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आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी के विरोध में कानपुर में भारी बवाल

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में शुक्रवार को बवाल हो उठा। दरअसल कुछ मुस्लिम सामाजिक संगठनों ने भाजपा नेत्री नुपुर शर्मा द्वारा हज़रत मोहम्मद...

NGOs get capacity boosters to serve society better

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By Kavita Bajeli-Datt New Delhi : In 2005 Shafiq-ur-Rahman Khan launched Empower People, a group that rescues girls, mostly young brides, from trafficking. Now present...

Woman raped in front of son

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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.

Women farmers could slash number of hungry by up to 17 percent

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Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district

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Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...

Woman jumps with baby before train, baby escapes

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Muslim woman invited to lead mixed-gender prayers

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : A Canadian author may become the first Muslim-born woman to lead the prayers at a mixed-gender congregation in Britain Friday as mosques bow to demands from modern Muslim women for their right to pray and representation. Raheel Raza, a resident of Toronto, has been invited to deliver the 'khutbah' at a congregation in Oxford by Taj Hargey, according to The Independent. Hargey is a self-described Imam and considered a liberal interpreter of Islam believing in mixed-gender prayers and female imams leading such congregations.

Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists

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New Delhi : Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate...

College Day celebrated at Women’s College in AMU

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By TCN News, Aligarh: The Women’s college of the Aligarh Muslim University celebrated its College Day today.

BMMA convention report: “When will we become full citizens?”

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By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net, Lucknow: Several State Conveners of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) while describing the hurdles that came their way when they had to procure development sector data from government officials said the Right to Information (RTI) Act came to their rescue in face of official apathy.

Indian women win hockey Champions Challenge II

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By IANS, Kazan (Russia) : Rani Rampal scored four goals as Indian women crushed Belgium 6-3 to win the inaugural Champions Challenge II hockey tournament here Saturday. Rani, who emerged as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals, struck in the 17th, 38th, 44th and 54th minutes. Besides, Saba Anjum (20th min) and Thokchom Chanchan (49th min) scored a goal each. Skipper Valerie Vermeersch (40th, 52nd) and Boon Jill (55th) scored for Belgium.

Women to spread breast cancer awareness through car rally

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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.

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...

एक बड़े सामाजिक प्रश्न के जवाब में ‘निल बट्टे सन्नाटा’

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जावेद अनीस विदेशों में सभी परिवार घरेलू सहायक अफोर्ड नहीं कर पाते हैं क्योंकि उनकी पगार बहुत ज्यादा होती है, लेकिन भारत में कामवाली...

3 women murdered in Goa raises fresh safety concerns

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By IANS, Panaji: Three women were found murdered with their bodies partially charred in separate incidents over the last three days in Goa, even as the police Tuesday brushed aside queries about the safety of women in the state.

Media and Gender

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By Faheem Muhammed M.P Mass media is one of the most potent institutions which determines how an individual perceives gender and gender discourse. Through its...

Tourist trampled to death by elephant in Kerala

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Idukki (Kerala): A school teacher from Gujarat on a holiday here was crushed to death by an elephant as she fell to the ground...

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...

Meet the woman who groomed Freida Pinto

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By Madhusree Chatterjee , IANS, New Delhi : Indian actress Freida Pinto is making waves internationally for her walk down the Oscar red carpet, her designer gowns and gracing the covers of popular magazines, thanks to "Slumdog Millionaire". But not many know the woman who helped groom her and introduced her to British director Danny Boyle.

Nooyi, Shikha Sharma, Chanda Kocchar among 100 most powerful women

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By Arun Kumar, IANS,

Cover-up of Kashmir rape, murder case ‘reprehensible’: CPI-M

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By IANS New Delhi: Demanding "most stringent punishment" to the guilty, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said the alleged "cover-up" attempts by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the rape and murder of two women was "reprehensible". The CPI-M central committee in a statement said: "The initial efforts of the local administration to cover-up the truth and to pass it off as an incident of drowning is extremely reprehensible."

Woman lawyer stabbed to death in court

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By IANS, Bangalore: An advocate allegedly stabbed a woman lawyer to death in the Karnataka High Court Thursday over a failed love affair, a police official said. Advocate Raju, 28, stabbed junior lawyer Naveena, 25, many times with a knife and then attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat and consuming poison. He also attempted to stab himself in the stomach, Cubbon Park police sub-inspector Jagdish told IANS. By the time Naveena was rushed to a nearby hospital, she died. Raju was taken to a private hospital for emergency treatment and is under intensive care.

CBI files charge-sheet against 13, rules out rape, murder in Shopian case

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By Agence India Press Srinagar: The CBI has filed a charge-sheet against 13 people including six doctors and lawyers for allegedly "fabricating" evidence in the aftermath of recovery of two bodies of women Nelofer and Asiya in Shopian in May this year. The CBI informed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday that a charge-sheet had been filed before a Chief Judicial Magistrate against 13 people for allegedly creating false evidence and witnesses.

Three held for human trafficking, two girls rescued

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New Delhi: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for their involvement in human trafficking, while two girls from West Bengal were rescued,...

Pushing Uniform Civil Code counterproductive for women: CPI-M

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New Delhi : Accusing the Narendra Modi government of "targeting minorities", the CPI-M on Tuesday said the Centres move to push the Uniform Civil...

The Lady of “Women’s Jamaat”

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Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...

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Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...

Anandiben Patel: Gujarat’s first woman CM (Profile)

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By Quaid Najmi, Ahmedabad : Some 25 years ago, without a second thought, a woman school teacher plunged into the Narmada river and rescued two...

PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days

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Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...

Women rights’ organizations appeal to President to not sign anti-rape ordinance

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13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

Injured peacock rescued from Najma Heptulla’s residence

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New Delhi : An injured peacock found on the lawn of Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla's official residence was on Saturday rescued by NGO...

Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...

Swedish woman informed of her own death

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

Anti-trafficking activist Shafiq Khan wins Amazing Indian award

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Girls fare better in maths in countries where women are more equal

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By DPA, Florence (Italy) : Girls are better than boys in reading, but they also can keep up with boys in mathematics when the genders are on a more equal footing in their native countries, according to research published in the Science journal. The data came to light on closer examination by Luigi Guiso of European University Institute in Florence of data of a Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) study published in 2003. At the time, the maths and reading skills of more than 276,000 boys and girls aged 15 from 40 countries were compared.

मध्य प्रदेश में मुस्लिम महिलाओं की पिटाई, मायावती ने उठाए सवाल

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TCN News मध्य प्रदेश/दिल्ली : गौरक्षा के नाम कथित गौरक्षकों की गुंडागर्दी बढ़ती जा रही है. गुंडागर्दी का एक नज़ारा मध्य प्रदेश के मंदसौर रेलवे...

Tamil writer on Man Asia long list

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By IANS, Chennai : Rokkiah Malik who writes under the pseudonym Salma is one of the eleven Indian authors contending for this year's Man Asia Literary Prize with her book "Midnight Tales"

Rokkiah, who is a top official of the Tamil Nadu welfare department, was first published in the late '90s. She caught public imagination with her feminist poetry collections like "Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum" and "Pachai Thevathai".

Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years

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Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.

Kerala to intervene for nurses in Saudi Arabia: Chandy

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Thiruvananthapuram: With the Saudi Arabian authorities set to implement a new law on minimum qualifications for nurses working in government and private sectors, the...

Women’s safety, power, water top priorities in poll-bound Delhi

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New Delhi : As Delhi inches closer to the assembly polls, the three main parties in the fray - the AAP, the Congress and...

Woman cop freed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh

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By IANS, Raipur : A 23-year-old woman cop in Chhattisgarh, abducted by Maoists earlier this month, has been set free after a 'jan adalat' or people's court found her "innocent", police said Sunday. Constable Kiran Usendi was freed Saturday in the Pakhanjoor forest stretch of Kanker district in Bastar region after the Maoists public court ordered her release. "The lady police personnel was abducted when rebels attacked a police search team. The insurgents took her to their hideout and she was produced before the 'jan adalat' where she was found innocent," a police officer told IANS.

‘जामिया नगर की निर्भया’ को हर हाल में इंसाफ़ मिलना ही चाहिए

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net हमेशा सुर्खियों में रहने वाला दिल्ली का जामिया नगर एक बार फिर ग़मज़दा है. वजह इसी इलाक़े में रहने वाली एक...

Triple Talaq: Muslim Personal Law Board’s stand is un-Islamic

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By Syed Ubaidur Rahman The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has told the Supreme Court that Triple Talaq in a single sitting is not...

Women Helpline launched in Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad : A Women Helpline was launched Monday by police here. Speaking on the occasion, Uttar Pradesh Inspector General of Police Navneet Sikera asked women...

Address female infanticide first, then women’s quota: Akali MP

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By IANS, New Delhi : It was her maiden speech in parliament and Speaker Meira Kumar didn't mind giving her an extra two minutes. Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur surprised many with her poise as well as passionate anger over female infanticide and the plight of farmers in Punjab. "More than 2,000 female babies are killed everyday," the graceful Kaur informed Lok Sabha (lower house), asking members to address the shameful practice of killing of unborn female foetuses.

महिलाओं की इस दुर्दशा पर कब तक हम सिर्फ़ और सिर्फ़ घड़ियाली आंसू ही...

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दीप्ति कश्यप Two circles.net के लिए बचपन से हमें सिखाया जाता है कि हमारा देश भिन्नता में भी एकता वाला देश है। कई दफ़े यह वाक्य सही...

Ensure women’s protection, say Rajya Sabha members

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By IANS,

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

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By IANS, Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches here.

NCW rules out sexual assault in mid-air scuffle

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled there was no sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle on board an Air India flight last month. The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday. The committee, headed by NCW member Wansuk Syiem, took nearly one and a half months for the probe.

Pakistan: President signs women protection bill, making it a law

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By NNN-APP, Karachi : President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday signed the bill, providing for increased punishment over harassment of women at workplaces. The Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill 2009” Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2009 amends both the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, “increasing the punishment for the crime up to three years in prison and a fine of up to Rs 500,000. The President signed the bill in the presence of a large number of women hailing from different sections of the society.

Fear of flying keeps Indian in Bahrain grounded for 13 years

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By IANS, Dubai : An Indian woman in Bahrain has not been home for 13 years because of her fear of flying. The aerophobic 43-year-old woman, who has not been named, told the Gulf Daily News that the last time she flew was 13 years ago when she and her husband took a flight from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain. "I flew for the very first time just after I got married 24 years ago," the woman, who teaches dance at a school in Bahrain, was quoted as saying.

‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader

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The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR...

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

World Heart Day brings bad news for Indian women on fast lane

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : World Heart Day Sunday brings bad news for Indian women who have been found to be more vulnerable to coronary diseases because their arteries are narrower than those of men. "Since arteries in women are narrower in India, risk factors have a bigger impact. Coronary and heart diseases need to be more aggressively managed in women than men," Madhukar Shahi, senior interventional cardiologist of Gurgaon-based Artemis Health Institute, told IANS on World Heart Day.

बीपीएससी का परिणाम जारी, मुस्लिम अभ्यर्थियों का शानदार प्रदर्शन, इस बार ‘100’ बने अफसर

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग (बीपीएससी) ने रविवार को बीपीएससी 64वीं संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा (सीसीई) का अंतिम परिणाम घोषित कर दिया। मेरिट लिस्ट...

Mulayam fears an all-women parliament

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By IANS, Lucknow : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said the women's reservation bill was an "international conspiracy" to weaken Indian democracy and said it would ultimately lead to an all-women parliament that would be "alarming" for the country. "The women's reservation bill will eventually weaken Indian democracy and it is really unfortunate that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government at the centre was playing into the hands of those whose only intent was to break the backbone of Indian democracy," Mulayam Singh said at a press conference here.

Women and witches

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Gang-raped woman cremated; public kept at bay

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By IANS,

Virtual Vigilantes: Unmasking the Digital Abuse Facing Muslim Communities

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Sumaiya Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: As our lives increasingly shift online, the risks of cybercrimes — such as stalking, trolling, harassment and cyber bullying — have...

Indo-Canadian woman gets human rights plaint go-ahead

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Ottawa : A provincial supreme court in Canada has okayed a human rights complaint by an Indo-Canadian varsity professor against a university alleging discrimination...

Women to get free bus ride in Delhi on Rakhi day

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women in the capital city can enjoy a free ride in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses Wednesday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit announced Monday. "Women in Delhi would be able to travel free in DTC buses on Raksha Bandhan day. The decision has been taken to ensure that women can easily reach their brothers' place," Dikshit told reporters. She said women will be allowed to ride free in all ordinary DTC buses and the green low-floor buses till 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Before seeking pistol licence, ensure toilet at home in MP

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Neemach (Madhya Pradesh) : In a novel initiative, police in Madhya Pradesh's Neemach district have asked people to ensure they have toilets at home...

NCW for passing women’s quota bill this session

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By IANS,

Anjuman-e-Islam felicitates Maharashtra topper Almas Sayed

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Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The Allama Latifi Hall of Haji Saboo Siddiq College, Byculla, thronged with students, parents and teachers on Saturday. They have gathered there from different parts of Mumbai and its suburbs to felicitate Almas Sayed who stood first in all the nine higher secondary boards of Maharashtra.

Jamia Millia reaches out to women in distress

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Goa assembly congratulates state’s first woman HC judge

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Panaji : The Goa legislative assembly Tuesday congratulated former district and sessions judge Anuja Prabhudessai for her elevation as Goa's first woman high court...

Ramadan 1438: Jannat ul Nisa

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I am 13 and I always make sure to fast the whole month, but few days back my Blood Pressure...

Watch your diet, you multi-tasking women!

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Nivedita Sharma, IANS,

Too few Indian women joining the army

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Not many women seem interested in joining the Indian Army. Only half the women candidates who qualified in the entrance exam and interview turned up for the Officers Training Academy (OTA) course in Tamil Nadu this year. The course has 80 seats but only around 40 women candidates came as the course began in April this year. This comes even as the top army brass has agreed to give permanent commission to women officers in more branches. All women have to undergo the OTA course to join the army.

No gender discrimination in Islam: Muslim intellectuals

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Family support vital for Muslim women to enter politics: Fathima Rosna

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor.

ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद

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

Chandigarh man gets death for sodomy, murder of 6-year-old

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By IANS, Chandigarh: A man, who sodomized and later murdered a six-year-old boy, was given the death sentence by a court here Friday. Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Rahul Garg had Tuesday held Pappu Paswan guilty in a case of sodomy and murder of the six-year-old boy. The entire evidence in this case was completed in a single day during which statements of 12 witnesses were recorded and cross-examined. The victim, who went missing Feb 13 this year, was last seen with Paswan, the witnesses told the court.

CRPF troopers gun down child, woman in Chhattisgarh camp

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By IANS, Raipur : A child and a woman were allegedly killed on the spot when dozens of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers lined up men and women and opened fire on them in a village deep in Chhattisgarh's forested Bijapur district, which is a Maoist hot-bed, official sources said Friday. Raju, 2, and Ram Bai, 25, died on the spot in the CRPF troopers' gunfire. A six-year-old boy and a woman were critically injured when the CRPF men posted at Cherpal village assaulted the tribals. The injured have been rushed to district hospital at Bijapur.

Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband

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By IANS, New Delhi : The pay particulars of a government employee cannot be considered personal information, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled, while upholding the right of a "betrayed" woman to get details of her husband's salary.

NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused

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TCN News Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...

In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening

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Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...

दंगे की ज़मीन में मुहब्बत की फसल,जाट -मुस्लिम साथ आए तो बदल गए मुजफ्फरनगर...

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हिना आस। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान कुछ सुखद परिणाम भी आए हैं। 2013 में दंगे की तल्खी को राजनीति के गणित ने...

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...

US woman, 80, with no training, lands plane

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

Asia’s richest woman was feng shui master’s lover, court told

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By DPA, Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman, according to court testimony, was the lover of a feng shui master for 14 years before leaving him her entire multibillion-US-dollar fortune, a news report said Saturday. Lawyers for feng shui master Tony Chan said he and Nina Wang shared a "long-lasting, close and affectionate love" from 1993 to her death last year, the South China Morning Post reported. The pair allegedly had "midnight meetings" disguised as feng shui consultations during their secret affair, which began three years after Wang's husband was kidnapped, never to reappear.

रुला देगा मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर की आठ सगी बहनों का ये दर्द

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर का चर्चित मुहल्ला खालापार से सुजुड़ु गांव की ओर जाने वाली सड़क पर एक जगह है रहमतनगर… आमतौर...

Girl burnt alive by spurned lover in Andhra

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Hyderabad : A girl was burnt alive by a spurned lover and his friend in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, police said. The shocking incident occurred...

हम सब भारतीयों को मिलकर देश बचाना है – नासिरा ज़ुबैरी

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TCN News जयपुर: 'भारत में समाज व सामाजिक संबंधों को खून के रिश्तों से भी अधिक महत्व दिया जाता है, जिसे साम्प्रदायिक तत्व नष्ट करने...

Men need to change to stop violence against women: Meira Kumar

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By IANS,

Obey your wife and rule the world: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court has a recipe for a successful marriage, more so for men: Obey your wife and rule the world! "Bibi joh boltee hai woh sunno (Listen to whatever your wife says). We all listen," a vacation bench of Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Deepak Verma observed while hearing a lawsuit by Indian Air Force officer Deepak Kumar, who had complained that his estranged wife Manisha had ruined him and his family by implicating them in false criminal cases including sodomy.

Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday. Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.

Gender Representation Declines: India Elects 74 Women MPs in 2024, Down from 78 in...

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Sakshi Srivastava, TwoCircles.net In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, India elected 74 women MPs, down from 78 in 2019, indicating a decrease in women's representation....

Depressed widow kills kids, self on Karva Chauth

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By IANS, Amritsar: Feeling depressed on the day of Karva Chauth, a festival in which Hindu women fast for their husbands' long life, a young widow in this Punjab city killed her two minor sons and committed suicide, police said Thursday. Baljit Kaur, 32, gave poison to her two sons, aged 10 and six, and consumed it herself at her home in Dashmesh Nagar Wednesday night. Her husband, Rajinder, a sub-inspector with the Punjab police, died two months back. Baljit Kaur and her sons were taken to a government hospital where doctors declared them dead.

Raising legal age for marriage for women in India: Here’s why it’s bad news...

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While worry over early marriage is a start in the right direction, legislative action on the subject is equivalent to addressing symptoms rather...

Woman thwarts robbery attempt, catches two robbers

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New Delhi: A 29-year-old woman foiled a robbery, courageously snatching a pistol from a group of four armed robbers who barged into her house,...

Ramadan 1435: Half-fasts

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Fasting in the month of Ramadan is obligatory for adult males and females (with certain exemptions). But young Muslims beg their...

Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital

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Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's...

मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल

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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...

Annu Rani clinches women’s javelin throw bronze

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Incheon: India's Annu Rani surprised the field by clinching the bronze in women's javelin throw final at the 17th Asian Games here Wednesday. China's Zhang...

Court permits minor rape victim to undergo abortion

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Monday allowed a minor rape victim's pregnancy to be terminated in Surendranagar district. Setting aside a sessions judge's order denying permission to the 13-year-old to abort, Justice Anant Dave said that abortion of a rape victim was not barred under law and was upheld by the Supreme Court. Justice Dave also stated that carrying the pregnancy to term would result in considerable physical and mental trauma to the minor.

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...

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

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By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

Canteen to be run exclusively by women inaugurated at Jamia

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By TCN News, New Delhi: A canteen run exclusively by women and operated by Ekta Self Help Group (SHG) was inaugurated in Jamia Millia Islamia today by Smt. Salma Ansari, Wife of Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India.

Online group takes fight against gender crimes to the streets

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New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Women in India's commercial capital are being encouraged to fight against gender violence and demand police assistance to secure their rights by a group of social crusaders who came together through a social networking site. In a novel move, Fight-Back, a Facebook community of people fighting against gender atrocities, distributed wallet cards to women in Mumbai that have phone numbers of police help lines set up to tackle gender crimes, with the help of the Rotaract Club, a voluntary organisation engaged in service to the society.

Women doctors force rape victim to deliver, kill infant

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By IANS, Mumbai : Maharashtra police have arrested and charged two women doctors with forcing a teenaged girl -- who had been raped and was seven months pregnant -- to deliver and then killing the newborn. I.S. Patil, the investigating officer, said the incident occurred Nov 29 after the 15-year-old rape victim -- more than seven months pregnant -- was admitted to the Sitamai Hospital at Pen in Raigad district, around 100 km south of here. The hospital is run by Pramodini Paranjpe, a gynaecologist.

Triple talaq bill will put Muslim women in trouble: Mamata

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Kolkata, (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the triple talaq bill as "defective" and claimed that the impending legislation will put...

Jharkhand woman kills a man, then hangs herself

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By IANS, Ranchi: A woman allegedly slit the throat of a man in a temple and then committed suicide following a financial dispute in a Jharkhand village, police said Wednesday. According to police, Pramila Devi, in her late thirties, murdered Kamlesh Ram who was praying in a temple in Sijua village of Dhanbad district. She then went home and hanged herself from a ceiling fan.

Woman election officer dies on duty in Thane

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Thane (Maharashtra) : A woman returning officer died while on election duty Thursday at a polling station in Thane. According to an election department official,...

Anandiben: Gujarat’s first woman CM, India’s 15th

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By Vinod Taksal, New Delhi : In Anandiben Patel, Gujarat has got its first woman chief minister and the country its 15th woman head of...

Women more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis

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By IANS, London : Women appear to be more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis than men, according to the latest research. Tuulikki Sokka from the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, along with members of the QUEST rheumatoid arthritis (RA) programme, explored links between gender and disease activity measures, in more than 6,000 RA patients from 70 sites in 25 countries. "Generally, women report more severe symptoms, greater disability, and often have higher work disability rates than men," she said.

मेरठ में मृतक पार्षद जुबैर के परिजनों से घर जाकर मिले ओवैसी

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net शनिवार को एआईएमआईएम के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष असदुद्दीन ओवैसी मेरठ में स्वर्गीय जुबैर अंसारी के घर उनके परिजनों से मिलने पहुंचे। पार्षद जुबैर...

Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety

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Hyderabad : Hyderabad police will launch a new mobile application from new year, which will ensure women's safety during travel, and enable people to...

Millions of women devotees expected at Kerala temple on Sunday

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: Upwards of four million women devotees are expected to cook an offering as part of the famed Attukal Pongala festival to be...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Many women couldn’t become mothers again

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By Sandeep Pauranik Bhopal, (IANS): The tragedy that struck this city 33 years ago following methyl isocyanate leak from an industrial unit has not allowed...

Women changing India: Iconic divas on Magnum camera

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By Madhusree Chatterjee,IANS,

Dhanya Raman: Giving a voice to the marginalised in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: In March 2016, while the entire mainstream media was still busy with the incidents in JNU,...

Pune gets first woman police chief

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By IANS, Mumbai: The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune's first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters. Singh will take over as the new additional director general of police (establishment) and will be based in Mumbai. Borwankar till now was the joint commissioner of police (criminal investigation department), Pune. She had hit the headlines when she was appointed joint commissioner of police (crime) in Mumbai a few years ago.

Now, women to man India-Pakistan border

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By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana, IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : With women getting ready for patrol duty, gender barriers are falling on the international border between India and Pakistan. The 36-week training of the first batch of about 200 out of the 612 women recruits, all between 18 and 22 years of age, started at the Border Security Force's (BSF) training camp at Kharkan village, 15 km from here, Monday. Classes for the remaining recruits will start later.

Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child

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By IANS, Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child". Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala. "At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.

Protecting women’s dignity a collective responsibility: President

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New Delhi : Women's right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday on the eve...

Burqa ban in Europe – Arresting cultural freedom?

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld France's controversial law of banning face-covering Muslim veils or burqa from the...

The Indian Ulema and Muslim Women’s Education

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By Maulvi Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)

महिलाओं की दुनिया का एक कड़वा सच

Women

फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net महिला दिवस हर साल की तरह आया और चला गया. खानापूर्ति के लिए महिलाओं पर जमकर भाषणबाज़ी की गई और सशक्तिकरण...

Meghalaya to compensate rape victims

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By IANS, Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a comprehensive policy to pay compensation to victims of rape and human trafficking, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Wednesday.

Women banned from taking part in polls in Pakistan region

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Islamabad : In a bizarre diktat out of sync with modern-day ethos, the Jirga (religious assembly) in Gilgit Baltistan -- an eight-hour drive from...

Women rights groups protest against R.K. Pachauri

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New Delhi : Women's rights groups protested on Friday in front of the TERI office here, condemning R.K. Pachauri's "promotion" as the executive vice...

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

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By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)

Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....

HIV positive woman’s last wish remains unfulfilled

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By IANS, Kolkata : The "last wish" of Mawii, a 22-year-old HIV positive patient from Mizoram, to die in the arms of her parents at home, remained unfulfilled as she died here while changing flights on way from Bangalore to Aizawl, sparking an argument between her friends and Air India. Mawii, a terminal patient, was under treatment at the Bowring hospital, Bangalore, and was flown to Kolkata Monday morning after she expressed her wish to die at her home.

Delhi needs woman chief minister: Meenakshi Lekhi

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New Delhi : BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Wednesday said that only a "woman chief minister with administrative experience" can ensure the safety of women...

Karnataka woman minister says ready to quit to save government

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By IANS, Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the party's first ever in the south, Thursday said she was ready to quit if it saves the Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa-led ministry. The BJP central leadership is understood to have proposed dropping Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, from the ministry as part of a compromise to the dissidents who are pressing for removal of Yeddyurappa himself.

61 women in this Lok Sabha, highest ever

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New Delhi: The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61. "This is the highest number of women members elected...

UN reports three sex cases involving Indian peackeepers

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United Nations: A UN report says that Indians in its peacekeeping operations were involved three substantiated cases of sexual exploitation or abuse between 2010...

Movement against rape should be taken to its logical conclusion: Kaneez Fatima

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Muslim women will not tolerate interference in Sharia: AIMPLB members

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Hyderabad : Women members of All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday said that Muslim women are safe and secure in Islamic...

Powell calls for more Indian women students in US

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By IANS, Kolkata: Asserting that the US was stepping up efforts to increase the number of young women studying in her country, Ambassador to India...

Indian-origin man sentenced to life for wife’s murder

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Wellington: An Indian-origin man in Newzealand has been sentenced to life for killing his estranged wife while he was on bail, The New Zealand...

Empowering Rural Women

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By Shobha Shukla,

Five Maharashtra priests booked for attack on woman activist

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Kolhapur (Maharashtra) : The police charged seven people, including five priests of Shri Mahalaxmi Temple here for assaulting Bhumata Ranragini Brigade President Trupti Desai...

Facebook page soon for complaints on women’s issues: Maneka

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New Delhi : The government will use the social media for redressal of complaints related to issues concerning women and children and a Facebook...

Woman suicide bomber kills 2 in hospital in W Iraq

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By Xinhua, Fallujah, Iraq : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a hospital in a town near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others, a local police source said.

India seeks greater role for women in UN peacekeeping

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By IANS, United Nations : India has sought more representation of women in high decision-making positions at the UN saying greater participation of women in areas of conflict prevention was particularly necessary for lasting peace and security. "India attaches very high importance to ensuring concrete action in this area," said Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN during a Security Council debate Monday on "Women and Peace and Security".

Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ

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New Delhi : The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom...

Five sleeping labourers crushed to death in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : Five sleeping labourers, including two women, were killed and two children injured when they were crushed under the wheels of a bus here at midnight Saturday. The victims were asleep near a crossing under the Sector-24 police station of Noida. According to Superintendent of Police City Mahesh Mishra, the driver of an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus was trying to park his bus at 11.45 p.m. on the ground when he failed to spot the sleeping labourers.

Bollywood goes moist-eyed on Mother’s Day

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS, Mumbai : From old hats like Shabana Azmi, Hema Malini and Mahesh Bhatt to young actors like Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley and Abhishek Bachchan - on Mother's Day they all talk about the contribution of their mothers in their lives and give them credit for their success. Here is what the actors have to say on the special occasion: