairs today organized an interaction with women organizations in New Delhi which was attended by representatives of a large number of women organizations from different part of the country.
Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq
Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...
Delhi Police rapped for filing dowry cases without proper probe
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry, the Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for registering a case of dowry against a person without carrying out a proper probe.
While granting bail to a person arrested under the dowry act, Justice S.N. Dhingra observed that before registering an FIR, the police must investigate the allegations levelled against a person in a detailed manner.
Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat
By TCN News
Khudai Khidmatgar made an important contribution towards women empowerment in the region of Mewat, Haryana by starting a vocational centre on March...
‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.
Taxi drivers pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women
New Delhi : Auto and taxi drivers on Thursday took pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women.
They took the pledge in this regard...
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...
TCN News
National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) President Aruna Roy has launched a fact-finding report on the February violence inside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamic...
No tomorrow for this six-year old Rohingya refugee girl
By Sheikh Qayoom
Jammu : Six-year-old Tasleema is nobody's 'laadli beti' (beloved daughter). She has no idea of the horrors her parents have been...
On International Women’s Day, let us remember the legacy of first lady of Islam
By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net
Motherhood is a mercy, being linked
By close affinity to prophethood,
And her compassion is the prophet’s own.
For mothers shape the way...
Women to spread breast cancer awareness through car rally
By IANS,
New Delhi : Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Agra spreading awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally, which will see doctors, health and community activists accompany the women, will begin here Oct 2.
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?
तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी
इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...
Raising legal age for marriage for women in India: Here’s why it’s bad news...
While worry over early marriage is a start in the right direction, legislative action on the subject is equivalent to addressing symptoms rather...
More working women among Malaysian Indians seeking divorce
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A growing number of working women of Indian origin have begun to divorce their husbands, particularly those who do not work, says a report in a Tamil daily here.
The trend has been noticed in Johor state, which has a concentration of ethnic Indians who are estimated at nearly two million in Malaysia.
Malaysia Nanban daily called it "a disturbing trend".
The paper also said that while previously husbands approached law firms to divorce their wives, now it was the other way round.
Woman offers tongue to deity in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A childless 27-year-old woman cut off her tongue in an Uttar Pradesh temple and offered it to the deity for getting a son, the police said Tuesday.
Meena Devi Monday evening visited the Bholebaba Siddheshwar Nath temple in Lahar Marg locality in Sitapur district, 90 km from here, and offered her tongue to the deity.
"She cut off her tongue with a sharp razor and offered it to the Shivling (the symbolic idol of Lord Shiva) at the temple," police inspector Santosh Dwivedi told IANS on telephone.
He said some devotees later rushed Devi to a hospital.
Women’s commission to probe Mangalore pub assault
By IANS,
New Delhi : Terming it as a "very unfortunate" incident, the National Commission of Women (NCW) Tuesday formed a committee to probe the assault on some young women by members of a self styled moral brigade in a pub in Mangalore last week.
"The commission is aghast at the kind of behaviour of the so called moral police with the young women in Mangalore. It was a very unfortunate incident, both illegal and not permissible. We have taken suo motu cognizance of the same and formed a committee," Girija Vyas, chairperson of NCW told IANS.
Brotherhood and fellowship mark Iftaar mehfil hosted by GMCH
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: The faculty members and students of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) have been hosting Iftaar mehfils for the medical...
Sikh Woman elected city council member in US
Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...
Assam polls: 15 percent polling in first two hours
Guwahati : Over 15 percent of polling was recorded in the first two hours in the second phase of voting for 61 constituencies in...
Khudai Khidmatgar organised workshop on socio-economic and health rights of domestic workers
TCN News
Delhi unit of Khudai Khidmatgar organised a workshop with domestic workers of Okhla area, to create awareness regarding socio-economic and health rights issues...
Rajya Sabha disrupted over Selja’s claim of caste bias
New Delhi : The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari...
Girls allege sexual exploitation in north Gujarat college
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : As many as 23 girls studying in a training college in Mehsana district of north Gujarat have fled their hostel, complaining of sexual molestation by the institute's managing trustee.
The students of the K.B. Dave Adhyapan Mandir, a co-education primary teachers' training college at Pilvai in Vijapur sub-district, 190 km from here, ran away from their hostel Saturday night and took shelter at the home of their college-mate Kinjal Patel in Sabarkantha district.
Modi urges Muslims not to politicise triple talaq
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people from the Muslim community not to "politicise" the triple talaq issue and requested...
SC extends bail of Teesta, her husband till April 28
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday extended, till April 28, the interim bail granted to social activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed...
International Literacy Day to focus on women’s education
New Delhi : A day-long conference in Dhaka on International Literacy Day Sep 8 will focus on the importance of girls' and women's literacy...
Protestors gather outside SC on CJI issue
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Protesters on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court complex demanding an independent probe into the sexual harassment allegation raised...
‘Parliament may take up bills on communal violence, women’s quota’
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Communal Violence Bill, Women's Reservation Bill, Seeds Bill and Insurance Laws amendment bill were among the significant legislations likely to be taken up by parliament in the ongoing budget session, an independent parliamentary research organisation said Tuesday.
An official of PRS Legislative Research, which works to strengthen the legislative process and tracks functioning of parliament, said that the four bills were among the legislations held up in the past due to lack of political consensus.
ABVP protests at St.Stephen’s College over sexual harassment
New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen's College in the north campus here over the alleged...
Saudi Arabia to set up world’s largest women-only varsity
By IANS,
Dubai : The world's largest university exclusively for women is to come up in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi King Abdullah scheduled to lay the foundation stone.
The Riyadh Women's University will be the world's largest institute for higher studies when the project is completed in 2010.
The university will have 13 colleges and will cover an area of eight million square metres north of the Saudi capital.
Yusuf Mukati: Empowering the poor through a multi-utility resource centre
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “Thodi si neki karle pyare …Allah ne mauka diya hai” (Do some good work dear …Almighty has given you...
Behind Closed Doors: Kashmiri Women Battle the Silent Burden of PCOS
Shah Khursheed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Bareera, 24, a postgraduate student from Pulwama, remembers the first signs of something being wrong with unsettling clarity. In Class 11,...
Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The alleged gang rape and murder of two dalit girls on 27 May 2014 in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh has been condemned largely throughout the country by every section of the society. The condemnation did not stop within the borders of the country but international organizations have also expressed their dissatisfaction towards lack of adequate sanitation facilities and growing sexual violence of women resulting into the violations of human rights in India. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appalled by the brutal rape and killing of two dalit girls in UP whereas Amnesty International has criticized the police machinery of India who have time and again found to have derelict towards registering and investigating cases of rapes of low caste girls and their lackadaisical behavior in booking higher caste culprits in those cases.
Promise of an Optimal Future for Women and Girls
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.
“I will serve community as there are few Muslim women doctors” says Arshiya, second...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Solapur: It was a moment of joy and ecstasy for 18 years old Arshiya Choudhari of Solapur when she was announced...
Woman with 90 percent bone deformity cured in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: In a rare surgery, a 60-year-old woman having developed complete bone deformity successfully underwent a complex surgery making her capable to walk again,...
Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later".
The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.
60 model stations, 40 all-women booths in Bengal’s first phase
Kolkata : The first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Thursday will see as many as 60 model polling stations (MPS)...
History of modern education among Malabar Muslims
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
TCN Malabar series: Part 5
Not unlike Muslims of north India, Mappilas also lagged behind when it came to modern education. While there were some attempts made, some as early as a hundred years ago, it was not until a generation ago that major effort was made to link the community to modern education without losing the religious and cultural identity.
First woman IFS officer Muthamma dies
By IANS,
Bangalore : C.B. Muthamma, the first woman Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, died here Wednesday, her family members said. She was 85.
She passed away in a private hospital where she was undergoing treatment, the family members said.
Chonira Belliappa Muthamma was born Jan 24, 1924, in Kodagu, a beautiful hill station and land of coffee plantations, about 260 kms from here. She had served as ambassador and high commissioner to a number of countries during her career that started in 1949. She retired in 1982.
संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...
Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books
The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...
12 Muslim women among top 200 women nominees of #100Women achievers contest of Ministry...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), in collaboration with Facebook, have announced the...
बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा
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...
Kunta Devi: A woman farmer from UP
By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service,
One day, more than 20 years ago, Kunta Devi’s husband never returned home from his workplace at a brick kiln and has been untraceable since then. He seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving his wife alone with their 3 children—I daughter and 2 sons, with the youngest one barely 2 years old. Kunta does not know if he is dead or alive. She now lives with her 2 sons and their wives and 4 grandchildren—3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.
Sarah Rizvi: Born and brought up in Mumbai, became IPS in Gujarat
TCN series on Muslim women empowerment
On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor
Vietnamese woman jailed for possessing drugs
By IANS,
Chennai : A 35-year-old Vietnamese woman was remanded to judicial custody Friday evening for possessing 3 kg of refined heroin worth over Rs.35 million, customs officials said.
Identified as D. Thanthipay, the woman had arrived by a scheduled flight from Colombo and was on her way to Bangkok.
Acting on a tip-off, officials inspected her luggage and found the contraband drugs in the false bottom of her luggage.
Japan must act responsibly on ‘comfort women’: China
Beijing: China has urged Japan to act responsibly after a senior Japanese official announced plans to re-examine a statement offering apologies for Japan's wartime...
दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...
Under the pretext of Uniform Civil Code, there is an attempt to humiliate India’s...
By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net
The present government’s attempt to specifically and selectively target the Indian Muslim Personal Law, while conveniently ignoring the serious negative...
Women in Germany earn 22 percent less than men: EU official
By IRNA,
Berlin : Women in Germany are significantly being paid less than men, European Union Social Commissioner Vladimir Spidla told the Hamburg-based Die Welt newspaper on Monday.
The average hourly salary of German women is 22 percent below the level of men, the top EU official said.
Only Estonia, Cyprus and Slovakia have a greater wage gap. On the average, women earn 15 percent less than men in EU countries, Spidla added.
He urged employers to follow the principle of 'same work same pay'.
Congress MP urges government to check trafficking of women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh Madhu Gaud Yaskhi Thursday made an impassioned plea to the government to evolve an effective action plan to check trafficking of young women and girls in the country.
During zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Yaskhi said that women from villages and towns were being lured by unscrupulous elements on the promise of providing them attractive jobs or roles in movies, but were later forced into prostitution.
"Such hapless young women and girls are taken away to foreign countries by means of fraud and deception," Yaskhi said.
Inquiry report on death of pregnant women by Thursday: Odisha minister
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Monday said a committee probing the death of three pregnant women at a...
Western woman aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan
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.
Mother Teresa to be canonised on September 4: Pope
Vatican city: The Pope during consistory of cardinals on Tuesday announced September 4 as the date for Mother Teresa's canonisation, the media reported.
After months...
NHRC notice to Lucknow Railway Police over girl’s gangrape
Lucknow: Taking cognizance of reports of a teenager's alleged gangrape at Charbagh Railway Station here, the NHRC has issued notice to the Superintendent of...
Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in municipal polls
Riyadh : A new law that allows women in Saudi Arabia to vote and contest in municipal elections has come into force, a media...
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
Cases of violence against women need speedy trial: Vyas
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Cases of trafficking and violence against women should be fast tracked, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Girija Vyas said Saturday.
"It takes a very long time to get justice in a normal trial, hence the need to allocate such cases to fast track courts," she told reporters here.
She said the government should set up a cell to curb cases of fraudulent marriages involving gullible women and non-resident Indians (NRIs).
Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys
By Tanay Sukumar
Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...
Ramadan 1435: Aspirations
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...
‘मोदी ने रूकवा दी मेरे शौहर की रिहाई’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: ओखला से आम आदमी पार्टी के विधायक अमानतुल्लाह खान की बीवी साफ़िया खान ने TwoCircles.net के साथ बातचीत में अपने...
Not made derogatory comments against woman official: Mulayam
By IANS,
Lucknow : Under the poll panel scanner for his alleged disparaging remarks against the Mainpuri district magistrate, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday said he had not made any derogatory comments about the woman IAS officer and his party always believed in equality for women.
"I have not not made any derogatory comment about the district magistrate and the Samajwadi Party has always believed in equality for women and women empowerment," Yadav told reporters here.
Widow gangraped in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A 50-year-old widow was gangraped in a Bihar village after she was charged with practising witchcraft. No one has been arrested so far, officials said Tuesday.
The victim, who earned her livelihood by selling vegetables, was raped by two men in Banka district, about 200 km from here, Saturday, district officials said.
Police failed to make any arrest despite the state women commission's intervention following the refusal of the government hospital to provide her medical care initially, women's activist Kanchan Bala said.
NCW condemns Mamata government for crimes against women
Kolkata : Holding the Mamata Banerjee government's "lethargic attitude" as responsible for rise in crimes against women in West Bengal, National Commission for Women...
Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day
New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare.
They...
Protests in Sri Lanka over alleged rape, murder of schoolgirl
Colombo: Over 120 people were arrested by Sri Lankan police on Wednesday after violent clashes erupted between protestors and police outside a court over...
Rape bid on woman in running Mumbai train
Mumbai: Mumbai Police are investigating an incident of attempted rape of a 22-year old woman by an unidentified person in a running suburban train...
Dec 16 gang-rape: Delhi HC verdict Thursday
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict later Thursday on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four convicts in...
Men against violence-5: Men also face violence but…
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Dhaka : Do the men also face violence within domestic sphere? I come across this question from my friends. They alleged, activists do not want to see violence faced by men in the home. Sometimes, they cite examples of men in abusive relationships. I also wanted to share this question with activists. I was afraid that I will be blamed politically incorrect if I ask this question to anyone from the women’s movement. I thought I will be branded with certain ideological terminology. But during Dhaka Consultation, I gathered courage and raised this question.
Activists oppose ban on ‘India’s Daughter’
New Delhi : Women activists on Thursday strongly opposed the blanket ban on a BBC documentary titled "India's Daughter" on the December 16, 2012...
Death of a Delta
By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net,
She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...
Woman killed in an old Delhi building collapse
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.
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...
Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico
Mexico City : A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City.
The driver was...
Women’s groups to launch stir against crime
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's organsations Thursday decided to launch a nation wide stir to protest rising incidents of crime against women in the country.
Woman hangs self in front of five-year-old son
New Delhi: After an altercation with her husband, a 23-year-old woman hanged herself from a ceiling fan and asked her five-year-old son, the witness...
‘Dangal’ experience changed my life: Kashmiri actor Zaira Wasim
By Shamshad Ali
New Delhi : Zaira Wasim, who was unknown a few months ago, has now become a household name in her native...
Book review: Sufism: The Heart of Islam
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Sufism is much misunderstood by both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. While Muslims think that Sufis are innovators in the religion and qabr-parast (grave worshipper) and therefore unacceptable, non-Muslims think that Sufism offers a peaceful alternative to violent face of Islam and therefore acceptable to them. The truth is somewhere between these two extremes and as Sadia Dehlvi aptly states in her book “Sufism: The Heart of Islam” it is “the spiritual undercurrent that flows through Islam.”
Rajnath asks Delhi Police to ensure security for women
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday expressed concern over the safety of women in Delhi and asked the city police to ensure...
Trinamool student wing to ‘look into’ Kolkata college girl’s beating
Kolkata : The student wing of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said it would look into allegations of its members beating up...
Call centre employee found murdered in Delhi hostel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman employee of a call centre was Wednesday evening found strangled to death in her hostel room in south Delhi, the police said.
The victim, identified as Shalini Saxena, was found dead in her first-floor room of a private hostel in Gautam Nagar area of Hauz Khas, the police said.
Saxena worked for a cell centre in Gurgaon. She hailed from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was living in the hostel for the past one year.