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बीपीएससी का परिणाम जारी, मुस्लिम अभ्यर्थियों का शानदार प्रदर्शन, इस बार ‘100’ बने अफसर

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग (बीपीएससी) ने रविवार को बीपीएससी 64वीं संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा (सीसीई) का अंतिम परिणाम घोषित कर दिया। मेरिट लिस्ट...

24 UAE women get NASA training

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By IANS,

NGO Majlis Manch allowed to assist SC in final hearing on Triple Talaq

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By TCN News Mumbai-based NGO Majlis Manch, which has been working for legal rights of women and provides support to victims of domestic violence, especially...

Case against BJP’s Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter

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Kolkata : A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her...

Women’s summit a bid to remove Delhi’s ‘rape capital’ taint

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By Parvati Tampi, New Delhi : What has been done since the horrific Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder? What remains to be done? These...

Probe begins against policeman who complained against Mulayam

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Lucknow : Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Wednesday appeared before Police Recruitment Board Director General V.K. Gupta as part of a departmental...

Nursing school in Srinagar asks students to sign affidavit banning Abaya, covering face during...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Srinagar: A nursing school in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir has landed itself in controversy after directing its students to...

Awareness needed for Delhi’s women: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi: Delhi's women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday.

DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim

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New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...

Pratapgarh violence: Some photos

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By TCN News

Triple Talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha

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

Kurien was at guest house, says Suryanelli sex scandal accused

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98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change

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By IANS, Handwara : A 98-year-old woman, confident that her vote will help usher in change, stood in queue at a polling station in Handwara constituency in the third phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday. "There are many problems like unemployment, bad roads and poor electricity. I am voting for someone who will change things. I am confident my vote will make a difference," said Fazi, who waited patiently for her turn to vote at the Machipora polling station although she could barely stand.

Campaign for women’s reservation bill gains momentum

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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.

Preity Zinta not against joining politics

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By IANS, New Delhi : Actress Preity Zinta Thursday praised the Women's Reservation Bill, saying it will reduce discrimination and bias against women - and indicated that was not averse to joining politics. "This (the bill) provides an incredible opportunity to women. We have women in important position. Our president (Pratibha Patil) is a woman. Sonia Gandhi is there. There will be more woman in our parliament," the actor told reporters on the sidelines of a health event organised by UNAIDS.

Delhi Elections 2025: Women Voters Refuse to be Swayed by AAP-BJP’s Poll Winning Tactics,...

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Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net Seema Sachdeva (59), a tenant in the P&T quarters near Windsor Place, the residence of Pravesh Verma, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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(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...

Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2005 in Gujarat

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A study exposes crude insensitivity of the state towards implementing the law By Nikhat, So far as spousal violence in Gujarat is concerned, the figure is very disturbing; around 28% ever married women have experienced sexual or physical violence and 34% of such women have sustained serious injuries. The extent of reportability of cases of spousal violence is even more frustrating, only 30% (i.e. 1 in every 3) of such women has sought help to end the violence and 58% of such women have neither sought help nor told anyone about the spousal violence [1].

Meet Waseema Shaikh: A deputy collector from rural India

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Born and brought up in a small village called Joshi Sanghvi in Loha Taluka of Nanded District of Maharashtra, Waseema Shaikh struggled...

Accepting Sahitya Akademi award with mixed feelings: K.R. Meera

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By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Though it's an honour, it’s painful to accept a Sahitya Akademi award at a time when country is witnessing...

In twilight of their lives, they look for life partner

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By Rafat Quadri, IANS, Ahmedabad : They were in their 50s, 60s and even in their 70s. With love and longing in their hearts and dressed in their best clothes, hundreds of elderly men and women from various parts of Gujarat gathered here to look for a suitable match. The 75 women and 700 men, many of them lonely in the twilight of their lives, offered their bio-data as prospective marriage candidates at the unique function in Town Hall here.

In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes

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By Richa Sharma,IANS, New Delhi : Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws. A total of 185,312 incidents of crime against women were reported in the country during 2007 as compared to 164,765 during 2006, an increase of 12.5 percent. The number of crimes committed against women has increased continiously during the last five years.

Cabinet approves bill to prohibit commercial surrogacy

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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, that seeks to prohibit "commercial surrogacy" and...

जेएनयू में प्रवेश प्रक्रिया की जटिलता को लेकर उठ रहे गंभीर सवाल

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आलोक राजपूत जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय (जेएनयू) विभिन्न राष्ट्रीय विवादों एवं गरमा-गरम बहसो का केंद्र बिंदु रहा हैं। हालांकि स्वयं जेएनयू के भीतर व्याप्त विभिन्न...

Bihar woman says man harassed her via 750 mobile numbers

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Patna : A woman in Bihar here has claimed that a man called her from 750 mobile phone numbers in the last six years...

Mulayam under fire for his rape remark

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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday came under heavy fire for his rape remark, made a day earlier at an election...

“We are at peace now,” says wife of slain UP cop killed in Bulandhshar...

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Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed two years ago in Chirangavathi, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. His wife was responding to the news of the Supreme...

Burqa-Clad Auto Driver Defies Norms in Chennai

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Syed Ali Mujtaba, Twocircles.net Chennai: Meet Bhiyari Fatima a burqa-clad Muslim woman auto-driver on the busy streets of Chennai. She has broken two myths, one...

8,500 Pakistani women victims of violence in 2011

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By IANS, Islamabad : Over 8,500 Pakistani women last year suffered from violence like sexual assault, acid throwing and even honour killings, a non-governmental organisation said Tuesday.

Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities

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By TCN News The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...

Hang bride burners: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi : Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said.

A woman judge is raped in UP!

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Lucknow : Even a woman judge has not been spared in Uttar Pradesh. The judge was raped and an attempt was made to kill...

Delhi woman’s loss, Suryanelli woman’s gain

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By IANS,

HC verdict allowing minor Muslim girl to marry can’t be a precedent: SC

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Chief Justice of India agreed to issue a notice in the matter and tag it along with the earlier similar petitions filed by...

Sewa Helping War-affected Afghan Women

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By Bernama, New Delhi : Having transformed the lives of thousands of women artisans in the country, the self-help organisation Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is now helping war-affected women of Afghanistan to rebuild their lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Tuesday. For the last one year, SEWA, with the support of the Government of India, is working with the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Kabul, on setting up a vocational training centre for women at Bagh-e-Zanana in the Afghan capital.

Mumbai will vote for women empowerment first time

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Woman burnt alive as car catches fire in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman was burnt alive and her husband suffered serious injuries when their car suddenly caught fire Saturday evening and they were trapped inside the vehicle, officials said. According to Delhi Fire Service officials, they were informed around 5.50 p.m. that a car had caught fire in front of the DLF Mall on south Delhi's Nelson Mandela Marg.

President urges nation to honour women

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By IANS,

Tell the truth on rape or face action, HC warns woman

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By Garima Tyagi, New Delhi : The free run of a woman who would dupe people on false promises of getting them jobs in Delhi...

Row over Goa minister terming rape accused ‘naive’

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Panaji : Even as Goa Police continues to probe the alleged gang rape of two Delhi women tourists, a comment by state Tourism Minister...

Women politicians get a raw deal in Madhya Pradesh

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By Sanjay Sharma, IANS, Bhopal : Notwithstanding their tall claims of empowering women, political parties in Madhya Pradesh have let them down in nominations for the Nov 27 state assembly polls. Despite 47 per cent voters out of total 35.9 million electors being women, both the main political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, which have been advocating 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, have been miserly in fielding them.

Renowned Muslim women scholars call for adopting Islamic teachings for ‘happy family, stronger society’

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TCN News New Delhi: Muslim women intellectuals and scholars from around the world on Tuesday unanimously gave a clarion call to adopt Islamic teachings for...

Now, a fashion show for veiled women in Saudi Arabia

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By IANS, Dubai : In what must be perhaps the first of its kind in the fashion world, three young Saudi girls are organising a fashion show solely focused on veiled women. Luma Al-Ghalib, Hida Al-Harthi and Lujain Al-Mu’allami are organising the show in Jeddah Sep 18 to demonstrate the greatness of Islam and “to erase the stereotyped image about Saudi women and young girls in particular”, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported. The idea for the show came after the three participated in a summer camp in Switzerland last year.

Haryana’s women legislators – motorcylist nurse to industrialist mom

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Chandigarh : One was a nurse who ran her campaign riding a motorcycle. Another is known for her flamboyance in politics and social life. A third has been listed by Forbes magazine as one of India's richest women. They are among the nine women elected Thursday to the 90-member Haryana assembly. In a state that has one of the worst sex ratios in the country with just around 800 females per 1,000 males, 67 women were in the poll fray among 1,222 contenders this time.

Jaipur’s autorickshaws to be fitted with GPS

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Documentary salutes Kerala woman’s heroic work

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By IANS,

Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana: The work of the special investigation team (SIT), probing criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is getting delayed as teenaged molestation victim Ruchika's family is not cooperating, the SIT chief said Sunday. Family members, however, dismissed the charge and questioned the team's efficiency.

Mulayam softens stance on Women’s Reservation Bill

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By IANS, Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, known for his stiff opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Friday seemed to have softened his stand.

NHRC notice to West Bengal over lack of water in girls school

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New Delhi, : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the West Bengal government over the possibility of closure...

Gandhi, Nehru inspired Malaysian woman entrepreneur

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian woman entrepreneur G. Vimalah Nair attributes her early inspiration to portraits of Indian leaders, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru among others, put up at home by her grandfather. She has been through years of hardship since - to win the RM 30,000 ($9,300) Woman of the Year award 2008 Saturday. It is given annually by the Women's Institute of Management (WIM). Nair, 55, told the audience of the hardships she endured while young, being married off at 17, only to meet with tougher times.

Court takes cognizance of cop’s assault on woman

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New Delhi : Taking note of the way a Delhi traffic policeman, since sacked, attacked a young woman when she refused to pay a...

मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...

Woman accuses Jharkhand BJP lawmaker of sexual assault

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Ranchi : A woman has lodged a compliant against Jharkhand's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Janki Yadav for trying to develop physical relation with...

CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level

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Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...

Ramadan 1435: Worker

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net She is a widow named Rahamat who works at Mecca Masjid - she cleans up the place and also the big...

First woman chief of aviation regulator takes charge

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New Delhi : India's first women chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) M. Sathiyavathy took charge Thursday from erstwhile incumbent...

J&K Technical Education Board in a mess, students allege college lecturer of deliberately failing...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In June, Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a student of a Srinagar-based polytechnic college, committed suicide after he found...

Indian Army lt. col. in soup over Bangladeshi woman’s link

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Depressed widow kills kids, self on Karva Chauth

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By IANS, Amritsar: Feeling depressed on the day of Karva Chauth, a festival in which Hindu women fast for their husbands' long life, a young widow in this Punjab city killed her two minor sons and committed suicide, police said Thursday. Baljit Kaur, 32, gave poison to her two sons, aged 10 and six, and consumed it herself at her home in Dashmesh Nagar Wednesday night. Her husband, Rajinder, a sub-inspector with the Punjab police, died two months back. Baljit Kaur and her sons were taken to a government hospital where doctors declared them dead.

Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman

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

33 percent quota for women in government jobs in MP

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Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs. This was decided during a...

इमाम साहब से दाढ़ी कटवाने के लिए कहती थी बीवी, बात न मानने पर...

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आकिल हुसैन।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के अलीगढ़ में एक अजीबोगरीब मामला सामने आया है। एक पत्नी ने अपने मौलवी इमाम पति के खिलाफ दाढ़ी नहीं...

Police officer suspended for sexually exploiting woman

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A police sub-inspector here was suspended Monday for sexually exploiting a woman about eight months ago, the police said. Senior superintendent of police L. Ravi Kumar initiated action against Afal Singh after the SSP was given a CD containing evidence against Singh. "When Singh was the station officer (SO) of Vijay Nagar police station, the woman had come to him for some help and he sexually exploited her," Kumar said. Kumar has initiated an inquiry into the case by a senior police officer.

NCW records statement of Bengal woman tortured by police

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Kolkata : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team led by Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam Saturday recorded the statement of the woman who was allegedly...

Minor girl raped in Delhi

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New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man at a secluded place on the pretext of conducting religious rituals, police said...

‘Enforcement of laws on women hit by lack of funds’

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By IANS, New Delhi: Enforcement of women-friendly laws suffers from lack of funds and training among the implementation agency personnel, activists said here Thursday.

Rathore challenges conviction in court

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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.

All-women’s R-Day contingent leader hopes more of ilk will sign up

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By Anjali Ojha, New Delhi : As India prepares to showcase the 'woman power' of its armed forces, the officer leading the all-women's contingent of...

Qualifying for World Cup not enough: Kaushik

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By IANS, New Delhi : Indian women's hockey team coach Maharaj Krishan Kaushik is delighted that his side is making it to next year's World Cup in Argentina, but hastened to add that the girls need to fine-tune their game to be a consistent world-class team. To be a top international outfit, Kaushik says, the girls will have to bring in more variation into their play.

Nigeria: 63 women escape from Boko Haram captors

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Nairobi : Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors...

Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children

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New Delhi: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at...

‘India’s tech revolution led by men and women under 27’

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By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : Saying that the US needs to wake up to the reality of India's technological revolution being led by IIT-educated "young men and women under the age of 27", President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy commerce secretary said countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia were going to pose a major challenge to American dominance in the coming years.

महिलाओं की इस दुर्दशा पर कब तक हम सिर्फ़ और सिर्फ़ घड़ियाली आंसू ही...

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दीप्ति कश्यप Two circles.net के लिए  बचपन से हमें सिखाया जाता है कि हमारा देश भिन्नता में भी एकता वाला देश है। कई दफ़े यह वाक्य सही...

Women Commission to probe into K’nataka case against Shahina

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Libya’s First Lady owns airline company, 20 tonnes of gold: Report

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By IANS, Dubai: Libya's First Lady Safia Farkash al-Baraasi has amassed enormous wealth, including the airline company Buraq Air and 20 tonnes of gold, a media report said.

Small town girls log on to search for suitable boy

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By Himanshu Dubey, IANS, New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Deeksha Batra wants a perfect partner. She has not left the "job" to her parents alone but has turned to matrimonial sites to look for the "perfect" man. "Small town families are conservative; so they go for arranged marriages. But at times things go horribly wrong. I want to be sure and so I turned to matrimonial sites to find the perfect match," Batra said. "Matrimonial sites are a better option any day," Batra, who lives in Faridabad, adjacent to the national capital, told IANS.

AMU VC Prof. Abdul Azis presents Award of Excellence to Dr. Afshan Naheed Hashmi

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis presented an Award of Excellence to Dr. Afshan Naheed Hashmi, president of the Global Regulatory and Business Solutions, Maryland, USA, at a function organized by the Ladies Club of the University held at Aligarh. According to a Press release Prof. Azis speaking on the occasion said that Afshan is the most enthusiastic and dedicated lady and she was the first person who gave an idea to hold the World Summit of AMU Alumni.

महिलाओं को सशक्त करने की ओर एक अनोखा प्रयास

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उषा राय समय के साथ भारत तेज़ी से लैंगिक समानता की ओर बढ़ रहा है. यहां इसी परिप्रेक्ष्य में कुछ रोचक कहानियां मौजुद हैं, जो...

Woman hangs herself in Assam police station

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Guwahati : A 39-year-old woman hanged herself inside a toilet at the Dispur police station in Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said on...

Kejriwal orders magisterial probe into Kenyan woman’s gang-rape

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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...

Table Tennis: AAI win girls title, PSPB in men and women’s finals

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New Delhi : The Airports Authority of India dethroned Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) to win the youth girls team title in the...

South Asians laud US law on violence against women

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US flag burned in Bhopal to mark the 32 years of struggle for elusive...

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By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The victims and survivors along with their progenies and their kin of Bhopal gas tragedy, world’s worst industrial...

Kiran Bedi advocates tougher laws to fight terrorism

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer, Wednesday said strong anti-terror laws were needed to tackle the growing menace of terrorism in India. Bedi, who was here to interact with students and parents of Ahmedabad Managament Association (AMA), said the prevailing laws were too weak to fight terrorism. "Strong laws are needed to keep pace with the new challenges posed by terrorists," Bedi said, adding that toning of the legal system too was needed. She said policing and the quality of policemen needed to be spruced up with better service conditions.

हज 2022 : ‘हज मोबाइल एप’ से होगा आवेदन,तैयारी में जुटी सरकार

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net हज 2022 के ऑनलाइन आवेदन प्रक्रिया को 1 नवंबर से शुरू हो गई है। केंद्रीय अल्पसंख्यक मंत्री मुख्तार अब्बास नकवी ने मुंबई के हज...

Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...

Indian woman jailed for financial fraud in Leicester

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By IANS, Leicester : Indian origin woman Daksha Saujani, a tax official here, has been jailed for two years for siphoning off more than 116,000 pounds of the public's money into her family's bank accounts. The mother-of-three exploited her position of trust while managing a team at the Inland Revenue's family tax credit department. The crimes financed "a lifestyle she wasn't entitled to" and enabled her to send her youngest son to private school.

Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat

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By Audrey D'mello The recent Times of India Campaign on Gender Equality in Law had a poster which appeared in TOI on June 20, 2015....

Death toll in botched up Chhattisgarh tubectomy rises to 13

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Raipur/Bilaspur/Jagdalpur : The death toll due to botched up tubectomies in Bilaspur district reached 13 Wednesday while 32 women were still in critical condition,...

Blood ties stronger, Pakistani woman in Chandigarh shows how

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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.

अपने गाँव को शिक्षित किया तबस्सुम, तरन्नुम और रुबीना ने

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: बनारस से लगभग बीस किलोमीटर दूर सोजईं नाम का एक गाँव है. गाँव में बिजली-पानी की हालत खस्ता है. गाँव में...

Women joining hands to protect secularism in the country

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, With the high intention for mobilizing women of the country to propagate harmony, inclusion, justice and peace all over the country, a group of women moved to launch a forum “Women For Secularism” recently in Mumbai. The forum believes that though people are divided on the lines of class, caste, race and religion, there is an urge among them to see a peaceful environment and women can play very important role in promoting secularism and secular values in our country which is increasingly coming under the influence of communal forces.

Woman approaches court for maintenance 3 years after divorce

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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.

‘Black’ woman’s tale drives Nepal rights campaign

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women. She is the central character in a street play, "Kali Aimai, the black woman, which has been sponsored by the UN to tour Nepal's remote districts to campaign against violence targeting women, exploitation and untouchability, and to train local artists to spread the message farther.

Only five percent Indian women in senior corporate posts: Study

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

294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...

Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night. The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here. The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.

Woman found dead in Delhi, police suspect dowry killing

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 26-year-old woman was found dead here Sunday, the police said, with her family accusing her husband and in-laws of killing her for not meeting their dowry demands. Renu, a mother of two, was found dead with blood and froth oozing out of her mouth in her Dwarka residence, the police said. The police said an anonymous caller informed them Sunday noon that a woman was murdered by her husband and in-laws in Dwarka. The body bore several injury marks and has been sent for post-mortem examinaion, the police said.

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Children play pivotal role in making Chhattisgarh villages open-defecation free

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By Ashish Mishra Raipur : Arti Rawte, an 11-year-old tribal girl from Dhobni village of Maoist-hit Rajanandgaon district in Chhattisgarh, used to wake up at...

Nation is always empowered by its women: PM

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women. “Nation is always empowered by its women....

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

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

Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital

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Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's...

Common issues of gender bias in India, US: American activist

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Kolkata: American gender activist and lawyer Vivian Huelgo on Wednesday drew attention to similar issues of gender bias in India and the US, saying...

I faced no specific challenges because of my community or my gender: AAP Hyderabad...

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By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Women’s under representation in political sphere is inextricably linked with their low and inferior status in the Indian society....

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

Woman dies in Delhi, family alleges dowry death

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By IANS, New Delhi : The relatives of a 22-year-old woman who died in the national capital have alleged that the victim was killed by her in-laws for dowry, police said Thursday. Deepti Sharma, mother of a girl, was admitted to a west Delhi hospital Wednesday by her in-laws where she died the same day, a police officer said.

Hadiya’s Love Jihad versus the propaganda of Love Jihad: Why she is my Hero

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By Arif Khan for TwoCircles.net The International Women’s Day 2018 brought the best present that Hadiya deserved: my heartiest congratulations to Hadiya and credit to...

SRK’s driver arrested for raping minor

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Mumbai: A driver who works with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Rajendrakumar Gautam has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl who works at former...

Nargis of Uttar Pradesh is world’s seven billionth baby

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मुजफ्फरनगर- आस मोहम्मद कैफ,TwoCircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर से देहरादून जाने के रास्ते में आधे घंटे के सफर के बाद चाट की मशहूर दुकानों का बाज़ार जहाँ दिखाई दे...

निर्मल पाठक की घर वापसी: अम्बेडकर के बहाने गांधी के हरिजन को गले लगाती...

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 नीरज बंकर Two circles.net के लिए जहाँ एक ओर ओटीटी प्लेटफार्म ने दुनियाभर की फिल्मों, वेब शोज और बाक़ी कलाओं से परिचय कराया जिससे...

India committed to peace: Modi

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Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...

Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February

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TCN News Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation have jointly designed a leadership program for women to identify, train and activate emerging women leaders for...

Women play key role in Indian Navy traditions: official

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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.

Minor’s gang rape: Absconding BSF men arrested, sent to custody

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Kolkata: Two BSF troopers, who were arrested from Assam for allegedly gang-raping a minor inside a moving train, were sent to judicial custody on...

Bihar’s silent revolution: 30,000 women now own land

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Winds of change: A step forward

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A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...

A Jihad for gender equality

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Nasiruddin Haider Khan is in Hindi journalism since 1992 and currently work as Deputy Resident Editor of Dainik Hindustan in Agra. He has been working on gender issues especially Muslim women issues for the last 16 years. Mr. Khan has a diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass communication and MA in Womens studies from Lucknow University.

Sex selective abortion rampant in Delhi, says study

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Women’s legislative quota set to become reality

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By IANS, New Delhi : As the world celebrated International Women's Day, India was Monday set to give its women 33 percent seats in legislative bodies through the landmark women's reservation bill. The introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage has been timed with the 100th year of women's day, celebrated every year March 8. The bill now enjoys overwhelming support of the the ruling coalition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. Some smaller parties have also voiced their support.

Women key to US presidential elections: poll

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By DPA, Washington : Women hold an important key to winning the US presidential elections in November because neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain has yet won a majority of women voters into their corner, according to a poll. Obama has won the support of 49 percent of women, while 38 percent are for McCain, according to the poll released Tuesday, commissioned by a coalition of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a female-oriented TV broadcaster, and hundreds of women's organisations.

Giving wings to dreams and a Sunday School!!

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An inspiring story of a bunch of dedicated volunteers who work for realizing the dreams of students from low-income area of Hyderabad By Rupa Abdi for TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Don’t allow yourself to be misled because of her burka and hijab or her surroundings. She is not just another ordinary Muslim girl living a simple life. She is an engineering student who also works part time for an NGO called Helping Hands.

Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra

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New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...

Absconding Assam legislator arrested on rape charges

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Guwahati : Assam legislator Gopinath Das, who was absconding since last month, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the rape...

चम्बल डायरी: ‘घर में न सहरी के लिए कुछ है, न इफ़्तार के लिए’

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शाह आलम यह मेरी ‘चम्बल संवाद यात्रा’ का बारहवां दिन था. जालौन जिले के मुख्यालय उरई से 66 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर महेवा...

World junior women’s squash: Hong Kong upset India

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By IANS, Chennai : Top seeds Egypt and Hong Kong will contest the team championship final in the World junior women's squash tournament here Saturday. Egypt were stretched by a fighting United States (No.5) before they came through 2-1 while sixth seeded Hong Kong pulled off a dramatic 2-1 win against second seeds India in two pulsating semi-finals Friday. The Indians, save Dipika Pallikal, their No.1 player, were rather disappointing and squandered a 1-0 lead to make exit.

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Farah wins best jewellery designer award

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By IANS Mumbai: ewellery designer Farah Khan Ali is on cloud nine after receiving “Best Jewellery Designer of the Year Award” at the Retail Jeweller India Awards.

Ramadan 1435: Choices

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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...

11 ‘women only’ buses launched in Delhi

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Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse

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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...

Hope women find courage through my books: Author Madhuri Banerjee

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

Before seeking pistol licence, ensure toilet at home in MP

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

Teresa Rehman awarded Sanskriti Award 2009 for Journalism

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By TwoCircles.net staff writer New Delhi: Teresa Rehman of Assam has been awarded Sanskriti Award for 2009 for her work in the field of journalism. Sanskriti Award is presented to young talents in the age group of 25-35 years in the fields of Literature, Journalism, Art, Performing Arts and Social Achievement. This is the 30th year of this prestigious award. Award carries Rs. 50,000 in cash and a citation.

Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner

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By IANS, Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday. "We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.

Fewer women at top due to glass ceiling: Women entrepreneurs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Although more and more women are joining the workforce in India, a glass ceiling is keeping them away from top positions, women entrepreneurs feel.

All India Democratic Women’s Association ask the president to not sign the TT bill

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TCN News The AIDWA ( All India Democratic Women's Association) have issued a statement on the Triple Talaq Bill to the press wherein they refer...

Telangana government to give wings to Muslim woman’s dream

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Hyderabad : The Telangana government has come forward to extend financial assistance to Syeda Salva Fatima, one of the few Muslim women to hold...

Nikki Haley to address ‘Women In Leadership’ in Mumbai

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Mumbai : Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina in the US, will take part in an interactive session on "Women In Leadership" here Thursday,...

Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...

‘दबंग दादियां’ रखेंगी सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ‘शाहीन बाग़’ का पक्ष

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ लगतार दो महीने से चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन की...

Challenges before women activists working on minority women’s rights

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Telijant: A Village where people struggle to arrange food during Ramadan

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By Raqib Hameed Naik and Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Bankura (West Bengal): The upcoming period of Ramadan is likely to test even the most...

Muslim women hold rally in support of women reservation bill

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Muslim Mahila Andolan today lambasted the comments of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad in which he reportedly said Muslim women have no role in politics, rather they should stay at home and produce children of good race. The group staged a protest against the comments and in support of Women Reservation Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The group condemned efforts not to pass the bill in its present form, for one reason or other.

Best time in history to be a woman: Clinton

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By IANS, New Delhi : Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said that the modern age is the best time to be a woman. "It is exciting and if there is any better time in human history to be woman it is right now in the modern world. For me, this is a tremendous opportunity and responsibility that I willingly accept," Hillary told an audience of over 1,000 at the Delhi University Convention Hall in the Old Viceregal Lodge. The event was hosted by Delhi University Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental.

Woman gives birth outside health centre, inquiry initiated

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a still-born child outside a community health centre (CHC) in Uttar Pradesh after she was denied admission there. An inquiry has been initiated into the case. Vidyawati was Tuesday night brought to the Gosaiganj CHC in Lucknow district in an advanced stage of pregnancy by her relatives. However, the medical staff at the CHC allegedly refused to admit her. Vidyawati subsequently gave birth to a still-born child in the gallery of CHC, officials added.

AIMPLB questions media hype on ‘Talaq’ while ignoring women security

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Dr Asma Zehra, executive committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB) addressed media persons...

Delhi rape fallout: Women now wonder about a safe cab ride

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New Delhi:The recent rape of a 25-year-old working woman in a taxi has raised questions on women's safety in cabs - considered, until now,...
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