TMC MP likens Mamata to Mother Teresa, Goddess Saraswati
New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali likened party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Mother Teresa and Hindu Goddess...
NHRC notice to West Bengal over lack of water in girls school
New Delhi, : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the West Bengal government over the possibility of closure...
Meeran to head Bureau of Police Research and Development
Mumbai : Senior Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Meeran Chadha-Borwankar has been appointed the new Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development,...
Assam girl rape: Protest held outside Gurgaon police station
Gurgaon : People belonging to the north-eastern states on Friday staged a protest outside a police station here over inaction in an Assam girl's...
2012 rape-murder case: Key points of the verdict
By IANS,
The following are the key points in the 2012 rape-murder case of a teenage girl delivered by Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat:
* Perpetrators...
‘मुसलमान औरतें कभी पीछे नहीं रहीं, चाहे वो असहयोग आंदोलन हो या भारत छोड़ो...
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
सच्चर कमिटी रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक़ ग्रामीण इलाकों में मुस्लिम आबादी के 62.2 प्रतिशत के पास कोई ज़मीन नहीं है, जबकि इसका राष्ट्रीय...
Hyderabad’s IT corridor to have all-women police station
Hyderabad : The Telangana government has decided to set up an exclusive all-women police station in Cyberabad, the information technology (IT) district housing several...
एक और सानिया मिर्ज़ा, इस बार पहली फाइटर पायलट
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
यूपी के मिर्जापुर की सानिया का चयन एनडीए परीक्षा में हुआ है। वो देश की पहली मुस्लिम महिला हैं और उत्तर प्रदेश...
Nun with headgear not allowed to write exam
Thiruvananthapuram: A nun who refused to remove her headgear was on Saturday not allowed to write the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) here.
Sister Seba...
Trinamool MP rape remark: Arrest demanded, wife apologises
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's rape remark row intensified with the Congress and a rights group demanding his arrest and his wife apologising...
Casteism and communalism are twin banes of UP : Subhashini Ali
By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow, October 28: 2009: Subhasani Ali, the firebrand CPI (M) leader is not known for mincing words. She talks direct and forcefully with a certain conviction that is both appealing and stimulating and display signs of a leader. True to her party ideals, the lady makes sure that her public addresses generate a mass appeal. She has over the years brought out the common man’s point of view strongly. She did the same at Hindustan Samagam-2009 -UP-Dasha aur Disha ‘(UP’s present situation and its future.) on October 27 in Lucknow.
Women, children hardest hit among Congo refugees: Unicef
By DPA,
Cologne (Germany) : Women and children caught up in the fighting in eastern Congo are in urgent need of help, the UN Children's Fund Unicef said Friday.
More than a quarter-of-a-million refugees fled the fighting in recent days between the Congolese Army and rebels under the leadership of General Laurent Nkunda.
Many children were separated from their parents, making them more vulnerable to abuse, Unicef said, adding that there was also a danger of young boys being forcibly recruited by armed groups when they are displaced.
In Kinnaur, she fights for women’s property rights
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
Shimla : It's uphill task for social activist Rattan Manjari. The 57-year-old is leading a movement against patriarchal laws that bar women from inheriting property in Kinnaur as well as Lahaul and Spiti districts in Himachal Pradesh.
In these tribal dominated areas, traditionally women don't inherit the property of their parents or husbands.
यह बिल मुस्लिम समाज के प्रति सरकार की नीयत का अक्स है
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए
पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशिश की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के...
Show political will on women’s bill, CPI-M tells government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government should show political will in passing the women's quota bill in the Lok Sabha, the Communist Party of India-Marxist said Tuesday, a day after an all-party meeting on the issue failed to reach a consensus.
"The government should show political will," CPI-M MP Brinda Karat said on the government's decision to hold further discussion on the bill without setting a time frame.
It did not say whether the meeting would be held before the house assembles April 15 after a three-week break.
Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, government told
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...
Pachauri questioned in sexual harassment case
New Delhi : Noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who faces charges of molestation and sexual harassment of a junior colleague at environment think-tank TERI,...
Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...
HIV-positive woman spreads hope in Uttar Pradesh
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.
Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics
By IANS,
Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...
Handymen husbands for rent in Argentina
By Maricel Seeger, IANS,
Buenos Aires : Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the bedroom".
Husband for Rent is a successful Argentine company that for 50 pesos ($15.50) an hour will undertake domestic chores for women who don't have a "handyman" around the house, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.
Women doctors force rape victim to deliver, kill infant
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.
Hotel management student abducted, raped
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 23-year-old hotel management student has alleged that she was abducted and raped by four men who kept her confined for about a month, police said Wednesday.
The victim told the police that she was kidnapped from near Pragati Maidan exhibition complex Aug 31 by a man whom she had known for some years.
He first tried to drag her into his car but she resisted. He then beat her and told bystanders not to interfere claiming it was a "family matter", said a senior police officer.
Doctor booked for sex determination test in Haryana
Chandigarh : A private doctor in Haryana's Sonipat district was booked by police on Saturday after a team of health officials caught him...
Widowed in Ramadan by rioters, Rukayya now lives for three daughters
By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net,
Washim, Maharashtra: Rukayya Parveen, 25, a simple and quiet girl from Karanja town in Washim district of Maharashtra, considered herself blessed...
Announcements by finance minister for lawmakers, women…
By IANS,
New Delhi : The following announcements were made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Friday during a discussion on the budget for the fiscal 2011-12:
Railways U-turn on offering exclusive women train coaches to men
Kolkata : In a victory of sorts for female commuters who did not shy to clash with their male counterparts, the Eastern Railway...
Japanese tourist found dead in Delhi hotel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 55-year-old Japanese woman was found dead and her French husband unconscious in a central Delhi hotel Monday, the police said, suspecting a drug overdose may have caused the death.
According to the police, Agase Jean Marry called the hotel Suncity's reception desk around 9 a.m. asking them to arrange a doctor for his wife Okoru Odda, 50, who had collapsed.
"The hotel staff who went to check on the woman found both of them unconscious inside the room. Odda, they later found, was already dead," said an investigating police officer.
Yasmeen Abrar is the new acting Chairperson of National Commission for Women
By TCN News
New Delhi: a member of NCW since 2005, Yasmeen Abrar was made acting chairperson on the completion of tenure of Dr. Girija Vyas.
Four teenagers held for 25 robberies, carjackings
By IANS,
New Delhi: Four teenagers blamed for 25 incidents of robberies and carjackings at gunpoint in just one month have been arrested from nearby Gurgaon in Haryana, Delhi Police said Thursday.
Sanjeev, 19, Saleem, 19, and two juveniles were caught from Sector 21 area Wednesday. They had spread terror in Delhi and Gurgaon.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Delhi) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said the accused tied to escape in their Santro car but were overpowered.
Woman burnt to death by in-laws for dowry, alleges family
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 28-year-old woman, married for seven years, was allegedly burnt to death Sunday by her in-laws in Delhi, police and her family said.
Deepika Bajaj, who has a six-year-old daughter, called police before dying and told them that she had been set on fire by her husband and in-laws, an official said.
"We received a call at around 8.30 in the morning when the deceased woman, Deepika Bajaj, called us before dying and told that she has been set on fire inside her home by her husband and in-laws," the police officer said.
Sexual harassment of serious concern: Himachal acting CJ
Shimla: Violence against women and sexual harassment at the workplace are serious concerns and the judiciary can play a major role in delivering gender...
‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader
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...
Andhra minister’s son booked for harassing woman
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister's son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman.
Ravela Sushil -- son of Andhra...
Dec 16 victim’s father, activists condemn Mulayam’s rape remark
New Delhi/Lucknow/Mumbai : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape Friday attracted widespread outrage with political parties, tinsel town celebrities and the...
Shopian double murder being hushed up, alleges women’s group
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.
Cry, daughter, cry..
By Nupur Basu, IANS,
Nothing surprises me any more when it comes to how low we can sink as a society in heaping abuses on India's daughters. Even before she has been able to dry the tears from the last assault, comes the next one.
Women are backbone of nation, says Sachin Tendulkar
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh): On his first visit to a village which he has decided to adopt for development, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar Sunday said...
AAP leader Alka Lamba attacked in Delhi, one held
New Delhi : A 19-year-old has been arrested for throwing a stone at AAP legislator Alka Lamba during her anti-drug drive here on Sunday,...
दिल्ली हिंसा: अजित डोभाल ने कहा था, ‘डरने की जरूरत नहीं’, लेकिन… दूध लेने...
इसरार अहमद, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। उस्मानपुर के करतार नगर में अपने घर से बच्चों के लिए दूध लेने घर से बाहर निकले मोहम्मद इरफ़ान तीन दिन...
Rise from home-makers to nation-makers, Modi urges women
New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday urged the women to graduate from being home-makers to becoming nation-makers as they have both...
Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...
Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...
Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Activists unite to show solidarity to Irom Sharmila’s struggle
By TCN News
Delhi : Activists from various organisations will come together in Delhi tomorrow to commemorate and support the 15-year long struggle of Irom...
IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.
Rajasthan woman beaten with chain to ‘free’ her of evil spirit
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...
Militants kill five in Jammu, gun battle continues
By IANS,
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) : Five people, including a woman hostage and a photojournalist, were killed when militants struck in Jammu early Sunday. An intense gun battle is underway between the militants, holed up in a house, and security forces in the Samba sector.
The militant attack in the Jammu plains is the first since 2002.
According to the police, militants entered the house of Hoshiar Singh in Kali Mandi in Samba, 45 km from Jammu, and opened fire, killing him and his wife Shashi Bala. Their daughter Bindu and Singh's mother-in-law were injured in the firing.
Mahila Congress seeks 33 percent job quota for women
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Mahila Congress Tuesday urged Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to ask the government to bring a bill providing for 33 percent job quota for women in the central government and in the party-ruled states.
The Mahila Congress, a women's wing of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), also urged the Congress president to ask all party-led states to pass laws providing 33 percent reservation for women in government jobs.
Only one woman among Modi’s new ministers
New Delhi : Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, the only woman among the 21 members inducted into the Narendra Modi ministry Sunday, now takes to eight...
Women defy boycott call as Anantnag votes peacefully
Anantnag : Defying the boycott call of the separatists, burqa-clad women in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday outnumbered men in this...
Woman dies in Delhi, family alleges dowry death
By IANS,
New Delhi : The relatives of a 22-year-old woman who died in the national capital have alleged that the victim was killed by her in-laws for dowry, police said Thursday.
Deepti Sharma, mother of a girl, was admitted to a west Delhi hospital Wednesday by her in-laws where she died the same day, a police officer said.
India’s first all-women post office comes up in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : After announcing India's all women public bank, the central government Friday started an all women post office here on the occasion of the International Women`s Day.
Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
Menopause can affect memory
By IANS,
Chicago: New research suggests women who have hot flushes during menopause, could also suffer memory issues.
Compensation only after long battle by acid attack victim in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The state authorities of Assam have ordered compensation for the acid victims following an urgent appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for immediate intervention and financial assistance to a survivor of acid attack as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India in 2013.
SC to hear plea against death sentence for four-year-old’s rape, murder
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on June 10 a plea by Rajasthan resident Kalu Khan seeking the stay of his death sentence...
More women reporting cases of sexual harassment: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Women are coming forward in larger numbers to report cases of sexual harassment at the workplace, Minister of Women and Child...
India’s first halal cosmetics firm set to expand outlets
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Ahmedabad : Mauli Teli has people coming up to her often and asking what 'halal' has to do with cosmetics. "Are...
Women, three daughters found dead in UP village
Lucknow : A woman and her three daughters, including an infant, were found dead at their house in Mauranva village in Unnao district of...
SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad
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...
Teenaged girl gang-raped, killed in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A teenaged girl has been gang-raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Saturday.
The barbaric incident took place near Balisahi village, about...
Jamia Hamdard students on indefinite hunger strike, authorities pay no heed
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Students of Jamia Hamdard under the aegis of Hamdard Student Democratic Forum (HSDF) observing indefinite hunger strike...
Television hosts assault woman during live show
By IANS/EFE,
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), April 10 (IANS/EFE) Three television hosts assaulted a woman presenter and pulled out her hair after she called them homosexuals during a live show broadcast on the national network.
Enrique Crespo, Ali David and Tommy "La Berny" Castillo attacked Venya Carolina on live television as she called them homosexuals, the Commission on Public Entertainment and Radiophony said in a statement Friday.
Book captures everyday art by rural Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pushpa is a sweeper at the international airport in Mumbai, sweating it out for eight hours a day to fend for her family of three. But when at home in a slum, the widow is an artist - she draws rice-flour "kalam", or sacred designs to welcome guests, outside her home in a narrow alley near Santa Cruz.
Lalita, a Yadav housewife at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, is rooted to a culture where women have lived behind the veil for years. But she is bound to Pushpa by a thread of colours.
PM’s wife to launch women’s health campaign
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur will launch a nation-wide programme on International Women's Day Tuesday for women's health empowerment, officials said.
Woman alleges gang rape, police file molestation complaint
By IANS,
Noida : A 22-year-old woman was gang raped by a 'godman' practising occult and his associates but the Uttar Pradesh Police registered a complaint of molestation, the victim's family alleged here Saturday.
Om Prakash, the victim's husband, said his wife had gone to Jhulla, a neighbour in village Sirsa Khanpur of Greater Noida district, to get medicines for him Thursday night.
"The 'tantric' (occult practioner) asked me to accompany him to a forested area to collect herbs for the medicines to cure my husband," the 22-year-old victim told IANS.
AAP promises 2 lakh toilets for women
New Delhi : Two lakh public toilets for women, 100 courts to fast-track rape cases, Wi-Fi connected CCTV cameras are some of the poll...
Curfew in BHU: Policemen lathi-charge at female students, use tear gas; several students injured
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Female students protesting at the main gate of the Banaras Hindu University were met with violent police action including lathi-charge, use...
Indian in Oman writes a family saga
By IANS,
Dubai : An expatriate Indian woman in Oman has written a new novel, a family saga set in India and Oman.
Sunaina Serna Ahluwalia's "A Safe Harbour" is the story of two women, Afreen Luthra and her daughter Trishala.
It is a modern-day suspense-cum family saga set in India and Oman, which is home to a large expatriate Indian community.
India's Ambassador to Oman Anil Wadhwa launched the book at a function in Muscat where officials of the National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) and the ambassadors of Britain and Malaysia were present.
Kolkata girl aims to knock out poverty with the help of Karate
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Life in a Kolkata slum can break the spirit of even the most strong-willed person. It can also, however, inspire...
एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के...
Four women kidnapped from rescue home in Hyderabad
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Unidentified men attacked a rescue home and kidnapped four trafficked women at Ramanthapur area here early Saturday, police said.
Congress poll manifesto for UP promises 50% quota for women
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Congress party on Wednesday released its manifesto here for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and announced 50 per cent reservation...
This women’s day meet Captain Salva who dared to dream of skies
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: ‘Dream big, determination and hard work can take you to skies’. These are not the words of some wannabe motivational speaker but from a shy young woman from the narrow lanes of old Hyderabad who has literally touched the sky.
Woman kills her two children, attempts suicide
Hyderabad : Distressed over financial problems, a woman poisoned to death her two children and later attempted suicide with her mother by jumping into...
Woman uses RTI to get salary details of cheating husband
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.
India can be a superpower only by empowering women: Rahul
New Delhi: On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday India can never aspire to be a superpower...
Kuwait elects its first women parliamentarians
By DPA,
Kuwait City/Cairo : Kuwait has elected its first women lawmakers in a move seen as a historic success for women in the Gulf state's male-dominated parliament.
Four female candidates came in the top 10 positions in three electoral districts in Saturday's vote, Kuwait's official news agency KUNA reported Sunday.
With almost half of the votes counted, Massuma al-Mubarak, who made history by becoming the first Kuwaiti woman minister in 2005, was leading all candidates with a large margin in her district, the satellite news channel al-Jazeera reported.
Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday.
Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held
Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...
‘The Little Muslims Gift Factory’: An Indian Muslim Woman’s Islamic Gift Shop Is Going...
Nikhat Fatima | Two Circles
In 2015 at the age of 27, Madiha Basheer started her business with her first product a beautiful box curated...
Four youth arrested for gang rape in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Four youth in their 20s were arrested on Sunday at Pandavapura near Mandya in southern Karnataka for the gang rape of a college...
Delhi to promote women’s safety at IITF
New Delhi: The Delhi government will promote the issue of women's safety during this year's India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held Nov...
JNUSU demands arrest of professor accused of sexual misconduct
New Delhi, (IANS): Scores of Jawaharlal Nehru University students on Monday staged a protest outside police station near the varsity demanding the arrest and...
Women MPs outshine men in parliament debates
By IANS,
New Delhi : Seventy-one percent of women MPs compared to 68 percent of their male counterparts participated in debates on various issues in the 2010 budget session of parliament.
But the participation by both men and women MPs was higher that the previous session, according to an analysis done by PRS Legislative Research, an independent think tank that tracks the functioning of parliament.
The 32-day budget session concluded Friday after it began Feb 22 with a month-long recess.
Women becoming more susceptible to heart diseases: Expert
By IANS,
New Delhi: Changing lifestyle, stress and a poor metabolic profile are making young and middle-aged women more susceptible to heart diseases, a cardiology expert said here Saturday.
Tripura gives women 50 percent quota in panchayat
By IANS,
Agartala: The Tripura assembly late Tuesday unanimously passed two bills enhancing reservation for women in three-tier panchayats (village councils) and urban local bodies from the existing 33 percent to 50 percent.
Tripura Panchayat and Urban Development Minister Manik Dey last week moved the Tripura Panchayats (fifth amendment) Bill, 2010, and the Tripura Municipal (fourth amendment) Bill, 2010, in the ongoing session of the Tripura assembly.
NHRC notice to Lucknow Railway Police over girl’s gangrape
Lucknow: Taking cognizance of reports of a teenager's alleged gangrape at Charbagh Railway Station here, the NHRC has issued notice to the Superintendent of...
Delhi women’s helpline restarts after disruption
By IANS,
New Delhi : After a 12 hour disruption, the Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress resumed functioning early Thursday, an official said.
Mindset against women has to change: Women MPs
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
Looking beyond Women’s Day and Capitalism-inspired Feminism
By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net
Now that Women’s Day has gone, women will be forgotten once again for the rest of the year....
Ruchika’s principal returns state award
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Four days after a magisterial inquiry held the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School here guilty of being unfair in expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra for fee default, the school principal S. Sebestina Monday returned the state award.
The Chandigarh administration had directed her to return the award, which was given to her in 2005 for meritorious contribution to city education. She was the principal of the school in 1990, when Ruchika was expelled.
Woman burnt alive by priest in Madhya Pradesh town
By IANS,
Bhopal : A woman was allegedly burnt alive by a priest after she resisted his advances in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district. The woman succumbed to her injuries in a hospital Friday evening, police said.
The woman, Vinita Patel (27), in her dying declaration to the police said, "The priest, Devki Prasad Tiwari, entered my house in a bid to outrage my modesty and when I protested, he doused me with kerosene and burnt me." The incident took place in village Piprodha Chakkar in Damoh, 280 km from here.
In Mumbai, dancers shake a leg in the hope for a better future
Text and Video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
A group of struggling dancers from difficult caste, social and economic backgrounds, struggling to make a life following...
The campaign against Triple Talaq: Women’s rights or political game?
PM Modi's concern for Muslim women appeared in a BJP rally for UP election
By Mohammed Anwar Siddiqui for TwoCircles.net
There is dire need to understand...
Indian girls return with best performance card from AFC festival
By IANS,
New Delhi: Unnoticed and unsung, 22 Indian girls, forming two 11-player teams, returned from Colombo after putting up a creditable show in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) south central under-14 festival there.
India's girls topped the five-team festival with 21 green cards followed by Jordan, Iran, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in that order. India won all but one of their matches, which was a 30-minute draw with Iran.
Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...
In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq.
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NGOs get capacity boosters to serve society better
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...
Push for women’s reservation bill, activists tell MPs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its speedy passage.
Ranjana Kumari, director of Women Power Connect, while welcoming the increase in women's numbers at 'panchayat' (village council) level, said the bill for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament must be passed and should be a priority for all parliamentarians.
TDP MP asks women to dress in ‘dignified manner’
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...
एक्सीडेंट नही राहुल खान की हुई थी लिंचिंग, 2 गिरफ़्तार
हरियाणा के पलवल में एक दर्दनाक लिंचिंग बहुत चर्चा में हैं। राहुल खान नाम के युवक को बेदर्दी से पीट-पीटकर मार दिया गया है।...
रोशन होने से पहले ही बुझने लगी अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘नई रोशनी’
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
मोदी बजट आ चुका है. बड़े-बड़े ऐलान किए जा चुके हैं. पुरानी बोतल में नई शराब भरी जा चुकी है. अलग-अलग...
Sexuality among older adults vary with age, gender
By IANS,
Washington: Sexuality among older adults - between 57 to 85 years - tended to vary with age and gender, says a new study.
Men were more likely than women to have a partner, more likely to be sexually active with that partner, and tend to have more positive and permissive attitudes toward sex.
Similarly, men were more likely than women to report alcohol use, potential problem drinking. Alcohol use and smoking were also lower among older age groups.
AAP announces women’s wing
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...
Indian parliament elects its first woman speaker, Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi : History was made in India Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar, 64, became the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha - the lower house of parliament - with MPs cutting across party lines supporting the election of the Dalit leader.
The newly elected members of the 15th Lok Sabha watched in rapt attention as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani, who were engaged in a bitter war of words until a month ago, together led Meira Kumar to the podium.
Bihar Police okays 35 percent quota for women
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police sations.
Telangana government to give wings to Muslim woman’s dream
Hyderabad : The Telangana government has come forward to extend financial assistance to Syeda Salva Fatima, one of the few Muslim women to hold...
Telangana man arrested for rape, murder of daughter
Hyderabad:Police in Telangana have solved the mystery behind rape and murder of a minor girl with the arrest of her father, who committed the...
Women behind Baghdad blasts, death toll rises to 19
By KUNA,
Baghdad : Monday's blasts that targeted Shiites on a religious visit to Baghdad were carried out by three women, a security sources confirmed Monday.
Meanwhile, the death toll of the blasts which took place in National Theatre Square, Al-Alawiyah Square, and Kahramanah Square rose to 19, while 40 other people were injured, medical sources in Ibn Al-Nafees and Al-Kindi hospitals said.
Women more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis
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.
NHRC directs Rajasthan government to compensate woman
New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday asked the Rajasthan government to compensate a woman who delivered a baby by the roadside after a state...
President Patil appeals for justice for women
By IANS,
Nagpur : President Pratibha Patil has appealed to women lawyers to secure justice for women against all sorts of exploitation.
She said Friday that women, particularly in the lower strata of society, continue to suffer discrimination even after 60 years of Independence.
Patil inaugurated a two-day national conference of women lawyers on "Justice for Women" at the Amolakchand Law College in Yavatmal. Over 250 lawyers and law teachers participated in the event held at the western Vidarbha town.
BJP fields 58 women for Kolkata civic polls
Kolkata : The BJP on Tuesday announced its list of 142 candidates - including 58 women and 18 from religious minorities - for the...
Will enforce prohibition if I retain power: Nitish
Patna: In a bid to woo women voters, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said prohibition would be imposed if he retained power...
Global women leaders conference begins in Dubai
By IANS/WAM,
Dubai: Women leaders, ministers, academics and entrepreneurs have gathered in Dubai for the 16th Global Women Leaders Conference (Woibex).
Rukhsana’s family migrates to Rajouri Town
By News Agency of Kashmir
Rajouri:The family of Gujjar girl, Rukhsana who won great commendation for her valorous act of killing a militant after a group of them attacked her house, today migrated from the home village in Shadra Sharief area of Rajouri, fearing retaliation from the militants.
Rukhsana hit the headlines across the country early this week after police claimed that she along with her brother and other family members killed a dreaded Lashkar commander when he barged in their house along with his two associates.
UP to give Rs 267.30 cr to 89,100 meritorious girl students
Lucknow : A staggering Rs 267.30 crore will be distributed among 89,100 meritorious girl students in Uttar Pradesh under the amended Kanya Vidya Dhan...
Close to 6,000 poor patients treated free by IMRC in 12 days in three...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kerala:The 7th annual India Health Initiative-2016, a program created by US-based NGO India Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) to...
Court jails married man for raping, cheating woman
New Delhi: A court here awarded a 10-year jail term and also slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a man who concealed his...
Music for protest: Azadi and Inqilab as the new Hindustani beats
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
As marches and rallies dominate the most commonly practised ways of protest, the youth are now searching new ways to protest...
Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar
By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net,
The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:
Open letter to political parties to take up the issue of repealing AFSPA
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Civil Society groups and individuals, led by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), and endorsed by several others have written an open letter to all the political parties to take up the issue of repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
Mulayam under fire for his rape remark
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday came under heavy fire for his rape remark, made a day earlier at an election...
Parrikar hails all-girl NCC team that scaled Everest
New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday congratulated the NCC girl cadet team...
Orissa girl sacrificed for good harvest
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said Monday.
The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.
Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday
Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...
Stories by women, for women
From the story of Urmila, Sita's sister to life in Iran and the cruel fate of Bollywood's item girls - all these stories on the IANS bookshelf this weekend throw light on the many hues of women and, interestingly, are written by women. Take a look.
Only 55 women contesting Bangladesh poll
By IANS,
Dhaka : Despite two women dominating Bangladesh's political spectrum, the ninth general election later this month will see only 55 women among the 1,565 candidates vying for 300 seats - but this is still higher than at any time in the past.
Women candidates are contesting from 60 constituencies, indicating that in most places, they will face each other.
A consolation would come in the form of nomination of 30 women after the election.
Shaheen Bagh activists call for diaspora action to support Indian Muslims against genocide
Activists in the panel stated the need for the global community to not only remember Shaheen Bagh but also to take action before...
अनदेखी : उप्र राज्य महिला आयोग में एक भी मुस्लिम महिला नहीं
आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net
भारतीय जनता पार्टी भले मुस्लिम महिलाओ की हितैषी बनने का एलान करे और तलाक़ और हलाला जैसे मुद्दों लड़ाई लड़ने...
Six Nepali girls detained, released
By IANS,
Lucknow : Six Nepali girls were detained here on suspicion that they were being flown to the Middle East for flesh trade but were let off after questioning "as nothing suspicious" emerged, the police said Friday.
A team of the Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB), after a tip off from a NGO, stopped a bus Thursday afternoon and took the girls to the Ghazipur police station for questioning.
"The girls maintained that they were going to Dubai as they had a job offer," police spokesperson Ghulam Abbas told IANS.
Awareness on domestic violence act is low, say NGOs
By IANS,
New Delhi: Despite the domestic violence act being in place for the past three years, its effectiveness has been limited as awareness about the legislation is low, civil society organisations said at a seminar here Wednesday.
One of the main reasons for this was media's ignorance over the intricacies of the act, said speakers at the national consultation on the domestic violence act.
It’s fight your own battle for Karnataka’s women candidates
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : The number of women candidates for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls later this month is dismal - a mere 11 as compared to 418 men. Four of the women belong to national parties and except for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, the going is tough for the remaining 10.
But the women say they are made of stern stuff and are bravely fighting their male opponents.
Good Housekeeping Show a woman’s delight
By IANS,
New Delhi: Shopping, recipe demonstrations and expert tips on health, fitness, parenting and home management - the ongoing Good Housekeeping Show 2010 is a woman's delight.
Women are flocking to the March 5-7 event, organised by the India Today Group, which publishes the Good Housekeeping magazine in India.
Indian women behind Bangladesh in socio-economic parity
New Delhi: At a time when the United Nations has called for gender equality ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), an index on...
Who is Teesta Setalvad? From 2002 Gujarat riots to 2022 SC verdict
The arrest of Padma Shri awardee Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad has been widely condemned.
Muhammed Nihad P V | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — The detention of...
Northeast people protest over woman lawyer’s assault in Delhi
New Delhi : Around 200 students and people from the northeast Tuesday held a protest march here demanding action against lawyers who attacked a...
Indian-origin researcher’s model to empower women in IT
New York : Under-representation of skills had forced women working in the IT sector to flee the profession but a 12-year-old model by an...
Female trainee police officer kills self in MP
Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...
Women writers spice up thriller scene
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,