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Parliament to discuss panel’s proposal on women’s quota

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By IANS, Agartala : The budget session, beginning Feb 22, would discuss the report of parliamentary standing committee on women reservation bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister V. Narayanasamy said here Wednesday. The parliamentary panel headed by Jayanti Natarajan in its report to parliament in December last year held that reservation of 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislative assemblies was necessary to enhance the participation of women in decision-making process.

Over 50,000 women cleared to work as domestic maids

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New Delhi : A total of 53,616 women have been granted emigration clearance to work as domestic workers in the Middle East in the...

Bombay HC permits women inside Haji Ali dargah

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Mumbai : In a historic verdict, the Bombay High Court on Friday permitted the entry of women up to the restricted grave area...

Meet Mubeena Ramzan, the trailblazer in imparting women’s education and property rights

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By Sadaf Shabir, TwoCircles.net “In today’s world, if something goes wrong in our household, women are held responsible,” said Mubeena Ramzan, an iconic figure for...

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.

Punjab Police asked to submit report on women cells’ working

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

UN body concerned about impact of Gaza violence on women

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United Nations : The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Friday expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women's...

Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released

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Wakf amendment bill seeks representation of women

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By IANS, New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday introduced the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha that seeks to address the lapses in the Wakf Act, 1995, and also provides for representation of women, professionals and experts in the wakf councils. The bill seeks to address the inadequacy of data on waqf properties, encroachment, development of waqf properties and the absence of a statutory obligation to ensure flow of information from the state waqf boards and state governments to the central waqf council.

Police denies woman in Purnea battered to death

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By TCN Staff Reporter, Purnea (Bihar): Purnea SP Amit Lodha denies that Bibi Shezadi was battered to death by village Panchayat.

Ambekar becomes fourth woman to be Mumbai mayor

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Mumbai : First-time Shiv Sena corporator Snehal Ambekar was elected the mayor of Mumbai - the 73rd of the city - while ally Bharatiya...

Depressed widow kills kids, self on Karva Chauth

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By IANS, Amritsar: Feeling depressed on the day of Karva Chauth, a festival in which Hindu women fast for their husbands' long life, a young widow in this Punjab city killed her two minor sons and committed suicide, police said Thursday. Baljit Kaur, 32, gave poison to her two sons, aged 10 and six, and consumed it herself at her home in Dashmesh Nagar Wednesday night. Her husband, Rajinder, a sub-inspector with the Punjab police, died two months back. Baljit Kaur and her sons were taken to a government hospital where doctors declared them dead.

Muslim women are excluded within community also: Asghar Ali Engineer

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Muslim women are excluded from the mainstream of the society but it is also a fact that they are excluded from the mainstream of the Muslim society as well, said scholar and writer Asghar Ali Engineer at a seminar on Muslim Women: Issues of Exclusion held today at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.

Shot putter Manpreet Kaur qualifies for Olympics

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Kolkata : Manpreet Kaur of Railways created a new national record in the women's shot put at the 55th National Open Athletic Championship...

हाशिए पर है दिल्ली की बस्तियों में रहने वाली डोमेस्टिक वर्कर्स की ज़िंदगी

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Justice denied, now waiting for judgment: Sheikh Hashim Ali’s 13 years’ incarceration

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This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored...

Over 60,000 pregnant Pakistani women live in relief camps, says UN

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By IANS, Islamabad : There are 66,000 pregnant women living at the relief camps in Pakistan and many of them are likely to give birth in the next three months, the UN has said. According to a UN report, 66,000 pregnant women live at the camps of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and most of these women are in the advance stage of pregnancy, Geo TV said Monday. Officials are concerned for the welfare of these women as lack of facilities and very few trained medics at the camps might cause serious health problems.

पहले तो हमारी सोच का दायरा इतना छोटा नहीं था…

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तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी, TwoCircles.net के लिए भारत के तमाम नागरिकों को भारतीय संविधान के तहत यह अधिकार हासिल है कि वो जिस धर्म को चाहे, उसके...

Dhaka can take lessons from Beijing, says Rasheda

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By NNN-BSS, Dhaka, Bangladesh : Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury described Dhaka-Beijing friendship as an excellent one since time immemorial in terms of trade and commerce, culture and history and said, Bangladesh could take lessons from China. Bangladesh should follow the strategies of China to move towards economic prosperity as Beijng had shown amazing economic achievement in agriculture, industry and human resources development, she said at a discussion at a city hotel on Saturday afternoon.

Railway minister’s son seeks anticipatory bail in rape case

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Bangalore: Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Saturday moved a court for anticipatory bail in a rape and cheating case filed...

Women to row in Kerala boat race

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By IANS, Kottayam : A boat club in Kerala is all set to enter the record books when 116 women will row a 35-metre-long snake boat at the 56th edition of an annual race to be held at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha. Barring four men, who would be standing and controlling the boat, the oars during Nehru Boat Race would be used by only women, Mathew Thomas of the Kumarakom Vanitha Boat Club told IANS. "This is the first time that an all-women team is handling oars and this is happening for the first time on a snake boat," said Thomas.

Orissa girl sacrificed for good harvest

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said Monday. The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.

Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS,

Hyderabad girl critical after attack by spurned lover

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Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) A class 12 student was critically injured in an attack by a spurned lover on Wednesday, police said. The assailant was...

MWL Chief hints at allowing women in future dialogues

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By IINA, Makkah : There will be programs and projects for dialogue and women will be allowed to contribute to the dialogue in affairs of their concern, said Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen Al Turki, Secretary General of the Muslim World League. The present goal is to formulate strategic programs and projects of future dialogue, Dr. Al-Turki said while addressing a press conference at the conclusion of the International Islamic Dialogue Conference here Friday.

Varanasi widows to send rakhis to Narendra Modi

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By Mohit Dubey , Varanasi: The widows of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh will send 1,000 hand-made, colourful rakhis and sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Moms go online for seeking parenting advice

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By IANS, Washington: Moms are going online to consult one another and seek parenting advice, says a US study.

Microfinance scheme for transgenders, marginalised women

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By IANS, Chennai: In a bid to empower transgenders and marginalised women, a microfinance programme was launched by Tamil Nadu TAI Vizhudugal Federation (TAIVF) here Friday under which 16 groups were given a loan of Rs.50,000 each. "AIDS and connected issues cannot be addressed in isolation. To ensure long-term impact and sustainability of any programme we realised that transgenders and marginalised women groups have to stand on their feet, become self-reliant and take charge of their lives," R. Lakshmibai, project director, Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) said.

Meet Shariya Manzoor: The boxer girl from Kashmir

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Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is...

Focus on penalty corner conversion in Indian women’s hockey camp

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New Delhi : The Indian junior women's hockey team will focus on its "key problem" of conversion of penalty corners during a preparatory camp...

A course to help women get back to work after sabbatical

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By IANS, Gurgaon : Women who often grapple with re-joining work after a sabbatical now have help on hand, courtesy a course offered by a business school here.

Man kills two minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow: A man in Uttar Pradesh killed his two minor daughters as he was upset over his wife not giving birth to a son, police said Saturday.

Indian women face sexual harassment in New Zealand

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Wellington:Indian women in Auckland, New Zealand's largest and most populous urban area, are facing a wave of sexual harassment from their own countrymen, a...

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...

Aged 120, living on boiled food, rice beer – and loving it!

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

Didi ignored our safety on trains, say women

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By IANS,

Air India’s all-women crew flights to 3 continents Thursday

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Women’s cricket: Kiwis expect close series

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Bengaluru : New Zealand's women team head coach Haidee Tiffen on Thursday said her players were gradually getting acclimatized to the conditions here and...

Apex court strikes balance between justice and compassion

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By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court has upheld a five-year jail term to a paralysed Gujarati woman who abused a member of a Scheduled Caste, but has suspended her sentence for three months to enable her to appeal to the governor for remission of her sentence. The verdict, which struck a fine balance between justice and compassion, was delivered earlier this month by a bench of judges Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma.

Asia’s richest woman was feng shui master’s lover, court told

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By DPA, Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman, according to court testimony, was the lover of a feng shui master for 14 years before leaving him her entire multibillion-US-dollar fortune, a news report said Saturday. Lawyers for feng shui master Tony Chan said he and Nina Wang shared a "long-lasting, close and affectionate love" from 1993 to her death last year, the South China Morning Post reported. The pair allegedly had "midnight meetings" disguised as feng shui consultations during their secret affair, which began three years after Wang's husband was kidnapped, never to reappear.

Two Air India staff, seven Napalese held for human trafficking

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

Empowering women can tackle gender disparity: President

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherkjee Monday said here that gender disparity can be tackled only through economic empowerment of women and improving their role in governance.

Women should occupy leadership positions: Sitharaman

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Vijayawada : Women can improve their status in society only when they occupy leadership positions in all walks of life, Union Minister of State...

Women Congress activists protest outside Jaitley’s residence

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New Delhi : Hundreds of women Congress supporters protested outside Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence here Friday afternoon demanding an apology from him...

‘Islam is spiritually against divorce’

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By Faiyaz Ahmed Siddiquee The “triple-talaq” is a form of divorce practiced among Hanafi Muslims, under which a man at any point of time may...

Ramadan 1438: Ara Jan

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "Our Prophet(S.A.W) has said that the month of Ramadan has 10 days of mercy and 10 days of forgiveness and...

Triple talaq verdict: petitioners now live in fear of social boycott and threats

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net It has been a week since Supreme Court of India passed a historic judgment abolishing the triple talaq practice within the...

AMU’s vice chancellor promises women fair and equal opportunities

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Aligarh : AMU Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah Friday said that the university will not tolerate any discrimination against women. He said...

Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, passed away at the age...

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Noida, (IANS): Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in the making of the tough...

Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam

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New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...

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...

Now Indo-US bilateral agenda on women’s issues

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By IANS, New Delhi : US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning women during her stay here. Talking to reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital, Verveer, whose position was created by the Barack Obama administration this year, said women's issues were of primary global concern and every effort needs to be made on behalf of the government and the civil society to address them.

Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday. Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here. He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal. His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.

Rs.50 crore for making public transport safer for women

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New Delhi : To make public transport safer for women, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday allocated Rs.50 crore to the road transport and highways...

Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.

‘Love Jihad’ is a Sangh Parivar hoax agenda to re-divide the country: Popular...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Popular Front of India has termed ‘Love Jihad’ as a hoax program of Sangh Parivar mainly propagated in the country...

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

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CBI yet to take over Ruchika case, waiting for FIR copies

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has not taken over the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 as the probe agency is yet to receive copies of the fresh FIRs filed. "We have not received papers regarding fresh First Information Reports (FIRs) against Rathore from the state government," a CBI official told IANS here. The official said the case was "in principle" with the Haryana police and they have to decide about Rathore's custodial interrogation.

Crimes against women up in 2016

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24: Number of crimes recorded against women went up in 2016 to more than 3.3 lakh (338,954) from 3.2 lakh...

Indian woman becomes world’s first to fly Russian fighter

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS, Bangalore : Suman Sharma, daughter of a retired Indian naval officer and an army colonel's sister, became the world's first woman to fly the mighty Russian MiG-35 fighter jet at the Aero India international air show here. The 30-year-old also became the first civilian woman to co-pilot the American-strike fighter F-16IN of Lockheed Martin two days before the biennial event took off at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Yelahanka, about 20 km from here.

Woman kills lover in head-on crash, court told

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

18 killed in Shimla accident

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By IANS, Shimla : At least 18 people, mostly women, were killed when a private bus rolled down a gorge near the tourist destination of Kufri in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday morning, police said. Eyewitnesses said more than 40 people were travelling in the bus when the accident took place. The bus was coming to the state capital here from Kumar Sein town, 70 km away. Unconfirmed reports put the toll at 33 dead. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal confirmed 18 deaths. The injured have been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College here.

The Delhi student gang-rape and the culture of violence against women

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By Umang Kumar

Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences

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By IANS, New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence. She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one. Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.

‘Headscarf instils positive body image in British Muslim women’

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London : British Muslim women who wear a hijab (headscarf) generally have a more positive body image, are less reliant on media messages about...

Women suffer more with rising trade globalization

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By Shobha Shukla, CNS,

They only come for the poor: Tughlakabad residents who received demolition notices

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The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) posted notices in over 1000 homes in Tughlakabad area of New Delhi earlier this month, causing consternation...

Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain

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

Abducted Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh alleges ‘mistreatment, threat of being married off without...

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The family of the abducted Muslim girl, who was rescued after more than twenty days, alleged that the girl was tortured and would have...

Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins. Reactions flowed in...

Dulla Bhatti and communalization of history

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By Japal Singh for TwoCircles.net Today is Lohri, a festival that is celebrated in Punjab with great gusto. Few days before, young boys go around...

Perils of covering protests for Journalists in Kashmir

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Journalists working in Jammu and Kashmir while covering the protest face chances of harassment or injury, both by the protestors and police. By...

Shun sympathy for offenders in crimes against women, says SC

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New Delhi : Courts should shun adopting a liberal and sympathetic approach in awarding lesser sentences for offences against women as it defeats the...

Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security

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Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...

Bengal youth beaten up for protesting women’s harassment dies

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Kolkata : A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into coma after being beaten up for protesting harassment of women during an idol immersion procession...

Saina loses final, settles for World badminton silver

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Jakarta/New Delhi : It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and all her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women's singles final...

Police hunt on for suspected woman bomber

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By Sahil Makkar, IANS, Jaipur : The police have launched a massive hunt for a woman who allegedly promised Rs.100,000 to a rickshaw puller to carry out the terror attacks that killed over 60 people. "We are looking for a woman, identified as Meena, who tried to lure a rickshaw puller, Vijay, to carry out the attacks," a police officer told IANS on the condition of anonymity. Vijay, a resident of Mumbai who suffered minor shrapnel injures, told the police that Meena lives near one of the blast sites. No further details of the woman's role in the bombings were available.

Delhi records 3,900 incidents of domestic violence against women

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : Three years after the pathbreaking Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was introduced, the Indian capital has recorded a whopping 3,901 cases - possibly the highest in the country. However, relief under this law has not been swift, say lawyers and women. States like Kerala (3,287 cases), Chattisgarh (2,921), Maharashtra (2,751), Punjab (2017), and Andhra Pradesh (1,625) also recorded too many incidents of domestic violence. This is as per court data available with some - though not all - states till February 2009.

Women bag first three positions in civil services exam

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

Difficult questions

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By Dr Kouser Fathima, During a recent discussion someone wanted to know why the medical / engineering seats allotted to Muslims in minority colleges remain...

12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala

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Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...

SEBI has no woman member

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

Trinamool MP rape remark: Arrest demanded, wife apologises

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's rape remark row intensified with the Congress and a rights group demanding his arrest and his wife apologising...

Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide

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Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

MP minister bats for UP government on Badaun, draws Congress’ ire

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New Delhi: Babulal Gaur, home minister in the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, Thursday came to the defence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh...

Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to China

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Beijing: Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrives on Wednesday in China, a historic visit that comes during...

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan rips through traditional views about women in Islam

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Peace and Spirituality, editor of the monthly Al-Risala journal and author of almost two hundred books, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is one of India’s best known Islamic scholars. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he talks about issues related to Islam and women. You have written extensively on the issue of Islam and women. Contrary to many traditional ulema, you argue the case for gender equality in Islam. How does your approach differ from that of most traditionalist scholars?

Can Shariah be changed?

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Women less than 10 percent of India’s higer judiciary

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By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : Did you know the Supreme Court doesn't have a single woman judge? The Indian judiciary continues to turn a Nelson's eye to gender parity despite the government making a concerted bid to raise women's representation in parliament and state legislatures to 33 percent. As per official figures, the Supreme Court shares its dubious distinction with several high courts, including those of Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh.

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

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By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

A dai steps toward ensuring safe motherhood in Rajasthan

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Indian women’s team inspired by men’s thrashing of Oz

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By IANS, Melbourne : The Indian women's cricket team is drawing inspiration from their male counterparts as they begin their tour to Australia. After Ricky Ponting's men were annihilated in Mohali, the Indian women's team have vowed to continue the onslaught on the Aussies Down Under. Indian coach Sudha Shah said she was looking forward to the three-week tour which will feature one Twenty20 clash and five one-day internationals. "When we see how our men performed we would love to do the same thing out here," Shah was quoted as saying in Daily Telegraph.

10 women killed in Baghdad attacks

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Baghdad : At least 10 women were killed and 23 others wounded in attacks at a residential complex here Saturday, an interior ministry source...

Scheme for empowering women from minority communities

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By IANS, New Delhi : In an effort to help women from minority communities make better use of government programmes, the Leadership Development of Minority Women scheme was launched in the capital Wednesday. The ministry of minority affairs' scheme, which will target 32,000 women in the first year, aims to empower women by providing them knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with government, banks and government functionaries at all levels.

Muslim women are still not taken seriously: Farida Khanam

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Farida Khanam is Associate Professor at the Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Daughter of the well-known Islamic scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, she has translated more than sixty of her father’s books into English, besides being the author of several books on Islam. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net, she reflects on issues related to Islam, Muslim women and patriarchy.

Dreams from Japan, in the bylanes of Okhla

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By Iqra Raza for Twocircles.net New Delhi: The rickshaw wheels lazily on the bumpy road making me jump every now and then. Dragging on,...

Mamata not averse to coming together with Mayawati, Jayalalitha

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

Sewa Helping War-affected Afghan Women

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By Bernama, New Delhi : Having transformed the lives of thousands of women artisans in the country, the self-help organisation Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is now helping war-affected women of Afghanistan to rebuild their lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Tuesday. For the last one year, SEWA, with the support of the Government of India, is working with the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Kabul, on setting up a vocational training centre for women at Bagh-e-Zanana in the Afghan capital.

Media award for young woman journalist

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Alifiya Khan, 24, has won the third Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for exposing loopholes in the country's healthcare system with a series of investigative articles. The award consists of a citation and a cash award of Rs.15,000. Khan, a Mumbai-based correspondent with the Hindustan Times, wrote on 12 state-run healthcare centres. "Primary Hell Centres" - one of her articles which helped Khan clinch the award - unveiled the condition of health centres where untrained Ayurvedic doctors carried out post mortems and used disposable needles on patients.

Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement

Women

Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...

Delhi’s rights charter to empower women’s body

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New Delhi: A draft bill on a Charter of Women's Rights has been prepared to give additional powers to the Delhi Commission for Women...

Here’s How Digital Platforms Proliferate Anti-Muslim Hate

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Goa toll rises to 10; top cop claims police doing ‘wonderful job’

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By IANS, Panaji: Ten people, including six women and two children, were found dead in mysterious circumstances during the last three days, even as the "saddened" state police chief Bhimsain Bassi Wednesday said that the Goa Police was doing a "wonderful job" to protect the citizens of the state.

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

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This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife

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After giving lessons to husbands, Asma is back with some instructions to wives. By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, I drew a blank, as I began...

Sexual Harassment of female students in Jamia Milia opens a can of worms

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TCN News Female students of Jamia Milia Islamia University have been protesting from February against the HoD of fine arts Professor Hafeez Ahamed for allegedly...

Burqa clad women come out to support Anna

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

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Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India

Women

An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat By Shamsul Islam To, Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak, Namaskar.

‘Middle class Muslim women still victims of bias’

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Haryana village headman arrested for killing two women

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : A Haryana village headman, who allegedly killed two women on Diwali night over a property dispute, was arrested here, a police official said Thursday. Shribhagwan Singh, Sarpanch (headman) of Karaur village in Rohtak town, around 250 km from here, was nabbed here Wednesday morning. "Shribhagwan Singh was absconding since Nov 28 after killing two village women on Diwali night. He was arrested by the Chandigarh police here, near the football stadium in Sector 17," said a police official.

BSF to deploy women troopers along borders

Women

By IANS, Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...

Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skies

Women

By Agence India Press, Srinagar: Far from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young women swap their burqas for smart suits and stilettos and dream of a career in the skies. The inauguration of an international airport in Srinagar in February gave youngsters in Kashmir's main city an alternative to traditional careers in medicine and teaching, and the valley's first aviation academy is now grooming them for the skies.

Play on disappearing daughters enthralled Delhities

Women

By TCN News, New Delhi: Kathak exponent Dr. Rekha Mehra, presented a Ballet titled “Tu Kaisi Maa” on female foeticide and women empowerment and Play - New Life, a drama on cancer, with visual effects in background.

50-year-old woman jumps to death from ninth floor

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 50-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Monday by jumping from the ninth floor of her apartment building in Ghaziabad, the police said. According to the police, Kumud Prasad, the wife of Nand Kishore Prasad, a deputy chief labour commissioner, jumped from her flat in Amrapali Royal apartments in the Vasundhara area. According to her family, Kumud went out on the balcony of the flat in the morning. And about 10 minutes later, the apartment guards informed her husband that she was lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

Kashmir government offers CBI probe into Shopian rapes, murders

Women

By IANS, Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said it was ready to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the rape and murder of two Shopian women amid reports of the alleged tampering of DNA samples of the victims. The alleged fudging of evidences rocked the state assembly Wednesday with opposition and some ruling party members insisting on a debate on the issue.

‘Messiah’ politics around Uniform Civil Code and Triple Talaq must come to an end

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By Mohammed Umar for Twocircles.net State driven acculturation of minorities is often deemed as impinging upon the civil liberties, for the reason that it chokes...

Women’s reservation bill stumbles on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi: The 13-year rocky passage of a bill to politically empower India's women got blocked yet again when a "handful" of stubborn MPs, terming the legislation elitist, exercised both muscle and vocal chords to ensure that it did not get passed on International Women's Day.

Little has changed; Modi should ensure women’s security: Parents

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(Two years after Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape) By Rajnish Singh, New Delhi : Saying that nothing has changed since the brutal Dec 16 gang-rape that shook the nation two years ago, the parents of the victim have now pinned their hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to initiate a mission for women's safety on the lines of his Clean India Campaign.

More women are now heart specialists: India’s first woman cardiologist

Women

(World Heart Day is Sep 29) By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

Woman alleges assault after she refused surrogacy

Women

Lucknow: A young woman law student Monday lodged a police complaint saying she was beaten up and humiliated in public in Meerut Feb 3...

Commonest medicine for Australian women: antidepressants

Women

By IANS, Sydney : The most commonly prescribed medication for Australian women is antidepressants, according to a study. The study, by universities of Queensland and Newcastle, is the latest to emerge from a longitudinal study on women's health. Julie Byles, professor at Quensland, who co-authored the study, said the research indicated the prevalence of antidepressant use increased with age. "Eight percent of younger women and 14 percent of mid-age women used antidepressants during the surveyed period," Byles said. "This figure jumps to 18 percent in older women."

Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...

Woman suicide bomber kills 2 in hospital in W Iraq

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By Xinhua, Fallujah, Iraq : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a hospital in a town near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others, a local police source said.

Women’s groups seek action against Dev

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New Delhi : Different women organisations Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission, seeking action against Bengali actor and Trinamool Congress candidate Dev...

Woman tourist dies at the Taj Mahal

Women

By IANS, Agra : A woman tourist from Indore died after she slipped and fell on the marbled surface of the Taj Mahal after the city was hit by rain and thundershowers. Hasina Bano Chaudhary lost her balance and fell from the main marble structure Saturday. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel guarding the monument tried to take her to the hospital, but she collapsed at the main gate due to profuse bleeding from the head. Last week, a south Indian tourist slipped and suffered a fracture at the Taj.

Minority women colleges and universities: Need of the hour

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Dr. M Waseem Raja,

Three held for trafficking girls in Delhi

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New Delhi : Three people have been arrested for their alleged role in human trafficking, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. Two girls, including a...

Everest climber alleges police misbehaviour in Orissa templettt

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Kalpana Dash, who became the first Oriya woman to scale Mount Everest last month, was allegedly manhandled and abused by a policeman at a temple in the state's Keonjhar district, her brother said Monday. Kalpana had gone with her mother, brother Pradeep and uncle to the Maa Tarini temple in Ghatagon in Keonjhar Sunday to offer prayers for her good health. While she was praying, a constable forcibly dragged her out and paid no heed to her pleas even after the mountaineer revealed her identity, Pradeep told the police.

Woman arrested for poisoning two children

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: A woman, who survived a suicide attempt, has been arrested for poisoning her two children, police said Tuesday. Sonali Sachdev, 31, along with her husband Pramod, a Delhi Jal Board employee, poisoned their two children at their Tilak Nagar home in west Delhi March 20. She survived but her husband and the two children died in a city hospital. "She has been apprehended on the charge of attempting suicide and murder of her children whom she gave poison and then later consumed it (poison) herself," Deputy Commissioner of Police (west Delhi) Sharad Aggarwal said.

Only the sky’s the limit for 10 Nepali women

Women

By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands. But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky. It is a mixed clutch of young women: a bowling champion, a journalist, a beautician, a homemaker, a student and diverse others. But the 10 have one thing in common: climbing Mount Everest.

Sharad Joshi lone dissenter against women’s quota bill

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Sharad Joshi, a prominent farmers' leader from Maharashtra, was the lone dissenter against the women's quota bill during voting in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, saying he didn't oppose the measure but the manner in which it would be implemented. "Women's reservations yes, yes, yes, yes. Rotation (of constitutions) and (their) selection by lottery no, no, no," Joshi maintained while participating in the more than three-hour debate on the bill. Thus, when the bill was put to a voice vote, Joshi let the crescendo of "ayes" to subside before quietly saying "No".

The Minority Minister: Dr Najma Heptulla

Women

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net I have never met Dr Najma Heptulla, not even for this interview. So I couldn’t read her body language and facial expressions...

Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Sakina fought polio and poverty to win Bronze in CWG

Women

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata/Basirhat: When Sakina Khatun (28), an Indian power lifter was participating in the women's lightweight (up to 61 kg) category in Power lifting at 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, besides the weight, the hope and aspirations of her family and village was also on her shoulders. And she did not disappoint them as she won the Bronze medal for the country.

भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net 9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...

Sheeba Sageer elected Kerala state president of National Women’s Front

Women

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यूपी के हरदोई में 13 मुस्लिम परिवारों को बुलडोजर नोटिस

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A state of intimidation: Sexual abuse and arrest of Godhra Muslim women

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TCN investigates the case and digs out the unpublished inquiry report of National Commission for Women,

Saving Muslim women? First, learn to stand for us: An Open Letter to AIMPLB

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net Dear respected AIMPLB members, Be it the women rallies taken out by AIMPLB throughout the country abruptly stopped, the sudden...

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Two Days ‘National Convention of Muslim Women’ begins in New Delhi

Women

By TCN News, New Delhi: A two days National Convention of Muslim Women with the title ‘Sadak Se Sansad Tak’ has started in New Delhi...

President pitches for women’s education, skill development

Women

Domkal (West Bengal): Calling for focusing on women's education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asserted that by 2030, India will have an edge over other...

SC pulls up Bengal for failure to protect rape victim’s rights

Women

New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday said that West Bengal government failed to protect the fundamental rights of a village woman who was gang raped...

Girl stabbed to death: HC notice on transfer of case to CBI

Women

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government and police on a plea seeking direction to hand over...

Rahul lends an ear to ’empowered’ Bangladeshi women

Women

By IANS, Dhaka : Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of India's Congress party, is on a "learning visit" to Bangladesh and he is doing what he does back home - listening to stories of impoverished women and how they became financially independent. However, those he met at Kapasia in Gazipur subdivision near here are better off than Kalavati, the woman in Maharashtra whom he spoke about in the Indian parliament July 22. Kalavati's husband had committed suicide over his inability to repay a farm loan. The women here are covered by the Grameen Bank, the rural credit network of Bangladesh.