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Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents

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By IANS, London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.” "Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people. Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.

Government ready to extend session to pass women’s bill

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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...

Single largest gathering of women at Kerala festival

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Indian Canadian held for drugging, raping woman in Toronto club

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By IANS, Toronto : An Indian Canadian man surrendered before police Saturday after he was charged with drugging and raping a woman at a city nightclub two weeks ago. Thirty-two-year-old Jagdeep Chahal, a resident of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, had sexually assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub Jan 22. According a report lodged by the victim with police, she was sexually assaulted by Chahal after putting a date rape drug in her drink at a downtown nightclub.

Pakistani daily laments misogynistic attitude to women

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Saba Pataudi becomes first woman patron of Waqf properties

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

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

‘Crimes against women to be taken up in parliament’

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New Delhi : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said Thursday that there would be a debate in the Lok Sabha on rising crimes...

All Delhi police stations to have 9 women officers

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By IANS,

40 हजार की आबादी वाले कस्बे में एक भी बालिका विद्यालय नही , मगर...

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मोहम्मद वसीम Two circles.net के लिए पुरकाज़ी के चेयरमैन ज़हीर फारूकी एक बड़ी फाइल हमें दिखाते हुए बताते हैं कि वो लगातार अधिकारियों से पत्राचार...

Women have different roles in Kuwait”s NA elections

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By Wafa Ramadhan, KUNA, Kuwait : In the process of the second National Assembly (NA) elections in which Kuwaiti women are participating, women have been playing an important role at various relevant levels. Women are voters, candidates, supporters, managers of electoral campaigns, coordinators of electoral seminars, and honorary guests in events. Former candidate Aisha Al-Rshaid told KUNA that although women are new to the elections, they "have proven themselves and have played a major role in various aspects" of the electoral process.

NRI raped on pretext of marriage

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By IANS, Zirakpur (Punjab) : A man from Haryana has been arrested for repeatedly raping an NRI teenager after promising to marry her and even leaving her pregnant, police said Tuesday.

Woman’s decomposed body found in Delhi

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New Delhi: The decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman, missing since Sep 10, was recovered from a wooded area just across the sprawling presidential...

Controversy over Pala Bishop’s hate speech: A stand-alone issue or larger Hindutva scheme in...

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Instead of addressing recent issues facing women in the state, the unsubstantial claims of the Bishop have raised concerns whether he is genuinely concerned...

पलायन का प्रतीक बनी ज्योति पासवान के पिता का निधन

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न्यूज़ डेस्क ।Twocircles.net बिहार की जो लड़की अपने पिता को लॉकडाऊन के दौरान साइकिल पर बैठाकर सैकड़ो किमी की दूरी तय कर घर लेकर...

Need to create awareness about cancer of cervix: Doctors

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कोरोना के काले अतीत के बाद शानदार तरीके से मनाई गई ईद

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net देशभर में ईद-उल-फितर मंगलवार को धूमधाम से मनाई गई। कोरोना महामारी के चलते दो साल बाद ईद की खुशियां नज़र आईं। दो साल...

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.

Women’s groups hail 50 percent women’s quota in panchayats

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's rights groups Friday hailed the government's decision to increase the reservation for women in panchayats, or village councils, to 50 percent, saying the move will encourage women to have a greater say in local governance. The reservation for women in the 252,000 panchayats across the country was earlier 33 percent. Ranjana Kumari of NGO Women Power Connect said: "This move is an excellent example to show how a woman in a leadership position can bring about positive changes in the country's political infrastructure."

India a tolerant country: Tasleema Nasreen

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New Delhi : India is a tolerant country with a few intolerant people and it is time to focus not just on Hindu fundamentalists...

Hong Kong peeping Tom took over 1,000 sneak photos of women

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong peeping Tom, who was caught as he snapped a picture up the skirt of a woman on an escalator with his mobile phone, had more than 1,000 similar pictures, a court report said Thursday. Police found 346 pictures taken up the skirts of women and more than 700 photos showing the backsides of women wearing mini-skirts and shorts. Thirtynine-year-old Chan Yung who claimed to be a university professor, appeared in court Wednesday pleading guilty to committing an act to outrage public decency.

Muslim League forms org for female students

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Yusuf Mukati: Empowering the poor through a multi-utility resource centre

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “Thodi si neki karle pyare …Allah ne mauka diya hai” (Do some good work dear …Almighty has given you...

Forensic report is confidential; it’s evidence’: Misinformation and Media Leaks Tarnish R.G. Kar Medical...

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s state-run R.G. Kar Hospital has sparked widespread outrage and...

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

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

Equality still a far cry for Indian women, say activists

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(International Women's Day is on March 8) By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : Despite several success stories, Indian women continue to be bogged down by...

Naroda Patiya riot case: Guj HC bench refuses to give preference to Kodnani’s appeal,...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: A division bench of Gujarat High Court that has begun the final hearing in the Naroda Patiya cross...

Women’s car rally for breast cancer awareness flagged off

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By IANS, New Delhi : At least 60 decorated cars, with name and blood groups of occupants pasted on them, were flagged off early Friday as a women's car rally started from here to spread awareness of breast cancer among people. Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, drove from New Delhi to Agra to spread awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally was followed by doctors, health and community activists on Gandhi Jayanti.

Nabard’s Rs.15 bn fund to help women’s self-help groups

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Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

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

Voting begins in 89 constituencies in Karnataka

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By IANS, Bangalore : Voting began Saturday in 89 constituencies in 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first of the three-phase elections to the 224-member state assembly whose outcome has assumed national importance as it could be a pointer to the timing of parliamentary polls. Around 17.3 million voters, including 8.4 million women, are eligible to pick their representatives from over 950 candidates. There are 17 women contestants.

Mamata not averse to coming together with Mayawati, Jayalalitha

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Kolkata : Preferring to be a "humanist than a feminist", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday however said she was not averse to...

Ramadan 1437: Unsa Rehmani

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net Working at the ART Centre, an Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre at Medical College run by Aligarh Muslim University for HIV positive patients,...

My father is Rajiv Gandhi: Priyanka to Modi’s daughter comment

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Amethi/New Delhi : In a scathing retort to Narendra Modi's reported "daughter" comment, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said she was the daughter of late...

चंपारण की पूर्व विधायक रश्मि वर्मा पर हमले-धमकियों की कहानी झूठी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: राजनीतिज्ञों द्वारा चुनाव जीतने के लिए कुछ भी किया जाना कोई नयी घटना नहीं है. चाहे वह बूथ लूटना हो...

Women lawmakers may be directly elected in Bangladesh

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By IANS, Dhaka : Women lawmakers in Bangladesh would be directly elected following an amendment to its Constitution, the Sheikh Hasina Government has announced. The change would facilitate holding of direct elections to seats reserved for women in the Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly) in the next parliamentary polls, Local Government and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said Saturday. "We shall amend the constitution to allow women to come to the house through direct elections from the next parliamentary polls," The Daily Star quoted the minister as saying.

String of rapes, sexual crimes in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : In a string of sexual crimes in Gurgaon, a 35-year-old woman was gang-raped, two women were sexually assaulted, a 10-year-old boy was...

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

स्त्री – शिक्षा के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने वाली सावित्रीबाई फुले

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हमारे जानी दुश्मन का नाम है अज्ञान उसे धर दबोचो मजबूत पकड़ कर पीटो और उसे जीवन से भगा दो! तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net उपर लिखे हुए एक-एक शब्द भारत की...

Will join politics after women’s bill passed: Kiran Bedi

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Kiran Bedi, a celebrated former police officer, Monday said she would join active politics after the women's quota becomes law but expressed apprehensions about the bill's passage. "I still adhere to my previous statement that I will start taking part in active politics once the women's reservation bill is passed. But I believe there are very minimal chances that this bill will pass," said Bedi, who was India's first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and has won the Magsaysay Award.

Lok Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill protests

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

वैशाली की ‘गुलनाज’ को न्याय के लिए जमीयत ने लिखी नीतीश को चिट्ठी

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net बिहार के वैशाली में एक मुस्लिम युवती के साथ हुई लोमहर्षक वारदात से दुःखी होकर जमीयत उलेमा ए हिन्द में बिहार के...

Court rejects bail plea of AAP MLA held after worker’s suicide

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New Delhi : A court here on Monday dismissed the bail plea of AAP legislator Sharad Chauhan, who was arrested along with five others...

इस तरह तो रमज़ान की रहमत रूठ जाएगी !

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net उस दिन 2 अप्रैल थी और रमज़ान की आमद का ऐलान हो चुका था। मुस्लिम समाज इस रमज़ान का शिद्दत से...

Sonia Gandhi, Kochhar, Nooyi in Forbes 100 powerful women list

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By IANS, New York : Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's new head Chanda Kochhar have been listed among the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes magazine. All three of them have been ranked higher than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the list, which has German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the top, followed by US Federal Deposit Insurance chairperson Sheila Bair. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson of Bangalore-based Biocon, is another Indian woman to make the list.

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.

Women’s quota bill in parliament Monday; Smooth passage likely

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By IANS, New Delhi : With the numbers on its side, the ruling Congress was upbeat that the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill that will be presented in the Rajya Sabha on International Women's Day Monday for discussion and passage will sail through without a hitch.

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...

Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday. Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.

How a Woman is Changing the Lives of Children Born into Delhi’s Brothels

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Farheen Saifi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: With her face veiled to conceal her identity, Priya (name changed) enters the Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID) shelter...

Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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

Women’s panel slams Noida police for naming rape victim

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By IANS,

Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study

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

Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers

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By IANS, Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...

UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities

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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.

Two BSF troopers arrested for molesting girl

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Agartala: Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old tribal girl in Tripura, police said here Friday. "Two BSF jawans...

15th Lok Sabha has highest number of women MPs

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By IANS, New Delhi : A record 59 women MPs have been elected to the new Lok Sabha - the highest since independence, and 17 of them are less than 40 years. According to PRS Legislative Research, an organisation that aims to strengthen legislative debate, among the 59 women MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha, a majority - 23 - are from the Congress. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 13 women members. Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of 13 women MPs to represent the most populous state. It is followed by West Bengal with seven.

Indian-origin hair doc jailed for lewd acts on clients

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By IANS, London : An Indian-origin hair specialist accused of groping women while giving them head massages has been jailed for three years in Britain. The Reading crown court also banned Praminder Mankoo for life from giving treatment without a witness present. He will also have to sign on to the Sex Offenders' List indefinitely. Mankoo had been charged with lewd acts with his clients on Sep 14. Mankoo ran a successful clinic in Thame, Oxfordshire. The instances of his lewd acts occurred between 2003 and 2007, but three of his victims came forward only recently to nail him.

Women MPs discuss matters relating to women

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उत्तरप्रदेश में महिलाओं के लिए पहला जिम मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर के पूरकाजी में शुरू हुआ जिसे...

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मुजफ्फरनगर- आस मोहम्मद कैफ,TwoCircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर से देहरादून जाने के रास्ते में आधे घंटे के सफर के बाद चाट की मशहूर दुकानों का बाज़ार जहाँ दिखाई दे...

Andhra women an example for the world, says Sonia Gandhi

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By IANS, Hyderabad : The women of Andhra Pradesh had set an example for empowerment of women all over the world, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Friday and added that she was "moved and satisfied" by how they were inspiring others. Inaugurating a pension scheme for members of women's self help groups (SHGs), Gandhi said she was proud of the achievements of the women of the state.

Woman power rises as Siachen trek enters second phase

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

Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’

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Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said. The incident took...

Ensure safety of women, NHRC asks states

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New Delhi : Concerned over recent crimes against women, the NHRC Friday asked all state governments to adopt measures ranging from constructing toilets to...

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

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

More women than men in Kerala; few enter parliament

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By Sanu George, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala has more women than men, but few women contest and even fewer reach parliament. Kerala has the highest gender electoral...

Merajur Rahman Baruah wins National Award for documentary ‘Shifting Prophecy’

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By TwoCircles.net news desk New Delhi: Delhi based independent documentary filmmaker Merajur Rahman Baruah won the 55th National Award for his documentary film ‘Shifting Prophecy.” The film was awarded Rajat Kamal for the 55th National Award in the Best Film on Social Issue category. Mr. Baruah is an accomplished documentary filmmaker with several documentaries and awards to his credit. He won the Best Director Award at Hyderabad International Film Festival in 2008 for the same film.

Over 50 percent of Delhi women feel they are obese

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

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

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Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

Probe into trafficking of Indian women into SE Asia

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By Mahendra Ved, IANS, Kuala Lumpur : Authorities in India, Malaysia and Singapore are intensifying a probe into a widespread trafficking racket that pushes women from India's northeastern states into flesh trade in Malaysia and Singapore. Investigations have intensified after the rescue of five Indian girls here, leading to the arrest of several kingpins in three countries, The New Straits Times said.

From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...

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Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...

Family of Kannauj ‘rape’ victim seek govt aid, demand punishment against accused

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A minor girl was found severely beaten and lying unconscious near a government guesthouse in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh on October...

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

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

Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade

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By TCN News Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...

तस्वीरों में : जामिया में हिजाब के मुद्दे पर जुटी छात्राएं

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सिमरा अंसारी और सऊद आलम की रिपोर्ट जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया की छात्राओं ने परिसर के अंदर हिजाब प्रतिबंध को लेकर कर्नाटक उच्च न्यायालय के...

Virtual world abuzz on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Debates and discussions on the historic women's reservation bill is buzzing the virtual world too. Manisha Ahlawat, who created a group "Reality Bites? Would the Women's Reservation Bill be implemented unbiased?" on popular social networking site Facebook, says: "Seeing more women in the position of power will definitely make more people respect women.

All-women’s team gears up to scale greater heights

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By IANS, New Delhi : One has a doctorate, another is an instructor with a US-based adventure club -- eleven women from diverse backgrounds with a common passion - scaling heights - have come together for a mountaineering expedition to a peak in Himachal Pradesh. Cheering and geared up to scale the 6,349-meter Phawararang peak, the women will start their journey July 5 and are expected to be back July 25 - roughly in three-weeks.

Uphold dignity of women, Delhi Police told

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Five years after Ayesha Meera was gang raped and murdered family still waiting for...

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

SEBI has no woman member

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Chennai : The SEBI is gearing up to penalise listed companies not having a woman director on their boards despite the Indian markets regulator...

New Kerala policy to check atrocities against women

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By IANS, Thiruvananathapuram : Kerala is set to unveil a women's policy whose highlight will be to campaign against atrocities against women by setting up a few select model villages and vigilance committees. As the first step to implement the policy, the state government had earlier this week announced the formation of a gender board, which includes heads of 18 departments and a representative each from the state planning board, Women's Commission and five other nominated members. The draft women's policy was released in March this year.

DCW writes to Maneka Gandhi on trafficking of women

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New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday urged Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to convene a meeting...

SRK’s driver arrested for raping minor

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Mumbai: A driver who works with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Rajendrakumar Gautam has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl who works at former...

Head women guide Haryana villages to cleanliness awards

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By IANS, Chandigarh : It will be a big moment for two women sarpanches or village heads from Haryana when they receive awards from President Pratibha Patil next week for turning their villages into role models of cleanliness and making them free from the practice of open defecation. The two villages in Gurgaon district will get Nirmal Gram Puruskar from Patil on Oct 17 at a function to be organised at the Mahabir stadium of Hisar town, 300 km from here.

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".

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.

3,000 jobs for women in Saudi outsourcing centre

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Riyadh : The first Saudi all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) service centre will aim to provide 3,000 jobs to Saudi women in the next...

Asian woman charged with killing her children

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By IANS, London : A Sri Lankan-origin woman has been charged with murdering two of her children and wounding the third. Sasikala Navaneethan, 36, stabbed Shanjayan, five, and his four-year-old sister Sharani to death in their quiet south London suburban house May 30. She was also charged with the attempted murder of her six-month-old daughter, who survived the attack. Magistrates remanded Navaneethan in custody Friday, and she is due to appear in court January 13 next year.

Himachal Pradesh government trains over 5,000 women

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Shimla: Over 5,000 poor women were trained by Himachal Pradesh government under management of funds, as the National Rural Livelihood Mission is the main...

Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....

तस्वीरों में देखिए अलीगढ़ का रमज़ान : रौनकें तो वो नही है,मगर अहसास वही...

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मोहम्मद कुनैन रज़ा Twocircles.net के लिए रमज़ान पिछली बार की तरह इस बार भी कोरोना महामारी के दौरान आया है। पिछली बार पूरा रमज़ान...

‘Our only demand is to be allowed back in classrooms with hijab,’ says girl...

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Hazra Shifa is a higher-secondary student at the government pre-University (PU) college of Udupi, Karnataka which is at the centre of Hijab row...

Jammu woman files rape complaint against four LeT guerrillas

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By IANS, Jammu : In the first incident of its kind, a woman from Jammu region has filed a complaint of rape against guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and identified one of the atatckers during a parade of the suspects, the police said here. Shah Bano, wife of Shafi Gujar, a resident of Zainidal Bhaderwah, claimed she was gang raped by four guerrillas of the LeT and filed a police complaint.

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.”

SC pulls up home ministry for not acting promptly on rape videos

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took to task the union home ministry for doing just nothing for 20 days on a complaint...

Man stabbed his wife in UP court

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Mathura: A man has stabbed his wife in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. Laxmi Devi, a mother of three children, is...

More women shunning physical exercise

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By IANS, Sydney : More and more women are avoiding activity, when exercise facilities are virtually available at their very doorstep, according to a study. It also revealed that one in four women did not know there was a swimming pool nearby; one in three was unaware of tennis courts and one in five did not know about a nearby gymnasium. Deakin University health expert Kylie Ball, associate professor, said this lack of awareness could be impacting the level of physical activity undertaken by women and be putting their health at risk.

Muslim woman laborer tortured, ‘molested’ in West Bengal

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Delhi Government not serious about addressing female foeticide, claims Asian Center of Human Rights

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.netAsian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, 'Delhi: Disabling the Girl Child?' has stated that there is little seriousness...

Punjab Police asked to submit report on women cells’ working

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Acting on a complaint by a city-based NGO, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission Saturday sought a report from the state police chief about the functioning of women cells meant to deal with cases of dowry demands, domestic violence and matrimonial disputes. The Global Human Rights Council (GHRC) had filed the complaint with the commission after its officials conducted a secret survey about the women cells of 13 districts of Punjab following hundreds of complaints from aggrieved families and individuals against their functioning.

Two arrested for throwing acid on Kashmir woman student

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

Women bag first three positions in civil services exam

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By IANS, New Delhi: It was woman power all the way in the civil services (main) examination 2008, as they took the top three ranks in one of the toughest competitive exams in the country, officials said Monday. Shubhra Saxena, a graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Sharandeep Kaur Brar, post-graduate from Panjab University, were ranked first and second in the civil services (main) examination 2008, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced here. Another woman, Kiran Kaushal was ranked third.

Women commuters cheer as Rajya Sabha passes quota bill

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By IANS, Mumbai : Thousands of women commuters travelling in local trains Wednesday celebrated the first round of success of the Women's Reservation Bill by cheering and offering flowers to other travellers at a railway station in the suburbs. Armed with flowers, the women commuters and some others belonging to local self-help groups thronged the Ulhasnagar railway station early morning, a day after the Rajya Sabha passed the bill to reserve a third of seats in the legislatures for women.

Women have the highest status in Islam: Former CEC

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New Delhi: Women have the highest status in Islam and the Muslim community must see things with a liberal interpretation now, former Chief Election...

Shahnaz to attend White House summit of entrepreneurs

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By IANS, New Delhi: Herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain has been invited for a summit to the White House and will also be undergoing a short course at Harvard University. The 63-year-old has been invited to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, April 26 and 27. "I am very happy to receive this invitation and to represent brand India there," Husain told IANS.

33 percent quota for women in Delhi, union territory polices

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New Delhi : The union cabinet on Friday gave its approval for 33 percent reservation to women in direct recruitment to posts ranging from...

Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir

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Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...

See if triple talaq impinges Muslim women’s rights, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to examine whether the practice of 'talaq-e-bidat' (instantaneous triple talaq), 'nikah halala' and...

Gang-raped woman cremated; public kept at bay

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At age 70, woman wants divorce to avenge husband’s cruelty

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a court here seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband. She calls it her overdue "revenge". Bimla Devi wants to end her 53-year-old relationship with Rakesh Kumar, who she says has dumped her for another woman and now allegedly wants to grab her (Bimla's) property. The distraught woman has moved an application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Manmohan Sharma against Kumar. Bimla Devi and Kumar were married March 10, 1955.

Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.

First women’s cricket T-20 tournament in UP

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Mathura : The first all-India women's Twenty-20 cricket tournament will begin Tuesday at Amarnath Vidya Ashram ground in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city. "This is the...

Snoopgate not timed: Khurshid

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New Delhi: Congress leader Salman Khurshid Saturday dismissed allegations that the Snoopgate issue has been timed to embarrass the BJP in the middle of...

Muslims of Gujarat: The real picture

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti

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By Ruwa Shah Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't get raped in a moving...

294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...

One killed, 20 injured after being hit by car

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By IANS, Bhopal : A woman was killed and 20 others were injured when they were hit by a car during the Dussehra procession in Madhya Pradesh, the police said. The incident occurred in the Kotwali area in Raisen town, some 50 km from Bhopal. “The incident occurred late Thursday evening when a Dussehra procession was passing through Kotwali area of the town,” a police official said. Injured in the incident, Komal Bai, 45, died while being taken to the hospital. The other injured have been admitted to the hospital.

Chhattisgarh woman jumps on husband’s pyre, people throng site

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By IANS, Raipur : A 71-year-old woman in a Chhattisgarh village jumped on her husband's funeral pyre and committed suicide, creating a sensation as hundreds thronged to view the place of the alleged 'sati', a banned Hindu custom, police said Sunday. The incident took place late Saturday evening in Chechar village, in the interiors of Raipur district, some 125 km from here. Police were informed about the alleged 'sati' late Saturday night and filed a First Information Report early Sunday after visiting the spot.

अर्शिया अंजुम : इसरो में वैज्ञानिक बन क़ायम की एक मिसाल

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बांसवाड़ा (राजस्थान) : हौसला हो तो मंज़िलें क़दम चूमने के लिए बेताब होती हैं. अर्शिया अंजुम की कहानी ने एक बार फिर...

Tejpal called woman associate regularly from prison

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Panaji : Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who is in judicial custody here, regularly telephoned from prison a Delhi-based woman business associate, an inquiry...

Delhi court takes cognizance of complaint against AAP legislator Gaur

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New Delhi : A court here on Thursday took cognizance of a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party legislator Bhavna Gaur for allegedly misrepresenting...

Women’s empowerment key issue in Congress meet

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Don’t intend to harm anyone, only protect myself: Preity Zinta

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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who has accused her ex-boyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia of molesting her, Saturday said the intention behind the complaint...

Five Bengal girls fight child marriages

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Empowering Rural Women

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By Shobha Shukla,

Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...

Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety

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Hyderabad : Hyderabad police will launch a new mobile application from new year, which will ensure women's safety during travel, and enable people to...

गाय की पूजा के लिए गौशाला में गई दलित महिला के साथ दुष्कर्म

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TwoCircles.net News Desk रोहतक : हरियाणा के रोहतक स्थित पहरावर गौशाला में एक दलित महिला गाय की पूजा करने गई थी, जहां उस महिला के...

Molestation case: Students demand St. Stephen’s principal’s resignation

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New Delhi: Scores of students on Monday protested outside the St. Stephen's College here demanding an external inquiry into the alleged molestation of a...

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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TCN Special Series: Part V on Jyotsna Bewa By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Fake widows found drawing pension, woman arrested

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman has been arrested in an Uttar Pradesh village after a local official found over two dozen women who were drawing widows' pensions from the state government though they had husbands. Sub Divisional Magistrate Gola G. Chandra scanned the applications of all beneficiaries of widows' pensions in Padariya Tula village of Lakhimpur Kheri district last week after receiving a complaint. "Over two dozen applications were found to be fake by Saturday and the process is still on," Chandra told IANS.

Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati on Forbes powerful women list

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By IANS, New York : Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, PepsiCo chief executive Indra K. Nooyi and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have been featured in the latest annual list of "100 Most Powerful Women" compiled by Forbes magazine. Nooyi and Gandhi rank high up at third and twenty-first positions in the list, while Mayawati and Mazumdar-Shaw have been ranked fifty-ninth and ninety-ninth, respectively.

Three women found dead in Delhi house

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New Delhi : The bodies of a two women and a 12-year-old girl were found dead on Sunday in a building here, police said. The...

Modi government tried to kill me in a plane crash: Mamata

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Kolkata: Virtually comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ravana, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused his government of running a terror...

Can women take smart decisions?

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By Amit Dasgupta, If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.

12-year-old girl found hanging from tree in West Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata: A 12-year-old girl was Sunday found hanging by the neck in a bamboo grove near her residence in Nadia district of West Bengal, police said. Police said the body of the girl, a class 6 student of a Muragacha Subodhoni High School, was found to be without clothes and suspended about six inches above the ground. "This is an incident of murder. We can't say if the girl was sexually assaulted. That can only be said after the post-mortem examination report and other necessary forensic tests," Superintendent of Police (Nadia) H. Kusumakar said.

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में दलित उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं से जुड़े आपराधिक मामले लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं और आज़मगढ़ से लेकर...

Incredible life of Rubina Patel

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, Nagpur: Incredible! That is how Rubina Patel’s life story is. She came from a well to do, educated, business family, married to a teacher, blessed with two children. She wanted to study and help the community through her social work. But her life went on an unexpected trajectory.

Madonna voted hardest working mother in new poll

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

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “पुलिस ने मेरे बेगुनाह शौहर की हत्या की” हिरासत में...

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तेलंगाना में मेदक पुलिस ने खदीर को चोरी के इल्जाम में गिरफ्तार किया था, गिरफ्तारी के बाद बेतहाशा पिटाई से खदीर की तबीयत बिगड़...

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...

One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.

Pregnant women, newborns struggle to survive in flooded Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : The floods in Bihar have been a nightmare for pregnant women, with many dying during childbirth due to lack of medical care, and those who gave birth have little to rejoice as they have to share a tent with dozens of people. The state government has now announced a cash grant to each newborn. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced that each girl child born in relief camps would be given Rs.11,000 and a baby boy would get Rs.10,000.

Protests in Sri Lanka over alleged rape, murder of schoolgirl

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Colombo: Over 120 people were arrested by Sri Lankan police on Wednesday after violent clashes erupted between protestors and police outside a court over...

Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly

Women

By IANS, Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.

Bhutanese women in politics: Victims of prejudices

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By Shilpa Raina, Thimpu : There is no gender discrimination in Bhutan but, when it comes to the representation of women in politics, socio-cultural prejudices...

Ramadan1433: Learning

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net You are never too young to start learning, a mother teaches her daughter in Jama Masjid, Delhi. Link: TCN Ramadan 1433window.onload =...

Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami

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

Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore

Women

By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...