Molestation accused Meghalaya policeman kills self
Shillong: A Meghalaya Police officer, who was placed under suspension for allegedly molesting a woman, committed suicide at his house on Monday, police said.
Sub...
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
450 women deserted by overseas spouses given assistance
By IANS,
New Delhi : More than 450 women deserted by their overseas Indian spouses have been helped by the government through monetary assistance and...
Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman
Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...
UP woman booked for raping minor boy
Lucknow : A 23-year-old woman has been booked for allegedly raping a 16-year-old boy in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
A...
Higher percentage of women voted in Bengal than men
Kolkata: A higher percentage of women voters exercised their franchise compared to men in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that voted...
Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again.
It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday.
"It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."
Sania-Hingis win Guangzhou Open title
Guangzhou: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis outclassed the Chinese pair of Shilin Xu-Xiaodi You to claim the Guangzhou Open title on Saturday.
The Indo-Swiss combination...
Now, women to man India-Pakistan border
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana, IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : With women getting ready for patrol duty, gender barriers are falling on the international border between India and Pakistan.
The 36-week training of the first batch of about 200 out of the 612 women recruits, all between 18 and 22 years of age, started at the Border Security Force's (BSF) training camp at Kharkan village, 15 km from here, Monday. Classes for the remaining recruits will start later.
वीडियो में देखिए लखनऊ घण्टाघर का सीएए के खिलाफ ऐतिहासिक प्रदर्शन!
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net
लखनऊ।
नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में शाहीन बाग़ की तर्ज़ पा चल रहा प्रदर्शन का आज...
Islamic theological “expertise” in the liberal press
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
The article points out the internal inconsistencies in the theological arguments made by A. Faizur Rahman in articles which...
Woman, mother-in-law commit suicide for new clothes
By IANS,
Kolkata : A motor mechanic's wife and mother committed suicide in a West Bengal town after he failed to buy them new clothes for the Durga Puja festival, the police said Sunday.
The incident took place in South Dinajpur district's Balughat town.
Shampa Sarkar, 31, set herself on fire and her mother-in-law Maya Sarkar, 65, drank pesticide at their residence Saturday night. Both died on the same night at the hospital, Swapan Bandopadhyay Purnapatra, district police superintendent, told reporters Sunday morning.
I have no opinion on triple talaq: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said she has formed no opinion on triple talaq as yet...
Treat women with respect: President Mukherjee
By IANS,
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday stressed the need to bring about a change of mindset in the society so that women are treated with dignity and respect.
A dropout herself, she sends village children to school
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school.
This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.
नही रही पार्क सर्कस कोलकाता में सीएए बिल विरोध प्रदर्शन का मुख्य चेहरा अस्मत...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस मैदान में सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन की शुरुआत करने वाली सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता अस्मत जमील का सोमवार को 46 वर्ष की...
Patna University to have a new hostel for minority girls
By TwoCircles.net, staff reporter,
Patna: Bihar’s prestigious Patna University (PU) will soon have a new hostel for minority girl students. The hostel, constructed by the state government’s minority welfare department, will be ready for students in a month.
Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...
By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...
Principal expelled Ruchika, but not Rathore’s daughter
By IANS,
Chandigarh: A magisterial inquiry into the expulsion of Ruchika Girhotra from her school here has revealed that while the school authorities singled out the teen-aged molestation victim for action in 1990, no such step was taken against the daughter of her tormentor though she too defaulted in fee payment.
AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi
New Delhi (IANS) : The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a...
Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay.
Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).
98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change
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.
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
WTA may have to find a new sponsor
By IANS,
London : The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract.
The joint-venture company, which had signed a $93.3 million deal with the WTA, has two more years of its contract to run, and it is highly unlikely to go beyond 2010, reports The Guardian.
Women more satisfied working in public sector than BPOs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women working in public sector undertakings (PSUs) are more satisfied than those working in private outsourcing companies, says a study by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
"Majority of working women gave priority to PSU sectors because the sector provided them job satisfaction, including reasonably good annual income, with job security and convenient working hours besides a healthy work environment," the study, Empowering the Women, said.
Tripura women protest Delhi gang-rape
By IANS,
Agartala : Several women in Tripura staged rallies to express their anguish over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Delhi bus.
Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study
By IANS,
Patna : Sixty-seven percent of women and 78 percent of children in Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states of India, are anaemic, according to a report.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences has revealed that of the anaemic children, 30 percent are mildly anaemic, 47 percent are moderately anaemic and two percent have severe anaemia.
Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police will launch a new mobile application from new year, which will ensure women's safety during travel, and enable people to...
The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women
Snobar | Twocircles.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of...
Missionaries of Charity mourn Sister Nirmala’s death
Kolkata: The Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday saluted Sister Nirmala's life of service and dedication, recalling her role in taking the religious order forward
"We...
Girl from Murshidabad tops the MLib exam of IGNOU
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Baharampur: A girl from a Middle class Muslim family of Murshidabad district Aslema Khatun has topped the post-graduation examination of Library...
Raje, Gehlot mourn singer Mubarak Begum Shaikh’s death
New Delhi : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister, on Tuesday mourned the death of legendary Bollywood playback singer...
उज़मा नाहिद वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड से सम्मानित
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मुंबई : पिछले 25 सालों से मुस्लिम महिलाओं के बीच काम रहसामाजिक कार्यकर्ता उज़मा नाहिद को उनके महिला कल्याण और आर्थिक विकास...
Kochi nursing job scam runs into Rs.200 crore: CBI
Kochi: The CBI has estimated that the Kochi nursing employment scam runs into nearly Rs.200 crore.
A Central Bureau of Investigation source told IANS that...
Where are the women religious leaders?
By Vishnu Makhijani, IANS,
Astana : Whatever the third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan might have achieved, it did prove that when it comes to religious leadership, women are yet to break through the glass ceiling.
A list circulated by the organisers featured the names of 184 participants - and only 13 of them were women.
Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins.
Reactions flowed in...
Elderly woman raped by youth in Bihar
Patna: A 75-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man at a village in Bihar, police Sunday said.
The incident took place Saturday night...
More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report
By Prensa Latina,
United Nations : The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman.
The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent.
In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.
Padma Shri Saba Anjum Karim: Story of Grit, determination and much more
From gali hockey, to India’s hockey captain to DSP of police, it has been an incredible and equally inspiring journey for daughter of Chhattisgarh Saba Anjum who has received the Padma Shri 2015 honour
By Sharique Anwer, TwoCircles.net,
Durg (Chhattisgarh): Growing up in the Kelabandi locality of this place Durg, one of the district headquarters of Chhattisgarh, she was just another girl in the neighbourhood, daughter of a muezzin in a local mosque, youngest of the four siblings with not much resources at hand for the poor family.
Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!
Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...
30 days that bound a nation – in shame and concern
By IANS,
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a momentous, heartwarming step not only for India, but is likely to be an inspirational trendsetter for women's empowerment in the entire region.
Although it is only the first step, the ripples from the smashing of a glass barrier are bound to be felt in virtually all areas of traditional male dominance. Like its democracy, therefore, India will also be a beacon in the matter of women's emancipation.
Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth
By Shobha Shukla,
On this year's World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women.
“School Chalo” program spreads the message of education
By TCN News
Bangalore: Popular Front of India organized “School Chalo” program on May 30th to spread the message of education. This program was held in Tank Garden area of Bangalore.
More than 250 students who participated in this program. Majority of students were from the Govt School and from an economically challenged background. The students walked around the area with the slogans on the cards to spread the message of education.
Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention
By IANS,
Ipoh (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian woman who spent 11 months at an immigration depot on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant has sued the government for RM6 million ($150,000 approx.) for her suffering while under detention.
M. Rajeshvari named as defendants the government and six others, including Home Minister Syed Hamid Syed Albar and Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan.
The suit was filed by her lawyer A. Magesan, also an ethnic Indian, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry Thursday.
Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests
Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women...
14 साल की बच्ची का अपहरण, पुलिस को 9 दिनों में भी नहीं मिल...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
दरभंगा : बिहार राज्य के दरभंगा ज़िले के बाढ़ समैला नामक एक गांव में 14 साल की एक लड़की पिछले 9 दिनों...
Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.
Drop in women MLA numbers in Telangana stresses need for 33% reservation
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The number of women in Telangana State Assembly has come down this year as compared to the previous elections of 2014,...
Jammu woman files rape complaint against four LeT guerrillas
By IANS,
Jammu : In the first incident of its kind, a woman from Jammu region has filed a complaint of rape against guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and identified one of the atatckers during a parade of the suspects, the police said here.
Shah Bano, wife of Shafi Gujar, a resident of Zainidal Bhaderwah, claimed she was gang raped by four guerrillas of the LeT and filed a police complaint.
‘Love Jihad’ is a Sangh Parivar hoax agenda to re-divide the country: Popular...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Popular Front of India has termed ‘Love Jihad’ as a hoax program of Sangh Parivar mainly propagated in the country...
‘Injection’ attacks spark fear among women in Andhra district
Hyderabad: "Injection attacks" by unknown men have sent panic among women in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district with six more women being attacked in...
BJP derails Rajya Sabha over triple talaq row
New Delhi, (IANS): The ruling BJP on Wednesday forced an unprecedented adjournment in the Rajya Sabha as the opposition pressed for the triple talaq Bill...
1,000 girls get school uniforms stitched by “Sakhi”
Jaipur : All of them may not have been able to go to school but a good number of rural women in Rajasthan, who...
BBC banned programme on sexual attacks by its own TV personality
New York: The British Broadcasting Corporation, whose “internal culture” was described as “rotten” by a prominent British politician, has a record of trying to...
Congress nixes Pawar’s idea to reduce women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday rejected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's suggestion to reduce the women's reservation quota from 33 percent to about 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, and said there is no question of diluting the legislation.
"Absolutely no proposal...no such idea," Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
In Uttar Pradesh, old Dalit woman beaten for using hand pump
By IANS,
Lucknow : An old Dalit woman was beaten up by upper caste people for using a hand pump installed in their locality in an Uttar Pradesh village to draw water, an official said Wednesday.
"The complainant has alleged that she was beaten with sticks for using the hand pump installed in Mudaiya locality in Lacchu village in Auraiya district," said sub-divisional magistrate N.K. Mishra.
Stop female foeticide: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday drew attention to the dismal sex ratio in the country, and appealed to Indians to stop female...
Saudi Arabia appoints woman to lead Ebola fight
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has appointed a woman, Tamara Tayeb, to lead the country's fight against the Ebola virus disease, media reported Friday.
Deputy Commander...
Sania becomes top ranked doubles player with Charleston title
Charleston (US): Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their third successive doubles title together, securing the Family Circle Cup tennis title on Sunday, enabling...
A woman, for a change, repairs flat tyres
By Nityanand Shukla, IANS,
Ranchi : In her own little way, Jharkhand resident Magdali has broken into a male bastion. She repairs flat bicycle tyres for a living - a skill she was forced to pick up after 20 years of being a housewife.
In her 40s, Magdali lives in the state capital. She used to be a housewife like any other until five years ago when her husband - who ran a puncture repair shop - died. Faced with poverty and with three children to take care of, she decided to take up the work.
Women and child ministry gets Rs.21,000 crore in budget
By IANS,
New Delhi : The women and child development ministry got an allocation of Rs.21,000 crore in the interim budget presented by Finance Minister...
Humpy in semi-finals of women’s world chess championship
By IANS,
Nalchik (Russia) : Koneru Humpy established herself as the hot favourite with a sweeping 2-0 win over China's Shen Yang in the quarter finals to cruise into the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship.
In the semi-finals, Humpy will clash with another Chinese youngster, Hou Yifan, who at 14 is considered very talented.
The second semi-final will feature Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia and Sweden's veteran Pia Cramling.
67 girls found in raid on Rajasthan ashram are hypnotised
By IANS
Jaipur, July 5 : Counselling of 67 girls, found in a police raid on an ashram being run in a hotel in Rajasthan's Rajsamand,...
Workshop on role of Media during disasters with particular reference to women and...
By, Md.Ali, TwoCircles.net
A media workshop "Media Consultation for Strategies to strengthen Role of Media during Disasters with Particular Reference to the Issues Related to Children and Women" was organized on September 22, 2008, at Gandhi Sangrahalay by NGOs Save the Children and Charkha, which is a development communication Network.
Woman in live-in relationship killed by brother
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A woman who was in a live-in relationship was shot dead by her brother in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, a police official said Thursday.
Priyanka, 27, was shot thrice by her brother Sonu in Hapur town of Ghaziabad district late Wednesday.
"We are making efforts to arrest Sonu who is involved in several criminal cases of heinous nature at various places in Western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi," said Jagdish Sharma, superintendent of police (rural), Ghaziabad.
79% Women’s report harassment and abuse, trend more prevalent in Northern India, reveals a...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A recent research by UK-based advocacy group ActionAid has once again highlighted the grim situation of women's...
Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar
Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...
Female trainee police officer kills self in MP
Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...
Journalist’s sister wants viscera examined in Delhi
New Delhi : Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the...
Woman’s decomposed body found in Delhi
New Delhi: The decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman, missing since Sep 10, was recovered from a wooded area just across the sprawling presidential...
Let 2015 be a start to a future of ‘lasts’ rather than ‘half’ measures...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: After receiving the Nobel Peace prize with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistan’s young education activist Malala Yousafzai has written an open letter to the world leaders. In India, the campaigners have sent this letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
SC declines to take cognizance over Chhattisgarh deaths
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea urging the court to take cognizance of the death of 13 women due to...
Kerala HC judge says Muslim Personal law discriminates against women
By TCN Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: Kerala High Court Justice B Kemal Pasha on Sunday lashed out against Muslim Personal Law, saying their laws were discriminatory....
Two arrested for assaulting American woman in Chennai
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) Two people were arrested for allegedly assaulting and molesting an American woman, the police said here Monday.
According to official sources, Kelly Laurel Baker, 26, a US citizen complained that she had been kidnapped by two men, Jose Mathew, 43, and S. John, 35, from the bar of an upmarket hotel May 24.
She was found waylaid with bruises a day later. Baker claimed she had a memory blackout following attempts to outrage her modesty and was robbed of an expensive digital camera and mobile phone, police sources said.
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....
Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East
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.
Widow found brutally murdered
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A 55-year-old widow was found brutally murdered in her rented accommodation here Sunday evening, police said.
According to police, the woman, identified as Shashi Sharma, lived alone in the top floor of the house in Sector 42. Her throat was slit and her body was found in a pool of blood on the bed.
Sharma was running a cement store here in Sector 40.
New campaign to spread awareness against dowry
By IANS,
New Delhi : Concerned over continuing cases of harassment of women, the women and child development ministry Wednesday launched a new campaign to rope in school girls and sensitise them against the custom of dowry.
Under the campaign 'Daughters against Dowry', the ministry plans to organise workshops in schools across the country to sensitise girls against the custom of dowry.
AMU Women’s College: Naba Naseem elected as President
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In the student union polls held on Monday. AMU Women's college elected Naba Naseem, a second-year student from BA, as its...
Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam
By Naazish YarKhan,
Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of rape in Afghanistan. As a Muslim who knows that the core of her religion is about justice and mercy, I asked myself how the perpetrators of these acts could have strayed so far from the Muslim faith and from basic humane principles.
Muslim women in India are in miserable condition: Uzma Naheed
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
Uzma Naheed comes from a family of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband. She is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and has been working for the upliftment of the Muslim women in India and abroad.
Though she comes from the religious establishment she is very critical of religious establishment for keep Muslims in intellectually and socially miserable condition.
Two sent to custody for raping two Tanzanian women
New Delhi: Two men arrested for raping two Tanzanian women here were sent to 14 days' judicial custody Saturday, police said.
Kunal Singh, 27, and...
Woman paraded naked in Rajasthan
Jaipur : A woman has been paraded naked in Rajasthan's Sikar district by her husband following an argument in their house, eyewitnesses said Monday.
Only...
NDMC helps women to empower themselves
New Delhi : The NDMC is offering a variety of vocational and other courses to women, some for free, in a bid to empower...
13 years on, no political consensus on women’s quota bill
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : Opposition from three political parties may still derail the bill seeking to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislatures for women.
Though the union cabinet decided last Thursday it would introduce the bill, it does not have the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, to get it passed.
The three parties -- the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- are demanding a quota for weaker sections within this one-third quota.
A temple which welcomes only women
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk.
The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.
‘वंडर मदर ‘ बुशरा बानो का एक और कमाल, शादी के 13 साल बाद...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net
भारत की सबसे प्रेरणादायक बेटियों में से एक बुशरा अरशद बानो ने एक और कमाल कर दिया है। सोमवार को सिविल सर्विस...
Kerala Govt women cell to facilitate poor girls for engineering courses
By Aaliya N.P, TwoCircles.net,
Kannur: The Women Empowerment Cell of Kerala Government is aiming to give engineering education for selected candidates. The girls who have passed science stream in +2 examinations will be given admission to three months engineering course of Indira Gandhi National Open University.
“The girls are taught engineering to give technical help to the cell which will give those girls jobs in field of women empowerment and enlarge the reach of the cell to every section of the society,” said the director of the cell.
78 percent Indian women consider India safe to travel
New Delhi : A majority of Indian women of various age-groups across the country feel India is a safe place to travel, reads a...
Two Muslim women MPs promoted to Miliband’s front-bench team
By IRNA,
London : Two Muslim women have been promoted by Labour leader Ed Miliband among a new generation of MPs to prominent positions in his shadow front bench team.
Muslim women in Indian politics, not backward but marginalised
Dr Parveen Qamar,
Demographically, women constitute an equal part of the population, but not even a single indicator shows their equal status with men in any stream, be it social, economic or political. In the case of minority women, it becomes a double disadvantage.
Railways introduces 33 per cent sub-quota for women in catering units
New Delhi : The Indian Railways on Thursday introduced a sub-quota of 33 per cent for women in allotment of each of the...
Court grants bail to Delhi Police official
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Delhi court Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a Delhi Police official accused of raping and making a video clip...
India can be a superpower only by empowering women: Rahul
New Delhi: On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday India can never aspire to be a superpower...
DCW chief welcomes SC decision in Nirbhaya gang rape case
New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape...
From cooking tips to charity: Meet the ‘vlogger family’ from Malappuram
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net
Vlogging or video-blogging is nothing new in this modern age of technology. But there is an interesting vlogger family worth knowing...
Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi
New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday.
The woman also claimed that the...
Delhi records 40 cases of crimes against women every day
By Rajnish Singh,
New Delhi : The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of...
More women are now heart specialists: India’s first woman cardiologist
(World Heart Day is Sep 29)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
Men against violence-4: Men engagement is the need of women’s movement
This will add to women's movement
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
पहले तो हमारी सोच का दायरा इतना छोटा नहीं था…
तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी, TwoCircles.net के लिए
भारत के तमाम नागरिकों को भारतीय संविधान के तहत यह अधिकार हासिल है कि वो जिस धर्म को चाहे, उसके...
Delhi policeman facing trial for beating woman let off
New Delhi: A court here has let off a policeman, facing trial for beating a woman, saying he was doing duty in the vice...
Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29.
The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.
Appoint full-time women’s commission head, Brinda tells PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Accusing the government of "indifference and neglect" of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a full-time chairperson of the organisation.
The CPI-M politburo member's demand came in the wake of its present chairperson Girija Vyas being elected as a Lok Sabha MP.
Need to change mental and moral make-up: President
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that legislation alone cannot emancipate women and stressed on the need for a fundamental re-setting of mental...
Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti
By Ruwa Shah
Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't get raped in a moving...
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
By IANS,
London : An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London.
The 42-year-old woman had illegally stayed back in the country after arriving on a holiday, the police said. Her house was raided on a tip-off.
She pleaded guilty to 17 offences of identity fraud at Kingston Crown Court and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A large number of documents, including fake and original passports, driving licences and bank documents were seized from her house.
AIPMT Retest: Nun Denied Entry to examination hall in Kerala
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: Although the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) cleared its stand over wearing veil and the Supreme Court of India refused...
Attack on human rights defenders Soni Sori
By TCN News,
Geedam (Chattisgarh): Reports are emerging that Soni Sori, the adivasi leader from Bastar, was attacked by few unidentified men in Geedam, Chattisgarh....
Girl killed in Bengal, rape suspected
Kolkata : A seven-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and killed by a man in West Bengal and police suspect she was raped before...
50,000 women in Himachal covered under Rural Livelihood Mission
Shimla : Nearly 50,000 women from below poverty line (BPL) families in Himachal Pradesh have been covered under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, the...
Four decades on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims yet to find closure
Many victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy still reel from the devastation that the incident caused in their lives.
Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net
BHOPAL (MADHYA...
Will write to PM seeking Meghwal dismissal: NCW
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Tuesday said it will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking dismissal of union minister Nihalchand...
Women banned from wearing mini-skirts to work
By IANS,
London: Women in Britain's offices have been banned from wearing mini-skirts to work, and people involved in "customer-facing roles" have been told to look more professional "in a way that shows respect to children and families".
Around 400 staff in Southampton City Council's children's services department received a memo telling them they should dress respectfully and "carefully consider their work attire", the Daily Mail reported.
Women’s panel for slapping serious charges against Rathore
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday appealed to the central and Haryana governments to slap serious charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. It also assured that civil damages will be filed after legal consultation.
"We have asked the union home ministry and the Haryana government to slap serious charges - abetment to suicide, attempt to murder, conspiracy and destroying evidence - against Rathore," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here.
Self-help groups help women overcome childhood sexual trauma
By IANS,
London : Women who have lived through the nightmare of sexual trauma in childhood can help one another overcome these memories by sharing their experiences.
One reason why such women don't talk about their trauma is the fear of being disbelieved. Some of them said that they tried to tell their story but nobody would listen to them.
Others recalled that although their counsellor or doctor gave them a patient hearing, there was still a vital something missing, namely the opportunity to talk to someone in a similar predicament.
‘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.
India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...
Women farmers fighting for their rights and identity
By Amit Dwivedi,
"I am the first woman farmer in my block who started cultivation 15 years back," said 45 years old Aisha Begum Khatoon of Hridaypur village in Ambedkarnagar district. When she picked up the hoe for the first time, all the villagers rebuked her for treading on a man's domain. However, she decided to move forward, despite all odds, in order to look after her three daughters and one son.
Saina loses final, settles for World silver
Jakarta: It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women's singles final to Spanish top seed...
HIV woman returns to hospital after rape-accused arrested
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Almost two years after an HIV-positive woman was allegedly sexually abused by staff members of a leading hospital and the state AIDS control society, the victim has resumed treatment at the facility following the arrest of the two accused.
According to the police, accused James, a senior technician of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Nek Ram, a counsellor with Chandigarh AIDS Control Society were arrested Friday.
A case of rape has been registered against the accused.
Flavia Agnes on Muslim personal law
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Flavia Agnes is a leading feminist scholar, women’s rights lawyer and social activist based in Mumbai. She has written and worked extensively on Muslim women’s issues, communalism and religion-based personal laws in India. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about her work.
Q: Could you tell us something about your own background?
How two sisters’ commitment scripting Moradabad’s brass industry’s future
Anushka Kogta and Namya Jain, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “This work not only supports our family but also sustains the entire Uttar Pradesh,” claimed 52-year-old Rashida...
After driving across India, Khasi woman eyes Mongol Rally
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : Driving a seven hp two-stroke engine for 4,110 km in 20 days is not an easy task, but Miatmon Sooting, a single mother to a seven-year-old, should be proud enough that she completed the race in an auto-rickshaw in 15 days. It's given her the confidence to eye the gruelling Mongol Rally.
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.
Stripping of woman in public to be probed
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered state police chief D.N. Gautam to inquire into the alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here after the opposition and women's rights activists created an uproar over the incident.
Officials said the chief minister ordered Gautam to undertake the probe Thursday night although the police headquarters had already asked Inspector General (Patna zone) Sunil Kumar to look into the incident.
Assam: SC provides relief to 50 lakh women; says panchayat certificate is proof of...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In a big relief to nearly 50 lakh women in Assam who were fearing deportation after their citizenship had been questioned,...
Woman killed in US operation in Afghanistan
By DPA,
Kabul : US-led troops killed a civilian woman and two militants in a clash in southern Afghanistan, while nine rebels including a senior commander and two policemen were killed in separate attacks, officials said Sunday.
The woman was killed when coalition forces clashed with militants in Zabul province Thursday, US military said in a statement.
One man and two women - all civilians - were wounded in the clash and taken to a military hospital for treatment, it said.
Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women
By IANS,
Dhaka : A law to curb violence against women in the form of acid being thrown at them has been approved in Bangladesh, which has witnessed 132 incidents of this kind since January.
The legislation, Acid Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009, aims to establish "strict government control on the use of acid materials and curb acid related crimes", it was announced Monday after approval was given by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
11 get life in jail for killing 69 in Gujarat massacre
Ahmedabad : Fourteen years after 69 people were massacred at a Muslim housing society here during the 2002 Gujarat riots, an Ahmedabad court on...
Jharkhand village orders last rites of woman charged with adultery
By IANS,
Ranchi : A Jharkhand 'panchayat' (village council) has ordered the last rites of a woman to be performed for allegedly having an extra-marital affair, media reports said Monday.
According to the reports, Sunita Devi, a resident of Barki Gorang village, 70 km from here, was allegedly having an affair with her neighbour Harinath Bhokta. She is married to Ram Dayal Munda and has two children.
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Harassed for dowry, woman commits suicide in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : A 22-year-old woman who was allegedly being harassed for dowry by her husband committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in Noida, the police said.
The incident came to light Monday morning, when the woman's body was discovered by her husband.
Anita, a resident of Harola area, was married to Gajendra Singh, a factory worker, two years ago.
Anita's brother Kaushlendra in a complaint to the police alleged that Singh used to torture her for dowry.
The police have registered a complaint. The accused is said to be absconding.
Beating all odds, Jharkhand girl clears matriculation exam, inspires others
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi : This Jharkhand girl cycled 24 kilometres every day to and from her school. And today, Neelu Kumari has made her...
After UN speech, Lucknow girl to go green
By IANS,
Lucknow: While most children of her age look forward to playing with friends in summer vacation, 13-year-old Yugratna Srivastava, who made history by delivering a speech at a United Nations summit last year, has plans to green the city.
Srivastava, who appeared for Class 9 exam this year, will plant saplings in different neighbourhoods of Uttar Pradesh's capital.
"I always wanted to do something constructive during summer vacation therefore I decided to launch a plantation drive," Srivastava, a student of Saint Fidelis College here, told IANS over phone Saturday.