Meet Manjuwara Mullah from Assam’s riverine sandbank who is leading Muslim women to social,...
Manjuwara Mullah from the north-eastern state of Assam is a social activist whose initiative Amrapari has changed the lives of many women in the...
Assam waives entertainment tax on ‘Mary Kom’
Guwahati : The Assam government Wednesday announced exemption of entertainment tax on "Mary Kom", a new Bollywood movie on the World champion woman boxer...
Woman stabbed to death in Maharashtra train
Mumbai: A woman commuter was stabbed to death inside the luggage coach of a moving train in Maharashtra early Saturday, officials said.
The woman, identified...
Can women take smart decisions?
By Amit Dasgupta,
If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.
Over 3,000 Delhi women two-wheeler riders ticketed
New Delhi : At least 3,236 women two-wheeler and pillion riders were issued challans or traffic tickets for not wearing helmets in the national...
Can India Inc. come to the rescue of women?
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Sanjiv Kataria,
Many occasions last week tugged at my conscience, primarily because of a series of events. Two ladies were planning their shopping itinerary, seated in a McDonald's in south Delhi, till their drifting conversation hit me that the whole expedition was centered on one thing - clean toilets. The next day I overheard another lady refusing to sip tea or coffee before heading out. Politely, she stated, no fluids, on the days she steps out, lest she should have to use a restroom outside.
Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Mortar hits Israeli kibbutz, kills Israeli woman
By Xinhua,
Gaza : An Israeli woman was killed and three wounded on Friday afternoon by a mortar shell fired by Gaza militants at an Israeli kibbutz near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman told Israeli Radio Arabic service that Palestinian militants fired in the afternoon a mortar shell from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Azza, adding that a woman there was killed and three men wounded.
Pioneer of women’s studies Vina Mazumdar passes away
By IANS,
New Delhi : Vina Mazumdar, chronicler of the Indian women's movement and pioneer of women's studies, passed away Thursday after a brief illness. She was 86.
Naseema: Story of a girl who took on sex trafficking in Bihar
By Mohd Hasnain Arij for TwoCircles.net,
Muzaffarpur: When she grew up and started schooling she was told not to disclose her address to her classmates. Today her home is regularly visited by media, commoners and NGOs. Naseema, now 30, had to endure the stigma of being resident of sex workers colony, popularly known as red light area all these years. Overcoming all pressure to get involved in the trade of the area, she studied till matriculation, and then launched anti-trafficking drive. This past March she won Real Hero award from CNN-IBN and Reliance for her heroic deed.
Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence.
Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on "Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence", said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future.
Walia stressed on the need for sensitising the doctors and
para-medical staff to give them adequate skills for effectively treating the victims of domestic violence and those who are subjected to harassment, atrocities and sexual exploitation.
First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76).
She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.
In solidarity with Shehla Rashid
By Sana Khan for TwoCircles.net
So much has already been written, in support of her and against her, so much so that a few AMU...
Delhi records 40 cases of crimes against women every day
By Rajnish Singh,
New Delhi : The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of...
Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools
By IANS,
New Delhi: Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which Tuesday asked the education department to explain why the students were turned away.
Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government to explain by Aug 5 why it failed to admit the girls in its schools.
The girls residing in different areas in east Delhi approached the court when they were refused admission by the schools on frivolous grounds.
Meghalaya home minister quits
Shillong : Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has resigned from the ruling Congress-led government, a party official said Friday.
Warjri, the first woman home minister,...
NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers
New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...
Pomp, women’s power on display at Republic Day parade
New Delhi : More than the pomp, this year's Republic Day parade Monday will be remembered for women's power showcased during the two-hour event...
41 women, children killed in Kuwait fire: report
By DPA,
Kuwait City: At least 41 women and children were killed and dozens more injured in a fire that broke out Saturday night in a tent at a wedding in Kuwait, local media reports said.
Many more were believed to have been killed in a stampede that followed the fire at the wedding in the Ayoun area of Jahra, west of Kuwait City, the Kuwait Times reported. The al-Jazeera news channel reported that at least 70 people were injured.
The cause of the fire was yet to be determined and an investigation had begun, officials said.
Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University
By IANS,
Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.
19-year-old gang-raped, three arrested
New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men, of which three have been arrested, police officials said Wednesday.
One of the accused...
PM confident of women’s quota bill passage
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government's commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures.
"We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures," Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for women here.
“Srinagar has become an open-air prison,” restrictions back to Kashmir capital after decades
After the spate of civilian killings in Kashmir, especially of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community and non-locals, the government has beefed security in...
Majority of women unaware of rights: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : Seventy percent of women in the national capital are unaware of constitutional and legal provisions made for them, a new study released Tuesday said.
There is nothing progressive about the ideology of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind or Jamiat Ahl e...
Dr. Lubna Sarwath for Twocircles.net
Jyoti Punwani’s Nov 27, 2016 interview with a woman activist who had recently resigned from the All India Muslim...
Irom Sharmila appears in Delhi court
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years for repealing AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House Court, in the national capital. She was produced here in a case where she sat on fast on Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in the year 2006, but was charged section 309 of IPC for attempting to commit suicide.
Nominate 100 women achievers on Facebook
New Delhi : You can now nominate 100 women achievers who have contributed to community and nation building as a part of the...
Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder
By IANS,
New Delhi: A married woman and her paramour allegedly killed her alcoholic husband after he caught them together in their north Delhi shanty four days ago, police said Friday, adding the duo have been arrested.
Kashmira and her paramour Amit allegedly stabbed an inebriated Mohinder Singh to death in their hut in Kishan Ganj area June 8. They hid the body in the house for over 30 hours and then threw it near a drain.
I am Bibi Khatoon from Godhra
Testimony of a mother of three sons who were acquitted in the Godhra train carnage case
By TCN News,
CBI questions Mayawati over NRHM scam
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati here in connection with the...
Delhi to get technical varsity for women
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Monday announced that it will set up a technical university for women here.
हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...
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...
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
You...
Iraqi women face ‘silent emergency’
By DPA,
Baghdad : Poverty, lack of security, and a lack of basic services have created a "silent emergency" for Iraqi women, a study released Sunday found.
A survey of 1,700 Iraqi women conducted by the Iraqi non-governmental organisation al-Amal and released by the international charity Oxfam in honour of International Women's Day Sunday found that a majority of women had been victims of violence, and that their personal safety was still their primary concern.
Withdraw case slapped for protesting rape, demand women activists
By IANS,
Kolkata : Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for "stifling the voice of protest", a section of women rights activists Wednesday demanded withdrawal of...
Limca Book’s latest edition dedicated to women
New Delhi : Celebrating women achievers across various fields, the Limca Book of Records Thursday launched its 25th edition on the theme "Empowering Women".
An...
Saina regains No.1 spot
New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the top spot in the latest women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation...
Seven beaten up in Jharkhand for suspected occult ritual
By IANS,
Ranchi : Seven people including a woman were brutally beaten near a Jharkhand village as local residents suspected them of carrying out an occult ritual.
According to local media reports Wednesday, about ten people reached Hundru waterfall Tuesday near Sikidiri village, around 70 km from Ranchi. Their luggage included two goats and three hens.
Maharashtra launches crime tracking system
Mumbai : On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country's first comprehensive 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' through 42 cyber...
Six arrested in Haryana for gang-raping, selling woman
Chandigarh : Haryana Police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape and sale of a woman from Maharashtra. Three...
These women are legends in recorded music
By IANS,
New Delhi: They came from the bylanes of the courtesans' colonies in heartland India to become legends in the annals of recorded music.
An exhibition, "Women on Record: Celebrating the Music of Women in the Early 20th Century", traces the history of women in Indian classical music and their involvement with the 78 rpm vinyl records through a series of collages, texts, archival prints and photographs of the women, their lives and their patrons.
Haryana student rapes classmate, arrested
By IANS,
Kurukshetra: An engineering student of a private college was arrested in this Haryana district for allegedly raping his Dalit classmate, police said Sunday.
Rape victim seeks president’s permission for mercy killing
Patna: A rape victim in Bihar has asked President Pranab Mukherjee for permission for mercy killing, saying she has been denied justice for nearly...
‘I knew the victim as a colleague and friend’: Rape and Murder at Kolkata’s...
Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
“This incident has left us all shaken. I knew the victim as a colleague and friend; we shared long working hours and...
Lalitha Kumaramangalam takes charge as NCW chair
New Delhi : BJP leader Lalitha Kumaramangalam Monday took charge as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women and said that she will...
NCW summons Ashutosh for ‘demeaning’ women
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh for "demeaning" women through one of the articles...
Germans Shoot at Afghan Civilians
By Prensa Latina,
Kabul : Three Afghan civilians, including one woman and two children died in a new violent incident by foreign occupation troops deployed in the country.
The victims lost their lives when German soldiers and Afghani forces shot at them in Kunduz, in the northern region of the Islamic nation.
In a communiqué, the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) under NATO command informed that the soldiers ordered a group of cars to stop at a control point.
The soldiers opened fire on the car claiming they did not obey the order to stop.
Rajasthan gets NHRC notice over woman’s rape by policeman
New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over a report that said a police assistant sub-inspector allegedly raped...
2014 Election: TV actress hope for better education, women’s security
Mumbai : The 16th Lok Sabha elections are underway and actresses like Jennifer Winget and Deepika Singh sat that once the new government comes...
Blueline bus crushes woman in Delhi’s BRT corridor
By IANS,
New Delhi : A speeding Blueline bus crushed a 42-year-old woman to death when she was crossing the road at the controversial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in south Delhi, the police said Wednesday.
Poonam Sharma came under the wheels of a privately operated Blueline bus plying on route number 534 between Anand Vihar and Mehrauli near the Chirag Delhi flyover late Tuesday, police said.
Women’s group claims Goa government in cahoots with casinos
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition government in Goa is hand in glove with the casino industry, a leading women's organisation here alleged Monday.
Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them.
"Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.
Engineering students arrested for misbehaving with tourist at Puri
By IANS,
Puri (Orissa) : Three students of an engineering college in Orissa were arrested for misbehaving with a woman tourist at the temple city of Puri, police said Saturday.
The three are students of an engineering college in Bhubaneswar.
They allegedly misbehaved with the woman tourist when she was bathing in the sea at Puri, some 56 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, an official of the sea beach police station told IANS.
Police arrested the students, Manish Kumar Sharma, Prasant Sharma and Ashutosh Kumar on the basis of a written complaint filed by the husband of the woman.
Rheumatoid arthritis rising among women
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) After lying dormant for four decades, rheumatoid arthritis has resurfaced among women in the US.
"More research needs to be done to better understand the causes and treatment of this devastating disease," said Sherine Gabriel, Mayo Clinic rheumatologist and lead investigator of the study.
From 1955 to 1994, its incidence had continually been on the decline, but changed in mid-nineties. When Mayo researchers analysed patient data from early 1995 to early 2005, they found that both the incidence and prevalence (percentage) of the condition were rising.
Manipuri women assault: Three more accused get bail
By IANS,
New Delhi : A court here Friday granted bail to three people accused of assaulting two Manipuri women.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri...
Dalit woman set on fire for objecting to molestation
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday evening in Kannauj, some 250 km from Lucknow, where Altaf and two of his aides set the Dalit woman on fire. With severe burn injuries, the woman was being treated in a hospital, where her condition was critical.
Woman raped by three men in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men including a 65-year-old in Trilokpuri area of east Delhi, police said Saturday.
"The senior citizen who is accused of rape is related to the victim's son-in-law. The victim's daughter had got married a year ago and at present is going through a marital discord with her husband. The victim had gone to the house of a relative of her daughter's in-laws," a police officer said.
Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...
Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...
Woman’s in-laws arrested for causing forceful abortion
By IANS,
New Delhi: The in-laws of a 22-year-old woman were arrested here Monday after she accused them of drugging her and causing her to abort her over one month-old foetus, the police said.
Impreet Kaur, in her complaint to the Geeta Colony police station, alleged that her husband Rajdeep Singh, a property dealer, and in-laws, Gurdeep Singh and Devendra, took her to the house of her husband's sister two days ago.
At her sister-in-law's house she was allegedly given a sedative laced tea and after that the "foetus was removed". She had married Singh in December last year.
Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative
By Shobha Shukla
"There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...
Ban rave parties, says Goa woman legislator
By IANS,
Panaji : Rave parties should be completely banned in Goa and scantily-clad women should be dropped from government advertisements promoting tourism outside the state, Goa's only woman legislator Thursday said.
Speaking during a discussion in the assembly, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters.
"Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.
Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held
New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...
‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:
Responsibilities must be shared to prevent trafficking: NCW chief
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...
3 women murdered in Goa raises fresh safety concerns
By IANS,
Panaji: Three women were found murdered with their bodies partially charred in separate incidents over the last three days in Goa, even as the police Tuesday brushed aside queries about the safety of women in the state.
DCW’s notice to colleges, varsities over sexual harassment cases
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women on Wednesday asked the city's 23 educational bodies, including the Delhi University, to state the number of...
Islamic face veil to be banned in Latavia
Riga : Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in...
Triple talaq, polygamy not integral to Islamic practices, SC told
New Delhi : The Union government on Friday told the Supreme Court that 'triple talaq', 'nikaah halaal' and polygamy as practised by the Muslims...
Women group appeal National Rights Commission for intervention in arbitrary arrests of rights activists
TCN News
A group of more than 100 women individuals and organizations have written to the National Rights Commission Chairman Justice H L Dattu seeking...
Now, all-women canteen at Jamia in Delhi
New Delhi : Jamia Millia Islamia has got its first all women-run canteen as part of the efforts of a self-help group towards women...
Movement against rape should be taken to its logical conclusion: Kaneez Fatima
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Government confident of women’s bill passage: Moily
By IANS,
New Delhi: Despite several hiccups that the women's reservation bill is facing in parliament, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday night said the central government is confident to pass the bill in the current budget session.
"We want to pass the bill this session. We are very confident," Moily told the CNN-IBN news channel in an interview.
Shilpa calls on women to turn their own saviours
By IANS,
Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty has called on women to strengthen themselves physically and mentally to become their own saviours in times of crisis.
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हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...
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Sania top contender for Khel Ratna
New Delhi : Following a string of strong performances, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has emerged as the frontrunner to be awarded the...
India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural...
Rape victims of Rwandan genocide lead shattered lives
By IANS,
Johannesburg : Hutu troops raped a quarter million women and girls systematically during the Rwandan genodice in 1994, after being ordered by their superiors.
While rape is always a matter of regulating power relations between the sexes, some differences exist between rape during peace and wartime.
Researchers garnered focusing on what happened in the lives of the women and what was important about their experiences.
Women”s participation in the Olympics … an ambitious dream comes true
By Mutaz Alshabrawi, KUNA,
Kuwait : A law passed in 404 BC stipulated that sportsmen and their coaches had to participate naked in the Olympic Games, to force women to stay away after Kalipatera disguised herself as a man to enter the stadium and watch her son compete.
Women found violating this order were thrown off the mountain, and as this sixth part of the KUNA report will show, women were not only banned from participating in the games, but also from entering the city of Olympics -- all except the priestess of the temple and her virgins.
“Pillars of healthcare system in rural India,” UP’s Asha workers risked life to safeguard...
Hundreds of Asha workers (healthcare workers) have been rendering yeoman's service in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic by working tirelessly to fight...
President calls for ‘women-inclusive’ development
By IANS,
Mumbai : Women should be included at all levels to make the development process sustainable and help build the nation, President Pratibha Patil said here Saturday. Patil was speaking as the chief guest at the 58th annual convocation of the Shrimati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University here.
Pointing out that women do not have same opportunities as men, she said that in order to achieve the objective of growth with equity, the mainstreaming of women into the national development process was essential.
Woman priest, a mother – they fight cultural beliefs for change
By IANS,
New Delhi : At first glance, Suniti Gadgil doesn't look like a Hindu priest. One of the very few women who have broken yet another male bastion, Gadgil always wears a bright smile though not necessarily a priest's robes.
"My journey to becoming a priest has been a challenging one. Initially, people were not ready to accept it, even my husband did not support me. But now things have changed," Gadgil said at the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA) report release function Wednesday.
Is (only) Jamia Nagar ‘bad’ for Women?
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.
A Jewish voice against the “burqa ban”
By Joshua M. Z. Stanton
Even as a Jew in New York, I know what it is like to be Muslim in France.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
‘SC’s obligation to protect women, churches and religious freedom’
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking security for women and freedom of religion in the wake of attack on...
Woman kills herself after poisoning her children
By IANS,
Agra : A woman poisoned her two children before hanging herself in this Uttar Pradesh town, police said Wednesday.
Sanjeev Choudhary, a banker, reached home Tuesday evening to find his wife Sudheera hanging from the ceiling and his two children lying dead on the bed.
Superintendent of Police B.P. Ashok said Sudheera, in her early 30s, had poisoned her children - two-year-old Bittoo and 11-year-old Akanksha. She then hit them on the head with a hammer to ensure they were dead.
Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Agra activists demand more public toilets
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 safety top issue in JNUSU election
New Delhi : With growing cases of crimes against women at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most student organisations Wednesday outlined women safety as their...
Kerala’s women’s programme celebrates 16th anniversary
Thiruvananthapuram : Kudumbashree, a state-supported women's empowerment programme in Kerala that today has 40.54 lakh members, celebrates its 16th anniversary this year.
It was launched...
Unfortunate that women are not safe even in woman-ruled states: Gadkari
Kolkata : Stressing on the need for women empowerment, union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said it was unfortunate for the country that women...
Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor
Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...
Book Review: The Mothers of Manipur: Twelve Women Who Made History
By Aparna Sharma for TwoCircles.net
Name of the book: The Mothers of Manipur: Twelve Women Who Made History
Author: Teresa Rehman,
Publisher: Zubaan Books, 154 pages
Number of...
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Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday.
Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.
Indian woman in Oman kills children, attempts suicide
By IANS,
Dubai : An Indian woman in Oman murdered her two children and then attempted suicide. She has been arrested.
The woman, identified by her neighbours as Priya from Kerala, killed her two children Friday morning at her home in the Muttrah locality of the Omani capital of Muscat, the Khaleej Times newspaper said.
She had reportedly informed the police and her friends and relatives in Oman and in India about her intentions before committing the crime.
The two children, a boy and a girl, were students of Class 2 and kindergarten, respectively, at the Indian School in Muscat.
In India, women bankers have broken glass ceiling
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Arvind Padmanabhan, IANS,
Woman jailed for 10 years for biting son to death
By RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A court in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia's Urals has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for killing her three-year-old son in a violent attack during which she bit the child over 50 times.
Investigators said that Svetlana, aged 31, had been drinking with two friends at her home in Kamensk-Uralsky in October 2008. On noticing that her son Ivan had dirty hands, she took him into the bathroom.
The woman told the police that she only has a vague recollection of what followed.
Wait for some more days for women’s bill: BJP women’s wing
Panaji : The Narendra Modi-led government has been in power for only six months and should be given "some more days" to usher in...
Space for women in Masjid, that is, room for women in Muslim community
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children
New Delhi: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at...
HRT therapy found to help menopausal women
By IANS,
Sydney : One of the longest and largest trials of hormone replacement therapy has found it helps post-menopausal women significantly improve quality of life.
The study involved 2,130 post-menopausal women in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It evaluated the impact of combined oestrogen and progestogen hormone therapy (HRT) on their quality of life.
The average age of women in this study was 13 years after menopause and most participants did not have menopausal symptoms.
Sex assault on infant, girl in India, Pakistan ‘heart-breaking’: UN spokesperson
United Nations (IANS): Sex assaults on an infant in India and on a girl in Pakistan are "heart-breaking" but the "scourge" of violence against...
Two booked for beating Dalit couple
Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...
String of rapes, sexual crimes in Gurgaon
Gurgaon : In a string of sexual crimes in Gurgaon, a 35-year-old woman was gang-raped, two women were sexually assaulted, a 10-year-old boy was...
From a Rickshaw Driver’s Daughter to Only Muslim Deputy Collector: Inspiring Journey of Madhya...
Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net
On January 18, 2025, Ayesha Ansari’s life was transformed. The news that she had cracked the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC)...
Farm house looted, Dalit woman gang raped in Greater Noida
By IANS,
Greater Noida: About a dozen armed men barged into a farm house here, gang raped a Dalit woman employee and looted cash and jewelry available in the servant quarters Monday night, police said Tuesday.
The men armed with pistols, knives and iron rods raided the farm house owned by Atar Singh Bhati in Kathera area under Dadri police station of Greater Noida, overpowered and tied up all the male members and took all the available cash and jewelry from their quarters.
Meet on rising crime against women in Bengal Feb 23
By IANS,
Kolkata: Blaming West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government for the rise in rape cases in the state, a coordination body of Left-affiliated women's organisations...
We can make a difference, say women MPs
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : Having been elected in their largest number his time, women MPs in the 16th Lok Sabha feel they will...
Only 55 women contesting Bangladesh poll
By IANS,
Dhaka : Despite two women dominating Bangladesh's political spectrum, the ninth general election later this month will see only 55 women among the 1,565 candidates vying for 300 seats - but this is still higher than at any time in the past.
Women candidates are contesting from 60 constituencies, indicating that in most places, they will face each other.
A consolation would come in the form of nomination of 30 women after the election.
Locals keep Delhi’s oldest orphanage running
By Mohammed Anas,
New Delhi: Little Zoobi was dropped by her mother a year back at ‘Bacchon Ka Ghar’, Delhi’s oldest orphanage, in Matia Mahal locality in the walled city. She has now accustomed to her new home, bajis (wardens), sahelis (friends) and aapis (elder sisters). Only occasionally, she craves for her home and her late father. But solace comes in the company of Shaila, Ashiya, Ruby and others who have also lost their fathers and share the shelter with Zooby.
Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far
Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS
Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...
‘We Are Hiding in Forests’: Fear in Uttar Pradesh’s Rohingya Camps After Anti-Terrorism Squad...
Mohsina Malik | Twocircles.net
Sajida Begum, 26, had just finished fajr prayers when the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barged into her shanty in the Rohingya refugee...
Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help
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....
Indra Nooyi heads list of top 50 women in world business
By IANS,
London : PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Indra Nooyi of India has topped the inaugural Financial Times (FT) list of top 50 women in world business.
Nooyi, 53, is among four Indians making it to a list that FT said prompts the question whether the struggling male-dominated world of business would have been better off with more women in charge.
Shabnam resigns from NIC protesting Udhav’s entry
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Eminent civil rights activist and Member, National Integration Council (NIC), Shabnam Hashmi has resigned from the NIC protesting against the entry into the council of Shiv Sena leader and son of Bal Thackerary, Udhav Thackeray. Hashmi, who heads ANHAD NGO, has called Udhav’s entry into NIC as “a cruel oxymoron.”
In a her resignation letter to the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Hashmi expresses surprise over the inclusion by the Prime Minister of a person whose whole life is based on “divisive and hate politics.”
Missing woman Everester: Mamata wants to monitor rescue
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...
There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani
By Biswajit Choudhury
New Delhi : There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction, sings of unrequited love. Love, not just...
Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies
By Raqib Hameed Naik,
Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....
Woman gang-raped by former colleague, his friend
Gurgaon : A 21-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped on Wednesday by her former colleague and his friend after being lured by the promise of...
3,000 jobs for women in Saudi outsourcing centre
Riyadh : The first Saudi all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) service centre will aim to provide 3,000 jobs to Saudi women in the next...
Restless legs could trigger imminent orgasms in women
By IANS,
London : Restless legs and overactive bladder could trigger imminent orgasms in women, according to a study.
Neuropsychiatrist Marcel Waldinger and his colleagues of Utrecht University and The Hague's HagaHospital studied 18 Dutch women with Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS).
Their findings were recently published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Women affected by this rare and mysterious syndrome experience persistent genital sensations as if they are continuously on the verge of an orgasm.
68 percent working women suffer from lifestyle diseases: Assocham
By IANS,
New Delhi : More than two-third of working women in India suffer from lifestyle diseases, according to a survey conducted by an industry lobby on the eve of Women's Day Sunday.
The study, released Saturday by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), said 68 percent of working women surveyed in the age bracket of 21-52 years were found to be afflicted with lifestyle ailments such as obesity, depression, chronic backache, diabetes and hypertension.
Goa woman says assaulted, chilli powder rubbed in private parts
Panaji: A woman in Goa has filed a police complaint saying she was beaten up and her private parts stuffed with chilli powder over...
Re-examine pregnant minor rape victim for abortion: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ahmedabad civil hospital's medical superintendent to set up a team of three gynaecologists and a...
Minor girl set on fire in Ghaziabad, dies in hospital
By IANS
Ghaziabad: A girl was beaten up and set on fire by four men, who accused her of having an affair, in Ghaziabad, police said Tuesday. She later succumbed to her injuries in hospital.
The girl, Imrana Hakim (15) was at her house in the Tauri Tereh locality under Bhojpur police station of Ghaziabad, with her younger sister Monday. Her mother was working in the local fields while her father was out of town for some work, district police chief Akhil Kumar said.
Five sleeping labourers crushed to death in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : Five sleeping labourers, including two women, were killed and two children injured when they were crushed under the wheels of a bus here at midnight Saturday.
The victims were asleep near a crossing under the Sector-24 police station of Noida.
According to Superintendent of Police City Mahesh Mishra, the driver of an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus was trying to park his bus at 11.45 p.m. on the ground when he failed to spot the sleeping labourers.
Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.
Mirza-Hingis win 2015 Wimbledon women’s doubles title
London: Sania Mirza combined with former world number one Martina Hingis late Saturday to win a thrilling women's doubles final in the 2015 edition...
Kerala girls found dead not violated, poisoned: Autopsy
Thrissur/Pathanamthitta (Kerala): The preliminary autopsy conducted on two schoolgirls found dead on a rail track near Palakkad in Kerala says they were "not violated...
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
Inter-Korean women call for national reconciliation, reunification
By Xinhua,
Pyongyang : Representatives of women from the two Koreas met on Thursday and Friday at Mt. Kumgang Resort of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowing to implement two declarations on reunification.
The delegates called for promoting the national reconciliation and unity and boosting the desire for reunification, said the official news agency KCNA.
They vowed to uphold and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the Oct. 4 declaration, which were reached by the two Korea's leaders in 2000 and 2007 respectively, the KCNA added.
Clergyman donates kidney to Muslim woman in Kerala
Kochi : A clergyman in Kerala has donated his kidney to a Muslim woman who was suffering from kidney ailments for the last...
11 get life in jail for killing 69 in Gujarat massacre
Ahmedabad : Fourteen years after 69 people were massacred at a Muslim housing society here during the 2002 Gujarat riots, an Ahmedabad court on...
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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
मुम्बई इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट पर उमराह के आजमीनों के साथ बेहद खराब सुलूक किए जाने का मामला सामने आया है। इस संबंध में...
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Eminent academic, activist Rehana Sultana passes away
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Eminent academic and activist Prof Rehana Sultana, Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.