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Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...

Paying a debt to our mothers, says law minister

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By IANS, New Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily Tuesday said by passing of the historic Women's Reservation Bill providing 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies "we are paying a debt to our mothers". The apprehensions expressed by some MPs on the quota would be addressed, the law minister assured the house.

Bihar village bans jeans, T-shirt for girls

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By IANS, Patna: After three of its girls went missing, a village in Bihar's Siwan district has barred girls from using mobile phones and wearing jeans and T-shirts, an official said Monday.

UN body concerned about impact of Gaza violence on women

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United Nations : The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Friday expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women's...

Delhi man, mother get life terms in dowry death case

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld life sentences to a man and his mother for killing his wife for dowry. The court also regretted the stand of the girl's family, saying the case shows discrimination against the girl child still exists in Indian society.

‘Obamas are a typical juggling American family’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday. "The Obama family has been very positively received because they are like any other American family. Michelle Obama specially is an inspiration to all American women," Verveer said while interacting with reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital.

A week after protests, AMU keeps peaceful dissent alive

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Text and photos by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh: On the night of 15 December, Ayesha (20) and Tuba (21), two students of AMU sat in...

Rajasthan woman,85, stripped and tortured for being a ‘witch’

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Jaipur: An 85-year-old woman has complained of being tortured with searing tongs and stripped after being branded as a witch in Rajasthan's Bihara village,...

The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women

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Snobar | Twocircles.net Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of...

British Indian jailed for raping 12-year-old girl

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London: A British Indian man has been jailed for over ten years for raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain last year, a media report...

In conversation with Makiko Kimura

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

BSF women step closer to creating history at the border

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : As they thumped their feet into the ground for the final parade as trainees, they all knew that they are just a step away from their destination - of being the first women to be guarding India's international borders. The Kharkan camp of the Border Security Force (BSF), 15 km from this Punjab town, saw history being made Saturday as 178 women recruits were inducted into the BSF fold after their impressive passing out parade here.

“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...

DMK calls for 33 percent reservation for women

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By IANS, Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) :The DMK, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu and an important ally of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Sunday called for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament and legislative assemblies. A resolution passed at the DMK's womens' meet here, urged the central government "to first pass a law on this". After that, "all the parties can together consider and decide if there can be reservation within reservation", the resolution said.

50 percent girls acquire STD in two years of becoming sexually active

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By IANS, Washington: Nearly 50 percent of urban teenage girls may acquire a sexually transmitted disease within two years of becoming sexually active, a new study said. In the study, researchers found that half of the 381 girls enrolled were infected with one sexually transmitted disease (STD) - chlamydia (pain during sex or bleeding after sex) or trichomoniasis (itching, burning, and inflammation of the vagina). The girls were aged 14 to 17 years.

State governments indifferent to Anganwadi workers: Maneka Gandhi

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said the state governments are adopting a "careless" and "irresponsible"...

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

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Karnataka woman police officer’s resignation sparks row

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Bengaluru : The sudden resignation of Karnataka woman police officer Anupama Shenoy as Deputy Superintendent of Police in Ballari district sparked a controversy, after...

Women’s safety top issue in JNUSU election

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New Delhi : With growing cases of crimes against women at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most student organisations Wednesday outlined women safety as their...

Woman researchers equally participate in a Seminar organized by Theological department of AMU

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Sunni Theological Society Department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a national level on the theme “Human values in world religions”...

When tremor hits, femininity shines

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By Zhan Yan, Xinhua, Beijing : When William Shakespeare wrote "frailty, thy name is woman," he may have no idea what women could do at times of extreme adversity. As the 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan province May 12, it let out not only the devastating power from the depth of the earth, but also the incredible strength within women. A two-month-old girl baby was found on the day of the quake under the ruins in Longwan village in Beichuan county. She survived because she was shielded by her mother, who died protecting her.

Taxi drivers pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women

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New Delhi : Auto and taxi drivers on Thursday took pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women. They took the pledge in this regard...

Will consider regional woman caucus idea, says Speaker

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By IANS, New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Tuesday said she would consider suggestions by Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza that there should be a Women's Parliamentary Caucus in South Asia. "I will look into it," Meira Kumar said on the sidelines of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) when asked about the suggestion made by her Pakistani counterpart.

Asia’s richest woman was feng shui master’s lover, court told

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By DPA, Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman, according to court testimony, was the lover of a feng shui master for 14 years before leaving him her entire multibillion-US-dollar fortune, a news report said Saturday. Lawyers for feng shui master Tony Chan said he and Nina Wang shared a "long-lasting, close and affectionate love" from 1993 to her death last year, the South China Morning Post reported. The pair allegedly had "midnight meetings" disguised as feng shui consultations during their secret affair, which began three years after Wang's husband was kidnapped, never to reappear.

Anti-AFSPA march from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar on 30 Mar at...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Another protest against the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is going to be organized by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, AISA, AIPWA, RYA, DSF, JNUSU, NEFIS, NAPM and other like-minded groups, which will be in the form of a march from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar at 1 PM on 30th March. After the march, there will also be a public meeting at Jantar Mantar.

Banerjee flags off ladies special train in West Bengal

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

Global Women Summit in Vietnam

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By Prensa Latina, Hanoi : Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.

‘More women stepping out to write’

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By IANS, New Delhi : An increasing number of women are now stepping out in the world of literature to shape up the voice of feminist authors, feel well-known women authors and publishers.

Strict action against those who misbehave with women: Kerala CM

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Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): Strict action will be taken against those who misbehave with women, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. "The recent stand of...

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...

Reliance Foundation to spread financial literacy among slum women

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Mumbai : The Reliance Foundation on Monday announced a unique initiative it has taken up -- a project to spread financial literacy and awareness...

अस्पताल की लापरवाही से यासीन की मौत, संगठनों ने लगाया सपा सरकार पर आरोप

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ: जमीनी विवाद में जिंदा जला दिए गए बाराबंकी स्थित हैदरगढ़ के मोहम्मद यासीन की लखनऊ के सिविल अस्पताल में इलाज के...

Islamists protest Dhaka’s equal rights to women policy

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Women in contract jobs more likely to face sexual advances

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By IANS, Sydney : Women holding casual and contract jobs are 10 times more likely to face sexual advances than those in permanent positions, according to a study. The research by Anthony LaMontagne, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, examined the likelihood of sexual harassment in different types of employment. "Our study shows that 79 percent of those who experience unwanted sexual advances at work are women," he said.

Left parties join hands ahead of polls in northeast

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Imphal : Joining hands ahead of elections in some northeastern states, the left parties have called for unity among themselves to stamp out corruption...

Muslim League forms org for female students

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US-based organization distributes ‘Ramadan ration’ among widows, Rohingya refugees in Jammu

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By TCN News Jammu: US-based organisation Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC) conducted a two-day ‘Ramadan Ration Program’ among 300 poor and...

Bear kills woman in Himachal Pradesh

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By IANS, Shimla: A bear mauled to death a woman in a Himachal Pradesh village, police said Sunday. The victim, Devki Devi, 60, was grazing livestock when she was attacked by the bear near Nerwa village of Shimla district Saturday, police said. Her body was recovered from the bushes by her family members. Pugmarks from the spot showed that the woman was mauled by an adult bear, police added. In the Chopal region, the sighting of the Asiatic black bear is common from May onwards when it comes out from hibernation.

These women mountain bikers are on a roll

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By Vishal Gulati Shimla : These women bikers are literally on a role as they prepare for the world's toughest off-road cycling event...

Woman complains to rights panel against Andhra legislator

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

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

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Mulayam talking rubbish: Lalu

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Patna: Mulayam Singh Yadav is talking "rubbish", RJD chief Lalu Prasad said Friday, reacting to the Samajwadi Party chief terming as unfair the death...

Conference on minority girls’ aspirations held in Delhi

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Najma Heptulla signals speedy implementation of govt schemes in eastern India. By TCN News, New Delhi: The two-day National Conference on ‘an understanding...

Meet Kaneez Fatima, Karnataka’s Only Muslim Woman MLA

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Kaneez Fatima, the hijab-clad politician who won in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka is currently very popular with her videos...

Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...

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An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District. Afnan Habib...

More than a lifetime: Abdul Qadeer, a prisoner for 22 years

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By Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Policing My Plate? Such A Dadri!

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By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan He Died, but Hope Hasn’t I am a Muslim and I don’t eat mutton chicken beef. Not because someone tells me...

Free travel for girl students: Mamata

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Women groups traverse country to pitch for quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : They call the campaign "The Campaign Reservation Express". A group of 55 women - activists and those who have stood against social injustice - will return to the capital Sunday after a two-week journey across the country to garner support for women's reservation bill's passage. The group of women, hailing from different parts of the country, were divided into three "Karvans" that went on different routes across India from Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh May 20, spreading their message through public discussions, stage performances, poetry recitations and the like.

Jammu woman files rape complaint against four LeT guerrillas

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By IANS, Jammu : In the first incident of its kind, a woman from Jammu region has filed a complaint of rape against guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and identified one of the atatckers during a parade of the suspects, the police said here. Shah Bano, wife of Shafi Gujar, a resident of Zainidal Bhaderwah, claimed she was gang raped by four guerrillas of the LeT and filed a police complaint.

Man ordered to pay house rent for estranged wife

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New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered a man to pay Rs.15,000 per month towards rent for house of his estranged wife. However, the court...

Dress & Crime: Andhra DGP gets support from Ulema, Hindu hardliners

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

‘Don’t take my daughter away’, cried the grief-stricken mother

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By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’

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By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in all aspects of their lives. Kathleen Mulligan, assistant professor of voice and speech in Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, New York will work closely with the women's centre at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi as well as with adolescent girls in the community.

Midwives ask for recognition of work, incentives

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By IANS, Gandhinagar : A convention of around 1,500 'dais' (midwives) from 15 districts of Gujarat has sought recognition of their work with a small monetary incentive to further reduce maternal and child mortality in the state. Mirai Chatterjee, social security director of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) said Monday that the day-long convention organized jointly by the Dai Sangathan, a set up of 8,000 members involving 25 NGOs and the state health department, also sought identity cards, training and support for their services, especially in interior villages.

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

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

Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child

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By IANS, Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child". Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala. "At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.

Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’

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Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

Najma Heptullah: A Congress deserter who made good in BJP (Profile)

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New Delhi : Najma Heptullah, a former Congress leader who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia...

Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet

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Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...

Ramadan 1438: Bisma

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I just finished taking my Math exam. I practiced for two whole days and forgot one answer in the end,"...

Self-defence training programme for girls in West Bengal madrasas

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Starting from July, the West Bengal Director of Madrasa Education will start a 45-day free of cost self-defence training programme...

Women of Nandigram movement suffer in silence

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Kolkata: They were once an integral part of the Nandigram movement that eventually catapulted the Trinamool Congress into power in West Bengal, but women...

Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...

Dulla Bhatti and communalization of history

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By Japal Singh for TwoCircles.net Today is Lohri, a festival that is celebrated in Punjab with great gusto. Few days before, young boys go around...

Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle

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

इस चुनाव में महिला वोटरों की होगी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पिछले दिनों नेशनल सैंपल सर्वे द्वारा 2017 18 के जारी रिपोर्ट में कहा गया कि नोटेबंदी की वजह से एक करोड़ दस लाखलोगों को अपना रोज़गार खोना पड़ा जबकि सरकार द्वारा ये भी कहा गया कि उनके पुरे कार्यकाल में बहुत से योजनाएं शुरूहुई, जिसमें आमजन को इसका लाभ मिला. दरअसल 2014 में बनी केंद्र की भाजपा सरकार ने महिला सशक्तिकरण के नाम पर बहुत सी योजनाओं की शुरुआत कीजिसमे अगर बिहार राज्य की बात करें तो पिछले दस वर्षो से चलाए जा रहे महिला सशक्तीकरण एवं जागरूकता अभियान काअसर लोकसभा चुनाव पर भी दिखने लगा है। वर्ष 2014 के मुकाबले 12 फीसदी महिला मतदाताओं में वृद्धि हुई है. चुनाव आयोग के मुताबिक बिहार में 2014 के मुकाबले2019 में महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या में 12 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी हुई है। आयोग के आकड़ें के मुताबिक महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या की वृद्धि दर 12.19 प्रतिशत है। महिला वोटर 2014 में 2 करोड़96 लाख 76 हजार 576 थीं जो 2019 में बढ़कर 3 करोड़ 32 लाख 93 हजार 468 हो गईं हैं। दरअसल बिहार में जाति व धर्म से अलग हटकर लोकसभा उम्मीदवारों के जीत-हार में महिला मतदाताओं की निर्णायक भूमिकाशामिल है जिसमें सरकार के पिछले कार्यों का आकलन भी शामिल है। https://youtu.be/5TUX-bicq6Y window.onload = function() {var adsPercent = 1;if(Math.random() <= adsPercent) {var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = "https://example.com/js/adsbygoogle.js"; ...

Encourage competitive spirits amongst our children: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Detroit: “Competition in India is growing so fast that you will lag behind if you are not able to perform to the highest level. You have to give your best,” said Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, the Consul General of India in Detroit on Sunday. Speaking to parents, he said we have to encourage competitive spirit amongst our children.

Historian Rana Safvi bags Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2020

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Renowned historian and author Rana Safvi has won this year’s Yamin Hazarika Award. The prestigious award is given in the...

Indian women’s relay team to compete Friday

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By IANS, Beijing : It will be India's last chance to salvage prestige on the track event of athletics as the women's 4x400m relay team get into action at the Beijing Olympics Friday. The showpiece track and field have seen pathetic performances from the Indians so far, with none of the competitors progressing beyond the first stage and none managing to replicate the performance they had come up with to make the cut for the big event.

Women MPs number yet to touch 50 in Lok Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : So much for woman power. The number of women MPs in India's 545-member Lok Sabha has never touched 50, the Election Commission said Friday. "The nearest when women members could reach this mark was in the 13th Lok Sabha in the 1999 elections when 49 women candidates were elected. It was barely 9.02 percent of the total Lok Sabha Seats," a communique said. The number of women elected to the Lok Sabha came down to 45 in 2004. It was the second highest in the house since its inception. "It was only 8.29 percent of the total seats," the communique said.

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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Syeda Hamid, Kalbe-Sadique and Shabana Azami to attend BMMA convention

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By TwoCircles.net news desk New Delhi: Third annual convention of Bhartiya Mahila Muslim Andolan (BMMA) will be organized in Lucknow on October 11th, 2009. The convention topic is “When will we become full citizens?” The convention will focus on the issue of development. It will raise questions about the role of state in safeguarding the citizenship rights of the Muslims particularly Muslim women. The convention will also be a platform to discuss Sachar Committee recommendations.

Jabarti becomes first Saudi woman editor in chief

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By IINA, Jeddah : Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette newspaper following the resignation of Khaled Almaeena from...

Controversy in Kashmir after Army-run school asks staff to ‘avoid Hijab’

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The Dagger Parivaar School, which is run by the Army in collaboration with an NGO, said the move was aimed to help disabled students...

Asma Nama: P for Preaching; P for Practice?

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Are Today’s Muslims Only Talking Toms? By Dr Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, Whenever I read George Bernard Shaw saying, ‘Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst people’, it makes me angry. Be it the international scene or our closed communities, does Shaw metaphor stick to us (and stinks too?)

AMU elects its first woman in teachers association

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By IANS, Aligarh: After being in the news for alleged gender bias, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time elected a woman to its influential teacher's association.

No plans for new women’s battalions in paramilitary forces

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By IANS, New Delhi : There are no plans for raising new women's battalions or reserve battalions in the central armed police forces (CAPFs), parlaiment was informed Tuesday.

Nawab Sikandar Begum’s Hajj memoir

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and for over fourteen hundred years a journey of a lifetime for millions of Muslims living in different corners of the world. These hajis returned to their homelands to tell a tale of physical and spiritual journey of extraordinary proportions. Hajj is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman who are able to undertake this journey. A large number of Muslim women from India made this pious trip but one of the first to write an account of her hajj journey was Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal.

TWC slams molestation of woman in public

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Agartala : The Tripura Women's Commission Friday severely condemned the assault on and molestation of a woman by a section of people in full...

Four commit suicide in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: At least four members of a family committed suicide Tuesday in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police said. The incident occurred at Dhenkanal town, the district...

Woman saves Indian from Bangladeshis’ captivity in Baharin

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Manama: An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the...

Amnesty phone to deal with sexual violence

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

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

Delhi polls: Women candidates promise the moon on security

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By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : With women's security being such a big issue in the capital, women candidates in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly...

Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women

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By IANS, Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them. For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women. The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.

Women’s bill to be tabled Monday: Government

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By IANS, New Delhi : The bill that seeks 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan said Friday. Monday, March 8, is International Women's Day. The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.

Hijab controversy resurfaces in Mangalore

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mangalore: Time and again, the Hijab row continues to haunt Muslim girls in educational institutions across Karnataka, but especially so in Mangalore. This time, a college management on the outskirts of the city at Valachil in Dakshina Kannada district has asked girls not to attend the classes wearing Hijab.

Leaders highlight public-private partnership targeting women

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By Xinhua, Hanoi : The close partnership between governments and private companies and non-governmental organizations are of importance to advancing women's economic opportunities, ministers to the ongoing 18th Global Summit of Women (GSW) said here Friday. The public-private partnership is essential because governments do not have sufficient resources to deal with challenges faced by women, GSW president Irene Natividad said at the summit's plenary session in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.

Gayatri Devi: People’s princess who loved lilies and horses

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi: The feisty princess Ayesha, daughter of the erstwhile maharaja of Cooch Behar, shot her first panther at the age of 13, stunning everyone. Six years later, the beautiful woman who came to be known as Maharani Gayatri Devi stunned her family again by falling in love with prince Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur. She called him "Jai" and insisted on marrying him, never mind that he already had two wives and that her own family was against the match.

Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery

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

Young woman with male sex organs operated upon at AMU’s medical college

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: The doctors at J N Medical College were left baffled when they found a 20-year-old woman possessing a male sex organ and testes instead of a uterus and ovaries. She was operated upon, testes were removed and a functional vaginal canal was created by a team of doctors led by Dr. Arshad Hafeez Khan, Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery at the college.

Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents

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By IANS, London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.” "Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people. Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.

Women activists urge president not to sign sexual crime ordinance

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By IANS, New Delhi: Some women's organisations Saturday urged the president not to sign the ordinance on criminal law amendments passed by the union cabinet to deal with sexual crimes.

लखनऊ: उजरियां में धरने को हुआ एक महीना पूरा, घण्टाघर पर भूखहड़ताल शुरू

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनआरसी और एनपीआर के विरोध में लखनऊ के उजरियाँ मे चल रहे धरना-प्रदर्शन को एक महीना पूरा हो...

Rape cases against SC and ST women increasing

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Periods, women’s health and Ramadan

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By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net Imagine that it is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and you are fasting with full excitement...

Canteen to be run exclusively by women inaugurated at Jamia

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By TCN News, New Delhi: A canteen run exclusively by women and operated by Ekta Self Help Group (SHG) was inaugurated in Jamia Millia Islamia today by Smt. Salma Ansari, Wife of Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India.

Ensure safety of women passengers, court to DTC

Women

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

After liquor ban, Bihar to focus on de-addiction of alcoholics

Women

By Imran Khan Patna : For the Bihar government, enforcing a liquor ban that came into effect on Friday is not the only challenge. De-addiction...

International Women’s Day is mixed bag in Kerala

Women

By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Numerous events marked International Women's Day Friday in Kerala, India's most literate state. There were some not-so-pleasant moments too.

Indian parliament elects its first woman speaker, Meira Kumar

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : History was made in India Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar, 64, became the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha - the lower house of parliament - with MPs cutting across party lines supporting the election of the Dalit leader. The newly elected members of the 15th Lok Sabha watched in rapt attention as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani, who were engaged in a bitter war of words until a month ago, together led Meira Kumar to the podium.

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

Women

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.

Muslim woman panchayat leader quits alleging male supremacy

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By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,

Muslim toppers honored at AFMI’s 21st Annual Convention

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दौड़ने से पहले ही पंक्चर हो गई अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘साइकिल’ योजना

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net अल्पसंख्यक तबक़े से ताल्लुक़ रखने वाली लड़कियों पढ़ाई-लिखाई में प्रोत्साहन देने के मक़सद से शुरू की गई केन्द्र सरकार की ‘साइकिल...

My role in rape endemic

Women

By Aamir Qutub

बिन ईंधन का सिलेंडर, फ्लॉप साबित हो रही है मोदी की उज्ज्वला योजना

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जावेद अनीस, TwoCircles.net के लिए मध्य प्रदेश के शाजापुर ज़िले के कांजा गांव की निवासी मंजूबाई का प्रधानमंत्री उज्ज्वला योजना के तहत मिला गैस...

Tihar has separate lock-ups for women, Delhi HC told

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed by the city government that there were separate lock-ups for women accused in Tihar...

In Rural Telangana, How a Dalit Women-Run Radio Station Is Changing Lives

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Mohini Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: Not long ago, in a corner of southern India where caste and gender boundaries still hold strong, the idea of Dalit women...

Muslim Women’s collective criticises AIMPLB’s stance on Triple Talaq

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By TCN News Bebaak collective, a reading, learning and sharing process initiated for Muslim women three years ago, has come out strongly against the...

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...

A witch-hunting survivor takes up crusade to save Assamese women

Women

By Aditya Baruah Guwahati : In her mid-60s, Birubala Rabha looks like any tribal Rabha woman next door. What distinguishes her from the others is...

क्या तीन तलाक़ के फौजदारी क़ानून से महिलाओं का भला होगा?

Women

नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए अगर बीमारी की जांच-पड़ताल ग़लत होगी तो दवा भी ग़लत दी जाएगी. क्या सारे सामाजिक दु:खों का सिर्फ़-सिर्फ़ एक इलाज है कि...

Delhi government acts against female foeticide

Women

New Delhi : Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday issued notice to 89 hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital suspected of...

Student gang-raped in Bihar, two held

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By IANS, Patna: Two people have been arrested for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a student in a Bihar village, police said Sunday.

Women’s bill holds many unrealized promises: Meira Kumar

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: The women's reservation bill holds many unrealized promises for the political empowerment of women, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here Saturday. "India was one of the first countries where women were given the right to vote. Parliament has, over the years, enacted several laws for their empowerment, welfare and protection," Meira Kumar, the first woman to be the Lok Sabha speaker, said at a summit on 'Inclusive Growth and Empowerment of Women of Rural India'.

Empowerment of Muslim women through Islamic knowledge

Women

By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) have conducted a three-day seminar cum workshop on 'Right of Women in Qur'an-Theory and Practice' at Sarvodaya Building, St. Pius College Goregaon East in Mumbai to equip women with adequate knowledge and skills to do their work more effectively and efficiently in their respective fields.

For a woman, being mentally alert is greatest weapon

Women

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

Woman found dead in Aravali foothills in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon: The body of a woman in her 50s was found in the foothills of the Aravali mountain range here Saturday, police said. The woman...

Sheena murder: Cops quiz ex-lover, brother fears for life

Women

Mumbai : In a bid to get to the bottom of Sheena Bora's murder, police on Thursday twice grilled Rahul Mukherjea, the victim's...

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...

Woman, daughter kicked, stripped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : The mother and 18-year-old sister of a young man were kicked, stripped and paraded naked in an Uttar Pradesh village by locals who were against his relationship with a girl. The two brothers of the girl have been arrested, police said Saturday. The mother and sister of Phaujveer Singh, 24, a resident of Kalyanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, some 350 km from Lucknow, were Friday paraded naked in the village by a group of locals, including the family members of the girl.

SC opens Sabarimala Temple gates to women aged 10-50

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New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday opened the gates of the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala dedicated to Lord Ayyappa to...

Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!

Women

By IANS, Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard. Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk. "Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.

Tourist trampled to death by elephant in Kerala

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Idukki (Kerala): A school teacher from Gujarat on a holiday here was crushed to death by an elephant as she fell to the ground...

Mahajan to attend women presiding officers’ meet in Switzerland

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New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the ninth annual meeting of women speakers of parliament in Switzerland Sep 4-5. The theme...

Only two seats to TN Assembly: Woman leader moves against Muslim League leadership

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Clergyman donates kidney to Muslim woman in Kerala

Women

Kochi : A clergyman in Kerala has donated his kidney to a Muslim woman who was suffering from kidney ailments for the last...

NCW unhappy with Colors on female foeticide serial

Women

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.

Safe, comfy and chatting away – women’s empowerment at PCO booths

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Anjali Kher, 33, a small-time designer from Srinagar, keeps in touch with her family in the Kashmir Valley from the public telephone booth next to her home in Delhi. "The booth remains open till midnight and I drop in almost every day after work to call my father and my brothers," Kher, who lives in Mayur Vihar, told IANS. The public telephone - including the PCO (public call office) phone booths with STD facilities - in India has become a tool of empowerment for women in middle class India, particularly migrants.

दर्दनाक : बेबस माँ ने बच्चो के साथ ख़ुदकुशी कर ली

Women

आस मोहम्मद कैफ, बिजनौर (नहटौर) बिजनौर में एक दर्दनाक घटनाक्रम में मुफलिसी से तंग आकर एक गरीब औरत ने अपनी दो बेटियों के साथ ख़ुदकुशी...

Dec 16 and now Uber: Has anything changed, any lessons learnt?

Women

(Two years after Dec 16,2014 gang-rape) By Ranjana Narayan and Shweta Sharma, New Delhi : Another rape, again an outcry. Two years since the Dec 16 gang rape nothing much has changed, borne out by the fact that a serial offender like the Uber taxi driver operated undetected and was able to commit his latest rape without compunction.

Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness

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New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...

Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania

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

हमें फ़ातिमा शेख़ को क्यों याद रखना चाहिए!

Women

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

Suicides by pregnant women, new mothers under-reported

Women

By IANS, Sydney : Nearly twice as many women commit suicide during pregnancy or the time around childbirth than previously thought, according to University of New South Wales researchers. The results highlighted the significance of perinatal (period shortly before and after birth) mental health, with suicide being the leading cause of indirect death, followed by cardiac disorders. Deaths from accidents and violence are also significant.

1,203 candidates to fight for Kerala’s 140 assembly seats

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Thiruvananthapuram : A total of 1,203 candidates were left in the fray and will now fight for the 140 Kerala assembly seats on May...

Women’s commission to take up death of Indian woman

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Now, all-women canteen at Jamia in Delhi

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New Delhi : Jamia Millia Islamia has got its first all women-run canteen as part of the efforts of a self-help group towards women...

Clean Chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment case is supreme injustice, say...

Women

TCN News About 350 feminists and women’s rights groups have written an open letter to the retired judges of Supreme Court expressing their disappointment at...

Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi

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Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday. Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...

‘Misconduct’, ‘Indiscipline’: IIT-BHU Students Suspended While Demanding Justice for Gangrape Survivor

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Sayeda, TwoCircles.net Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Almost a year after a 22-year-old student of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was allegedly gangraped by three workers of the...

250 women pray at Haji Ali Dargah after 5 years

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

Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers

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By IANS,

Assam verdict shows how AIUDF got it wrong, paid the price for being complacent

Women

By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net The Assam state elections results have made it clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party has decimated the incumbent Congress to...

UP government’s utterances on women ring hollow

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

Mice show women can handle stress better

Women

By IANS, Sydney : Female mice engineered without a neurotransmitter in the lab, known to lower anxiety levels, were less stressed than their similarly configured male counterparts. Tim Karl, behavioural neuroscientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, explained that "pharmacological tests show that when you introduce NPY (neurotransmitter) to an animal in a stressful situation, its stress levels decrease." "Studies have shown that male mice created without NPY are more anxious than

Women commission rejects member’s report on Mangalore attack

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday rejected its member Nirmala Venkatesh's report that blamed the Jan 24 attack on women in a Mangalore pub on the security of the establishment. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the report lacked on three counts - no social activists or local advocates were included in the committee, none of the persons attacked were contacted or interviewed, it focussed on the licence issued to the bar owners that was not part of the probe - and was thus not acceptable.

Women voters outnumber men in Jharkhand; 61 percent turnout

Women

Ranchi : Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...