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Muslim women of Malabar

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 8 In various towns of Malabar, it is not uncommon to see Muslim women on the streets, bazaars, and schools. They can be easily identified with their traditional mode of clothing. Young girls wear long colorful skirts, long sleeved blouses and heads covered in dupatta or a hijab. Older girls, it seems, prefer shalwar qameez. Married women wear saris or abayas.

Women paramilitary officers to ensure security on Delhi Metro

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By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

In delhi, nearly all rapes are by relatives, neighbours

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National Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges of Manipuri Muslim Women

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By: Dr. Syed Ahmed,

SC begins hearing appeals by December 16 gangrape convicts

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging...

Preventing crimes against women: are stringent laws the only solution?

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By Ram Puniyani,

Odisha gets first women’s university

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Bhubaneswar : The Rama Devi Autonomous Women's College here is set to be the first women's university in Odisha. The central government has approved the...

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind women presses for women’s rights in Gujarat

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By TwoCircles.net special correspondent, Ahmedabad: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind(Women’s wing), Gujarat, organized a statewide women’s campaign ``Aapnu Abhiyan,Nari Sanman”(The March Towards Dignity) last week. During the week-long campaign, public meetings, symposiums and rallies were organized at different places in the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Vijapur, Junagadh, Modasa, Bhuj, Patan, Dhori, Himmatnagar, Lamadia, Idar Dasaj, Panvad, Chhotaudepur and Vapi.

68 with criminal cases, 56 crorepatis in Bengal polls second phase

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Kolkata : As many as 68 of the 383 candidates contesting in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared criminal...

Nawazuddin’s new movie deals with controversial Halala law

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Mumbai: After being a part of 68th Cannes International Film Festival, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's “Miyan Kal Aana” production, directed by his younger brother Shamas...

AAP announces women’s wing

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New Delhi: The AAP Thursday announced the setting up of a women's wing in Delhi and appointed Shalimar Bagh legislator Bandana Kumari as its...

Sri Lankan electoral reforms to boost women’s representation

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Colombo : Sri Lanka's new electoral reforms should make space for more women representation in parliament, Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera told reporters on...

Tribal woman killed in front of her children in Meghalaya

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Shillong : A 35-year-old tribal Garo woman was shot dead in front of her children in Meghalaya by members of an outlawed militant group...

Have you met this saree-clad bodyguard who is breaking stereotypes?

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TCN News Veena Gupta is a bodyguard who is known for her unique style and is often called Dabang Singh. While she is breaking stereotypes,...

Woman found dead in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 40-year-old woman was found dead with head injury marks in her southwest Delhi home Wednesday, police said. Manju Chabra was found dead in her house in Dabri by her 20-year-old daughter around 11.30 a.m., a police officer said. "The door of the house was found locked from outside. The woman was lying on the floor with injuries to her head. The victim's two daughters and son had left the house in the morning," the officer said. Police suspect that her husband Nanakchand Chabra, who is absconding since the incident, is behind the murder.

Relief to rape convict for cracking civil service challenged

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

Nun gang rape: Women’s right panel team to visit Bengal

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Kolkata : Taking cognizance of the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal's Nadia district, the National Commission for Women on Friday...

HIV-positive woman spreads hope in Uttar Pradesh

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Gorakhpur : After she tested positive for HIV three years ago, Bhanumati (name changed) was shattered. Living under the shadow of death, the 36-year-old feared she too would die of the infection like her husband. But today Bhanumati spearheads AIDS/HIV awareness programmes in villages of Uttar Pradesh. Bhanumati, a resident of Tilauli village in Gorakhpur district, some 300 km from Lucknow, has constituted an all-women group that undertakes counselling of AIDS/HIV patients and also organises sensitisation programmes in India's most populous state.

Woman alleges gang rape in moving car in Ludhiana

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Ludhiana : Police here in Punjab on Sunday registered a case after a 21-year-old woman alleged that she was gang-raped by three youths in...

More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report

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United Nations, March 6 (Prensa Latina) The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman. The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent. In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.

In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

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Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity. Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net UTTAR...

Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings

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St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza jumped to her...

Divisive Rhetoric to Ethical Quagmires: Women Politicians Under the Spotlight

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TCN News New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...

Clean Chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment case is supreme injustice, say...

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TCN News About 350 feminists and women’s rights groups have written an open letter to the retired judges of Supreme Court expressing their disappointment at...

परंपरागत मधुबनी पेंटिंग में हुनर आज़मा रही मुस्लिम बालिकाएं

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सूफ़ी परवीन Twocircles.net के लिए https://youtu.be/Q1-IttFHEdU बिहार के मिथिला क्षेत्र में मुस्लिम लड़कियों का एक समूह मधुबनी पेंटिंग की कला को सीखकर नई कहानी लिख...

‘Policy-implementation must for women’s empowerment’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's empowerment is possible only if state administrators implement the policies framed by the central government, K.G. Balakrishnan, National Human...

Punish tipplers with brooms, says Bihar women’s panchayat

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By Imran Khan Patna: A women's panchayat in a Bihar village has ordered women to punish with brooms people found consuming and selling liquor, while...

क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?

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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...

‘More funds needed for women, child development’

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Protest in Kolkata over nude photos of women with ‘Allah and Muhammad’ texts

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kolkata: Several Muslim groups led a protest in Kolkata angered by photographs published in a Bengali Daily of women protesting in nude, with Arabic texts, including names of Allah and Prophet Muhammad.

Ayesha Khatun : The woman on a mission

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Molestation charges against a college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam: What is the...

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By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya, Curfew has been imposed for last two days in the Karimganj district of Assam after massive street protests from people...

पति की हत्या के बाद शकीना बनी नई ग्राम प्रधान, ग्रामीणों ने उपचुनाव में...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर ।Twocircles.net सोमवार को यूपी के परगवां ग्राम में लोग उस समय खुशी से झूमने लगे जब ग्राम पंचायत के उपचुनाव परिणाम...

Ramadan 1435: Aspirations

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net College-going Muslim girls at Marina beach in Chennai. They visit the beach quite often to chill out. One is training to...

IAF women officers scale new heights, summit Mt. Kamet

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women officers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are scaling heights...literally, in preparation to summit Mt.Everest next year. Young Flight Lieutenant Nivedita Choudhary and Squadron Leader Nirupama, who are members of the all-women IAF officers' Everest expedition, have just returned after scaling the 7,557-metre Mt. Kamet and 7,354-metre Mt.Abi Gamin respectively in Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, close to the border with China.

Army to give permanent commission to women in two months

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission within two months to women serving as short service commission officers in the legal and education branches of the Indian Army. However, the absorption of women as permanent commission officers would be subject to "requirement" and after necessary training, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said in an undertaking on behalf of the defence ministry, recorded by the court.

First woman Delhi chief justice to take charge Monday

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New Delhi: Justice G. Rohini will Monday assume charge as the first woman chief justice of the Delhi High Court, 47 years after the...

Saina loses final, settles for World silver

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Jakarta: It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women's singles final to Spanish top seed...

Women and the Tablighi Jama‘at

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

VIPs visit murdered Dalit woman’s mother, probe continues

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit...

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him. Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."

Woman tries self-immolation outside Badal’s residence

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Chandigarh: A woman was admitted Thursday to a government hospital here with over 20 percent burns after she set herself ablaze outside the residence...

Women’s dignity must be upheld: JIH Rajasthan chief

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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.

The Tagore women and a tale of empowerment (Book Review)

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Book: "Jorasanko"; Author: Aruna Chakravarti; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 406; Price: Rs.350

After Mulayam questions lack of recruitment, UP govt says it gave jobs to 4.58...

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net Three days after Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav raised questions over Akhilesh Yadav-led government for not giving jobs to...

Kerala’s women’s programme celebrates 16th anniversary

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Thiruvananthapuram : Kudumbashree, a state-supported women's empowerment programme in Kerala that today has 40.54 lakh members, celebrates its 16th anniversary this year. It was launched...

Kolkata women welcome Triple Talaq judgment

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain Women organizations in Kolkata on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court decision on Triple Talaq terming it historic which will usher in new era...

Emotional support for Jayalalithaa in Bangalore

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Bangalore : About 500 men and women from Tamil Nadu crossed into Karnataka Sunday to extend emotional support to jailed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...

Yemen: government discuss seats allocation for women in councils

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By NNN-SABA, Sana'a : The Yemeni government discussed on Tuesday's meeting, headed by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, the report on reviewing the study of COTA system to allocate seats for women in the elected councils. The report, presented by Minister of Social and Labor Affairs, was referred to a ministerial committee for revision. The cabinet affirmed its support to woman and the importance of expending the political participation of women in the elected councils with an average of 15 percent.

Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University

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By IANS, Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.

Prabhu prioritises women safety in rail budget

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New Delhi : Giving priority to women's safety, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday announced the utilisation of resources from the Nirbhaya Fund by Indian...

SC orders UP Police to protect inter-religion couple

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday directed Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to a young couple belonging to different religions and who married...

Hijabi rebels in India

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By Kousar Fathima Purdah is not new to Indian Muslims, it has always been a part of Muslim society but with passage of time and...

Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number

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Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...

Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday. Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.

“Women thy place is the same!”

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By Saba Rizvi

Suffering and helpless: Soni Sori’s letters

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By Umang Kumar

US women’s rights `still not there’ after 50 years

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Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, government told

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New Delhi, (IANS): Instead of raking up the triple talaq issue, the government should focus more on education and other basic facilities to India's...

More Indian women marrying before turning 25: Survey

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Women”s participation in the Olympics … an ambitious dream comes true

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By Mutaz Alshabrawi, KUNA, Kuwait : A law passed in 404 BC stipulated that sportsmen and their coaches had to participate naked in the Olympic Games, to force women to stay away after Kalipatera disguised herself as a man to enter the stadium and watch her son compete. Women found violating this order were thrown off the mountain, and as this sixth part of the KUNA report will show, women were not only banned from participating in the games, but also from entering the city of Olympics -- all except the priestess of the temple and her virgins.

Kerala’s rival fronts trade charges over woman guard

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India’s first halal cosmetics firm set to expand outlets

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

एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !

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‘Godman’ kidnaps woman disciple

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: A 40-year-old self-styled godman allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old disciple from her house here last month, police said Saturday. Police registered a case Saturday and initiated a hunt for the self-styled godman Anup Kumar Sahai, alias Swami Ji, for kidnapping Priyanka Srivastava alias Dolly, an MBA graduate, who was pursuing her doctoral studies. "Priyanka had gone missing from her house in Sector-7, Raj Nagar, since Feb 15. The family claimed she was kidnapped by Anup," Rajesh Chaudhary, inspector in-charge of the Kavi Nagar police station, said.

Poll results prove women power, tweets Sushma Swaraj

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फ़जीहतों में फंसी हुई ‘प्रधानमंत्री उज्जवला योजना’

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली:देश के गरीब परिवारों की महिलाओं के चेहरों पर खुशी लाने के मक़सद से 1 मई 2016 को केंद्र सरकार द्वारा शुरू...

देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल

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तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...

Gaya’s Urdu girls’ high school to celebrate its golden jubilee

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By Tameemuddin Humble, Gaya: In 1964 when the community was witnessing girls’ shyness or feeling unworthy of schooling, some revered souls of Gaya, now in their eternal abodes, founded an institution, exclusively for the girls in the city. The “Urdu Girls High School” came into being at the waqf land dedicated to the Madarsa Anwarul-Uloom that spared a portion of the big compound for the promotion of girls’ education as well as the Urdu language.

President pitches for women’s education, skill development

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Domkal (West Bengal): Calling for focusing on women's education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asserted that by 2030, India will have an edge over other...

मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...

Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi

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Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...

How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls?

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Mohammad Faisal, TwoCircles.net How easy it is for women to get tickets in Lok Sabha polls? At least it is not that easy in India’s...

Dalit, tribals can perform as good as others: PM

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Noida : People from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will perform as well as others if they are given the opportunity, Prime Minister...

Delhi Police special women’s helpline – 2,000 calls in 45 days

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By Alok Singh, IANS,

Indian junior hockey girls lose 0-1 to England

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Breda (The Netherlands) : India lost to England 0-1 in their last league match of the women's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on...

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.

Don’t force badminton dress code: Women’s panel

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NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...

Lucknow gets an ‘all women’ petrol pump

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Lucknow : Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an 'all women' petrol pump here on the eve of International Women's Day. Named 'Shakti Filling...

SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad

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By TCN News, Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...

Check crimes against women: NHRC to Gurgaon police

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Gurgaon police commissioner over the increasing number of crimes against women. Taking suo motu cognizance...

इस चुनाव में महिला वोटरों की होगी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पिछले दिनों नेशनल सैंपल सर्वे द्वारा 2017 18 के जारी रिपोर्ट में कहा गया कि नोटेबंदी की वजह से एक करोड़ दस लाखलोगों को अपना रोज़गार खोना पड़ा जबकि सरकार द्वारा ये भी कहा गया कि उनके पुरे कार्यकाल में बहुत से योजनाएं शुरूहुई, जिसमें आमजन को इसका लाभ मिला. दरअसल 2014 में बनी केंद्र की भाजपा सरकार ने महिला सशक्तिकरण के नाम पर बहुत सी योजनाओं की शुरुआत कीजिसमे अगर बिहार राज्य की बात करें तो पिछले दस वर्षो से चलाए जा रहे महिला सशक्तीकरण एवं जागरूकता अभियान काअसर लोकसभा चुनाव पर भी दिखने लगा है। वर्ष 2014 के मुकाबले 12 फीसदी महिला मतदाताओं में वृद्धि हुई है. चुनाव आयोग के मुताबिक बिहार में 2014 के मुकाबले2019 में महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या में 12 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी हुई है। आयोग के आकड़ें के मुताबिक महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या की वृद्धि दर 12.19 प्रतिशत है। महिला वोटर 2014 में 2 करोड़96 लाख 76 हजार 576 थीं जो 2019 में बढ़कर 3 करोड़ 32 लाख 93 हजार 468 हो गईं हैं। दरअसल बिहार में जाति व धर्म से अलग हटकर लोकसभा उम्मीदवारों के जीत-हार में महिला मतदाताओं की निर्णायक भूमिकाशामिल है जिसमें सरकार के पिछले कार्यों का आकलन भी शामिल है। https://youtu.be/5TUX-bicq6Y window.onload = function() {var adsPercent = 1;if(Math.random() <= adsPercent) {var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = "https://example.com/js/adsbygoogle.js"; ...

एएमयू की पुरानी छात्राओं ने बनाया ‘ब्यूटीज़ ऑफ़ दी एएमयू’ नामक संगठन

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TwoCircles.net News Desk नई दिेल्ली : अभी तक देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में अलीगढ़ मु्स्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) का ओल्ड ब्वायज़ एसोसिएशन सरगरम रहा है,...

Ramadan 1435: Choices

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net A woman in jilbab checks out a wide variety of Hijab that is available for purchase in a shop in Chennai. Link: Ramadan...

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

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By Sarat C. Das, IANS,

Air hostesses among eight held for prostitution

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By IANS, New Delhi : A self-styled godman who preached spirituality while running a prostitution racket and two air hostesses were among eight people arrested for flesh trade here, police said Friday. The eight, including two men and six women in the age group of 19 to 30 years, were taken into custody near the PVR cinema at Saket in south Delhi Thursday while travelling in two cars. They included an air hostess who worked for an Indian carrier and another who was employed by an European airline.

Every Hindu woman must have five children: BJP leader

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Kolkata : Days after BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj asked Hindu women to produce four children, a party leader from West Bengal Monday raised the...

‘3,500 women benefit from Himachal’s Janani Express’

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Shimla : More than 3,500 mothers and their newborns in Himahcal have benefitted in two months under the Janani Express-102 scheme, the state government...

New UN-managed fund announces over $9m in grants to empower women

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By IRNA, Tehran : A new fund managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Monday announced over $9 million in grants to support initiatives in 26 countries to empower women. The initiatives are ranging from boosting their political participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assisting those denied inheritance and property rights in Afghanistan, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said here on Tuesday.

Ramadan 1435: Azan

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Students of MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai learn to give azan, Islamic call to prayers. MWA Matriculation Higher Secondary...

Muslim social entrepreneurs infuse fresh vigour in Nagpur’s community development agenda

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net Nagpur: A new wave of Muslim social entrepreneurs have embarked on path-breaking initiatives in the city with a potential...

Minor raped in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two of her neighbours, both property dealers, in southwest Delhi Monday, police said Tuesday. "The incident took place yesterday (Monday) when the girl was returning from the market after shopping. Dharmender, 31, and Praveen, 29, were arrested after the girl's family complained about the incident," a senior police officer said.

Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore

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By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...

10 years’ jail to six for Meghalaya gang rape

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Shillong: A fast-track court in Meghalaya Monday convicted and sentenced six people to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for the December 2012 gang rape of...

Khwairamband Bazaar: a symbol of women empowerment

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

50 percent girls acquire STD in two years of becoming sexually active

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By IANS, Washington: Nearly 50 percent of urban teenage girls may acquire a sexually transmitted disease within two years of becoming sexually active, a new study said. In the study, researchers found that half of the 381 girls enrolled were infected with one sexually transmitted disease (STD) - chlamydia (pain during sex or bleeding after sex) or trichomoniasis (itching, burning, and inflammation of the vagina). The girls were aged 14 to 17 years.

Woman forced to eat human excreta on witchcraft charge

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By IANS, Patna: A woman in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday.

Minor girl’s marriage stopped in Bengal

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Siliguri : The marriage of a 16-year-old girl to a groom from Gurgaon was stopped on Tuesday by the administration with the help of...

Ex-NCP minister booked for sexual assault

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Mumbai:A former Nationalist Congress Party minister Laxmanrao Dhoble has been accused of sexual assault by a woman college employee, officials said. "We have registered a...

Three arrested in Visva Bharati sexual assault case

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Kolkata: Three Visva Bharati University students were Saturday arrested in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a female student from the northeast, West...

US Citizens Protest War in Iraq

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : The Code Pink anti-war organization protested on Friday against occupation of Iraq in front of a Marine Corps recruitment center in California. Activists held pink banners with the mottoes: "Bring Back the Troops Now" and "The war is Eating Our Children." We will do anything in our power to stop that war, asserted Zanne Joi, a member of Code Pink, created in 2002 by one hundred women. The meeting is part of the peaceful actions promoted by the group to celebrate Mothers' Day.

UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo visiting Imphal on April 28

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,

CBSE results: Girls outperform boys in foreign centres

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By IANS,

Muslim women hold rally in support of women reservation bill

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Muslim Mahila Andolan today lambasted the comments of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad in which he reportedly said Muslim women have no role in politics, rather they should stay at home and produce children of good race. The group staged a protest against the comments and in support of Women Reservation Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The group condemned efforts not to pass the bill in its present form, for one reason or other.

Woman missing from Delhi Metro station

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 24-year-old newly married woman went missing from the highly congested Chandni Chowk Metro Station here, police said.

Women’s panel denies inaction in Bhanwari Devi, Rajbala cases

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By IANS,

Turkmenistan to gift women $14 on Women’s Day

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Meet Kaneez Fatima, Karnataka’s Only Muslim Woman MLA

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Kaneez Fatima, the hijab-clad politician who won in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka is currently very popular with her videos...

AMU faculty nominated ‘Woman of Substance’

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By TCN News,

Mamata all set to be West Bengal’s first woman chief minister

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By IANS,

Women naval officers return from sea adventure

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji : They exemplify grit and courage, proving that nothing is impossible for the fairer gender. And now these six valiant women...

Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children

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New Delhi: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at...

Estranged working wife entitled to maintenance: Court

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New Delhi : A Delhi court has said that even a working wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband irrespective of...

Kudumbashree, exclusive ‘for women, by women’ new channel

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By TCN News, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s poverty eradication mission ‘Kudumbashree’ is planning to enter visual media by launching an all-woman television channel to bring forth issues of grassroot-level women.

Suicide bomber kills seven in Iraq

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By Xinhua, Baghdad : A woman suicide bomber blew herself Monday at the entrance to the heavily-guarded Green Zone area of central Baghdad, killing at least seven people, an interior ministry source said. More than a dozen people were also injured in the attack at one of the main entrances to the zone, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. "Our first reports said that five killed and 12 injured, including security members," the source said

Rape accused driver sent to two days’ police custody

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New Delhi: A court here Wednesday sent the taxi driver accused of raping a woman here to two days' police custody in a case...

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...

Doctor beaten after woman gives birth in ambulance

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Kolkata : A doctor at a state-run rural hospital in West Bengal was thrashed by irate locals after a woman gave birth in...

22-year-old gangraped by auto drivers

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three auto rickshaw drivers in Sarai Kale Khan area of southeast Delhi Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. "The victim, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi, had taken an auto from Civil Lines to her home. There were two other people in the auto rickshaw with the driver," said a senior police officer. "The accused took her to a deserted place where they raped her," the officer added. "The three men have been arrested," the officer said.

Sania-Martina reach Guangzhou Open final

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Guangzhou: The Indo-Swiss tennis pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their winning run to reach yet another final when they made it...

‘Honour killers’ death sentence commuted to life imprisonment

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday commuted, to life imprisonment, the death sentence to three men for killing a teenage couple for "honour"...

‘दबंगों ने गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी नहीं छोड़ा’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : पिछले दिनों टी-20 में भारत के ऑस्ट्रेलिया से जीत का जश्नी काफी महंगा पड़ा. जीत की खुशी में दबंगों ने...

Understand the world from the eyes of a woman: Ayesha Khatun

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: “Understand the world from the eyes of a woman” said Ayesha Khatun to an audience of over 60 people at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 25, 2014. In the hour-long talk Ayesha Khatun had her audience in rapt attention as she shared stories from the ground, cracked jokes, and talked about her struggles working for some of the most marginalized people in India.

Kanyashree scheme to be part of school syllabus: Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Kanyashree Prakalpa - a scheme for girls - would be included...

Let AAP government control Delhi Police, Kejriwal tells Modi

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over Delhi Police and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to...

Asian woman charged with killing her children

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By IANS, London : A Sri Lankan-origin woman has been charged with murdering two of her children and wounding the third. Sasikala Navaneethan, 36, stabbed Shanjayan, five, and his four-year-old sister Sharani to death in their quiet south London suburban house May 30. She was also charged with the attempted murder of her six-month-old daughter, who survived the attack. Magistrates remanded Navaneethan in custody Friday, and she is due to appear in court January 13 next year.

An encounter with girl students in naqab at Patna Museum

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By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,

Progress losing identity a sheer loss: Gujarat GIO President Saliha Malik

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By TCN News,

Bilkis Bano’s husband: ‘What can be worse than seeing your loved ones being killed?’

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In 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men for the crime. Earlier this month, the Gujarat government released...

Ramadan 1439: Andaleeb Wajid

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Andaleeb Wajid, is the author of several novels. "Ramadan is a month of faith and devotion. It is month where all...

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...

TDP MP asks women to dress in ‘dignified manner’

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New Delhi:A debate in the Lok Sabha on crime against women turned into a lesson on virtues of "dignified" dressing Thursday, when a TDP...

Kashmir conflict affects all dimensions of women’s life, ‘Women’s Voices in Jammu and Kashmir’...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCirlces.net, Srinagar: All dimensions of life such as education, overall development, social life and health have been impacted the most due to continued conflict in the Kashmir valley, more than 50% women responded during a survey ‘Women’s voices in Jammu and Kashmir (2014)’.

Sonia ready to fight for Lokpal, women’s quota bills

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By IANS,

Shopian double murder being hushed up, alleges women’s group

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By IANS, New Delhi: "They make it a desolation and call it a peace" - with this line by a Kashmiri-American poet reflecting his thoughts on his state, a Delhi-based women's group sums up its report on the Shopian rape and murder of two women that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley this year. The Independent Women's Initiative for Justice (IWIJ) in its report released Thursday alleges that the Jammu and Kashmir government is involved in a major hush-up of the rape-murder of the two women in May this year.

Lathi charge on Muslims in Chennai; TNTJ calls for Jail Bharo

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By TCN News Chennai: Police allegedly lathi-charged on protestesters during a march organized by the Tamilnadu Thowheed Jamath cadres.

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

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

Handwara girl’s mother says video recorded under police pressure

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Srinagar : The mother of the young girl whose alleged molestation by a army soldiersparked off violent protests in Handwara earlier this week alleged...

Two women figure in Kuwait’s new 15-member cabinet

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By IANS, Dubai : Two women are among a new 15-member cabinet formed in Kuwait following elections in the Gulf city-state earlier this month. Kuwait's ruler Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah approved the new cabinet unveiled late Wednesday with Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah being retained as prime minister. The cabinet has seven new faces including a woman. In the last cabinet, there was only one woman.

Multi-party democracy has worked, give voice to women: PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : India's journey to a multi-party democracy has been marked with "stresses and strains" but it has worked, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while making a strong case for a meaningful voice for women in political and developmental processes.

Punjab to recruit 500 women constables

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By IANS, Phillaur : Punjab Police will soon recruit 500 women constables, the state police chief said Friday.

Assam verdict shows how AIUDF got it wrong, paid the price for being complacent

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net The Assam state elections results have made it clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party has decimated the incumbent Congress to...

Unveiling the myths of Uniform Civil Code

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By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net The best of you are those who are the kindest to their wives. Prophet Muhammad A mother is a school. Empower...

Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death

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Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...

Mother throws newborn in Kolkata canal

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By IANS, Kolkata : A 32-year-old woman allegedly threw her illegitimate newborn in a canal here Wednesday, the police said. The baby, though rescued in time, died later in the day. The incident took place at Chaulpatti area of Beliaghata in north-eastern Kolkata.

Air India to run all-women crew flights on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi : National-carrier Air India will operate eight flights with an all-women's crew on the International Women's Day Tuesday, the civil aviation ministry said.

Rajasthan woman beaten with chain to ‘free’ her of evil spirit

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Jaipur : A 32-year-old woman resident of a small village in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan was beaten up severely with an iron chain by...

Women celebrate US Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights

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Washington : Thousands of women celebrated the verdict of the US Supreme Court against a controversial Texas abortion law as the greatest victory in...

More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report

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By Prensa Latina, United Nations : The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman. The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent. In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.