देशभर में आग लगाने वाली नुपूर शर्मा को अदालत ने क्या कहा !...
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने शुक्रवार को बीजेपी की पूर्व प्रवक्ता नूपुर शर्मा का पैगंबर मुहम्मद के बारे में उनकी टिप्पणी के लिए भारी फटकार...
eCommerce will help empower women: Experts
New Delhi : Evolution of the e-commerce sector in India will help in empowering women as it will provide opportunity for them to work...
Need for substantive representation of women on boards: Maneka
New Delhi : There is a compelling need for substantive representation of women on the boards of companies rather than a token representation through...
Bengal BJP chief defends calling JU female students ‘shameless’
Kolkata : West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday sought to justify his calling a section of Jadavpur University female students "shameless" even...
Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra culminates after month long journey
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: On March 12, 2014, hundreds of Dalit women from many states, including Bihar, Chattishgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a large public meeting to share experiences and express collective declaration for their rights and dignity.
Dying Urdu education in Hyderabad
A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...
Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay.
Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).
Five killed in Jammu gunbattle, four hostages rescued
By IANS,
Jammu : Security forces rescued three children and a woman, who were held hostage during a gunbattle in which three civilians, an army officer and a guerrilla were killed Wednesday in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
The militants, holed up in a house in Chinore on the outskirts of this city, took six civilians hostage Wednesday morning. The police said they were trying to rescue the two remaining hostages before launching an assault on the guerrillas.
Woman chops off husband’s head
By IANS,
Kolkata : A woman allegedly chopped off her husband's head in a West Bengal village as part of tantra rituals, but police Wednesday said a love affair with another man was behind the murder.
The incident took place at Nalhati village in Birbhum district.
According to district sources, Ranga Mondal, 22, along with her three friends, hacked her husband Subrato's head with an axe at their residence Tuesday night as part of tantra practices.
Popular Front joins the grief of the nation in the death of Delhi rape...
By TCN News
New Delhi: Popular Front of India Chairman K.M. Shareef expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of the girl who was gang raped in Delhi a few days ago.
Virtual world abuzz on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Debates and discussions on the historic women's reservation bill is buzzing the virtual world too.
Manisha Ahlawat, who created a group "Reality Bites? Would the Women's Reservation Bill be implemented unbiased?" on popular social networking site Facebook, says: "Seeing more women in the position of power will definitely make more people respect women.
Criticism of Haj policy recommendations on women invalid: Review committee member
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi, (IANS): The criticism of certain recommendations of the review committee on the new Haj policy -- including that of...
Railway minister’s son seeks anticipatory bail in rape case
Bangalore: Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Saturday moved a court for anticipatory bail in a rape and cheating case filed...
Woman arrested for poisoning two children
By IANS,
New Delhi: A woman, who survived a suicide attempt, has been arrested for poisoning her two children, police said Tuesday.
Sonali Sachdev, 31, along with her husband Pramod, a Delhi Jal Board employee, poisoned their two children at their Tilak Nagar home in west Delhi March 20. She survived but her husband and the two children died in a city hospital.
"She has been apprehended on the charge of attempting suicide and murder of her children whom she gave poison and then later consumed it (poison) herself," Deputy Commissioner of Police (west Delhi) Sharad Aggarwal said.
Minor girl set on fire in Ghaziabad, dies in hospital
By IANS
Ghaziabad: A girl was beaten up and set on fire by four men, who accused her of having an affair, in Ghaziabad, police said Tuesday. She later succumbed to her injuries in hospital.
The girl, Imrana Hakim (15) was at her house in the Tauri Tereh locality under Bhojpur police station of Ghaziabad, with her younger sister Monday. Her mother was working in the local fields while her father was out of town for some work, district police chief Akhil Kumar said.
Kerala HC judge says Muslim Personal law discriminates against women
By TCN Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: Kerala High Court Justice B Kemal Pasha on Sunday lashed out against Muslim Personal Law, saying their laws were discriminatory....
Dowry law cannot be harassment tool, says court
New Delhi: A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment.
Granting relief to a man,...
Asma Nama: P for Preaching; P for Practice?
Are Today’s Muslims Only Talking Toms?
By Dr Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net,
Whenever I read George Bernard Shaw saying, ‘Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst people’, it makes me angry. Be it the international scene or our closed communities, does Shaw metaphor stick to us (and stinks too?)
No handicap to success for Jahanara Khatun
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata/Berhampur: 41 year old Jahanara Khatun was ranked 31st in the examination for the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Examination for...
Young tribal woman inspires farming community to better livelihoods in Odisha
By Chinmaya Dehury
Koraput (Odisha): Raimati Ghiuria, a young tribal woman, not only proved to be a leader in conserving local traditional varieties of rice...
NDA willing to open doors to women
By IANS,
Khadakwasla (Maharashtra) : The National Defence Academy (NDA), that trains male cadets to eventually serve as officers in the Indian defence forces, has welcomed the idea of opening its doors to women.
"If asked, the NDA is ready for training women cadets. After a decision is taken by the authorities we will need some time to build the necessary infrastructure," NDA commandant Air Marshal T.S.Randhawa told reporters on the sidelines of the passing out parade of the 114th course that also marked the 60th anniversary of the institution.
Announcements by finance minister for lawmakers, women…
By IANS,
New Delhi : The following announcements were made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Friday during a discussion on the budget for the fiscal 2011-12:
A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...
Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban
Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday.
"Trinamool...
नुशीन अल ख़दीर : भारत की महिला क्रिकेट टीम को विश्व कप जिताने वाली...
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2005 के क्रिकेट महिला विश्व कप फाइनल में ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत को एकतरफ़ा मैच में 98 रनों से शिकस्त...
Former Bihar minister rules out contesting against Khurshid
By IANS,
Patna : Parveen Amanullah, Bihar's first woman Muslim minister who quit the ruling JD-U last week to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),...
Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC
Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...
AAP has ‘anti-women character’, alleges BJP
New Delhi : The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing it of having "anti-women character" after its...
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 vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens
By IANS,
London : Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogenic effects of smoking tobacco, according to the latest findings.
Swiss researchers studied 683 lung cancer patients who were referred to a cancer centre in St Gallen, Switzerland between 2000 and 2005. They found women tended to be younger when they developed the cancer, despite having smoked significantly less on average than men.
"Our findings suggest that women may have an increased susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens," said Martin Frueh and colleagues.
50 percent seats for women in Maharashtra local government bodies
By IANS,
Mumbai: In a significant move, the Maharashtra cabinet Wednesday approved hiking reservation from 33 percent to 50 percent for women in all local self-government bodies.
Shabnam resigns from NIC protesting Udhav’s entry
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Eminent civil rights activist and Member, National Integration Council (NIC), Shabnam Hashmi has resigned from the NIC protesting against the entry into the council of Shiv Sena leader and son of Bal Thackerary, Udhav Thackeray. Hashmi, who heads ANHAD NGO, has called Udhav’s entry into NIC as “a cruel oxymoron.”
In a her resignation letter to the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Hashmi expresses surprise over the inclusion by the Prime Minister of a person whose whole life is based on “divisive and hate politics.”
4 women allegedly slain by own family in possible `honour killing’
By DPA,
Montreal : Canadian authorities have charged an Afghan immigrant, his wife and their oldest son with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three Montreal sisters and an older female relative.
Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, and Geeti Shafia, 13, all sisters, were found dead with Rona Amir Mohammed, 50, in a submerged car June 30 in the historic Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario.
From the beginning, investigators were baffled how the car managed to negotiate several obstacles to end up in the canal tail first, without leaving any skid marks.
CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges
Kannur (Kerala) : The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state of misusing power...
Celebrating the writings of women
New Delhi, (IANS): Women writers, journalists, academics and professionals will come together later this month to debate and discuss issues that shape women professionals...
PM confident of women’s quota bill passage
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures.
"We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures," Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for women here.
Indian Americans protest Hijab ban, urge Karnataka court to lift ban
More than a hundred people in Houston, Texas, United States called on the Karnataka government to stop the discrimination against Muslim girl students who...
Woman burnt to death in Greater Noida
By IANS,
Greater Noida : A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws in Shadipur Chidauli area of Greater Noida, police said Sunday.
Reshma, the wife of contract worker Israr, was found with serious burns in her husband's house in Shadipur Saturday, Badalpur police said.
"We received an information around 2.30 p.m. When we rushed to the house, we found her with burns. There was a kerosene can kept beside her body," Badalpur Station House Officer Amit Kumar said.
"No family member was present inside the house," he said.
Woman shot dead for marrying outside caste
By IANS,
Patna: An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar's Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday.
Nikki Kumari, 18, was shot dead Friday in Kudra in Kaimur district by her uncle Bhanu Pratap Singh for marrying a backward caste boy against the wishes of the family.
"It was like an honour killing," a police officer said.
Kumari, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas district, married Dipak Yadav last month against the wishes of her parents and other relatives.
Burqa ban in Europe – Arresting cultural freedom?
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld France's controversial law of banning face-covering Muslim veils or burqa from the...
BJP women will get equal opportunity in 2014 polls: Smriti Irani
By IANS,
Panaji : Women will get "equal opportunity" to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP vice president and TV acterss Smriti Irani said Wednesday.
Women-only police intelligence unit raised in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : In a first, the police in Bangladesh have introduced a women-only special intelligence branch to fight the sex trade, drug peddling and trafficking in women and children.
The Special Women Police Contingent (SWPC) would gain access to "the world of women criminals" which is not easy for men to do, said Naim Ahmed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner.
बिखरते कश्मीर से निकलती दीबा फरहत की कामयाबी की दास्तां
शरीक़ अंसर,
संघ लोकसेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) द्वारा आयोजित सिविल सेवा परीक्षा में इस बार भी लड़कियों ने अपनी प्रतिभा का लोहा मनवाया है. इस बार...
Displaced Pakistani women suffer more due to customs, says report
By IANS,
Lahore : Displaced women in Pakistan are in dire need of medical help by female health professionals as their customs and traditions bar them from even talking to a stranger, a media report said Wednesday.
"At the Shaikh Shahzad and Shaikh Yaseen camps for displaced people, there are thousands of expectant women, and their deliveries are due in the coming months," said assistant professor Asima Karim, who recently spent about a week in Mardan, heading the first medical team comprising woman doctors and nurses from the University of Health Sciences.
A woman’s journey from hunger to the legislature
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : From a small hut in a remote village in East Godavari district to the Andhra Pradesh legislature, Anguri Lakshmi Shiva Kumari has come a long way.
Delhi Metro to have ‘ladies only’ seats
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi Metro Monday complied with a long standing demand of female commuters and announced that all its trains would have seats reserved for women.
“Some women are facing problem in the Metro and they have complained to (Delhi chief minister) Sheila Dikshit and our managing director E. Sreedharan. Hence the reservation,” DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal told IANS.
मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net
समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...
More women are now heart specialists: India’s first woman cardiologist
(World Heart Day is Sep 29)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
Jhansi women send strong message on how to protect trees
By Sandeep Pauranik
Jhansi : If you take to the roads of Bundelkhand, you will be captivated by the lush growth of trees -- and...
500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates
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.
Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania
Hyderabad : Back home after clinching her first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza said winning Wimbledon with Swiss partner...
‘अब खाना मिले या ना मिले रोज़ा तो रखना ही है’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
चुड़ियाला/मीरापुर : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर ज़िला में मीरापुर से खतौली मार्ग पर एक गांव है चुड़ियाला. यहां गांव में प्रवेश...
Global women leaders conference begins in Dubai
By IANS/WAM,
Dubai: Women leaders, ministers, academics and entrepreneurs have gathered in Dubai for the 16th Global Women Leaders Conference (Woibex).
Three injured in Bengal acid attack
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,...
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...
Respond to woman lawyer’s plea in manhandling case: SC to Delhi Police
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Police chief to respond to a plea seeking transfer to the CBI of investigation...
पलायन को आईना दिखाती पहाड़ की ये महिला
पंकज सिंह बिष्ट
नैनीताल (उत्तराखंड) : आज जहां एक तरफ़ पहाड़ के लिए पलायन श्राप बना हुआ है. जिसे रोकना सरकार के लिए एक चुनौती...
First female four-star U.S. Army general nominated
By SPA,
Washington : America's first female four-star general has been nominated, the Pentagon announced Monday.
U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to serve as head of the Army's supply arm, CNN reported.
By law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four-star rank in the military.
President Patil appeals for justice for women
By IANS,
Nagpur : President Pratibha Patil has appealed to women lawyers to secure justice for women against all sorts of exploitation.
She said Friday that women, particularly in the lower strata of society, continue to suffer discrimination even after 60 years of Independence.
Patil inaugurated a two-day national conference of women lawyers on "Justice for Women" at the Amolakchand Law College in Yavatmal. Over 250 lawyers and law teachers participated in the event held at the western Vidarbha town.
First women’s battalion of ITBP passes out
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : It was a proud moment for 209 new constables Friday as they became the first batch of women to be inducted into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at an impressive passing out parade at the ITBP training centre at Bhanu near here.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram flew in to take the salute from the new troopers at the passing out parade.
American Muslim activist lauds Kuwaiti womens political engagement
By Nawab Khan, KUNA,
Brusels : A leading Muslim woman activist in the United States has underlined the important political role played by women in the Gulf countries particularly in Kuwait.
"We believe that the Gulf is very important because it is a prosperous region of the world and secondly there are some women activism coming out, specifically from countries like Kuwait," Daisy Khan, Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) told KUNA in an interview in Brussels Tuesday. She noted that Kuwait is at the forefront of promoting a parliamentary system.
Shabana Azmi invites crowd for Nirbhaya’s tribute
Mumbai : Veteran actress and social activist Shabana Azmi has urged the public to come in "large numbers" to pay tribute to the December...
Why are Sikh women exempted from wearing helmet: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following...
NCW seeks probe in Punjab woman’s thrashing
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday asked the Punjab Police chief to probe the attack on a woman by policemen in the state's Tarn Taran district.
Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times
Shimla: The housewife is the backbone of a home and her disability makes her a burden on others, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court...
Action plan for disabled women soon: Bengal panel
By IANS,
Kolkata : The West Bengal Women's Commission is planning to come out with a comprehensive action document with recommendations for bettering the lot of the physically challenged women in the state, its chief said Tuesday.
The commission is now preparing a blueprint before holding dialogue with policy makers, government officials and stakeholders on how to bring changes to the life of women with disabilities (WWD).
Mystery shrouds Japanese woman’s death in Delhi hotel
By IANS,
New Delhi : Uncertainty loomed large over the cause of the death of a 50-year-old Japanese woman, who was found dead in a central Delhi hotel Monday, a police officer said Tuesday.
The officer said the autopsy could not be carried out because the body was unclaimed.
Oda Koru was found dead and her French husband Agase Jean Marie unconscious in the Sun Light hotel in Karol Bagh. Initially police suspected a drug overdose may have caused the death.
Women gain more health benefits out of exercise
By IANS,
Washington : A long-term study of over 8,700 middle-aged men and women has shown that women experience greater health benefits than men as a result of exercise.
The analysis of this large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study was carried out by Keri Monda and colleagues at North Carolina University (NCU).
Encourage competitive spirits amongst our children: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Detroit: “Competition in India is growing so fast that you will lag behind if you are not able to perform to the highest level. You have to give your best,” said Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, the Consul General of India in Detroit on Sunday. Speaking to parents, he said we have to encourage competitive spirit amongst our children.
UP announces free bus ride for women on Raksha Bandhan
Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that women across the state will get free ride on all state-owned buses on...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : कोरोना ने जिनकी मासूमियत छीन ली और मुस्तक़बिल बिगाड़ दिया !
यह ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट बताती है कि कोरोना की महामारी ने नोनिहालो की जिंदगी को बर्बाद कर दिया, गरीब परिवारों के बच्चें इससे ज्यादा प्रभावित...
UAE honoured for supporting women in parliament
Abu Dhabi : The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) has honoured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its pioneering step of electing Amal...
My love for love stories
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net
I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.
Women stopped from using road in Bangladesh town
By IANS,
Dhaka : For the last month, women in a Bangladesh town have been unable to use a road that has a mosque on it, but also the post office and several homes, thanks to a self-styled Muslim cleric who says their presence is illegal under Islamic law.
Retired soldier Abdus Sattar, who calls himself 'Pir', has been guarding the road in Chittagong's Pirojpur town with the help of a stick for the last month.
And the administration is yet to act against Sattar, The Daily Star said Tuesday.
A graffiti on Bara Masjid Road in Mathbaria says "women are forbidden on this road".
Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs
Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.
Pakistan activist honored with International Women of Courage Award
Islamabad : After youngest ever nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the scenic Swat valley is again in the limelight on the world scene...
35 NGOs come together to push for women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Thirty-five civil society organisations will get together next week to formulate an action plan to push for the women's reservation bill that was passed by the Rajya Sabha but is yet to be taken up by the Lok Sabha.
Ranjana Kumari of the the Centre for Social Research, one of the participating NGOs, said: "The aim of the public meeting is to chalk out an action plan in order to pressurize parliamentarians to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha."
Somnath asks political parties to reserve seats for women
By IANS,
Kolkata : Voicing his support for the pending women's reservation bill, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee Monday said all political parties in India should nominate women candidates to increase female participation in the higher representative organisations.
"I don't understand why the political parties do not nominate 33 percent women candidates in the election," Chatterjee said at the Women Achievers Award programme organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation here.
Woman gangraped in a moving car in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car Wednesday night. The woman was badly thrashed by a group of five men before being finally dumped at a secluded place in Sector-31, police said.
The woman was picked by the assailants and pushed into a white Qualis near her house at Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. She was forcibly taken in to the car and was driven to Noida. The woman alleged that the assailants first assaulted her and then dumped her near Nithari after commiting gang rape.
One billion rising program held at Rajasthan town
By TCN News,
Tonk, Rajasthan: Tarraqi I foundation conducted one billion rising program for justice, violence day ("Sabki Yahi Aawaz Ho, Hinsa Mukt Samaj Ho") on Friday near Marjina Begum’s residence.
Mice show women can handle stress better
By IANS,
Sydney : Female mice engineered without a neurotransmitter in the lab, known to lower anxiety levels, were less stressed than their similarly configured male counterparts.
Tim Karl, behavioural neuroscientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, explained that "pharmacological tests show that when you introduce NPY (neurotransmitter) to an animal in a stressful situation, its stress levels decrease."
"Studies have shown that male mice created without NPY are more anxious than
AMU alumni band ‘ANTIM’ to release its composition of National Anthem on Republic Day
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A music band formed by the alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has come...
Muslim woman invited to lead mixed-gender prayers
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London : A Canadian author may become the first Muslim-born woman to lead the prayers at a mixed-gender congregation in Britain Friday as mosques bow to demands from modern Muslim women for their right to pray and representation.
Raheel Raza, a resident of Toronto, has been invited to deliver the 'khutbah' at a congregation in Oxford by Taj Hargey, according to The Independent. Hargey is a self-described Imam and considered a liberal interpreter of Islam believing in mixed-gender prayers and female imams leading such congregations.
Best time in history to be a woman: Clinton
By IANS,
New Delhi : Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said that the modern age is the best time to be a woman.
"It is exciting and if there is any better time in human history to be woman it is right now in the modern world. For me, this is a tremendous opportunity and responsibility that I willingly accept," Hillary told an audience of over 1,000 at the Delhi University Convention Hall in the Old Viceregal Lodge. The event was hosted by Delhi University Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental.
Woman files harassment case against Odisha MLA
Bhubaneswar : A woman on Tuesday filed a harassment complaint against an Odisha MLA who she claimed was her father-in-law but the Independent legislator...
Bangladesh revives women’s development policy
By IANS,
Dhaka : The Bangladesh government has announced the revival of a women's development policy to mark International Women's Day Monday while activists pledged to focus on acid attacks on women.
State Minister for Women and Children Shirin Shjarmin Chowdhury said the National Women's Development Policy-1997 would be broad-based and reintroduced to include rights of tribal women, those who are physically and mentally challenged and those hit by climate change.
‘मौत को क़रीब से देखा तो ज़िन्दगी की असली क़ीमत का अंदाज़ लगा’
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : रोटी, कपड़ा व मकान के साथ-साथ बेहतर स्वास्थ्य और शिक्षा… ये पांच ऐसी बुनियादी मानवीय आवश्यकताएं हैं, जिसे...
BSP MP’s daughter-in-law found dead
Ghaziabad : BSP Rajya Sabha MP Narendra Kashyap's daughter-in-law was found dead here on Wednesday with a gunshot injury on her head, police said.
Himani...
Punjab to allow sisters to tie rakhis to prisoner brothers
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.
TRS women activists protest raw deal
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Angry at the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for not fielding a single woman candidate for next month's state assembly elections, the party's women activists Saturday staged protests here by covering the face of the statue of 'Telangana Talli' (Mother Telangana) statue and tying its hands and legs.
Raising slogans, the women activists demanded that justice be done to them through proper representation in the list of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
Navy to grant permanent commission to women
New Delhi : The Indian Navy on Wednesday announced that women completing seven years in the service will get permanent commission.
Navy is the last...
Obama tributes from India’s most acclaimed women in films
By IANS,
New York : Barack Obama's election as US president is historic not just for Americans but for people the world over, say three of Indian cinema's best known women - Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Shabana Azmi.
Tributes to the president-elect who will be the first African American in the White House poured in Wednesday at the the opening of the five-day MIAAC Film Festival of Indian Independent and Diaspora films.
Creator of Bulli Bai app arrested from Assam: Delhi Police
The report quoting sources said the man identified as Neeraj Bishnoi was the mastermind who allegedly created the app on the GitHub platform.
TCN...
DPS asked to compensate teachers in sexual harassment case
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society to compensate three of its teachers, who had alleged sexual harassment by the principal of Faridabad branch of the school, to the tune Rs.2.5 lakh each.
Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt in his order asked DPS to pay Rs.2.5 lakh each to three of its teachers and Rs.1.5 lakh to another employee of the school who had accused the then school principal U.S. Verma of sexual harassment. The teachers were forced to resign from their positions following the allegation.
Pioneer of women’s studies Vina Mazumdar passes away
By IANS,
New Delhi : Vina Mazumdar, chronicler of the Indian women's movement and pioneer of women's studies, passed away Thursday after a brief illness. She was 86.
Congress leader wanted me to help scam accused: Sushma
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a senior Congress leader had pressed her hard to give diplomatic passport...
Ethiopia studying Indian self-help groups to empower women
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : A strong network of self-help groups (SHGs) has managed to improve the social condition of women in Ethiopia and...
Rajasthan to distribute free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls
Jaipur : The Rajasthan government will distribute free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in the state, it was announced here on Tuesday.
"A decision to...
Global Woman Leaders Strive For Bigger Role In Asia-Pacific
By Bernama,
Hanoi : Over 940 woman business, professional and governmental leaders from 72 countries and regions are seeking practical solutions and strategies to enhance their role in the Asian-Pacific region, Xinhua news agency quoted Global Summit of Women (GSW) President Irene Natividad as saying Thursday.
Women”s participation in the Olympics … an ambitious dream comes true
By Mutaz Alshabrawi, KUNA,
Kuwait : A law passed in 404 BC stipulated that sportsmen and their coaches had to participate naked in the Olympic Games, to force women to stay away after Kalipatera disguised herself as a man to enter the stadium and watch her son compete.
Women found violating this order were thrown off the mountain, and as this sixth part of the KUNA report will show, women were not only banned from participating in the games, but also from entering the city of Olympics -- all except the priestess of the temple and her virgins.
Kamla Beniwal takes oath as Tripura governor
By IANS,
Agartala : Kamla Beniwal, a former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, took oath as the new governor of Tripura here Thursday.
The oath was administered by senior judge of Guwahati High Court Amitava Roy at Raj Bhawan.
"Dr. Beniwal is the first woman governor of any northeastern state," a senior Tripura government official said.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, his cabinet colleagues, leaders of different political parties, and top civil, army and police officials were present in the brief oath taking ceremony.
A letter to a friend who is getting married
By PA Abdullah
My Dear Friend
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah!
Women’s bill, disinvestment to top government agenda
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
Having succeeded beyond its expectations in the recent elections, the Congress seems to have decided to play some of the cards which it couldn't do in the last five years.
Thus, the emasculation of the Mandal brigade comprising parties of the backward castes has made it promise to bring the women's reservation bill within 100 days, and the elimination of the Left's earlier clout has encouraged it to opt for disinvestment of the public sector.
Women to row in Kerala boat race
By IANS,
Kottayam : A boat club in Kerala is all set to enter the record books when 116 women will row a 35-metre-long snake boat at the 56th edition of an annual race to be held at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha.
Barring four men, who would be standing and controlling the boat, the oars during Nehru Boat Race would be used by only women, Mathew Thomas of the Kumarakom Vanitha Boat Club told IANS.
"This is the first time that an all-women team is handling oars and this is happening for the first time on a snake boat," said Thomas.
Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman
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,...
‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow
By TCN News
Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...
Mindset against women has to change: Women MPs
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
15-years-old too must get death for rape: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Juveniles who are 15 years old too must get death penalty if they commit rape, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on...
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.
Woman set afire by neighbours in Madhya Pradesh
By IANAS,
Bhopal: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in a Madhya Pradesh village after they accused her of stealing Rs.1,000, police said Tuesday.
Seema Sen, 28, was Monday evening passing by the house of her neighbour Vishram Thakur when his wife Rani alleged that Seema had stolen Rs.1,000 from her house. A heated argument ensued following which the couple entered Seema's house, doused her kerosene and set her afire.
She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where her condition is said to be critical.
Five youth held in Bengaluru for gang-raping minor
Bengaluru: Five youth were arrested on Thursday for the alleged gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl here, a police official said.
"The accused, an acquaintance, and...
औरतों का मासिक धर्म, सेहत और रमज़ान
अफ़शां खान
‘जानमाज़ मत छूना… क़ुरआन से दूर हटो… अपने कपड़े अलग धो लेना… तुम्हारा रोज़ा नहीं, लेकिन सबका है, इसलिए छुपकर खा लो…’
क्या...
Saina beats Yihan Wang to storm into All England semis
Birmingham: Leading Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal got the better of China's former world champion Yihan Wang 21-19, 21-6 to march into the semifinals of...
‘Indian women unpaid for nine months in Saudi Arabia’
Dubai: Eleven Indian women, working as cleaners in a hospital in Saudi Arabia have appealed for help after they were allegedly not paid their...
Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help
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....
Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that it cannot frame guidelines for every rape case and asked for records related to the trial.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the commission to bring the case records before it within four weeks.
Namrata Damor was smothered to death: Doctor
Ujjain : The post-mortem report of 19-year-old medical student Namrata Damor has revealed that she was smothered to death, a medical expert said here...
CRPF troopers gun down child, woman in Chhattisgarh camp
By IANS,
Raipur : A child and a woman were allegedly killed on the spot when dozens of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers lined up men and women and opened fire on them in a village deep in Chhattisgarh's forested Bijapur district, which is a Maoist hot-bed, official sources said Friday.
Raju, 2, and Ram Bai, 25, died on the spot in the CRPF troopers' gunfire. A six-year-old boy and a woman were critically injured when the CRPF men posted at Cherpal village assaulted the tribals.
The injured have been rushed to district hospital at Bijapur.
‘Headscarf instils positive body image in British Muslim women’
London : British Muslim women who wear a hijab (headscarf) generally have a more positive body image, are less reliant on media messages about...
Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence.
Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on "Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence", said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future.
Walia stressed on the need for sensitising the doctors and
para-medical staff to give them adequate skills for effectively treating the victims of domestic violence and those who are subjected to harassment, atrocities and sexual exploitation.
Woman killed in train blast was about to be married
Chennai: The 24-year-old woman killed in a bomb blast Thursday on a train in Chennai was to marry in a couple of months, her...
Woman gets relief from incontinence
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman, suffering from continence, a condition characterised by involuntary loss of urine, for the last one year, has finally...
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,...
India a tolerant country: Tasleema Nasreen
New Delhi : India is a tolerant country with a few intolerant people and it is time to focus not just on Hindu fundamentalists...
Junior Hockey World Cup: Indian women beat Australia 3-2
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.
Only 55 women contesting Bangladesh poll
By IANS,
Dhaka : Despite two women dominating Bangladesh's political spectrum, the ninth general election later this month will see only 55 women among the 1,565 candidates vying for 300 seats - but this is still higher than at any time in the past.
Women candidates are contesting from 60 constituencies, indicating that in most places, they will face each other.
A consolation would come in the form of nomination of 30 women after the election.
Khargone violence aftermath: Muslims allege police of highhandedness, arresting ‘innocent youth’
Accusing the Khargone police of harassment, protesting women said that they have been forced to hit the streets because of the persistent persecution of...
Finally, wedding bells to ring for Kerala’s woman minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Seven years after being engaged to her childhood friend Anil Kumar, P.K. Jayalekshmi, the lone woman minister in Kerrala's Congress-led United Democratic Front...
Women commission rejects member’s report on Mangalore attack
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday rejected its member Nirmala Venkatesh's report that blamed the Jan 24 attack on women in a Mangalore pub on the security of the establishment.
NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the report lacked on three counts - no social activists or local advocates were included in the committee, none of the persons attacked were contacted or interviewed, it focussed on the licence issued to the bar owners that was not part of the probe - and was thus not acceptable.
Woman’s tongue cut off for defecating in field
Patna: A woman's tongue was allegedly cut off by her neighbour in a Bihar village for defecating in the open in his field, police...
Two Czech women abducted in Pakistan
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow: Two women from the Czech republic have been abducted by unidentified assailants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, a media report said.
Empowering lives, transforming villages – the self-help way
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Rashmi Saksena, IANS,
Minor raped by 20-year-old man
By IANS,
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in the heart of the national capital, police said Saturday. No arrests have been made in the case so far.
The incident took place in the servant's quarters at Kasturba Gandhi Marg near Connaught Place Friday, police said.
"The incident took place Friday afternoon when the victim was alone in the servant's quarters. Neeraj Kumar, who lives in a servant's quarters in the nearby area, came and forced himself on the minor," a police officer said.
UN call to end violence against women in war
By Xinhua,
United Nations : The UN Security Council has said that systematic rape and other forms of sexual violence against women during armed conflicts can constitute war crimes and called on the international community for greater efforts to combat the "silent war".
"Violence against women has reached unspeakable and pandemic proportions in some societies attempting to recover from conflict," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday while addressing a Security Council debate on sexual violence in armed conflict.
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...
Maneka Gandhi asks home ministry to consider women’s quota in police
New Delhi : The women and child development ministry has requested the home ministry to take up with the various state governments the issue...
Indian girls most likely face violence from mothers: Unicef
By Arul Louis,
New York : Indian mothers and step-mothers are those mostly likely to subject their daughters to "physical violence," according to a Unicef...
Theatre fest from South Asia on Women’s Day
By IANS,
New Delhi : Be it strife-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, women in South Asia are playing an increasingly important and powerful role fostering peace.
Come March 8, the International Women's Day, some 13 plays will be staged in the capital to celebrate this recognition.
The festival "Leela" March 8-15 will showcase women-oriented plays directed and staged by women from nine South Asian countries. These will be presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in association with the National School of Drama and the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Woman, 70, commits ‘Sati’ in Bihar
Patna : A 70-year-old woman allegedly committed "Sati" by jumping into the funeral pyre of her husband at a Bihar village, police said Sunday.
Gahwa...
Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.
NHRC directs Rajasthan government to compensate woman
New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday asked the Rajasthan government to compensate a woman who delivered a baby by the roadside after a state...