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7 नवंबर को अज़ीम मंसूरी की जाएगी बारात , मगर एक दिन पहले...

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विशेष संवाददाता। twocircles.net कहते है "जब तुम किसी चीज़ को शिद्दत से चाहो तो सारी क़ायनात उसे तुमसे मिलाने की कोशिश में लग जाती है...

Alleged rape victim commits suicide in West Bengal

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Kolkata: A housewife Thursday allegedly committed suicide in West Bengal's Malda district after being raped, police said. Her family members have alleged that she set...

एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ

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  आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के...

Do genes control intolerance and anti-social behaviour?

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By Nishant Arora New Delhi: As Indian society grapples with the issue of intolerance and violence, genetic experts are opening up the hoary discussion on...

Ramadan 1437: Nafees Fatima

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “Oh, it used to be much more strict in our times.” Nafees Fatima remembers growing up in her household, where there...

Woman set afire by neighbours in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANAS, Bhopal: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in a Madhya Pradesh village after they accused her of stealing Rs.1,000, police said Tuesday. Seema Sen, 28, was Monday evening passing by the house of her neighbour Vishram Thakur when his wife Rani alleged that Seema had stolen Rs.1,000 from her house. A heated argument ensued following which the couple entered Seema's house, doused her kerosene and set her afire. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where her condition is said to be critical.

UPSC topper Ira Singhal motivates NE students

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Ira Singhal, the first differently abled woman to top the civil services examination advised the young students to keep...

Police not to arrest Rathore ‘hastily’ despite criticism

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana Police has been pulled up for delaying action in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case but police officials say they did not want to arrest former top cop S.P.S Rathore "hastily" despite a Panchkula court having dismissed his anticipatory bail pleas. "Our investigation is still under process and we are looking into all aspects of the case before arresting anybody. We cannot do things hastily in this matter and we are busy collecting evidence pertaining to these FIRs," Superintendent of Police (Panchkula) Maneesh Chaudhary told IANS here Saturday.

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...

हिन्दू कोड बिल पर चुप्पी साधकर भाजपा कर रही ट्रिपल तलाक की राजनीति

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अभय कुमार पिछले महीने पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश के सोनभद्र में भाजपा की एक बड़ी रैली से ख़िताब करते हुए पार्टी अध्यक्ष अमित शाह ने सपा,...

Rajasthan court declares IAS officer absconder

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Jaipur: A court here Tuesday declared Rajasthan IAS officer B.B. Mohanty an absconder after he went on the run in connection with the rape...

Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court's intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of Parsis she was denied by her community after her marriage. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), perhaps the first of its kind, was admitted in Ahmedabad Thursday. The petition was filed by Goolrokh Adi Contractor, now Goolrokh Mahipal Gupta, resident of Valsad, who married a non-Parsi in 1991.

Instead of lowering prices, BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi asks to pay taxes on Sanitary...

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New Delhi (IANS): BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who was part of a panel discussion on "Loss Fertility in Females" at the inaugural Menstrual Awareness...

Women feel dowry most severe form of gender disparity: Survey

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New Delhi : Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when it comes to marriage, according to...

Government adopts policy for women’s empowerment

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government has adopted a national policy for empowerment of women with the objective of bringing about their advancement, development...

Bengal youth beaten up for protesting women’s harassment dies

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Kolkata : A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into coma after being beaten up for protesting harassment of women during an idol immersion procession...

An analysis of Azad Fellows 2010

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More than half are female students AMU gets biggest chunk of students Gujarat fulfils only 35% of its quota, least among all states By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net With the aim to gear up students from Minority communities in the field of higher education, Government of India has launched ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship’ from this year which will encourage and financially help them. Community ratio

Dowry law cannot be harassment tool, says court

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New Delhi: A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment. Granting relief to a man,...

Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number

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Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...

Meet 10 women who are spearheading movement against CAA-NRC in India

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Nazish Hussain and Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net In the wake of countrywide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR, India is witnessing a watershed massive movement led by women. From...

Muslim girl in Mumbai denied room on rent

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Mumbai : A 25-year old London-educated woman advertising professional was refused permission to hire a flat in Wadala, central Mumbai on grounds that she was a Muslim. Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse has ordered a probe into the incident here on Wednesday.

No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress

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By IANS, New Delhi : Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was "no pressure" on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha. "We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form," said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.

How coastal inhabitants of India make a living through seaweed cultivation

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Seaweed is one among several renewable marine resources in India. Around 1000 coastal inhabitants of the country are engaged in the activity and...

Girl killed in Kashmir cloudburst  

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Srinagar : A 15-year-old girl was killed in a cloudburst in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, police officials said. Cloudbursts hit Gangangir and Sonamarg areas...

Ace Media & Marketing to launch exclusive website for women

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By TCN News,

Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child

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By IANS, Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child". Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala. "At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.

Scalpel Over Choice? How Hospitals in India Are Turning Childbirths Into Business

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Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: When 33-year-old Khushboo Jaiswal walked into a private hospital in Delhi, she was expecting a calm and natural childbirth filled...

Thanks for sparing us more headache, housewives thank FM

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By IANS,

Nigerian forces rescue about 300 women

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Abuja : Up to 300 women have been rescued by Nigerian security forces in restive Sambisa forest during an operation, a military spokesperson said...

India seeks greater role for women in UN peacekeeping

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By IANS, United Nations : India has sought more representation of women in high decision-making positions at the UN saying greater participation of women in areas of conflict prevention was particularly necessary for lasting peace and security. "India attaches very high importance to ensuring concrete action in this area," said Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN during a Security Council debate Monday on "Women and Peace and Security".

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...

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...

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

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New Delhi: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was on Sunday appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique here said. "The...

Dikshit urges more women representatives in MCD

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said 50 percent seats will be reserved for women under the new set up proposed for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Bihar’s silent revolution: 30,000 women now own land

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By Imran Khan, IANS,

Woman shot at in Lucknow for resisting chain snatcher

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Lucknow: A woman was shot at twice late Tuesday here when she resisted a chain snatcher, police said Wednesday. The shooting took place around 11.30...

Girl child empowerment responsibility of cinema: Shabana

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By IANS,

Half of Delhi’s women voters turned out for polls

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By IANS, New Delhi : An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections. "We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof," Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.

Bill on Triple Talaq cleared by Cabinet

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New Delhi, (IANS): A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter...

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...

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam

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Brooklyn, New York : Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports.

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

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‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

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.

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

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

मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...

Akhilesh gets luxury cars, but cuts budget for women’s panel

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By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : As women's safety continues to be a cause for concern in Uttar Pradesh, here's a shocker: An activist has found...

TMC MP likens Mamata to Mother Teresa, Goddess Saraswati

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New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali likened party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Mother Teresa and Hindu Goddess...

Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

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Taliban doesn’t necessarily need to be turban clad, swinging AK47, loitering around the streets of Kabul, aiming to kill those who don’t necessarily agree...

हाथ फैलाकर जीना चाहते हैं या मेहनत कर अपना भाग्य अपने हाथों लिखना चाहते...

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सरस्वती अग्रवाल उत्तराखण्ड : “व्यवसाय करने के लिए ज़्यादा पढ़ा-लिखा होना ज़रुरी नहीं है, बल्कि रुची होना ज़रुरी है.” ये वाक्य है उत्तराखण्ड राज्य जनपद...

Another rape in Bengal, victim deaf and mute

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By IANS,

CBI consulting legal experts in Rathore case

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By IANS, New Delhi : After facing criticism for mishandling the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said it was seeking legal opinion to include charges of abetment to suicide against former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore.

Two women robbed of passport, US currency in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : Two women who were returning after shopping at a mall here were robbed of their passport, US currency and other valuables at gunpoint by two men on a motorcycle, police said Saturday. The victims, Swati Dwivedi and Monika, residents of Sector 20, were returning home in a cycle rickshaw at around 11 p.m. Friday after shopping at the Great India Place (GIP) mall, when their rickshaw was intercepted by the two men, police said.

Maharashtra Muslims demand 20% share in state women quota of 50%

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Odisha to increase quota for women in urban bodies

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Odisha will increase the quota for women in the state's urban local bodies to 50 percent from the existing 33 percent, an official said Friday.

Woman spends 10,000 pounds to hear her cat miaow again

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By IANS, London : A pet owner in southeast Britain has spent a whopping 10,000 pounds to hear her moggy miaow again after the cat suffered a rare throat condition, the Daily Telegraph reported. Jean Kelly, 40, first noticed her 13-year-old pet Cadbury suddenly lost his voice. She did not take any time to visit a vet who diagnosed that Cadbury was suffering from a paralysed larynx, a rare condition that needed immediate surgery.

Rajasthan’s Dalit women celebrate ‘liberty’ at temple

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS,

डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....

Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage

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Noida: The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of the elderly and orphaned children under the...

Vrindavan widows to meet PM over protection bill

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(June 23 is World Widow Day) Vrindavan : Widows living in various shelter homes here Sunday said they wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra...

A Palestinian woman enters politics

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By Asma Asfour In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning the law was that women should take part in decision-making processes. So, despite the fact that the idea hadn't yet been widely accepted in many rural communities, women from different economic and cultural backgrounds suddenly found themselves taking part in political life.

Wife, separated for years, cannot sue husband for torture: Apex court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman, living separately from her husband for years without taking divorce, cannot accuse him of torturing her after years of separation. A bench of Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Justice B.S. Chauhan gave the ruling while upholding the conviction and sentence of an Assam government official on charges of bigamy. But the bench set aside the conviction for physical and mental torture allegations levelled by the estranged wife, who had been living separately for years.

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...

Kejriwal orders magisterial probe into Kenyan woman’s gang-rape

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged gang-rape of a Kenyan woman here in a moving...

Sania-Martina reach Guangzhou Open final

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Guangzhou: The Indo-Swiss tennis pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their winning run to reach yet another final when they made it...

Victim offered Rs.31,000 to forget rape

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Patna: A panchayat in Bihar has ordered one of its members accused of raping a woman to pay her Rs.31,000 and asked the victim...

Four decades on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims yet to find closure

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Many victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy still reel from the devastation that the incident caused in their lives.  Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net BHOPAL (MADHYA...

Britain gets first woman poet laureate

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By IANS, London : Britain got its first woman poet laureate in Carol Ann Duffy. The 53-year-old is the latest to the post held by poets like Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes. Duffy is known for writing witty poems on a wide range of topics, many of them to do with everyday life. She succeeds Andrew Motion, who has just completed a 10-year term.

Need to address gender inequality in workforce: Sayeeda Hameed

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By IANS,

More women MPs in panel to fight for quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Leading political parties Saturday added more members to a parliamentary panel that is discussing the controversial Women's Reservation Bill, which is facing opposition from some parties including a few ruling allies. While the Congress party has nominated its whip Krishna Tirath and Tejaswini Gowda, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proposed Kiran Maheswari and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has suggested P. Satheedevi for the panel.

Burqa is Muslim woman’s choice: Indian Muslims react to Sarkozy

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By IANS, New Delhi : Many Indian Muslims Tuesday reacted sharply to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's burqa remarks saying wearing a veil was a matter of individual choice in Islam and not a sign of a woman's subservience as the French leader has said. India has the third largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia and Pakistan.

Everest climber alleges police misbehaviour in Orissa templettt

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

Verbal clashes in parliament panel meet on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Political parties ranged for and against the contentious women's reservation bill in parliament clashed Tuesday at the first meeting of the standing committee on 33 percent quota for women in legislative bodies. The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, which is expected to evolve a consensus on the legislation, began on a belligerent note with the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Devendra Prasad Yadav asserting his party's opposition to the bill.

US team visiting India to boost women’s numbers in ICT

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By IANS,

No plans for new women’s battalions in paramilitary forces

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are no plans for raising new women's battalions or reserve battalions in the central armed police forces (CAPFs), parlaiment was informed Tuesday.

Meet the Tribal Girls From Jammu & Kashmir Who Cracked Neet

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Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles.net Several girls from the Bakarwal community, a nomadic ethnic minority in India's Jammu and Kashmir area, recently cleared the National...

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

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

Woman hangs herself in Assam police station

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Guwahati : A 39-year-old woman hanged herself inside a toilet at the Dispur police station in Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said on...

Row over Goa minister terming rape accused ‘naive’

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Panaji : Even as Goa Police continues to probe the alleged gang rape of two Delhi women tourists, a comment by state Tourism Minister...

Where’s women power: Huma Qureshi on Kejriwal’s cabinet

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New Delhi : Actress Huma Qureshi has high hopes from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but has one issue with his cabinet -- the...

NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically

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By IANS, Kolkata: Days after over 100 women were sterilised in a single day at a health camp under unhygienic conditions, the NHRC Monday issued a notice to the West Bengal government.

Indian man’s tweet to Swaraj saves sister from traffickers

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Abu Dhabi : A brother's tweet to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led to the rescue of his sister from human traffickers...

शौहर को जेल भेजना इस मसले का हल नहीं है: सहबा

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशि‍श की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के...

Ramadan 1435: Elderly

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Two eldery women sit on the stools to eat their iftaar at the Thousand Lights Mosque, Chennai. Respect for parents and...

Pregnant Dalit woman beaten up in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : A pregnant Dalit woman was attacked by some upper caste people who barged into their home after her family refused to clear...

The phantasmagoria of Pakistan’s women’s rights

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By Ishtiaq Ahmed The past few days have been filled with such dramatically contrasting news about the fortunes of Pakistani women that one can liken the rights of Pakistani women to a phantasmagoria: a changing scene made up of many elements in which the changes that take place make it impossible to discern what is real and what is merely an illusion.

Women break into another male bastion in Bollywood

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By Jivraj Burman, IANS, Mumbai : Savita Singh, Sharmistha Roy, Amala Papuri and Fawzia Fatima -- these names may not ring a bell, but they are the new women technicians who have made a mark in Bollywood and carved a niche in the otherwise male-dominated industry. The Hindi film industry is beginning to see a number of female executive producers, first assistant directors, cinematographers and even sound engineers who have been learning the ropes of filmmaking and film trade.

Defence ministry considering women pilots for navy

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New Delhi : A proposal to induct women pilots in the navy is under consideration of the defence ministry and certain clarifications have been...

Punjab Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for women’s reservation

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Chandigarh, (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central government to enact the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33...

Delhi accident victim’s donated organs save three lives

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New Delhi : In a fortuitous series of events, doctors in two Delhi hospitals were able to save the lives of three people on...

World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture

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The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.  Sami...

Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net  Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...

Jung alerts cops on crime against women, people from NE

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New Delhi : Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed Delhi Police to adopt zero-tolerance policy for crimes against women, an official spokesman...

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.

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...

AP govt. awards Sadaf, topper of Engineering Common Entrance Test

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By TCN News,

Government expands scheme to benefit adolescent girls

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By IANS, New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday said that the government's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) would be expanded to benefit adolescent girls and also grant benefits to pregnant and nursing mothers. "Around 7,073 ICDS projects have been sanctioned under which 1.4 million anganwadi (primary care) centres would be functioning in the long run. The ICDS would be expanded to include two new schemes for improving nutrition of adoloscent girls and women for which the minitry has allocated Rs.9,000 crore (Rs.90 billion)," Tirath said.

Women manage finance better: Chanda Kochhar

Women
By Anuradha Shukla, IANS, New Delhi : Chanda Deepak Kochhar, set to take over as managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank, India's largest in the private sector, firmly believes women make better bankers, even if a lot also depends on how they use the opportunities that come their way. "So far as the financial sector is concerned, I feel women are always better with managing finance," says the 47-year-old banker who takes charge Friday at the landmark ICICI Bank Towers in Bandra-Kurla Complex in suburban Mumbai.

All-time high voting in UP, women set new record

Women
By IANS,

Hold talks with rebels, women’s group tells Meghalaya

Women
By IANS,

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

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

Summit for women entrepreneurship held in New Delhi

Women
By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto, a Delhi based NGO organized Women’s Summit here under the sponsorship of Human Welfare Foundation at The Scholar...

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

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

Pellet victim Insha clears Class 10 exams, aims to become a doctor

Women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Srinagar: On Tuesday, January 9, Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) declared the result of students appeared in 10th...

“We need employment, not help,” Nagpur’s sex workers decry ban, barricading of area

Lead Story
Ganga Jamuna area of Nagpur in Maharashtra is the oldest Red Light area of the city and has always been bustling with people. In...

Woman approaches court for maintenance 3 years after divorce

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: A woman Saturday approached a city court demanding maintenance from her first husband three years after their divorce. Filing a petition before Metropolitan Magistrate Archna Sinha, Kirti said that she is entitled for maintenance from her first husband. Kirti and Mayank got married Nov 23, 2000 and after seven months of marriage, Kirti left her husband. She gave birth to a child Nov 13, 2001. Kirti then filed a divorce petition in court in 2006 which was granted on mutual consent. Kirti and Mayank have since then married their respective partners.

Hetalbari: The curious case of land acquisition which left residents confused

Women
In the fourth and final part of the Sunderbans series, we look at the curious case of Hetalbari, a small village in Sunderbans, where...

Give Indian Muslim women more social space: Minority bodies

Women
By IANS,

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

Women
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT

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

Government ready to extend session to pass women’s bill

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The government Wednesday said it was ready to extend the ongoing parliament session, if necessary, to pass the long-pending women's...

‘Obamas are a typical juggling American family’

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday. "The Obama family has been very positively received because they are like any other American family. Michelle Obama specially is an inspiration to all American women," Verveer said while interacting with reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital.

Muslim women join hands to rehabilitate khaki terror victims in Hyderabad

Women
By TwoCircles.net news desk, Hyderabad: In a commendable move that will show light to the society which appeared almost indifferent to the acquittal of scores of Muslim youths in terror cases in Hyderabad, least to talk of their rehabilitation, the city Muslim women have come up extending their helping hand to the victim youths.

BSP MP moves bail application in rape case

Women
New Delhi: BSP MP Dhananjay Singh Saturday moved bail application after the woman who accused him of raping her, denied the charge in a...

Woman accuses teen of rape, booked under POSCO

Women
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman has been booked under POSCO Act after a 17-year-old boy, whom she accused of raping her, claimed that she...

Men against violence-3 : Violence strike at one’s heart

Women
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan, Dhaka : Why we talk so passionately about gender based violence? Why do we put so much energy on it? The big question is WHY? WHY?? WHY??? Answer lies on the impact of violence. Is not so?

UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities

Women
By Arun Kumar, IANS Washington: A prominent woman-owned hospital group in the United Arab Emirates, begun by a woman who moved there from Nagpur, plans to bring affordable health care services to smaller Indian cities with a $24 million World Bank financing. "The project will introduce high clinical and managerial standards and create new jobs where there is significant unemployment, especially in smaller Indian cities," the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, said on signing of agreements to finance Zulekha Hospitals Group's expansion plans.

Pinki’s treatment unjustified: NCW

Women
By IANS,

Foreign woman journalist killed, another hurt in Afghanistan

Women
Kabul : A foreign woman journalist was killed In Afghanistan and another was injured after being fired at by an Afghan police officer Friday. "One...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात

Women
आलोक राजपूत twocircles.net के लिए BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...

NCW team meets Bengal gang rape victim, Trinamool cries foul

Women
By IANS, Kolkata : A NCW team, which Tuesday met a gang rape victim in West Bengal's Birbhum district, asked the Mamata Banerjee government to...

Women’s rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks

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

Vrindavan widows’ first Holi with colours Friday

Women
Goverdhan/Vrindavan : For the first time, about a 1,000 widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will this year play Holi with colours at an...

Empowering lives, transforming villages – the self-help way

Women
(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Rashmi Saksena, IANS,

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

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

Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery

Women
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.

Woman panchayat leader shares experience with Obama

Women
By IANS,

Global Women Summit in Vietnam

Women
By Prensa Latina, Hanoi : Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.

All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya

Women
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...

कानपुर : सपना ने कहा हिन्दू संगठनों ने दबाव देकर दर्ज कराया था नौशाद...

Women
विशेष सवांददाता। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में बीजेपी नेताओं द्वारा एक मुस्लिम युवक को धर्मांतरण के मामले में जबरन फंसाने का मामला सामने...

Pregnant woman beaten to death in Rajasthan

Women
By IANS, Jaipur : Family members of a pregnant woman in Rajasthan have alleged that she was beaten to death by her in-laws when they...

Women’s day and Muslim women: A perspective

Women
By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Cry, daughter, cry..

Women
By Nupur Basu, IANS, Nothing surprises me any more when it comes to how low we can sink as a society in heaping abuses on India's daughters. Even before she has been able to dry the tears from the last assault, comes the next one.

Women’s Super-G results at Sochi

Women
By IANS, Rosa Khutor: Following are the women's Super-G results at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday: 1. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1:25.52 2. Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany, 1:26.07 3....

In conversation with Makiko Kimura

Women
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Women’s reservation: Views for and against

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Proponents of the policy of reservation for women state that although equality of the sexes is enshrined in the Indian constitution, it is not the social reality. Hence a radical piece of legislation in the shape of the Women's Reservation Bill was required to give a new direction to Indian politics just like reservation for backward castes over 20 years ago changed political and social equations in the country.

Eight of 10 Malala attack suspects were acquitted, confirms police

Women
Islamabad : Eight of the 10 militants reportedly jailed for their role in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have been freed,...

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five. Announcing this on the last day of the board's three-day annual convention at the Nadwa Darul-Uloom Islamic university here, AIMPLB spokesman-cum-legal adviser Zafaryab Jilani told reporters Sunday: "We have nominated five women this time on the board's executive committee."

Swine flu alert in northeast India, two women test positive

Women
Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : The northeastern states have sounded a high alert to prevent the spread of swine flu in the bordering region even as two...

Muslim women education in Kerala: My mom and I, then and now

Women
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,

Google lights candle ‘in memory of Delhi braveheart’

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Google India has lit a white candle on its homepage as a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who passed away following a 13-day fight for life.

Not enough women in Indian justice system: UN Women official

Women
By Azera Rahman, IANS,

CPI-M plenum to stress deepening links with people: Yechury

Women
Kolkata : Describing the CPI-M as a "revolutionary party with a mass line", its general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the five-day party...

दलित छात्र की पिटाई से मौत के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा, बवाल

Women
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया जिले में परीक्षा में ग़लत जवाब देने पर टीचर ने एक दलित छात्र की पिटाई कर दी थी जिसके...

Maoist woman leader arrested in Uttar Pradesh

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : A woman wing commander of a Maoist group was arrested in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday. "We received information about the movement of a Maoist group and laid a trap. About a dozen Maoists fled but the woman wing commander was arrested Tuesday night," Sonebhadra Superintendent of Police Ramkumar told IANS. Identified as Bitni alias Nirmala, she was the last woman Maoist leader at large in the district, which is about 300 km from here. Other four women commanders had been arrested earlier.

Women seek apology from GK Pillai for ‘sexist slandering’ of Ishrat

Women
By TCN News,

Muslim women in the slums: poorest of the poor

Women
A study of the maternity care and births in Mumbai slums By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, A large number of Muslims of India live in poverty and they are the majority of the poorest of the poor living in slums. This is according to a study conducted in 2006 in Mumbai. The details of the study were published earlier this month.

Islam does not condone abuse of women, children, says Forum

Women
By IINA,

Mumbai women jailed for hurling slipper at apex court judge

Women
By IANS, New Delhi:The Supreme Court Wednesday jailed four women officials of Mumbai-based Boss School of Music for hurling a slipper at an apex court judge in March this year. A bench of Justices Altmas Kabir, G.S. Singhvi and H.L. Dattu convicted the four women, including the school's principal, on the charge of contempt of court for throwing a slipper at Justice Arijit, who has since retired, and sentenced them to three months' jail.

Woman undressed, breast-searched at Canadian airport!

Women
By IANS, Toronto: A 42-year-old black Canadian woman has alleged that she was forced to undress and bodily searched for drugs at Ottawa airport on her return from Jamaica. Charmaine Archer, who was returning home from Jamaica Tuesday night, said she was forced to open her rectum, lift her breast, and looked underneath her crotch by customs officials. The woman said she was pulled aside by the customs agents "because she paid for part of her ticket with a credit card, because she booked last minute and because she only stayed for four days", according to the Ottawa Citizen.
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