Rajya Sabha debates women’s bill – finally
By IANS,
New Delhi : After frenzied opposition and repeated disruptions, the Rajya Sabha Tuesday evening finally debated the historic women's reservation bill in the run up to a vote on the legislation reserving one-third seats for women in parliament and state legislatures.
Amongst those who spoke were Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Arun Jaitley, Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) Brinda Karat, Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Satish Mishra and Jayanthi Natarajan of Congress.
‘Jungle Raj’ in Rajasthan
By IndScribe
One after the other, shocking incidents of crimes and atrocities on the Dalits are being reported from Rajasthan.
The latest incident has occurred in...
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Girl burnt by alleged rapist dies after 13 days
By IANS,
Ranchi : A girl set afire by her alleged rapist succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in the steel city of Jamshedpur after 13 days Friday, a doctor said.
Blood ties stronger, Pakistani woman in Chandigarh shows how
By IANS,
Chandigarh : This was an India-Pakistan bloodletting of a different sort. A housewife from Pakistan has donated blood for dengue patients here, showing that blood ties are stronger than anything else.
In a gesture filled with warmth and affection for her Indian friends, Rashida Raza of Lahore donated blood at the Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre here to help dengue patients who were suffering due to shortage of life-saving blood platelets.
Muslim women must press for their rights
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed,
When her parents asked her to wear a "burqa" (veil) while attending classes at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, Rubina refused to comply with the demand. She was barred from going to the university and sat at home washing dishes.
मोदी के बनारस में छात्रों पर अत्याचार, देखें तस्वीरें
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: देश के विश्वविद्यालयों में सरकार की दखलंदाज़ी का मामला अभी थमा नहीं था कि अब विश्वविद्यालयों के कुलपतियों द्वारा छात्रों पर अत्याचार करने और उन पर लाठियां चलवाने के आरोप लग रहे हैं. ताजा मामला नरेंद्र मोदी के संसदीय क्षेत्र बनारस स्थित काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय का है.
Muslim law board enhances its own women quota
By IANS,
Lucknow : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five.
Announcing this on the last day of the board's three-day annual convention at the Nadwa Darul-Uloom Islamic university here, AIMPLB spokesman-cum-legal adviser Zafaryab Jilani told reporters Sunday: "We have nominated five women this time on the board's executive committee."
Fadnavis’s 50,000 Mumbai ‘sisters’ demand toilets
Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's office has been aflush with a whopping 50,000 post-cards from 'sisters' demanding toilet facilities for women in...
This women’s day meet Captain Salva who dared to dream of skies
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: ‘Dream big, determination and hard work can take you to skies’. These are not the words of some wannabe motivational speaker but from a shy young woman from the narrow lanes of old Hyderabad who has literally touched the sky.
Unite to end violence against women: Ban
By IRNA,
Tehran : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Women’s Day, March 8, while calling for a positive image of women in the media called for laws that say violence is a crime.
According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran on Saturday, the full text of his message reads:
Woman in MP arrested for selling son for Rs 50,000
Bhopal : A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district sold her son for Rs 50,000 five years ago and the incident came to light...
Let’s stop taking the bait: How Muslims should respond to provocative Issues
By Dr. Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net
Triple Talaq, Beef, now Azaan. The more we respond, the more we engage with them, the more they...
Translation error irks women in Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : A translation error in a central government order has offended women in Kerala as it appeared aimed at keeping tabs on women's movement -- though something else was intended.
The Local Self Government (LSG) department issued a directive to the Corporations and Municipalities in Kerala last month that a special committee be formed to keep track on "apatha sancharam" (a close tab on the wrong movement of women). This has irked the women leaders.
The central government order aimed at checking female trafficking and foeticide in the state.
Mother, daughter held for stoning woman to death
By IANS,
Raipur : A village headwoman in Chattisgarh was arrested Monday with her daughter and son-in-law for allegedly stoning to death a woman who was branded a witch.
The incident took place at Narkela village in Jashpur district, about 450 km from here.
"The village sarpanch, Rimni Bai, and her daughter and son-in-law were arrested following strong evidence that they stoned to death a middle-aged tribal woman Budhiaro Bai after branding her a witch," said a police official probing the case.
Sexual harassment of serious concern: Himachal acting CJ
Shimla: Violence against women and sexual harassment at the workplace are serious concerns and the judiciary can play a major role in delivering gender...
मौलाना आज़ाद फैलोशिप बंद होने से मुस्लिम बुद्धिजीवियों में निराशा का माहौल
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“मैं हैदराबाद यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ रहा हूं। यह संभव हो पाया है मौलाना आज़ाद नेशनल फैलोशिप की वजह से। मेरी आर्थिक स्थिति...
‘Two Women’ and More: A diva’s remarkable story (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta,
Title: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life ; Author: Sophia Loren; Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK; Pages: 352; Special Indian price: Rs.699
Instead of lowering prices, BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi asks to pay taxes on Sanitary...
New Delhi (IANS): BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who was part of a panel discussion on "Loss Fertility in Females" at the inaugural Menstrual Awareness...
Mahila Congress launches campaign for passage of women’s quota bill
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...
Pregnant woman alleges triple talaq over girl child fears
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): A pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging her...
मजदूर दिवस के दिन भी महिला मजदूरों के असल मुद्दे ग़ायब रहें…
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आज मज़दूर दिवस भी गुज़र गया. हमने सोशल मीडिया पर इसकी बधाई भी दे दी. लेकिन मजदूरों के असल मुद्दे गायब रहे....
Government yet to move on women’s bill talks
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break.
"I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.
Shimla gets special buses for women
By IANS,
Shimla : "Only for women" special buses have been started in this Himachal Pradesh capital for the convenience of the fairer sex, an official said Monday.
"We have started special buses in Shimla for women. This is for the first time in the state that a bus service reserved only for women has been launched," Himachal Road Transport Corporation Managing Director Somesh Goel said.
He said initially two buses would ply across the town from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. "If the response to these is good, then more buses would be deployed in the town," he said.
Woman dead, three hurt in Bengaluru blast
Bengaluru: A woman died and three other people were injured in a low-intensity blast near a restaurant in the city centre Sunday, a top...
SLATE organises lecture on Muslim women empowerment
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: A lecture on ' Muslim Women Empowerment, Current Situation and Solutions' was organized by Society for Learning and Advancement...
IAMC urges Modi government to ensure justice to Hathras rape victim
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President of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Ahsan Khan condemned the recent Uttar Pradesh government’s mishandling of the Hathras rape case that...
Why women take a detour from engineering
New York : Women who go to college intending to become engineers stay in the profession less often than men, as a result of...
Google lights candle ‘in memory of Delhi braveheart’
By IANS,
New Delhi: Google India has lit a white candle on its homepage as a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who passed away following a 13-day fight for life.
Court rejects bail plea of AAP MLA held after worker’s suicide
New Delhi : A court here on Monday dismissed the bail plea of AAP legislator Sharad Chauhan, who was arrested along with five others...
Woman techie cheats NRI of Rs.1.3 mn, booked for cyber crime
By IANS,
Kendrapada (Orissa) : At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday.
"The police have registered criminal cases against software engineer Kaveri Patra, a resident of Mulabasanta village in Kendrapada district, and seven others including her father, husband and father-in-law on the charge of cheating and committing a cyber crime," officer in charge of the local Pattamundai police station K. C. Mallick told IANS.
Tihar has separate lock-ups for women, Delhi HC told
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate lock-ups for women accused in Tihar...
Girls fare better in maths in countries where women are more equal
By DPA,
Florence (Italy) : Girls are better than boys in reading, but they also can keep up with boys in mathematics when the genders are on a more equal footing in their native countries, according to research published in the Science journal.
The data came to light on closer examination by Luigi Guiso of European University Institute in Florence of data of a Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) study published in 2003. At the time, the maths and reading skills of more than 276,000 boys and girls aged 15 from 40 countries were compared.
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
SC to hear plea over woman lawyer’s manhandling by police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in a case of assault and manhandling...
Indians among 30,000 nurses in Britain facing expulsion
London: As many as 30,000 overseas nurses will be facing the axe under British Prime Minister David Cameron's new immigration laws.
According to Cameron's new...
Stop female foeticide: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday drew attention to the dismal sex ratio in the country, and appealed to Indians to stop female...
Mother drowns baby in Bangladesh
Dhaka: A housewife in Narail district of Bangladesh Friday drowned her one-and-half-year-old son following conjugal discord, media reports said.
The incident took place in the...
Ramadan 1433: Shukr
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Eighteen-year old Shabhana daughter of Meraj Jahan is reading the Holy Quran outside her 24sq. yrds- 2 room house. She never...
Minor raped by step-father in Delhi
New Delhi: A 10-year-old girl was raped by her step-father at her home here, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested.
Police said the...
33 percent quota for women in government jobs in MP
Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs.
This was decided during a...
पाठा का अमूल्य पानी : भौरा तेरा पानी ग़ज़ब करी जाए,गगरी न फूटै, खसम...
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Ramadan 1439: Sarah
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Sarah, 33, was born and brought up in Bangalore. She is an Electronics Engineer and used to work as a microchip...
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कोरोना वायरस के नए वेरिएंट ऑमिक्रॉन के सामने आते ही एक बार फिर से पूरी दुनिया सहमी सी नज़र आने लगी है। कई...
ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’
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14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...
UAE gets its first woman judge
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has got its first woman judge with Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al Dhaheri being sworn in to the coveted post here.
Al Dhaheri was sworn in at a ceremony here Tuesday by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's minister for presidential affairs and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department, the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
"The appointment of a woman judge is certainly a unique experience in the UAE," Sheikh Mansour said.
Bleak outlook for women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh
By Bhoomika Joshi and Sanober Umar,
Gender equity and the status of women remain the hand-maiden of callous politics in India's largest state by population and 2014 has been deplorably stark. The 'Bahu lao, Beti Bachao' campaign in Uttar Pradesh is the latest feather in the BJP's cap of regressive and communal politics.
Electronic bangles to keep Kerala women safe?
by IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : On the eve of International Women's Day, Kerala is mulling over the use of electronic gadgets for the protection of women, a state minister revealed Wednesday.
More working women among Malaysian Indians seeking divorce
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A growing number of working women of Indian origin have begun to divorce their husbands, particularly those who do not work, says a report in a Tamil daily here.
The trend has been noticed in Johor state, which has a concentration of ethnic Indians who are estimated at nearly two million in Malaysia.
Malaysia Nanban daily called it "a disturbing trend".
The paper also said that while previously husbands approached law firms to divorce their wives, now it was the other way round.
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...
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...
After France, niqab controversy now hots up in Canada
By IANS,
Montreal: After France, the niqab controversy has now hotted up in Canada, with a Egyptian Muslim woman refusing to remove her veil in her French language class in a local college.
When the college and the provincial government asked her to remove the veil, she opted to quit the class.
The unidentified Egyptian woman, a mother of three who is a new immigrant to Canada, has now filed a petition with the human rights commission of Quebec province for violations of her religious rights.
Maneka suggests measures to curb crimes against women
New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Thursday suggested measures to curb atrocities against women including victim protection programme and strengthening...
Punjab Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for women’s reservation
Chandigarh, (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central government to enact the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33...
250 women pray at Haji Ali Dargah after 5 years
Mumbai : After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, around 250 women entered the famous Haji Ali dargah here on...
Barak Valley felicitates Maria Tanim, Assam Civil Services topper
TCN News
Guwahati, November 18: The story of the Assam Civil Services Exam 2016 topper Maria Tanim is no different from the “flight of the...
Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday.
"I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.
Haryana village women to get exclusive meeting place
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Rural women in Haryana will get "women chaupals" - an exclusive common meeting place for them - in all villages across the state.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Thursday that the women chaupals, each costing Rs.300,000 and having a covered shed, would be constructed in all villages in a phased manner.
Nearly 100 model villages in the state have already got these women chaupals. The first phase of the project was started by the Haryana government in 2008-09.
Magnificent Mary clinches record 6th World Championship gold
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian boxing legend M.C. Mary Kom scripted history by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold medal in the...
Tripura agrees to increased quota for women in local bodies
By IANS,
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has agreed to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's proposal to reserve 50 percent seats for women in three-tier panchayats and urban local bodies across the country, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Friday.
"The state cabinet in its meeting Thursday night agreed to the draft constitution amendment bill, sent by the UPA government," he told reporters.
Jhumpa Lahiri gets National Humanities Medal from Obama
By Arun Kumar
Washington : President Barack Obama presented the 2014 National Medals of Arts and Humanities to Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri...
More women MPs in panel to fight for quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Leading political parties Saturday added more members to a parliamentary panel that is discussing the controversial Women's Reservation Bill, which is facing opposition from some parties including a few ruling allies.
While the Congress party has nominated its whip Krishna Tirath and Tejaswini Gowda, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proposed Kiran Maheswari and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has suggested P. Satheedevi for the panel.
Campaign for women’s reservation bill gains momentum
By IANS,
New Delhi : Barely five days after it was launched, the civil society movement to support the passage of the women's reservation bill has started gaining momentum. Nearly a hundred people have signed up the online petition to the president and scores of others have taken up the cause on the social networking site, Facebook.
“Pillars of healthcare system in rural India,” UP’s Asha workers risked life to safeguard...
Hundreds of Asha workers (healthcare workers) have been rendering yeoman's service in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic by working tirelessly to fight...
Man ordered to pay house rent for estranged wife
New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered a man to pay Rs.15,000 per month towards rent for house of his estranged wife.
However, the court...
Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested
New Delhi : A 32-year-old working woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was raped at a secluded spot by the...
Women rights panel framing guidelines for Air India
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday said that it would issue guidelines within a month to the national carrier Air India (AI) to address the frequent complaints by their women staff alleging harassment from male colleagues and management.
"We are preparing guidelines on the working environment for Air India, like we issued guidelines to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry on the working hours for women," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said.
Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court's intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of Parsis she was denied by her community after her marriage.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), perhaps the first of its kind, was admitted in Ahmedabad Thursday. The petition was filed by Goolrokh Adi Contractor, now Goolrokh Mahipal Gupta, resident of Valsad, who married a non-Parsi in 1991.
Woman cop freed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : A 23-year-old woman cop in Chhattisgarh, abducted by Maoists earlier this month, has been set free after a 'jan adalat' or people's court found her "innocent", police said Sunday.
Constable Kiran Usendi was freed Saturday in the Pakhanjoor forest stretch of Kanker district in Bastar region after the Maoists public court ordered her release.
"The lady police personnel was abducted when rebels attacked a police search team. The insurgents took her to their hideout and she was produced before the 'jan adalat' where she was found innocent," a police officer told IANS.
Month after rape and killing of minor in Bihar, no action
Patna : A month after a minor daughter of a landless labourer was gang-raped and killed in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the police seems to...
Women naval officers return from sea adventure
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji : They exemplify grit and courage, proving that nothing is impossible for the fairer gender. And now these six valiant women...
NGOs seek higher funding to curb domestic violence
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's right activists Tuesday came down heavily on the government for not allocating enough money for implementing the law against domestic violence.
President to visit India’s first women’s education institute
By IANS,
Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office.
On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the completion of 150 years of the country's first institute for women's education founded by Maharshi Dhondopant Karve.
Women’s bill to be tabled Monday: Government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The bill that seeks 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan said Friday.
Monday, March 8, is International Women's Day.
The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.
International Women’s Day: women group calls for protection of rights
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: On 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8th March), Hyderabad based organization Nisa Research and Resource Centre for Women organized a program in Hyderabad calling for protection of women’s rights both by civil society and governments.
यूपीः योगीराज में पूरा न्याय पाने को तरस रही है आधी आबादी
TCN News
लखनऊ। देश के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज महिला दिवस पर अपन सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट देश की आधी आबादी यानि देश की महिलाओं को...
Jharkhand gets first woman Chief Justice
By IANS
Ranchi: Gyan Sudha Mishra, the first woman Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, was Sunday sworn in by governor Syed Sibte Razi at the Raj Bhawan here.
Mishra is the sixth Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court after the state was carved out from Bihar Nov 2000.
Mishra was enrolled as lawyer in 1974 in Patna High Court. She was elevated to the post of judge in 1994 after which she was transferred to Rajasthan High Court.
Her father, S.C. Mishra, was Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
Himachal tribal women don’t come under inheritance law
By IANS,
Shimla: Tribal women in Himachal Pradesh do not come under inheritance law if there is a male member in the family, Revenue Minister Kaul Singh said Tuesday.
Bihar school board ex-chairman’s wife’s degrees too fake?
Patna : Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board's former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who...
The bizarre case of Aamil Parvez
Booked for Ahmedabad bomb blasts while he was languishing in Indore Central Jail
पत्रकार निदा अहमद, समाजसेवी सदफ ज़फर और एएमयू के छात्र नेता सलमान को चुनाव...
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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस ने 125 प्रत्याशियों की पहली लिस्ट जारी कर दी है। कांग्रेस की इस लिस्ट में...
Be alive to the purpose of life: Maharashtra HSE topper Nazima Almas Sayed
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
“It feels great!” says Nazima Almas Sayed. And she has every reason to feel so – she bagged the first rank in the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Examination. Her achievements have not stopped there. She got second place in Vidharbha in the state Medical Entrance Exams, first in the state entrance for private colleges ASSOCET and second in the state Sevagram exams.
Nazima, a student of the Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, topped the HSE exams with 98.5% marks. Over 11.84 lakh students had attended the exam conducted in February-March.
Men posing as policemen held for Delhi women’s gang rape in Goa
Panaji : Five people, arrested for posing as policemen, have been charged with abducting, beating and sexually assaulting two young women tourists from Delhi...
Delhi HC upholds death sentences in Dec 16 gang-rape
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentences awarded to four convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape.
A division bench...
NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...
Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments
Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...
U.S. military: Gunmen kill 5 Iraqis, wound pregnant woman
By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A group of unidentified gunmen killed five Iraqis on Saturday in a shooting attack, the U.S. military said.
The incident took place near the U.S. Balad base north of Baghdad.
The U.S. military said masked gunmen attacked the house belonging to the leader of the local Sunni Awakening Council group, an organization which stood up against al-Qaida terrorists with the back of the American and Iraqi troops.
A pregnant woman escaped with an injury in the shooting, the military added.
Robbing their peace and declaring them dacoits
Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 4
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Ludhiana girl not allowed to unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar
Chandigarh : A 15-year-old girl from Ludhiana, who had vowed to hoist the Tricolour at Srinagar's historic Lal Chowk, was turned back by security...
Two Days ‘National Convention of Muslim Women’ begins in New Delhi
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A two days National Convention of Muslim Women with the title ‘Sadak Se Sansad Tak’ has started in New Delhi...
An analysis of Azad Fellows 2010
More than half are female students
AMU gets biggest chunk of students
Gujarat fulfils only 35% of its quota, least among all states
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
With the aim to gear up students from Minority communities in the field of higher education, Government of India has launched ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship’ from this year which will encourage and financially help them.
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14-year exile of women’s quota bill set to end: Sushma
By IANS,
Raipur: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure the end of the "14-year exile" of the women's reservation bill in parliament.
"The BJP will ensure the bill sails through smoothly in the Rajya Sabha Monday. The party has issued a whip to its members to favour the bill and end the 14-year exile of the bill that was first moved in parliament when H.D. Deve Gowda became the prime minister in 1996," the BJP leader told newsmen here at the New Circuit House.
Woman among five hanged to death in Iran
By DPA,
Tehran : Five prisoners, including a woman, convicted in a case of murder, were hanged here, the official newspaper Iran reported Thursday.
The five were hanged Wednesday in the Evin prison in northern Tehran after their death sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The woman had reportedly killed her husband who wanted to marry a younger woman.
Murder, rape, sabotage and drug-trafficking of quantities in excess of five kilograms are crimes punishable by death in Iran.
No more Talaq Talaq Talaq: Women’s group
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) on Monday said it will use the holy month of Ramadan to step up its...
SC seeks police’s response on threat to lawyer in Sabarimala temple case
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Police commissioner to apprise it of steps taken by police on the complaint...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : फतेहपुर में दलित चाहते हैं कि बदल जाए सरकार !
हमारे संवाददाता ने उत्तर प्रदेश के फतेहपुर सदर विधानसभा के लोगों से बात की और जानने की कोशिश की कि आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव में...
Jammu and Kashmir to have law on violence against women
By IANS,
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce a bill in the budget session of the state legislature for the protection of women against domestic violence.
The decision was taken at the state's winter capital here, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah late Monday night.
The decision was taken in the backdrop of several cases of mysterious deaths of women in Jammu and Kashmir, attributed to a demand for dowry or harassment of women by in-laws.
Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board
By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow.
Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.
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.
Student gang-raped in Bihar, two held
By IANS,
Patna: Two people have been arrested for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a student in a Bihar village, police said Sunday.
Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...
Sandra wins $50,000 women’s ITF title
By IANS,
New Delhi : Third seed Sandra Zahlavova of Czech Republic overpowered Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the $50,000 women's ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) courts here Saturday.
Bojana, 16, who put out the first and fifth seeds en route, had no answer to 23-year-old Sandra's aggressive play. The Czech found a chink in the Serb's armour, a weak forehand, and attacked it relentlessly, though both had problems with their serve to start with.
Women groups traverse country to pitch for quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : They call the campaign "The Campaign Reservation Express". A group of 55 women - activists and those who have stood against social injustice - will return to the capital Sunday after a two-week journey across the country to garner support for women's reservation bill's passage.
The group of women, hailing from different parts of the country, were divided into three "Karvans" that went on different routes across India from Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh May 20, spreading their message through public discussions, stage performances, poetry recitations and the like.
Women activists now target Shiva temple in Maharashtra
Pune : About 200 members of women's organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the...
End violence against women, say Nobel peace laureates
New Delhi : Women Noble Peace laureates Monday called on the Indian government to take more decisive steps to end sexual violence in India...
Rajya Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day Tuesday as a handful of opposition members noisly voiced their protest against passing the historic women's reservation bill.
When the house assembled in the morning, chairman Hamid Ansari read out a condolence message on the Chilean earthquake and then announced question hour.
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अफ़शां खान
‘जानमाज़ मत छूना… क़ुरआन से दूर हटो… अपने कपड़े अलग धो लेना… तुम्हारा रोज़ा नहीं, लेकिन सबका है, इसलिए छुपकर खा लो…’
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Uber, three other cab operators banned in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government banned Uber and three other cab operators from plying their taxis in the capital city from Friday, a top official...
More women are becoming primary migrants: book
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Asian women are joining men in migrating to other countries, in many cases as principal bread winners, says a new book.
In recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of female migrants, who sometimes come as primary breadwinners.
The male-female ratio of international level on the whole is 52.5 per cent to 47.5 per cent, though its proportion in the developed countries is almost 50:50, says the book 'Striped Zebra, The Immigrant Psyche' by US-based Uday C. Naval and Soofia K.Hussain, published by Rupa.
Meet Kaneez Fatima, Karnataka’s Only Muslim Woman MLA
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kaneez Fatima, the hijab-clad politician who won in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka is currently very popular with her videos...
एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद
आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net
मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने...
वीडियो : सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले से तलाक़ का ख़ौफ़ कम हुआ है -हसीना...
नासिरूद्दीन
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने पिछले दिनों एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ पर अपना अहम फैसला दिया है. ‘बेबाक कलेक्टिव’ इस मामले में केस लड़ रही...
Fight female foeticide through literacy: Himachal governor
By IANS,
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau Monday underlined the need to promote female literacy to combat the social evil of female foeticide.
Rau said: "There is a need to encourage female literacy to eradicate social evils like female foeticide."
Addressing a function here organised by Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti to mark International Literacy Day, Rau said "higher literacy levels would also bring about economic freedom for women and empower them."
The Governor commended the state government for its efforts to increase literacy in the state.
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.
‘One Stop Centres’ for women facing physical violence
New Delhi : The government will establish 'One Stop Centres' (OSC) aimed at providing legal, medical and psychological support to women facing physical violence.
The...
Women’s cricket team prepares for busy schedule ahead
By IANS,
Mumbai : The women's cricket team will participate in two training camps ahead of their busy international schedule that starts with the England tour in August.
The team will tour England (August), Australia (November) before the World Cup in Australia (March 2009) and the ICC World Twenty20 in England (June 2009).
Agra activists demand more public toilets
Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...
Women take charge as Kerala hills echo with sound of labour protests
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Munnar: In Kerala, elections at nearly all levels have been about either the United Democratic Front or...
Karnataka woman police officer’s resignation sparks row
Bengaluru : The sudden resignation of Karnataka woman police officer Anupama Shenoy as Deputy Superintendent of Police in Ballari district sparked a controversy, after...
Woman sentenced to 15 years in jail in dog attack case
By DPA,
San Francisco : A woman whose two dogs attacked and killed her neighbour in the hallway of their San Francisco apartment building seven years ago was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard said Monday that Majorie Knoller, 53, had not bothered to put a muzzle on her aggressive Presa Canario-mastiff-mixed dogs before taking them out of her apartment and did not call for help or retrieve a weapon while the animals were mauling 33-year-old Diane Whipple for at least 10 minutes, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Pakistani govt announces five-point programme for Women Development
By NNN-APP,
Islamabad : The Ministry of Women Development will launch a five-point programme named after Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed.
Under the programme the government will move the long overdue Domestic Violence Bill in the parliament and all government land allotment will be done in the name of the women of the house, Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman said while reviewing the performance of the ministry.
Women in Saudi Arabia vote for first time
Riyadh : Municipal elections began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia in which women cast their votes for the first time.
Women also stood as candidates,...
Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement
Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...
NIT development being highlighted as communal incident: Mehbooba
Srinagar : While Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti described the student unrest at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) a "non-issue", the...
Muslim women beaten up in MP for allegedly carrying beef; uproar in Rajya Sabha
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In yet another violence caused due to suspicion of possessing beef, two Muslim women were thrashed and abused by...
Women politicians can raise uncomfortable issues: British MP
Kolkata: Women politicians are often able to raise "uncomfortable" issues in the public domain which their male counterparts have not thought of or don't...
Government planning better facilities for working women: Minister
New Delhi : The government is planning several initiatives to provide better facilities for working women so that they can perform to their full...
Northeast India to get ready-made garment units
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala: The Indian government plans to set up ready-made garment manufacturing units in each of the eight northeastern states which, among other...
No relief for Soni Sori: Brother-in-law, sister, picked up for interrogation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi: Having barely recovered from a brutal attack on her face by assailants, Soni Sori, the human rights activist from Chattisgarh,...
16 million Chinese women married to gay men
By IANS,
Beijing : Sixteen million women in China are married to homosexual men, an expert claimed.
अपने अधिकार के लिए संगठित हो रही हैं इस गांव की महिलाएं
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मधुबनी (बिहार) : मधुबनी ज़िले के कलुआही प्रखंड के काज़ीटोला व हरपुर के ग्रामीण इन दिनों अपने गावं में हो...