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औरतों का मासिक धर्म, सेहत और रमज़ान

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अफ़शां खान ‘जानमाज़ मत छूना… क़ुरआन से दूर हटो… अपने कपड़े अलग धो लेना… तुम्हारा रोज़ा नहीं, लेकिन सबका है, इसलिए छुपकर खा लो…’ क्या...

Omar Abdullah targets Mehbooba on Women’s Day

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lashed out at his rival Mehbooba Mufti for "playing petty politics" on women victims.

NHRC asks Delhi to pay molestation victim Rs.5 lakh

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By IANS,

Fatwas: the big picture

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An analysis of randomly selected Deoband fatwas By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल

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जावेद अनीस पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...

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

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

In Hailakandi, a father-son duo might hold edge over their rivals

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Hailakandi: The district of Hailakandi, Assam, has been a hotspot of political activity in the past few weeks, and...

यहां तीन बार तलाक़ कहा तो देना होगा पांच लाख का जुर्माना

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सम्भल : उत्तर प्रदेश की ज़मीन पर पंचायत का रिवाज पुराना है. लेकिन गुरूवार को हादीपुर गांव का पंचायत इन सबसे अलग...

Mamata didi has become Shahenshah: Modi

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Kharagpur (West Bengal) : Launching a direct attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the "didi"...

ASEAN to create commission on women and children next year

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By NNN-PNA, Cha-Am, Hua Hin, Thailand : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will create next year a special body that will be tasked to protect the rights of women and children in the region. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva bared this Friday shortly after the inauguration of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which marked the first day of the three-day 15th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits being held here in southern Thailand.

‘Molested’ Stephen’s student demands principal’s resignation

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New Delhi: A 27-year-old research scholar who has accused a St. Stephen's lecturer of molesting her said on Friday that college principal, Valson Thampu,...

Vrindavan widows to meet PM over protection bill

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(June 23 is World Widow Day) Vrindavan : Widows living in various shelter homes here Sunday said they wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra...

Canteen to be run exclusively by women inaugurated at Jamia

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

Minor girl’s marriage stopped in Bengal

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

Two booked for beating Dalit couple

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Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...

Woman officer unfurls tricolour at Rajpath

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New Delhi : With woman power as the theme for this year's Republic Day parade, there was another feather in the cap when Captain...

Delhi Government not serious about addressing female foeticide, claims Asian Center of Human Rights

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.netAsian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, 'Delhi: Disabling the Girl Child?' has stated that there is little seriousness...

Najma Heptulla assumed charge as Minister for Minority Affairs

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. Najma Heptulla assumed the office as a Minister of Minority Affairs on Tuesday afternoon.

83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC

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Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...

Will look at every aspect in Geetika case: Women’s panel

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By IANS, New Delhi : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team, probing the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, Tuesday said it will look into every possible aspect in her death.

Jwala-Ashwini clinch Canada Open crown

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Calgary: India's most successful women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were crowned champions in the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix following their...

Sponsorship deal cancelled; powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu requests help on social media

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net International powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu has qualified to participate in the World Championship being held in Russia in December but is in...

Women representation low at AICC meet

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By IANS,

Ramadan 1439: Shaista Yacoob

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Shaista Yacoob, 43, is a writer, poet based in Bangalore. Born and brought up in Bangalore, she has been living in...

DCW seeks St.Stephen’s action report on sexual harassment

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday sought to know from Delhi University's St. Stephen's College the action taken on a...

Sonia, Rahul condole death of Sister Nirmala

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New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the death of Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala. Sister...

India gets its first woman speaker in Meira Kumar

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By IANS, New Delhi : History was made Wednesday when diplomat-turned-politician Meira Kumar became the first woman speaker of the Indian parliament, the otherwise fractious house setting aside its differences to elect the Dalit leader unanimously. The 64-year-old Congress leader from Bihar was chosen for the post of speaker of the Lok Sabha, a key constitutional post, after party president Sonia Gandhi proposed her name. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seconded it.

President to visit India’s first women’s education institute

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By IANS, Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office. On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the completion of 150 years of the country's first institute for women's education founded by Maharshi Dhondopant Karve.

Indian, Pakistani officials discuss women’s issues

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By IANS,

अंतरराष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या दिवस पर विशेष :संघ के बड़े एजंडे का छोटा सा हिस्सा है...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी साल 2014 में केंद्र में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद बीजेपी देश भर में अपने व्यापक एजेंडे को लागू करने की दिशा में...

Muslim Women’s Aid Society established in Kancheepuram

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net,

British MPs to hear about female foeticide in India

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By IANS, London : Claims about rising incidence of female foeticide in India are to be presented to British MPs. A report by the international charity ActionAid and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) of Canada claims female foeticide is so common that in Punjab only 300 girls survive for every 1,000 boys among high-caste families. The report, titled 'Disappearing Daughters', is to be presented to MPs belonging to Britain’s all-party group on population, development and reproductive health Monday.

AMU Convocation: Women take centre stage, bag 122 medals

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By TCN News Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) plays a special role in India’s development and AMU students have made their mark not only in India...

‘One Stop Centres’ for women facing physical violence

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New Delhi : The government will establish 'One Stop Centres' (OSC) aimed at providing legal, medical and psychological support to women facing physical violence. The...

Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges

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Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...

Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case

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On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment. Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...

Are Indian ads coming of age with social messages?

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By Azera Parveen Rahman New Delhi: Why should laundry be a woman's job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of...

Starving sisters rescued in Delhi to get financial help

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By IANS,

Mahila Eid milan programme organized by Khudai Khidmatgar

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Voluntary organisation Khudai Khidmatgar organized an Eid Milan programme for women in the capital’s Okhla area to discuss the...

NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry

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New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...

Women voters outnumber men in Jharkhand; 61 percent turnout

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Ranchi : Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...

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...

Five dowry cases filed in a day in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : As many as five dowry cases were registered on a single day with Gurgaon police with complainants alleging harassment by in-laws,...

Government rapped for refusing handicapped girl a job

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up the central government for denying a job to physically handicapped girl Pritilata Nanda of Orissa on the grounds that she did not get her name routed through an employment exchange. Nanda was also awarded damages of Rs.300,000. Besides the central government, four officials of South Eastern Railways were also slammed for showing "lack of sensitivity". Nanda suffers from paralysis of the lower limbs.

Mumtaz rides on Mamata’s wave

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Indian-origin mathematician honoured in Australia

Women

By Neena Bhandari, IANS, Sydney : Nalini Joshi, an Australian of Indian origin, has become only the third woman in mathematics to be elected to the prestigious Australian Academy of Sciences (AAS), founded in 1954 by Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. Joshi, head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney, was made a fellow of AAS in recognition of her life-long achievements in the field of mathematics.

Man to give wife million roses on Women’s Day

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By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Congress rebukes Rathore for invoking Nehru

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By IANS, New Delh: The Congress Thursday rebuked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, for invoking the name of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his remark to media that he would "smile more". Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the former DGP was "mentally sick". Replying to queries about Rathore's remark, Tewari said the remark was the "result of this mental sickness". "The authorities should send him for a mental check-up," he said.

Meet Sadaf Chaudhary, who wants to serve country by becoming an ambassador

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UPSC topper among Muslim aspirants, Sadaf Chaudhary of Roorkee uttarakhand, who secured the overall 23rd rank, is of firm opinion that improvement in the...

ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद

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

Safe, comfy and chatting away – women’s empowerment at PCO booths

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Anjali Kher, 33, a small-time designer from Srinagar, keeps in touch with her family in the Kashmir Valley from the public telephone booth next to her home in Delhi. "The booth remains open till midnight and I drop in almost every day after work to call my father and my brothers," Kher, who lives in Mayur Vihar, told IANS. The public telephone - including the PCO (public call office) phone booths with STD facilities - in India has become a tool of empowerment for women in middle class India, particularly migrants.

Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness

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New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...

President pitches for women’s education, skill development

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

Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania

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Hyderabad : Back home after clinching her first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza said winning Wimbledon with Swiss partner...

Delhi records 40 cases of crimes against women every day

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By Rajnish Singh, New Delhi : The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of...

National consultation on violence against women

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New Delhi : A national consultation process will be held in January to evaluate the current progress in combating violence against women and improvise...

Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari. This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.

Dimapur lynching: Assam truckers stop plying to Nagaland

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Guwahati: Truckers in Assam on Saturday stopped plying their vehicles from here to Dimapur and other parts of Nagaland in protest against the lynching...

बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की...

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बिहार में पर्चा लीक अपराध एक बहुत बड़ी त्रासदी बन चुका है। यह बिहार के युवाओं के सपनों का सरेआम क़त्ल हो जाने जैसा...

A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...

Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico

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Mexico City : A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City. The driver was...

Strict curfew in Kashmir: Women march to ‘Pather Masjid’ foiled; 5 injured

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By Bilal Furqani, AIP Srinagar: Despite a strict security in Kashmir, scores of people including women and children tried to take a protest march to Pather Masjid today afternoon on the call given by Hurriyat (G). Dozens of women demonstrators, led by the Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chief Asiya Andrabi, defied the strict security lockdown in the Srinagar and staged a noisy anti-India rally. The women later dispersed after police tried to block the rally.

Delhi Police to conduct night patrol on motorcycles: Shinde

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By IANS,

It’s fight your own battle for Karnataka’s women candidates

Women

By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Bangalore : The number of women candidates for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls later this month is dismal - a mere 11 as compared to 418 men. Four of the women belong to national parties and except for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, the going is tough for the remaining 10. But the women say they are made of stern stuff and are bravely fighting their male opponents.

“Women thy place is the same!”

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By Saba Rizvi

Hormonal contraceptives less effective for obese women

Women

By IANS, Washington: Hormonal contraceptives seem to be less effective in preventing pregnancy among obese or overweight women, a study says. Four of seven studies examined in a review comprising 39,531 women suggest that the heaviest women have the highest risk of pregnancy while using the contraceptives. "Obese or overweight women should also consider potential health risks from hormonal contraceptives," said Amitasrigowri Murthy, who directs the reproductive choice programme at Bellevue Hospital Centre in New York, reports The Cochrane Library.

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

Women

By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

Women’s bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation. The BJP, a staunch supporter of the bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women, appeared a divided house with some MPs opposing the quota and threatening to vote even against the party's whip. The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Tripura gets maximum women legislators

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By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS, Agartala : With five of the 15 women contestants winning, the Tripura assembly now has the highest number of women legislators since the state was carved out in 1972.

How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thousands of miles from Bihar, Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan of Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) talked about their...

Kolkata girl aims to knock out poverty with the help of Karate

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Life in a Kolkata slum can break the spirit of even the most strong-willed person. It can also, however, inspire...

Maldives woman kept confined in room for 12 years

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By IANS, Male : A 30-year-old Maldivian woman was kept confined in her room for 12 years by her family. She was discovered only last week after a complaint. The Gender Ministry is investigating the case reported on Kinbidhoo island of the Thaa atoll. The 30-year-old woman is the daughter of one of the Island Chiefs of Kinbidhoo, according to the Haveeru Daily. Ministry officials observed that the room where she was kept hadn't been cleaned for a long time and even her clothes were filthy. Her bed was covered with a sheet of linoleum, which was torn in several places.

Tamil Nadu minister’s resignation accepted

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu minister A.A. Poongothai's resignation has been accepted by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala Tuesday. Poongothai's social welfare portfolio has been allotted to P. Geetha Jeevan, another woman ministerm, a Raj Bhavan release said. Poongothai submitted her resignation to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi May 14 following an expose of an alleged telephone conversation between her and a senior police official during which she reportedly sought favour for a relative.

3,000 women poll personnel in Bengal: Poll panel

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Kolkata : The Election Commission Friday said as many as 3,000 women poll personnel will be deployed in 575 polling booths in West Bengal. According...

Margaret Thatcher named world’s most influential woman

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By IANS, London: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been named as the most influential woman in the world, according to a new survey.

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अपनी जान जोखिम में डाल बदहाल व्यवस्था को सांसे देने का...

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Over 1.25 lakh women trafficking cases in India last year

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Kolkata, (IANS): There were 35,000 reported cases of child trafficking and 1,25,750 women trafficking cases in the country in 2016-17, with West Bengal topping in...

UP government’s utterances on women ring hollow

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By Mohit Dubey, IANS,

Lucknow woman’s family stages sit-in, demands CBI probe

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Lucknow : The family of a Lucknow woman, who was murdered last week, Friday began an indefinite sit-in here, trashing police investigations and demanding...

‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow

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By TCN News Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...

Mirza Aejaz Baig: An ordinary teacher with an extra-ordinary zeal for poor to complete...

Women

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Central government is spending crores of rupees to eradicate illiteracy through scores of schemes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (The...

Ten percent women in Saudi parliament

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By IANS, Riyadh : For the first time, women will represent 10 percent of the 150 seats of the Saudi Shura, or consultative council, in the coming legislative term, Xinhua reported.

Delhi’s women’s helpline breaks down

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.

Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature

Women

Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....

From cooking tips to charity: Meet the ‘vlogger family’ from Malappuram

Women

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Vlogging or video-blogging is nothing new in this modern age of technology. But there is an interesting vlogger family worth knowing...

प्रेरणा : कोरोना से बखूबी लड़ रही है भारत की पहली ट्रांसजेंडर डॉक्टर अक्सा...

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‘Need campaign through short films, documentaries again terrorism’

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Jaipur : Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that there was a need for a campaign through...

Kerala women panel member lauds RSS stand on temple entry

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Thiruvananthapuram : A Kerala Women's Commission member on Sunday welcomed the RSS' stand favouring entry of women into temples. Lissy Jose, in a release issued...

Woman ‘thrown out’ of train in Bengal, railways rubbish claim

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Kolkata: Angry passengers ransacked a railway station and roughed up two officials Saturday claiming a woman passenger was thrown off a moving train in...

Anupam Kher supports UN Women’s work on gender equality

Women

New York : Veteran actor Anupam Kher is happy to be appointed as the 50/50 champion for gender equality to support UN Women's work. In...

Vitamins C, E, beta carotene fail to cut cancer risk among women

Women

By IANS, Washington : Women who take beta carotene or vitamin C or E or a combination of the supplements face a similar risk of cancer as women who do not take them, according to fresh data. Studies have suggested that people whose diets are high in fruits and vegetables, and thus antioxidants, may have a lower risk of cancer. Results from randomised trials that address the issue, however, have been inconsistent and have rarely supported that observation.

One cannot pursue political ambition at cost of one’s life, says Shweta Bhatt

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By Sayema Sahar for TwoCircles.net,

Women not safe in Bihar, says NCW team

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By IANS,

Favour women SHGs in allocation of ration shops: Jharkhand CM

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Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday instructed the officials to favour Women's self-help groups (SHGs) in allocation of ration shops in...

Woman official arrested in Tripura multi-crore scam

Women

Agartala: A senior Tripura education department woman official was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than Rs.4 crore from a central government scheme, police said...

More than 52,000 pregnant Nigerian women die every year

Women

By Xinhua, Lagos : The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) has said more than 52,000 Nigerian women die every year from pregnancy-related complications, the Punch newspaper reported Monday. Unsafe sex has become the second highest cause of death among people in one of the poorest countries of the world, the UNFPA said in a report titled Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights released Sunday.

US admits holding teenage son of Pakistani scientist

Women

By DPA, Karachi : US authorities have admitted that the teenage son of a Pakistani woman scientist held in the United States on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan is in their custody, her family said Sunday. "We received a letter from the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J Gracia late Friday in which he acknowledged of having in custody Aafia Siddiqui's eldest son, Ahmed, who will turn 12 years old in November," her sister Fauzia told DPA.

Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!

Women

By IANS, Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard. Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk. "Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.

Sheena murder: Cops quiz ex-lover, brother fears for life

Women

Mumbai : In a bid to get to the bottom of Sheena Bora's murder, police on Thursday twice grilled Rahul Mukherjea, the victim's...

Trial in Lucknow for women’s wrestlers from Monday

Women

New Delhi : The selection committee of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will meet at Sports Authority of India (SAI) training Centre in...

Muslim law board enhances its own women quota

Women

By IANS, Lucknow : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five. Announcing this on the last day of the board's three-day annual convention at the Nadwa Darul-Uloom Islamic university here, AIMPLB spokesman-cum-legal adviser Zafaryab Jilani told reporters Sunday: "We have nominated five women this time on the board's executive committee."

Little has changed; Modi should ensure women’s security: Parents

Women

(Two years after Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape) By Rajnish Singh, New Delhi : Saying that nothing has changed since the brutal Dec 16 gang-rape that shook the nation two years ago, the parents of the victim have now pinned their hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to initiate a mission for women's safety on the lines of his Clean India Campaign.

China launches Shenzhou-9 with first woman astronaut

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By IANS, Beijing: China launched its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with the country's first female astronaut aboard Saturday.

Amid reports of violence, 20 percent polling in Bengal

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Kolkata : Amid allegations of violence and voter intimidation, nearly 20 percent of polling was recorded in the first two hours in 31 constituencies...

HC takes cognizance of Tihar women’s deplorable condition

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a letter sent by the Supreme Court's Justice Kurian Joseph...

Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety

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

IAF women officers on Himalayan cycling expedition

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Pathankot (Punjab) : An Indian Air Force all-women officers' team Sunday embarked on a month-long cycling expedition from here to Leh in Jammu and...

Feng shui master loses battle for fortune of Asia’s richest woman

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By DPA, Hong Kong : A Hong Kong judge Tuesday dismissed a claim on the $13 billion estate of Asia's richest woman by a feng shui master who claimed to have been her secret lover. The judge, Johnson Lam Man-hon, threw out the claim by feng shui master Tony Chan, 50, for the entire fortune of Nina Wang, head of the Chinachem property empire who died in April 2007 aged 69. Instead, he awarded the estate to a charitable foundation run by Wang's family, saying that a will produced by Chan to claim Wang's fortune was not genuine.

India’s biggest women’s grassroots chain connects to Africa

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

‘We were loyal supporters of BJP,’ Bengali Colony residents anguished with eviction notices

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A Dalit majority area consisting of more than 25,000 houses situated near the Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi is facing the threat of...

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman

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Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...

Women disadvantaged in dual-income households

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By IANS, Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study. Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers. Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities, Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.

Jung alerts cops on crime against women, people from NE

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New Delhi : Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed Delhi Police to adopt zero-tolerance policy for crimes against women, an official spokesman...

December 16 documentary: Bar Council notice to lawyers

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New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Saturday issued notice to two defence advocates for their controversial remarks in the BBC documentary...

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

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Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

So when exactly will the Muslims become the majority in India?

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Headlines screamed more than the numbers when census 2011 data on religious communities was released earlier this week. The most sensational headlines...

More women MPs in panel to fight for quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Leading political parties Saturday added more members to a parliamentary panel that is discussing the controversial Women's Reservation Bill, which is facing opposition from some parties including a few ruling allies. While the Congress party has nominated its whip Krishna Tirath and Tejaswini Gowda, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proposed Kiran Maheswari and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has suggested P. Satheedevi for the panel.

50 percent women elected in Goa municipal polls

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By IANS, Panaji : Fifteen of the 30 seats in Goa's only municipal corporation have been won by women, poll results announced Monday revealed.

NHRC notice to Madhya Pradesh over healthcare facilities

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over poor healthcare facilities in Damoh...

Majiziya Bhanu wins gold in World Powerlifting Championship

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Majiziya Bhanu has done it again. The Kerala girl has won a gold medal in the 56 kg senior women's open...

Women’s boxing team to compete in Russia

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By IANS, New Delhi : A five-member Indian women's boxing team will compete in the International boxing tournament at St Petersburg, Russia. The team, also comprising two coaches, left New Delhi Tuesday for the three-day tournament starting Wednesday. Team: Kalpana Choudhary (48 kg), Chhoto Loura (51), Sushma Kumari (54) Laxmi Padhya (75), N. Sangeeta Devi (81). Chief Coach: B.C. Bhatt Coach: Jaivir Singh

Seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ at AMU

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By TCN News, Aligarh: A three-day seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ has been inaugurated today in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Woman saves Indian from Bangladeshis’ captivity in Baharin

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Manama: An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the...

The right to life must be guaranteed and culture of impunity must end: Anjuman...

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Anjuman Ara Begum is Ph.D scholar of Department of Law, Gauhati University, Assam, India and the Regional Research Associate for the North Eastern states for South Asia Forum for Human Rights for the Project Understanding Impunity. She has researched the armed conflict in North Eastern states and its impact on civilians since 2004. Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net interviewed her about her research. Opinions given are her personal. Read some of the cases after the interview. Q: Why were you interested in this investigation?

Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize

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By Betwa Sharma, IANS, United Nations : Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize. Khabar Lahariya is produced and marketed by rural women from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of India's most populous state. The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given by the United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar, a centre for gender and education, which is based in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Muslim women and right to work

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Five held guilty in two Shakti Mills gang-rape cases

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Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday found five people guilty of two gang-rape cases in July-August last year in the Shakti Mills Complex here, officials...

Pakistani govt announces five-point programme for Women Development

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By NNN-APP, Islamabad : The Ministry of Women Development will launch a five-point programme named after Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed. Under the programme the government will move the long overdue Domestic Violence Bill in the parliament and all government land allotment will be done in the name of the women of the house, Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman said while reviewing the performance of the ministry.

Ramadan 1438: Kaneez Fatima

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I fast because it's an order from Allah, and because it is a part of my religion that is very...

Daughter in law of Millat Council supremo moves to court against harassment, dowry demands

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In a major development, a woman who is the daughter-in-law of the Aala Hazrat clan is fighting against demands of...

Women most vulnerable to climate change, says UN report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women, particularly those in poor countries, are among the most vulnerable to climate change, said a United Nations report released here Thursday. "They (women) are among the most vulnerable to climate change, partly because in many countries they make up a larger share of the agricultural work force and partly because they tend to have access to fewer income-earning opportunities," the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) report said.

Himachal fair to fairer sex

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS, Shimla : Call it a coincidence, but many top slots in the Himachal Pradesh administration are occupied by women.

हक़ मांगना कब से मज़हब के खि‍लाफ़ हो गया…

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नासिरूद्दीन , TwoCircles.net जब भी कोई मज़लूम आवाज उठाती/उठाता है, ताक़तवर उसकी आवाज़ दबाने की भरपूर कोशि‍श करते हैं. ताक़त के कई रूप हैं. इसके...

Two Bengaluru school officials held for girl’s death

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Bengaluru: The chairman and director of a school in which a teenage girl was shot dead were arrested on Thursday for failing to comply...

Delhi councillor arrested over racist comment

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 50-year-old woman councillor was arrested here Thursday for making a racist comment a year ago, police said Thursday. Kalpana Jha,...

Child’s rape: Delhi Police clueless about attacker

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New Delhi: It has been two days since a four-year-old girl was found raped in the national capital but Delhi Police are still clueless...

Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention

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By IANS, Ipoh (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian woman who spent 11 months at an immigration depot on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant has sued the government for RM6 million ($150,000 approx.) for her suffering while under detention. M. Rajeshvari named as defendants the government and six others, including Home Minister Syed Hamid Syed Albar and Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan. The suit was filed by her lawyer A. Magesan, also an ethnic Indian, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry Thursday.

Women bodies, activists condemn ‘witch’ killings in Assam

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Minor girl set on fire in Ghaziabad, dies in hospital

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By IANS Ghaziabad: A girl was beaten up and set on fire by four men, who accused her of having an affair, in Ghaziabad, police said Tuesday. She later succumbed to her injuries in hospital. The girl, Imrana Hakim (15) was at her house in the Tauri Tereh locality under Bhojpur police station of Ghaziabad, with her younger sister Monday. Her mother was working in the local fields while her father was out of town for some work, district police chief Akhil Kumar said.

Ghaziabad teacher arrested for sexually assaulting student

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Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad Police arrested a teacher for sexually assaulting a class XI student of a prestigious public school in Modinagar town here. The police...

Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament

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Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia. Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Labor Party candidate...

See if triple talaq impinges Muslim women’s rights, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to examine whether the practice of 'talaq-e-bidat' (instantaneous triple talaq), 'nikah halala' and...

Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover

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By IANS, Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam. "There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.

Rapist jailed for 30 years

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New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...

Four held for misbehaving with girls in JNU

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By IANS, New Delhi: Four men in an inebriated state were arrested Sunday for misbehaving with girl students and threatening a security guard by putting a gun to his head on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. According to the varsity students, the four men came inside the campus around 3.30 p.m. They were drinking in their white Hyundai Accent car.

59-year-old woman passes higher secondary exam

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By IANS, Kolkata: She is 59 but her enthusiasm towards studying is as fresh as any teenage student. Nurjahan Begum from Cooch Behar passed her higher secondary examination this year from Rabindra Open School in the district. Squeezing time out of domestic preoccupations, Nurjahan managed to appear for the exam to fulfil her long-cherished dream. She had passed her secondary exam in 1969 and then had to leave school after her marriage to Saidul Haq. But Nurjahan did complete a short training course in nursing and got a job of a health supervisor in the state health department.

Daughter wants death for rapist dad

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By IANS Amritsar: "My father should not be spared for his acts. He should be shot dead," was the impassioned plea of the college-going daughter of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The father has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past eight years. Speaking to reporters here Thursday, the 20-year-old said she wanted no mercy for her father. "Don't spare him. The police should shoot him dead," she said, speaking in Punjabi.

10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training

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Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...

Ensure safety of women, NHRC asks states

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New Delhi : Concerned over recent crimes against women, the NHRC Friday asked all state governments to adopt measures ranging from constructing toilets to...