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Congress committed to women’s reservation bill: Sonia

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New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said her party was committed to the women's reservation bill that seeks to provide 33 percent reservation...

Widowed in Ramadan by rioters, Rukayya now lives for three daughters

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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...

Coming soon: Separate courts for rape victims

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi: Rape victims coming to a court to depose will not have to sit along with criminals facing trials as the Delhi High Court has proposed to set up separate courts for them. During a hearing on a rape case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said Wednesday, "We are proposing to have separate courts for rape victims and initially nine such courts will be set up and the district judge will look after it."

Women achievers honoured with CARE awards

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Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Lok Sabha concerned over women’s safety

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Friday expressed concern over the safety of women in the country with Speaker Meira Kumar calling for equal rights for them.

Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir

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Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...

बुर्क़ा : कई जगह लड़कियां अब इसे पहनने से डर रही हैं

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत दुनिया भर में अपनी विविधताओं के लिए जाना जाता है. यहां का संविधान सबको अपनी धार्मिक पहचान रखने...

Burqa clad women come out to support Anna

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Chameli Devi Jain Award for KK Shahina

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Jamia Hamdard students on indefinite hunger strike, authorities pay no heed

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By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Students of Jamia Hamdard under the aegis of Hamdard Student Democratic Forum (HSDF) observing indefinite hunger strike...

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...

Foxconn’s Discriminatory Hiring Practices: Undermining Women’s Empowerment in India

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Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A startling revelation regarding Foxconn’s alleged discriminatory hiring policies at its Apple iPhone plant in India has come to light. Shockingly, the company...

National Archives to observe 125th Foundation Year of NAI in Bhopal

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The National Archives of India (NAI), Regional Office, Bhopal is organizing a 3-day outreach programme from September...

With relaxation eased under lockdown, 200 organisations calls for nationwide anti-CAA protests

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TCN News Nearly 200 organisations have called for fresh nationwide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR as relaxation measures under lockdown 5.0 were issued by the Central government. 'Sab...

Mamata not averse to coming together with Mayawati, Jayalalitha

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Kolkata : Preferring to be a "humanist than a feminist", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday however said she was not averse to...

नीचता की हद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सोशल साइट्स से फ़ोटो चोरी कर लगाई...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net सुल्ली डील्स नामक वेबसाइट पर सैकड़ों मुस्लिम महिलाओं की तस्वीर लगाकर उनकी बोली लगाने का मामला सामने आया हैं। सुल्ली डील्स...

Bharatiya Mahila Bank expanding base across India

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Agartala: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the country's first all-women bank, aiming to economically empower women will open 55 more branches across the country...

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its interim order putting on hold the execution of death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...

Khuti gang-rape mastermind held in Jharkhand

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By IANS: Ranchi, July 22:The mastermind of the gang rape of five women in Khuti district of Jharkhand a month ago was arrested on Sunday...

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.

Muslim panchayat bans use of cell-phones by girls

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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...

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...

Workshop trains Delhi women in self-defence

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New Delhi : Hit your attackers at soft spots like eyes, the adam's apple or groin, keep pepper spray in your hands while moving...

Remembering Lady Anees Imam, One of the Founders of Modern Bihar

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Mohd Hussain Ganie | TwoCircles.net The role of minority personalities in the national movement and nation-building remains unacknowledged and is also being systematically and deliberately...

दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की महिलाओं को नहीं जाने दिया अमित शाह के...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नई दिल्ली। दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की हज़ारों महिला प्रदर्शनकारियों गृह मंत्री अमित शाह से मिलने उनके घर नहीं जाने दिया।...

Woman alleges assault after she refused surrogacy

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Lucknow: A young woman law student Monday lodged a police complaint saying she was beaten up and humiliated in public in Meerut Feb 3...

Demonstrations across country in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Outraged by “blatant misuse of state machinery to hound and persecute a group of courageous human rights defenders” – Teesta...

Nari Shakti Zindabad

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By Somnath Mukherji, I went for a quick visit to Nishtha’s day and night shelter for the children of the sex workers of Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. About 30 children are here during the day while 40 to 45 children spend the night here. The children, as in any other place were very lively and animated. Some of them recited poems while some danced to music from the mobile phones. Children come here for a few hours before they go to school and then again after school. Some teachers support them with academics as well games & music.

Two women burn to death in auto-rickshaw

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two women sex workers were charred to death and another woman suffered burn injuries in the capital when the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in caught fire due to leaking compressed natural gas (CNG) early Thursday, police said. According to the police, 32-year-old Nisha, a resident of Pratap Vihar in Ghaziabad and 33-year-old Khairunisa, of Sonia Vihar area, hired an auto rickshaw opposite the Regal Cinema around 1.30 a.m. The two were accompanied by another woman, Kamla, a resident of Kondli and her eight-year-old son Raj.

Puducherry acid attack victim succumbs to injuries

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By IANS, Chennai: After fighting for life for around three months, a 23-year-old woman from Puducherry Tuesday succumbed to the injuries she suffered in a brutal acid attack on her face and neck.

US Women Favor Obama

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : Most US women would vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in November general elections, according to surveys released Thursday. A Gallup poll indicates that the Illinois senator was backed by 51 percent of women, while Republican presidential candidate John McCain barely got 38 percent. Comparing these figures with a previous survey, the Afro-American politician expanded his lead from 5 percentage points to 13. A Rasmussen Reports survey showed similar results (52 percent of women favoring Obama and 39 percent for McCain).

क्या सचमुच प्रतापगढ़ में मूर्ति छू लेने पर हुई दलित की हत्या !

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Form committee on women’s safety, Lekhi asks Rajnath

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New Delhi: BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Thursday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the formation of a committee of MPs to work on...

Railway Protection Force to get women’s battalion

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Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Smruti Divas in Sholapur

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By Asma Khan for TwoCircles.net

Spare the ruler but do not spoil the child

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By Shobha Shukla, CNS The nation is abuzz with the news of Rouvanjit Rawla, a class VIII student of Kolkata’s prestigious La Martiniere School for boys, who hanged himself four months ago, reportedly unable to bear the humiliation after he was caned by his school principal Sunirmal Chakroborty, and allegedly by some other teachers as well. What was his crime?

India’s women’s bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister

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By Manish Chand, IANS, New Delhi : India's experiment with gender equality in parliament through the women's reservation bill has struck a chord in Africa, says Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh. "I hope this legislation goes through. It's inspiring for women everywhere, including in Africa," Tetteh, one of the seven women ministers in the West African country and a firm backer of stronger India-Africa ties, told IANS in an interview. A lawyer by profession and an aide to Ghana President John Atta-Mills, Tetteh was here to attend a business conclave.

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

Jan Dhan, pension scheme to help women in big way: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and the pension scheme announced in the union...

Shabana addresses global summit on women’s abuse in Afghanistan

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS, Mumbai : Ignoring her family's concern for her safety, Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi visited Afghanistan this week on an invitation by the UN to be the main speaker at a global summit to address the issue of violence against women. Shabana left for Kabul Tuesday night although her family, including husband Javed Akhtar, expressed fear for her safety in the war ravaged country. "Danger is fun," the actress said before departing.

Three held for trafficking girls in Delhi

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New Delhi : Three people have been arrested for their alleged role in human trafficking, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. Two girls, including a...

Pinki’s treatment unjustified: NCW

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Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t remember ever wanting to become a teacher.” Binish Affan laments the lack of role models in academics. A post-graduate...

‘Internet Saathi’ to digitally empower one lakh women in Bengal

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Kolkata : 'Internet Saathi', a joint digital literacy programme of Google India and Tata Trust, is all set to roll out across 400 villages...

Missing varsity teacher returns home ‘distressed’

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By IANS, New Delhi : A female lecturer, who had been missing for two days returned home Wednesday in a "distressed" mood, the family said. Anshu Jain, 31, a lecturer in Dayal Singh College in south Delhi, was missing since Monday afternoon when she hailed an auto to return to her home in Mayur Vihar. Her family informed the police control room when she didn't reach home. "I don't understand what happened - she came home a few hours back and she is not in a mental state to say anything," Anshu's father V.P. Singh told IANS by phone.

84% Of 12 mn married children under 10 are Hindus

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Devanik Saha Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years - 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent...

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.

Rajya Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill

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TCN News Despite tough resistance from the opposition parties, the Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha today, Tuesday with 99 members...

JNUSU demands arrest of professor accused of sexual misconduct

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New Delhi, (IANS): Scores of Jawaharlal Nehru University students on Monday staged a protest outside police station near the varsity demanding the arrest and...

Credit society run by Muslims offers respite for low-income wage groups

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Headquartered in a small building in the state capital Patna, Al-Khair Co-operative Credit Society, with thirteen branches in four states, has transformed lives by...

Saudis under fire at UN over women’s rights

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By DPA, Geneva : Saudi Arabia had its rights record reviewed Friday at the United Nations and came under criticism for women's rights issues in the kingdom as well as the state practise of corporal punishment. Delegates of various nations criticised Saudi Arabia's "male guardianship system", which they said took away women's autonomy, as well as other legal measures that created inequality between men and women.

Women’s panel launches NRI cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : Faced with increasing cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to overseas Indians, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday launched an NRI cell to deal with such complaints. The NRI cell will provide legal counselling to women deserted by their overseas husbands. It will also advise and give recommendations to the government on policies related to NRI marriages. Besides, the cell will also carry out awareness campaigns on the subject.

To wear or not to wear: Comments on purdah during a seminar draw ire...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: A comment about Muslim women covering their faces with purdah by MES state president Fazal Gafoor has drawn the ire of other Muslim groups in the state with most of them saying that the statement was made eying publicity and nothing more.

Women politicians make significant presence in Europe

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By Xinhua, Paris : Spain's first woman Defence Minister Carme Chacon, one of the nine female ministers in Spain's 17-member cabinet, attracted world attention when she showed up in April, pregnant for seven months, to inspect the troops. The political world was even more surprised when Mara Carfagna, a former Italian showgirl who finished sixth in a Miss Italy contest, was appointed Italy's Minister of Equal Opportunities.

Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women

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By IANS, Dhaka : A law to curb violence against women in the form of acid being thrown at them has been approved in Bangladesh, which has witnessed 132 incidents of this kind since January. The legislation, Acid Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009, aims to establish "strict government control on the use of acid materials and curb acid related crimes", it was announced Monday after approval was given by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

DCW writes to Bassi over crime against women

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New Delhi : The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi seeking information on the...

NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health

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New Delhi : The National Alliance of Maternal Health and Human Rights (NAMHHR) with Oxfam India Thursday organised a two-day event here related to...

Meet the Tribal Girls From Jammu & Kashmir Who Cracked Neet

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Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles.net Several girls from the Bakarwal community, a nomadic ethnic minority in India's Jammu and Kashmir area, recently cleared the National...

Women’s summit a bid to remove Delhi’s ‘rape capital’ taint

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By Parvati Tampi, New Delhi : What has been done since the horrific Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder? What remains to be done? These...

‘My dignity is under attack’: Safoora Zargar after Jamia cancels her admission

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Student activist Safoora Zargar speaks to TwoCircles.net about her ordeal. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, August 29 cancelled the...

IBM woman employee murdered in Pune suburb

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By IANS, Pune: A woman employee of IBM was found murdered on the outskirts of Pune late Friday night, police said Saturday. Darshana Tongare, 21, was returning home around 9.15 p.m. from work when at least one assailant stabbed her in the chest with a sharp object, an official of Hinjewadi Police Station said. "The incident took place in a dark and desolate area near Bavdhan village, around 6 km from Hinjewadi," the official told IANS. According to the complaint lodged by her Ketan Tongare, Darshana was working with the IBM's facility in Yerawada, a few km from Hinjewadi.

Women take up arms to fight monkeys in Lucknow

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By IANS, Lucknow : Fed up with the monkey menace in the Uttar Pradesh capital, homemakers here have taken up arms to scare them away. With an estimated population of 3,000 monkeys roaming in various residential areas of this city of three million, women in at least four areas of Lucknow have started using air guns and pistols to shoo them away.

‘पार्च्ड’ यानी एक पुराने विषय में नयी छौंक

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net भारत में सिनेमा बदल रहा है और इस तरीके से बदल रहा है कि भारतीय समाज कई दफा उन बदलावों को स्वीकार...

Ramadan 1435: Unframed

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...

Teacher is raped, cops squabble

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 20-year-old computer teacher was raped in the Indian capital by six men but police investigation was delayed following a row between two police stations over the jurisdiction of the case. The incident took place around 8 p.m. Monday near a computer institute in Sultanpuri in west Delhi when the victim was returning home with a male friend. Near the Sultanpuri railway crossing, the accused thrashed the friend and dragged away the woman, a police officer said. After she was raped, she was dumped near the railway track.

India reduces baby deaths but still hasn’t met 2012 targets

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By Rhea Colaco First, the good news: 37 babies died for every 1,000 that were born in 2015, two better than the government's...

Protests in Bhojpur and Patna over gang rape

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Patna: Hundreds of people, mostly of the landed upper castes and led by slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh's son Indu Bhusan, took to...

Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’

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Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students...

Home ministry official denies tutoring witness in Ishrat probe

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New Delhi : Home Ministry official B.K. Prasad on Thursday dismissed the charge that he tutored a witness in the probe relating to missing...

Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

वीडियो में देखिए लखनऊ घण्टाघर का सीएए के खिलाफ ऐतिहासिक प्रदर्शन!

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में शाहीन बाग़ की तर्ज़ पा चल रहा प्रदर्शन का आज...

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...

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ गिरफ्तार, पूर्व आईपीएस संजीव भट्ट पर एक और केस दर्ज

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net देश की जानी-मानी समाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को गुजरात एटीएस ने 2002 के गुजरात दंगों के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया है। इसके...

Jammu woman files rape complaint against four LeT guerrillas

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By IANS, Jammu : In the first incident of its kind, a woman from Jammu region has filed a complaint of rape against guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and identified one of the atatckers during a parade of the suspects, the police said here. Shah Bano, wife of Shafi Gujar, a resident of Zainidal Bhaderwah, claimed she was gang raped by four guerrillas of the LeT and filed a police complaint.

Women’s panchayat in Varanasi

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By TCN News, Varanasi, UP: A Mahila Panchayat (women’s assembly) was organised by U.P Khudai Khidmatgar team Nargis bahan and Faisal Khan from central team .

Muslim women like BJP for its ‘triple talaq’ stand: Minister

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New Delhi, (IANS): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s stand on the issue...

Courage, determination keep single mothers going

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS, New Delhi : They are moms as well as dads for their children. Despite facing innumerable difficulties, these single women have taken life head-on and borne the dual responsibility with dignity and determination. For Kalpana Dhar, 50, separating from her husband was the only option especially after difference of opinion gave rise to regular arguments and confrontations. "I took this step at a very late stage of my marriage. But I had to do this because of my only son. He was suffering and I had to take a stand," said Dhar, a banker.

National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demands action against “unprecedented police brutality on unarmed...

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TCN News National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) President Aruna Roy has launched a fact-finding report on the February violence inside New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamic...

दलित छात्र की पिटाई से मौत के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा, बवाल

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Violence against women denounced in Argentina

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Buenos Aires : With a call to end all forms of violence against women, nearly 40,000 participants brought Argentina's 29th National Women's Conference to...

Announcements by finance minister for lawmakers, women…

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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:

Muslim woman laborer tortured, ‘molested’ in West Bengal

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Women’s safety may play key role in Indian elections: Gallup poll

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By Arun Kumar , Washington: Women in northern India feel less secure and have less faith in police, says a new poll and suggests these...

Mayawati too has reservations on women’s quota bill

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By IANS, Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday expressed strong reservations against the women's reservation bill to be introduced in Rajya Sabha Monday. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mayawati said that her party would not support the bill unless it was suitably amended on the lines suggested by her, which were similar to the issues raised by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mayawati too regarded the bill as directed against the interests of "Dalits, minorities and backwards."

Protests against delayed pensions in Jharkhand as COVID relief for marginalized backfires

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22% of the SC and ST households together reported having old-age pensioners in the households, with 22% widow pensioners, and 4% disability pension holders,...

Mehbooba for timely completion of highway projects in J&K

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Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday stressed the need for timely completion of various highway projects in her state. Describing...

Decision soon on permanent commission for women in armed forces

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : The defence ministry will shortly take a decision on granting the much-awaited permanent commission for women in the armed forces, a senior defence official said Wednesday. The top brass of the armed forces have already agreed on opening up more avenues for women officers and granting them permanent commission in non-combatant branches.

SC questions about custodial torture of key witness in Kathua rape case

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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea alleging custodial torture of...

Woman board member: Over 300 NSE-listed companies yet to comply

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Rohit Vaid, Chennai/New Delhi : As many as 313 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange have not inducted a woman...

All India Democratic Women’s Association ask the president to not sign the TT bill

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TCN News The AIDWA ( All India Democratic Women's Association) have issued a statement on the Triple Talaq Bill to the press wherein they refer...

यूपीः योगीराज में पूरा न्याय पाने को तरस रही है आधी आबादी

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TCN News लखनऊ। देश के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज महिला दिवस पर अपन सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट देश की आधी आबादी यानि देश की महिलाओं को...

Ex-MP to face trial for tampering with evidence

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New Delhi : Former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh will be tried for destruction of evidence in a case pertaining to the torture and murder of...

A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...

SC gives government four weeks to respond on triple talaq, other issues

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave the central government four weeks' time to file its response on the right of Muslim women...

A woman judge is raped in UP!

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Lucknow : Even a woman judge has not been spared in Uttar Pradesh. The judge was raped and an attempt was made to kill...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

Government to set up world class institutes for minorities: Naqvi

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New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that his ministry will establish world class educational...

Vietnamese woman jailed for possessing drugs

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By IANS, Chennai : A 35-year-old Vietnamese woman was remanded to judicial custody Friday evening for possessing 3 kg of refined heroin worth over Rs.35 million, customs officials said. Identified as D. Thanthipay, the woman had arrived by a scheduled flight from Colombo and was on her way to Bangkok. Acting on a tip-off, officials inspected her luggage and found the contraband drugs in the false bottom of her luggage.

Mentally unstable woman jumps to death from AIIMS building

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By IANS, New Delhi : A mentally unstable woman jumped to her death Thursday from the fifth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), hospital authorities said. According to the AIIMS administration, 32-year-old Babita Goutam, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district on the outskirts of Delhi, jumped from the fifth floor of the main hospital building at around 12.30 p.m. The hospital and police have informed the family.

Tripura agrees to increased quota for women in local bodies

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By IANS, Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has agreed to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's proposal to reserve 50 percent seats for women in three-tier panchayats and urban local bodies across the country, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Friday. "The state cabinet in its meeting Thursday night agreed to the draft constitution amendment bill, sent by the UPA government," he told reporters.

Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship

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Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...

Madonna voted hardest working mother in new poll

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By IANS, London : Pop diva Madonna has been named the hardest working mother in showbiz topping a new poll ahead of Hollywood actresses Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow. The pop superstar took home $110 million (75 million pounds) in 2008, putting herself at the forefront of high-earning women with children, reports contactmusic.com. Madonna, who is mother to adopted toddler David Banda, 3, Rocco, 8 and 12-year-old Lourdes, took most of her money from her world tour as well as record sales and a string of endorsement deals.

Ruchika, Nilofar and Asiya

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By Balraj Puri Fresh inquiry into Ruchika case, mainly due to the media hype, has revived many similar cases of women victims suppressed by powers that be in places like Ghaziabad and Ahmedabad. In Kashmir, it has given a fresh stimulus to the agitation over suspected rape and murder of two sisters-in-law in Shopian.

Triple talaq ordinance will do more injustice to women: Owaisi

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Hyderabad, Sep 19 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the ordinance passed by the Union Cabinet making triple talaq a criminal offence will do...

Tripura opens toll-free helpline for women in distress

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Agartala: The Tripura Police, as part of its initiatives to curb rising atrocities and crimes against women, has launched a toll-free helpline for women...

Woman denied entry into hospital, gives birth outside

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BY IANS, Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) : The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe Saturday after a woman in the final stages of labour was denied entry into a hospital here and gave birth outside. Kiran gave birth to a baby boy at the gate of the Hardoi district hospital Friday. After the delivery, Kiran's family members took her and the baby to a private nursing home for treatment, said the police.

Young women pressurised for sex even when not feeling like it

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By IANS, Sydney : Young women were pressurised into having sex with partners even when they didn't feel like it, according to a study. "Thirty-seven percent of young women who took part in the study had experienced pressure from partners to have sex when they didn't want to," said Moira Carmody, assistant professor at the University of Western Sydney. "This involved manipulation such as 'if you love me you will have sex', through to ignoring non-verbal and verbal indications of uncertainty or refusal, and even using physical force," said Carmody.

Sharad Joshi lone dissenter against women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Sharad Joshi, a prominent farmers' leader from Maharashtra, was the lone dissenter against the women's quota bill during voting in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, saying he didn't oppose the measure but the manner in which it would be implemented. "Women's reservations yes, yes, yes, yes. Rotation (of constitutions) and (their) selection by lottery no, no, no," Joshi maintained while participating in the more than three-hour debate on the bill. Thus, when the bill was put to a voice vote, Joshi let the crescendo of "ayes" to subside before quietly saying "No".

Female celebrities endorse International Women’s Day

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Ablutions an embarrassing chore for women in flood-hit Bihar

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By Imran Khan Maner/Danapur (Bihar) : Coping with hunger and homelessness in flood-hit Bihar is a task in itself but for women, there is...

Activists reads Soni Sori lettre to mark International Women’s Day

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Before rape, Goa MLA ‘bought’ minor girl for Rs.50 lakh

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Panaji : Goa's former education minister and an unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who was arrested by the state police Crime Branch on Thursday for...

Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi

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New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...

Female activist killed in Pakistan

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Islamabad:A female Pakistani human rights activist was shot dead in Karachi after hosting a discussion on allegations of torture in Balochistan province, a media...

Dec 16 and now Uber: Has anything changed, any lessons learnt?

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(Two years after Dec 16,2014 gang-rape) By Ranjana Narayan and Shweta Sharma, New Delhi : Another rape, again an outcry. Two years since the Dec 16 gang rape nothing much has changed, borne out by the fact that a serial offender like the Uber taxi driver operated undetected and was able to commit his latest rape without compunction.

Delhi polls: Parties woo women like never before

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By Gaurav Sharma, New Delhi : Women in Delhi are being wooed by political parties like never before, with their safety becoming an important issue...

WTA may have to find a new sponsor

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By IANS, London : The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract. The joint-venture company, which had signed a $93.3 million deal with the WTA, has two more years of its contract to run, and it is highly unlikely to go beyond 2010, reports The Guardian.

For women, still long way to go, says Rosaiah

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Chennai : Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on the eve of International Women's Day said it is still a long way to go before...

Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...

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Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief. Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Asansol (West...

Haryana man kills wife, 3 kids; commits suicide

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Chandigarh : A man gunned down his wife and three minor daughters before committing suicide by hanging himself in a Haryana village, police...

Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics

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By IANS, Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...

Six Nepali girls detained, released

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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.

Historian Rana Safvi bags Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2020

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Renowned historian and author Rana Safvi has won this year’s Yamin Hazarika Award. The prestigious award is given in the...

An analysis of Azad Fellows 2010

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More than half are female students AMU gets biggest chunk of students Gujarat fulfils only 35% of its quota, least among all states By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net With the aim to gear up students from Minority communities in the field of higher education, Government of India has launched ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship’ from this year which will encourage and financially help them. Community ratio

RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...

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...

Aasra: A hope for destitute Muslim women

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Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison

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Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...

Who said what on women’s quota

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By IANS, New Delhi: The women's reservation bill saw some good speeches from leading lights in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday outlining the positions and ideologies of the different parties over the long-debated legislation: Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister): "It (the bill) is a momentous occasion in the long journey of empowering women that began at the dawn of freedom." Veerapa Moily (Law Minister): "It is an opportunity to demonstrate to the world that when it comes to progressive measures, our country will not look back."

(VM) After Saina, Sania’s turn to hit the top

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By Veturi Srivatsa, Just three days after Saina Nehwal was deposed as World No.1 badminton player in only a week, her Hyderabad citymate Sania Mirza ascended to the throne on Sunday as the tennis world’s top doubles player. The country rightly savoured and celebrated Saina’s rise to the top of the summit but before the weekend, she had to make way for Chinese Li Xurei to return to the top. Sania offset the disappointment and her accomplishment is also not easy coming.

Woman gangraped in a moving car in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car Wednesday night. The woman was badly thrashed by a group of five men before being finally dumped at a secluded place in Sector-31, police said. The woman was picked by the assailants and pushed into a white Qualis near her house at Pandav Nagar in east Delhi. She was forcibly taken in to the car and was driven to Noida. The woman alleged that the assailants first assaulted her and then dumped her near Nithari after commiting gang rape.

Men against violence-1: Learn masculinity from Mahatma Gandhi?

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By Nasiruddin Haider Khan, Dhaka : "Women have raised their voices against gender-based violence. They have fought for policies and laws. But now it is high time that women's movement should engage men. There are enormous challenges to counter violence against women. Without involving men, it is not possible to prevent gender based violence."

Government to name ‘snoopgate’ judge by May 16, BJP dismissive

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New Delhi/Shimla : The BJP and Congress Friday exchanged barbs on the 'snoopgate' controversy concerning the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat with union Law...

In death, Iranian woman gives voice to resistance

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By DPA, Washington/Tehran : In the four days since her murder on the streets of Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan has become the face of the anti-government movement in Iran. The amateur video of Soltan collapsing on the street Saturday after being shot through the chest, her eyes hauntingly staring into the camera, has now been seen by millions across the world. The 26-year-old philosophy student was believed to have stepped out of her car for fresh air on a street near demonstrations against the disputed June 12 presidential elections. Her music teacher was with her.

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सोमू आनंद।Twocircles.net जोधपुर में साम्प्रदायिक तनाव के मामले में पुलिस ने 200 से अधिक लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया है। कर्फ्यू और इंटरनेट पर रोक 8...

India’s shame: More violence against women

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Fatima Bibi: Film director extrordinaire

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जावेद अनीस, TwoCircles.net के लिए मध्य प्रदेश के शाजापुर ज़िले के कांजा गांव की निवासी मंजूबाई का प्रधानमंत्री उज्ज्वला योजना के तहत मिला गैस...

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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...

Sister Nirmala laid to rest as admirers pay homage despite rain

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Kolkata : Braving heavy showers, hundreds of people from India and abroad bade a tearful adieu to Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala here on...

Proper representation to women in parliament: President

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New Delhi : Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment...

Theatre fest from South Asia on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi : Be it strife-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, women in South Asia are playing an increasingly important and powerful role fostering peace. Come March 8, the International Women's Day, some 13 plays will be staged in the capital to celebrate this recognition. The festival "Leela" March 8-15 will showcase women-oriented plays directed and staged by women from nine South Asian countries. These will be presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in association with the National School of Drama and the Jamia Millia Islamia University.