African women writers take a new turn
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends.
Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".
Hunt on for men who allegedly raped German woman
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Efforts were on Monday to nab the men who allegedly abducted a German woman from the upscale Taj hotel here and took her to a room where they raped her before dropping her nearly 12 hours later.
The incident took place early Sunday when five to six men in a black Scorpio SUV kidnapped the 20-year-old tourist from the parking lot of the Taj in Chandigarh's commercial hub Sector 17.
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...
Unsafe abortions claim lives of 4,500 women per year
By IANS,
New Delhi: As many of 4,500 deaths or eight percent of all maternal deaths occur due to unsafe abortions every year, parliament was told Friday.
Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.
Mamata not averse to coming together with Mayawati, Jayalalitha
Kolkata : Preferring to be a "humanist than a feminist", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday however said she was not averse to...
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.
Tamil Nadu Muslim groups to discuss utilization of govt schemes for Muslim women
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Various Muslim NGOs and social groups are going to meet in Chennai on November 21 to discuss ways to get most out of the schemes launched by state as well as central governments to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women.
No uniform policy of Waqf boards on Muslim widow pension
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In March, 2013 West Bengal Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of minority affairs and madrasa education, had announced honorarium for Muslim widows and divorced women. The honorarium, it was decided, would be given from the special funds of the Chief Minister, but would be delivered through State Waqf Board.
Woman undressed, breast-searched at Canadian airport!
By IANS,
Toronto: A 42-year-old black Canadian woman has alleged that she was forced to undress and bodily searched for drugs at Ottawa airport on her return from Jamaica.
Charmaine Archer, who was returning home from Jamaica Tuesday night, said she was forced to open her rectum, lift her breast, and looked underneath her crotch by customs officials.
The woman said she was pulled aside by the customs agents "because she paid for part of her ticket with a credit card, because she booked last minute and because she only stayed for four days", according to the Ottawa Citizen.
Special police teams in Hyderabad for women’s safety
Hyderabad : Hyderabad Police Friday set up 100 special teams to check harassment of women in public places.
To be called 'She' teams, their members...
एक और सानिया मिर्ज़ा, इस बार पहली फाइटर पायलट
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
यूपी के मिर्जापुर की सानिया का चयन एनडीए परीक्षा में हुआ है। वो देश की पहली मुस्लिम महिला हैं और उत्तर प्रदेश...
Association of Indian Muslims of America put up a tailoring center for girls in...
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM) of Washington DC has begun building a tailoring training center for poor...
आशियाना टूट जाने के डर से सड़क पर आई हजारों महिलाएं , यह है...
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
नये साल की सुबह हल्द्वानी के मुस्लिम बहुल वनभूलपुरा इलाके के लोगों के लिए बैचेनी लेकर आई थी। वनभूलपुरा इलाके के...
UPA believed in work rather than empty talk: Manmohan Singh
Guwahati : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his UPA government had always believed in work rather than empty talk and the...
Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.
Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?
Sex workers, women’s groups in One Billion Rising campaign
By IANS,
Kolkata: Sex workers from the city's red light areas participated in street plays and dances and brought out a rally as part of...
HC verdict allowing minor Muslim girl to marry can’t be a precedent: SC
Chief Justice of India agreed to issue a notice in the matter and tag it along with the earlier similar petitions filed by...
Kanyashree scheme to be part of school syllabus: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Kanyashree Prakalpa - a scheme for girls - would be included...
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...
My father is Rajiv Gandhi: Priyanka to Modi’s daughter comment
Amethi/New Delhi : In a scathing retort to Narendra Modi's reported "daughter" comment, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said she was the daughter of late...
अंतरराष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या दिवस पर विशेष :संघ के बड़े एजंडे का छोटा सा हिस्सा है...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
साल 2014 में केंद्र में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद बीजेपी देश भर में अपने व्यापक एजेंडे को लागू करने की दिशा में...
‘Did I hit her? Did I abuse her? Then why the fuss?’ says BJP...
Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Gorakhpur : A couple of days after a video surfaced in which BJP MLA from Gorakhpur(Sadar) Radha Mohan Das Aggrawal was shown shouting...
Squash: Indian girls make last 8
Eindhoven (The Netherlands) : India carved out a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday to ensure a place in the top eight competition...
Divorced women in dire straits: Survey
By IANS,
New Delhi : Approximately 80 percent of divorced or separated women in India live below the poverty line, with a monthly income of less than Rs.4,000, a survey said.
Somnath Bharti gets bail in domestic violence case
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Delhi's former law minister Somnath Bharti, who is accused in a domestic...
Women feel dowry most severe form of gender disparity: Survey
New Delhi : Most Indian women feel that dowry is the most severe form of gender disparity when it comes to marriage, according to...
5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari
Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...
Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women
By Najia O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.
Myanmar president calls for unity to overcome challenges
Nay Pyi Taw : Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Monday called on the country's political forces to work together in unity to overcome...
Women’s self-help groups keep Chhattisgarh babies healthy
By Ashish Mishra ,
Kondagaon/Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) : Born in a Gond tribal family in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh, two-year old Priyanka weighed only 5 kg...
Rise from home-makers to nation-makers, Modi urges women
New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday urged the women to graduate from being home-makers to becoming nation-makers as they have both...
Five Iraqi women killed in collision with US forces
By DPA,
Baghdad: At least five Iraqi women were killed in a traffic collision with a vehicle carrying US forces south of Baghdad Wednesday, police said.
Police told the DPA that at least six Iraqis were injured in the collision, which took place on the highway linking the central town of Hilla with the capital.
A US military helicopter rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to a US military hospital, police said.
Two women held in Chennai for dowry harassment
BY IANS,
Chennai : Two women were arrested Sunday on charges of harassment for dowry and assisting bigamy by attempting to arrange the third marriage of an IT professional relative domiciled in Singapore, the police said.
"Madina Begum (55) and Safina (35) were arrested based on a complaint from Abu Bakkar Siddique that his Singapore-based son-in-law Mohammad Ali Maraikkayar was attempting to marry a third time through the efforts of his mother Madina and sister Safina," police inspector S. Kalyani told IANS.
Anupam Kher supports UN Women’s work on gender equality
New York : Veteran actor Anupam Kher is happy to be appointed as the 50/50 champion for gender equality to support UN Women's work.
In...
More and more working women shun the ‘married girl’ look
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : 'Solah singhar', the traditional decked up appearance for the new bride is now out of fashion with more and more working women shunning their gold and glitter for a more westernised look.
Today's hard pressed working women find it a headachet o wear to traditional symbols of wedded bliss preferring to flaunt the single and smart look.
The job scenario also seems to encourage such trend with Kiran, who has been married for six months, and is on a job hunt preferring to dress in formal shirt-pant, sans any bangles or bindi.
On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram
The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...
All India women karwan in support of WRB next month
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Anhad NGO and other civil groups will jointly launch an All India Women Karwan in support of Women Reservation Bill next month. Three caravans will be taken out on three different routes to cover as much part of the country as possible. They will be flagged off on May 20 simultaneously in Delhi, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar.
An all-women car unveiled in gender-sensitive Iran
By IANS,
London : Iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
The car, with electronic parking aids and a jack making it easier to change a wheel, will be painted in soft "feminine" colours and include interior design features aimed specifically at women.
ASEAN to create commission on women and children next year
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.
Notice to government, police on separate lock-ups for women
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments and the city police commissioner on a plea...
Not all suicides of wives due to in-laws, observes court
New Delhi: A court here on Monday said that one cannot blame in-laws for every suicide committed by a married woman and acquitted a...
Confident women lack social skills
By IANS,
Washington : Women who project themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are perceived as highly competent but lacking in social skills.
Women who present themselves as modest and cooperative, while well liked, are perceived as low on competence.
However, confident and ambitious male candidates are viewed as both competent and likable and therefore are more likely to be hired as a manager than either confident or modest women.
Mother, three children killed in UP fire
Lucknow : A mother and her three children were burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Friday when a fire broke out...
US teacher rips off girl’s hijab, gets fired
Washington, (IANS): A teacher at a school in the US was fired after he ripped off the hijab from an 8-year-old girl's head for...
CBI consulting legal experts in Rathore case
By IANS,
New Delhi : After facing criticism for mishandling the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said it was seeking legal opinion to include charges of abetment to suicide against former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore.
Dalit, tribals can perform as good as others: PM
Noida : People from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will perform as well as others if they are given the opportunity, Prime Minister...
Sharmila Tagore lauds Yemeni director for highlighting women’s sufferings
Kolkata : Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore heaped praises on Yemeni filmmaker Khadija Al Salami, considered the first woman director from her country, for being...
Women’s quota bill likely in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi: The government hopes to introduce the contentious women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of parliament after holding "consultations" with the political parties opposed to the measure, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Friday.
The Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill, seeking to reserve 33 percent of seats in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies for women.
Charges framed against rapist, killer of journalist’s widow
New Delhi: A court framed rape and murder charges against 22-year-old domestic help, accused of raping and murdering the 81-year-old widow of a former...
Ramadan 1438: Kulsum
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...
Skill Development Centre for women from BPPL families
By TCN News:
New Delhi: A skill development centre Sponsored by Human Welfare Foundation & Managed by Women’s Manifesto has been started for women from...
Assam polls a fight between two opposing ideologies: Rahul
Guwahati (Assam) : Terming the Assam assembly polls a "fight between two opposing ideologies", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged the people...
Girl attacked with acid in Jharkhand school hostel
Ranchi : A Class 10 girl student was attacked with acid when she was sleeping in her school hostel in Jharkhand's Giridih district, police...
Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’
The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — In...
Bengal girl raped by friends in Delhi
New Delhi: An 18-year-old girl from West Bengal was gang raped by two of her friends, including a juvenile, in the national capital, Delhi...
Madhya Pradesh woman minister kicks minor seeking one rupee
Panna (Madhya Pradesh) : In a callous act, Madhya Pradesh minister Kusum Mehdele, who has already courted controversy for her insensitive remarks on...
Bengal youth beaten up for protesting women’s harassment dies
Kolkata : A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into coma after being beaten up for protesting harassment of women during an idol immersion procession...
Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday.
Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here.
He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal.
His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.
Injured peacock rescued from Najma Heptulla’s residence
New Delhi : An injured peacock found on the lawn of Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla's official residence was on Saturday rescued by NGO...
यूपी में दरोगा पर ही फरियादी से बलात्कार का आरोप
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में रक्षक के ही भक्षक बनने की घटना सामने आई है। शाहजहांपुर के जलालाबाद पुलिस थाने में तैनात सब इंस्पेक्टर...
Campaign against violence on women launched with human chain
By IANS,
New Delhi : Scores of people, who included home makers and anganwadi workers as well as well known personalities, formed a human chain at the India Gate lawns Friday to send out the message that violence against women should not be tolerated and to formally launch the women and child development ministry's campaign.
Delhi to get technical varsity for women
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Monday announced that it will set up a technical university for women here.
Woman who sought to abort foetus suffers miscarriage
By IANS,
Mumbai : Niketa Mehta, the Mumbai housewife whose plea for aborting her 26-week-old foetus had been turned down by the Bombay High Court, has suffered a miscarriage.
Her husband Haresh Mehta, 35, said Niketa, 34, had been admitted briefly to a clinic after complaints of severe abdominal pain and there was a miscarriage Tuesday.
"I don't want to go into the details. She is very weak and she has been advised complete bed rest for a month," Haresh told IANS Thursday.
BJP to seek NCW intervention in Jadavpur varsity case
Kolkata : The BJP's Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi Sunday condemned the alleged sexual harassment of a Jadavpur University student and the subsequent police...
660 response centres for violence-hit women
New Delhi: Crises and response centres will be set up at 660 locations across the country for violence-affected women, the ministry for women and...
Ensure safety of women, NHRC asks states
New Delhi : Concerned over recent crimes against women, the NHRC Friday asked all state governments to adopt measures ranging from constructing toilets to...
Woman tries self-immolation outside Badal’s residence
Chandigarh: A woman was admitted Thursday to a government hospital here with over 20 percent burns after she set herself ablaze outside the residence...
Shopian case: Donate-shroud-to-CBI campaign launched by women groups
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...
Seven get death for raping, killing mentally-challenged Nepali woman
Rohtak : A special court in Haryana's Rohtak town sentenced seven men to death for raping a mentally-challenged Nepali woman and then murdering...
Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory
By IANS,
New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday.
Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India.
"In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.
Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India
An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat
By Shamsul Islam
To,
Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak,
Namaskar.
Woman gang raped in Delhi, two arrested
New Delhi: A woman was gang raped by two people on the pretext of being provided a job, police said Friday, adding the alleged...
NDA willing to open doors to women
By IANS,
Khadakwasla (Maharashtra) : The National Defence Academy (NDA), that trains male cadets to eventually serve as officers in the Indian defence forces, has welcomed the idea of opening its doors to women.
"If asked, the NDA is ready for training women cadets. After a decision is taken by the authorities we will need some time to build the necessary infrastructure," NDA commandant Air Marshal T.S.Randhawa told reporters on the sidelines of the passing out parade of the 114th course that also marked the 60th anniversary of the institution.
Bigger conspiracy behind killing: Greater Noida victim’s wife
Greater Noida : The killing of a man in a village here following rumours that his family consumed beef was part of a bigger...
Women celebrate the legacy of Bharati Roy Chaudhury
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Delhi Solidarity Group, Women Forest Rights Action Committee and All India Union of Forest Working People, organized the 2nd Bharti Roy Chaudhury memorial lecture titled “Women Resisting Violence - Assertions, Struggles, and Solidarity in Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, on 9th March.
Woman held with live cartridges at Lucknow airport
By IANS,
Lucknow : A woman was held at the the Amausi airport here Monday after four live cartridges were found from her purse during pre-departure security checking, police said.
"Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel detected the .32 bore cartridges during the final security check and stopped her," inspector Prayag Singh of Sarojininagar told IANS.
The woman, Sarla Arora, however, said her husband, who had a valid arms licence, had left the cartridges in her purse by mistake, according to police.
Conjoined twins born in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A woman has given birth to conjoined twins in a Bihar town. The delivery was normal, a hospital source said Friday.
Mehnaz Khatoon, in her 20s, a resident of Bar village in Gaya district, about 125 km from here, was admitted to a government hospital Dec 31 night with labour pains and delivered the Siamese twins Thursday.
The two girls have their heads, hands, and genitalia separated from each other but are joined to each other waist downwards.
After news spread in the neighbourhood, a large number of people thronged the hospital to have a look.
Harassed girl’s tweet to railway ministry lands man in jail
Patna : A girl, who was harassed on a running train, tweeted to the railway ministry for help following which the accused was arrested,...
Why women’s safety not in poll campaign, ask activists
New Delhi : Rights practitioners, lawyers and thought leaders Wednesday asked why was women's safety not of pivotal concern in the ongoing elections, and...
One killed in fight over balloon in West Bengal town
By IANS,
Kolkata : An altercation among children over a balloon led to a scuffle between their grandmothers in a West Bengal town. The same evening, one of the women, a Trinamool Congress activist, was attacked by a group of teenagers following which she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital here, the police said Wednesday.
The incident took place in Naihati town of North 24 Parganas district, about 40 km from here.
Winds of change are blowing, but mindsets need a changing
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
Woman jumps before Delhi Metro train, dies
New Delhi : A 30-year-old woman died here Monday after she jumped in front of a Delhi Metro train, an official said.
Omvati, a resident...
3,000 jobs for women in Saudi outsourcing centre
Riyadh : The first Saudi all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) service centre will aim to provide 3,000 jobs to Saudi women in the next...
Woman call centre worker stabbed to death in Lucknow
Lucknow : A call centre worker was stabbed to death in Lucknow Wednesday, police said.
Shabnam, 28, was walking to office for the morning shift...
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...
62-year-old employer booked for raping saleswoman
Gurgaon : A 62-year-old man has been booked here for allegedly raping his 25-year-old saleswoman, police said on Tuesday.
The owner of a readymade garments...
Saarc, UN to work for women’s empowerment in South Asia
Kathmandu : Saarc and UN Women will work towards promotion of gender equality, gender justice and empowerment of women among the countries in the...
eCommerce will help empower women: Experts
New Delhi : Evolution of the e-commerce sector in India will help in empowering women as it will provide opportunity for them to work...
Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, passed away at the age...
Noida, (IANS): Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in the making of the tough...
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.
Life in jail for woman for killing grandson
New Delhi: A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her minor grandson to take revenge on her daughter-in-law.
Additional Sessions...
Threats and hate campaign force writer Sharmila Seyyid from Sri Lanka to go in...
The writer-activist now lives in self-imposed exile in Chennai
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Sri Lankan woman rights activists Sharmila Seyyid and her family are being harassed for years. Facing attacks in Sri Lanka, where she and her sister used to run a school, she now lives in exile in Chennai, in hiding.
It is noteworthy here that Muslims as a minority in Sri Lanka has been facing ethnic violence for years – there was upsurge in 2014 – under Sinhalese Buddhist majority. Seyyid has been very vocal in her works against several conservative practices vis a vis women. She has already published two anthologies of poems and a novel Ummath that critiques rising conservatism in Sri Lanka, besides highlighting the everyday injustices that Tamil-speaking Muslims face there.
Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits
By Amit Kumar
For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...
A Jihad for gender equality
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Nasiruddin Haider Khan is in Hindi journalism since 1992 and currently work as Deputy Resident Editor of Dainik Hindustan in Agra. He has been working on gender issues especially Muslim women issues for the last 16 years. Mr. Khan has a diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass communication and MA in Womens studies from Lucknow University.
Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29.
The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.
Jabarti becomes first Saudi woman editor in chief
By IINA,
Jeddah : Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette newspaper following the resignation of Khaled Almaeena from...
Re-examine pregnant minor rape victim for abortion: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ahmedabad civil hospital's medical superintendent to set up a team of three gynaecologists and a...
A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...
Tax officer’s wife booked for running sex racket
Gurgaon: The wife of a tax officer has been booked here for running a sex racket, police said Wednesday.
The racket operating out of a...
More working women among Malaysian Indians seeking divorce
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A growing number of working women of Indian origin have begun to divorce their husbands, particularly those who do not work, says a report in a Tamil daily here.
The trend has been noticed in Johor state, which has a concentration of ethnic Indians who are estimated at nearly two million in Malaysia.
Malaysia Nanban daily called it "a disturbing trend".
The paper also said that while previously husbands approached law firms to divorce their wives, now it was the other way round.
A petition ‘Justice for Jashodaben’ floats in response to PM Modi’s triple talaq statement
By Siddhant Mohan and A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Expressing Union government’s opposition to the practice of triple talaq in Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday...
Women rough up bank manager over loan
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said Thursday.
Agitated women, armed with brooms and slippers, barged into Union Bank branch manager's cabin in Phephna village of Ballia district Wednesday, and manhandled him for refusing to meet them for the past 10 days.
Girl killed in Pakistan-India firing
Islamabad: A teenaged girl was killed Saturday in an exchange of fire between Pakistani para-military troopers and India's Border Security Force (BSF) along the...
JIH’s stand on co-education makes its Kerala unit uncomfortable
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net
Federer congratulates Sania-Hingis
Wimbledon: Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer on Sunday congratulated Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis who won the women's doubles title in the Wimbledon.
The top...
Dreams from Japan, in the bylanes of Okhla
By Iqra Raza for Twocircles.net
New Delhi: The rickshaw wheels lazily on the bumpy road making me jump every now and then. Dragging on,...
Muslim women and change
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
Mostly people think Muslim women are oppressed and forced to wear veil and confined to the four walls of their houses. This is mainly because we read every day in papers that Taliban force women into veil, burn down girls schools and always portray them wrapped completely in black cloth from head to foot. This image of Muslim women was further reinforced by the burqa controversy which erupted in France.
Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking
By IANS,
Raipur: The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little to prevent trafficking of thousands of youth, mainly girls, from poor families to metros.
The house witnessed a heated debate when the government replied in the assembly it was doing its best to trace out an estimated 7,000 people missing in the state for many years.
Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder
By IANS,
New Delhi: A married woman and her paramour allegedly killed her alcoholic husband after he caught them together in their north Delhi shanty four days ago, police said Friday, adding the duo have been arrested.
Kashmira and her paramour Amit allegedly stabbed an inebriated Mohinder Singh to death in their hut in Kishan Ganj area June 8. They hid the body in the house for over 30 hours and then threw it near a drain.
Advani’s wife dies after heart attack; Leaders extend condolences
New Delhi : Kamla Advani, wife of veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, died here on Wednesday following a heart attack.
She was taken to...
‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’
By IANS,
New Delhi: As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud.
Clearing the first hurdle, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 of the total 4,109 seats in the 28 state assemblies.
One arrested for molesting woman in hospital
By IANS,
New Delhi : One man was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman Sunday at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital here, the police said.
An altercation broke out between the woman, who had come for her son's treatment, and a worker in hospital's canteen over the rate of eatables she had bought.
“One person was arrested on the basis of complaint lodged by the woman,” the police said.
Noida girl wins art award
Gurgaon: A series of geometrics and line patterns, guided by the urban metroscape, fetched Noida-based-artist Chetnaa Verma a prestigious art award here Saturday.
Verma won...
Women on Wings targets 1 mn rural jobs by 2018
New Delhi : A social enterprise, Women on Wings targets to create one million jobs for women in rural India by 2018, an official...
Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala
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.
मां के बाद अब प्रोफेसर नबीला सादिक भी दुनिया छोड़ गई !
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
दूसरों की मदद को सदैव तैयार रहने वाली जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया की असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर नबीला सादिक की मृत्यु से उनके छात्रों...
Muslim bodies in Manipur observed International Women’s Day
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: As in other parts the globe, International Women’s Day was observed in Manipur on March 8, 2014. Manipur State Commission for Women, Department of Social Welfare, political parties and different civil society organizations observed the day by deliberating on some of the pressing issues of women in the State.
Research scholar molested in IIT-K
Kolkata: A research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was allegedly molested by a contractual sweeper while she was asleep in the...
Lathi charge on Muslims in Chennai; TNTJ calls for Jail Bharo
By TCN News
Chennai: Police allegedly lathi-charged on protestesters during a march organized by the Tamilnadu Thowheed Jamath cadres.
Banning Burqa is undemocratic. Muslim women groups protest in Mumbai
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Interview: AIMPLB blind to concerns of oppressed Muslim women: Parveen Abidi
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,
Women bless Mamata Banerjee for first ladies’ train
By IANS,
Kolkata : A day after Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ladies' special local train, hundreds of jubilant women showered their blessings upon the West Bengal leader and wished her well.
The first ladies' special train was flagged off Sunday and started plying from Howrah to Bandel station Monday. The train would run twice daily during peak hours from Monday to Saturday every week.
Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress
New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...
AAP leader Ashutosh appears before NCW
New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh on Thursday appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in compliance with the women panel's...
Woman techie cheats NRI of Rs.1.3 mn, booked for cyber crime
By IANS,
Kendrapada (Orissa) : At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday.
"The police have registered criminal cases against software engineer Kaveri Patra, a resident of Mulabasanta village in Kendrapada district, and seven others including her father, husband and father-in-law on the charge of cheating and committing a cyber crime," officer in charge of the local Pattamundai police station K. C. Mallick told IANS.
Women’s panel to probe case of indebted farmers selling women
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it was sending a team to probe the "awful and unbelievable" reports that debt-ridden farmers in Uttar Pradesh's drought-hit Bundelkhand region were selling off their women to survive.
"It is awful and unbelievable that it still happens in the country and that too in Uttar Pradesh where the chief minister is a woman," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS.
"We are sending a team to find out the details and have asked for the report within 24 hours," she said.
Changing women identity in Kashmir
By Bilal Ahmad Malik,
The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...
Woman with 90 percent bone deformity cured in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: In a rare surgery, a 60-year-old woman having developed complete bone deformity successfully underwent a complex surgery making her capable to walk again,...
First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76).
She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.
Irom Sharmila wishes to meet Modi over AFSPA
Imphal : Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, on a fast-unto-death since the past 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces, wants to meet...
Ablutions an embarrassing chore for women in flood-hit Bihar
By Imran Khan
Maner/Danapur (Bihar) : Coping with hunger and homelessness in flood-hit Bihar is a task in itself but for women, there is...
Women banned from taking part in polls in Pakistan region
Islamabad : In a bizarre diktat out of sync with modern-day ethos, the Jirga (religious assembly) in Gilgit Baltistan -- an eight-hour drive from...
भारत का सर्वोच्च विज्ञान पुरस्कार बुशरा अतीक के नाम
नेहाल अहमद । Twocircles.net
अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय (एएमयू) की पूर्व छात्रा डॉ बुशरा अतीक को मेडिकल स्किनोल के क्षेत्र में उत्कृष्ट कार्य के लिए भारत...