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Rape remarks: NCW to seek Trinamool MP’s expulsion

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Kolkata: Taking suo motu cognisance of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's "atrocious" rape remarks, the NCW Tuesday said it is writing to the President...

Mother’s Day With Munawwar Rana

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By Wasiullah Shaikh, TwoCircles.net, Wherever the word ‘Mother’ is mentioned in Urdu poetry events, there the name ‘Munawwar Rana’- a famous urdu poet of our time, will also be mentioned. Through his beautiful poetry (Shayeri), Munawwar Rana has brought whole universe into a single word ‘Mother’.

St.Stephen’s principal maligning my image: Molested student

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By Ruwa Shah New Delhi : Launching a scathing attack on St. Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu for "maligning her academic career", the research...

First women’s cricket T-20 tournament in UP

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Mathura : The first all-India women's Twenty-20 cricket tournament will begin Tuesday at Amarnath Vidya Ashram ground in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city. "This is the...

Watch: Haldwani residents welcome Supreme Court oder on staying evictions

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After Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand HC's order for evictions, people in Haldwani celebrated and congratulated each other. Shrutti Sharma | TwoCircles.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSGDJD9oSg

Jet Airways offers discount for women in March

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By IANS, Mumbai: Leading private carrier Jet Airways Monday announced special fares for all women passengers to commemorate International Women's Day. "The special fares would be available till the month end to every group with at least one woman traveller that makes bookings on the airline's website," the airlines said in a statement. "All such groups will enjoy a 10 percent discount on base domestic fares and a 5 percent discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharge)".

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.

Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism

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Kenitra/Sale (Morocco), June 1 (DPA) A young woman passes in a sleeveless shirt and a knee-length skirt, her hair flowing down her back. Another woman of the same age follows in a loose tunic and pants, the Islamic headscarf covering every strand of her hair. An older woman wears the traditional djellaba, a long outer robe with full sleeves, her hair in a bun. Some women wear the strictest Islamic dress, covering themselves in black from head to toe, with only the eyes visible.

Violence against women: Silence is violence

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Pregnant women helpless at Orissa relief camps

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By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS, Kandhamal (Orissa) : Pregnant women are the worst sufferers in the relief camps for victims of anti-Christian violence. Their houses burnt down, over two dozen women have given birth during their stay in the makeshift tents in the last two months and many more are expecting. Besides sleeping on the ground, with just a plastic mat to lie upon even though it gets cold at night, and eating just dal and rice, they have to cope with inadequate medical attention at several relief camps - far from the comfort of their homes.

बीड़ी ही बना जीने का सहारा…

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निकहत प्रवीन भागलपुर (बिहार) : बड़ा बेटा उसके बग़ल में बैठा था और छोटे बेटे को गोद में लिए, सिर झुकाए वो लगातार बीड़ी बनाए...

People defy ban to offer prayers at sati site

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By IANS, Raipur : Dozens of people in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Monday offered prayers at the site where a woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre despite a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman. On Saturday, Lalmati Verma, 71, jumped onto her husband's funeral pyre after all the villagers had left the site on the bank at the confluence of two rivers - Mahanadi and Shivnath - in Chechar village, about 125 km from here.

Law and order situation broadly under control: Bengal governor

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By IANS, Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday termed the overall law and order situation in the state as "broadly under control" and said...

Minor’s gang rape: Absconding BSF men arrested, sent to custody

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Kolkata: Two BSF troopers, who were arrested from Assam for allegedly gang-raping a minor inside a moving train, were sent to judicial custody on...

Self-help groups help women overcome childhood sexual trauma

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By IANS, London : Women who have lived through the nightmare of sexual trauma in childhood can help one another overcome these memories by sharing their experiences. One reason why such women don't talk about their trauma is the fear of being disbelieved. Some of them said that they tried to tell their story but nobody would listen to them. Others recalled that although their counsellor or doctor gave them a patient hearing, there was still a vital something missing, namely the opportunity to talk to someone in a similar predicament.

Muslim women do not need the ‘support’ of BJP to raise their voice

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By Khushboo Khan for TwoCircles.net The Supreme Court verdict over triple talaq, following a long battle in court, has been debated across the country with...

Woman spends 10,000 pounds to hear her cat miaow again

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By IANS, London : A pet owner in southeast Britain has spent a whopping 10,000 pounds to hear her moggy miaow again after the cat suffered a rare throat condition, the Daily Telegraph reported. Jean Kelly, 40, first noticed her 13-year-old pet Cadbury suddenly lost his voice. She did not take any time to visit a vet who diagnosed that Cadbury was suffering from a paralysed larynx, a rare condition that needed immediate surgery.

Why appointing more women Qazis is the need of the hour

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By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for TwoCircles.net There is paucity of research on the possibility of the appointment of Muslim women to the office of...

Women’s access to Haji Ali shrine: HC verdict on Tuesday

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Mumbai : The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its much-awaited verdict on a petition challenging the ban on women to...

Hundreds of women march in Delhi for reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Hundreds of women from many parts of the country Monday marched in the capital demanding that parliament pass the bill to reserve 33 percent of legislature seats for women. The march to parliament was organised by the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA). The women marched from Ramlila Maidan holding banners and placards, and raising slogans asking, "President (Pratibha) Patil's speech promised Women's Reservation Bill in 100 days - Why the broken promise?" The march reached Parliament Street where a mass meeting was held.

SC suspends order for permanent commission to women in navy

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the operation of the Delhi High Court order which directed the navy to give permanent...

Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage

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Noida: The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of the elderly and orphaned children under the...

SC to hear contempt plea against Sabarimala tantri for closing temple for purification

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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on January 22 a contempt plea against the Sabarimala temple tantri for shutting the...

Hyderabad woman sets afire two children, ends life

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Hyderabad : A woman set afire her two children and later committed suicide here on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred in Gachibowli area...

Winds of change: A step forward

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A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...

Victim still haunted by rape 16 years ago

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Agra lawyers’ strike over advocate’s wife’s murder

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Agra : Lawyers in this Uttar Pradesh city went on strike on Wednesday to protest the loot and murder of a colleague's wife and...

International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued

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New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...

Representation of Muslim women in Lok Sabha since Independence

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The newly elected 15th Lok Sabha will see women members in highest number since the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952. Among 59 women Lok Sabha members in the new house there will be three Muslims. This will be the third time in all 15 Lok Sabhas that the number of Muslim women MPs will be three.

Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!

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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.

Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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Experts estimate nearly 20,000 women and children were trafficked in India in 2016 (Reuters, 2016). Child marriage, which is regarded as a form of...

Referees course for women starts

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New Delhi : The first All India Football Federation (AIFF) referees course for women was inaugurated here Monday by FIFA Development Officer for South...

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

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

200 environmental women defenders killed in 2017: Activists

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By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, (IANS): This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them...

‘मेरा मुंह भीच कर पुलिस वाले ने बोला —शोर मचाया तो मार दूंगा गोली,...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter बिजनौर : चलती ट्रेन में रेलवे के सिपाही के ज़रिए बलात्कार के मामले में एफ़आईआर दर्ज कर ली गई है. यह एफ़आईआर...

‘British men, women most promiscuous in world’

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By IANS, London : British men and women are the world's most promiscuous people, leaving their American cousins far behind, according to a study. Germans come next with the Dutch, Czechs, Australians, Americans and French ranking third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the list of the most promiscuous people, according to a study by Bradley University (BU) in Illinois, US.

Acid thrown at woman doctor in Delhi

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New Delhi : Acid was hurled at a 30-year-old woman doctor at a crowded market in the national capital Tuesday morning by two motorcycle-riding...

Mayawati has failed to protect women, downtrodden: BJP

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Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam

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By Naazish YarKhan, Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of rape in Afghanistan. As a Muslim who knows that the core of her religion is about justice and mercy, I asked myself how the perpetrators of these acts could have strayed so far from the Muslim faith and from basic humane principles.

Women’s Reservation Bill: What it means for Muslim representation?

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By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net,

Stone cold after Kosi kills her newborn

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By Priyanka Khanna, IANS, Araria/Supaul (Bihar) : For a woman whose eight-hour-old baby died a little while ago, Zafeda Khatum looks surprisingly unflustered. The 18-year-old maintains a stoic silence even as her family members clamour around to explain how she lost her first born to the ice cold waters of the Kosi river that unexpectedly entered her shanty in Araria district of Bihar.

Bihar village girl refuses to marry drunk groom

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By IANS, Patna : An uneducated woman in a Bihar village stunned members of her family and community when she refused to marry the groom because she found him in an inebriated state just ahead of the wedding ceremony, police said Tuesday. Punam Kumari, daughter of Manoj Choudhary of a village under Phulwarisharief near Patna, called off her marriage to Sanjay Choudhary after she found him drunk minutes before the wedding was to be solemnised as per Hindu rituals Monday night.

बिहार में भी जज बने 22 मुसलमान, जिनमें शामिल है 7 लड़कियां

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net पटना- उत्तर प्रदेश और राजस्थान में न्यायिक सेवा में मुस्लिम युवाओं के अच्छे प्रदर्शन के बाद अब बिहार न्यायिक सेवा...

For women, a crash course in job skills

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS,

India takes up rape incident with Maldives

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has taken up "quite strongly" with Maldives the rape of an Indian woman and has been assured of action by its government, an official said Tuesday.

NHRC notice to Telangana government over child labourers

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New Delhi: The NHRC has sought a report from the Telangana government on the rehabilitation of around 220 children who were recently rescued from...

AAP reiterates demand for Jaitley’s resignation

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New Delhi : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday reiterated its demand for union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation since, it said, an impartial...

उज़मा नाहिद वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड से सम्मानित

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुंबई : पिछले 25 सालों से मुस्लिम महिलाओं के बीच काम रहसामाजिक कार्यकर्ता उज़मा नाहिद को उनके महिला कल्याण और आर्थिक विकास...

President, vice-president for more women in legislatures

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New Delhi : Stressing the need for appropriate women representation in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said women's empowerment was...

Women’s panel to probe Air India air hostess’ charges

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a panel to probe the charges of assault levelled by an Air India air hostess against two pilots who were allegedly involved in a mid-air scuffle with her during a flight. The air hostess had filed a formal complaint with the women's panel.

Why are Muslim residents of Bilkis Bano’s village leaving their homes after convicts’ release?

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Several Muslim families from Randhikpur (Singwad) have begun leaving their homes and seeking refuge in Rahimabad Relief Colony of Devgarh Baria taluka in Dahod...

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

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net 38 साल की डॉक्टर अक्सा शेख़ इस समय देश मे जारी कोरोना संकट में प्रेरक बन कर उभरी है। कोरोनाकाल में वो...

Muslim girl from Telangana wins gold medal at National Boxing Championship

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Guwahati: Nikhat Zareen, a 19-year-old boxer from the Nizamabad District of Telangana brought more laurels to her state...

Gujarat High Court notice to IAS officer’s wife in US

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it...

It is women’s power that rules Kochi

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By IANS, Kochi : It is women's power that rules this port city of Kerala. With B. Sandhya Monday taking over as the new inspector general of police of the central range, women are ruling this commercial capital - from district collector to the mayor. The Kochi Mayor is Mercy Williams, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) chairperson is M.C. Josephine, and the Ernakulam district panchayat president is P.S. Shaila - all women. Sandhya, asked for her reaction, said: "As a critical mass, if women are there, things can be pushed much faster."

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

Handwara Killings: Statements issued by minor girl under pressure, claims Kashmir civil society group

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A day after the minor girl at the center of Handwara protests gave her statement to the local...

60 percent of Indian men admit violence against wives: UN report

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New Delhi : Sixty percent of Indian men admit acting violently against their wife or partner at some point in their lives while 52...

Women’s panel takes up Manipuri girls assault case

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission of Women (NCW) Monday took up the case of the two northeastern women who were allegedly sexually harassed by their landlord, and has issued notice to the director general of police (DGP) and the chief secretary of Haryana in this regard. Mary and Daisy, two Manipuri girls who had rented a room in DLF Phase 1 in Gurgaon, were allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten up by their landlord along with two other men on the night of Dec 12.

EIFF conducts seminar on “Healthy Woman Healthy Family”

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By: Muhammad Afaque Nagoor,

No uniform civil code please: Muslim women’s group

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New Delhi: A Muslim women's group on Tuesday opposed attempts to impose a uniform civil code but said "a gender just reform" was needed...

Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory

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By IANS, New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday. Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India. "In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.

Kerala village Nadapuram wins union award for empowerment accountability

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

No consensus on women’s bill, discussions to continue

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By IANS, New Delhi : The central government Monday said it would continue discussions on the women's reservation bill, after its meeting with leaders of parties in the Lok Sabha failed to reach a consensus as most opponents stuck to their stated positions. "Further discussion will continue," the government said in a statement after the nearly two-and-half hour meeting on the contentious bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...

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Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...

Harassed by legislator, woman official commits suicide

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By IANS, Hyderabad : A woman agriculture officer in Andhra Pradesh committed suicide alleging mental harassment by a legislator, a minister said Sunday. B. Rajeswari Sunday died of burn injuries at a corporate hospital, where she was undergoing treatment after she set herself ablaze four days ago. Minister for Small Industries D.K. Aruna said action would be taken as per law against those responsible for the woman's death. She said Rajeswari named a legislator and two other people's representatives in her statement.

Girl attacked with acid in Jharkhand school hostel

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Ranchi : A Class 10 girl student was attacked with acid when she was sleeping in her school hostel in Jharkhand's Giridih district, police...

Justice denied, now waiting for judgment: Sheikh Hashim Ali’s 13 years’ incarceration

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This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored...

Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times

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Shimla: The housewife is the backbone of a home and her disability makes her a burden on others, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court...

Women rough up bank manager over loan

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By IANS, Lucknow : A group of women roughed up a bank manager in an Uttar Pradesh village after he refused to meet them for a loan demand, police said Thursday. Agitated women, armed with brooms and slippers, barged into Union Bank branch manager's cabin in Phephna village of Ballia district Wednesday, and manhandled him for refusing to meet them for the past 10 days.

Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC

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Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...

Election not about promises: Kirron Kher

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Mumbai: Actress Kirron Kher, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Chandigarh on a BJP ticket, says it's time to deliver and not...

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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

‘Our prayers have been answered:’ Haldwani residents after Supreme Court stays HC eviction order

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The Supreme Court Thursday stayed Uttarakhand high court's order for evictions in Haldwani that threatened to displace more than 50,000 people, most of whom...

Assam governor helps break taboo against women

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS, Barpeta (Assam): Bhabani Pathak and Kamala Bharali are excited and yet haunted with a sense of guilt. They were among the few women who broke a more than 500-year-old tradition by entering the sanctum sanctorum of a revered Xatra or Hindu monastery in Assam. "I am overwhelmed as I was among the very few who stepped into the kirtan ghar (sanctum sanctorum) of the Xatra, but at the same time I don't know why I am filled with a sense of guilt," Bhabani told IANS.

Ruchika case to be probed again as model case: Moily

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By IANS, New Delhi : The molestation and suicide of teenager Ruchika Girhotra will be re-investigated as a "model case" and the accused should be tried for abetment to suicide of a minor to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law", Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.

NHRC to hear rights violation cases in North East India

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String of rapes, sexual crimes in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : In a string of sexual crimes in Gurgaon, a 35-year-old woman was gang-raped, two women were sexually assaulted, a 10-year-old boy was...

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.

Man in UP fined, asked to return ‘meher’ for giving Triple Talaq to his...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district fined a man of Rs 2 lakh and asked him to return the ‘meher’...

Push for women’s reservation bill, activists tell MPs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its speedy passage. Ranjana Kumari, director of Women Power Connect, while welcoming the increase in women's numbers at 'panchayat' (village council) level, said the bill for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament must be passed and should be a priority for all parliamentarians.

Dacoits allegedly rape nun in Bengal

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Kolkata: A nun at a convent in West Bengal's Nadia district was allegedly gang raped by dacoits, police said on Saturday. Strongly condemning the incident,...

Jamiat calls for modern Muslim schools—but why?

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By Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net

‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader

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The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR...

SC seeks Centre’s response on plea against polygamy, refers matter to constitution bench

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 23: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Central government on a fresh plea that challenged the...

Neglect charge against British teenager’s mother dismissed

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By IANS, Panaji : Goa's Women and Child Development (WCD) department has dismissed a petition against slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown on a technicality, as the police was already investigating similar charges against her. A petition filed by a local NGO Utt Goenkara had argued that it was Fiona's criminal neglect of Scarlett which had resulted in the teenager's death and sought penal action against her.

Women drivers, two-wheeler riders exempted: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that women drivers and two-wheeler riders would be exempted from the odd-even transport...

BJP’s claim of protecting Muslim women is fraudulent, Talaq Bill satisfies Hindutva forces: SDPI

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By TCN News New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) condemned and opposed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s desperate attempts to pass...

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...

People not helping make Delhi safe for women: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi: Like other metros in the country, the national capital lacks people's participation in improvement of security for women, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Tuesday.

Women MPs outshine men in parliament debates

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By IANS, New Delhi : Seventy-one percent of women MPs compared to 68 percent of their male counterparts participated in debates on various issues in the 2010 budget session of parliament. But the participation by both men and women MPs was higher that the previous session, according to an analysis done by PRS Legislative Research, an independent think tank that tracks the functioning of parliament. The 32-day budget session concluded Friday after it began Feb 22 with a month-long recess.

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.

Indian-origin doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgery

Women

London : A woman in Britain has accused an Indian-origin doctor of performing unnecessary surgery on her. The woman, who is identified only as A,...

Solidarity action held for Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In order to express deep respect for Irom Sharmila and to support the ongoing struggle for justice by civil society...

Mulayam softens stance on Women’s Reservation Bill

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By IANS, Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, known for his stiff opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Friday seemed to have softened his stand.

Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay

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By IANS, New Delhi/Beijing : Calling it "the most beautiful moment in my life", business executive Meena Barot Monday became the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China. Barot, 36, ran 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province, cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese. "It was like a celebration. I have never seen anything like this in my life. It is the most beautiful moment of my life," Barot told IANS over telephone. Barot, who moved to China in March 2005 and speaks Mandarin fluently, was ecstatic that she could keep her torch.

Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools

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By IANS, New Delhi: Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which Tuesday asked the education department to explain why the students were turned away. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government to explain by Aug 5 why it failed to admit the girls in its schools. The girls residing in different areas in east Delhi approached the court when they were refused admission by the schools on frivolous grounds.

Women trap shooters disappoint at world cup

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By IANS, New Delhi : Indian women shooters disappointed in the event on the first day of the World Cup being held at Suhl in Germany. Shagun Chowdhary had the best performance among the three Indians in the event held Thursday. The Jaipur girl shot 61 (19, 21, 21) to finish 38th. Seema Tomar shot a poor 57 (20, 21, 16) to finish 44th, just two ranks above Shreyasi Singh who was placed 46th. Shreyasi, who started shooting just a year back could manage a score of 50 (16, 17, 17).

NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh for stripping and torturing two women in police...

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New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chhattisgarh DGP over allegedly stripping and beating...

NHRC notice to Kerala government over working conditions of women

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female...

Efforts on to free abducted Indian woman: Family

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Kolkata/Kabul : The Afghan and Indian governments are working at "various levels" to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted in...

AMU faculty Dr Mah Seema Masood passes away

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Dr Mah Seema Masood, director, Centre of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) passed away at her residence on Wednesday, January 7.

Why’s TV cocking a snook at women’s empowerment?

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(International Women's Day is on March 8) By Nivedita, New Delhi : Why does women's empowerment find little space on the small screen? While there is...

Divorce cases in courts: AIMPLB launches refresher program for Muslim lawyers

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today launched a national program whereby Muslim lawyers taking up Muslim divorce and other related cases in the Supreme Court and High Courts will be briefed on the issues in the light of Quran and Hadith, so that they could help courts understand the letter and spirit of Shariat on such issues.

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

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

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Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede

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Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said. The...

Sania honoured with Padma Bhushan

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New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was conferred with Padma Bhushan at a glittering investiture at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday for...

Visit not to pressurise Bengal government: Rights body

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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.

Bihar’s silent revolution: 30,000 women now own land

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Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics

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

Why discriminate when training is same, women officers ask

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By IANS, New Delhi: Twenty women officers of the Indian Army Thursday sought to know from the Delhi High Court why they were discriminated in service vis-a-vis the men when both got similar training. Rekha Palli, counsel for the woman officers, submitted before a division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.C. Garg: "It has been 60 years of our independence but still our mindset has not changed a bit and discrimination against women is still rampant.

Clear rehab scheme for rape victims, women’s panel asks PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the prime minister to implement a rehabilitation scheme for rape victims that would help rebuild their lives. The commission has sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard requesting him to clear the scheme as soon as possible. "We met the prime minister over this scheme and have also sent him a detailed letter on why rehabilitation of rape victims was necessary," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here Saturday.

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

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Oestrogen relieves psychotic symptoms in women

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By IANS, Sydney : Oestrogen estradiol, when combined with anti-psychotic drugs, seems to be effective in treating women with schizophrenia, according to a new study. The link between oestrogen and mental illness was recognised more than a century ago. However, scientific evidence backing oestrogen as a mental illness therapy has only recently emerged. "Epidemiologic observations of sex differences in the onset and course of schizophrenia prompted exploration of oestrogen's role in schizophrenia," the study authors wrote.

Eight of 10 Malala attack suspects were acquitted, confirms police

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Islamabad : Eight of the 10 militants reportedly jailed for their role in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have been freed,...

AMU elects its first woman in teachers association

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By IANS, Aligarh: After being in the news for alleged gender bias, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time elected a woman to its influential teacher's association.

Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

35 NGOs come together to push for women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Thirty-five civil society organisations will get together next week to formulate an action plan to push for the women's reservation bill that was passed by the Rajya Sabha but is yet to be taken up by the Lok Sabha. Ranjana Kumari of the the Centre for Social Research, one of the participating NGOs, said: "The aim of the public meeting is to chalk out an action plan in order to pressurize parliamentarians to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha."

Union health secretary, AIIMS, Delhi Police get NHRC notices

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the union health secretary, director of AIIMS and the commissioner of Delhi Police over reports...

Program organized to review the Scheme for Minority Women empowerment

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By TCN News, New Delhi: To review the process and to draw a map for effective implementation of Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women, Ministry of Minority Affairs today organized an interaction with women organizations in New Delhi which was attended by representatives of a large number of women organizations from different part of the country.

Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...

Left woman MLA threw things at Chandy: Congress

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Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress party on Thursday showed visuals of Left women legislator Jameela Prakasham throwing things at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Finance...

Taxi drivers pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women

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New Delhi : Auto and taxi drivers on Thursday took pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women. They took the pledge in this regard...

Three-year-old raped in Bihar, one arrested

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Patna: A man was arrested in Bihar's Madhubani district Saturday for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl and then hanging her naked from a tree,...

Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti

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By Ruwa Shah Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't get raped in a moving...

NCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women

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New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive...

Sadhvi Pragya on hunger strike, demands Kumbh visit

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Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya, who was given a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the National Investigation Agency, on Monday began a...

Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death

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Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...

Women’s voices from Atali

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Dr. Sandhya Mhatre and Neha Dabhade A fact finding team consisting of Adv. Irfan Engineer and these writers, visited the riot torn village of...

Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study

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By IANS, New Delhi : Even as women are set to get more political power in India, a study shows that women MPs were more successful and qualified than their male counterparts. According to data prepared by the PRS Legislative Research, women candidates in elections were more successful than men. While 10 percent of all women candidates won elections, the corresponding figure for men was only six percent.

Police prevent women from reaching Trimbakeshwar Temple

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Pune/Nashik : Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum...

‘Saying Islam gave rights to women 1400 years ago, won’t solve our problems’

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A National Study on Muslim Women’s Views on Reforms in Muslim Personal Law released. By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: “Constitutional rights...

Family awaits return of first Indian woman who skied to South Pole

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : For Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu's family the year 2009 ended on a high note as she became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole. However, as the family earnestly awaits her return, their first priority is to repay the loan taken to fund the venture, and not the celebrations. "We came to know about the news yesterday (Thursday). I have not been able to talk to her. But the Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition authorities told us that she was likely to return Jan 15," Love Raj Singh, her husband and a mountaineer himself, told IANS.

Saudi women petition king for right to drive

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54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak

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Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: A few weeks after Soni Sori was attacked, a smilaar incident has been reported from in Kerala. Dhanya Raman, a noted...

Four get life sentence in Shakti Mills gang-rape case

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Mumbai: A Mumbai court Friday awarded life sentences to four men convicted for gang-raping a 19-year-old call centre employee in the Shakti Mills Complex...

रोरी गांव से रिपोर्ट : गांव में गुस्सा , एक आवाज़ ! बेटी गरीब...

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विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net मोदीनगर थाना क्षेत्र के रोरी गांव में भीतर दाखिल होने से पहले ही इमरान का परिवार छप्पर डाल कर रहता है। इमरान मजदूरी...

The murder of Qandeel Baloch and the ‘honour’ in killing

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By Parvin Sultana for Twocircles.net Of the many vices that inflict a patriarchal society, honour killing is one. It arises from the idea that women’s...

Haryana to have women police stations from Raksha Bandhan

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Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Friday announced it will set up women police stations in all the 21 districts of the state...

UN chief highlights rural women’s role in global progress

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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that rural women are the key agents for sustainable development as the international community moves towards...

‘Women village heads still struggle for acceptance’

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By IANS, New Delh: Even as all eyes are riveted on parliament over the Women's Reservation Bill, female panchayat (village council) members gathered in the capital Wednesday said they still have to struggle for acceptance among their peers. Roshani Devi, who is a sarpanch (village head) in Haryana, said: "When I decided to take regular rounds of my village for monitoring infrastructure development, the villagers opposed it. Had a male sarpanch done the same, he would have been lauded for his initiative."

Women lawmakers may be directly elected in Bangladesh

Women

By IANS, Dhaka : Women lawmakers in Bangladesh would be directly elected following an amendment to its Constitution, the Sheikh Hasina Government has announced. The change would facilitate holding of direct elections to seats reserved for women in the Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly) in the next parliamentary polls, Local Government and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said Saturday. "We shall amend the constitution to allow women to come to the house through direct elections from the next parliamentary polls," The Daily Star quoted the minister as saying.

Muslim women demand end of polygamy, oral divorce; Stress on need of codification of...

Women

By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: A group of progressive Muslim women, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) have stepped up their demand for codification of Muslim Personal Law (MPL) with the new NDA government at the helm. They made it clear that they do not see solutions to the problems of Muslim women in uniform civil code, but demand equality and rights as enshrined in Islamic laws, based on Quran and Hadith.

Remembering Qurratulain Hyder : The fierce, unapologetic and bold Urdu writer

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By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net The Union Hall building of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) is buzzing with supporters of the newly elected...

India’s first ‘women-IIT’ being set up in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Nagpur : Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.

Women’s education important for development: President

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Cabinet clears Women’s Reservation Bill

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: The cabinet Thursday cleared the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill that provides for setting aside 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state legislatures for women and it is likely to be tabled in the current session of parliament, informed sources said. "The cabinet today cleared the Women's Reservation Bill and it is likely to be introduced in the current session of parliament," the sources said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presided over the cabinet meeting.