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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...

Ramadan1433: Zakaat

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net Zakaat is the obligatory charity for Muslims which is 2.5% of all their savings, investments, and gold. Two women wait for...

Kartika Reddy Hyderabad’s first woman mayor

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By IANS, Hyderabad : Banda Kartika Reddy of the Congress party was Friday elected unopposed as Hyderabad's first woman mayor after the ruling party agreed to sharing of power with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) in the civic body. Kartika Reddy, who was elected as corporator from Tarnaka division in last month's elections, is also the first mayor of Greater Hyderabad.

Woman raped by childhood friend on pretext of job

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New Delhi: A 30-year-old fitness centre employee has been arrested for raping his childhood woman friend here after promising to provide her a job,...

Disturbing and Contradictory: A Timeline of the Events at R.G. Kar Medical College

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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 R.G. Kar Medical College on August 9 has sent...

Techie arrested for killing friend’s wife in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: A young techie was arrested on Monday for murdering his friend's wife, a homemaker, in Bengaluru's upscale eastern suburb, police said. "The suspect, 32-year-old...

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

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

Women Congress activists protest outside Jaitley’s residence

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New Delhi : Hundreds of women Congress supporters protested outside Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence here Friday afternoon demanding an apology from him...

Seven women in Modi’s council of ministers

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New Delhi : Seven women Monday took oath as ministers in the Narendra Modi government, and one of them is set to be a...

Delhi man gets 10 years in jail for rape

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New Delhi: A court here sent a married man to jail for 10 years for raping a girl after posing as a bachelor and...

Indian woman in Oman kills children, attempts suicide

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By IANS, Dubai : An Indian woman in Oman murdered her two children and then attempted suicide. She has been arrested. The woman, identified by her neighbours as Priya from Kerala, killed her two children Friday morning at her home in the Muttrah locality of the Omani capital of Muscat, the Khaleej Times newspaper said. She had reportedly informed the police and her friends and relatives in Oman and in India about her intentions before committing the crime. The two children, a boy and a girl, were students of Class 2 and kindergarten, respectively, at the Indian School in Muscat.

Only one woman among Modi’s new ministers

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New Delhi : Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, the only woman among the 21 members inducted into the Narendra Modi ministry Sunday, now takes to eight...

CPI (ML) demands CBI probe into Delhi school stampede

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The Delhi State Committee of the CPI (ML) today demanded a CBI enquiry into the Khajuri Khas government school stampede in which five girl students were killed on September 10, alleging that the state government was not bringing out the truth. The organization has also demanded resignation of Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.

First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor

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Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...

Women in Bihar plough fields, sing to please rains gods

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Ambekar becomes fourth woman to be Mumbai mayor

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Mumbai : First-time Shiv Sena corporator Snehal Ambekar was elected the mayor of Mumbai - the 73rd of the city - while ally Bharatiya...

Indian in Oman writes a family saga

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By IANS, Dubai : An expatriate Indian woman in Oman has written a new novel, a family saga set in India and Oman. Sunaina Serna Ahluwalia's "A Safe Harbour" is the story of two women, Afreen Luthra and her daughter Trishala. It is a modern-day suspense-cum family saga set in India and Oman, which is home to a large expatriate Indian community. India's Ambassador to Oman Anil Wadhwa launched the book at a function in Muscat where officials of the National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) and the ambassadors of Britain and Malaysia were present.

‘Allocate more funds to implement Domestic Violence Act’

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Gurgaon doctor sent to custody for raping sister

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Gurgaon: A 33-year-old doctor was Sunday sent to 14 days judicial custody on charges of raping his younger sister for over eight years, police...

Mamata kicks-off assembly poll campaign on Women’s Day

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Kolkata: Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016...

NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health

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

Probe ordered as woman complains against UP’s 1090 official

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Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe and directed the repatriation of the incharge of the '1090 Women Power Line' on...

No commission on snoopgate, centre tells SC

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New Delhi: The central government Friday told the Supreme Court that there was no move to set up a commission to probe the alleged...

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Breaking his silence for the first time since he was convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday taunted the media saying that he will "smile more" if the media tried to harm him. Fighting legal battles and fresh cases slapped on him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Haryana police, Rathore, whose triumphant smile after his conviction in the 19-year-old molestation became the butt of ridicule in the media, said: "You want to know the secret of this smile, I will tell you."

Seven beaten up in Jharkhand for suspected occult ritual

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By IANS, Ranchi : Seven people including a woman were brutally beaten near a Jharkhand village as local residents suspected them of carrying out an occult ritual. According to local media reports Wednesday, about ten people reached Hundru waterfall Tuesday near Sikidiri village, around 70 km from Ranchi. Their luggage included two goats and three hens.

Indian women don’t have multiple affairs, nor do they cry: Mike Pandey

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Why women interact socially better than men

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By IANS, Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study. The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.

सीमांचल की ज़मीन पर साहित्य का इंटरनेशनल उत्सव

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net बिहार के किशनगंज में इंटरनेशनल लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल...! ये बात कईयों के लिए हैरानी का सबब बन सकती है. मगर ये...

Hope women find courage through my books: Author Madhuri Banerjee

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By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi : Is it taboo for women to talk about sex, their hidden desires or having extra-marital affairs? No! It...

Kuwait elects its first women parliamentarians

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By DPA, Kuwait City/Cairo : Kuwait has elected its first women lawmakers in a move seen as a historic success for women in the Gulf state's male-dominated parliament. Four female candidates came in the top 10 positions in three electoral districts in Saturday's vote, Kuwait's official news agency KUNA reported Sunday. With almost half of the votes counted, Massuma al-Mubarak, who made history by becoming the first Kuwaiti woman minister in 2005, was leading all candidates with a large margin in her district, the satellite news channel al-Jazeera reported.

“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...

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Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...

Saba Anjum: Muezzin’s daughter is now Indian hockey team captain

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By AnIndianMuslim.com, The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale.

Violence against women keeping them away from politics: NGO

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women are making steady inroads into almost every profession in South Asia these days. Yet, when it comes to politics, why are many women politicians not seen? The reason, according to an NGO, is violence - more psychological than physical - against women in politics. Representatives of the South Asia Partnership (SAP), an international organisation that promotes democracy through the civil society came together Monday to discuss the various aspects of this disturbing fact that has, until now, not been highlighted.

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

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

Woman attacked with acid in Srinagar

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Srinagar : A young woman, who is a law student, was attacked with acid here Thursday, leaving her in a critical condition, police said. Police...

Why are girls looked upon as marriage material only?

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By Zohra Javed,

Fatwas and Muslim Women

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By Irfan Engineer, The Supreme Court on 7th July 2014 ruled that fatwas had no legal sanctity and the defiance of fatwas would not have civil or criminal consequences as it had no place in independent India under our constitutional scheme. Though the Apex Court did not injunct Islamic religious authorities like the Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband, Dar-ul-Qaza or Nizam-e-Qaza from issuing fatwa as issuance of fatwas per se were not illegal in its opinion, it clarified that “it is not a decree, not binding on the court or the state or the individual. It is not sanctioned under our constitutional scheme”.

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

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

Woman should remove burqa, Australian court told

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By IANS, Sydney: A lawyer in an Australian court has argued that a Muslim woman should remove her burqa while giving evidence, just as she would have to while appearing in an Islamic court. But the court in Perth hearing the lawyer's submission Thursday rejected the argument as not relevant, Australian news agency AAP reported. District Court Judge Shauna Deane said the defence counsel's submission, that in Islamic courts women had to remove their burqas, was not relevant as the matter was not being heard in an Islamic court.

Vrindavan widows’ first Holi with colours Friday

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Goverdhan/Vrindavan : For the first time, about a 1,000 widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will this year play Holi with colours at an...

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...

Court asks police to probe Renuka’s ‘Talibanisation’ comment

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By IANS, Bangalore : A Mangalore court has directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) against Union Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Choudhury for her comment that last month's attack on women in a pub there was "Talibanisation" of the city. The Mangalore police have been asked to submit a report by March 20 on a complaint filed by Mangalore city corporation mayor Ganesh Hosabettu that Choudhury's comment had damaged the image of the city and was meant to incite communal disharmony.

Women better than men in clinching business deals

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By IANS, London : Although few women occupy top slots in corporate hierarchies, a new study shows that they may be more accomplished in negotiations than their masculine counterparts. Yael Itzhaki of Tel Aviv University carried out simulations of business negotiations among 554 Israeli and American management students at Ohio State University and in Israel, reported EurekAlert.

इंसाफ की लड़ाई को अंजाम तक पहुंचाने वाली आशा देवी को पदम अवार्ड देने...

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TCN News नई दिल्ली। हैवानियत की इंतहाई बयां करने वाला निर्भया दुष्कर्म व हत्या मामले में इंसाफ की लड़ाई को अंजाम तक पहुंचाने वाली आशा देवी...

Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic

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Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...

Mulayam talking rubbish: Lalu

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Patna: Mulayam Singh Yadav is talking "rubbish", RJD chief Lalu Prasad said Friday, reacting to the Samajwadi Party chief terming as unfair the death...

Rights of women in live-in relations under court lens

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Take money and abort, Bihar panchayat tells raped girl, booked

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Patna : A case has been lodged against eight members of a panchayat, a village executive, in Bihar's Kishanganj district for asking a girl,...

Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

Rukhsana’s family migrates to Rajouri Town

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By News Agency of Kashmir Rajouri:The family of Gujjar girl, Rukhsana who won great commendation for her valorous act of killing a militant after a group of them attacked her house, today migrated from the home village in Shadra Sharief area of Rajouri, fearing retaliation from the militants. Rukhsana hit the headlines across the country early this week after police claimed that she along with her brother and other family members killed a dreaded Lashkar commander when he barged in their house along with his two associates.

A bus ride to remember victim of Dec 16 gang rape

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New Delhi : Activists from Delhi's red light area and students Monday boarded a bus from Connaught Place and rode to Munirka in south...

Mahajan to attend women presiding officers’ meet in Switzerland

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New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the ninth annual meeting of women speakers of parliament in Switzerland Sep 4-5. The theme...

उत्तरप्रदेश में महिलाओं के लिए पहला जिम मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर के पूरकाजी में शुरू हुआ जिसे...

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मुजफ्फरनगर- आस मोहम्मद कैफ,TwoCircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर से देहरादून जाने के रास्ते में आधे घंटे के सफर के बाद चाट की मशहूर दुकानों का बाज़ार जहाँ दिखाई दे...

‘High proportion of HIV+ women report domestic abuse’

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By IANS, Pune: A high proportion of HIV positive women report domestic violence than HIV negative women, says a latest study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune.

एक्सक्लुसिव : मुजफ्फरनगर से ही बिछड़े थे,मुजफ्फरनगर से ही जुड़ेंगे !

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मस्जिद के दरवाजे किसानों के खोल देने से लेकर, मुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में लंगर लगाने और राकेश टिकैत के अल्लाहू अकबर और हर -हर...

Why AMU should have a woman vice-chancellor this time

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The American society is pushed to the back foot in debates concerning liberty, equality and opportunity when an opponent points out that the society...

British government seeks more ethnic minority women in public life

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By IANS, London : Minister for women and equalities Harriet Harman says Britain needs more Black, Asian and other minority ethnic women councillors after new data showed their numbers have fallen. Only 149 out of 19,617 elected councillors across England are minority ethnic women this year, compared with 164 in 2006. This represents less than one per cent of all councillors, although minority ethnic women make up more than five percent of the population. To fully reflect society the number of female minority ethnic councillors would have to rise nearer to 1,000.

तस्वीरों में साल 2022 का एएमयु में मनाया गया सर सैयद डे !

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जिब्रानुदीन। Twocircles.net कल, 17 अक्टूबर को दुनिया भर में अलीग बिरादरी द्वारा धूमधाम से सर सैयद डे का जश्न मनाया गया। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के...

AMU Women’s Club organizes Eid Milan programme

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By TwoCircles.net The Aligarh Muslim University Women's Club held Eid Milan function hosted by Prof Shagufta Aleem at the Indira Gandhi Hall on 21st July,...

Two women held in Chennai for dowry harassment

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BY IANS, Chennai : Two women were arrested Sunday on charges of harassment for dowry and assisting bigamy by attempting to arrange the third marriage of an IT professional relative domiciled in Singapore, the police said. "Madina Begum (55) and Safina (35) were arrested based on a complaint from Abu Bakkar Siddique that his Singapore-based son-in-law Mohammad Ali Maraikkayar was attempting to marry a third time through the efforts of his mother Madina and sister Safina," police inspector S. Kalyani told IANS.

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

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Islamists protest Dhaka’s equal rights to women policy

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Hyderabad’s IT corridor to have all-women police station

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Hyderabad : The Telangana government has decided to set up an exclusive all-women police station in Cyberabad, the information technology (IT) district housing several...

Blow to gender equality as more believe women’s place at home

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : The shine's wearing off Super Moms. It's not just the men who say this, but a growing number of women too. Both are inclining to agree that a woman's place is more at home, wiping the sheen off the notion of gender equality in developed countries, a Cambridge survey says.

34,000 women paramedics go missing after Pakistan floods

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By IANS, Islamabad : According to the UN, around 34,000 women paramedical workers have gone missing from the flood affected districts of Pakistan, a media report said Saturday.

Talks over women’s quota bill likely April 5

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By IANS, New Delhi: The government is likely to hold consultations with political parties on the women's reservation bill on April 5, official sources said here Wednesday. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will attend the meeting, sources added.

नफ़रत भरे इस दौर में तमन्ना पंकज बन रही हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता की मिसाल

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तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles.net पेशे से वकील तमन्ना पंकज लोगों की ज़िंदगी में हिंदू-मुस्लिम के बीच के फ़ासलों को कम कर उसे एक नया आयाम देने की...

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

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

Activist groups demand passage of women reservation bill

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Several members of women's rights groups assembled here on Tuesday to demand from the government passage of long-pending Women's Reservation...

Harassed by cops, two girls drink poison; one dead

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By IANS Bhopal: A 13-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh died while her elder sister was battling for life Thursday after they consumed poison following harassment by two constables, who had allegedly clicked obscene photographs of one of them. A high-level probe has been ordered. The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, about 350 km from here. While the younger girl died Wednesday, the elder one is being treated at a hospital in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net नीट 2022 की परीक्षा में लगभग 1200 मुस्लिम बच्चों ने सफलता हासिल की है इनमें से कई बच्चे मदरसा बैकग्राउंड के...

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...

खरखौदा कांड पर कुछ सवाल

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By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net, उत्तर प्रदेश, जिसे लेकर बहुत सारे राजनैतिक स्वप्न मुमकिन हैं, अब उन खौफनाक सपनों का गढ़ बनता जा रहा है जिसे हर लड़की के परिजन दिन-रात देख रहे हैं. बदायूं को लें, मुजफ्फरनगर या लखनऊ, सूबे का कोई भी प्रमुख इलाका बलात्कार और हत्या की घटनाओं से अछूता नहीं है. उन इलाकों की गिनती ही कहीं नहीं है, जहां हुए बलात्कार के मामलों की खबर ही समूचे पटल से नदारद है. इस फ़ेहरिस्त में एक और नाम, जि4ला मेरठ का जुड़ा है. मेरठ के खरखौदा में एक लड़की ने आरोप लगाया कि पिछले लगभग डेढ़ महीनों के अंतराल में उसके साथ दो बार सामूहिक बलात्कार हुआ, उसकी शरीर से किडनियां निकाल ली गईं और उसे इस्लाम कबूल करने के लिए मजबूर किया गया. प्रथम दृष्टि से यह मामला तो एक सीधा और साफ़ मामला लगता है लेकिन मामले की गहराई में जाने पर और भी कई बातें सामने आती हैं.

Saudi Arabia allows women to participate in municipal polls

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Riyadh : A new law that allows women in Saudi Arabia to vote and contest in municipal elections has come into force, a media...

Rahat Taslim KBC’s first woman crorepati

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Now, women are new vote bank in Bihar

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Patna: With women voters outnumbering male voters in the first two of the five-phase Bihar assembly polls, they have emerged as a prominent vote...

Kejriwal asks Bassi for details on crime against women

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to provide details regarding crime against women in the national...

Himachal Pradesh government trains over 5,000 women

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Shimla: Over 5,000 poor women were trained by Himachal Pradesh government under management of funds, as the National Rural Livelihood Mission is the main...

NHRC issues notice over Chhattisgarh deaths

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the Chhattisgarh government to explain the deaths of 13 women in a state...

Indian medical journal focuses on Ramadan in its current issue

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By TCN News New Delhi: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has devoted its current issue to medical issues of Diabetic patients during the month of Ramadan.

Women activists stage silent protest in Srinagar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Women's rights activists staged a silent protest in Srinagar Thursday against the alleged deteriorating women's rights scenario in Kashmir.

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.

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

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Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

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...

Hold talks with rebels, women’s group tells Meghalaya

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Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life

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New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...

Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.

Young woman’s semi-nude body found hanging from tree

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By IANS, New Delhi : The semi-naked body of a young woman was found hanging Wednesday from a tree in a public park in northwest Delhi. The police suspect she could have hung herself after being sexually assaulted. The victim, who appeared to be in her early-20s and was yet to be identified, was found hanging around 9.35 a.m. from a tree in Sector-3 Rohini, a stone's throw away from the Jaipur Golden Hospital. She might have hung herself with the sari she was wearing, a police official said.

Six arrested in Haryana for gang-raping, selling woman

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Chandigarh : Haryana Police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape and sale of a woman from Maharashtra. Three...

No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily

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By Prashant Sood, IANS, New Delhi : The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said. "After all in a democracy (you) can't bulldoze. Talking is the real beauty of democracy," Moily told IANS in an exclusive interview, underscoring a change of heart on the part of the ruling coaliton that pushed through the proposed legislation in the Rajya Sabha March 9.

Paying a debt to our mothers, says law minister

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By IANS, New Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily Tuesday said by passing of the historic Women's Reservation Bill providing 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies "we are paying a debt to our mothers". The apprehensions expressed by some MPs on the quota would be addressed, the law minister assured the house.

MGNREGS: Women RTI activists threatened for seeking information

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Ramadan 1436: Rain

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Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby...

BSF to deploy women troopers along borders

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By IANS, Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...

98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change

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By IANS, Handwara : A 98-year-old woman, confident that her vote will help usher in change, stood in queue at a polling station in Handwara constituency in the third phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday. "There are many problems like unemployment, bad roads and poor electricity. I am voting for someone who will change things. I am confident my vote will make a difference," said Fazi, who waited patiently for her turn to vote at the Machipora polling station although she could barely stand.

Empowering Rural Women: India’s Drone Pilots Pioneering Agricultural Innovation

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Suhail Bhat, TwoCircles.net Gurugram (Haryana): On a Monday morning in Manesar, a village in Gurugram district, Haryana, a group of four women attentively follows instructions from...

Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...

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In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

I faced no specific challenges because of my community or my gender: AAP Hyderabad...

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By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Women’s under representation in political sphere is inextricably linked with their low and inferior status in the Indian society....

Women writers spice up thriller scene

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Pakistan passes pro-women bill

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill aimed at elminating crimes against women and ending practices like forced marriages to settle disputes.

‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...

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For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...

India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85

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By NNN-Bernama, Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying. Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka. She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

A woman with a mission: She safeguards maternal health in Himachal villages

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By Vishal Gulati Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) : In spite of advancing years, health worker Kaushalya, whose name roughly translates into "ability to do something well",...

Migrants linked to Cologne violence, assault on women

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Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance towards refugees, after a spate of assaults on women during New...

Women’s College of Aligarh Muslim University

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Aligarh Movement: Struggle for Women’s Education and establishment of Women’s College By Afzal Usmani

Free travel for girl students: Mamata

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Women MPs, activists slam Joshi’s remarks against Mayawati

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women parliamentarians and activists Thursday slammed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's offensive remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati saying they were "inappropriate and uncalled for". Congress MP Mohsina Kidwai described Joshi's remarks as "not appropriate", when asked to comment on it.

Three women in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 19-member cabinet includes three women - Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar - who took oath of office here Friday. While Soni and Meira Kumar were also ministers in the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee has been a central minister though in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. There were 10 women in the previous government headed by Manmohan Singh.

How the media reports on rape: January edition

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By Vanya Mehta for TwoCircles.net This article is part of a monthly series in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against women,...

आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी के विरोध में कानपुर में भारी बवाल

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

Wakf amendment bill seeks representation of women

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By IANS, New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday introduced the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha that seeks to address the lapses in the Wakf Act, 1995, and also provides for representation of women, professionals and experts in the wakf councils. The bill seeks to address the inadequacy of data on waqf properties, encroachment, development of waqf properties and the absence of a statutory obligation to ensure flow of information from the state waqf boards and state governments to the central waqf council.

Annu Rani clinches women’s javelin throw bronze

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

Woman raped, killed in Goa

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By IANS, Panaji : A 55-year-old woman was raped and killed along the Arambol beach in Goa, a police officer said Saturday. The woman, identified as a local villager, was found naked by the fishermen returning from the sea in early hours of Friday. She used to sell flowers at the beach. The fisherman informed the police about the killing. "We had sent the body for post mortem. The report which arrived late yesterday (Friday) evening confirmed rape," Police Sub-Inspector Sarvesh Narvekar told IANS.

Women commission rejects member’s report on Mangalore attack

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday rejected its member Nirmala Venkatesh's report that blamed the Jan 24 attack on women in a Mangalore pub on the security of the establishment. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said the report lacked on three counts - no social activists or local advocates were included in the committee, none of the persons attacked were contacted or interviewed, it focussed on the licence issued to the bar owners that was not part of the probe - and was thus not acceptable.

Rajasthan woman beaten with chain to ‘free’ her of evil spirit

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Jaipur : A 32-year-old woman resident of a small village in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan was beaten up severely with an iron chain by...

Reports: two Japanese women kidnapped in Yemen

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By Xinhua, Sana'a : Two female Japanese tourists were kidnapped near Yemen's major tourist attraction Marib on Wednesday, local officials told foreign media. The Japanese women were seized by unknown armed men while visiting a historic dam in the town of Marib, some 180 kilometers east of the capital of Sanaa, said the media reports. The armed men took the two women, members of a tourist group sightseeing near the old dam of Marib, in their vehicle and kicked away their Yemeni driver, a provincial government official was quoted as saying.

Indians among 30,000 nurses in Britain facing expulsion

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London: As many as 30,000 overseas nurses will be facing the axe under British Prime Minister David Cameron's new immigration laws. According to Cameron's new...

Mumtaz Kazi – Asia’s first woman diesel engine driver

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Islamabad beauty is new Miss Pakistan World

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Natasha Paracha from Islamabad has been crowned the new Miss Pakistan World in an annual beauty pageant which, according to its founder, would enable Pakistani women "to stand up for change and progression" in a society that frowns on such events on its soil. The 23-year-old graduate from the University of California at Berkeley replaces Mahleej Sarkari who created quite a stir last month when she called Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf a hunk and expressed a desire to date him.

Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin

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By IANS, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.

Hundreds in Odisha pledge to prevent violence against women

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Karnataka: Muslim girl commits suicide after being harassed by teacher ahead of R-Day rehearsals

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net In a tragic turn of events, a Muslim girl named Zaibunnisa committed suicide on January 25 after allegedly facing violence and...

Where women take charge of Durga Puja celebrations

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By IANS, Ranchi : An all-women Durga Puja celebration has entered the 15th year in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city. The Sarvajanik Durga Puja Committee, formed by 37 women in 1993, has been celebrating the festival without the support of men for the last 15 years. The women belong to Srinagar colony in Dhanbad, 240 km from Ranchi. The women raise funds and also perform prayers and other rituals. "We had decided that there will be no male member in the committee and each and everything will be organised by women," said Seema, president of the committee.

Gujarat police puts up hoardings on Bilkis Bano’s old house assuring women safety

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The eleven convicts live a few meters away from Bilkis Bano's house, where hoardings have been put up. Staff Reporter | TwoCircles.net AHMEDABAD (GUJARAT): Gujarat Police’s...

Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end

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By Anam Rais Khan for TwoCircles.net “The most hated of the Halaal (lawful things) to Allah is divorce.” Recorded by Abu Dawood, Ibn...

Vietnamese woman jailed for possessing drugs

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

Couple’s fight on honeymoon ends in woman’s death

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By IANS, Shimlal: It was a honeymoon that apparently went sour and ended in a murder. A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his newly-wed wife by pushing her off a cliff during their honeymoon in Himachal Pradesh, police said Tuesday. The body of the victim, Simranjit Kaur, was recovered from a gorge in Shimla district early Tuesday, over a week after her death. Her husband Simranpal Singh Bhullar was arrested from Panchkula in Haryana Monday.

50 percent girls acquire STD in two years of becoming sexually active

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By IANS, Washington: Nearly 50 percent of urban teenage girls may acquire a sexually transmitted disease within two years of becoming sexually active, a new study said. In the study, researchers found that half of the 381 girls enrolled were infected with one sexually transmitted disease (STD) - chlamydia (pain during sex or bleeding after sex) or trichomoniasis (itching, burning, and inflammation of the vagina). The girls were aged 14 to 17 years.

Single largest gathering of women at Kerala festival

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The connection between self-immolation & domestic violence

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By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only...

Now, a fashion show for veiled women in Saudi Arabia

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By IANS, Dubai : In what must be perhaps the first of its kind in the fashion world, three young Saudi girls are organising a fashion show solely focused on veiled women. Luma Al-Ghalib, Hida Al-Harthi and Lujain Al-Mu’allami are organising the show in Jeddah Sep 18 to demonstrate the greatness of Islam and “to erase the stereotyped image about Saudi women and young girls in particular”, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported. The idea for the show came after the three participated in a summer camp in Switzerland last year.

Omani national held in Hyderabad for marrying minor girl

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Hyderabad : A 70-year-old Omani national was arrested here for undertaking a contract marriage with a minor girl, police said on Monday. Police rescued the...

Hijab is no hurdle: Dream of bakery worker’s daughter takes wings

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By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, (IANS): "I want to become a pilot." When she instinctively answered a question at an event over a decade ago, the...

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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

Man arrested for killing wife, chopping her body

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New Delhi : A 40-year-old cook has been arrested on charges of strangulating his wife and then chopping her body into several parts, a...

Controversy over Pala Bishop’s hate speech: A stand-alone issue or larger Hindutva scheme in...

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Instead of addressing recent issues facing women in the state, the unsubstantial claims of the Bishop have raised concerns whether he is genuinely concerned...

नसबंदी शिविर की लापरवाही में आम सवाल

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By मनोज मिश्रा, शनिवार को बिलासपुर, छत्तीसगढ़ से दस किलोमीटर दूर पेंडारी के नेमीचंद जैन अस्पताल में सरकार की तरफ़ से महिलाओं के लिए नसबंदी शिविर आयोजित किया गया. इस शिविर को लगाने का मक़सद महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य की चिंता नहीं था. बल्कि शिविर इसलिए लगाया गया था ताकि सरकार अपना एक कोटा पूरा कर सके और सर्वे में यह दर्शा सके कि उसने एक साल में इतनी नसबंदियों को अंजाम दिया है. ऐसा इसलिए ताकि उन्हें पिछले कुछ वर्षो की तरह इस बार भी नंबर एक मुख्यमंत्री का ख़िताब मिल जाए.

Women strip to prevent raids at illicit liquor dens

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By IANS, Lucknow : Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the exercise midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in front of them, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off that several illicit liquor manufacturing units were running in Devidas village of Muzaffarnagar district, a 25 member team of the excise department went there to conduct raids Wednesday evening. However, a group of women began stripping before them.

Woman summoned for cheating husband

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New Delhi: A court here has issued summons against a woman for allegedly cheating her husband and causing a miscarriage before marrying the man. Additional...

Documentary on last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, to be screened in Kathmandu

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By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, (IANS): A documentary that depicts the last queen of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal's contributions to the First War of Independence and...

Indian Canadian held for drugging, raping woman in Toronto club

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By IANS, Toronto : An Indian Canadian man surrendered before police Saturday after he was charged with drugging and raping a woman at a city nightclub two weeks ago. Thirty-two-year-old Jagdeep Chahal, a resident of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, had sexually assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub Jan 22. According a report lodged by the victim with police, she was sexually assaulted by Chahal after putting a date rape drug in her drink at a downtown nightclub.

Hyderabad Muslim Women’s Forum condemns “misogynistic trolling of women activists on social media”

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TCN News Hyderabad Muslim Women’s Forum is one of the latest civil society organizations to strongly condemn arrests of women activists who participated in anti-CAA...

उज़मा नाहिद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं को आर्थिक रूप से सशक्त बनाने की एक मिशन

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net मुंबई : मुसलमानों में मज़हबी तौर पर जो रिवायती घराने हैं, उन घरानों की बेटियां भी देश की खुली फ़िज़ा...

“Anti-nationals” of the world unite: Umar Khalid back in JNU campus

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The JNU campus was enlighten on Sunday night when Umar Khalid, an accused of raising anti-national slogans, returned to the...

Bengal police torture woman, BJP moves governor

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Kolkata : The BJP Monday sought the intervention of West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi seeking the suspension of police personnel who allegedly tortured a...

2009 a record year for women Nobel winners

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By DPA, Stockholm : The shared Nobel economics prize for Elinor Ostrom of the US Monday further underscored that 2009 was a record-year for women prize winners. Ostrom, of Indiana University in Bloomington, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize for economics. The economics prize - first awarded in 1969 - was not in the original will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, who endowed the awards.

Women doctors force rape victim to deliver, kill infant

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