Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa
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.
5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...
By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Jalgao (Maharashtra)
With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...
Memon to be buried in Nagpur jail
Nagpur : Yakub Memon, the March 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, who was executed here early Thursday, will be buried inside the Nagpur Central Jail...
Sharad Yadav’s suicide threat on women reservation condemnable: AIPWA
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women's Reservation Bill.
AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them 'parkati' and the like.”
Agra to host conference on women’s health
Agra : A five-day conference of obstetricians and gynaecologists will be held here from January 13.
More than 6,000 doctors will share and exchange ideas...
Muslim women need their own leadership: Naish Hasan
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Naish Hasan is the name of a woman who made a history and earned lot of criticism when her nikah was officiated by a Muslim lady. She refutes that was a popularity stunt. Rather, it was to show that women are eligible to conduct nikah. Talking to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net, Hasan, who is founder member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, calls for reform in Muslim law for women and also an alternative leadership for them.
Ramadan 1438: Furkan
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I have done half of my schooling from Saudi Arabia and the other half from Kashmir and i do see...
One killed in landslide in Jammu region
Jammu: One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district Monday,...
Tiger kills woman in Kanha reserve
By IANS,
Bhopal : A tiger is believed to have killed a middle-aged woman in Kanha Tiger Reserve, an official said Tuesday.
"The partially eaten body of a middle-aged woman, Sukhna Bai, was recovered by forest department staff and villagers in the Supkhar range of tiger Reserve Sunday," additional principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) H.S. Pabla told IANS by phone.
Delhi by night – many cops but so few women
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
By Rajnish Singh, IANS,
Women’s bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation.
The BJP, a staunch supporter of the bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women, appeared a divided house with some MPs opposing the quota and threatening to vote even against the party's whip. The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Students of MES Indian School on educational trip to Dubai
By TCN News
Dubai: Eleven students of The MES Indian School of Doha, Qatar recently visited Dubai as part of the friendship and educational exchange program.
Rapist jailed for 30 years
New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...
Mamata kicks-off assembly poll campaign on Women’s Day
Kolkata: Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016...
मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net
समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...
Water cannons used against BJP women supporters in Lucknow
Lucknow : Police Monday used water cannons to disperse hundreds of BJP women supporters who wanted to march to the chief minister's office here...
Study in coastal Karnataka finds Muslims at higher risk for diabetes
By TCN News
A study published in the latest issue of an international journal suggests that Muslims living in coastal Karnataka are at a higher risk of developing diabetes.
The study conducted by a team of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and published in International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries surveyed people living in coastal Karnataka to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 30 years and above.
DCW chief welcomes SC decision in Nirbhaya gang rape case
New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape...
All India Democratic Women’s Association ask the president to not sign the TT bill
TCN News
The AIDWA ( All India Democratic Women's Association) have issued a statement on the Triple Talaq Bill to the press wherein they refer...
शाहीन बाग़’ की बड़ी जीत, मोदी सरकार बातचीत को हुई तैयार
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net
नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ पिछले डेढ़ महीने से ज़्यादा वक्त से धरन पर बैठी महिलाओं के हौंसले ने आख़िरकार मोदी सरकार...
Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district
Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...
Woman board member: Over 300 NSE-listed companies yet to comply
By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Rohit Vaid,
Chennai/New Delhi : As many as 313 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have not inducted a woman...
Junior Hockey World Cup: Indian women beat Australia 3-2
By IANS,
New Delhi : Monorama Devi converted a last minute penalty corner to give India a 3-2 win over Australia in their opening game of the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in Boston.
Ritu Rani (45th) and Monika Badran (53rd minute) were the other scorers for India while Casey Eastham (31st) and Marnie Hudson (60th minute) were the scorers for Australia in Monday's match, according to information received here.
It was a tough game for India, who were eleventh in the last edition of the tournament, but they did well in the second half by pumping in all the three goals.
Minor girl’s death triggers protest in Bengal, locals allege rape
Kolkata : The death of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped, triggered protests as irate locals ransacked the house of the purported perpetrator...
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies.
Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems.
He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women".
The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.
164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating
New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...
Safe, comfy and chatting away – women’s empowerment at PCO booths
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Anjali Kher, 33, a small-time designer from Srinagar, keeps in touch with her family in the Kashmir Valley from the public telephone booth next to her home in Delhi.
"The booth remains open till midnight and I drop in almost every day after work to call my father and my brothers," Kher, who lives in Mayur Vihar, told IANS.
The public telephone - including the PCO (public call office) phone booths with STD facilities - in India has become a tool of empowerment for women in middle class India, particularly migrants.
College women more likely to be drugged, raped
By IANS,
Washington : College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended.
The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual rape during their college years, according to the department of Justice.
Woman home guard in Agra dupes dozens of over Rs.10 mn
By IANS,
Agra : A woman home guard in Agra has duped over a dozen people of nearly Rs.1 crore on the pretext of getting them jobs, getting their relatives out of jail and so on, police said Monday.
An FIR has been lodged against the home guard, Manju Tomar who is absconding and police have launched a hunt for her.
Woman raped, killed in Goa
By IANS,
Panaji : A 55-year-old woman was raped and killed along the Arambol beach in Goa, a police officer said Saturday.
The woman, identified as a local villager, was found naked by the fishermen returning from the sea in early hours of Friday. She used to sell flowers at the beach.
The fisherman informed the police about the killing.
"We had sent the body for post mortem. The report which arrived late yesterday (Friday) evening confirmed rape," Police Sub-Inspector Sarvesh Narvekar told IANS.
Pregnant woman among seven massacred in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Bulandshahr : Seven members of a family, including a nine-month pregnant woman, were massacred in an Uttar Pradesh village Tuesday, the police said suspecting it to be related to a property dispute.
The brutal killings took place at around 2 a.m. in Bararai village in Bulandshahr district, when the family members were sleeping. Bararai comes under Aurangabad police station. Bulandshahr is some 190 km from state capital Lucknow.
Women naval officers return from sea adventure
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji : They exemplify grit and courage, proving that nothing is impossible for the fairer gender. And now these six valiant women...
Women’s quota bill unlikely in Lok Sabha this session
By IANS,
New Delhi:The government is unlikely to move the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the few remaining days of the budget session before parliament goes into recess around May 7, Congress sources said.
They said the government had told political parties during its consultation with them on the bill last month that it would conduct another round of talks before moving the draft loegislation.
Library App for girls of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Students’ Union and alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University have joined hands to create a mobile application that will allow girls of AMU to order books from Maulana Azad Library at the convenience of their residence. This app will allow undergraduate girls to get the book delivered to their hostel same day.
National Commission for Women unveils its NRI cell
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday inaugurated its NRI cell to tackle the rising number of cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to Indian men abroad, and received eight complaints on its first day.
NCW chairperson Girija Vyas and project partner UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) South Asia head Anne H. Stenhammer along with Planning Commission member Syeda Hamid opened the office that operates from the second floor of the NCW office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.
People defy ban to offer prayers at sati site
By IANS,
Raipur : Dozens of people in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Monday offered prayers at the site where a woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre despite a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman.
On Saturday, Lalmati Verma, 71, jumped onto her husband's funeral pyre after all the villagers had left the site on the bank at the confluence of two rivers - Mahanadi and Shivnath - in Chechar village, about 125 km from here.
UK party wants ban on burqa in public, Sharia outlawed
London, (IANS): The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that it will include a pledge in its general election manifesto to ban the burqa...
Self-employed women’s group to go global
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), which assists poor women in the unorganised sector to make a living, is all set to take its apparel brand Hansiba to foreign shores by holding fashion shows in the US and Britain and exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan.
SEWA chairperson Reema Nanavaty said: "Our apparel brand Hansiba will now hold fashion shows in the US and UK this year, besides exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan."
First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out
By IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies.
Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.
Rally for road safety among women held in Delhi
New Delhi : A rally to promote road safety awareness among women was organised here on Sunday by International two-wheeler maker Honda in collaboration...
British woman lifeguard will inspire locals, Goa authorities hope
By IANS,
Panaji : A young British woman, Kerry Blewett, part of a team of experts brought to the coastal state of Goa to train lifeguards, has been given a tough job - persuade local women to become lifeguards and then train the recruits.
While her colleagues teach the local lifeguards various techniques to handle drowning emergencies at sea, Blewett has been given the special role of motivator by Drishti Special Response (DSR), the agency appointed by the Goa government to make Goan beaches safe for swimmers.
DSR has had problems hiring female lifeguards.
Golfers Dagar, Malik favourites for national women’s tourney
New Delhi : Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik will be among the favourites when the 100th edition of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur...
Handwara Killings: Statements issued by minor girl under pressure, claims Kashmir civil society group
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A day after the minor girl at the center of Handwara protests gave her statement to the local...
13 held in Assam witch-hunting case
Guwahati: At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam...
Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon
By Rajnish Singh,
Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...
SRK celebrates women’s power, calls them ‘leaders of future’
By IANS,
New Delhi: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said women are the future and that "one needs to have women to have men", so they must be respected.
Former female rebel arrested in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a former top female Tamil Tigers leader who headed a naval unit of the rebels, officials said...
India committed to peace: Modi
Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...
Six Nepali girls detained, released
By IANS,
Lucknow : Six Nepali girls were detained here on suspicion that they were being flown to the Middle East for flesh trade but were let off after questioning "as nothing suspicious" emerged, the police said Friday.
A team of the Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB), after a tip off from a NGO, stopped a bus Thursday afternoon and took the girls to the Ghazipur police station for questioning.
"The girls maintained that they were going to Dubai as they had a job offer," police spokesperson Ghulam Abbas told IANS.
Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban
Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday.
"Trinamool...
HRT therapy found to help menopausal women
By IANS,
Sydney : One of the longest and largest trials of hormone replacement therapy has found it helps post-menopausal women significantly improve quality of life.
The study involved 2,130 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It evaluated the impact of combined oestrogen and progestogen hormone therapy (HRT) on their quality of life.
The average age of women in this study was 13 years after menopause and most participants did not have menopausal symptoms.
Delhi’s young to vote for jobs, women’s safety
By Priyanka,
New Delhi : The young in Delhi want jobs and are most likely to vote for a party that makes the city safe...
Probe begins against policeman who complained against Mulayam
Lucknow : Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Wednesday appeared before Police Recruitment Board Director General V.K. Gupta as part of a departmental...
NHRC orders probe into abduction of woman by BJD MLA
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to conduct a fresh inquiry by the Crime Branch into the alleged...
No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar
New Delhi, (IANS): HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday denied female students were discriminated at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after reports said they...
Hotel management student abducted, raped
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 23-year-old hotel management student has alleged that she was abducted and raped by four men who kept her confined for about a month, police said Wednesday.
The victim told the police that she was kidnapped from near Pragati Maidan exhibition complex Aug 31 by a man whom she had known for some years.
He first tried to drag her into his car but she resisted. He then beat her and told bystanders not to interfere claiming it was a "family matter", said a senior police officer.
Puducherry acid attack victim succumbs to injuries
By IANS,
Chennai: After fighting for life for around three months, a 23-year-old woman from Puducherry Tuesday succumbed to the injuries she suffered in a brutal acid attack on her face and neck.
Husband’s retirement no ground for reducing alimony, rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the retirement of a husband was no ground for reduction in the maintenance granted to a...
More women than men in Kerala; few enter parliament
By Sanu George,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala has more women than men, but few women contest and even fewer reach parliament.
Kerala has the highest gender electoral...
Women aren’t weak, says Indian Navy contingent leader
New Delhi : For Lieutenant Commander Priya Jayakumar, leading the Indian Navy contingent at the 66th Republic Day parade Monday was about proving that...
Ramadan 1438: Shaheena
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"The word Ramzan itself gives me a sense of peace and relief. The feeling of Ramzan in the close-knit family...
Smriti Irani takes over as BJP women’s cell chief
By IANS,
New Delhi : Television actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani Thursday officially assumed charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women's cell chief at an event presided over by party president Nitin Gadkari.
"We will aim for the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha under the guidance of our senior leader Sushma-ji," Irani said. The bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha.
Mamata didi has become Shahenshah: Modi
Kharagpur (West Bengal) : Launching a direct attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the "didi"...
Demand for Muslim quota under WRB gains momentum
By TCN news,
New Delhi: Women’s Reservation Bill that seeks to reserve 33% seats for women that has already been passed from Rajya Sabha is facing opposition from backward communities and Muslims. Muslim groups opposing it they think this will politically marginalize them even more. Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) is leading a signature campaign asking for quota for Muslim women in this Bill.
Ramadan 1439: Mehnaaz
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Mehnaaz, 21, is a psychological counsellor and a career guide at Blue Nile counselling.
She says, “This is my passion, something...
Another twist to the Muzaffarpur house of horrors
IANS and TCN News:
The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror...
Widow gangraped in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A 50-year-old widow was gangraped in a Bihar village after she was charged with practising witchcraft. No one has been arrested so far, officials said Tuesday.
The victim, who earned her livelihood by selling vegetables, was raped by two men in Banka district, about 200 km from here, Saturday, district officials said.
Police failed to make any arrest despite the state women commission's intervention following the refusal of the government hospital to provide her medical care initially, women's activist Kanchan Bala said.
Imran Khan’s bride’s choice of dress for Nikah and Islamophobia
By Shaheen Naqshbandi for TwoCircles.net
Recently, Pakistani politician Imran Khan married Bushra Maneka. During the Nikah, the bride wore the full veil and some people...
Pakistani woman indicted for attempted murder in US
By DPA,
Washington : The US government Tuesday indicted a Pakistani woman for attempting to murder American interrogators while she was being held in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly seized a rifle from a US Army officer and tried to fire it at the interrogators who arrived in Ghazni, Afghanistan in July to question her about possible terrorist related activities, the US Justice Department said.
Congress nixes Pawar’s idea to reduce women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday rejected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's suggestion to reduce the women's reservation quota from 33 percent to about 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, and said there is no question of diluting the legislation.
"Absolutely no proposal...no such idea," Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
What Dolly Kumari learnt -– and how it could change India’s textiles industry
By Lavanya Garg
In 2014, Dolly Kumari, an outspoken 12th class passout, left her home in Jharkhand, journeying about 2,000 km south to a new...
Goa BJP aims to woo minorities
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) latest membership drive in Goa will aim to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks, a party spokesman said Monday.
Speaking to reporters at the launch of the state wide membership drive, former state BJP president Rajendra Arlekar said: "We would definitely like to see an increase in the percentage of minorities in the BJP ranks."
He, however, refused to divulge the exact number of registered minority members in the party rolls.
‘Two Women’ and More: A diva’s remarkable story (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta,
Title: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life ; Author: Sophia Loren; Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK; Pages: 352; Special Indian price: Rs.699
Neighbourhood Committees should step into the leaderless vacuum
Citizens should fill the void created by the present institutions of power in ensuring safety for women.
By Raghavan Srinivasan
कर्नाटक : मनीषा से मुहब्बत के बदले में अरबाज को मिली मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
कर्नाटक में एक मुस्लिम लड़के की अंतर-धार्मिक संबंध के चलते हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं। पिछले महीने 28 सितंबर को बेंगलुरु के...
Day-long workshop in Kerala to fight cyber crimes against women
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government will host a day-long workshop Aug 1 to find ways and means to tackle cyber crimes against women, state Social Welfare Minister P.K. Sreemathi said here Wednesday.
"Even though the police department does not maintain separate registers on cyber crimes against women, it is now common knowledge that women, especially school and college girls and young women, are falling prey to this crime," Sreemathi said.
Rahima Khatun: Exemplary work in the field of Muslim women empowerment and children’s welfare...
Changing the socio-economic status of Muslim women by mobilising them into Self-Help Groups and building their skills and capacities is the singular goal of ‘Rajya Mahila Samman 2014’ awardee
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Howrah: Her mission is to self-help, empower and to protect the minority women, girls and children, especially in the rural society. Rahima Khatun has devoted herself for spreading awareness and upliftment of women, eliminate poverty and help tide over poor health and illiteracy. Her weapons in this fight are skill development programmes and self help groups focusing on Muslims.
Traditional barriers put Indonesian women into improper position for progress
By Mulyanda Djohan, Xinhua,
Jakarta : Although some of the Indonesian women have exceeded or been equal with the position of men in many sectors of life, the social status of the nation's women as a whole is far behind the men, a woman leader said recently.
Rita Subowo, the first Indonesian woman taking up the post of the chairmanship of the country's top sport council known as KONI, told Xinhua in an interview that the traditional challenges of discrimination against women had hampered their progress.
Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir
Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...
Tripura agrees to increased quota for women in local bodies
By IANS,
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has agreed to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's proposal to reserve 50 percent seats for women in three-tier panchayats and urban local bodies across the country, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Friday.
"The state cabinet in its meeting Thursday night agreed to the draft constitution amendment bill, sent by the UPA government," he told reporters.
Table Tennis: AAI win girls title, PSPB in men and women’s finals
New Delhi : The Airports Authority of India dethroned Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) to win the youth girls team title in the...
Indian-origin woman in US blames her attorney for withholding truth
Washington : A Sikh woman facing a trial for the murder of her husband's ex-wife in the US, recently left many stunned by accusing...
All-women police station opened in Dharamsala
Dharamsala : After Shimla, this town in Himachal Pradesh Monday became the second in the state to have an all-women police station.
Chief Minister Virbhadra...
Woman researchers equally participate in a Seminar organized by Theological department of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Sunni Theological Society Department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a national level on the theme “Human values in world religions”...
Suspense clouds fate of triple talaq bill
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The fate of the bill that seeks to criminalise instant divorce by Muslim husbands remained shrouded in suspense on...
How two sisters’ commitment scripting Moradabad’s brass industry’s future
Anushka Kogta and Namya Jain, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “This work not only supports our family but also sustains the entire Uttar Pradesh,” claimed 52-year-old Rashida...
Muslim women activists in Hyderabad discussed history, politics, and society
By Nikhat Fatima for TwoCircles.net
Government to name ‘snoopgate’ judge by May 16, BJP dismissive
New Delhi/Shimla : The BJP and Congress Friday exchanged barbs on the 'snoopgate' controversy concerning the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat with union Law...
Two Air India staff, seven Napalese held for human trafficking
New Delhi : Two Air India staff and seven Nepalese women have been arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here on charge...
Once unknown names, they are now fighting to oust Mamata
By Anurag Dey
Kolkata : Once unknown beyond their immediate circles of family, friends and colleagues, they became crusaders due to difficulties and sorrow they...
एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद
आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net
मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने...
Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later".
The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.
Virtual world abuzz on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Debates and discussions on the historic women's reservation bill is buzzing the virtual world too.
Manisha Ahlawat, who created a group "Reality Bites? Would the Women's Reservation Bill be implemented unbiased?" on popular social networking site Facebook, says: "Seeing more women in the position of power will definitely make more people respect women.
Minority women’s scheme fund for 64 organisations
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government has sanctioned funds to 64 NGOs for implementing a 'Leadership Development of Minority Women' scheme across 12 states, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday.
4 mentally ill women die mysteriously in Chennai
By IANS,
Chennai : The bodies of four destitute female patients, who died mysteriously within hours of each other in a mental health institution here Friday, have been sent for postmortem examination, a senior health official told IANS.
"The four women - Rosaline, 43, Mehanji, 32, Muthu Selvi, 48 and Rajammaal, 52 - were our patients for a considerable amount of time. They had a long history of several complications.
Women’s College of Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Movement: Struggle for Women’s Education and establishment of Women’s College
By Afzal Usmani
NWF’s ‘Awakening’ conference to be held at Coimbatore on Nov 16
By TCN News,
Mangalore: The Awakening conference for women empowerment will be held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 16th November 2014.
Presenting the theme and objectives...
#BreakingCaste: Sujatha Gidla shines reading from Ants Among Elephants
By Valli Karunakaran, TwoCircles.net
New York City, March 10, 2018 — Sujatha Gidla was among the authors invited to speak at #Breaking Caste, a literary...
Ramadan1433: Zakaat
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Zakaat is the obligatory charity for Muslims which is 2.5% of all their savings, investments, and gold. Two women wait for...
Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico
Mexico City : A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City.
The driver was...
Delhi girl sustains bullet injury mysteriously
By IANS,
New Delhi: A probe is on into how an eight-year-old girl received a bullet injury in her leg, police said Friday, adding her father was not able to give a credible account.
Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
Vrindavan widows to meet PM over protection bill
(June 23 is World Widow Day)
Vrindavan : Widows living in various shelter homes here Sunday said they wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra...
Tripura governor asks police to protect women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...
Over half of Assam’s candidates haaven’t cleared class 12
New Delhi : More than half of the candidates contesting first phase of Assam assembly elections have studied only up to class 12th, a...
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
Case filed for FB post against Kejriwal’s daughter
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad police Monday registered a criminal case against a person for posting derogatory remarks against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's daughter and...
Pay Rs.300,000 for rape, Haryana told
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday directed the Haryana government to pay Rs.300,000 to a 40-year-old woman who was raped by two Haryana policemen two years ago.
The NHRC said it had issued a notice to the chief secretary of Haryana to pay the monetary relief and send proof of payment within six weeks.
An NHRC official said the woman was dragged out of an auto by a Haryana policeman, Dinesh Kumar, who took her to his house and raped her along with his guest and commando Bijender Singh Feb 21, 2008.
Book “Future of Indian Muslim Women” released in Aligarh
By TCN News
Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah on Saturday released the book “Future of Indian Muslim Women”
Islamic face veil to be banned in Latavia
Riga : Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in...
Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine.
But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family.
It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children.
The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.
‘I can’t be Mad at Allah’ wins accolades, awards for documenting Delhi’s Rohingya refugees
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: For a number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Burma, India has been as a...
Canada outraged over security exemption for niqab-wearing women
By IANS,
Toronto: A YouTube video showing two niqab-wearing Muslim women being allowed to board a flight at Montreal airport without being subjected to any security checks has outraged Canadians.
The incident, which was captured by a British passenger of Air Canada's flight from Montreal to Heathrow last month, violates international standards which require airport check-in staff to see the faces of passengers who board their flights.
वैशाली की ‘गुलनाज’ को न्याय के लिए जमीयत ने लिखी नीतीश को चिट्ठी
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...
Muslim women are still not taken seriously: Farida Khanam
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.
Suicide bomber kills seven in Iraq
By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A woman suicide bomber blew herself Monday at the entrance to the heavily-guarded Green Zone area of central Baghdad, killing at least seven people, an interior ministry source said.
More than a dozen people were also injured in the attack at one of the main entrances to the zone, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
"Our first reports said that five killed and 12 injured, including security members," the source said
Bengal gang-rape: 13 sentenced to 20 years in jail
Kolkata: A West Bengal court Saturday sentenced 13 people convicted of raping a tribal woman in Birbhum district of the state to 20 years...
India-born woman gets 20-year jail for killing husband
New York : An India-born woman in the US state of Texas, convicted of setting her husband afire, has been sentenced to 20 years...
Woman official found dead in car
By IANS,
New Delhi : The body of a 44-year-old Delhi government official was found in her smashed car in northwest Delhi's Rohini area Thursday morning, police said.
Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Neera Kharbanda was found lying dead at 7.15 a.m. in her heavily damaged car that looked as if it had been in an accident. Kharbanda was posted as Model Town SDM.
"The window screen and bumper of the car were badly damaged and primarily it seems that the car collided with a heavy vehicle. A bottle of liquor was also recovered from the car," a police official said.
Picked up from an Army ‘crackdown’, never to return: Dilshada Begum’s 23-year search for...
In the fourth of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Dilshada Begum.
Zakura (Srinagar): On...
Rajya Sabha defers voting on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Rayja Sabha Monday deferred voting on the Women's Reservation Bill after supporting opposition parties insisted on a debate before it is put to vote.
After repeated disruptions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called a meeting of political parties supporting the bill where the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said the proposed legislation should be discussed and then put to vote.
The bill seeks to reserve a third of all seats for women in parliament and state assemblies.
Irani education controversy: Court seeks verificiation papers
New Delhi : A court here on Friday sought documents of verification from the Election Commission of India and Delhi University in a case...
Sunlight deficiency causing bone-health problems in young women
(May 28 is International Women's Health Day)
New Delhi : Sunlight missing from the lives of busy young women is making them deficient in...
Women’s bill will impact caste struggle in India: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi : By encouraging women's participation in politics, the historic bill to reserve 33 percent of seats for them in parliament and the legislatures will impact the country's political scenario, the patriarchal system and the caste struggle in rural India, experts say.
Andhra forms women’s empowerment corporation
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday constituted a women's empowerment corporation as part of its efforts to eliminate poverty and improve the human...
Congress gears up to support women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and legislative assemblies.
At a meeting, the party's women ministers and senior MPs, including those who are members of the Parliament Standing Committee on the bill, discussed the Congress strategy to push the legislation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi also attended the meeting held at the party headquarters here.
British Indian woman election candidate stands for change
By Debdutta Bhattacharjee,
New Delhi/London : Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain's Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month's parliamentary elections, has been a busy...
Attack on Soni Sori is an attempt to suppress the voice of voiceless: CLMC
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Condemning the attack on Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad-based civil rights group has criticized...
Woman boxer found dead, Andhra government orders probe
By IANS,
Hyderabad : n upcoming woman boxer, who had represented Andhra Pradesh in the national championships, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her hostel room at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here Wednesday.
S. Amravati, 21, who was found in her room in the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) hostel at the stadium, was suspected to have committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. She had been undergoing coaching for three years.
Tamil writer on Man Asia long list
By IANS,
Chennai : Rokkiah Malik who writes under the pseudonym Salma is one of the eleven Indian authors contending for this year's Man Asia Literary Prize with her book "Midnight Tales"
Rokkiah, who is a top official of the Tamil Nadu welfare department, was first published in the late '90s. She caught public imagination with her feminist poetry collections like "Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum" and "Pachai Thevathai".
Rokkiah, who is a top official of the Tamil Nadu welfare department, was first published in the late '90s. She caught public imagination with her feminist poetry collections like "Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum" and "Pachai Thevathai".
AMU’s journal on women of marginalized communities released online
By TCN News
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has revived its reputed women’s journal 'Women and Society' by an online relaunching on Thursday, July 9.
The online...
21 Nepali women rescued, two traffickers held
New Delhi : Twenty-one Nepali women, who were set to be sent to Dubai for the sex trade on the pretext of getting jobs,...
Sikh woman in New York fights harassment, wins
By IANS,
New York : After a legal battle lasting more than three years, a Sikh woman here, who faced racial, religious and sexual harassment at her workplace, has forced her employer to not only pay her compensation, but also make changes in its employment policies.
"The settlement reached between Sukhbir Kaur and her employer, National Wholesale Liquidators (NWL), sends a strong message to private employers that discrimination against Sikhs is illegal and will be harshly punished," non-profit organisation Sikh Coalition, said in a statement Wednesday.
UN chief calls for end to violence against women
By Xinhua,
United Nations : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his call to bring an end to violence against women, a scourge whose impact is devastating and immeasurable, as the United Nations began a series of events to mark International Women's Day.
"It is sometimes said that women are weavers and men are too often warriors," Ban said in an address to the commemoration of the day, observed annually March 8, in New York.
Schoolgirl raped in Agra
Agra: A 14-year old schoolgirl going for her tuition class Friday evening was picked up by three boys in a car and raped by...
‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.
Women’s panchayat in Varanasi
By TCN News,
Varanasi, UP: A Mahila Panchayat (women’s assembly) was organised by U.P Khudai Khidmatgar team Nargis bahan and Faisal Khan from central team .
Hormonal contraceptives less effective for obese women
By IANS,
Washington: Hormonal contraceptives seem to be less effective in preventing pregnancy among obese or overweight women, a study says.
Four of seven studies examined in a review comprising 39,531 women suggest that the heaviest women have the highest risk of pregnancy while using the contraceptives.
"Obese or overweight women should also consider potential health risks from hormonal contraceptives," said Amitasrigowri Murthy, who directs the reproductive choice programme at Bellevue Hospital Centre in New York, reports The Cochrane Library.