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Wakf amendment bill seeks representation of women

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By IANS, New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday introduced the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha that seeks to address the lapses in the Wakf Act, 1995, and also provides for representation of women, professionals and experts in the wakf councils. The bill seeks to address the inadequacy of data on waqf properties, encroachment, development of waqf properties and the absence of a statutory obligation to ensure flow of information from the state waqf boards and state governments to the central waqf council.

SC notice to lawyers Sharma, Singh for anti-women remarks

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to advocates M.L.Sharma and A.P.Singh on a petition by the apex court's women lawyers association...

AIUMB forms a council of Muftis to develop consensus on Triple Talaq issue

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By TCN News New Delhi: The executive body of All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) met here on Monday to discuss the issue of...

The bizarre case of Aamil Parvez

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Booked for Ahmedabad bomb blasts while he was languishing in Indore Central Jail

A Burqa can be empowering too, but I don’t expect Ram Guha to understand...

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By Hatif Imam for TwoCircles.net My great uncle attained the coveted post of a Tehsildar before independence. He was a poet and a pious Muslim,...

Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments

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Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...

Yadav trinity asks PM for all-party meeting on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the women's reservation bill and asked for an all-party meeting to evolve consensus on the contentious legislation. "We asked him to call for an all party meeting," Lalu Prasad told reporters after the meeting at the prime minister's residence.

Olympic shooter depending on unborn baby to win

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By IANS, London: A heavily-pregnant Olympic shooter is depending on her unborn baby to help her to victory in London, she said Friday.

50,000 women in Himachal covered under Rural Livelihood Mission

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Shimla : Nearly 50,000 women from below poverty line (BPL) families in Himachal Pradesh have been covered under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, the...

Muslim Personal Law Board to approach Supreme Court on Assam child marriage issue

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A case related to the minimum age of Muslim girls getting married is pending before the Supreme Court. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI – The...

Seven arrested for stripping woman in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Seven of the nine people accused of beating a tribal woman and parading her naked in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district Friday have been arrested, police said Sunday. The incident took place in the district's Chapaner village, when Manju of the Bhil community, who had eloped with her paramour Khuman last year despite being married and having three children, returned to the village for the Raksha Bandhan festival.

Muslim women in Indian politics, not backward but marginalised

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Dr Parveen Qamar, Demographically, women constitute an equal part of the population, but not even a single indicator shows their equal status with men in any stream, be it social, economic or political. In the case of minority women, it becomes a double disadvantage.

Woman shot dead for marrying outside caste

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By IANS, Patna: An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar's Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday. Nikki Kumari, 18, was shot dead Friday in Kudra in Kaimur district by her uncle Bhanu Pratap Singh for marrying a backward caste boy against the wishes of the family. "It was like an honour killing," a police officer said. Kumari, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas district, married Dipak Yadav last month against the wishes of her parents and other relatives.

Rashmi Shukla is Pune’s second woman police chief

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Pune : Senior police officer and State Intelligence Department Commissioner Rashmi Shukla was appointed the new police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, official sources...

The Tagore women and a tale of empowerment (Book Review)

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Book: "Jorasanko"; Author: Aruna Chakravarti; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 406; Price: Rs.350

37-year-old woman becomes third swine flu victim in Gujarat

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old woman has become the third victim of swine flu in Gujarat. Though she died Aug 13, her death due to the virus was confirmed by the private hospital where she was admitted only Monday, health department officials said. Anandi Patel was a resident of Vastral locality in Ahmedabad and was admitted to a private hospital in Maninagar. She died Aug 13.

48 arrested for harassing women on Kolkata Metro

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By IANS, Kolkata : A special task force, constituted by the Kolkata Metro Railway for nabbing those found harassing women commuters in Metro premises, has caught 48 offenders in its first week.

हक़ मांगना कब से मज़हब के खि‍लाफ़ हो गया…

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नासिरूद्दीन , TwoCircles.net जब भी कोई मज़लूम आवाज उठाती/उठाता है, ताक़तवर उसकी आवाज़ दबाने की भरपूर कोशि‍श करते हैं. ताक़त के कई रूप हैं. इसके...

Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari. This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.

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

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

Women Maoist commanders charged with sedition in Chhattisgarh

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By IANS, Raipur : Two women Maoist commanders and three of their associates have been charged with sedition for dropping a huge cache of arms at a busy square here in January, police said Friday. "We have framed a chargesheet in a local court here against these five accused and witnesses will depose in October when the trial begins," a police official told IANS. Two top women insurgents - Meena Chaudhary alias Geeta and K.S. Priya alias Malti - dropped eight bags loaded with 91 pistols and 26 wireless sets at Dangania area in Raipur while travelling in a car.

38 wounds on murdered woman’s body, police profile suspect

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked Kerala had 38 wounds on her body, her autopsy revealed, as police...

Study in coastal Karnataka finds Muslims at higher risk for diabetes

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

European, Asian stars vie for top honours at Women’s Indian Open

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By IANS, Gurgaon : Leading women golfers from Asia and Europe will tee along with India's best in the DLF Women's Indian Open starting at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Wednesday. The third edition of India' only Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) event will tee-off with the pro-am Tuesday while the three day main event will be played from Wednesday. The tournament offers $120,000 in prize purse. The format of the event will witness the cut being applied after two days with the top 50 golfers plus ties making it to the final round.

Three injured in Bengal acid attack

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Kolkata: Three people, including two women, were seriously injured in West Bengal's Siliguri district when acid was thrown on them by two unidentified assailants,...

सवर्ण छात्रों को दलित भोजन माता से हुई नाराजग़ी, नौकरी खत्म !

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net देवों की भूमि कही जाने वाले उत्तराखंड में एक दलित समाज से आने वाली एक भोजन माता को सिर्फ इसलिए हटा दिया...

Women and witches

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Court grants bail to Delhi Police official

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By IANS, New Delhi : A Delhi court Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a Delhi Police official accused of raping and making a video clip...

Cabinet approves bill to prohibit commercial surrogacy

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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, that seeks to prohibit "commercial surrogacy" and...

Indian rape laws must be of global standards: Amnesty

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By IANS, New Delhi: Amnesty International wants Indian rape laws to meet the highest international standards. And it does not favour death penalty or chemical castration.

Northeast to get Territorial Army’s first women’s battalion

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Territorial Army, a reserve force of trained civilians for the Indian Army, proposes to raise an all-women's unit in the insurgency-hit northeast region, an official said Tuesday. Presently, women can only join as doctors and nurses in the Territorial Army, which has a strength of 40,000. "There is a proposal for raising an all women's battalion for the northeast," Maj. Gen. K.V.S. Lalotra, the additional director general of the Territorial Army, told members of parliament during a presentation on the force.

BARC woman employee accuses scientist of misbehaviour

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

Intrepid French woman unveiled Tibet for the world

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By IANS, Chennai : The 73rd birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama is being marked by the University of Madras and Alliance Francaise here Sunday with a three-day festival of Tibetan culture. The festival began with a presentation on an extraordinary French woman, who was one of the only two French explorers to be able to reach the forbidden land of Lhasa in the hundred years between 1846 and 1950.

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...

Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life

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By IANS, London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity. Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported. "I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.

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.

Women get permanent commission in military

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces. A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent commission. In its 32-page order, the bench directed the government to reinstate those officers as well as those who retired during the case.

Women’s commission summons AAP leader Kumar Vishwas

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New Delhi : The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on the basis of a complaint filed...

Widow, two minor sons commit suicide in Haryana

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By IANS, Jhajjar: A widow and her two minor sons committed suicide in a village in this Haryana district here Sunday, police said. According to the police, Suman, who was in her mid-30s, and her two sons Yogesh and Parveen consumed some poisonous substance at their home and later died in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (PGIMS) in Rohtak. The family were residents of Nona-Majra village of this district.

It also happens here: Women in India fight indifference

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By Minu Jain, IANS,

Didn’t go to town when Vajpayee’s niece joined us: Congress

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Kolkata: Hitting back at the BJP for showcasing its new recruit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's half brother, the Congress Saturday said it did not...

महिला दिवस पर विशेष : सलीम भाई बनकर चाय की दुकान चलाती है ‘बानो’

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सिमरा अंसारी। TwoCircles.net राजधानी दिल्ली में देश की एक नामी यूनिवर्सिटी के पास ही एक चाय की दुकान है। इस दुकान के बाहर चाय का...

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

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

‘Introvert’ Chinese lady loses civil service race

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By IANS, Beijing: A 27-year-old Chinese woman, who was ranked among the top in a civil service test, was eliminated from the race because she was an "introvert".

एआईएमआईएम के नेता ज़ुबैर अहमद की हत्या में नही मिल रहा इंसाफ, साथ नही...

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ज़ाकिर अली त्यागी twocircles.net के लिए 28 अगस्त को मेरठ में हुए एक प्रॉपर्टी डीलर और एआईएमआईएम के नेता ज़ुबैर अहमद की हत्या का...

Lijjat – Empowering women through papads for 50 years

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By Quaid Najmi, IANS, Mumbai : A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till they hit upon the idea of selling papads. Fifty years later, their entrepreneurial effort, Lijjat Papad, is an award-winning company with an annual turnover of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore/$97 million).

SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights

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New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...

Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29. The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.

21 Nepali women rescued, two traffickers held

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New Delhi : Twenty-one Nepali women, who were set to be sent to Dubai for the sex trade on the pretext of getting jobs,...

Obama reaffirms rights of women globally

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Women carving out bigger, bolder role in arts

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi: The rules are changing for women when it comes to the complexities, profundities and experimentation with life and art.

बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...

Travel ban imposed on Teesta Setalvad

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Human rights defenders term it as an attempt to “intensify the harassment of the human rights defender, and to repress her legitimate work in...

Strong legislation needed to check crime against women: MPs

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New Delhi : Decrying the rising atrocities on women, members in the Lok Sabha Thursday advocated strong legislation and a change in the mindset...

FIRs against Mumbai tabloid, Marathi news channel for hurting religious sentiments

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Two separate FIRs were lodged on Thursday against a newspaper and its reporter and an editor of a Marathi news...

Conjoined twins born in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : A woman has given birth to conjoined twins in a Bihar town. The delivery was normal, a hospital source said Friday. Mehnaz Khatoon, in her 20s, a resident of Bar village in Gaya district, about 125 km from here, was admitted to a government hospital Dec 31 night with labour pains and delivered the Siamese twins Thursday. The two girls have their heads, hands, and genitalia separated from each other but are joined to each other waist downwards. After news spread in the neighbourhood, a large number of people thronged the hospital to have a look.

National Commission for Women unveils its NRI cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday inaugurated its NRI cell to tackle the rising number of cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to Indian men abroad, and received eight complaints on its first day. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas and project partner UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) South Asia head Anne H. Stenhammer along with Planning Commission member Syeda Hamid opened the office that operates from the second floor of the NCW office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.

Namrata Damor was smothered to death: Doctor

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Ujjain : The post-mortem report of 19-year-old medical student Namrata Damor has revealed that she was smothered to death, a medical expert said here...

असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...

Woman held with live cartridges at Lucknow airport

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman was held at the the Amausi airport here Monday after four live cartridges were found from her purse during pre-departure security checking, police said. "Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel detected the .32 bore cartridges during the final security check and stopped her," inspector Prayag Singh of Sarojininagar told IANS. The woman, Sarla Arora, however, said her husband, who had a valid arms licence, had left the cartridges in her purse by mistake, according to police.

यहां तीन बार तलाक़ कहा तो देना होगा पांच लाख का जुर्माना

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सम्भल : उत्तर प्रदेश की ज़मीन पर पंचायत का रिवाज पुराना है. लेकिन गुरूवार को हादीपुर गांव का पंचायत इन सबसे अलग...

‘In Afghanistan, little things could spell death for journalists’

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By Murali Krishnan, IANS, Lillehammer (Norway) : Men and women journalists in Afghanistan are increasingly being intimidated for exercising their right to freedom of speech, with at least 58 cases of violence against scribes being reported from the country last year. At the just concluded Global Investigative Journalism Conference here, fears were raised that such factors could lead to self-censorship, forcing journalists in Afghanistan not to cover Islamic and religious issues.

Indian-origin woman in US blames her attorney for withholding truth

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Washington : A Sikh woman facing a trial for the murder of her husband's ex-wife in the US, recently left many stunned by accusing...

Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to China

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

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

70-year old Dalit woman raped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 70-year old Dalit woman was raped after her son and daughter-in-law were shot and injured in an Uttar Pradesh village. A rapist has been arrested while three others are absconding, a police official said Wednesday. The incident took place early Tuesday morning when the accused barged into the victim's house. "We have arrested Ranvir Singh Yadav and are looking for three others," Mahoba police chief R.P. Singh told IANS on phone. Mahoba district is about 250 km from state capital Lucknow.

No postal order for minority, women candidates in railway exams

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By IANS, Kolkata: Women, as well as minority and economically backward candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams will soon be exempted from postal order charges, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday. "We've already taken the decision not to take the postal order fees from women, minority and candidates belonging to economically backward section of our society who would appear in the railway examinations.

Virginity test of tribal women for state-sponsored marriage unacceptable: AIPWA

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: While strongly condemning the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government’s move for virginity test as precondition for tribal women to avail the benefits of state mass wedding scheme, the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) has demanded the government to rollback the order and give compensation to the women who were subjected to humiliating virginity tests.

Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time

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

Indian women: Either too fat or too thin

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By Richa Sharma, IANS,

Probe into abuse by Haryana cops in women’s shelter

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Indian woman rescued in Germany reaches Delhi

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New Delhi : Gurpreet, the Indian woman who was rescued from a refugee camp in Germany along with her eight-year-old daughter, reached New Delhi...

Ulema express concern over social curse of dowry

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By RINA New Delhi: Expressing grave concern over the evil practice of dowry, Deoband’s Sheikhul Hadees Maulana Talha ‘Peerr Ji’ said, “Numerous mishaps of dowry in Saharanpur during last few months have forced Ulema, Muftis and intellectuals to contemplate on the issue deeply.”

Women constables in all train coaches not possible: Minister

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Women’s safety may play key role in Indian elections: Gallup poll

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By Arun Kumar , Washington: Women in northern India feel less secure and have less faith in police, says a new poll and suggests these...

After Mulayam questions lack of recruitment, UP govt says it gave jobs to 4.58...

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net Three days after Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav raised questions over Akhilesh Yadav-led government for not giving jobs to...

Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

Indian-Americans Demand Minister M J Akbar’s Resignation

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TCN News: A week ago about 10 women journalists made public allegations of sexual harassment against current BJP central government minister MJ Akbar. These women...

Illegal arms trade has direct effect on women: Activists

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By IANS, New Delhi: Women need to be included while addressing the issue of disarmament as illegal weapon proliferation has a direct effect on their lives and survival, say social activists.

Women joining hands to protect secularism in the country

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net, With the high intention for mobilizing women of the country to propagate harmony, inclusion, justice and peace all over the country, a group of women moved to launch a forum “Women For Secularism” recently in Mumbai. The forum believes that though people are divided on the lines of class, caste, race and religion, there is an urge among them to see a peaceful environment and women can play very important role in promoting secularism and secular values in our country which is increasingly coming under the influence of communal forces.

Delhi woman kidnapped, molested in moving car

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

मजदूर दिवस के दिन भी महिला मजदूरों के असल मुद्दे ग़ायब रहें…

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net आज मज़दूर दिवस भी गुज़र गया. हमने सोशल मीडिया पर इसकी बधाई भी दे दी. लेकिन मजदूरों के असल मुद्दे गायब रहे....

Hundreds of protesters gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

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By IANS,

Tamil Nadu minister’s resignation accepted

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu minister A.A. Poongothai's resignation has been accepted by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala Tuesday. Poongothai's social welfare portfolio has been allotted to P. Geetha Jeevan, another woman ministerm, a Raj Bhavan release said. Poongothai submitted her resignation to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi May 14 following an expose of an alleged telephone conversation between her and a senior police official during which she reportedly sought favour for a relative.

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : मुस्तफाबाद में अरविंद केजरीवाल की शैक्षिक भेदभाव की असलियत दिखाता है...

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असद शेख़ Twocircles.net के लिए देश की राजधानी दिल्ली के उत्तर प्रदेश बॉर्डर पर एक बड़ा मुस्लिम बहुल इलाक़ा मुस्तफाबाद है। ये इलाक़ा ज़्यादातर...

Varanasi widows to send rakhis to Narendra Modi

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By Mohit Dubey , Varanasi: The widows of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh will send 1,000 hand-made, colourful rakhis and sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Pushing Uniform Civil Code counterproductive for women: CPI-M

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New Delhi : Accusing the Narendra Modi government of "targeting minorities", the CPI-M on Tuesday said the Centres move to push the Uniform Civil...

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...

Sony postpones ‘Crime Patrol’ episode on Delhi gang-rape

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By IANS, New Delhi: Popular TV crime show "Crime Patrol Dastak", which was scheduled to show an episode based on the Delhi gang-rape case, has postponed the telecast citing "unavoidable reasons".

Female pharma students end up as housewives, waste education: Goa CM

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Panaji : Women pharmacology students in Goa either end up as housewives or do not work night-shifts after marriage, which results in wastage of...

Women quota bill will further marginalize backward sections: PFI

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: Popular Front of India General Secretary K. M. Shareef has stated that the Women’s Reservation bill passed by the Rajya Sabha would not lead to empowering women, instead if it became law will further accelerate the marginalization of Dalits, backward castes and Muslims.

Indian women should document their achievements: Sitharaman

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

Woman should remove burqa, Australian court told

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By IANS, Sydney: A lawyer in an Australian court has argued that a Muslim woman should remove her burqa while giving evidence, just as she would have to while appearing in an Islamic court. But the court in Perth hearing the lawyer's submission Thursday rejected the argument as not relevant, Australian news agency AAP reported. District Court Judge Shauna Deane said the defence counsel's submission, that in Islamic courts women had to remove their burqas, was not relevant as the matter was not being heard in an Islamic court.

Women in Madhya Pradesh allowed to work till 10 p.m.

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By IANS, Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh has amended a law to allow women to work in factories upto 10 p.m., a government official said Monday. "Madhya Pradesh government has Saturday issued a notification allowing the women in factories to work from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.,", the official said adding that the notification has been issued keeping with the Factories Act, 1948. "It has been made mandatory that in each shift at least two women workers should work together and the company should provide to and fro transportation facility between plant and residence for them," he said.

Girl tortured by father, stepmother rescued in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: The injuries and scars all over her body bear testimony to the cruel torture she was subjected to by her father and stepmother...

Bengal man nabbed with dismembered bodies of woman, child in bags

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Kolkata: A man in West Bengal's Hooghly district was arrested on Saturday while he was trying to dispose off the bodies of a woman...

Dr Burney’s book on ‘How to Feed Your Kids: And Enjoy’ released

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Indian charged with rape, sodomy of Indonesian woman

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Kuala Lumpur: An Indian national was charged in a sessions court here with three counts of raping and sodomising an Indonesian woman. Mohamad Aslam Abdul...

Domestic violence – most destructive war within us

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By Shahnoor Rahman, I remember, on 26th June 2011 when I was in second year MBBS in Gauhati Medical College, while passing through the postmortem ward, I had fainted when I saw the corpse of a woman slaughtered by her husband as he suspected her of adultery.

Women’s empowerment key issue in Congress meet

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The ‘undefined love’ of a left-leaning Defence Committee for the Bhim Army

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net On Tuesday, a few activists and lawyers from Delhi joined hands to protest against 'Modi-Yogi governments' in light of the oppression...

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...

Gender Representation Declines: India Elects 74 Women MPs in 2024, Down from 78 in...

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Sakshi Srivastava, TwoCircles.net In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, India elected 74 women MPs, down from 78 in 2019, indicating a decrease in women's representation....

Congress gears up to support women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and legislative assemblies. At a meeting, the party's women ministers and senior MPs, including those who are members of the Parliament Standing Committee on the bill, discussed the Congress strategy to push the legislation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi also attended the meeting held at the party headquarters here.

Channel of women, by women, for everyone

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By IANS, New Delhi : It is a 24-hour news and infotainment channel of the women, by the women, for everyone. This International Women's Day March 8 a new channel, manned mostly by women, with women-centric programming, will be launched. Focus TV, a channel aimed at empowering women in all spheres of life, will be Asia's first women based channel, its officials said.

Ulema and Islamic values

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By Asghar Ali Engineer

Women’s day and Muslim women: A perspective

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

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

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

79% Women’s report harassment and abuse, trend more prevalent in Northern India, reveals a...

Women

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A recent research by UK-based advocacy group ActionAid has once again highlighted the grim situation of women's...

AsmaNama: Is Shehla Rashid Muslim? Muslim Discussions

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#Sarcasm#JNU#JNUSU#ShehlaRashid#Discussions#Muslim#Moslem#Kafir #Kanhaiyya#RohithVemula Dr.Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, We Muslims, Moslems, Musalmans or Muhammedans are very interesting peoples. We have many nice habits. Like, we discuss...

Gang-rape case: Defence lawyer again pulled up by court

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NRI woman from Vancouver shot dead in Punjab village

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By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : A day before she was to fly back to Canada, an Indian woman based in Vancouver was Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants at her village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. Kuldeep Kaur, 32, was going to the gurudwara in Lehli village near Mahilpur town, 25 km from here, when she was attacked. Police said she had been fired upon from close range and was hit by one bullet in the chest. She died on the spot.

हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter हैदराबाद: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें सालाना...

Kerala may get a tribal woman minister

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Girl,15, raped in Jharkhand hospital

Women

Ranchi : A 15-year-old rape victim, undergoing treatment at a Jamshedpur hospital, was raped for a second time by a security guard of the...

Court orders protection for woman duped by policeman

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide protection to a woman who has filed a complaint against a constable for raping her and marrying her despite having a wife. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed the police to provide the woman protection and told the District Investigating Unit (DIU) to monitor the case.

Woman sets herself ablaze over dowry harassment

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : A 20-year old woman, alleging harassment by her in-laws over dowry, committed suicide by setting herself afire here, police said Friday.

Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay

Women

By IANS, New Delhi/Beijing : Calling it "the most beautiful moment in my life", business executive Meena Barot Monday became the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China. Barot, 36, ran 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province, cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese. "It was like a celebration. I have never seen anything like this in my life. It is the most beautiful moment of my life," Barot told IANS over telephone. Barot, who moved to China in March 2005 and speaks Mandarin fluently, was ecstatic that she could keep her torch.

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...

Girl gang-raped in MP, woman among 5 held

Women

By IANS Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), July 4 : A teenaged girl was gang-raped here by four youths with the help of a woman, police said on...

Woman attemps to set herself ablaze near Rashtrapati Bhavan

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Apparently depressed due to quarrels with her husband, a 30-year-old woman allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze near the heavily-guarded Rashtrapati Bhavan here Monday evening, officials said. The woman, identified as Sangeeta, allegedly poured kerosene over her body and set herself afire around 5.30 p.m. on Dalhousie Road behind the presidential palace. Security officials rushed towards her and put out the flames, before officials from Delhi Fire Service could reach the spot.

98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change

Women

By IANS, Handwara : A 98-year-old woman, confident that her vote will help usher in change, stood in queue at a polling station in Handwara constituency in the third phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday. "There are many problems like unemployment, bad roads and poor electricity. I am voting for someone who will change things. I am confident my vote will make a difference," said Fazi, who waited patiently for her turn to vote at the Machipora polling station although she could barely stand.

Cry, daughter, cry..

Women

By Nupur Basu, IANS, Nothing surprises me any more when it comes to how low we can sink as a society in heaping abuses on India's daughters. Even before she has been able to dry the tears from the last assault, comes the next one.

महिलाओं की इस दुर्दशा पर कब तक हम सिर्फ़ और सिर्फ़ घड़ियाली आंसू ही...

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दीप्ति कश्यप Two circles.net के लिए बचपन से हमें सिखाया जाता है कि हमारा देश भिन्नता में भी एकता वाला देश है। कई दफ़े यह वाक्य सही...

Hijab ban forced many Muslim women in Karnataka to drop out of colleges: new...

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The report by PUCL Karnataka elaborates the ways in which Muslim women students were denied their right to education by being forced to...

Sikkimese woman raped in Delhi

Women

New Delhi: A 25-year old woman from Sikkim has allegedly been raped in the national capital, police said Friday. The victim in her complaint said...

मेडिकल फील्ड में आती तब्दीली में दाई का काम हो रहा बंद

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पूनम मसीह, TwoCircles.net सावित्री (बदला हुआ नाम, 70) और सुनीता(55) अपने घर में दोपहर के वक्त आराम कर रही थीं। घर में 21 दिन पहले...

Bishop stirs trouble after he adopts 26-year-old

Women

By IANS, Kochi : A bishop in Kerala has stirred controversy by adopting a 26-year-old woman, prompting the archbishop of the area to hold an inquiry after priests in his diocese made a complaint. The issue of 58-year-old Kochi bishop John Thattumkal adopting a 26-year-old woman has been probed by the Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil of the Verapoly Archdiocese near Kochi and the report has been sent to the Vatican.

Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner

Women

By IANS, Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday. "We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.

Punish tipplers with brooms, says Bihar women’s panchayat

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By Imran Khan Patna: A women's panchayat in a Bihar village has ordered women to punish with brooms people found consuming and selling liquor, while...

Uber cab driver alleges police probe not fair

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New Delhi: Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, facing trial for allegedly raping a woman executive who he was ferrying in his taxi, Friday...

Moga’s shame: Young woman alleges gang-rape

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Moga (Punjab) : A young woman in Punjab's Moga district has alleged that she was gang-raped by her friend's husband and his friends, police...

Hyderabad commemorates 2nd anniversary of Shaheen Bagh protests with songs, poetry recitals

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Scores of people in Hyderabad, comprising of activists, students, NGOs, youth groups came together at Lamakan – a place in Hyderabad dedicated to the...

Indian women finish seventh in Hawke’s Bay Cup hockey

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Array Hastings (New Zealand): The Indian women's hockey team defeated Japan 3-2 in the seventh-eighth position classification match to secure the seventh spot in the...

Two women beaten up in police station, 5 suspended

Women

New Delhi: Five police personnel including four women officers, were on Saturday suspended for beating up two women accused of theft by their employer,...

Women’s body not to send team to Rajasthan

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Sunday said it had not received any complaint from the Gujjar community of police atrocities on their protesting women, but added that it had given suo moto orders that the women be treated humanely and according to the law. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS Sunday that they had first given the instructions to the Rajasthan police “ten days ago”, when 26 women from the Gujjar community were arrested for stopping railway traffic near Bandikui in Dausa district for nearly six days.

Ramdev insulted Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi: Congress Saturday accused Ramdev of insulting Dalits and women, a day after the yoga guru said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited...

Navodaya Vidyalaya’s 55 girls allege molestation

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Akola (Maharashtra) : A manhunt has been launched to arrest two teachers who face charges of molesting 55 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya...

Three Muslim women in Man Asia long list

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Three Muslim women in Man Asia long list New Delhi: Three Muslim women found themselves among the 21 selected for Man Asia Literary Prize. The long list of 21 unpublished works includes work from Anjum Hasan, Daisey Hasan, and Salma. The 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize long list was chosen from submissions received from all over Asia. The largest single group of submissions was from India, followed by the Philippines. A short list of five works will be announced in October 2008 and winner awarded in November.

Two Circle Network’s Seed Fellow Sufi Parween Wins Laadli Media Award

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TCN News We are happy to announce that TCN’s SEED Fellow Sufi Parween has won the 13th Laadli Media Award for her exceptional contribution to...

Activists to form single women’s national forum

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Denied land entitlements, fighting for their rights and at the receiving end of many blind social customs - women activists and others, in order to improve their living conditions, have decided to form a national forum for single women. Announcing the initiative at a press conference Tuesday, Ginny Shrivastava, an activist from Rajasthan, said the forum would be set up following a consultation that Oct 7-8 in the capital.

Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal listed among CNN’s top ten heroes

Women

By Arun Kumar Washington : Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal is listed among CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2015, for bringing safe drinking water to more than...

Honour for women delivering girl child

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Empowering rural women to fight for their rights

Women

By Richa Sharma, IANS,

Interview: Uzma Nahid on Muslim Personal Law Board

Women

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, In a candid interview with TwoCircles.net, Uzma Nahid, the member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) talked elaborately and in detail on the role and the working pattern of the Board and its role and responsibilities in the context of the socio-economic conditions of Indian Muslims.

Muslim girl selected for 1st Asian Martial Arts Games

Women

Gul-e-Surkhab, Tarseem Sharma to leave for Bangkok’ Jammu : Gul-e-Surkhab like many other girls of Jammu and Kashmir had a dream to excel in martial arts and after being the first Woman IInd Dan Black Belt of the state, she has been now selected to participate in Ist Asian Martial Arts Games-2009 going to be held from April 25, 2009 in Bangkok. Tarseem Shrama presently working as martial arts coach in a private School, has also been slected to represent India from the state along with Gul-e-Surkhab is inspiring to do the excellent in the martial arts.