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India, US to put women’s issues in strategic dialogue

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By IANS, New York: India and the US have agreed that issues related to women's empowerment should be integrated into all aspects of the India-US Strategic Dialogue.

Court seeks answers on permanent service for women army officers

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Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday. Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.

College women more likely to be drugged, raped

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By IANS, Washington : College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended. The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual rape during their college years, according to the department of Justice.

International Women’s Day: women group calls for protection of rights

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: On 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8th March), Hyderabad based organization Nisa Research and Resource Centre for Women organized a program in Hyderabad calling for protection of women’s rights both by civil society and governments.

85 million women missing in India, China: UNDP

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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) At least 100 million (10 crore) women are missing in seven Asian countries, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Monday. It said 85 million of them are from India and China. "While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the regions' vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not translated into progress on gender equality," a fresh UNDP report released on the occasion of International Women's Day said here.

Goa, Kerala top Gender Vulnerability; Bihar, UP at bottom

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New Delhi, (IANS): Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are at the bottom in a new Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) prepared by Plan India, while Goa, Kerala...

Indian women win hockey Champions Challenge II

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By IANS, Kazan (Russia) : Rani Rampal scored four goals as Indian women crushed Belgium 6-3 to win the inaugural Champions Challenge II hockey tournament here Saturday. Rani, who emerged as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals, struck in the 17th, 38th, 44th and 54th minutes. Besides, Saba Anjum (20th min) and Thokchom Chanchan (49th min) scored a goal each. Skipper Valerie Vermeersch (40th, 52nd) and Boon Jill (55th) scored for Belgium.

Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih attacked in Shillong

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih was attacked on Thursday in Shillong when she was going to the District Council Court to attend hearing in her case. She was allegedly attacked by the very persons against whom she is fighting the court case. She said she was attacked to force her withdraw the case.

‘Migrant’ women, children jailed in Assam, NCM writes to Home Ministry

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By Md. Asim Khan New Delhi : Concerned over the indiscriminate detentions of people in Assam on suspicion of being Bangladeshis or Myanmarese, the National...

NCW summons Ashutosh for ‘demeaning’ women

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New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh for "demeaning" women through one of the articles...

Delhi Police rapped for filing dowry cases without proper probe

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By IANS, New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry, the Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for registering a case of dowry against a person without carrying out a proper probe. While granting bail to a person arrested under the dowry act, Justice S.N. Dhingra observed that before registering an FIR, the police must investigate the allegations levelled against a person in a detailed manner.

BJP continues attack on Mamata over crime against women

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Kolkata : Continuing its attack on the Mamata Banerjee government over crime against women, the BJP on Friday claimed the situation in the Trinamool...

Girl in Delhi thwarts rape bid by three men

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl saved herself from being a gang rape victim, fought back three of her neighbours who forcibly took her to...

Ban calls for ending violence against women

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By IANS, New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality. He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.

Indian woman found dead in Oman

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

All Delhi police stations to have 9 women officers

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By IANS,

Federer congratulates Sania-Hingis

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Wimbledon: Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer on Sunday congratulated Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis who won the women's doubles title in the Wimbledon. The top...

बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net मोदी सरकार के दूसरे कार्यकाल का आखिरी बजट अल्पसंख्यकों के लिए मायूसी लेकर आया। पिछले वर्ष के मुकाबले इस वर्ष अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय...

No woman feels safe in Delhi, says HC

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New Delhi : While questioning the measures taken and the method of policing adopted by Delhi Police for the extensive 'crime mapping' exercise conducted...

ASEAN to create commission on women and children next year

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By NNN-PNA, Cha-Am, Hua Hin, Thailand : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will create next year a special body that will be tasked to protect the rights of women and children in the region. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva bared this Friday shortly after the inauguration of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which marked the first day of the three-day 15th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits being held here in southern Thailand.

About two million women trafficked every year: UN

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By DPA, New York : An estimated two million women are caught each year in the worldwide sex industry while countless children and other women are forced into low-waged jobs, the UN said Tuesday in a renewed effort to fight human trafficking. The UN said there are no accurate statistics, but the number of women trafficked across borders each year could be twice as high if the count includes those forced into domestic situations.

Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...

Recurrent lockdowns in Kashmir see surge in domestic abuse

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By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net In August 2019, Insha (name changed) lay dying in her husband’s house after he locked her in a room for seven...

Will do utmost for women’s safety, Modi assures Nirbhaya parents

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New Delhi : The parents of the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape victim Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who assured them that...

Indian Muslim woman to be the US representative to the Muslim world

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By TwoCircles.net news desk,

New Delhi: A woman of Indian descent, Farah Pandith has been made special representatives of the United States to the Muslim world. A statement released by the US State Deparment said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made Ms. Pandith incharge of a special department created for outreach efforts in the Muslim world.

Protest against sexual violence towards women in Karnataka

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200 environmental women defenders killed in 2017: Activists

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By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, (IANS): This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them...

Kamala Suraiya: The literary star of Kerala is no more

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By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net, The epitome of love, the dear writer of Kerala Dr. Kamala Suraiya has bid farewell to this world. Malayalis’ own Madhavikkutty who secured an unforgettable place in the world of literature will now live in the hearts of millions through the works that eternalize her. The great writer who had been ailing for some months passed away at 1.55 am on 31st May in the Jahangir Hospital in Pune. She will be interred at the Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram with State honours tomorrow. She was 75 and is survived by three sons.

Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists

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Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...

रामनवमी शोभायात्रा के दौरान देश भर में हुई हिंसा पैदा कर रही है बड़ी...

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में शनिवार को बाला जी शोभायात्रा के दौरान दो समुदायों के बीच संघर्ष हो गया था। इससे...

मेरठ में गोरक्षा समिति अध्यक्ष ने किया चलती कार में रेप,गिरफ्तार

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net मेरठ में चलती कार में बलात्कार हुआ है। इस शर्मनाक घटना के बाद किशोरी की हालत खराब होने पर उसे अस्पताल...

Intermediate topper Talat Nazneen wants to become IAS officer

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By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Talat Nazneen Zakia has secured first position in Intermediate examination 2009 in Bihar, and thus has become pride of not only for her family but her educationally backward community also – the community where more males are literate than females.

Will ensure technical education for women: Irani

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New Delhi : Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said she would do her best to ensure that women in the country...

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

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

Sponsorship deal cancelled; powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu requests help on social media

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net International powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu has qualified to participate in the World Championship being held in Russia in December but is in...

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.

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...

‘मुसलमान औरतें कभी पीछे नहीं रहीं, चाहे वो असहयोग आंदोलन हो या भारत छोड़ो...

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Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net सच्चर कमिटी रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक़ ग्रामीण इलाकों में मुस्लिम आबादी के 62.2 प्रतिशत के पास कोई ज़मीन नहीं है, जबकि इसका राष्ट्रीय...

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

Sex selective abortion rampant in Delhi, says study

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Five women held for cheating

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By IANS, New Delhi : Five women and a man have been arrested here for allegedly cheating a number of men by taking money from them on the pretext of giving them membership in an exclusive 'friendship club', police said Wednesday. Police said Sushil Kumar Bhamri, 42, was the kingpin of the racket, which he run from a rented accommodation in Karol Bagh. He had hired five women - all in their mid-20s - to run the 'friendship club'. Seven mobile phones, four notebooks and seven debit cards were recovered from them.

Over five million people endorse effort to end violence against women

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By DPA, New York : More than five million people have signed a petition to support the UN campaign to end violence against women, a programme spearheaded by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, the UN has said. The petition was presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mark Tuesday's International Day to End Violence Against Women. "We thought that the more names we collected, the stronger our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for governments everywhere," Kidman said at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York.

महिलाओं को सशक्त करने की ओर एक अनोखा प्रयास

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

Mother drowns baby in Bangladesh

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Dhaka: A housewife in Narail district of Bangladesh Friday drowned her one-and-half-year-old son following conjugal discord, media reports said. The incident took place in the...

Crime against women highest in Uttar Pradesh: NCW

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Ghaziabad : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has claimed that Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of criminal cases against women. Rekha Sharma, a...

BJP moves EC over Kumar Vishwas’ remark

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly...

Record abuse victim’s statement at home, SC tells Haryana Police

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Haryana Police to go to the residence of a sexual abuse victim - a student of...

More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report

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United Nations, March 6 (Prensa Latina) 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.

Qualifying for World Cup not enough: Kaushik

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

Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team

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Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...

Women loses foetus in assault, CPI-M blames Trinamool

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Women will be a major determinant of progress: President

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Sunday said the country's women will continue to be a major determinant of its future progress and inclusive growth. "Every year, we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, to recognise the dedication and achievements of women. This year is even more special, as this is the 100th edition. Indian women as part of this epoch making movement have played an exemplary role and will continue to be a major determinant of our future progress and inclusive growth," she said.

Govt. scheme for leadership development of Muslim women

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By TCN News,

Women and children lead fight against CAA-NRC in Maharashtra

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T I Inamdar, Twocircles.net Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are intensifying across states, the latest being Maharashtra....

Golfers Dagar, Malik favourites for national women’s tourney

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New Delhi : Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik will be among the favourites when the 100th edition of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur...

Helmets made necessary for Delhi women, Sikhs exempted

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New Delhi : Women riding pillion on two-wheelers in the capital will now have to wear helmets as the new rules came into force...

क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...

Orissa assembly woman marshal to move court

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A suspended woman marshal of the Orissa assembly, who had accused the house speaker of sexual harassment, Saturday said she would move court after a human rights panel found him not guilty. Gayatri Panda, who had in March alleged that then speaker Maheswar Mohanty was sexually harassing her, expressed her dissatisfaction with the findings of the Orissa Human Rights Commission and said she would move the Orissa High Court for justice.

Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner

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

Armies need to end bias against women, says German minister

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New Delhi : Armies need to get rid of prejudice that women are less abled than men, as future wars will be dominated by...

Woman raped, minor girl molested in capital

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman was allegedly raped after falling unconscious and a six-year-old girl was molested in two separate incidents of sex crimes in the capital, police said Friday. "A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Syed Saamir Ali, 28, resident of Bulandshahr, March 28. Ali and the woman had met at a mobile repairing shop in Nehru Pace a few days earlier and had become friends," a police official said. Ali had served the woman cold drinks laced with sedative March 28 and raped her when she became unconscious.

27-year-old woman becomes Delhi’s 15th swine flu victim

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 27-year-old woman succumbed to influenza A (H1N1) Monday taking the toll in Delhi to 15, the state Health Minister Kiran Walia said. The patient died at the Safdarjung Hospital. She was suffering from rheumatic heart diseases and had undergone treatment at the Escort Heart Institute before being shifted to the Safdarjung Hospital. Besides, the capital city reported 27 fresh cases taking the total number of infections so far to 2,920. However, around 90 percent of them have been cured completely. Of the fresh cases, 15 are children.

AAP leader Alka Lamba attacked in Delhi, one held

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New Delhi : A 19-year-old has been arrested for throwing a stone at AAP legislator Alka Lamba during her anti-drug drive here on Sunday,...

National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...

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TCN News National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) President Aruna Roy has launched a fact-finding report on the February violence inside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamic...

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

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

बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...

Girl dies after being thrown from Badal family’s bus; four arrested

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Moga/Chandigarh : The death of a 13-year-old Dalit girl on Thursday after she and her mother were allegedly pushed out of a speeding bus...

Council of Europe to hold conference on violence against women

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By KUNA, Paris : The Council of Europe will hold in Strasbourg, June 10, the closing conference of its Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, the Council announced here Tuesday. The Council said that the aim of the conference is to assess the results of the campaign and the measures taken by the Council of Europe and its member states to protect women against violence.

Campaign against sexual violence in Bengal on Valentine’s day

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By IANS, Kolkata : The One Billion Rising campaign to protest violence against women will kick off in West Bengal Feb 14 with the theme...

11 women inmates escape destitute home in Bengal

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By IANS,

Dying Urdu education in Hyderabad

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

‘Fight Back’ to represent India at US youth summit

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By IANS, New Delhi/Mumbai : Fight-Back, an online gender justice campaign launched this year in Mumbai after a woman there was molested outside the JJ Marriott Hotel on New Year's eve, will represent India at the prestigious International Youth Movements Summit in New York Dec 3-5. The celebrity campaign helps young women across the country with wallet cards listing police helpline numbers, online discussion forums, support groups and media to enable them fight against gender abuse and injustice.

Mystery over woman’s death in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Police were Wednesday investigating the death of a former air hostess under mysterious circumstances at Ghaziabad. Some passers-by noticed Jaya Kaushik, a 26-year-old who earlier worked with Deccan airlines, lying critically injured near railway tracks at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday. They rushed her to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Attending doctors said her left leg and right arm were found broken and there were multiple injuries in her abdomen.

Understand the world from the eyes of a woman: Ayesha Khatun

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: “Understand the world from the eyes of a woman” said Ayesha Khatun to an audience of over 60 people at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 25, 2014. In the hour-long talk Ayesha Khatun had her audience in rapt attention as she shared stories from the ground, cracked jokes, and talked about her struggles working for some of the most marginalized people in India.

Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison

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Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...

Anam Munaf Vadgama, a role model for girls

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Northeast to get Territorial Army’s first women’s battalion

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Territorial Army, a reserve force of trained civilians for the Indian Army, proposes to raise an all-women's unit in the insurgency-hit northeast region, an official said Tuesday. Presently, women can only join as doctors and nurses in the Territorial Army, which has a strength of 40,000. "There is a proposal for raising an all women's battalion for the northeast," Maj. Gen. K.V.S. Lalotra, the additional director general of the Territorial Army, told members of parliament during a presentation on the force.

Smriti Irani to head BJP’s women’s cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday named Smriti Irani as head of its women's cell as it announced chiefs of various party committees and reconstituted the central election committee. Heads of other cells are Dushyant Gautam for scheduled castes, Faggan Singh Kulaste for scheduled tribes, Tanvir Ahmed for minority affairs and Om Prakash Dhankar for farmers. Om Prakash Kohli will head the party's disciplinary committee. Anurag Thakur will head the party's youth wing.

Twelve Years On Pink Autos Still Run Without Support in Ranchi

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

No handicap to success for Jahanara Khatun

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Berhampur: 41 year old Jahanara Khatun was ranked 31st in the examination for the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Examination for...

ट्रिपल तलाक : ‘शरीअत क़ानून में बदलाव की सख्त ज़रुरत’ – तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली:'ट्रिपल तलाक़' यानी तीन तलाक का मुद्दा इन दिनों काफी चर्चा में है. जहां एक तरफ़ कुछ महिलाएं इस मुद्दे पर...

Delhi tops in sexual harassment cases in colleges

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New Delhi : Delhi has the maximum number of complaints of sexual harassment in educational institutions, the government said on Wednesday. Human Resource Development...

‘70,000 drug addicts in Kashmir’

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By Majid Kapra, Agence India Press Srinagar: “There are about 70,000 drug addicts comprising 26 per cent women,” said a survey conducted by United Nations International Drug Control Programme. The survey said the educational institutions had become the hub of such activities. “The drug paddlers run their operations by poisoning the thoughts of student community. It includes Ganja, Heroin, Cocaine, LSD, and injecting morphine and drinking alcohol,” the report added.

It’s fight your own battle for Karnataka’s women candidates

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Bangalore : The number of women candidates for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls later this month is dismal - a mere 11 as compared to 418 men. Four of the women belong to national parties and except for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, the going is tough for the remaining 10. But the women say they are made of stern stuff and are bravely fighting their male opponents.

Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...

Haryana student rapes classmate, arrested

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By IANS, Kurukshetra: An engineering student of a private college was arrested in this Haryana district for allegedly raping his Dalit classmate, police said Sunday.

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...

Don’t ignore us in the budget, say women’s rights groups

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By IANS, New Delhi : With the union budget to be presented Feb 26, women's rights groups are urging Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to allocate more money for schemes that directly benefit women. Ranjana Kumari of the Women Power Connect (WPC) said in a letter to the finance minister that was signed by other women's groups: "Last year's budget speech was a big disappointment as a large part of the budgetary allocations showed a decline in the over all funds earmarked for the ministry of women and child development (MWCD)".

The controversy over Padmavati, and Bollywood’s soft war against Muslims

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By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net Padmavati, a Bollywood movie being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is the latest in a plethora of movies showing inter-religious...

एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !

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मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...

Warjri is Meghalaya’s first woman home minister

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Sharmila opens ‘Women in Malayalam Cinema’ exhibition

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: Censor board chief Sharmila Tagore Saturday inaugurated an exhibition titled "Women in Malayalam Cinema" as part of the ongoing 14th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The exhibition is being held as part of an exercise to document the history of women in Malayalam cinema - in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes. Inaugurating the exhibition, Sharmila said that the Malayalam cinema industry has a great range of women characters starting from Rosy in 1928.

Sharad Yadav’s suicide threat on women reservation condemnable: AIPWA

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women's Reservation Bill. AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them 'parkati' and the like.”

Surviving in the worst: The tale of widow Rohingya refugees living in Jammu

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Jammu: Three weeks ago, Tahira Begum, 25 a Rohingya refugee along with her husband and two kids, was...

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...

China’s Zhang Yin is world’s richest woman

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By IANS, Beijing: Zhang Yin, the head of a Chinese recycled paper company, is the world's richest woman in 2010, a media report said Wednesday.

Woman raped for years, rescued; accused nabbed

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New Delhi: A woman who was raped by her landlord for three years and forced into sex trade, was rescued by her two friends...

‘Sports can empower women’

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New Delhi: Social pressures shouldn’t restrict any woman to pursue a career in sports, said a former international volleyball player who believes sports has...

Ramadan 1435: Peek

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net A young girl curious to take a peek into the male section of Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, perhaps searching for...

Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences

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By IANS, New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence. She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one. Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.

Girls outclass boys in ICSE, ISC examinations

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By IANS,

J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages

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Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of...

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

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

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

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By Manish Chand, IANS,

Three women in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 19-member cabinet includes three women - Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar - who took oath of office here Friday. While Soni and Meira Kumar were also ministers in the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee has been a central minister though in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. There were 10 women in the previous government headed by Manmohan Singh.

Nargis of Uttar Pradesh is world’s seven billionth baby

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Healthy diet helps limit excess weight gain in pregnancy

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By IANS, Wellington: A healthy diet and avoiding eating for two during pregnancy helps limit excess weight gain for both women and their babies, says a new research.

NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry

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New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...

Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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Experts estimate nearly 20,000 women and children were trafficked in India in 2016 (Reuters, 2016). Child marriage, which is regarded as a form of...

18 killed in Shimla accident

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By IANS, Shimla : At least 18 people, mostly women, were killed when a private bus rolled down a gorge near the tourist destination of Kufri in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday morning, police said. Eyewitnesses said more than 40 people were travelling in the bus when the accident took place. The bus was coming to the state capital here from Kumar Sein town, 70 km away. Unconfirmed reports put the toll at 33 dead. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal confirmed 18 deaths. The injured have been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College here.

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...

Islamic practice cited to justify bar on women in Sabarimala

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24: The Travancore Devaswom Board on Tuesday cited the Islamic practice of barring women from entering mosques to justify the...

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

Will Britain’s powerful Zionist lobby forgive Sayeeda Warsi?

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By M Ghazali Khan, The first ever female Muslim Minister in the history of Britain, Sayeeda Warsi, has displayed extraordinary courage by resigning as a Foreign Office Minister over David Cameron Government’s “morally indefensible” stand on Israeli barbarism in Gaza.

Ex-judge to probe Gujarat snooping case, says Shinde

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New Delhi:The central government will soon appoint a retired judge to probe whether Gujarat Police snooped on a woman at the behest of BJP's...

Budget gives boost to women, child development schemes

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By IANS, New Delhi : Schemes to improve female literacy, credit support and microfinance to rural women as well as children's heath and education have been given prime importance in the union budget announced Monday. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme - for providing health, nutrition and education services to children up to six years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers - has been granted Rs.6,705 crore (Rs.67.05 billion) in the budget.

L’Oreal to award scholarships to woman students

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Another twist to the Muzaffarpur house of horrors

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IANS and TCN News: The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror...

Woman with two kids killed on Bengal tracks

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Kolkata:A woman and her two children were killed when they jumped before a speeding train in West Bengal's Howrah district Saturday, police said. The accident...

Sania top contender for Khel Ratna

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New Delhi : Following a string of strong performances, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has emerged as the frontrunner to be awarded the...

Meira Kumar highlights women’s role in Indian polity

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Woman travelling on fake passport arrested

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By IANS, Hyderabad : The police here Thursday arrested a woman who was trying to travel to Kuwait on a fake passport. The woman was arrested at the international airport at Shamshabad near here when she was about to board an aircraft to Kuwait. The police have also arrested a travel agent, who was sending her abroad on fake documents. Bayamma, a native of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, had paid Rs.40,000 to the travel agent to arrange her a passport and other documents.

Need to change attitude towards girl child: Tirath

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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...

500 women fatwa victims in Bangladesh in past 10 years

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

Empowering Taste and Women Entrepreneurs: Doodhpathri’s Culinary Queens in J&K Redefine Tradition

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Mehar Zargar, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Amidst the picturesque scenery of Doodhpathri in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district, where lush meadows meet flowing streams, a remarkable story unfolds. Here,...

Delhi gang-rape accused get defence lawyers

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By IANS, New Delhi: The five accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape who were presented in a Delhi court Thursday have got lawyers to defend them.

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

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On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women

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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.

‘Gender discrimination leads to malnutrition in women’

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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.

Tantrik held in Delhi for raping woman

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New Delhi : A tantrik has been arrested here for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman after threatening to kill her brothers by using "black...

Woman techie cheats NRI of Rs.1.3 mn, booked for cyber crime

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By IANS, Kendrapada (Orissa) : At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday. "The police have registered criminal cases against software engineer Kaveri Patra, a resident of Mulabasanta village in Kendrapada district, and seven others including her father, husband and father-in-law on the charge of cheating and committing a cyber crime," officer in charge of the local Pattamundai police station K. C. Mallick told IANS.

वीडियो में देखिए लखनऊ घण्टाघर का सीएए के खिलाफ ऐतिहासिक प्रदर्शन!

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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...

Woman makes large donation for Myanmar cyclone victims

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By DPA, Singapore : A woman eager to show her son how donations are made turned over 100,000 Singapore dollars ($74,000) for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, the Sunday Times said. In her 40s, the woman went to the Red Cross House and asked how she could help. She then took out of her handbag a wad of 1,000-Singapore-dollar ($740) notes, totaling 50,000 Singapore dollars ($37,000), tied together with a rubber band. While the workers were thanking her, the woman took out another wad, saying: "Here's another 50,000."

ये घटनाए बताती है कि उत्तर प्रदेश में पत्रकारों के लिए सब कुछ सही...

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हिना मंसूर ।Twocircles.net 13 जून- न्यूज़ वेबसाइट 'स्क्रॉल' की कार्यकारी संपादक सुप्रिया शर्मा ने लॉकडाऊन खत्म होने और अनलॉक के प्रारंभ होने के तुरंत बाद भारत के...

Woman power rises as Siachen trek enters second phase

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) : In a first, five women trekkers are among the 37 civilians who will be scaling icy peaks and braving extreme weather to reach the Siachen Glacier, once known as the world's highest and coldest battleground and where the guns have been silent for the past five years. There was just one woman on the trek last year.

Woman gangraped in a moving car in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car Wednesday night. The woman was badly thrashed by a group of five men before being finally dumped at a secluded place in Sector-31, police said. The woman was picked by the assailants and pushed into a white Qualis near her house at Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. She was forcibly taken in to the car and was driven to Noida. The woman alleged that the assailants first assaulted her and then dumped her near Nithari after commiting gang rape.

Ramadan 1435: Unframed

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

Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties

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By IANS, New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later". The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.