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For women, where there’s a bill, there’s a way

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By Azera Rahman, IANS, New Delhi: Perhaps one shouldn't expect too much too soon from the women's reservation bill - but besides changing the face of politics, it is bound to alter the gender dynamics of Indian society gradually, say experts. Counsellor Sameer Parikh says quotas are sometimes required to initiate change. The women's reservation bill will surely have an impact on the mindset of Indian society although it will be a gradual process.

AID calls for a safer society for women

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By TCN News

पल्लबी घोष : मासूम बेटियों की रिहाई के लिए जूझने वाली बहादुर एक बेटी

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जाकिर अली त्यागी Two circles.net के लिए  पल्लबी घोष नाम वाली एक लड़की अब तक विंभिन्न जगहो पर कैद 5 हजार  से ज्यादा मासूम लड़कियों को आज़ाद...

Muslim clerics question court order on permitting women inside Haji Ali

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New Delhi : Muslim clerics on Friday questioned the Bombay High Court verdict allowing entry of women up to the restricted grave area of...

Delhi rape fallout: Women now wonder about a safe cab ride

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New Delhi:The recent rape of a 25-year-old working woman in a taxi has raised questions on women's safety in cabs - considered, until now,...

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

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Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

Himachal ex-MLA booked for sexual assault

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Shimla: A former BJP legislator in Himachal Pradesh was Tuesday booked on a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was sexually assaulted...

Pregnant woman kills herself after tiff with husband

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By IANS, New Delhi: A pregnant woman allegedly committed suicide in Delhi early Monday after a spat with her husband, police said. Preeti's body was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in her residence in Sangam Vihar of south east Delhi around 6.30 a.m. by her husband Jitender, who informed the police. According to police, Preeti had an argument with her husband late Sunday evening after some dispute with her sister-in-law.

Leaders highlight public-private partnership targeting women

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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.

Tired of government neglect, Mumbra residents take to training their own youth for employment

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Mumbra, a largely Muslim settlement on the outskirts of Mumbai, has a peculiar history; it largely came up after the 1992...

60 percent of Indian men admit violence against wives: UN report

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New Delhi : Sixty percent of Indian men admit acting violently against their wife or partner at some point in their lives while 52...

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

Wait for some more days for women’s bill: BJP women’s wing

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Panaji : The Narendra Modi-led government has been in power for only six months and should be given "some more days" to usher in...

Women’s bill in Lok Sabha after consultation: Congress

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress said Friday it was keen to get the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha but said it will be brought to the lower house only after consultation with political parties. Paban Singh Ghatowar, the Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha, refused to specify a time-frame for bringing the bill, saying that dates taken by the media were "speculation." The landmark bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday after two days of acrimony, seeks to reserve a third of all seats in legislatures for women.

‘More funds needed for women, child development’

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By IANS,

Saudi women petition king for right to drive

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By IANS/AKI,

Honour for AMU teacher

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Dr. Ghazala Yasmin, guest teacher, Department of Applied Mathematics, ZH College of Engineering and Technology at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been awarded the “A K Agarwal Prize for Best Publication of the Year 2014”.

IPS officer alleges harassment by senior

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Gurgaon: Gurgaon's Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Navdeep Singh Virk, of harassment and mental torture and wrongly interfering...

Open letter to political parties to take up the issue of repealing AFSPA

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Civil Society groups and individuals, led by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), and endorsed by several others have written an open letter to all the political parties to take up the issue of repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

Make women feel safe in Delhi: Ambika Soni

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By IANS,

600 contestants at Agra’s National Women’s Sports Meet

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By IANS, Agra: Eighteen teams and more than 600 contestants from different states will take part in the three-day 36th National Women's Sports Meet beginning at the Eklavya Stadium here Monday.

Eight of 10 Malala attack suspects were acquitted, confirms police

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Islamabad : Eight of the 10 militants reportedly jailed for their role in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have been freed,...

Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour

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Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...

Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

Indian Muslims face imminent threat of genocide, mass persecution: Experts

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During an ongoing three-day global summit,experts and scholars underscored the surge in attacks on Muslims in India.  TCN News Washington, DC — India’s 200 million Muslims...

Walmart Foundation trains 12,000 women in India

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Bengaluru : Global retail giant's Walmart Foundation trained nearly 12,000 women with life skills in 30 factories across Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu with...

Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held

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Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...

Uber driver arrested in Kolkata for obscene act

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Kolkata : An Uber cab driver was arrested here for an alleged obscene act in the presence of a woman passenger in the...

Women’s panel to probe Air India hostess’ ‘molestation’

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By IANS, New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will Wednesday begin its probe into an Air India air hostess' alleged molestation during a mid-air scuffle also involving a purser and two pilots this month. "We have already looked into reports from the police and Air India. We have also received letters from passengers on board the flight about what they saw. Our committee members will be taking statements from the girl and those involved. They (the committee members) may even travel to Mumbai for this," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here Tuesday.

This young educator is breaking taboos around menstrual hygiene

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The objective of Farheen Naaz’s organisation is to break the taboo that has been built around menstrual hygiene since ages and normalise period...

A trip to Rajgir: Atithi Devo Bhava, but what about the poor?

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By Arfina Khanam for Twocircles.net The caption of ‘Incredible India’: Atithi Devo Bhava, seems like an unfinished dream when I visited Rajgir in Bihar. The...

Saudi Arabia to set up world’s largest women-only varsity

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By IANS, Dubai : The world's largest university exclusively for women is to come up in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi King Abdullah scheduled to lay the foundation stone. The Riyadh Women's University will be the world's largest institute for higher studies when the project is completed in 2010. The university will have 13 colleges and will cover an area of eight million square metres north of the Saudi capital.

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...

If triple talaq struck down, then new divorce law will come, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that if the latter invalidates the men-centric triple talaq that is discriminatory...

Hajj and Mahram: Modi government taking credit for Saudi government’s decision, say clerics

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that his government has relaxed the rule to allow Muslim women to go for Hajj...

Women’s commission to act against erring officials

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) will take action against two senior Haryana officials for not giving the correct sequence of events that led to the death of a woman in mysterious circumstances at a businessman's home. Suspecting the case to be of murder, instead of suicide as reported by the Haryana police, the commission said it was aghast that Rosila Kujur, who was a Christian, was cremated rather than buried.

Every third Pakistani woman has osteoporosis

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By IANS, Islamabad : One out of every three women over the age of 50 in Pakistan is suffering from osteoporosis, health experts have said.

एशियन बॉक्सिंग चैंपियनशिप में भारतीय बॉक्सर अल्फिया खान ने गोल्ड मेडल जीता

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net जॉर्डन के अम्मान में चल रही एशियन बॉक्सिंग चैंपियनशिप में भारतीय बॉक्सर अल्फिया खान ने गोल्ड मेडल जीता है। मात्र 20 वर्ष...

Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

Women not safe in Bihar, says NCW team

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By IANS,

Woman dies after her clothes catch fire

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman died after her clothes caught fire while she was performing puja in her house in northwest Delhi, police said Tuesday. Her husband sustained critical burn injuries when he rushed to her aid. "Matti was performing Navratra Puja at her Maurya Enclave residence when her clothes caught fire late Monday. Her husband Sumit Aswal tried to save her but also suffered 30 percent burn injuries," a police official said.

Happy Birthday to Catholic State of France!

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net

‘Take action only in accordance with the law’: Supreme Court to UP govt on...

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The apex court granted three days to the Uttar Pradesh government to prove how demolition complied with the building laws and other mandatory procedures. Basil...

Indian-origin woman charged with murdering neighbour in Canada

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Toronto: An Indian-origin woman in Canada has been charged with murdering her neighbour in South Ottawa in Canada's Ontario province. Gurpreet Ronald, 34, accused of...

Saina regains No.1 spot

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New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the top spot in the latest women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation...

गुमनाम कबड्डी कोच इलियास की कहानी, जो समाज की अज्ञानता से जूझे मगर देश...

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Twocircles.net के लिए दरियापुर( मुकामां) से आसिफ इकबाल की रिपोर्ट पटना से करीब 90 किमी पूरब में गंगा नदी किनारे दरियापुर गांव बसा है। यहां...

Odisha gets first women’s university

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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...

Banning Burqa is undemocratic. Muslim women groups protest in Mumbai

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Rajnath Singh launches mobile app for women safety

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a mobile-phone based application Thursday for the safety of women in the capital. The app - Himmat...

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

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...

Writer Kamala Das is dead

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Poet and writer Kamala Das, well known for her works in both Malayalam and English, passed away in Pune early Sunday, family sources said. She was 75. She was suffering from diabetes and was recently hospitalised with pneumonia. The end came in a private hospital.

Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit

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By IANS, Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them. "Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.

NCW chief for more contraceptive choices for women

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New Delhi : Women should be offered the entire bouquet of contraceptive choices available for family planning instead of just one method of sterilization,...

How Three Muslim Women of Northeast Delhi Were Caught In A Legal And Financial...

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By Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net On her wedding day, Tabassum was issued an arrest warrant for missing a court hearing. The previous day, November 10, 2022,...

Triple Talaq Bill passed in Lok Sabha, to be tabled in Rajya Sabha now

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TCN News The Lok Sabha passed the Triple Talaq Bill today, Thursday criminalizing the practise defeating the amendments proposed by the opposition parties. The bill...

Two arrested for raping sisters in Rajasthan

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Barmer (Rajasthan): Two people have been arrested in Rajasthan's Barmer district for allegedly raping two sisters when they were returning home last week, police...

The connection between self-immolation & domestic violence

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By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only...

Bangladesh’s ninth parliament will have record 64 women

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh, where politics is dominated by two former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia, will see a record 64 women sitting in its ninth Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly). For the first time, 19 women contesting for 23 parliamentary seats defeated their rivals by huge margins in the election that saw the Hasina-led alliance winning three-fourths of the 299 seats. They will be joined by 45 women nominated to the assembly as per a provision in the constitution. Generally, they are from the ruling alliance, boosting their majority.

Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka

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By Arul Lewis United Nations: As India challenges centuries-old biases, the power of one million elected women is influencing communities across India through the local...

Enough jails for women prisoners: Government

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...

Over half of electorate vote in Bihar

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Patna : Women and young voters made up the majority of the electorate who Thursday cast their ballot for seven Lok Sabha seats and...

PM gives assurance on food bill, but not on women’s quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government was committed to enactment of the National Food Security Act, but gave no similar assurance on the women's reservation bill. Releasing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II's report card on completing its first year, the prime minister said: "Consultations have been held with states and union territories and other stakeholders. A draft National Food Security bill is under preparation and it is proposed to be placed in the public domain for scrutiny and comments."

Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists

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By IANS, New Delhi : Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday.

Woman killed in Pakistani firing on LoC

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Srinagar: A woman was killed Saturday in firing by Pakistani soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...

Women panel seeks report on Delhi scribe’s death

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday sought a report from the Jharkhand Police over the alleged killing of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak. "We have sought a detailed report from the Koderma district police about the death of the girl," said NCW chairperson Girija Vyas. Vyas said that a case should be sent to a fast track court so that the culprits are punished. The 23-year-old journalist, who worked with a business daily in New Delhi, was found hanging April 29 at her home in Koderma, about 200 km from Ranchi.

Jwala-Ashwini clinch Canada Open crown

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Calgary: India's most successful women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were crowned champions in the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix following their...

Three held guilty of both gang rapes in Shakti Mills

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Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday held three men, convicted earlier for gang rape of a call centre employee in the Shakti Mills complex...

कोरियाई छात्राओं से दुर्व्यवहार के आरोपी युवकों के विरुद्ध धार्मिक भावनाएं भड़काने का मुक़दमा...

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Government committed for women’s safety: PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that his government was committed to ensure the safety and security of every woman of the country.

First woman chief of aviation regulator takes charge

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New Delhi : India's first women chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) M. Sathiyavathy took charge Thursday from erstwhile incumbent...

Singing party’s tune, Minority Minister Heptullah backs Maha govt in denial of reservation to...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Affirming the stand of the BJP-SS government in Maharashtra selectively providing reservation to Maratha community, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has said Muslims do not need reservations, instead, they should be made self-reliant.

AAP worker commits suicide, BJP says anti-woman character exposed

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New Delhi : A female Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker commited suicide after the molestor, a party member was released on bail, police said...

Women’s power extends beyond banking: Naina Lal Kidwai

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By Aparajita Gupta, New Delhi : Women have broken through the glass ceiling not just in India's financial services space, holding top positions in top...

Neural tube defect more likely to affect teen pregnancies

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By IANS, Sydney : Younger women are more likely to have neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancies than older women, according to a new study. The report showed that teenage women had the highest rate of NTD affected pregnancies and women aged 30-34 years the lowest. The neural tube becomes the brain and spinal cord. "Multiple pregnancies were also more likely to have neural tube defects than singleton pregnancies," said Samanthi Abeywardana of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) National Perinatal Statistics Unit.

Can’t ask PM or CMs to have women ministers, says SC

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday declined a plea seeking direction to chief ministers of seven states to consider inducting women in...

I’m against all fundamentalism, says Shabana Azmi

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Mumbai, (IANS): Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who has often raised her voice against various issues, on Monday clarified her stance in backing the 'Not in...

Goa women’s panel to probe ‘blouse-ripping’ cop

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By IANS, Panaji : The Goa women's commission will probe a senior police inspector who has been repeatedly caught ripping off women's blouses during public agitations and protests, an official said Tuesday. Speaking to IANS, chairperson of the Goa state commission for women (GSCW) Ezilda Sapeco said the commission had called for footage from local TV news channels of Monday's protest outside the State Secretariat and would convene a meeting of its members on the issue soon.

UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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By IRNA,

Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president

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By IANS, Shimla : Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university. Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.

Anti-AFSPA march from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar on 30 Mar at...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Another protest against the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is going to be organized by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, AISA, AIPWA, RYA, DSF, JNUSU, NEFIS, NAPM and other like-minded groups, which will be in the form of a march from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar at 1 PM on 30th March. After the march, there will also be a public meeting at Jantar Mantar.

Nine women killed in Gujarat temple stampede

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat's Rajkot district Sunday night, police said. The condition of two of the injured, admitted to the nearby Junagadh Government Hospital, has been described by doctors as serious.

Adoptions on rise – and many want a girl!

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By Shilpa Raina,

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

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मनीषा मशाल   भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

Leading Deoband Ulema oppose Women’s Reservation Bill

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By RINA, Deoband: Some of the leading Ulema of Deoband have shown their opposition to 33 per cent Women’s Reservation Bill that has again gained momentum due to the elevation of Ms. Meira Kumar as the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha in the history of independent India. This issue has ruffled many a feathers in not only in the political circles but also in the realms of religion. Many Ulema are from the world renowned Islamic seminary of Darul Uloom have opposed the bill.

Mice show women can handle stress better

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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

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: A few weeks after Soni Sori was attacked, a smilaar incident has been reported from in Kerala. Dhanya Raman, a noted...

Woman dies of burns, father alleges dowry death

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By IANS,

Women journalists in India yet to break the glass ceiling: Leela Menon

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran journalist Leela Menon, who was the first woman in the state to join the profession, Sunday opined that women in Indian media are yet to break the glass ceiling. "One or two Barkha Dutts are not enough and those women who are at the top are only so by virtue of their family owning the organisation. This clearly shows that the others are being discriminated against," she said. Menon, 85, who was with the Express group for a long time, now edits the Bharatiya Janata Party mouthpiece "Janmabhoomi" here.

Uber, three other cab operators banned in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government banned Uber and three other cab operators from plying their taxis in the capital city from Friday, a top official...

Lok Sabha adjourned over women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Monday noon after MPs from the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) noisily opposed the Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats for women in all legislatures. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD president Lalu Prasad joined their party MPs in raising slogans as the speaker tried to continue the question hour amid the din.

UN announces new programme for Indian widows

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By IANS,

Woman who saved Muslims in riots hoists flag in Bihar

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Patna : Commoner Shail Devi, who saved the lives of 10 Muslims during the communal clashes in Muzaffarpur district earlier this month, hoisted the national flag at the state Congress headquarter here Monday.

NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry

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New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...

No jeans for girls, says Mahapanchayat

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Barsana (Mathura): A Mahapanchayat held in a Uttar Pradesh town has ruled that girls should refrain from wearing jeans. The order was issued two days...

Mass gathering of women MGNREGA workers demanding their rights

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By TCN News, Tohana-Fatehabad (Haryana): A huge gathering of poor and marginalized people, large number of them women, took place in Tohana (Fatehabad) in Haryana on December 30, 2014 against corruption and irregularity in providing job under MGNREGA, and proposed dilution in the act.

Women’s rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks

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New Delhi : Women's rights activists Friday strongly condemned comments made on rape and women by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and party...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : फतेहपुर में दलित चाहते हैं कि बदल जाए सरकार !

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हमारे संवाददाता ने उत्तर प्रदेश के फतेहपुर सदर विधानसभा के लोगों से बात की और जानने की कोशिश की कि आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव में...

This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free

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Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...

Safety of women is highest priority: PM

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By IANS,

Quota for women must respect social divide, say some MPs

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By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS, New Delhi : The purpose of reserving seats for women in legislatures will be defeated if these are not earmarked for different social strata, say supporters of reservation along caste lines. In support of their argument, they say there are only 11 woman Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) members in parliament now although the total seats reserved for these two groups is 120 and 79 respectively.

JNUSU demands arrest of professor accused of sexual misconduct

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New Delhi, (IANS): Scores of Jawaharlal Nehru University students on Monday staged a protest outside police station near the varsity demanding the arrest and...

Assam’s two-child norm in draft policy ‘unnecessary’, ‘anti-women’

Women
Kolkata, (IANS): Assam's suggestion of implementing a two-child policy is not only "unnecessary" but is also "anti-women" and "anti-poor", says an expert. "Assam's total fertility...

Man stabbed his wife in UP court

Women
Mathura: A man has stabbed his wife in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. Laxmi Devi, a mother of three children, is...

A day after love marriage, woman killed

Women
Patna, July : In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman was killed by her brother on Thursday in Bihar a day...

Campaign against female infanticide in Bengal

Women
Kolkata : To tackle gender imbalance in the state, the West Bengal government has launched a campaign against female infanticide, which includes organising awareness...

Sabrang Communications denies ‘motivated allegations’ by CBI

Women
By TCN News, Mumbai: Sabrang Communications and Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (SCPPL) has once again denied the CBI’s allegations of it having violated provisions of...

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

Women
By Manish Chand, IANS,

Women dumped in open field after sterilization in Bengal

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Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh enter sub-junior women’s hockey semis

Women
By IANS, Sonepat: Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.

Blow to gender equality as more believe women’s place at home

Women
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : The shine's wearing off Super Moms. It's not just the men who say this, but a growing number of women too. Both are inclining to agree that a woman's place is more at home, wiping the sheen off the notion of gender equality in developed countries, a Cambridge survey says.

A woman contesting polls for women’s cause

Women
By F. Ahmed, IANS, Bandipora, (Jammu and Kashmir) : Defying separatists' boycott call and militant threats, Gousia Bashir, the lone woman candidate in this north Kashmir constituency, says she is contesting the elections to highlight the problems of women and the poor. Bandipora, once a hotbed of militants, goes to the polls Nov 17 in the first of the seven-phase assembly elections. And Gousia is contesting against 21 other candidates, all men.

Seminar on ‘Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciences’ held in Aligarh

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TCN News Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) held a seminar on Contribution of Muslim Women in Natural and Social Sciecnces and noted pediatrician, Dr Hameeda...

In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening

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Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...

Rays of hope from Hyderabad – story of two Muslim women

Women
By Nigar Ataulla,

Modi proved to be not of his wife and old parents then how can...

Women
By A. Mirsab , TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Maharashtra state Minority Minister Mr. Arif Naseem Khan who was addressing a rally in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra hurled a full fleshed attack on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his speech and asked Muslims to vote for secular party Congress in greater number to beat Narendra Modi’s dream of ruling India.

Online group takes fight against gender crimes to the streets

Women
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Women in India's commercial capital are being encouraged to fight against gender violence and demand police assistance to secure their rights by a group of social crusaders who came together through a social networking site. In a novel move, Fight-Back, a Facebook community of people fighting against gender atrocities, distributed wallet cards to women in Mumbai that have phone numbers of police help lines set up to tackle gender crimes, with the help of the Rotaract Club, a voluntary organisation engaged in service to the society.

Women can’t be secured by curbing their freedom, says CJI

Women
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...

Arrest the attackers of Soni Sori immediately: Women India Movement

Women
BY TCN News, New Delhi: Women India Movement (WIM) has come down heavily on the Chattisgarh government for not doing enough in arresting the culprits...

BJP’s women activists protest against Kumar Vishwas

Women
New Delhi : About 100 women activists of the BJP on Tuesday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house to raise...

Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women

Women
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a momentous, heartwarming step not only for India, but is likely to be an inspirational trendsetter for women's empowerment in the entire region. Although it is only the first step, the ripples from the smashing of a glass barrier are bound to be felt in virtually all areas of traditional male dominance. Like its democracy, therefore, India will also be a beacon in the matter of women's emancipation.

World Archery: Indian women get bronze

Women
By IANS, Kolkata: The cadet compound women's team gave India a bronze medal on the penultimate day of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden (Utah) in the US Saturday. The Indian troika of Prerna Bhagat, Nilam Kumari and Sairkonda Jayalakshmi downed Russian Federation 211 (28) - 211 (26) after the two combatants tied at the end of 24 arrows. In the three-arrow shoot off, India managed 28 points to Russia's 26. Two other Indian teams, cadet recurve men and cadet compound men, lost to superior opponents, Italy and the US, 199-215 and 207-229, respectively.

Married man’s illicit love affair ends in six deaths

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : A married man's illicit love affair with a widow went terribly wrong when the woman's father burnt alive the couple, and the man's family. The widow, 36, was having an affair with Chunnu Bhurji, both residents of Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Khiri district, about 300 km from here. The woman was often chided by her father Satyawan over this. However, the couple kept meeting. "Irked by this, Satyawan planned the massacre," Additional Superintendent of Police D.K. Singh told IANS by telephone.

Bilkis Bano’s husband: ‘What can be worse than seeing your loved ones being killed?’

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In 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men for the crime. Earlier this month, the Gujarat government released...

Saba Anjum: Muezzin’s daughter is now Indian hockey team captain

Women
By AnIndianMuslim.com, The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale.

Women two-wheeler riders may have to wear helmets

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : If the Delhi Traffic Police has its way, all women who drive two-wheelers or ride pillion in the capital may soon have to wear helmets.

Credit society run by Muslims offers respite for low-income wage groups

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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...

Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end

Women
By Anam Rais Khan for TwoCircles.net “The most hated of the Halaal (lawful things) to Allah is divorce.” Recorded by Abu Dawood, Ibn...

All-women police station opened in Dharamsala

Women
Dharamsala : After Shimla, this town in Himachal Pradesh Monday became the second in the state to have an all-women police station. Chief Minister Virbhadra...

Sania becomes top ranked doubles player with Charleston title

Women
Charleston (US): Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their third successive doubles title together, securing the Family Circle Cup tennis title on Sunday, enabling...

Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat

Women
By TCN News Khudai Khidmatgar made an important contribution towards women empowerment in the region of Mewat, Haryana by starting a vocational centre on March...

Trial begins in gang rape of six women in Bihar

Women
Patna : A speedy trial started Monday in the case of the alleged gang rape of six women at gun-point in Bihar's Bhojpur district,...

Meet on rising crime against women in Bengal Feb 23

Women
By IANS, Kolkata: Blaming West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government for the rise in rape cases in the state, a coordination body of Left-affiliated women's organisations...

NHRC orders probe into abduction of woman by BJD MLA

Women
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to conduct a fresh inquiry by the Crime Branch into the alleged...

PM’s wife to launch women’s health campaign

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur will launch a nation-wide programme on International Women's Day Tuesday for women's health empowerment, officials said.

CBSE results: Girls outperform boys in foreign centres

Women
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हमारा हिजाब ही हमारी ताकत,देश भर की मुस्लिम लड़कियों ने बुलंद की आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी। Twocircles.net इलाहाबाद निवासी सारा अहमद सिद्दीकी हिजाब पर प्रतिबंध को इस्लामोफोबिया की संज्ञा देते हुए कहती हैं, ये जेंडर इस्लामोफोबिया है, इससे...

Woman boxer found dead, Andhra government orders probe

Women
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.

Are Indian ads coming of age with social messages?

Women
By Azera Parveen Rahman New Delhi: Why should laundry be a woman's job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of...

Tripura official suspended for molesting woman colleague

Women
By IANS,

Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’

Women
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

88 women have applied for Haj without ‘mehram’: Minister

Women
New Delhi, (IANS): In less than a week after procedure for Haj 2018 started, 88 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a...

Olympics: Saina, Jai Bhagwan stay on course as archers, shooters bow out

Women
By IANS,

Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide

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Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

Women
By IANS, Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him. Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."

Women politicians make significant presence in Europe

Women
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.

Shayara Bano case in SC: First understand all forms of separation under Muslim personal...

Women
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The Shayara Bano case in Supreme Court has ignited a massive debate across the country over the existing Muslim personal laws....

Bihar school board ex-chairman’s wife’s degrees too fake?

Women
Patna : Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board's former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who...

Indian-origin mathematician honoured in Australia

Women
By Neena Bhandari, IANS, Sydney : Nalini Joshi, an Australian of Indian origin, has become only the third woman in mathematics to be elected to the prestigious Australian Academy of Sciences (AAS), founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. Joshi, head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney, was made a fellow of AAS in recognition of her life-long achievements in the field of mathematics.

Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

Women
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t remember ever wanting to become a teacher.” Binish Affan laments the lack of role models in academics. A post-graduate...
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