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Women protest Meghalaya minister’s derogatory remarks

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By IANS, Shillong: All women's organisations Monday boycotted the official International Women's Day celebration in Meghalaya, one of India's matriarchal states, in protest over the deputy chief minister's alleged derogatory remarks against them. The organisations instead held protest rallies and a signature campaign against Deputy Chief Minister B.M. Lanong's remarks.

Kanyashree scheme to be part of school syllabus: Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Kanyashree Prakalpa - a scheme for girls - would be included...

One killed, 20 injured after being hit by car

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By IANS, Bhopal : A woman was killed and 20 others were injured when they were hit by a car during the Dussehra procession in Madhya Pradesh, the police said. The incident occurred in the Kotwali area in Raisen town, some 50 km from Bhopal. “The incident occurred late Thursday evening when a Dussehra procession was passing through Kotwali area of the town,” a police official said. Injured in the incident, Komal Bai, 45, died while being taken to the hospital. The other injured have been admitted to the hospital.

Woman’s tongue cut off for defecating in field

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Patna: A woman's tongue was allegedly cut off by her neighbour in a Bihar village for defecating in the open in his field, police...

Crimes against women up in 2016

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24: Number of crimes recorded against women went up in 2016 to more than 3.3 lakh (338,954) from 3.2 lakh...

Dalit auto rickshaw driver Chitralekha attacked allegedly by CPI (M) workers

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: While the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its associate organisations have been vociferously protesting against the crackdown in JNU and...

Parliament must take steps to empower women: M.S. Swaminathan

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By IANS,

Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women

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By IANS, Dhaka : A law to curb violence against women in the form of acid being thrown at them has been approved in Bangladesh, which has witnessed 132 incidents of this kind since January. The legislation, Acid Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009, aims to establish "strict government control on the use of acid materials and curb acid related crimes", it was announced Monday after approval was given by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Special task force to monitor women’s security: Shinde

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By IANS,

Son preference attitude among Indian parents — A silent emergency

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By Rameeza A. Rasheed, First read the following news report of The Times of India (27/12/2010).

Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...

Islamists protest Dhaka’s equal rights to women policy

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By IANS,

Women’s security of prime concern: President

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By IANS,

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

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

Congress leader wanted me to help scam accused: Sushma

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a senior Congress leader had pressed her hard to give diplomatic passport...

With relaxation eased under lockdown, 200 organisations calls for nationwide anti-CAA protests

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TCN News Nearly 200 organisations have called for fresh nationwide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR as relaxation measures under lockdown 5.0 were issued by the Central government. 'Sab...

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

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Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

Muslim women and right to work

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Women in Saudi Arabia vote for first time

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Riyadh : Municipal elections began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia in which women cast their votes for the first time. Women also stood as candidates,...

Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents 

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https://twocircles.net/2023mar10/448581.html Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...

Women who dared

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Women have different roles in Kuwait”s NA elections

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By Wafa Ramadhan, KUNA, Kuwait : In the process of the second National Assembly (NA) elections in which Kuwaiti women are participating, women have been playing an important role at various relevant levels. Women are voters, candidates, supporters, managers of electoral campaigns, coordinators of electoral seminars, and honorary guests in events. Former candidate Aisha Al-Rshaid told KUNA that although women are new to the elections, they "have proven themselves and have played a major role in various aspects" of the electoral process.

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

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

Jodhpur pregnancy death toll reaches 17

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Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover

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By IANS, Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam. "There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.

Tripura curriculum to help check crime against women

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By IANS,

Congress wants Priyanka Gandhi to campaign more: Singhvi

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Kolkata: The Congress was "keen and eager" to see party chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra play a bigger role in the election...

Mamata slams Modi government over flood relief fund

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Kolkata : Lamenting the Centre's financial non-cooperation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday charged the Narendra Modi government with double standards...

BMMA demands codification of Muslim personal law

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net,

Bengal governor questions students’ silence over alleged molestation

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Kolkata: In the wake of the alleged molestation of a Jadavpur University student, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday questioned the silence of...

India-born woman gets 20-year jail for killing husband

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New York : An India-born woman in the US state of Texas, convicted of setting her husband afire, has been sentenced to 20 years...

Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...

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Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...

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,...

Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court's intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of Parsis she was denied by her community after her marriage. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), perhaps the first of its kind, was admitted in Ahmedabad Thursday. The petition was filed by Goolrokh Adi Contractor, now Goolrokh Mahipal Gupta, resident of Valsad, who married a non-Parsi in 1991.

Women in India love to travel for work: Survey

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Rheumatoid arthritis rising among women

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Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) After lying dormant for four decades, rheumatoid arthritis has resurfaced among women in the US. "More research needs to be done to better understand the causes and treatment of this devastating disease," said Sherine Gabriel, Mayo Clinic rheumatologist and lead investigator of the study. From 1955 to 1994, its incidence had continually been on the decline, but changed in mid-nineties. When Mayo researchers analysed patient data from early 1995 to early 2005, they found that both the incidence and prevalence (percentage) of the condition were rising.

St.Stephen’s principal maligning my image: Molested student

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By Ruwa Shah New Delhi : Launching a scathing attack on St. Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu for "maligning her academic career", the research...

No consensus on women’s bill, discussions to continue

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By IANS, New Delhi : The central government Monday said it would continue discussions on the women's reservation bill, after its meeting with leaders of parties in the Lok Sabha failed to reach a consensus as most opponents stuck to their stated positions. "Further discussion will continue," the government said in a statement after the nearly two-and-half hour meeting on the contentious bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change

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By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : It was never easy for Meera Jato, 42, to confront her in-laws' taunts, deal with household hassles and start the country's first rural language weekly "Khabar Lahariya" (News Wave) run only by women. It has in its short existence carved out a clear niche for itself in the ever-expanding media space in India.

UP, Bihar, Rajasthan: Worst states for women, J&K catching up

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By Devanik Saha Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian...

An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...

Government to launch campaign against dowry, foeticide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government will plan a campaign involving people to fight against the menace of...

BJP condones beating of women: Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, Bangalore : Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infamous attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening that the BJP speaks about Indian culture "but condones beating of women". "Our opposition talks about Indian culture but condones the beating of women. Their activists go out and beat women," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally here, attacking the BJP which is in power in Karnataka.

Modi promises free check-up for pregnant women

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over pregnancy related deaths and other complications, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said government hospitals and other...

Himachal fair to fairer sex

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS, Shimla : Call it a coincidence, but many top slots in the Himachal Pradesh administration are occupied by women.

Shabana gives ‘royal ditch’ to Muslim women; didn’t turn up at their national convention

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By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Cine actor, former Member of Parliament, and one projected by the media as a strong supporter of women and human rights, Shabana Azmi gave a royal ditch to hundreds of Muslim women when she failed to honor her commitment to be the chief guest at the third national convention of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Lucknow on 11th October.

More women personnel in Delhi Police now

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New Delhi: Delhi Police has increased the number of women police personnel following the Dec 16, 2012, gang rape of a young woman in...

Man stabbed his wife in UP court

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Mathura: A man has stabbed his wife in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. Laxmi Devi, a mother of three children, is...

JIH to organize three day Spring of Islam conference in Hyderabad

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi

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New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...

Woman promised job, raped in car

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By IANS, New Delhi : A job agent raped a 24-year-old married woman in his car after he took her to a desolate area in south Delhi on the pretext of providing her a job in a hospital reportedly owned by his uncle, police said Thursday. The victim told police that the accused identified as Mohit, 30, raped her in his car in the desolate area of Vasant Kunj Tuesday. She said he had promised her a job of a nurse in the hospital owned by his uncle in Khanpur area. He then asked her to come in his car to the hospital for the interview.

Mamata all set to be West Bengal’s first woman chief minister

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By IANS,

In cosmopolitan Karachi, women prefer hijab to burqa

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS,

JD-U suspends three women legislators for anti-party acts

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Patna: Bihar's ruling JD-U Saturday night suspended its three women legislators, including a former minister, for campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and...

SC begins hearing appeals by December 16 gangrape convicts

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging...

Assam waives entertainment tax on ‘Mary Kom’

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Guwahati : The Assam government Wednesday announced exemption of entertainment tax on "Mary Kom", a new Bollywood movie on the World champion woman boxer...

‘राहुल गांधी ने भी मुझे धोखा दिया’ –डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net बारमेर (राजस्थान) : दलित मेधा की मिसाल बन चुकी डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब घर-घर का हिस्सा बनती जा रही है....

Eight killed in factory blast near Nagpur

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By IANS, Nagpur : Eight people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others injured in an accidental detonator explosion in a stone crusher at Umred near here Monday, the police said. The blast occurred at noon when the workers of SMS Thresher Co were off-loading and checking detonators from a supply truck that just arrived with the goods, the police said.

PM concerned over women’s security

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By IANS,

Harassed for dowry, woman commits suicide in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 22-year-old woman who was allegedly being harassed for dowry by her husband committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in Noida, the police said. The incident came to light Monday morning, when the woman's body was discovered by her husband. Anita, a resident of Harola area, was married to Gajendra Singh, a factory worker, two years ago. Anita's brother Kaushlendra in a complaint to the police alleged that Singh used to torture her for dowry. The police have registered a complaint. The accused is said to be absconding.

Woman’s solo mission helps Ladakh schools bloom

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By Shudip Talukdar, IANS,

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

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

British woman seeks truth about daughter’s death in India

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By IANS, London : A British woman is running from pillar to post to find the cause of her daughter's death days after she married her Indian boyfriend in India. Sandy Hunter, 50, has just returned from India after securing guardianship of her daughter Charlotte Bending's son from a previous marriage. Charlotte began a relationship with Jitendra Singh, from Kurukshetra in Haryana, who was living and working in Plymouth for the past six years. Singh has a natural son, Gorkarak, while Nasrullah is the Charlotte's son from her earlier marriage to a person now said to be in custody.

Ensure fair probe into St.Stephen’s incident: Centre to UGC

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New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to look into the case of alleged sexual...

There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani

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By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi : There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction, sings of unrequited love. Love, not just...

Indian nanny accused of killing baby in Dubai

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Dubai: An Indian nanny in Dubai has been accused of strangling an 11-month-old baby girl to death with her scarf as she was denied...

Seven women pickpockets nabbed from Delhi Metro

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

Ruchika’s friend, father join CBI investigation

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra's friend and lone-eyewitness to the incident, Aradhana and her mother Madhu Prakash, the complainant in the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, Saturday joined the fresh investigations launched by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the nearly two-decade old case. A CBI team from New Delhi quizzed Aradhana and her mother for several hours at their camp office here Saturday.

Women all decked up, keep fast on Karwa Chauth

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By IANS,

आखिर क्या है बच्चा चोरी की अफवाहो का सच !

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आफताब आलम Two circles.net के लिए https://twitter.com/INCUttarPradesh/status/1574644756419706880?s=19 मेरठ के दौराला में एक महिला को बच्चा चोर बताकर भीड़ द्वारा बेरहमी से पीटने वाले मामले में...

बीड़ी ही बना जीने का सहारा…

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निकहत प्रवीन भागलपुर (बिहार) : बड़ा बेटा उसके बग़ल में बैठा था और छोटे बेटे को गोद में लिए, सिर झुकाए वो लगातार बीड़ी बनाए...

Indian woman becomes world’s first to fly Russian fighter

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS, Bangalore : Suman Sharma, daughter of a retired Indian naval officer and an army colonel's sister, became the world's first woman to fly the mighty Russian MiG-35 fighter jet at the Aero India international air show here. The 30-year-old also became the first civilian woman to co-pilot the American-strike fighter F-16IN of Lockheed Martin two days before the biennial event took off at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Yelahanka, about 20 km from here.

Woman killed in US operation in Afghanistan

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By DPA, Kabul : US-led troops killed a civilian woman and two militants in a clash in southern Afghanistan, while nine rebels including a senior commander and two policemen were killed in separate attacks, officials said Sunday. The woman was killed when coalition forces clashed with militants in Zabul province Thursday, US military said in a statement. One man and two women - all civilians - were wounded in the clash and taken to a military hospital for treatment, it said.

Man held for molesting minor girl in Delhi

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New Delhi: A 38-year-old rickshaw-puller has been arrested for molesting an eight-year-old girl in his neighbourhood here, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday...

Chandigarh Police soft on women drivers?

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By Ritika Sharma, IANS,

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

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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...

Andhra women an example for the world, says Sonia Gandhi

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By IANS, Hyderabad : The women of Andhra Pradesh had set an example for empowerment of women all over the world, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Friday and added that she was "moved and satisfied" by how they were inspiring others. Inaugurating a pension scheme for members of women's self help groups (SHGs), Gandhi said she was proud of the achievements of the women of the state.

निर्मल पाठक की घर वापसी: अम्बेडकर के बहाने गांधी के हरिजन को गले लगाती...

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 नीरज बंकर Two circles.net के लिए जहाँ एक ओर ओटीटी प्लेटफार्म ने दुनियाभर की फिल्मों, वेब शोज और बाक़ी कलाओं से परिचय कराया जिससे...

Cheryl Cole voted most inspirational woman of decade

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By IANS, London: Cheryl Cole, who recently separated from her soccer player husband Ashley Cole following the exposure of his string of affairs, has been voted as the most inspirational woman of the decade in a new poll. The 26-year-old pop star was given the honour for both her "beauty" and "success" - with 29 percent of her fans praising her looks and 51 percent in awe of her career, reports contactmusic.com. The survey conducted by the cosmetic treatment review website, www.goodsurgeonguide.co.uk involved 1,100 British women.

Uber cab driver diverted route with intent of rape: Prosecution

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New Delhi:Rape-accused Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, instead of taking his woman passenger to her destination, diverted the route with the intention to...

US more in alignment with Islamic values than many Muslim states: Sheikh Aaidh Al-Qarni

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By Siraj Wahab A popular Saudi author and religious scholar has raised some questions about governmental and societal practices across the Arab world and asserts that the United States is more in alignment with many Islamic values than many countries represented as Muslim states. Sheikh Aaidh ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni, whose self-help book “Don’t Be Sad” sells briskly both in English and Arabic, made the remarks in two recent columns published in the pan-Arab mass-circulation Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.

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.

Family awaits return of first Indian woman who skied to South Pole

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By IANS, New Delhi : For Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu's family the year 2009 ended on a high note as she became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole. However, as the family earnestly awaits her return, their first priority is to repay the loan taken to fund the venture, and not the celebrations. "We came to know about the news yesterday (Thursday). I have not been able to talk to her. But the Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition authorities told us that she was likely to return Jan 15," Love Raj Singh, her husband and a mountaineer himself, told IANS.

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

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मनीषा मशाल   भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

Fearing further attacks & arrests, Muslim families flee Uttarakhand village

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Following communal violence in a village in Uttarakhand on April 16, several Muslim families have fled the area fearing arrests and further attacks.  Muhammad Raafi |...

Obama bypasses Congress to promote equal pay for women

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Washington: President Barack Obama resorted Tuesday to an executive order to oblige federal contractors to provide equal pay for women who currently earn less...

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

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

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...

तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत

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

Crime against women rises alarmingly in Assam

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By IANS, Guwahati : The Assam government Tuesday admitted that the number of dowry cases in the state have trebled in the past six years, while that of rape has nearly doubled, causing concern in the society traditionally known for respecting women. "We are seized of the disturbing statistics and have taken steps to reduce crime against women by setting up all-women police stations, besides opening a female counselling centre at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters here," state government spokesman Rockybul Hussain, who is the forest minister, said Tuesday.

नसबंदी का समाजशास्त्र

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By मोहम्मद आसिफ़ इक़बाल, पिछले दिनों छत्तीसगढ़ बिलासपुर में केंद्रीय परिवार नियोजन कार्यक्रम के तहत नसबंदी कैंप लगाया गया. सभी को पता है कि सिर्फ़ छः घंटों में लगभग 83 महिलाओं की नसबंदी कर दी गयी, जिसका अंतिम अंजाम क्या हुआ, वह भी किसी से छिपा नहीं है. कई महिलाएं मारी गयीं और अन्य औरतों की हालत बिगड़ती चली गई. वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ इस घटना में इस्तेमाल एन्टीबायोटिक की प्रारंभिक जांच में चूहे मारने वाला केमिकल पाया गया है.

Arguments over rape charge against BSP MP from Feb 18

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By IANS, New Delhi : A court here fixed Feb 18 for hearing arguments on charges in a rape case against Bahujan Samaj Party MP...

GfK official: Number of women Internet users on rise

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By Xinhua, Hanoi : The number of women using the Internet has been on the rise in the past eight years, according to Zhao Xiaoyan, senior vice president and director of the Global Research and Consulting GfK Roper of the United States on Friday. At a plenary session of the three-day Global Summit of Women, which opened here on Thursday, Zhao said in 2000, only 17 percent of women in GfK worldwide survey said they had used the Internet in the past 30 days. The number rose to the present 49 percent.

India not a happy place for mothers: report

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : At a time when the world celebrates Mother's Day, it turns out that India scores poorly among the middle-income countries when it comes to health care and well-being of mothers. The country is ranked 73 in the list of 77 nations rated for the "best place to be a mother", according to a report by child rights organisation 'Save the Children'. What is more shocking in the 'State of the World's Mothers 2010' report is that India is rated much lower than a host of conflict-ridden African countries like Kenya and Congo.

How Toxic Masculinity, Cultural Crisis and Legal Failures Fuel Sexual Violence

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Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net In a world tainted by the curse of masculinity, a word that translates solely to dominance, I walk as an object to...

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...

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.

Gang-rape victim’s mother admitted to hospital

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Need to mitigate roadblocks in women’s empowerment: President

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New Delhi : There is a need to mitigate the roadblocks which deprive women from becoming agents of change, President Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday. "We...

India’s scavenger women find new jobs – and dignity

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By Shweta Srinivasan, IANS, New Delhi : Rani Bai, a Dalit woman in her late 20s in Madhya Pradesh, has thrown away the shoddy cane basket and hand shovel with which she would clean a dozen dry toilets everyday. Armed with scissors and a needle, she now churns out beautiful bags from waste leather - that's her new job. "From scavenging I would earn a pitiful Rs.30 a month, now I can earn up to Rs.1,000 - and the job is respectable," said Rani, who hails from Dewas district.

Kiran Bedi joins BJP, to give Delhi ‘all she has’

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New Delhi : Celebrated former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who parted ways with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal around two years ago, Thursday joined the BJP, saying Delhi needs a stable and honest government.

Triumphant Shireen steps into Aliah University without veil

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By Adnan Alavi, Shireen Madiha has finally stepped into the university on her conditions. She had refused to bow down to the union's diktat that every woman teacher will have to wear a burqa on campus. Now she has succeeded and the union is forced to accept its defeat. Shireen [her name wrongly appeared as Sirin Middya in some newspapers] had invited the ire of the students' union in Kolkata's Aliah University, where she taught Bangla literature, for not wearing the veil.

International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued

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New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...

बिहार में पर्दानशीं मतदाताओं पर है विशेष नज़र

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

Rape remark: Bengal women’s panel wants Mamata to act

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Kolkata : The West Bengal Commission for Women Tuesday said the onus is on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to act against Trinamool MP Tapas...

Remembering Lady Anees Imam, One of the Founders of Modern Bihar

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Mohd Hussain Ganie | TwoCircles.net The role of minority personalities in the national movement and nation-building remains unacknowledged and is also being systematically and deliberately...

Woman gets relief from incontinence

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman, suffering from continence, a condition characterised by involuntary loss of urine, for the last one year, has finally...

Stories of women on ground zero of gender battle

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Three women to manage Pennagaram bypoll

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By IANS, Chennai: Three women bureaucrats will manage the March 27 byelection to the Pennagarm assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Dharmapuri District Collector and District Electoral Officer P. Amudha, Returning Officer Maheswari Ravikumar and Deputy Suprintendent of Police Panchavarnam will be managing the byelection for the constituency, for which filing of nominations has started. The run-up to the bypoll attracted attention when around 20,000 voters were ordered to be added to the electoral list just before the declaration of the byelection schedule.

संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...

Women’s car rally for breast cancer awareness flagged off

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By IANS, New Delhi : At least 60 decorated cars, with name and blood groups of occupants pasted on them, were flagged off early Friday as a women's car rally started from here to spread awareness of breast cancer among people. Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, drove from New Delhi to Agra to spread awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally was followed by doctors, health and community activists on Gandhi Jayanti.

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

Sushma seeks support for women’s reservation bill

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New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday said the 16th Lok Sabha should be the one which passes the much-delayed women's reservation bill. "A...

International women’s week at Jamia

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Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics

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By IANS, Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...

The Minority Minister: Dr Najma Heptulla

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net I have never met Dr Najma Heptulla, not even for this interview. So I couldn’t read her body language and facial expressions...

Women activists urge CJI to act against Madhya Pradesh judge

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New Delhi : A group of women activists and lawyers Monday urged Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to initiate an inquiry into allegations...

Two Days ‘National Convention of Muslim Women’ begins in New Delhi

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By TCN News, New Delhi: A two days National Convention of Muslim Women with the title ‘Sadak Se Sansad Tak’ has started in New Delhi...

Dec 16 gang-rape: Delhi HC verdict Thursday

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict later Thursday on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four convicts in...

Indian women’s recurve archery team qualifies for Olympics

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Copenhagen : The Indian women's recurve archery team made a strong comeback to book a place in the 2016 Rio Olympics as the...

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

Exhibition portrays facets of women in Indian popular art

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Want to see how women can be provocative, trendy and empowered at the same time through popular art? Visit the ongoing exhibition here, showing them in all their incarnations in various media. The genre of popular art, a form of alternative art, is relatively new, but it is fast carving a niche for itself. It can be anything - right from memorabilia and miniatures to the collector's hobby art - like personal collections of stamps, postcards, coins, textiles, prints and posters, to name a few.

Muslim women are excluded within community also: Asghar Ali Engineer

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Muslim women are excluded from the mainstream of the society but it is also a fact that they are excluded from the mainstream of the Muslim society as well, said scholar and writer Asghar Ali Engineer at a seminar on Muslim Women: Issues of Exclusion held today at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.

App for female commuters’ safety launched

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Kolkata : Female train commuters in distress can now seek immediate police assistance at the touch of a button -- courtesy a mobile...

AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra

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New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...

Kerala’s Left Front recommends 50 percent quota for women

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Friday recommended to the state government to reserve 50 percent seats in local governments for women. "We have now decided that it is time to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women. We expect it to take place by the local bodies polls next year," LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters.

Seats to be reserved for girls in ITIs

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Following the footsteps of Haryana, the central government has decided to reserve seats for women in all the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here Monday. "We have received a written communication from the central government appreciating our decision to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for women in ITIs to ensure their empowerment," said Hooda. This scheme was introduced in Haryana in 2006, observed as the year of the girl child.

Girl who was gang-raped, filmed fights back

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New Delhi : Fifteen-year-old Bitiya endured unspeakable trauma when she was raped by four upper caste men who filmed the heinous crime for sale...

Sonia Gandhi ranked world’s sixth most powerful woman

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Sanjay Dutt’s remarks against Samajwadi Party ideology: women activists

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By IANS, New Delhi : Condemning Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt's remark that married women should not use their father's surname as archaic and patriarchal, women activists have pointed out that his statement is also in contrast with the ideology of the founder of the Samajwadi Party that he has joined. "Ram Manohar Lohia, founder of the Samajwadi party that Sanjay Dutt has joined, was against caste. Therefore, most of the former socialists didn't even write their surnames," said Ranjana Kumari, chairperson of Centre for Social Research.

Kejriwal questions Modi, Jung over minors’ rape in Delhi

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed anguish over the horrific incidents of minors' rape here and questioned what steps Prime Minister...

Zeeshan Ali: first Muslim girl from Bihar to win Fulbright Fellowship

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Bringing laurel to Bihar and her community, Zeeshan Ali has won Fulbright Fellowship from the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). She will be the first Muslim girl from Bihar to have been awarded the prestigious fellowship. “I was quite surprised when the news was broken on me. I really feel honored. I am happy beyond bounds,” says Zeeshan, Patna University Ph.D. student, talking to TwoCircles.net.
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Triple talaq bill will put Muslim women in trouble: Mamata

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Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the triple talaq bill as "defective" and claimed that the impending legislation will put...

Husband of mutilated Indian-origin woman charged with murder

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By IANS, London: The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman found lying with a severed hand in a London street has been charged with her murder. Harpreet Aulakh, 31, was charged with murder after being re-arrested Friday by officers investigating the killing of mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said two men aged 31 and 29 were arrested Friday and are in custody at north-west London police stations. Geeta, a receptionist at an Asian radio station was found with severe head injuries and her hand chopped off in Greenford, west London, Nov 16.

Woman legislator from the Left bit me: Congress MLA

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Thiruvananthapuram : Amidst the pandemonium that broke out in the Kerala assembly on Friday, a Congress legislator alleged that he was bitten by Jameela...

Woman software engineer goes missing in Noida

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Noida, Dec 21 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman software engineer of a multinational company has gone missing from here, as her father suspected she has been abducted by her former boy friend, the police said Sunday. According police inspector Dharmendra Chauhan, Shruti Lamba of Sector-30 Noida was in love with her former colleague Naeem, 31, a resident of Delhi. Her father Satish Kumar, a retired IAS officer, objected to the relationship and asked the daughter to resign from the company Shruti worked for earlier, Chauhan said.

Women suffer bad eyesight for not wearing glasses

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By IANS, London: Millions of British women are suffering from poor vision because they are too vain to wear spectacles, a study has revealed. The research revealed a quarter of females who need glasses refuse to get their eyes tested and would rather squint or suffer blurred vision than 'ruin their appearance' with spectacles, reports dailymail.co.uk. Approximately 7.5 million women are struggling with eyesight which they know is well below 100 percent.

RSS must admit women, says Trupti Desai

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Mumbai : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) must allow women to become its members, Trupti Desai, who has been leading a campaign for women's...

CBI files closure report in case against Maneka Gandhi

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New Delhi : The CBI has filed a closure report in a case against union minister Maneka Gandhi and two others for allegedly diverting...

Shikha Mandi: The first Radio Jockey to host a show in Santhali language

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Santhali might be the language of over 40 lakh people in four states, but it has rarely received the promotion or...

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

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

Ex-NCP minister booked for sexual assault

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Mumbai:A former Nationalist Congress Party minister Laxmanrao Dhoble has been accused of sexual assault by a woman college employee, officials said. "We have registered a...

Women demand codification of Muslim Personal Law

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हिजाब हटाने से अगर किया इंकार मतलब परीक्षा में ‘NOT Allowed’

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net  यूनिवर्सिटी ग्रांट्स कमीशन के नेशनल एलिजिबिलिटी टेस्ट में जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया की एक मुस्लिम छात्रा को हिजाब पहने होने के कारण प्रवेश...

12-year-old girl found hanging from tree in West Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata: A 12-year-old girl was Sunday found hanging by the neck in a bamboo grove near her residence in Nadia district of West Bengal, police said. Police said the body of the girl, a class 6 student of a Muragacha Subodhoni High School, was found to be without clothes and suspended about six inches above the ground. "This is an incident of murder. We can't say if the girl was sexually assaulted. That can only be said after the post-mortem examination report and other necessary forensic tests," Superintendent of Police (Nadia) H. Kusumakar said.

BJP MLA brings up triple talaq issue in Gujarat Assembly

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, a BJP legislator on Friday moved a motion in the Gujarat Assembly advocating the...

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its interim order putting on hold the execution of death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...

Delhi Police to focus on safety of women

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

Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism

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

‘The Little Muslims Gift Factory’: An Indian Muslim Woman’s Islamic Gift Shop Is Going...

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Nikhat Fatima | Two Circles In 2015 at the age of 27, Madiha Basheer started her business with her first product a beautiful box curated...
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