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‘Parliament may take up bills on communal violence, women’s quota’

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Communal Violence Bill, Women's Reservation Bill, Seeds Bill and Insurance Laws amendment bill were among the significant legislations likely to be taken up by parliament in the ongoing budget session, an independent parliamentary research organisation said Tuesday. An official of PRS Legislative Research, which works to strengthen the legislative process and tracks functioning of parliament, said that the four bills were among the legislations held up in the past due to lack of political consensus.

Woman, child drowned in West Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata : Two people - a young mother and her two-year-old daughter - died after falling into a well Monday in a West Bengal village, police said. Nineteen-year-old Ramani Hansa died while she was trying to save her daughter Sujni, who drowned in the well at Bhurkunda village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, about 200 km from here.

Four commit suicide in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: At least four members of a family committed suicide Tuesday in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police said. The incident occurred at Dhenkanal town, the district...

Woman raped in bus in Jharkhand

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Ranchi : A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a bus in Jharkhand's Koderma district, police said Saturday. According to the police, the woman was...

Chinese urban women contribute one-third to family income

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By IANS, Beijing: Chinese women in urban areas on an average contribute about one-third to their family income, a survey has found.

Telangana government to give wings to Muslim woman’s dream

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Hyderabad : The Telangana government has come forward to extend financial assistance to Syeda Salva Fatima, one of the few Muslim women to hold...

प्रधानमंत्री जी, महिला सशक्तिकरण पर ज्ञान देने से पहले दिल्ली हिंसा में मुस्लिम महिलाओं...

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दिल्ली हिंसा के दौरान मुस्लिम महिलाओं के साथ हुईं हैं बेहद शर्मनाक हरकतें कपड़े फाड़ने से लेकर बलात्कार तक के आरोप, कई लड़कियां...

Taking justice to women’s doorstep in Kerala

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By Jeevan Mathew Kurian, IANS, Kozhikode (Kerala) : Justice at the doorstep is a much espoused cause but remains a dream. For women in Kerala justice may not be at their doorstep, but they can at least seek it in their neighbourhood. The Jagrata Samithis (Vigilance Committees) in local administrative bodies is slowly turning into sanctuaries of justice for them. The committees have come up in 832 local administrative bodies out of around 1,200 in the state.

Meghalaya’s first woman MP vows to work for people

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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.

Two killed in Meghalaya police firing

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Shillong: A man and a woman were killed while five people were injured Wednesday when police opened fire to disperse a mob that attempted...

Social work through “Sangini”

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By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net special correspondent Azamgarh: Dr. Madhuri Singh is the daughter-in-law of a doctor couple. Both her in-laws, Dr. Rajdeo Singh and Mrs. (Dr.) K.R. Singh were doctors practicing in Azamgarh. Her husband, Dr. Kishore Singh, is a Pathologist and runs Singh Diagnostic Centre in Azamgarh city. Mrs. Madhuri is blessed by two children: elder son, has done M.Tech from USA and is working in Pittsburgh, USA; daughter is pursuing M.Sc in Counselling Psychology from Christ Church College, Bangalore.

Lifelong struggle against the caste system to create a life of dignity

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Sushma Andhare is well known today among Dalit/Ambedkarite movement. She is a professor and teaches sociology and political science. But that...

केरल हाईकोर्ट ने एंट्रेंस टेस्ट में मुस्लिम महिलाओं को हिजाब पहनने की अनुमति दी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter एर्नाकुलम(केरल): हिजाब को लेकर समाज में हमेशा कोई न कोई मुद्दा उठता रहा है. मौजूदा वक़्त में भी सोशल मीडिया पर कई...

Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize

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By Betwa Sharma, IANS, United Nations : Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize. Khabar Lahariya is produced and marketed by rural women from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of India's most populous state. The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given by the United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar, a centre for gender and education, which is based in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

टेलर नाज़िर से कपड़े सिलवाने आई थी सपना,भीड़ ने पीट डाला

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बरेली में मुस्लिम युवक और युवती पर भीड़ द्वारा हमला करने का मामला सामने आया हैं। बरेली के एक...

Girl murdered by youth in Andhra, rape suspected

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By IANS,

“Women’s Day a chance to understand women’s struggles,” AMU celebrates International Women’s Day

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TCN News The International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 was observed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women with great ardour at...

Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!

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Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan condemn arrest of rape survivor, youth activists

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TCN News Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) of Rajasthan has strongly condemned the arrest of a young survivor of gang-rape and two Jan Jagran Shakti...

A woman as Delhi Police commissioner?

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By Alok Singh, IANS,

Empowering women on Mother’s Day

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New Delhi : On the occasion of Mother's Day, which falls on the second Sunday in May, mobile commerce platform Paytm will showcase artistic...

Kerala different from rest of India in women’s health: study

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By IANS, Kochi : Women in Kerala have higher life expectancy, they have an upper edge in the state's sex ratio, are more prone to obesity and experience higher stress levels than men. A new study, therefore, says health problems faced by women in Kerala are different from those at the national level. The study titled 'Health of Women in Kerala: Current Status and Emerging Issues' was conducted by researchers attached to the Centre for Socio-economic and Environmental Studies (CSES) here and was distributed to the media Sunday.

Mohammadi Begum – A role model for Meo women

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Series on Mewat – Part 4 By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor’s degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.

Vedanta college completes 20 years educating Rajasthan’s girl child

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Jaipur : Hindustan Zinc, a part of the Vedanta Group, has completed 20 years of its initiative in Rajasthan's Sikar district to educate the...

Two Indian women killed in UAE road accident

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By IANS, Dubai : Two Indians were killed and three were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in fell into a gorge near the border between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. Anoopa, 24, an engineer with a Dubai-based engineering firm and her domestic help Pushpa, 50, died in the accident that took place Saturday. According to reports, Anoopa's husband Shibu Varghese, who was driving, lost control of the vehicle in the Al Rouda area in Hatta.

4 reasons why there is no justification for bulldozer politics

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Experts believe that demolishing houses of protestors is against the rule of law and deprives people of fundamental rights. Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Following...

Modi promises free check-up for pregnant women

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over pregnancy related deaths and other complications, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said government hospitals and other...

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...

Daughter of Nagpur Court peon becomes judge at the age of 25

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Nagpur: In a distinguished event that brought cheer to the face of a Nagpur Court peon, his daughter cracked the competitive...

SC pulls up Bengal for failure to protect rape victim’s rights

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday said that West Bengal government failed to protect the fundamental rights of a village woman who was gang raped...

“Srinagar has become an open-air prison,” restrictions back to Kashmir capital after decades

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After the spate of civilian killings in Kashmir, especially of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community and non-locals, the government has beefed security in...

Women activists protest detention of Asiya Andrabi

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Srinagar, (IANS): Activists of women's separatist group 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith) on Tuesday protested against the detention of the group's chief, Asiya Andrabi, under...

DCW writes to Maneka Gandhi on trafficking of women

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New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday urged Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to convene a meeting...

Too few Indian women joining the army

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Not many women seem interested in joining the Indian Army. Only half the women candidates who qualified in the entrance exam and interview turned up for the Officers Training Academy (OTA) course in Tamil Nadu this year. The course has 80 seats but only around 40 women candidates came as the course began in April this year. This comes even as the top army brass has agreed to give permanent commission to women officers in more branches. All women have to undergo the OTA course to join the army.

Panel set up to study status of Indian women

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By IANS,

Women to operate two-wheeler ambulances in Tamil Nadu

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Chennai : In a first-of-its-kind, Tamil Nadu will now have women paramedical members weaving in and out of traffic on their two-wheeler ambulances to...

‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...

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“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...

Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change

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By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : It was never easy for Meera Jato, 42, to confront her in-laws' taunts, deal with household hassles and start the country's first rural language weekly "Khabar Lahariya" (News Wave) run only by women. It has in its short existence carved out a clear niche for itself in the ever-expanding media space in India.

Muslim Women in Ranchi Lead Efforts In Providing Relief For Migrant, Daily Workers Amid...

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Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, migrant and daily wage workers have faced tremendous hardships to meet their needs. While the government has rolled out...

Women’s groups give thumbs up to female bartenders

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By IANS, Bangalore : Cheers! That's what many women's groups here are saying to a Karnataka High Court verdict allowing women to work in pubs, pointing out that it is a job like any other as long as safety and security are ensured. "If women are showcasing their skills in various fields, what is wrong in allowing them to work in bars with adequate safety and security?" asked Donna Fernandes, a member of Vimochana, an organisation working for the right of women to work with dignity.

Asian women show they’re on top

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By IANS, Kathmandu: Nearly 24 years after mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner became the first man to conquer the 14 highest peaks in the world, South Korean Oh Eun-sun followed in his footsteps Tuesday, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat, beating her closest rival Spain's Edurne Pasaban. The 44-year-old became South Korea and Asia's heroine after she reached the summit of Mt Annapurna, 8,091m, with her ascent being broadcast live.

Nation is always empowered by its women: PM

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women. “Nation is always empowered by its women....

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:

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...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Custodial torture worst crime, says Delhi HC

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New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the recent alleged custodial death of a 34-year-old man, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said custodial torture is...

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...

Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital

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Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's...

Pink, Akira and ten years of police reform in India

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By Pushkar Raj for TwoCircles.net Pink and Akira, two recent Bollywood hit films, depict an ugly reality of the police in India. It seems...

Demonstrations across country in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Outraged by “blatant misuse of state machinery to hound and persecute a group of courageous human rights defenders” – Teesta...

Smoking brings young woman’s marriage to the brink

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By IANS, Nagpur : Addiction to smoking almost cost a young woman her two-year-old marriage. She has salvaged it for now by signing an affidavit that binds her to divorce without alimony if she takes a puff again. The woman's husband, a non-smoker, has brought his errant wife back from her parental home on the condition that she must not smoke again.

Cover-up of Kashmir rape, murder case ‘reprehensible’: CPI-M

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By IANS New Delhi: Demanding "most stringent punishment" to the guilty, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said the alleged "cover-up" attempts by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the rape and murder of two women was "reprehensible". The CPI-M central committee in a statement said: "The initial efforts of the local administration to cover-up the truth and to pass it off as an incident of drowning is extremely reprehensible."

यहां तीन बार तलाक़ कहा तो देना होगा पांच लाख का जुर्माना

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सम्भल : उत्तर प्रदेश की ज़मीन पर पंचायत का रिवाज पुराना है. लेकिन गुरूवार को हादीपुर गांव का पंचायत इन सबसे अलग...

On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram

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The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...

‘Society will benefit from more women in politics’

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By IANS, New Delhi : When 181 women get "empowered" to enter parliament society as a whole will benefit, Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed said here Monday. "All eyes are riveted towards India's parliament now. The thing to be kept in mind is that by asking for 33 percent reservation, we are not asking for a favour because when 181 women will be in the parliament, the society as a whole will benefit," Hameed said at the release of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on gender equality in Asia-Pacific region.

Women to get free bus ride in Delhi on Rakhi day

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women in the capital city can enjoy a free ride in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses Wednesday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit announced Monday. "Women in Delhi would be able to travel free in DTC buses on Raksha Bandhan day. The decision has been taken to ensure that women can easily reach their brothers' place," Dikshit told reporters. She said women will be allowed to ride free in all ordinary DTC buses and the green low-floor buses till 5 p.m. Wednesday.

एक्सक्लुसिव : कंचे खेलने की उम्र में बन गए घुड़सवार,मगर नही जाते स्कूल

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net https://youtu.be/IJB0x-FwhXI 7 साल के वसीम एक चबूतरे के सहारे साढ़े 6 फ़ीट ऊंची और लगभग 10 फ़ीट लम्बी घोड़े पर उछल कर चढ़...

Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus

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Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...

Three Ramadans without Mohsin Shaikh, a mother recalls memories of her son

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Sadiq Shaikh, Mubin Shaikh and Shabana Parveen By A Mirsab, Twocircles.net, Solapur (Maharashtra): Shabana Parveen, 53, a mother of twenty-eight years old Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh...

Rape cases against SC and ST women increasing

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By IANS,

Kerala assembly to hold special session for women’s quota

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent seats in the local legislative bodies for women. "The main reason to call the special session is to pass this new law to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women in the local bodies," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters. Currently, there are 20,554 elected representatives in Kerala, of which 33.33 percent seats are reserved for women.

बोतल की सख्ती : एक क़ानून या एक दिशा?

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अरफ़ीना खानम बिहार में खुलेआम नशोखोरी और शराब पर पूर्ण रूप से पाबन्दी सरकार की अच्छी सोच व सही क़दम का नतीजा है. जब राज्य...

Sikkim woman raped in Delhi, five arrested

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New Delhi: A 25-year old woman from Sikkim, brought to Delhi on the pretext of getting her a job, was raped here by a...

From Melbourne to Delhi, Saina’s eventful journey

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By Avishek Roy, IANS,

CPI-M plenum to stress deepening links with people: Yechury

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Kolkata : Describing the CPI-M as a "revolutionary party with a mass line", its general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the five-day party...

Bhopal most unsafe for women in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Even as this Madhya Pradesh capital has been declared the second safest city in the country, figures revealed by Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in the state assembly Wednesday indicate that the city was most unsafe for women in the state. A study conducted by Institute for Competitiveness and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) that indicates many benchmarks for Urban Development & Prosperity of India Tuesday announced that Delhi was the safest city in the country, followed by Bangalore and Bhopal in the second position.

Saina becomes first Indian to enter final at Worlds

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Jakarta: World No.2 shuttler Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to enter the final of the badminton World Championships as the...

Qualifying for World Cup not enough: Kaushik

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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.

Hunt on for men who allegedly raped German woman

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Efforts were on Monday to nab the men who allegedly abducted a German woman from the upscale Taj hotel here and took her to a room where they raped her before dropping her nearly 12 hours later. The incident took place early Sunday when five to six men in a black Scorpio SUV kidnapped the 20-year-old tourist from the parking lot of the Taj in Chandigarh's commercial hub Sector 17.

Vijayawada nurse died while attacking friend with acid

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Vijayawada: In a dramatic twist to a case relating to the death of a woman in an alleged acid attack, police investigations have revealed...

Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti

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By Ruwa Shah Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't get raped in a moving...

Murder of young woman in Kerala galvanises politics

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Ernakulam (Kerala) : The brutal murder of a poor law student in this district last week has galvanised politics in election-bound Kerala as Chief...

Scores of women’s orgs’, collectives call for unconditional release of student activist Gulfisha Fatima,...

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Scores of organizations released a joint statement calling for release of Gulfisha Fatima and all anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protestors who are incarcerated. The statement said that...

Woman detained in Lebanon not Baghdadi’s wife: Iraq

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Baghdad ; The Iraqi interior ministry said Wednesday that a woman recently detained in Lebanon is not the wife of the Islamic State (IS)...

Woman detained for crossing barricade on PM’s route in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old woman was detained by Delhi Police on Wednesday for crossing a barricade put up on a route to be...

Woman rescued 195 hours after China’s earthquake

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By Xinhua, Chengdu : A 60-year-old woman was rescued at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday from rubble in Pengzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, more than 196 hours after the May 12 earthquake. Wang Liqun, a retiree from the provincial capital of Chengdu, had lived on rainwater in the past days. She, still conscious when rescuers found her, was rushed to hospital. Wang was inside a temple when the quake struck. She was hit by a falling girder in the head and had been in coma until last Tuesday, according to the rescue team from an air force regiment based in Chengdu.

Women not safe in Bihar, says NCW team

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By IANS,

Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge

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New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...

Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of north-east

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New Delhi/Agartala : The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for north-east India to promote the...

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

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By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

Woman panchayat leader shares experience with Obama

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By IANS,

Karnataka women seek 50 percent quota in local bodies

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By IANS, Bangalore : Women members of local government bodies in Karnataka have sought 50 percent representation for them in the three-tier 'panchayat' (local council) institutions across the state. In a memorandum to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday, a joint organisation of the members said the state government should reserve 50 percent of the total seats for women in the local bodies' elections due March 2010.

Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.

This super teacher is on a mission to transform the lives of children in...

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Kanchan Sharma, a retired lecturer, has been running a school for the slum children for over a decade now. Mubashir Naik and Irshad Hussain |...

On Ruchika’s 16th death anniversary, government says case to be re-probed

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By IANS, Chandigarh/Panchkula/New Delhi : As support built up for Ruchika Girhotra's case on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday and appeals grew for convicted former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore to be slapped with more serious charges, the government said the molestation and suicide of the teenager would be reinvestigated. Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said the molestation of Ruchika and her suicide three years later would be re-investigated and tried as a "model case" to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law".

British woman sues NHS, says her IVF child doesn’t have her genes

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : In a case without equal in Britain, a woman who bore a child, conceived through artificial insemination, is suing the NHS for not being able to use her own eggs to prepare the embryo. Greta Mason of East Sussex gave birth to a male child, Jaden, conceived via IVF using an anonymous donor's egg from Spain and the sperm of her husband, Chris. The IVF wait-list of the NHS is quite long. The couple waited for six years for their turn, and by the time it finally came, Greta had turned 40. Her eggs were too old for conception, the NHS doctors told her.

2010: A year of panic and alarm for women in North East India

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

NGOs in Mumbai demand compensation for Pune victim’s family and a ban on Hindu...

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By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: A number of secular Non Government Organizations (NGOs) gathered together in Azad Maidan of Mumbai under the black banner to protest against disorderly killing of an innocent Muslim techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh in Hadapsar area of Pune by the activists of radical outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena. They demanded compensation of Rs. 15 lakhs for the family of killed techie along with a government job to one of the member of his family as Mohsin was the only bread winner for family, besides an immediate ban on Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS).

Compensation only after long battle by acid attack victim in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The state authorities of Assam have ordered compensation for the acid victims following an urgent appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for immediate intervention and financial assistance to a survivor of acid attack as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India in 2013.

Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India. Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?

मुसलमानों को पिछड़ेपन से उबारने की अदुभुत कोशिश थी फ़ातिमा शेख़ की मुहिम

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net देश की पहली महिला शिक्षक फातिमा शेख की 191वीं जयंती देशभर में मनाईं गई। कोविड के चलते फातिमा शेख़ की जयंती पर कार्यक्रम...

Woman raped by childhood friend on pretext of job

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New Delhi: A 30-year-old fitness centre employee has been arrested for raping his childhood woman friend here after promising to provide her a job,...

क्या कर्नाटक में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का शैक्षिक भविष्य अंधकार में चला गया है !

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कर्नाटक हिजाब को लेकर हुए नकारात्मक चर्चा का असर लड़कियों की शिक्षा पर हो गया है, बहुत सी लड़कियों ने स्कूल जाना बंद कर...

“We need employment, not help,” Nagpur’s sex workers decry ban, barricading of area

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Ganga Jamuna area of Nagpur in Maharashtra is the oldest Red Light area of the city and has always been bustling with people. In...

Three-year-old allegedly raped, murdered in UP

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Lucknow: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped and then killed in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said Saturday. The incident took place late Friday in Ramgarh...

Women’s quota bill on agenda: Meira Kumar

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Dignity March to end shaming, silence of sexual violence survivors concludes in Delhi

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net The Dignity March, initiated by Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan, a group of NGOs to end sexual violence against women and children in...

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,...

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...

70-year old Dalit woman raped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 70-year old Dalit woman was raped after her son and daughter-in-law were shot and injured in an Uttar Pradesh village. A rapist has been arrested while three others are absconding, a police official said Wednesday. The incident took place early Tuesday morning when the accused barged into the victim's house. "We have arrested Ranvir Singh Yadav and are looking for three others," Mahoba police chief R.P. Singh told IANS on phone. Mahoba district is about 250 km from state capital Lucknow.

STF asked to trace missing woman official in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has entrusted the Special Task Force (STF) with finding a 53-year-old woman government official, who has been missing along with her driver since Friday, an official said Monday. Rakesh Jain, district manager of state Food and Essential Commodities Corporation, posted in Sitapur, has been missing since last Friday. "A team of STF would now probe the case. We would make every effort to trace the woman official," Additional Director General (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.

Kerala’s rival fronts trade charges over woman guard

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Women’s body not to send team to Rajasthan

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Sunday said it had not received any complaint from the Gujjar community of police atrocities on their protesting women, but added that it had given suo moto orders that the women be treated humanely and according to the law. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS Sunday that they had first given the instructions to the Rajasthan police “ten days ago”, when 26 women from the Gujjar community were arrested for stopping railway traffic near Bandikui in Dausa district for nearly six days.

Our society behaves horrendously with women: Author Amish Tripathi

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By Shilpa Raina, Jaipur : Controversies in India are given greater prominence than pressing issues like the oppression of women that need to be brought...

Scheme to raise awareness among minority women

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By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS, New Delhi : India's Planning Commission is starting a scheme to create awareness among minority women about issues and rights that can empower them socially, educationally and economically, and also teach them the importance of hygiene and sanitation. To be implemented over the next five years with the help of the ministry women and child development, the scheme will cost Rs.200 million (Rs. 20 crores).

BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC

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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...

Ban urges gov’ts to ensure full range of rights for rural women

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CBI questions Mayawati over NRHM scam

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New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati here in connection with the...

NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh for stripping and torturing two women in police...

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New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chhattisgarh DGP over allegedly stripping and beating...

Women can work round the clock in Gurgaon: Police chief

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Tamil woman identified as Malaysian after 11 months’ detention

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A Tamil woman has been identified as a Malaysian national by the country's human rights body after 11 months in detention, when she fell seriously ill. Rajeswary Murugiah, 22, was detained in October last year after she was found without an identity card and said she did not remember her ID number. She was lying unwell in detention till human rights watchdog Sukham took up her case and resolved it in a single day, The Star newspaper said Thursday.

Taslima Nasreen’s Indian visa extended by a year

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Indian government on Tuesday extended the visa of self-exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen by another year. The 55-year-old, who is now...

तस्वीरों में रमज़ान : जामिया में इफ्तार में जुटे छात्र

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net रहमतों का महीना ‘रमज़ान’ की आमद के बाद हर कोई अल्लाह की इबादत में जुट जाता है। इस महीने को बहुत ही पाक...

Gileem Juloos in Lucknow commemorates Hazrat Ali’s martyrdom

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एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के...

Mamata a role model for women, says US diplomat

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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.

युवती की संदिग्ध मौत के बाद आगरा में बवाल, तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा में एक युवती की संदिग्ध मृत्यु के बाद दो समुदायों के बीच हिंसक झड़प हो उठीं। दोनों समुदाय...

Will do utmost for women’s safety, Modi assures Nirbhaya parents

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New Delhi : The parents of the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape victim Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who assured them that...

Rights panel to probe tribal woman’s harassment

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has deputed a team to inquire into sexual harassment charges levelled by a tribal woman against a suspended senior police officer in Jharkhand. The victim has also alleged threat to her life from the officer, a statement said. The rights panel said that in her complaint, the tribal woman alleged sexual harassment by former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ranchi, P.S. Natarajan. A criminal case was registered against the IGP and the trial of the case is pending in a court.

Shuttlers Arundhati, Thulasi, Tanvi fail to qualify

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By IANS, Basel: Indian women shuttlers Arundhati Pantawane, P.C. Thulasi and Tanvi Lad failed to qualify for the main draw of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at the St. Jakobshalle here Tuesday.

Instant Talaq and polygamy well rooted in Muslim personal law, JUH claims in counter...

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By TCN News The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind has filed its counter affidavit through its General Secretary Maulana Syed Asad Madani as a party...

Why AMU should have a woman vice-chancellor this time

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The American society is pushed to the back foot in debates concerning liberty, equality and opportunity when an opponent points out that the society...

Re-codify Muslim Personal Laws: Jamaat Islami’s women wing

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net, Malappuram: While calling upon Muslim women to come forward to effectively utilize the 50% reservation in local self government institutions, the women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) today demanded re-codification of Muslim Personal Laws such that they cannot be misused.

Hotel management student abducted, raped

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 23-year-old hotel management student has alleged that she was abducted and raped by four men who kept her confined for about a month, police said Wednesday. The victim told the police that she was kidnapped from near Pragati Maidan exhibition complex Aug 31 by a man whom she had known for some years. He first tried to drag her into his car but she resisted. He then beat her and told bystanders not to interfere claiming it was a "family matter", said a senior police officer.

एक बार फिर जंतर मंतर पर जुटे किसान, लगाया वादाखिलाफी का इल्ज़ाम

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में आज संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा अराजनैतिक ने लखीमपुर हिंसा में मारे गए किसानों को इंसाफ और केंद्रीय मंत्री अजय...

Jammu and Kashmir’s women’s commission gets new chairperson

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By IANS, Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government has nominated National Conference (NC) legislator Shamima Firdous as chairperson of the state women's commission, a post that was lying vacant for over seven years. The announcement was made by the government Wednesday. Despite persistent demands by various womens' groups, the post was not filled by successive governments since 2003, when the first chairperson of the commission Girja Dhar resigned. Firdous will have the status of a minister of state, an official release announcing her appointment said.

Aler Encounter: Mohammed Zakir was killed for helping Viqaruddin rent a house, says sister

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...

As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...

रुला देगा मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर की आठ सगी बहनों का ये दर्द

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर का चर्चित मुहल्ला खालापार से सुजुड़ु गांव की ओर जाने वाली सड़क पर एक जगह है रहमतनगर… आमतौर...

Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention

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By IANS, Ipoh (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian woman who spent 11 months at an immigration depot on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant has sued the government for RM6 million ($150,000 approx.) for her suffering while under detention. M. Rajeshvari named as defendants the government and six others, including Home Minister Syed Hamid Syed Albar and Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan. The suit was filed by her lawyer A. Magesan, also an ethnic Indian, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry Thursday.

Lone Karnataka woman minister quits

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By IANS, Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, resigned Monday, a day after dissidents dropped the demand for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's removal. The resignation of the 44-year-old Karandlaje came within hours of Yeddyurappa dismissing as "speculation" that the rural development and panchayat raj minister would be dropped as sought by dissidents led by Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy.

German rape victim’s mother asked to give income details

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By IANS, Panaji : The Goa police have been harassing the mother of a raped minor German girl, asking her to provide details not relevant to the case, her lawyer said here Monday. "She has been asked to give details of her daily activities, her business details, source of income and vehicles purchased in Goa. These things are not relevant to the case," lawyer Aires Rodrigues told reporters. The Calangute police, probing the offence, have given the mother a two-day notice to come forward with details, he said.

उत्तरप्रदेश में महिलाओं के लिए पहला जिम मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर के पूरकाजी में शुरू हुआ जिसे...

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मुजफ्फरनगर- आस मोहम्मद कैफ,TwoCircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर से देहरादून जाने के रास्ते में आधे घंटे के सफर के बाद चाट की मशहूर दुकानों का बाज़ार जहाँ दिखाई दे...

AMU sets operating procedure to deal COVID and pregnancy

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TCN News Aligarh: What COVID 19 could do to the pregnancy? The pregnant women grope in the dark and to address their misery, the department of...

Girl who was gang-raped, filmed fights back

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New Delhi : Fifteen-year-old Bitiya endured unspeakable trauma when she was raped by four upper caste men who filmed the heinous crime for sale...

She performed back-breaking work – to build hospital for poor

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Sahana Ghosh, IANS,

HRD ministry asks ICSE Council for report on Bangalore school rape

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New Delhi: Expressing concern about the incident that occurred in a Bangalore school, the human resource development ministry Tuesday wrote to the Council of...

Now women will guard the frontiers

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Attari (Punjab) : They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years, will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border soon after they complete this week their physical training at the BSF's Kharkan camp, 10 km from Hoshiarpur town. Some recruits will be deployed on the India-Bangladesh border later.

A woman judge is raped in UP!

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Lucknow : Even a woman judge has not been spared in Uttar Pradesh. The judge was raped and an attempt was made to kill...

Minor girl raped in Delhi

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New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man at a secluded place on the pretext of conducting religious rituals, police said...

Kerala to intervene for nurses in Saudi Arabia: Chandy

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Thiruvananthapuram: With the Saudi Arabian authorities set to implement a new law on minimum qualifications for nurses working in government and private sectors, the...

Woman raped by Delhi Police constable

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a constable of Delhi Police's Crime Branch in Dwarka area of southwest Delhi earlier this week, police said Sunday. "The incident took place in Sector 16 of Dwarka when the victim's husband was not at home. Her husband had gone to Haryana. She complained that the constable was drunk at the time of the incident," a police officer said. When her husband returned, she told him about the incident after which they approached police Wednesday.

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

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.

Women farmers could slash number of hungry by up to 17 percent

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For women, a crash course in job skills

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS,

UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo visiting Imphal on April 28

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,

Golf: Indian girls slip to ninth place

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Hong Kong: The Indian golf team of Gaurika Bishnoi, Ridhima Dilawari and Nishtha Madan ended the second day in tied ninth position at the...

Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh

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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.

As Mehbooba Mufti takes over, people of J&K hope for development, revocation of draconian...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: Continuing the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, the daughter of late J&K Chief Minister Mufti...