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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.

मोदी के बनारस में छात्रों पर अत्याचार, देखें तस्वीरें

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: देश के विश्वविद्यालयों में सरकार की दखलंदाज़ी का मामला अभी थमा नहीं था कि अब विश्वविद्यालयों के कुलपतियों द्वारा छात्रों पर अत्याचार करने और उन पर लाठियां चलवाने के आरोप लग रहे हैं. ताजा मामला नरेंद्र मोदी के संसदीय क्षेत्र बनारस स्थित काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय का है.

Vitamin-D supplements benefit diabetic Indian women

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By IANS, Sydney : Women from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with insulin resistance showed marked improvement after taking vitamin D supplements, says a study. Von Hurst, nutrition lecturer at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Albany, conducted the study for her doctoral thesis. Insulin resistance is largely symptom-free and sufferers are unaware of their condition. "Once it has fully developed into type-2 diabetes, it can be treated, but not cured," says Von Hurst.

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.

Women activists slam feudal panchayats, demand action

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Every Hindu woman must have five children: BJP leader

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Kolkata : Days after BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj asked Hindu women to produce four children, a party leader from West Bengal Monday raised the...

Mother’s poor health gets transferred to child, study shows

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By IANS, Boston : Poor health of a little girl leads to poor health of the children she has many years later, Indian-American researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found, using data from India. The study revealed an association between the height of mothers and several indicators of her children's health, including risk of death, risk of being underweight, and anaemia.

Let women’s bill be passed, Pawar tells opposing parties

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By IANS, New Delhi : Parties pressing for representation for minorities and other backward classes (OBCs) should let the women's reservation bill be passed in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Thursday and suggested that other quotas could be "discussed later". The Nationalist Congress Party president and agriculture minister, who had earlier suggested women's quota be reduced from 33 percent to 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, said he had discussed the contentious bill with his "friends" opposing the bill.

Cops take woman to husband in Kerala, parents cry foul

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India-born woman gets 20-year jail for killing husband

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New York : An India-born woman in the US state of Texas, convicted of setting her husband afire, has been sentenced to 20 years...

Female trainee police officer kills self in MP

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Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...

Banerjee flags off ladies special train in West Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday flagged off the first ladies special EMU train and 19 augmented 12-coach EMU services in Howrah division in West Bengal, in line with the commitment she made during her 2009-10 budget speech. "This special ladies local train would ply between Howrah and Bandel station twice daily during the peak hours. It will help the women passengers of the Howrah division to travel comfortably during the office hours," Banerjee said during the flagging off ceremony.

Safety of women is highest priority: PM

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Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...

Delhi Metro makes coach location convenient for women

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New Delhi : To facilitate boarding and alighting of ladies from the same coach and avoid inconvenience to women passengers travelling on Line 1...

Why are girls looked upon as marriage material only?

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By Zohra Javed,

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

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New Delhi : A 32-year-old working woman who hired a cab from a Delhi Metro station was raped at a secluded spot by the...

Dr. Rehana Sultana — The Iron Lady of Hyderabad

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor

Saina beats Yihan Wang to storm into All England semis

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Birmingham: Leading Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal got the better of China's former world champion Yihan Wang 21-19, 21-6 to march into the semifinals of...

“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...

Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania

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Hyderabad : Back home after clinching her first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza said winning Wimbledon with Swiss partner...

Dowry killing mocks Nepal PM’s resolve

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By IANS, Kathmandu : He led a 10-year guerrilla war against the government and succeeded in ending Nepal's centuries-old institution of monarchy. But Nepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda is facing a far more tougher challenge as he battles to eradicate social evils that continue to flourish despite a newly declared ban. Almost 10 days after the former revolutionary pledged to ban the system of dowry in Nepal, a killing has been reported from the southern lowlands.

Death toll in botched up Chhattisgarh tubectomy rises to 13

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Raipur/Bilaspur/Jagdalpur : The death toll due to botched up tubectomies in Bilaspur district reached 13 Wednesday while 32 women were still in critical condition,...

We need to prioritise women’s security: Aamir Khan

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Hyderabad : Superstar Aamir Khan, who does his bit to bring social change in the country via his show "Satyamev Jayate", is disturbed over...

Khobragade did not take permission for interview: MEA

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New Delhi: Diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who had hit the headlines last year following her arrest in the US in an alleged visa fraud case,...

Dalit couple lynched in Punjab ‘honour killing’

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By Parminder Singh Bariana , Hoshiarpur (Punjab):The failure of Punjab Police to provide security to a newly-married Dalit couple despite directions from the high court...

Uber to create 50,000 jobs for Indian women by 2020

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New Delhi : US-based mobile cab-booking company Uber announced on Thursday its commitment to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020 in...

There should be no problem in saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: Najma Heptullah

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By Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Terming the controversy related to chanting of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' as "unnecessary and uncalled for", Minority Affairs...

Saarc, UN to work for women’s empowerment in South Asia

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Kathmandu : Saarc and UN Women will work towards promotion of gender equality, gender justice and empowerment of women among the countries in the...

Rahul calls for ‘tsunami of women members’ in Congress

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday called for a "tsunami of women members in the Congress" and said his party will...

First women navigators commissioned in Indian Navy

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By IANS, Kochi : Another glass ceiling was broken Friday as two women were commissioned into the Indian Navy as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces. Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh were awarded their "Wing" at the passing out parade here.

Harassment of women for dowry is increasing: Court

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New Delhi : A court here has observed that harassment of women for dowry is increasing while awarding a three-year jail term to a...

A temple which welcomes only women

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk. The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.

India women’s hockey captain Saba Anjum to be honoured

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By IANS, Raipur : Indian women?s hockey team captain Saba Anjum will get Chhattisgarh's top Gundadhur sports award, official sources said Wednesday.

पाठा का अमूल्य पानी : भौरा तेरा पानी ग़ज़ब करी जाए,गगरी न फूटै, खसम...

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Mumbai Municipal commissioner issues circular to all hospitals to not ask Muslim women to...

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Women said they have not problem showing face for security reasons, but sometimes security guards ask them to take off entire burqa or lose...

Triumphant Shireen steps into Aliah University without veil

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By Adnan Alavi, Shireen Madiha has finally stepped into the university on her conditions. She had refused to bow down to the union's diktat that every woman teacher will have to wear a burqa on campus. Now she has succeeded and the union is forced to accept its defeat. Shireen [her name wrongly appeared as Sirin Middya in some newspapers] had invited the ire of the students' union in Kolkata's Aliah University, where she taught Bangla literature, for not wearing the veil.

JNV molestation case: Three absconding teachers nabbed

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Akola (Maharashtra): The Akola Police nabbed three absconding teachers in connection with the molestation of 55 teenaged schoolgirls of the centrally-managed Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,...

इमाम साहब से दाढ़ी कटवाने के लिए कहती थी बीवी, बात न मानने पर...

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MGNREGS: Women RTI activists threatened for seeking information

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Asma Saleem awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation

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By TCN News Panaji, Goa: Prominent scholar and litterateur Mrs. Asma Saleem was awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for her Urdu translated book Safar at a ceremony in Panaji on August 20. The Sahitya Akademi translation awards presentation ceremony was held at the Kala Academy’s Dinanath Mangeshkar hall. The welcome speech was delivered by the secretary of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Agrahar Krishnamurti. The president of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Sunil Gangopadhyay presided over the function.

Women set for Karva Chauth celebrations

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By IANS, New Delhi : Adorned in traditional garb and with intricate henna designs on their hands, women in the national capital and several parts of north India are celebrating the Karva Chauth festival Wednesday with a day long fast and prayers for their husband's long life. As per custom, women must observe a day long fast which is followed by evening rituals including sitting around the deity Gaura Mata and a small clay pitcher called karva and offering prayers.

Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction

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Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...

The mystery of missing Muslim female rulers

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By Raihanaa Hasan

Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack paid tribute at Jamia

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In order to commemorate the life and achievements of Hakim Muhammed Abdur Razzack, a Memorial Lecture was held at Jamia...

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

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Social disparity to blame for molestation, rape: Javed Akhtar

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By Saket Suman Jaipur (IANS) : Celebrated Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Sunday rebuffed claims that Westernisation leads to rapes and other crimes...

Indian man’s tweet to Swaraj saves sister from traffickers

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Abu Dhabi : A brother's tweet to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led to the rescue of his sister from human traffickers...

TMC MP likens Mamata to Mother Teresa, Goddess Saraswati

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New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali likened party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Mother Teresa and Hindu Goddess...

तस्वीरों में : समय से पहले बाढ़ जैसे हालात, फंसे लोग ,बहे जानवर

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बिजनोर : उत्तराखंड में हो रही कई दिन से तेज़ बारिश के चलते गंगा किनारे के कई जनपदों में बाढ़ के हालात पैदा हो...

Bihar village girl refuses to marry drunk groom

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By IANS, Patna : An uneducated woman in a Bihar village stunned members of her family and community when she refused to marry the groom because she found him in an inebriated state just ahead of the wedding ceremony, police said Tuesday. Punam Kumari, daughter of Manoj Choudhary of a village under Phulwarisharief near Patna, called off her marriage to Sanjay Choudhary after she found him drunk minutes before the wedding was to be solemnised as per Hindu rituals Monday night.

Muslims in/of India: surrogate oppressors or colonizers?

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A Muslim woman deconstructs how dominant majoritarian narratives reconstruct Indian Muslim women as the perpetual Other. Misria Shaik Ali | TwoCircles.net This is an article, an...

गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...

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Danish school bans Muslim students from wearing niqab

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Copenhagen : An adult education centre in a Copenhagen suburb has told Muslim students that they can no longer attend classes unless they remove...

Three caught for harassing woman in Kolkata Metro

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Kolkata: Three youths have been caught for allegedly harassing a Kolkata Metro railway passenger, an official said Thursday. Following a complaint from a woman passenger...

Railway minister’s son booked in rape case

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Bangalore:Karthik, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, has been booked for sexually abusing and cheating a Kannada film actor, police said Thursday. "We have...

250 women pray at Haji Ali Dargah after 5 years

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Mumbai : After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, around 250 women entered the famous Haji Ali dargah here on...

Sunlight deficiency causing bone-health problems in young women

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(May 28 is International Women's Health Day) New Delhi : Sunlight missing from the lives of busy young women is making them deficient in...

Ensure safety of women passengers, court to DTC

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By IANS, New Delhi : In a major ruling in favour of thousands of women travelling in Delhi's buses, the Delhi High Court Friday called for an end to the "venomous practice" of "eve teasing" and told the state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to take steps to ensure the safety of female passengers. Justice Kailash Gambhir directed the DTC to file an affidavit spelling out the steps taken by the transport authority and what mechanism they propose to have in place to ensure complete safety of women in DTC and other buses.

India’s women teams eyeing semi-final berths in Lawn Bowl tournament

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By IANS, New Delhi: Indian women Thursday assured themselves of a berth in the semi-final play-offs of the singles and the triples event of the Eight Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event. In the triples category, Indian women defeated South Africa 12-3, 10-8 while in the singles they won 14-1, 7-8 via the tie-breaker against Northern Ireland at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. In the pairs category, the women's team is placed sixth after they lost to Malaysia 11-7, 7-6.

Boost development to enhance women’s role in preventing conflicts: India

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By Arul Louis United Nations : Drawing attention to the challenges posed by women's under-representation in roles for preventing and ending conflicts, India has said...

Muslim toppers honored at AFMI’s 21st Annual Convention

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UN call to end violence against women in war

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By Xinhua, United Nations : The UN Security Council has said that systematic rape and other forms of sexual violence against women during armed conflicts can constitute war crimes and called on the international community for greater efforts to combat the "silent war". "Violence against women has reached unspeakable and pandemic proportions in some societies attempting to recover from conflict," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday while addressing a Security Council debate on sexual violence in armed conflict.

Bihar woman leaves husband’s house for lack of toilet

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Patna: A woman in a Bihar village has left her husband's house after he failed to construct a toilet. She has returned to her...

Government ready to extend session to pass women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Wednesday said it was ready to extend the ongoing parliament session, if necessary, to pass the long-pending women's...

The untold story of Egyptian women’s rights

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By Rasha Dewedar In a report published last month on violent crimes committed against women in 2009, Karam Saber Ibrahim, Executive Director of The Land Center for Human Rights, a Cairo-based non-governmental organisation, spoke of a belief that some Egyptians continue to hold, that "women are fundamentally lacking.... They are not complete, because they are not men."

Arrest the attackers of Soni Sori immediately: Women India Movement

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

Modi says glad to see highest number of women in UP assembly

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New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness to see a new record of highest number of women MLAs elected to...

UP woman police officer conquers Antarctica’s highest peak

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Lucknow: An IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has successfully climbed the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctic sub-continent, an...

High BP in women may cause dementia in later life

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By IANS, Washington: Women with high blood pressure (BP) may be at a greater risk of dementia later in life, says a new finding in the US. "Hypertension is very common in the US and many other countries and can lead to serious health problems," said Lewis Kuller, professor of epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. "Proper control of blood pressure, which remains generally poor, may be very important to prevent dementia as women age," added Kuller.

US serious to build partnership with Muslim communities: Farah Pandit

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In her first visit to India today as United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandit highlighted President Barack Obama’s vision to build partnerships with Muslim communities across the globe on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect. She was holding a roundtable with Muslim journalists in New Delhi.

Ban calls for ending violence against women

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By IANS, New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality. He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.

Indian Navy to commission its first women navigators

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By IANS, Kochi : Another male bastion in the Indian Navy will fall Friday when two women will be inducted as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces. That honour goes to Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh who will henceforth fly as navigators on the Indian Navy's multi-role Dornier aircraft that are used for transportation and aerial surveillance.

The Veiled West

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The Muslim women veil issue in France is gradually taking an ugly shape across the world. The ‘extra’ liberal people possessed with Western life style even in the East count banning ‘burqa’ as women ‘liberation’ from ‘the dark age’ in tune with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, yet majority of Muslims across the globe consider it as direct attack on one’s freedom of living and religious practicing. It is nothing less than forceful conversion of Muslim women to the Western civilization, some argue.

Assam: SC provides relief to 50 lakh women; says panchayat certificate is proof of...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In a big relief to nearly 50 lakh women in Assam who were fearing deportation after their citizenship had been questioned,...

Not only woman, children too unsafe in Delhi

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New Delhi : Delhi is most unsafe not only for women but also for children, with a whopping 166.9 cases registered for every...

Maharashtra woman hurls slipper at Ajit Pawar, misses

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Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : A woman hurled a slipper at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Chamorshi village of the state Tuesday, but missed,...

PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days

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Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...

Herbal pill can cut your appetite by a fifth: Study

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By IANS, London: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals. The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks. Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool. They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 percent, reported dailymail.co.uk.

इसरो में चयन, अब वैज्ञानिक बनेंगे काशिफ,अरीब और जमशेद

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Limca Book’s latest edition dedicated to women

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New Delhi : Celebrating women achievers across various fields, the Limca Book of Records Thursday launched its 25th edition on the theme "Empowering Women". An...

नसबंदी का समाजशास्त्र

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By मोहम्मद आसिफ़ इक़बाल, पिछले दिनों छत्तीसगढ़ बिलासपुर में केंद्रीय परिवार नियोजन कार्यक्रम के तहत नसबंदी कैंप लगाया गया. सभी को पता है कि सिर्फ़ छः घंटों में लगभग 83 महिलाओं की नसबंदी कर दी गयी, जिसका अंतिम अंजाम क्या हुआ, वह भी किसी से छिपा नहीं है. कई महिलाएं मारी गयीं और अन्य औरतों की हालत बिगड़ती चली गई. वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ इस घटना में इस्तेमाल एन्टीबायोटिक की प्रारंभिक जांच में चूहे मारने वाला केमिकल पाया गया है.

Shopian deaths due to drowning; no rape, murder: CBI

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By IANS, New Delhi/Srinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday said the deaths of two women in Kashmir's Shopian district in May were due to drowning and neither of them was raped or murdered. It also chargesheeted 13 people, including six doctors and five advocates, for preparing false reports and fabricating evidence in the case that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley. The probe agency has absolved security and police officials of any wrongdoing.

TRS women activists protest raw deal

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By IANS, Hyderabad : Angry at the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for not fielding a single woman candidate for next month's state assembly elections, the party's women activists Saturday staged protests here by covering the face of the statue of 'Telangana Talli' (Mother Telangana) statue and tying its hands and legs. Raising slogans, the women activists demanded that justice be done to them through proper representation in the list of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

‘Women a vital part of UAE workforce’

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Equality still a far cry for Indian women, say activists

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(International Women's Day is on March 8) By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : Despite several success stories, Indian women continue to be bogged down by...

Permanent commissions for women: Notice issued to Indian Army chief

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh for not complying with its March 12 order to grant permanent commissions to women officers who had approached the court complaining of gender bias in the armed forces.

Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board

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By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow. Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.

सवाल : आखिर कौन दे रहा है जुनैद और नासिर के हत्यारों को संरक्षण...

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Woman stabbed to death in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 25-year-old married woman working in a multinational company in Noida was stabbed to death by two people here while...

नीचता की हद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सोशल साइट्स से फ़ोटो चोरी कर लगाई...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net सुल्ली डील्स नामक वेबसाइट पर सैकड़ों मुस्लिम महिलाओं की तस्वीर लगाकर उनकी बोली लगाने का मामला सामने आया हैं। सुल्ली डील्स...

What women want – from Mamata

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By Anurag Dey, IANS,

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

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

Meet Sadaf Chaudhary, who wants to serve country by becoming an ambassador

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UPSC topper among Muslim aspirants, Sadaf Chaudhary of Roorkee uttarakhand, who secured the overall 23rd rank, is of firm opinion that improvement in the...

Shot putter Manpreet Kaur qualifies for Olympics

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Kolkata : Manpreet Kaur of Railways created a new national record in the women's shot put at the 55th National Open Athletic Championship...

Women Congress activists protest outside Jaitley’s residence

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New Delhi : Hundreds of women Congress supporters protested outside Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence here Friday afternoon demanding an apology from him...

Molestation case: Students demand St. Stephen’s principal’s resignation

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New Delhi: Scores of students on Monday protested outside the St. Stephen's College here demanding an external inquiry into the alleged molestation of a...

Aamir supports fight against alcoholism among women

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Jaipur’s autorickshaws to be fitted with GPS

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Maneka suggests measures to curb crimes against women

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New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Thursday suggested measures to curb atrocities against women including victim protection programme and strengthening...

Kiran Bedi pays rich tributes to Nepal’s women

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : As Nepal celebrated 100th International Women's Day Monday by declaring a public holiday, rich tributes were paid to Nepali women, who comprise over 51 percent of the population, by first woman Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi. Bedi, winner of the Magsaysay Award for her work to reform India's prisons, arrived in the country on a three-day visit at the invitation of the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs' Associations of Nepal (FWEANS) and to assist their fund-raising programme.

Action sought against two lawyers for derogatory remarks on women

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association on Friday sought action against two lawyers - M.L. Sharma and A.P.Singh - for making derogatory...

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

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

Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea against Uber

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refused to entertain a plea that accused global cab company Uber of doing business in India without...

Campaign to save girl child, environment in Punjab

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Based on the thinking that both a woman and trees nurture families and planet earth, respectively, without any reciprocity, a novel campaign to save both is being launched in Punjab Wednesday. The campaign, 'Nanhi Chhaaon' (Little shadow) is being undertaken jointly by the Punjab government, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and a corporate house to highlight why the girl child and environment need to be protected for the future.

40% Muslims in Telangana have no savings, only 19.2% have salaried jobs; Sudheer Commission...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter The Sudheer Commission on `Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana,' India’s newest state, has shown that the condition of...

Violence against women denounced in Argentina

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Buenos Aires : With a call to end all forms of violence against women, nearly 40,000 participants brought Argentina's 29th National Women's Conference to...

Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....

Longread: Believing women who pray, evidence from scripture and history

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By Roshan Nageena Women and their status, role and position in society is a topic close to my heart. A picture widely circulated in WhatsApp...

Case against BJP’s Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter

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Kolkata : A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her...

नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...

Trial in Lucknow for women’s wrestlers from Monday

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New Delhi : The selection committee of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will meet at Sports Authority of India (SAI) training Centre in...

Women feel dowry most severe form of gender disparity: Survey

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New Delhi : Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when it comes to marriage, according to...

Three women charred to death in Chhattisgarh village

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Raipur, March 7 (IANS) A woman and her two daughters were charred to death in a Chhattisgarh village Saturday after fire broke out in their shanty while they were asleep, police said. The incident occurred in Kunjnagar village in Surguja district at around 4 a.m., police said. The three victims were identified as Rajkumari, 32, and her two daughters - Rekha, 12, and Jaya, 10.

India can be a superpower only by empowering women: Rahul

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New Delhi: On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday India can never aspire to be a superpower...

Manipuri women allege sexual assault, police apathy

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By IANS, New Delhi : They didn't conceal their faces or refuse to come in front of the camera. But for the two young northeastern women who were allegedly sexually harassed and beaten up by their landlord in their rented apartment in Gurgaon, it was difficult to recount the horrors of that night without choking with emotion. At a press conference in the capital Thursday, Mary and Daisy - both from Manipur - recounted how their landlord along with two other men molested them and beat them until they were seriously bruised all over - on their very first day in the DLF Phase-1 apartment.

Minor’s gang rape: Soldier sent to custody, army assures cooperation

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Kolkata : A West Bengal court on Tuesday sent to police custody a soldier arrested for the gang rape of a teenaged girl inside...

53-year-old woman becomes second swine flu fatality

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By IANS, Mumbai: A 53-year-old woman died here Saturday evening of swine flu, becoming the second fatality in India of the fast-spreading virus, officials said. Additional Chief Secretary Health Sharvari Gokhale told IANS that the woman had been treated at the Lilavati Hospital for the past four days for "pneumonia and hypertension". "Today she was admitted to Kasturba Hospital and her blood test was taken. It tested positive for swine flu and she passed away this evening," she said. She has been identified as Fahima Panwala and belonged to Mumbai.

#MeToo must also fight against agents of state, realise the truth of occupation: A...

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By TCN News: The #Metoo Campaign is gaining momentum with each passing day with more and more women comng out in the open to talk...

Government moots scheme to combat social evils against women

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By IANS, New Delhi: If all goes well, the government will soon launch a national programme, called the National Mission for Women, to combat social evils against women. This will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Proposed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the 'umbrella mission' will cover all existing programmes for women's welfare and evaluate and monitor their efficacy.

Cases of violence against women need speedy trial: Vyas

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : Cases of trafficking and violence against women should be fast tracked, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Girija Vyas said Saturday. "It takes a very long time to get justice in a normal trial, hence the need to allocate such cases to fast track courts," she told reporters here. She said the government should set up a cell to curb cases of fraudulent marriages involving gullible women and non-resident Indians (NRIs).

‘The Little Muslims Gift Factory’: An Indian Muslim Woman’s Islamic Gift Shop Is Going...

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Nikhat Fatima | Two Circles In 2015 at the age of 27, Madiha Basheer started her business with her first product a beautiful box curated...

Police prevent women from reaching Trimbakeshwar Temple

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Pune/Nashik : Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum...

Nursery student molested by teacher

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By IANS, New Delhi: A five-year-old girl student was allegedly molested by a physical training teacher, himself a minor, here, said police Friday adding that the accused has been detained.

Mumtaz Kazi – Asia’s first woman diesel engine driver

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Thrown out of convocation ceremony attended by President, Kerala girl refuses gold medal

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In an extremely controversial step, Rabeeha Abdurehim, a student from Kerala, was sent out of the hall in which President Ramnath...

Muslim women have no place in Assam state’s politics

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.

NCW concerned over rise in rape cases in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal: Expressing concern over the unprecedented surge in crimes against women, National Women's Commission (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Thursday, citing the National Crime Record Bureau figures, said Madhya Pradesh reported the highest number of rapes in the country in the last five years.

About two million women trafficked every year: UN

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By DPA, New York : An estimated two million women are caught each year in the worldwide sex industry while countless children and other women are forced into low-waged jobs, the UN said Tuesday in a renewed effort to fight human trafficking. The UN said there are no accurate statistics, but the number of women trafficked across borders each year could be twice as high if the count includes those forced into domestic situations.

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said. Aben Sofia was found...

PM calls for women’s safety

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Sadhvi Pragya on hunger strike, demands Kumbh visit

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Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya, who was given a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the National Investigation Agency, on Monday began a...

Month after rape and killing of minor in Bihar, no action

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Patna : A month after a minor daughter of a landless labourer was gang-raped and killed in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the police seems to...

Women”s participation in the Olympics … an ambitious dream comes true

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By Mutaz Alshabrawi, KUNA, Kuwait : A law passed in 404 BC stipulated that sportsmen and their coaches had to participate naked in the Olympic Games, to force women to stay away after Kalipatera disguised herself as a man to enter the stadium and watch her son compete. Women found violating this order were thrown off the mountain, and as this sixth part of the KUNA report will show, women were not only banned from participating in the games, but also from entering the city of Olympics -- all except the priestess of the temple and her virgins.

Grief, despair at Delhi’s hospitals, a day after

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Wailing men and women as well as dazed family members of the seriously injured or missing after a string of bomb attacks besieged hospitals here Sunday, straining the already stretched medical services. Doctors, nurses and attendants worked furiously to provide relief to the seriously and not-so-seriously wounded in Saturday evening's bombings, but there was no stopping the grief gripping families of the victims.

Women on Wings targets 1 mn rural jobs by 2018

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New Delhi : A social enterprise, Women on Wings targets to create one million jobs for women in rural India by 2018, an official...

Man stabbed his wife in UP court

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

Junior Hockey World Cup: Indian women beat Australia 3-2

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By IANS, New Delhi : Monorama Devi converted a last minute penalty corner to give India a 3-2 win over Australia in their opening game of the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in Boston. Ritu Rani (45th) and Monika Badran (53rd minute) were the other scorers for India while Casey Eastham (31st) and Marnie Hudson (60th minute) were the scorers for Australia in Monday's match, according to information received here. It was a tough game for India, who were eleventh in the last edition of the tournament, but they did well in the second half by pumping in all the three goals.

Don’t eat for two, pregnant women advised

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By IANS, London: The traditional advice that expectant mothers should 'eat for two' is dangerous, says a report by a British government health watchdog. The watchdog, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), says it has been forced to speak out against the common advice to prevent an obesity crisis among mothers-to-be. In a report released Wednesday, NICE suggests that pregnant women should do at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day such as a brisk walk, swimming or cycling, according a Daily Mail report.

Girls see way out of ghetto through cricket

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Chandigarh : Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route. In proper cricket whites and the rest of the kit, 45 girls who live in Bapu Dham Colony are practising very seriously at the cricket ground of the Government Model High School in Sector 26. Their dream of making it to the Indian team - like their heroes from this city, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - is being backed by the NGO Yuvsatta and the local administration.

PFI encourages students with its “School Chalo” campaign

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By TCN News Bangalore: Muslims students have high drop-out rates, to plug-in this major source of educational backwardness Popular Front of India (PFI) organizes an annual “School Chalo” programme in which students from the weaker sections are given scholarships. In Karnataka, programme was conducted in various localities on June 5th and 6th this year.

Farm widows to fast on International Women’s Day

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Nagpur (Maharashtra) : Thousands of widows across the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra will go on fast on International Women's Day Saturday to protest government...

Adoptions on rise – and many want a girl!

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By Shilpa Raina,

HRD ranks JNU, HCU among top four universities

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New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University, which recently faced controversies, have figured in top four rankings released by the union...

Relative arrested for murder of MGR kin

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By IANS, Chennai : A woman was remanded to judicial custody Monday for allegedly masterminding the murder of her relative, Vijay Kumar, a kin of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran, the police said. "Sustained investigation revealed that Bhanumati, Vijay Kumar's sister-in-law, enlisted the services of a police constable, Karuna, 39, who in turn hired other mercenaries who killed the deceased on June 4. The motive was a dispute over control on property left behind by the late chief minister," Archana Ramasundaram, additional director general of police, told reporters.

61 women in this Lok Sabha, highest ever

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New Delhi: The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61. "This is the highest number of women members elected...

A Burqa can be empowering too, but I don’t expect Ram Guha to understand...

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By Hatif Imam for TwoCircles.net My great uncle attained the coveted post of a Tehsildar before independence. He was a poet and a pious Muslim,...

Indian activist Ruchira Gupta wins Clinton Global Citizen Award

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By IANS, New York : An Indian journalist and activist Ruchira Gupta has been awarded the Third Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for her work against human trafficking in four Indian states. Former president Bill Clinton presented the award to Gupta, president of the organisation Apne Aap Women Worldwide, during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) here Thursday. The award recognises remarkable individuals for their leadership in improving the lives of people around the globe.