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No women as officers of border forces, says government

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Women cannot be appointed as officers in the three border guarding forces -- Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), according to the union home ministry's latest rules. This is despite the fact that the same recruitment rules provide for recruitment of women officers in the country's largest central paramilitary force under the home ministry - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Stories of women’s empowerment, a werewolf

Women

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

’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’

Women

New Delhi : The percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as...

The girl behind ‘Who is Kalam’?

Women

By Preetha Nair New Delhi : The book title "Who is Kalam?" may be intriguing but has a heart-warming story behind it --...

Only five percent Indian women in senior corporate posts: Study

Women

New Delhi: Only five percent of working women in India make it to senior leadership positions in the corporate sector, compared to the global...

Majiziya Bhanu wins gold in World Powerlifting Championship

Women

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Majiziya Bhanu has done it again. The Kerala girl has won a gold medal in the 56 kg senior women's open...

BMMA demands codification of Muslim personal law

Women

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net,

National Women’s Front celebrates International Women’s Day

Women

By TCN News, Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF). These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.

Woman’s solo mission helps Ladakh schools bloom

Women

By Shudip Talukdar, IANS,

Women becoming more susceptible to heart diseases: Expert

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Changing lifestyle, stress and a poor metabolic profile are making young and middle-aged women more susceptible to heart diseases, a cardiology expert said here Saturday.

Pune gets first woman police chief

Women

By IANS, Mumbai: The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune's first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters. Singh will take over as the new additional director general of police (establishment) and will be based in Mumbai. Borwankar till now was the joint commissioner of police (criminal investigation department), Pune. She had hit the headlines when she was appointed joint commissioner of police (crime) in Mumbai a few years ago.

85 percent voters want action on violence against women

Women

New Delhi : Eighty-five percent of Indian voters are likely to vote for a candidate who commits to work towards ending violence against women,...

Protests over Odisha women panel’s report on gang rape

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Muslim woman invited to lead mixed-gender prayers

Women

By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : A Canadian author may become the first Muslim-born woman to lead the prayers at a mixed-gender congregation in Britain Friday as mosques bow to demands from modern Muslim women for their right to pray and representation. Raheel Raza, a resident of Toronto, has been invited to deliver the 'khutbah' at a congregation in Oxford by Taj Hargey, according to The Independent. Hargey is a self-described Imam and considered a liberal interpreter of Islam believing in mixed-gender prayers and female imams leading such congregations.

Women in science to be focus next Congress

Women

By IANS,

So when exactly will the Muslims become the majority in India?

Women

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Headlines screamed more than the numbers when census 2011 data on religious communities was released earlier this week. The most sensational headlines...

Norway, India to carry forward programme on infant and maternal mortality

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Three women charred to death in Chhattisgarh village

Women

Raipur, March 7 (IANS) A woman and her two daughters were charred to death in a Chhattisgarh village Saturday after fire broke out in their shanty while they were asleep, police said. The incident occurred in Kunjnagar village in Surguja district at around 4 a.m., police said. The three victims were identified as Rajkumari, 32, and her two daughters - Rekha, 12, and Jaya, 10.

Police reaction to attacks on Bangalore women disappointing: group

Women

By IANS, Bangalore : Bangalore police have brushed aside concerns over attacks on women on the streets of India's IT capital as "sporadic" and mere "eve-teasing", says a group formed to protest such crimes. Disappointed with Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari's reaction to the attacks here - at least five in the past fortnight - the members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK) say they will press ahead with plans March 7 and 8 to protest these attacks and raise awareness among the police and citizens.

Majority of women unaware of rights: Study

Women

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.

Silent revolution: more women elected in India than rest of world

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Calling it a silent revolution in India, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer Wednesday said women represent close to 40 percent in local self-governance, going beyond the 33 percent seats reserved for them. Addressing the International Conference on Decentralisation, Local Power and Women’s Rights at Mexico city, Aiyer said that over a million of the 3.2 million elected representatives to the local self-government in India are women. Another 200,000 women representatives are in urban local bodies.

Delhi Metro to have ‘ladies only’ seats

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi Metro Monday complied with a long standing demand of female commuters and announced that all its trains would have seats reserved for women. “Some women are facing problem in the Metro and they have complained to (Delhi chief minister) Sheila Dikshit and our managing director E. Sreedharan. Hence the reservation,” DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal told IANS.

250 women pray at Haji Ali Dargah after 5 years

Women

Mumbai : After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, around 250 women entered the famous Haji Ali dargah here on...

Nearly 50 percent women get married before turning 18: Study

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Child marriage continues to remain a big problem in the country, with half the women getting married before attaining the minimum legal marriageable age of 18 years, according to a study released by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here Saturday. "Marriage happens very early for most of the women in most states - one fifth were married below the age of 15 years and 49 percent were married before turning 18," said the study.

Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held

Women

Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

Women

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...

NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh for stripping and torturing two women in police...

Women

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chhattisgarh DGP over allegedly stripping and beating...

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

Women

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

Women’s group takes up case of ‘slow learning’ student

Women

By IANS,

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

Women

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

J&K mulls strict laws for crimes against women

Women

By IANS,

There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani

Women

By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi : There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction, sings of unrequited love. Love, not just...

Women deprived from voting in elections in Pakistan province

Women

Islamabad: Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters. The women's...

Karnataka unveils mobile app for women’s safety

Women

Bengaluru, (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minster Siddaramaiah on Monday unveiled mobile app 'Suraksha' for the safety of women in the city. Launched by the Bengaluru police,...

To mom with love: Lifestyle stores line up special Mother’s Day hampers

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : "Mother of mine you gave to me, all my life to do as I please..." As children gear up to pamper their mothers this Sunday, lifestyle and home decor stores are getting ready to cash in on the umbilical tie with an array of gifts. The wares on offer for Mother's Day vary from designer coffee mugs, delicate silver bric-a-bracs, chandeliers with antique finish, ivory bathroom sets, fine-dining cutlery, upholstered chairs to designer 'kurtis', accessories and handbags.

Muslims of Gujarat: The real picture

Women

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Girls see way out of ghetto through cricket

Women

By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Chandigarh : Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route. In proper cricket whites and the rest of the kit, 45 girls who live in Bapu Dham Colony are practising very seriously at the cricket ground of the Government Model High School in Sector 26. Their dream of making it to the Indian team - like their heroes from this city, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - is being backed by the NGO Yuvsatta and the local administration.

From a Rickshaw Driver’s Daughter to Only Muslim Deputy Collector: Inspiring Journey of Madhya...

Women

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)...

Pakistani woman climbs world’s seven highest peaks

Women

Islamabad : Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb seven highest peaks in seven continents in under eight months, media reported Sunday. Baig,...

On women’s day, helpless woman attempts suicide in Kashmir

Women

By IANS, Srinagar : While the world celebrated International Women's Day, a helpless woman attempted suicide Thursday after her husband abandoned her on a highway in Kashmir.

Insaaf Zindabad – Feminists for Freedom, Peace and Justice question India’s freedom on 74th...

Women

TCN News On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of India, Insaaf Zindabad - Feminists For Freedom, Peace And Justice (IZ-FFPJ) has issued a...

Saina, Sindhu, Jwala-Ashwini in line for Worlds medal

Women

Jakarta : As many as three medals will be on the line for Indian shuttlers on Friday as Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and...

ये मेवात को जलाने की तीसरी कोशिश थी

Women

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net, मैं तीसरी बार फिर से मेवात के तावड़ू क़स्बे में हूं. समाज को जला देने वाली दो घटनाओं की रिपोर्टिंग के...

बिहार में नाबालिग ‘नाजिया’ के साथ क्रूरता, हत्या के बाद तनाव !

Women

समी अहमद । Twocircles.net बिहार के पूर्वी जिले कटिहार के पस्तिया गांव में 25 मई को एक 16 वर्षीय मुस्लिम लड़की के मौत पर हंगामा...

‘India’s tech revolution led by men and women under 27’

Women

By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : Saying that the US needs to wake up to the reality of India's technological revolution being led by IIT-educated "young men and women under the age of 27", President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy commerce secretary said countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia were going to pose a major challenge to American dominance in the coming years.

‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices

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A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...

Library App for girls of AMU

Women

By TCN News, Aligarh: Students’ Union and alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University have joined hands to create a mobile application that will allow girls of AMU to order books from Maulana Azad Library at the convenience of their residence. This app will allow undergraduate girls to get the book delivered to their hostel same day.

Minor raped by step-father in Delhi

Women

New Delhi: A 10-year-old girl was raped by her step-father at her home here, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested. Police said the...

Warden thrashes six girls, suspended

Women

Srinagar : A warden at a tribal students hostel here in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly thrashed six girl inmates because they refused to clean...

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

Women

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...

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women

Women

By IANS, Belgaum (Karnataka) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for increasing atrocities on women and children in the country. "Though rape and murder of women are committed in New Delhi right under the nose of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has failed to prevent such heinous crimes," Modi said at a party rally at Kittur, about 30 km from this north Karnataka town.

Pinki alleges harassment in police custody

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By IANS,

NCC girls’ team to scale 6,001-metre peak

Women

New Delhi: An NCC girls expedition to the 6,001-metre-high Mount Deo-Tibba peak was flagged off from here by Director General Lt. Gen. A....

HRT therapy found to help menopausal women

Women

By IANS, Sydney : One of the longest and largest trials of hormone replacement therapy has found it helps post-menopausal women significantly improve quality of life. The study involved 2,130 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It evaluated the impact of combined oestrogen and progestogen hormone therapy (HRT) on their quality of life. The average age of women in this study was 13 years after menopause and most participants did not have menopausal symptoms.

Schoolgirl raped in Agra

Women

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

Women’s bill to go through Lok Sabha before March 16

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The government intends to push through the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns March 16 for a three-week break, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal said here Wednesday. Setting to rest speculation about the fate of the contentious bill that gives 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures and was passed by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, Bansal said the bill would be passed in the lower house before March 16. "That's our intention," Bansal told IANS.

Reliance Foundation to spread financial literacy among slum women

Women

Mumbai : The Reliance Foundation on Monday announced a unique initiative it has taken up -- a project to spread financial literacy and awareness...

Ulema and Islamic values

Women

By Asghar Ali Engineer

The amazing garbage woman

Women

By Shobha Shukla,

Two more join opposition to women’s quota bill

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: After Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, another Yadav leader, Lalu Prasad, Tuesday added his opposition to the women's reservation bill, terming it as a conspiracy against regional parties to keep their leaders away from power. Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh too termed the bill, which proposes to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women, as a conspiracy against regional parties.

Wimbledon: Sania out of women’s doubles

Women

By IANS, London : Sania Mirza's run in Wimbledon women's doubles ended when she and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) went down 2-6, 3-6 to Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Monica Niculescu of Romania in the second round here Saturday. The 15th-seeded Indo-Taiwanese pair frittered away opportunities and could convert only one of their seven break points. They in return were broken four times in the 87-minute match.

Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut

Women

Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from...

Protests over allowing women to wear churidar at Padmanabhaswamy temple

Women

Thiruvananthapuram : A day after the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here relaxed its dress code to allow entry to women wearing 'churidar', a few women...

Congress wants Priyanka Gandhi to campaign more: Singhvi

Women

Kolkata: The Congress was "keen and eager" to see party chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra play a bigger role in the election...

Report of the national programme on “Hunar Se Rozgaar Tak”

Women

By TCN News, New Delhi: The All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education (AICWETE), New Delhi in collaboration with Committee on Girls’ Education, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Govt. of India, conducted a National Programme on the Topic “Hunar Se Rozgaar Tak” (From Skill to Employment) at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 26th February, 2014.

NCW team meets Bengal gang rape victim, Trinamool cries foul

Women

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

Ramadan 1438: Jana Begum

Women

By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "You look just like my grand daughter, she is upstairs. All of the residents of this area buy milk from...

Gurgaon doctor sent to custody for raping sister

Women

Gurgaon: A 33-year-old doctor was Sunday sent to 14 days judicial custody on charges of raping his younger sister for over eight years, police...

बुर्क़ा : कई जगह लड़कियां अब इसे पहनने से डर रही हैं

Women

फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत दुनिया भर में अपनी विविधताओं के लिए जाना जाता है. यहां का संविधान सबको अपनी धार्मिक पहचान रखने...

Badaun sisters committed suicide, were not raped, murdered: CBI

Women

New Delhi : The CBI Thursday said that its probe had found that the two minor girls who were found hanging from tree in...

40 women writers to address feminism, gender at Jaipur lit fest

Women

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Didn’t go to town when Vajpayee’s niece joined us: Congress

Women

Kolkata: Hitting back at the BJP for showcasing its new recruit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's half brother, the Congress Saturday said it did not...

Illegal migration leads to exploitation of women: study

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Poverty, landlessness and unemployment are pushing larger number of Indian and Bangladeshi women to different countries through illegal channels and subjecting them to exploitation and sexual harassment, a new study said here Friday. The study titled 'Gender dimensions of international migration from India and Bangladesh: Impact on the families left behind' found that majority of women, who emigrate illegally, were subjected to isolation, low remuneration, exploitation and sexual harassment by their employers.

Need for substantive representation of women on boards: Maneka

Women

New Delhi : There is a compelling need for substantive representation of women on the boards of companies rather than a token representation through...

Mind your language: Bahuguna Joshi-Mayawati Ugly Spat

Women

By Ram Puniyani,

Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!

Women

By IANS, Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard. Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk. "Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.

Government for separate city buses for women

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By IANS,

164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating

Women

New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...

Violence against women keeping them away from politics: NGO

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Women are making steady inroads into almost every profession in South Asia these days. Yet, when it comes to politics, why are many women politicians not seen? The reason, according to an NGO, is violence - more psychological than physical - against women in politics. Representatives of the South Asia Partnership (SAP), an international organisation that promotes democracy through the civil society came together Monday to discuss the various aspects of this disturbing fact that has, until now, not been highlighted.

Female suicide bomber kills six in northeast of Baghdad

Women

By Xinhua, Baghdad : A woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Wednesday outside a court in Baquba, the capital city of the volatile province of Diyala, killing six people and wounding 18 others, a provincial police source said. The attack occurred around midday when a woman wearing an explosive-belt blew herself up among a crowd of people at the entrance of the city court, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The powerful blast also destroyed several nearby civilian cars and buildings in the city, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, the source said.

Himachal tribal women don’t come under inheritance law

Women

By IANS, Shimla: Tribal women in Himachal Pradesh do not come under inheritance law if there is a male member in the family, Revenue Minister Kaul Singh said Tuesday.

NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically

Women

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

Imran Khan’s bride’s choice of dress for Nikah and Islamophobia

Women

By Shaheen Naqshbandi for TwoCircles.net Recently, Pakistani politician Imran Khan married Bushra Maneka. During the Nikah, the bride wore the full veil and some people...

Confessions of a hijabi

Women

By Farah Zahidi Moazzam I watched the Bollywood film My Name is Khan the other day. The brilliant depiction of an autistic person by India's leading actor Shah Rukh Khan and director Karan Johar's surprisingly taut direction made for a good film. In one particular scene, I felt a lump form in my throat. Sonya Jehan, the actress who plays Khan's sister-in-law, a working woman living on the West Coast of the United States, has her hijab pulled off while walking down a hallway.

तक़लीफ़ -ए-ख़्वातीन : इस शर्मिंदगी से निज़ात मिलना ही ‘जन्नत ‘ है!

Women

कोरोना महामारी के दौरान किए लॉकडाऊन में सबसे गहरी तक़लीफ़ का सामना ख़्वातीनो ने किया है। बैंक के बाहर 500 ₹ और राशन डीलर...

Minor mother moves court, seeks damages from cops

Women

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."

Indian women getting ’empowered’ with direct selling

Women

By Sakshi Gulati, IANS, New Delhi : India's $740-million direct selling industry, where products are sold directly to customers rather than through retail shops, is fast emerging as a viable career option for women, empowering them to earn some decent money from home. "Most women are raised to believe that they have to be perfect homemakers," said Chavi Hemanth, secretary general of the Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA), which works to promote this segment of merchandise trade in the country.

Left woman MLA threw things at Chandy: Congress

Women

Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress party on Thursday showed visuals of Left women legislator Jameela Prakasham throwing things at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Finance...

Woman arrested for killing her seven babies in US

Women

Washington: Police in the US state of Utah Sunday arrested a 39-year-old woman for killing her seven infants over a 10-year period, the media...

Mother’s poor health gets transferred to child, study shows

Women

By IANS, Boston : Poor health of a little girl leads to poor health of the children she has many years later, Indian-American researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found, using data from India. The study revealed an association between the height of mothers and several indicators of her children's health, including risk of death, risk of being underweight, and anaemia.

Woman judge sacked in Tripura

Women

By IANS, Agartala: A judge in Tripura has been dismissed from service for making derogatory remarks against the judges of higher courts, an official said Sunday.

One lakh women attend annual Sunni Ijtema in Mumbai

Women

By TCN News More than 1 lakh women attended the 26th Grand Annual Sunni Ijtema event to acquire Islamic knowledge; understand their roles...

TN Board topper Jasmin Banu felicitated by TMMK

Women

By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: Jasmin Banu, the Tamil Nadu topper of Class X exam 2010, was today felicitated by Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) here. Banu of Tirunalveli Town MPL High School topped the entire state in board exam by scoring 495 marks out of 500. At felicitation program held at TMMK office, Banu who was accompanied by her parents was presented a laptop on her achievement. “My hard work paid me,” said she who comes from a below average family. She studied at a government school.

Snoopgate not timed: Khurshid

Women

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

सुलखानपुर : जहां इंसान तो इंसान जानवर भी मर रहे हैं भूखे

Women

नासिर अली, TwoCircles.net बांदा : उत्तर प्रदेश के बांदा क्षेत्र में हर गांव, हर आदमी बस एक ही इंतज़ार में है कि कब कोई करिश्मा...

Woman home guard molested on Delhi bus

Women

By IANS,

Blood ties stronger, Pakistani woman in Chandigarh shows how

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : This was an India-Pakistan bloodletting of a different sort. A housewife from Pakistan has donated blood for dengue patients here, showing that blood ties are stronger than anything else. In a gesture filled with warmth and affection for her Indian friends, Rashida Raza of Lahore donated blood at the Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre here to help dengue patients who were suffering due to shortage of life-saving blood platelets.

Son preference attitude among Indian parents — A silent emergency

Women

By Rameeza A. Rasheed, First read the following news report of The Times of India (27/12/2010).

Tired of government neglect, Mumbra residents take to training their own youth for employment

Women

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Mumbra, a largely Muslim settlement on the outskirts of Mumbai, has a peculiar history; it largely came up after the 1992...

‘Internet Saathi’ to digitally empower one lakh women in Bengal

Women

Kolkata : 'Internet Saathi', a joint digital literacy programme of Google India and Tata Trust, is all set to roll out across 400 villages...

Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize

Women

By Betwa Sharma, IANS, United Nations : Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize. Khabar Lahariya is produced and marketed by rural women from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of India's most populous state. The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given by the United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar, a centre for gender and education, which is based in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Admission for phase II coaching to start at MANUU-CSE Academy

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By TCN News Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Civil Services Examination Academy for minority students & women has announced phase II coaching programme for Mains & Prelims. The programme is scheduled to start in August 2010. The notifications & applications will be available from June 15, 2010.

Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital is second only to Uttar Pradesh in crime against women cases, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury informed the Lok Sabha Friday. Renuka Chowdhury, citing data provided by the National Commission for Women (NCW), said the total number of such cases in Delhi in 2008 stood at 724. The NCW put the total number of cases, including rape, torture for dowry and harassment against women, in Uttar Pradesh at 2,381. It is the highest in the country in 2008.

Implement reservations else say goodbye to Muslims votes in 2014: Islamic summit in Hyderabad

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?

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Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net 31 साल की यास्मीन से निकाह के समय तो तीन बार ‘क़बूल है’ ज़रूर पूछा गया था, लेकिन जब शौहर ने उसे...

‘70,000 drug addicts in Kashmir’

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By Majid Kapra, Agence India Press Srinagar: “There are about 70,000 drug addicts comprising 26 per cent women,” said a survey conducted by United Nations International Drug Control Programme. The survey said the educational institutions had become the hub of such activities. “The drug paddlers run their operations by poisoning the thoughts of student community. It includes Ganja, Heroin, Cocaine, LSD, and injecting morphine and drinking alcohol,” the report added.

Where is Rs.2,000 crore Nirbhaya Fund, AAP asks Centre

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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratice Alliance government at the Centre over women's safety,...

Activist groups demand passage of women reservation bill

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Several members of women's rights groups assembled here on Tuesday to demand from the government passage of long-pending Women's Reservation...

Golfers Dagar, Malik favourites for national women’s tourney

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New Delhi : Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik will be among the favourites when the 100th edition of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur...

FIR against Baba Ramdev in Jaipur

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Jaipur: An FIR was lodged here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against Dalits, police said Monday. "Some people showing newspaper cuttings,...

Not all suicides of wives due to in-laws, observes court

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New Delhi: A court here on Monday said that one cannot blame in-laws for every suicide committed by a married woman and acquitted a...

Kerala emerging as emulative model for Muslim women’s education, says E Ahmed

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Kerala has emerged as an emulative model in terms of the Muslim women’s education, IUML MP E Ahmed has said. Most of the educational institutions in the state have good number of women students with some of them leading with 75 per cent women representation, he added.

Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...

Woman gives birth in exam hall

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By IANS, Patna : A woman in Bihar gave birth in the examination hall where she was appearing for her class 12 exams, an official...

Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them

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By IANS, London: Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.

With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Bundu : Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to "bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women" whose husbands and kin have taken to arms. Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile 'zamindar' (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 km from Ranchi, makes terracotta, dokra (metal ware) and ceramic sculptures, jewellery, cutlery and solid three-dimensional wall paintings using ethnic Sohrai motifs and techniques.

Wife raped, husband murdered for flouting community norms

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By IANS, New Delhi: A married woman was raped and her husband murdered as the couple, who were from the same caste, married despite the opposition of her family members and other villagers, police said Tuesday. Four men have been arrested for the crime. Daya Singh, 50, Sandeep, 23, Inderjeet Singh, 19, and Krishan, 19, were arrested from Sonepat in Haryana Monday, for murdering Virender Singh, 24, in Narela area of outer Delhi last week and taking his body to Sonepat, where it was tied with a heavy stone and dumped in a canal.

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

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

Women bless Mamata Banerjee for first ladies’ train

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By IANS, Kolkata : A day after Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ladies' special local train, hundreds of jubilant women showered their blessings upon the West Bengal leader and wished her well. The first ladies' special train was flagged off Sunday and started plying from Howrah to Bandel station Monday. The train would run twice daily during peak hours from Monday to Saturday every week.

A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...

Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...

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Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...

Rashmi Shukla is Pune’s second woman police chief

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Pune : Senior police officer and State Intelligence Department Commissioner Rashmi Shukla was appointed the new police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, official sources...

Divided India braces for women’s bill, Nitish now backs it

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By IANS, New Delhi: India's political class remained divided Saturday over moves to reserve 33 percent of all seats in legislatures for women even as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar came out unexpectedly in its support, exposing fissures within the Janata Dal-United (JD-U). Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced confidence over the passing of the Women's Reservation Bill when it is introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, the International Women's Day.

UP government’s utterances on women ring hollow

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

विधानसभा चुनाव का ऐलान, यूपी में इस दिन यहां पड़ेगी वोट

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स्पेशल डेस्क।Twocircles.net देश के पांच राज्यों मे होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए चुनाव आयोग ने तारीखों का ऐलान कर दिया है। जिन राज्यों...

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.

Railway Protection Force to get women’s battalion

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Women fume at entry restrictions at Haji Ali shrine

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a women's group, Tuesday expressed anger over entry restrictions for women at the iconic Haji Ali shrine in the city.

Vidharba woman who inspired Rahul Gandhi gives BJP the slip

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Women under-represented in India’s scientific development

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday stressed that Indian origin researchers should be encouraged to work in the country, to convert the brain drain of the past into "brain gain for the future", and that women should be attracted to take up careers in science. Following are the highlights of the prime minister's speech at the 97th Indian Science Congress here Sunday:

Fake woman IAS in Uttarakhand arrested

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

Shayara Bano case in SC: First understand all forms of separation under Muslim personal...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The Shayara Bano case in Supreme Court has ignited a massive debate across the country over the existing Muslim personal laws....

एक बार फिर जंतर मंतर पर जुटे किसान, लगाया वादाखिलाफी का इल्ज़ाम

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में आज संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा अराजनैतिक ने लखीमपुर हिंसा में मारे गए किसानों को इंसाफ और केंद्रीय मंत्री अजय...

Many Christians come out opposing ban on play ‘Agnes of God’

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By TCN News, Mumbai: Several Indian Christians have criticized demand by some catholic groups to ban a play titled 'Agnes of God' and...

Andhra minister’s son booked for harassing woman

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Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister's son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman. Ravela Sushil -- son of Andhra...

Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay. Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).

A Muslim woman’s decade-long struggle to get Khula

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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...

बजट में कटौती से अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय में निराशा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net मोदी सरकार के दूसरे कार्यकाल का आखिरी बजट अल्पसंख्यकों के लिए मायूसी लेकर आया। पिछले वर्ष के मुकाबले इस वर्ष अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय...

Mamata, Jayalalithaa keen to block Modi as PM

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By T.R. Ramachandran, Since the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984, women politicians have steered clear of having a go at the high...

Women Empowerment: A Different Perspective

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By Shahidur Rashid Talukdar,

Interim bail to BSP MP in maid torture case

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New Delhi: A court here Friday granted interim bail, till May 20, to BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, accused in the case of the torture...

Differently-abled Odisha girl clears civil service exam in first attempt

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By Jatindra Dash, Bhubaneswar: It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha's differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first...

What women want – from Mamata

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By Anurag Dey, IANS,

China-based Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay

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By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS, New Delhi : Business executive Meena Barot Monday created history by becoming the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China, a moment she called the "most beautiful" in her life. Cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese and a handful of expatriates, Barot, 36, who lives in China, ran with the Olympic torch for around 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province around 8.30 a.m. (6 a.m. IST).

Woman to get Rs.10 lakh for seeking toilet

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Mumbai : A woman who demanded a toilet instead of jewellery from her father at her wedding will get Rs.10 lakh as reward, it...

Sania rues gender discrimination in sports

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Mumbai, (IANS): Decrying the widespread gender discrimination in society at large, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza rued the fact that the world of sports...

A singing nomad between Morocco and France

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Stefan Franzen Paris - Hindi Zahra is the new face of a young generation of emancipated, cosmopolitan singers and songwriters from North Africa. Her album Handmade is due to be released in late February.

Woman killed in train blast was about to be married

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Chennai: The 24-year-old woman killed in a bomb blast Thursday on a train in Chennai was to marry in a couple of months, her...

BJP condones beating of women: Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, Bangalore : Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infamous attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening that the BJP speaks about Indian culture "but condones beating of women". "Our opposition talks about Indian culture but condones the beating of women. Their activists go out and beat women," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally here, attacking the BJP which is in power in Karnataka.

Afghan lawmakers reject woman’s nomination for Supreme Court

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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...