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75-year old man in Bihar marries woman half his age

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Patna : A 75-year-old man has married a woman half his age in Bihar's Samastipur district, ignoring the criticism of people and society. Ram Chander...

Activist lawyer killed in Navi Mumbai

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Thane: Activist lawyer Minakshi Jaiswal was brutally killed with her neck slit and two fingers cut off at her residence in Navi Mumbai, officials...

Woman burnt alive by priest in Madhya Pradesh town

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By IANS, Bhopal : A woman was allegedly burnt alive by a priest after she resisted his advances in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district. The woman succumbed to her injuries in a hospital Friday evening, police said. The woman, Vinita Patel (27), in her dying declaration to the police said, "The priest, Devki Prasad Tiwari, entered my house in a bid to outrage my modesty and when I protested, he doused me with kerosene and burnt me." The incident took place in village Piprodha Chakkar in Damoh, 280 km from here.

Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...

Pakistan activist honored with International Women of Courage Award

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Islamabad : After youngest ever nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the scenic Swat valley is again in the limelight on the world scene...

‘India ignoring UN’s recommendations to curb violence against women’

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New Delhi : India is ignoring the recommendations made by the United Nations on issues of discrimination and violence against women, experts said here...

Illegal arms trade has direct effect on women: Activists

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By IANS, New Delhi: Women need to be included while addressing the issue of disarmament as illegal weapon proliferation has a direct effect on their lives and survival, say social activists.

Puducherry acid attack victim succumbs to injuries

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By IANS, Chennai: After fighting for life for around three months, a 23-year-old woman from Puducherry Tuesday succumbed to the injuries she suffered in a brutal acid attack on her face and neck.

Scalpel Over Choice? How Hospitals in India Are Turning Childbirths Into Business

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Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: When 33-year-old Khushboo Jaiswal walked into a private hospital in Delhi, she was expecting a calm and natural childbirth filled...

Delhi court takes cognizance of complaint against AAP legislator Gaur

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New Delhi : A court here on Thursday took cognizance of a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party legislator Bhavna Gaur for allegedly misrepresenting...

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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New Delhi, (IANS): HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday denied female students were discriminated at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after reports said they...

National shooter attacked for protesting wife’s harassment

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Now vote for ‘The Greatest Indian’

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Hyderabad Siblings Launch India’s First All-Women Taxi Bike Service

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: “It was while commuting to college that I began exploring ideas for safe travel for women after personally facing security issues....

Multi-party democracy has worked, give voice to women: PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : India's journey to a multi-party democracy has been marked with "stresses and strains" but it has worked, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while making a strong case for a meaningful voice for women in political and developmental processes.

Women’s progress in not possible without assistance of men: Senior Bangladesh official

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By NNN-BSS, Dhaka, Bangladesh : Education Adviser of Bangladesh caretaker government Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman y said advancement of women could not be possible without the assistance of their counterparts. "Cooperation of men is very much needed to ensure progress of the women," he said while addressing as the chief guest the inaugural session of the two-day South Asian Soroptimist Conference at the Spectra Convention Centre at Gulshan in the city on Friday. Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka has arranged the conference as part of its silver jubilee celebration.

Dec 16 victim’s father, activists condemn Mulayam’s rape remark

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New Delhi/Lucknow/Mumbai : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape Friday attracted widespread outrage with political parties, tinsel town celebrities and the...

UAE honoured for supporting women in parliament

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Abu Dhabi : The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) has honoured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its pioneering step of electing Amal...

SC disallows burqa, full sleeve shirt for AIPMT examination on Saturday

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The SIO that had filed the PIL, withdrew the case “as a mark of protest” seeing what it called the decline of interest of...

Why are Sikh women exempted from wearing helmet: HC

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following...

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

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Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

Women aren’t weak, says Indian Navy contingent leader

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New Delhi : For Lieutenant Commander Priya Jayakumar, leading the Indian Navy contingent at the 66th Republic Day parade Monday was about proving that...

From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...

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Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...

Widow gangraped in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : A 50-year-old widow was gangraped in a Bihar village after she was charged with practising witchcraft. No one has been arrested so far, officials said Tuesday. The victim, who earned her livelihood by selling vegetables, was raped by two men in Banka district, about 200 km from here, Saturday, district officials said. Police failed to make any arrest despite the state women commission's intervention following the refusal of the government hospital to provide her medical care initially, women's activist Kanchan Bala said.

Indian men 3rd, women 6th in archery World Cup qualifiers

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By IANS, Kolkata: The Indian men's team finished third in the qualifying round of the archery World Cup Stage III at Ogden, US, while the women finished sixth, according to information received here. The Indian team, comprising Tarundeep Rai, Mangal Singh Champia and Kapil, logged 1,982 points Wednesday. The Indian women - Dola Banerjee, L. Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari - ended sixth with 1,915 points. After two rounds of 36 arrows for a total of 72 over 70m distance, Korea dominated the proceedings, occupying the top spots in both men's and women's categories.

No more liquor for Bihar villagers

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Patna : With a partial liquor ban coming into force in Bihar from Friday, thousands of 'desi' liquor shops in villages across the state...

Women rights’ organizations appeal to President to not sign anti-rape ordinance

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Muslim woman politician donates 5 acre land for Urdu University

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By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: A Muslim woman politician from Maharashtra has donated five acres of land in the historic city of Aurangabad to the Hyderabad based Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for setting up a university campus there. Fauzia Tehseen, Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra announced donating the land during a visit to MANUU in Hyderabad on the invitation of the university management.

Indian women’s hockey team wins HWL Round 2

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New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team defeated Poland 3-1 in the final to emerge Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 champions at the...

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

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Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...

Army moots permanent commission for women officers

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Faced with a shortfall of 12,000 officers in the army, the central government considers giving permanent commission to women officers in various non-combat streams of the armed forces.

NGOs release charter urging men to say no to violence against women

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New Delhi : A 10-point charter was released here by Non-Government Organisations on Tuesday urging men to become agents of change and say no...

Fetish of Hindu supremacists to see Muslim houses crumbling, and Muslims going to jail:...

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Transcript of the interview given by student activist Afreen Fatima to Maktoob Media on June 16. Fatima’s house was demolished by Prayagraj (Allahabad) authorities...

An analysis of Azad Fellows 2010

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More than half are female students AMU gets biggest chunk of students Gujarat fulfils only 35% of its quota, least among all states By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net With the aim to gear up students from Minority communities in the field of higher education, Government of India has launched ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship’ from this year which will encourage and financially help them. Community ratio

In MIT, a celebration of Faiz’s life and works

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By TCN News Cambridge, Massachusetts: A program to celebrate the life and works of one of Urdu’s greatest poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz attracted a room full of Faiz fans to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 27, 2010.

Merely 8 percent of higher judges in India are women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Around eight percent of the high court and Supreme Court judges in India are women, Minister of Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath said Friday.

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

Indian junior hockey girls lose 0-1 to England

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Breda (The Netherlands) : India lost to England 0-1 in their last league match of the women's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on...

Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence

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Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015 By TCN...

President calls for renewed efforts towards women literacy

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Hyderabad : Expressing concern over the relatively lower rate of literacy among women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for renewed...

A petition ‘Justice for Jashodaben’ floats in response to PM Modi’s triple talaq statement

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By Siddhant Mohan and A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Expressing Union government’s opposition to the practice of triple talaq in Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday...

In the name of progressiveness: A Note on the recent Speak-Out movement in...

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By Praveena Thaali for TwoCircles.net In recent times, Dalit-Bahujan women have started a speak-out* campaign to reveal their experiences of sexual harassment, which until now it...

Jayalalithaa: A shy actress who became Queen of Tamil Nadu

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai : She was a shy girl when she first stepped into the movie world. Decades later, by when she was...

Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature

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Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....

Woman in live-in relationship killed by brother

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A woman who was in a live-in relationship was shot dead by her brother in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, a police official said Thursday. Priyanka, 27, was shot thrice by her brother Sonu in Hapur town of Ghaziabad district late Wednesday. "We are making efforts to arrest Sonu who is involved in several criminal cases of heinous nature at various places in Western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi," said Jagdish Sharma, superintendent of police (rural), Ghaziabad.

Modi hails all-women IT centre as ‘glory of Saudi Arabia’

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Riyadh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described an all-women IT centre set up by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) here as the “glory...

Nepali man held for raping, sodomising daughters, son

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Panaji : In a shocking incident, a Nepali national was arrested on Thursday by Goa Police for raping and sodomising his biological daughter,...

“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...

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Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...

Swedish woman informed of her own death

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Stockholm: A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed by...

It also happens here: Women in India fight indifference

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Two women killed in Tripura; couple held

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Agartala : Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and her husband have been arrested, police...

Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists

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New Delhi : Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate...

Margaret Thatcher named world’s most influential woman

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By IANS, London: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been named as the most influential woman in the world, according to a new survey.

Minor raped by 20-year-old man

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By IANS, New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old man in the heart of the national capital, police said Saturday. No arrests have been made in the case so far. The incident took place in the servant's quarters at Kasturba Gandhi Marg near Connaught Place Friday, police said. "The incident took place Friday afternoon when the victim was alone in the servant's quarters. Neeraj Kumar, who lives in a servant's quarters in the nearby area, came and forced himself on the minor," a police officer said.

Eloped girl’s father abducts boy for revenge, held

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man has been arrested for abducting a six-year-old cousin of a boy with whom his daughter had eloped last month, police said. Qadir Khan, a 38-year-old from Sitamarhi in Bihar, was arrested from Gorkhpur Tuesday for kidnapping the boy in east Delhi July 27. The boy has been rescued from Qadir Khan's custody and police said search was on to find Khan's accomplices.

Curious case of Moinal Mollah: Both parents Indian, but declared foreigner

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Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net Guwahati: Asma Khatun (25) has been struggling with life under extreme circumstances where she has very slim chance of...

NHRC directs Rajasthan government to compensate woman

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New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday asked the Rajasthan government to compensate a woman who delivered a baby by the roadside after a state...

Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari. This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.

Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra culminates after month long journey

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By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: On March 12, 2014, hundreds of Dalit women from many states, including Bihar, Chattishgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a large public meeting to share experiences and express collective declaration for their rights and dignity.

Woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to encroachment on her land, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor district, about 400 km from Lucknow. Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have been arrested, police said. "In the incident, the woman suffered a miscarriage. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital," police inspector Rajesh Kumar Gautam told reporters.

Coming soon: Separate courts for rape victims

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi: Rape victims coming to a court to depose will not have to sit along with criminals facing trials as the Delhi High Court has proposed to set up separate courts for them. During a hearing on a rape case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said Wednesday, "We are proposing to have separate courts for rape victims and initially nine such courts will be set up and the district judge will look after it."

Self-defence training programme for girls in West Bengal madrasas

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Starting from July, the West Bengal Director of Madrasa Education will start a 45-day free of cost self-defence training programme...

48 arrested for harassing women on Kolkata Metro

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By IANS, Kolkata : A special task force, constituted by the Kolkata Metro Railway for nabbing those found harassing women commuters in Metro premises, has caught 48 offenders in its first week.

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में 2018 में हुई हिंसा में इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध सिंह की हत्या के मामले में आरोपी योगेश राज की ज़मानत...

NIA officials record Hadiya’s statement

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Kottayam, (IANS): A team of investigators attached to the Kochi unit of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recorded statements of 24-year-old Hadiya, a...

Case registered against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan

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New Delhi : A 35-year-old woman has filed a case against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for allegedly threatening her with dire consequences, police said...

Identity, citizenship and empowerment

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By M. Hamid Ansari The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari delivered “Khuda Bakhsh Memorial Lecture” at Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna on Saturday Dec. 12th, 2009. Here is the complete text of his lecture:

Nearly one in three Bohra women have been mutilated, but why is it never...

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By Maariyah Siddiqui for Twocircles.net It is dark and quiet. The glass window at the higher end of the ceiling lets escape long strands of...

‘One hurdle down, many more ahead for women’s bill’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Activists Wednesday lauded the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said that it was just one of the many hurdles it will face before women get true representation in governance. Manorama Bawa, patron of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC), said she anxiously watched the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday where the bill was passed by an overwhelming majority after two days of pandemonium.

Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short

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New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...

Exciting times to be a woman, Clinton tells students

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By IANS, New Delhi : These were exciting times and a better time in human history than any other to be a woman, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday and asserted that this was an opportunity and responsibility she "willingly" accepted. Addressing a gathering of over 1,000 people, mostly students, at the Delhi University here, Clinton added that in the 21st century, women's woes were as important as any other.

J&K Technical Education Board in a mess, students allege college lecturer of deliberately failing...

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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...

Haryana family kills lovers for honour

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By IANS, Karnal (Haryana) : A family in a village in Karnal district of Haryana is being interrogated by the police for strangulating a young couple, including a pregnant woman, in love to punish them for staying together. Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered in Ballah village, about 35 km from here. The woman's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.

Check crimes against women: NHRC to Gurgaon police

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

Woman chops off husband’s head

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By IANS, Kolkata : A woman allegedly chopped off her husband's head in a West Bengal village as part of tantra rituals, but police Wednesday said a love affair with another man was behind the murder. The incident took place at Nalhati village in Birbhum district. According to district sources, Ranga Mondal, 22, along with her three friends, hacked her husband Subrato's head with an axe at their residence Tuesday night as part of tantra practices.

Woman brutalised with iron rod discharged

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Kids, women severely burnt as high-tension wire falls on them

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Three children and three women were severely burnt when a high-tension wire fell on them in the Khoda area of Ghaziabad Monday night, police said Tuesday. According to officials, the children and the women were sitting on the rooftop of their house when the overhead high tension 11,000 volt transmission wire fell on them, severely burning them.

Another rape in Bengal, victim deaf and mute

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Man arrested for raping deaf woman in Tripura

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Agartala: A man was arrested for raping a 32-year-old deaf and dumb woman, police said here Tuesday. "Ajit Nama, aged 30, raped a deaf and...

Two JD-U women legislators campaign for BJP, RJD

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

In Bajrang Muni’s prouncements, anti-Muslim hatred is rife

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Mahant Bajrang Muni Udasin was arrested earlier in April 2022 for 'threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women,' but was soon released on bail....

Diaspora students in US condemn assaults on women in India

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By Jitendra Singh , New Delhi: In a show of solidarity with victims of sexual assaults in India, students of Indian origin graduating from Ivy...

‘Women have a major role in global economy’

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net देश की जानी-मानी समाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को गुजरात एटीएस ने 2002 के गुजरात दंगों के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया है। इसके...

Cynicism, casteism haunt women’s reservation bill

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, Since electoral considerations rather than a genuine desire for women's empowerment were behind the latest move to revive the 12-year-old legislation for reserving parliamentary and assembly seats for women, its fate may be no different from what happened earlier. The very manner in which the measure was introduced in the Rajya Sabha, with several women MPs shielding the law minister from unruly critics when he tabled the bill, showed that its passage would not be easy.

Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in municipal polls

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Riyadh : A new law that allows women in Saudi Arabia to vote and contest in municipal elections has come into force, a media...

Sharad Yadav’s suicide threat on women reservation condemnable: AIPWA

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women's Reservation Bill. AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them 'parkati' and the like.”

Ethiopia studying Indian self-help groups to empower women

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By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : A strong network of self-help groups (SHGs) has managed to improve the social condition of women in Ethiopia and...

Minor raped in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two of her neighbours, both property dealers, in southwest Delhi Monday, police said Tuesday. "The incident took place yesterday (Monday) when the girl was returning from the market after shopping. Dharmender, 31, and Praveen, 29, were arrested after the girl's family complained about the incident," a senior police officer said.

Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania

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Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the sports ministry for naming ace tennis star Sania Mirza for the...

British Indian woman election candidate stands for change

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By Debdutta Bhattacharjee, New Delhi/London : Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain's Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month's parliamentary elections, has been a busy...

She makes your home, let it be hers too

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By Paloma Ganguly, IANS, They were lying on the floor, face up, one knee flung over the other, singing their hearts out. It was a Bengali song, which roughly translated went: "Deep in the woods, the moon is out; mother, where is that dark sister of mine who sings me a song and a rhyme?" The louder, soulful voice was that of Kavita, my 17-year-old maid, and trying to match her every note and word was my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Teesta.

Minor found hanging in UP village, father alleges rape

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Lucknow: A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a Uttar Pradesh village late Tuesday, police said Wednesday. The father of the...

Women carving out bigger, bolder role in arts

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi: The rules are changing for women when it comes to the complexities, profundities and experimentation with life and art.

Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times

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Shimla: The housewife is the backbone of a home and her disability makes her a burden on others, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court...

Sharmila Tagore lauds Yemeni director for highlighting women’s sufferings

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Kolkata : Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore heaped praises on Yemeni filmmaker Khadija Al Salami, considered the first woman director from her country, for being...

Federation of Muslim Women’s Aid Societies formed in TN

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: The newly formed Federation of Muslim Women’s Aid Societies (FeMWAS) held its maiden function at Hotel Abu Palace in Chennai last week. The federation decided to launch public awareness campaign for Muslim Women’s Aid Society (MWAS), a government aided NGO in each district of Tamil Nadu.

Woman boxer found dead, Andhra government orders probe

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By IANS, Hyderabad : n upcoming woman boxer, who had represented Andhra Pradesh in the national championships, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her hostel room at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here Wednesday. S. Amravati, 21, who was found in her room in the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) hostel at the stadium, was suspected to have committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. She had been undergoing coaching for three years.

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

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

Woman power pulls Orissa’s chariots of gods

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

Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi

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

Two more join opposition to women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: After Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, another Yadav leader, Lalu Prasad, Tuesday added his opposition to the women's reservation bill, terming it as a conspiracy against regional parties to keep their leaders away from power. Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh too termed the bill, which proposes to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women, as a conspiracy against regional parties.

UP announces free bus ride for women on Raksha Bandhan

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

Will Britain’s powerful Zionist lobby forgive Sayeeda Warsi?

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By M Ghazali Khan, The first ever female Muslim Minister in the history of Britain, Sayeeda Warsi, has displayed extraordinary courage by resigning as a Foreign Office Minister over David Cameron Government’s “morally indefensible” stand on Israeli barbarism in Gaza.

Muslim divorced women rights for provisions extends beyond iddat

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By Audrey D'mello The recent Times of India Campaign on Gender Equality in Law had a poster which appeared in TOI on June 20, 2015....

Salem’s Muslim Women’s Aid Society: Idea of young women

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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.

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Two women held in Chennai for dowry harassment

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BY IANS, Chennai : Two women were arrested Sunday on charges of harassment for dowry and assisting bigamy by attempting to arrange the third marriage of an IT professional relative domiciled in Singapore, the police said. "Madina Begum (55) and Safina (35) were arrested based on a complaint from Abu Bakkar Siddique that his Singapore-based son-in-law Mohammad Ali Maraikkayar was attempting to marry a third time through the efforts of his mother Madina and sister Safina," police inspector S. Kalyani told IANS.

Muslim women join hands to rehabilitate khaki terror victims in Hyderabad

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, Hyderabad: In a commendable move that will show light to the society which appeared almost indifferent to the acquittal of scores of Muslim youths in terror cases in Hyderabad, least to talk of their rehabilitation, the city Muslim women have come up extending their helping hand to the victim youths.

I faced no specific challenges because of my community or my gender: AAP Hyderabad...

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By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Women’s under representation in political sphere is inextricably linked with their low and inferior status in the Indian society....

Economic success of Mappilas

Women

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 9

Probe ordered as woman complains against UP’s 1090 official

Women

Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe and directed the repatriation of the incharge of the '1090 Women Power Line' on...

SC stays death sentence of rape-murder convict

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence of Kalu Khan, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in...

SpiceJet operates all-women flights on Women’s Day

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By IANS, Mumbai : International Women's Day got off to a flying start Friday with private carrier SpiceJet's first flights of the day being operated by all-women crew, an official here said.

11 women inmates escape destitute home in Bengal

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By IANS,

यूपीपीसीएस के परिणाम में इस बार 26 मुसलमान, पहले से बेहतर है परफॉर्मेंस

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net हाल ही में उत्तर प्रदेश लोक सेवा आयोग ने पीसीएस 2021 का रिजल्ट घोषित कर दिया है, इस बार उत्तर प्रदेश को...

Woman board member: Over 300 NSE-listed companies yet to comply

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Rohit Vaid, Chennai/New Delhi : As many as 313 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have not inducted a woman...

CBI to probe IIT-M student Fathima Latheef’s death

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The CBI will enquire the alleged institutional murder of IIT Madras student Fathima Latheef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister...

Kerala women entrepreneurs to showcase success stories

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Thiruvananthapuram : Around 2,000 Kerala women entrepreneurs will showcase at a summit in Kochi their achievements and the role played by Kerala State...

Muslims, though most neglected, little interested in using RTI: Perveen Amanullah

Women

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, It was a good step by UPA government in 2005 when it introduced Right to Information (RTI) Act as it gave a ray of hope to millions of citizens seeking transparency and accountability in government. Four years down the line, have citizens got real fruits of the Act? Yes, but not fully, says Mrs Perveen Amanullah, president, Bihar Suchna Adhikar Munch, in an interview with Manzar Bilal of TwoCircles.net on the 4th anniversary of RTI. RTI Act completed its four years. How do you think people benefited from this act during these years?

Dhaka to amend laws discriminatory to women: PM

Women

By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday said her government will, if necessary, amend or repeal laws that are harmful and discriminatory to women. She also pledged effective enforcement of the Women Development Policy formulated during her last tenure in 1997 to ensure socio-economic security and development of women, United News of Bangladesh reported. Her remarks came at the opening of the International Women's Day celebrations as activists pledged to focus on acid attacks on women.

Khushboo Mirza, member of Chandrayaan-1 team, talks to TCN

Women

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, Patna: When the whole India was basking in the glory of launching of Chandrayaan-1 it was also the turn of Chaugori Mohalla, a tiny, traditional Muslim neighborhood in UP's Amroha district to take pride in the successful launching of the satellite. A daughter of the village was part of the mission Chandrayaan. The villagers are very proud of her so much so that they have started calling it Khushboo Mirza’s village.

CBI to take over case against Rathore

Women

By IANS, Panchkula/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over "in a few days" the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, and is waiting for copies of fresh FIRs naming him for abetting the teen's suicide. The Haryana Police Saturday said it won't act "hastily" to arrest Rathore, who has been booked on non-bailable charges. The police on Friday drew criticism from a Haryana court for delaying action in the molestation case, which is now being probed afresh with the suicide angle.

Women’s car rally to create breast cancer awareness

Women

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.

SC orders UP Police to protect inter-religion couple

Women

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday directed Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to a young couple belonging to different religions and who married...

Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede

Women

Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said. The...

SC to hear woman advocate’s plea over her rape

Women

New Delhi : The Supreme Court will Tuesday hear a plea alleging police inaction on a complaint by a woman advocate from Chhattisgarh alleging...

तस्वीरों में साल 2022 का एएमयु में मनाया गया सर सैयद डे !

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‘Crimes against women to be taken up in parliament’

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New Delhi : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said Thursday that there would be a debate in the Lok Sabha on rising crimes...

Self-help groups help women overcome childhood sexual trauma

Women

By IANS, London : Women who have lived through the nightmare of sexual trauma in childhood can help one another overcome these memories by sharing their experiences. One reason why such women don't talk about their trauma is the fear of being disbelieved. Some of them said that they tried to tell their story but nobody would listen to them. Others recalled that although their counsellor or doctor gave them a patient hearing, there was still a vital something missing, namely the opportunity to talk to someone in a similar predicament.

15 women organizations in Telangana demand release of all persons arrested for anti CAA-NRC-NPR...

Women

TCN News Telangana: More than 15 women’s organizations from Telangana on Friday strongly condemned the arrests of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protestors by the Delhi Police and the...

Khwairamband Bazaar: a symbol of women empowerment

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Gujrat’s Thakor community bans inter caste marriage and mobile phone for unmarried girls

Women

TCN News The Thakor community, in a meeting held in Jegol village, Gujrat, on Sunday came up with a 9 point diktat to be followed...

Workshop trains Delhi women in self-defence

Women

New Delhi : Hit your attackers at soft spots like eyes, the adam's apple or groin, keep pepper spray in your hands while moving...

Women in Bihar plough fields, sing to please rains gods

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By IANS,

‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon

Women

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

Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe

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While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...

Saudi women face jail, flogging for checking husband’s phone

Women

Riyadh : Women in Saudi Arabia could be sent to jail and flogged if they check their husband’s telephone without his knowledge and consent....

Over 100 held in Gurgaon for disturbing public peace

Women

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

Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for 42 years, dies; outpouring of grief at funeral

Women

By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who lay in coma for 42 years, the longest in world history, died here on Monday....

Women’s issues will be dealt with speedily in Rajasthan

Women

By IANS, Jaipur: Rajasthan has framed an action plan to handle with sensitivity incidents of atrocities on women and speedily dispose of these cases, thanks to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Need for substantive representation of women on boards: Maneka

Women

New Delhi : There is a compelling need for substantive representation of women on the boards of companies rather than a token representation through...

Lawmaker attacked, 100 buses vandalised in Bangladesh strike

Women

By IANS,

Over 1,800 women beggars held in Mumbai in three years

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : A total of 1,818 women beggars were rounded up in Mumbai and only 319 and 19 in Delhi and Kolkata respectively in the past three years, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday said. "The number of women beggars hauled up in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata in the last three years is 319, 1,818 and 19 respectively," the minister told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Recovery from alcoholism painful for midlife women

Women

By IANS, Sydney : Women recovering from alcoholism are more likely to relapse as they reach midlife thanks to the pressures they face. "Alcohol inflicts more damage, more quickly on women than on men. For those who have already had a problem with the misuse of alcohol, relapsing can have dire consequences," said PhD researcher Janice Withnall of the University of Western Sydney (UWS) School of Education.

Women village leaders want quota within quota

Women

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