Great to have so many women MPs in Lok Sabha : Moon Moon Sen
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : It is great to have so many women in the Lok Sabha this time, says the glamorous actor-turned-politician Moon...
Himachal ex-MLA booked for sexual assault
Shimla: A former BJP legislator in Himachal Pradesh was Tuesday booked on a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was sexually assaulted...
Mentally challenged woman lynched in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A mentally challenged woman, suspected of being a child lifter, was beaten to death with bamboo sticks, bricks and stones by a mob in Bihar's Munger district Wednesday morning, police said. Twenty people have been arrested.
"A mob beat to death a mentally retarded woman after news spread that she was trying to lift a child," a police official said.
Police have arrested 20 people in Munger district, about 150 km from here, after a murder case was lodged.
Woman pensioner donates Rs 50,000 for LPG to poor women: Modi
New Delhi : Pitching for the government's 'Give It Up' campaign to voluntarily surrender cooking gas subsidy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...
BJP divided on women’s bill, Advani calls MPs for tea
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's quota bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath saying that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
As the signs of disquiet grew, veteran leader and chairperson of the BJP parliamentary party L.K. Advani called for a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs at his residence over tea Thursday evening.
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.
Yemen To Appoint Five Women In Local Authority Positions
By Bernama,
Sana'a : Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qader Hilal revealed Wednesday a plan of appointing five women as deputies and assistants deputy governor in the capital Sana'a and the provinces of Aden, Ibb, Taiz, and Hodeidah, Yemen News Agency (SABA) reported.
Delivering a speech in the opening of a meeting of the Ministry's women leaders, Hilal affirmed the importance of the meeting to increase the political participation of Yemeni women.
Awareness campaign for women empowerment in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has issued instructions to carry out a state-wide awareness campaign focused on schemes of women empowerment, official sources said Tuesday.
Reviewing the progress of activities of Woman and Child Development Department Monday, the chief minister told senior officers including the principal secretary to undertake field tours to apprise themselves of the ground realities of the implementation of departmental schemes and announcements made at the "Mahila Panchayat".
Government yet to move on women’s bill talks
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break.
"I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.
जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान
उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...
Woman dies after doctor removes both kidneys
By IANS,
Patna : A 22-year-old woman died after a doctor allegedly removed her kidneys during surgery, her family said Thursday.
Sabila Khatoon, mother of a six-month-old baby, died at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) Wednesday night.
A resident of Tangaul Patti in Bihar's Hajipur district, about 30 km from here, Sabila was admitted at the PMCH in early February after her condition deteriorated following a surgery for stone in a kidney.
Doctors at the PMCH found that both her kidneys had been removed and immediately put her on dialysis.
All India Democratic Women’s Association ask the president to not sign the TT bill
TCN News
The AIDWA ( All India Democratic Women's Association) have issued a statement on the Triple Talaq Bill to the press wherein they refer...
Here’s How Digital Platforms Proliferate Anti-Muslim Hate
A new study documents an exponential rise in hate on digital platforms in India since BJP came to power in 2014.
Snobar | TwoCircles.net
NEW...
Women to attend Church of England meetings
By IANS,
London: Women clergy will attends bishops' meetings of the Church of England for the first time.
दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...
Jharkhand to probe officer’s misbehaviour with woman staff
By IANS,
Ranchi : A probe has been ordered into the alleged misbehaviour of an education officer with a Dalit woman warden of a Ranchi residential school.
Veena Kumari was a warden in Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School situated at Ormanjhi block of Ranchi. She was sacked from the post in October last year.
Her father lodged a First Information Report (FIR) in September last year against District Education Superintendent Pradeep Chaube, alleging that he abused and misbehaved with his daughter. No action was taken despite the FIR.
Urdu newspapers give more coverage to children and women issues
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: For long Urdu newspapers have been criticized for their backward outlook and emotional style of writing, most often by people who do not read these newspapers. A careful analysis of English, Hindi, and Urdu newspaper of Patna edition by a journalist in Patna revealed a different picture.
When it comes to giving space to news related to children and women Urdu newspapers are more generous in the coverage given to these issues than the newspapers in Hindi and English.
Case against BJP MP in UP; says framed
Lucknow : A case was registered against BJP's Lok Sabha member Sachidanand Hari Sakshi, better known as Sakshi Maharaj, in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday...
Anjuman-e-Islam felicitates Maharashtra topper Almas Sayed
Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: The Allama Latifi Hall of Haji Saboo Siddiq College, Byculla, thronged with students, parents and teachers on Saturday. They have gathered there from different parts of Mumbai and its suburbs to felicitate Almas Sayed who stood first in all the nine higher secondary boards of Maharashtra.
‘Land most important for Kerala Dalits’ – Bluestone rising scholar awardee Maya Pramod
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net
Maya Pramod, a research scholar who received the prestigious Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize instituted by the Brandeis University, USA, believes ownership...
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.
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.
Women’s quota bill failure matter of great regret: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government's failure to enact legislation reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women was a "matter of great regret", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday.
"That is a matter of great regret. It is a failure, a collective failure of all political parties," Singh said during his interaction with women journalists here.
He said that if his government came back to power after the general elections, "we will work very sincerely" to bring the bill back on track."
Somnath asks political parties to reserve seats for women
By IANS,
Kolkata : Voicing his support for the pending women's reservation bill, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee Monday said all political parties in India should nominate women candidates to increase female participation in the higher representative organisations.
"I don't understand why the political parties do not nominate 33 percent women candidates in the election," Chatterjee said at the Women Achievers Award programme organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation here.
Magnificent Mary clinches record 6th World Championship gold
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian boxing legend M.C. Mary Kom scripted history by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold medal in the...
‘Godman’ kidnaps woman disciple
By IANS,
Ghaziabad: A 40-year-old self-styled godman allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old disciple from her house here last month, police said Saturday.
Police registered a case Saturday and initiated a hunt for the self-styled godman Anup Kumar Sahai, alias Swami Ji, for kidnapping Priyanka Srivastava alias Dolly, an MBA graduate, who was pursuing her doctoral studies.
"Priyanka had gone missing from her house in Sector-7, Raj Nagar, since Feb 15. The family claimed she was kidnapped by Anup," Rajesh Chaudhary, inspector in-charge of the Kavi Nagar police station, said.
Motivating women to contest elections
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.
Government planning better facilities for working women: Minister
New Delhi : The government is planning several initiatives to provide better facilities for working women so that they can perform to their full...
Illegal migration leads to exploitation of women: study
By IANS,
New Delhi: Poverty, landlessness and unemployment are pushing larger number of Indian and Bangladeshi women to different countries through illegal channels and subjecting them to exploitation and sexual harassment, a new study said here Friday.
The study titled 'Gender dimensions of international migration from India and Bangladesh: Impact on the families left behind' found that majority of women, who emigrate illegally, were subjected to isolation, low remuneration, exploitation and sexual harassment by their employers.
NIA gives clean chit to Sadhvi and others without conducting custodial interrogation
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: In a controversial development, India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) today gave clean chit to 6 accused, including Sadhvi Pragya...
Woman gangraped in a moving car in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car Wednesday night. The woman was badly thrashed by a group of five men before being finally dumped at a secluded place in Sector-31, police said.
The woman was picked by the assailants and pushed into a white Qualis near her house at Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. She was forcibly taken in to the car and was driven to Noida. The woman alleged that the assailants first assaulted her and then dumped her near Nithari after commiting gang rape.
Amit Shah visits Dalit woman’s family in Kerala, BJP forms panel
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday set up a three-member committee to look into incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...
Women politicians make significant presence in Europe
By Xinhua,
Paris : Spain's first woman Defence Minister Carme Chacon, one of the nine female ministers in Spain's 17-member cabinet, attracted world attention when she showed up in April, pregnant for seven months, to inspect the troops.
The political world was even more surprised when Mara Carfagna, a former Italian showgirl who finished sixth in a Miss Italy contest, was appointed Italy's Minister of Equal Opportunities.
No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was "no pressure" on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha.
"We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form," said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.
Two booked for beating Dalit couple
Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...
Muslim men come out in support to abolish Triple Talaq
By TCN News
New Delhi: A group of 225 Muslim men from across the country have come out in support of the...
‘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...
Government’s gift for rural brides: pregnancy test strips!
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS,
New Delhi : Call it a thoughtful wedding gift. The government will give packets of pregnancy test strips to rural women on the occasion of their marriage - to reduce unwanted pregnancies and maternal mortality across India.
"It's a known fact that 53 percent of Indian women get married before reaching the legal age of 18 and have their first baby by 15 or 16 years of age. The problem is really huge in rural India," Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said.
Meet 10 women who are spearheading movement against CAA-NRC in India
Nazish Hussain and Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net
In the wake of countrywide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR, India is witnessing a watershed massive movement led by women. From...
Molestation accused Meghalaya policeman kills self
Shillong: A Meghalaya Police officer, who was placed under suspension for allegedly molesting a woman, committed suicide at his house on Monday, police said.
Sub...
Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help
New Delhi: A 50-year-old Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly raping the domestic help of his friend, police said on Saturday....
Women need 50 percent share in real power: Farooq Abdullah
By IANS,
Jammu: In the backdrop of Women's Reservation Bill being presented in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that women in India need 50 percent share in real power.
"It's high time that women, who have been neglected for such a long time from holding real power, get 50 percent share in power," Abdullah, who is also the National Conference president, told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here.
Decadal increase in separated women goes up to a million
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Friday said the number of divorced and separated women in the country has gone up by nearly a...
Rajya Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day Tuesday as a handful of opposition members noisly voiced their protest against passing the historic women's reservation bill.
When the house assembled in the morning, chairman Hamid Ansari read out a condolence message on the Chilean earthquake and then announced question hour.
Ramdev insulted Dalits, women: Congress
New Delhi: Congress Saturday accused Ramdev of insulting Dalits and women, a day after the yoga guru said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited...
Meet Kaneez Fatima, Karnataka’s Only Muslim Woman MLA
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kaneez Fatima, the hijab-clad politician who won in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka is currently very popular with her videos...
IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.
‘Fight Back’ to represent India at US youth summit
By IANS,
New Delhi/Mumbai : Fight-Back, an online gender justice campaign launched this year in Mumbai after a woman there was molested outside the JJ Marriott Hotel on New Year's eve, will represent India at the prestigious International Youth Movements Summit in New York Dec 3-5.
The celebrity campaign helps young women across the country with wallet cards listing police helpline numbers, online discussion forums, support groups and media to enable them fight against gender abuse and injustice.
Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women
By IANS,
Dhaka : A law to curb violence against women in the form of acid being thrown at them has been approved in Bangladesh, which has witnessed 132 incidents of this kind since January.
The legislation, Acid Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009, aims to establish "strict government control on the use of acid materials and curb acid related crimes", it was announced Monday after approval was given by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Woman kills herself after poisoning her children
By IANS,
Agra : A woman poisoned her two children before hanging herself in this Uttar Pradesh town, police said Wednesday.
Sanjeev Choudhary, a banker, reached home Tuesday evening to find his wife Sudheera hanging from the ceiling and his two children lying dead on the bed.
Superintendent of Police B.P. Ashok said Sudheera, in her early 30s, had poisoned her children - two-year-old Bittoo and 11-year-old Akanksha. She then hit them on the head with a hammer to ensure they were dead.
Indian-origin doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgery
London : A woman in Britain has accused an Indian-origin doctor of performing unnecessary surgery on her.
The woman, who is identified only as A,...
Muslim girl selected for 1st Asian Martial Arts Games
Gul-e-Surkhab, Tarseem Sharma to leave for Bangkok’
Jammu : Gul-e-Surkhab like many other girls of Jammu and Kashmir had a dream to excel in martial arts and after being the first Woman IInd Dan Black Belt of the state, she has been now selected to participate in Ist Asian Martial Arts Games-2009 going to be held from April 25, 2009 in Bangkok.
Tarseem Shrama presently working as martial arts coach in a private School, has also been slected to represent India from the state along with Gul-e-Surkhab is inspiring to do the excellent in the martial arts.
बाबा साहेब जिन्हें रखना चाहते थे आगे, वो क्यों रह गईं पीछे?
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
बाबा साहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर ने एक पत्रकार के रूप में भी काम किया है, ये काफ़ी कम लोगों को ही पता है।...
Fear of flying keeps Indian in Bahrain grounded for 13 years
By IANS,
Dubai : An Indian woman in Bahrain has not been home for 13 years because of her fear of flying.
The aerophobic 43-year-old woman, who has not been named, told the Gulf Daily News that the last time she flew was 13 years ago when she and her husband took a flight from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain.
"I flew for the very first time just after I got married 24 years ago," the woman, who teaches dance at a school in Bahrain, was quoted as saying.
DCW seeks St.Stephen’s action report on sexual harassment
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday sought to know from Delhi University's St. Stephen's College the action taken on a...
China-based Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
New Delhi : Business executive Meena Barot Monday created history by becoming the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China, a moment she called the "most beautiful" in her life.
Cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese and a handful of expatriates, Barot, 36, who lives in China, ran with the Olympic torch for around 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province around 8.30 a.m. (6 a.m. IST).
Kuwait opens door for first batch of Police Women Institute cadets
By NNN-KUNA,
Kuwait : Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Sheikh Jaber Al-Khalid Al-Sabah has issued a decree to open the door for the first batch of cadets of its Police Women Institute.
The decree constitutes a landmark move in the history of the Kuwait police force, director-general of Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Science Youssef Al-Madhahka told reporters here Monday.
"This is a qualitative move in supporting and rehabilitating the human resources of the Interior Ministry so that they could meet all security needs.
Mahila Congress workers meet Manmohan Singh, express solidarity
New Delhi: A delegation of Mahila Congress workers on Friday met former prime minister Manmohan Singh to convey their solidarity with him, days after...
दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...
Tihar has separate lock-ups for women, Delhi HC told
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate lock-ups for women accused in Tihar...
‘अब खाना मिले या ना मिले रोज़ा तो रखना ही है’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
चुड़ियाला/मीरापुर : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर ज़िला में मीरापुर से खतौली मार्ग पर एक गांव है चुड़ियाला. यहां गांव में प्रवेश...
Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...
Ensure safety of women, NHRC asks states
New Delhi : Concerned over recent crimes against women, the NHRC Friday asked all state governments to adopt measures ranging from constructing toilets to...
Triple Talaq and the silence of the Muslim men
By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net
Many Muslim women are against the Triple Talaq , Around 50 thousand women have signed a petition asking...
Women under-represented in India’s scientific development
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday stressed that Indian origin researchers should be encouraged to work in the country, to convert the brain drain of the past into "brain gain for the future", and that women should be attracted to take up careers in science.
Following are the highlights of the prime minister's speech at the 97th Indian Science Congress here Sunday:
दलित-मुस्लिम महिलाओं के हक के लिए लड़ती कनीज़ फातिमा
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
आजमगढ़(उत्तर प्रदेश): हमारे समाज में आज भी जब औरतें आजीविका के लिए घर से बाहर कदम रखती हैं तो उन्हें कड़ी चुनौतियों...
The invisible makers of the city
Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often...
Muslim women demand reforms in personal law: NGO
Mumbai : Over 500 Muslim women from across India on Thursday passed a resolution to demand comprehensive reforms in the Muslim Personal Law through...
Five booked for human trafficking in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : Five people, including two women, who used to fleece youths by promising them jobs abroad have been booked in Uttar Pradesh for human trafficking, the police said Saturday.
"We are on the look out of the five, who used to fleece money from youths with the promise of providing them with jobs in foreign countries," police Inspector I.M. Verma told IANS.
The five, who are absconding, used to procure fake visas for their clients for sending them abroad, the police said.
The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers.
Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Omar Abdullah promises zero tolerance to rights violations
By IANS,
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in his Independence Day speech here Saturday, said his government would not tolerate human rights violations by the security forces and also apologised for the lapses in the probe into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian district.
"I cannot overlook the tragic incident that occurred at Shopian. I accept that there were mistakes by the administration and the government initially with regard to this incident," Abdullah said.
Japanese tourist found dead in Delhi hotel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 55-year-old Japanese woman was found dead and her French husband unconscious in a central Delhi hotel Monday, the police said, suspecting a drug overdose may have caused the death.
According to the police, Agase Jean Marry called the hotel Suncity's reception desk around 9 a.m. asking them to arrange a doctor for his wife Okoru Odda, 50, who had collapsed.
"The hotel staff who went to check on the woman found both of them unconscious inside the room. Odda, they later found, was already dead," said an investigating police officer.
AAP promises 2 lakh toilets for women
New Delhi : Two lakh public toilets for women, 100 courts to fast-track rape cases, Wi-Fi connected CCTV cameras are some of the poll...
Andhra women an example for the world, says Sonia Gandhi
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The women of Andhra Pradesh had set an example for empowerment of women all over the world, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Friday and added that she was "moved and satisfied" by how they were inspiring others.
Inaugurating a pension scheme for members of women's self help groups (SHGs), Gandhi said she was proud of the achievements of the women of the state.
Leaders highlight public-private partnership targeting women
By Xinhua,
Hanoi : The close partnership between governments and private companies and non-governmental organizations are of importance to advancing women's economic opportunities, ministers to the ongoing 18th Global Summit of Women (GSW) said here Friday.
The public-private partnership is essential because governments do not have sufficient resources to deal with challenges faced by women, GSW president Irene Natividad said at the summit's plenary session in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.
Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...
Giant step for emancipation of women: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday described the historic women's reservation bill as a "giant step for emancipation of women" and "a celebration of our womanhood".
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha just before the voting, he said: "It (bill) is a momentous occasion in the long journey of empowering women that began at the dawn of freedom."
He also thanked opposition leaders for their cooperation in the passage of the bill.
Ramadan 1433: Itikaf
By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net
"Itikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of...
Telangana man arrested for rape, murder of daughter
Hyderabad:Police in Telangana have solved the mystery behind rape and murder of a minor girl with the arrest of her father, who committed the...
Can women take smart decisions?
By Amit Dasgupta,
If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.
नौकरानी को प्रताड़ित करने वाली रांची की भाजपा नेता गिरफ्तार
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
रांची से इंसानियत को कलंकित करने वाला मामला सामने आया है। यहां एक 29 वर्षीय आदिवासी महिला को पिछले आठ वर्षों...
Kashmir violence begins to challenge Mehbooba Mufti’s rule
By Sheikh Qayoom
Srinagar : Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti could not have asked for a more troubled start to her innings as the head of...
Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine.
But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family.
It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children.
The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.
Nigerian, woman associate held for duping Mumbai man
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Nigerian who posed as a senior diplomat and his Indian woman accomplice who masqueraded as a customs official have been arrested for cheating a Mumbai resident of nearly Rs.230,000, the police said Friday.
Sleuths of Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested Chima John Kenneth alias Johnson Smith, 28, and his accomplice Nirupma Tiwari, 32, from Gandhi Vihar in Timarpur area of north Delhi.
The police said they began investigating the matter on the complaint of Mumbai resident Shailesh Singh.
Admission for phase II coaching to start at MANUU-CSE Academy
By TCN News
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Civil Services Examination Academy for minority students & women has announced phase II coaching programme for Mains & Prelims. The programme is scheduled to start in August 2010. The notifications & applications will be available from June 15, 2010.
Women not asking for charity: former speaker
By IANS,
Kendrapada (Orissa): Women are not asking for charity through the women's reservation bill and the move would check the "muddy politics" brought about by men, former Lok Sabha speaker Rabi Ray said Tuesday.
"Women are not asking for grace and charity. The reservation is not a bounty but only an honest recognition of their contribution to social development," Ray said criticising those opposing the bill that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
India a tolerant country: Tasleema Nasreen
New Delhi : India is a tolerant country with a few intolerant people and it is time to focus not just on Hindu fundamentalists...
Mice show women can handle stress better
By IANS,
Sydney : Female mice engineered without a neurotransmitter in the lab, known to lower anxiety levels, were less stressed than their similarly configured male counterparts.
Tim Karl, behavioural neuroscientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, explained that "pharmacological tests show that when you introduce NPY (neurotransmitter) to an animal in a stressful situation, its stress levels decrease."
"Studies have shown that male mice created without NPY are more anxious than
First woman in space turns 75
By IANS,
Moscow : Valentina Tereshkova who became the world's first woman to go into space after her flight in June 1963 turned 75 Tuesday.
Life term for killing husband upheld
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life sentence for a woman who had killed her husband in 1996 for marrying another girl.
Asra Bano had strangled her husband to death in July 1996 after she came to know that he had secretly married another girl.
According to the prosecution, Asra Bano had chopped off her husband Raju's private parts after killing him. She had then gone to the chamber of a public prosecutor in the Delhi High Court and confessed her crime.
Nun gang rape: Women’s right panel team to visit Bengal
Kolkata : Taking cognizance of the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal's Nadia district, the National Commission for Women on Friday...
रोरी गांव से रिपोर्ट : गांव में गुस्सा , एक आवाज़ ! बेटी गरीब...
विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net
मोदीनगर थाना क्षेत्र के रोरी गांव में भीतर दाखिल होने से पहले ही इमरान का परिवार छप्पर डाल कर रहता है। इमरान मजदूरी...
Report of the national programme on “Hunar Se Rozgaar Tak”
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education (AICWETE), New Delhi in collaboration with Committee on Girls’ Education, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Govt. of India, conducted a National Programme on the Topic “Hunar Se Rozgaar Tak” (From Skill to Employment) at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 26th February, 2014.
Maldives woman kept confined in room for 12 years
By IANS,
Male : A 30-year-old Maldivian woman was kept confined in her room for 12 years by her family. She was discovered only last week after a complaint.
The Gender Ministry is investigating the case reported on Kinbidhoo island of the Thaa atoll. The 30-year-old woman is the daughter of one of the Island Chiefs of Kinbidhoo, according to the Haveeru Daily.
Ministry officials observed that the room where she was kept hadn't been cleaned for a long time and even her clothes were filthy. Her bed was covered with a sheet of linoleum, which was torn in several places.
Modi is dynamic, says Sania
Hyderabad: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza Tuesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "an extremely dynamic personality".
Asked how she felt when Modi congratulated her...
Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised women battling the system of Triple Talaq and said the entire country supports them.
"I pay...
Justice denied, now waiting for judgment: Sheikh Hashim Ali’s 13 years’ incarceration
This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored...
दिल्ली की आरक्षित सीट पर क्या हैं इस बार के मुद्दे?
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
संकरी गलियां, बहती नालियां और साइड में रखा नालियों से निकला मलबा। दिल्ली की ज्यादातर झुग्गियां शायद ऐसी ही दिखती हैं। सर्दी में धूप...
Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life
New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...
Women can’t be secured by curbing their freedom, says CJI
New Delhi : Chief Justice of India H.L.Dattu Wednesday said security of women, in the wake of spate of cases of sexual assaults, could...
Campaign against sexual violence in Bengal on Valentine’s day
By IANS,
Kolkata : The One Billion Rising campaign to protest violence against women will kick off in West Bengal Feb 14 with the theme...
Women strip to prevent raids at illicit liquor dens
By IANS,
Lucknow : Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the exercise midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in front of them, officials said Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off that several illicit liquor manufacturing units were running in Devidas village of Muzaffarnagar district, a 25 member team of the excise department went there to conduct raids Wednesday evening. However, a group of women began stripping before them.
‘Sadhvi can go bathe in Kumbha mela, but my son can’t be moved out...
By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The mother of Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, an accused in 26/11 Mumbai attacks has reacted sharply to...
Blueline bus mows down woman doctor in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 71-year-old woman doctor was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in the national capital Friday.
Rajeshwari Dewan, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave, was run over while she was crossing the road near Bhikaji Cama Place in south Delhi around 9 a.m., a police official said.
The woman, who was working with a charitable trust, died on the spot. The bus driver fled from the spot, the police said.
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...
Woman found dead in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 40-year-old woman was found dead with head injury marks in her southwest Delhi home Wednesday, police said.
Manju Chabra was found dead in her house in Dabri by her 20-year-old daughter around 11.30 a.m., a police officer said.
"The door of the house was found locked from outside. The woman was lying on the floor with injuries to her head. The victim's two daughters and son had left the house in the morning," the officer said.
Police suspect that her husband Nanakchand Chabra, who is absconding since the incident, is behind the murder.
Woman gets relief from incontinence
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman, suffering from continence, a condition characterised by involuntary loss of urine, for the last one year, has finally...
Obama tributes from India’s most acclaimed women in films
By IANS,
New York : Barack Obama's election as US president is historic not just for Americans but for people the world over, say three of Indian cinema's best known women - Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Shabana Azmi.
Tributes to the president-elect who will be the first African American in the White House poured in Wednesday at the the opening of the five-day MIAAC Film Festival of Indian Independent and Diaspora films.
Women can be safe with technology usage: Lekhi
New Delhi : Is there anything called work-life balance? Are women respected enough in the society? Women are vulnerable to physical and mental exploitations...
Ethnic minority women grossly under-represented in UK
By IRNA,
London : Ethnic minority women are grossly under- represented in British politics by some 600 per cent, according to a new report by Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote Black campaign group.
Black, Asian and minority ethnic women account for less than one percent of England's 20,000 local councilors, numbering only 168, when some 1,000 would be more representative, the report found.
Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number
Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...
German rape victim’s mother asked to give income details
By IANS,
Panaji : The Goa police have been harassing the mother of a raped minor German girl, asking her to provide details not relevant to the case, her lawyer said here Monday.
"She has been asked to give details of her daily activities, her business details, source of income and vehicles purchased in Goa. These things are not relevant to the case," lawyer Aires Rodrigues told reporters.
The Calangute police, probing the offence, have given the mother a two-day notice to come forward with details, he said.
India has fallen short in terms of gender equality in media: GMMP 2020 report
The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2020 reveals the presence of women in Indian news media has declined over the past decade.
TCN News
CHENNAI...
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...
हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
हैदराबाद: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें सालाना...
NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh for stripping and torturing two women in police...
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chhattisgarh DGP over allegedly stripping and beating...
Property rights of Half Widows can’t be eschewed as Quran and Sunnah has given...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a significant development regarding the property rights of Half Widows in Kashmir, a meeting with Ulema's (Islamic Scholars)...
Bhopal most unsafe for women in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Even as this Madhya Pradesh capital has been declared the second safest city in the country, figures revealed by Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in the state assembly Wednesday indicate that the city was most unsafe for women in the state.
A study conducted by Institute for Competitiveness and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) that indicates many benchmarks for Urban Development & Prosperity of India Tuesday announced that Delhi was the safest city in the country, followed by Bangalore and Bhopal in the second position.
Odisha gets first women’s university
Bhubaneswar : The Rama Devi Autonomous Women's College here is set to be the first women's university in Odisha.
The central government has approved the...
Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books
The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...
For women, still long way to go, says Rosaiah
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on the eve of International Women's Day said it is still a long way to go before...
Ramadan 1437: Nazreen Bano
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“It’s my first roza today.” Nazreen tells me, but then quickly clarify that it is her first fast after getting married....
Amnesty International urges Chhattisgarh authorities to protect Adivasis protesting against private companies
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter
Raigarh: Amnesty International India on Sunday, January 14 said that the local authorities in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, should respect and protect the...
India committed to peace: Modi
Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...
Maneka Gandhi asks home ministry to consider women’s quota in police
New Delhi : The women and child development ministry has requested the home ministry to take up with the various state governments the issue...
Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse
Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday.
This...
My love for love stories
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net
I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.
Lok Sabha concerned over women’s safety
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Friday expressed concern over the safety of women in the country with Speaker Meira Kumar calling for equal rights for them.
Promise of an Optimal Future for Women and Girls
By Shobha Shukla, CNS
In 1910, a meeting of 35 women in Copenhagen started a worldwide movement demanding universal voting rights for women. That was a turning point in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. Now, 100 years later, over 3000 delegates (40% of who were men) from 146 countries, gathered together in Washington DC to press for universal access to maternal and child health. 2010 is as transforming a mile stone as 1910 was, in the journey of achieving basic human and health care rights for all women and children.
On Women’s Day, housewife-led dance troupe wins IGT 5
Mumbai: It couldn't have been a better day for their victory - Raagini Makkar and her troupe Naadyog picked the "India's Got Talent 5"...
Muslim woman police officer files racism charge in UK
By IANS,
London : After three senior Asian officers recently filed racism charges against the London Metropolitan Police, a Muslim woman officer has taken her department (Met) to the employment tribunal saying she was bullied because of her colour and sex.
The complainant, Yasmin Rehman, 42, is the Met's director of partnerships and diversity. She is responsible for upholding racial and religious diversity within the Met.
Fresh Triple Talaq Bill to be the first bill to be introduced in the...
TCN News
The union cabinet, today, has approved the fresh bill banning triple talaq or the instant divorce practise. The bill will replace the ordinance...
New affordable range of Shahnaz Husain products
By IANS,
New Delhi: There's good news for women who wish to use Shahnaz Husain's products but hesitate due to their exorbitant prices, as the renowned beauty expert has launched a new and more affordable range of beauty products.
A new range of ayurvedic cosmetic products, priced between Rs.75 to Rs.203, called "Shahnaz forever" has been launched to cater to the middle-income segment.
First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force
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.
तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ की रिहाई की मांग को लेकर जंतर -मंतर पर प्रदर्शन
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में सोमवार को सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ और पूर्व आईपीएस अधिकारी आर बी श्रीकुमार की गिरफ्तारी के विरोध में विभिन्न...