Ramadan 1438: Jana Begum

By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "You look just like my grand daughter, she is upstairs. All of the residents of this area buy milk from...

Triple Talaq row : Jamaat’s women wing bashed Narendra Modi for ‘shedding crocodile tears’

TCN News MALAPPURAM : The women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) in Kerala has strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP party and...

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Even Islam prescribes capital punishment for rapists: Maulana Balyavi on Meerut rape

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Patna: Janta Dal United Rajya Sabha MP Maulana Ghulam Rasool Balyavi has condemned the rape of a Hindu teacher of a Madrassa in Meerut allegedly by a local cleric. He said that even Islam prescribes capital punishment for rapists.

SCs growing interest for Engineering in contrast with Muslims in Tamil Nadu

By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in Tamil Nadu has released Engineering admission statistics community wise over the past few years which reveals that SCs are getting more inclined towards Engineering stream with exponential growth every year where as Muslims figures display steady admission rate – nor significantly increasing nor declining.

क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...

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

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

Families of missing persons stage silent protest in Srinagar against enforced disappearances

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Srinagar: The association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) staged a silent sit-in at Pratap Park here on Saturday, March 10,...

Girl from Murshidabad tops the MLib exam of IGNOU

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata/Baharampur: A girl from a Middle class Muslim family of Murshidabad district Aslema Khatun has topped the post-graduation examination of Library...

Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality

By IndiaSpend Team As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...

Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities

By TCN News The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...

How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls?

Mohammad Faisal, TwoCircles.net  How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls? At least it is not that easy in India’s...

यूपी में एक और परीक्षा का पेपर लीक ,जनता ने पूछा इन पर...

विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा (यूपीटीईटी) 2021 निरस्त कर दी गई। पेपर लीक होने के बाद अचानक पेपर रद्द कर दिया गया इससे...

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Muslim community leaders laud Adv Salian for her daring revelation in Malegaon blast case

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Muslim community leaders belonging to different non-governmental organizations have unanimously praised special public prosecutor Rohini...

IMRC का ‘ग्रेन्स फॉर ग्रैनीज़’ कार्यक्रम : ताकि कोई भी ग़रीब व बुजुर्ग महिला...

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter हैदराबाद: सत्तर की उम्र पार कर चुकी खासिम बी अब बिस्तर से उठ नहीं सकती हैं, वे अपने हाथ पैर भी...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

Telijant: A Village where people struggle to arrange food during Ramadan

By Raqib Hameed Naik and Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Bankura (West Bengal): The upcoming period of Ramadan is likely to test even the most...

Will cover the same people again if required, says Kerala journalist attacked by BJP...

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Shajila A came into limelight when the ‘Mathrubhumi daily’ carried a photo of her in tears yet continuing her duty covering...

Gujarat police puts up hoardings on Bilkis Bano’s old house assuring women safety

The eleven convicts live a few meters away from Bilkis Bano's house, where hoardings have been put up.  Staff Reporter | TwoCircles.net AHMEDABAD (GUJARAT): Gujarat Police’s...

2,258 people arrested in Assam after govt crackdown on ‘child marriages’

Women in different parts of the state have expressed displeasure against the move and demanded release of their husbands. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net  GUWAHATI (ASSAM)...

अर्शिया अंजुम : इसरो में वैज्ञानिक बन क़ायम की एक मिसाल

TwoCircles.net News Desk बांसवाड़ा (राजस्थान) : हौसला हो तो मंज़िलें क़दम चूमने के लिए बेताब होती हैं. अर्शिया अंजुम की कहानी ने एक बार फिर...

UP announces free bus ride for women on Raksha Bandhan

Lucknow, (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that women across the state will get free ride on all state-owned buses on...

Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq

New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised women battling the system of Triple Talaq and said the entire country supports them. "I pay...

Criticism of Haj policy recommendations on women invalid: Review committee member

By Mohd Asim Khan  New Delhi, (IANS): The criticism of certain recommendations of the review committee on the new Haj policy -- including that of...

Death penalty can’t prevent crimes against women: Amnesty

By IANS New Delhi, July 9: After the Supreme Court decided to reaffirm its verdict of upholding the death sentence to four convicts who gang-raped...

Campaign to make minority and SC/ST women legally aware

By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Ashray Welfare and Charitable Society (AWCS) organized an event on legal awareness for women belonging to SC/ST and minority communities living near Pant Nagar and Nizamuddin in the community hall of Pant Nagar neighbourhood.

Census 2011: India’s Muslims are no better today than a few decades earlier

BY Sourjya Bhowmick, Via Catch News Recently released Census 2011 data based on religious faiths has revealed that Muslims have the lowest share...

जिसने काम चलाया था उसके लिए क़लम चला दिया…

मोहम्मद अनीसुर रहमान खान कितना अच्छा विचार है कि हम अपने देश की बागडोर जिसके हाथ में दें उसका रिपोर्ट कार्ड भी हम ही बनाएं...

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

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

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड ने शुक्रवार को उलेमा और बुद्धिजीवियों से न्यूज़ चैनलों की डिबेट्स और बहस में भाग न...

231 days and counting: Sanitation workers at LHMC decry illegal termination

Sanitation employees from Lady Hardinge's Medical College (LHMC) and other institutions held a protest outside the Delhi hospital director's home on June 28...

Yasmeen Abrar is the new acting Chairperson of National Commission for Women

By TCN News New Delhi: a member of NCW since 2005, Yasmeen Abrar was made acting chairperson on the completion of tenure of Dr. Girija Vyas.

Activists, academics come out in support of activists Teesta & Javed

BY TCN News, New Delhi: Activists and academics have come out in support of anti-communalism activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, who...

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

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

योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...

लखनऊ से कौशल कुमार , Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...

AMU library row: Students protest against ‘negative portrayal’ in media

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union and Women’s College Students’ Union today organised a protest today at the campus expressing their ‘shock and anger’ against what they termed as “negative portrayal” of AMU in certain sections of the media.

Brotherhood and fellowship mark Iftaar mehfil hosted by GMCH

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter   Guwahati: The faculty members and students of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) have been hosting Iftaar mehfils for the medical...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net भारत में इस समय समान नागरिक संहिता या कॉमन सिविल कोड की बहस चल रही है. कुछ संगठन इसकी प्रखर मांग...

Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...

In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

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‘तीन तलाक देने वालों को सज़ा मिले’

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Instead of lowering prices, BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi asks to pay taxes on Sanitary...

New Delhi (IANS): BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who was part of a panel discussion on "Loss Fertility in Females" at the inaugural Menstrual Awareness...

Eminent journalists rue lack of women representation in Indian media

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

Triple Talaq un-Islamic, inhuman and unconstitutional: Armed Forces Tribunal bench

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Lucknow (UP): In a significant decision, the Lucknow Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has ruled that the declaration of oral...

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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

Ramadan 1433: Itikaf

By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net "Itikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف‎) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of...

Shia, Sunni speakers share stage at Chennai event

By TCN News, Chennai: Shia and Sunni speakers came together on stage to talk about ‘Importance of Hijab in women empowerment’ and the topic of Islamic bondage between Shia and Sunni Muslims. The seminar ‘Importance of Hijab in Women Empowerment’ was addressed by Sayeda Sabika Haider, Tabassum Aun, Aalima Ummey Laila and Fathima Muzaffar Sahiba. It was held on Sunday, April 5 at ‘Imam Ali ibne Abi Talib (as) Islamic Centre’ at Perambur, a statement from the Chennai Shia Youth Association said.

Is Capital punishment the justice we long for?

Naila Alavi March 20, 2020 Friday, 5:00 AM – “Today, justice has been done after seven years.” These are the words of a mother longing for...

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : कोरोना ने जिनकी मासूमियत छीन ली और मुस्तक़बिल बिगाड़ दिया !

यह ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट बताती है कि कोरोना की महामारी ने नोनिहालो की जिंदगी को बर्बाद कर दिया, गरीब परिवारों के बच्चें इससे ज्यादा प्रभावित...

‘Split verdict on Hijab issue deprives Karnataka’s Muslim girls’ education’: student orgs

The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban on the wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka. Muhammad Raafi...

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

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

एक बड़े सामाजिक प्रश्न के जवाब में ‘निल बट्टे सन्नाटा’

जावेद अनीस विदेशों में सभी परिवार घरेलू सहायक अफोर्ड नहीं कर पाते हैं क्योंकि उनकी पगार बहुत ज्यादा होती है, लेकिन भारत में कामवाली...

Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end

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

SC seeks response on women’s entry in mosques

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim...

A Jihad for gender equality

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Nasiruddin Haider Khan is in Hindi journalism since 1992 and currently work as Deputy Resident Editor of Dainik Hindustan in Agra. He has been working on gender issues especially Muslim women issues for the last 16 years. Mr. Khan has a diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass communication and MA in Womens studies from Lucknow University.

Seven women pickpockets nabbed from Delhi Metro

New Delhi: Seven women pickpockets were arrested from a Delhi Metro station here Friday, police said Friday. Sharda, Parwati, Roshni, Rita, Renu, Nisha and Poonam...

Consult us, women groups before finalising triple talaq law, AIMPLB tells government

New Delhi, (IANS): Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the bill on triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has...

Ramadan 1439: Sarah

By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Sarah, 33, was born and brought up in Bangalore. She is an Electronics Engineer and used to work as a microchip...

नौकरानी को प्रताड़ित करने वाली रांची की भाजपा नेता गिरफ्तार

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net रांची से इंसानियत को कलंकित करने वाला मामला सामने आया है। यहां एक 29 वर्षीय आदिवासी महिला को पिछले आठ वर्षों...

Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

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

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

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

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...

Anjuman-e-Islam felicitates Maharashtra topper Almas Sayed

Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The Allama Latifi Hall of Haji Saboo Siddiq College, Byculla, thronged with students, parents and teachers on Saturday. They have gathered there from different parts of Mumbai and its suburbs to felicitate Almas Sayed who stood first in all the nine higher secondary boards of Maharashtra.

महिलाओं को सशक्त करने की ओर एक अनोखा प्रयास

उषा राय समय के साथ भारत तेज़ी से लैंगिक समानता की ओर बढ़ रहा है. यहां इसी परिप्रेक्ष्य में कुछ रोचक कहानियां मौजुद हैं, जो...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ।   नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में शाहीन बाग़ की तर्ज़ पा चल रहा प्रदर्शन का आज...

First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets award

By IANS, New Delhi : Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs.5-lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said Thursday. "The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs.5 lakh (Rs.500,000) in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said. "The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.

A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...

Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

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

Bill on Triple Talaq cleared by Cabinet

New Delhi, (IANS): A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter...

Women in Pakistani village vote for first time in 70 years

By IANS: Lahore, July 25: Millions of registered voters are heading towards polling stations to cast their vote as Pakistan goes for its 11th general...

Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February

TCN News Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation have jointly designed a leadership program for women to identify, train and activate emerging women leaders for...

Protests against delayed pensions in Jharkhand as COVID relief for marginalized backfires

22% of the SC and ST households together reported having old-age pensioners in the households, with 22% widow pensioners, and 4% disability pension holders,...

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Woman undressed, breast-searched at Canadian airport!

By IANS, Toronto: A 42-year-old black Canadian woman has alleged that she was forced to undress and bodily searched for drugs at Ottawa airport on her return from Jamaica. Charmaine Archer, who was returning home from Jamaica Tuesday night, said she was forced to open her rectum, lift her breast, and looked underneath her crotch by customs officials. The woman said she was pulled aside by the customs agents "because she paid for part of her ticket with a credit card, because she booked last minute and because she only stayed for four days", according to the Ottawa Citizen.

मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल

जावेद अनीस पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...

Shabnum Wani: A Half widow who feels betrayed by both the Government and the...

In the last of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Shabnum Wani. Bemina (Srinagar): On ...

Want justice not revenge: Bilkis Bano

New Delhi, (IANS): Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat...

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By Sensei Prem Menon, IANS, What should a woman do if a knife wielding man demands her mobile phone when she is alone? Surprise him by offering it to him. Or fling it as far as away. As he runs for the phone, you run in the opposite direction. Remember you can buy another phone. But you have only one life to live. Common sense is a powerful weapon that can fell any opponent. It helps you to come out of potentially dangerous arenas without a fight.

Aim to create positive influence for women within the boundaries of Shari’ah: The Muslimah...

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Politicans playing dirty over displaced Bodos in BTAD: Promising Land Patta inside Forest

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net तावड़ू (हरियाणा) : मेवात ज़िले के डींगरहेड़ी गांव में 24-25 अगस्त की रात को गौरक्षकों द्वारा दो लोगों की हत्या, एक...

JIH women wing demands impartial probe into ‘rape’ and murder of civil defence worker

The 21-year-old-victim, who was associated with the Lajpat Nagar District Magistrate office, was found murdered on August 26 at Surajkund, Faridabad. As per her...

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Only Muslim woman candidate in Manipur elections vows to fight against domestic violence

The upcoming elections in Manipur are likely to be the most interesting one in years with Congress, historically the strongest party in the region,...

Why did Muslim Personal Law Board dissolve its women’s wing 7 years after formation?

The women’s wing convenor was asked to delete all the social media accounts that the wing holds. Members have called the decision arbitrary and...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net बसपा प्रमुख मायावती उत्तर प्रदेश में अपनी खोई हुई ज़मीन मुस्लिम वोटरों के जरिए तलाशने में लगीं हैं। पिछले कुछ समय से...

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Lost in Terror: Voices of many women, penned by one

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi : Kashmir is on the boil; the "Azadi" chant reverberates from every corner; normal life is at a halt....
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Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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...

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

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...

“Gender reporting in media does not exist, Urdu media no different,” say eminent media...

During the second day of the round table on “Gender Reporting in Urdu Media - Opportunities & Challenges” by the Centre for Women’s Studies...

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Ramadan 1435: Patience

By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Students wait patiently for the time to break fast at a school-organized iftar event at MWA School, Chennai. Link: Ramadan 1435: TCN serieswindow.onload...

AMU faculty Dr Mah Seema Masood passes away

By TCN News, Aligarh: Dr Mah Seema Masood, director, Centre of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) passed away at her residence on Wednesday, January 7.

Polygamy a blessing, not curse, says AIMPLB; defends triple talaq

New Delhi : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday defended the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, professing that polygamy...

Quarterly Nisa: A research magazine on women issues

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Ramadan 1433: Quran

By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net Ramadan is also the month of Quran, Muslims' holy book. Two ladies seen reading Quran in Jama Masjid of Delhi. Link: TCN Ramadan...

​Majlis Legal opposes PIL seeking guidelines for registering rape

Files an intervenor application opposing the PIL claiming it would be in violation of SC directions By TCN News, Pune: Majlis Legal Centre, a...

निर्भया काण्ड के बाद घटने के बजाय बढ़े हैं बलात्कार के मामले

By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली: निर्भया कांड के तीन साल पूरे हो चुके हैं. इन बीते तीन सालों में बलात्कार की घटनाएं और...

दिल्ली: बस्तियों में बदतर ज़िन्दगी

फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: इस शहर में जहां एक तरफ़ मेट्रो की रफ़्तार से भी तेज़ ज़िन्दगी भागती है, जहां बड़े-बड़े आलीशान मकान और कोठियां...

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

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

50 women sick after getting vaccine in MP

Gwalior, (IANS): As many as 50 women fell sick after getting a vaccine at the maternity ward of a hospital in this Madhya Pradesh city,...

New Rural Livelihood scheme for Northeast to benefit tribals: DoNER Minister

New Delhi, (IANS): The new Rural Livelihood scheme for the Northeast will primarily benefit the tribals and the lower socio economic groups including women in...

Making it Plain: Women’s Rights in Islam

By Asma Anjum Khan, TwoCircles.net In Muslim discussions, feminism is a bad word. Speaking our mind helps us earn this label; they think, is going...

AMU’s journal on women of marginalized communities released online

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...

2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes: Realities of power or patriarchy

The outcomes of India’s #MeToo movement after more than two years of its passage appear to be the harsh reality of the power dynamics...

Indian women win hockey Champions Challenge II

By IANS, Kazan (Russia) : Rani Rampal scored four goals as Indian women crushed Belgium 6-3 to win the inaugural Champions Challenge II hockey tournament here Saturday. Rani, who emerged as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals, struck in the 17th, 38th, 44th and 54th minutes. Besides, Saba Anjum (20th min) and Thokchom Chanchan (49th min) scored a goal each. Skipper Valerie Vermeersch (40th, 52nd) and Boon Jill (55th) scored for Belgium.

Strict curfew in Kashmir: Women march to ‘Pather Masjid’ foiled; 5 injured

By Bilal Furqani, AIP Srinagar: Despite a strict security in Kashmir, scores of people including women and children tried to take a protest march to Pather Masjid today afternoon on the call given by Hurriyat (G). Dozens of women demonstrators, led by the Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chief Asiya Andrabi, defied the strict security lockdown in the Srinagar and staged a noisy anti-India rally. The women later dispersed after police tried to block the rally.

AIDWA fact finding team reiterates lose ends in Meerut rape case, says case is...

By TCN News, New Delhi: All India Democratic Womens’ Association (AIDWA) has released a fact finding report on the alleged Meerut gang rape of a madrassa teacher. While demanding speedy enquiry and justice for the girl, AIDWA has also condemned “the blatant lies and half-truths being spread by the BJP and Sangh Parivar about the case.”

Death of a Muslim woman in police station and her missing son

By TCN News, Hyderabad: Blaming the insensitive local police for the alleged suicide of a woman from a poor family from Doma area in Rangareddy district and inaction in finding her missing son, the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has demanded the DGP of Telangana to set up a special team to find out the whereabouts of the missing youth Mohammad Muqtar and ensure safety of his life.

Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for 42 years, dies; outpouring of grief at funeral

By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : Nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who lay in coma for 42 years, the longest in world history, died here on Monday....

Recurring debate over Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Maadar E Vatan & Vande Mataram

Repeated debate has always meant more TRPs but never really a step forward By Nita Khan for TwoCircles.net, It was August 22, 2011. A week...

Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, passed away at the age...

Noida, (IANS): Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in the making of the tough...

BJP derails Rajya Sabha over triple talaq row

New Delhi, (IANS): The ruling BJP on Wednesday forced an unprecedented adjournment in the Rajya Sabha as the opposition pressed for the triple talaq Bill...

शाहीन बाग़’ की बड़ी जीत, मोदी सरकार बातचीत को हुई तैयार

यूसुफ़ अंसारी, Twocircles.net नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून के ख़िलाफ़ पिछले डेढ़ महीने से ज़्यादा वक्त से धरन पर बैठी महिलाओं के हौंसले ने आख़िरकार मोदी सरकार...

Women’s role key in empowering the community: National Women’s Front

By TCN News, Madurai (Tamil Nadu): “Women constitute around 50% of the population and hence their part in empowering the community is very essential. Our Prophet (PBUH) included women in all areas of community empowerment. Hence we also should follow this,” Ms. S. Fathima Gani, Tamil Nadu state president of National Women’s Front, the women’s wing of Popular Front of India.

Kunta Devi: A woman farmer from UP

By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service, One day, more than 20 years ago, Kunta Devi’s husband never returned home from his workplace at a brick kiln and has been untraceable since then. He seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving his wife alone with their 3 children—I daughter and 2 sons, with the youngest one barely 2 years old. Kunta does not know if he is dead or alive. She now lives with her 2 sons and their wives and 4 grandchildren—3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.

दलित छात्र की पिटाई से मौत के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा, बवाल

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया जिले में परीक्षा में ग़लत जवाब देने पर टीचर ने एक दलित छात्र की पिटाई कर दी थी जिसके...

Intermediate topper Talat Nazneen wants to become IAS officer

By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Talat Nazneen Zakia has secured first position in Intermediate examination 2009 in Bihar, and thus has become pride of not only for her family but her educationally backward community also – the community where more males are literate than females.

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

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

पूजा करने गई महिला से गैंगरेप,बंदायू में हुई जघन्य वारदात

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net  उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में एक महिला के साथ निर्भया कांड जैसी घटना को फिर से दोहराने का मामला सामने आया है। 50...

JIH urges govt to take strong action against hate speeches, hate crimes against Muslims

Talking to the media during an online press briefing, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) vice-president Prof. Salim Engineer welcomed the law against mob lynching brought...

Controversy in Bihar after student allegedly asked to remove Hijab during exam

The incident happened at Mahant Darshan Das Mahila (MDDM) College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on October 16. Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net  PATNA (BIHAR) — A controversy over...

WB High Madrasa exams begin; 5 mothers appear for paper with infants on lap

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata/Malda: Alim and Fazil examination 2014 of the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education began on February 10 and will last till February 24, 2014. President of the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education Razle Rabbi informed that in 143 centres throughout the state exams are being conducted and total numbers of the 54,858 examinees are taking the examinations.

Himachal artistes dance to save girl child, set world record

Shimla : Over 9,000 artistes performed a folk dance in Himachal Pradesh to highlight the "Save the Girl Child" message and the event created...

Ramadan 1438: Ara Jan

By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "Our Prophet(S.A.W) has said that the month of Ramadan has 10 days of mercy and 10 days of forgiveness and...

Protestors gather outside SC on CJI issue

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Protesters on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court complex demanding an independent probe into the sexual harassment allegation raised...

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Taslima Nasreen, Amitav Ghosh condole Mahasweta Devi’s death

Kolkata : Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Thursday condoled the death of eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi and remembered the litterateur's support...

Another twist to the Muzaffarpur house of horrors

IANS and TCN News: The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror...

Creator of Bulli Bai app arrested from Assam: Delhi Police

The report quoting sources said the man identified as Neeraj Bishnoi was the mastermind who allegedly created the app on the GitHub platform. TCN...

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Jharkhand gets first woman Chief Justice

By IANS Ranchi: Gyan Sudha Mishra, the first woman Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, was Sunday sworn in by governor Syed Sibte Razi at the Raj Bhawan here. Mishra is the sixth Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court after the state was carved out from Bihar Nov 2000. Mishra was enrolled as lawyer in 1974 in Patna High Court. She was elevated to the post of judge in 1994 after which she was transferred to Rajasthan High Court. Her father, S.C. Mishra, was Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

Permanent Resident Bill of J&K is Anti-Women

By Balraj Puri On International Women's Day when Rajya Sabha passed a bill for reservation of 33% seats for women in Parliament and state legilatures, Jammu and Kashmir State assembly admitted a bill which would deprive women status of permanent resident of the State if they married an outsider.

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Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

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Colloquium on Mainstreaming Muslim Women at MANUU

By TCN News, Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University's (MANUU) Centre for Women’s Studies in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi will organise a colloquium on “Mainstreaming the Indian Muslim Women – The way forward”.

‘Did I hit her? Did I abuse her? Then why the fuss?’ says BJP...

Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Gorakhpur : A couple of days after a video surfaced in which BJP MLA from Gorakhpur(Sadar) Radha Mohan Das Aggrawal was shown shouting...

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

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