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Majlis Legal opposes PIL seeking guidelines for registering rape

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Files an intervenor application opposing the PIL claiming it would be in violation of SC directions By TCN News, Pune: Majlis Legal Centre, a...

Woman gang raped in Telangana

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Hyderabad : An autorickshaw driver and three others gang raped a woman in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana. The incident took place late Sunday in...

Mamata to attend meeting on women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend a meeting of all political parties in the Lok Sabha on the women's reservation bill here Monday, a Trinamool Congress leader said Saturday. The Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the Congress-led ruling coalition, had abstained from voting on the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha March 9. "Mamataji will attend the meeting," Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay told IANS. However, the party did not reveal the strategy to be adopted in the meeting.

Woman suicide bomber kills 2 in hospital in W Iraq

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By Xinhua, Fallujah, Iraq : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a hospital in a town near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others, a local police source said.

Rape accused Tripura official sent to police custody

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Agartala : A local court in Tripura on Wednesday sent to three days police custody a senior Tripura government official who was arrested a...

India recalls envoy to New Zealand after wife accused of assaulting staff

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New Delhi/Wellington: India on Saturday asked its envoy in New Zealand to return following allegations that his wife assaulted a member of the domestic...

Odisha gets first women’s university

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Bhubaneswar : The Rama Devi Autonomous Women's College here is set to be the first women's university in Odisha. The central government has approved the...

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: A few weeks after Soni Sori was attacked, a smilaar incident has been reported from in Kerala. Dhanya Raman, a noted...

Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle

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By IANS, Jammu : A woman, two security personnel and a militant were killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. A group of three militants ambushed a security patrol party in the Kashtigarh forest belt of Doda district in the morning. A policeman and an army trooper were killed in the attack. A fierce encounter broke out in the forest belt following a joint search operation by the police and the army. One of the militants was gunned down but two managed to escape, the police said.

Ramadan 1439: Zainaba and Haroon

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Zainaba Farzana is a dentist and her husband Haroon works for a medical instrument company in Saudi Arabia. They have two...

Kerala women can apply to be police sub-inspectors

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : There is good news for women in Kerala. They can now apply to become police sub-inspectors. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Saturday announced that as the first step towards revamping the Kerala Police Act, women can now apply directly to be a sub inspector. "Kerala is a state where there are more women than men and the leadership qualities of women have been proved beyond doubt. Hence, we decided that women also can apply," Balakrishnan told reporters here.

Mehbooba for timely completion of highway projects in J&K

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Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday stressed the need for timely completion of various highway projects in her state. Describing...

Pregnant Orissa woman alleges molestation by cops

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: A pregnant woman from the minority community in Orissa's Kendrapada district Friday alleged that some policemen came to her house late Thursday night, molested her and beat up her two minor children without any reason. The woman, who resides at Tendukuda village under Patkura police station, alleged that the policemen went on a spree of vandalism when no adult male member was at home.

Ashalata Kamble: Redefining motherhood to include the voices of marginalised women

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By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net How does one define motherhood? Is it not important to locate the position of scholars who have commented and written extensively...

Women celebrate in Bihar’s first ‘smokeless’ village

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Patna : Women in a village in Bihar are celebrating -- as all its 240 households have been provided with cooking gas connections and...

Pushing TRPs up for the girl child

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By Anjali Singh, CNS, Lucknow: She epitomises the plight of girl children in India to the neglected, rejected, abused and sold off like property, "Laali", the character that Ratan Rajput plays in the popular tele serial "Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi kijo", has become an instant hit with viewers all over . No prizes for guessing why.

Two arrested for throwing acid on Kashmir woman student

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Srinagar : Two people were arrested Thursday for throwing acid on a 21-year-old woman law student in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police...

Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers

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By DPA, Nairobi : A woman Sudanese journalist and United Nations worker could face up to 40 lashes Wednesday for wearing trousers. Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a columnist and public information officer at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), was arrested in Khartoum along with 13 other women in early July. Ten of the other women were given 10 lashes for breaching Islamic law, but Hussein demanded a lawyer and delayed her trial. She has invited local and foreign journalists to view her flogging should she be convicted.

Aasra: A hope for destitute Muslim women

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By Nigar Ataulla

UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...

Men who want women to stay home earn more

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By IANS, Washington : Men holding the view that women should stay at home earn more than men who don't. But women with more egalitarian views don't take home much more than their traditional counterparts. Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston of University of Florida analysed data from a nationally representative study of men and women who were interviewed four times between 1979 and 2005. Some 12,686 people, aged between 14 and 22 at the beginning of the study, participated, even as 60 percent remained with the study.

Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women. The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.

सियासत और लालच की भेंट चढ़ गुमनामी के कगार पर पहुंच गया है बाँदा...

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आकिल हुसैन । Twocircles.net 2006 को तीन महिलाएं संपत पाल,हेमलता पटेल,सुमन सिंह चौहान दबी कुचली पीड़ित महिलाओं को उनके अधिकारों के प्रति जागरूक करने के...

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,...

Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the Year

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By IANS, Vienna : Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country's leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards Association (WAA), the EFE news agency reported Saturday. The Vienna-based World Awards Association Friday named Betancourt as the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year award, the report said. She will receive the honour at a ceremony Oct 26, details of which would be announced later. Betancourt, 46, has dual Colombian and France citizenship.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan condemn arrest of rape survivor, youth activists

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TCN News Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) of Rajasthan has strongly condemned the arrest of a young survivor of gang-rape and two Jan Jagran Shakti...

Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held

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Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...

Gayatri Devi: People’s princess who loved lilies and horses

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi: The feisty princess Ayesha, daughter of the erstwhile maharaja of Cooch Behar, shot her first panther at the age of 13, stunning everyone. Six years later, the beautiful woman who came to be known as Maharani Gayatri Devi stunned her family again by falling in love with prince Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur. She called him "Jai" and insisted on marrying him, never mind that he already had two wives and that her own family was against the match.

500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has agreed to the state government’s request to provide benefits to around 500 nurses who have returned from conflict-hit Iraq and Libya.

Africa celebrates women power

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By Manish Chand, IANS,

Women activists hold press conference condemning love jihad ‘myth’, say individuals have right...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Women and civil rights activists and lawyers held a joint press conference in Delhi and Mumbai on “Right to Choose and Politics of Love Jihad.” Speakers condemned the propaganda over so called ‘Love-Jihad,’ dismissing it as myth and stressed on the fact that individual women or men not only have the right to choose their partners but are also free to choose their faith in a secular democratic country.

Only two seats to TN Assembly: Woman leader moves against Muslim League leadership

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

IAMC, HfHR welcome release of Sudha Bharadwaj

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The groups reiterated the demand for the release of Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Sharjeel Imam and hundreds of other incarcerated activists in India. TCN News WASHINGTON,...

Indira Gandhi loved simple things: Shahnaz Husain

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS, New Delhi : A woman who liked simple things and was "in love with her country and grandchildren". That's how herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain describes Indira Gandhi, the 'iron lady' of Indian politics. "Mrs Gandhi was a very beautiful woman; a person like her will never be born again. She had an electrifying presence. You just couldn't get over her personality," Husain told IANS in an interview over phone from London.

Job quota for destitute women Tamil Nadu police

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reserved 10 percent of jobs in the police for destitute women.

Tripura curriculum to help check crime against women

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Nun gang rape: Women’s right panel team to visit Bengal

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Kolkata : Taking cognizance of the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal's Nadia district, the National Commission for Women on Friday...

Indian origin woman in Thailand’s richest list

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New York, July 11 (IANS) A 28-year-old Indian origin businesswoman has made it to the list of the 40 richest people in Thailand compiled by the Forbes magazine. Nishita Shah, managing director of diversified GP Group, and her family are ranked 19th with a net worth of $375 million. At 28, she is the youngest among the richest in the Southeast Asian country.

A post-graduate course in “facilitating women’s wellness and justice”

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By TCN News, Bangalore: Baduku Community College (Samvada, Bangalore) invites applications for a 3-month Post-Graduate Certificate Course: *Facilitating Women’s Wellness and Justice*, to be conducted between 18th August and 18th November, 2014.

Indian women’s recurve archery team qualifies for Olympics

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Copenhagen : The Indian women's recurve archery team made a strong comeback to book a place in the 2016 Rio Olympics as the...

More and more working women shun the ‘married girl’ look

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : 'Solah singhar', the traditional decked up appearance for the new bride is now out of fashion with more and more working women shunning their gold and glitter for a more westernised look. Today's hard pressed working women find it a headachet o wear to traditional symbols of wedded bliss preferring to flaunt the single and smart look. The job scenario also seems to encourage such trend with Kiran, who has been married for six months, and is on a job hunt preferring to dress in formal shirt-pant, sans any bangles or bindi.

Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking

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By IANS, Raipur: The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little to prevent trafficking of thousands of youth, mainly girls, from poor families to metros. The house witnessed a heated debate when the government replied in the assembly it was doing its best to trace out an estimated 7,000 people missing in the state for many years.

Computer training for madrasa teachers at AMU

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Man arrested for raping deaf woman in Tripura

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Agartala: A man was arrested for raping a 32-year-old deaf and dumb woman, police said here Tuesday. "Ajit Nama, aged 30, raped a deaf and...

All-party meet crucial to women’s bill, says Congress

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By IANS, New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial". "It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.

Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists

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By IANS, New Delhi : Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday.

Young Muslim women fume at Deoband diktat

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By Sarwar Kashani, IANS, New Delhi : Many young Muslim women have reacted sharply to the Deoband seminary's fiat on women and men working together in offices, saying it's high time clerics started looking at real issues plaguing the community such as economic backwardness. "I don't understand what makes them think it is possible to stop women from working," Farzana Tasneem, a 20-year-old jeans-clad girl who works at a call centre, told IANS.

Global women’s summit held in Istanbul

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By IANS, Istanbul : A global summit for women was held in Istanbul for providing a platform to women to share "what works" in accelerating their economic advancement in society.

Women’s panel launches NRI cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : Faced with increasing cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to overseas Indians, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday launched an NRI cell to deal with such complaints. The NRI cell will provide legal counselling to women deserted by their overseas husbands. It will also advise and give recommendations to the government on policies related to NRI marriages. Besides, the cell will also carry out awareness campaigns on the subject.

ये समय है कि हिन्दू समाज मुस्लिमों से सॉरी बोले, मैं एक हिन्दू हूं,...

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कलीम सिद्दीक़ी अहमदाबाद : ‘यह मेरा फ़र्ज़ था कि पीड़िता को न्याय मिले. बिलकीस हो या कोई और, उसका न्याय में भरोसा बना रहे, यह...

Yemen To Appoint Five Women In Local Authority Positions

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By Bernama, Sana'a : Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qader Hilal revealed Wednesday a plan of appointing five women as deputies and assistants deputy governor in the capital Sana'a and the provinces of Aden, Ibb, Taiz, and Hodeidah, Yemen News Agency (SABA) reported. Delivering a speech in the opening of a meeting of the Ministry's women leaders, Hilal affirmed the importance of the meeting to increase the political participation of Yemeni women.

Colloquium on Mainstreaming Muslim Women at MANUU

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University's (MANUU) Centre for Women’s Studies in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi will organise a colloquium on “Mainstreaming the Indian Muslim Women – The way forward”.

Rajouri braveheart Rukhsana honoured with medal, cash

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By IANS, Jammu: Rukhsana Kousar, the brave heart of Rajouri who killed top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Osama in her house in September last year, Saturday received an award for her act of exemplary bravery. The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak was presented to Rukhsana, on behalf of President Pratibha Patil, by Rajouri Deputy Commissioner J.P.Singh at an official function in Rajouri, 160 km north of Jammu.

NIA inspector shot dead in UP, wife critically injured

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New Delhi : A National Investigation Agency inspector was shot dead while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, sources said on...

Madonna voted hardest working mother in new poll

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By IANS, London : Pop diva Madonna has been named the hardest working mother in showbiz topping a new poll ahead of Hollywood actresses Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow. The pop superstar took home $110 million (75 million pounds) in 2008, putting herself at the forefront of high-earning women with children, reports contactmusic.com. Madonna, who is mother to adopted toddler David Banda, 3, Rocco, 8 and 12-year-old Lourdes, took most of her money from her world tour as well as record sales and a string of endorsement deals.

Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus

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Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...

#तीन_तलाक़_क़ानून : सवाल दर सवाल ही है, जवाब का पता नहीं

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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...

National Women’s Front celebrates International Women’s Day

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By TCN News, Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF). These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ की रिहाई की मांग को लेकर जंतर -मंतर पर प्रदर्शन

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में सोमवार को सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ और पूर्व आईपीएस अधिकारी आर बी श्रीकुमार की गिरफ्तारी के विरोध में विभिन्न...

Burqa ban in Europe – Arresting cultural freedom?

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld France's controversial law of banning face-covering Muslim veils or burqa from the...

How a Messi fan in Kerala village became a football journalist in Spain

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Jushna Shahin’s passion for the sport made her achieve the unthinkable. Najiya O | TwoCircles.net KERALA — Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on...

DTC to give all women free ride on Raksha Bandhan

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women commuters in Delhi would be able to travel free in state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses Saturday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the state government announced here Thursday. Women would be allowed a free ride in all DTC buses and green low-floor buses till 5 p.m. Saturday. Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is a festival where sister ties a sacred thread on the wrist of her brother and he pledges to protect her. "The decision has been taken to ensure that women reach their destinations without any hassle," a Delhi government spokesperson said.

Much to cheer this women’s day in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women in the national capital had lots to look forward to this International Women's Day. Not only were they cheering the government's efforts to clear the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, free makeovers, complimentary movie tickets and shopping discounts were also lined up to make their day. Homemakers, students, professionals and social activists -- many women were keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, gets passed in Rajya Sabha Monday.

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."

India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls

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Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...

Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a woman here last week, police said Tuesday. Two more accused were still on the run.

Poster exhibition on Muslim women’s rights organized in Patna

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Resilience and Identity: Refugee Women in India Navigate Challenges Through Intersectional Feminism

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Syed Muskan and Kulsoom Faiz, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The intersectional feminist approach illuminates the myriad issues confronting migrant women globally. As per the latest report from...

Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.

German mother, Goa police trade charges

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By IANS, Panaji : A German woman who has complained that her daughter was being sexually harassed by the Goa education minister's son, says police would "prefer" her to withdraw the complaint, though police said she was evading them. Speaking to the media Sunday, Fadella Fuchs alleged the police were sitting on her complaint filed on Oct 2.

Decision soon on permanent commission for women in armed forces

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

From cooking tips to charity: Meet the ‘vlogger family’ from Malappuram

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Vlogging or video-blogging is nothing new in this modern age of technology. But there is an interesting vlogger family worth knowing...

Railways U-turn on offering exclusive women train coaches to men

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Kolkata : In a victory of sorts for female commuters who did not shy to clash with their male counterparts, the Eastern Railway...

Nigeria: 63 women escape from Boko Haram captors

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Nairobi : Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors...

Samina Bano: The girl who makes RTE work

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Coming from a privileged background to working for underprivileged, Samina Bano has ensured hundreds of poor children get admission under RTE in Uttar...

Soccer girls

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net When FIFA World Cup Soccer Final match is played on Sunday, there will be at least a billion people will be watching it around the world. Going by the two pictures that I will present to you, some of these fans will be young Muslim girls of India.

Seminar on ‘Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciences’ held in Aligarh

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TCN News Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) held a seminar on Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciecnces and noted pediatrician, Dr Hameeda...

क्या तीन तलाक़ के फौजदारी क़ानून से महिलाओं का भला होगा?

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए अगर बीमारी की जांच-पड़ताल ग़लत होगी तो दवा भी ग़लत दी जाएगी. क्या सारे सामाजिक दु:खों का सिर्फ़-सिर्फ़ एक इलाज है कि...

‘Enforcement of laws on women hit by lack of funds’

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By IANS, New Delhi: Enforcement of women-friendly laws suffers from lack of funds and training among the implementation agency personnel, activists said here Thursday.

Fatwas and Muslim Women

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By Irfan Engineer, The Supreme Court on 7th July 2014 ruled that fatwas had no legal sanctity and the defiance of fatwas would not have civil or criminal consequences as it had no place in independent India under our constitutional scheme. Though the Apex Court did not injunct Islamic religious authorities like the Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband, Dar-ul-Qaza or Nizam-e-Qaza from issuing fatwa as issuance of fatwas per se were not illegal in its opinion, it clarified that “it is not a decree, not binding on the court or the state or the individual. It is not sanctioned under our constitutional scheme”.

India contributes $ 1 mn to UN Women

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Woman found murdered in Delhi home

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 30-year-old wife of a railway employee was Thursday found murdered at her south Delhi home with a dupatta around her neck and her hands and legs tied, the police said. Manju's body was found by her neighbours at her first-floor flat in Naoroji Nagar area around 2.20 p.m. They informed her husband Mahender Joshi, who is posted in the railway ministry, and the police. “The victim's daughter came running to us and was crying. She said her mother is not opening the doors. When we went to check, the door was bolted from outside,” said one of the neighbours.

Nine-year-old raped in Delhi, dies in hospital

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New Delhi : A nine-year-old girl who was raped by a 42-year-old man two days ago in east Delhi's Khajoori Khas area, died in...

Women journalists in India yet to break the glass ceiling: Leela Menon

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran journalist Leela Menon, who was the first woman in the state to join the profession, Sunday opined that women in Indian media are yet to break the glass ceiling. "One or two Barkha Dutts are not enough and those women who are at the top are only so by virtue of their family owning the organisation. This clearly shows that the others are being discriminated against," she said. Menon, 85, who was with the Express group for a long time, now edits the Bharatiya Janata Party mouthpiece "Janmabhoomi" here.

Demonstration against harassment of women in Mumbai

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By TCN News, Mumbai: To register their protest against harassment and humiliation of women by mischief mongers in the city, the youth wing of Movement for Human Welfare (MHW) organized a signature campaign and demonstration at Mumbai’s Andheri railway station on 28th June. Notably, during the last few days some anti-social elements have been busy in harassment of pedestrian women in Mumbai specially at and around the Andheri railway station.

Conference discusses core women’s issues

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New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A determination to change the discourse on diversity and a plan of action to grow the network for change...

Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT

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New Delhi : Amid reports that some students from outside Jammu and Kashmir were proposing to leave the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar,...

All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya

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Kozhikode (Kerala) (IANS): On her first visit to her home state Kerala after the Supreme Court upheld her marriage with Shafin Jahan, Hadiya on Saturday...

Women more satisfied working in public sector than BPOs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women working in public sector undertakings (PSUs) are more satisfied than those working in private outsourcing companies, says a study by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). "Majority of working women gave priority to PSU sectors because the sector provided them job satisfaction, including reasonably good annual income, with job security and convenient working hours besides a healthy work environment," the study, Empowering the Women, said.

Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’

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Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

Bengal woman tortured by cops threatens stir

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

Man held for raping four-year-old girl in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : A 38-year-old man has been arrested for raping a four-year-old girl and dumping her in a serious condition behind some bushes in...

4 girls held in Chhattisgarh for running sex racket

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By IANS, Raipur: Eight people, including four girls, were arrested here Friday for their alleged involvement in a sex racket, police said. Acting on a tip off, a police team led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashimohan Singh, raided a house in Raipur's posh Devendra Nagar, and arrested eight people, including four girls, on charges of operating a sex racket. Police said two girls belonged to Mumbai while two belonged to Mana locality on Raipur's outskirts. They were operating a sex racket from a rented house. All the accused are in their early twenties, police said.

Remembering Kamla Bhasin, an icon of feminist activism in South Asia

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Kamla Bhasin's death at the age of 75 has left a wide gap in the women’s movement in South Asia. Her Azadi (freedom) chant...

Gurgaon security guard’s daughter excels in Class 10 exams

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Gurgaon : Beating all odds, a 14-year-old daughter of a security guard in Gurgaon has excelled in Class 10 CBSE exams by scoring a...

Women’s bill, disinvestment to top government agenda

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, Having succeeded beyond its expectations in the recent elections, the Congress seems to have decided to play some of the cards which it couldn't do in the last five years. Thus, the emasculation of the Mandal brigade comprising parties of the backward castes has made it promise to bring the women's reservation bill within 100 days, and the elimination of the Left's earlier clout has encouraged it to opt for disinvestment of the public sector.

Muslim toppers honored at AFMI’s 21st Annual Convention

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Thrown out of convocation ceremony attended by President, Kerala girl refuses gold medal

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In an extremely controversial step, Rabeeha Abdurehim, a student from Kerala, was sent out of the hall in which President Ramnath...

SC asks Centre for panel report on women and family law

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to place before it the report on "Women and Law " by a...

President congratulates Mary Kom, other medal winners

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday congratulated Indian pugilist M.C. Mary Kom and other athletes for winning medals at the 17th Asian Games being...

The mystery of missing Muslim female rulers

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By Raihanaa Hasan

Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...

Association of Indian Muslims of America put up a tailoring center for girls in...

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: The Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM) of Washington DC has begun building a tailoring training center for poor...

CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level

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Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...

Deendar Anjuman: Damned by the Muslim community, haunted by the security agencies

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net 9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...

Jammu and Kashmir gets first woman CM in Mehbooba

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Jammu : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with...

Woman legislator from the Left bit me: Congress MLA

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Thiruvananthapuram : Amidst the pandemonium that broke out in the Kerala assembly on Friday, a Congress legislator alleged that he was bitten by Jameela...

यूपी के हरदोई में 13 मुस्लिम परिवारों को बुलडोजर नोटिस

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Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

Women literacy rate higher than men in UAE

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : The literacy rate of women is higher than men in the UAE, a report said Tuesday.

Workshop trains Delhi women in self-defence

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New Delhi : Hit your attackers at soft spots like eyes, the adam's apple or groin, keep pepper spray in your hands while moving...

Decision on women fighter pilots will be considered: President

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By IANS, Pune : A decision to induct women into the fighter stream will be taken after due consideration, President Pratibha Patil said after completing her sortie in the Indian Air Force (IAF) war jet Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Wednesday. The president, who is also the first woman supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that while she had confidence in the capability of women, the decision to allow women in combat would be taken by the three services after deliberation.

Indian challenge ends in ITF women’s tournament

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Indian challenge in the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament got over Friday with the defeat of Isha Lakhani and Sanaa Bhambri in the semi-finals. On a hot and humid day at DLTA complex here, third-seeded Isha went down 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain while Sanaa, seeded fifth, lost to seventh-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko, 3-6, 2-6. Webley-Smith will meet her doubles partner Kolesnichenko for the title clash Saturday.

Finally, wedding bells to ring for Kerala’s woman minister

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Thiruvananthapuram: Seven years after being engaged to her childhood friend Anil Kumar, P.K. Jayalekshmi, the lone woman minister in Kerrala's Congress-led United Democratic Front...

Women will have to wait 57 years for equal pay

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By IANS, London : Working women will have to wait 57 more years before they start earning pay equal to men, a survey in Britain has shown. The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) observed that the pay of women bosses rose 2.8 percent in the past 12 months, compared with 2.3 percent for men. At this rate, it would take until 2067 for women to catch up with men, Daily Express reported Thursday. The survey result also means that 40 years after the 1970 Equal Pay Act, women were earning on an average 10,031 pounds less than male counterparts.

Violence against women going down?

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By IANS, New Delhi : Complaints of attacks on women in the country have gone down sharply if official figures are any indication - from 4,505 recorded attacks in 2007 to 1,000 in 2010, parliament was informed Friday. In a written reply to Bharatiya Janata Party's Kamlesh Paswan in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said during 2007 to 2010 the National Commission for Women (NCW) instituted committees to enquire into specific incidents relating to alleged rape, kidnapping, burning and harassment and beating up by police.

NIA officials record Hadiya’s statement

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Kottayam, (IANS): A team of investigators attached to the Kochi unit of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recorded statements of 24-year-old Hadiya, a...

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him. Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."

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Impressed with Indian women, Clinton seeks more opportunities for them

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By IANS, Mumbai: "Impressed" with Indian women, US Secretary of State of Hillary Clinton Saturday said that while "enormous progress" has been achieved in their empowerment, much more needs to be done. Addressing a press conference here on the first morning of her five-day visit to India, Clinton said: "I am very impressed with Indian women." "I have been in touch with a number of organisations that are promoting economic opportunities and greater choices in the lives of women here in India. Enormous amount of progress has been made in this field," she added.

Women’s reservation leads government’s 100-day plan

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Thursday outlined the priorities of the new government for the next 100 days: - Early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill providing for one-third reservation to women in state legislatures and in parliament. - Constitutional amendment to provide 50 percent reservation for women in panchayats and urban local bodies. - Concerted effort to increase representation of women in central government jobs.

13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

Villagers lock up teachers over girl’s suicide

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A woman with a mission: She safeguards maternal health in Himachal villages

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By Vishal Gulati Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) : In spite of advancing years, health worker Kaushalya, whose name roughly translates into "ability to do something well",...

This Ramzan, be a good husband: Say No to domestic abuse

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By Asma -Nama I know, it must sound odd to you. A woman giving a piece of advice to men? What’s more, asking them to...

Delhi to have special provisions for mentally ill women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Taking note of the shocking saga of former model Gitanjali Nagpal, the Delhi High Court Thursday directed the government to create separate wards for mentally ill women, especially the homeless, in state-run shelter homes. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked the government to set up special wards for the mentally ill in the state government-run Nirmal Chhaya shelter homes within three months.

Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...

Four youth arrested for gang rape in Karnataka

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Bengaluru: Four youth in their 20s were arrested on Sunday at Pandavapura near Mandya in southern Karnataka for the gang rape of a college...

Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life

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By IANS, London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity. Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported. "I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.

Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman

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Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...

Meet the woman who groomed Freida Pinto

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By Madhusree Chatterjee , IANS, New Delhi : Indian actress Freida Pinto is making waves internationally for her walk down the Oscar red carpet, her designer gowns and gracing the covers of popular magazines, thanks to "Slumdog Millionaire". But not many know the woman who helped groom her and introduced her to British director Danny Boyle.

BJP condones beating of women: Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, Bangalore : Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infamous attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening that the BJP speaks about Indian culture "but condones beating of women". "Our opposition talks about Indian culture but condones the beating of women. Their activists go out and beat women," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally here, attacking the BJP which is in power in Karnataka.

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AMU nursing students light lamps for the spirit of nursing

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By TCN News, Aligarh: The environment filled with an enlightening breeze when the nurses of the School of Nursing, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) took oath at the Lamp Lighting & Oath taking Ceremony of the School.

Protests against TDP legislator for ‘manhandling’ woman officer

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Hyderabad : Government employees in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday launched protests demanding the arrest of a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator and his aides...

Women’s panel to probe forcible stripping by cops

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said its has formed a committee to enquire into the alleged case of a woman being forced to strip in front of her son at a west Delhi police post last month. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said: "I was shocked to hear of such police atrocity. We have formed a three-member enquiry committee which will probe into the circumstances leading to the incident and action taken by the authorities." The victim, a 30-year-old woman, approached the commission Friday.

On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram

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The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...

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Discrimination against women, minorities rampant: UN high commissioner

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By IANS, New Delhi : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Thursday said that despite a number of rights based treaties being signed, discrimination - whether it's towards women or minorities - is still rampant in the world. "Women work two-thirds of the world's working hours and produce half of the world's food, yet earn only 10 percent of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property," Pillay said in a statement, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day.

The hidden agenda behind the debate over Triple Talaq

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net The best of you are those who are the kindest to their wives.- Al-Tirmidhi The issue of Triple Talaq or instant...

Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav

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By George Joseph, IANS, New Delhi : Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav says that 90 percent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all seats in India's legislatures for women. "If there is no party whip, 90 percent of the MPs will oppose the bill, whether they are from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) or the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), whether they are from backward classes or upper castes, whether they are male or women MPs," Yadav claimed in an interview.

Doctor beaten after woman gives birth in ambulance

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Kolkata : A doctor at a state-run rural hospital in West Bengal was thrashed by irate locals after a woman gave birth in...

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...

Karnataka woman minister says ready to quit to save government

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By IANS, Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the party's first ever in the south, Thursday said she was ready to quit if it saves the Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa-led ministry. The BJP central leadership is understood to have proposed dropping Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, from the ministry as part of a compromise to the dissidents who are pressing for removal of Yeddyurappa himself.

‘Take action only in accordance with the law’: Supreme Court to UP govt on...

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The apex court granted three days to the Uttar Pradesh government to prove how demolition complied with the building laws and other mandatory procedures. Basil...

No women as officers of border forces, says government

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women cannot be appointed as officers in the three border guarding forces -- Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), according to the union home ministry's latest rules. This is despite the fact that the same recruitment rules provide for recruitment of women officers in the country's largest central paramilitary force under the home ministry - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Depressed widow kills kids, self on Karva Chauth

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By IANS, Amritsar: Feeling depressed on the day of Karva Chauth, a festival in which Hindu women fast for their husbands' long life, a young widow in this Punjab city killed her two minor sons and committed suicide, police said Thursday. Baljit Kaur, 32, gave poison to her two sons, aged 10 and six, and consumed it herself at her home in Dashmesh Nagar Wednesday night. Her husband, Rajinder, a sub-inspector with the Punjab police, died two months back. Baljit Kaur and her sons were taken to a government hospital where doctors declared them dead.

Women protest police inaction against rape accused in Haryana

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By IANS,