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Woman scientist, UN official among India’s top analytics

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Kolkata : A woman data scientist, a member of the UN's Big Data innovation initiative, analytics thought leaders and a analytics head of a...

Telangana, Headley, women’s quota share space in parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Noisy protests for and against the creation of Telangana forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha Thursday while in the Rajya Sabha, the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) found common cause on the Headley saga and asked the government to make clear its stand on the case that was getting "curiouser and curiouser".

My love for love stories

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By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net I have joined what they call a mobile library. It works this way: you fill in a form, pay an annual fee in lump sum, and their man comes (at irregular intervals !!!) to your home with a bagful of novels and magazines, from which you can choose and keep the books for about a fortnight...or of course till the man shows up again. Suits a slow and relaxed reader like me very well. I was told that I can give my choice in advance also so that on his next round the librarian could cater to my request.

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...

Sharia, fatwas and women’s rights

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Custodial torture worst crime, says Delhi HC

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

59 women MPs in new parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi: A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday. In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections. While the Congress topped the list, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 13 women being elected. The All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) follow with four women each getting elected to the Lok Sabha.

बिहार में पर्दानशीं मतदाताओं पर है विशेष नज़र

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पश्चिम चम्पारण : बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव में फ़र्जी मतदान रोकने के लिए निर्वाचन आयोग की पर्दानशीं मतदाताओं पर विशेष नज़र है....

Implement Verma panel recommendations: IWPC

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New Delhi : Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) Friday demanded the implementation of the Verma Commission recommendations following an alarming rise in rape cases...

Tejpal’s plea: SC issues notice to Goa government

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Goa government on the bail plea by Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, currently in...

All India women karwan in support of WRB next month

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Anhad NGO and other civil groups will jointly launch an All India Women Karwan in support of Women Reservation Bill next month. Three caravans will be taken out on three different routes to cover as much part of the country as possible. They will be flagged off on May 20 simultaneously in Delhi, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar.

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

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By IANS, Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches here.

Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements

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By IANS, London: All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn. Researchers say women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a newborn. It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.

Television hosts assault woman during live show

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By IANS/EFE, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), April 10 (IANS/EFE) Three television hosts assaulted a woman presenter and pulled out her hair after she called them homosexuals during a live show broadcast on the national network. Enrique Crespo, Ali David and Tommy "La Berny" Castillo attacked Venya Carolina on live television as she called them homosexuals, the Commission on Public Entertainment and Radiophony said in a statement Friday.

Woman burnt alive as car catches fire in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman was burnt alive and her husband suffered serious injuries when their car suddenly caught fire Saturday evening and they were trapped inside the vehicle, officials said. According to Delhi Fire Service officials, they were informed around 5.50 p.m. that a car had caught fire in front of the DLF Mall on south Delhi's Nelson Mandela Marg.

Women’s rights exhibition inaugurated in Coimbatore

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By TCN News, Coimbatore: An exhibition was inaugurated in Coimbatore on Saturday as part of the awareness campaign of the “Awakening” Conference on the theme “Women’s rights and issues” being organized by National Women’s Front.

Women’s reservation will provoke young men to whistle in parliament : Mulayam

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By IANS, Lucknow : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said the women's reservation bill, if passed, would "provoke young men to whistle" in parliament. Asked to comment on the women's reservation bill, he told a TV channel here Tuesday, "If the women's reservation bill were to be passed in its existing form, it would result in flooding the parliament and state legislatures with wives of government officials and women connected with big industrial houses, thereby provoking young men to indulge in eve-teasing."

Delhi government to send school heads to Cambridge for training

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New Delhi : The Delhi government will soon send 90 school principals to Cambridge University for an education leadership training exercise, as part of...

Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS,

Close to 6,000 poor patients treated free by IMRC in 12 days in three...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kerala:The 7th annual India Health Initiative-2016, a program created by US-based NGO India Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) to...

294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...

West Bengal announces compensation for tribal women in Lalgarh

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By IANS, Kolkata : The West Bengal government Monday announced compensation for the tribal women in West Midnapore's Lalgarh who had been victims of police excesses during raids November last year, officials said. The compensation would be given to 14 tribal women who received injuries during the police action.

Sania and Saina symbols of woman power

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By Veturi Srivatsa, Saina Nehwal has officially been anointed the No.1 woman player in world badminton. Sania Mirza is on the cusp of becoming the top-most in tennis doubles - she is No.3 right now. The two Hyderabadis are the best role models for young Indian women trying to make a mark in today's highly competitive world of sport.

Man in UP fined, asked to return ‘meher’ for giving Triple Talaq to his...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district fined a man of Rs 2 lakh and asked him to return the ‘meher’...

मुज़फ्फरनगर: दंगा पीड़ित किशोरी का बलात्कार, पीटे गए परिजन

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुज़फ्फरनगर: इस शहद के बदनाम दंगे अभी थमने का नाम नहीं ले थे कि एक और घटना ने उत्तर प्रदेश में...

STF asked to trace missing woman official in Uttar Pradesh

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

Two Czech women abducted in Pakistan

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By IANS/RIA Novosti, Moscow: Two women from the Czech republic have been abducted by unidentified assailants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, a media report said.

A post-graduate course in “facilitating women’s wellness and justice”

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By TCN News, Bangalore: Baduku Community College (Samvada, Bangalore) invites applications for a 3-month Post-Graduate Certificate Course: *Facilitating Women’s Wellness and Justice*, to be conducted between 18th August and 18th November, 2014.

‘If Delhi is unsafe for a woman police officer, what about common girls?’

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New Delhi: Three youths literally caught the wrong hand when a woman they tried to molest turned out to be a Delhi Police constable. While...

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.

IPS officer alleges harassment by senior

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

Delhi Police rapped for filing dowry cases without proper probe

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By IANS, New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry, the Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for registering a case of dowry against a person without carrying out a proper probe. While granting bail to a person arrested under the dowry act, Justice S.N. Dhingra observed that before registering an FIR, the police must investigate the allegations levelled against a person in a detailed manner.

Acid attack ‘horrifying’ form of violence, says court

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New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to life in prison for throwing acid on his beloved, leading to her death. The...

Four teenagers held for 25 robberies, carjackings

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By IANS, New Delhi: Four teenagers blamed for 25 incidents of robberies and carjackings at gunpoint in just one month have been arrested from nearby Gurgaon in Haryana, Delhi Police said Thursday. Sanjeev, 19, Saleem, 19, and two juveniles were caught from Sector 21 area Wednesday. They had spread terror in Delhi and Gurgaon. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Delhi) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said the accused tied to escape in their Santro car but were overpowered.

Woman suicide bomber kills 40, mainly Iranians, in Baghdad

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By DPA, Baghdad : A suicide bomb blast Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 65 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security official. The agency said the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the official told the agency.

Woman complains to rights panel against Andhra legislator

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By IANS, Hyderabad : A woman in Andhra Pradesh Monday approached the State Human Rights Commission complaining that a legislator of the ruling Congress party was harassing her husband. According to the complaint lodged by A. Dhanalakshmi, Congress party legislator from Chirala assembly constituency in Prakasam district A. Krishnamohan is threatening to get a criminal case booked against her husband.

Rahat Taslim KBC’s first woman crorepati

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

हमें फ़ातिमा शेख़ को क्यों याद रखना चाहिए!

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मानसी सिंह Twocircles.net के लिए महिलायों की शिक्षा जैसे क्रान्तिकारी क़दम की सराहना के लिए सावित्रीबाई फुले और उनके पति ज्योतिबा फुले के बारे में...

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.

Delhi accident victim’s donated organs save three lives

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New Delhi : In a fortuitous series of events, doctors in two Delhi hospitals were able to save the lives of three people on...

HC for no leniency to minor’s rapist, upholds sentence

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New Delhi: Taking strong note of the rape committed by a youth on a minor kid, an act which instills a feeling of "fear,...

SC to hear plea against death sentence for four-year-old’s rape, murder

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on June 10 a plea by Rajasthan resident Kalu Khan seeking the stay of his death sentence...

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,...

Empowerment of minority girls only through education: South Zone Conf

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

Two injured in Agra clash

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Lucknow : Two people were injured when two groups clashed in Agra which prompted police reinforcements to control the situation, police said on Monday. The...

Jaipur gang-rape victim shifted to Delhi hospital

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By IANS, Jaipur: An 11-year old gang-rape victim was shifted to AIIMS in Delhi Friday from a government hospital in Jaipur where she underwent over a dozen surgeries in five months, police said.

Women candidates still stuck in ‘winability’ factor?

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By Sreeparna Chakravarty, New Delhi : Political parties have made a plethora of promises during the campaign for the 2014 general elections for the betterment...

Women in Chhattisgarh protest award of liquor shop licences

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By IANS, Raipur : Hundreds of women laid siege to the collector's office in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh Tuesday to protest the district authorities' move to award a large number of annual contracts for opening liquor shops in villages. The protesters said that district authorities are allotting several liquor shops in each village in Rajnandgaon district to raise revenue but it would lead to rise in violence against women as males will waste money on consuming liquor.

Women’s self-help groups keep Chhattisgarh babies healthy

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By Ashish Mishra , Kondagaon/Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) : Born in a Gond tribal family in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh, two-year old Priyanka weighed only 5 kg...

UN creates unified organisation for women

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By DPA, New York: The UN General Assembly Friday took a major step by pulling together fragmented groups to establish a new entity aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide. The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known simply as UN Women, will merge four existing groups that have been working to improve the lives of women and girls.

नीतिश राज में लाचार बिहार के पिछड़े व दलित

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार के पिछड़े, दलित और महादलित सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री नीतिश कुमार के बड़े वोट-बैंक रहे हैं. इन तबक़ों ने...

“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...

Woman raped in bus in Jharkhand

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

Ujjwal Nikam named prosecutor for Pune gang-rape trial

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Maharashtra government Friday appointed ace lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor in the trial of three men accused of gang-raping a married woman in Pune last week. Nikam would lead the prosecution in the case which will be tried in a fast track court, Home Minister R.R. Patil announced in the legislative assembly.

Arab-American family slams United Airlines over discrimination

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New York : An Arab-American family slammed United Airlines after its staff removed them from a flight in an incident that they claimed was...

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...

Muslim women in mosque committees of Kerala shatter the myths built by right-wing media

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In 2015, Twocircles.net had reported about an emerging trend in Kerala, where women are given representation in mosque committees. At a...

Woman, mother-in-law commit suicide for new clothes

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By IANS, Kolkata : A motor mechanic's wife and mother committed suicide in a West Bengal town after he failed to buy them new clothes for the Durga Puja festival, the police said Sunday. The incident took place in South Dinajpur district's Balughat town. Shampa Sarkar, 31, set herself on fire and her mother-in-law Maya Sarkar, 65, drank pesticide at their residence Saturday night. Both died on the same night at the hospital, Swapan Bandopadhyay Purnapatra, district police superintendent, told reporters Sunday morning.

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

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

Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle

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By IANS, Jammu : A woman, two security personnel and a militant were killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. A group of three militants ambushed a security patrol party in the Kashtigarh forest belt of Doda district in the morning. A policeman and an army trooper were killed in the attack. A fierce encounter broke out in the forest belt following a joint search operation by the police and the army. One of the militants was gunned down but two managed to escape, the police said.

Three held guilty of both gang rapes in Shakti Mills

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

DCW writes to Maneka Gandhi on trafficking of women

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

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

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

SC to hold speedy hearing of cases of sexual abuse

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said it would be shortly evolving a mechanism for the speedy hearing of cases of sexual and other criminal offences against women.

Woman translator of Kalam’s book barred from dais at release function

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Thrissur: An event here in Kerala to release the Malayalam translation of former president late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's last book was cancelled on Saturday...

Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon

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By Rajnish Singh, Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...

Hang bride burners: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi : Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said.

Tamil Nadu Muslim groups to discuss utilization of govt schemes for Muslim women

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: Various Muslim NGOs and social groups are going to meet in Chennai on November 21 to discuss ways to get most out of the schemes launched by state as well as central governments to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women.

Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go

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By IANS, New Delhi : More and more Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields like driving taxis or becoming disc jockeys, but there are still thousands of women still struggling for their basic rights -- not able to own land or fighting against domestic violence. For instance, according to international NGO Action Aid, women farmers produce 60-80 percent of the agricultural produce in India and other developing countries. However, they eat the least and own less than one percent of the land that they toil on.

Woman, man die in Gujarat hospital fire

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: A pregnant woman and a man were killed when a fire broke out in a hospital here Saturday, an official said. The fire broke out in the catheterization laboratory of the V.S. Municipal Hospital, where the woman was on a ventilator. "The fire sparked off due to a short circuit in the cath lab. It soon spread to a nearby ward. Fire fighters were rushed to the spot," the official said. "About 100 patients were shifted to other wards," he added.

Women’s group, citizens condemn Jamiat Ulema resolutions on women quota, education

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: All India Progressive Women’s Association has condemned Jaimat Ulema-I-Hind for passing resolutions at its recent Deoband conclave against the interests of women. Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat Ulema in Deoband “strongly offend the principle of women’s equality” AIPWA said.

Women honchos give leadership mantra to female entrepreneurs

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By IANS, Bangalore : Top female leaders from India's corporate fraternity called on more women to join the business houses spread across the country and also take up the mantle of leadership in the mostly male-dominated corporate sector. Biocon Ltd chairman and managing director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, State Bank of India regional head Arundhati Bhattacharya and several other women leaders of India Inc, who gathered here Wednesday to attend a conference, "Leading the Change", said more women should aspire for top positions in the industry.

Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT

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New Delhi : Amid reports that some students from outside Jammu and Kashmir were proposing to leave the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar,...

UN announces new agency for women

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Oman national held in Hyderabad for marrying minor girl

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Hyderabad:A 61-year-old Omani national was Saturday arrested for allegedly marrying two minor girls in the old city of Hyderabad within a week by paying...

Akhilesh gets luxury cars, but cuts budget for women’s panel

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By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : As women's safety continues to be a cause for concern in Uttar Pradesh, here's a shocker: An activist has found...

Perils of covering protests for Journalists in Kashmir

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Journalists working in Jammu and Kashmir while covering the protest face chances of harassment or injury, both by the protestors and police. By...

Those who ‘own little, live on little’ carry highest burden of climate change

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Women comprise 70% of world’s poor. They consume the least, are paid the least, own the least, and yet pay the highest price of climate change By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service (CNS), Climate change seems to be the new food for thought for world leaders to chew upon. Recently 122 heads of state gathered in New York City for the UN Climate Summit, organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, aimed to mobilize action to prevent looming climate disasters and garner political will for a new climate change treaty by the end of 2015.

Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday. "I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.

Allow women into Haji Ali dargah: Rights group

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Mumbai : The Bhumata Ranragini Brigade on Wednesday said it will launch an agitation so that women entry to the famed Haji Ali Dargah...

मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर की कबड्डी क़्वीन ज़ीनत की दमदार कहानी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : ‘तावली के प्राथमिक विद्यालय में बतौर शिक्षा-मित्र पढ़ा रही ज़ीनत चौधरी सिर्फ़ एक नाम नहीं हैं. बल्कि इस...

Jamia administration bows down to women hostellers; accepts all their demands

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Delhi: The administration of Jamia Millia Islamia accepted all six demands made by the women hostellers on March 19 after more...

Obama reaffirms rights of women globally

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By KUNA,

Agra to host conference on women’s health

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Agra : A five-day conference of obstetricians and gynaecologists will be held here from January 13. More than 6,000 doctors will share and exchange ideas...

J&K Gujjar women most neglected in the country: survey

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, The empowerment of a woman leads to empowerment of entire family. But unfortunately women have always been neglected lot in every field of life. They have been generally kept out of development in the country. A survey reveals Gujjar women in Jammu and Kashmir are among the most backward and discriminated women in the country.

Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh- an emerging entrepreneur of Mumbai

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

Women’s commission seeks nationwide debate on legalising gay sex

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday called for a nationwide debate on the Delhi High Court's landmark ruling that decriminalised gay sex in the country. "It is a very complex issue and needs to be studied in detail," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here. "Before taking any decision, we need to have a nationwide debate on this. Even the government is in favour of a debate on this issue before taking any decision," Vyas said.

Kerala HC’s order that ‘husband’s consent not essential for divorce in Islam’ sparks debate

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The court observed in the absence of any mechanism in the country to recognize the termination of marriage at the instance of the wife...

‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’

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By IANS, New Delhi: As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud. Clearing the first hurdle, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 of the total 4,109 seats in the 28 state assemblies.

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?

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तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...

Army regrets killings as woman dies in Kashmir

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By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar : A woman injured in firing a day ago died in a hospital here on Tuesday as the Indian Army expressed...

Questions raised over Bihar Class 12 toppers; govt. to re-examine answer sheets

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Patna : After questions were raised over the quality of Class 12 Science and Arts toppers this year in Bihar, the state government has...

Russian woman to be extradited from Spain for trafficking

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

India, US to put women’s issues in strategic dialogue

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By IANS, New York: India and the US have agreed that issues related to women's empowerment should be integrated into all aspects of the India-US Strategic Dialogue.

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.

Menopause can affect memory

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By IANS, Chicago: New research suggests women who have hot flushes during menopause, could also suffer memory issues.

Kashmiri women contesting poll to usher in change

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By F. Ahmed,IANS, Srinagar : Five women among the 71 candidates in five assembly constituencies in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, which go to the polls on Nov 30, say they are contesting to usher in change. Shabnum Gani Lone, a senior lawyer and daughter of slain separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone, is challenging candidates of the regional National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), besides independents, in the Kupwara assembly constituency.The Nov 30 polling will be in the third of the seven-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Abducted Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh alleges ‘mistreatment, threat of being married off without...

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The family of the abducted Muslim girl, who was rescued after more than twenty days, alleged that the girl was tortured and would have...

Why can’t Muslim women also lead the whole community: BMMA

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By Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net, Based in New Delhi, Zakia Nizami Soman is one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a movement of Muslim women across India struggling for their citizenship rights. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about the BMMA’s work and reflects on the daunting challenges facing Muslim women in India today. Q: How did the BMMA start? What made you and your colleagues feel the need for a separate Muslim women’s movement?

Aligarh Muslim University Students Union demand justice for Kunan Poshpora victims on International Women’s...

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By TCN News, Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU) celebrated the International Women’s Day demanding justice for the victims of Kunan Poshpora mass rape, and a stern punishment for the culprits. The programme was held on March 9 at the auditorium of Poly-technique College of AMU, a release said here.

Google lights candle ‘in memory of Delhi braveheart’

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By IANS, New Delhi: Google India has lit a white candle on its homepage as a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who passed away following a 13-day fight for life.

Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists

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

Ramadan 1437: Nafees Fatima

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “Oh, it used to be much more strict in our times.” Nafees Fatima remembers growing up in her household, where there...

Muslim women in Indian politics, not backward but marginalised

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Dr Parveen Qamar, Demographically, women constitute an equal part of the population, but not even a single indicator shows their equal status with men in any stream, be it social, economic or political. In the case of minority women, it becomes a double disadvantage.

Dr. Mehrunnisa – An example of her own message “Read and Lead”

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Ilyas Khan Pathan and Rehan Ansari, TCN

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

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

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

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By Manish Chand, IANS,

Activist groups demand passage of women reservation bill

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Several members of women's rights groups assembled here on Tuesday to demand from the government passage of long-pending Women's Reservation...

Turkmenistan to gift women $14 on Women’s Day

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

तस्वीरों में देखिए अलीगढ़ का रमज़ान : रौनकें तो वो नही है,मगर अहसास वही...

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मोहम्मद कुनैन रज़ा Twocircles.net के लिए रमज़ान पिछली बार की तरह इस बार भी कोरोना महामारी के दौरान आया है। पिछली बार पूरा रमज़ान...

Silent revolution: more women elected in India than rest of world

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By IANS, New Delhi : Calling it a silent revolution in India, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer Wednesday said women represent close to 40 percent in local self-governance, going beyond the 33 percent seats reserved for them. Addressing the International Conference on Decentralisation, Local Power and Women’s Rights at Mexico city, Aiyer said that over a million of the 3.2 million elected representatives to the local self-government in India are women. Another 200,000 women representatives are in urban local bodies.

All-women housing society to come up in Haryana

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana) : A Haryana-based group began construction here Sunday of an all-women housing society which it claims is the country's first such complex, marking the celebration of World Women's Day. "This is for the first time that a housing society solely meant for women is going to come up in the country. The idea struck me in 2001 and after getting all the approvals from Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), we started the construction of flats on World's Women Day," the Parvati Durga Cooperative Group Housing Society president Archana Sanghi told IANS.

National Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges of Manipuri Muslim Women

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By: Dr. Syed Ahmed,

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

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In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

HRT therapy found to help menopausal women

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By IANS, Sydney : One of the longest and largest trials of hormone replacement therapy has found it helps post-menopausal women significantly improve quality of life. The study involved 2,130 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It evaluated the impact of combined oestrogen and progestogen hormone therapy (HRT) on their quality of life. The average age of women in this study was 13 years after menopause and most participants did not have menopausal symptoms.

Apex court backs women tour operators on Haj quota

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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.

AMU’s journal on women of marginalized communities released online

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By TCN News Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has revived its reputed women’s journal 'Women and Society' by an online relaunching on Thursday, July 9. The online...

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...

Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day

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By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,

Verbal clashes in parliament panel meet on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Political parties ranged for and against the contentious women's reservation bill in parliament clashed Tuesday at the first meeting of the standing committee on 33 percent quota for women in legislative bodies. The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, which is expected to evolve a consensus on the legislation, began on a belligerent note with the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Devendra Prasad Yadav asserting his party's opposition to the bill.

Uttar Pradesh cop accused of rape

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By IANS, Lucknow : An Uttar Pradesh policeman has been booked for allegedly raping a woman in Shahjahanpur district, officials said Thursday. Tejpal Singh, posted at Tilhat police station of the district, is absconding after the woman accused him of raping her. "The woman has alleged that Singh lured her to his government quarter inside the police station premises when she went there to lodge a complaint Oct 15," Shahjahanpur district police Superintendent Ejil Arasan told IANS over phone. The woman said that Singh raped her and then tried to give her money, he added.

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

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

Death of a Delta

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...

Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA

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By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...

Amina loves her goats unconditionally

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By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,

Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ

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New Delhi : The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom...

Pomp, women’s power on display at Republic Day parade

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New Delhi : More than the pomp, this year's Republic Day parade Monday will be remembered for women's power showcased during the two-hour event...

German mother, Goa police trade charges

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By IANS, Panaji : A German woman who has complained that her daughter was being sexually harassed by the Goa education minister's son, says police would "prefer" her to withdraw the complaint, though police said she was evading them. Speaking to the media Sunday, Fadella Fuchs alleged the police were sitting on her complaint filed on Oct 2.

Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation. "We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.

Now vote for ‘The Greatest Indian’

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By IANS,

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

Death sentence for rapist, murderer of teenaged girl

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By IANS, Jaipur: A court in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town sentenced to death a man for raping and then brutally killing a 15-year-old girl, a lawyer said.

Meet Dr. Mubeena Ramzan, the first Kashmiri woman to feature among world’s 500 most...

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dr Mubeena Ramzan of Kashmir created history earlier this month when she became the first Kashmiri woman to be enlisted among...

Girl burnt alive by spurned lover in Andhra

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Hyderabad : A girl was burnt alive by a spurned lover and his friend in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, police said. The shocking incident occurred...

Implement our suggestions: Women’s panel

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By IANS, New Delhi: Expressing its unhappiness over most of the recommendations made by women's commissions remaining unimplemented, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it will consult the government for tabling its reports and the action taken on them. Addressing the media at the beginning of a meeting with representatives from state women commissions, NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the commission would write to the central and state governments to ensure that the reports submitted by the commissions are tabled in the respective assemblies and the parliament.

Meghalaya governor assures check on crimes against women

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By IANS, Shillong: Condemning crimes against women in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Thursday said the government is adopting new strategies to tackle the issue.

CRPF officer cleared of molestation charges in Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal has given a clean chit to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aloke Raj, who was slapped with molestation charges during the panchayat polls in Nandigram, officials said Monday.

Jaipur woman gets rights over Delhi property

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New Delhi : Landlords were free to choose properties for doing business wherever they want, a Delhi court has held while allowing the eviction...

Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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Experts estimate nearly 20,000 women and children were trafficked in India in 2016 (Reuters, 2016). Child marriage, which is regarded as a form of...

Minority women colleges and universities: Need of the hour

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Dr. M Waseem Raja,

Minor found hanging in UP village, father alleges rape

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Lucknow: A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a Uttar Pradesh village late Tuesday, police said Wednesday. The father of the...

“यहां तो हमारा हर रोज़ बलात्कार होता है…”

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net “बचपन में शादी का बहुत अरमान था. लेकिन अपने बाप को मेरा सौदा करते देखकर रिश्तों से भरोसा उठ गया.” ये दर्द...

Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism

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Kenitra/Sale (Morocco), June 1 (DPA) A young woman passes in a sleeveless shirt and a knee-length skirt, her hair flowing down her back. Another woman of the same age follows in a loose tunic and pants, the Islamic headscarf covering every strand of her hair. An older woman wears the traditional djellaba, a long outer robe with full sleeves, her hair in a bun. Some women wear the strictest Islamic dress, covering themselves in black from head to toe, with only the eyes visible.