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Women under-represented in India’s scientific development

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday stressed that Indian origin researchers should be encouraged to work in the country, to convert the brain drain of the past into "brain gain for the future", and that women should be attracted to take up careers in science. Following are the highlights of the prime minister's speech at the 97th Indian Science Congress here Sunday:

US team visiting India to boost women’s numbers in ICT

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By IANS,

Woman gangraped in a moving car in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car Wednesday night. The woman was badly thrashed by a group of five men before being finally dumped at a secluded place in Sector-31, police said. The woman was picked by the assailants and pushed into a white Qualis near her house at Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. She was forcibly taken in to the car and was driven to Noida. The woman alleged that the assailants first assaulted her and then dumped her near Nithari after commiting gang rape.

In a first, Kashmiri woman pens stories of abuse faced by women

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Azra Mufti might not be a well known name in the literary circles of the country, but this...

Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter The Union Budget presented yesterday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has split opinions; the industrialists, of course, found it cheerful; ratings...

NCW upset with ‘obscene’ depiction of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Alarmed over the rise in "obscene" depictions of women in the print and electronic media, including in television soaps, the National Commission for Women (NCW) wants a self-regulatory board to keep a check on this. NCW Chairperson Girja Vyas Tuesday demanded a change in the existing legislation. She also suggested stiff penalty and punishment for violators. "In today's world, the depiction of women is done in obscene ways through various mediums," she told reporters here. She said soap operas either show woman as a vamp or a simple innocent girl.

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात

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आलोक राजपूत twocircles.net के लिए BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...

Helping women in distress fight back

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By IANS,

College women more likely to be drugged, raped

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By IANS, Washington : College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended. The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual rape during their college years, according to the department of Justice.

Foreign woman journalist killed, another hurt in Afghanistan

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Kabul : A foreign woman journalist was killed In Afghanistan and another was injured after being fired at by an Afghan police officer Friday. "One...

Man ordered to pay house rent for estranged wife

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

Proposal to legalise prostitution to be placed before SC panel: NCW

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New Delhi : The proposal for legalising prostitution in India will be placed before the Supreme Court constituted panel Nov 8, National Commission for...

Ban calls for ending violence against women

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By IANS, New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality. He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.

Girls see way out of ghetto through cricket

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Chandigarh : Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route. In proper cricket whites and the rest of the kit, 45 girls who live in Bapu Dham Colony are practising very seriously at the cricket ground of the Government Model High School in Sector 26. Their dream of making it to the Indian team - like their heroes from this city, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - is being backed by the NGO Yuvsatta and the local administration.

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

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."

30 days that bound a nation – in shame and concern

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By IANS, (One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)

Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage

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Noida: The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of the elderly and orphaned children under the...

Empowering Taste and Women Entrepreneurs: Doodhpathri’s Culinary Queens in J&K Redefine Tradition

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Mehar Zargar, TwoCircles.net  Srinagar: Amidst the picturesque scenery of Doodhpathri in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district, where lush meadows meet flowing streams, a remarkable story unfolds. Here,...

Woman, child killed in anti-Al Qaeda attack in Iraq: US military

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By DPA, Baghdad : The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the Al Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child. In the operation Saturday, Al Qaeda suspects riding in a vehicle refused to stop, after coalition troops fired warning shots, prompting the forces to engage them, a military statement said. The woman and the child, who were also in the vehicle, were killed in the engagement along with two gunmen.

Women fast making inroads into male dominated professions

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By Ruchika Kher, IANS, New Delhi : From driving taxis to tending bars, an increasing number of women in India are breaking into male bastions and asserting that they can be as good, if not better, at jobs that were traditionally perceived as being only for men. Shanno, a widow and mother of three children, broke free from a stereotypical job and became a part of an all-woman cab service called Sakha in the national capital.

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...

Women clash with police at relief camp in Orissa, several hurt

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Several people sustained serious injuries as a mob of women clashed with the police at a relief camp in Orissa's Kandhamal district Thursday, officials said. The women forcefully entered the relief camp, alleging that despite being riot victims, the administration was unconcerned about them because they were Hindus, the police said. The women, belonging mostly to tribal areas, were demanding food and lifting of prohibitory orders banning assembly of more than five people in a place.

Destitute women to get living quarters

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By IANS,

Molestation-accused JNU students union members quit

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New Delhi: The president and joint secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) have resigned from their post, after being allegedly named...

Swedish woman informed of her own death

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Stockholm: A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed by...

Meghalaya’s first woman MP vows to work for people

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS, Tura (Meghalaya) : Meghalaya's first female MP Agatha Sangma says she will work for the empowerment of women and youth and describes her election to the Lok Sabha as a "good first step" to encourage the fairer sex from the hill state to enter active politics. "Society in Meghalaya may be matrilineal but men are still at the forefront of decision-making. That holds good in the field of politics too. But my election as an MP is a good first step for women here to join active politics," Agatha told IANS in an interview.

50 percent women elected in Goa municipal polls

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By IANS, Panaji : Fifteen of the 30 seats in Goa's only municipal corporation have been won by women, poll results announced Monday revealed.

India rejects Albania’s demand for Mother Teresa’s remains

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has rejected Albania's demand for Mother Teresa's remains, saying she was an Indian citizen - a decision widely welcomed in this country where the Nobel prize winner spent her life tending to the poor and needy. An external affairs ministry official told IANS Tuesday that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no question of returning her remains. It was reacting to a demand by Albania, the country where she was born on Aug 26, 1910, "Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be said," the official said.

Jilted lover stabs woman in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man stabbed his 20-year-old former girlfriend to death Monday near a bustling market here, police said. The jilted lover has been arrested.

Badi Ammi: In memory of educationist Mrs.Fatima Anees

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By Asma Anjum Khan It seemed Badi Ammi was going to live forever. We were so used to her. The shore that tells you to traipse along...

यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच

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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...

Robbing their peace and declaring them dacoits

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 4 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico

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Mexico City : A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City. The driver was...

Probe ordered into Tripura woman’s parading

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By IANS, Agartala : The Tripura government has ordered a police probe into a tribal woman being paraded naked earlier this month after a kangaroo court held her guilty of sexual misconduct, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. According to police, the 30-year-old woman was beaten up and paraded naked in her village in north Tripura by tribal headmen after a kangaroo court held her guilty of sexual misconduct. The tribal court said the woman, the wife of a farmer, was "characterless and was spoiling young boys with sexual favours".

Pawar in favour of 50 percent reservation for women

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By IANS, Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday favoured an increase in the women's quota in Maharashtra's local self government bodies from 33 percent to 50 percent.

Over 3,000 Delhi women two-wheeler riders ticketed

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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...

Seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ at AMU

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By TCN News, Aligarh: A three-day seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ has been inaugurated today in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Bangkok woman runs Rs.50 mn e-ticketing fraud in India, four held

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police Sunday said a 50-year-old woman of Indian origin based in Bangkok is suspected to have been running an e-ticket scam worth millions of rupees from India and four people have been arrested in this connection. Naeem Ahmed, 24, Shahid Iqbal, 25, and Feroz Alam, 23, all resident of West Bengal, were arrested from Kolkata Dec 20. Their woman accomplice Kanika Budhiraja, 27, was arrested from Rana Pratap Bagh in the capital Thursday.

Urdu newspapers give more coverage to children and women issues

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, Patna: For long Urdu newspapers have been criticized for their backward outlook and emotional style of writing, most often by people who do not read these newspapers. A careful analysis of English, Hindi, and Urdu newspaper of Patna edition by a journalist in Patna revealed a different picture. When it comes to giving space to news related to children and women Urdu newspapers are more generous in the coverage given to these issues than the newspapers in Hindi and English.

Medical student commits suicide in AIIMS hostel

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New Delhi: A 17-year-old MBBS student allegedly committed suicide early Sunday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her hostel room in the...

First British woman in space reunited with Russian crewmates

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London : The first British woman in space was reunited on Friday with her Russian crewmates on the space flight which took place 25...

Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women

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By IANS, New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.

Challenges before women activists working on minority women’s rights

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

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...

Fear Grips Muslims Across India in the aftermath of Anti-Muslim Pogrom in Delhi

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By Nazish Hussain, Twocircles.net Ranchi, Jharkhand: “I don’t know what the future holds. Do I even belong to this country?” wonders a visibly disturbed Afreen. Atiya...

Mumbai Municipal commissioner issues circular to all hospitals to not ask Muslim women to...

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Women said they have not problem showing face for security reasons, but sometimes security guards ask them to take off entire burqa or lose...

HC for no leniency to minor’s rapist, upholds sentence

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New Delhi: Taking strong note of the rape committed by a youth on a minor kid, an act which instills a feeling of "fear,...

Warjri is Meghalaya’s first woman home minister

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By IANS,

केरल हाईकोर्ट ने एंट्रेंस टेस्ट में मुस्लिम महिलाओं को हिजाब पहनने की अनुमति दी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter एर्नाकुलम(केरल): हिजाब को लेकर समाज में हमेशा कोई न कोई मुद्दा उठता रहा है. मौजूदा वक़्त में भी सोशल मीडिया पर कई...

Death of a Delta: Part 2

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, TwoCircles.net visited Nokha to investigate the story of Delta Meghwal. Within a couple of hours we...

Shabana addresses global summit on women’s abuse in Afghanistan

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS, Mumbai : Ignoring her family's concern for her safety, Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi visited Afghanistan this week on an invitation by the UN to be the main speaker at a global summit to address the issue of violence against women. Shabana left for Kabul Tuesday night although her family, including husband Javed Akhtar, expressed fear for her safety in the war ravaged country. "Danger is fun," the actress said before departing.

Women play key role in Indian policy making: Meira Kumar

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By IANS, Bern: India has been at the vanguard of women's participation in both the legislature and the executive, said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar here Saturday. India is among the first countries in the world to have a woman prime minister and today India's president is a woman, Meira Kumar said while addressing the sixth annual meeting of women.

US woman, 80, with no training, lands plane

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By IANS, Washington : An 80-year-old woman in the US who had never flown before managed to land a small aircraft after her pilot husband passed out at the controls.

ऑटो ड्राइवर मारूफ की ईमानदारी,सवारी का आभूषणों से भरा बैग लौटाया

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net मुरादाबाद का एक ऑटो ड्राइवर - मारूफ अली, आजकल चारो तरफ लोगों की प्रशंसा के पात्र बने हुए हैं। कुछ दिनों पहले उनके...

Non-violence needs women

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By Asma Asfour

119-year-old woman dies in Mexico

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By EFE, Colima (Mexico) : Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be one of the oldest women in the world, died here this week. She was 119. The spokesman for the state employees benefits agency in the western state of Colima, Jose Armando Naranjo, told EFE that Perez died Tuesday from "generalised septicemia, pneumonia and cardiac problems". She was buried Wednesday in the community where she lived, La Cofradia de Juarez, in a ceremony attended by some of her 266 descendants.

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 Commission to probe into K’nataka case against Shahina

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Congress leader wanted me to help scam accused: Sushma

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

In Mumbai, dancers shake a leg in the hope for a better future

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Text and Video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net A group of struggling dancers from difficult caste, social and economic backgrounds, struggling to make a life following...

First woman from India’s northeast conquers Everest

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,

Tripura is a start, AFSPA must go from every state: Save Sharmila campaign

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Welcoming the announcement of repeal of AFSPA from Tripura, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) on Friday said it believes that the repeal of AFSPA from Tripura is a decision in favor of democracy and humanity.

Framing of charges ordered against man for assaulting northeastern woman

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New Delhi: A court has ordered the framing of charges against a man who was arrested for molesting and assaulting a woman from northeast...

Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman

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In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...

Rajya Sabha panel to examine rules to protect women

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By IANS, New Delhi : In view of rising cases of domestic violence against women, a parliamentary committee is examining the rules framed to implement a law to protect women from such violence and has invited suggestions from experts. The Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Rajya Sabha, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Najma A. Heptulla, is examining the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006. The rules were framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and provide legal remedies to women.

Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: The Saudi Arabian administration is set to recruit 500 Muslim women nurses from Kerala to work in hospitals in and around Mecca and Madina.

Australia takes tough line on female circumcision

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By DPA, Sydney : Female circumcision is called female genital mutilation (FGM) in Australia and it's a crime. Those performing it face a possible seven-year prison term and those who don't report it risk a stiff fine. In Sydney's outer suburb of Auburn, there's a specialist FGM clinic that has been in operation for over 10 years and sees around 40 women a year. The typical patient is in her 20s, is about to wed, and was operated on by a village midwife in an African or Middle Eastern country when she was young.

Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea against Uber

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refused to entertain a plea that accused global cab company Uber of doing business in India without...

BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...

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.

Women’s love with make-up item a long affair: Study

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London: A woman’s love affair with make-up has its highs and lows like any relationship, but it can never be a reason to get...

Men outnumber women in media in India, Pakistan

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Bangkok : Although the presence of women in media has more than doubled in two decades, they constitute only 28.6 percent of the media...

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

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Two Bajrang Dal goons arrested for assaulting teen girls in Mangaluru

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Mangaluru, Jan 2 (IANS) Two members of Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu outfit were arrested for assaulting two teenage girls for allegedly interacting with...

Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.

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.

Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih attacked in Shillong

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih was attacked on Thursday in Shillong when she was going to the District Council Court to attend hearing in her case. She was allegedly attacked by the very persons against whom she is fighting the court case. She said she was attacked to force her withdraw the case.

Mayawati orders release of Banda rape victim

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By IANS,

बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net  उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...

5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...

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By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net Jalgao (Maharashtra)  With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...

German rape victim’s mother asked to give income details

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By IANS, Panaji : The Goa police have been harassing the mother of a raped minor German girl, asking her to provide details not relevant to the case, her lawyer said here Monday. "She has been asked to give details of her daily activities, her business details, source of income and vehicles purchased in Goa. These things are not relevant to the case," lawyer Aires Rodrigues told reporters. The Calangute police, probing the offence, have given the mother a two-day notice to come forward with details, he said.

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.

Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.

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...

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...

Men who want women to stay home earn more

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By IANS, Washington : Men holding the view that women should stay at home earn more than men who don't. But women with more egalitarian views don't take home much more than their traditional counterparts. Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston of University of Florida analysed data from a nationally representative study of men and women who were interviewed four times between 1979 and 2005. Some 12,686 people, aged between 14 and 22 at the beginning of the study, participated, even as 60 percent remained with the study.

Naqvi faces wrath of ASHA, Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan

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Alwar, Oct 1 (IANS) Dozens of Accredited Social Health Activists (Asha) and Anganwadi workers dissatisfied with central governments 60 per cent pay hike, heckled...

UP woman MLA seeks action against peers’ stripping act

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman legislator in Uttar Pradesh lodged a complaint with the speaker's office over two Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) legislators taking...

Women officials will play major role in future, says Air Force Chief

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : With the government allowing permanent commission to women in select branches of the armed forces, Air chief Fali Homi Major today indicated the Services were open to the idea of career women officers in several other departments too.

Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to...

Indian-origin man charged with murdering woman

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Sydney: An Indian-origin man was Wednesday charged with the murder of a Singaporean student at a hotel in the Australian city of Brisbane. Senthill Kumar...

Jamaat Islami’s women wing protests Nicolas Sarkozy’s remark on hijab

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By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: As a part of the ongoing agitation against the French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s statement calling hijab a sign of ‘subservience’, the women wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s Maharashtra unit handed over a memorandum to the Consulate General of France in Mumbai and urged them to take it to President Sarkozy.

Woman panchayat leader shares experience with Obama

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By IANS,

Gender no bar: Himachal varsity gets first woman president

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By IANS, Shimla : Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university. Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.

Motivating women to contest elections

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Women have less than 10 percent representation in India's parliament even though they make up 44 percent of the voting population. But much of that may change if an NGO that is encouraging women to join mainstream politics has its way. The Centre for Social Research (CSR), through a UN project, "Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy", has selected 1,000 women from across India and is grooming them to contest the April-May Lok Sabha election as well as state assembly polls.

Uber rape: SC sets aside order to re-examine witnesses

Women
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Delhi High Court order permitting the recall and re-examination of 13 witnesses including...

Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers

Women
By Somrita Ghosh for IANS: New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...

Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released

Women
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

HC rejects PIL on intervening in Sunanda death probe

Women
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention in the probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda...

A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...

Women
TCN News Dr Lubna Sarwath, Contesting Candidate for Karwan Legislative Assembly, Telangana, Hyderabad, Socialist Party(India) has released the manifesto for her constituency which is a...

Punjab Assembly passes resolution urging Centre for women’s reservation

Women
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...

ASEAN to create commission on women and children next year

Women
By NNN-PNA, Cha-Am, Hua Hin, Thailand : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will create next year a special body that will be tasked to protect the rights of women and children in the region. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva bared this Friday shortly after the inauguration of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which marked the first day of the three-day 15th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits being held here in southern Thailand.

Empowering rural women to fight for their rights

Women
By Richa Sharma, IANS,

Move beyond women development to women-led development: Modi

Women
New Delhi : Laying stress on moving towards women-led development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged elected representatives to use technology to be...

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

Women
By IANS,

They only come for the poor: Tughlakabad residents who received demolition notices

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The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) posted notices in over 1000 homes in Tughlakabad area of New Delhi earlier this month, causing consternation...

Kerala HC judge says Muslim Personal law discriminates against women

Women
By TCN Staff Reporter Kozhikode: Kerala High Court Justice B Kemal Pasha on Sunday lashed out against Muslim Personal Law, saying their laws were discriminatory....

Property rights of Half Widows can’t be eschewed as Quran and Sunnah has given...

Women
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a significant development regarding the property rights of Half Widows in Kashmir, a meeting with Ulema's (Islamic Scholars)...

Women cops on trains for security of female passengers

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : In a bid to improve security of women passengers travelling by train, twelve companies of women security personnel called Mahila Vahini will be raised for the purpose, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday. Presenting the 2010 railway budget, Banerjee said 17,000 trains ferry 18 million passengers daily across 64,015 km of the Indian rail network and, according to rough estimates, nearly half of them are women.

Good Housekeeping Show a woman’s delight

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Shopping, recipe demonstrations and expert tips on health, fitness, parenting and home management - the ongoing Good Housekeeping Show 2010 is a woman's delight. Women are flocking to the March 5-7 event, organised by the India Today Group, which publishes the Good Housekeeping magazine in India.

Indian women peacekeepers have set an example: Hillary Clinton

Women
By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : In preventing violence against women and girls in Liberia, Indian women peacekeepers have set an example that must be emulated in UN peacekeeping missions across the world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. "I recently met with an all women police unit from India in Liberia who provide an excellent example of the steps a UN mission can take in cooperation with the host government to prevent violence against women and girls," Clinton told the Security Council Wednesday.

AAP protests crime against women in UP

Women
Ghaziabad: The AAP organized a protest here against rising crime against women in Uttar Pradesh under the Samajwadi party government. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district...

Women candidates in Chhattisgarh put up tough fight

Women
By IANS, Raipur : The five women candidates fielded by Chhattisgrah's main parties - three by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two by the Congress - are posing a stiff challenge to their male rivals for the Lok Sabha seats. "The five women candidates of the BJP and Congress fold have been giving sleepless nights to their rivals. I can't say they are going to win easily but surely they have great chances," political analyst Vinod Singh told IANS.

35 NGOs come together to push for women’s bill

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Thirty-five civil society organisations will get together next week to formulate an action plan to push for the women's reservation bill that was passed by the Rajya Sabha but is yet to be taken up by the Lok Sabha. Ranjana Kumari of the the Centre for Social Research, one of the participating NGOs, said: "The aim of the public meeting is to chalk out an action plan in order to pressurize parliamentarians to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha."

Government ready for law to end triple talaq: Naidu

Women
Bengaluru, (IANS): The NDA government was ready to bring a law to stop the triple talaq in the Muslim community, if necessary, said Union...

Leaders highlight public-private partnership targeting women

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

Only the sky’s the limit for 10 Nepali women

Women
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands. But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky. It is a mixed clutch of young women: a bowling champion, a journalist, a beautician, a homemaker, a student and diverse others. But the 10 have one thing in common: climbing Mount Everest.

Abu Dhabi firm launches portal on Arab women

Women
By IANS/WAM, Abu Dubai: An Abu Dubai media company has launched a website solely dedicated to Arab women, the firm said Tuesday. The anaZahra.com aims to reflect the lives, passions and pursuits of Arab women. It also hopes to offer greater interaction and create "a sense of community", it said. The portal will deal with topics ranging from beauty, fashion, well being to society, personal empowerment and celebrity news. Innovative digital tools enable a higher level of engagement and connection with audiences. The content is well defined, categorized and easy to navigate.

Interaction on leadership skills at Maryam Ajmal Women College in Hojai

Women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Coinciding with the time when India is getting ready to welcome new leaders to run the country, Maryam Ajmal Women’s College of Science and Technology (MAWCST) at Hojai, about 200 km from state capital Guwahati, organised an interactive session on ‘Leadership Skills’ recently for the benefit of students of the college and their counterparts in other colleges administered by the Ajmal Foundation, one of the leading education NGOs of the North East.

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

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

Girl stabbed to death: HC notice on transfer of case to CBI

Women
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government and police on a plea seeking direction to hand over...

UP to give Rs 267.30 cr to 89,100 meritorious girl students

Women
Lucknow : A staggering Rs 267.30 crore will be distributed among 89,100 meritorious girl students in Uttar Pradesh under the amended Kanya Vidya Dhan...

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

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

Speaker to meet politicians on women’s reservation bill

Women
By IANS,

I am a threat only to those who believe in hatred: Teesta

Women
By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Amid all the legal troubles she and her husband Javed Anand face, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad is...

NHRC notice to Rajasthan on branding women as witches

Women
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Rajasthan government on the plight of women branded as...

Family of Kannauj ‘rape’ victim seek govt aid, demand punishment against accused

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A minor girl was found severely beaten and lying unconscious near a government guesthouse in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh on October...

ABVP protests at St.Stephen’s College over sexual harassment

Women
New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen's College in the north campus here over the alleged...

Advani’s wife dies after heart attack; Leaders extend condolences

Women
New Delhi : Kamla Advani, wife of veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, died here on Wednesday following a heart attack. She was taken to...

The invisible makers of the city

Women
Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often...

Woman gang raped in Telangana

Women
Hyderabad : An autorickshaw driver and three others gang raped a woman in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana. The incident took place late Sunday in...

Kerala women entrepreneurs to showcase success stories

Women
Thiruvananthapuram : Around 2,000 Kerala women entrepreneurs will showcase at a summit in Kochi their achievements and the role played by Kerala State...

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

Women
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...

Women over 50 not shying from marriage

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: A study by a matrimonial site shows that a considerable number of single, divorced and widowed women above the age of 50 are not shying away from marriage. According to Jeevansathi.com, Indian women are willing to marry even at the age of 50 and above. The study showed that 70 percent of the profiles on their site are posted by the individuals themselves, 10 percent by their relatives and 20 percent by friends.

Agra lawyers’ strike over advocate’s wife’s murder

Women
Agra : Lawyers in this Uttar Pradesh city went on strike on Wednesday to protest the loot and murder of a colleague's wife and...

Women cabbies: We know how to handle mean men

Women
By Prathiba Raju, IANS,

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

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

Mayawati too has reservations on women’s quota bill

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday expressed strong reservations against the women's reservation bill to be introduced in Rajya Sabha Monday. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mayawati said that her party would not support the bill unless it was suitably amended on the lines suggested by her, which were similar to the issues raised by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mayawati too regarded the bill as directed against the interests of "Dalits, minorities and backwards."

1.22 lakh Delhi women fined for not wearing helmets

Women
New Delhi : A staggering 1,22,523 women two-wheeler riders in the national capital have been fined by the Delhi traffic police in the last...

ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद

Women
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net देश में गर्मी बढ़ने के साथ-साथ टेलीविज़न पर गोरापन बढ़ाने की क्रीमों के विज्ञापन भी बढ़ गए हैं. देश में रंग एक...

‘Headscarf instils positive body image in British Muslim women’

Women
London : British Muslim women who wear a hijab (headscarf) generally have a more positive body image, are less reliant on media messages about...

Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament. More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest. One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.

Date set for court battle over fortune of Asia`s richest woman

Women
By ANTARA News/DPA, Hong Kong : A court date was set Wednesday for what is expected to be a spectacular and scandal-packed battle over the fortune of Asia's richest woman. The hearing into the 4.2 billion US dollar fortune of Nina Wang, who died aged 69 last year, leaving her money to an unknown feng shui master, is due to begin on February 16, 2008. At a hearing Wednesday, a High Court judge ruled that a further assessment could be made in October to decide if the case can proceed in February. It is expected to last eight weeks.

Women’s panel seeks blanket ban on rape MMS circulation

Women
By IANS, Chandigarh : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a blanket ban on the circulation of MMSes related to rape or gang-rape cases.

First woman editor of The Hindu quits

Women
Chennai : Malini Parthasarathy, the first woman editor of The Hindu daily, put in her papers on Tuesday. The 138-year-old daily is one of the...

TwoCircles.net to celebrate its 10 year anniversary with community awards

Women
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TwoCircles.net, the news website of the marginalized has achieved a major milestone this month by completing ten years of continuous operation. TCN...

115 mn widows live in poverty: Loomba Foundation study

Women
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London: At least 245 million women around the world have been widowed with India alone accounting for 42.4 million. And more than 115 million widows live in devastating poverty, according to a new study released by Britain's Loomba Foundation, which is campaigning to put the plight of widows on the United Nations agenda. The Loomba Foundation presented the first edition of the study, 'Invisible, Forgotten Sufferers: The Plight of Widows Around the World' to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in New York as part of its campaign.

60 percent of Indian men admit violence against wives: UN report

Women
New Delhi : Sixty percent of Indian men admit acting violently against their wife or partner at some point in their lives while 52...
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