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Rajasthan court declares IAS officer absconder

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Jaipur: A court here Tuesday declared Rajasthan IAS officer B.B. Mohanty an absconder after he went on the run in connection with the rape...

Bihar: Meet Habiba Bukhari, Daughter Of An Imam And A Judicial Officer From Munger

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Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Habiba Bukhari from Munger received on November 28, 2023, one of the most joyous pieces of news in her life: she...

Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari. This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.

Women panel seeks report on Delhi scribe’s death

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday sought a report from the Jharkhand Police over the alleged killing of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak. "We have sought a detailed report from the Koderma district police about the death of the girl," said NCW chairperson Girija Vyas. Vyas said that a case should be sent to a fast track court so that the culprits are punished. The 23-year-old journalist, who worked with a business daily in New Delhi, was found hanging April 29 at her home in Koderma, about 200 km from Ranchi.

No Country for Women: Love and rights in troubled times

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By Neha Dabhade Recently in Rajsamand, Rajasthan, Shambu lal Raigar brutally hacked Mohammad Afrajul, a migrant from Malda, West Bengal to death with his own...

Women voters outnumber men in Jharkhand; 61 percent turnout

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Ranchi : Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...

Delhi government to employ six acid attack victims

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New Delhi : Delhi government will provide jobs to six acid attack victims, an official said on Wednesday. "The Delhi Government's health ministry today (Wednesday)...

Parties flay Mulayam’s statement on gang rape

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Lucknow: The opposition on Wednesday lashed out at Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav for his statement that gang rape of a woman...

Herbal pill can cut your appetite by a fifth: Study

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By IANS, London: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals. The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks. Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool. They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 percent, reported dailymail.co.uk.

Indian woman foiled in bid to smufflr 18 kg ketamine to Malaysia

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By P. Vijian, NNN-Bernama, Chennai : An Indian businesswoman who tried to outwit Customs officials by trying to smuggle 18 kg of ketamine to Malaysia by concealing them inside a kitchen grinder has been nabbed at the Tiruchi Airport in this capital of southern Tamil Nadu state. Air Customs at the airport detained the 45-year-old suspect from the Virudhunagar district in Tiruchi when she was preparing to board a flight to Malaysia on Saturday. The contraband, worth nearly 400,000 Ringgit (about 113,000 USD), was found when Customs officials were scanning her luggage.

First woman editor of The Hindu quits

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Chennai : Malini Parthasarathy, the first woman editor of The Hindu daily, put in her papers on Tuesday. The 138-year-old daily is one of the...

“Harassment of Teesta Setalvad continues; investigation be on objective evidence”

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By TCN News, Dublin (Ireland): Pointing out that the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to refer human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and her...

Bengal may be ahead of Delhi in crimes against women: WBHRC chief

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Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida

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Abdul Kalam Azad Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....

Taking justice to women’s doorstep in Kerala

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By Jeevan Mathew Kurian, IANS, Kozhikode (Kerala) : Justice at the doorstep is a much espoused cause but remains a dream. For women in Kerala justice may not be at their doorstep, but they can at least seek it in their neighbourhood. The Jagrata Samithis (Vigilance Committees) in local administrative bodies is slowly turning into sanctuaries of justice for them. The committees have come up in 832 local administrative bodies out of around 1,200 in the state.

Junior Hockey World Cup: Indian women beat Australia 3-2

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By IANS, New Delhi : Monorama Devi converted a last minute penalty corner to give India a 3-2 win over Australia in their opening game of the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in Boston. Ritu Rani (45th) and Monika Badran (53rd minute) were the other scorers for India while Casey Eastham (31st) and Marnie Hudson (60th minute) were the scorers for Australia in Monday's match, according to information received here. It was a tough game for India, who were eleventh in the last edition of the tournament, but they did well in the second half by pumping in all the three goals.

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.

Madrasa student, a national level athlete raped; accused in police custody in WB

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net

Goa Police training 300 women cops in counselling

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Panaji : Counselling skills are being imparted to 300 policewomen, including 80 sub-inspectors of Goa Police, to enable them handle better cases involving crimes...

Girl killed in Kashmir cloudburst

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Srinagar : A 15-year-old girl was killed in a cloudburst in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, police officials said. Cloudbursts hit Gangangir and Sonamarg areas...

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,...

Amend definition of rape in laws dealing sexual violence: women’s groups

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s groups have demanded the Union Government to bring amendments in definitional and substantive aspects of the rape law and associated set of laws which deal with sexual harassment, molestation, unnatural offences, kidnapping and abduction of girls and women if it is sincere to curb violence against women. Otherwise the proposed Sexual Offences (Special Courts) Bill, 2010 to fast track sexual violence cases will remain historically a hollow gesture.

क्या कर्नाटक में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का शैक्षिक भविष्य अंधकार में चला गया है !

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कर्नाटक हिजाब को लेकर हुए नकारात्मक चर्चा का असर लड़कियों की शिक्षा पर हो गया है, बहुत सी लड़कियों ने स्कूल जाना बंद कर...

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

Punjab to allow sisters to tie rakhis to prisoner brothers

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Extending a special gesture to women whose brothers are spending time in jails across the state, the Punjab government Monday announced that sisters will be allowed to tie rakhis to their imprisoned brothers Wednesday. Jails Minister Hira Singh Gabria said that special instructions were being issued to jail officials all over the state to allow women to tie rakhis to their brothers who are lodged in jails across the state. The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, which symbolises the bond of love between brothers and sisters, falls Aug 5.

Assam evictions: Pregnant women worst victims of eviction, decry non-availability of ‘medicine, proper food’

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The Assam government’s eviction drive in Darrang district on September 23 has left many families in distress, including pregnant women. A TCN Ground report...

Women shouldn’t have mobile phones: BSP MP

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By IANS, Lucknow : The BSP found itself red faced Monday after one of its MPs said women should not be given mobile phone.

164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating

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New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...

Haryana family kills lovers for honour

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By IANS, Karnal (Haryana) : A family in a village in Karnal district of Haryana is being interrogated by the police for strangulating a young couple, including a pregnant woman, in love to punish them for staying together. Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered in Ballah village, about 35 km from here. The woman's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.

Mahila Congress launches campaign for passage of women’s quota bill

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress's women's wing, Mahila Congress, on Sunday launched a signature campaign seeking early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in...

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

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Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : फतेहपुर में दलित चाहते हैं कि बदल जाए सरकार !

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हमारे संवाददाता ने उत्तर प्रदेश के फतेहपुर सदर विधानसभा के लोगों से बात की और जानने की कोशिश की कि आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव में...

Sabarimala temple shuts after two women pray at shrine

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Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple in Kerala was shut on Wednesday "for purification" after two women from the hitherto banned age group...

Mehbooba for timely completion of highway projects in J&K

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Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday stressed the need for timely completion of various highway projects in her state. Describing...

J&K man held for raping Canadian tourist in Goa

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Panaji: A man from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a Canadian tourist at the beach village of Arambol in...

BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday. "BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone. A case was registered against them Friday on the complaint of the victim's husband.

Only five percent Indian women in senior corporate posts: Study

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New Delhi: Only five percent of working women in India make it to senior leadership positions in the corporate sector, compared to the global...

Women no longer silent recipients of abuse: Delhi Police

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New Delhi : Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi Tuesday said the increase in the number of complaints registered by women showed that the members...

Global women leaders conference begins in Dubai

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By IANS/WAM, Dubai: Women leaders, ministers, academics and entrepreneurs have gathered in Dubai for the 16th Global Women Leaders Conference (Woibex).

IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.

Man held for molesting minor girl in Delhi

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New Delhi: A 38-year-old rickshaw-puller has been arrested for molesting an eight-year-old girl in his neighbourhood here, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday...

Pregnant women beaten, abused in Madhya Pradesh district

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By Shahnawaz Akhtar, IANS,

Running in Olympics is like wining gold for Afghan girl

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By IANS,

2,000 women, girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014: Amnesty

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Nairobi : At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Nigerian jihadi group Boko Haram since the start of 2014, Amnesty International...

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

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

Tripura women set to play vital role in local bodies

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By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS, Agartala : Even as the nation debates the women's reservation bill, women in Tripura are getting ready to stand up and be counted in elections to local self-government bodies next month. Political parties across the board are positive about nominating women candidates for the three-tier panchayat polls July 20. Congress leader Ratan Lal Nath told IANS: "Yes, our party is already in the process of nominating more women now than in the previous panchayat election."

Girl student made to take off shirt during exam

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: A girl student appearing for her high school examination was made to take off her shirt in the classroom by a woman invigilator who suspected her of concealing some written material for cheating inside her clothes. The girl's parents Friday protested against the incident. The girl was appearing for the Uttar Pradesh board high school examination in Modi Nagar of Ghaziabad Thursday.

Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help

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New Delhi: A 50-year-old Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly raping the domestic help of his friend, police said on Saturday....

Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board supports Anna

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Women’s quota bill likely in budget session: Natarajan

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By IANS, New Delhi : A landmark bill on reserving 33 percent of seats for women in parliament and the state legislatures is likely to come up for discussion in the budget session of parliament beginning late February, chairperson of a parliamentary panel on the measure said Thursday. "A bill on reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies is likely to be taken up in the next session of parliament," Jayanthi Natarajan, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, told reporters.

Musharraf slams Pakistan government over women’s rights

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Islamabad : Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the ones calling him dictator have deprived the women of their rights in...

Women’s quota bill in present form is injustice: Muslim group

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By IANS, New Delhi: The All India Milli Council, a Muslim group, Saturday demanded a "quota within quota" in the women's reservation bill and said it will hold a protest march Monday against the government's move to pass the legislation in its present form. M. Manzoor Alam, general secretary of the Milli Council, said here Saturday that the protest march at Jantar Mantar would be joined by other religious minority groups and Dalit organisations. "If passed, the bill will amount to injustice against the women belonging to minorities and Dalits," Alam said.

Karnataka woman minister says ready to quit to save government

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By IANS, Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the party's first ever in the south, Thursday said she was ready to quit if it saves the Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa-led ministry. The BJP central leadership is understood to have proposed dropping Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, from the ministry as part of a compromise to the dissidents who are pressing for removal of Yeddyurappa himself.

The Veiled West

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The Muslim women veil issue in France is gradually taking an ugly shape across the world. The ‘extra’ liberal people possessed with Western life style even in the East count banning ‘burqa’ as women ‘liberation’ from ‘the dark age’ in tune with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, yet majority of Muslims across the globe consider it as direct attack on one’s freedom of living and religious practicing. It is nothing less than forceful conversion of Muslim women to the Western civilization, some argue.

Woman paraded naked in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : A woman has been paraded naked in Rajasthan's Sikar district by her husband following an argument in their house, eyewitnesses said Monday. Only...

Lalu tours Bihar with women’s quota views, finds few takers

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By IANS, Patna : The stakes are high and so is the scepticism. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has been touring Bihar to explain his strident opposition to the women's reservation bill but is finding that convincing people may not be that easy with some even dismissing his campaign as a political gimmick. On Sunday, he visited his parliamentary constituency Chapra to detail his stance on the bill reserving 33 percent of all legislative seats for women. During a visit to rural Chapra, he said the bill would be passed only over his dead body.

No arrest yet in Dimapur lynching case; victim’s body reaches Assam

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Dimapur/Guwahati: The Nagaland government is yet to make any arrest in connection with Thursday's incident when a mob broke into Dimapur's high-security central jail...

Sania named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

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New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was Tuesday appointed the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asian region by UN Women at...

Girl child empowerment responsibility of cinema: Shabana

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Woman gang raped in Telangana

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Hyderabad : An autorickshaw driver and three others gang raped a woman in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana. The incident took place late Sunday in...

Book captures everyday art by rural Indian women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Pushpa is a sweeper at the international airport in Mumbai, sweating it out for eight hours a day to fend for her family of three. But when at home in a slum, the widow is an artist - she draws rice-flour "kalam", or sacred designs to welcome guests, outside her home in a narrow alley near Santa Cruz. Lalita, a Yadav housewife at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, is rooted to a culture where women have lived behind the veil for years. But she is bound to Pushpa by a thread of colours.

Can I express without being judged as a Muslim, and a woman?

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By Sabrina Iqbal Sircar for TwoCircles.net I feel constrained at times. It's like I have to think a hundred times to speak...

How coastal inhabitants of India make a living through seaweed cultivation

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Seaweed is one among several renewable marine resources in India. Around 1000 coastal inhabitants of the country are engaged in the activity and...

Sabrimala can’t ban women under right to manage religious affairs: SC

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court in Monday said that gender equality is a constitutional message and Sabarimala temple management cannot say that banning...

मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : लॉकडाउन की चर्चा भर से कांप जाते हैं बिहार के बढ़ियापुर...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net कोरोना वायरस के नए वेरिएंट ऑमिक्रॉन के सामने आते ही एक बार फिर से पूरी दुनिया सहमी सी नज़र आने लगी है। कई...

‘70,000 drug addicts in Kashmir’

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By Majid Kapra, Agence India Press Srinagar: “There are about 70,000 drug addicts comprising 26 per cent women,” said a survey conducted by United Nations International Drug Control Programme. The survey said the educational institutions had become the hub of such activities. “The drug paddlers run their operations by poisoning the thoughts of student community. It includes Ganja, Heroin, Cocaine, LSD, and injecting morphine and drinking alcohol,” the report added.

13 years on, no political consensus on women’s quota bill

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By Prashant Sood, IANS, New Delhi : Opposition from three political parties may still derail the bill seeking to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislatures for women. Though the union cabinet decided last Thursday it would introduce the bill, it does not have the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, to get it passed. The three parties -- the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- are demanding a quota for weaker sections within this one-third quota.

Girl tortured by father, stepmother rescued in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: The injuries and scars all over her body bear testimony to the cruel torture she was subjected to by her father and stepmother...

Nearly one in three Bohra women have been mutilated, but why is it never...

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By Maariyah Siddiqui for Twocircles.net It is dark and quiet. The glass window at the higher end of the ceiling lets escape long strands of...

Divorce cases in courts: AIMPLB launches refresher program for Muslim lawyers

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today launched a national program whereby Muslim lawyers taking up Muslim divorce and other related cases in the Supreme Court and High Courts will be briefed on the issues in the light of Quran and Hadith, so that they could help courts understand the letter and spirit of Shariat on such issues.

AAP has ‘anti-women character’, alleges BJP

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New Delhi : The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing it of having "anti-women character" after its...

Are women programmed for failure?

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By IANS, London : Leadership positions in business have proven to be precarious for women. Female business leaders are more likely to be appointed to powerful leadership positions when an organisation is in crisis or high-risk circumstances. Michelle Ryan, associate professor in psychology at the University of Exeter, who researched the subject, proposes that this scenario of "the glass cliff" extends to the political arena.

A trip to Rajgir: Atithi Devo Bhava, but what about the poor?

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By Arfina Khanam for Twocircles.net The caption of ‘Incredible India’: Atithi Devo Bhava, seems like an unfinished dream when I visited Rajgir in Bihar. The...

Woman judge sacked in Tripura

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

First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor

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Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...

‘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.

मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल

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जावेद अनीस पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...

Mahajan to attend women presiding officers’ meet in Switzerland

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New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the ninth annual meeting of women speakers of parliament in Switzerland Sep 4-5. The theme...

Anupam Kher supports UN Women’s work on gender equality

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New York : Veteran actor Anupam Kher is happy to be appointed as the 50/50 champion for gender equality to support UN Women's work. In...

NHRC asks UP Police for report on woman’s gang rape

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New Delhi : The NHRC Tuesday sought a report from Uttar Pradesh Police following a media report that officials refused to file a complaint...

Lakhs attend Barelvi Ijtema in Mumbai

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By TwoCircles.net staff writer Mumbai: Lakhs of men and women attend the 19th Annula International Sunni Ijtema organized by Sunni Dawate Islami in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Oct 30th to Nov. 1st. The first day of the three day event was reserved for women which saw about one lakh women from Mumbai and suburbs participate in the proceedings. The lectures on the first day was geared towards women- importance of acquiring Islamic knowledge; understand their responsibilities as a Muslim women, prepare themselves in accordance to the Islamic law for the creation of a moral society.

Girl denied permission to board Delhi Metro while wearing a Hijab

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Delhi: In what looks like a case of religious discrimination, a Muslim girl was denied entry into the...

Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’

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Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said. The incident took...

Four months after self-immolation bid, unemployed woman dies

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

Hope women find courage through my books: Author Madhuri Banerjee

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By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi : Is it taboo for women to talk about sex, their hidden desires or having extra-marital affairs? No! It...

Muslim woman in Canada ordered to remove hijab in court

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Montreal : A Muslim woman in Canada, who was denied a court appearance because of her hijab, sought legal clarification on the rights of...

Kumar Vishwas’ case handed over to police: DCW chief

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New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Singh on Thursday sought to clarify that the case of Aam Aadmi Party leader...

पति की हत्या के बाद शकीना बनी नई ग्राम प्रधान, ग्रामीणों ने उपचुनाव में...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर ।Twocircles.net सोमवार को यूपी के परगवां ग्राम में लोग उस समय खुशी से झूमने लगे जब ग्राम पंचायत के उपचुनाव परिणाम...

Number of women in Indian parliament lower than global average: UN

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For a woman, being mentally alert is greatest weapon

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By Sensei Prem Menon, IANS, What should a woman do if a knife wielding man demands her mobile phone when she is alone? Surprise him by offering it to him. Or fling it as far as away. As he runs for the phone, you run in the opposite direction. Remember you can buy another phone. But you have only one life to live. Common sense is a powerful weapon that can fell any opponent. It helps you to come out of potentially dangerous arenas without a fight.

Over three years, 70 pregnant women found HIV+ in Tripura

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Agartala : About 70 pregnant women have tested HIV-positive in Tripura in the past three years, an official of the Tripura State AIDS Control...

Triple Talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha

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New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced...

Women likely to miscarry if exposed to cigarette smoke

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By IANS, Washington : Women exposed to cigarette smoke, either as adults or children, are more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages. An analysis of more than 4,800 non-smoking women showed those who were exposed to cigarette smoke six or more hours a day as children and adults, faced a 68 percent greater chance of facing difficulties in getting pregnant and suffering one or more miscarriages.

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

Women

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...

Modi hails all-women IT centre as ‘glory of Saudi Arabia’

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Riyadh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) here as the “glory...

Empowering Taste and Women Entrepreneurs: Doodhpathri’s Culinary Queens in J&K Redefine Tradition

Women

Mehar Zargar, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Amidst the picturesque scenery of Doodhpathri in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district, where lush meadows meet flowing streams, a remarkable story unfolds. Here,...

23 lakh LPG connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana

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Kolkata : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 23 lakh liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections were given to below poverty line women households...

We are satisfied with CBI probe in Ruchika case: Anand Prakash

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh: Anand Prakash, the complainant in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation and suicide case, Friday said he was satisfied with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials who met him about the case. "I am quite satisfied with the CBI officials. They listened to us very patiently and we told them about everything related to the case since Aug 12, 1990," Prakash told reporters, after coming out of CBI camp office here Friday evening.

Zahra Daudi: The Rebel with a Cause

Women

By Dr Mohammad Sajjad,

Special task force to monitor women’s security: Shinde

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By IANS,

Minor girl’s marriage stopped in Bengal

Women

Siliguri : The marriage of a 16-year-old girl to a groom from Gurgaon was stopped on Tuesday by the administration with the help of...

HC notice to woman who accused Vishwas of molesting her

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to a woman who had accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas...

UP’s 1090 women’s helpline heading for closure?

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी

Women

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...

Educating Muslim women in modern India: Problems and perspectives

Women

By Rakhshanda Jalil,

All India women karwan in support of WRB next month

Women

By TCN News, New Delhi: Anhad NGO and other civil groups will jointly launch an All India Women Karwan in support of Women Reservation Bill next month. Three caravans will be taken out on three different routes to cover as much part of the country as possible. They will be flagged off on May 20 simultaneously in Delhi, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar.

19 years and counting: the tale of Naseema Begum’s wait for her missing husband

Women

In the second of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Naseema Dar. Tengpora...

इस बार यूपी में बढ़ गई विधायकों में मुस्लिमों की तादाद, पढ़े किसने -किसे...

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उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा में मुस्लिम विधायकों का आंकड़ा 2017 के मुकाबले में मामूली अंको में बढ़ा है। इस बार 36 मुस्लिम चुनाव जीतकर विधानसभा...

Three arrested in Visva Bharati sexual assault case

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Kolkata: Three Visva Bharati University students were Saturday arrested in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a female student from the northeast, West...

500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has agreed to the state government’s request to provide benefits to around 500 nurses who have returned from conflict-hit Iraq and Libya.

मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड की अपील “कोई मौलाना टीवी डिबेट में मत जाए”

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड ने शुक्रवार को उलेमा और बुद्धिजीवियों से न्यूज़ चैनलों की डिबेट्स और बहस में भाग न...

Woman’s decomposed body found in Delhi

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New Delhi: The decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman, missing since Sep 10, was recovered from a wooded area just across the sprawling presidential...

Appoint full-time women’s commission head, Brinda tells PM

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Accusing the government of "indifference and neglect" of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a full-time chairperson of the organisation. The CPI-M politburo member's demand came in the wake of its present chairperson Girija Vyas being elected as a Lok Sabha MP.

PFI encourages students with its “School Chalo” campaign

Women

By TCN News Bangalore: Muslims students have high drop-out rates, to plug-in this major source of educational backwardness Popular Front of India (PFI) organizes an annual “School Chalo” programme in which students from the weaker sections are given scholarships. In Karnataka, programme was conducted in various localities on June 5th and 6th this year.

Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies

Women

By Raqib Hameed Naik, Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....

Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore

Women

By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...

NCW for fast track court in Assam girl molestation case

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By IANS,

Will follow Sonia’s instructions on women’s safety: Dikshit

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi government would follow Congress president Sonia Gandhi's instructions on the safety of women in the national capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Monday.

Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar

Women

By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:

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...

One woman shot dead by police in New Zealand hostage incident

Women

By Xinhua, Wellington : One woman was shot dead by police during a hostage incident in the New Zealand northern city of Whangarei on Thursday. Police said the woman, aged in her mid 30s, entered a shop on Reyburn Street on Thursday morning, carrying what they believe was a firearm, Radio New Zealand reported. The shop owner alerted the police and the armed offenders squad was called. It was believed the woman knew a person working in the shop.

PM wants more ‘meaningful voice’ for women in politics

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Mobilising the "vast latent capabilities of our women" was imperative to democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while advocating a a more meaningful voice for women in political and developmental processes. "The representative bodies (in India) should think of ways to marshal the energy and the impatience of the young and the vast latent capabilities of our women," Manmohan Singh said in his address at the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Countries (CSPOC) here.

जहांगीरपुरी के निवासियों का नफ़रत की राजनीति को करारा जवाब

Women

विशेष संवाददाता ।Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जहांगीरपुरी इलाके में एक हफ्ते पहले हनुमान जयंती की शोभा यात्रा के दौरान हुई हिंसा के बाद रविवार को हिंदू...

World’s most lucrative women’s golf Tour to debut in China

Women

By IANS, Beijing : The world's most lucrative women's golf tour arrives in China this October. The inaugural Grand China Air Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) that features world No.2 Annika Sorenstam and the sixth-ranked Tseng Yani, will be held from October 24-26 at Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan. The tournament featuring 63 of the world's best players will compete for $1.8 million.

Muslim women have no place in Assam state’s politics

Women

By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Bengal plans 24×7 helpline for sick kids, pregnant women

Women

Kolkata : West Bengal is mulling a 24x7 toll-free helpline to help transport pregnant women and sick infants to the nearest hospital in case...

Ramadan 1435: Unframed

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

The invisible makers of the city

Women

Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often...

A Palestinian woman enters politics

Women

By Asma Asfour In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning the law was that women should take part in decision-making processes. So, despite the fact that the idea hadn't yet been widely accepted in many rural communities, women from different economic and cultural backgrounds suddenly found themselves taking part in political life.

Commonest medicine for Australian women: antidepressants

Women

By IANS, Sydney : The most commonly prescribed medication for Australian women is antidepressants, according to a study. The study, by universities of Queensland and Newcastle, is the latest to emerge from a longitudinal study on women's health. Julie Byles, professor at Quensland, who co-authored the study, said the research indicated the prevalence of antidepressant use increased with age. "Eight percent of younger women and 14 percent of mid-age women used antidepressants during the surveyed period," Byles said. "This figure jumps to 18 percent in older women."

Sharad Yadav’s suicide threat on women reservation condemnable: AIPWA

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women's Reservation Bill. AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them 'parkati' and the like.”

Calcutta University VC, teachers allege assault

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Kolkata : Calcutta University vice chancellor Suranjan Das was on Wednesday manhandled and many teachers assaulted by supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool...

Stringent punishment sought for stalking, acid attack

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) wants separate clauses on acid attacks and stalking of women in the the Indian Penal Code and stringent punishment for the crimes.

From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...

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Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...

BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC

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New Delhi : All India Women's Congress president Shobha Oza Monday said the BJP government was reluctant to table the women's reservation bill in...

Former civil servants demand action against Pragya Thakur over incendiary speech

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103 signatories of the Constitutional Conduct Group said that BJP MP Pragya Thakur has forfeited the ethical right to be a member of...

Poverty-stricken woman athlete in jail for prostitution

Women

By IANS, Raipur : Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after being arrested for prostitution, police said. A police officer who arrested Nisha Shetti, 26, last Friday from a posh locality of Raipur said she had revealed during interrogation that she was forced to become a call girl due to deprivation and had travelled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs.50,000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days.

Before seeking pistol licence, ensure toilet at home in MP

Women

Neemach (Madhya Pradesh) : In a novel initiative, police in Madhya Pradesh's Neemach district have asked people to ensure they have toilets at home...

HIV woman returns to hospital after rape-accused arrested

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : Almost two years after an HIV-positive woman was allegedly sexually abused by staff members of a leading hospital and the state AIDS control society, the victim has resumed treatment at the facility following the arrest of the two accused. According to the police, accused James, a senior technician of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Nek Ram, a counsellor with Chandigarh AIDS Control Society were arrested Friday. A case of rape has been registered against the accused.

Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity

Women

By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Why does a group of women walk at midnight in Delhi?

Women

Aatika S. |TwoCircles.net It's been seven years that the group- Women Walk at Midnight has been walking in various cities. For Mallika Taneja, the person...

SC fumes over sex tests, female foeticide

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By IANS,

Jamiat calls for modern Muslim schools—but why?

Women

By Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net

Ban’s spokesman: Women face violence ‘in four corners of the world’

Women

United Nations: Women face violence "in four corners of the world" and the focus should be on how to stop this, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's...

Indian women’s compound archery team claims Asiad bronze

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Incheon:The Indian women's team won the bronze medal in the compound archery event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field...

Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman

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New Delhi: Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested on charges of gang rape and sexual assault of a 30-year-old woman from Assam,...

Woman lies near son’s body for over four days

Women

By IANS, Bhubaneswar : An ailing elderly woman in Orissa's Rourkela town lay next to her dead son's body for over four days before the police recovered the corpse. The neighbours complained of a foul smell. Gauri Mishra, who is almost immobile and partially blind due to old age, had been sleeping beside her son Babuli Mishra's body for more than four days. The matter came to light when neighbours in Chend Colony complained of a smell. Police recovered the decomposed body Thursday evening.

Chaitanya Datla first civilian woman to sail Indian Navy warship

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Chaitanya Datla, a 28-year old executive from Bangalore, is all set to create history by becoming the first civilian woman to sail on an Indian Navy warship. Datla was chosen the winner of National Geographic Channel's "Mission Navy: Lehron Ke Sartaj" from over 50,000 civilians who participated in the landmark docu-reality series, it was announced Wednesday.