Canadian women tourists robbed in Lucknow
By IANS,
Lucknow : Two Canadian women tourists were robbed in the Uttar Pradesh capital late Sunday night, police said.
The incident took place in the central Hazratganj locality of the capital at around 11:30 p.m. when the tourists from Ottawa, Canada, were returning to their hotel in a cycle rickshaw.
"According to the complainants, Gillian and Catherine, two motorcycle borne men intercepted them and snatched their purses," additional superintendent of police Paresh Pandey told IANS.
Is Capital punishment the justice we long for?
Naila Alavi
March 20, 2020 Friday, 5:00 AM – “Today, justice has been done after seven years.”
These are the words of a mother longing for...
‘Parliament may take up bills on communal violence, women’s quota’
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Communal Violence Bill, Women's Reservation Bill, Seeds Bill and Insurance Laws amendment bill were among the significant legislations likely to be taken up by parliament in the ongoing budget session, an independent parliamentary research organisation said Tuesday.
An official of PRS Legislative Research, which works to strengthen the legislative process and tracks functioning of parliament, said that the four bills were among the legislations held up in the past due to lack of political consensus.
Bangladesh parliament to double reservation for women
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh's parliament will more than double the number of seats reserved for women and repeal laws that discriminate against women, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the International Women's Day at Osmani Memorial Hall here, she said: "We will reintroduce the National Women Development Policy adopted during the last Awami League government's tenure. We gave nomination to maximum number of women for contesting the December 29 polls."
Injured peacock rescued from Najma Heptulla’s residence
New Delhi : An injured peacock found on the lawn of Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla's official residence was on Saturday rescued by NGO...
Puducherry acid attack victim succumbs to injuries
By IANS,
Chennai: After fighting for life for around three months, a 23-year-old woman from Puducherry Tuesday succumbed to the injuries she suffered in a brutal acid attack on her face and neck.
Minor’s gang rape: Soldier sent to custody, army assures cooperation
Kolkata : A West Bengal court on Tuesday sent to police custody a soldier arrested for the gang rape of a teenaged girl inside...
Indian law: Domestic Violence Act
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
Rajiv killing conspirators not to be free for now, kin dismayed
New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court Friday said that the seven conspirators in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination will not be released for now, a...
How the media reports on rape: January edition
By Vanya Mehta for TwoCircles.net
This article is part of a monthly series in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against women,...
Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal listed among CNN’s top ten heroes
By Arun Kumar
Washington : Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal is listed among CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2015, for bringing safe drinking water to more than...
Girl attacked with acid in Jharkhand school hostel
Ranchi : A Class 10 girl student was attacked with acid when she was sleeping in her school hostel in Jharkhand's Giridih district, police...
Ulema express concern over social curse of dowry
By RINA
New Delhi: Expressing grave concern over the evil practice of dowry, Deoband’s Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Talha ‘Peerr Ji’ said, “Numerous mishaps of dowry in Saharanpur during last few months have forced Ulema, Muftis and intellectuals to contemplate on the issue deeply.”
Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Amit Sharma, a zonal manager with a telecom company, abandoning his pregnant wife and posting his profile at a matrimonial website proved costly as he was denied anticipatory bail by a city court and sent to jail for 14 days.
His wife Lata alleged that Sharma, who married her in January 2008, soon started harassing for not bringing sufficient dowry. A few months earlier, he abandoned her despite her being pregnant, following which she charged her husband with cruelty.
Tripura women protest Delhi gang-rape
By IANS,
Agartala : Several women in Tripura staged rallies to express their anguish over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Delhi bus.
Mizoram woman found dead in Delhi
New Delhi: A 24-year-old woman from Mizoram was found dead at her home here and the police are now hunting for her male partner,...
Severest punishment for woman’s killers: Meghalaya home minister
Shillong: Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri Thursday assured severest punishment to the GNLA rebels involved in the coldblooded murder of a tribal Garo woman...
Newborn baby buried alive in Tripura
Agartala: A newborn baby girl was buried alive by her mother in a village in Tripura, police said here Tuesday.
"Bulirani Paul, 48, buried her...
US admits holding teenage son of Pakistani scientist
By DPA,
Karachi : US authorities have admitted that the teenage son of a Pakistani woman scientist held in the United States on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan is in their custody, her family said Sunday.
"We received a letter from the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J Gracia late Friday in which he acknowledged of having in custody Aafia Siddiqui's eldest son, Ahmed, who will turn 12 years old in November," her sister Fauzia told DPA.
‘Girls are insecure becuase of love jihad:’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madhya Pradesh also threatened legal action against those misrepresenting her 'Keep Knives' speech.
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Diplomats pay homage to India’s first woman diplomat
By IANS,
New Delhi : Senior Indian Foreign Service officers and colleagues Sunday paid homage to C.B. Muthamma, the country's first woman diplomat, describing her as "the stuff of legends" and thanking her for breaking the "glass ceilings". Muthamma died last month at the age of 85.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao paid warm tributes to the woman who broke the glass ceiling and led the women's entry into what until then was all-male domain of the prestigious Indian Foreign Service.
Panties from Canadian women to frighten Myanmar junta
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,
Toronto : Canadian women Tuesday launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to send their undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it into ending suppression.
At a press conference in Montreal, feminists and civil groups, working under the Rights & Democracy Student Network and the Quebec Women's Federation, urged Canadian women to inundate the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa with panties to unsettle the military rulers in the south-east Asian nation.
Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl
Agartala : A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police...
Meet Falak Naaz, who braved poverty to make it to India’s U19 Women’s T-20...
18-year-old Falak Naaz comes from a poor family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This did not stop her from dreaming to play for national...
एक्सक्लुसिव : कंचे खेलने की उम्र में बन गए घुड़सवार,मगर नही जाते स्कूल
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
https://youtu.be/IJB0x-FwhXI
7 साल के वसीम एक चबूतरे के सहारे साढ़े 6 फ़ीट ऊंची और लगभग 10 फ़ीट लम्बी घोड़े पर उछल कर चढ़...
Triple talaq bill will put Muslim women in trouble: Mamata
Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the triple talaq bill as "defective" and claimed that the impending legislation will put...
NCW summons Ashutosh for ‘demeaning’ women
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh for "demeaning" women through one of the articles...
संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...
Sexual harassment charges against CJI: SC asks IB, CBI, Delhi Police to look into...
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Eight of 10 Malala attack suspects were acquitted, confirms police
Islamabad : Eight of the 10 militants reportedly jailed for their role in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have been freed,...
Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly
By IANS,
Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.
Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.
Women’s bill is ‘historic step forward’, says PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was "a historic step forward" towards the emancipation of Indian women.
"This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women," he said at the end of a lively debate on the bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.
Shia, Sunni speakers share stage at Chennai event
By TCN News,
Chennai: Shia and Sunni speakers came together on stage to talk about ‘Importance of Hijab in women empowerment’ and the topic of Islamic bondage between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
The seminar ‘Importance of Hijab in Women Empowerment’ was addressed by Sayeda Sabika Haider, Tabassum Aun, Aalima Ummey Laila and Fathima Muzaffar Sahiba. It was held on Sunday, April 5 at ‘Imam Ali ibne Abi Talib (as) Islamic Centre’ at Perambur, a statement from the Chennai Shia Youth Association said.
12-year-old tells Punjab, Haryana why girls are important
By IANS,
Chandigarh: She moves with a doll in her hands and looks like any other girl of her age. But 12-year-old Ishita Uppal's similarity with girls of her age ends there.
The doll in Ishita's hands is symbolic of why girls are important in our society, especially in states like Punjab and Haryana -- which have the worst sex ratio in the country.
Ishita has embarked on a 10,000 km journey by car to address various events against female foeticide, the killing of the unborn female child, in Punjab, Haryana and other states.
असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...
Bhopal: Three Decades of Struggle: In quest of justice, women are leaders not pleaders
It has been labeled as the world’s worst industrial disaster. Thirty years ago, on December 2-3 night, a cloud of deadly methyl-isocyanate enveloped the sleeping innocents in the neighbourhood of the Union Carbide plant that killed at least 3000 immediately and left thousands others suffering a lingering death. Even after three decades of struggle, justice remains a distant cry.
In this fourth of the six part series, TwoCircles.net finds out how this gas justice movement also shaped a kind of feminist movement where the victims came out from pardah and started street protests.
(Read Part I here: "It was difficult for mothers to save their children, for children to save their aged parents"
(Read Part II here: Widows of tragedy an icon of government’s apathy
(Read Part III here: Abdul Jabbar: an underrated champion
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
बिखरे हुए बहुजन समाज को सामाजिक जागरूकता से संगठित करके मज़बूत बनाया जा सकता...
Twocircles.net
सीतापुर। बिखरे हुए बहुजन समाज को सामाजिक जागरूकता से संगठित करके ही मज़बूत बनाया जा सकता है। एक विशाल समाज जिसे हम बहुजन समाज...
Women quota bill: BSP, JD-S indicate reservations
By IANS,
New Delhi: Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, two other parties -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) also indicated that they were not in full agreement.
JD-S chief H.D. Dewe Gowda said that his party was not against reservation for women but would push for a quota for backward classes. The JD-S has two members in the Rajya Sabha, where the bill is slated to come up for discussion and vote Monday.
Indian women finish seventh in Hawke’s Bay Cup hockey
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Hastings (New Zealand): The Indian women's hockey team defeated Japan 3-2 in the seventh-eighth position classification match to secure the seventh spot in the...
Women play key role in Indian Navy traditions: official
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women may not be allowed on board its warships but they do play an important role in Indian Navy traditions for it is always a woman who customarily launches a ship, says an official ahead of Navy Day Dec 4.
"It may sound strange but even though we consider all our warships to be feminine, women are not allowed on board except for occasions like Families' Day, when naval officers are allowed to bring along their spouses," an Indian Navy official told IANS.
One woman shot dead by police in New Zealand hostage incident
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.
Maoist woman leader arrested in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A woman wing commander of a Maoist group was arrested in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
"We received information about the movement of a Maoist group and laid a trap. About a dozen Maoists fled but the woman wing commander was arrested Tuesday night," Sonebhadra Superintendent of Police Ramkumar told IANS.
Identified as Bitni alias Nirmala, she was the last woman Maoist leader at large in the district, which is about 300 km from here. Other four women commanders had been arrested earlier.
“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”
By TCN News,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.
Tripura women assembly members sworn in on International Women’s Day
By IANS,
Agartala : Five newly-elected women members were sworn-in in the new Tripura assembly on International Women's Day Friday.
Women immolates self, parents alleges dowry death
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajouri Garden here, the police said Friday.
The police came to know about the incident after a neighbour of the victim, Manorama, reported the crime.
"Manorama's husband told the police that they had an argument in the (Thursday) afternoon, after which she poured kerosene and set herself on fire," said a police official.
The police said that Manorama was taken to the Deen Dayal Hospital from where she was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 percent burns. She died Friday morning.
Farm widows to fast on International Women’s Day
Nagpur (Maharashtra) : Thousands of widows across the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra will go on fast on International Women's Day Saturday to protest government...
Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison
Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...
Haryana government launches schemes to empower women
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana, which has one the worst sex ratio's in the country and where two teenage girls were recently lynched in a case of "honour killing", is planning to implement various projects to strengthen the status of women in the state.
Dharam Vir, chief secretary of Haryana, admits that there have been many cases of "honour killings" and intolerance against women of the state in the past, the most recent being the two cases in Bhiwani district around 300 km from here.
First Japan Woman as PM Hopeful
By Prensa Latina,
Tokyo : Japan's former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike officially presented her candidature for the prime minister's post on Monday, thus becoming the first woman disputing that position in the country's history.
Koike, 56, will run for the leadership of the governmental Democrat Liberal Party, with the elections set for September 22.
The former TV anchorwoman told press she has received the enthusiastic support of her colleagues, and added the country could perfectly have a woman as head of the government to overcome the standstill in the Japanese society.
Only five percent Indian women in senior corporate posts: Study
New Delhi: Only five percent of working women in India make it to senior leadership positions in the corporate sector, compared to the global...
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...
Why Masahun Khatun and 50,000 pregnant women died
By Prachi Salve
Last year, in eastern Bihar’s Phulwari Sharif, 24-year-old Masahun Khatun was five months pregnant when she fell in the courtyard of her...
Widow, two minor sons commit suicide in Haryana
By IANS,
Jhajjar: A widow and her two minor sons committed suicide in a village in this Haryana district here Sunday, police said.
According to the police, Suman, who was in her mid-30s, and her two sons Yogesh and Parveen consumed some poisonous substance at their home and later died in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (PGIMS) in Rohtak. The family were residents of Nona-Majra village of this district.
दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...
Fresh, young faces in Left list, Subhasini Ali fielded from Barrackpore
Kolkata : Packing 26 new faces and nominating several young leaders, West Bengal's main opposition Left Front Wednesday announced its candidates list for the...
Two women killed in Tripura; couple held
Agartala : Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and her husband have been arrested, police...
AMU Women’s College celebrates its Founder’s Day
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s College of the Aligarh Muslim University today celebrated its Founder’s Day.
Haryana sisters thrash molesters as passengers look on
Rohtak (Haryana) : The Haryana Police is drawing flak for not being able to take any action after an incident of two sisters courageously...
Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to commemorate the life and achievements of Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack, a Memorial Lecture was held at Jamia...
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam mark Babri demolition anniversary with protests
By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam organised protests and demonstrations throughout the state on Friday, December 6, marking the Babri Masjid demolition. The...
Two more join opposition to women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: After Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, another Yadav leader, Lalu Prasad, Tuesday added his opposition to the women's reservation bill, terming it as a conspiracy against regional parties to keep their leaders away from power.
Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh too termed the bill, which proposes to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women, as a conspiracy against regional parties.
The campaign against Triple Talaq: Women’s rights or political game?
PM Modi's concern for Muslim women appeared in a BJP rally for UP election
By Mohammed Anwar Siddiqui for TwoCircles.net
There is dire need to understand...
Proper representation to women in parliament: President
New Delhi : Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment...
Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...
By TCN News,
Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.
Women as a vote bank: Not a win-win for politicos
By Amulya Ganguli
Women are now being courted by some politicians who sense that their appeal to Dalits, backward castes and Muslims is dwindling in...
Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday.
No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said.
"After all in a democracy (you) can't bulldoze. Talking is the real beauty of democracy," Moily told IANS in an exclusive interview, underscoring a change of heart on the part of the ruling coaliton that pushed through the proposed legislation in the Rajya Sabha March 9.
Woman officer unfurls tricolour at Rajpath
New Delhi : With woman power as the theme for this year's Republic Day parade, there was another feather in the cap when Captain...
Two Maharashtra towns in communal turmoil
Karanja in Washim district ignited with communal riots under pretense of ‘Love Jihad’; another town in Nasik district under curfew after mob attacks and...
Arguments over rape charge against BSP MP from Feb 18
By IANS,
New Delhi : A court here fixed Feb 18 for hearing arguments on charges in a rape case against Bahujan Samaj Party MP...
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?)
Blow to gender equality as more believe women’s place at home
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London : The shine's wearing off Super Moms. It's not just the
men who say this, but a growing number of women too. Both are inclining to agree that a woman's place is more at home, wiping the sheen off the notion of gender equality in developed countries, a Cambridge survey says.
An all-women car unveiled in gender-sensitive Iran
By IANS,
London : Iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
The car, with electronic parking aids and a jack making it easier to change a wheel, will be painted in soft "feminine" colours and include interior design features aimed specifically at women.
Asia’s richest woman gave away fortune in return for ‘eternal life’
By DPA,
Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman allegedly gave away her multi-billion-US-dollar fortune to a Hong Kong feng shui master in return for a promise of eternal life, a news report said Tuesday.
Nina Wang, who died of cancer last year at age 69, signed over her vast fortune to previously unknown feng shui master Tony Chan as a result of the promise, a lawyer quoted by the South China Morning Post said.
Hamida Aapa ki yaaden
By Shaheer Khan for TwoCircles.net
Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passed away on Sunday, August 16th at the age of 93 at her house in...
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).
Muslim women most disadvantaged in Britain
London : Muslim women were the most economically disadvantaged group in British society, according to a report issued by MPs.
They were three times more...
Peruvian women protest gender violence, call for stringent law
By IANS,
Lima : Hundreds of women in this Peruvian capital staged a march demanding punishment to the perpetrators of violence against women and stringent law to curb the social scourge, EFE reported Wednesday.
About 200 women marched Tuesday in central Lima to demand that those who perpetrate sexual violence be punished and the state push for appropriate measures to curb it.
Four months after self-immolation bid, unemployed woman dies
Chandigarh: An unemployed woman who had set herself ablaze outside the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here in December last year...
Surge in female contestants, not MLAs
By Saumya Tewari
Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently - but not legislators - and three times as many...
Males are good at sniffing out infidelities
By IANS,
Washington : Straying women beware. The male is particularly good at sniffing out your infidelities, even though you may have fine-tuned the art of concealing your liasons.
"Eighty percent of women's inferences about fidelity or infidelity were correct, but men were even better, accurate 94 per cent of the time," said Paul Andrews at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, who conducted the study with colleagues.
Why women’s safety not in poll campaign, ask activists
New Delhi : Rights practitioners, lawyers and thought leaders Wednesday asked why was women's safety not of pivotal concern in the ongoing elections, and...
Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Man kills two minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: A man in Uttar Pradesh killed his two minor daughters as he was upset over his wife not giving birth to a son, police said Saturday.
Shuttlers Arundhati, Thulasi, Tanvi fail to qualify
By IANS,
Basel: Indian women shuttlers Arundhati Pantawane, P.C. Thulasi and Tanvi Lad failed to qualify for the main draw of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at the St. Jakobshalle here Tuesday.
What educated Muslim women say about women quota bill?
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: While common Muslim is unaware of the debates around Women Reservation Bill, educated and active Muslim women are all for the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha. However, they want some concrete mechanism to ensure the political participation of Muslim women and other excluded groups.
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...
23 lakh LPG connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana
Kolkata : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 23 lakh liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections were given to below poverty line women households...
Two women in new Maharashtra government
By IANS,
Mumbai : Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday.
Both Fauzia, a Member of Legislative Council (the upper house) from Parbhani, and Gaekwad have been inducted as ministers of state.
The convent-educated Fauzia is considered close to NCP chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
SC pulls up home ministry for not acting promptly on rape videos
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took to task the union home ministry for doing just nothing for 20 days on a complaint...
With no facilities, Bhopal widows now pray for death
(30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy)
By Sandeep Pauranik,
Bhopal : It's been 30 years since tragedy struck this capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Though life has now returned to normal, many women whose husbands died after the gas leak at the Union Carbide factory are praying to god for death.
Man hammers two minor daughters to death in UP
By IANS,
Lucknow: A man hammered his two minor daughters to death Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said. He was arrested.
Why do women prefer crime stories?
By IANS,
Washington : Women prefer real crime stories based on rape and murder -- more so than men -- as they fear becoming victims, says a new study.
Many people might assume that men, being the more aggressive sex, would be most likely to find such gory topics interesting.
But research says women fear becoming victims of crimes, so they turn to crime books in a possible effort to learn strategies and techniques to prevent crimes.
Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list
New Delhi : It's all about Indian girl power all the way! Making a mark on the global map, seven Indian celebrated personalities including...
For many rural women in Bihar, Kheta embroidery work aims to boost livelihood
Kheta is said to be a 500-year-old quilting heirloom practised exclusively by Shershahabdi women. Today, Kheta embroidery work is getting popular among non-Shershahabdi people...
Woman brutally killed over love marriage in Pakistan
Islamabad: Three family members brutally killed a woman with a sickle for marrying a man from a different caste in the eastern town of...
World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture
The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.
Sami...
Woman approaches court for maintenance 3 years after divorce
By IANS,
New Delhi: A woman Saturday approached a city court demanding maintenance from her first husband three years after their divorce.
Filing a petition before Metropolitan Magistrate Archna Sinha, Kirti said that she is entitled for maintenance from her first husband.
Kirti and Mayank got married Nov 23, 2000 and after seven months of marriage, Kirti left her husband. She gave birth to a child Nov 13, 2001.
Kirti then filed a divorce petition in court in 2006 which was granted on mutual consent. Kirti and Mayank have since then married their respective partners.
Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
Victim identified Uber cab driver as rapist, police tell court
New Delhi : The woman executive who was allegedly raped by Uber taxi driver identified the accused at a court where she had gone...
Speakers indict Narendra Modi for orchestrating gender violence and serious violations of...
By TCN News,
A packed meeting at the London School of Economics organised by the LSE Gender Institute in collaboration with the Freedom Without Fear Platform and South Asia Solidarity Group on 3rd March, discussed the rise of Hindu fascism and its impact on gender and called for Narendra Modi to be brought to justice.
NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers
New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...
Number of rape cases rising in India
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday.
According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003.
The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
Ayesha Noor, the Karate champion from slums of Kolkata conferred with Tejaswini award
TCN News
Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...
No woman writer as good as me: V.S. Naipaul
By IANS,
London : Indian-origin author V.S. Naipaul has dismissed female authors as "unequal" to him and said women writers demonstrate a lack of ability.
Akhilesh gets luxury cars, but cuts budget for women’s panel
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : As women's safety continues to be a cause for concern in Uttar Pradesh, here's a shocker: An activist has found...
Uber driver arrested in Kolkata for obscene act
Kolkata : An Uber cab driver was arrested here for an alleged obscene act in the presence of a woman passenger in the...
One held for Nepal woman journalist’s murder
By IANS,
Kathmandu : A week after the brutal murder of a woman broadcaster in Nepal's violence-hit Terai plains, the Maoist government Sunday said the mastermind behind the killing has been arrested.
Mebilal Paswan, said to be associated with a little-known Terai organisation calling itself the Terai Ekta Parishad, has been arrested for the murder of radio journalist Uma Singh, government spokesman and Minister for Communications and Information Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the interim parliament Sunday.
Mahara said Paswan, arrested Saturday, had admitted involvement in the killing.
Militants kill five in Jammu, gun battle continues
By IANS,
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) : Five people, including a woman hostage and a photojournalist, were killed when militants struck in Jammu early Sunday. An intense gun battle is underway between the militants, holed up in a house, and security forces in the Samba sector.
The militant attack in the Jammu plains is the first since 2002.
According to the police, militants entered the house of Hoshiar Singh in Kali Mandi in Samba, 45 km from Jammu, and opened fire, killing him and his wife Shashi Bala. Their daughter Bindu and Singh's mother-in-law were injured in the firing.
Nine women killed in Gujarat temple stampede
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat's Rajkot district Sunday night, police said.
The condition of two of the injured, admitted to the nearby Junagadh Government Hospital, has been described by doctors as serious.
Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards
By TCN News
In the 4th Edition of Connections 2020 by the IIMC Alumni Association, independent journalist Meena Kotwal was awarded the Indian Institute of...
Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination
On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...
Five women stripped, paraded naked in Jharkhand
By IANS,
Ranchi : Five women were stripped and paraded naked in Deoghar district of Jharkhand after being charged of witchcraft, police said Monday.
Five women, including three widows, were forcibly brought to a field Sunday in Patharghatia village in Deoghar, about 350 km from state capital Ranchi. They were stripped and paraded naked and two of them were forced to eat excreta, police said.
Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse
Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday.
This...
Elderly woman, son found dead in Delhi home
New Delhi: A 60-year-old woman and her middle-aged son were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their home here Tuesday, police said.
Phoolwati and her...
Indian-origin researcher’s model to empower women in IT
New York : Under-representation of skills had forced women working in the IT sector to flee the profession but a 12-year-old model by an...
Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl
Agartala: A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police said.
"Kamalpur...
Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar
Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...
No woman to vie for Panjab University students union president
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Seventy percent of the students in Panjab University (PU) are women, but in the last three decades its students union has never had a woman president. Nor will it this year, as all candidates for the president's post in the Friday poll are men.
Women have contested and have been elected for the posts of vice-president and secretary, but not for the top post.
10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade
By IANS,
Patna: Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said Saturday.
India gets its first woman speaker in Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : History was made Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar became the first woman speaker of the Indian parliament, the otherwise fractious house setting aside its differences to elect the Dalit leader unanimously.
The 64-year-old Congress leader from Bihar was chosen for the post of speaker of the Lok Sabha, a key constitutional post, after party president Sonia Gandhi proposed her name. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seconded it.
Obese women more impulsive than others
By IANS,
Washington : Obese women tend to be more impulsive than their normal weight counterparts, according to a study.
University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) researchers tested how obese and normal-weight men, women are driven by immediate versus delayed gratification.
They gave 95 participants (men and women) the choice of receiving hypothetical amounts of money immediately or fixed amounts to be received after delays of two weeks, one month, six months or after years.
Two arrested for tormenting Dalit woman
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Two men were arrested on charges of tonsuring a Dalit woman and parading her in an Orissa village for allegedly having an extra marital affair with her nephew, police said Saturday.
The incident took place in Kashimpur village in Bhadrak district, 150 km from here, July 5 but came to light after her husband lodged a police complaint Thursday when the woman attempted suicide.
Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women.
The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.
US more in alignment with Islamic values than many Muslim states: Sheikh Aaidh Al-Qarni
By Siraj Wahab
A popular Saudi author and religious scholar has raised some questions about governmental and societal practices across the Arab world and asserts that the United States is more in alignment with many Islamic values than many countries represented as Muslim states.
Sheikh Aaidh ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni, whose self-help book “Don’t Be Sad” sells briskly both in English and Arabic, made the remarks in two recent columns published in the pan-Arab mass-circulation Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
Chequered history of women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Following is the chequered history of the women's reservation bill moved in the Rajya Sabha Monday that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in the country's legislatures:
1996 -- The Deve Gowda government introduces the women's reservation bill as 81st Constitutional Amendment Bill.
1998 -- The bill is re-introduced in the 12th Lok Sabha as the 84th Constitutional Amendment Bill by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
1999 -- The NDA government re-introduces the bill in the 13th Lok Sabha.
Acid thrown at woman doctor in Delhi
New Delhi : Acid was hurled at a 30-year-old woman doctor at a crowded market in the national capital Tuesday morning by two motorcycle-riding...
एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...
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Women’s groups protest caning of women in Malaysia
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur: The recent caning Thursday of three Muslim women in Malaysia on charge of engaging in illicit sex drew angry protests from women's groups, who complained of violation of their human rights and constitutional guarantees.
Some Muslim groups, on the other hand, said the caning should not be "sensationalised", reported Star Online, web site of the Star newspaper.
Caning of those convicted under Islamic laws was earlier reserved for Muslim males, but these three Feb 9 became the first women to be caned in Malaysia.
NHRC notice to Rajasthan over woman’s rape by policeman
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over the alleged rape of a woman by a police constable and his...
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.
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Congress committed to women’s reservation bill: Sonia
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said her party was committed to the women's reservation bill that seeks to provide 33 percent reservation...
Mystery over woman’s death in Ghaziabad
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Police were Wednesday investigating the death of a former air hostess under mysterious circumstances at Ghaziabad.
Some passers-by noticed Jaya Kaushik, a 26-year-old who earlier worked with Deccan airlines, lying critically injured near railway tracks at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday. They rushed her to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Attending doctors said her left leg and right arm were found broken and there were multiple injuries in her abdomen.
Protests as two women pray at Sabarimala, Kerala shutdown called
Thiruvananthapuram/Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) Protests erupted across Kerala on Wednesday after two women in the hitherto banned age group entered the Sabarimala temple before...