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UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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By IRNA,

Badshah Khan’s hundred-year-old message of peace

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net "There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed 1,400 years ago by the Prophet all the time when he was in Mecca.” - Badshah Khan

Bordhup camp inmates starving, authorities unconcerned

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TCN Special Series on riot relief camps in Assam – Part 1

BSP leader’s son held in sexual assault case

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Bangalore:Hyder Nasir, 24, son of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sheik Bahadur, was arrested here in a sexual assault case, registered against him and...

Five Iraqi women killed in collision with US forces

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By DPA, Baghdad: At least five Iraqi women were killed in a traffic collision with a vehicle carrying US forces south of Baghdad Wednesday, police said. Police told the DPA that at least six Iraqis were injured in the collision, which took place on the highway linking the central town of Hilla with the capital. A US military helicopter rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to a US military hospital, police said.

Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down

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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.

14 साल की बच्ची का अपहरण, पुलिस को 9 दिनों में भी नहीं मिल...

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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...

Indian women entering Bahrain on forged visas

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By IANS, Dubai : Hundreds of Indian women, mainly from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, are entering Bahrain on forged visit visas to work as domestic helps, a media report said Saturday.

Curfew in BHU: Policemen lathi-charge at female students, use tear gas; several students injured

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Female students protesting at the main gate of the Banaras Hindu University were met with violent police action including lathi-charge, use...

NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused

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TCN News Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...

Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital is second only to Uttar Pradesh in crime against women cases, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury informed the Lok Sabha Friday. Renuka Chowdhury, citing data provided by the National Commission for Women (NCW), said the total number of such cases in Delhi in 2008 stood at 724. The NCW put the total number of cases, including rape, torture for dowry and harassment against women, in Uttar Pradesh at 2,381. It is the highest in the country in 2008.

“Adverse political situation, militarization impacting Kashmiri women’s health”

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‘Impact of Conflict on Women in Kashmir’ report released By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Srinagar: “Rape, outrage of modesty and other forms of violence against women in the last 25 years have been used as a weapon of war in Kashmir,” and “61% of married women suffer from health disorders due to adverse political situation and militarization,” a report released here to mark February 23 as Women Resistance Day’ in Kashmir said on Monday.

Women have to be empowered – not just educated – to end son preference

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By Charu Bahri Mount Abu, Rajasthan: I wouldnt be around to write this story if the Bahri clan I hail from - Hindus from...

Use of women for trafficking drugs via India on rise

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By Mayank Aggarwal, IANS, New Delhi : Powerful cartels from West Africa are increasingly using human carriers, especially women from Southeast Asia, to smuggle drugs via India, warns the country's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). "The use of human carriers, specially women, for drug trafficking is on the rise. Nigerian gangs are sending cocaine and heroin through Southeast Asian women," A.P. Siddiqui, NCB's deputy director, told IANS ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 26.

Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut

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Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from...

Dalit woman commits suicide to evade rape attempt

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Dalit woman committed suicide Saturday by setting herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to evade a rape attempt by her neighbour, police said. Family members alleged that she took the extreme step to evade a rape attempt by a neighbour in Faizabad, about 150 km from here. "The woman, in her dying statement to the magistrate, seconded the allegations made by her husband Rajaram, but died before naming the person," Faizabad police chief R.K.S. Rathore told IANS.

Woman among 13 new ministers inducted in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar : A woman politician who has survived at least five assassination attempts was among the 13 new ministers inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday. With this, the strength of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's six-month-old coalition has gone up to 23. Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers, who include seven from the National Conference, six from the Congress and one from junior coalition partner, the National Democratic Party.

83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC

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Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...

कर्नाटक : मनीषा से मुहब्बत के बदले में अरबाज को मिली मौत

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक में एक मुस्लिम लड़के की अंतर-धार्मिक संबंध के चलते हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं। पिछले महीने 28 सितंबर को बेंगलुरु के...

Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery

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By Sarat C. Das, IANS,

UAE’s Sheikha Fatima named UN goodwill ambassador

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By IANS/WAM,

Marginally more women in council of ministers

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are marginally more women in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team now, with four new women members joining the council of ministers Sunday.

Acid attack ‘horrifying’ form of violence, says court

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New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to life in prison for throwing acid on his beloved, leading to her death. The...

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अपनी जान जोखिम में डाल बदहाल व्यवस्था को सांसे देने का...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net कासमपुर की सविता (53) के गांव में इस महामारी के दौरान 4 मौत हुई है। घर -घर मौजूद मौजूद खतरे के...

Women safety initiative ‘Panic Button’ launched in 18 states

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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The much awaited safety tool for women Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) called "Panic Button" was on Tuesday launched...

Muslim Students Federation to seek legal advice over denial to wear hijab in some...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Union Muslim League students’ outfit Muslim Students Federation (MSF) has decided to launch an online survey to address...

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

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

Accord highest honour to women: President

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday greeted fellow citizens on the occasion of Durga Puja, saying "let us resolve to accord the highest...

Bihar Police okays 35 percent quota for women

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By IANS, Patna : Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police sations.

Why are girls looked upon as marriage material only?

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By Zohra Javed,

Woman kills two children, self in Tripura

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By IANS, Agartala : A woman poisoned her two teenaged children and then killed herself in Tripura, which is witnessing an increase in the number of suicides, police said Tuesday. Laxmi Sarkar, 27, killed her two children and then committed suicide late Monday in Kalyanpur in west Tripura, a police spokesman said. She reportedly took the extreme step due to abject poverty. In separate incidents, two middle-aged women also committed suicide in west Tripura allegedly due to poverty, police said.

Jamiat organizes training course in Muslim personal law for lawyers

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Worried about excessive hues and cries about the Muslim woman rights and several courts’ judgments on matters of Muslim...

WPI urges MEA to intervene for repatriation of stranded Indian women workers in Saudi...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Welfare Party of India national president Mujtaba Farooque, in a letter to Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, the Minister for Foreign Affairs...

74% of class 6 students in government schools cannot read Hindi textbook: Sisodia

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New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, revealed on Tuesday that 74 per cent students of class...

Silent revolution: more women elected in India than rest of world

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By IANS, New Delhi : Calling it a silent revolution in India, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer Wednesday said women represent close to 40 percent in local self-governance, going beyond the 33 percent seats reserved for them. Addressing the International Conference on Decentralisation, Local Power and Women’s Rights at Mexico city, Aiyer said that over a million of the 3.2 million elected representatives to the local self-government in India are women. Another 200,000 women representatives are in urban local bodies.

A petition ‘Justice for Jashodaben’ floats in response to PM Modi’s triple talaq statement

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By Siddhant Mohan and A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Expressing Union government’s opposition to the practice of triple talaq in Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday...

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

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

Women who did not lose faith: tales of grit and fortitude

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS New Delhi : Neelam Katara, Neelam Krishnamurthy, Indu Jalali, Sabrina Lall... they are all stories of grit and fortitude. Women who have been moved by personal tragedy to step into India's courts day after day to bring the perpetrators of crime to book. And in the process they have inspired hundreds of others not to lose faith.

NCW concerned over rise in rape cases in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal: Expressing concern over the unprecedented surge in crimes against women, National Women's Commission (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Thursday, citing the National Crime Record Bureau figures, said Madhya Pradesh reported the highest number of rapes in the country in the last five years.

Rathore challenges conviction in court

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore's counsel filed a plea in the court here Monday, challenging his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. The court will take up his plea Tuesday for hearing. Rathore was held guilty on Dec 21 last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in Panchkula town Aug 12, 1990, and was sentenced to a six-month prison term. He was also slapped a fine of Rs.1,000. However, Rathore was immediately granted bail.

Alert boy helps in recovery of abducted woman

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By IANS, Auckland: A woman in New Zealand, who was kidnapped as she slept with her partner, was rescued by the police, thanks to an alert nine-year-old boy who quickly alerted his mother.

Norway, India to carry forward programme on infant and maternal mortality

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By IANS,

Number of women MPs from Andhra decreases

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Hyderabad: The number of women representatives in the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh has come down to just three from five in the last...

Raping is my right: You taught me!

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By Daud Arif for TwoCircle.net, Who am I? I am a male for whom my family might have killed my unborn sister, or perhaps sisters, till they got to know it is me who is going to come in this world. You see, how honored I am in the hierarchy even before I arrive on the earth?

Andhra forms women’s empowerment corporation

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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday constituted a women's empowerment corporation as part of its efforts to eliminate poverty and improve the human...

Meet Shariya Manzoor: The boxer girl from Kashmir

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Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is...

African women writers take a new turn

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends. Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".

UAE gets its first woman judge

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has got its first woman judge with Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al Dhaheri being sworn in to the coveted post here. Al Dhaheri was sworn in at a ceremony here Tuesday by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's minister for presidential affairs and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department, the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. "The appointment of a woman judge is certainly a unique experience in the UAE," Sheikh Mansour said.

Muslim Women in Ranchi Lead Efforts In Providing Relief For Migrant, Daily Workers Amid...

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Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, migrant and daily wage workers have faced tremendous hardships to meet their needs. While the government has rolled out...

Woman goes missing from Metro station, found

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By IANS,

BMMA demands codification of Muslim personal law

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net,

Compensate the family of youth killed by cow vigilantes in Gujarat and immediately arrest...

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By TCN News, Vatva, Ahmedabad: A delegation of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) led by its National Vice President visited Vatva, Ahmedabad and met...

Ex-ACP’s son arrested for trying to abduct Afghan woman

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New Delhi: A 28-year-old man, the son of a former senior Delhi police official, was arrested here for trying to abduct a married Afghan...

Micro-financing empowers women in Jammu and Kashmir

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By Binoo Joshi, IANS,

Dalit woman held for CPI-M office trespass ‘attempts suicide’

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Kannur (Kerala) : One of the two Dalit women held on charge of trespassing into the CPI-M office in Thalaserry was late Saturday night...

Kerala women’s panel wants HIV test before marriage

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By IANS,

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.

Strict action against those who misbehave with women: Kerala CM

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Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): Strict action will be taken against those who misbehave with women, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. "The recent stand of...

JIH’s stand on co-education makes its Kerala unit uncomfortable

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net

Women-only buses roll out to loud approval in Kashmir

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A special bus service for women was launched in Srinagar on Tuesday, April 19, and this step,...

Framing of charges ordered against man for assaulting northeastern woman

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New Delhi: A court has ordered the framing of charges against a man who was arrested for molesting and assaulting a woman from northeast...

#TCN10: Looking back at TwoCircles.net

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “Are there enough news stories on Indian Muslims to do a daily news portal?” This was one of the first question that...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 1 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing with due permission the long form report in parts...

Woman jailed for 10 years for biting son to death

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By RIA Novosti, Moscow : A court in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia's Urals has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for killing her three-year-old son in a violent attack during which she bit the child over 50 times. Investigators said that Svetlana, aged 31, had been drinking with two friends at her home in Kamensk-Uralsky in October 2008. On noticing that her son Ivan had dirty hands, she took him into the bathroom. The woman told the police that she only has a vague recollection of what followed.

Women rights activist held for attacking cops

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By IANS,

Missing varsity teacher returns home ‘distressed’

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By IANS, New Delhi : A female lecturer, who had been missing for two days returned home Wednesday in a "distressed" mood, the family said. Anshu Jain, 31, a lecturer in Dayal Singh College in south Delhi, was missing since Monday afternoon when she hailed an auto to return to her home in Mayur Vihar. Her family informed the police control room when she didn't reach home. "I don't understand what happened - she came home a few hours back and she is not in a mental state to say anything," Anshu's father V.P. Singh told IANS by phone.

Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania

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Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the sports ministry for naming ace tennis star Sania Mirza for the...

CBI questions Mayawati over NRHM scam

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New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati here in connection with the...

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its interim order putting on hold the execution of death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...

Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand

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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...

India’s first three women fighter pilots commissioned

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Hyderabad : Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India's first three women fighter pilots. On completion of successful training...

An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...

Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit

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By IANS, Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them. "Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.

यूपी में भाजपा की जीत के बीच कहाँ खड़े है मुसलमान !

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net देश के सबसे बड़े राज्य उत्तर प्रदेश में भारतीय जनता पार्टी चुनाव जीत गई है। संभवतः योगी आदित्यनाथ एक बार फिर...

Yadav trinity asks PM for all-party meeting on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the women's reservation bill and asked for an all-party meeting to evolve consensus on the contentious legislation. "We asked him to call for an all party meeting," Lalu Prasad told reporters after the meeting at the prime minister's residence.

अंधविश्वास ख़त्म करने की सरकारी नाकामी में बढ़ते मनोरोगी

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net सासाराम (बिहार) : आज जहां एक ओर देश में मेडिकल साईंस आसमान की बुलंदियों को छू रहा है. जहां अत्याधुनिक मशीनों से...

Delhi to have more PCR vans, helplines

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By IANS,

AMU Convocation: Women take centre stage, bag 122 medals

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By TCN News Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) plays a special role in India’s development and AMU students have made their mark not only in India...

Engineering students arrested for misbehaving with tourist at Puri

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By IANS, Puri (Orissa) : Three students of an engineering college in Orissa were arrested for misbehaving with a woman tourist at the temple city of Puri, police said Saturday. The three are students of an engineering college in Bhubaneswar. They allegedly misbehaved with the woman tourist when she was bathing in the sea at Puri, some 56 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, an official of the sea beach police station told IANS. Police arrested the students, Manish Kumar Sharma, Prasant Sharma and Ashutosh Kumar on the basis of a written complaint filed by the husband of the woman.

Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin

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By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.

‘In Afghanistan, little things could spell death for journalists’

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By Murali Krishnan, IANS, Lillehammer (Norway) : Men and women journalists in Afghanistan are increasingly being intimidated for exercising their right to freedom of speech, with at least 58 cases of violence against scribes being reported from the country last year. At the just concluded Global Investigative Journalism Conference here, fears were raised that such factors could lead to self-censorship, forcing journalists in Afghanistan not to cover Islamic and religious issues.

Woman to get Rs.10 lakh for seeking toilet

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Mumbai : A woman who demanded a toilet instead of jewellery from her father at her wedding will get Rs.10 lakh as reward, it...

Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers

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By IANS,

Tamil Nadu woman set to create yoga world record

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Chennai : On the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday, a woman advocate in Tamil Nadu is progressing to set a world record for...

Women’s groups to launch stir against crime

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's organsations Thursday decided to launch a nation wide stir to protest rising incidents of crime against women in the country.

People talking of women’s security are snooping on them: Priyanka

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Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): For the second consecutive day, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday targeted the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Speaking at...

Police reaction to attacks on Bangalore women disappointing: group

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By IANS, Bangalore : Bangalore police have brushed aside concerns over attacks on women on the streets of India's IT capital as "sporadic" and mere "eve-teasing", says a group formed to protest such crimes. Disappointed with Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari's reaction to the attacks here - at least five in the past fortnight - the members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK) say they will press ahead with plans March 7 and 8 to protest these attacks and raise awareness among the police and citizens.

SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights

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New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...

Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand allege “custodial torture,” police refute allegations

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A Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand has alleged that they were tortured by police while in custody over allegations of theft against them....

From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...

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Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...

Women play vital role in Pakistan: Khar

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By IANS, Islamabad : Women in Pakistan are more empowered than those in other developing countries, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.

Everest climber alleges police misbehaviour in Orissa templettt

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Kalpana Dash, who became the first Oriya woman to scale Mount Everest last month, was allegedly manhandled and abused by a policeman at a temple in the state's Keonjhar district, her brother said Monday. Kalpana had gone with her mother, brother Pradeep and uncle to the Maa Tarini temple in Ghatagon in Keonjhar Sunday to offer prayers for her good health. While she was praying, a constable forcibly dragged her out and paid no heed to her pleas even after the mountaineer revealed her identity, Pradeep told the police.

शिक्षा पर बेहतर काम करने वाली सरकार चाहती है सहारनपुर की पहली बार मतदान...

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सिमरा अंसारी।Two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में पहले चरण के मतदान की भांति दूसरे चरण में भी लोगों में उत्साह व जोश देखने को...

India reduces baby deaths but still hasn’t met 2012 targets

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By Rhea Colaco First, the good news: 37 babies died for every 1,000 that were born in 2015, two better than the government's...

A woman, for a change, repairs flat tyres

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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.

Meet Waseema Shaikh: A deputy collector from rural India

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

Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: A group of NGOs working for men's rights Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace. The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament starting July 26, should be discarded and a fresh gender neutral draft should be prepared. The draft bill was prepared by the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry.

Two bright kids of Azamgarh

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By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net special correspondent Azamgarh: Musaid Helal Khan son of Motasim Billah Khan passed his X Class through ICSE board examination securing over 94% marks. He stood first not only in his school Jyoti Niketan but perhaps the whole district of Azamgarh.

Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation. "We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.

Khap panchayats check social evils, says Haryana CM

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New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has come out in defence of khap panchayats, saying they keep a check on social evils...

More women are now heart specialists: India’s first woman cardiologist

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(World Heart Day is Sep 29) By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

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...

Arab women’s body to discuss empowerment

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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".

Parliamentary panel tables report on women’s reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Holding that reservation of 33 percent seats was a "necessary strategy" to enhance the participation of women in the decision making process, a parliamentary panel on a bill to enable this tabled its report in both houses Thursday amid vociferous protests by several parties. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice hoped that the measure would be passed into law "and put into action without further delay".

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में दलित उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं से जुड़े आपराधिक मामले  लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं और आज़मगढ़ से लेकर...

BJP leader in TN alleges girls wearing purdah cheat in exams; MMK demands action...

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By Ahamed Ansar MS for TwoCircles.net, Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): Condemning a fresh hate speech against Purdah by the BJP leader, the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi...

Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India

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An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat By Shamsul Islam To, Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak, Namaskar.

Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness

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New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...

Woman found dead in Aravali foothills in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon: The body of a woman in her 50s was found in the foothills of the Aravali mountain range here Saturday, police said. The woman...

Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

Key Ishrat Jahan documents missing: Rajnath

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New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that key documents related to the Ishrat Jahan case have gone missing from his ministry...

‘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.

Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers

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By Somrita Ghosh for IANS: New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...

Muslim girls in Azamgarh getting higher education, giving tough fight to boys

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Part of the Azamgarh speaks series. New Delhi: Nikhat Bano is pursuing MA in geography at Aligarh Muslim University. She did graduation also at AMU. She is from Azamgarh. Her village is not much developed but she herself reflects the developed thinking of Azamgarh Muslims about woman education.

Bengal woman tortured by cops threatens stir

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Kolkata : With no arrest yet made for the alleged torturing of a woman by a police team in West Bengal, the victim Wednesday...

Somnath asks political parties to reserve seats for women

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By IANS, Kolkata : Voicing his support for the pending women's reservation bill, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee Monday said all political parties in India should nominate women candidates to increase female participation in the higher representative organisations. "I don't understand why the political parties do not nominate 33 percent women candidates in the election," Chatterjee said at the Women Achievers Award programme organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation here.

Minor girl raped in Delhi

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

Rajya Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill

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TCN News Despite tough resistance from the opposition parties, the Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha today, Tuesday with 99 members...

Woman detained for crossing barricade on PM’s route in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old woman was detained by Delhi Police on Wednesday for crossing a barricade put up on a route to be...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college

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By IANS, Bhopal:At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said. The girls belong to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP - the Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing) to which those accused in the Professor Sabharwal murder case of Ujjain belonged.

Jodhpur pregnancy death toll reaches 17

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By IANS,

First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets award

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By IANS, New Delhi : Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs.5-lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said Thursday. "The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs.5 lakh (Rs.500,000) in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said. "The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.

Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...

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Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...

Government is clearing a way for Uniform Civil Code through triple talaq : JUH

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Strongly condemning Central government’s affidavit filed before Supreme Court that opposes practice of triple talaq and polygamy, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind...

Number of women elected to Lok Sabha less than 2009

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New Delhi: This Lok Sabha will have a lesser number of women than the last time with just 55 women being elected to the...

Female celebrities endorse International Women’s Day

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By IANS,

The pointing finger of Babasaheb Ambedkar

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Dr. Shah Alam Khan Mayawati, the chief minister of the most populous state of India is in news yet again. Her fondness to Greek Parthenon-style memorials has landed her in trouble with the highest court in the country. I wonder what the Supreme Court of India would have done to the likes of Shahjahan, Akbar, Cholas of Southern India and Rajputs of Rajasthan if it existed in their times.

Women in Saudi Arabia vote for first time

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Riyadh : Municipal elections began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia in which women cast their votes for the first time. Women also stood as candidates,...

Aler Encounter: Mohammed Zakir was killed for helping Viqaruddin rent a house, says sister

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...

Empower women with education to uplift Muslims: Dr. Asma Zehra

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Woman suicide bomber kills 40, mainly Iranians, in Baghdad

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By DPA, Baghdad : A suicide bomb blast Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 65 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security official. The agency said the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the official told the agency.

Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth

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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.

Ban on “India’s Daughter”: Don’t shoot the messenger

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By Arun Kumar, India’s ban on a BBC documentary on the gang rape of an Indian woman has drowned out the real issues in a chorus of righteous protests over the “wrongs” done by foreign media - the plight of women in India. Without even watching the documentary “India’s Daughter” about the Dec 16, 2012, rape of the woman who has come to be known as ‘Nirbhaya’ or ‘Braveheart’ in a bus in New Delhi, critics have accused BBC of “voyeurism” and worse for interviewing one of the convicted rapists.

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आफताब आलम Two circles.net के लिए https://twitter.com/INCUttarPradesh/status/1574644756419706880?s=19 मेरठ के दौराला में एक महिला को बच्चा चोर बताकर भीड़ द्वारा बेरहमी से पीटने वाले मामले में...

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...

Apex court rejects women panel’s plea against rapist

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a suit by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Delhi High Court order setting free a rapist who had "redeemed himself" by clearing the civil service exam while in prison.

Shayara Bano case in SC: First understand all forms of separation under Muslim personal...

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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....

Gang-rape case: Notice to police, government on media’s plea

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the city government and police on the plea of journalists seeking access to the proceedings of the Dec 16 gang-rape trial.

You won’t find a husband, world’s tallest girl told

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By IANS, London: Marvadene Anderson, a US resident who is said to be the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 feet 11 inches, says the rudest thing that she has ever been told is that she won't "be able to find a husband". "People are friendly with me because of my height and my personality. If I was tall and mean, I think I'd have a problem," The Telegraph quoted Anderson as saying Tuesday. "The rudest thing anybody ever said about my height is that I'm not going to be able to find a husband."

Woman burnt to death in Orissa violence over VHP leader’s killing

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A young woman was burnt to death and a church official seriously injured when a mob torched an orphanage in an Orissa village, sparking tension across the state Monday even as thousands observed a statewide shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the killing of one of its leaders. A 22-year-old woman was killed and a church official badly injured when angry mobs burnt down an orphanage in Khuntpali village in Barhgarh district, 300 km from here, Monday. While Christians claimed the woman was a nun, the state police have denied it.

बकरी ने गंदा किया आंगन तो बकरी मालिक को पीटकर मार डाला !

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के भदोही जिले में बकरी को लेकर हुए एक विवाद में एक मुस्लिम अधेड़ की हत्या का मामला सामने आया...

Picked up from an Army ‘crackdown’, never to return: Dilshada Begum’s 23-year search for...

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In the fourth of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Dilshada Begum. Zakura (Srinagar): On...

You’ll be the employer and I the employee, Mamata tells industrialists

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Kolkata : Amid an impressive gathering of ministers, foreign delegates and industrial bigwigs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banereje on Friday inaugurated her annual...

The half widows of Kashmir: A story of endless wait and hardships

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In the second of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir,...

Decision soon on permanent commission for women in armed forces

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : The defence ministry will shortly take a decision on granting the much-awaited permanent commission for women in the armed forces, a senior defence official said Wednesday. The top brass of the armed forces have already agreed on opening up more avenues for women officers and granting them permanent commission in non-combatant branches.

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

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

‘Internet Saathi’ to digitally empower one lakh women in Bengal

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Kolkata : 'Internet Saathi', a joint digital literacy programme of Google India and Tata Trust, is all set to roll out across 400 villages...
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