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Kiran Bedi pays rich tributes to Nepal’s women

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : As Nepal celebrated 100th International Women's Day Monday by declaring a public holiday, rich tributes were paid to Nepali women, who comprise over 51 percent of the population, by first woman Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi. Bedi, winner of the Magsaysay Award for her work to reform India's prisons, arrived in the country on a three-day visit at the invitation of the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs' Associations of Nepal (FWEANS) and to assist their fund-raising programme.

Burqa: Don’t let obscurantism abet poll-riggers

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By NM Sampathkumar Iyangar,

Women’s panel slams Noida police for naming rape victim

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BJP has highest MPs/MLAs with declared crime against women cases, says report

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New Delhi (IANS): The BJP leads recognized political parties with the highest number of 12 lawmakers at the central and state levels who have...

Higher percentage of women voted in Bengal than men

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Kolkata: A higher percentage of women voters exercised their franchise compared to men in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that voted...

Congress MP urges government to check trafficking of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh Madhu Gaud Yaskhi Thursday made an impassioned plea to the government to evolve an effective action plan to check trafficking of young women and girls in the country. During zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Yaskhi said that women from villages and towns were being lured by unscrupulous elements on the promise of providing them attractive jobs or roles in movies, but were later forced into prostitution. "Such hapless young women and girls are taken away to foreign countries by means of fraud and deception," Yaskhi said.

NGOs release charter urging men to say no to violence against women

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New Delhi : A 10-point charter was released here by Non-Government Organisations on Tuesday urging men to become agents of change and say no...

AAP leader Alka Lamba attacked in Delhi, one held

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New Delhi : A 19-year-old has been arrested for throwing a stone at AAP legislator Alka Lamba during her anti-drug drive here on Sunday,...

Noida police irresponsible, broke law: Women actvists

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Indra Nooyi heads list of top 50 women in world business

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By IANS, London : PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Indra Nooyi of India has topped the inaugural Financial Times (FT) list of top 50 women in world business. Nooyi, 53, is among four Indians making it to a list that FT said prompts the question whether the struggling male-dominated world of business would have been better off with more women in charge.

Javed Akhtar condemns Muslim personal law board

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Mumbai : Acclaimed lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, who is vocal about his thoughts, says he condemns the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)...

Junior NTR marrying a minor?

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By IANS, Hyderabad: The proposed marriage of popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR with a relative of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu has created a row with claims that the girl is minor. Shanti Prasad, a lawyer, Friday approached Machilipatnam Legal Services Authority claiming that Narne Lakshmi Pranati was a minor and thus her marriage would be illegal. The authority issued notices to Junior NTR, Naidu and the girl's father Narne Srinivas Rao, who owns Telugu news channel Studio N. The hearing was adjourned to Feb 24.

SC to hear contempt plea against Sabarimala tantri for closing temple for purification

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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on January 22 a contempt plea against the Sabarimala temple tantri for shutting the...

Scrap polls if no women votes: Pakistani daily

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By IANS, Islamabad: A leading Pakistani daily has described as "perfectly legitimate" a demand that elections be scrapped in those polling stations where no woman votes.

Mahjabeen sailing SAFEENAH to take poor to happiness

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Patna (Bihar): The place I have entered now is in the heart of a densely populated Muslim area which houses believers of other faiths also. You won't be impressed by the hygienic quotient or the lack of it in the area. But what impresses one and all is the devotion of a middle-aged local Muslim lady to social work. I was there to meet Mahjabeen Sarwar who runs an NGO called SAFEENAH, an acronym for the “Society for Awareness, Family Welfare, Education, Economic Upliftment, Nationality & Health.”

Woman opposes tree felling, hacked to death in UP

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 58-year-old woman was hacked to death in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur town when she protested the felling of trees in the...

Women to operate two-wheeler ambulances in Tamil Nadu

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Chennai : In a first-of-its-kind, Tamil Nadu will now have women paramedical members weaving in and out of traffic on their two-wheeler ambulances to...

Women in politics should address gender issues: NGO

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By IANS, New Delhi : Low female literacy rate, gender gap, low life expectancy and a range of other women-centric issues which are facing India can only be addressed if more women enter politics, said an NGO here Monday. Working thus towards the agenda of encouraging more women from the grassroots level to enter the political domain, the Centre for Social Research (CSR), an NGO, organised a workshop for aspiring women politicians in the capital.

Goa serial killers committed murder in Mumbai too: Police

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By IANS, Panaji: Four persons, including a woman and a 16-year-old girl who were arrested by the Goa police earlier this week for multiple murders in the state, had left a trail of blood in Mumbai too, police said. Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, Superintendent of Police (CID) Atmaram Deshpande said that the gang, which includes a woman and a 16-year-old girl, had also confessed to murdering a woman in Virar, a suburb on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Maneka Gandhi hits back at Priyanka on Varun’s path

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New Delhi: BJP leader Maneka Gandhi Sunday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's comment on her son Varun...

महिलाओं की दुनिया का एक कड़वा सच

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net महिला दिवस हर साल की तरह आया और चला गया. खानापूर्ति के लिए महिलाओं पर जमकर भाषणबाज़ी की गई और सशक्तिकरण...

Women with hormonal problems prone to diabetes: AIIMS

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New Delhi: Women suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a problem in which a woman's hormones are out of balance, are highly prone to...

Two arrested for rape attempt in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two men allegedly held a woman hostage and tried to rape her inside a temple, police said Tuesday. Both the accused have been arrested.

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...

Meghalaya home minister quits

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Shillong : Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has resigned from the ruling Congress-led government, a party official said Friday. Warjri, the first woman home minister,...

‘Ghar Wapsi’ complements Modi’s development agenda: VHP

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By Trina Joshi, New Delhi : Burqa-clad Muslim girls with limited education and boys of the community "who become terrorists in madrasas" would benefit from the "Ghar Wapsi" (homecoming) campaign once they come into the Hindu fold, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) national spokesperson Surendra Jain has said.

Woman gang raped inside UP police station, SHO nabbed

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Lucknow: A woman was gang raped allegedly by four policemen inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh. The SHO was arrested Wednesday. The incident took...

Girl gang-raped in MP, woman among 5 held

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By IANS Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), July 4 : A teenaged girl was gang-raped here by four youths with the help of a woman, police said on...

JD-U suspends three women legislators for anti-party acts

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Patna: Bihar's ruling JD-U Saturday night suspended its three women legislators, including a former minister, for campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and...

Women’s quota bill failure matter of great regret: PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government's failure to enact legislation reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women was a "matter of great regret", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. "That is a matter of great regret. It is a failure, a collective failure of all political parties," Singh said during his interaction with women journalists here. He said that if his government came back to power after the general elections, "we will work very sincerely" to bring the bill back on track."

Assam UPSC topper Fardina Adil says religion is often misused to obstruct women’s advancement

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,

DMK to train women cadres in governance: Kanimozhi

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By IANS, Chennai : As the bill reserving one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies awaits to be passed by parliament, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres in governance. "We plan to train DMK party women in various aspects of governance. We want to groom our party women so that they are ready as and when the 33 percent reservation for women comes into effect," Kanimozhi, party Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, told IANS.

Railways introduces 33 per cent sub-quota for women in catering units

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New Delhi : The Indian Railways on Thursday introduced a sub-quota of 33 per cent for women in allotment of each of the...

Squash: Indian girls make last 8

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Eindhoven (The Netherlands) : India carved out a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday to ensure a place in the top eight competition...

Lucknow woman’s family stages sit-in, demands CBI probe

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Lucknow : The family of a Lucknow woman, who was murdered last week, Friday began an indefinite sit-in here, trashing police investigations and demanding...

Legal literacy an effective tool to control violence against women in India

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India has slipped to the 112th spot from its 108th position in 2018 in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2020, which...

Rape accused Tripura official sent to police custody

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

डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...

US serious to build partnership with Muslim communities: Farah Pandit

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In her first visit to India today as United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandit highlighted President Barack Obama’s vision to build partnerships with Muslim communities across the globe on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect. She was holding a roundtable with Muslim journalists in New Delhi.

Woman who blew lid on Woods’ affairs now regrets

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By IANS, London: Ashley Samson, the woman who revealed fallen golfer Tiger Woods' affair with club hostess Rachel Uchitel, claims she was offered more than 150,000 pounds by the sports star's agents to stay mum. She now regrets the mess she has created, reports The Sun. Samson says she wished she had taken the "hush money", reports the newspaper's website thesun.co.uk. "It probably would have been better as what ended up happening was a big mess," she said.

Women groups traverse country to pitch for quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : They call the campaign "The Campaign Reservation Express". A group of 55 women - activists and those who have stood against social injustice - will return to the capital Sunday after a two-week journey across the country to garner support for women's reservation bill's passage. The group of women, hailing from different parts of the country, were divided into three "Karvans" that went on different routes across India from Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh May 20, spreading their message through public discussions, stage performances, poetry recitations and the like.

Motivating women to contest elections

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Women have less than 10 percent representation in India's parliament even though they make up 44 percent of the voting population. But much of that may change if an NGO that is encouraging women to join mainstream politics has its way. The Centre for Social Research (CSR), through a UN project, "Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy", has selected 1,000 women from across India and is grooming them to contest the April-May Lok Sabha election as well as state assembly polls.

Heavy security for Pakistani women’s cricket team

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Heavy security has been deployed at Barabati stadium in Cuttack after protests against holding World Cup matches with Pakistan's women's cricket team in the city.

Aamir supports fight against alcoholism among women

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Women’s empowerment key issue in Congress meet

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Poverty-stricken woman athlete in jail for prostitution

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By IANS, Raipur : Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after being arrested for prostitution, police said. A police officer who arrested Nisha Shetti, 26, last Friday from a posh locality of Raipur said she had revealed during interrogation that she was forced to become a call girl due to deprivation and had travelled to Raipur from Mumbai to earn Rs.50,000 from a few businessmen, who had booked her for 15 days.

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

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Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

Bajrangi Bhaijan: How I learned to stop worrying and love Shri Raam

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By Shilpi Suneja for TwoCircles.net A few days before I watched the much hyped Bajrangi Bhaijan the Supreme Court of India upheld its...

Here come special women’s buses for safer ride in Delhi

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : Many women who travel in the capital's crowded buses and have been molested by male co-passengers can heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, special 'women only' buses will begin plying on select routes, thanks to a Delhi High Court order. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is starting the service. Taking cognizance of a public interest petition that drew attention to a large number of women complaining of molestation in public buses, the high court had asked the DTC to make special arrangements for women travellers across the city.

It was worth the risk: Sonia

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By IANS, New Delhi: "I am very happy," Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after the Rajya Sabha passed the women's bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the "larger picture" of women's empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken. Speaking to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, Gandhi said she was grateful to all the political parties who helped the bill to pass, including the Left, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "and our coalition partners".

On World Food Day, rural women demand land rights to fight hunger

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By IANS, New Delhi : Seventy percent of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, yet only 10 percent women farmers own any land. On World Food Day Thursday, women from various parts of rural India demanded agricultural land rights - to battle hunger and poverty. Supported by members of local NGOs and international NGO ActionAid's HungerFree campaign, these women, most of whom work as agricultural farmers yet don't have the right on their piece of land, stressed that this was the way out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

Women’s safety may play key role in Indian elections: Gallup poll

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By Arun Kumar , Washington: Women in northern India feel less secure and have less faith in police, says a new poll and suggests these...

Chhath festival concludes peacefully in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : Millions of people, mostly women, took a dip in rivers and ponds across Bihar and offered prayers to the rising sun early Wednesday to mark the end of the four-day long Chhath festival, which concluded peacefully. Devotees, attired in new colourful clothes, ended their 36-hour fast by offering prayers and floating lighted earthen lamps in water bodies. They sang folk songs and offered prayers to the sun god. A rare show of harmony was on display when people cutting across social barriers gathered to celebrate Chhath in villages and towns.

Blow to gender equality as more believe women’s place at home

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : The shine's wearing off Super Moms. It's not just the men who say this, but a growing number of women too. Both are inclining to agree that a woman's place is more at home, wiping the sheen off the notion of gender equality in developed countries, a Cambridge survey says.

​Muslim girl tops Bihar Board’s Intermediate Arts Exams

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Five amongst first 10 happens to be Muslim girls By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: Marking a paradigm shift for the Muslim community, a Begusarai girl...

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

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

बुंदेलखंड की बहादुर बेटी और ‘गुलाबी गैंग’ की शेरनी हेमलता पटेल की भूली बिसरी...

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हेमलता पटेल गुलाबी गैंग की संस्थापक सदस्यों में से हैं। बुंदेलखंड का मशहूर गुलाबी गैंग महिलाओं के विरुद्ध होने वाले अत्याचारों से लड़ने के...

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...

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...

Meet Waseema Shaikh: A deputy collector from rural India

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Born and brought up in a small village called Joshi Sanghvi in Loha Taluka of Nanded District of Maharashtra, Waseema Shaikh struggled...

33 percent quota for women in government jobs in MP

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Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs. This was decided during a...

A dropout herself, she sends village children to school

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school. This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.

High Court asks for job for disabled woman

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By IANS,

You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...

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By TCN News Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...

Woman with two kids killed on Bengal tracks

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Kolkata:A woman and her two children were killed when they jumped before a speeding train in West Bengal's Howrah district Saturday, police said. The accident...

Gender neutrality much needed in India: Kiran Bedi

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New Delhi : Gender neutrality is required in corporate India to reduce the attrition of female staff, social activistg Kian Bedi, a former top...

Did Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in Triple Talaq, lie about her divorce?

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, the issue of instant Triple Talaq has been discussed, criticised, debated and analysed a lot....

Women’s commission seeks nationwide debate on legalising gay sex

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday called for a nationwide debate on the Delhi High Court's landmark ruling that decriminalised gay sex in the country. "It is a very complex issue and needs to be studied in detail," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here. "Before taking any decision, we need to have a nationwide debate on this. Even the government is in favour of a debate on this issue before taking any decision," Vyas said.

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...

Re-codify Muslim Personal Laws: Jamaat Islami’s women wing

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net, Malappuram: While calling upon Muslim women to come forward to effectively utilize the 50% reservation in local self government institutions, the women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) today demanded re-codification of Muslim Personal Laws such that they cannot be misused.

वानिया शेख़ के घर पहुंचे चंद्रशेखर, आयोग ने भी स्वतः लिया संज्ञान

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जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net सुभारती विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा वानिया शेख़ आत्महत्या मामले में भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर ने मेरठ में वानिया शेख़ के घर जाकर वानिया के...

BJP plans women’s reservation in Goa assembly polls

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SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of December...

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

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

यूपी में दलित किशोरी की बलात्कार के बाद हत्या, दो गिरफ्तार

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.Net    उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर खीरी में बेहद दरिन्दगी का एक मामला सामने आया है। यहां पकरिया गांव में दलित समुदाय की एक नाबालिग़...

100 seats to be reserved for women in parliament: Hasina

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By IANS, Dhaka : The number of seats reserved for women in Bangladesh parliament would be raised to 100 from 45 at present, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said here. She said the government will repeal all the laws that discriminate against women, the Daily Star reported Monday.

Unhappy over portfolio allocation, Jammu and Kashmir minister ‘resigns’

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Jammu : Apparently dissatisfied with the portfolio allotted to him, Sajad Lone, a minister in the PDP-BJP ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir on...

Hundreds of women march in Delhi for reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Hundreds of women from many parts of the country Monday marched in the capital demanding that parliament pass the bill to reserve 33 percent of legislature seats for women. The march to parliament was organised by the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA). The women marched from Ramlila Maidan holding banners and placards, and raising slogans asking, "President (Pratibha) Patil's speech promised Women's Reservation Bill in 100 days - Why the broken promise?" The march reached Parliament Street where a mass meeting was held.

A book on life’s struggles, of women, by women

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By IANS, New Delhi : A woman panchayat leader's fight against corruption, another illiterate panchayat leader's endeavour to make education a reality for her village - stories of struggle and commitment, drawn out of the lives of seven women panchayat leaders were put together in a book that was released Thursday. Titled "Sarpanch Sahib: Changing the face of India" the book has been compiled by well known authors Manju Kapur, Indira Maya Ganesh, Sonia Falerio, Kalpana Sharma, Tishani Doshi, Abhilasha Ojha and edited by Manjima Bhattacharjya.

Odisha man held for harassing woman

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Bhubaneswar:The Odisha Police crime branch Wednesday arrested a man for opening a fake Facebook account in the name of a woman and for harassing...

Controversy in Bihar after student allegedly asked to remove Hijab during exam

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The incident happened at Mahant Darshan Das Mahila (MDDM) College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on October 16. Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net  PATNA (BIHAR) — A controversy over...

AMU Women’s College: Naba Naseem elected as President

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In the student union polls held on Monday. AMU Women's college elected Naba Naseem, a second-year student from BA, as its...

Surge in female contestants, not MLAs

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By Saumya Tewari Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently - but not legislators - and three times as many...

डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net 2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...

Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...

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An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District. Afnan Habib...

Using religion as a shield for wrong acts is un-Islamic, says woman activist

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By Kulsum Mustafa,

Women politicians can raise uncomfortable issues: British MP

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Kolkata: Women politicians are often able to raise "uncomfortable" issues in the public domain which their male counterparts have not thought of or don't...

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

Women just 7.53 percent of central government work force: Official

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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Women constitute just 7.52 percent of the central government work force, revealed T.K.A. Nair, the principal secretary to the prime minister, Sunday. "The percentage of women working in the central government is 7.53 percent, of which 24 percent are in All India Civil Services, 18.5 percent in the Indian Police Service and 18 percent in the Indian Foreign Service, Nair said. Nair was speaking on the launch of the special International Women's Day issue of Bureacracy Today magazine here.

Rapist jailed for 30 years

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New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...

AMU Women’s Club organizes Eid Milan programme

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By TwoCircles.net The Aligarh Muslim University Women's Club held Eid Milan function hosted by Prof Shagufta Aleem at the Indira Gandhi Hall on 21st July,...

Women’s power at Sushma’s high tea

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New Delhi : With warm hugs and handshakes under a pleasant spring sun with some delectable eats to add the extra zest, prominent women...

First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor

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Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...

More to Saudi women than the niqab

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By Maha Akeel Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and stereotyped countries in the world is Saudi Arabia, particularly when it comes to its women.

Here’s How Digital Platforms Proliferate Anti-Muslim Hate

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A new study documents an exponential rise in hate on digital platforms in India since BJP came to power in 2014.  Snobar | TwoCircles.net   NEW...

Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges

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Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...

Rehana Azmi – The inspiration of late Adv. Shahid Azmi

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

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

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

BSF women step closer to creating history at the border

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : As they thumped their feet into the ground for the final parade as trainees, they all knew that they are just a step away from their destination - of being the first women to be guarding India's international borders. The Kharkan camp of the Border Security Force (BSF), 15 km from this Punjab town, saw history being made Saturday as 178 women recruits were inducted into the BSF fold after their impressive passing out parade here.

Empowering women on Mother’s Day

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New Delhi : On the occasion of Mother's Day, which falls on the second Sunday in May, mobile commerce platform Paytm will showcase artistic...

Number of rape cases rising in India

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003. The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

WTA may have to find a new sponsor

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By IANS, London : The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract. The joint-venture company, which had signed a $93.3 million deal with the WTA, has two more years of its contract to run, and it is highly unlikely to go beyond 2010, reports The Guardian.

NWF to organize rallies in support of Muslim prisoners

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By TCN News Madurai: Muslims are over-represented in the prison system but when states issue list of prisoners to be released for good conduct they are always under-represented.

Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that it cannot frame guidelines for every rape case and asked for records related to the trial. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the commission to bring the case records before it within four weeks.

Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq

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New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised women battling the system of Triple Talaq and said the entire country supports them. "I pay...

Dr Fahmida felicitated with ‘Nari Shakti’award at Beed in Maha

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Beed (Maharashtra): A little known social organisation Shiv Sangram felicitated a teacher Dr Fahmida with its ‘Nari Shakti’ award on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jijabai, the mother of Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Empire.

Awareness on domestic violence act is low, say NGOs

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By IANS, New Delhi: Despite the domestic violence act being in place for the past three years, its effectiveness has been limited as awareness about the legislation is low, civil society organisations said at a seminar here Wednesday. One of the main reasons for this was media's ignorance over the intricacies of the act, said speakers at the national consultation on the domestic violence act.

13 held in Assam witch-hunting case

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Guwahati: At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam...

Girl dies after being thrown from Badal family’s bus; four arrested

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Moga/Chandigarh : The death of a 13-year-old Dalit girl on Thursday after she and her mother were allegedly pushed out of a speeding bus...

Ramadan 1435: Azan

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Students of MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai learn to give azan, Islamic call to prayers. MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary...

शहीद पत्रकार दानिश सिद्दीकी को पुलित्जर पुरस्कार

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net अमेरिका के सबसे बड़े पुलित्जर पुरस्कार 2022 के विजेताओं की घोषणा सोमवार को कर दी गई। इस वर्ष चार भारतीय पत्रकारों को...

Sanitation crisis at alarming stage, say experts

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New Delhi : Highlighting issues like menstrual hygiene management, women's dignity and poor defecation facilities, a national convention here Tuesday raised concern on the...

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The half widows of Kashmir: A story of endless wait and hardships

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In the second of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir,...

Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat

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

Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night. The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here. The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.

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

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

Delhi hospital restores mobility to 130-kg Uzbek woman

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New Delhi: An accident four years back left Kavlaynova Oygul, from Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, with a broken thigh bone that refused to heal despite...

Missing Pakistani woman arrested in Afghanistan

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By NNN-PTI, New York : A Pakistani woman, who mysteriously disappeared from Karachi five years back, having alleged links with the Al Qaeda, has been arrested on charges of attempted murder and assault of US soldiers and FBI agents working in Afghanistan. Thirty-six year old Aafia Saddiqui, a neuroscientist trained in US, who was arrested here after being brought from Afghanistan last evening, will be produced before a court tomorrow, South District of New York Attorney Michael J Garcia said. If convicted, she could get prison sentence of 20 years on each of the two charges.

Dimapur lynching: Assam truckers stop plying to Nagaland

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Guwahati: Truckers in Assam on Saturday stopped plying their vehicles from here to Dimapur and other parts of Nagaland in protest against the lynching...

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

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

BSP leader joins Delhi Congress

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By IANS, New Delhi : Terming the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) "turncoat", a prominent woman leader of the party Tuesday joined the Delhi unit of the Congress. "I feel the BSP is a turncoat party and people in Delhi should not vote for such parties," president of the BSP's women's wing Vinod Kumari declared at a function at the Delhi Congress office. The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) farmers wing vice-president also joined the Congress and vowed to make the party win the Nov 29 Delhi elections.

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“I will serve community as there are few Muslim women doctors” says Arshiya, second...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Solapur: It was a moment of joy and ecstasy for 18 years old Arshiya Choudhari of Solapur when she was announced...

Women and children lead fight against CAA-NRC in Maharashtra

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T I Inamdar, Twocircles.net Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are intensifying across states, the latest being Maharashtra....

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.

Dhanya Raman: Giving a voice to the marginalised in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: In March 2016, while the entire mainstream media was still busy with the incidents in JNU,...

Unveiling the myths of Uniform Civil Code

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By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net The best of you are those who are the kindest to their wives. Prophet Muhammad A mother is a school. Empower...

Himachal CM launches save girl child programme

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Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday started a programme to save the girl child in the Kangra district - the...

Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case

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On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment. Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...

Indian women beat Ireland 2-1

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New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team put on an inspiring show to beat Ireland 2-1 in their second Test match in Dublin. The win...

Women in Chhattisgarh protest award of liquor shop licences

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By IANS, Raipur : Hundreds of women laid siege to the collector's office in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh Tuesday to protest the district authorities' move to award a large number of annual contracts for opening liquor shops in villages. The protesters said that district authorities are allotting several liquor shops in each village in Rajnandgaon district to raise revenue but it would lead to rise in violence against women as males will waste money on consuming liquor.

Woman accuses grandson of rape in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : In a bizarre case, a 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after his 78-year-old grandmother accused him of rape in their southwest Delhi home, the police said. The victim in her police complaint said her grandson Kuldeep consumed alcohol and raped her late Tuesday in their Jaffarpur Kalan home when his wife and one-year-old daughter were away. The police said the elderly woman was taken to the Rao Tula Ram Hospital, where doctors confirmed a sexual assault.

In the Shadows of Safety: Delhi’s Homeless Women Navigate Fear and Heat

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Tauseef Ahmad and Abdul Basit  New Delhi: Homeless women in the national capital are grappling with an unprecedented challenge: safety. They have been unable to sleep...

Irate women staff beat up Maharashtra official for harassment

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

79% Women’s report harassment and abuse, trend more prevalent in Northern India, reveals a...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A recent research by UK-based advocacy group ActionAid has once again highlighted the grim situation of women's...

Muslim girls shine in Jharkhand Intermediate exams, Fauzia Maram is state topper

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By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net, “Choose subjects of your interest, and you can be successful”, says Fauzia Maram, the first rank holder in the Intermediate (Arts) Examinations in Jharkhand. “Once interest is of high importance in choosing the way one wants to study. Choosing one’s way should not be dependent upon the immense pressure from family or teachers. Then only can one excel.”

Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking

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

Women defy boycott call as Anantnag votes peacefully

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Anantnag : Defying the boycott call of the separatists, burqa-clad women in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday outnumbered men in this...

Hope women find courage through my books: Author Madhuri Banerjee

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By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi : Is it taboo for women to talk about sex, their hidden desires or having extra-marital affairs? No! It...

10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade

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By IANS, Patna: Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said Saturday.

CBSE results: Girls outperform boys in foreign centres

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NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health

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New Delhi : The National Alliance of Maternal Health and Human Rights (NAMHHR) with Oxfam India Thursday organised a two-day event here related to...

Woman board member: Over 300 NSE-listed companies yet to comply

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Rohit Vaid, Chennai/New Delhi : As many as 313 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have not inducted a woman...

Courage, determination keep single mothers going

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS, New Delhi : They are moms as well as dads for their children. Despite facing innumerable difficulties, these single women have taken life head-on and borne the dual responsibility with dignity and determination. For Kalpana Dhar, 50, separating from her husband was the only option especially after difference of opinion gave rise to regular arguments and confrontations. "I took this step at a very late stage of my marriage. But I had to do this because of my only son. He was suffering and I had to take a stand," said Dhar, a banker.

Najma Heptullah: A Congress deserter who made good in BJP (Profile)

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New Delhi : Najma Heptullah, a former Congress leader who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia...

Senior Andhra cop to be probed for sexual harassment

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By IANS, Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a probe against Vijayawada Police Commissioner P.S.R. Anjaneyulu for allegedly sexually harassing some women.

Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:

Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in municipal polls

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Riyadh : A new law that allows women in Saudi Arabia to vote and contest in municipal elections has come into force, a media...

UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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