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Indian girls return with best performance card from AFC festival

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By IANS, New Delhi: Unnoticed and unsung, 22 Indian girls, forming two 11-player teams, returned from Colombo after putting up a creditable show in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) south central under-14 festival there. India's girls topped the five-team festival with 21 green cards followed by Jordan, Iran, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in that order. India won all but one of their matches, which was a 30-minute draw with Iran.

एक और ख़्वाब का अंत , ‘पढ़ो प्रदेश ‘ योजना बंद

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आकिल हुसैन। twocircles.net मौलाना आजाद फेलोशिप के बाद अब केंद्र सरकार के अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय ने अल्पसंख्यक छात्रों की विदेशों में पढ़ने के लिए दी जाने...

Not enough women in Indian justice system: UN Women official

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By Azera Rahman, IANS,

Loss, Survival and Denial of Justice: The Untold Lives of Delhi Riots Widows

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On the fifth anniversary of the 2020 Delhi riots, TwoCircles.net presents a compelling five-part series. This is the fourth story in that series. And...

अगले जनम मोहे बिटिया न कीजो…

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

‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders

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Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...

Orissa girl sacrificed for good harvest

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said Monday. The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.

AIDWA fact finding team reiterates lose ends in Meerut rape case, says case is...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: All India Democratic Womens’ Association (AIDWA) has released a fact finding report on the alleged Meerut gang rape of a madrassa teacher. While demanding speedy enquiry and justice for the girl, AIDWA has also condemned “the blatant lies and half-truths being spread by the BJP and Sangh Parivar about the case.”

‘तीन तलाक देने वालों को सज़ा मिले’

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Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : मुस्लिम समाज में तलाक को लेकर हमेशा से बहस होता रहा है. एक बार फिर इस बहस को...

Kartika Reddy Hyderabad’s first woman mayor

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By IANS, Hyderabad : Banda Kartika Reddy of the Congress party was Friday elected unopposed as Hyderabad's first woman mayor after the ruling party agreed to sharing of power with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) in the civic body. Kartika Reddy, who was elected as corporator from Tarnaka division in last month's elections, is also the first mayor of Greater Hyderabad.

Rajasthan clears bill on violence against women

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By IANS, Jaipur : Rajasthan Wednesday approved a bill that proposes stringent punishment against women being branded as witches and subjected to other atrocities in the state, officials said.

Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...

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In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

Women, men clash again in Bengal over ladies special train

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Kolkata : In yet another territorial battle on West Bengal's rail tracks, women clashed with men on Wednesday for the second time in...

हाशिए पर है दिल्ली की बस्तियों में रहने वाली डोमेस्टिक वर्कर्स की ज़िंदगी

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तन्वी सुमन । Twocircles.net आमतौर पर समाज में एक धारणा बनी हुई है कि परिवार की जीविका चलाने वाला पुरुष होता है। जब कभी हमारा...

Activists to form single women’s national forum

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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.

Women banned from taking part in polls in Pakistan region

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Islamabad : In a bizarre diktat out of sync with modern-day ethos, the Jirga (religious assembly) in Gilgit Baltistan -- an eight-hour drive from...

Landlord held for raping tenant in Odisha

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

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

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By IANS,

In Bajrang Muni’s prouncements, anti-Muslim hatred is rife

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Mahant Bajrang Muni Udasin was arrested earlier in April 2022 for 'threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women,' but was soon released on bail....

50-year-old woman jumps to death from ninth floor

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 50-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Monday by jumping from the ninth floor of her apartment building in Ghaziabad, the police said. According to the police, Kumud Prasad, the wife of Nand Kishore Prasad, a deputy chief labour commissioner, jumped from her flat in Amrapali Royal apartments in the Vasundhara area. According to her family, Kumud went out on the balcony of the flat in the morning. And about 10 minutes later, the apartment guards informed her husband that she was lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus

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Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...

Acid thrown on woman, child in Bengal; husband held

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Kolkata:A woman and her infant child have been injured in an acid attack in Birbhum district in West Bengal, police said Monday. The victim's estranged...

India can be a superpower only by empowering women: Rahul

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New Delhi: On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday India can never aspire to be a superpower...

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

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In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

When saying ‘no’ empowered these women

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By Shilpa Raina, New Delhi : As a child-bride, activist Sampat Pal's mother-in-law sternly instructed her to have dinner only after everyone in the family had eaten. She agreed, but a part of her rebelled against this gender discrimination. And a day came when she could take it no more and ate before everyone else did. That very moment forever changed the course of life.

Changing women identity in Kashmir

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By Bilal Ahmad Malik, The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...

AMU’s impact on Muslims share in higher education

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By Charu Bahri, TwoCircles.net Danish Malik is no stranger to challenges. Hard pressed for money, he tutored his way through graduation and continues to tutor...

Indian women allege being duped by Albanian firm

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By IANS,

Muslim women of the world urged to unite

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By NNN-Bernama, Kuala Lumpur : Collective action among Muslim women around the world is necessary to bring out women's issues for serious, indepth discussion, says the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), Daisy Khan. Muslim women represented half of the world's Muslim population and therefore their issues were societal and serious, she said in an interview with Bernama here Tuesday.

Open letter to political parties to take up the issue of repealing AFSPA

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Civil Society groups and individuals, led by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), and endorsed by several others have written an open letter to all the political parties to take up the issue of repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...

Three women die after surgery in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: Three women died in Odisha's Sambalpur district five hours after surgery was conducted on them in a state-run medical college and hospital, said...

How the media reports on rape: January edition

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By Vanya Mehta for TwoCircles.net This article is part of a monthly series in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against women,...

Low representation doesn’t deter Indian women from voting

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New Delhi: They might not be getting their due when it comes to representation in parliament, but women have increased their participation in the...

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,...

Early Marriage, Tradition and Safety: Unraveling the Challenges for Muslim Girls in Education

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Iqra Fatma, TwoCircles.net Darbhanga (Bihar): Nusrat, a bright young woman from Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, always aspired to pursue higher education. After earning her bachelor's...

Andhra plans exclusive police stations for women

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By IANS, Hyderabad: One police station exclusively for women would be set up in each of the districts of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy announced Monday.

यूपीएससी 2020 : सदफ चौधरी को 23 वी रैंक, मुस्लिम समुदाय से किया टॉप

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न्यूज डेस्क। Twocircles.net संघ लोकसेवा आयोग ने सिविल सेवा 2020 का मुख्य परीक्षा का परिणाम जारी कर दिया है। सिविल सर्विसेज परीक्षा 2020 में...

Women claim fraud, lay siege to police station

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By IANS, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu : At least 500 woman laid a siege to a police station here in rural Tamil Nadu, demanding action against people who allegedly swindled over 600 womens' self-help group members of about Rs.1 million. The police later swung into action and arrested eight people, including six women. The suspects were arrested after agitating women alleged that they had parted with amounts ranging from Rs.1,000 to Rs.5,000 per head, against promises of being given house plots, the police said Sunday.

Hunt on for men who allegedly raped German woman

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Efforts were on Monday to nab the men who allegedly abducted a German woman from the upscale Taj hotel here and took her to a room where they raped her before dropping her nearly 12 hours later. The incident took place early Sunday when five to six men in a black Scorpio SUV kidnapped the 20-year-old tourist from the parking lot of the Taj in Chandigarh's commercial hub Sector 17.

Great to have so many women MPs in Lok Sabha : Moon Moon Sen

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By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : It is great to have so many women in the Lok Sabha this time, says the glamorous actor-turned-politician Moon...

Educated women going for drugs in Pakistan

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By IANS, Islamabad: Around 47 percent of women drug addicts in Pakistan are well educated and have had either college or university education, a top official has said.

Government ready to extend session to pass women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Wednesday said it was ready to extend the ongoing parliament session, if necessary, to pass the long-pending women's...

JD(U) hints at softening of opposition to women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : With the numbers favouring the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha Monday, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a prominent party opposing it, Sunday indicated a softening of its position. JD-U chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Ali Anwar Ansari said the party will consider the opinion of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in support of the bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in parliament and state legislatures.

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

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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...

Hyderabad women group celebrates International Women’s Day

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By TCN News,

Responsibilities must be shared to prevent trafficking: NCW chief

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New Delhi: The state alone can't prevent trafficking and people must get together to fight the stigma associated with it at the grassroot level...

Anandiben Patel: Gujarat’s first woman CM (Profile)

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By Quaid Najmi, Ahmedabad : Some 25 years ago, without a second thought, a woman school teacher plunged into the Narmada river and rescued two...

Ten women labourers drown in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : Ten women drowned when a boat they had boarded to cross a river capsized in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The mishap occurred in...

India committed to peace: Modi

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Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...

A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar...

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23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based...

‘Women of India, South Africa should partner each other’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women of India and South Africa should enter into partnerships in economic development programmes, South Africa's High Commissioner Harris Majeke said here Wednesday.

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

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

Agra activists demand more public toilets

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Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...

Women’s commission faces heavy backlog of complaints

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) is facing a heavy backlog of complaints that were either not taken up or not disposed of, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Friday. "In the annual audit inspection of 2008-09, the issue of pendency (of complaints) has been pointed out in the National Commission for Women (NCW)," Tirath informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply. "Efforts are made to settle and cut down the pendency by NCW," she added.

61 women in this Lok Sabha, highest ever

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New Delhi: The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61. "This is the highest number of women members elected...

आख़िर तीन तलाक़ पर क़ानून की बात इसी वक़्त क्यों उठी?

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए जी हां, क्यों तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत यानी एक म‍जलिस की तीन तलाक़ का मुद्दा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले के लगभग तीन महीने बाद...

69-year-old nun’s murderer admits killing another: Police

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Kottayam (Kerala): A day after Kerala Police revealed that a man arrested from Haridwar for killing and 69-year-old nun at her convent near here...

Muslim women must press for their rights

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, When her parents asked her to wear a "burqa" (veil) while attending classes at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, Rubina refused to comply with the demand. She was barred from going to the university and sat at home washing dishes.

भारत का सर्वोच्च विज्ञान पुरस्कार बुशरा अतीक के नाम

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नेहाल अहमद । Twocircles.net अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय (एएमयू) की पूर्व छात्रा डॉ बुशरा अतीक को मेडिकल स्किनोल के क्षेत्र में उत्कृष्ट कार्य के लिए भारत...

Giriraj does it again: Remark on Sonia’s ‘white skin’ triggers outrage

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New Delhi/Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh caused embarrassment to the government and triggered outrage on Wednesday with a racist remark about Congress president Sonia...

Woman who saved Muslims in riots hoists flag in Bihar

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Patna : Commoner Shail Devi, who saved the lives of 10 Muslims during the communal clashes in Muzaffarpur district earlier this month, hoisted the national flag at the state Congress headquarter here Monday.

Kish Island – a temporary timeout for Iranian women

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By Farshid Motahari, DPA, Kish Island (Iran) : While women in the Iranian capital Tehran are meticulously checked by vice squads for any lapse in the Islamic dress code, those holidaying on Kish Island in the country's south have a temporary timeout in this regard. "It is such a pleasure to have the scarf so loose on your head and enjoy the sun and wind on your hair. Although only temporary but still it is such a nice timeout for us," said 24-year-old Salomeh who together with her friends, is spending some days on the Gulf island.

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.

Singapore premier urges couples to have more babies

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By DPA, Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Saturday called on couples to have more children as the city-state's birth rate slipped to its lowest level in 2009. "Despite all our efforts, we are producing far too few babies," Lee said in a message marking Sunday's start of the lunar Year of the Tiger. "Last year, we were short of at least 10,000 babies just to replace ourselves," he added. Lee especially urged ethnic Chinese to dismiss their superstitions against children born in a Year of the Tiger.

Relief to rape convict for cracking civil service challenged

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said it didn't agree with the Delhi High Court's order giving relief to a rape convict who cracked the civil service exam while serving his sentence. The apex court issued notice to the Delhi government on a lawsuit by the National Commission for Women (NCW) questioning the rationale of the high court verdict releasing the rape convict, Ashok Rai.

Indian women: Either too fat or too thin

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By Richa Sharma, IANS,

Ruchika’s principal returns state award

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Four days after a magisterial inquiry held the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School here guilty of being unfair in expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra for fee default, the school principal S. Sebestina Monday returned the state award. The Chandigarh administration had directed her to return the award, which was given to her in 2005 for meritorious contribution to city education. She was the principal of the school in 1990, when Ruchika was expelled.

भाजपा गुमराह कर तीन तलाक़ पर मुस्लिम महिलाओं से जुटा रही थी समर्थन, पोल...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुजफ़्फ़रनगर : तीन तलाक़ को लेकर मुस्लिम महिलाओं का समर्थन जुटाने की कोशिश में लगी भाजपा को मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में क़रारा...

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...

Depressed over mother’s death, Gurgaon woman jumps from 15th floor

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Gurgaon: Shocked at the death of her mother during treatment at a multi-specialty private hospital here, a 25-year-old woman Saturday committed suicide by jumping...

Society must be proactive in checking violence against women: Sonia

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By IANS,

मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...

Every fifth candidate in Bengal first phase has criminal cases

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New Delhi : As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that...

WRB is against the essence of social justice: Dr. Ejaz Ali

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: The Rajya Sabha MP of Janta Dal-United (JD-U) Dr M Ejaz Ali on Tuesday stated that the Women's Reservation Bill in present format will turn the parliament into a 'kitty club' of high society ladies. Ali was in the city to attend a workshop on the issue organised by All India Dalit Muslim Morcha (AIDMM) at UP Press Club in Lucknow on Tuesday.

Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday. Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here. He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal. His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.

Bhopal: Three Decades of Struggle: In quest of justice, women are leaders not pleaders

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It has been labeled as the world’s worst industrial disaster. Thirty years ago, on December 2-3 night, a cloud of deadly methyl-isocyanate enveloped the sleeping innocents in the neighbourhood of the Union Carbide plant that killed at least 3000 immediately and left thousands others suffering a lingering death. Even after three decades of struggle, justice remains a distant cry. In this fourth of the six part series, TwoCircles.net finds out how this gas justice movement also shaped a kind of feminist movement where the victims came out from pardah and started street protests. (Read Part I here: "It was difficult for mothers to save their children, for children to save their aged parents" (Read Part II here: Widows of tragedy an icon of government’s apathy (Read Part III here: Abdul Jabbar: an underrated champion By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

India, US to put women’s issues in strategic dialogue

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By IANS, New York: India and the US have agreed that issues related to women's empowerment should be integrated into all aspects of the India-US Strategic Dialogue.

Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views

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By IANS, Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa. Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.

Mamata didi has become Shahenshah: Modi

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Kharagpur (West Bengal) : Launching a direct attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the "didi"...

Indians among 30,000 nurses in Britain facing expulsion

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London: As many as 30,000 overseas nurses will be facing the axe under British Prime Minister David Cameron's new immigration laws. According to Cameron's new...

Self-employed women’s group to go global

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), which assists poor women in the unorganised sector to make a living, is all set to take its apparel brand Hansiba to foreign shores by holding fashion shows in the US and Britain and exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan. SEWA chairperson Reema Nanavaty said: "Our apparel brand Hansiba will now hold fashion shows in the US and UK this year, besides exhibitions in Nepal and Bhutan."

Bihar ISc results: Firdaus Parween gets 5th rank in state

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Patna: Firdaus Parween from T P College in Madhepura is among top five rankers in Bihar intermediate exam 2010 (science stream). The top five positions in the state this year have been grabbed by girls with Shweta Rajani, a student of J D Women’s College, Patna, securing the first position with 425 aggregate marks.

Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Need to change attitude towards girl child: Tirath

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By IANS,

Hyderabad Siblings Launch India’s First All-Women Taxi Bike Service

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: “It was while commuting to college that I began exploring ideas for safe travel for women after personally facing security issues....

Ramadan1433: Naseema’s life

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net

Boycotted Dalit woman commits suicide in Orissa

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By IANS,

Women as a vote bank: Not a win-win for politicos

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By Amulya Ganguli Women are now being courted by some politicians who sense that their appeal to Dalits, backward castes and Muslims is dwindling in...

Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder". Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.

Dowry law cannot be harassment tool, says court

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New Delhi: A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment. Granting relief to a man,...

Criticism of Haj policy recommendations on women invalid: Review committee member

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By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, (IANS): The criticism of certain recommendations of the review committee on the new Haj policy -- including that of...

Woman mortgages jewellery to construct toilet

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Patna : Setting a rare and inspiring example that has drawn her applause, a woman in Bihar mortagaged her gold and silver jewellery to...

DMK, AIADMK to groom women of substance for elections

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK have sprung into action, now that the women's reservation bill is just a step away from being passed. Both parties have decided to groom their women cadres to fight elections. The ruling DMK is planning to hold camps across the state to empower its women cadres.

कोचिंग के फीस के लिए नौकरी कर जुटाएं पैसे, अब जज बन गई बोकारो...

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली - हाल ही में बिहार पीसीएस जे के परिणाम में 22 मुस्लिम नोजवानों ने जज साहब होने का गौरव...

Women representation low at AICC meet

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By IANS,

Woman separatist leader held in Srinagar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Chief of Kashmiri separatist women group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith), Asiya Andrabi was arrested Friday during anti-Valentine's Day protest here. Andrabi was...

A woman judge is raped in UP!

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

UN chief seeks help against female genital mutilation

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Nairobi: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the media Thursday to speak out and help put an end "within this generation" to Female...

NC woman legislator, activists protest award to army major

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Srinagar, (IANS): Women workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) on Wednesday protested against the award of the Army Chief's commendation card to an...

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

I lived on but many women can’t; so help me stop this: Acid attack...

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By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi : On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand...

Haryana to have women police stations from Raksha Bandhan

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Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Friday announced it will set up women police stations in all the 21 districts of the state...

India’s first halal cosmetics firm set to expand outlets

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, Ahmedabad : Mauli Teli has people coming up to her often and asking what 'halal' has to do with cosmetics. "Are...

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ गिरफ्तार, पूर्व आईपीएस संजीव भट्ट पर एक और केस दर्ज

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net देश की जानी-मानी समाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को गुजरात एटीएस ने 2002 के गुजरात दंगों के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया है। इसके...

Attack on Malala: Islamic or un-Islamic?

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By Asghar Ali Engineer

DPS asked to compensate teachers in sexual harassment case

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society to compensate three of its teachers, who had alleged sexual harassment by the principal of Faridabad branch of the school, to the tune Rs.2.5 lakh each. Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt in his order asked DPS to pay Rs.2.5 lakh each to three of its teachers and Rs.1.5 lakh to another employee of the school who had accused the then school principal U.S. Verma of sexual harassment. The teachers were forced to resign from their positions following the allegation.

Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help

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New Delhi: A 50-year-old Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly raping the domestic help of his friend, police said on Saturday....

Mamata, Jayalalithaa keen to block Modi as PM

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By T.R. Ramachandran, Since the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984, women politicians have steered clear of having a go at the high...

Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana: The work of the special investigation team (SIT), probing criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is getting delayed as teenaged molestation victim Ruchika's family is not cooperating, the SIT chief said Sunday. Family members, however, dismissed the charge and questioned the team's efficiency.

Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery

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By Sarat C. Das, IANS,

Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 a.m. Wednesday from the south side of the 8,848 m mountain, according to the Nepal-based Arun Treks & Expedition Pvt ltd.

Bajrangi Bhaijan: How I learned to stop worrying and love Shri Raam

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By Shilpi Suneja for TwoCircles.net A few days before I watched the much hyped Bajrangi Bhaijan the Supreme Court of India upheld its...

Government offers dialogue on women’s bill, disruptions go on

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By IANS, New Delhi : The women's reservation bill continued to stall parliament for the fourth day Thursday as the government sought to calm the opposition by offering a dialogue to resolve differences on the legislation. But the government's offer for an all-party meeting had no effect in breaking the deadlock over the bill, which led to adjournments in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha.

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...

Is (only) Jamia Nagar ‘bad’ for Women?

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By Mahtabnama, Having lived in Jamia Nagar for almost half of my life (nearly 14 years), last week, I was startled to read the heading of an anecdotal piece of writing in Okhlatimes.com, Is Jamia Nagar bad for women? A firsthand account from Aamna.

10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training

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Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...

Half of Gaza dead ‘children, women and elderly’

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By RIA Novosti, Damascus : Just under half of the fatalities in Israel's ongoing attack on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are children, women or elderly people, a Palestinian health ministry official has said. A representative for Gaza's health ministry told journalists that 854 Palestinians had so far died in Israel's two-week long attack on the enclave of 1.5 million people. A total of 270 of the dead are children, 68 women, and 90 elderly people, he added. He also said that around 4,000 people had been wounded, including some 400 children in a serious condition.

Women panchayat members take oath as Ahimsa messengers

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New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) When Radha Devi first decided to fight panchayat elections four years ago, she was threatened by the elected representative in her area, a man. But undeterred, Radha fought the polls and won with a good margin from Rupari Kala in block Chaksu in Rajasthan. Radha Devi, 30, was one of the 25 women panchayat members who were Thursday administered an oath by Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath to fight violence.

ERDF opens women’s college in Assam’s Karimganj

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Speakers at the seminar stressed upon the importance of education for women and appealed to the families, especially from the minority communities, to send...

Woman among 13 new ministers inducted in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar : A woman politician who has survived at least five assassination attempts was among the 13 new ministers inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday. With this, the strength of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's six-month-old coalition has gone up to 23. Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers, who include seven from the National Conference, six from the Congress and one from junior coalition partner, the National Democratic Party.

Suspecting them as terrorists, state run bus service driver-conductor force luggage search on burqa...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kolkata/Asansole: After the October 2 Burdwan bomb blast, a section of the main stream media’s campaign against the Madrasas and Muslims in West Bengal are facing suspicion across the community. Muslims are being made the target of communal hate campaigns.

Mindset against women has to change: Women MPs

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

In cosmopolitan Karachi, women prefer hijab to burqa

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS,

Modi says glad to see highest number of women in UP assembly

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New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness to see a new record of highest number of women MLAs elected to...

SC pulls up Bengal for failure to protect rape victim’s rights

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court Friday said that West Bengal government failed to protect the fundamental rights of a village woman who was gang raped...

Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil has signed into law a bill giving Indian women equal rights as men in adopting children and becoming guardians of minors, including their own children, it was announced Thursday. The president removed the age-old gender discrimination against women by giving her assent to the Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010, which was passed by parliament in its monsoon session which concluded last week, according to a law ministry press release.

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

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

Why are girls looked upon as marriage material only?

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By Zohra Javed,

हाथ फैलाकर जीना चाहते हैं या मेहनत कर अपना भाग्य अपने हाथों लिखना चाहते...

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सरस्वती अग्रवाल उत्तराखण्ड : “व्यवसाय करने के लिए ज़्यादा पढ़ा-लिखा होना ज़रुरी नहीं है, बल्कि रुची होना ज़रुरी है.” ये वाक्य है उत्तराखण्ड राज्य जनपद...

Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan

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Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...

Global women’s summit held in Istanbul

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By IANS, Istanbul : A global summit for women was held in Istanbul for providing a platform to women to share "what works" in accelerating their economic advancement in society.

Tripura women protest Delhi gang-rape

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

Seminar on codification of Islamic Law held in Chennai

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, for TCN

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...

Woman judge sacked in Tripura

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By IANS, Agartala: A judge in Tripura has been dismissed from service for making derogatory remarks against the judges of higher courts, an official said Sunday.

Women MPs number yet to touch 50 in Lok Sabha

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

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...

Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...

Punjab Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for women’s reservation

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Chandigarh, (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central government to enact the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33...

यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...

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यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...

Missing woman Everester: Mamata wants to monitor rescue

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Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is planning to head to Nepal to monitor rescue operations for missing ace mountaineer Chhanda Gayen, a minister...

Women celebrate the legacy of Bharati Roy Chaudhury

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By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Delhi Solidarity Group, Women Forest Rights Action Committee and All India Union of Forest Working People, organized the 2nd Bharti Roy Chaudhury memorial lecture titled “Women Resisting Violence - Assertions, Struggles, and Solidarity in Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, on 9th March.

Sari-wearing women may face jail if new Nigerian law passed

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By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Johannesburg : Indian women in their traditional saris with midriffs showing may find themselves falling foul of Nigerian law if a bill currently under discussion in that country is passed. Tourists in towelling wraps and Nigerian women in traditional dress with their stomachs exposed could also find themselves behind bars for three months or subjected to fines of $100, according to the Media24 News Service here.

Women’s quota bill: Despite opposition, government firm

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By IANS, New Delhi : Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, the government said there was no option but to push forward with the legislation in the absence of a consensus. The government has timed the consideration and passage of the bill in Rajya Sabha with the 100th year of international women's day Monday. The landmark legislation seeks to reserve 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.