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Haryana sisters thrash molesters as passengers look on

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Rohtak (Haryana) : The Haryana Police is drawing flak for not being able to take any action after an incident of two sisters courageously...

Woman shot at in Lucknow for resisting chain snatcher

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Lucknow: A woman was shot at twice late Tuesday here when she resisted a chain snatcher, police said Wednesday. The shooting took place around 11.30...

It was worth the risk: Sonia

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By IANS, New Delhi: "I am very happy," Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared Tuesday after the Rajya Sabha passed the women's bill to reserve a third of seats in all legislatures for women, adding the "larger picture" of women's empowerment was worth the political risk that the ruling coalition had taken. Speaking to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, Gandhi said she was grateful to all the political parties who helped the bill to pass, including the Left, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "and our coalition partners".

“Women are denied what they deserve,” NCW chairperson

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: The National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Tuesday said the problems of Muslim women were similar to those belonging to other communities in the country and that the issue was with the non-inclusion of women in various aspects of life.

First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets award

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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.

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

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By Manish Chand, IANS,

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...

India’s oldest woman photojournalist recalls first I-Day shots

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Her face crinkles into a smile that draws a fine mesh of crow-feet in the leathery folds of her skin. At 97, Homai Vyarawalla, India's first and oldest photojournalist, is still as spirited as she was in the 1920s when she shot glimpses of Mumbai life with her box camera and chronicled the Independence struggle in striking black and white compositions. The story of Vyarawalla's life spans almost a century - older than that of independent India.

National parties field just three women in Northeast

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By IANS, Agartala : The number of women candidates fighting the upcoming parliamentary polls in the northeast has increased from seven in 2004 to 18 this time, although just three of the women candidates have been fielded by national parties.

NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over honour killing

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the alleged honour killing of a young Dalit...

Women celebrate in Bihar’s first ‘smokeless’ village

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Patna : Women in a village in Bihar are celebrating -- as all its 240 households have been provided with cooking gas connections and...

Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to China

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Beijing: Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrives on Wednesday in China, a historic visit that comes during...

Malaysian Indian woman hangs herself with wedding sari

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian had a massive heart attack when he saw his wife had hanged herself using her wedding sari. T. Selvatharan thought that his wife K. Komathy, 33, had left the bedroom to drink water at dawn on Tuesday. When she did not return and he went out to check, he found her hanging by the ceiling fan. "She had been seeking treatment for depression," the husband, 47, told Tamil Nesan newspaper, while recovering at a hospital in Johor Baru.

Sarah Rizvi: Born and brought up in Mumbai, became IPS in Gujarat

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

A bus ride to remember victim of Dec 16 gang rape

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New Delhi : Activists from Delhi's red light area and students Monday boarded a bus from Connaught Place and rode to Munirka in south...

रुला देगा मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर की आठ सगी बहनों का ये दर्द

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर का चर्चित मुहल्ला खालापार से सुजुड़ु गांव की ओर जाने वाली सड़क पर एक जगह है रहमतनगर… आमतौर...

Scalpel Over Choice? How Hospitals in India Are Turning Childbirths Into Business

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Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: When 33-year-old Khushboo Jaiswal walked into a private hospital in Delhi, she was expecting a calm and natural childbirth filled...

Northeastern women sceptical of Delhi Police guidelines

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By IANS, New Delhi : Northeastern women and students in the capital are sceptical of the recently updated Delhi Police circular which talks about a zero tolerance policy to any crime against the community. Many fear that this will just be another document that hardly gets implemented. In a bid to put a stop to all the cases of crime against the northeastern community in the capital, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal sent a circular to his men, asking them to take prompt and serious action as soon as any complaint comes.

Crucial women’s quota bill lapses for the fourth time

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) New Delhi : Amid a plethora of gestures on women's empowerment, a crucial piece of legislation, a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies for women, has again lapsed with the 15th Lok Sabha holding its last sitting ahead of the April-May general elections.

Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”

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Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...

One killed in landslide in Jammu region

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Jammu: One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district Monday,...

Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences

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By IANS, New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence. She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one. Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.

“Women’s Day a chance to understand women’s struggles,” AMU celebrates International Women’s Day

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TCN News The International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 was observed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women with great ardour at...

Folk art shows how women fought for their rights

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By IANS,

Ace Media & Marketing to launch exclusive website for women

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By TCN News,

UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...

BARC woman employee accuses scientist of misbehaviour

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By IANS, Chennai: A woman employee of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has filed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against a senior nuclear scientist, said police Thursday.

Nepali man held for raping, sodomising daughters, son

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Panaji : In a shocking incident, a Nepali national was arrested on Thursday by Goa Police for raping and sodomising his biological daughter,...

Heavy security for Pakistani women’s cricket team

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Heavy security has been deployed at Barabati stadium in Cuttack after protests against holding World Cup matches with Pakistan's women's cricket team in the city.

Ramadan 1437: Noor Jehan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net Noor Jehan came to Kanpur from Bombay as a young bride. Living a pampered life till then, she wasn’t as well...

Inter-Korean women call for national reconciliation, reunification

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By Xinhua, Pyongyang : Representatives of women from the two Koreas met on Thursday and Friday at Mt. Kumgang Resort of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowing to implement two declarations on reunification. The delegates called for promoting the national reconciliation and unity and boosting the desire for reunification, said the official news agency KCNA. They vowed to uphold and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the Oct. 4 declaration, which were reached by the two Korea's leaders in 2000 and 2007 respectively, the KCNA added.

Lalu Prasad meets PM, demands all party meeting

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By IANS, New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday to demand that the government convene an all-party meeting on the women's reservation bill before pushing through the legislation.

Islamists oppose women as heads of state, government

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By IANS, Dhaka : Women should be debarred from holding office as heads of government or state, an Islamist party has said in Bangladesh, where women have headed governments between 1991 and 2006. The election law should be amended to make women ineligible to hold these offices, the Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan (BKA) Saturday told a government panel led by Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, currently holding a dialogue with political parties. Ahmed performs prime ministerial functions in a caretaker government holding office since January last year.

Forced intercourse in marriage not rape: Delhi court

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New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of raping his wife, stating that forced intercourse with a woman does not amount...

Kashmiri Pandit woman wins panchayat poll, wants migrants to return

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By IANS,

Northeast has more women than men, yet few female candidates

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala: There are more women than men in the northeast, but just a handful of them were in the poll fray. In...

Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore

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By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...

Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive

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By IANS, Jammu : It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu -- living with her Hindu paramour. Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared -- and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she "knew some secrets about her superiors". According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing.

Dalit woman commits suicide to evade rape attempt

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Dalit woman committed suicide Saturday by setting herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to evade a rape attempt by her neighbour, police said. Family members alleged that she took the extreme step to evade a rape attempt by a neighbour in Faizabad, about 150 km from here. "The woman, in her dying statement to the magistrate, seconded the allegations made by her husband Rajaram, but died before naming the person," Faizabad police chief R.K.S. Rathore told IANS.

Jamiat to organize woman conferences to show Muslim women are not against Sharia

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In its national executive meeting, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind decided to organize woman conferences in various cities across the country to...

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.

‘Internet cycle carts’ to bring rural women online

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

यूपीः योगीराज में पूरा न्याय पाने को तरस रही है आधी आबादी

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TCN News लखनऊ। देश के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज महिला दिवस पर अपन सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट देश की आधी आबादी यानि देश की महिलाओं को...

Woman hangs herself in Assam police station

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Guwahati : A 39-year-old woman hanged herself inside a toilet at the Dispur police station in Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said on...

CBI books Teesta Setalvad, husband for illegal foreign funds

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New Delhi : The CBI on Wednesday registered a case against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and associate Peshimam Gulam Mohammad...

Malaysian Indian woman faces new hurdle to get child from husband

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By IANS, Ipoh : Malaysian Indian woman Indira Gandhi was facing a fresh hurdle in recovering her infant daughter from her husband who has been granted interim permission to retain the child by an Islamic court. Gandhi's husband had converted to Islam and taken away the one-year-old girl from her. Lawmaker M. Kulasegaran, who is fighting her case, has challenged Perak state Mufti Harusani Zakaria's statement permitting Gandhi's husband Patmanathan, who converted to Islam last month, to keep the child.

Delhi to get 5,000 new women voters

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New Delhi : The Election Commission has received about 5,000 new voter enrolment forms after holding a day-long voting awareness campaign for women in...

Indian Navy to commission its first women navigators

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

Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison

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Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...

Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time

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New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career. Sania...

Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE class 12 exam

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

Youth’s wishlist for Modi: Jobs, safety of women

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New Delhi : The country's youth, which came out in large numbers on election day to vote, as the BJP led by Narendra Modi...

Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement

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Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...

Call special sitting on violence against women: Rajya Sabha member

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New Delhi : Rajya Sabha member T.N. Seema on Tuesday said a special sitting should be called to discuss the issue of violence against...

Women need 50 percent share in real power: Farooq Abdullah

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By IANS, Jammu: In the backdrop of Women's Reservation Bill being presented in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that women in India need 50 percent share in real power. "It's high time that women, who have been neglected for such a long time from holding real power, get 50 percent share in power," Abdullah, who is also the National Conference president, told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here.

As Mehbooba Mufti takes over, people of J&K hope for development, revocation of draconian...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: Continuing the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, the daughter of late J&K Chief Minister Mufti...

Himachal ex-MLA booked for sexual assault

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Shimla: A former BJP legislator in Himachal Pradesh was Tuesday booked on a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was sexually assaulted...

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.

From cooking tips to charity: Meet the ‘vlogger family’ from Malappuram

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Vlogging or video-blogging is nothing new in this modern age of technology. But there is an interesting vlogger family worth knowing...

Four policemen sacked for deaths, woman’s beating

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By IANS, Lucknow: In a rare move, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday ordered the dismissal of four policemen including two inspectors for their role in two custodial deaths in Allahabad and the thrashing of a woman in Sultanpur district. Principal Home Secretary Fateh Bahadur told mediapersons: "Taking serious note of police high-handedness in both cases, the government has decided to terminate their services to set an example before other erring cops who harass common people."

Fashion designer commits suicide in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 25-year-old fashion designer working with a garments export firm here committed suicide at his office premises Thursday, allegedly over a failed relationship, police said. Jishan, originally a resident of Bihar, was working as a fashion designer in a garments export house in Sector-10 of Noida. On Thursday around 9.30 a.m. he locked himself up in one of his company's rooms and hung himself from the ceiling fan, police said.

Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day

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New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare. They...

Hamida Aapa ki yaaden

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By Shaheer Khan for TwoCircles.net Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passed away on Sunday, August 16th at the age of 93 at her house in...

Only seven women candidates in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : A grand total of only seven women candidates have been fielded by the Congress and the BJP to contest the Lok Sabha...

President to visit women’s first education institute

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By IANS, Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office, to attend a function at India's first, over a century-old education institution for women. On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dhondopant Karve, the founder of this institute which was the country's first to impart women's education.

Ayesha Noor, the Karate champion from slums of Kolkata conferred with Tejaswini award

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TCN News Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...

Women rights activist held for attacking cops

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By IANS,

Polling begins in Assam

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Guwahati : The first phase of polling in Assam started at 7.00 a.m. on Monday for the 65 legislative assembly constituencies, officials said. People from...

SRK’s driver arrested for raping minor

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Mumbai: A driver who works with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Rajendrakumar Gautam has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl who works at former...

Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...

Celebrating women’s power through extraordinary tales

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) A woman's ability to fight back is her biggest strength. As we will celebrate the many facets of women ahead of International Women's Day that falls March 8, the IANS book stack offers you extraordinary tales of triumph and memories. Take a look.

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...

‘British men, women most promiscuous in world’

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By IANS, London : British men and women are the world's most promiscuous people, leaving their American cousins far behind, according to a study. Germans come next with the Dutch, Czechs, Australians, Americans and French ranking third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the list of the most promiscuous people, according to a study by Bradley University (BU) in Illinois, US.

Man to give wife million roses on Women’s Day

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Skill Development Centre for women from BPPL families

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By TCN News: New Delhi: A skill development centre Sponsored by Human Welfare Foundation & Managed by Women’s Manifesto has been started for women from...

2.5 million more voters in Kerala this general election

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Thiruvananthapuram : On April 10, nearly 2.5 million more voters in Kerala will cast their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections, as compared to...

Woman only nine percent of newly-elected legislators in five states

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By IANS,

आशियाना टूट जाने के डर से सड़क पर आई हजारों महिलाएं , यह है...

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Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list

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New Delhi : It's all about Indian girl power all the way! Making a mark on the global map, seven Indian celebrated personalities including...

Fresh Triple Talaq Bill to be the first bill to be introduced in the...

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TCN News The union cabinet, today, has approved the fresh bill banning triple talaq or the instant divorce practise. The bill will replace the ordinance...

Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman

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Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...

Odisha man held for harassing woman

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Bhubaneswar:The Odisha Police crime branch Wednesday arrested a man for opening a fake Facebook account in the name of a woman and for harassing...

Humiliated South African woman to be finally honoured

Women

By IANS, Pretoria : Sarah Bartmann, a South African Khoisan woman who was made to exhibit her unusual physical features like her large buttocks to Europeans in roadside shows in the 19th century, will be honoured by having some heritage sites named after her. The South African government is to open some heritage sites after her name this month that could help the people to remember the icon of oppression and colonialism that systematically stripped Africans of their dignity, BuaNews reported.

Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut

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Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from...

First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out

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By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies. Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.

Need to create awareness about cancer of cervix: Doctors

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By IANS,

4 women allegedly slain by own family in possible `honour killing’

Women

By DPA, Montreal : Canadian authorities have charged an Afghan immigrant, his wife and their oldest son with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three Montreal sisters and an older female relative. Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, and Geeti Shafia, 13, all sisters, were found dead with Rona Amir Mohammed, 50, in a submerged car June 30 in the historic Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario. From the beginning, investigators were baffled how the car managed to negotiate several obstacles to end up in the canal tail first, without leaving any skid marks.

Shanbaug rape accused was living a ‘normal’ life in a UP village

Women

Lucknow: The rape accused in the nurse Aruna Shanbaug case, Sohan Lal Bharti Valmiki, has been living in a Uttar Pradesh village for the...

Goa serial killers committed murder in Mumbai too: Police

Women

By IANS, Panaji: Four persons, including a woman and a 16-year-old girl who were arrested by the Goa police earlier this week for multiple murders in the state, had left a trail of blood in Mumbai too, police said. Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, Superintendent of Police (CID) Atmaram Deshpande said that the gang, which includes a woman and a 16-year-old girl, had also confessed to murdering a woman in Virar, a suburb on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind awards four including Ram Puniyani for promoting communal harmony

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind conferred Sadbhavana Award upon four persons for their outstanding work in the field of communal...

Woman power still far cry in Indian filmdom

Women

(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Radhika Bhirani, IANS,

‘Northeast women playing key role in peace process’

Women

By IANS,

Swarovski’s ode to your special woman with new line

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: This Women’s Day, celebrate the women who have touched your life and add a sparkle to their life with exquisitely designed...

Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati

Women

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...

Accepting Sahitya Akademi award with mixed feelings: K.R. Meera

Women

By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Though it's an honour, it’s painful to accept a Sahitya Akademi award at a time when country is witnessing...

Ramadan Special: Women Of All Faiths Attend ‘Iftar’ in Masjid in Aurangabad

Women

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “I stepped into the mosque for the first time. We were welcomed by the host with great love and...

Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay. Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).

Starving sisters locked for months, rescued in Delhi

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Locked up inside their home and unfed for months together, two sisters were rescued from their north Delhi apartment Saturday, police officials said.

Empower women with education to uplift Muslims: Dr. Asma Zehra

Women

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Woman jumps with baby before train, baby escapes

Women

By IANS,

Obese women more impulsive than others

Women

By IANS, Washington : Obese women tend to be more impulsive than their normal weight counterparts, according to a study. University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) researchers tested how obese and normal-weight men, women are driven by immediate versus delayed gratification. They gave 95 participants (men and women) the choice of receiving hypothetical amounts of money immediately or fixed amounts to be received after delays of two weeks, one month, six months or after years.

Girl in Delhi thwarts rape bid by three men

Women

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...

A women’s only car rally held in Punjab

Women

By IANS, Mohali (Punjab) : Nearly 30 women racing enthusiasts participated in a 80-km car rally here Sunday to commemorate the International World Women's Day. "This is for the second time that I am participating in this event. For me it is the best way to celebrate the Women's Day and also an easy way to get a break from our mundane routine," Gurveen Kaur, a lawyer, told IANS before the start of the rally.

Bihar Woman abandons husband, kids to marry father-in-law

Women

By IANS, Patna : A woman has left her husband and four children from him to marry her father-in-law in a Bihar village, raising the hackles of a tradition-bound community. Angry and shocked, the villagers have ostracised her and her father-in-law and ordered the ciouple to leave the village as early as posiible for breaking age-old social traditions. Lalita Devi, 25, left her husband Dilip Mandal, 28, and their four minor children Saturday to marry her father-in-law Harindar Mandal in Dhamiapatti village in Madhubani district, 129 km from Patna.

Campaign on wheels against child trafficking launched in Assam

Women

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday flagged off the 'Mukti Caravan', a campaign on wheels against child trafficking spearheaded by Bachpan Bachao...

Respond to woman lawyer’s plea in manhandling case: SC to Delhi Police

Women

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Police chief to respond to a plea seeking transfer to the CBI of investigation...

Over five million people endorse effort to end violence against women

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By DPA, New York : More than five million people have signed a petition to support the UN campaign to end violence against women, a programme spearheaded by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, the UN has said. The petition was presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mark Tuesday's International Day to End Violence Against Women. "We thought that the more names we collected, the stronger our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for governments everywhere," Kidman said at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York.

AMU faculty Dr Mah Seema Masood passes away

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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.

Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...

Unveiling the Truth: Women of Kashmir Break Silence on social media to confront molestation

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By Fahim Mattoo, TwoCircles.net The safety and protection of women in Jammu and Kashmir hang in the balance following the dissolution of the State Commission...

Woman detained for crossing barricade on PM’s route in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old woman was detained by Delhi Police on Wednesday for crossing a barricade put up on a route to be...

Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament. More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest. One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.

Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin

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By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.

Women’s panel to submit report on Amethi ‘atrocities’

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By IANS, Lucknow : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it will submit within a week a report on the police attack on women in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town. "I visited Amethi and met the women injured in the baton charge by police. I saw their medical reports," Neeva Konwar, a member of the NCW, told reporters in Lucknow after returning from Amethi. The police allegedly broke into the houses of some residents of Amethi July 13 after they staged a noisy protest against the deteriorating power supply in the town.

With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Bundu : Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to "bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women" whose husbands and kin have taken to arms. Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile 'zamindar' (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 km from Ranchi, makes terracotta, dokra (metal ware) and ceramic sculptures, jewellery, cutlery and solid three-dimensional wall paintings using ethnic Sohrai motifs and techniques.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

NWF to organize rallies in support of Muslim prisoners

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By TCN News Madurai: Muslims are over-represented in the prison system but when states issue list of prisoners to be released for good conduct they are always under-represented.

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट करोली : पहले धर्म पहचाना और फिर लगा दी दुकानों में आग

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अहमद कासिम Twocircles.net के लिए 2 अप्रैल 2022 की शाम राजस्थान के शहर करोली में हिन्दू नववर्ष की शोभायात्रा निकाले जाने के दौरान साम्प्रदायिक...

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.

तलाक –एक आम औरत की बिसात ही क्या…?

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Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net 31 साल की यास्मीन से निकाह के समय तो तीन बार ‘क़बूल है’ ज़रूर पूछा गया था, लेकिन जब शौहर ने उसे...

Four held for illegally selling Rs.700 mn property of actress

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By IANS, Chennai : Four people, including two women, have been jailed for allegedly selling a property worth over Rs.700 million and partly owned by actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti. They used forged papers to sell the property in the northwest suburbs of this city, the police said. The four were arrested Friday following a complaint from one of the owners of the property. All of them were sent to Puzhal prison after a court remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days, a police official said.

Did Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in Triple Talaq, lie about her divorce?

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, the issue of instant Triple Talaq has been discussed, criticised, debated and analysed a lot....

Unable to pay bribe, Dalit woman in Kerala denied treatment in government hospital

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kasargod: A Dalit woman in Kasargod district of Kerala has alleged that she was denied treatment by government hospital...

Mamata a role model for women, says US diplomat

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By IANS, Kolkata : A US diplomat Tuesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her fighting spirit and called her a great role model for women.

अगले जनम मोहे बिटिया न कीजो…

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निकहत परवीन “पढ़-लिख कर क्या करोगी? तुम पराया धन हो” भारतीय समाज के लगभग हर दूसरे घर में कहने वाला ये प्रचलित वाक्य है, विशेषकर...

Cases of triple talaq extremely rare among Indian Muslims, confirms survey

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A survey conducted by Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy (CRDDP) has found that incidents of...

A dai steps toward ensuring safe motherhood in Rajasthan

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Triple Talaq is cruelty against Muslim women, rules court

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Allahabad : In a landmark ruling, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed Triple Talaq as "cruelty against Muslim women" and said no "Personal...

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

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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...

Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur

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Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...

Kerala assembly to hold special session for women’s quota

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent seats in the local legislative bodies for women. "The main reason to call the special session is to pass this new law to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women in the local bodies," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters. Currently, there are 20,554 elected representatives in Kerala, of which 33.33 percent seats are reserved for women.

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women

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By IANS, Belgaum (Karnataka) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for increasing atrocities on women and children in the country. "Though rape and murder of women are committed in New Delhi right under the nose of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has failed to prevent such heinous crimes," Modi said at a party rally at Kittur, about 30 km from this north Karnataka town.

Maharashtra moots murder charge for female foeticide

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By IANS, Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Tuesday mooted slapping murder charges on those involved in female foeticide.

Tripura women protest Delhi gang-rape

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By IANS, Agartala : Several women in Tripura staged rallies to express their anguish over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Delhi bus.

नही रही पार्क सर्कस कोलकाता में सीएए बिल विरोध प्रदर्शन का मुख्य चेहरा अस्मत...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस मैदान में सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन की शुरुआत करने वाली सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता अस्मत जमील का सोमवार को 46 वर्ष की...

On sighting the Eid moon

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Disabled have divine ability, government scheme in Guinness records: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said physically challenged people have a "divine ability" and urged people to change the way...

Pakistan activist honored with International Women of Courage Award

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Islamabad : After youngest ever nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the scenic Swat valley is again in the limelight on the world scene...

अस्मानामा : मैं तो चार से निक़ाह करूंगा, लेकिन तुम्हारा क्या?

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By अस्मा अंजुम खान, TwoCircles.net, (अंग्रेज़ी पढ़ाती हैं और ढेर सारी बातें करती हैं.) शनिवार का दिन मेरे लिए एक मशक्क़त से भरे हफ़्ते के अंत का सूचक होता है. पिछले छः दिनों के भीतर किए गए कामों के बाद मिलने वाला आराम मुझे अपने आगोश में लेने लगता है. इसी बीच एक शनिवार को एक बहन आती है और मुझे गले से लगाकर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगती है. उसने बताया कि आयशा और अन्य उम्माहतुल मोमिनीन के बारे में मेरी बातों ने उसके दिल को छू लिया. लेकिन अपनी उस रुलाई के बारे में पूछे जाने पर उसने जो बताया, उससे मैं न सिर्फ़ चकित हुई बल्कि अगले कुछ हफ़्तों तक मेरे भीतर डर बैठ गया था.

Silent Sufferers: Harassment still remains behind closed doors

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) New Delhi : Priya Gosain (name changed) never paid heed to her boss' "inappropriate advances". Ignoring him was...

10-year-old domestic help burnt by employer

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By IANS, New Delh: A 10-year-old girl, working as a domestic help, was allegedly tortured and burnt by her employer in east Delhi, police said Thursday. "The victim was working as a domestic help at a house last several months. Her hand was burnt by a hot utensil by her employer," a senior police officer said. The incident took place around 11 a.m. in Lakshmi Nagar area of east Delhi.

Indian-origin grandmother is Trinidad and Tobago’s first woman PM

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By Paras Ramoutar, IANS, Port-of-Spain : Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose forefather came here from India as an indentured labourer, has been elected the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago after the political alliance led by her emerged victorious and ended the ruling party's 43 years in power. Persad-Bissessar's People's Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentary seats in the elections held Monday. She is expected to be sworn in as prime minister Tuesday evening by President George Maxwell Richards.

Rape of foreign nationals brings bad name to India: Court

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New Delhi: Incidents of raping foreign nationals has brought a very bad name to India , a court here has said while sentencing two...

Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief hits out at Salman

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Srinagar : Asiya Andrabi, chief of women's separatist group 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith), Tuesday came down heavily on Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for advocating...

Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2005 in Gujarat

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A study exposes crude insensitivity of the state towards implementing the law By Nikhat, So far as spousal violence in Gujarat is concerned, the figure is very disturbing; around 28% ever married women have experienced sexual or physical violence and 34% of such women have sustained serious injuries. The extent of reportability of cases of spousal violence is even more frustrating, only 30% (i.e. 1 in every 3) of such women has sought help to end the violence and 58% of such women have neither sought help nor told anyone about the spousal violence [1].