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President calls for moral values in education

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Left parties join hands ahead of polls in northeast

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Imphal : Joining hands ahead of elections in some northeastern states, the left parties have called for unity among themselves to stamp out corruption...

Facing ire over remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Nupur Sharma has a record of controversies

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37-year-old Sharma is a former president of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) who rose through the ranks of the ruling BJP to become...

Woman gang raped on the banks of river Ganga

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Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a...

Women Reservation Bill is anti minority bill – AIUDF

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By TCN News New Delhi: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came out against the proposed Women Reservation bill saying it "is completely against" it in its present form.

Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover

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By IANS, Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam. "There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.

Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district

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Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...

Hundreds of women march in Delhi for reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Hundreds of women from many parts of the country Monday marched in the capital demanding that parliament pass the bill to reserve 33 percent of legislature seats for women. The march to parliament was organised by the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA). The women marched from Ramlila Maidan holding banners and placards, and raising slogans asking, "President (Pratibha) Patil's speech promised Women's Reservation Bill in 100 days - Why the broken promise?" The march reached Parliament Street where a mass meeting was held.

‘If Delhi is unsafe for a woman police officer, what about common girls?’

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New Delhi: Three youths literally caught the wrong hand when a woman they tried to molest turned out to be a Delhi Police constable. While...

Motivating women to contest elections

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Women have less than 10 percent representation in India's parliament even though they make up 44 percent of the voting population. But much of that may change if an NGO that is encouraging women to join mainstream politics has its way. The Centre for Social Research (CSR), through a UN project, "Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy", has selected 1,000 women from across India and is grooming them to contest the April-May Lok Sabha election as well as state assembly polls.

Indian law: Domestic Violence Act

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By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net -- Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...

Karnataka High Court allows women to work in bars

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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".

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals 

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Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...

Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child

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By IANS, Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child". Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala. "At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.

Dead woman elected as panchayat samiti member in Bihar!

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Patna : A woman in Bihar, who died nine years ago, has been elected as panchayat samiti member in the recently concluded 10-phase panchayat...

Woman promised job, raped in car

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By IANS, New Delhi : A job agent raped a 24-year-old married woman in his car after he took her to a desolate area in south Delhi on the pretext of providing her a job in a hospital reportedly owned by his uncle, police said Thursday. The victim told police that the accused identified as Mohit, 30, raped her in his car in the desolate area of Vasant Kunj Tuesday. She said he had promised her a job of a nurse in the hospital owned by his uncle in Khanpur area. He then asked her to come in his car to the hospital for the interview.

Priyanka, Smriti in war of words over Rahul’s work

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Amethi:A war of words broke out Saturday between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and BJP's Amethi Lok Sabha candidate Smriti Irani, as the Gandhi scion urged...

Allowing women to be guardians: Panel examines bill

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By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : A parliamentary panel is scrutinising a bill aimed at giving Indian women equal rights as men in adopting children and becoming guardians of minors, including their own kids - something they are barred from under existing law.

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।...

Sex selective abortion rampant in Delhi, says study

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A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 1 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing with due permission the long form report in parts...

Women’s Day: Spicejet’s all-women crew flights, SRL Diagnostics awards 5

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New Delhi : On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, budget carrier SpiceJet said it was operating 16 all-women crew flights across...

Now, Jalpaiguri missionary school receives threat letter

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Kolkata: Even as police are yet to make any arrest into the gang rape of a nun in a convent in West Bengal's Ranaghat,...

India’s Muslims are finally breaking free of the mold

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There’s hope for India’s Muslims as they set new examples of excellence defying great odds By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net

Muslim women in India are in miserable condition: Uzma Naheed

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Uzma Naheed comes from a family of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband. She is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and has been working for the upliftment of the Muslim women in India and abroad. Though she comes from the religious establishment she is very critical of religious establishment for keep Muslims in intellectually and socially miserable condition.

US woman, 80, with no training, lands plane

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By IANS, Washington : An 80-year-old woman in the US who had never flown before managed to land a small aircraft after her pilot husband passed out at the controls.

Check crimes against women: NHRC to Gurgaon police

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Gurgaon police commissioner over the increasing number of crimes against women. Taking suo motu cognizance...

Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman

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Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...

South African women open guest house for 2010 World Cup

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By IANS, Phalaborwa (South Africa) : A group of 11 women in this town has opened a 4.5-million rand ($587,696) guest house, targeting visitors during the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup the country is hosting. The Sasavona Guesthouse in Lulekani, a few kilometres from the Kruger National Park in Phalaborwa in the northern province of Limpopo has been opened to tourists and visitors this week, but the real target is the World Cup tourists, BuaNews reported Saturday.

Every fifth candidate in Bengal first phase has criminal cases

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New Delhi : As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that...

Ensure women’s safety: Paridhi Sharma’s Holi wish

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Mumbai: Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show "Jodha Akbar" hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and...

NHRC notice to Rajasthan over woman’s rape by policeman

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New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over the alleged rape of a woman by a police constable and his...

India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural...

Woman home guard molested on Delhi bus

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हरिद्वार धर्म संसद में ऐलान ‘हिन्दू राष्ट्र ‘ बनाने के लिए 1857 से बड़ा...

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विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net उत्तराखंड के हरिद्वार में हुई हिंदू धर्म की संसद में भड़काऊ भाषणों का एक वीडियो सामने आया है। जूना अखाड़े के महामंडलेश्वर यति...

Kerala government floats new policy to empower women

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By IANS, Palakkad (Kerala) : The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday. Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women. "Our goals can be achieved because Kerala is far ahead of other parts of the country with regards to women's literacy and life expectancy," said Vijayan.

Another rape in Bengal, victim deaf and mute

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EIFF conducts seminar on “Healthy Woman Healthy Family”

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By: Muhammad Afaque Nagoor,

1,000 girls get school uniforms stitched by “Sakhi”

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Jaipur : All of them may not have been able to go to school but a good number of rural women in Rajasthan, who...

3,000 jobs for women in Saudi outsourcing centre

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Riyadh : The first Saudi all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) service centre will aim to provide 3,000 jobs to Saudi women in the next...

Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:

UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities

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By Arun Kumar, IANS Washington: A prominent woman-owned hospital group in the United Arab Emirates, begun by a woman who moved there from Nagpur, plans to bring affordable health care services to smaller Indian cities with a $24 million World Bank financing. "The project will introduce high clinical and managerial standards and create new jobs where there is significant unemployment, especially in smaller Indian cities," the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, said on signing of agreements to finance Zulekha Hospitals Group's expansion plans.

Bihar cabinet okays 35 percent job reservation for women

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Patna: The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday formally approved 35 percent reservation for women in all government jobs in the state, officials said. The cabinet meeting...

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

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

SC bars seeking votes over religion, ruling hailed

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New Delhi (IANS) : The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that seeking votes on the basis of religion, race, caste or language of a candidate...

Zeeshan Ali: first Muslim girl from Bihar to win Fulbright Fellowship

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Bringing laurel to Bihar and her community, Zeeshan Ali has won Fulbright Fellowship from the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). She will be the first Muslim girl from Bihar to have been awarded the prestigious fellowship. “I was quite surprised when the news was broken on me. I really feel honored. I am happy beyond bounds,” says Zeeshan, Patna University Ph.D. student, talking to TwoCircles.net.
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Muslim women of Malabar

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 8 In various towns of Malabar, it is not uncommon to see Muslim women on the streets, bazaars, and schools. They can be easily identified with their traditional mode of clothing. Young girls wear long colorful skirts, long sleeved blouses and heads covered in dupatta or a hijab. Older girls, it seems, prefer shalwar qameez. Married women wear saris or abayas.

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...

Reports: two Japanese women kidnapped in Yemen

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By Xinhua, Sana'a : Two female Japanese tourists were kidnapped near Yemen's major tourist attraction Marib on Wednesday, local officials told foreign media. The Japanese women were seized by unknown armed men while visiting a historic dam in the town of Marib, some 180 kilometers east of the capital of Sanaa, said the media reports. The armed men took the two women, members of a tourist group sightseeing near the old dam of Marib, in their vehicle and kicked away their Yemeni driver, a provincial government official was quoted as saying.

सीमांचल की ज़मीन पर साहित्य का इंटरनेशनल उत्सव

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net बिहार के किशनगंज में इंटरनेशनल लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल...! ये बात कईयों के लिए हैरानी का सबब बन सकती है. मगर ये...

Chhattisgarh cop held for setting woman on fire

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By IANS, Raipur : A member of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) has been arrested for setting a woman on fire after she refused to provide him liquor, police said Friday. The woman is battling for life. The incident took place late Thursday in Surguja district, some 350 km from here. The woman is warded in a government hospital with 90 percent burn injuries. The policeman, Ambuj Shukla, asked Sushila Paswan, a 38-year-old widow of Ramanujganj area, to get home-made liquor for him. He got upset when she refused.

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : यूपी सरकार पक्षकार नहीं, कैसे रखेगी अपना पक्ष?

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली...

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

Impose president’s rule, make Odisha safe for women: BJP

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded president's rule in Odisha to prevent rape cases and atrocities on women.

Kashmir conflict affects all dimensions of women’s life, ‘Women’s Voices in Jammu and Kashmir’...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCirlces.net, Srinagar: All dimensions of life such as education, overall development, social life and health have been impacted the most due to continued conflict in the Kashmir valley, more than 50% women responded during a survey ‘Women’s voices in Jammu and Kashmir (2014)’.

6 days after being kidnapped by ‘upper-caste men’ in village in Bihar, 20-year-old Dalit...

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The killing of the twenty-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Bihar after being kidnapped by upper-caste men saw a protest by members...

Death of three Tamil Nadu students shrouded in mystery

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Chennai: The death of three girl students of a naturopathy college in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district is shrouded in mystery, with police registering a...

Teenage girl molested in DTC bus, attacker arrested

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Raping is my right: You taught me!

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By Daud Arif for TwoCircle.net, Who am I? I am a male for whom my family might have killed my unborn sister, or perhaps sisters, till they got to know it is me who is going to come in this world. You see, how honored I am in the hierarchy even before I arrive on the earth?

At your special service, say hotels to women guests

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By IANS, Mumbai : Now women have an added reason to travel alone! Leading Indian hotels are offering exclusive wings, separate floors and specialised services to protect and pamper them - a new concept in the country. The ITC hotel chain, for instance, has Eva Floors - floors dedicated to women where men are simply not allowed. "Since security is the prime concern, we bar men from entering this floor. The lifts don't stop at the floor unless you swipe the lift board with your room key card," says Dhunji Kavarna, general manager at Mumbai's ITC Maratha.

UP’s 1090 women’s helpline heading for closure?

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness

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New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...

Stories by women, for women

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From the story of Urmila, Sita's sister to life in Iran and the cruel fate of Bollywood's item girls - all these stories on the IANS bookshelf this weekend throw light on the many hues of women and, interestingly, are written by women. Take a look.

India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85

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By NNN-Bernama, Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying. Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka. She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

HIV-positive mother gets child custody

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By IANS, New Delhi : A smile lit up Sunita Verma's face as she got her two-year-old boy back after nearly a year thanks to the Delhi High Court which Tuesday ruled in her favour despite the fact that she is HIV-positive. Justice Gita Mittal also appointed an activist who will look after the child on a regular basis. She also ordered that the child undergo a medical test Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Sunita approached the court as her in-laws refused to give her the child after her husband Satish died of AIDS.

Sarah Rizvi: Born and brought up in Mumbai, became IPS in Gujarat

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor

59-year-old woman murdered in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 59-year-old woman was killed and valuables from her west Delhi house looted in a broad daylight Sunday, police said. Sumitra Gulati was at her house with only her five-year-old grandson Pranav when a robber impersonating as a cable TV operator came in. The woman was stabbed to death, and Rs.50,000 in cash and some jewellery were taken away. "The neighbours told us that Pranav said a man had come to repair the cable TV. The boy went to the first floor and when he came down he saw his grandmother lying in room in a pool of her blood," a police officer added.

Government planning better facilities for working women: Minister

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New Delhi : The government is planning several initiatives to provide better facilities for working women so that they can perform to their full...

NHRC to hear rights violation cases in North East India

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“यहां तो हमारा हर रोज़ बलात्कार होता है…”

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net “बचपन में शादी का बहुत अरमान था. लेकिन अपने बाप को मेरा सौदा करते देखकर रिश्तों से भरोसा उठ गया.” ये दर्द...

First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76). She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.

Rats nibble woman’s body in mortuary

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Bhopal : A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly...

Number of rape cases rising in India

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003. The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

Herbal pill can cut your appetite by a fifth: Study

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By IANS, London: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals. The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks. Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool. They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 percent, reported dailymail.co.uk.

Navodaya Vidyalaya’s 55 girls allege molestation

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Akola (Maharashtra) : A manhunt has been launched to arrest two teachers who face charges of molesting 55 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya...

Summit for women entrepreneurship held in New Delhi

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto, a Delhi based NGO organized Women’s Summit here under the sponsorship of Human Welfare Foundation at The Scholar...

Women’s helpline working fine: UP Police

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Lucknow : After a woman said she did not get any response from the police after being robbed, Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday denied...

Folk art shows how women fought for their rights

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Did Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in Triple Talaq, lie about her divorce?

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, the issue of instant Triple Talaq has been discussed, criticised, debated and analysed a lot....

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

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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...

Kerala assembly to hold special session for women’s quota

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent seats in the local legislative bodies for women. "The main reason to call the special session is to pass this new law to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women in the local bodies," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters. Currently, there are 20,554 elected representatives in Kerala, of which 33.33 percent seats are reserved for women.

LDs: licensed to track you

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By Rajat Rai, IANS, Lucknow : Be it a mall, an office, a seminar venue or a social networking website, men are advised to be cautious in dealing with unknown women. The newfound weapon of private detective agencies is the lady detective, codenamed LD. "It is a combination of technology and beauty. Collecting information about anyone, be it a man or a woman, is more economical and easy using LD than male detectives," Shyam of Fox Detective Agency reveals.

EC move to curb bogus voting by ‘veiled’ women

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Chandigarh : To check any attempt at bogus voting by women coming in veils to polling booths for casting their votes, the Election Commission...

Pushing Uniform Civil Code counterproductive for women: CPI-M

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New Delhi : Accusing the Narendra Modi government of "targeting minorities", the CPI-M on Tuesday said the Centres move to push the Uniform Civil...

Woman kills her two children, attempts suicide

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Hyderabad : Distressed over financial problems, a woman poisoned to death her two children and later attempted suicide with her mother by jumping into...

Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : लॉकडाउन की चर्चा भर से कांप जाते हैं बिहार के बढ़ियापुर...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net कोरोना वायरस के नए वेरिएंट ऑमिक्रॉन के सामने आते ही एक बार फिर से पूरी दुनिया सहमी सी नज़र आने लगी है। कई...

Women claim fraud, lay siege to police station

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By IANS, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu : At least 500 woman laid a siege to a police station here in rural Tamil Nadu, demanding action against people who allegedly swindled over 600 womens' self-help group members of about Rs.1 million. The police later swung into action and arrested eight people, including six women. The suspects were arrested after agitating women alleged that they had parted with amounts ranging from Rs.1,000 to Rs.5,000 per head, against promises of being given house plots, the police said Sunday.

‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...

एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !

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मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...

‘Migrant’ women, children jailed in Assam, NCM writes to Home Ministry

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By Md. Asim Khan New Delhi : Concerned over the indiscriminate detentions of people in Assam on suspicion of being Bangladeshis or Myanmarese, the National...

Pregnant woman burnt by husband

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By IANS, Pune : A pregnant woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband after she quarrelled with his mother in Maharashtra's Sangli district, police said Saturday. Twenty-year-old Sangita Shivaji Patil, who was six months pregnant, had a bitter argument Tuesday with her mother-in-law Hansa Naiku Patil, 55, at their home in Lingnur village, about 150 km from here. The miffed mother-in-law then stormed out of her home, ignoring appeals to stay on from her husband Naiku Patil and son Shivaji, sub-inspector P.R. Sawant of Meraj police station told IANS.

Ace Media & Marketing to launch exclusive website for women

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RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...

Awareness on domestic violence act is low, say NGOs

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By IANS, New Delhi: Despite the domestic violence act being in place for the past three years, its effectiveness has been limited as awareness about the legislation is low, civil society organisations said at a seminar here Wednesday. One of the main reasons for this was media's ignorance over the intricacies of the act, said speakers at the national consultation on the domestic violence act.

Woman alleges gang rape in moving car in Ludhiana

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Ludhiana : Police here in Punjab on Sunday registered a case after a 21-year-old woman alleged that she was gang-raped by three youths in...

Sania honoured with Padma Bhushan

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New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was conferred with Padma Bhushan at a glittering investiture at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday for...

Institute withdraws punishment after senior girls apologize for ragging

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By IANS, Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT - A) administration Thursday said it will soon withdraw the fine and punishment on 19 senior girl students after they apologized for ragging junior girls. On Tuesday, 19 B. Tech final year girl students were fined for ragging newly admitted girls at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Allahabad. Besides a fine of Rs.50,000 each, the institute also withdrew the scholarship of the girls expelled from the hostel after the matter came to light.

Two JD-U women legislators campaign for BJP, RJD

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Patna: Two women legislators from Bihar's ruling JD-U, one of them a former minister, are campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and RJD...

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

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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.

Khudai Khidmatgar holding Save Girl Child summit in Delhi

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90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.

One killed in fight over balloon in West Bengal town

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By IANS, Kolkata : An altercation among children over a balloon led to a scuffle between their grandmothers in a West Bengal town. The same evening, one of the women, a Trinamool Congress activist, was attacked by a group of teenagers following which she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital here, the police said Wednesday. The incident took place in Naihati town of North 24 Parganas district, about 40 km from here.

She almost did not become a Doctor; but now Dr Farida Ghoghawala helps thousands...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Fort Meyers, Florida: For most professionals, 60 is the age when they are expected to take a...

Parrikar hails all-girl NCC team that scaled Everest

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New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday congratulated the NCC girl cadet team...

Logic of women’s reservation

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi It is an unfortunate fact that in a democracy nothing is achievable without united agitations. This time again the Muslim social and political leadership in India is failing to unite strongly against a very genuine demand and clear hypocrisy against them in guise of women empowerment.

Jammu and Kashmir gets first woman CM in Mehbooba

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Jammu : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with...

Kolkata exhibits unknown women freedom fighters

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19-year-old gang-raped, three arrested

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men, of which three have been arrested, police officials said Wednesday. One of the accused...

BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday. "BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone. A case was registered against them Friday on the complaint of the victim's husband.

Shinde urges introspection on low conviction rate

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Muslims in Karnataka protest Hijab ban verdict by observing shutdown

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Muslim groups in the state are mulling to file a joint petition in the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court verdict which declared...

World Heart Day brings bad news for Indian women on fast lane

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : World Heart Day Sunday brings bad news for Indian women who have been found to be more vulnerable to coronary diseases because their arteries are narrower than those of men. "Since arteries in women are narrower in India, risk factors have a bigger impact. Coronary and heart diseases need to be more aggressively managed in women than men," Madhukar Shahi, senior interventional cardiologist of Gurgaon-based Artemis Health Institute, told IANS on World Heart Day.

Kish Island – a temporary timeout for Iranian women

Women
By Farshid Motahari, DPA, Kish Island (Iran) : While women in the Iranian capital Tehran are meticulously checked by vice squads for any lapse in the Islamic dress code, those holidaying on Kish Island in the country's south have a temporary timeout in this regard. "It is such a pleasure to have the scarf so loose on your head and enjoy the sun and wind on your hair. Although only temporary but still it is such a nice timeout for us," said 24-year-old Salomeh who together with her friends, is spending some days on the Gulf island.

Women legislators oppose banning jeans on campus

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By IANS, Lucknow : Taking up cudgels on behalf of students, women legislators in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district have opposed a proposal drafted by several college principals, banning students from wearing jeans on campus. Women legislators demanded that the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Principals Association (UPPA) should not be implemented in any of the colleges in the state and said they would raise the issue even in the state assembly, if UPPA goes ahead with the proposal.

SRK celebrates women’s power, calls them ‘leaders of future’

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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.

Jhansi women send strong message on how to protect trees

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By Sandeep Pauranik Jhansi : If you take to the roads of Bundelkhand, you will be captivated by the lush growth of trees -- and...

India: topper among women in UPSC exam credits family for achievement

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : Delhi girl Ashmia Jain, the overall topper among women candidates in the Civil Services Examination, credits her achievement to her family's efforts. Jain, who secured the seventh position in the 2007 exam, is a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics. The 25-year-old told PTI that she had dreamt of the moment when she was in Class IX. "When I was in Class IX, I had told one of my friends that one day I would also make it to the civil services exam". A topper from her school days, Jain toiled tediously for one and a half year to achieve her goal.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – The...

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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...

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Unhappy over portfolio allocation, Jammu and Kashmir minister ‘resigns’

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Jammu : Apparently dissatisfied with the portfolio allotted to him, Sajad Lone, a minister in the PDP-BJP ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir on...

Woman pensioner donates Rs 50,000 for LPG to poor women: Modi

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New Delhi : Pitching for the government's 'Give It Up' campaign to voluntarily surrender cooking gas subsidy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...

Woman gives birth outside health centre, inquiry initiated

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a still-born child outside a community health centre (CHC) in Uttar Pradesh after she was denied admission there. An inquiry has been initiated into the case. Vidyawati was Tuesday night brought to the Gosaiganj CHC in Lucknow district in an advanced stage of pregnancy by her relatives. However, the medical staff at the CHC allegedly refused to admit her. Vidyawati subsequently gave birth to a still-born child in the gallery of CHC, officials added.

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

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

Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder". Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.

जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान

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उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...

हज 2022 : ‘हज मोबाइल एप’ से होगा आवेदन,तैयारी में जुटी सरकार

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net हज 2022 के ऑनलाइन आवेदन प्रक्रिया को 1 नवंबर से शुरू हो गई है। केंद्रीय अल्पसंख्यक मंत्री मुख्तार अब्बास नकवी ने मुंबई के हज...

Five years after Ayesha Meera was gang raped and murdered family still waiting for...

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मदरसों के पक्ष में मायावती ने उठाई आवाज़

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net बसपा प्रमुख मायावती उत्तर प्रदेश में अपनी खोई हुई ज़मीन मुस्लिम वोटरों के जरिए तलाशने में लगीं हैं। पिछले कुछ समय से...

Bill on Triple Talaq cleared by Cabinet

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New Delhi, (IANS): A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter...

“डोंट वांट ए मुस्लिम डिलीवरी पर्सन” !

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बीते दिनों स्विगी ऐप पर हैदराबाद के एक ग्राहक द्वारा किया गया असामान्य सांप्रदायिक अनुरोध सोशल मीडिया पर खासा बवाल मचाए हुआ है।...

परंपरागत मधुबनी पेंटिंग में हुनर आज़मा रही मुस्लिम बालिकाएं

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सूफ़ी परवीन Twocircles.net के लिए https://youtu.be/Q1-IttFHEdU बिहार के मिथिला क्षेत्र में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का एक समूह मधुबनी पेंटिंग की कला को सीखकर नई कहानी लिख...

US Women Favor Obama

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : Most US women would vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in November general elections, according to surveys released Thursday. A Gallup poll indicates that the Illinois senator was backed by 51 percent of women, while Republican presidential candidate John McCain barely got 38 percent. Comparing these figures with a previous survey, the Afro-American politician expanded his lead from 5 percentage points to 13. A Rasmussen Reports survey showed similar results (52 percent of women favoring Obama and 39 percent for McCain).

India-Africa initiative empowering African women

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By Hadra Ahmed, New Delhi : A new initiative has India partnering with African countries to empower African women by developing skills that already...

’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’

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

Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments

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Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...

Women rights groups protest against R.K. Pachauri

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New Delhi : Women's rights groups protested on Friday in front of the TERI office here, condemning R.K. Pachauri's "promotion" as the executive vice...

Jharkhand woman kills a man, then hangs herself

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By IANS, Ranchi: A woman allegedly slit the throat of a man in a temple and then committed suicide following a financial dispute in a Jharkhand village, police said Wednesday. According to police, Pramila Devi, in her late thirties, murdered Kamlesh Ram who was praying in a temple in Sijua village of Dhanbad district. She then went home and hanged herself from a ceiling fan.

बीमारी में भी महिलाओं के हौसले बुलंद, ‘कटने को तैयार लेकिन पीछे हटना मंजूर...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ/देवबंद/दिल्ली। देशभर में हो रहे नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में हो रहे प्रदर्शन के दौरान सबसे मुश्किल काम नारे लगवाना है। दिल्ली...

Scores of women’s orgs’, collectives call for unconditional release of student activist Gulfisha Fatima,...

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Scores of organizations released a joint statement calling for release of Gulfisha Fatima and all anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protestors who are incarcerated. The statement said that...

IFF holds health awareness seminar for women in Dammam

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By Muhammed Iqbal for TwoCircles.net, Dammam (Saudi Arabia): An eclectic mix of medical and health-related topics was deliberated at a Health Awareness seminar exclusively organized for ladies by India Fraternity Forum (IFF) on 19th February at Paragon Auditorium, Dammam.

Colonial hangover ails workers of Assam’s tea industry

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, Tezpur (Assam) : Colonial-style bungalows of Assam's expansive tea gardens and the British-era lifestyles of their executives paint a picture postcard of yore. Sadly, this hangover also extends to the poor living conditions of labourers - an issue now in the limelight after the World Bank said that it was probing the violation of workers' rights inthese plantations it jointly finances with Tata Global Beverages.

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.

Men who want women to stay home earn more

Women
By IANS, Washington : Men holding the view that women should stay at home earn more than men who don't. But women with more egalitarian views don't take home much more than their traditional counterparts. Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston of University of Florida analysed data from a nationally representative study of men and women who were interviewed four times between 1979 and 2005. Some 12,686 people, aged between 14 and 22 at the beginning of the study, participated, even as 60 percent remained with the study.

Two injured in Agra clash

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Lucknow : Two people were injured when two groups clashed in Agra which prompted police reinforcements to control the situation, police said on Monday. The...

Theatre fest from South Asia on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi : Be it strife-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, women in South Asia are playing an increasingly important and powerful role fostering peace. Come March 8, the International Women's Day, some 13 plays will be staged in the capital to celebrate this recognition. The festival "Leela" March 8-15 will showcase women-oriented plays directed and staged by women from nine South Asian countries. These will be presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in association with the National School of Drama and the Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Bangladesh parliament to double reservation for women

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh's parliament will more than double the number of seats reserved for women and repeal laws that discriminate against women, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the International Women's Day at Osmani Memorial Hall here, she said: "We will reintroduce the National Women Development Policy adopted during the last Awami League government's tenure. We gave nomination to maximum number of women for contesting the December 29 polls."

Record 13 women get elected to Haryana assembly

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Chandigarh: Haryana's legislative history has a new entry - 13 women candidates have been declared elected to the new state assembly Sunday out of...
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