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Maneka suggests measures to curb crimes against women

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New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Thursday suggested measures to curb atrocities against women including victim protection programme and strengthening...

President congratulates Mary Kom, other medal winners

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday congratulated Indian pugilist M.C. Mary Kom and other athletes for winning medals at the 17th Asian Games being...

Women’s quota bill likely in budget session: Natarajan

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By IANS, New Delhi : A landmark bill on reserving 33 percent of seats for women in parliament and the state legislatures is likely to come up for discussion in the budget session of parliament beginning late February, chairperson of a parliamentary panel on the measure said Thursday. "A bill on reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies is likely to be taken up in the next session of parliament," Jayanthi Natarajan, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, told reporters.

500 women fatwa victims in Bangladesh in past 10 years

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By IANS, Dhaka : A demand to prohibit the Muslim clergy from issuing fatwa is gathering momentum in Bangladesh as 503 women have been subjected to public flogging since the year 2000.

Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania

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Hyderabad : Back home after clinching her first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza said winning Wimbledon with Swiss partner...

Dacoits allegedly rape nun in Bengal

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Kolkata: A nun at a convent in West Bengal's Nadia district was allegedly gang raped by dacoits, police said on Saturday. Strongly condemning the incident,...

Educated women going for drugs in Pakistan

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By IANS, Islamabad: Around 47 percent of women drug addicts in Pakistan are well educated and have had either college or university education, a top official has said.

Aamir supports fight against alcoholism among women

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In MIT, a celebration of Faiz’s life and works

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By TCN News Cambridge, Massachusetts: A program to celebrate the life and works of one of Urdu’s greatest poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz attracted a room full of Faiz fans to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 27, 2010.

Ramadan 1433: Itikaf

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net "Itikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف‎) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of...

SC asks CBI to probe gang rape case recorded on video

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to undertake investigation into the two rape videos that were posted on...

पत्रकार निदा अहमद, समाजसेवी सदफ ज़फर और एएमयू के छात्र नेता सलमान को चुनाव...

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आकिल हुसैन। two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस ने 125 प्रत्याशियों की पहली लिस्ट जारी कर दी है। कांग्रेस की इस लिस्ट में...

Computer training for madrasa teachers at AMU

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हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...

एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद

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आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने...

How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls?

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Mohammad Faisal, TwoCircles.net How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls? At least it is not that easy in India’s...

Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat

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By TCN News Khudai Khidmatgar made an important contribution towards women empowerment in the region of Mewat, Haryana by starting a vocational centre on March...

India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural...

CBSE results: Girls outperform boys in foreign centres

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Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women

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By Najia O., TwoCircles.net, Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.

Twenty-year battle of the people of Noamundi against Tata Steel still continues

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JD-U suspends three women legislators for anti-party acts

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Patna: Bihar's ruling JD-U Saturday night suspended its three women legislators, including a former minister, for campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and...

Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’

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By IANS, Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine. But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family. It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children. The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.

Recovery from alcoholism painful for midlife women

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By IANS, Sydney : Women recovering from alcoholism are more likely to relapse as they reach midlife thanks to the pressures they face. "Alcohol inflicts more damage, more quickly on women than on men. For those who have already had a problem with the misuse of alcohol, relapsing can have dire consequences," said PhD researcher Janice Withnall of the University of Western Sydney (UWS) School of Education.

Woman’s womb was not slit during 2002 riots: Doctor

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: The horror tale of a pregnant woman having her womb slit open by attackers of the 2002 communal riots during the Naroda Patia massacre in Ahmedabad has been negated by a doctor who carried out the autopsy. J.S. Kanoria during his cross-examination before special court judge Jyotsnaben Yagnik Wednesday said he had conducted the post-mortem examination on three bodies, including the pregnant woman, Kausarbanu Sheikh, and had found the foetus intact in her womb.

69-year-old nun’s murderer admits killing another: Police

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Kottayam (Kerala): A day after Kerala Police revealed that a man arrested from Haridwar for killing and 69-year-old nun at her convent near here...

Women safe under Shariah laws: Muslim women activists

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New Delhi: Several women activists and female members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday insisted that Muslim women are...

Jayalalithaa: A shy actress who became Queen of Tamil Nadu

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai : She was a shy girl when she first stepped into the movie world. Decades later, by when she was...

Power of three: Women satraps to the fore

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By T.R. Ramachandran, New Delhi : At least two hardened women politicians are taking a calculated gamble to make their presence felt in the post-election...

No commission on snoopgate, centre tells SC

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New Delhi: The central government Friday told the Supreme Court that there was no move to set up a commission to probe the alleged...

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

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Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

Woman found strangulated in capital’s Lajpat Nagar

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman was found strangulated in her house in Lajpat Nagar area of southeast Delhi late Saturday, the police said Sunday. "The incident took place Saturday night. Neelam was found lying on the floor by her husband Manoj Kumar when he returned from office. Without informing police, he took her to Moolchand Hospital, where doctors declared her dead," a senior police officer said. The hospital authorities informed the police about the incident.

Muslim toppers honored at AFMI’s 21st Annual Convention

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Book suspended officials as accused: Shopian probe report

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By IANS, Srinagar : The commission probing the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in south Kashmir May 30 has recommended that the five officials suspended after the crime be booked as accused, Jammu and Kashmir Finance and Law Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said Friday.

Delhi government to employ six acid attack victims

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New Delhi : Delhi government will provide jobs to six acid attack victims, an official said on Wednesday. "The Delhi Government's health ministry today (Wednesday)...

Pioneer of women’s studies Vina Mazumdar passes away

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By IANS, New Delhi : Vina Mazumdar, chronicler of the Indian women's movement and pioneer of women's studies, passed away Thursday after a brief illness. She was 86.

Mamata leads Trinamool rally to mark International Women’s Day

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Kolkata: Kickstarting her party's campaign for the coming Lok sabha polls, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday led women leaders and candidates of her...

Women’s reservation will mean more sensitive politics: Brinda Karat

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's reservation in the national parliament and state legislatures will change the country's culture by breaking stereotypes and usher in an era of "sensitive politics", Brinda Karat, leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Offering her party's support to the historic bill, Karat said: "The bill will change (the country's political) culture because women today are still caught in a culture prison. In the name of tradition, stereotypes are imposed and we have to fight these everyday."

Taslima diagnosed with breast tumours in US

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Dhaka: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumours at a hospital in New York. Doctors found the tumours "quite big" and...

DMK, AIADMK to groom women of substance for elections

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK have sprung into action, now that the women's reservation bill is just a step away from being passed. Both parties have decided to groom their women cadres to fight elections. The ruling DMK is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres.

A week after protests, AMU keeps peaceful dissent alive

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Text and photos by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh: On the night of 15 December, Ayesha (20) and Tuba (21), two students of AMU sat in...

Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa among Time’s 25 most influential women

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By Arun Kumar, IANS,

Jan Dhan, pension scheme to help women in big way: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and the pension scheme announced in the union...

Government confident women’s bill will clear Lok Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi: A day after the historic bill to reserve one-third of all legislative seats in India for women was cleared by the Rajya Sabha, the government's flagship legislation Wednesday continued to disrupt the Lok Sabha where ministers said it would be passed by March 16. After smelling the first victory in the upper house over the Women's Reservation Bill, the government appeared confident that the proposed bill will clear the next hurdle and sail through the Lok Sabha despite opposition from the parties with their support base in the Hindi heartland of northern India.

Seminar on codification of Islamic Law held in Chennai

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, for TCN

Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...

Birbhum gang rape: Opposition flays Trinamool over SC directive

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Kolkata: The opposition Friday flayed the West Bengal government after the Supreme Court directed it to pay additional compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the...

‘Crimes against women to be taken up in parliament’

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New Delhi : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said Thursday that there would be a debate in the Lok Sabha on rising crimes...

Ensure women’s safety: Paridhi Sharma’s Holi wish

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Mumbai: Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show "Jodha Akbar" hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and...

13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

Ramadan 1435: Unframed

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...

Female pharma students end up as housewives, waste education: Goa CM

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Panaji : Women pharmacology students in Goa either end up as housewives or do not work night-shifts after marriage, which results in wastage of...

Swedish woman informed of her own death

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Stockholm: A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed by...

Women in India love to travel for work: Survey

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Women’s rights must be respected: President

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said India "must respect as sacred the rights of women to equal opportunities and dignified living", as...

Hundreds join in silent protest against NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC in Hyderabad

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hundreds of citizens from various civil rights groups and organisations working for urban poor, domestic workers, religious minorities, women, homeless, farmers,...

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind awards four including Ram Puniyani for promoting communal harmony

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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...

Where women take charge of Durga Puja celebrations

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By IANS, Ranchi : An all-women Durga Puja celebration has entered the 15th year in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city. The Sarvajanik Durga Puja Committee, formed by 37 women in 1993, has been celebrating the festival without the support of men for the last 15 years. The women belong to Srinagar colony in Dhanbad, 240 km from Ranchi. The women raise funds and also perform prayers and other rituals. "We had decided that there will be no male member in the committee and each and everything will be organised by women," said Seema, president of the committee.

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...

Travel ban imposed on Teesta Setalvad

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Human rights defenders term it as an attempt to “intensify the harassment of the human rights defender, and to repress her legitimate work in...

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

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New Delhi : A 32-year-old working woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was raped at a secluded spot by the...

Woman dead, three hurt in Bengaluru blast

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Bengaluru: A woman died and three other people were injured in a low-intensity blast near a restaurant in the city centre Sunday, a top...

Self-employed women’s group to go global

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), which assists poor women in the unorganised sector to make a living, is all set to take its apparel brand Hansiba to foreign shores by holding fashion shows in the US and Britain and exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan. SEWA chairperson Reema Nanavaty said: "Our apparel brand Hansiba will now hold fashion shows in the US and UK this year, besides exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan."

No jeans for girls, says Mahapanchayat

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Barsana (Mathura): A Mahapanchayat held in a Uttar Pradesh town has ruled that girls should refrain from wearing jeans. The order was issued two days...

Jet Airways offers discount for women in March

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By IANS, Mumbai: Leading private carrier Jet Airways Monday announced special fares for all women passengers to commemorate International Women's Day. "The special fares would be available till the month end to every group with at least one woman traveller that makes bookings on the airline's website," the airlines said in a statement. "All such groups will enjoy a 10 percent discount on base domestic fares and a 5 percent discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharge)".

Mumbai Municipal commissioner issues circular to all hospitals to not ask Muslim women to...

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Women said they have not problem showing face for security reasons, but sometimes security guards ask them to take off entire burqa or lose...

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...

Woman’s in-laws arrested for causing forceful abortion

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By IANS, New Delhi: The in-laws of a 22-year-old woman were arrested here Monday after she accused them of drugging her and causing her to abort her over one month-old foetus, the police said. Impreet Kaur, in her complaint to the Geeta Colony police station, alleged that her husband Rajdeep Singh, a property dealer, and in-laws, Gurdeep Singh and Devendra, took her to the house of her husband's sister two days ago. At her sister-in-law's house she was allegedly given a sedative laced tea and after that the "foetus was removed". She had married Singh in December last year.

Jung alerts cops on crime against women, people from NE

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New Delhi : Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed Delhi Police to adopt zero-tolerance policy for crimes against women, an official spokesman...

Three raped in Bihar

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By IANS,

Muslim women must press for their rights

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, When her parents asked her to wear a "burqa" (veil) while attending classes at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, Rubina refused to comply with the demand. She was barred from going to the university and sat at home washing dishes.

Think of harsher punishment for child rape accused: SC

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday said parliament may think of formulating laws providing for harsher punishment for those accused of rape...

Kiran Bedi joins BJP, to give Delhi ‘all she has’

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New Delhi : Celebrated former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who parted ways with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal around two years ago, Thursday joined the BJP, saying Delhi needs a stable and honest government.

Parliament must take steps to empower women: M.S. Swaminathan

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Harassed girl’s tweet to railway ministry lands man in jail

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Patna : A girl, who was harassed on a running train, tweeted to the railway ministry for help following which the accused was arrested,...

Maharashtra move to legalise ‘live-in’ prone to misuse, say experts

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Maharashtra government’s initiative to bestow legal status to a woman in a ‘live-in relationship' with a man, although revolutionary, could be grossly misused, aver experts. The government has decided to amend the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC) Sec. 125, with a view to protect the interests and rights of the so-called ‘mistress’ or ‘other woman', subject to the central government approval.

Muslim girl tops Bihar Board’s Intermediate Arts Exams

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Five amongst first 10 happens to be Muslim girls By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: Marking a paradigm shift for the Muslim community, a Begusarai girl...

Tax officer’s wife booked for running sex racket

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Gurgaon: The wife of a tax officer has been booked here for running a sex racket, police said Wednesday. The racket operating out of a...

Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory

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By IANS, New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday. Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India. "In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.

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पूनम मसीह/ TwoCircles.net “अब मेरे मोहल्ले के लोग भी मुझसे बात नहीं करते हैं. मेरे दोस्तों ने मुझे छोड़ दिया है। लेकिन मैं अकेली खुश...

Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys

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By Tanay Sukumar Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...

अजय राय की पत्नी ने कहा, मोदी-मुलायम डरे हुए थे मेरे पति से, ‘ऊपर’...

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: पिंडरा से विधायक अजय राय ने लोकसभा चुनाव में मोदी के खिलाफ चुनाव लड़ा था. कल इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने उन पर रा.सु.का. की धारा हटा दी है. इसके साथ ही अजय राय की जमानत का रास्ता भी आसान होता दिख रहा है. लेकिन बेहद लोकल लगती यह खबर दरअसल पूर्वांचल की राजनीति की दिशा बदल सकती है. TwoCircles.net ने कल विधायक अजय राय की पत्नी रीता राय से बात की. पेश है वह बातचीत -

Four Muslim women arrested for rioting in Gujarat town

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Ahmedabad: Many people, including four Muslim women, have been arrested in connection with rioting that took place between two communities in...

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...

‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Activists Wednesday lauded the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said that it was just one of the many hurdles it will face before women get true representation in governance. Manorama Bawa, patron of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC), said she anxiously watched the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday where the bill was passed by an overwhelming majority after two days of pandemonium.

Muslim bodies in Manipur observed International Women’s Day

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: As in other parts the globe, International Women’s Day was observed in Manipur on March 8, 2014. Manipur State Commission for Women, Department of Social Welfare, political parties and different civil society organizations observed the day by deliberating on some of the pressing issues of women in the State.

A Jewish voice against the “burqa ban”

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By Joshua M. Z. Stanton Even as a Jew in New York, I know what it is like to be Muslim in France.

While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.

Night shifts affect women more than men: Study

Women

London : Sleep is an important part of our biological cycle and disruption to a good night's sleep, especially after working in night shifts,...

Minor raped by step-father in Delhi

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New Delhi: A 10-year-old girl was raped by her step-father at her home here, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested. Police said the...

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...

Height of plight: Hajjan Bibi govt girls school in Darbhanga

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Belying the tall claims of Nitish Kumar government about Muslim welfare during the last four and half years of his regime, located in Muslim populated area in Darbhanga town, the Hajjan Bibi Soghra Hasan Memorial Girls High School gives you a clear picture of the plight of even government recognized minority schools in the state.

Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies. Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems. He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women". The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.

Didi ignored our safety on trains, say women

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By IANS,

Zeenat Aman, Priya Dutt to judge Women Awards 2012

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By IANS,

India’s women: Big strides but a long way to go

Women

(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, IANS,

Indian woman found dead in Oman

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Muscat: An Indian woman has been found dead in her apartment in Oman's Sohar city, hours after having lost her daughter and husband in...

‘Dead’ servant arrested for Chandigarh woman’s murder

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : The murder of a property dealer's wife at her residence here saw yet another twist - the Chandigarh police Monday claimed to have arrested the domestic help whom it had declared as having been “killed” Sunday. Chandigarh's Senior Superintendent of Police S.S. Srivastava announced that Vijay Pal alias Nikku, the domestic help of property dealer Baljinder Singh Sandhu and his murdered wife Anuradha, was arrested Monday from Himachal Pradesh.

Women’s safety may play key role in Indian elections: Gallup poll

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By Arun Kumar , Washington: Women in northern India feel less secure and have less faith in police, says a new poll and suggests these...

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

Women

By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

Women’s rights exhibition inaugurated in Coimbatore

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By TCN News, Coimbatore: An exhibition was inaugurated in Coimbatore on Saturday as part of the awareness campaign of the “Awakening” Conference on the theme “Women’s rights and issues” being organized by National Women’s Front.

Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction

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By IANS, New Delhi : An alert Delhi Police woman official foiled the abduction of a blind girl here, police said Thursday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Kiran Sethi...

Women’s empowerment key issue in Congress meet

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By IANS,

Murdered Dalit woman’s mother gets newly built home

Women

Perumbavoor (Kerala) : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday handed over the keys of a newly constructed house here in Ernakulam district to...

Mayawati too has reservations on women’s quota bill

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By IANS, Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday expressed strong reservations against the women's reservation bill to be introduced in Rajya Sabha Monday. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mayawati said that her party would not support the bill unless it was suitably amended on the lines suggested by her, which were similar to the issues raised by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mayawati too regarded the bill as directed against the interests of "Dalits, minorities and backwards."

Twelve Years On Pink Autos Still Run Without Support in Ranchi

Women

Midhat Samra, TwoCircles Ranchi: Suman Devi watched me photograph the pink auto and said that people come here to click pictures because the bright colour fascinates...

Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality

Women

By IndiaSpend Team As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...

Delhi policewoman smothered to death by fiance

Women

New Delhi : A 20-year-old Delhi Police woman constable was smothered to death by her fiance at a guest house here, officials said Tuesday....

Election not about promises: Kirron Kher

Women

Mumbai: Actress Kirron Kher, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Chandigarh on a BJP ticket, says it's time to deliver and not...

Nominate 100 women achievers on Facebook

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New Delhi : You can now nominate 100 women achievers who have contributed to community and nation building as a part of the...

Indian Americans protest Hijab ban, urge Karnataka court to lift ban

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More than a hundred people in Houston, Texas, United States called on the Karnataka government to stop the discrimination against Muslim girl students who...

Rehana Azmi – The inspiration of late Adv. Shahid Azmi

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor

Saina in semis, assured of maiden Worlds bronze

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Jakarta : Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance on Friday to enter her maiden women's singles semifinal at the...

A woman killed every two hours in Brazil

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By IANS/EFE, Rio de Janeiro : A woman is killed every two hours in Brazil and this average puts the country in 12th place among nations registering the most violent deaths of women, a study has said. Most of the victims are killed by relatives, husbands, boyfriends, former partners or men they rejected, the 2010 Map of Violence study said Tuesday. Forty percent of women killed in Brazil are between the ages of 18 and 30, and most cases are related to domestic violence, the report prepared by the independent Sangari Institute said.

‘Harassed for dowry’ woman jumps to death from Ghaziabad mall

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 23-year-old married woman jumped to death from the third floor of a mall on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border Wednesday afternoon, police said, suspecting it to be a "case of dowry-harassment" by her in-laws driving her to commit suicide. Saraswati had gone to the East Delhi Mall (EDM) in Kaushambi Towers with her husband Dhirendra Kumar, a property dealer of Bhovapur locality in Ghaziabad.

Cases of triple talaq extremely rare among Indian Muslims, confirms survey

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A survey conducted by Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy (CRDDP) has found that incidents of...

SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad

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By TCN News, Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...

Girls outclass boys in ICSE, ISC examinations

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Aged 120, living on boiled food, rice beer – and loving it!

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

भाजपा गुमराह कर तीन तलाक़ पर मुस्लिम महिलाओं से जुटा रही थी समर्थन, पोल...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुजफ़्फ़रनगर : तीन तलाक़ को लेकर मुस्लिम महिलाओं का समर्थन जुटाने की कोशिश में लगी भाजपा को मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में क़रारा...

Resilience and Identity: Refugee Women in India Navigate Challenges Through Intersectional Feminism

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Syed Muskan and Kulsoom Faiz, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The intersectional feminist approach illuminates the myriad issues confronting migrant women globally. As per the latest report from...

From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...

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Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...

Women healing Pakistan

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By Ayeda Naqvi Last week, six relief workers in Mansehra, a city in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), died after an attack on their office. In 2008, gunmen killed four staff members of another international aid agency. Charities and international aid organisations are under constant threat in Pakistan, particularly in the NWFP, yet a group of women continue their humanitarian efforts in the region, despite the risks.

Parliament to discuss panel’s proposal on women’s quota

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By IANS, Agartala : The budget session, beginning Feb 22, would discuss the report of parliamentary standing committee on women reservation bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister V. Narayanasamy said here Wednesday. The parliamentary panel headed by Jayanti Natarajan in its report to parliament in December last year held that reservation of 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislative assemblies was necessary to enhance the participation of women in decision-making process.

World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture

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The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs. Sami...

Ramadan 1439: Sakina

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Sakina, born and brought up in Mumbai, is a teacher. She lives in Bangalore with her family. She says “We shifted...

Diplomats pay homage to India’s first woman diplomat

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By IANS, New Delhi : Senior Indian Foreign Service officers and colleagues Sunday paid homage to C.B. Muthamma, the country's first woman diplomat, describing her as "the stuff of legends" and thanking her for breaking the "glass ceilings". Muthamma died last month at the age of 85. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao paid warm tributes to the woman who broke the glass ceiling and led the women's entry into what until then was all-male domain of the prestigious Indian Foreign Service.

IAF women officers scale new heights, summit Mt. Kamet

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women officers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are scaling heights...literally, in preparation to summit Mt.Everest next year. Young Flight Lieutenant Nivedita Choudhary and Squadron Leader Nirupama, who are members of the all-women IAF officers' Everest expedition, have just returned after scaling the 7,557-metre Mt. Kamet and 7,354-metre Mt.Abi Gamin respectively in Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, close to the border with China.

Delhi records 3,900 incidents of domestic violence against women

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : Three years after the pathbreaking Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was introduced, the Indian capital has recorded a whopping 3,901 cases - possibly the highest in the country. However, relief under this law has not been swift, say lawyers and women. States like Kerala (3,287 cases), Chattisgarh (2,921), Maharashtra (2,751), Punjab (2017), and Andhra Pradesh (1,625) also recorded too many incidents of domestic violence. This is as per court data available with some - though not all - states till February 2009.

Can Shariah be changed?

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No safety for women on Delhi roads: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi: Holding that there was no safety for women on Delhi's roads, the Supreme Court Court said Friday: "We are failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect."

Special court in Kerala for women, children

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : A special court will be set up in Kerala to ensure speedy trial of sexual exploitation cases, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said Wednesday.

Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle

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By TCN News Delhi : Activists from various organisations will come together in Delhi tomorrow to commemorate and support the 15-year long struggle of Irom...

On Ruchika’s 16th death anniversary, government says case to be re-probed

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By IANS, Chandigarh/Panchkula/New Delhi : As support built up for Ruchika Girhotra's case on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday and appeals grew for convicted former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore to be slapped with more serious charges, the government said the molestation and suicide of the teenager would be reinvestigated. Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said the molestation of Ruchika and her suicide three years later would be re-investigated and tried as a "model case" to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law".

Delhi polls: Women candidates promise the moon on security

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By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : With women's security being such a big issue in the capital, women candidates in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly...

Kerala mulls law to protect women

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Only 2 percent increase in women legislators in Bengal

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Kolkata : Though the number of women contesting the 2016 West Bengal assembly polls increased to 198 as against 174 in 2011, only 40...

Jammu and Kashmir to have law on violence against women

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By IANS, Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce a bill in the budget session of the state legislature for the protection of women against domestic violence. The decision was taken at the state's winter capital here, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah late Monday night. The decision was taken in the backdrop of several cases of mysterious deaths of women in Jammu and Kashmir, attributed to a demand for dowry or harassment of women by in-laws.

Women get permanent commission in military

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces. A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent commission. In its 32-page order, the bench directed the government to reinstate those officers as well as those who retired during the case.

Olympic shooter depending on unborn baby to win

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By IANS, London: A heavily-pregnant Olympic shooter is depending on her unborn baby to help her to victory in London, she said Friday.

महाश्वेता देवी : श्रद्धांजलि के साथ राजनीति की चुप्पी

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अनिल मिश्र शोक के वक़्त कोई खटराग शोभा नहीं देता. ख़ामोशी ही सबसे उचित लहज़ा होती है. लेकिन जब जीवन के उत्सव और उसके मूल्यों...

Father kills daughter for returning late from school

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Chandigarh : A man was arrested in Punjab's Ropar on Saturday for allegedly hacking his teenaged minor daughter to death, after getting enraged when...

AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi

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New Delhi (IANS) : The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a...

Uber to create 50,000 jobs for Indian women by 2020

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New Delhi : US-based mobile cab-booking company Uber announced on Thursday its commitment to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020 in...

Indian women behind Bangladesh in socio-economic parity

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New Delhi: At a time when the United Nations has called for gender equality ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), an index on...

Woman held with live cartridges at Lucknow airport

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman was held at the the Amausi airport here Monday after four live cartridges were found from her purse during pre-departure security checking, police said. "Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel detected the .32 bore cartridges during the final security check and stopped her," inspector Prayag Singh of Sarojininagar told IANS. The woman, Sarla Arora, however, said her husband, who had a valid arms licence, had left the cartridges in her purse by mistake, according to police.

Media detentions ‘our internal affair’, Malaysia tells US

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : While criticism against the government mounted at home, Malaysia Monday asked the US to desist from commenting or protesting at last week's detentions of a woman lawmaker, a woman reporter and a blogger. "Stop meddling in our affairs," said Foreign Minister Rais Yatim in response to Washington's protest over last Friday's detentions under the stringent Internal Security Act (ISA).