BSP MP didn’t rape me: Victim
New Delhi : The woman who accused BSP MP Dhananjay Singh of raping her, Friday denied the charge in a court here.
Testifying as a...
Woman researchers equally participate in a Seminar organized by Theological department of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Sunni Theological Society Department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a national level on the theme “Human values in world religions”...
Wear clothes that don’t ‘tease’, Goa BJP tells tourists
By IANS,
Panaji: Foreign tourists in Goa must have a "minimum dress code" as the clothes they wear "tend to tease", the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit chief said Sunday.
Goa BJP president Laxmikant Parsenkar, while speaking at a gram sabha (village council), said thqat "a minimum dress code is necessary" to thwart the cultural invasion by foreign tourists in Goa.
Ranchi CBSE topper Shaista Sultana has ambition to join NASA
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Shaista Sultana, a resident of Rahmat Colony in Doranda, Ranchi, created a history by topping Ranchi in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 2008 examination.
Jaipur gang-rape victim shifted to Delhi hospital
By IANS,
Jaipur: An 11-year old gang-rape victim was shifted to AIIMS in Delhi Friday from a government hospital in Jaipur where she underwent over a dozen surgeries in five months, police said.
Rana Ayyub’s “Gujarat Files’ wins Citation of Excellence at Global Investigative Journalism Conference
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Johannesburg (SA): Journalist-turned-author Rana Ayyub received a Citation of Excellence in the 2017 edition of the Global Shining Light Award for...
Akademi’s silence on writer’s killing condemnable: Sarah Joseph
New Delhi : Joining the league of writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in the last few days, popular Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph...
पूजा करने गई महिला से गैंगरेप,बंदायू में हुई जघन्य वारदात
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में एक महिला के साथ निर्भया कांड जैसी घटना को फिर से दोहराने का मामला सामने आया है। 50...
Men’s groups resent move to empower women panel
New Delhi : Men's rights groups, fighting for shared parenting in case of divorce, Thursday protested the central government move to empower the National...
Online group takes fight against gender crimes to the streets
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Women in India's commercial capital are being encouraged to fight against gender violence and demand police assistance to secure their rights by a group of social crusaders who came together through a social networking site.
In a novel move, Fight-Back, a Facebook community of people fighting against gender atrocities, distributed wallet cards to women in Mumbai that have phone numbers of police help lines set up to tackle gender crimes, with the help of the Rotaract Club, a voluntary organisation engaged in service to the society.
Soccer girls
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
When FIFA World Cup Soccer Final match is played on Sunday, there will be at least a billion people will be watching it around the world. Going by the two pictures that I will present to you, some of these fans will be young Muslim girls of India.
Fresh, young faces in Left list, Subhasini Ali fielded from Barrackpore
Kolkata : Packing 26 new faces and nominating several young leaders, West Bengal's main opposition Left Front Wednesday announced its candidates list for the...
Not only woman, children too unsafe in Delhi
New Delhi : Delhi is most unsafe not only for women but also for children, with a whopping 166.9 cases registered for every...
बेटियों के सपनों को पंख दे रहा है मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा
सूफी परवीन। Twocircles.net
मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा सिर्फ इसलिए चर्चा में है क्योंकि वहां दसवीं पास करने वाली छात्राओं को अब बाहर पढ़ने नही जाना...
Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Saudi Arabian administration is set to recruit 500 Muslim women nurses from Kerala to work in hospitals in and around Mecca and Madina.
Muslims in/of India: surrogate oppressors or colonizers?
A Muslim woman deconstructs how dominant majoritarian narratives reconstruct Indian Muslim women as the perpetual Other.
Misria Shaik Ali | TwoCircles.net
This is an article, an...
On Women’s Day, housewife-led dance troupe wins IGT 5
Mumbai: It couldn't have been a better day for their victory - Raagini Makkar and her troupe Naadyog picked the "India's Got Talent 5"...
Madhya Pradesh woman minister kicks minor seeking one rupee
Panna (Madhya Pradesh) : In a callous act, Madhya Pradesh minister Kusum Mehdele, who has already courted controversy for her insensitive remarks on...
Women activists hold press conference condemning love jihad ‘myth’, say individuals have right...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Women and civil rights activists and lawyers held a joint press conference in Delhi and Mumbai on “Right to Choose and Politics of Love Jihad.” Speakers condemned the propaganda over so called ‘Love-Jihad,’ dismissing it as myth and stressed on the fact that individual women or men not only have the right to choose their partners but are also free to choose their faith in a secular democratic country.
54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak
Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...
Day-long workshop in Kerala to fight cyber crimes against women
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government will host a day-long workshop Aug 1 to find ways and means to tackle cyber crimes against women, state Social Welfare Minister P.K. Sreemathi said here Wednesday.
"Even though the police department does not maintain separate registers on cyber crimes against women, it is now common knowledge that women, especially school and college girls and young women, are falling prey to this crime," Sreemathi said.
Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child
By IANS,
Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child".
Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala.
"At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.
Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.
Women to attend Church of England meetings
By IANS,
London: Women clergy will attends bishops' meetings of the Church of England for the first time.
Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN
Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...
India to make every woman literate in five years: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Over 300 million Indians are still illiterate and about half of India's women cannot read or write but that would change in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said while launching the Rs.65 billion literacy mission 'Saakshar Bharat' on International Literacy Day Tuesday.
From a Rickshaw Driver’s Daughter to Only Muslim Deputy Collector: Inspiring Journey of Madhya...
Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net
On January 18, 2025, Ayesha Ansari’s life was transformed. The news that she had cracked the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC)...
Women judges should increase: Balakrishnan
By IANS,
Shimla: Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday said women's representation in the judiciary was at the minimum and "needs to be enhanced".
"Women's representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges," he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
China’s Zhang Yin is world’s richest woman
By IANS,
Beijing: Zhang Yin, the head of a Chinese recycled paper company, is the world's richest woman in 2010, a media report said Wednesday.
Controversy in Kashmir after Army-run school asks staff to ‘avoid Hijab’
The Dagger Parivaar School, which is run by the Army in collaboration with an NGO, said the move was aimed to help disabled students...
Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday.
Case against BJP’s Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter
Kolkata : A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her...
Woman alleges gang rape, police file molestation complaint
By IANS,
Noida : A 22-year-old woman was gang raped by a 'godman' practising occult and his associates but the Uttar Pradesh Police registered a complaint of molestation, the victim's family alleged here Saturday.
Om Prakash, the victim's husband, said his wife had gone to Jhulla, a neighbour in village Sirsa Khanpur of Greater Noida district, to get medicines for him Thursday night.
"The 'tantric' (occult practioner) asked me to accompany him to a forested area to collect herbs for the medicines to cure my husband," the 22-year-old victim told IANS.
यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...
यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...
Two Indian women killed in UAE road accident
By IANS,
Dubai : Two Indians were killed and three were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in fell into a gorge near the border between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
Anoopa, 24, an engineer with a Dubai-based engineering firm and her domestic help Pushpa, 50, died in the accident that took place Saturday. According to reports, Anoopa's husband Shibu Varghese, who was driving, lost control of the vehicle in the Al Rouda area in Hatta.
Saudi Arabia to launch work-at-home programme for women
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia will launch an updated work-at-home programme for women in a few weeks, while its portal will be introduced by the...
US landscape architects designing change for women in India
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : Their mantra is to strike a balance between the built and natural environments, but an American landscape architect is using...
Police find ‘vital leads’ in Kerala nun’s murder
Kottayam (Kerala) : Two days after a Kerala nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room on Thursday, police claimed...
BJP divided on women’s bill, Advani calls MPs for tea
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's quota bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath saying that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
As the signs of disquiet grew, veteran leader and chairperson of the BJP parliamentary party L.K. Advani called for a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs at his residence over tea Thursday evening.
Japan comfort women issue still causing violations: UNHCR
Geneva : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Navi Pillay Wednesday expressed regret that Japan has failed to pursue a comprehensive, impartial, and...
‘Political figures, not retired judges should chair NCW’
New Delhi : National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Mamta Sharma, who demitted the office Friday, said the position of the chairperson should be...
Minor girl’s death triggers protest in Bengal, locals allege rape
Kolkata : The death of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped, triggered protests as irate locals ransacked the house of the purported perpetrator...
Custodial torture worst crime, says Delhi HC
New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the recent alleged custodial death of a 34-year-old man, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said custodial torture is...
3 women murdered in Goa raises fresh safety concerns
By IANS,
Panaji: Three women were found murdered with their bodies partially charred in separate incidents over the last three days in Goa, even as the police Tuesday brushed aside queries about the safety of women in the state.
Study in coastal Karnataka finds Muslims at higher risk for diabetes
By TCN News
A study published in the latest issue of an international journal suggests that Muslims living in coastal Karnataka are at a higher risk of developing diabetes.
The study conducted by a team of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and published in International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries surveyed people living in coastal Karnataka to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 30 years and above.
Dhanya Raman: Giving a voice to the marginalised in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Thiruvananthapuram: In March 2016, while the entire mainstream media was still busy with the incidents in JNU,...
Stripping of woman in public to be probed
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered state police chief D.N. Gautam to inquire into the alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here after the opposition and women's rights activists created an uproar over the incident.
Officials said the chief minister ordered Gautam to undertake the probe Thursday night although the police headquarters had already asked Inspector General (Patna zone) Sunil Kumar to look into the incident.
Bengal women commuters hit by dirty railway station toilets
Kolkata : Lack of water and hygienic conditions in public toilets at railway stations in West Bengal hinder more than 70 percent women commuters,...
‘Headscarf instils positive body image in British Muslim women’
London : British Muslim women who wear a hijab (headscarf) generally have a more positive body image, are less reliant on media messages about...
Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav
By George Joseph, IANS,
New Delhi : Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav says that 90 percent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all seats in India's legislatures for women.
"If there is no party whip, 90 percent of the MPs will oppose the bill, whether they are from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) or the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), whether they are from backward classes or upper castes, whether they are male or women MPs," Yadav claimed in an interview.
Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi
New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday.
The woman also claimed that the...
Palestinian women protest in support of hunger striker
By IANS,
Ramallah/Gaza : Hundreds of Palestinian women Thursday celebrated International Women's Day by protesting in solidarity with a female hunger striker jailed by Israel.
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : फतेहपुर में दलित चाहते हैं कि बदल जाए सरकार !
हमारे संवाददाता ने उत्तर प्रदेश के फतेहपुर सदर विधानसभा के लोगों से बात की और जानने की कोशिश की कि आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव में...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go
By IANS,
New Delhi : More and more Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields like driving taxis or becoming disc jockeys, but there are still thousands of women still struggling for their basic rights -- not able to own land or fighting against domestic violence.
For instance, according to international NGO Action Aid, women farmers produce 60-80 percent of the agricultural produce in India and other developing countries. However, they eat the least and own less than one percent of the land that they toil on.
Triple Talaq: Turning a mole hill into a mountain
By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net
O People, it is true that you have certain rights over your women, but they also have rights over...
Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth
By Shobha Shukla,
On this year's World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women.
Gujarat safe for women, Bengal unsafe: Modi
Bankura (West Bengal) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to curb crimes against...
Dr. Mehrunnisa – An example of her own message “Read and Lead”
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Ilyas Khan Pathan and Rehan Ansari, TCN
Germans Shoot at Afghan Civilians
By Prensa Latina,
Kabul : Three Afghan civilians, including one woman and two children died in a new violent incident by foreign occupation troops deployed in the country.
The victims lost their lives when German soldiers and Afghani forces shot at them in Kunduz, in the northern region of the Islamic nation.
In a communiqué, the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) under NATO command informed that the soldiers ordered a group of cars to stop at a control point.
The soldiers opened fire on the car claiming they did not obey the order to stop.
Indian women’s hockey team qualifies for 2016 Olympics
London: England ensured that India qualified for the Olympics after 36 years when they defeated Spain to enter the final of the ongoing EuroHockey...
Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation.
"We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.
BJP to seek NCW intervention in Jadavpur varsity case
Kolkata : The BJP's Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi Sunday condemned the alleged sexual harassment of a Jadavpur University student and the subsequent police...
‘More women stepping out to write’
By IANS,
New Delhi : An increasing number of women are now stepping out in the world of literature to shape up the voice of feminist authors, feel well-known women authors and publishers.
14-year exile of women’s quota bill set to end: Sushma
By IANS,
Raipur: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure the end of the "14-year exile" of the women's reservation bill in parliament.
"The BJP will ensure the bill sails through smoothly in the Rajya Sabha Monday. The party has issued a whip to its members to favour the bill and end the 14-year exile of the bill that was first moved in parliament when H.D. Deve Gowda became the prime minister in 1996," the BJP leader told newsmen here at the New Circuit House.
Violence against women denounced in Argentina
Buenos Aires : With a call to end all forms of violence against women, nearly 40,000 participants brought Argentina's 29th National Women's Conference to...
Dowry killing mocks Nepal PM’s resolve
By IANS,
Kathmandu : He led a 10-year guerrilla war against the government and succeeded in ending Nepal's centuries-old institution of monarchy. But Nepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda is facing a far more tougher challenge as he battles to eradicate social evils that continue to flourish despite a newly declared ban.
Almost 10 days after the former revolutionary pledged to ban the system of dowry in Nepal, a killing has been reported from the southern lowlands.
“Harassment of Teesta Setalvad continues; investigation be on objective evidence”
By TCN News,
Dublin (Ireland): Pointing out that the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to refer human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and her...
40% Muslims in Telangana have no savings, only 19.2% have salaried jobs; Sudheer Commission...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The Sudheer Commission on `Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana,' India’s newest state, has shown that the condition of...
Kashmir council no place for bill limiting women’s rights: Chair
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir legislative council Deputy Chairman Arvinder Singh Monday rejected the permanent resident (disqualification) bill that aims to deny citizenship rights to women marrying non-permanent residents of the state.
"The bill cannot be discussed in this house," he said.
"The legislative assembly is the appropriate forum to table the bill, not the council," Singh said giving a ruling over the bill tabled by Peoples Democratic Party's legislator Murtaza Khan on March 8.
Minor girl’s marriage stopped in Bengal
Siliguri : The marriage of a 16-year-old girl to a groom from Gurgaon was stopped on Tuesday by the administration with the help of...
Majority of women unaware of rights: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : Seventy percent of women in the national capital are unaware of constitutional and legal provisions made for them, a new study released Tuesday said.
Who is Teesta Setalvad? From 2002 Gujarat riots to 2022 SC verdict
The arrest of Padma Shri awardee Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad has been widely condemned.
Muhammed Nihad P V | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The detention of...
Girls quiz Cameron on jobs for Indian women in UK
By IANS,
New Delhi : British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday faced a barrage of questions from students at a girls' college here on job opportunities in his country for women from India.
Only 2 percent increase in women legislators in Bengal
Kolkata : Though the number of women contesting the 2016 West Bengal assembly polls increased to 198 as against 174 in 2011, only 40...
Woman raped, killed in Goa
By IANS,
Panaji : A 55-year-old woman was raped and killed along the Arambol beach in Goa, a police officer said Saturday.
The woman, identified as a local villager, was found naked by the fishermen returning from the sea in early hours of Friday. She used to sell flowers at the beach.
The fisherman informed the police about the killing.
"We had sent the body for post mortem. The report which arrived late yesterday (Friday) evening confirmed rape," Police Sub-Inspector Sarvesh Narvekar told IANS.
India’s eight women wrestlers for Worlds announced
Lucknow : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday selected eight women grapplers for the World Championships to be held in Las Vegas...
Bihar Muslims show black flags to protest Narendra Modi
By TCN News
Patna: Activists of Muslim United Front (MUF) led a protest march against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Bihar arrival on Saturday. Hundreds raised slogans against Narendra Modi, Varun Gandhi, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for their alleged attempts to turn Bihar into a Gujarat, reference to genocide of 2002.
Miscreants throw acid on woman corporator in UP
Bareilly : A woman corporator was Friday seriously injured when local goons here threw acid on her, police said.
A case has been registered against...
Our society behaves horrendously with women: Author Amish Tripathi
By Shilpa Raina,
Jaipur : Controversies in India are given greater prominence than pressing issues like the oppression of women that need to be brought...
Triple Talaq un-Islamic, inhuman and unconstitutional: Armed Forces Tribunal bench
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow (UP): In a significant decision, the Lucknow Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has ruled that the declaration of oral...
A dropout herself, she sends village children to school
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.
Chaitanya Datla first civilian woman to sail Indian Navy warship
By IANS,
New Delhi : Chaitanya Datla, a 28-year old executive from Bangalore, is all set to create history by becoming the first civilian woman to sail on an Indian Navy warship.
Datla was chosen the winner of National Geographic Channel's "Mission Navy: Lehron Ke Sartaj" from over 50,000 civilians who participated in the landmark docu-reality series, it was announced Wednesday.
Ness Wadia booked over Preity Zinta’s charge
Mumbai: An FIR on Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's alleged molestation charge against her ex-boyfriend and business partner, industrialist Ness Wadia was registered Saturday, police...
Documentary on last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, to be screened in Kathmandu
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata, (IANS): A documentary that depicts the last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal's contributions to the First War of Independence and...
Woman to woman: Pratibha Patil to visit Britain Oct 27-29
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : President Pratibha Patil will visit Britain Oct 27-29 in a state visit showcasing the close ties between India and Britain, officials said.
"This is a visit that will reinforce the point that our relations are excellent," said Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee after the government and the royal family announced the visit.
Eminent journalists rue lack of women representation in Indian media
Well-known journalists Arfa Khanum, Chief Editor, The Wire, Amer Ali Khan, News Editor, Siasat, Fazil Hussain Parvez, Chief Editor Gawah, Farhat Rizvi, Senior Journalist,...
A Muslim woman’s decade-long struggle to get Khula
By Nadia Hussain, TwoCircles.net
When Shabana (name changed) got married to Javed (name changed) in 2006. she had never imagined the battle she would have...
बेसहारा और गरीब लड़कियों की आवाज़ बनी ‘पहचान’
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: रुक़ैय्या जब पांचवी क्लास में थीं तो उनके अब्बा ने उनकी मां को तलाक दे दिया. रूकैय्या की मां ग़रीब...
Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board
By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow.
Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.
Interview: AIMPLB blind to concerns of oppressed Muslim women: Parveen Abidi
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
British MPs to hear about female foeticide in India
By IANS,
London : Claims about rising incidence of female foeticide in India are to be presented to British MPs.
A report by the international charity ActionAid and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) of Canada claims female foeticide is so common that in Punjab only 300 girls survive for every 1,000 boys among high-caste families.
The report, titled 'Disappearing Daughters', is to be presented to MPs belonging to Britain’s all-party group on population, development and reproductive health Monday.
Modi promises free check-up for pregnant women
New Delhi : Expressing concern over pregnancy related deaths and other complications, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said government hospitals and other...
मनोबल टूटा था, पर हिम्मत नहीं हारी…
नेहा रोज़ टोप्पो
झारखंड : जब हौसला और विश्वास साथ हो तो कठिन परिस्थितियां भी आपको आगे बढ़ने से नहीं रोक सकती. इस बात को...
Women trap shooters disappoint at world cup
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian women shooters disappointed in the event on the first day of the World Cup being held at Suhl in Germany.
Shagun Chowdhary had the best performance among the three Indians in the event held Thursday. The Jaipur girl shot 61 (19, 21, 21) to finish 38th.
Seema Tomar shot a poor 57 (20, 21, 16) to finish 44th, just two ranks above Shreyasi Singh who was placed 46th. Shreyasi, who started shooting just a year back could manage a score of 50 (16, 17, 17).
Ramadan 1436: Photos of Day 8
A cute child from Malegaon, Maharashtra; another cutie from Jamnagar, Gujarat; Juma prayer at a Bohri masjid in Surat, Gujarat; a "connected" couple in...
Woman private eye Lalli gets cracking again in new book
(IANS Books)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : "I've always known I'd be stuck with a corpse some day - possibly in the first week of October." Lalli, India's new woman private eye - in the manner of the classic 20th century detectives - finds her corpse and begins decoding the cryptic clues to the murder.
Detective writer Kalpana Swaminathan, a surgeon by profession, casts her net of intrigue right from the word go in her latest whodunit, "The Monochrome Madonna", the third in the series, published this month.
The campaign against Triple Talaq: Women’s rights or political game?
PM Modi's concern for Muslim women appeared in a BJP rally for UP election
By Mohammed Anwar Siddiqui for TwoCircles.net
There is dire need to understand...
Woman dies in Delhi, family alleges dowry death
By IANS,
New Delhi : The relatives of a 22-year-old woman who died in the national capital have alleged that the victim was killed by her in-laws for dowry, police said Thursday.
Deepti Sharma, mother of a girl, was admitted to a west Delhi hospital Wednesday by her in-laws where she died the same day, a police officer said.
Three-year-old allegedly raped, murdered in UP
Lucknow: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and then killed in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said Saturday.
The incident took place late Friday in Ramgarh...
CISF commandos helping Metro’s women commuters at night
New Delhi : Apart from providing security to women travelling in the Metro trains, the CISF's women commandos are also providing help to women...
India: topper among women in UPSC exam credits family for achievement
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Delhi girl Ashmia Jain, the overall topper among women candidates in the Civil Services Examination, credits her achievement to her family's efforts.
Jain, who secured the seventh position in the 2007 exam, is a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics.
The 25-year-old told PTI that she had dreamt of the moment when she was in Class IX. "When I was in Class IX, I had told one of my friends that one day I would also make it to the civil services exam".
A topper from her school days, Jain toiled tediously for one and a half year to achieve her goal.
RS chairperson admits impeachment motion against MP judge
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari has admitted a motion of impeachment moved by 58 members of the house against Madhya Pradesh High...
भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...
No jeans for girls, says Mahapanchayat
Barsana (Mathura): A Mahapanchayat held in a Uttar Pradesh town has ruled that girls should refrain from wearing jeans.
The order was issued two days...
Kamala Suraiya: The literary star of Kerala is no more
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
The epitome of love, the dear writer of Kerala Dr. Kamala Suraiya has bid farewell to this world. Malayalis’ own Madhavikkutty who secured an unforgettable place in the world of literature will now live in the hearts of millions through the works that eternalize her. The great writer who had been ailing for some months passed away at 1.55 am on 31st May in the Jahangir Hospital in Pune. She will be interred at the Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram with State honours tomorrow. She was 75 and is survived by three sons.
India gets its first woman speaker in Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : History was made Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar became the first woman speaker of the Indian parliament, the otherwise fractious house setting aside its differences to elect the Dalit leader unanimously.
The 64-year-old Congress leader from Bihar was chosen for the post of speaker of the Lok Sabha, a key constitutional post, after party president Sonia Gandhi proposed her name. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seconded it.
No vacancy for women officers in army, air force: government
By IANS,
New Delhi: The central government Monday told the Delhi High Court that there is no scope to grant women officers permanent commissions in the army and air force, as there are no vacancies for them.
Appearing on behalf of the government, Additional Solicitor General A.S.Chandhiok said: "Army and Air Force officers are in surplus numbers. If we grant permanent commission (PC) to the Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers, then where will we accommodate them?"
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part V on Jyotsna Bewa
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Arab women’s body to discuss empowerment
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi : The second convention of the Arab Women's Organisation (AWO) is scheduled to be held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to discuss the role and opportunity of women in changing society and empowerment, WAM reported Sunday.
The three-day meet from Nov 11-13, will be held under the patronage of the chairperson of the Family Development Foundation Sheikh Fatima bint Mubarak under the theme "Woman in the human security concept: Arab and international perspectives".
Bengal second last in country in women’s autonomy
By IANS,
Kolkata : At only 24 percent, West Bengal ranks the second lowest in the country when it comes to autonomy of married women, an expert said Tuesday.
Minor mother moves court, seeks damages from cops
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl, who became a mother a month back, has approached the Delhi High Court demanding compensation from Delhi Police after it failed to trace her for over a year, during which she became pregnant.
Demanding a compensation of Rs.15 lakh, the minor girl's counsel said before the division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar that "..it is because of the callous attitude of the police that the minor girl is now a mother of a baby, so the girl is entitled for compensation."
मुजफ्फरनगर दंगा: भाजपा के विद्यायक को 2 साल की सज़ा, बाकी का क्या होगा...
विशेष संवाददाता। Two circles.net
2013 के मुजफ्फरनगर दंगे में एक समुदाय को भड़काने और बलवे करने के आरोपी भाजपा विधायक को अदालत से 2 साल...
Music for protest: Azadi and Inqilab as the new Hindustani beats
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
As marches and rallies dominate the most commonly practised ways of protest, the youth are now searching new ways to protest...
Smoking during pregnancy heightens sudden infant death chances
By IANS,
Washington : Women who smoke during pregnancy have greater chances of losing their newborns to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to new research carried out by Calgary University.
In the first-ever experimental study to compare the breathing reflexes of premature babies of smokers versus non-smokers, researchers found that babies whose mothers had smoked showed a number of signs of impaired respiratory function.
Woman pensioner donates Rs 50,000 for LPG to poor women: Modi
New Delhi : Pitching for the government's 'Give It Up' campaign to voluntarily surrender cooking gas subsidy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...
मुजफ्फरनगर में दहाड़े ओवैसी “खैरात नही अब हक़ लेंगे”
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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव क़रीब आने के साथ ही यूपी में राजनीति की गरमा-गरमी बढ़ती जा रही हैं। आज किसान यूनियन के...
‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.
Musharraf slams Pakistan government over women’s rights
Islamabad : Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the ones calling him dictator have deprived the women of their rights in...
Pakistan passes pro-women bill
By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.
Rathore challenges conviction in court
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore's counsel filed a plea in the court here Monday, challenging his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
The court will take up his plea Tuesday for hearing.
Rathore was held guilty on Dec 21 last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in Panchkula town Aug 12, 1990, and was sentenced to a six-month prison term. He was also slapped a fine of Rs.1,000.
However, Rathore was immediately granted bail.
Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...
‘Obamas are a typical juggling American family’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday.
"The Obama family has been very positively received because they are like any other American family. Michelle Obama specially is an inspiration to all American women," Verveer said while interacting with reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital.
NGO Majlis Manch allowed to assist SC in final hearing on Triple Talaq
By TCN News
Mumbai-based NGO Majlis Manch, which has been working for legal rights of women and provides support to victims of domestic violence, especially...
67 girls found in raid on Rajasthan ashram are hypnotised
By IANS
Jaipur, July 5 : Counselling of 67 girls, found in a police raid on an ashram being run in a hotel in Rajasthan's Rajsamand,...
“Her New World” project launched by Shaheen Academy at Guwahati
TCN News:
“Her New World” a project for both rural and urban women of Assam was launched on 15th of October by Shaheen Academy. The...
Aherkheri residents prefer slums over newly-built flats
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net
Rows of newly-constructed four-story buildings stand in stark contrast to the slums around it in Aherkheri area of Indore. One would think that slums are there to serve the people who live in these buildings, but these structures were built for the slum-dwellers themselves. An initiative of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) these buildings were constructed in late 2012 in one of several slum relocation projects throughout the city.
Afghan lawmakers reject woman’s nomination for Supreme Court
Kabul : Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday rejected the first nomination of a woman for the country's Supreme Court after she failed to win the...
In Azamgarh fifty women sterilized in torch, mobile light in four hours flat
No lessons learnt from Chhattisgarh incident where women were sterilized in dismal conditions, kept on floor
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh: There were no hospital beds, there were inadequate facilities and to top of it, there was no electricity. Still, as many as 50 women were sterilized by the doctors at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the district.
Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking
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.
India’s much neglected periodic Haats or weekly markets: An equitable model for small farmers?
Amid the farmers' protests in India, a TCN Ground report from the weekly markets or haats of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand demonstrates a...
Senior Andhra cop to be probed for sexual harassment
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.