A letter to a friend who is getting married
By PA Abdullah
My Dear Friend
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah!
Woman sets herself ablaze over dowry harassment
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 20-year old woman, alleging harassment by her in-laws over dowry, committed suicide by setting herself afire here, police said Friday.
Ramadan 1437: Noor Jehan
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Noor Jehan came to Kanpur from Bombay as a young bride. Living a pampered life till then, she wasn’t as well...
People defy ban to offer prayers at sati site
By IANS,
Raipur : Dozens of people in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Monday offered prayers at the site where a woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre despite a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman.
On Saturday, Lalmati Verma, 71, jumped onto her husband's funeral pyre after all the villagers had left the site on the bank at the confluence of two rivers - Mahanadi and Shivnath - in Chechar village, about 125 km from here.
Framing of charges ordered against man for assaulting northeastern woman
New Delhi: A court has ordered the framing of charges against a man who was arrested for molesting and assaulting a woman from northeast...
Lucknow Biotech park to train women farmers
By IANS,
Lucknow : Free training programmes will be provided to women farmers by the Biotech Park here to enable them to apply new technologies to increase agricultural yield, an official said Monday.
"We will be launching training programmes to hone the skills of women farmers from Sep 7," said P.K. Seth, CEO of the Biotech Park.
"Though the programmes will be open to women farmers from across the state, initially we will enrol farmers from Lucknow and its adjoining districts," an official at the Biotech Park said.
Dr Fahmida felicitated with ‘Nari Shakti’award at Beed in Maha
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Beed (Maharashtra): A little known social organisation Shiv Sangram felicitated a teacher Dr Fahmida with its ‘Nari Shakti’ award on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jijabai, the mother of Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Empire.
Telangana, Headley, women’s quota share space in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Noisy protests for and against the creation of Telangana forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha Thursday while in the Rajya Sabha, the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) found common cause on the Headley saga and asked the government to make clear its stand on the case that was getting "curiouser and curiouser".
Jabarti becomes first Saudi woman editor in chief
By IINA,
Jeddah : Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette newspaper following the resignation of Khaled Almaeena from...
ईसाई समाज की ननों के साथ एबीवीपी कार्यकर्ताओ ने की अभद्रता,केरल के सीएम नाराज,...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
केरल की चार ईसाई ननों को उत्तर प्रदेश के झांसी रेलवे स्टेशन पर एबीवीपी के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा जबरन चलती ट्रेन से...
Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN
Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...
Women Helpline launched in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : A Women Helpline was launched Monday by police here.
Speaking on the occasion, Uttar Pradesh Inspector General of Police Navneet Sikera asked women...
36 Indian women WHO worked as scavengers to walk on ramp
By NNN-PTI,
United Nations : Thirty-six Indian women, rescued by a non governmental organisation from the degrading task of manually cleaning human excreta, are all set to walk on ramp with leading models before representatives from more than 150 countries here.
The women, rescued by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation from Alwar in Rajasthan, yesterday met diplomats and dignitaries at the United Nations and talked about the changes which, they said, had made them for the first time feel like human beings.
Shabana addresses global summit on women’s abuse in Afghanistan
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai : Ignoring her family's concern for her safety, Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi visited Afghanistan this week on an invitation by the UN to be the main speaker at a global summit to address the issue of violence against women.
Shabana left for Kabul Tuesday night although her family, including husband Javed Akhtar, expressed fear for her safety in the war ravaged country.
"Danger is fun," the actress said before departing.
Neglect charge against British teenager’s mother dismissed
By IANS,
Panaji : Goa's Women and Child Development (WCD) department has dismissed a petition against slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown on a technicality, as the police was already investigating similar charges against her.
A petition filed by a local NGO Utt Goenkara had argued that it was Fiona's criminal neglect of Scarlett which had resulted in the teenager's death and sought penal action against her.
Poverty-stricken woman athlete in jail for prostitution
By IANS,
Raipur : Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after being arrested for prostitution, police said.
A police officer who arrested Nisha Shetti, 26, last Friday from a posh locality of Raipur said she had revealed during interrogation that she was forced to become a call girl due to deprivation and had travelled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs.50,000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days.
Vrindavan widows’ first Holi with colours Friday
Goverdhan/Vrindavan : For the first time, about a 1,000 widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will this year play Holi with colours at an...
Three held for woman’s gangrape in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Three men were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said Wednesday.
"The woman was waiting for a bus to go to Ujjain Tuesday when the trio offered her lift in their jeep. Later, they took her to bypass road and raped and assaulted her," said Dewas Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rajput.
Rajendra Senghav of Dewas, Sunil Mehta of Raisen district and Bunty Patel of Bhopal were arrested by a police patrol on the bypass road, he said.
29 UP cops named in 23 rape cases in 14 months: CM
Lucknow: As many as 29 Uttar Pradesh Police personnel were named in 23 cases of rape registered in the state in the 14 months...
Saudi Arabia to set up world’s largest women-only varsity
By IANS,
Dubai : The world's largest university exclusively for women is to come up in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi King Abdullah scheduled to lay the foundation stone.
The Riyadh Women's University will be the world's largest institute for higher studies when the project is completed in 2010.
The university will have 13 colleges and will cover an area of eight million square metres north of the Saudi capital.
Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times
Shimla: The housewife is the backbone of a home and her disability makes her a burden on others, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court...
Delhi policewoman smothered to death by fiance
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....
Where women take charge of Durga Puja celebrations
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.
Shayara Bano case in SC: First understand all forms of separation under Muslim personal...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The Shayara Bano case in Supreme Court has ignited a massive debate across the country over the existing Muslim personal laws....
Police officer suspended for third degree interrogation of girl in Jharkhand
Ranchi : In a case of alleged police brutality, a Class 10 girl student fell unconscious and had to be hospitalised after she was...
Dowry charge against Jharkhand health minister
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi, who got married last week, has been accused by a woman he was engaged to last year of demanding dowry to marry her.
Shipra Singh, a resident of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, alleged that Sahi, who had got engaged to her February 2007, did not marry her as her father was not able to arrange the dowry demanded by Sahi.
According to a report in a local newspaper, Shipra said Sahi had demanded Rs.5 million in cash and a luxury car from her family.
Clean Chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment case is supreme injustice, say...
TCN News
About 350 feminists and women’s rights groups have written an open letter to the retired judges of Supreme Court expressing their disappointment at...
Women, children hardest hit among Congo refugees: Unicef
By DPA,
Cologne (Germany) : Women and children caught up in the fighting in eastern Congo are in urgent need of help, the UN Children's Fund Unicef said Friday.
More than a quarter-of-a-million refugees fled the fighting in recent days between the Congolese Army and rebels under the leadership of General Laurent Nkunda.
Many children were separated from their parents, making them more vulnerable to abuse, Unicef said, adding that there was also a danger of young boys being forcibly recruited by armed groups when they are displaced.
Intermediate topper Talat Nazneen wants to become IAS officer
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Talat Nazneen Zakia has secured first position in Intermediate examination 2009 in Bihar, and thus has become pride of not only for her family but her educationally backward community also – the community where more males are literate than females.
Celebrating the writings of women
New Delhi, (IANS): Women writers, journalists, academics and professionals will come together later this month to debate and discuss issues that shape women professionals...
Woman legislator defends biting Congress legislator
Thiruvananthapuram : Left legislator Jameela Prakasham on Tuesday said she bit Congress member K. Sivadasan Nair because he grabbed her from behind during the...
Much to cheer this women’s day in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women in the national capital had lots to look forward to this International Women's Day. Not only were they cheering the government's efforts to clear the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, free makeovers, complimentary movie tickets and shopping discounts were also lined up to make their day.
Homemakers, students, professionals and social activists -- many women were keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, gets passed in Rajya Sabha Monday.
12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala
Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...
Sewa Helping War-affected Afghan Women
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.
Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in municipal polls
Riyadh : A new law that allows women in Saudi Arabia to vote and contest in municipal elections has come into force, a media...
Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand
Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net
“Kolkata has transformed into a city of rallies,” observed Mayurakshi Banerjee, a Mumbai-based cine worker who has called the city home for...
Woman ‘thrown out’ of train in Bengal, railways rubbish claim
Kolkata: Angry passengers ransacked a railway station and roughed up two officials Saturday claiming a woman passenger was thrown off a moving train in...
Two young Swedish women marry in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : Two young Swedish women, who were living together in New Delhi for the past one year, married in traditional Hindu style at a temple here, a priest said.
According to Baba Dharam Das, who conducted the marriage Saturday at a temple in Agra Cantonment, an autorickshaw driver brought the two women to the temple and persuaded him to get them married according to Vedic rites.
The autorickshaw driver made arrangements for the marriage in which Sandra, who played the husband, put vermillion on the forehead of Sara, who played the wife's role.
All India Democratic Women’s Association ask the president to not sign the TT bill
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...
Pakistan offers to share with India lessons on women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : Amid continued uncertainty here over the fate of a bill to reserve seats for women in parliament and legislative bodies, Pakistan has offered to share its experience in successfully implementing a law in this regard.
"We have enacted a law where 20 percent of parliamentarians have to be women. The law was based on recommendations based on a study by NGO Aurat Foundation. India can replicate the model and if it wants we can share the study," Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik said here late Thursday.
Women officials will play major role in future, says Air Force Chief
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : With the government allowing permanent commission to women in select branches of the armed forces, Air chief Fali Homi Major today indicated the Services were open to the idea of career women officers in several other departments too.
What educated Muslim women say about women quota bill?
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: While common Muslim is unaware of the debates around Women Reservation Bill, educated and active Muslim women are all for the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha. However, they want some concrete mechanism to ensure the political participation of Muslim women and other excluded groups.
Sexual harassment led to Delhi school stampede: fact-finding report
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
New Delhi: A fact-finding report released today has concluded that sexual harassment of girl students led to the stampede in the government senior secondary school in New Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area on September 10 resulting in the death of five girls and injury of scores of others.
IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.
Fight female foeticide through literacy: Himachal governor
By IANS,
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau Monday underlined the need to promote female literacy to combat the social evil of female foeticide.
Rau said: "There is a need to encourage female literacy to eradicate social evils like female foeticide."
Addressing a function here organised by Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti to mark International Literacy Day, Rau said "higher literacy levels would also bring about economic freedom for women and empower them."
The Governor commended the state government for its efforts to increase literacy in the state.
बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग का परिणाम जारी, मुस्लिमों का इस बार बेहतर हुआ प्रदर्शन
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग (बीपीएससी) ने 7 अक्टूबर को बीपीएससी 65वीं संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा (सीसीई) के अंतिम परिणाम घोषित कर दिए। इस बार मुख्य...
90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday.
The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.
All-women police station opened in Dharamsala
Dharamsala : After Shimla, this town in Himachal Pradesh Monday became the second in the state to have an all-women police station.
Chief Minister Virbhadra...
India gets its first woman speaker in Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : History was made Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar became the first woman speaker of the Indian parliament, the otherwise fractious house setting aside its differences to elect the Dalit leader unanimously.
The 64-year-old Congress leader from Bihar was chosen for the post of speaker of the Lok Sabha, a key constitutional post, after party president Sonia Gandhi proposed her name. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seconded it.
Government yet to move on women’s bill talks
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break.
"I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.
Gurgaon doctor sent to custody for raping sister
Gurgaon: A 33-year-old doctor was Sunday sent to 14 days judicial custody on charges of raping his younger sister for over eight years, police...
Nasim Akhtor: Creating history as a woman mountaineer from North East
By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net,
TCN Special Series: Part 3 on Nasim Akhtor
NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...
SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of December...
डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...
Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.
Haryana gifts women free bus rides for ‘Rakhi’
By IANS,
Chandigarh : To mark the festival of 'Raksha Bandhan' when women tie a colourful thread on the wrist of their brothers as a symbol of bond of love, the Haryana government Tuesday announced that all women in the state will be allowed to travel free in state transport buses.
A state transport department spokesman said the free travel facility will be available to women in all Haryana Roadways buses on 'Raksha Bandhan' day, falling on Aug 24, to go visiting their brothers.
Minor found hanging in UP village, father alleges rape
Lucknow: A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a Uttar Pradesh village late Tuesday, police said Wednesday. The father of the...
Webley-Smith wins $10,000 women’s ITF title
By IANS,
New Delhi : Top seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain scored an easy 6-1, 6-1 win over seventh-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko to claim the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at the DLTA complex here Saturday.
The Briton thus completed a double, having won the doubles with Kolesnichenko Friday, beating Indian Ashmitha Easwaramurthi and Dalila Jakupovic of Slovakia 6-2, 6-4.
The singles win has fetched Webley-Smith $1568 and Kolesnichenko $980 and will split $637 with Kolesnichenko for the doubles victory.
NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...
Need for a national study on Muslim women: Muslim Mahila Andolan
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: While demanding the implementation of Sachar Committee recommendations, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) has urged the government to conduct a national study on the status of the Muslim women in India on the scale of Sachar Committee study.
During its daylong annual convention held on November 27 in New Delhi, BMMA has demanded immediate implementation of the 33% reservation for women in Assembly and Parliament.
Why death penalty for child rape doesn’t mean swifter, better justice
Mumbai, (IANS/IndiaSpend): About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of...
Landlord held for raping tenant in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A landlord was arrested in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar on charges of raping his tenant, police said Saturday.
The incident took place in a slum...
राजस्थान में भी पांच मुस्लिम लड़कियां बनी जज,यूपी की जज बनी लड़कियों को मिल...
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
जयपुर- देश भर की मुस्लिम बेटियों में न्यायिक सेवा के प्रति रुझान लगातार बढ़ रहा है।3 महीने पहले उत्तर प्रदेश...
Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists
Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...
NCW summons Ashutosh for ‘demeaning’ women
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh for "demeaning" women through one of the articles...
Not just Durga, Mahishasur also worshipped in India
New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani's controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter...
Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi
New Delhi : Hoping to deflect the opposition flak, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she did not recommend travel documents...
Woman makes large donation for Myanmar cyclone victims
By DPA,
Singapore : A woman eager to show her son how donations are made turned over 100,000 Singapore dollars ($74,000) for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, the Sunday Times said.
In her 40s, the woman went to the Red Cross House and asked how she could help. She then took out of her handbag a wad of 1,000-Singapore-dollar ($740) notes, totaling 50,000 Singapore dollars ($37,000), tied together with a rubber band.
While the workers were thanking her, the woman took out another wad, saying: "Here's another 50,000."
Women deprived from voting in elections in Pakistan province
Islamabad: Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters.
The women's...
For Her Majesty, a private piano recital from Condoleezza
By IANS,
London : What happens when the most powerful American woman meets the most powerful British woman? Music flows.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stopped over in London on her last political tour before she leaves office in January and met Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace Monday ahead of her talks with the British government on terrorism issues, including the Mumbai strikes.
Rice told the queen of a long-standing wish: to play the piano for Her Majesty in a private recital.
सदफ़ ज़फ़र, जिनका मुस्लिम होना और सच दिखाना पड़ा महंगा
By मीना कोटवाल, TwoCircles.net
गरिकता संशोधन एक्ट यानी CAA के पास होने के बाद से ही देशभर में इसके खिलाफ़ प्रदर्शन किया जा रहा है....
हज 2022 : ‘हज मोबाइल एप’ से होगा आवेदन,तैयारी में जुटी सरकार
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...
Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women.
The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.
Amnesty International urges Chhattisgarh authorities to protect Adivasis protesting against private companies
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter
Raigarh: Amnesty International India on Sunday, January 14 said that the local authorities in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, should respect and protect the...
Early Marriage, Tradition and Safety: Unraveling the Challenges for Muslim Girls in Education
Iqra Fatma, TwoCircles.net
Darbhanga (Bihar): Nusrat, a bright young woman from Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, always aspired to pursue higher education. After earning her bachelor's...
China’s Zhang Yin is world’s richest woman
By IANS,
Beijing: Zhang Yin, the head of a Chinese recycled paper company, is the world's richest woman in 2010, a media report said Wednesday.
Husband deserts Muslim woman for attending Independence Day
Patna: A Muslim school teacher in Bihar was forced to leave her house by her husband who felt she had violated the Shariat law...
College women more likely to be drugged, raped
By IANS,
Washington : College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended.
The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual rape during their college years, according to the department of Justice.
Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in North East India
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
‘Gender discrimination leads to malnutrition in women’
By IANS,
Dhaka: Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has deplored gender discrimination in healthcare programmes pursued by South Asian nations, saying it leads to malnutrition and chronic diseases among women and children.
"Negligence of women's health puts huge impact on children even when they grow up," he said while participating in a dialogue entitled "Indo-Bangladesh Dialogue on Health and Education: Learning from Neighbours" here Saturday.
"It leads to high rate of maternal mortality and malnutrition, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases among women and children," he added.
Now, Jalpaiguri missionary school receives threat letter
Kolkata: Even as police are yet to make any arrest into the gang rape of a nun in a convent in West Bengal's Ranaghat,...
Golfers Dagar, Malik favourites for national women’s tourney
New Delhi : Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik will be among the favourites when the 100th edition of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur...
Electronic bangles to keep Kerala women safe?
by IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : On the eve of International Women's Day, Kerala is mulling over the use of electronic gadgets for the protection of women, a state minister revealed Wednesday.
Case filed for FB post against Kejriwal’s daughter
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad police Monday registered a criminal case against a person for posting derogatory remarks against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's daughter and...
CBI files chargesheet in Unnao custodial death case
By IANS
New Delhi, July 7: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five men including Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's brother Atul Singh...
Woman saves Indian from Bangladeshis’ captivity in Baharin
Manama: An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the...
Four policemen sacked for deaths, woman’s beating
By IANS,
Lucknow: In a rare move, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday ordered the dismissal of four policemen including two inspectors for their role in two custodial deaths in Allahabad and the thrashing of a woman in Sultanpur district.
Principal Home Secretary Fateh Bahadur told mediapersons: "Taking serious note of police high-handedness in both cases, the government has decided to terminate their services to set an example before other erring cops who harass common people."
Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life
By IANS,
London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity.
Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
"I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.
The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman...
Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview.
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Sania Mirza gets Padma Bhushan award, Chef Imtiaz Qureshi Padma Shri
New Delhi: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was selected for the Padma Bhushan- the third highest civilian award in India.
Sania enjoyed a superb...
Indian woman phones home after being declared dead
By ANTARA News,
New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday.
Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said.
Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.
Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Imphal (Manipur): The Manipur Muslim girl students have formed, perhaps first time in the history of the state, a union to wage a war on two fronts: to change Muslim socieity’s approach on higher education for Muslim girls and to demand state government reservation for Muslim women.
Arab women’s body to discuss empowerment
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi : The second convention of the Arab Women's Organisation (AWO) is scheduled to be held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to discuss the role and opportunity of women in changing society and empowerment, WAM reported Sunday.
The three-day meet from Nov 11-13, will be held under the patronage of the chairperson of the Family Development Foundation Sheikh Fatima bint Mubarak under the theme "Woman in the human security concept: Arab and international perspectives".
PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days
Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...
Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent
New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...
Questions raised over Bihar Class 12 toppers; govt. to re-examine answer sheets
Patna : After questions were raised over the quality of Class 12 Science and Arts toppers this year in Bihar, the state government has...
Chhath festival concludes peacefully in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Millions of people, mostly women, took a dip in rivers and ponds across Bihar and offered prayers to the rising sun early Wednesday to mark the end of the four-day long Chhath festival, which concluded peacefully.
Devotees, attired in new colourful clothes, ended their 36-hour fast by offering prayers and floating lighted earthen lamps in water bodies. They sang folk songs and offered prayers to the sun god.
A rare show of harmony was on display when people cutting across social barriers gathered to celebrate Chhath in villages and towns.
Will Najma Heptulla be ‘retired’ in New Year?
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Speculations are rife that Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla might be ‘retired’ in the New Year.
News website Scroll.in http://scroll.in/article/696681/Modi-likely-to-drop-Minority-Affairs-Minister-Najma-Heptulla-from-the-cabinet-next-year reported on Tuesday that the senior most minister in the Narendra Modi-led NDA government might be dropped from the council of ministers.
Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...
Women legislators oppose banning jeans on campus
By IANS,
Lucknow : Taking up cudgels on behalf of students, women legislators in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district have opposed a proposal drafted by several college principals, banning students from wearing jeans on campus.
Women legislators demanded that the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Principals Association (UPPA) should not be implemented in any of the colleges in the state and said they would raise the issue even in the state assembly, if UPPA goes ahead with the proposal.
BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC
New Delhi : All India Women's Congress president Shobha Oza Monday said the BJP government was reluctant to table the women's reservation bill in...
China-based Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
New Delhi : Business executive Meena Barot Monday created history by becoming the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China, a moment she called the "most beautiful" in her life.
Cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese and a handful of expatriates, Barot, 36, who lives in China, ran with the Olympic torch for around 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province around 8.30 a.m. (6 a.m. IST).
Shopian double murder being hushed up, alleges women’s group
By IANS,
New Delhi: "They make it a desolation and call it a peace" - with this line by a Kashmiri-American poet reflecting his thoughts on his state, a Delhi-based women's group sums up its report on the Shopian rape and murder of two women that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley this year.
The Independent Women's Initiative for Justice (IWIJ) in its report released Thursday alleges that the Jammu and Kashmir government is involved in a major hush-up of the rape-murder of the two women in May this year.
Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam
New Delhi : Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School here on Saturday topped the class 12 examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),...
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समय के साथ भारत तेज़ी से लैंगिक समानता की ओर बढ़ रहा है. यहां इसी परिप्रेक्ष्य में कुछ रोचक कहानियां मौजुद हैं, जो...
Country’s richest woman loses in Haryana polls
Chandigarh: Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar assembly seat, officials said Sunday.
Jindal, who was elected from Hisar in...
‘Headscarf instils positive body image in British Muslim women’
London : British Muslim women who wear a hijab (headscarf) generally have a more positive body image, are less reliant on media messages about...
Government to launch campaign against dowry, foeticide: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government will plan a campaign involving people to fight against the menace of...
CPI (ML) demands CBI probe into Delhi school stampede
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Delhi State Committee of the CPI (ML) today demanded a CBI enquiry into the Khajuri Khas government school stampede in which five girl students were killed on September 10, alleging that the state government was not bringing out the truth. The organization has also demanded resignation of Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.
DCW seeks appellate authority under sexual harassment act
New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday urged union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to constitute an appellate authority...
‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A woman, who was suspected to have been kidnapped after her car was found in Hindon river here, was living in Delhi's suburb Gurgaon, said a police official Wednesday.
Aditi Tyagi, 21, an executive with a call centre at Noida, another Delhi suburb, tried to hoodwink her parents by abandoning her car June 9 in Hindon river, the police said.
After surveillance of her mobile number, she was found living with a man in Gurgaon, said Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan.
Muslim girls shine in Jharkhand Intermediate exams, Fauzia Maram is state topper
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
“Choose subjects of your interest, and you can be successful”, says Fauzia Maram, the first rank holder in the Intermediate (Arts) Examinations in Jharkhand. “Once interest is of high importance in choosing the way one wants to study. Choosing one’s way should not be dependent upon the immense pressure from family or teachers. Then only can one excel.”
SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
Ramadan 1438: Jannat ul Nisa
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I am 13 and I always make sure to fast the whole month, but few days back my Blood Pressure...
Indian girls most likely face violence from mothers: Unicef
By Arul Louis,
New York : Indian mothers and step-mothers are those mostly likely to subject their daughters to "physical violence," according to a Unicef...
Big B lauds woman for winning Rs.1 crore
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for Rahat Taslim from Jharkhand who became the first woman to win Rs.1 crore on his gameshow "Kaun Banega Crorepati".
‘For women, toilets more important than mobiles’
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Shahnawaz Akhtar, IANS,
Ex-diplomat, champion of Dalit cause, is first woman speaker
By IANS,
New Delhi : Meira Kumar, who is set to become the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's parliament, is a former diplomat who left the foreign service to fight the cause of Dalits.
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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
Renowned Muslim women scholars call for adopting Islamic teachings for ‘happy family, stronger society’
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New Delhi: Muslim women intellectuals and scholars from around the world on Tuesday unanimously gave a clarion call to adopt Islamic teachings for...
A man’s battle for women’s rights
Feeling lost amidst academics spewing jargon at a recent seminar on Muslim women, I was relieved to meet Nasiruddin Haider Khan, ...
Foxconn’s Discriminatory Hiring Practices: Undermining Women’s Empowerment in India
Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A startling revelation regarding Foxconn’s alleged discriminatory hiring policies at its Apple iPhone plant in India has come to light. Shockingly, the company...
Haryana announces three awards on Women’s Day
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Monday announced three new awards, including one in the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, to honour women in different fields to mark International Women's Day.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the three state awards are being instituted to honour and inspire women in their fields of choice.
Speaking at a state-level function here to honour outstanding women of Haryana, Hooda said the first state level award of Rs.100,000 in cash would be known as Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Puraskar.
Khuti gang-rape mastermind held in Jharkhand
By IANS:
Ranchi, July 22:The mastermind of the gang rape of five women in Khuti district of Jharkhand a month ago was arrested on Sunday...
यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...
यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...
Bihar: These Muslim women break taboo by learning Madhubani painting
A project for women to learn Madhubani painting saw mostly Muslim girls turning up to learn.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
MADHUBANI (BIHAR)—A bunch of Muslim girls...
Nation is always empowered by its women: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women.
“Nation is always empowered by its women....
Miscreants throw acid on woman corporator in UP
Bareilly : A woman corporator was Friday seriously injured when local goons here threw acid on her, police said.
A case has been registered against...
Number of rape cases rising in India
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday.
According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003.
The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.