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.
Woman raped in front of son
By IANS,
Gurgaon : A woman was raped in her son's presence by her husband's employers who had agreed to drop them home in Gurgaon, police said Sunday. Before informing the police, a village council tried to mediate but failed as the victim insisted on registering a case.
"The 26-year old victim was coming on a bus from her parents' house in Alwar on Friday afternoon with her husband and seven year old son. As they reached Rampur area at the Gurgaon border, her husband saw his employers and asked them to drop his wife and son to their village," a senior police officer.
A Burqa can be empowering too, but I don’t expect Ram Guha to understand...
By Hatif Imam for TwoCircles.net
My great uncle attained the coveted post of a Tehsildar before independence. He was a poet and a pious Muslim,...
Not only woman, children too unsafe in Delhi
New Delhi : Delhi is most unsafe not only for women but also for children, with a whopping 166.9 cases registered for every...
Chinese urban women contribute one-third to family income
By IANS,
Beijing: Chinese women in urban areas on an average contribute about one-third to their family income, a survey has found.
Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers
By IANS,
Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...
Woman alleges rape, tattooing of insults on forehead for not bringing dowry
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman in Rajasthan has alleged that she was harassed, beaten-up, raped and was tattooed with abuses including...
Two arrested for rape attempt in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two men allegedly held a woman hostage and tried to rape her inside a temple, police said Tuesday. Both the accused have been arrested.
Woman’s burnt body found in Delhi house
By IANS,
New Delhi : The burnt body of a woman was found in her house here Monday, police said.
Anju, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, was found dead around 3 a.m., a police officer said.
"We found the burnt body of a woman in the house. We are investigating the case and have apprehended her husband Ramu for questioning," the officer said.
Women shouldn’t have mobile phones: BSP MP
By IANS,
Lucknow : The BSP found itself red faced Monday after one of its MPs said women should not be given mobile phone.
48 arrested for harassing women on Kolkata Metro
By IANS,
Kolkata : A special task force, constituted by the Kolkata Metro Railway for nabbing those found harassing women commuters in Metro premises, has caught 48 offenders in its first week.
Where’s women power: Huma Qureshi on Kejriwal’s cabinet
New Delhi : Actress Huma Qureshi has high hopes from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but has one issue with his cabinet -- the...
Smoking during pregnancy heightens sudden infant death chances
By IANS,
Washington : Women who smoke during pregnancy have greater chances of losing their newborns to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to new research carried out by Calgary University.
In the first-ever experimental study to compare the breathing reflexes of premature babies of smokers versus non-smokers, researchers found that babies whose mothers had smoked showed a number of signs of impaired respiratory function.
Dikshit urges more women representatives in MCD
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said 50 percent seats will be reserved for women under the new set up proposed for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Kalam prays for rape victim’s recovery
By IANS,
Patna : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday prayed for the speedy recovery of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim in Delhi.
Female scribes face misogyny and patriarchy, say women journalists
New Delhi : Women journalists, like men, should be judged on the basis of their stories rather than their gender in the male-dominated world...
Are religious beliefs, customs above constitutional norms, asks SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women...
Rathore challenges conviction in court
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore's counsel filed a plea in the court here Monday, challenging his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
The court will take up his plea Tuesday for hearing.
Rathore was held guilty on Dec 21 last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court of molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in Panchkula town Aug 12, 1990, and was sentenced to a six-month prison term. He was also slapped a fine of Rs.1,000.
However, Rathore was immediately granted bail.
Haryana to honour woman who shot bus assault video
Chandigarh : The Haryana government Monday announced that it will honour the woman passenger who shot the daring incident of two girls taking on...
South African women open guest house for 2010 World Cup
By IANS,
Phalaborwa (South Africa) : A group of 11 women in this town has opened a 4.5-million rand ($587,696) guest house, targeting visitors during the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup the country is hosting.
The Sasavona Guesthouse in Lulekani, a few kilometres from the Kruger National Park in Phalaborwa in the northern province of Limpopo has been opened to tourists and visitors this week, but the real target is the World Cup tourists, BuaNews reported Saturday.
Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!
Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...
Pregnant women helpless at Orissa relief camps
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS,
Kandhamal (Orissa) : Pregnant women are the worst sufferers in the relief camps for victims of anti-Christian violence. Their houses burnt down, over two dozen women have given birth during their stay in the makeshift tents in the last two months and many more are expecting.
Besides sleeping on the ground, with just a plastic mat to lie upon even though it gets cold at night, and eating just dal and rice, they have to cope with inadequate medical attention at several relief camps - far from the comfort of their homes.
Now, a fashion show for veiled women in Saudi Arabia
By IANS,
Dubai : In what must be perhaps the first of its kind in the fashion world, three young Saudi girls are organising a fashion show solely focused on veiled women.
Luma Al-Ghalib, Hida Al-Harthi and Lujain Al-Mu’allami are organising the show in Jeddah Sep 18 to demonstrate the greatness of Islam and “to erase the stereotyped image about Saudi women and young girls in particular”, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported.
The idea for the show came after the three participated in a summer camp in Switzerland last year.
मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल
जावेद अनीस
पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...
BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...
Census 2011: India’s Muslims are no better today than a few decades earlier
BY Sourjya Bhowmick, Via Catch News
Recently released Census 2011 data based on religious faiths has revealed that Muslims have the lowest share...
Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder".
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.
40% Muslims in Telangana have no savings, only 19.2% have salaried jobs; Sudheer Commission...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The Sudheer Commission on `Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana,' India’s newest state, has shown that the condition of...
50 percent women married as minors: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday.
Madhya Pradesh rocked by four rape cases
By IANS
Bhopal, July 10: Four incidents of rape including two gang rapes have rocked Madhya Pradesh since Sunday, officials said on Monday.
A young woman...
BJP has highest MPs/MLAs with declared crime against women cases, says report
New Delhi (IANS): The BJP leads recognized political parties with the highest number of 12 lawmakers at the central and state levels who have...
सदफ़ ज़फ़र, जिनका मुस्लिम होना और सच दिखाना पड़ा महंगा
By मीना कोटवाल, TwoCircles.net
गरिकता संशोधन एक्ट यानी CAA के पास होने के बाद से ही देशभर में इसके खिलाफ़ प्रदर्शन किया जा रहा है....
Meet Falak Naaz, who braved poverty to make it to India’s U19 Women’s T-20...
18-year-old Falak Naaz comes from a poor family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This did not stop her from dreaming to play for national...
Women’s reservation will provoke young men to whistle in parliament : Mulayam
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has said the women's reservation bill, if passed, would "provoke young men to whistle" in parliament.
Asked to comment on the women's reservation bill, he told a TV channel here Tuesday, "If the women's reservation bill were to be passed in its existing form, it would result in flooding the parliament and state legislatures with wives of government officials and women connected with big industrial houses, thereby provoking young men to indulge in eve-teasing."
Divorce cases in courts: AIMPLB launches refresher program for Muslim lawyers
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today launched a national program whereby Muslim lawyers taking up Muslim divorce and other related cases in the Supreme Court and High Courts will be briefed on the issues in the light of Quran and Hadith, so that they could help courts understand the letter and spirit of Shariat on such issues.
Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet
Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...
SC stays death sentence of rape-murder convict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence of Kalu Khan, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in...
Nigerian, woman associate held for duping Mumbai man
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Nigerian who posed as a senior diplomat and his Indian woman accomplice who masqueraded as a customs official have been arrested for cheating a Mumbai resident of nearly Rs.230,000, the police said Friday.
Sleuths of Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested Chima John Kenneth alias Johnson Smith, 28, and his accomplice Nirupma Tiwari, 32, from Gandhi Vihar in Timarpur area of north Delhi.
The police said they began investigating the matter on the complaint of Mumbai resident Shailesh Singh.
India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85
By NNN-Bernama,
Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying.
Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka.
She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Police hunt on for suspected woman bomber
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Jaipur : The police have launched a massive hunt for a woman who allegedly promised Rs.100,000 to a rickshaw puller to carry out the terror attacks that killed over 60 people.
"We are looking for a woman, identified as Meena, who tried to lure a rickshaw puller, Vijay, to carry out the attacks," a police officer told IANS on the condition of anonymity.
Vijay, a resident of Mumbai who suffered minor shrapnel injures, told the police that Meena lives near one of the blast sites. No further details of the woman's role in the bombings were available.
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
Strong legislation needed to check crime against women: MPs
New Delhi : Decrying the rising atrocities on women, members in the Lok Sabha Thursday advocated strong legislation and a change in the mindset...
Delhi woman now tells court policemen did not rape her
By IANS,
New Delhi : A woman who had accused five police officials of raping her in a police station here Monday, admitted before a court Thursday that her allegation was false.
A 35-year-old woman had alleged a station-house officer (SHO) and four constables gangraped her inside the Inderpuri police station three days ago. On Thursday in a statement before a city magistrate she said that she leveled false allegations against the policemen as the SHO had tightened the screws against illegal activities in the area.
Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts
By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar
New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...
India steps into history with women’s quota bill
By Minu Jain, IANS,
New Delhi: India's politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the world's largest democracy.
AAP reiterates demand for Jaitley’s resignation
New Delhi : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday reiterated its demand for union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation since, it said, an impartial...
Survey: Work, family remain difficult choice for Indian women
By Xinhua,
New Delhi : Work and family life remain a difficult choice to be reckoned with for the Indian women, according to a recent survey released here.
The survey "Through the magnifying glass: women's work and labor force participation in urban Delhi" carried out by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST), a non-profit non-governmental organization, took a representative sample of 700 households all over Delhi, Hindustan Times reported.
Pakistan: govt. striving for women’s empowerment, says MNA Farahnaz Isphahani
By NNN-APP,
Washington : The elected Pakistani government is firmly committed to women’s empowerment and taking a number of steps to realize their full participation in national development, Member National Assembly Farahnaz Isphahani said.
Speaking at a reception she hosted at Pakistani Ambassador’s residence in honor of women ambassadors and wives of Washington-based diplomats from various countries, the parliamentarian said the government is particularly focused on realizing women’s access to education all over the country.
आखिर क्या है बच्चा चोरी की अफवाहो का सच !
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https://twitter.com/INCUttarPradesh/status/1574644756419706880?s=19
मेरठ के दौराला में एक महिला को बच्चा चोर बताकर भीड़ द्वारा बेरहमी से पीटने वाले मामले में...
Odisha man held for harassing woman
Bhubaneswar:The Odisha Police crime branch Wednesday arrested a man for opening a fake Facebook account in the name of a woman and for harassing...
Women to spread breast cancer awareness through car rally
By IANS,
New Delhi : Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Agra spreading awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally, which will see doctors, health and community activists accompany the women, will begin here Oct 2.
Dalit woman paraded naked in Punjab, one held
By IANS,
Batala (Punjab) : One person has been arrested for allegedly parading a Dalit woman naked in Punjab's Bhagwanpur village Aug 10, police said Monday.
According to the police, the woman was allegedly paraded by her neighbours, who belong to an influential family.
"They forcibly took me to their house and thrashed me. Then they tore my clothes and forced me to go round the village," the victim told reporters.
The neighbours were angry as the victim's brother-in-law Gagandeep Singh was having an affair with a girl from the family.
Police reaction to attacks on Bangalore women disappointing: group
By IANS,
Bangalore : Bangalore police have brushed aside concerns over attacks on women on the streets of India's IT capital as "sporadic" and mere "eve-teasing", says a group formed to protest such crimes.
Disappointed with Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari's reaction to the attacks here - at least five in the past fortnight - the members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK) say they will press ahead with plans March 7 and 8 to protest these attacks and raise awareness among the police and citizens.
Railway minister’s son booked in rape case
Bangalore:Karthik, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, has been booked for sexually abusing and cheating a Kannada film actor, police said Thursday.
"We have...
Junior NTR marrying a minor?
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The proposed marriage of popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR with a relative of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu has created a row with claims that the girl is minor.
Shanti Prasad, a lawyer, Friday approached Machilipatnam Legal Services Authority claiming that Narne Lakshmi Pranati was a minor and thus her marriage would be illegal.
The authority issued notices to Junior NTR, Naidu and the girl's father Narne Srinivas Rao, who owns Telugu news channel Studio N. The hearing was adjourned to Feb 24.
Woman’s body found by riverside in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata: The body of a young woman, strangulated with a muffler, was found by a riverside in West Bengal Sunday, police said.
Woman election officer dies on duty in Thane
Thane (Maharashtra) : A woman returning officer died while on election duty Thursday at a polling station in Thane.
According to an election department official,...
Triple Talaq: Turning a mole hill into a mountain
By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net
O People, it is true that you have certain rights over your women, but they also have rights over...
No ban on Hijab, only need to remove it during security check, says CISF
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force has made it clear that there is no ban on wearing a face mask, Burqa...
Disturbing and Contradictory: A Timeline of the Events at R.G. Kar Medical College
Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College on August 9 has sent...
Muslims, though most neglected, little interested in using RTI: Perveen Amanullah
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
It was a good step by UPA government in 2005 when it introduced Right to Information (RTI) Act as it gave a ray of hope to millions of citizens seeking transparency and accountability in government. Four years down the line, have citizens got real fruits of the Act? Yes, but not fully, says Mrs Perveen Amanullah, president, Bihar Suchna Adhikar Munch, in an interview with Manzar Bilal of TwoCircles.net on the 4th anniversary of RTI.
RTI Act completed its four years. How do you think people benefited from this act during these years?
Women to row in Kerala boat race
By IANS,
Kottayam : A boat club in Kerala is all set to enter the record books when 116 women will row a 35-metre-long snake boat at the 56th edition of an annual race to be held at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha.
Barring four men, who would be standing and controlling the boat, the oars during Nehru Boat Race would be used by only women, Mathew Thomas of the Kumarakom Vanitha Boat Club told IANS.
"This is the first time that an all-women team is handling oars and this is happening for the first time on a snake boat," said Thomas.
Protests continue in Punjab over girl’s death, molestation
Chandigarh: The protests over the molestation and death of a teenaged Dalit girl continued on Saturday in Punjab's Moga town and other places, with...
Unable to pay bribe, Dalit woman in Kerala denied treatment in government hospital
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kasargod: A Dalit woman in Kasargod district of Kerala has alleged that she was denied treatment by government hospital...
Woman wants to bike her way to Haryana legislature
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Rohtak (Haryana) : At a time when politicians in patriarchal Haryana do not hesitate to show off their luxury SUVs and cars during electioneering, a woman contestant of the ruling Congress in the state is happy to run her campaign for the assembly polls on a motorbike.
Shakuntala Khatak, who has been allotted the Congress ticket for the Kalanaur constituency (reserved for the Scheduled Castes) in this district, does not want to change her image of being a 'commoner' in the electoral fray for the Oct 13 polls.
Indian activist Ruchira Gupta wins Clinton Global Citizen Award
By IANS,
New York : An Indian journalist and activist Ruchira Gupta has been awarded the Third Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for her work against human trafficking in four Indian states.
Former president Bill Clinton presented the award to Gupta, president of the organisation Apne Aap Women Worldwide, during the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) here Thursday.
The award recognises remarkable individuals for their leadership in improving the lives of people around the globe.
जहांगीरपुरी हिंसा में सवालों के घेरे में दिल्ली पुलिस की कार्रवाई
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बाला जी जयंती शोभायात्रा के दौरान दिल्ली के जहांगीरपुरी इलाके में हुई दो पक्षों के बीच हिंसा में...
Empowerment of Muslim women through Islamic knowledge
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) have conducted a three-day seminar cum workshop on 'Right of Women in Qur'an-Theory and Practice' at Sarvodaya Building, St. Pius College Goregaon East in Mumbai to equip women with adequate knowledge and skills to do their work more effectively and efficiently in their respective fields.
‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices
A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
Women’s dignity must be upheld: JIH Rajasthan chief
By TCN News,
Jaipur: “Women’s Dignity must be upheld and their rights must be protected,” said Engineer Muhammad Saleem, State Chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan. He was addressing the women attending a conference for them on “Women’s Rights in the light of the teachings of Prophet Muhammad”, held at Muslim Musafir Khana of Jaipur on Monday on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Minor girl raped in Delhi
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man at a secluded place on the pretext of conducting religious rituals, police said...
Virginity test of tribal women for state-sponsored marriage unacceptable: AIPWA
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: While strongly condemning the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government’s move for virginity test as precondition for tribal women to avail the benefits of state mass wedding scheme, the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) has demanded the government to rollback the order and give compensation to the women who were subjected to humiliating virginity tests.
Bhopal – Three decades of Struggle: Gas survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar
The struggle for justice and adequate compensation continues even after three decades after the country’s first major industrial disaster
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi/Bhopal: Five women survivors of the ill-famous 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today began an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar here along with a thousand survivors and their children sitting in a dharna, demanding adequate compensation to the victims of the country’s worst industrial disaster.
Government is clearing a way for Uniform Civil Code through triple talaq : JUH
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Strongly condemning Central government’s affidavit filed before Supreme Court that opposes practice of triple talaq and polygamy, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind...
यूपी में एक और परीक्षा का पेपर लीक ,जनता ने पूछा इन पर...
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उत्तर प्रदेश शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा (यूपीटीईटी) 2021 निरस्त कर दी गई। पेपर लीक होने के बाद अचानक पेपर रद्द कर दिया गया इससे...
‘India ignoring UN’s recommendations to curb violence against women’
New Delhi : India is ignoring the recommendations made by the United Nations on issues of discrimination and violence against women, experts said here...
‘India’s tech revolution led by men and women under 27’
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Saying that the US needs to wake up to the reality of India's technological revolution being led by IIT-educated "young men and women under the age of 27", President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy commerce secretary said countries like India, China, Brazil and Russia were going to pose a major challenge to American dominance in the coming years.
Bengal nun gang-rape: Women’s panel blames police of inaction
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Women on Sunday said the police did not act even though the convent where a 70-year-old nun was...
रवायतों की सफे तोड़कर दौड़ रही है लखनऊ की बुर्का राइडर आयशा अमीन
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ- नवाबी शहर लखनऊ की एक लड़की रवायतों की सफे तोड़कर आगे बढ़ गई है।न केवल वो आगे बढ़ी है...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : यूपी सरकार पक्षकार नहीं, कैसे रखेगी अपना पक्ष?
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली...
Two young Swedish women marry in Agra
By IANS,
Agra : Two young Swedish women, who were living together in New Delhi for the past one year, married in traditional Hindu style at a temple here, a priest said.
According to Baba Dharam Das, who conducted the marriage Saturday at a temple in Agra Cantonment, an autorickshaw driver brought the two women to the temple and persuaded him to get them married according to Vedic rites.
The autorickshaw driver made arrangements for the marriage in which Sandra, who played the husband, put vermillion on the forehead of Sara, who played the wife's role.
Six convicted for gang rape in Meghalaya
Shillong: A fast-track court in Meghalaya Thursday convicted six people for the gang rape of an 18-year-old girl in December 2012.
Laston Marak, Tobath Sangma...
Junior Hockey World Cup: Indian women beat Australia 3-2
By IANS,
New Delhi : Monorama Devi converted a last minute penalty corner to give India a 3-2 win over Australia in their opening game of the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in Boston.
Ritu Rani (45th) and Monika Badran (53rd minute) were the other scorers for India while Casey Eastham (31st) and Marnie Hudson (60th minute) were the scorers for Australia in Monday's match, according to information received here.
It was a tough game for India, who were eleventh in the last edition of the tournament, but they did well in the second half by pumping in all the three goals.
Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...
CPI (ML) demands CBI probe into Delhi school stampede
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Delhi State Committee of the CPI (ML) today demanded a CBI enquiry into the Khajuri Khas government school stampede in which five girl students were killed on September 10, alleging that the state government was not bringing out the truth. The organization has also demanded resignation of Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.
Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic
Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...
Most Kashmir ‘half-widows’ are vulnerable: Report
New Delhi : Kashmir's 'half-widows" -- whose husbands have disappeared -- are exposed to various gender and economic vulnerabilities, a report launched here on...
PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event
ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...
Muslim women activists in Hyderabad discussed history, politics, and society
By Nikhat Fatima for TwoCircles.net
Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban
Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday.
"Trinamool...
नसबंदी शिविर की लापरवाही में आम सवाल
By मनोज मिश्रा,
शनिवार को बिलासपुर, छत्तीसगढ़ से दस किलोमीटर दूर पेंडारी के नेमीचंद जैन अस्पताल में सरकार की तरफ़ से महिलाओं के लिए नसबंदी शिविर आयोजित किया गया. इस शिविर को लगाने का मक़सद महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य की चिंता नहीं था. बल्कि शिविर इसलिए लगाया गया था ताकि सरकार अपना एक कोटा पूरा कर सके और सर्वे में यह दर्शा सके कि उसने एक साल में इतनी नसबंदियों को अंजाम दिया है. ऐसा इसलिए ताकि उन्हें पिछले कुछ वर्षो की तरह इस बार भी नंबर एक मुख्यमंत्री का ख़िताब मिल जाए.
Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documents
By IANS,
London : An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London.
The 42-year-old woman had illegally stayed back in the country after arriving on a holiday, the police said. Her house was raided on a tip-off.
She pleaded guilty to 17 offences of identity fraud at Kingston Crown Court and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A large number of documents, including fake and original passports, driving licences and bank documents were seized from her house.
सरकार वाक़ई में महिलाओं के प्रति चिंतित है तो उनके बारे सोचे, जो पतियों...
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए
पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशिश की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के...
Don’t link triple Talaq with uniform civil code: Venkaiah
New Delhi : Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the issue of ending triple Talaq practice should not be linked with uniform...
Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry
By IANS,
Kolkata : A West Bengal court Friday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for burning a woman to death a decade ago.
Rina Jaiswal, a resident of Golabari town of Howrah district, was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for not fulfilling dowry demands.
The Howrah court Friday found Rina's husband Deepak, her mother-in-law and three sisters-in-law guilty of murdering her and awarded them life terms.
Police sources said Rina was married to Deepak in 1997.
Naqvi faces wrath of ASHA, Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan
Alwar, Oct 1 (IANS) Dozens of Accredited Social Health Activists (Asha) and Anganwadi workers dissatisfied with central governments 60 per cent pay hike, heckled...
First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out
By IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies.
Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.
Arab-American family slams United Airlines over discrimination
New York : An Arab-American family slammed United Airlines after its staff removed them from a flight in an incident that they claimed was...
Delhi gang-rape accused get defence lawyers
By IANS,
New Delhi: The five accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape who were presented in a Delhi court Thursday have got lawyers to defend them.
Indian women’s show to kick off Edinburgh festival
By IANS,
London : An Indian cultural show, "Sakhian Ladies Night", will kick-start the Edinburgh Mela Festival in Leith Sunday.
Sakhian, which means "girls and their friends", is an evening dedicated to entertainment and food for women of all ages and cultural backgrounds - all for only five pounds ($10).
The evening's headline act will be the celebrated bhangra singer and songwriter Des-C. New to "Sakhian" this year is a musical drama, "Sapno ki Shaadi (Dream Wedding)" that depicts the saga of an Asian wedding.
Five women beaten to death in Jharkhand over witchcraft
Ranchi : Five women were beaten to death on the outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday for allegedly practicing witchcraft, Jharkhand Police said.
The incident...
Activists demand China release five detained women
New Delhi : A motley group of rights activists, including LGBT activists, held a rally here on Wednesday to demand that China free five...
Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT
‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’
By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net,
Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.
SC/ST Bank sought on lines of Mahila Bank
New Delhi : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with...
क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
हम आज बदलते समाज के साथ अपनी अलग पहचान बनाने में मुसलसल लगे हैं. जिसमें अपने अधिकार और समानता को लेकर आए...
Banning Burqa is undemocratic. Muslim women groups protest in Mumbai
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
More study before taking in women fighter pilots: IAF chief
By IANS,
New Delhi: Indian Air Force Chief P.V. Naik Thursday admitted that more studies need to be done before a decision is taken to induct women as fighter pilots.
Don’t ignore us in the budget, say women’s rights groups
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the union budget to be presented Feb 26, women's rights groups are urging Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to allocate more money for schemes that directly benefit women.
Ranjana Kumari of the Women Power Connect (WPC) said in a letter to the finance minister that was signed by other women's groups: "Last year's budget speech was a big disappointment as a large part of the budgetary allocations showed a decline in the over all funds earmarked for the ministry of women and child development (MWCD)".
Women will have to wait 57 years for equal pay
By IANS,
London : Working women will have to wait 57 more years before they start earning pay equal to men, a survey in Britain has shown.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) observed that the pay of women bosses rose 2.8 percent in the past 12 months, compared with 2.3 percent for men.
At this rate, it would take until 2067 for women to catch up with men, Daily Express reported Thursday.
The survey result also means that 40 years after the 1970 Equal Pay Act, women were earning on an average 10,031 pounds less than male counterparts.
Indian woman hangs herself in UAE
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi: A 27-year-old woman from India's Kerala state allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi.
83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC
Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...
Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana: The work of the special investigation team (SIT), probing criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is getting delayed as teenaged molestation victim Ruchika's family is not cooperating, the SIT chief said Sunday. Family members, however, dismissed the charge and questioned the team's efficiency.
Hajra ASW: The Iron Lady of Islam
By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net
As children, we all have read that great civilizations are born near the rivers. Once upon a time, a civilization...
Women activists urge CJI to act against Madhya Pradesh judge
New Delhi : A group of women activists and lawyers Monday urged Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to initiate an inquiry into allegations...
She performed back-breaking work – to build hospital for poor
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Sahana Ghosh, IANS,
Muslim women like BJP for its ‘triple talaq’ stand: Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s stand on the issue...
CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level
Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...
The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers.
Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Delhi’s young to vote for jobs, women’s safety
By Priyanka,
New Delhi : The young in Delhi want jobs and are most likely to vote for a party that makes the city safe...
These women mountain bikers are on a roll
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla : These women bikers are literally on a role as they prepare for the world's toughest off-road cycling event...
उज़मा नाहिद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं को आर्थिक रूप से सशक्त बनाने की एक मिशन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
मुंबई : मुसलमानों में मज़हबी तौर पर जो रिवायती घराने हैं, उन घरानों की बेटियां भी देश की खुली फ़िज़ा...
President Patil appeals for justice for women
By IANS,
Nagpur : President Pratibha Patil has appealed to women lawyers to secure justice for women against all sorts of exploitation.
She said Friday that women, particularly in the lower strata of society, continue to suffer discrimination even after 60 years of Independence.
Patil inaugurated a two-day national conference of women lawyers on "Justice for Women" at the Amolakchand Law College in Yavatmal. Over 250 lawyers and law teachers participated in the event held at the western Vidarbha town.
Child star Rubina still in slum, but Marathi autobiography ready
By Quaid Najm, IANS
Mumbai: Rubina Ali Qureshi, the little girl from a Mumbai slum who shot to stardom with the Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire", is set to release the Marathi version of her autobiography even as she continues to live in the same squalid surroundings feeling "unsafe and insecure".
The book, titled "Majha Taryankade Pravas", has been translated from an English version, "Slumgirl Dreaming", by Mumbai author Maitreyi Joshi and published by Mehta Publishing House, Pune.
SCs growing interest for Engineering in contrast with Muslims in Tamil Nadu
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in Tamil Nadu has released Engineering admission statistics community wise over the past few years which reveals that SCs are getting more inclined towards Engineering stream with exponential growth every year where as Muslims figures display steady admission rate – nor significantly increasing nor declining.
A dropout herself, she sends village children to school
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school.
This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.
Shazia Khan: An entrepreneur trying to mentor Muslim women find their feet
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
For Shazia Khan, the path to success has never been a straight one: as a Muslim girl growing up in...
Nigeria: 63 women escape from Boko Haram captors
Nairobi : Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors...
International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued
New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...
Honour for AMU teacher
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Dr. Ghazala Yasmin, guest teacher, Department of Applied Mathematics, ZH College of Engineering and Technology at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been awarded the “A K Agarwal Prize for Best Publication of the Year 2014”.
Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention
By IANS,
Ipoh (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian woman who spent 11 months at an immigration depot on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant has sued the government for RM6 million ($150,000 approx.) for her suffering while under detention.
M. Rajeshvari named as defendants the government and six others, including Home Minister Syed Hamid Syed Albar and Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan.
The suit was filed by her lawyer A. Magesan, also an ethnic Indian, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry Thursday.
AIUMB forms a council of Muftis to develop consensus on Triple Talaq issue
By TCN News
New Delhi: The executive body of All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) met here on Monday to discuss the issue of...
First woman Delhi chief justice to take charge Monday
New Delhi: Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the...
Vitamins C, E, beta carotene fail to cut cancer risk among women
By IANS,
Washington : Women who take beta carotene or vitamin C or E or a combination of the supplements face a similar risk of cancer as women who do not take them, according to fresh data.
Studies have suggested that people whose diets are high in fruits and vegetables, and thus antioxidants, may have a lower risk of cancer.
Results from randomised trials that address the issue, however, have been inconsistent and have rarely supported that observation.