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Gileem Juloos in Lucknow commemorates Hazrat Ali’s martyrdom

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The hidden agenda behind the debate over Triple Talaq

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net The best of you are those who are the kindest to their wives.- Al-Tirmidhi The issue of Triple Talaq or instant...

At your special service, say hotels to women guests

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By IANS, Mumbai : Now women have an added reason to travel alone! Leading Indian hotels are offering exclusive wings, separate floors and specialised services to protect and pamper them - a new concept in the country. The ITC hotel chain, for instance, has Eva Floors - floors dedicated to women where men are simply not allowed. "Since security is the prime concern, we bar men from entering this floor. The lifts don't stop at the floor unless you swipe the lift board with your room key card," says Dhunji Kavarna, general manager at Mumbai's ITC Maratha.

Forensic report is confidential; it’s evidence’: Misinformation and Media Leaks Tarnish R.G. Kar Medical...

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata:  The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s state-run R.G. Kar Hospital has sparked widespread outrage and...

Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views

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By IANS, Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa. Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.

Haryana gifts women free bus rides for ‘Rakhi’

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By IANS, Chandigarh : To mark the festival of 'Raksha Bandhan' when women tie a colourful thread on the wrist of their brothers as a symbol of bond of love, the Haryana government Tuesday announced that all women in the state will be allowed to travel free in state transport buses. A state transport department spokesman said the free travel facility will be available to women in all Haryana Roadways buses on 'Raksha Bandhan' day, falling on Aug 24, to go visiting their brothers.

Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...

​Majlis Legal opposes PIL seeking guidelines for registering rape

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Files an intervenor application opposing the PIL claiming it would be in violation of SC directions By TCN News, Pune: Majlis Legal Centre, a...

Women’s body not to send team to Rajasthan

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Sunday said it had not received any complaint from the Gujjar community of police atrocities on their protesting women, but added that it had given suo moto orders that the women be treated humanely and according to the law. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS Sunday that they had first given the instructions to the Rajasthan police “ten days ago”, when 26 women from the Gujjar community were arrested for stopping railway traffic near Bandikui in Dausa district for nearly six days.

Rape of foreign nationals brings bad name to India: Court

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New Delhi: Incidents of raping foreign nationals has brought a very bad name to India , a court here has said while sentencing two...

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,...

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...

PM concerned over women’s security

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Mice show women can handle stress better

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By IANS, Sydney : Female mice engineered without a neurotransmitter in the lab, known to lower anxiety levels, were less stressed than their similarly configured male counterparts. Tim Karl, behavioural neuroscientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, explained that "pharmacological tests show that when you introduce NPY (neurotransmitter) to an animal in a stressful situation, its stress levels decrease." "Studies have shown that male mice created without NPY are more anxious than

Missing woman Everester: Mamata wants to monitor rescue

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Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is planning to head to Nepal to monitor rescue operations for missing ace mountaineer Chhanda Gayen, a minister...

Workshop on role of Media during disasters with particular reference to women and...

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By, Md.Ali, TwoCircles.net A media workshop "Media Consultation for Strategies to strengthen Role of Media during Disasters with Particular Reference to the Issues Related to Children and Women" was organized on September 22, 2008, at Gandhi Sangrahalay by NGOs Save the Children and Charkha, which is a development communication Network.

Moga’s shame: Young woman alleges gang-rape

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Moga (Punjab) : A young woman in Punjab's Moga district has alleged that she was gang-raped by her friend's husband and his friends, police...

At age 70, woman wants divorce to avenge husband’s cruelty

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a court here seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband. She calls it her overdue "revenge". Bimla Devi wants to end her 53-year-old relationship with Rakesh Kumar, who she says has dumped her for another woman and now allegedly wants to grab her (Bimla's) property. The distraught woman has moved an application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Manmohan Sharma against Kumar. Bimla Devi and Kumar were married March 10, 1955.

Ramadan 1439: Sarah

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Sarah, 33, was born and brought up in Bangalore. She is an Electronics Engineer and used to work as a microchip...

Austrian FM hails appointing two women in Kuwaiti cabinet

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By KUNA, Vienna : Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik expressed happiness regarding the appointment of two women ministers in the new Kuwaiti government, noting that such step would encourage local women toward success and achievement on various levels. The Minister stressed importance, in a press release on her website, of women's vital role in Kuwait, particularly in the set-up of the Arab world, hoping that such step would be an example for the region.

Court takes cognizance of cop’s assault on woman

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New Delhi : Taking note of the way a Delhi traffic policeman, since sacked, attacked a young woman when she refused to pay a...

Chhattisgarh cop held for killing woman

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By IANS, Raipur : A police constable has been arrested for killing a woman in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, authorities said Wednesday. Jeremias Tirki, 35, Monday allegedly pumped three bullets from his service revolver into the head and chest of his 40-year-old friend Surajmati at her residence in Balrampur area of Surguja, about 400 km from here. The woman died on the spot and the constable managed to escape but he was arrested late Tuesday.

हमारा हिजाब ही हमारी ताकत,देश भर की मुस्लिम लड़कियों ने बुलंद की आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी। Twocircles.net इलाहाबाद निवासी सारा अहमद सिद्दीकी हिजाब पर प्रतिबंध को इस्लामोफोबिया की संज्ञा देते हुए कहती हैं, ये जेंडर इस्लामोफोबिया है, इससे...

Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them

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By IANS, London: Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.

Temple attack in Pakistan not because of faith: Reema Abbasi

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Kolkata: Asserting that Hindus were not persecuted in her country, Pakistani journalist-author Reema Abbasi on Saturday attributed land-grabbing rather faith behind attacks on temples...

Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...

‘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...

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...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – The...

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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...

I lived on but many women can’t; so help me stop this: Acid attack...

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By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi : On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand...

Muslim women and change

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, Mostly people think Muslim women are oppressed and forced to wear veil and confined to the four walls of their houses. This is mainly because we read every day in papers that Taliban force women into veil, burn down girls schools and always portray them wrapped completely in black cloth from head to foot. This image of Muslim women was further reinforced by the burqa controversy which erupted in France.

Meet Saba Haider: An Indian-Muslim woman running for DuPage county board election in US

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Saba is the only candidate of Indian origin among 19 elected members from the state of Illinois. She came to the United States in...

‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...

15 women organizations in Telangana demand release of all persons arrested for anti CAA-NRC-NPR...

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TCN News Telangana: More than 15 women’s organizations from Telangana on Friday strongly condemned the arrests of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protestors by the Delhi Police and the...

Rajasthan school that gives women a voice

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Salanchal (Rajasthan) : On the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, 14 children cram chemical formulae under a tree in the compound of a village school. Seven of them are girls. Around 40 km from district headquarters Alwar, the community-based experiment to educate poor girl children in this remote village of the Thana Gazi block in Rajasthan is unique in many ways.

Tripura official suspended for molesting woman colleague

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By IANS,

Hyderabad girl critical after attack by spurned lover

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Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) A class 12 student was critically injured in an attack by a spurned lover on Wednesday, police said. The assailant was...

Indian women’s hockey team heads for Ireland

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New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team will depart for Ireland Wednesday night to participate in a three-match Test series to prepare for the...

Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife

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By IANS, New Delhi : For Amit Sharma, a zonal manager with a telecom company, abandoning his pregnant wife and posting his profile at a matrimonial website proved costly as he was denied anticipatory bail by a city court and sent to jail for 14 days. His wife Lata alleged that Sharma, who married her in January 2008, soon started harassing for not bringing sufficient dowry. A few months earlier, he abandoned her despite her being pregnant, following which she charged her husband with cruelty.

Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...

Bengal governor questions students’ silence over alleged molestation

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Kolkata: In the wake of the alleged molestation of a Jadavpur University student, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday questioned the silence of...

Girl,15, raped in Jharkhand hospital

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Ranchi : A 15-year-old rape victim, undergoing treatment at a Jamshedpur hospital, was raped for a second time by a security guard of the...

Terror witch-hunt: What about the families?

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

For first time, Saudi women work in slaughterhouses

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Mina : For the first time ever, 15 Saudi women are supervising the slaughtering of sheep, cattle and camels at Al- Moaissim Model Slaughterhouse, near Mina during this Haj season.

आखिर क्यों नही मिल पा रहा बिलकिस को इंसाफ !

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वानिया शेख़ के घर पहुंचे चंद्रशेखर, आयोग ने भी स्वतः लिया संज्ञान

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जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net सुभारती विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा वानिया शेख़ आत्महत्या मामले में भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर ने मेरठ में वानिया शेख़ के घर जाकर वानिया के...

Islam not against progress of women: Er Mohd Salim

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By TCN News, Jaipur: Islam does not restrict women from progress, nor education or business. Islam just expects them to do all these things while remaining within the Islamic parameters, said Engineer Muhammad Salim, Rajasthan state president of Jamaat Islami. He was addressing a conference on “Be protector of women’s dignity” here last week. “The wealth earned by women is theirs. They are owner of moveable or immovable property or wealth that they inherit,” Er Salim further said.

Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav

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By George Joseph, IANS, New Delhi : Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav says that 90 percent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all seats in India's legislatures for women. "If there is no party whip, 90 percent of the MPs will oppose the bill, whether they are from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) or the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), whether they are from backward classes or upper castes, whether they are male or women MPs," Yadav claimed in an interview.

FIR against Baba Ramdev in Jaipur

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Jaipur: An FIR was lodged here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against Dalits, police said Monday. "Some people showing newspaper cuttings,...

Rajasthan woman,85, stripped and tortured for being a ‘witch’

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Jaipur: An 85-year-old woman has complained of being tortured with searing tongs and stripped after being branded as a witch in Rajasthan's Bihara village,...

‘Allocate more funds to implement Domestic Violence Act’

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By IANS,

शर्मसार बिहार : महिलाओं पर बढ़ते हमले

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फहमीना हुसैन : TwoCircles.net बिहार के मुजफ्फरपुर में एक एनजीओ द्वारा संचालित बालिका गृह में लड़कियों के यौन शोषण की घटना का  डरावना सच पूरी...

A masjid for women in Shillong

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By Anju Azad for TwoCircles.net,

17 Muslims (6 women) win in six municipalities in West Bengal

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By Zaidul Haque, Twocircles.net

Verdict in Buddha Garden rape case likely Friday

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By IANS, New Delhi: A city court is likely to pronounce its verdict Friday on the sensational Buddha Jayanti Park gang rape case of 2003 involving four members of the President's Bodyguards as the accused. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Sarvaria had reserved the order last week and is likely to pronounce it Friday. According to the prosecution, the victim had gone with her friend Ashish to the park near the Rashtrapati Bhavan Oct 6, 2003 and was raped by Harpreet and Satendra while Kuldeep and Manish kept guard.

Male students disrupt Leadership Summit organised by women students in AMU

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TCN News The women’s leadership summit, 2019 scheduled for 3 days from 26th March to 28th March that began yesterday at the Aligarh Muslim University...

Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents 

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https://twocircles.net/2023mar10/448581.html Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...

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...

Women of Nandigram movement suffer in silence

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Kolkata: They were once an integral part of the Nandigram movement that eventually catapulted the Trinamool Congress into power in West Bengal, but women...

Court observation on Muslim women’s photos valid, says community

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court's observation that Muslim women will have to lift their veils to be photographed for the electoral rolls is valid, members of the community say. A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma had made the observation while deliberating on a plea to prohibit display of photographs of burqa-clad Muslim women in the voters' list.

India’s women teams eyeing semi-final berths in Lawn Bowl tournament

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By IANS, New Delhi: Indian women Thursday assured themselves of a berth in the semi-final play-offs of the singles and the triples event of the Eight Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event. In the triples category, Indian women defeated South Africa 12-3, 10-8 while in the singles they won 14-1, 7-8 via the tie-breaker against Northern Ireland at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. In the pairs category, the women's team is placed sixth after they lost to Malaysia 11-7, 7-6.

Ramadan1433: Learning

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net You are never too young to start learning, a mother teaches her daughter in Jama Masjid, Delhi. Link: TCN Ramadan 1433window.onload =...

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

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

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...

Can Gates of ijtihad be closed?

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, After the fatwa from Deoband (some of the Deobandis deny that fatwa was ever issued) that Muslim women cannot work with strangers from amongst the men and that in that case her earnings will be haram (prohibited) to her family, a debate is raging on the need for ijtihad (creative reinterpretation of law) and it is often suggested that gates of ijtihad were closed after sack of Baghdad in 1258 and that these gates be reopened.

Husband of mutilated Indian-origin woman charged with murder

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By IANS, London: The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman found lying with a severed hand in a London street has been charged with her murder. Harpreet Aulakh, 31, was charged with murder after being re-arrested Friday by officers investigating the killing of mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said two men aged 31 and 29 were arrested Friday and are in custody at north-west London police stations. Geeta, a receptionist at an Asian radio station was found with severe head injuries and her hand chopped off in Greenford, west London, Nov 16.

Himachal by-elections: Wives hope to succeed husbands

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By IANS, Shimla : Two women are hoping to make it a family affair by contesting for two Himachal Pradesh assembly seats that were vacated by their husbands who are now Lok Sabha MPs. Pratibha Singh, wife of former Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, is eyeing the ticket for the Rohru seat whereas Sudha Sushant, wife of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajan Sushant, is hoping to contest from Jawali. Byelections to both the seats will take place Nov 7.

Rajasthan clears bill on violence against women

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By IANS, Jaipur : Rajasthan Wednesday approved a bill that proposes stringent punishment against women being branded as witches and subjected to other atrocities in the state, officials said.

Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef

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By IANS, New Delhi : India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said. The survey also found that nearly 16 percent of men, who are now aged 20-49, were also married as minors.

एआईएमआईएम के नेता ज़ुबैर अहमद की हत्या में नही मिल रहा इंसाफ, साथ नही...

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‘India making progress on women’s political empowerment’

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By IANS, New Delhi : India has made remarkable progress in taking ahead women's political participation at the local level, an official from the UN body on gender empowerment said here Saturday.

JD-U woman legislator resigns, to contest LS polls

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Patna : A woman legislator of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United Monday resigned from the party and said she will to contest the Lok Sabha...

Muslim woman politician donates 5 acre land for Urdu University

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By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: A Muslim woman politician from Maharashtra has donated five acres of land in the historic city of Aurangabad to the Hyderabad based Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for setting up a university campus there. Fauzia Tehseen, Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra announced donating the land during a visit to MANUU in Hyderabad on the invitation of the university management.

Life in jail for woman for killing grandson

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New Delhi: A 62-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her minor grandson to take revenge on her daughter-in-law. Additional Sessions...

Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves

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Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows...

Woman conceives after tubectomy at Uttar Pradesh hospital

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By IANS, Lucknow : The wife of a poor farmer of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh gave birth to twins earlier this week -- even after opting for a tubectomy operation in a government hospital following the birth of their third child last year. Although the farmer, not willing to be named, says he will make all possible efforts to bring up his five children, the state health department terms this to be a minor issue.

Violence against women in Bangalore: official numbers tip of iceberg

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Bangalore : When it comes to the number of women being subjected to violence on the streets of this tech hub of India, official figures conceal far more than they reveal, according to women's rights activists. "For every single reported case, 10 or more lie hidden," says Jagdeesh B.N., one of the founder members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK), a social group working for safety and security of women. Most of the cases of physical and verbal abuse on women on the streets of Bangalore were not reported, he added.

Kolkata women welcome Triple Talaq judgment

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

Moms go online for seeking parenting advice

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By IANS, Washington: Moms are going online to consult one another and seek parenting advice, says a US study.

Women’s empowerment key issue in Congress meet

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A women’s only car rally held in Punjab

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By IANS, Mohali (Punjab) : Nearly 30 women racing enthusiasts participated in a 80-km car rally here Sunday to commemorate the International World Women's Day. "This is for the second time that I am participating in this event. For me it is the best way to celebrate the Women's Day and also an easy way to get a break from our mundane routine," Gurveen Kaur, a lawyer, told IANS before the start of the rally.

Probe begins into Odisha student’s suicide

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Bhubaneswar: A probe has been initiated into the suicide of a tribal woman student a week ago in Odisha's Gajapati district after she did...

Nearly 1,200 women killed in Pakistan in 2010: Report

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By IANS, Islamabad : Of the 1,195 women murdered in Pakistan this year, 98 were killed after being raped, says a report by the country's first helpline for women and children.

Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality

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By IndiaSpend Team As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...

Status of women in India worse than in 18th century: Modi

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By IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Monday the status of women in India has become worse than in the 18th century despite progress made by society in other areas.

Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

13 held in Assam witch-hunting case

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Guwahati: At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam...

Bengal plans 24×7 helpline for sick kids, pregnant women

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Kolkata : West Bengal is mulling a 24x7 toll-free helpline to help transport pregnant women and sick infants to the nearest hospital in case...

Indian women: Either too fat or too thin

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By Richa Sharma, IANS,

Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh enter sub-junior women’s hockey semis

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By IANS, Sonepat: Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.

उत्तराखंड में जज बन गई गांव की जहांआरा ,गुलसिताँ’ और आयशा

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साजिश के तहत बिगाड़ा गया त्रिपुरा का माहौल ,जमीयत की रिपोर्ट में किया गया...

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Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers

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By IANS,

Why polygamy should not be encouraged?

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Need to repeat and reassert that polygamy is only an option not a compulsion in Islam. By Dr Kouser Fathima First and foremost. Let it be...

‘Split verdict on Hijab issue deprives Karnataka’s Muslim girls’ education’: student orgs

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The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban on the wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka. Muhammad Raafi...

12 female workers killed in road accident

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By IANS, Raipur : At least 12 female labourers were killed Friday and 20 others injured in Chhattisarh when a vehicle in which they were travelling overturned, the police said. A Tata 407 truck crowded with about 45 industrial workers turned turtle in Akoli village in Durg district, some 60 km from here, when the driver lost control while negotiating a turn. The injured, mostly male workers, were rushed to a government hospital at Durg town.

Indian woman jailed for financial fraud in Leicester

Women
By IANS, Leicester : Indian origin woman Daksha Saujani, a tax official here, has been jailed for two years for siphoning off more than 116,000 pounds of the public's money into her family's bank accounts. The mother-of-three exploited her position of trust while managing a team at the Inland Revenue's family tax credit department. The crimes financed "a lifestyle she wasn't entitled to" and enabled her to send her youngest son to private school.

Delhi Metro makes coach location convenient for women

Women
New Delhi : To facilitate boarding and alighting of ladies from the same coach and avoid inconvenience to women passengers travelling on Line 1...

Fewer women at top due to glass ceiling: Women entrepreneurs

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Although more and more women are joining the workforce in India, a glass ceiling is keeping them away from top positions, women entrepreneurs feel.

SCs growing interest for Engineering in contrast with Muslims in Tamil Nadu

Women
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in Tamil Nadu has released Engineering admission statistics community wise over the past few years which reveals that SCs are getting more inclined towards Engineering stream with exponential growth every year where as Muslims figures display steady admission rate – nor significantly increasing nor declining.

Samajwadi women wing chief joins BSP

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party suffered a jolt Saturday when its national women's wing chief Ranjana Bajpai quit to join her party's sworn foe -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Attributing her decision to the "neglect of Brahmins in the Samajwadi Party", she pointedly accused Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh of having "completely hijacked the party". Her exit came within days of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's abrupt move to axe her as the candidate for the Sitapur Lok Sabha seat.

Sexual harassment charges against CJI: SC asks IB, CBI, Delhi Police to look into...

Women
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Madrasa student, a national level athlete raped; accused in police custody in WB

Women
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net

Court dismisses woman’s maintenance plea

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : For Sheena, concealing her income from a city court in a divorce matter proved costly as the court rejected her maintenance plea stating that it cannot allow the law to be used as a tool to get enriched unjustly at the expense of the spouse.

Gujarati Muslims and Congress

Women
Can the relationship stand the test of time? By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Girl murdered by youth in Andhra, rape suspected

Women
By IANS,

Dr Burney’s book on ‘How to Feed Your Kids: And Enjoy’ released

Women
By TCN News,

Action plan for disabled women soon: Bengal panel

Women
By IANS, Kolkata : The West Bengal Women's Commission is planning to come out with a comprehensive action document with recommendations for bettering the lot of the physically challenged women in the state, its chief said Tuesday. The commission is now preparing a blueprint before holding dialogue with policy makers, government officials and stakeholders on how to bring changes to the life of women with disabilities (WWD).

A week after protests, AMU keeps peaceful dissent alive

Women
Text and photos by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh: On the night of 15 December, Ayesha (20) and Tuba (21), two students of AMU sat in...

Northeast has more women than men, yet few female candidates

Women
By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala: There are more women than men in the northeast, but just a handful of them were in the poll fray. In...

Women with hormonal problems prone to diabetes: AIIMS

Women
New Delhi: Women suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a problem in which a woman's hormones are out of balance, are highly prone to...

Woman allegedly burnt alive by in-laws in North Kashmir

Women
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Bandipora: Rehana Gulzar, a 33-year-old woman and a mother of three, was allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws in Ahm-e-Sharief, a...

Railways U-turn on offering exclusive women train coaches to men

Women
Kolkata : In a victory of sorts for female commuters who did not shy to clash with their male counterparts, the Eastern Railway...

Girl burnt alive by spurned lover in Andhra

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

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

Women
मनीषा मशाल   भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

Once unknown names, they are now fighting to oust Mamata

Women
By Anurag Dey Kolkata : Once unknown beyond their immediate circles of family, friends and colleagues, they became crusaders due to difficulties and sorrow they...

Woman legislator from the Left bit me: Congress MLA

Women
Thiruvananthapuram : Amidst the pandemonium that broke out in the Kerala assembly on Friday, a Congress legislator alleged that he was bitten by Jameela...

Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction

Women
Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...

African women writers take a new turn

Women
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends. Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".

Handymen husbands for rent in Argentina

Women
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.

Man to give wife million roses on Women’s Day

Women
By IANS/RIA Novosti,

J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages

Women
Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of...

Petition filed before Bombay HC to arrest Marathi daily’s chief editor for article defaming...

Women
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: An activist has approached the Bombay High Court urging it to order for arrest of Chief Editor of Maharashtra Times...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

Kerala village Nadapuram wins union award for empowerment accountability

Women
Nadapuram Panchayat in Kozhikode district is being governed by IUML for few decades now. By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: Nadapuram often comes to the...

Reform sexual assault laws, treatment of survivors: HRW

Women
By TCN News

“We are at peace now,” says wife of slain UP cop killed in Bulandhshar...

Lead Story
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed two years ago in Chirangavathi, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. His wife was responding to the news of the Supreme...

SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad  

Women
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...

Acid attack on Chandigarh woman for alleged affair

Women
By IANS, Chandigarh : A single mother in Chandigarh was Wednesday battling serious burn injuries after unidentified men threw acid on her for allegedly having an affair with her employer, police said. Nisha, 32, who is divorced and lives with her father, was attacked Tuesday night while she was going to the market on her scooter. "Some unknown persons chased Nisha, who was going towards a market on her scooter, in a Maruti car. After reaching close to her, they threw acid on her," a police official said.

‘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...

Global Women Summit in Vietnam

Women
By Prensa Latina, Hanoi : Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.

68 percent working women suffer from lifestyle diseases: Assocham

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : More than two-third of working women in India suffer from lifestyle diseases, according to a survey conducted by an industry lobby on the eve of Women's Day Sunday. The study, released Saturday by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), said 68 percent of working women surveyed in the age bracket of 21-52 years were found to be afflicted with lifestyle ailments such as obesity, depression, chronic backache, diabetes and hypertension.

Bihar woman says man harassed her via 750 mobile numbers

Women
Patna : A woman in Bihar here has claimed that a man called her from 750 mobile phone numbers in the last six years...

Dowry charge against Jharkhand health minister

Women
By IANS, Ranchi : Jharkhand health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi, who got married last week, has been accused by a woman he was engaged to last year of demanding dowry to marry her. Shipra Singh, a resident of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, alleged that Sahi, who had got engaged to her February 2007, did not marry her as her father was not able to arrange the dowry demanded by Sahi. According to a report in a local newspaper, Shipra said Sahi had demanded Rs.5 million in cash and a luxury car from her family.

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

Women
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...

NCC girls’ team to scale 6,001-metre peak

Women
New Delhi: An NCC girls expedition to the 6,001-metre-high Mount Deo-Tibba peak was flagged off from here by Director General Lt. Gen. A....

Students of MES Indian School on educational trip to Dubai

Women
By TCN News Dubai: Eleven students of The MES Indian School of Doha, Qatar recently visited Dubai as part of the friendship and educational exchange program.

Kerala’s Left Front recommends 50 percent quota for women

Women
By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Friday recommended to the state government to reserve 50 percent seats in local governments for women. "We have now decided that it is time to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women. We expect it to take place by the local bodies polls next year," LDF convener Vaikom Viswan told reporters.

Woman scientist, UN official among India’s top analytics

Women
Kolkata : A woman data scientist, a member of the UN's Big Data innovation initiative, analytics thought leaders and a analytics head of a...

Kerala no better than Delhi with regards to sexual violence against women

Women
By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

A petition ‘Justice for Jashodaben’ floats in response to PM Modi’s triple talaq statement

Women
By Siddhant Mohan and A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Expressing Union government’s opposition to the practice of triple talaq in Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday...

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

Women
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.

Only Muslim woman candidate in Manipur elections vows to fight against domestic violence

Women
The upcoming elections in Manipur are likely to be the most interesting one in years with Congress, historically the strongest party in the region,...

Ayesha Khatun : The woman on a mission

Women
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Women’s panel to submit report on Amethi ‘atrocities’

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it will submit within a week a report on the police attack on women in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town. "I visited Amethi and met the women injured in the baton charge by police. I saw their medical reports," Neeva Konwar, a member of the NCW, told reporters in Lucknow after returning from Amethi. The police allegedly broke into the houses of some residents of Amethi July 13 after they staged a noisy protest against the deteriorating power supply in the town.

This women’s day meet Captain Salva who dared to dream of skies

Women
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.

Manipur molestation: NSCN-IM leader’s photo released

Women
By IANS, Imphal: Three weeks after a leader of the Naga insurgent outfit NSCN-IM allegedly molested a Manipuri actress, the Manipur government Friday made his photo public.

Uttar Pradesh cop accused of rape

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : An Uttar Pradesh policeman has been booked for allegedly raping a woman in Shahjahanpur district, officials said Thursday. Tejpal Singh, posted at Tilhat police station of the district, is absconding after the woman accused him of raping her. "The woman has alleged that Singh lured her to his government quarter inside the police station premises when she went there to lodge a complaint Oct 15," Shahjahanpur district police Superintendent Ejil Arasan told IANS over phone. The woman said that Singh raped her and then tried to give her money, he added.

Global women’s summit held in Istanbul

Women
By IANS, Istanbul : A global summit for women was held in Istanbul for providing a platform to women to share "what works" in accelerating their economic advancement in society.

Ban rave parties, says Goa woman legislator

Women
By IANS, Panaji : Rave parties should be completely banned in Goa and scantily-clad women should be dropped from government advertisements promoting tourism outside the state, Goa's only woman legislator Thursday said. Speaking during a discussion in the assembly, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters. "Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.
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