UP, Bihar, Rajasthan: Worst states for women, J&K catching up
By Devanik Saha
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian...
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part V on Jyotsna Bewa
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
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.
Essay writing competition in celebration of Mother’s Day
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Human’s Pride, an NGO that works for the poor and oppressed section of the society has announced a national essay writing competition for Mother’s Day.
4 held for misbehaving with JNU girls, baton charge on campus
By IANS,
New Delhi: Violence broke out on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus late Sunday evening when four outsiders in an inebriated state were caught teasing women students and Delhi Police had to resort to baton charge and teargas to disperse the agitated students.
दौड़ने से पहले ही पंक्चर हो गई अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘साइकिल’ योजना
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
अल्पसंख्यक तबक़े से ताल्लुक़ रखने वाली लड़कियों पढ़ाई-लिखाई में प्रोत्साहन देने के मक़सद से शुरू की गई केन्द्र सरकार की ‘साइकिल...
Rajasthan youth refuses to marry minor, moves court
By IANS,
Jodhpur: An 18-year-old youth approached a court here against his parents, who he claimed were forcing him to marry a minor girl against his wish, police said Saturday.
Rathore deposits passport in court
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Thursday deposited his passport in a local court as part of the conditions it imposed while extending his post-conviction bail in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case till Feb 8.
Additional district and sessions judge Raj Shekhar Attri extending the bail Wednesday, asked Rathore not to leave the country and deposit his passport in the court within seven days.
Rathore's wife and counsel Abha Rathore submitted the passport in the court on her husband's behalf.
Meghalaya to compensate rape victims
By IANS,
Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a comprehensive policy to pay compensation to victims of rape and human trafficking, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Wednesday.
Woman jailed for 10 years for biting son to death
By RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A court in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia's Urals has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for killing her three-year-old son in a violent attack during which she bit the child over 50 times.
Investigators said that Svetlana, aged 31, had been drinking with two friends at her home in Kamensk-Uralsky in October 2008. On noticing that her son Ivan had dirty hands, she took him into the bathroom.
The woman told the police that she only has a vague recollection of what followed.
Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again.
It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday.
"It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
Government expands scheme to benefit adolescent girls
By IANS,
New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday said that the government's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) would be expanded to benefit adolescent girls and also grant benefits to pregnant and nursing mothers.
"Around 7,073 ICDS projects have been sanctioned under which 1.4 million anganwadi (primary care) centres would be functioning in the long run. The ICDS would be expanded to include two new schemes for improving nutrition of adoloscent girls and women for which the minitry has allocated Rs.9,000 crore (Rs.90 billion)," Tirath said.
Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years
Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city
By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.
#तीन_तलाक़_क़ानून : सवाल दर सवाल ही है, जवाब का पता नहीं
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लोकसभा ने तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत या एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ से जुड़ा बिल ध्वनिमत से पास कर दिया है. अब इस बिल को राज्यसभा से...
Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...
No marriage? 23 Saudi women sue guardians
Riyadh : Twenty-three Saudi women sued their parents last year for not letting them get married, a source at the National Society for Human...
No more Talaq Talaq Talaq: Women’s group
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) on Monday said it will use the holy month of Ramadan to step up its...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
Clear rehab scheme for rape victims, women’s panel asks PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the prime minister to implement a rehabilitation scheme for rape victims that would help rebuild their lives.
The commission has sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard requesting him to clear the scheme as soon as possible.
"We met the prime minister over this scheme and have also sent him a detailed letter on why rehabilitation of rape victims was necessary," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here Saturday.
Can ovulating women’s brain recognise potential sex partner?
By IANS,
Washington : Women's preferences for 'manly' men are influenced by their menstrual cycles.
A new study by Kinsey Institute showed differences in brain activity as women considered masculinised and feminised male faces and whether the person was a potential sexual partner.
Researchers identified regions of the brain that responded more strongly to masculine faces and demonstrated that differences between masculinised and feminised faces appeared strongest when the women were closer to ovulating.
Women’s panel to probe Air India hostess’ ‘molestation’
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will Wednesday begin its probe into an Air India air hostess' alleged molestation during a mid-air scuffle also involving a purser and two pilots this month.
"We have already looked into reports from the police and Air India. We have also received letters from passengers on board the flight about what they saw. Our committee members will be taking statements from the girl and those involved. They (the committee members) may even travel to Mumbai for this," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here Tuesday.
Niqab ban gets unanimous support in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,
Toronto : Canadians have unanimously supported the niqab ban announced by French-speaking Quebec province this week. After France, the Canadian province is the first in North America to ban the niqab, a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women.
The ban, triggered by an Egyptian immigrant woman's refusal to remove her niqab in her French classes in Montreal, will disallow access to government services, schools and colleges and health care to those who don't remove the face veil.
Ramadan 1433: Shukr
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
Eighteen-year old Shabhana daughter of Meraj Jahan is reading the Holy Quran outside her 24sq. yrds- 2 room house. She never...
Woman power pulls Orissa’s chariots of gods
By Byomakesh Biswal, IANS,
Baripada (Orissa) : It's a tug of equality. For women in the small town of Baripada that has come alive during the Jagannath rath yatra, pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra is as much about empowerment as it is about tradition.
The Hindu chariot festival is observed in many parts of India, with mostly men doing the tugging, but in Baripada it is a unique affair because there women have the exclusive right of pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra - the sister of Lord Jagannath - in an act considered sacred.
Woman killed in Bihar for practising witchcraft
Patna: A 55-year-old Muslim woman was killed by her neighbours in Bihar's Khagaria district, for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said Friday.
Hasina Khatoon, a resident...
Salem’s Muslim Women’s Aid Society: Idea of young women
By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: While studying the role and activities of Muslim Women’s Aid Society (MWAS) in Tamil Nadu this correspondent came into contact with Mrs. Umai Banu, Honorary Secretary of Salem District’s MWAS. Mrs. Banu was a source of not only information but also inspiration.
Mrs.K.M.Umai Banu
Mrs.K.M.Umai Banu
Agra activists demand more public toilets
Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...
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.
Fight female foeticide through literacy: Himachal governor
By IANS,
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau Monday underlined the need to promote female literacy to combat the social evil of female foeticide.
Rau said: "There is a need to encourage female literacy to eradicate social evils like female foeticide."
Addressing a function here organised by Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti to mark International Literacy Day, Rau said "higher literacy levels would also bring about economic freedom for women and empower them."
The Governor commended the state government for its efforts to increase literacy in the state.
Mysterious ‘exploding head syndrome’ more common in women
Washington: If you hear slamming of doors, fireworks and gunshots or such abrupt loud noises while sleeping you are not alone as researchers found...
Rajasthan gets NHRC notice over woman’s rape by policeman
New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over a report that said a police assistant sub-inspector allegedly raped...
Infosys techie arrested in Mysore for molesting French woman
By IANS,
Bangalore : A software engineer with Infosys Technologies Ltd was arrested late Friday for allegedly molesting a French woman at Mysore, a senior police official said.
Krishnamurthy, 28, was arrested under sections 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for molestation, 341 for criminal trespass and 506 for criminal intimidation. "He has admitted to the charges," Mysore Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravikante Gowda told IANS on phone.
Acid attack victims: Centre, states to streamline payment of compensation
New Delhi: The central and the state governments on Saturday agreed to streamline the process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation, including first-aid...
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...
AIUMB forms a council of Muftis to develop consensus on Triple Talaq issue
By TCN News
New Delhi: The executive body of All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) met here on Monday to discuss the issue of...
Relief to rape convict for cracking civil service challenged
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said it didn't agree with the Delhi High Court's order giving relief to a rape convict who cracked the civil service exam while serving his sentence.
The apex court issued notice to the Delhi government on a lawsuit by the National Commission for Women (NCW) questioning the rationale of the high court verdict releasing the rape convict, Ashok Rai.
WTA may have to find a new sponsor
By IANS,
London : The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract.
The joint-venture company, which had signed a $93.3 million deal with the WTA, has two more years of its contract to run, and it is highly unlikely to go beyond 2010, reports The Guardian.
‘मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड’ में हर तबक़े की नुमाइंदगी क्यों नहीं?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
भारत में इस समय समान नागरिक संहिता या कॉमन सिविल कोड की बहस चल रही है. कुछ संगठन इसकी प्रखर मांग...
Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: minister
By IANS,
New Delhi : The national capital is second only to Uttar Pradesh in crime against women cases, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury informed the Lok Sabha Friday.
Renuka Chowdhury, citing data provided by the National Commission for Women (NCW), said the total number of such cases in Delhi in 2008 stood at 724.
The NCW put the total number of cases, including rape, torture for dowry and harassment against women, in Uttar Pradesh at 2,381. It is the highest in the country in 2008.
I am Bibi Khatoon from Godhra
Testimony of a mother of three sons who were acquitted in the Godhra train carnage case
By TCN News,
Saina becomes first Indian to enter final at Worlds
Jakarta: World No.2 shuttler Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to enter the final of the badminton World Championships as the...
Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’
New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...
Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night.
The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here.
The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.
Muslim women activists in Hyderabad discussed history, politics, and society
By Nikhat Fatima for TwoCircles.net
Bangalore to celebrate womanhood despite attacks on eves
By IANS,
Bangalore : Social groups are bracing up to celebrate the International Woman's Day March 8 with gusto in India's IT hub despite a spate of attacks on women in the guise of moral policing and eve-teasing.
Asserting the spirit of womanhood and vowing to rid the city of crime against women, the groups will celebrate the day with a slew of programmes.
A witch-hunting survivor takes up crusade to save Assamese women
By Aditya Baruah
Guwahati : In her mid-60s, Birubala Rabha looks like any tribal Rabha woman next door. What distinguishes her from the others is...
Is Al-Qaeda preparing British women bombers?
By IANS,
London : Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report.
Rajnath asks Delhi Police to ensure security for women
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday expressed concern over the safety of women in Delhi and asked the city police to ensure...
Kerala government floats new policy to empower women
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.
Women’s car rally to create breast cancer awareness
By IANS,
New Delhi: Nearly 100 women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Jaipur April 2 to create awareness about the disease that kills over 40,000 women every year in India.
"Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in cities and we hope this rally will spread awareness among people," Ramesh Sarin, founder chairperson of the Forum for Breast Cancer Protection, told IANS Tuesday.
St.Stephen’s principal maligning my image: Molested student
By Ruwa Shah
New Delhi : Launching a scathing attack on St. Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu for "maligning her academic career", the research...
J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages
Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of...
Woman Detained For Spreading Rumor Online About New Quake
By Bernama,
Hefei : Police detained a woman on Tuesday in east China's Anhui Province for spreading a rumor online that a series of powerful earthquakes will jolt the province.
The Provincial Department of Security monitored a posting on Monday from Baidu.com, a popular search portal, declaring Anhui was likely to be hit by a series of earthquakes at or above 7 on Richter scale, citing a forecast from the official website of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Women feel dowry most severe form of gender disparity: Survey
New Delhi : Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when it comes to marriage, according to...
Maulvi Mumtaz Ali- A Nineteenth century advocate of women’s rights
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
It is generally thought that movement for women’s rights began with western educated people and in 19th century. But very few people know about Maulavi Mumtaz Ali Khan, a traditional ‘alim, product of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband who was very enthusiastic supporters of gender equality. There are two things to be noted here: one, he was a traditional ‘alim and was not under the influence of western thought and two, he was advocating gender equality purely on the basis of Islamic traditional sources i.e. Qur’an and hadith.
85 million women missing in India, China: UNDP
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) At least 100 million (10 crore) women are missing in seven Asian countries, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Monday. It said 85 million of them are from India and China.
"While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the regions' vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not translated into progress on gender equality," a fresh UNDP report released on the occasion of International Women's Day said here.
Unfortunate that Trinamool abstained from vote: Left
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front Tuesday criticised Trinamool Congress' decision to abstain from the voting process for the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha and termed its stand as "unfortunate".
"It's extremely unfortunate that Trinamool Congress has decided to abstain from the voting to the women's quota bill today (Tuesday) in the Rajya Sabha," state Left Front chairman Biman Bose said at a press conference here.
All-women housing society to come up in Haryana
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : A Haryana-based group began construction here Sunday of an all-women housing society which it claims is the country's first such complex, marking the celebration of World Women's Day.
"This is for the first time that a housing society solely meant for women is going to come up in the country. The idea struck me in 2001 and after getting all the approvals from Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), we started the construction of flats on World's Women Day," the Parvati Durga Cooperative Group Housing Society president Archana Sanghi told IANS.
Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...
Ulema express concern over social curse of dowry
By RINA
New Delhi: Expressing grave concern over the evil practice of dowry, Deoband’s Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Talha ‘Peerr Ji’ said, “Numerous mishaps of dowry in Saharanpur during last few months have forced Ulema, Muftis and intellectuals to contemplate on the issue deeply.”
तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
31 साल की यास्मीन से निकाह के समय तो तीन बार ‘क़बूल है’ ज़रूर पूछा गया था, लेकिन जब शौहर ने उसे...
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.
Indian women behind Bangladesh in socio-economic parity
New Delhi: At a time when the United Nations has called for gender equality ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), an index on...
Muslim girls in Azamgarh getting higher education, giving tough fight to boys
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Part of the Azamgarh speaks series.
New Delhi: Nikhat Bano is pursuing MA in geography at Aligarh Muslim University. She did graduation also at AMU. She is from Azamgarh. Her village is not much developed but she herself reflects the developed thinking of Azamgarh Muslims about woman education.
‘पार्च्ड’ यानी एक पुराने विषय में नयी छौंक
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
भारत में सिनेमा बदल रहा है और इस तरीके से बदल रहा है कि भारतीय समाज कई दफा उन बदलावों को स्वीकार...
Mother Teresa has been like god for me: Cured cancer patient
By Anurag Dey
Kolkata : As the world celebrates the Vatican approving sainthood for Mother Teresa, a 50-year-old woman, whose "miracle" cure from cancer was...
Global Summit of Women awards influential figures
By Xinhua,
Hanoi : The ongoing 18th Global Summit of Women (GSW) granted here Friday Global Women's Leadership Award to Mozambique prime minister, Vietnam's Women's Leadership Award to a former vice state president, and Entrepreneurship awards to a Japanese businessman, and a Vietnamese woman.
Dalit woman commits suicide to evade rape attempt
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman committed suicide Saturday by setting herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to evade a rape attempt by her neighbour, police said.
Family members alleged that she took the extreme step to evade a rape attempt by a neighbour in Faizabad, about 150 km from here.
"The woman, in her dying statement to the magistrate, seconded the allegations made by her husband Rajaram, but died before naming the person," Faizabad police chief R.K.S. Rathore told IANS.
Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi
New Delhi : Hoping to deflect the opposition flak, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she did not recommend travel documents...
दिल्ली हिंसा: अजित डोभाल ने कहा था, ‘डरने की जरूरत नहीं’, लेकिन… दूध लेने...
इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। उस्मानपुर के करतार नगर में अपने घर से बच्चों के लिए दूध लेने घर से बाहर निकले मोहम्मद इरफ़ान तीन दिन...
Ensure women’s safety: Paridhi Sharma’s Holi wish
Mumbai: Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show "Jodha Akbar" hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and...
Under the pretext of Uniform Civil Code, there is an attempt to humiliate India’s...
By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net
The present government’s attempt to specifically and selectively target the Indian Muslim Personal Law, while conveniently ignoring the serious negative...
14-year exile of women’s quota bill set to end: Sushma
By IANS,
Raipur: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure the end of the "14-year exile" of the women's reservation bill in parliament.
"The BJP will ensure the bill sails through smoothly in the Rajya Sabha Monday. The party has issued a whip to its members to favour the bill and end the 14-year exile of the bill that was first moved in parliament when H.D. Deve Gowda became the prime minister in 1996," the BJP leader told newsmen here at the New Circuit House.
Two women robbed of passport, US currency in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : Two women who were returning after shopping at a mall here were robbed of their passport, US currency and other valuables at gunpoint by two men on a motorcycle, police said Saturday.
The victims, Swati Dwivedi and Monika, residents of Sector 20, were returning home in a cycle rickshaw at around 11 p.m. Friday after shopping at the Great India Place (GIP) mall, when their rickshaw was intercepted by the two men, police said.
AMU faculty Dr Mah Seema Masood passes away
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Dr Mah Seema Masood, director, Centre of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) passed away at her residence on Wednesday, January 7.
‘Love Jihad’ is a Sangh Parivar hoax agenda to re-divide the country: Popular...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Popular Front of India has termed ‘Love Jihad’ as a hoax program of Sangh Parivar mainly propagated in the country...
Assam evictions: Pregnant women worst victims of eviction, decry non-availability of ‘medicine, proper food’
The Assam government’s eviction drive in Darrang district on September 23 has left many families in distress, including pregnant women. A TCN Ground report...
A.K. Ganguly slams Bengal rights panel over woman’s torture
Kolkata : Former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly Thursday condemned the alleged torture of a woman by West Bengal police, and expressed anguish over...
Haryana announces three awards on Women’s Day
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Monday announced three new awards, including one in the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, to honour women in different fields to mark International Women's Day.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the three state awards are being instituted to honour and inspire women in their fields of choice.
Speaking at a state-level function here to honour outstanding women of Haryana, Hooda said the first state level award of Rs.100,000 in cash would be known as Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Puraskar.
जेयूसीएस द्वारा योगी आदित्यनाथ की संसद सदस्यता खारिज़ करने की मांग उठाई गयी
By TCN News,
लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों भाजपा सांसद योगी आदित्यनाथ का विवादित वीडियो चर्चा में आया, जिसमें वे मुस्लिम लड़कियों को जबरन हिंदू बनाने की बात कर रहे हैं. उक्त वीडियो के बारे में जर्नलिस्ट्स यूनियन फॉर सिविल सोसाइटी(जेयूसीएस) के सदस्य डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्मकार शाहनवाज आलम, राजीव यादव व लक्ष्मण प्रसाद ने कहा है कि यह दलितों के हिंदूकरण, महिला हिंसा, सांप्रदायिकता और आतंकवाद की राजनीति पर केन्द्रित एक डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म 'SAFFRON WAR’ का हिस्सा है, जिसे 2011 से ही कई फिल्म महोत्सवों व अकादमिक गोष्ठियों में दिखाया जाता रहा है.
Women will man India-Pakistan border, come Friday
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Amritsar : Indian women troopers are just a few hours away from creating history at the India-Pakistan border. Newly inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF), they will be the first lot of women to guard the international border in Punjab from Friday.
"All the 178 girls will be posted at the international border," BSF Punjab frontier deputy inspector general (DIG) Jagir Singh told IANS here Thursday.
Men, women divided on sharing housework
By IANS,
Sydney : Young men and women are divided over sharing housework and a woman's right to have an abortion, according to a survey.
"It should come as no surprise that young women are more in favour of domestic democracy than the young men, while also being more supportive of a woman's right to have an abortion," said Chilla Bulbeck of University of Adelaide.
The survey, conducted in 10 countries by Bulbeck and her team, looked at the attitudes of young men and women to a number of gender equality issues.
NCW conducting study on honour killings
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has commissioned a research study on honour killings in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told parliament Friday.
"A study has been commenced on honour killings in two states and the findings would be known after the completion of the study," Krishna Tirath told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
The government is in the final stages of preparing a bill on honour killings to curb the social menace.
J&K Technical Education Board in a mess, students allege college lecturer of deliberately failing...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In June, Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a student of a Srinagar-based polytechnic college, committed suicide after he found...
#MeToo must also fight against agents of state, realise the truth of occupation: A...
By TCN News:
The #Metoo Campaign is gaining momentum with each passing day with more and more women comng out in the open to talk...
Instant Talaq and polygamy well rooted in Muslim personal law, JUH claims in counter...
By TCN News
The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind has filed its counter affidavit through its General Secretary Maulana Syed Asad Madani as a party...
Woman burnt to death in Orissa violence over VHP leader’s killing
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A young woman was burnt to death and a church official seriously injured when a mob torched an orphanage in an Orissa village, sparking tension across the state Monday even as thousands observed a statewide shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the killing of one of its leaders.
A 22-year-old woman was killed and a church official badly injured when angry mobs burnt down an orphanage in Khuntpali village in Barhgarh district, 300 km from here, Monday.
While Christians claimed the woman was a nun, the state police have denied it.
Ramadan 1438: Seher Iqbal
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I was outside India, as a student, for more than 5 years. I had been around a diverse set of...
NHRC notice to Delhi government, police over pregnant woman’s abduction
New Delhi: The NHRC on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi government's health department and Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi over alleged inaction in the...
US Citizens Protest War in Iraq
By Prensa Latina,
Washington : The Code Pink anti-war organization protested on Friday against occupation of Iraq in front of a Marine Corps recruitment center in California.
Activists held pink banners with the mottoes: "Bring Back the Troops Now" and "The war is Eating Our Children."
We will do anything in our power to stop that war, asserted Zanne Joi, a member of Code Pink, created in 2002 by one hundred women.
The meeting is part of the peaceful actions promoted by the group to celebrate Mothers' Day.
Rajnath Singh concerned over low representation of women in jobs
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed concern over low representation of women in many fields, including police where it is...
RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...
Flavia Agnes on Muslim personal law
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Flavia Agnes is a leading feminist scholar, women’s rights lawyer and social activist based in Mumbai. She has written and worked extensively on Muslim women’s issues, communalism and religion-based personal laws in India. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about her work.
Q: Could you tell us something about your own background?
Triple Talaq: Muslim women hold multiple protests against Bill, demand changes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Hundreds of Muslim women took out a protest march against the proposed Triple Talaq bill on Monday in Rajasthan's Sikar district.
The...
Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
500 Iraq, Syria returned nurses to benefit from one-time settlement, loan at reduced rates
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has agreed to the state government’s request to provide benefits to around 500 nurses who have returned from conflict-hit Iraq and Libya.
Malaysian Indian woman hangs herself with wedding sari
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian had a massive heart attack when he saw his wife had hanged herself using her wedding sari.
T. Selvatharan thought that his wife K. Komathy, 33, had left the bedroom to drink water at dawn on Tuesday. When she did not return and he went out to check, he found her hanging by the ceiling fan.
"She had been seeking treatment for depression," the husband, 47, told Tamil Nesan newspaper, while recovering at a hospital in Johor Baru.
Space for women in Masjid, that is, room for women in Muslim community
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Rapes make country’s head hang in shame: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday the country's head hangs in shame whenever there is news about rape.
"Our heads hang in shame...
Let 2015 be a start to a future of ‘lasts’ rather than ‘half’ measures...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: After receiving the Nobel Peace prize with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistan’s young education activist Malala Yousafzai has written an open letter to the world leaders. In India, the campaigners have sent this letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
59 women MPs in new parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday.
In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections.
While the Congress topped the list, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 13 women being elected.
The All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) follow with four women each getting elected to the Lok Sabha.
Child star Rubina still in slum, but Marathi autobiography ready
By Quaid Najm, IANS
Mumbai: Rubina Ali Qureshi, the little girl from a Mumbai slum who shot to stardom with the Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire", is set to release the Marathi version of her autobiography even as she continues to live in the same squalid surroundings feeling "unsafe and insecure".
The book, titled "Majha Taryankade Pravas", has been translated from an English version, "Slumgirl Dreaming", by Mumbai author Maitreyi Joshi and published by Mehta Publishing House, Pune.
Canteen to be run exclusively by women inaugurated at Jamia
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A canteen run exclusively by women and operated by Ekta Self Help Group (SHG) was inaugurated in Jamia Millia Islamia today by Smt. Salma Ansari, Wife of Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India.
NHRC officer gets 7-year jail term for raping woman
New Delhi : A senior officer of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was sent to seven years in jail by a court here...
Rape: crime or victory?
By Saquib Salim,
I am not really a soccer fan and I do not want to pretend during world cup, just because everyone else...
Imam Ahmed Raza Conference for women in Madhubani
By RINA
Madhubani (Bihar): On the soil of Laharia Ganj, the first shift of a 2 -day conference of Aalmi Imam Ahmed Raza was organized under the supervision of Sunni Jamiat-e-Ulema Madhubani, particularly for women. In this conference a large number of women from various parts of the country participated, and the programme was presided by Syeda Razia Sultana (Darbhangvi).
Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband
By IANS,
New Delhi : The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a "betrayed" woman to get details of her husband's salary.
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...
Muslim Women’s Forum of Azamgarh hosts Islamic Exhibition
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh: Muslim Women’s Forum of Azamgarh hosted an Islamic Exhibition on 21st and 22nd May 2010. Islamic Educational & Research Organization (IERO), Allahabad through its girl volunteers exhibited models based on Quranic teachings.
Visitors walking past posters
Visitors walking past posters
ABVP protests at St.Stephen’s College over sexual harassment
New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen's College in the north campus here over the alleged...
Normalcy returning though fear remains among people in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: The fear of the bullet sounds which silenced their near and dear ones still persists in the hearts and minds even as Assam government takes measures to control the violent situation in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
First woman Delhi chief justice to take charge Monday
New Delhi: Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the...
Dalit woman burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Dalit woman, set on fire by two people in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, died at a hospital in Gwalior Thursday, police said.
The woman, Krantibai, was living with Raghuveer Gurjar in Padora village in the district after leaving her husband a few years ago.
"Raghuveer Wednesday demanded some money from her for liquor. When Krantibai refused, he and his brother doused her with kerosene and set her on fire," Shivpuri Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad said.
Out of Reach: The Quiet Ways India’s Digital Push Leaves Rural Women Behind
Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh: India’s digital story is often told through numbers. Millions of UPI transactions every minute. Seamless online services. Government schemes...
Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court's intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of Parsis she was denied by her community after her marriage.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), perhaps the first of its kind, was admitted in Ahmedabad Thursday. The petition was filed by Goolrokh Adi Contractor, now Goolrokh Mahipal Gupta, resident of Valsad, who married a non-Parsi in 1991.
देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल
तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...
Remembering children of riot affected families on Children’s Day
Study reveals the terrified children in relief camps badly need social, emotional and administrative support
By Nikhat for TwoCircles.net
Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal
Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said.
The crime took place Friday in...
Four held for misbehaving with girls in JNU
By IANS,
New Delhi: Four men in an inebriated state were arrested Sunday for misbehaving with girl students and threatening a security guard by putting a gun to his head on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.
According to the varsity students, the four men came inside the campus around 3.30 p.m. They were drinking in their white Hyundai Accent car.
SC bans Tamil Nadu bull fights
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday banned Tamil Nadu's centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights.
A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also...
Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive
By IANS,
Jammu : It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu -- living with her Hindu paramour.
Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared -- and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she "knew some secrets about her superiors".
According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing.
HIV positive woman’s last wish remains unfulfilled
By IANS,
Kolkata : The "last wish" of Mawii, a 22-year-old HIV positive patient from Mizoram, to die in the arms of her parents at home, remained unfulfilled as she died here while changing flights on way from Bangalore to Aizawl, sparking an argument between her friends and Air India.
Mawii, a terminal patient, was under treatment at the Bowring hospital, Bangalore, and was flown to Kolkata Monday morning after she expressed her wish to die at her home.
Women protest Meghalaya minister’s derogatory remarks
By IANS,
Shillong: All women's organisations Monday boycotted the official International Women's Day celebration in Meghalaya, one of India's matriarchal states, in protest over the deputy chief minister's alleged derogatory remarks against them.
The organisations instead held protest rallies and a signature campaign against Deputy Chief Minister B.M. Lanong's remarks.
US serious to build partnership with Muslim communities: Farah Pandit
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In her first visit to India today as United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandit highlighted President Barack Obama’s vision to build partnerships with Muslim communities across the globe on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect. She was holding a roundtable with Muslim journalists in New Delhi.
FIR against Baba Ramdev in Jaipur
Jaipur: An FIR was lodged here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against Dalits, police said Monday.
"Some people showing newspaper cuttings,...
Attack on women in Karnataka unfortunate: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
By IANS,
Bangalore : Actor-turned-author Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has slammed the "moral brigade" for attacking women in Mangalore and Bangalore in recent times.
"The attack on women in Karnataka is unfortunate. The entire episode seems to be politically motivated," Suchitra told reporters at the launch of her debut novel "The Summer of Cool" in the city Saturday.
She said sending pink chaddis (pink underwear by women groups to Sri Ram Sene, the group that attacked women in Mangalore) was not enough.
BSP MP moves bail application in rape case
New Delhi: BSP MP Dhananjay Singh Saturday moved bail application after the woman who accused him of raping her, denied the charge in a...
Indian Muslim woman to be the US representative to the Muslim world
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: A woman of Indian descent, Farah Pandith has been made special representatives of the United States to the Muslim world. A statement released by the US State Deparment said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made Ms. Pandith incharge of a special department created for outreach efforts in the Muslim world.
New Delhi: A woman of Indian descent, Farah Pandith has been made special representatives of the United States to the Muslim world. A statement released by the US State Deparment said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made Ms. Pandith incharge of a special department created for outreach efforts in the Muslim world.
Chhattisgarh has 15,000 women Maoists: police chief
By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,
Raipur : About 15,000 armed women Maoists operate in Chhattisgarh and they form a significant chunk of the insurgents engaged in a bitter battle with the state machinery, says Director General of Police Vishawa Ranjan.
"Some 30 percent of the total 50,000 armed rebels, or 15,000, are female insurgents, who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," Ranjan told IANS in an interview.
Veteran Congress leader Nafeesath Beevi dead
Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran Congress leader A.Nafeesath Beevi, who also served as the deputy speaker of the Kerala Assembly, passed away at a private hospital...
Three-year-old allegedly raped, murdered in UP
Lucknow: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and then killed in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said Saturday.
The incident took place late Friday in Ramgarh...
NHRC notice to Lucknow Railway Police over girl’s gangrape
Lucknow: Taking cognizance of reports of a teenager's alleged gangrape at Charbagh Railway Station here, the NHRC has issued notice to the Superintendent of...
Give death to molestation bid accused: Bihar MLA
Patna : An RJD legislator in Bihar on Wednesday demanded death penalty for those accused of fatally injuring his sister by throwing her out...
Women to continue to be barred from Haji Ali shrine for now
New Delhi : Women will continue to be barred from entering the Dargah of Sufi saint Haji Ali in Mumbai, as the Supreme Court...
Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus
Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman...
Lok Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill protests
By IANS,
New Delhi : Noisy protests against quotas for women in legislative bodies again forced adjournments of the Lok Sabha Tuesday with MPs of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) continuing their protests and slogan shouting.
The Women's Reservation Bill led to three disruptions of the lower house after similar protests forced four adjournments Monday.
When her repeated pleas fell on deaf ears, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till 4 p.m. after members reassembled at 2 p.m.
Women key to US presidential elections: poll
By DPA,
Washington : Women hold an important key to winning the US presidential elections in November because neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain has yet won a majority of women voters into their corner, according to a poll.
Obama has won the support of 49 percent of women, while 38 percent are for McCain, according to the poll released Tuesday, commissioned by a coalition of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a female-oriented TV broadcaster, and hundreds of women's organisations.