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NIA gives clean chit to Sadhvi and others without conducting custodial interrogation

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: In a controversial development, India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) today gave clean chit to 6 accused, including Sadhvi Pragya...

Some Madhya Pradesh prisoners to be freed on I-Day

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By IANS, Bhopal : Women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh who have not been convicted for life and who have served over five years of their sentence will be set free on Independence Day Friday. The government will also free certain other categories of prisoners, an official spokesman said. Those who suffer from serious illnesses like cancer will be unconditionally released.

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...

Kashmiri Pandits living in Valley struggles to live a normal life

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Srinagar: Against the back drop of highly ambitious Composite Township project of central government to...

Indian Muslims face imminent threat of genocide, mass persecution: Experts

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During an ongoing three-day global summit,experts and scholars underscored the surge in attacks on Muslims in India.  TCN News Washington, DC — India’s 200 million Muslims...

Stories by women, for women

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From the story of Urmila, Sita's sister to life in Iran and the cruel fate of Bollywood's item girls - all these stories on the IANS bookshelf this weekend throw light on the many hues of women and, interestingly, are written by women. Take a look.

18 castes to be included in ST category

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Ranchi: Jharkhand's Bhokta and Puran are among the 18 communities across India that are likely to be designated as Scheduled Tribes (STs) by the...

Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide

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

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

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

People defy ban to offer prayers at sati site

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By IANS, Raipur : Dozens of people in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Monday offered prayers at the site where a woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre despite a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman. On Saturday, Lalmati Verma, 71, jumped onto her husband's funeral pyre after all the villagers had left the site on the bank at the confluence of two rivers - Mahanadi and Shivnath - in Chechar village, about 125 km from here.

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...

Japanese tourist found dead in Delhi hotel

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 55-year-old Japanese woman was found dead and her French husband unconscious in a central Delhi hotel Monday, the police said, suspecting a drug overdose may have caused the death. According to the police, Agase Jean Marry called the hotel Suncity's reception desk around 9 a.m. asking them to arrange a doctor for his wife Okoru Odda, 50, who had collapsed. "The hotel staff who went to check on the woman found both of them unconscious inside the room. Odda, they later found, was already dead," said an investigating police officer.

Landlord held for raping tenant in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: A landlord was arrested in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar on charges of raping his tenant, police said Saturday. The incident took place in a slum...

Squash: Indian girls make last 8

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Eindhoven (The Netherlands) : India carved out a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday to ensure a place in the top eight competition...

Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings

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St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza jumped to her...

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

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

Jodhpur pregnancy death toll reaches 17

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By IANS,

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...

Four arrested for woman professor’s murder

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By IANS, Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people. Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening. "Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.

54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak

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Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...

British MPs to hear about female foeticide in India

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By IANS, London : Claims about rising incidence of female foeticide in India are to be presented to British MPs. A report by the international charity ActionAid and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) of Canada claims female foeticide is so common that in Punjab only 300 girls survive for every 1,000 boys among high-caste families. The report, titled 'Disappearing Daughters', is to be presented to MPs belonging to Britain’s all-party group on population, development and reproductive health Monday.

Twenty-year battle of the people of Noamundi against Tata Steel still continues

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By Xavier Das Friends/comrades,

Japan comfort women issue still causing violations: UNHCR

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Geneva : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Navi Pillay Wednesday expressed regret that Japan has failed to pursue a comprehensive, impartial, and...

Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security

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Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...

Iranian women pilgrims visit Baqi Cemetery for first time

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By IRNA, Tehran : Iranian woman pilgrims entered the Baqi Cemetery in Medina, Saudi Arabia, for the first time on Sunday night in the presence of Chairman of Experts Assembly Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The Baqi is well-known as graveyard of members of the infallible household of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), including four Imams and the beloved daughter of Prophet Mohammad, Hazrat Zahra (SA). Women are banned from entering the cemetery.

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....

A book on life’s struggles, of women, by women

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By IANS, New Delhi : A woman panchayat leader's fight against corruption, another illiterate panchayat leader's endeavour to make education a reality for her village - stories of struggle and commitment, drawn out of the lives of seven women panchayat leaders were put together in a book that was released Thursday. Titled "Sarpanch Sahib: Changing the face of India" the book has been compiled by well known authors Manju Kapur, Indira Maya Ganesh, Sonia Falerio, Kalpana Sharma, Tishani Doshi, Abhilasha Ojha and edited by Manjima Bhattacharjya.

Girl in Delhi thwarts rape bid by three men

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl saved herself from being a gang rape victim, fought back three of her neighbours who forcibly took her to...

Railways U-turn on offering exclusive women train coaches to men

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Kolkata : In a victory of sorts for female commuters who did not shy to clash with their male counterparts, the Eastern Railway...

Muslim woman editor arrested for reprinting ‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoons

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Thane (Maharashtra): The woman editor of an Urdu daily was arrested for reprinting a controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed which was first published by...

Ramadan 1433: Itikaf

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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...

CISF commandos helping Metro’s women commuters at night

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New Delhi : Apart from providing security to women travelling in the Metro trains, the CISF's women commandos are also providing help to women...

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

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

Akademi’s silence on writer’s killing condemnable: Sarah Joseph

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New Delhi : Joining the league of writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in the last few days, popular Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph...

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

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

Awareness needed for Delhi’s women: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi: Delhi's women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday.

Mukherjee to open meeting of women speakers of parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee will Wednesday inaugurate the seventh meeting of women speakers of parliament, which will exchange experiences on gender issues.

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...

Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

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By Shobha Shukla "There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...

Indian women’s hockey team wins HWL Round 2

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New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team defeated Poland 3-1 in the final to emerge Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 champions at the...

Women in Hong Kong, China most financially independent: Survey

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By DPA, Singapore : Women in Hong Kong, China and Singapore do not need to rely on their men to pay for their shopping binges, a survey said Sunday. Across the Asian region, women from Hong Kong are the most financially independent, with 81 percent of respondents paying the bills for their purchases, followed by mainland Chinese at 75 percent. The survey was conducted by market researcher Synovate with the findings in The Business Times.

In Azamgarh fifty women sterilized in torch, mobile light in four hours flat

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No lessons learnt from Chhattisgarh incident where women were sterilized in dismal conditions, kept on floor By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net, Azamgarh: There were no hospital beds, there were inadequate facilities and to top of it, there was no electricity. Still, as many as 50 women were sterilized by the doctors at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the district.

Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain

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Ujjain : Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take 'Samadhi' (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for...

Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania

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Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the sports ministry for naming ace tennis star Sania Mirza for the...

Delhi woman kidnapped, molested in moving car

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New Delhi : A 30-year-old woman, working with a NGO, has alleged that she was kidnapped and molested by three people in a moving...

For women, where there’s a bill, there’s a way

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By Azera Rahman, IANS, New Delhi: Perhaps one shouldn't expect too much too soon from the women's reservation bill - but besides changing the face of politics, it is bound to alter the gender dynamics of Indian society gradually, say experts. Counsellor Sameer Parikh says quotas are sometimes required to initiate change. The women's reservation bill will surely have an impact on the mindset of Indian society although it will be a gradual process.

Kerala’s women’s programme celebrates 16th anniversary

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Thiruvananthapuram : Kudumbashree, a state-supported women's empowerment programme in Kerala that today has 40.54 lakh members, celebrates its 16th anniversary this year. It was launched...

The problem of Rape: Why India is still failing?

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By Aabid Ali Haider for TwoCircles.net, The brutal and harrowing rapes in Kerala have revealed that women in India are unsafe when it comes to...

Can women endure more pain than men?

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By IANS, London: For many people, the debate whether men or women handle pain better may remain unresolved, but scientists now say that females endure more pain.

Jamia Professor receives RULA Award

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By Manzar Imam Professor (Dr) Tasneem Fatma, scientist and former Head of the Department of Bio-Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi has been honoured...

The amazing garbage woman

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By Shobha Shukla,

#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...

Ness Wadia booked over Preity Zinta’s charge

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Mumbai: An FIR on Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's alleged molestation charge against her ex-boyfriend and business partner, industrialist Ness Wadia was registered Saturday, police...

‘Kidnapped’ woman found in Gurgaon

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A woman, who was suspected to have been kidnapped after her car was found in Hindon river here, was living in Delhi's suburb Gurgaon, said a police official Wednesday. Aditi Tyagi, 21, an executive with a call centre at Noida, another Delhi suburb, tried to hoodwink her parents by abandoning her car June 9 in Hindon river, the police said. After surveillance of her mobile number, she was found living with a man in Gurgaon, said Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan.

Small town girls log on to search for suitable boy

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By Himanshu Dubey, IANS, New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Deeksha Batra wants a perfect partner. She has not left the "job" to her parents alone but has turned to matrimonial sites to look for the "perfect" man. "Small town families are conservative; so they go for arranged marriages. But at times things go horribly wrong. I want to be sure and so I turned to matrimonial sites to find the perfect match," Batra said. "Matrimonial sites are a better option any day," Batra, who lives in Faridabad, adjacent to the national capital, told IANS.

President Mukherjee emphasises women empowerment

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday stressed the necessity of educating women, providing them economic independence, and legal rights and social awareness...

ANC Women’s League demands justice in Pistorius’ murder case

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By IANS,

Dowry charge against Jharkhand health minister

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By IANS, Ranchi : Jharkhand health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi, who got married last week, has been accused by a woman he was engaged to last year of demanding dowry to marry her. Shipra Singh, a resident of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, alleged that Sahi, who had got engaged to her February 2007, did not marry her as her father was not able to arrange the dowry demanded by Sahi. According to a report in a local newspaper, Shipra said Sahi had demanded Rs.5 million in cash and a luxury car from her family.

Muslim Women Study Circle: Reclaiming Agency of Muslim Women in India

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A Kolkata-based collective Muslim Women Study Circle is working towards reclaiming the agency of Muslim women at a time when Islamophobia has been reared...

A woman judge is raped in UP!

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

Women’s education important for development: President

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By IANS,

Muslim women activists in Hyderabad discussed history, politics, and society

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By Nikhat Fatima for TwoCircles.net

Indonesian Women’s Participation In Politics Limited, Says First Lady

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By Bernama, Jakarta : Indonesian women's participation in politics is still very limited, despite the existence of a law requiring 30 percent of seats in political representation bodies to be given to women, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono said. "We must admit that the role of women in the political field must still be intensified," she said in a statement at the Monas (National Monument here on Saturday after officiating an exhibition. The two-day exhibition is to mark the one decade of the Indonesian women's awakening in conjunction with the centennial of National Awakening.

Nine-year-old raped in Delhi, dies in hospital

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New Delhi : A nine-year-old girl who was raped by a 42-year-old man two days ago in east Delhi's Khajoori Khas area, died in...

Woman election officer dies on duty in Thane

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Thane (Maharashtra) : A woman returning officer died while on election duty Thursday at a polling station in Thane. According to an election department official,...

Rag-picking girls’ date with prime minister Saturday

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By IANS New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 12-year-old Useeran Sheikh, a rag-picker, as she shook hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday, and requested abolition of child labour and quality education for all children in the country. Sheikh with two other rag-picker children met the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in the capital. "I liked it very much. This is the first time I am meeting the prime minister. I never thought this would ever happen to us," Sheikh said excitedly after leaving the Prime Ministers' House.

Journalist’s sister wants viscera examined in Delhi

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New Delhi : Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the...

UPSC topper Ira Singhal motivates NE students

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Ira Singhal, the first differently abled woman to top the civil services examination advised the young students to keep...

Injured peacock rescued from Najma Heptulla’s residence

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New Delhi : An injured peacock found on the lawn of Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla's official residence was on Saturday rescued by NGO...

Two out of every three blind in India are women

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly two million people are blind in India but what is startling is that around 66 percent of them are women, government authorities and experts said Thursday, observed as the World Sight Day (WSD). This year, the focus was on gender and eye care. G.V.S Murthy, a professor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), said that out of every three blind in the country, two are women and there is need to bring a gender equity while providing eye care.

Women quota bill: BSP, JD-S indicate reservations

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By IANS, New Delhi: Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, two other parties -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) also indicated that they were not in full agreement. JD-S chief H.D. Dewe Gowda said that his party was not against reservation for women but would push for a quota for backward classes. The JD-S has two members in the Rajya Sabha, where the bill is slated to come up for discussion and vote Monday.

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

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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)...

Srinagar-Imphal Save Sharmila Jan Karwan starts

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By TCN News,

Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Women may comprise 47 percent of Madhya Pradesh's electorate, but the two main parties together have fielded just six candidates for the 29 Lok Sabha seats - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) four and the opposition Congress two. The two parties have also been advocating 33 percent reservation for women in all bodies. But this does not seem to translate into a more equitable distribution of nominations. The smaller parties are no different. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not fielded even one woman. Ditto with the Samajwadi Party.

For women, a crash course in job skills

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS,

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...

No girl child? Then Himachal panchayats won’t get funds

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By Vishal Gulati, Shimla : Determined to check its skewed sex ratio, the Himachal Pradesh government won't fund panchayats if no girl is born in...

भोजपुरी फिल्मों की मशहूर अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने इस्लाम के लिए छोड़ी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में बेहद लोकप्रिय भोजपुरी फिल्मों की अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने अभिनय की दुनिया को खुद से जुदा कर करते हुए...

Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi

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New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday. The woman also claimed that the...

Ramadan 1435: Aspirations

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net College-going Muslim girls at Marina beach in Chennai. They visit the beach quite often to chill out. One is training to...

Villagers lock up teachers over girl’s suicide

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By IANS,

India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls

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Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...

Delhi Police to focus on safety of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Protection of women in the national capital is being increasingly focused on and more women police officers are being deployed for patrolling, Delhi Police said Thursday.

India at 148th in number of women MPs; UN calls for quotas

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By Arul Louis United Nations, (IANS): Releasing a world ranking of the number of women parliamentarians that that placed India 148, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head...

Nasim Akhtor: Creating history as a woman mountaineer from North East

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By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net, TCN Special Series: Part 3 on Nasim Akhtor

India’s first all-women post office comes up in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : After announcing India's all women public bank, the central government Friday started an all women post office here on the occasion of the International Women`s Day.

Hong Kong peeping Tom took over 1,000 sneak photos of women

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong peeping Tom, who was caught as he snapped a picture up the skirt of a woman on an escalator with his mobile phone, had more than 1,000 similar pictures, a court report said Thursday. Police found 346 pictures taken up the skirts of women and more than 700 photos showing the backsides of women wearing mini-skirts and shorts. Thirtynine-year-old Chan Yung who claimed to be a university professor, appeared in court Wednesday pleading guilty to committing an act to outrage public decency.

Palestinian women protest in support of hunger striker

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By IANS, Ramallah/Gaza : Hundreds of Palestinian women Thursday celebrated International Women's Day by protesting in solidarity with a female hunger striker jailed by Israel.

Support research on Indian Muslim Women: Struggle for Identity

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By TCN News

Ex-diplomat, champion of Dalit cause, is first woman speaker

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By IANS, New Delhi : Meira Kumar, who is set to become the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's parliament, is a former diplomat who left the foreign service to fight the cause of Dalits.

Woman set ablaze for flouting voting ‘fatwa’

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Nashik: In a shocking incident, a woman, who allegedly flouted a local voting 'fatwa', was assaulted and set on fire in Yevla town of...

Meet the woman who groomed Freida Pinto

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By Madhusree Chatterjee , IANS, New Delhi : Indian actress Freida Pinto is making waves internationally for her walk down the Oscar red carpet, her designer gowns and gracing the covers of popular magazines, thanks to "Slumdog Millionaire". But not many know the woman who helped groom her and introduced her to British director Danny Boyle.

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...

Study in coastal Karnataka finds Muslims at higher risk for diabetes

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By TCN News A study published in the latest issue of an international journal suggests that Muslims living in coastal Karnataka are at a higher risk of developing diabetes. The study conducted by a team of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and published in International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries surveyed people living in coastal Karnataka to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 30 years and above.

“Here to prove football isn’t a sport for elites,” Muslim girl-group Parcham breaking stereotypes...

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By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net  Mumbai: “We wanted to break the stereotype and bring girls together to interact,” said Sabah Khan, co-founder of Parcham. The organization...

Threatened, Bengal woman attempts suicide

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Kolkata: Faced with threats and harassment for lodging a police complaint after her minor daughter was molested, a woman in West Bengal's North 24...

Of white buildings, Islamic architecture and progressive women

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By Kavita Bajeli-Datt, IANS, Muscat : As the flight descends in the Oman capital, the first impression is that of serenity and peace - perhaps because of the overwhelmingly white and off-white buildings. As this reporter, part of a four-member media exchange programme to Oman, went around the beautifully kept city, it was intriguing that the only spots of colour were to be found on top of mosques.

Computer training for madrasa teachers at AMU

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By TCN News

Muslim women need their own leadership: Naish Hasan

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Naish Hasan is the name of a woman who made a history and earned lot of criticism when her nikah was officiated by a Muslim lady. She refutes that was a popularity stunt. Rather, it was to show that women are eligible to conduct nikah. Talking to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net, Hasan, who is founder member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, calls for reform in Muslim law for women and also an alternative leadership for them.

क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net हम आज बदलते समाज के साथ अपनी अलग पहचान बनाने में मुसलसल लगे हैं. जिसमें अपने अधिकार और समानता को लेकर आए...

अंधविश्वास ख़त्म करने की सरकारी नाकामी में बढ़ते मनोरोगी

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net सासाराम (बिहार) : आज जहां एक ओर देश में मेडिकल साईंस आसमान की बुलंदियों को छू रहा है. जहां अत्याधुनिक मशीनों से...

Sex assault on infant, girl in India, Pakistan ‘heart-breaking’: UN spokesperson

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United Nations (IANS): Sex assaults on an infant in India and on a girl in Pakistan are "heart-breaking" but the "scourge" of violence against...

Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor

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Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...

No ‘fatwa’ against working women, says Deoband

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By IANS, Lucknow/New Delhi: Darul Uloom Deoband, India's foremost Islamic seminary, Wednesday denied it has asked Muslim women not to work along with men and said it only suggested that working women should dress "properly". "We had only given an opinion based on Sharia that women need to be properly covered in government and private offices," said Maulana Adnan Munshi, spokesman for the seminary in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He denied a media report that the seminary was opposed to men and women working together.

“No one’s helpers,” West Bengal’s women domestic helpers stare at bleak future as livelihood...

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The predominance of informal employment in the unorganized sector has been one of the central features of the labour market scenario in India. According...

UAE’s first woman athlete in Olympic Games arrives in Beijing

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By NNN-WAM, Beijing : Determined to win, the first woman athlete of the UAE participating in the Olympic Games, Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed has arrived in the Chinese capital. She is the only UAE athlete participating in the 67 kg category of taekwondo in the Beijing Olympiad.

More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report

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By Prensa Latina, United Nations : The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman. The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent. In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.

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...

Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition

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Organized by Adavi Myah, an art collective led by Dalit and Bahujan women, the exhibition will run for four weeks until May 30, 2022. BOSTON,...

Among the first to die in Nice attack was Muslim woman

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Nice : A middle-aged Muslim woman was among the first to be killed when a trucker mowed down 84 people here in a terror...

Indian women’s hockey team wins Asia Cup bronze

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By IANS, New Delhi: There were finally some smiles in the Indian women's hockey team as they won the bronze medal Saturday by beating much fancied rivals China in the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup held in Busan, South Korea. The medal will lift the morale of the team, which has been rocked with charges of sexual harassment that saw chief coach Maharaj Kishan Kaushik resigning. India came from behind to register a 2-1 victory over world No.3 China. The Indian team is currently ranked 13th in the world. Wang Mengyu scored the only goal for China in the 16th minute.

‘Women empowerment comes from her own self’

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto organized Women’s Day 2015 at The Scholar School, Jamia Nagar here on March 14. Around 300 women from different states took part in this event which was organized under the patronage of Human Welfare Foundation.

17 Muslims (6 women) win in six municipalities in West Bengal

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Woman Maoist arrested in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : A Naxalite woman, wanted in several cases and carrying a reward of Rs.30,000, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday. Kamla, an active member of Tanda Dalam, has been involved in various murders and gun battles with the police. "A tip-off was received about Kamla's presence in Kodhapar forest area in Balaghat district on Saturday after which the police laid a trap and arrested her late Sunday," Balaghat Superintendent of Police Harinarayanchari Mishra said. He said the arrest would help police bust the network of Maoists in the region.

Court asks doctors to decide on abortion for rape victim

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By IANS, Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday ordered the setting up of a special committee of doctors to decide on terminating the pregnancy of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim as she does not have a guardian. Justice Surya Kant directed the Chandigarh administration to form a committee comprising senior doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and an additional sessions judge, who will act as a member-cum-coordinator. The committee will submit its report within 10 days of its constitution, the court said.

African delegates expecting high from women’s summit

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

68 percent Delhi women at risk of cardiovascular diseases

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New Delhi : Over 68 percent of women above the age of 35 years in Delhi are at the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD),...

खाप पंचायत हुए निष्क्रिय, क्योंकि अब भाजपा नेता हैं सक्रिय!

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net लड़कियों के पहनावे या उनके जीने के तरीक़ों को लेकर अब तक विभिन्न खाप पंचायतों के तुग़लकी फ़रमान सामने आते रहे...

660 response centres for violence-hit women

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New Delhi: Crises and response centres will be set up at 660 locations across the country for violence-affected women, the ministry for women and...

Gujarat safe for women, Bengal unsafe: Modi

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Bankura (West Bengal) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to curb crimes against...

Three Indians, four NRIs win US women’s empowerment award

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By Arun Kumar, Washington : Three Indians and four persons of Indian origin have received the 2013 World of Difference Awards' from US-based The International...

Eight women elected to the Jharkhand assembly

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By IANS, Ranchi : Eight women have been elected to the Jharkhand assembly this year, up from five in the last poll in 2005. Out of the eight elected women legislators, three belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one legislator each belongs to the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP). The three women legislators from the BJP are Vimala Pradhan, Menka Sardar and Kunti Devi who won the assembly seats from Simdega, Potka and Jharia respectively.

Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights

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By IANS, Jammu: The Congress has decided to oppose a bill moved earlier this week in the upper house of the state legislature depriving women of their citizenship rights if they marry non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. "This piece of legislation will never be supported by the party within or outside of the legislature," said a senior Congress minister in the coalition government of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill moved March 8 by Murtaza Khan of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

Chhattisgarh has 15,000 women Maoists: police chief

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS, Raipur : About 15,000 armed women Maoists operate in Chhattisgarh and they form a significant chunk of the insurgents engaged in a bitter battle with the state machinery, says Director General of Police Vishawa Ranjan. "Some 30 percent of the total 50,000 armed rebels, or 15,000, are female insurgents, who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," Ranjan told IANS in an interview.

Taiwan woman dismembers unfaithful husband

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By DPA, Taipei : Enraged by her husband's unfaithfulness, a Taiwan woman killed him Friday in front of their 10-year-old grandson and then dismembered his body, police said. Wu Ah-yin, 57, and her husband Chiang Tien-tsai, 55, were both pork sellers in Tucheng, near Taipei. The couple often quarrelled because Wu had a mistress and often stayed out late, Wang Jen-hong, spokesman for the Tucheng Police Bureau, told reporters.

एएमयू की पुरानी छात्राओं ने बनाया ‘ब्यूटीज़ ऑफ़ दी एएमयू’ नामक संगठन

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TwoCircles.net News Desk नई दिेल्ली : अभी तक देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में अलीगढ़ मु्स्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) का ओल्ड ब्वायज़ एसोसिएशन सरगरम रहा है,...

Tamil Nadu’s rape survivors are minorities we don’t know about

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Society neglects rape survivors, and those who have been to prison and juvenile homes. It’s this exclusion that makes these victims and survivors indulge...

Park Street rape: Charges framed against three

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No Men Beyond This Point: The ‘Women’s Only’ Cafe In Jamia Nagar, Delhi

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Café Sheeru seeks to offer a ‘safe and comfortable’ space for women customers By Simeen Anjum & Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net Sarah (who goes by her first...

Poll results prove women power, tweets Sushma Swaraj

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Indian women should document their achievements: Sitharaman

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New Delhi:Asserting that Indian women have a significant role to play in nation building, Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said women...

Samina Bano: The girl who makes RTE work

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Coming from a privileged background to working for underprivileged, Samina Bano has ensured hundreds of poor children get admission under RTE in Uttar...

Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins. Reactions flowed in...

In twilight of their lives, they look for life partner

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By Rafat Quadri, IANS, Ahmedabad : They were in their 50s, 60s and even in their 70s. With love and longing in their hearts and dressed in their best clothes, hundreds of elderly men and women from various parts of Gujarat gathered here to look for a suitable match. The 75 women and 700 men, many of them lonely in the twilight of their lives, offered their bio-data as prospective marriage candidates at the unique function in Town Hall here.

HC takes cognizance of Tihar women’s deplorable condition

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a letter sent by the Supreme Court's Justice Kurian Joseph...

Women’s help cells to come up in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Grappling with incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a women's help cell in every district of the state, an official said Saturday. "The move intends to check various manifestations of violence against women, particularly dowry harassment and female foeticide," R.K. Mittal, commissioner social welfare department, told IANS. The exercise to set up the upcoming help cells would soon be initiated, he added.

China launches Shenzhou-9 with first woman astronaut

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By IANS, Beijing: China launched its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with the country's first female astronaut aboard Saturday.

Workshop trains Delhi women in self-defence

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New Delhi : Hit your attackers at soft spots like eyes, the adam's apple or groin, keep pepper spray in your hands while moving...

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.

NCW unhappy with Colors on female foeticide serial

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it was unhappy with Colors channel's reply to its notice over portraying women in a poor light in the serial "Na Aana Is Des Laado". "We have received the response to our notice from Colors TV and I went through it but am not satisfied with what they had to say. We will take further action in the matter," NCW chairperson Girja Vyas told IANS. "Na Aana Is Des Laado" is aired on Colors on weekdays and deals with the issue of female foeticide.

Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board supports Anna

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Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’

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Ranchi : Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district...

Dec 16 gang rape timeline

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A woman was brutally raped by six people Dec 16, 2012, night in a moving private bus in the national capital. She later died...

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

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

Ramadan 1436: Photos of Day 8

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A cute child from Malegaon, Maharashtra; another cutie from Jamnagar, Gujarat; Juma prayer at a Bohri masjid in Surat, Gujarat; a "connected" couple in...

Islamic face veil to be banned in Latavia

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Riga : Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in...

Woman sets herself, infant ablaze

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By IANS, Bhopal : A woman set herself ablaze with her three-week-old daughter in her lap in Gunga village on the outskirts of the Madhya Pradesh capital, police said Monday. The child died. The mother survived. With the child in her lap, Inder Bai, 27, poured kerosene on herself and set herself afire late Sunday evening while her husband, Jagdish Ahirwar, 30, a labourer, was away at work. She is suspected to be mentally deranged, the officer in charge of the Gunga police station said.

‘Beyond Religion and Party Lines’: How Women in Okhla and Kalkaji Voted in Razor...

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Syed Muskan, TwoCircles.net "Okhla Beemaar Hai, Usse Shifa Chahiye (Okhla is ill, and it needs Shifa - healing)." These words, spoken by Rubina, a resident...

Congress seeks new Odisha law for women’s safety

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : The Congress Thursday demanded a new legislation in Odisha to ensure safety and security to women and claimed that crimes against them were on the rise in the state.
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