Incredible life of Rubina Patel
By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net,
Nagpur: Incredible! That is how Rubina Patel’s life story is.
She came from a well to do, educated, business family, married to a teacher, blessed with two children. She wanted to study and help the community through her social work. But her life went on an unexpected trajectory.
SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights
New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...
Don’t link triple Talaq with uniform civil code: Venkaiah
New Delhi : Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the issue of ending triple Talaq practice should not be linked with uniform...
53-year-old woman becomes second swine flu fatality
By IANS,
Mumbai: A 53-year-old woman died here Saturday evening of swine flu, becoming the second fatality in India of the fast-spreading virus, officials said.
Additional Chief Secretary Health Sharvari Gokhale told IANS that the woman had been treated at the Lilavati Hospital for the past four days for "pneumonia and hypertension".
"Today she was admitted to Kasturba Hospital and her blood test was taken. It tested positive for swine flu and she passed away this evening," she said.
She has been identified as Fahima Panwala and belonged to Mumbai.
Television hosts assault woman during live show
By IANS/EFE,
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), April 10 (IANS/EFE) Three television hosts assaulted a woman presenter and pulled out her hair after she called them homosexuals during a live show broadcast on the national network.
Enrique Crespo, Ali David and Tommy "La Berny" Castillo attacked Venya Carolina on live television as she called them homosexuals, the Commission on Public Entertainment and Radiophony said in a statement Friday.
Despite lie allegation, Modi says mother washed utensils
Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) : Notwithstanding strong criticism by the Congress which termed it a "lie", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stuck to his...
Women-only police intelligence unit raised in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : In a first, the police in Bangladesh have introduced a women-only special intelligence branch to fight the sex trade, drug peddling and trafficking in women and children.
The Special Women Police Contingent (SWPC) would gain access to "the world of women criminals" which is not easy for men to do, said Naim Ahmed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner.
Calcium supplements cause heart problems in women?
By IANS,
Sydney: There is growing evidence that calcium supplements increase the risk of heart attacks among older women, say researchers.
CBI to probe IIT-M student Fathima Latheef’s death
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...
Dalit woman paraded naked in Punjab, one held
By IANS,
Batala (Punjab) : One person has been arrested for allegedly parading a Dalit woman naked in Punjab's Bhagwanpur village Aug 10, police said Monday.
According to the police, the woman was allegedly paraded by her neighbours, who belong to an influential family.
"They forcibly took me to their house and thrashed me. Then they tore my clothes and forced me to go round the village," the victim told reporters.
The neighbours were angry as the victim's brother-in-law Gagandeep Singh was having an affair with a girl from the family.
Government will not waver on triple talaq issue: Amit Shah
Panaji : The Narendra Modi government will not waver on the issue of women's equality and its firm commitment on the issue can be...
Life in jail for woman for killing grandson
New Delhi: A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her minor grandson to take revenge on her daughter-in-law.
Additional Sessions...
Mamata a role model for women, says US diplomat
By IANS,
Kolkata : A US diplomat Tuesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her fighting spirit and called her a great role model for women.
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...
‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.
Bihar: These Muslim women break taboo by learning Madhubani painting
A project for women to learn Madhubani painting saw mostly Muslim girls turning up to learn.
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MADHUBANI (BIHAR)—A bunch of Muslim girls...
How two sisters’ commitment scripting Moradabad’s brass industry’s future
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New Delhi: “This work not only supports our family but also sustains the entire Uttar Pradesh,” claimed 52-year-old Rashida...
Muslim community leaders laud Adv Salian for her daring revelation in Malegaon blast case
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Muslim community leaders belonging to different non-governmental organizations have unanimously praised special public prosecutor Rohini...
Girl attacked with acid in Jharkhand school hostel
Ranchi : A Class 10 girl student was attacked with acid when she was sleeping in her school hostel in Jharkhand's Giridih district, police...
Anam Munaf Vadgama, a role model for girls
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Rape remarks: NCW to seek Trinamool MP’s expulsion
Kolkata: Taking suo motu cognisance of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's "atrocious" rape remarks, the NCW Tuesday said it is writing to the President...
British parliamentarians visit Jan Sahas and met Dalit women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Dewas, MP: A delegation of British Parliamentarians of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited Jan Sahas intervention village Chinnotha in Madhya Pradesh on 20 February 2014 and participated in the community meeting with the liberated manual scavenger women, bonded labours, victims of rape, sexual abuse and dalit atrocities.
UP announces free bus ride for women on Raksha Bandhan
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...
Campaign against violence on women launched with human chain
By IANS,
New Delhi : Scores of people, who included home makers and anganwadi workers as well as well known personalities, formed a human chain at the India Gate lawns Friday to send out the message that violence against women should not be tolerated and to formally launch the women and child development ministry's campaign.
Women’s panel takes up Manipuri girls assault case
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission of Women (NCW) Monday took up the case of the two northeastern women who were allegedly sexually harassed by their landlord, and has issued notice to the director general of police (DGP) and the chief secretary of Haryana in this regard.
Mary and Daisy, two Manipuri girls who had rented a room in DLF Phase 1 in Gurgaon, were allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten up by their landlord along with two other men on the night of Dec 12.
Muslim women hold rally in support of women reservation bill
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: All India Muslim Mahila Andolan today lambasted the comments of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad in which he reportedly said Muslim women have no role in politics, rather they should stay at home and produce children of good race. The group staged a protest against the comments and in support of Women Reservation Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The group condemned efforts not to pass the bill in its present form, for one reason or other.
DMK names 173 candidates, including Jayalalithaa opponent
Chennai : The DMK on Wednesday named 173 candidates for the May 16 assembly elections, fielding Simla Muthu Chozhan against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...
Lucknow woman’s family stages sit-in, demands CBI probe
Lucknow : The family of a Lucknow woman, who was murdered last week, Friday began an indefinite sit-in here, trashing police investigations and demanding...
Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
By IANS,
London : An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London.
The 42-year-old woman had illegally stayed back in the country after arriving on a holiday, the police said. Her house was raided on a tip-off.
She pleaded guilty to 17 offences of identity fraud at Kingston Crown Court and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A large number of documents, including fake and original passports, driving licences and bank documents were seized from her house.
Minor raped by 20-year-old man
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.
10-year jail for ex-BSP MLA for raping maid
Lucknow : Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a special CBI court on...
Soni Sori’s condition out of danger
New Delhi: Tribal teacher-turned-leader Soni Sori, who was attacked with acid and is undergoing medical treatment at the Apollo hospital here, is out of...
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...
Meghalaya’s first woman MP vows to work for people
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,
Tura (Meghalaya) : Meghalaya's first female MP Agatha Sangma says she will work for the empowerment of women and youth and describes her election to the Lok Sabha as a "good first step" to encourage the fairer sex from the hill state to enter active politics.
"Society in Meghalaya may be matrilineal but men are still at the forefront of decision-making. That holds good in the field of politics too. But my election as an MP is a good first step for women here to join active politics," Agatha told IANS in an interview.
मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र
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Rajya Sabha panel to examine rules to protect women
By IANS,
New Delhi : In view of rising cases of domestic violence against women, a parliamentary committee is examining the rules framed to implement a law to protect women from such violence and has invited suggestions from experts.
The Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Rajya Sabha, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Najma A. Heptulla, is examining the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006.
The rules were framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and provide legal remedies to women.
Woman gang raped on the banks of river Ganga
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a...
Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour
Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...
US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in all aspects of their lives.
Kathleen Mulligan, assistant professor of voice and speech in Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, New York will work closely with the women's centre at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi as well as with adolescent girls in the community.
Indian priest faces deportation for molestation in US
Washington: An Indian-American priest who admitted to fondling a girl while attending dinner at her grandmother's home in Minnesota has been sentenced to 25...
Subhashini Ali dwells on women’s issues, attacks Mamata regime
Kolkata: Launching her Lok Sabha campaign on International Women's Day, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Subhashini Ali Saturday focussed on issues faced by women...
Credit society run by Muslims offers respite for low-income wage groups
Headquartered in a small building in the state capital Patna, Al-Khair Co-operative Credit Society, with thirteen branches in four states, has transformed lives by...
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Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements
By IANS,
London: All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn.
Researchers say women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a newborn. It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.
Mother Teresa to be canonised on September 4: Pope
Vatican city: The Pope during consistory of cardinals on Tuesday announced September 4 as the date for Mother Teresa's canonisation, the media reported.
After months...
मुजफ्फरनगर में दहाड़े ओवैसी “खैरात नही अब हक़ लेंगे”
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Five held guilty in two Shakti Mills gang-rape cases
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday found five people guilty of two gang-rape cases in July-August last year in the Shakti Mills Complex here, officials...
Qualifying for World Cup not enough: Kaushik
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian women's hockey team coach Maharaj Krishan Kaushik is delighted that his side is making it to next year's World Cup in Argentina, but hastened to add that the girls need to fine-tune their game to be a consistent world-class team.
To be a top international outfit, Kaushik says, the girls will have to bring in more variation into their play.
Jharkhand gets first woman Chief Justice
By IANS
Ranchi: Gyan Sudha Mishra, the first woman Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, was Sunday sworn in by governor Syed Sibte Razi at the Raj Bhawan here.
Mishra is the sixth Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court after the state was carved out from Bihar Nov 2000.
Mishra was enrolled as lawyer in 1974 in Patna High Court. She was elevated to the post of judge in 1994 after which she was transferred to Rajasthan High Court.
Her father, S.C. Mishra, was Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
All women’s bank to open three branches in northeast India
Agartala: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) -- India's first all-women bank -- will open three more branches in three capital cities of the northeastern...
RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...
No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily
Islamabad : There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this...
BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC
New Delhi : All India Women's Congress president Shobha Oza Monday said the BJP government was reluctant to table the women's reservation bill in...
UP announces Rani Laxmi Bai award for Sakshi Malik
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government will honour Sakshi Malik, the first woman Indian wrestler to win a medal in Olympics, with the coveted...
After 18 years as hostage, woman releases first video
By DPA,
San Francisco: Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as an 11-year-old and held in captivity for 18 years, released her first home video Friday, appearing in a Christmas kitchen scene with her mother and half sister and thanking the public for its support.
"Hi. I'm Jaycee," the 29-year-old Dugard says to the camera in an excerpt of the video. "I want to thank you for your support and I'm doing well ... It's been a long haul, but I'm getting there".
Seats to be reserved for girls in ITIs
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Following the footsteps of Haryana, the central government has decided to reserve seats for women in all the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here Monday.
"We have received a written communication from the central government appreciating our decision to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for women in ITIs to ensure their empowerment," said Hooda.
This scheme was introduced in Haryana in 2006, observed as the year of the girl child.
Recovery from alcoholism painful for midlife 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.
Seminar on rights and duties of women in Islam organized at Aligarh
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Emphasising that the rights given by the Islam to women about 14 centuries ago are still not available to the non-Muslim women, Professor Shakeel Samdani from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday said, “Islam gives complete liberty to women and they are allowed to do every work within the limits of Sharia.”
Indian woman phones home after being declared dead
By ANTARA News,
New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday.
Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said.
Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.
Indian woman gives birth to first child at 70
By RIA Novosti,
New Delhi : A woman from the northern Indian state of Haryana has given birth for the first time at the age of 70, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.
Rajo Devi and her 72-year-old husband, Bala Ram, had been married for 55 years, but she had been unable to conceive. The woman then underwent in-vitro fertilization treatment at a nearby fertility center and gave birth to a girl on November 28.
"Both the mother and child are in good health," the doctor, Anurag Bishnoi, said.
Estranged working wife entitled to maintenance: Court
New Delhi : A Delhi court has said that even a working wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband irrespective of...
Indian man charged with groping woman on flight to US
Washington: An Indian origin man has been charged with simple assault for allegedly groping a sleeping fellow female passenger for about five minutes on...
SDPI disappointed at CBI letting Amit Shah off the hook in Ishrat case
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) feels dismayed at the Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI) which while filing a supplementary charge-sheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case has let Amit Shah, a close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, off the hook. Only former Intelligence Bureau, (IB), special director Rajender Kumar has been accused of murder and three serving officers of criminal conspiracy in the case.
SC seeks response on women’s entry in mosques
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim...
Small town girls log on to search for suitable boy
By Himanshu Dubey, IANS,
New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Deeksha Batra wants a perfect partner. She has not left the "job" to her parents alone but has turned to matrimonial sites to look for the "perfect" man.
"Small town families are conservative; so they go for arranged marriages. But at times things go horribly wrong. I want to be sure and so I turned to matrimonial sites to find the perfect match," Batra said.
"Matrimonial sites are a better option any day," Batra, who lives in Faridabad, adjacent to the national capital, told IANS.
Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon
By Rajnish Singh,
Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...
Who said what on women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi: The women's reservation bill saw some good speeches from leading lights in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday outlining the positions and ideologies of the different parties over the long-debated legislation:
Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister): "It (the bill) is a momentous occasion in the long journey of empowering women that began at the dawn of freedom."
Veerapa Moily (Law Minister): "It is an opportunity to demonstrate to the world that when it comes to progressive measures, our country will not look back."
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BJP leader in TN alleges girls wearing purdah cheat in exams; MMK demands action...
By Ahamed Ansar MS for TwoCircles.net,
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): Condemning a fresh hate speech against Purdah by the BJP leader, the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi...
Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study
By IANS,
Patna : Sixty-seven percent of women and 78 percent of children in Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states of India, are anaemic, according to a report.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences has revealed that of the anaemic children, 30 percent are mildly anaemic, 47 percent are moderately anaemic and two percent have severe anaemia.
Indian-origin researcher’s model to empower women in IT
New York : Under-representation of skills had forced women working in the IT sector to flee the profession but a 12-year-old model by an...
Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts
By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar
New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...
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Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : Even as women are set to get more political power in India, a study shows that women MPs were more successful and qualified than their male counterparts.
According to data prepared by the PRS Legislative Research, women candidates in elections were more successful than men. While 10 percent of all women candidates won elections, the corresponding figure for men was only six percent.
Ensure fair probe into St.Stephen’s incident: Centre to UGC
New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to look into the case of alleged sexual...
Indian held for Andhra student’s murder to appear in court
London, May 9 (IANS) A 24-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was to appear before British magistrates Friday on charges of killing a woman from his native state in the city of Birmingham, 190 km from here.
Nagaraju Kumar Nalluri was arrested Wednesday - a day after police found the 23-year-old woman dead from head injuries in her rented house in the Birmingham suburb of Handsworth.
Protests against TDP legislator for ‘manhandling’ woman officer
Hyderabad : Government employees in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday launched protests demanding the arrest of a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator and his aides...
Pay Rs.300,000 for rape, Haryana told
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday directed the Haryana government to pay Rs.300,000 to a 40-year-old woman who was raped by two Haryana policemen two years ago.
The NHRC said it had issued a notice to the chief secretary of Haryana to pay the monetary relief and send proof of payment within six weeks.
An NHRC official said the woman was dragged out of an auto by a Haryana policeman, Dinesh Kumar, who took her to his house and raped her along with his guest and commando Bijender Singh Feb 21, 2008.
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Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child
By IANS,
Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child".
Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala.
"At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.
Punjab to allow sisters to tie rakhis to prisoner brothers
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Extending a special gesture to women whose brothers are spending time in jails across the state, the Punjab government Monday announced that sisters will be allowed to tie rakhis to their imprisoned brothers Wednesday.
Jails Minister Hira Singh Gabria said that special instructions were being issued to jail officials all over the state to allow women to tie rakhis to their brothers who are lodged in jails across the state.
The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, which symbolises the bond of love between brothers and sisters, falls Aug 5.
Mexican woman killed in Mumbai terror attack
By IANS,
Mexico City : A Mexican woman was killed in Wednesday's terror attacks in India's Mumbai metropolis, EFE reported Monday quoting Mexico's foreign ministry.
The Mexican embassy in India "learned that one of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Jewish Cultural Center in Mumbai is a Mexican national who was inside that institution," a ministry release said without identifying the woman.
Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held
New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...
School enrolment for Muslim children improves, Girls beat National Average
Many states still lagging behind in enrolling Muslim children
By TCN News,
A total of 14.83 million Muslim children were studying in Primary classes in academic session in 2008-09 or 11.03% of the total enrolment. In Upper Primary classes Muslims are 4.87 million which is 9.13% of the total. A slight improvement from the previous year, according to the data released under DISE Flash Statistics-2008-09.
Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday.
Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...
Woman conceives after tubectomy at Uttar Pradesh hospital
By IANS,
Lucknow : The wife of a poor farmer of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh gave birth to twins earlier this week -- even after opting for a tubectomy operation in a government hospital following the birth of their third child last year.
Although the farmer, not willing to be named, says he will make all possible efforts to bring up his five children, the state health department terms this to be a minor issue.
Tiger kills woman in Kanha reserve
By IANS,
Bhopal : A tiger is believed to have killed a middle-aged woman in Kanha Tiger Reserve, an official said Tuesday.
"The partially eaten body of a middle-aged woman, Sukhna Bai, was recovered by forest department staff and villagers in the Supkhar range of tiger Reserve Sunday," additional principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) H.S. Pabla told IANS by phone.
Nursery student molested by teacher
By IANS,
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl student was allegedly molested by a physical training teacher, himself a minor, here, said police Friday adding that the accused has been detained.
Proper representation to women in parliament: President
New Delhi : Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment...
U.S. military: Gunmen kill 5 Iraqis, wound pregnant woman
By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A group of unidentified gunmen killed five Iraqis on Saturday in a shooting attack, the U.S. military said.
The incident took place near the U.S. Balad base north of Baghdad.
The U.S. military said masked gunmen attacked the house belonging to the leader of the local Sunni Awakening Council group, an organization which stood up against al-Qaida terrorists with the back of the American and Iraqi troops.
A pregnant woman escaped with an injury in the shooting, the military added.
Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman
New Delhi: Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested on charges of gang rape and sexual assault of a 30-year-old woman from Assam,...
The curious case of the ‘missing’ women from the AMU campus
By Istikhar Ali, TwoCircles.net
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is one of the most prominent universities in India and is known as an institution of repute...
Tallest Pakistani woman can stay on in Britain
By IANS,
London : British authorities have rejected an asylum bid by one of the world's tallest women - a Pakistani who claims her height makes her a target of abuse in her home country.
However, 7ft-2in tall Zainab Bibi will be allowed to stay on because the British home ministry is considering further claims from her lawyers, the Mail on Sunday reported.
Women’s bill holds many unrealized promises: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi: The women's reservation bill holds many unrealized promises for the political empowerment of women, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here Saturday.
"India was one of the first countries where women were given the right to vote. Parliament has, over the years, enacted several laws for their empowerment, welfare and protection," Meira Kumar, the first woman to be the Lok Sabha speaker, said at a summit on 'Inclusive Growth and Empowerment of Women of Rural India'.
Women rough up bank manager over loan
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said Thursday.
Agitated women, armed with brooms and slippers, barged into Union Bank branch manager's cabin in Phephna village of Ballia district Wednesday, and manhandled him for refusing to meet them for the past 10 days.
Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder
New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...
Muslim nursing graduates from West Bengal university get 100% job placement
The inaugural batch of the nursing course in a university in West Bengal, designed especially for women, has achieved this success.
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33 percent reservation for women in paramilitary forces: Rajnath
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday announced 33 percent reservations would be provided for women in all paramilitary forces, including Central Industrial...
Delhi Elections 2025: Women Voters Refuse to be Swayed by AAP-BJP’s Poll Winning Tactics,...
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Will consider regional woman caucus idea, says Speaker
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Tuesday said she would consider suggestions by Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza that there should be a Women's Parliamentary Caucus in South Asia.
"I will look into it," Meira Kumar said on the sidelines of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) when asked about the suggestion made by her Pakistani counterpart.
Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women.
The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.
HRD ministry asks ICSE Council for report on Bangalore school rape
New Delhi: Expressing concern about the incident that occurred in a Bangalore school, the human resource development ministry Tuesday wrote to the Council of...
Women Helpline launched in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : A Women Helpline was launched Monday by police here.
Speaking on the occasion, Uttar Pradesh Inspector General of Police Navneet Sikera asked women...
Ramadan 1438: Jannat ul Nisa
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I am 13 and I always make sure to fast the whole month, but few days back my Blood Pressure...
Indian woman ‘recruiter’ for ISIS extradited from Dubai, arrested
Hyderabad : A Dubai-based Indian woman allegedly recruiting youth for terror outfit ISIS in Syria and Iraq was extradited here on Friday and arrested...
India’s first three women fighter pilots commissioned
Hyderabad : Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India's first three women fighter pilots.
On completion of successful training...
Widow gangraped in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A 50-year-old widow was gangraped in a Bihar village after she was charged with practising witchcraft. No one has been arrested so far, officials said Tuesday.
The victim, who earned her livelihood by selling vegetables, was raped by two men in Banka district, about 200 km from here, Saturday, district officials said.
Police failed to make any arrest despite the state women commission's intervention following the refusal of the government hospital to provide her medical care initially, women's activist Kanchan Bala said.
Child star Rubina still in slum, but Marathi autobiography ready
By Quaid Najm, IANS
Mumbai: Rubina Ali Qureshi, the little girl from a Mumbai slum who shot to stardom with the Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire", is set to release the Marathi version of her autobiography even as she continues to live in the same squalid surroundings feeling "unsafe and insecure".
The book, titled "Majha Taryankade Pravas", has been translated from an English version, "Slumgirl Dreaming", by Mumbai author Maitreyi Joshi and published by Mehta Publishing House, Pune.
Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Women may comprise 47 percent of Madhya Pradesh's electorate, but the two main parties together have fielded just six candidates for the 29 Lok Sabha seats - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) four and the opposition Congress two.
The two parties have also been advocating 33 percent reservation for women in all bodies. But this does not seem to translate into a more equitable distribution of nominations.
The smaller parties are no different. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not fielded even one woman. Ditto with the Samajwadi Party.
Woman missing from Delhi Metro station
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 24-year-old newly married woman went missing from the highly congested Chandni Chowk Metro Station here, police said.
Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’
New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...
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Two Bajrang Dal goons arrested for assaulting teen girls in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jan 2 (IANS) Two members of Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu outfit were arrested for assaulting two teenage girls for allegedly interacting with...
HC seeks JNU response to plea challenging clean chit to professor
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to reply to a plea challenging the university's...
Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...
Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list
New Delhi : It's all about Indian girl power all the way! Making a mark on the global map, seven Indian celebrated personalities including...
Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir
Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...
Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested
New Delhi : A 32-year-old working woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was raped at a secluded spot by the...
Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand
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“Kolkata has transformed into a city of rallies,” observed Mayurakshi Banerjee, a Mumbai-based cine worker who has called the city home for...
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Police denies woman in Purnea battered to death
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Purnea (Bihar): Purnea SP Amit Lodha denies that Bibi Shezadi was battered to death by village Panchayat.
Woman suicide bomber kills 2 in hospital in W Iraq
By Xinhua,
Fallujah, Iraq : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a hospital in a town near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others, a local police source said.
Vidarbha widows on ‘Jagran yatra’ for separate statehood
By IANS,
Nagpur : Nearly 300 farmers' widows will set upon a two-day Jagran Yatra (awakening procession) in eastern Maharashtra to press for their demand of separate statehood for Vidarbha.
Vidarbha Farm Widows Assocation (VFWA) president Bebitai Bais Monday said that the 180-km march will start Jan 20 from Maoist-hit Kosara village in Yavatmal district and end the next day at Both-Bodan village in the same district, which has the highest number of farm widows.
The region is the epicentre of suicides by indebted farmers.
‘Women with Drive’ programme launched to mark 100th International Women’s Day
By IANS,
Gurgaon: In line with its core strategy of driving "safety innovations", Goodyear India Tuesday launched "Women with Drive" to celebrate the 100th International Women's Day.
Man arrested for killing wife, chopping her body
New Delhi : A 40-year-old cook has been arrested on charges of strangulating his wife and then chopping her body into several parts, a...
More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report
By Prensa Latina,
United Nations : The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman.
The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent.
In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.
Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam
New Delhi : Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School here on Saturday topped the class 12 examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),...
Most women don’t find sexual problems upsetting: Survey
By IANS,
Washington : The majority of women who experience low libido, poor arousal or face difficulties in orgasming, don't seem upset by these problems.
These findings are based on one of the largest ever studies of its kind, which probed 32,000 women aged between 18 and 100 plus years across the US, regarding distress bearing on sex life, including anger, guilt, frustration and worry.
Indian, foreign women artists tread common ground
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Malathi Selvam, a rangoli artist from Puducherry, draws patterns in coloured powder. Figures of women, mostly of goddesses and brides, make up her art as she draws at weddings.
Anna Laine from Sweden, an anthropologist by profession, works with laces, which she uses to trace simple patterns on paper and canvas.
Kristina Matousch, a packaging industry employee in Sweden, traces her patterns with old packages, which are folded and scissored to black-and-white linear and rectangular shapes.
Women defiant, demonstrate in Orissa’s riot-hit district
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Thousands of women Wednesday defied a ban on the gathering of five or more people and demonstrated at a police station and a government office in Orissa’s riot-hit Kandhamal district to demand release of those arrested on the charge of rioting, an official said.
“At least 3,500 women gathered in front of the police station and block office at G. Udayagiri. They were demanding the release of some people arrested on the charge of rioting,” District Collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
Indian maid lost arm due to fall from building: Saudi police
Riyadh : Riyadh police on Friday said that an Indian maid lost her arm due to a fall from a building and not because...
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Flexi HR policies make working attractive for women
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Arpana, IANS,
Iqra Hasan: A Century-Old Struggle and the Ascent of ‘Brave’ and Consistent Daughter
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Four gang-rape convicts get 10-year jail in dacoity case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded 10-year jail terms to four people - earlier convicted for the brutal gang rape of December...
With relaxation eased under lockdown, 200 organisations calls for nationwide anti-CAA protests
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Nearly 200 organisations have called for fresh nationwide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR as relaxation measures under lockdown 5.0 were issued by the Central government.
'Sab...
Daughter’s death not linked to Vyapam scam: Victim’s father
By Sidhartha Dutta
New Delhi : The father of trainee sub-inspector Anamika Kushwaha (25), whose body was recovered from a pond in Sagar district...