BSP leader’s son held in sexual assault case
Bangalore:Hyder Nasir, 24, son of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sheik Bahadur, was arrested here in a sexual assault case, registered against him and...
December 16 documentary: Bar Council notice to lawyers
New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Saturday issued notice to two defence advocates for their controversial remarks in the BBC documentary...
Islam and Muslim women’s social roles
By Maulana Waris Mazhari,
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)
बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन
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उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...
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."
Ramadan 1435: Choices
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
A woman in jilbab checks out a wide variety of Hijab that is available for purchase in a shop in Chennai.
Link:
Ramadan...
Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh- an emerging entrepreneur of Mumbai
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Woman makes large donation for Myanmar cyclone victims
By DPA,
Singapore : A woman eager to show her son how donations are made turned over 100,000 Singapore dollars ($74,000) for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, the Sunday Times said.
In her 40s, the woman went to the Red Cross House and asked how she could help. She then took out of her handbag a wad of 1,000-Singapore-dollar ($740) notes, totaling 50,000 Singapore dollars ($37,000), tied together with a rubber band.
While the workers were thanking her, the woman took out another wad, saying: "Here's another 50,000."
Woman gives birth in exam hall
By IANS,
Patna : A woman in Bihar gave birth in the examination hall where she was appearing for her class 12 exams, an official...
India, US to put women’s issues in strategic dialogue
By IANS,
New York: India and the US have agreed that issues related to women's empowerment should be integrated into all aspects of the India-US Strategic Dialogue.
Girl of 9 years raped, murdered in Mumbai police colony
By IANS,
Mumbai: A nine-year-old girl was raped and murdered by some unidentified persons and her body was discovered from the terrace of a building in the police colony in northeast Mumbai Sunday, officials said.
The rape was confirmed in the autopsy report of the victim received by the police late Sunday evening.
Though no policemen were willing to go on record, unofficially they confirmed that the victim was raped and then strangled to death.
Petition filed before Bombay HC to arrest Marathi daily’s chief editor for article defaming...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: An activist has approached the Bombay High Court urging it to order for arrest of Chief Editor of Maharashtra Times...
Oman national held in Hyderabad for marrying minor girl
Hyderabad:A 61-year-old Omani national was Saturday arrested for allegedly marrying two minor girls in the old city of Hyderabad within a week by paying...
Candidates’ wives shed political apathy to hit campaign trail
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : They are apolitical and have been pursuing their independent careers, but the general elections have brought them out on the campaign trail. Wives of several Lok Sabha candidates in the capital are busy for over 20 hours a day, wooing voters on behalf of their husbands.
The wives are concentrating on women voters who form over 45 percent of Delhi's electorate.
Promila Sibal, wife of Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk Kapil Sibal, feels that women in her husband's constituency are more open to her and talk on a variety of issues.
Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University
By IANS,
Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.
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.”
‘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...
French burqa ban is an infringement on women’s right: Bazm-e-Khwateen
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
India reduces baby deaths but still hasn’t met 2012 targets
By Rhea Colaco
First, the good news: 37 babies died for every 1,000 that were born in 2015, two better than the government's...
Government schemes, microfinance can go a long way in empowering Muslim women
By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net
“Wujood-e-zan se hai tasveer-e-kainaat mein rang,”
(The colours of the universe are there because of the existence of womankind)
--...
Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday.
Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.
Let AAP government control Delhi Police, Kejriwal tells Modi
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over Delhi Police and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to...
Delhi government acts against female foeticide
New Delhi : Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday issued notice to 89 hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital suspected of...
Women in Hong Kong, China most financially independent: Survey
By DPA,
Singapore : Women in Hong Kong, China and Singapore do not need to rely on their men to pay for their shopping binges, a survey said Sunday.
Across the Asian region, women from Hong Kong are the most financially independent, with 81 percent of respondents paying the bills for their purchases, followed by mainland Chinese at 75 percent.
The survey was conducted by market researcher Synovate with the findings in The Business Times.
Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...
More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report
United Nations, March 6 (Prensa Latina) The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman.
The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent.
In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.
Women’s quota bill: Despite opposition, government firm
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, the government said there was no option but to push forward with the legislation in the absence of a consensus.
The government has timed the consideration and passage of the bill in Rajya Sabha with the 100th year of international women's day Monday. The landmark legislation seeks to reserve 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.
Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor
Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...
Muslim women can opt out of triple talaq, AIMPLB tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to issue an advisory...
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...
First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out
By IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies.
Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.
Ramadan 1439: Andaleeb Wajid
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Andaleeb Wajid, is the author of several novels. "Ramadan is a month of faith and devotion. It is month where all...
Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka
By Arul Lewis
United Nations: As India challenges centuries-old biases, the power of one million elected women is influencing communities across India through the local...
Government is clearing a way for Uniform Civil Code through triple talaq : JUH
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Strongly condemning Central government’s affidavit filed before Supreme Court that opposes practice of triple talaq and polygamy, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind...
Death of a Muslim woman: Missing son surrenders, denies he kidnapped Minor
By Ayesha Minhaz for Twocircles.net
Hyderabad, February 22: When Mohammad Muqtar returned home to Doma village of Ranga Reddy District (Telangana) on Friday night, his...
Indian-origin woman in US blames her attorney for withholding truth
Washington : A Sikh woman facing a trial for the murder of her husband's ex-wife in the US, recently left many stunned by accusing...
Woman, child drowned in West Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Two people - a young mother and her two-year-old daughter - died after falling into a well Monday in a West Bengal village, police said.
Nineteen-year-old Ramani Hansa died while she was trying to save her daughter Sujni, who drowned in the well at Bhurkunda village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, about 200 km from here.
Saina in semis, assured of maiden Worlds bronze
Jakarta : Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance on Friday to enter her maiden women's singles semifinal at the...
Aherkheri residents prefer slums over newly-built flats
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net
Rows of newly-constructed four-story buildings stand in stark contrast to the slums around it in Aherkheri area of Indore. One would think that slums are there to serve the people who live in these buildings, but these structures were built for the slum-dwellers themselves. An initiative of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) these buildings were constructed in late 2012 in one of several slum relocation projects throughout the city.
Painful story of a poor Muslim girl
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
It’s not a best kept secret that if any unfortunate incident takes place with the inhabitants of lower strata of our society, then it doesn't get that required attention by the guardians of civil society which it deserves.
Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers
By Somrita Ghosh for IANS:
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...
Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day
New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare.
They...
Girl students injured in Imphal protest, exams disrupted
Imphal : Several girl students of a school here were injured when they were allegedly beaten by police during protests on Saturday to press...
74% of class 6 students in government schools cannot read Hindi textbook: Sisodia
New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, revealed on Tuesday that 74 per cent students of class...
So when exactly will the Muslims become the majority in India?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Headlines screamed more than the numbers when census 2011 data on religious communities was released earlier this week. The most sensational headlines...
Woman Detained For Spreading Rumor Online About New Quake
By Bernama,
Hefei : Police detained a woman on Tuesday in east China's Anhui Province for spreading a rumor online that a series of powerful earthquakes will jolt the province.
The Provincial Department of Security monitored a posting on Monday from Baidu.com, a popular search portal, declaring Anhui was likely to be hit by a series of earthquakes at or above 7 on Richter scale, citing a forecast from the official website of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Court asks police to probe Renuka’s ‘Talibanisation’ comment
By IANS,
Bangalore : A Mangalore court has directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) against Union Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Choudhury for her comment that last month's attack on women in a pub there was "Talibanisation" of the city.
The Mangalore police have been asked to submit a report by March 20 on a complaint filed by Mangalore city corporation mayor Ganesh Hosabettu that Choudhury's comment had damaged the image of the city and was meant to incite communal disharmony.
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...
Prioritise women’s empowerment, says Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : As the bill seeking 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures of India is set to be tabled in parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Sunday said the nation should prioritise women empowerment as part of "our agenda and policy".
In her message conveying her "heartiest" wishes on the International Women's Day to be celebrated Monday, Meira Kumar said: "It is imperative that at this point in our time we prioritize women's empowerment as an intrinsic part of our development agenda and policy."
प्रधानमंत्री जी, महिला सशक्तिकरण पर ज्ञान देने से पहले दिल्ली हिंसा में मुस्लिम महिलाओं...
दिल्ली हिंसा के दौरान मुस्लिम महिलाओं के साथ हुईं हैं बेहद शर्मनाक हरकतें
कपड़े फाड़ने से लेकर बलात्कार तक के आरोप, कई लड़कियां...
Kejriwal orders magisterial probe into Kenyan woman’s gang-rape
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged gang-rape of a Kenyan woman here in a moving...
मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल
जावेद अनीस
पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...
Gang-raped German woman to return to Chandigarh and depose
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : A young German woman who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from an upscale hotel here in September 2008 is arriving in the city Thursday to depose in the case before a local court, police said Monday.
"The German woman will reach Chandigarh on Jan 15 and probably her father will accompany her," Ramesh Chander, Sector-17 station house officer, told IANS.
The court hearing is scheduled for Friday. The woman will be accompanied by German embassy officials from New Delhi.
Woman held for abduction of six infants in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman, who was unable to conceive and was allegedly harassed by her in-laws for it, was arrested along with her male accomplice for kidnapping six male children belonging to poor families in the capital, police said Monday.
Ritu Kapoor, a college dropout, and her associate Mohammad Zia Ul, 30, were arrested Sunday. One of the boys who were abducted by them has been rescued, while the body of another was found a few days ago, police said.
Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’
The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
African women writers take a new turn
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends.
Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".
Women to operate two-wheeler ambulances in Tamil Nadu
Chennai : In a first-of-its-kind, Tamil Nadu will now have women paramedical members weaving in and out of traffic on their two-wheeler ambulances to...
International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued
New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...
Activists, academics come out in support of activists Teesta & Javed
BY TCN News,
New Delhi: Activists and academics have come out in support of anti-communalism activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, who...
Women’s Awareness Day held on International Day for Women at Malegaon
By TCN News,
Malegaon (Maharashtra): A women’s awareness day was conducted on the occasion of the International Day for Women here.
Professor A M Siddiqui, president of the Concerned Citizen Inquiry (CCI) talked on the subject of government scholarship schemes and Ashfaque Umar, well-known educationalist, spoke on the topic of ‘Opportunities for Women in Higher Level Services.’
Institute withdraws punishment after senior girls apologize for ragging
By IANS,
Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT - A) administration Thursday said it will soon withdraw the fine and punishment on 19 senior girl students after they apologized for ragging junior girls.
On Tuesday, 19 B. Tech final year girl students were fined for ragging newly admitted girls at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Allahabad.
Besides a fine of Rs.50,000 each, the institute also withdrew the scholarship of the girls expelled from the hostel after the matter came to light.
There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani
By Biswajit Choudhury
New Delhi : There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction, sings of unrequited love. Love, not just...
EC move to curb bogus voting by ‘veiled’ women
Chandigarh : To check any attempt at bogus voting by women coming in veils to polling booths for casting their votes, the Election Commission...
Meet Naziya & Shabrun, two Muslim nurses from Bihar awarded by President Murmu for...
The young nurses believe that more Muslim girls across the country should opt for the nursing profession to serve society.
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Lone Karnataka woman minister quits
By IANS,
Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, resigned Monday, a day after dissidents dropped the demand for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's removal.
The resignation of the 44-year-old Karandlaje came within hours of Yeddyurappa dismissing as "speculation" that the rural development and panchayat raj minister would be dropped as sought by dissidents led by Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy.
Saina regains No.1 spot
New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the top spot in the latest women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation...
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 2 – Sister,...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
You...
Nigerian, woman associate held for duping Mumbai man
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Nigerian who posed as a senior diplomat and his Indian woman accomplice who masqueraded as a customs official have been arrested for cheating a Mumbai resident of nearly Rs.230,000, the police said Friday.
Sleuths of Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested Chima John Kenneth alias Johnson Smith, 28, and his accomplice Nirupma Tiwari, 32, from Gandhi Vihar in Timarpur area of north Delhi.
The police said they began investigating the matter on the complaint of Mumbai resident Shailesh Singh.
Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive
On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...
Three held for woman’s gangrape in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Three men were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said Wednesday.
"The woman was waiting for a bus to go to Ujjain Tuesday when the trio offered her lift in their jeep. Later, they took her to bypass road and raped and assaulted her," said Dewas Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rajput.
Rajendra Senghav of Dewas, Sunil Mehta of Raisen district and Bunty Patel of Bhopal were arrested by a police patrol on the bypass road, he said.
एक बड़े सामाजिक प्रश्न के जवाब में ‘निल बट्टे सन्नाटा’
जावेद अनीस
विदेशों में सभी परिवार घरेलू सहायक अफोर्ड नहीं कर पाते हैं क्योंकि उनकी पगार बहुत ज्यादा होती है, लेकिन भारत में कामवाली...
Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again.
It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday.
"It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."
Woman raped by Delhi Police constable
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a constable of Delhi Police's Crime Branch in Dwarka area of southwest Delhi earlier this week, police said Sunday.
"The incident took place in Sector 16 of Dwarka when the victim's husband was not at home. Her husband had gone to Haryana. She complained that the constable was drunk at the time of the incident," a police officer said.
When her husband returned, she told him about the incident after which they approached police Wednesday.
Rathore challenges conviction in court
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore's counsel filed a plea in the court here Monday, challenging his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
The court will take up his plea Tuesday for hearing.
Rathore was held guilty on Dec 21 last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in Panchkula town Aug 12, 1990, and was sentenced to a six-month prison term. He was also slapped a fine of Rs.1,000.
However, Rathore was immediately granted bail.
Losing political ground, can IUML rediscover itself?
IUML National Meet gains significance as IUML rethinks their strategies to win Muslim hearts taking example out of their recently formed political counterparts
Indian Canadian held for drugging, raping woman in Toronto club
By IANS,
Toronto : An Indian Canadian man surrendered before police Saturday after he was charged with drugging and raping a woman at a city nightclub two weeks ago.
Thirty-two-year-old Jagdeep Chahal, a resident of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, had sexually assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub Jan 22.
According a report lodged by the victim with police, she was sexually assaulted by Chahal after putting a date rape drug in her drink at a downtown nightclub.
Why women interact socially better than men
By IANS,
Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study.
The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.
Women in Madhya Pradesh allowed to work till 10 p.m.
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh has amended a law to allow women to work in factories upto 10 p.m., a government official said Monday.
"Madhya Pradesh government has Saturday issued a notification allowing the women in factories to work from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.,", the official said adding that the notification has been issued keeping with the Factories Act, 1948.
"It has been made mandatory that in each shift at least two women workers should work together and the company should provide to and fro transportation facility between plant and residence for them," he said.
Woman files case against parents, husband for forced marriage
By IANS,
Patna : A newly married Dalit woman in Bihar has filed a case against her parents and husband for forcing her into marriage, an official said here Wednesday.
Shabnam Kumari, in her 20s, filed the case early this week in the court of chief judicial magistrate in Begusarai district, about 125 km from here.
Shabnam, a resident of Bashi village in Begusarai, said in her complaint that she was married to Sagar Ram of Suro village this July against her wish. She alleged that her parents married her off after taking money from her husband.
JD(U) hints at softening of opposition to women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the numbers favouring the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha Monday, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a prominent party opposing it, Sunday indicated a softening of its position.
JD-U chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Ali Anwar Ansari said the party will consider the opinion of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in support of the bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in parliament and state legislatures.
Canada outraged over security exemption for niqab-wearing women
By IANS,
Toronto: A YouTube video showing two niqab-wearing Muslim women being allowed to board a flight at Montreal airport without being subjected to any security checks has outraged Canadians.
The incident, which was captured by a British passenger of Air Canada's flight from Montreal to Heathrow last month, violates international standards which require airport check-in staff to see the faces of passengers who board their flights.
Women’s progress in not possible without assistance of men: Senior Bangladesh official
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka, Bangladesh : Education Adviser of Bangladesh caretaker government Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman y said advancement of women could not be possible without the assistance of their counterparts.
"Cooperation of men is very much needed to ensure progress of the women," he said while addressing as the chief guest the inaugural session of the two-day South Asian Soroptimist Conference at the Spectra Convention Centre at Gulshan in the city on Friday.
Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka has arranged the conference as part of its silver jubilee celebration.
Yadav chieftains stifle women’s aspirations
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two Yadav chieftains, with a combined strength of 15 in the Rajya Sabha, succeeded Monday to prevent voting on a historic legislation that seeks to reserve one-third seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.
Periods, women’s health and Ramadan
By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net
Imagine that it is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and you are fasting with full excitement...
Budget gives boost to women, child development schemes
By IANS,
New Delhi : Schemes to improve female literacy, credit support and microfinance to rural women as well as children's heath and education have been given prime importance in the union budget announced Monday.
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme - for providing health, nutrition and education services to children up to six years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers - has been granted Rs.6,705 crore (Rs.67.05 billion) in the budget.
Man held for molesting minor girl in Delhi
New Delhi: A 38-year-old rickshaw-puller has been arrested for molesting an eight-year-old girl in his neighbourhood here, police said Saturday.
The incident took place Friday...
No side effects of I-pill on majority of women: Azad
By IANS,
New Delhi : Majority of women, on whom emergency contraceptive I-pill was tested, did not complain of any side effects, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Lok Sabha Friday.
In a written reply, Azad said 69.2 percent women users did not complain of side effects while the remaining 10-14 percent complained of nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain and headache.
The Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 2001 initiated a pilot study on emergency contraceptive pill on women through eight human reproduction research centres in medical colleges and hospitals.
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...
Indian women should document their achievements: Sitharaman
New Delhi:Asserting that Indian women have a significant role to play in nation building, Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said women...
India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85
By NNN-Bernama,
Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying.
Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka.
She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Can gender equality reduce suicides in India?
By Gokul Bhagabati
New Delhi : Offering more reasons for men to share power with women, psychiatrists have said that gender equality can prevent...
Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar
By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net,
The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:
NHRC issues notice over Chhattisgarh deaths
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the Chhattisgarh government to explain the deaths of 13 women in a state...
Skill Development Centre for women from BPPL families
By TCN News:
New Delhi: A skill development centre Sponsored by Human Welfare Foundation & Managed by Women’s Manifesto has been started for women from...
Haryana to spread hygiene among rural women
By IANS,
Chandigarh : In order to spread health and hygiene among the rural women of the state, the Haryana government has decided to provide them with sanitary napkins at a price of Re.1 each.
Manufactured under the brand name Mukti by the Haryana Women Development Corporation, each sanitary napkin would cost Rs.2 but the state's health department will subsidize half the cost.
Haryana's Women and Child Development and Health Minister Kartar Devi said Wednesday that the focus of the campaign was to make sanitary napkins available easily to rural women throughout the state.
Woman undressed, breast-searched at Canadian airport!
By IANS,
Toronto: A 42-year-old black Canadian woman has alleged that she was forced to undress and bodily searched for drugs at Ottawa airport on her return from Jamaica.
Charmaine Archer, who was returning home from Jamaica Tuesday night, said she was forced to open her rectum, lift her breast, and looked underneath her crotch by customs officials.
The woman said she was pulled aside by the customs agents "because she paid for part of her ticket with a credit card, because she booked last minute and because she only stayed for four days", according to the Ottawa Citizen.
Intermediate topper Talat Nazneen wants to become IAS officer
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Talat Nazneen Zakia has secured first position in Intermediate examination 2009 in Bihar, and thus has become pride of not only for her family but her educationally backward community also – the community where more males are literate than females.
Mukherjee to open meeting of women speakers of parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee will Wednesday inaugurate the seventh meeting of women speakers of parliament, which will exchange experiences on gender issues.
Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.
Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?
Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide
Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...
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...
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...
रांची में शांतिपूर्ण चल रहा था मुसलमानों का प्रदर्शन,पुलिस के लाठीचार्ज के बाद बिगड़ा...
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पूर्व भाजपा प्रवक्ता द्वारा पैगंबर मोहम्मद के ऊपर की गई विवादित टिप्पणी के खिलाफ शुक्रवार को रांची में चल रहा विरोध प्रदर्शन शांतिपूर्ण...
Students of MES Indian School on educational trip to Dubai
By TCN News
Dubai: Eleven students of The MES Indian School of Doha, Qatar recently visited Dubai as part of the friendship and educational exchange program.
Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves
Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows...
Women activists, journalists condemn hate speech, online auction of Muslim women during virtual event
On January 8, ANHAD organised a virtual discussion titled Women Against Hate in response to hate speech against India's Muslims during an event...
After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting
By Shafeeq Alingal
Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...
Delhi woman injured in acid attack
New Delhi : A 26-year-old married woman was injured on her face and neck in an acid attack by two bikers here, police said...
How Muslim women in India resist online abuse
Muslim women received significantly more abuse when compared to women from other religions. They received 55.5% more problematic or abusive content.
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Rapist jailed for 30 years
New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...
Women play key role in Indian policy making: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
Bern: India has been at the vanguard of women's participation in both the legislature and the executive, said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar here Saturday.
India is among the first countries in the world to have a woman prime minister and today India's president is a woman, Meira Kumar said while addressing the sixth annual meeting of women.
Women will be a major determinant of progress: President
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Sunday said the country's women will continue to be a major determinant of its future progress and inclusive growth.
"Every year, we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, to recognise the dedication and achievements of women. This year is even more special, as this is the 100th edition. Indian women as part of this epoch making movement have played an exemplary role and will continue to be a major determinant of our future progress and inclusive growth," she said.
After Mulayam questions lack of recruitment, UP govt says it gave jobs to 4.58...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Three days after Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav raised questions over Akhilesh Yadav-led government for not giving jobs to...
दलित-मुस्लिम महिलाओं के हक के लिए लड़ती कनीज़ फातिमा
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
आजमगढ़(उत्तर प्रदेश): हमारे समाज में आज भी जब औरतें आजीविका के लिए घर से बाहर कदम रखती हैं तो उन्हें कड़ी चुनौतियों...
Scores of women’s orgs’, collectives call for unconditional release of student activist Gulfisha Fatima,...
Scores of organizations released a joint statement calling for release of Gulfisha Fatima and all anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protestors who are incarcerated. The statement said that...
AMU elects its first woman in teachers association
By IANS,
Aligarh: After being in the news for alleged gender bias, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time elected a woman to its influential teacher's association.
Self-help groups help women overcome childhood sexual trauma
By IANS,
London : Women who have lived through the nightmare of sexual trauma in childhood can help one another overcome these memories by sharing their experiences.
One reason why such women don't talk about their trauma is the fear of being disbelieved. Some of them said that they tried to tell their story but nobody would listen to them.
Others recalled that although their counsellor or doctor gave them a patient hearing, there was still a vital something missing, namely the opportunity to talk to someone in a similar predicament.
Molested girl’s brother arrested for rape
By IANS,
New Delhi: The brother of a minor girl who was molested in a moving bus in central Delhi was arrested Monday for raping her, police said.
She almost did not become a Doctor; but now Dr Farida Ghoghawala helps thousands...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Fort Meyers, Florida: For most professionals, 60 is the age when they are expected to take a...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind awards four including Ram Puniyani for promoting communal harmony
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind conferred Sadbhavana Award upon four persons for their outstanding work in the field of communal...
Two Muslim women MPs promoted to Miliband’s front-bench team
By IRNA,
London : Two Muslim women have been promoted by Labour leader Ed Miliband among a new generation of MPs to prominent positions in his shadow front bench team.
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar...
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based...
Army to give permanent commission to women in two months
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission within two months to women serving as short service commission officers in the legal and education branches of the Indian Army.
However, the absorption of women as permanent commission officers would be subject to "requirement" and after necessary training, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said in an undertaking on behalf of the defence ministry, recorded by the court.
Woman dies in police custody in Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Malapuram: A 23 year old woman reportedly died in police custody in Kerala in March. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission, the police took the victim Hanisha, into illegal custody on 23rd March 2014. The police did not record the arrest and detained the woman at the police station, and on the next day, reported that Hanisha committed suicide inside the police station.
Islamic face veil to be banned in Latavia
Riga : Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in...
JIH’s stand on co-education makes its Kerala unit uncomfortable
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net
Dikshit urges more women representatives in MCD
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said 50 percent seats will be reserved for women under the new set up proposed for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
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...
India: topper among women in UPSC exam credits family for achievement
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Delhi girl Ashmia Jain, the overall topper among women candidates in the Civil Services Examination, credits her achievement to her family's efforts.
Jain, who secured the seventh position in the 2007 exam, is a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics.
The 25-year-old told PTI that she had dreamt of the moment when she was in Class IX. "When I was in Class IX, I had told one of my friends that one day I would also make it to the civil services exam".
A topper from her school days, Jain toiled tediously for one and a half year to achieve her goal.
UN nominates Kuwaiti woman as it envoy
By NNN-KUNA,
Kuwait : The UN has nomniated a Kuwaiti woman as its envoy for youth and information and communication technology.
Manar Al-Hashash has already e,barked on her new work under the umbrella of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology under the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Economic and Social Section.
She will focus on the dissemination of technology in communities in order to improve the living standards of people and to promote development.
Exciting times to be a woman, Clinton tells students
By IANS,
New Delhi : These were exciting times and a better time in human history than any other to be a woman, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday and asserted that this was an opportunity and responsibility she "willingly" accepted.
Addressing a gathering of over 1,000 people, mostly students, at the Delhi University here, Clinton added that in the 21st century, women's woes were as important as any other.
Understand the world from the eyes of a woman: Ayesha Khatun
By TCN News,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: “Understand the world from the eyes of a woman” said Ayesha Khatun to an audience of over 60 people at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 25, 2014. In the hour-long talk Ayesha Khatun had her audience in rapt attention as she shared stories from the ground, cracked jokes, and talked about her struggles working for some of the most marginalized people in India.
Ghaziabad teacher arrested for sexually assaulting student
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad Police arrested a teacher for sexually assaulting a class XI student of a prestigious public school in Modinagar town here.
The police...
Want justice not revenge: Bilkis Bano
New Delhi, (IANS): Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat...
Bulli Bai app case: Women activists hold protest in Kozhikkode, demand action from Kerala...
The protesting women said that the Hindu right-wing force's attacks to suppress Muslim women will be futile and will not prevent Muslim women...
Widow of Modi bete noire to head Gujarat child rights panel
Ahmedabad : The Anandiben Patel government in Gujarat on Wednesday appointed Jagruti Pandya, widow of former state home minister Haren Pandya who was assassinated...