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Prioritise women’s empowerment, says Meira Kumar

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By IANS, New Delhi : As the bill seeking 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures of India is set to be tabled in parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Sunday said the nation should prioritise women empowerment as part of "our agenda and policy". In her message conveying her "heartiest" wishes on the International Women's Day to be celebrated Monday, Meira Kumar said: "It is imperative that at this point in our time we prioritize women's empowerment as an intrinsic part of our development agenda and policy."

No plans for new women’s battalions in paramilitary forces

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are no plans for raising new women's battalions or reserve battalions in the central armed police forces (CAPFs), parlaiment was informed Tuesday.

Eminent journalists rue lack of women representation in Indian media

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Well-known journalists Arfa Khanum, Chief Editor, The Wire, Amer Ali Khan, News Editor, Siasat, Fazil Hussain Parvez, Chief Editor Gawah, Farhat Rizvi, Senior Journalist,...

Woman jailed for 10 years for biting son to death

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By RIA Novosti, Moscow : A court in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia's Urals has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for killing her three-year-old son in a violent attack during which she bit the child over 50 times. Investigators said that Svetlana, aged 31, had been drinking with two friends at her home in Kamensk-Uralsky in October 2008. On noticing that her son Ivan had dirty hands, she took him into the bathroom. The woman told the police that she only has a vague recollection of what followed.

Remembering Qurratulain Hyder : The fierce, unapologetic and bold Urdu writer

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By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net The Union Hall building of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) is buzzing with supporters of the newly elected...

‘Internet cycle carts’ to bring rural women online

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Mumbai : In an innovative move to educate rural women about the internet, Tata Trusts and Google India on Friday announced a special...

Tripura CPI-M leader sent to police custody over wife’s murder

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Agartala: A court in Tripura on Saturday sent senior CPI-M leader Jitendra Das, his two brothers and nephew to six-da'sy police custody in connection...

Daughter wants death for rapist dad

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By IANS Amritsar: "My father should not be spared for his acts. He should be shot dead," was the impassioned plea of the college-going daughter of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The father has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past eight years. Speaking to reporters here Thursday, the 20-year-old said she wanted no mercy for her father. "Don't spare him. The police should shoot him dead," she said, speaking in Punjabi.

National mission for women’s empowerment to be launched

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By IANS, New Delhi : A national mission for empowerment of women will be launched to achieve convergence among women-centric programmes run at various levels, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, she said a token sum of Rs.10 million has been earmarked for the scheme for the current financial year. "It is proposed that the mission will primarily oversee implementation of women centric programmes of the participating ministries, state government and panchayati raj institutions," the minister said.

BJP moves EC over Kumar Vishwas’ remark

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly...

Pakistan offers to share with India lessons on women’s quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : Amid continued uncertainty here over the fate of a bill to reserve seats for women in parliament and legislative bodies, Pakistan has offered to share its experience in successfully implementing a law in this regard. "We have enacted a law where 20 percent of parliamentarians have to be women. The law was based on recommendations based on a study by NGO Aurat Foundation. India can replicate the model and if it wants we can share the study," Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik said here late Thursday.

Imam Ahmed Raza Conference for women in Madhubani

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By RINA Madhubani (Bihar): On the soil of Laharia Ganj, the first shift of a 2 -day conference of Aalmi Imam Ahmed Raza was organized under the supervision of Sunni Jamiat-e-Ulema Madhubani, particularly for women. In this conference a large number of women from various parts of the country participated, and the programme was presided by Syeda Razia Sultana (Darbhangvi).

Sania gets Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards for 12 others

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New Delhi : Tennis star Sania Mirza received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour on Saturday, while 12 others,...

बुलडोजर से गिराया गया घर आफरीन फातिमा की अम्मी के नाम था दर्ज,अदालत में...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net प्रयागराज के जावेद मोहम्मद को हिंसक विरोध प्रदर्शन करने की कथित साजिश के आरोप में गिरफ्तार करने के बाद आज उनके घर पर...

IT professional rapes, films lawyer; suspected in 3 more cases

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New Delhi : A 26-year-old IT professional has been arrested here for allegedly raping and filming a 23-year-old law graduate, the police said Thursday adding that they are probing his involvement in three similar cases. Dushyant Verma, who stays with his parents in Maharani Bagh, was arrested April 20 for raping the woman at his house April 18. The victim told the police that she had met Verma, a software engineer with EDAG - a German automobile design company in Gurgaon - over a social networking site in April and became friends.

Woman arrested for killing her seven babies in US

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Washington: Police in the US state of Utah Sunday arrested a 39-year-old woman for killing her seven infants over a 10-year period, the media...

Daughter’s death not linked to Vyapam scam: Victim’s father

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By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi : The father of trainee sub-inspector Anamika Kushwaha (25), whose body was recovered from a pond in Sagar district...

Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...

Let’s stop taking the bait: How Muslims should respond to provocative Issues

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By Dr. Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net Triple Talaq, Beef, now Azaan. The more we respond, the more we engage with them, the more they...

Ensure safety of women, NHRC asks states

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New Delhi : Concerned over recent crimes against women, the NHRC Friday asked all state governments to adopt measures ranging from constructing toilets to...

Indian women don’t have multiple affairs, nor do they cry: Mike Pandey

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Sikh woman at 60 becomes Canada’s oldest mother

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By IANS, Toronto : A 60-year-old Sikh woman has become the oldest mother in Canada by giving birth to twin boys in Calgary city this week. Ranjit Hayer and her husband Jagir Hayer, who have been trying to have a baby for the past 40 years, finally became proud parents of the twins delivered Tuesday in a city hospital. After being rejected by Canadian doctors for in-vitro fertilization because of her old age, the woman had reportedly traveled to her native India get fertilized with a donated egg.

‘बीफ़ के मुद्दे पर धार्मिक ध्रुवीकरण करके ब्राह्मणवादी सरकार मूलनिवासी बहुजनों को आपस में...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : बामसेफ की राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष डॉ. मनीषा बांगर ने देश की मौजूदा स्थिति को लोकतंत्र के लिए ख़तरनाक बताया है....

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक...

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आसिफ इकबाल | Twocircles.net बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन...

Neglect charge against British teenager’s mother dismissed

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By IANS, Panaji : Goa's Women and Child Development (WCD) department has dismissed a petition against slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown on a technicality, as the police was already investigating similar charges against her. A petition filed by a local NGO Utt Goenkara had argued that it was Fiona's criminal neglect of Scarlett which had resulted in the teenager's death and sought penal action against her.

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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

At age 70, woman wants divorce to avenge husband’s cruelty

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a court here seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband. She calls it her overdue "revenge". Bimla Devi wants to end her 53-year-old relationship with Rakesh Kumar, who she says has dumped her for another woman and now allegedly wants to grab her (Bimla's) property. The distraught woman has moved an application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Manmohan Sharma against Kumar. Bimla Devi and Kumar were married March 10, 1955.

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

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Delhi’s rights charter to empower women’s body

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New Delhi: A draft bill on a Charter of Women's Rights has been prepared to give additional powers to the Delhi Commission for Women...

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”.

Jamiat calls for modern Muslim schools—but why?

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By Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net

British Indian woman election candidate stands for change

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

Woman with 90 percent bone deformity cured in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon: In a rare surgery, a 60-year-old woman having developed complete bone deformity successfully underwent a complex surgery making her capable to walk again,...

Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam mark Babri demolition anniversary with protests

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By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam organised protests and demonstrations throughout the state on Friday, December 6, marking the Babri Masjid demolition. The...

Rapists do not deserve death, boys commit mistakes: Mulayam

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Moradabad: In remarks that raised a storm, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said Thursday the death penalty in rape cases was "unfair" as...

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...

Campaign against female infanticide in Bengal

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

Thanks for sparing us more headache, housewives thank FM

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By IANS,

Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam

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New Delhi : Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School here on Saturday topped the class 12 examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),...

African delegates expecting high from women’s summit

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By Xinhua, Hanoi : Women are still victims of poverty and disparity, First Lady of Burkina Faso said here Thursday at the opening of the pre-summit ministerial roundtable of the Global Summit of Women. The Summit, which is to kick off later Thursday, gathered over 900 businesswomen, professionals and government leaders from around the world to talk about women's development and other issues.

Abduction of women rising in India; UP at the top

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New Delhi : Cases of kidnapping of women and girls are on the rise in India, with Uttar Pradesh registering the maximum number of...

Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the Year

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By IANS, Vienna : Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country's leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards Association (WAA), the EFE news agency reported Saturday. The Vienna-based World Awards Association Friday named Betancourt as the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year award, the report said. She will receive the honour at a ceremony Oct 26, details of which would be announced later. Betancourt, 46, has dual Colombian and France citizenship.

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...

“Her New World” project launched by Shaheen Academy at Guwahati

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TCN News: “Her New World”  a project for both rural and urban women of Assam was launched on 15th of October by Shaheen Academy. The...

On women’s day, helpless woman attempts suicide in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar : While the world celebrated International Women's Day, a helpless woman attempted suicide Thursday after her husband abandoned her on a highway in Kashmir.

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.

Women’s cricket team prepares for busy schedule ahead

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By IANS, Mumbai : The women's cricket team will participate in two training camps ahead of their busy international schedule that starts with the England tour in August. The team will tour England (August), Australia (November) before the World Cup in Australia (March 2009) and the ICC World Twenty20 in England (June 2009).

A Palestinian woman enters politics

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By Asma Asfour In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning the law was that women should take part in decision-making processes. So, despite the fact that the idea hadn't yet been widely accepted in many rural communities, women from different economic and cultural backgrounds suddenly found themselves taking part in political life.

Proper representation to women in parliament: President

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New Delhi : Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment...

Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers

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By Somrita Ghosh for IANS: New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...

Kerala women voters still outnumber men

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Thiruvananthapuram: As in the past, women outnumber men in the latest electoral rolls of Kerala released on Friday ahead in the May 16 assembly...

Police officer suspended for sexually exploiting woman

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A police sub-inspector here was suspended Monday for sexually exploiting a woman about eight months ago, the police said. Senior superintendent of police L. Ravi Kumar initiated action against Afal Singh after the SSP was given a CD containing evidence against Singh. "When Singh was the station officer (SO) of Vijay Nagar police station, the woman had come to him for some help and he sexually exploited her," Kumar said. Kumar has initiated an inquiry into the case by a senior police officer.

Women more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens

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By IANS, London : Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogenic effects of smoking tobacco, according to the latest findings. Swiss researchers studied 683 lung cancer patients who were referred to a cancer centre in St Gallen, Switzerland between 2000 and 2005. They found women tended to be younger when they developed the cancer, despite having smoked significantly less on average than men. "Our findings suggest that women may have an increased susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens," said Martin Frueh and colleagues.

Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction

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By IANS, New Delhi : An alert Delhi Police woman official foiled the abduction of a blind girl here, police said Thursday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Kiran Sethi...

New affordable range of Shahnaz Husain products

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By IANS, New Delhi: There's good news for women who wish to use Shahnaz Husain's products but hesitate due to their exorbitant prices, as the renowned beauty expert has launched a new and more affordable range of beauty products. A new range of ayurvedic cosmetic products, priced between Rs.75 to Rs.203, called "Shahnaz forever" has been launched to cater to the middle-income segment.

‘Women’s role in Digital India transformation undeniable’

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Bengaluru : The Indian woman of today is harnessing the digital advantage to maximize their potential to realize the goal of a Digital India,...

Ticketless passenger alleges she was stripped, railways denies

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By IANS, Kolkata: A ticketless passenger accused a woman ticket checker of stripping her, leading to a mob fury at the bustling Sealdah station here. But an official inquiry found she had disrobed herself to draw sympathy from fellow commuters, a railway official said Tuesday. "Asima Biswas, 47, was Monday travelling without a ticket. She was asked by a woman ticket checker at the Sealdah railway station to show her ticket. But she failed to show any, and instead took off her sari," an Eastern Railway (ER) spokesman told IANS.

कानपुर : सपना ने कहा हिन्दू संगठनों ने दबाव देकर दर्ज कराया था नौशाद...

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विशेष सवांददाता। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में बीजेपी नेताओं द्वारा एक मुस्लिम युवक को धर्मांतरण के मामले में जबरन फंसाने का मामला सामने...

National consultation on violence against women

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New Delhi : A national consultation process will be held in January to evaluate the current progress in combating violence against women and improvise...

French burqa ban is an infringement on women’s right: Bazm-e-Khwateen

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

Modi picked women’s pockets: AIDWA

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Bhopal : Slamming Narendra Modi over demonetisation, former MP and All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Vice President Subhashini Ali said the Prime Minister...

Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi among top ten world’s most powerful women

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By Arun Kumar, IANS,

14-year exile of women’s quota bill set to end: Sushma

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By IANS, Raipur: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure the end of the "14-year exile" of the women's reservation bill in parliament. "The BJP will ensure the bill sails through smoothly in the Rajya Sabha Monday. The party has issued a whip to its members to favour the bill and end the 14-year exile of the bill that was first moved in parliament when H.D. Deve Gowda became the prime minister in 1996," the BJP leader told newsmen here at the New Circuit House.

US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Sonia Gandhi

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New York : A US court of appeals in New York has affirmed a district court's order and dismissed Nov 1984 anti-Sikh violence...

Activists to form single women’s national forum

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By IANS, New Delhi : Denied land entitlements, fighting for their rights and at the receiving end of many blind social customs - women activists and others, in order to improve their living conditions, have decided to form a national forum for single women. Announcing the initiative at a press conference Tuesday, Ginny Shrivastava, an activist from Rajasthan, said the forum would be set up following a consultation that Oct 7-8 in the capital.

All-women’s team gears up to scale greater heights

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By IANS, New Delhi : One has a doctorate, another is an instructor with a US-based adventure club -- eleven women from diverse backgrounds with a common passion - scaling heights - have come together for a mountaineering expedition to a peak in Himachal Pradesh. Cheering and geared up to scale the 6,349-meter Phawararang peak, the women will start their journey July 5 and are expected to be back July 25 - roughly in three-weeks.

Bengal nun gang-rape: Women’s panel blames police of inaction

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Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Women on Sunday said the police did not act even though the convent where a 70-year-old nun was...

Clean Chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment case is supreme injustice, say...

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TCN News About 350 feminists and  women’s rights groups have written an open letter to the retired judges of Supreme Court expressing their disappointment at...

Women more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis

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By IANS, London : Women appear to be more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis than men, according to the latest research. Tuulikki Sokka from the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, along with members of the QUEST rheumatoid arthritis (RA) programme, explored links between gender and disease activity measures, in more than 6,000 RA patients from 70 sites in 25 countries. "Generally, women report more severe symptoms, greater disability, and often have higher work disability rates than men," she said.

Govt. scheme for leadership development of Muslim women

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By TCN News,

‘Safety of women tourists top priority’

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New Delhi : Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Shripad Yesso Naik Thursday said the safety and security of all tourists, especially women, remains...

Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

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Madrid : The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is...

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...

Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi

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New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...

Changing women identity in Kashmir

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By Bilal Ahmad Malik, The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...

संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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TCN Special Series: Part V on Jyotsna Bewa By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Mother throws newborn in Kolkata canal

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By IANS, Kolkata : A 32-year-old woman allegedly threw her illegitimate newborn in a canal here Wednesday, the police said. The baby, though rescued in time, died later in the day. The incident took place at Chaulpatti area of Beliaghata in north-eastern Kolkata.

Centre empowering women: Heptulla

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New Delhi : Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Thursday said efforts were on to empower women from every section of society and economic...

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...

Women reservation bill won’t be passed soon: Kiran Bedi

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By IANS, New Delhi : Refusing to mince her words, former top cop Kiran Bedi Wednesday said she doesn't think the women's reservation bill will be passed anytime soon in parliament.

Mamata seeks to defend pendency of rape trials

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration's inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it...

Triple Talaq and the silence of the Muslim men

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By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net Many Muslim women are against the Triple Talaq , Around 50 thousand women have signed a petition asking...

9.3 million Indian women disabled

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By IANS, New Delhi : The total number of disabled women in India stands at 9.3 million, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said Tuesday.

Rahul Gandhi meets women artisans in Gujarat

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with women artisans in a Kutch village Sunday as part of his two-day tour of the Kutch, Saurashtra and northern regions of Gujarat. The young Congress MP met women engaged in handicrafts in Bhujodi village of Kutch district, which was devastated by a major earthquake on Jan 26, 2001.

This Ramadan (and forever) be a good wife

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After giving lessons to husbands, Asma is back with some instructions to wives. By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, I drew a blank, as I began...

Irom Sharmila wishes to meet Modi over AFSPA

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Imphal : Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, on a fast-unto-death since the past 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces, wants to meet...

No gender discrimination in Islam: Muslim intellectuals

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By TCN Special Correspondent,

Asma Nama- Sensitivity Quotient: A Simple Note on Simplicity and Sensitivity

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, A Face book post said. An Afghani child falls asleep after hard work at a brick kiln. Children as young as three year olds do hard labour, as seen here.

Anti-Dowry campaign in Mysore

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By TCN News

Navy to grant permanent commission to women

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New Delhi : The Indian Navy on Wednesday announced that women completing seven years in the service will get permanent commission. Navy is the last...

Two BSF troopers arrested for molesting girl

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Agartala: Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were arrested for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old tribal girl in Tripura, police said here Friday. "Two BSF jawans...

BSP MP didn’t rape me: Victim

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New Delhi : The woman who accused BSP MP Dhananjay Singh of raping her, Friday denied the charge in a court here. Testifying as a...

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...

Young woman with male sex organs operated upon at AMU’s medical college

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: The doctors at J N Medical College were left baffled when they found a 20-year-old woman possessing a male sex organ and testes instead of a uterus and ovaries. She was operated upon, testes were removed and a functional vaginal canal was created by a team of doctors led by Dr. Arshad Hafeez Khan, Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery at the college.

Conference discusses core women’s issues

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New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A determination to change the discourse on diversity and a plan of action to grow the network for change...

Kerala HC declines anticipatory bail to rape-accused priests

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By IANS Kochi, July 11: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three Catholic orthodox priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman...

Rise in number of women MPs across world

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By IANS,

वानिया शेख़ के घर पहुंचे चंद्रशेखर, आयोग ने भी स्वतः लिया संज्ञान

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जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net सुभारती विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा वानिया शेख़ आत्महत्या मामले में भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर ने मेरठ में वानिया शेख़ के घर जाकर वानिया के...

Burqa is Muslim woman’s choice: Indian Muslims react to Sarkozy

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By IANS, New Delhi : Many Indian Muslims Tuesday reacted sharply to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's burqa remarks saying wearing a veil was a matter of individual choice in Islam and not a sign of a woman's subservience as the French leader has said. India has the third largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia and Pakistan.

Can I express without being judged as a Muslim, and a woman?

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By Sabrina Iqbal Sircar for TwoCircles.net I feel constrained at times. It's like I have to think a hundred times to speak...

Empowering Taste and Women Entrepreneurs: Doodhpathri’s Culinary Queens in J&K Redefine Tradition

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Mehar Zargar, TwoCircles.net  Srinagar: Amidst the picturesque scenery of Doodhpathri in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district, where lush meadows meet flowing streams, a remarkable story unfolds. Here,...

Navodaya Vidyalaya’s 55 girls allege molestation

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Akola (Maharashtra) : A manhunt has been launched to arrest two teachers who face charges of molesting 55 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya...

An all-women car unveiled in gender-sensitive Iran

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By IANS, London : Iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The car, with electronic parking aids and a jack making it easier to change a wheel, will be painted in soft "feminine" colours and include interior design features aimed specifically at women.

Ranchi CBSE topper Shaista Sultana has ambition to join NASA

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By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,

Patna: Shaista Sultana, a resident of Rahmat Colony in Doranda, Ranchi, created a history by topping Ranchi in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 2008 examination.

Why no arrest over nun’s gang rape, NCW asks Bengal

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Kolkata : The National Commission for Women (NCW) slammed the West Bengal administration on Saturday over its failure to arrest any of the culprits...

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.

Delhi Police ask SHOs to be sensitive in women’s cases

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New Delhi : Station House Officers (SHOs) of Delhi Police have been asked to be more sensitive towards crime against women, sources said. Delhi Police...

Government yet to move on women’s bill talks

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break. "I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.

Hundreds join in silent protest against NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC in Hyderabad

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hundreds of citizens from various civil rights groups and organisations working for urban poor, domestic workers, religious minorities, women, homeless, farmers,...

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

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On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

Disturbing and Contradictory: A Timeline of the Events at R.G. Kar Medical College

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College on August 9 has sent...

Sania-Martina reach Guangzhou Open final

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Guangzhou: The Indo-Swiss tennis pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their winning run to reach yet another final when they made it...

Women’s bill will impact caste struggle in India: Experts

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By IANS, New Delhi : By encouraging women's participation in politics, the historic bill to reserve 33 percent of seats for them in parliament and the legislatures will impact the country's political scenario, the patriarchal system and the caste struggle in rural India, experts say.

हम जेंडर बराबरी चाहते हैं पर मर्दों को जेल में डालकर नहीं : जमीला

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशि‍श की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के नाम...

BJP has highest MPs/MLAs with declared crime against women cases, says report

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New Delhi (IANS): The BJP leads recognized political parties with the highest number of 12 lawmakers at the central and state levels who have...

Heptulla oldest, Irani youngest cabinet minister

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New Delhi : Najma Heptulla is the oldest member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, while Smriti Irani is the youngest. The 74-year-old...

Irani education controversy: Court seeks verificiation papers

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New Delhi : A court here on Friday sought documents of verification from the Election Commission of India and Delhi University in a case...

Khudai Khidmatgar holding Save Girl Child summit in Delhi

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Muslim women have no place in Assam state’s politics

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Muslim women in India are in miserable condition: Uzma Naheed

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Uzma Naheed comes from a family of the founders of Darul Uloom Deoband. She is a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and has been working for the upliftment of the Muslim women in India and abroad. Though she comes from the religious establishment she is very critical of religious establishment for keep Muslims in intellectually and socially miserable condition.

New age women venture into uncharted territory

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By Yashika Mathur, IANS,

Acid attack on Chandigarh woman for alleged affair

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By IANS, Chandigarh : A single mother in Chandigarh was Wednesday battling serious burn injuries after unidentified men threw acid on her for allegedly having an affair with her employer, police said. Nisha, 32, who is divorced and lives with her father, was attacked Tuesday night while she was going to the market on her scooter. "Some unknown persons chased Nisha, who was going towards a market on her scooter, in a Maruti car. After reaching close to her, they threw acid on her," a police official said.

Six Nepali girls detained, released

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By IANS, Lucknow : Six Nepali girls were detained here on suspicion that they were being flown to the Middle East for flesh trade but were let off after questioning "as nothing suspicious" emerged, the police said Friday. A team of the Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB), after a tip off from a NGO, stopped a bus Thursday afternoon and took the girls to the Ghazipur police station for questioning. "The girls maintained that they were going to Dubai as they had a job offer," police spokesperson Ghulam Abbas told IANS.

Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide

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By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...

Four gang-rape convicts get 10-year jail in dacoity case

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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded 10-year jail terms to four people - earlier convicted for the brutal gang rape of December...

NCW chairperson meets Gogoi on molestation case

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Akhilesh announces Rs.20 lakh for murdered NIA official’s family

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Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs.20 lakh for the family of NIA official Tanzeel Ahmad,...

SC upholds punishment to judicial officer for sexual harassment

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Aug 6 reversed a 2007 order of the Madras High Court and upheld the decision of a disciplinary authority...

Jamia Hamdard students on indefinite hunger strike, authorities pay no heed

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By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Students of Jamia Hamdard under the aegis of Hamdard Student Democratic Forum (HSDF) observing indefinite hunger strike...

Shopian double murder being hushed up, alleges women’s group

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By IANS, New Delhi: "They make it a desolation and call it a peace" - with this line by a Kashmiri-American poet reflecting his thoughts on his state, a Delhi-based women's group sums up its report on the Shopian rape and murder of two women that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley this year. The Independent Women's Initiative for Justice (IWIJ) in its report released Thursday alleges that the Jammu and Kashmir government is involved in a major hush-up of the rape-murder of the two women in May this year.

AAP approaches police over derogatory remarks against Kejriwal’s daughter

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Ghaziabad: The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Ghaziabad unit Saturday lodged a complaint with the police here against a person who allegedly wrote derogatory remarks...

Five women students harassed for suspected Maoist links

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By IANS, Kolkata : Five women students of Jadavpur University claimed they were harassed by the police in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district for allegedly having Maoist links. The incident took place at a house near the university where the five students - Debolina Chakrabarty, Jayeeta Das, Roopa Basu, Somdatta Mukherjee and Anwesha Sarkar - were running the Matangini Mahila Samity, a women's outfit working against land acquisition in Nandigram, Singur and other places in West Bengal.

Women’s bill torn, Rajya Sabha adjourned fifth time

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

Paes, Sania perfected the winning mantra

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By Veturi Srivatsa As suspected, the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee report punishing two franchises and their officials for their notoriety in the Indian...

Woman found strangulated in capital’s Lajpat Nagar

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman was found strangulated in her house in Lajpat Nagar area of southeast Delhi late Saturday, the police said Sunday. "The incident took place Saturday night. Neelam was found lying on the floor by her husband Manoj Kumar when he returned from office. Without informing police, he took her to Moolchand Hospital, where doctors declared her dead," a senior police officer said. The hospital authorities informed the police about the incident.

“Poverty reduction goals cannot be achieved unless women’s poverty is addressed”

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Throwing light on investment in women’s economic empowerment, Professor Aasha Kapoor Mehta, a public administration professional, on Monday said investing in women’s economic empowerment sets a direct path towards gender equality, poverty eradication and inclusive economic growth but sadly not much is done in India.

Nigerian forces rescue about 300 women

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Abuja : Up to 300 women have been rescued by Nigerian security forces in restive Sambisa forest during an operation, a military spokesperson said...

Have empowered 12 lakh women in Amethi: Rahul

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New Delhi: On a day he filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that...

Triple talaq bill will put Muslim women in trouble: Mamata

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Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the triple talaq bill as "defective" and claimed that the impending legislation will put...

Villagers lock up teachers over girl’s suicide

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Dead woman elected as panchayat samiti member in Bihar!

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Patna : A woman in Bihar, who died nine years ago, has been elected as panchayat samiti member in the recently concluded 10-phase panchayat...

Painful story of a poor Muslim girl

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By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net, It’s not a best kept secret that if any unfortunate incident takes place with the inhabitants of lower strata of our society, then it doesn't get that required attention by the guardians of civil society which it deserves.

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...

Number of women in Indian parliament lower than global average: UN

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

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Minority women’s scheme fund for 64 organisations

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government has sanctioned funds to 64 NGOs for implementing a 'Leadership Development of Minority Women' scheme across 12 states, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday.

Woman kills lover in head-on crash, court told

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By DPA, Wellington : A 37-year-old New Zealand woman drove her car 13 km with her lover hanging onto the bonnet, before deliberately staging a head-on crash to kill him, a court was told Monday. Cindy Marcia Fairburn denied during trial in the New Plymouth district court having murdered Darren Paul Maxwell, 42, in August by crashing into an oncoming sports utility vehicle the driver of which was seriously injured in the incident.

Record holder Arunachal mountaineer Anshu to climb Everest for breast cancer awareness

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After creating world record for being the only mother to scale Mount Everest twice within the span of 10 days, Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa is once again gearing up to climb the world’s highest peak. This time around Anshu is in a different mission to spread awareness on Breast cancer among her fellow countrymen.

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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