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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net ''जेल से बाहर जरूर आ गई हूं लेकिन फिर भी मैं अभी ना संतुष्ट हूं और ना खुश. जब मुझे ले कर...

HC notice to woman who accused Vishwas of molesting her

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to a woman who had accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas...

Over 50 percent of Delhi women feel they are obese

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By IANS, New Delhi : A whopping 51 percent of women in Delhi, the highest in the country, feel that they are obese. The majority of them blame it on their irregular eating habits and lack of exercise, said a survey released Tuesday. The women aged between 18 to 50 years said weight management, especially in these size-zero times, is an important issue for them. Kolkata women at 40 percent were second to perceive themselves as obese followed by Mumbai at 39 percent and Chennai at 26 percent.

Man, family get 10-year jail for demanding dowry

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By IANS, New Delhi : A city court Tuesday sentenced a man and his parents to 10 years in jail for demanding dowry from his wife who was forced to commit suicide in 2005. The court also slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 each on Shailender, his father Braham Singh and mother Santosh. "Keeping in view the fact and circumstances of the present case and having regard to the nature and gravity of the offence, I am of the considered opinion that the convicts do not deserve any leniency," Additional Sessions Judge Paramjit Singh said.

Loss, Survival and Denial of Justice: The Untold Lives of Delhi Riots Widows

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On the fifth anniversary of the 2020 Delhi riots, TwoCircles.net presents a compelling five-part series. This is the fourth story in that series. And...

Minor raped by 20-year-old man

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By IANS, New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in the heart of the national capital, police said Saturday. No arrests have been made in the case so far. The incident took place in the servant's quarters at Kasturba Gandhi Marg near Connaught Place Friday, police said. "The incident took place Friday afternoon when the victim was alone in the servant's quarters. Neeraj Kumar, who lives in a servant's quarters in the nearby area, came and forced himself on the minor," a police officer said.

Instant reactions on Instant Triple Talaq Judgement: Lot argued and Least understood

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By Dr. Babli Parveen The recent verdict on Triple Talaq by the Honourable Supreme Court has created ripples in the society. It is discussed, debated,...

‘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.

Woman IPS officer shouted at by BJP lawmaker responds with poem on FB

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Lucknow, (IANS): A day after a video of IPS officer Charu Nigam breaking down in public after being shouted at by a BJP legislator...

Tribal women protestors in Lalgarh teargassed

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By IANS, Lalgarh (West Bengal): A Trinamool Congress team, including two junior central ministers, visited this trouble-torn belt Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of the ongoing security operations before police staged a baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a group of agitating tribal women.

Sri Lankan electoral reforms to boost women’s representation

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Colombo : Sri Lanka's new electoral reforms should make space for more women representation in parliament, Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera told reporters on...

Court moved for pensions to widows, poor women

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Dr. Rehana Sultana — The Iron Lady of Hyderabad

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

Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry

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By IANS, Kolkata : A West Bengal court Friday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for burning a woman to death a decade ago. Rina Jaiswal, a resident of Golabari town of Howrah district, was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for not fulfilling dowry demands. The Howrah court Friday found Rina's husband Deepak, her mother-in-law and three sisters-in-law guilty of murdering her and awarded them life terms. Police sources said Rina was married to Deepak in 1997.

‘पार्च्ड’ यानी एक पुराने विषय में नयी छौंक

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net भारत में सिनेमा बदल रहा है और इस तरीके से बदल रहा है कि भारतीय समाज कई दफा उन बदलावों को स्वीकार...

Sikh woman at 60 becomes Canada’s oldest mother

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By IANS, Toronto : A 60-year-old Sikh woman has become the oldest mother in Canada by giving birth to twin boys in Calgary city this week. Ranjit Hayer and her husband Jagir Hayer, who have been trying to have a baby for the past 40 years, finally became proud parents of the twins delivered Tuesday in a city hospital. After being rejected by Canadian doctors for in-vitro fertilization because of her old age, the woman had reportedly traveled to her native India get fertilized with a donated egg.

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".

Women officer collapses as minister ‘throws’ files at her

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By NNN-PTI, Nagpur, India : A woman officer of Zilla Parishad in Chimur fell unconscious and was admitted to a hospital after a heated argument with Maharashtra Minister of State for Forest rpt Forest Vijay Wadettiwar, who allegedly threw files at her. According to sources, Wadettiwar was presiding over an interview session of Aanganwadi Sevikas (assistants) in his constituency of Chimur, where both the Minister and the Zilla Parishad (ZP) Women and Child Welfare Committee chief, Subhadra Kotnake, entered into a heated argument on Sunday.

90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.

40% women victim of domestic voilence in Kashmir: Survey

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Indian-origin woman charged with murdering neighbour in Canada

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Toronto: An Indian-origin woman in Canada has been charged with murdering her neighbour in South Ottawa in Canada's Ontario province. Gurpreet Ronald, 34, accused of...

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

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Women’s safety top issue in JNUSU election

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New Delhi : With growing cases of crimes against women at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most student organisations Wednesday outlined women safety as their...

Madhya Pradesh minister booked for slapping tribal woman

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By IANS, Bhopal : Ranjana Baghel, Madhya Pradesh's minister of state for women and child development and social justice, has been booked for allegedly slapping a tribal woman and issuing threats after the victim reportedly questioned her about non-fulfilment of promises regarding development and farm loan waivers, police said Saturday. Baghel allegedly slapped Ganga Bai Friday evening while campaigning for her husband, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Mukam Singh Kirade, in village Palasi of Dhar district, 250 km from here.

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...

‘Northeast women playing key role in peace process’

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Bilawal wants 50 percent women in Pakistani parliament

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says that he dreams of a Pakistani parliament that will have 50 percent women, it was reported here.

Leaders, celebrities slam deadly Lahore blast

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Lahore/New Delhi : India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and a host of leaders and celebrities across the subcontinent took to...

TwoCircles.net to celebrate its 10 year anniversary with community awards

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TwoCircles.net, the news website of the marginalized has achieved a major milestone this month by completing ten years of continuous operation. TCN...

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...

Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views

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By IANS, Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa. Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.

Air India to run all-women crew flights on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi : National-carrier Air India will operate eight flights with an all-women's crew on the International Women's Day Tuesday, the civil aviation ministry said.

Saluting ordinary women doing extraordinary work on Women’s Day

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Powell calls for more Indian women students in US

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By IANS, Kolkata: Asserting that the US was stepping up efforts to increase the number of young women studying in her country, Ambassador to India...

Sabarimala temple shuts after two women pray at shrine

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Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple in Kerala was shut on Wednesday "for purification" after two women from the hitherto banned age group...

Pregnant woman alleges triple talaq over girl child fears

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Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): A pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging her...

80 percent women fear for safety in Delhi: Survey

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 80 percent of Delhi women fear for their safety in the city, a new survey says. The Delhi government's women and child development department, NGO Jagori and international organisation Unifem conducted the survey. The survey, released Thursday, is based on interviews of 5,010 people, including 3,816 women and 944 men. The rest are common witnesses like bus conductors, shopkeepers and auto drivers, who have a probability of witnessing acts of sexual harassment against women.

Blueline bus mows down woman doctor in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 71-year-old woman doctor was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in the national capital Friday. Rajeshwari Dewan, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave, was run over while she was crossing the road near Bhikaji Cama Place in south Delhi around 9 a.m., a police official said. The woman, who was working with a charitable trust, died on the spot. The bus driver fled from the spot, the police said.

Women’s reservation will provoke young men to whistle in parliament : Mulayam

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By IANS, Lucknow : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said the women's reservation bill, if passed, would "provoke young men to whistle" in parliament. Asked to comment on the women's reservation bill, he told a TV channel here Tuesday, "If the women's reservation bill were to be passed in its existing form, it would result in flooding the parliament and state legislatures with wives of government officials and women connected with big industrial houses, thereby provoking young men to indulge in eve-teasing."

Women organizations gather at Jantar Mantar to demand 33% reservation

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a massive show of urgency and solidarity, women came out on streets to demand the passage of...

Address female infanticide first, then women’s quota: Akali MP

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By IANS, New Delhi : It was her maiden speech in parliament and Speaker Meira Kumar didn't mind giving her an extra two minutes. Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur surprised many with her poise as well as passionate anger over female infanticide and the plight of farmers in Punjab. "More than 2,000 female babies are killed everyday," the graceful Kaur informed Lok Sabha (lower house), asking members to address the shameful practice of killing of unborn female foetuses.

Northeastern women sceptical of Delhi Police guidelines

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By IANS, New Delhi : Northeastern women and students in the capital are sceptical of the recently updated Delhi Police circular which talks about a zero tolerance policy to any crime against the community. Many fear that this will just be another document that hardly gets implemented. In a bid to put a stop to all the cases of crime against the northeastern community in the capital, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal sent a circular to his men, asking them to take prompt and serious action as soon as any complaint comes.

Bharti is ‘violent’, says HC, dismisses bail plea

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, accused of domestic violence...

For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist

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By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...

Delhi has lowest women voters in country: EC

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital has the lowest percentage of women voters in the country, the Election Commission (EC) said Wednesday. The EC...

Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers

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Women’s bill to be tabled Monday: Government

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By IANS, New Delhi : The bill that seeks 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan said Friday. Monday, March 8, is International Women's Day. The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.

Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...

Bahraini women demand abducted Nigerian girls’ release

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Manama: Bahrain's women union Wednesday condemned the abduction of 300 Nigerian school girls by a terrorist group and called for an immediate release of...

Vocational training: 30 percent quota for Bengal girls

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Kolkata: The fees for girls will be halved at entrance tests for polytechnics or ITI vocational courses and 30 percent seats reserved for them...

Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover

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By IANS, Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam. "There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.

Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves

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Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows...

Muslim women in India can become change agents through education

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By Frank F. Islam Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently called for empowerment and education of Muslim women. One would have expected this message to receive...

Shinde urges introspection on low conviction rate

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‘We need more schools to realize our dreams’: Muslim girls from a village in...

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The upgradation of a girls' school to a higher secondary institution in a village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has come...

I am a threat only to those who believe in hatred: Teesta

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By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Amid all the legal troubles she and her husband Javed Anand face, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad is...

शर्मसार बिहार : महिलाओं पर बढ़ते हमले

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Mentally challenged woman lynched in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : A mentally challenged woman, suspected of being a child lifter, was beaten to death with bamboo sticks, bricks and stones by a mob in Bihar's Munger district Wednesday morning, police said. Twenty people have been arrested. "A mob beat to death a mentally retarded woman after news spread that she was trying to lift a child," a police official said. Police have arrested 20 people in Munger district, about 150 km from here, after a murder case was lodged.

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...

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

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

Archies, Barbies and glamourous morons

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By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net, Sometime back in a fashion show Bollywood star Katrina Kaif dressed up like Barbie and walked the ramp. That hit the front pages all over the country. And as if this was not enough, comparisons between Katrina and Aishwarya also started doing rounds and the reader was "informed" how the younger looking Katrina was more Barbie-like.

‘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.

Lucknow Biotech park to train women farmers

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By IANS, Lucknow : Free training programmes will be provided to women farmers by the Biotech Park here to enable them to apply new technologies to increase agricultural yield, an official said Monday. "We will be launching training programmes to hone the skills of women farmers from Sep 7," said P.K. Seth, CEO of the Biotech Park. "Though the programmes will be open to women farmers from across the state, initially we will enrol farmers from Lucknow and its adjoining districts," an official at the Biotech Park said.

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)".

Old woman dies during hospital power cut, government orders probe

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi government Sunday ordered a probe into the death of 74-year-old Sharda Gaur, who died Saturday when her life support device failed during a power cut in a government hospital. Gaur was admitted to the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital in New Delhi area Sep 7. She underwent angioplasty, following which she was kept in the intensive coronar care unit (ICCU). For the past few days she was on ventilator. Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia ordered a probe into her death and said that the hospital authorities should "own up responsibility".

Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study

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By IANS, Patna : Sixty-seven percent of women and 78 percent of children in Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states of India, are anaemic, according to a report. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences has revealed that of the anaemic children, 30 percent are mildly anaemic, 47 percent are moderately anaemic and two percent have severe anaemia.

Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam

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New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...

Painful story of a poor Muslim girl

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By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net, It’s not a best kept secret that if any unfortunate incident takes place with the inhabitants of lower strata of our society, then it doesn't get that required attention by the guardians of civil society which it deserves.

Tripura official suspended for molesting woman colleague

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Over 3,000 Delhi women two-wheeler riders ticketed

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New Delhi : At least 3,236 women two-wheeler and pillion riders were issued challans or traffic tickets for not wearing helmets in the national...

164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating

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New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...

‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow

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By TCN News Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...

Karnataka sets up helpline for women

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Aaghaz-e-Dosti Aman Chaupal between Indian peace activists and Pak students via video conference

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By TCN News, The 15th Aman Chaupal of Aaghaz-e-Dosti was conducted via video conferencing for interaction between youth activists from India and Pakistani students...

Woman saves Indian from Bangladeshis’ captivity in Baharin

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Manama: An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the...

In Hailakandi, a father-son duo might hold edge over their rivals

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Hailakandi: The district of Hailakandi, Assam, has been a hotspot of political activity in the past few weeks, and...

Prabhu prioritises women safety in rail budget

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New Delhi : Giving priority to women's safety, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday announced the utilisation of resources from the Nirbhaya Fund by Indian...

Police officer suspended for sexually exploiting woman

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A police sub-inspector here was suspended Monday for sexually exploiting a woman about eight months ago, the police said. Senior superintendent of police L. Ravi Kumar initiated action against Afal Singh after the SSP was given a CD containing evidence against Singh. "When Singh was the station officer (SO) of Vijay Nagar police station, the woman had come to him for some help and he sexually exploited her," Kumar said. Kumar has initiated an inquiry into the case by a senior police officer.

Chandrababu Naidu raises hand on tribal woman

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‘Women with Drive’ programme launched to mark 100th International Women’s Day

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By IANS, Gurgaon: In line with its core strategy of driving "safety innovations", Goodyear India Tuesday launched "Women with Drive" to celebrate the 100th International Women's Day.

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...

India’s shame: More violence against women

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Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to...

BJP’s women activists protest against Kumar Vishwas

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New Delhi : About 100 women activists of the BJP on Tuesday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house to raise...

Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...

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...

Triple talaq, nikah halala violate right to equality, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): Triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy violate Muslim women's right to equality and dignity and are not protected by the right...

UP woman MLA seeks action against peers’ stripping act

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman legislator in Uttar Pradesh lodged a complaint with the speaker's office over two Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) legislators taking...

Indian Muslims face imminent threat of genocide, mass persecution: Experts

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During an ongoing three-day global summit,experts and scholars underscored the surge in attacks on Muslims in India. TCN News Washington, DC — India’s 200 million Muslims...

UN holds photo exhibit on Afghan women

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By IANS, Kabul : A month-long photo exhibition organised by various UN agencies to highlight the status and achievements of women in war-hit Afghanistan kicked off Saturday in the capital.

Seminar on codification of Islamic Law held in Chennai

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Women’s education key to progress: Rabey Nadvi

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By RINA, Kairana: President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadvi said that if a woman is given education then, it will pave the way for the development and progress of the whole family. Similarly, if a woman is deprived of the education then, the whole family would plunge in the darkness of ignorance and superstition. Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadvi was giving away certificates of Khatm-e-Bukhari to the students of Jamia Ummul Momineen Aisha Siddiqua Lil Banat here yesterday.

National Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges of Manipuri Muslim Women

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नासिरूद्दीन लोकसभा ने तलाक़-‍ए-बिद्दत या एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ से जुड़ा बिल ध्वनिमत से पास कर दिया है. अब इस बिल को राज्यसभा से...

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जिब्रानुदीन। Twocircles.net कल, 17 अक्टूबर को दुनिया भर में अलीग बिरादरी द्वारा धूमधाम से सर सैयद डे का जश्न मनाया गया। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के...

Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat

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By Audrey D'mello The recent Times of India Campaign on Gender Equality in Law had a poster which appeared in TOI on June 20, 2015....

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Irate women staff beat up Maharashtra official for harassment

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By IANS, Ratnagiri : A top district health official, accused of sexual harassment, was attacked, stripped and assaulted by some women colleagues, a government official said Thursday. "The women, including at least two employees in the district health department office, stormed into the cabin of District Health Officer (DHO) Pradeep Savale shortly after lunch break," Ratnagiri Chief Executive Officer K.S. Shingare told IANS.

Pass Women’s Reservation Bill: NHRC

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New Delhi : The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Tuesday called for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill to give them one-third seats...

UAE to launch educational campaign for women

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi:The United Arab Emirates' General Women's Union (GWU) has announced a new initiative to educate women about the legislations addressing and dealing with the issues concerning them, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. The awareness drive titled "Know Your Rights" is part of the women's union's efforts to implement the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women, a joint initiative with the UNDP launched in 2006.

Not just Durga, Mahishasur also worshipped in India

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New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani's controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter...

Pomp, women’s power on display at Republic Day parade

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New Delhi : More than the pomp, this year's Republic Day parade Monday will be remembered for women's power showcased during the two-hour event...

Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition

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Organized by Adavi Myah, an art collective led by Dalit and Bahujan women, the exhibition will run for four weeks until May 30, 2022. BOSTON,...

Muslims, though most neglected, little interested in using RTI: Perveen Amanullah

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, It was a good step by UPA government in 2005 when it introduced Right to Information (RTI) Act as it gave a ray of hope to millions of citizens seeking transparency and accountability in government. Four years down the line, have citizens got real fruits of the Act? Yes, but not fully, says Mrs Perveen Amanullah, president, Bihar Suchna Adhikar Munch, in an interview with Manzar Bilal of TwoCircles.net on the 4th anniversary of RTI. RTI Act completed its four years. How do you think people benefited from this act during these years?

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.

National consultation on violence against women

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New Delhi : A national consultation process will be held in January to evaluate the current progress in combating violence against women and improvise...

Mirza Aejaz Baig: An ordinary teacher with an extra-ordinary zeal for poor to complete...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Central government is spending crores of rupees to eradicate illiteracy through scores of schemes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (The...

A woman killed every two hours in Brazil

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

Big B lauds woman for winning Rs.1 crore

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By IANS, New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for Rahat Taslim from Jharkhand who became the first woman to win Rs.1 crore on his gameshow "Kaun Banega Crorepati".

Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals

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Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...

Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’

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New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...

Odisha to probe rape cases within 60 days

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By IANS,

A Burqa can be empowering too, but I don’t expect Ram Guha to understand...

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By Hatif Imam for TwoCircles.net My great uncle attained the coveted post of a Tehsildar before independence. He was a poet and a pious Muslim,...

Sharia, fatwas and women’s rights

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

कुर्सी बचाने की खातिर आगरा की प्रिंसिपल ने रच दी नफरत की झूठी कहानी,...

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net आगरा की जिस प्रिंसिपल ने स्कूल में अल्पसंख्यक समाज के बच्चों का बहुमत होने पर खुद को धार्मिक उत्पीड़ित दिखाया था उसकी...

Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held

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New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...

Women can work round the clock in Gurgaon: Police chief

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By IANS,

First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76). She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.

Vitamins C, E, beta carotene fail to cut cancer risk among women

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By IANS, Washington : Women who take beta carotene or vitamin C or E or a combination of the supplements face a similar risk of cancer as women who do not take them, according to fresh data. Studies have suggested that people whose diets are high in fruits and vegetables, and thus antioxidants, may have a lower risk of cancer. Results from randomised trials that address the issue, however, have been inconsistent and have rarely supported that observation.

Lok Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill protests

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By IANS, New Delhi : Noisy protests against quotas for women in legislative bodies again forced adjournments of the Lok Sabha Tuesday with MPs of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) continuing their protests and slogan shouting. The Women's Reservation Bill led to three disruptions of the lower house after similar protests forced four adjournments Monday. When her repeated pleas fell on deaf ears, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till 4 p.m. after members reassembled at 2 p.m.

Imprisoned Mumbai Haj House Imam’s daughter gets sponsor for her education

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By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Qaumi Majlis-e-Shura (QMS) will now bear the education expenses of Nasreen Ghulam Yahya, daughter of arrested Mumbai Haj House Imam Ghulam Yahya. The announcement to this effect was made by QMS general secretary Farid Khan in a function held yesterday to reward Urdu Medium SSC toppers. In the program Nasreen was given a cheque worth Rs 88,000 and Rs 2,000 in cash. ‘Nasreen has taken admission in a Maharashtra college. The 88,000 is meant for her 11th, 12th and CAT coaching classes in Mahesh Tutorial,’ told Farid Khan.

Women’s national team players accuse US Soccer of wage discrimination

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New York : Five members of the United States women's national team have filed a complaint against United States Soccer, the sport's governing body...

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

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

Kerala temple fire heartrending, shocking: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the fire at Kerala temple that killed over 90 people as "heartrending and shocking"....

Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement

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Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...

Women’s help cells to come up in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Grappling with incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a women's help cell in every district of the state, an official said Saturday. "The move intends to check various manifestations of violence against women, particularly dowry harassment and female foeticide," R.K. Mittal, commissioner social welfare department, told IANS. The exercise to set up the upcoming help cells would soon be initiated, he added.

Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...

Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat

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

Kerala school girl secures 99 percent in ISC

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फ़जीहतों में फंसी हुई ‘प्रधानमंत्री उज्जवला योजना’

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली:देश के गरीब परिवारों की महिलाओं के चेहरों पर खुशी लाने के मक़सद से 1 मई 2016 को केंद्र सरकार द्वारा शुरू...

Seven beaten up in Jharkhand for suspected occult ritual

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By IANS, Ranchi : Seven people including a woman were brutally beaten near a Jharkhand village as local residents suspected them of carrying out an occult ritual. According to local media reports Wednesday, about ten people reached Hundru waterfall Tuesday near Sikidiri village, around 70 km from Ranchi. Their luggage included two goats and three hens.

Saina in semis, assured of maiden Worlds bronze

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

Israeli and Palestinian mothers birth a new generation of peace with healing lullaby music

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By Eliana Gilad What does an Israeli neonatal intensive care unit and the biblical prophetess Miriam, sister of Moses - a figure equally respected by both Jews and Muslims - have in common? They both employed the conscious use of voice, rhythm and music as a means of natural healing in the face of calamity during times of change.

Woman who opposed violence against her sex killed in Nepal

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By IANS, Kathmandu : A human rights activist and radio journalist in Nepal's violence-hit southern plains who had raised her voice against violence against women was savagely hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants at her own residence. Uma Singh, a journalist with private radio station Radio Today and a member of Women Human Rights Defender Network in Dhanusha district in the Terai plains, was attacked at her residence in Janakpur town Sunday evening, the Network said in a statement Monday.

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.

Woman panchayat leader shares experience with Obama

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Women’s rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks

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New Delhi : Women's rights activists Friday strongly condemned comments made on rape and women by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and party...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

Inquiry report on death of pregnant women by Thursday: Odisha minister

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Monday said a committee probing the death of three pregnant women at a...

Four Muslim women arrested for rioting in Gujarat town

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

In Mumbai, dancers shake a leg in the hope for a better future

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Text and Video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net A group of struggling dancers from difficult caste, social and economic backgrounds, struggling to make a life following...

Crime against women rises alarmingly in Assam

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By IANS, Guwahati : The Assam government Tuesday admitted that the number of dowry cases in the state have trebled in the past six years, while that of rape has nearly doubled, causing concern in the society traditionally known for respecting women. "We are seized of the disturbing statistics and have taken steps to reduce crime against women by setting up all-women police stations, besides opening a female counselling centre at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters here," state government spokesman Rockybul Hussain, who is the forest minister, said Tuesday.

Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!

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By IANS, Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard. Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk. "Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.

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Two women run over by Mumbai suburban train, driver arrested

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By IANS, Mumbai: In a rare occurrence on the Mumbai suburban railway network, two women commuters were run over by a train Thursday, leading to a massive agitation at Virar. Police have booked the train driver and guard for "causing death by negligence". According to Government Railway Police (GRP) senior inspector, Vasai Division, N. More - the duo have been charged under Sec. 304(a) of the Indian Penal Code (causing death by negligence) and other offences.