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Campaign for women’s safety in public places

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New Delhi: A campaign to raise awareness on women's safety at public places and public transport was launched Saturday in the national capital on...

American Muslim activist lauds Kuwaiti womens political engagement

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By Nawab Khan, KUNA, Brusels : A leading Muslim woman activist in the United States has underlined the important political role played by women in the Gulf countries particularly in Kuwait. "We believe that the Gulf is very important because it is a prosperous region of the world and secondly there are some women activism coming out, specifically from countries like Kuwait," Daisy Khan, Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) told KUNA in an interview in Brussels Tuesday. She noted that Kuwait is at the forefront of promoting a parliamentary system.

Women’s day and Muslim women: A perspective

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Starving sisters rescued in Delhi to get financial help

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Girl killed in Pakistan-India firing

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Islamabad: A teenaged girl was killed Saturday in an exchange of fire between Pakistani para-military troopers and India's Border Security Force (BSF) along the...

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

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

Rajya Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill

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TCN News Despite tough resistance from the opposition parties, the Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha today, Tuesday with 99 members...

Over 100 held in Gurgaon for disturbing public peace

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Gurgaon: Over 100 people, including 21 women, have been arrested here for disturbing public peace, police said on Sunday, adding that most of them...

Muslim girl selected for 1st Asian Martial Arts Games

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Gul-e-Surkhab, Tarseem Sharma to leave for Bangkok’ Jammu : Gul-e-Surkhab like many other girls of Jammu and Kashmir had a dream to excel in martial arts and after being the first Woman IInd Dan Black Belt of the state, she has been now selected to participate in Ist Asian Martial Arts Games-2009 going to be held from April 25, 2009 in Bangkok. Tarseem Shrama presently working as martial arts coach in a private School, has also been slected to represent India from the state along with Gul-e-Surkhab is inspiring to do the excellent in the martial arts.

Woman official in Punjab attempts suicide

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By IANS, Patiala : A woman revenue official in Punjab has been admitted to a hospital here after she attempted suicide in this town, 80 km from Chandigarh, police officials said Thursday. The woman, Jaspal Kaur, a 'Naib Tehsildar' in the revenue department, consumed some poisonous substance after paying obeisance at a gurudwara (Sikh shrine) here Wednesday. She was rushed to the Rajindra Medical college and hospital here where doctors said that her condition was now stable.

Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi

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Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...

Handwara girl says gave statement to J&K police under duress

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Srinagar: A schoolgirl, whose alleged molestation by a soldier on April 12 led to violence in her native Handwara town in Jammu and Kashmir,...

Obama bypasses Congress to promote equal pay for women

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Washington: President Barack Obama resorted Tuesday to an executive order to oblige federal contractors to provide equal pay for women who currently earn less...

Renowned Muslim women scholars call for adopting Islamic teachings for ‘happy family, stronger society’

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TCN News New Delhi: Muslim women intellectuals and scholars from around the world on Tuesday unanimously gave a clarion call to adopt Islamic teachings for...

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

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

Amla products to empower women in rural Bengal

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Kolkata: A campaign has been launched to produce Indian gooseberry or amla sauces, candy, dried chips, pickle, jellies to provide an alternative livelihood for...

No postal order for minority, women candidates in railway exams

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By IANS, Kolkata: Women, as well as minority and economically backward candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams will soon be exempted from postal order charges, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday. "We've already taken the decision not to take the postal order fees from women, minority and candidates belonging to economically backward section of our society who would appear in the railway examinations.

Rate of domestic violence high in Tripura: HC chief justice

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Agartala : Tripura High Court Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta has expressed concern over the high rate of domestic violence, resultant deaths and cases...

Poll: 60 % women abused in Jordan

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By Xinhua, Amman : Six out of ten women in Jordan are abused, with one in four physically abused, a poll showed Monday. Almost half of the women surveyed believed that physical violence is acceptable under certain conditions, said the poll. The poll, conducted by the Jordan Center for Social Research, is about violence towards women in the kingdom, helping lift the veil slightly off the Arabian women.

Two arrested for tormenting Dalit woman

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Two men were arrested on charges of tonsuring a Dalit woman and parading her in an Orissa village for allegedly having an extra marital affair with her nephew, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Kashimpur village in Bhadrak district, 150 km from here, July 5 but came to light after her husband lodged a police complaint Thursday when the woman attempted suicide.

The heartening story of Irfan and Anjum Bagban, the first Muslim couple to clear...

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net It is no secret that even today, many Muslim girls do not get an opportunity to pursue their dreams due to...

Why did BJP field my father’s killer in Assam, asks journalist’s daughter

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Guwahati : The daughter of journalist Kamala Saikia is furious that the BJP has fielded in Assam's assembly elections former ULFA militant Kushal Dowari,...

Canadian women tourists robbed in Lucknow

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By IANS, Lucknow : Two Canadian women tourists were robbed in the Uttar Pradesh capital late Sunday night, police said. The incident took place in the central Hazratganj locality of the capital at around 11:30 p.m. when the tourists from Ottawa, Canada, were returning to their hotel in a cycle rickshaw. "According to the complainants, Gillian and Catherine, two motorcycle borne men intercepted them and snatched their purses," additional superintendent of police Paresh Pandey told IANS.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 5 – Janvi’s...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

After getting ‘indecent proposal’ from her father in-law, Parveen decides to teach him a...

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net., It was completely against the spirit of his own name, when Mohammad Islamuddin (52), a Delhi police sub-inspector, reportedly asked Parveen (28), his own daughter-in-law to get into prostitution, when she asked for money for her children school fee and food. Talking to TwoCircles.net, Parveen said; “I wanted money for education and food for my children, so when I begged Nasir (32), (her husband) and his father, they told me to get into prostitution (Bachcho ke liye paise chahiye toh jakar dhanda kar le),"

Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.

J&K government by January-end; BJP to opt for woman leader

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Jammu : As the new government in Jammu and Kashmir should be in place by January-end, the BJP is likely to place a woman...

No side effects of I-pill on majority of women: Azad

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By IANS, New Delhi : Majority of women, on whom emergency contraceptive I-pill was tested, did not complain of any side effects, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Lok Sabha Friday. In a written reply, Azad said 69.2 percent women users did not complain of side effects while the remaining 10-14 percent complained of nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain and headache. The Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 2001 initiated a pilot study on emergency contraceptive pill on women through eight human reproduction research centres in medical colleges and hospitals.

NHRC notice to Kerala government over working conditions of women

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female...

Irom Sharmila rejects Congress for AAP, continues fast

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Imphal : Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a fast-unto-death since the last 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces,...

Samajwadi women wing chief joins BSP

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By IANS, Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party suffered a jolt Saturday when its national women's wing chief Ranjana Bajpai quit to join her party's sworn foe -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Attributing her decision to the "neglect of Brahmins in the Samajwadi Party", she pointedly accused Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh of having "completely hijacked the party". Her exit came within days of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's abrupt move to axe her as the candidate for the Sitapur Lok Sabha seat.

Najma Heptullah gets her Calculations Right

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By Fawaz Shaheen, Ms. Najma Heptullah, the Minority Affairs Minister in Mr. Modi’s newly sworn in Cabinet, has shocked the public in her first public statement by saying that Muslims must not be called a minority in India since they are “so large in number”.

STF asked to trace missing woman official in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has entrusted the Special Task Force (STF) with finding a 53-year-old woman government official, who has been missing along with her driver since Friday, an official said Monday. Rakesh Jain, district manager of state Food and Essential Commodities Corporation, posted in Sitapur, has been missing since last Friday. "A team of STF would now probe the case. We would make every effort to trace the woman official," Additional Director General (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.

US team visiting India to boost women’s numbers in ICT

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By IANS,

Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021

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Women Summit is the annual get together of the members and well-wishers of Women’s Manifesto, a national level NGO formed in 2014. It...

Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly

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

Women devotees flood Kerala capital for festival

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Spirals of smoke rose from hundreds of firewood stoves here Tuesday as an estimated three million women devotees from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu converged on the path to the Attukal Bhagavathi temple and cooked rice offerings for the goddess. The offering is made on the penultimate day of the 10-day-long Attukal Pongala festival, which is often referred to as the equivalent of the Sabarimala pilgrimage for women. Attukal Bhagavathi is believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic "Silappathikaaram".

योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...

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लखनऊ से कौशल कुमार , Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...

Sharad Yadav’s comments about women are deplorable

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By Shah Alam, Shahrad Yadav, a Rajya Sabha MP and Janata Dal (United) chief has been in news for some days for his sexist remarks against south Indian women. During a debate in Parliament, Yadav made derogatory remarks against south Indian women and their bodies calling them as ‘saanvli’ (dusky). He said: “The women of south are beautiful, their bodies...their skin ...They aren’t made like this here. They know dance.”

Young woman’s semi-nude body found hanging from tree

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By IANS, New Delhi : The semi-naked body of a young woman was found hanging Wednesday from a tree in a public park in northwest Delhi. The police suspect she could have hung herself after being sexually assaulted. The victim, who appeared to be in her early-20s and was yet to be identified, was found hanging around 9.35 a.m. from a tree in Sector-3 Rohini, a stone's throw away from the Jaipur Golden Hospital. She might have hung herself with the sari she was wearing, a police official said.

UP announces free bus ride for women on Raksha Bandhan

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Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that women across the state will get free ride on all state-owned buses on...

सादिया देहलवी…. याद तो बहुत आएंगी ‘आपा’

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.Net उनके दुनिया से रुख़सत हो जाने की ख़बर इतिहासकार इरफ़ान हबीब ने दी थी। इरफ़ान हबीब ने अपने टिवीटर पर लिखा...

Plea in SC seeks women members in seven state governments

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a petition seeking direction to the chief ministers of seven states to consider...

String of rapes, sexual crimes in Gurgaon

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

Veteran Congress leader Nafeesath Beevi dead

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Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran Congress leader A.Nafeesath Beevi, who also served as the deputy speaker of the Kerala Assembly, passed away at a private hospital...

HC nixes triple talaq plea, says women entitled to equality

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea to direct the government to ensure that triple talaq must...

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

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

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

Kerala village Nadapuram wins union award for empowerment accountability

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Nadapuram Panchayat in Kozhikode district is being governed by IUML for few decades now. By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: Nadapuram often comes to the...

Women offer prayers and pongala to Attukal Devi in Thiruvananthapuram

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Close to four and a half million women devotees cooked sweet pongala - a concoction of rice and jaggery - on...

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...

Mysterious ‘exploding head syndrome’ more common in women

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Washington: If you hear slamming of doors, fireworks and gunshots or such abrupt loud noises while sleeping you are not alone as researchers found...

Fatima Bibi: Film director extrordinaire

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Subhashini Ali,

Number of women elected to Lok Sabha less than 2009

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New Delhi: This Lok Sabha will have a lesser number of women than the last time with just 55 women being elected to the...

11 ‘women only’ buses launched in Delhi

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By IANS,

Indian-origin hair doc jailed for lewd acts on clients

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

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...

Sonia, Rahul condole death of Sister Nirmala

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New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the death of Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala. Sister...

European, Asian stars vie for top honours at Women’s Indian Open

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By IANS, Gurgaon : Leading women golfers from Asia and Europe will tee along with India's best in the DLF Women's Indian Open starting at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Wednesday. The third edition of India' only Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) event will tee-off with the pro-am Tuesday while the three day main event will be played from Wednesday. The tournament offers $120,000 in prize purse. The format of the event will witness the cut being applied after two days with the top 50 golfers plus ties making it to the final round.

‘Women only’ cabs soon in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : 'Women only' cabs will soon be a reality in Gurgaon. The initiative is part of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed on the occasion...

Pakistan women must unite for their rights, says daily

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By IANS, Islamabad : Women in Pakistan must unite and "raise high the banner of their rights", said a Pakistani daily on International Women's Day Tuesday.

PM’s wife to launch women’s health campaign

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur will launch a nation-wide programme on International Women's Day Tuesday for women's health empowerment, officials said.

नौकरानी को प्रताड़ित करने वाली रांची की भाजपा नेता गिरफ्तार

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net रांची से इंसानियत को कलंकित करने वाला मामला सामने आया है। यहां एक 29 वर्षीय आदिवासी महिला को पिछले आठ वर्षों...

Two Circle Network’s Seed Fellow Sufi Parween Wins Laadli Media Award

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TCN News We are happy to announce that TCN’s SEED Fellow Sufi Parween has won the 13th Laadli Media Award for her exceptional contribution to...

Sex workers, women’s groups in One Billion Rising campaign

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By IANS, Kolkata: Sex workers from the city's red light areas participated in street plays and dances and brought out a rally as part of...

Forced intercourse in marriage not rape: Delhi court

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New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of raping his wife, stating that forced intercourse with a woman does not amount...

Women achievers honoured with CARE awards

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By IANS,

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

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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.

UP: Women winning fewer elections, losing deposits in larger numbers

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By Rahul Mohan Sharma  Poor, populous Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have a female Chief Minister -- Sucheta Kriplani from 1963 to 1967...

Woman stabs husband in eye over refusal to peel potatoes

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By RIA Novosti, Moscow : A woman in Russia's Penza region has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars after stabbing her husband in the eye when he refused to peel potatoes, the pnz.ru news website said Wednesday. The woman, from the outskirts of the city of Penza, stabbed her husband in the left eye with a kitchen knife. She had earlier served time for murder, and had met her future partner immediately after her release from jail, according to assistant to the regional prosecutor Irina Alekseyenko.

Six women arrested in Uttar Pradesh with 200 tortoises

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By IANS, Lucknow : Six women from West Bengal were Monday nabbed with as many as 200 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, a police official said. "Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed the women and seized several sacks full of tortoises," district police chief Kripa Shanker Singh told IANS over telephone. All the women were arrested from near the bus station in Mainpuri, some 200 km from Lucknow, Monday evening. "We have contacted the forest officials," said Singh. The women were being questuiioned, the police said.

10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training

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Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...

Grief, despair at Delhi’s hospitals, a day after

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Wailing men and women as well as dazed family members of the seriously injured or missing after a string of bomb attacks besieged hospitals here Sunday, straining the already stretched medical services. Doctors, nurses and attendants worked furiously to provide relief to the seriously and not-so-seriously wounded in Saturday evening's bombings, but there was no stopping the grief gripping families of the victims.

Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

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By Shobha Shukla "There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...

Role model: Alifiya Khan

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A journalist working for Hindustan Times, Alifiya Khan won Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for her series of investigative news stories on health care system. She is 24 years old and a good start for new TwoCircles.net series on Role Models. Me: I was born and brought up in Mumbai. Except for short visits to various places for vacations and stories, I have never stayed in another place except this city for a long period of time.

Magnificent Mary clinches record 6th World Championship gold

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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian boxing legend M.C. Mary Kom scripted history by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold medal in the...

Woman power pulls Orissa’s chariots of gods

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By Byomakesh Biswal, IANS, Baripada (Orissa) : It's a tug of equality. For women in the small town of Baripada that has come alive during the Jagannath rath yatra, pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra is as much about empowerment as it is about tradition. The Hindu chariot festival is observed in many parts of India, with mostly men doing the tugging, but in Baripada it is a unique affair because there women have the exclusive right of pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra - the sister of Lord Jagannath - in an act considered sacred.

Woman sets herself ablaze over dowry harassment

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 20-year old woman, alleging harassment by her in-laws over dowry, committed suicide by setting herself afire here, police said Friday.

A father’s dream, a daughter’s dedication: The story of the first Muslim woman from...

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By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net Purv chalne ke batohi, baat ki pahchaan kar le Anginat raahi gaye Iss raah se unka pta kya Par gaye kuchh log iss par Chhod...

‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A woman, who was suspected to have been kidnapped after her car was found in Hindon river here, was living in Delhi's suburb Gurgaon, said a police official Wednesday. Aditi Tyagi, 21, an executive with a call centre at Noida, another Delhi suburb, tried to hoodwink her parents by abandoning her car June 9 in Hindon river, the police said. After surveillance of her mobile number, she was found living with a man in Gurgaon, said Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan.

Tripura gets maximum women legislators

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By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS, Agartala : With five of the 15 women contestants winning, the Tripura assembly now has the highest number of women legislators since the state was carved out in 1972.

Women representation low at AICC meet

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By IANS,

Jwala-Ashwini clinch Canada Open crown

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Calgary: India's most successful women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were crowned champions in the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix following their...

Triple Talaq is cruelty against Muslim women, rules court

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Allahabad : In a landmark ruling, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed Triple Talaq as "cruelty against Muslim women" and said no "Personal...

Women writers spice up thriller scene

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Protests against TDP legislator for ‘manhandling’ woman officer

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Hyderabad : Government employees in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday launched protests demanding the arrest of a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator and his aides...

Bihar: Meet Habiba Bukhari, Daughter Of An Imam And A Judicial Officer From Munger

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Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Habiba Bukhari from Munger received on November 28, 2023, one of the most joyous pieces of news in her life: she...

Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband

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By IANS, New Delhi : The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a "betrayed" woman to get details of her husband's salary.

Meghalaya home minister quits

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

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

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

CBI files charge-sheet against 13, rules out rape, murder in Shopian case

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By Agence India Press Srinagar: The CBI has filed a charge-sheet against 13 people including six doctors and lawyers for allegedly "fabricating" evidence in the aftermath of recovery of two bodies of women Nelofer and Asiya in Shopian in May this year. The CBI informed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday that a charge-sheet had been filed before a Chief Judicial Magistrate against 13 people for allegedly creating false evidence and witnesses.

660 response centres for violence-hit women

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New Delhi: Crises and response centres will be set up at 660 locations across the country for violence-affected women, the ministry for women and...

Girl students injured in Imphal protest, exams disrupted

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Imphal : Several girl students of a school here were injured when they were allegedly beaten by police during protests on Saturday to press...

Minor mother moves court, seeks damages from cops

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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."

‘Don’t take my daughter away’, cried the grief-stricken mother

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By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

West Bengal announces compensation for tribal women in Lalgarh

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By IANS, Kolkata : The West Bengal government Monday announced compensation for the tribal women in West Midnapore's Lalgarh who had been victims of police excesses during raids November last year, officials said. The compensation would be given to 14 tribal women who received injuries during the police action.

Mangalore incident triggers war of words in women’s commission

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Mangalore pub assault has triggered a war of words within the National Commission for Women, as its chairperson Tuesday "nullified" a probe by a commission member into the attack on some young women. However, Nirmala Venkatesh, who conducted the probe, said her findings were impartial. After completing the probe into the Mangalore assault by a self-styled moral brigade, Venkatesh said that the pub lacked security and that women needed to safeguard themselves.

No handicap to success for Jahanara Khatun

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Berhampur: 41 year old Jahanara Khatun was ranked 31st in the examination for the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Examination for...

Give Indian Muslim women more social space: Minority bodies

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By IANS,

अमन की और बढ़ा कानपुर मगर एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठे है सवाल !

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net कानपुर हिंसा के बाद अब कानपुर अमन की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। धरपकड़ चल रही है। हालांकि पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर...

Karnataka High Court allows women to work in bars

Women
By IANS, Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Wednesday allowed women to work in bars and pubs but with adequate security, thus quashing the state government ban on their working at such places where liquor is served. Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar said the rule 9 of the Karnataka Excise Act 1965 that prohibits women from serving liquor at public places was "unconstitutional" and therefore "unenforceable".

Respect, protect women – celebs urge on International Women’s Day

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By IANS,

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...

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

Women
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...

एक्सीडेंट नही राहुल खान की हुई थी लिंचिंग, 2 गिरफ़्तार

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हरियाणा के पलवल में एक दर्दनाक लिंचिंग बहुत चर्चा में हैं। राहुल खान नाम के युवक को बेदर्दी से पीट-पीटकर मार दिया गया है।...

‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’

Women
By IANS, Shimla: Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday.

From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...

Women
Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...

36 Indian women WHO worked as scavengers to walk on ramp

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By NNN-PTI, United Nations : Thirty-six Indian women, rescued by a non governmental organisation from the degrading task of manually cleaning human excreta, are all set to walk on ramp with leading models before representatives from more than 150 countries here. The women, rescued by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation from Alwar in Rajasthan, yesterday met diplomats and dignitaries at the United Nations and talked about the changes which, they said, had made them for the first time feel like human beings.

Many under financial constraint as Delhi riot victims still wait for compensation

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About 2569 families in North East Delhi have filed claims for compensation. Of the 2,569 claims, 1,425 have been examined, while work on the...

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...

Karnataka sets up helpline for women

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By IANS,

No consensus on women’s bill, discussions to continue

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: The government Monday said it would continue discussions on the women's reservation bill to arrive at a consensus after its all-party meeting on the issue saw many of the bill's opponents sticking to their demand for a quota within quota. "Further discussion will continue," the government said in a statement after the nearly two-and-half hours' meeting on the bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open

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Sydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries...

Female celebrities endorse International Women’s Day

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By IANS,

Women at wheel: New face of Delhi’s public transport

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By Richa Sharma, IANS,

In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

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Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity.  Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net  UTTAR...

Modi promises free check-up for pregnant women

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over pregnancy related deaths and other complications, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said government hospitals and other...

Probe ordered into Tripura woman’s parading

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By IANS, Agartala : The Tripura government has ordered a police probe into a tribal woman being paraded naked earlier this month after a kangaroo court held her guilty of sexual misconduct, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. According to police, the 30-year-old woman was beaten up and paraded naked in her village in north Tripura by tribal headmen after a kangaroo court held her guilty of sexual misconduct. The tribal court said the woman, the wife of a farmer, was "characterless and was spoiling young boys with sexual favours".

Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour

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Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Smruti Divas in Sholapur

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By Asma Khan for TwoCircles.net

Women run 14 percent Of Indian businesses, most self-financed

Women
By Devanik Saha Richa Dubey’s profession - running an online retail business that connects artisans with consumers - may not appear unusual for a modern...

‘Women empowerment comes from her own self’

Women
By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto organized Women’s Day 2015 at The Scholar School, Jamia Nagar here on March 14. Around 300 women from different states took part in this event which was organized under the patronage of Human Welfare Foundation.

Periods, women’s health and Ramadan

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By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net Imagine that it is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and you are fasting with full excitement...

क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net हम आज बदलते समाज के साथ अपनी अलग पहचान बनाने में मुसलसल लगे हैं. जिसमें अपने अधिकार और समानता को लेकर आए...

Woman power rises as Siachen trek enters second phase

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

Why Does Adultery Matter in a Secular Society?

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"Secularism prohibits the imposition of any religion, except the religion of secularism" By Yamin Zakaria,

Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery

Women
By Sarat C. Das, IANS,

बेटियों के सपनों को पंख दे रहा है मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा

Women
सूफी परवीन। Twocircles.net मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा सिर्फ इसलिए चर्चा में है क्योंकि वहां दसवीं पास करने वाली छात्राओं को अब बाहर पढ़ने नही जाना...

Bangkok woman runs Rs.50 mn e-ticketing fraud in India, four held

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police Sunday said a 50-year-old woman of Indian origin based in Bangkok is suspected to have been running an e-ticket scam worth millions of rupees from India and four people have been arrested in this connection. Naeem Ahmed, 24, Shahid Iqbal, 25, and Feroz Alam, 23, all resident of West Bengal, were arrested from Kolkata Dec 20. Their woman accomplice Kanika Budhiraja, 27, was arrested from Rana Pratap Bagh in the capital Thursday.

Mystery shrouds death of woman in fall from moving train

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By IANS, Lucknow : Mystery shrouds the death of a 30-year-old woman who fell from a moving train on the outskirts of Kanpur Sunday. Government Railway Police (GRP) officials claimed that the woman, Amina Khatoon, was mentally unstable and fell from the train by accident.

Women’s voting rights violated, says AAP

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Gurgaon : AAP leader Yogendra Yadav Friday complained to the Election Commission that votes of uneducated women were often cast by others in this...

Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

NHRC notice to Lucknow Railway Police over girl’s gangrape

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Lucknow: Taking cognizance of reports of a teenager's alleged gangrape at Charbagh Railway Station here, the NHRC has issued notice to the Superintendent of...

HC rejects PIL on intervening in Sunanda death probe

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention in the probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda...

Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...

Women village leaders want quota within quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward classes (OBCs) for their proper representation. At a conclave organised here by international NGO ActionAid, the women, representing village councils in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, urged political parties to take note of the discrimination against women within the backward classes.

Unveiling the Truth: Women of Kashmir Break Silence on social media to confront molestation

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By Fahim Mattoo, TwoCircles.net  The safety and protection of women in Jammu and Kashmir hang in the balance following the dissolution of the State Commission...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?

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तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...

Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.

All-women’s R-Day contingent leader hopes more of ilk will sign up

Women
By Anjali Ojha, New Delhi : As India prepares to showcase the 'woman power' of its armed forces, the officer leading the all-women's contingent of...

Girls outclass boys in ICSE, ISC examinations

Women
By IANS,

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

Women
By IANS, Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches here.

‘Violence against woman seen as assertion of power’

Women
By IANS,

A Pakistani woman who runs slum school by selling scrap

Women
By IANS, Islamabad : A woman in Pakistan runs a school for 1,800 slum children with money collected from selling trash.

Why do women prefer crime stories?

Women
By IANS, Washington : Women prefer real crime stories based on rape and murder -- more so than men -- as they fear becoming victims, says a new study. Many people might assume that men, being the more aggressive sex, would be most likely to find such gory topics interesting. But research says women fear becoming victims of crimes, so they turn to crime books in a possible effort to learn strategies and techniques to prevent crimes.

Imam Ahmed Raza Conference for women in Madhubani

Women
By RINA Madhubani (Bihar): On the soil of Laharia Ganj, the first shift of a 2 -day conference of Aalmi Imam Ahmed Raza was organized under the supervision of Sunni Jamiat-e-Ulema Madhubani, particularly for women. In this conference a large number of women from various parts of the country participated, and the programme was presided by Syeda Razia Sultana (Darbhangvi).

Dalit woman set on fire for objecting to molestation

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Monday. The incident took place late Sunday evening in Kannauj, some 250 km from Lucknow, where Altaf and two of his aides set the Dalit woman on fire. With severe burn injuries, the woman was being treated in a hospital, where her condition was critical.

Arms and the woman – Uttar Pradesh’s proxy gun culture

Women
By Rajat Rai, IANS, Lucknow : Nearly 700 women applied for arms licences in 2008 in western Uttar Pradesh. No, the region is not witnessing some sort of movement - rather politicians and criminals are using female members of their family to procure licences by proxy. Western Uttar Pradesh, in the past few years, has registered a surprising rise in the number of arms licences procured and applied for by women.

Jharkhand village orders last rites of woman charged with adultery

Women
By IANS, Ranchi : A Jharkhand 'panchayat' (village council) has ordered the last rites of a woman to be performed for allegedly having an extra-marital affair, media reports said Monday. According to the reports, Sunita Devi, a resident of Barki Gorang village, 70 km from here, was allegedly having an affair with her neighbour Harinath Bhokta. She is married to Ram Dayal Munda and has two children.

Doctor beaten after woman gives birth in ambulance

Women
Kolkata : A doctor at a state-run rural hospital in West Bengal was thrashed by irate locals after a woman gave birth in...
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