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First woman chief of aviation regulator takes charge

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New Delhi : India's first women chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) M. Sathiyavathy took charge Thursday from erstwhile incumbent...

Bleak outlook for women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh

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By Bhoomika Joshi and Sanober Umar, Gender equity and the status of women remain the hand-maiden of callous politics in India's largest state by population and 2014 has been deplorably stark. The 'Bahu lao, Beti Bachao' campaign in Uttar Pradesh is the latest feather in the BJP's cap of regressive and communal politics.

No afterthought on women’s reservation bill: Khurshid

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government will go ahead with the women's reservation bill with no plans to dilute any of its clauses even though it is open to discussions with any political party, said Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. "The cabinet has taken a well-informed decision. If we did not believe in the decision we have taken then why would we have taken such a step in the first place?" Khurshid queried, speaking to reporters on the margins of a microfinance conference here.

RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...

College Day celebrated at Women’s College in AMU

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By TCN News, Aligarh: The Women’s college of the Aligarh Muslim University celebrated its College Day today.

Tax officer’s wife booked for running sex racket

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Gurgaon: The wife of a tax officer has been booked here for running a sex racket, police said Wednesday. The racket operating out of a...

Kerala’s Left Front recommends 50 percent quota for women

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Friday recommended to the state government to reserve 50 percent seats in local governments for women. "We have now decided that it is time to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women. We expect it to take place by the local bodies polls next year," LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters.

India contributes $ 1 mn to UN Women

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Stories of women’s empowerment, a werewolf

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A book analyses the drivers of change and the repercussions of present-day gender revolutions, a man in today's Kolkata meets a man who claims to be a werewolf. Some light and some heavy dosage, the IANS bookshelf this weekend has reality meeting fantasy. Take a look. 1. Book: Half A Billion Rising; Author: Anirudha Dutta; Publisher: Rainlight; Pages: 247; Price: Rs.395

The untold story of Egyptian women’s rights

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By Rasha Dewedar In a report published last month on violent crimes committed against women in 2009, Karam Saber Ibrahim, Executive Director of The Land Center for Human Rights, a Cairo-based non-governmental organisation, spoke of a belief that some Egyptians continue to hold, that "women are fundamentally lacking.... They are not complete, because they are not men."

AID calls for a safer society for women

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2014 Election: TV actress hope for better education, women’s security

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Mumbai : The 16th Lok Sabha elections are underway and actresses like Jennifer Winget and Deepika Singh sat that once the new government comes...

Jet Airways offers discount for women in March

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By IANS, Mumbai: Leading private carrier Jet Airways Monday announced special fares for all women passengers to commemorate International Women's Day. "The special fares would be available till the month end to every group with at least one woman traveller that makes bookings on the airline's website," the airlines said in a statement. "All such groups will enjoy a 10 percent discount on base domestic fares and a 5 percent discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharge)".

SC upholds punishment to judicial officer for sexual harassment

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Aug 6 reversed a 2007 order of the Madras High Court and upheld the decision of a disciplinary authority...

Fake woman IAS in Uttarakhand arrested

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Dehradun: The woman who resided in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administrative Academy, Mussoorie for over six months on a fake IAS card has...

Dec 16 gang rape timeline

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A woman was brutally raped by six people Dec 16, 2012, night in a moving private bus in the national capital. She later died...

Court seeks answer to Muslim woman’s ‘no’ to voters list photo

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By IANS, New Delhi: If one Muslim woman is allowed not to have her photograph on the voters' list, thousands of similar applications would be filed, the Supreme Court noted Monday and aked the petitioner to instead think of some workable solution to resolve the tangle. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan made the observation while hearing a lawsuit by Madurai resident Ajmal Khan, resenting the display of the photographs of Muslim women in the voters' list.

NHRC issues notice over Chhattisgarh deaths

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the Chhattisgarh government to explain the deaths of 13 women in a state...

Government will not waver on triple talaq issue: Amit Shah

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Panaji : The Narendra Modi government will not waver on the issue of women's equality and its firm commitment on the issue can be...

Centre lacks will to address women’s safety issue: AAP

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New Delhi : The AAP Tuesday said the BJP-led central government had no "political will" to address the women safety issues, citing a government...

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...

अगले जनम मोहे बिटिया न कीजो…

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निकहत परवीन “पढ़-लिख कर क्या करोगी? तुम पराया धन हो” भारतीय समाज के लगभग हर दूसरे घर में कहने वाला ये प्रचलित वाक्य है, विशेषकर...

Not just Durga, Mahishasur also worshipped in India

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

CBI files closure report in case against Maneka Gandhi

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New Delhi : The CBI has filed a closure report in a case against union minister Maneka Gandhi and two others for allegedly diverting...

Diaspora students in US condemn assaults on women in India

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By Jitendra Singh , New Delhi: In a show of solidarity with victims of sexual assaults in India, students of Indian origin graduating from Ivy...

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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TCN Special Series: Part IV on Jayanti Keishing By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

‘Women empowerment comes from her own self’

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto organized Women’s Day 2015 at The Scholar School, Jamia Nagar here on March 14. Around 300 women from different states took part in this event which was organized under the patronage of Human Welfare Foundation.

Probe ordered as woman complains against UP’s 1090 official

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Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe and directed the repatriation of the incharge of the '1090 Women Power Line' on...

Anandiben: Gujarat’s first woman CM, India’s 15th

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By Vinod Taksal, New Delhi : In Anandiben Patel, Gujarat has got its first woman chief minister and the country its 15th woman head of...

PM confident of women’s quota bill passage

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By IANS, New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures. "We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures," Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for women here.

Challenges before women activists working on minority women’s rights

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Two Air India staff, seven Napalese held for human trafficking

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New Delhi : Two Air India staff and seven Nepalese women have been arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here on charge...

Robbing their peace and declaring them dacoits

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 4 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Women Panchayat leaders fight for rights, set example

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New Delhi, Amita Devi of Bihar is determined to secure compensation for those whose lands were acquired for the construction of a four-lane highway. During the women Panchayat leaders' meet in the capital Wednesday, she carried with her a letter on the issue and plans to give it to United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Chhattisgarh cop held for killing woman

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By IANS, Raipur : A police constable has been arrested for killing a woman in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, authorities said Wednesday. Jeremias Tirki, 35, Monday allegedly pumped three bullets from his service revolver into the head and chest of his 40-year-old friend Surajmati at her residence in Balrampur area of Surguja, about 400 km from here. The woman died on the spot and the constable managed to escape but he was arrested late Tuesday.

NCW says women molested in Bhatta-Parsaul, seeks CBI probe

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

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

Woman who opposed violence against her sex killed in Nepal

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

बाबा साहेब जिन्हें रखना चाहते थे आगे, वो क्यों रह गईं पीछे?

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net बाबा साहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर ने एक पत्रकार के रूप में भी काम किया है, ये काफ़ी कम लोगों को ही पता है।...

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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

Women in science to be focus next Congress

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Tejpal’s plea: SC issues notice to Goa government

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Goa government on the bail plea by Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, currently in...

Tantrik held in Delhi for raping woman

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

Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain

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Ujjain : Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take 'Samadhi' (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for...

Mulayam talking rubbish: Lalu

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Patna: Mulayam Singh Yadav is talking "rubbish", RJD chief Lalu Prasad said Friday, reacting to the Samajwadi Party chief terming as unfair the death...

Documentary on last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, to be screened in Kathmandu

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By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, (IANS): A documentary that depicts the last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal's contributions to the First War of Independence and...

What women want – from Mamata

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By Anurag Dey, IANS,

Asia’s biggest naval academy designed by Chandigarh woman

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By IANS, Ezhimala (Kerala) : It is another feather in her cap. For Namita Singh, one of the leading architects in the country, it was a proud moment when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Thursday inaugurated the Indian Naval Academy, Asia's biggest, that she has designed. It was a project she bagged beating several architectural firms. Namita, 60, heads Satnam, Namita and Associates, a leading Chandigarh-based architecture firm and it was through a national tender in 1988 that her firm bagged the prestigious project to design the Indian Naval Academy in Kannur here.

J&K government by January-end; BJP to opt for woman leader

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Jammu : As the new government in Jammu and Kashmir should be in place by January-end, the BJP is likely to place a woman...

2,258 people arrested in Assam after govt crackdown on ‘child marriages’

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Women in different parts of the state have expressed displeasure against the move and demanded release of their husbands. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net GUWAHATI (ASSAM)...

Crimes against women on the rise in Assam

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Kawish, an effort to empower through guidance and counseling

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

Are religious beliefs, customs above constitutional norms, asks SC

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women...

I’m against all fundamentalism, says Shabana Azmi

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Mumbai, (IANS): Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who has often raised her voice against various issues, on Monday clarified her stance in backing the 'Not in...

Assam evictions: Pregnant women worst victims of eviction, decry non-availability of ‘medicine, proper food’

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The Assam government’s eviction drive in Darrang district on September 23 has left many families in distress, including pregnant women. A TCN Ground report...

UN creates unified organisation for women

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By DPA, New York: The UN General Assembly Friday took a major step by pulling together fragmented groups to establish a new entity aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide. The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known simply as UN Women, will merge four existing groups that have been working to improve the lives of women and girls.

Women’s rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks

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

‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...

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For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...

PM apprised about Ruchika case

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Friday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about developments in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that has grabbed national headlines. Tirath had gone to meet the prime minister to wish him on New Year day and also apprise him about the case. National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas was present on the occasion, official sources said.

आखिर क्या है बच्चा चोरी की अफवाहो का सच !

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

Congress asks Kerala women’s panel chief to step down

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala Friday asked Kerala State Women's Commission chairperson Justice D. Sreedevi to quit after the panel decided to recommend a minimum age for girls to become nuns. Chennithala termed the recommendation as the latest instance of the Left government using its power and clout over government-controlled bodies to hit out at the minorities.

Woman shot dead for marrying outside caste

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By IANS, Patna: An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar's Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday. Nikki Kumari, 18, was shot dead Friday in Kudra in Kaimur district by her uncle Bhanu Pratap Singh for marrying a backward caste boy against the wishes of the family. "It was like an honour killing," a police officer said. Kumari, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas district, married Dipak Yadav last month against the wishes of her parents and other relatives.

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...

Women’s empowerment by education has positive impact on future: President

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Panaji, (IANS): Women's empowerment through education will have a positive impact on our future generations, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. He also called for...

Twitter users demolish the idea that Triple Talaq Bill will help Muslim women. Here’s...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill, 2017, also known as the Triple Talaq Bill, has been presented and...

अंधविश्वास ख़त्म करने की सरकारी नाकामी में बढ़ते मनोरोगी

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

Tripura CPI-M leader sent to police custody over wife’s murder

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Agartala: A court in Tripura on Saturday sent senior CPI-M leader Jitendra Das, his two brothers and nephew to six-da'sy police custody in connection...

60 model stations, 40 all-women booths in Bengal’s first phase

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Kolkata : The first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Thursday will see as many as 60 model polling stations (MPS)...

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

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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...

अदालत में जाकर लड़ाई लडेंगे मुस्लिम संगठन ,बेगुनाहों की रिहाई की कवायद में जुटे

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net बीते कुछ दिनों से देशभर में मुसलमानों के ऊपर हुए अत्याचार के खिलाफ कई मुस्लिम संगठनों ने अपनी आवाज़ें बुलंद की हैं और...

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.

Make Delhi safe for women, minister tells police

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police need to work towards making the national capital crime free and should ensure women's safety, Minister of State...

Domestic violence against women rising: Minister

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New Delhi : Incidents of domestic violence involving the physical assault of a women by her husband or other relatives are rising in the...

Iqrar and Habeeb: two different paths to jail

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 5 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

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...

Jabarti becomes first Saudi woman editor in chief

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By IINA, Jeddah : Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette newspaper following the resignation of Khaled Almaeena from...

NSE sends notice to companies without woman director

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Chennai : India's leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday said it has issued notice to 260 companies...

Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT

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New York, April 17 (IANS) Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra's silence over rape cases in India, the New York Times in an editorial on Tuesday...

Swine flu alert in northeast India, two women test positive

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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...

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.

Women in Delhi form human chain against injustices

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 400 women from all walks of life came together to form a human chain here Monday - the 100th International Women's Day - to pledge their support against injustices and disrespect to women. Sufi singer Zila Khan, entrepreneur Feroze Gujral, fashion designer Madhu Jain, educationist Shyama Chona, Delhi former mayor Arti Mehra and golfer and activist Neelam Pratap Rudy joined hands for the "I support Pratigya" campaign, organised by Star Plus TV channel for their show "Pratigya".

Five Bengal girls fight child marriages

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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...

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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TCN Special Series: Part 1 on Nazma Phumdreimeiyum By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Ayesha Noor, the Karate champion from slums of Kolkata conferred with Tejaswini award

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TCN News Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...

HC nixes triple talaq plea, says women entitled to equality

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea to direct the government to ensure that triple talaq must...

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...

On sighting the Eid moon

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By Rakhshanda Jalil

First Indian woman chaplain for South African army

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By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Pretoria : Caroline Pillay has made history by becoming the first South African of Indian descent to serve as a chaplain in the army. Pillay was among 275 volunteer recruits who started an intensive training course this week at the air force gymnasium here before they serve for two years in the army. Undeterred by the fact that at 39 she was almost twice as old as most of the other recruits, Pillay said she was looking forward to stamping her feet even at her "mature" age, confirming that she was fit, healthy and ready to tackle the course.

Murdered Dalit woman’s mother gets newly built home

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday handed over the keys of a newly constructed house here in Ernakulam district to...

मोदी के बनारस में छात्रों पर अत्याचार, देखें तस्वीरें

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: देश के विश्वविद्यालयों में सरकार की दखलंदाज़ी का मामला अभी थमा नहीं था कि अब विश्वविद्यालयों के कुलपतियों द्वारा छात्रों पर अत्याचार करने और उन पर लाठियां चलवाने के आरोप लग रहे हैं. ताजा मामला नरेंद्र मोदी के संसदीय क्षेत्र बनारस स्थित काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय का है.

Government ready for law to end triple talaq: Naidu

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Bengaluru, (IANS): The NDA government was ready to bring a law to stop the triple talaq in the Muslim community, if necessary, said Union...

IMRC का ‘ग्रेन्स फॉर ग्रैनीज़’ कार्यक्रम : ताकि कोई भी ग़रीब व बुजुर्ग महिला...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter हैदराबाद: सत्तर की उम्र पार कर चुकी खासिम बी अब बिस्तर से उठ नहीं सकती हैं, वे अपने हाथ पैर भी...

एयरलाइंस की नौकरी त्याग रेप पीड़ितो के लिए लड़ने लगी ‘योगिता’

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तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles.net हर रोज बढ़ती हुई महिलाओं के साथ हिंसा और बलात्कार की घटनाएं अब महज आँकड़े बन कर रह गए हैं। ऐसे में सामाजिक...

Woman’s tongue cut off for defecating in field

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Patna: A woman's tongue was allegedly cut off by her neighbour in a Bihar village for defecating in the open in his field, police...

रुला देगा मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर की आठ सगी बहनों का ये दर्द

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर का चर्चित मुहल्ला खालापार से सुजुड़ु गांव की ओर जाने वाली सड़क पर एक जगह है रहमतनगर… आमतौर...

NHRC notice to West Bengal over lack of water in girls school

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New Delhi, : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the West Bengal government over the possibility of closure...

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

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Islamabad : There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this...

Ramadan 1438: Jannat ul Nisa

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I am 13 and I always make sure to fast the whole month, but few days back my Blood Pressure...

Archies, Barbies and glamourous morons

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

This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free

Women

Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...

Probe begins against policeman who complained against Mulayam

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Lucknow : Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Wednesday appeared before Police Recruitment Board Director General V.K. Gupta as part of a departmental...

AMU’s journal on women of marginalized communities released online

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By TCN News Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has revived its reputed women’s journal 'Women and Society' by an online relaunching on Thursday, July 9. The online...

30 days that bound a nation – in shame and concern

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By IANS, (One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)

Women’s safety everyone’s responsibility: Farhan Akhtar

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By IANS,

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

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

MGNREGS: Women RTI activists threatened for seeking information

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By TCN News,

In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

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Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity. Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net UTTAR...

Meet Naziya & Shabrun, two Muslim nurses from Bihar awarded by President Murmu for...

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The young nurses believe that more Muslim girls across the country should opt for the nursing profession to serve society. Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net PATNA...

Ten women labourers drown in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : Ten women drowned when a boat they had boarded to cross a river capsized in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The mishap occurred in...

Woman gang raped on the banks of river Ganga

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Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a...

Watch: Haldwani residents welcome Supreme Court oder on staying evictions

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After Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand HC's order for evictions, people in Haldwani celebrated and congratulated each other. Shrutti Sharma | TwoCircles.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSGDJD9oSg

India committed to peace: Modi

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Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...

Anam Munaf Vadgama, a role model for girls

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

President to visit women’s first education institute

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By IANS, Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office, to attend a function at India's first, over a century-old education institution for women. On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dhondopant Karve, the founder of this institute which was the country's first to impart women's education.

Women to continue to be barred from Haji Ali shrine for now

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New Delhi : Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court...

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

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

Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district

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Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...

Women riders, activists welcome ‘helmets mandatory’ move

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New Delhi : The Election Commission (EC) has given the transport department its go-ahead to make changes in the rules to make helmets mandatory...

Schoolgirl raped in Agra

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Agra: A 14-year old schoolgirl going for her tuition class Friday evening was picked up by three boys in a car and raped by...

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...

Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!

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Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...

Woman kills lover in head-on crash, court told

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By DPA, Wellington : A 37-year-old New Zealand woman drove her car 13 km with her lover hanging onto the bonnet, before deliberately staging a head-on crash to kill him, a court was told Monday. Cindy Marcia Fairburn denied during trial in the New Plymouth district court having murdered Darren Paul Maxwell, 42, in August by crashing into an oncoming sports utility vehicle the driver of which was seriously injured in the incident.

Assam girl rape: Protest held outside Gurgaon police station

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Gurgaon : People belonging to the north-eastern states on Friday staged a protest outside a police station here over inaction in an Assam girl's...

Misguided empowerment camouflaged as choices

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By Zoya Khan for TwoCircles.net, A lot has been said about the recent Vogue campaign which claims to empower women by having to make their own choices. Well I have something to say, and I will say it not because I have the choice to but because I have the option to. To exercise that option could be my choice. Most certainly it is not the case. Our choices are driven by the current market situation and are dependent on the dynamics and functioning of the markets. It is amidst this that the choices we make are heavily market-oriented.

Haryana government launches schemes to empower women

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Haryana, which has one the worst sex ratio's in the country and where two teenage girls were recently lynched in a case of "honour killing", is planning to implement various projects to strengthen the status of women in the state. Dharam Vir, chief secretary of Haryana, admits that there have been many cases of "honour killings" and intolerance against women of the state in the past, the most recent being the two cases in Bhiwani district around 300 km from here.

‘Black’ woman’s tale drives Nepal rights campaign

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women. She is the central character in a street play, "Kali Aimai, the black woman, which has been sponsored by the UN to tour Nepal's remote districts to campaign against violence targeting women, exploitation and untouchability, and to train local artists to spread the message farther.

World junior women’s squash: Hong Kong upset India

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By IANS, Chennai : Top seeds Egypt and Hong Kong will contest the team championship final in the World junior women's squash tournament here Saturday. Egypt were stretched by a fighting United States (No.5) before they came through 2-1 while sixth seeded Hong Kong pulled off a dramatic 2-1 win against second seeds India in two pulsating semi-finals Friday. The Indians, save Dipika Pallikal, their No.1 player, were rather disappointing and squandered a 1-0 lead to make exit.

Rights of women in live-in relations under court lens

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By IANS,

उज़मा नाहिद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं को आर्थिक रूप से सशक्त बनाने की एक मिशन

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net मुंबई : मुसलमानों में मज़हबी तौर पर जो रिवायती घराने हैं, उन घरानों की बेटियां भी देश की खुली फ़िज़ा...

Lack of coordination between officials delaying Nirbhaya Fund: DCW chief

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24 : The One Stop Centres (OSC), a scheme under the Nirbhaya Fund, is getting delayed in Delhi due to...

Sabrang Communications denies ‘motivated allegations’ by CBI

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By TCN News, Mumbai: Sabrang Communications and Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (SCPPL) has once again denied the CBI’s allegations of it having violated provisions of...

National shooter attacked for protesting wife’s harassment

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By IANS,

Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic

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Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day

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By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,

Will consider regional woman caucus idea, says Speaker

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By IANS, New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Tuesday said she would consider suggestions by Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza that there should be a Women's Parliamentary Caucus in South Asia. "I will look into it," Meira Kumar said on the sidelines of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) when asked about the suggestion made by her Pakistani counterpart.

A father’s dream, a daughter’s dedication: The story of the first Muslim woman from...

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By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net Purv chalne ke batohi, baat ki pahchaan kar le Anginat raahi gaye Iss raah se unka pta kya Par gaye kuchh log iss par Chhod...

Acid thrown on woman, child in Bengal; husband held

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Kolkata:A woman and her infant child have been injured in an acid attack in Birbhum district in West Bengal, police said Monday. The victim's estranged...

Two injured in Agra clash

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Lucknow : Two people were injured when two groups clashed in Agra which prompted police reinforcements to control the situation, police said on Monday. The...

‘Dead’ servant arrested for Chandigarh woman’s murder

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The murder of a property dealer's wife at her residence here saw yet another twist - the Chandigarh police Monday claimed to have arrested the domestic help whom it had declared as having been “killed” Sunday. Chandigarh's Senior Superintendent of Police S.S. Srivastava announced that Vijay Pal alias Nikku, the domestic help of property dealer Baljinder Singh Sandhu and his murdered wife Anuradha, was arrested Monday from Himachal Pradesh.

In Azamgarh fifty women sterilized in torch, mobile light in four hours flat

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No lessons learnt from Chhattisgarh incident where women were sterilized in dismal conditions, kept on floor By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net, Azamgarh: There were no hospital beds, there were inadequate facilities and to top of it, there was no electricity. Still, as many as 50 women were sterilized by the doctors at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the district.

IAMC urges Modi government to ensure justice to Hathras rape victim

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TCN News President of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Ahsan Khan condemned the recent Uttar Pradesh government’s mishandling of the Hathras rape case that...

Women power remains low in assembly polls

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By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

Widowed in Muzaffarnagar riots, 50-year-old Nimmi has given up on getting justice

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Nimmi lives in Muzaffarnagar’s Kidwai Nagar locality. Her real name could very well be Naeema, but she never went to...

Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...

बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...

Rapists do not deserve death, boys commit mistakes: Mulayam

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Moradabad: In remarks that raised a storm, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said Thursday the death penalty in rape cases was "unfair" as...

Woman allegedly burnt alive by in-laws in North Kashmir

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Bandipora: Rehana Gulzar, a 33-year-old woman and a mother of three, was allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws in Ahm-e-Sharief, a...

Representation of Muslim women in Lok Sabha since Independence

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The newly elected 15th Lok Sabha will see women members in highest number since the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952. Among 59 women Lok Sabha members in the new house there will be three Muslims. This will be the third time in all 15 Lok Sabhas that the number of Muslim women MPs will be three.