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

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

Miscreants throw acid on woman corporator in UP

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Bareilly : A woman corporator was Friday seriously injured when local goons here threw acid on her, police said. A case has been registered against...

On World Food Day, rural women demand land rights to fight hunger

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By IANS, New Delhi : Seventy percent of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, yet only 10 percent women farmers own any land. On World Food Day Thursday, women from various parts of rural India demanded agricultural land rights - to battle hunger and poverty. Supported by members of local NGOs and international NGO ActionAid's HungerFree campaign, these women, most of whom work as agricultural farmers yet don't have the right on their piece of land, stressed that this was the way out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

PIL seeks CCTVs in women’s lock-ups

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By IANS,

Legal awareness camp for Muslim women in Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: All Manipur Muslims (Meitei Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA), a prominent civil society organization, organized a One-Day Legal Awareness Programme on the topic “Protection of Women’s Right” in association with Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) on June 1, 2014 at the campus of Muslim Girls Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal.

औरतों का मासिक धर्म, सेहत और रमज़ान

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

Delegation represents Iran in UN conference on women

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By IRNA, United Nations : An Iranian delegation has participated in the 53rd session of the United nations’ Commission on the Status of Women which opened Tuesday in New York. The five-member delegation is led by Elham Aminzadeh who is the aide to the Iranian foreign minister for women’s affairs. The world event this year is focusing on the theme of AIDS and the way it affects women. Talking in the opening ceremony of the event, Aminzadeh said Iran was ready to share its scientific achievements in the area with the international community.

Mysterious ‘exploding head syndrome’ more common in women

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Washington: If you hear slamming of doors, fireworks and gunshots or such abrupt loud noises while sleeping you are not alone as researchers found...

Mamata didi has become Shahenshah: Modi

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

No woman to vie for Panjab University students union president

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Chandigarh : Seventy percent of the students in Panjab University (PU) are women, but in the last three decades its students union has never had a woman president. Nor will it this year, as all candidates for the president's post in the Friday poll are men. Women have contested and have been elected for the posts of vice-president and secretary, but not for the top post.

Veiled Muslim women barred from entering France

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By IANS, London : Three Saudi women were barred from entering France for refusing to remove their face veils, it was reported here Wednesday.

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,...

Women activists welcome anti-rape bill

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By IANS,

Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday. Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.

Loss, Survival and Denial of Justice: The Untold Lives of Delhi Riots Widows

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On the fifth anniversary of the 2020 Delhi riots, TwoCircles.net presents a compelling five-part series. This is the fourth story in that series. And...

Meet Mubeena Ramzan, the trailblazer in imparting women’s education and property rights

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By Sadaf Shabir, TwoCircles.net “In today’s world, if something goes wrong in our household, women are held responsible,” said Mubeena Ramzan, an iconic figure for...

I am in race to become governor: Indian American woman

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Yet another Indian American, this time a woman born to Sikh parents from Amritsar, is in the race to become governor of a US state. Nikki Randhawa Haley, 37, who is in the fray for the post of governor of South Carolina in the US, says she is in the race to win. If she gets elected, Nikki will be the first Indian American woman to become governor in the US, and the second Indian after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana state.

Nirbhaya fund does not reach intended beneficiaries, SC told

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that the Nirbhaya fund created to support measures for women's safety and empowerment...

Self-help groups to arm women against economic slowdown: Tirath

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By IANS, New Delhi : India is strengthening its self-help groups to involve women in income generating work to arm them against the impact of economic meltdown, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said. Addressing the plenary session of the third East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting at Seoul Thursday, Tirath said India is committed to uplift women in every sphere of life. She said the government is making all efforts to protect women from the impact of economic slowdown on their health, nutritional level and economic sustainability.

Molestation charges against a college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam: What is the...

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By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya, Curfew has been imposed for last two days in the Karimganj district of Assam after massive street protests from people...

Women’s panel to probe case of indebted farmers selling women

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it was sending a team to probe the "awful and unbelievable" reports that debt-ridden farmers in Uttar Pradesh's drought-hit Bundelkhand region were selling off their women to survive. "It is awful and unbelievable that it still happens in the country and that too in Uttar Pradesh where the chief minister is a woman," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS. "We are sending a team to find out the details and have asked for the report within 24 hours," she said.

Give death to molestation bid accused: Bihar MLA

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Patna : An RJD legislator in Bihar on Wednesday demanded death penalty for those accused of fatally injuring his sister by throwing her out...

Despite lie allegation, Modi says mother washed utensils

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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) : Notwithstanding strong criticism by the Congress which termed it a "lie", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stuck to his...

Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a momentous, heartwarming step not only for India, but is likely to be an inspirational trendsetter for women's empowerment in the entire region. Although it is only the first step, the ripples from the smashing of a glass barrier are bound to be felt in virtually all areas of traditional male dominance. Like its democracy, therefore, India will also be a beacon in the matter of women's emancipation.

Empowerment of Muslim women through Islamic knowledge

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By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) have conducted a three-day seminar cum workshop on 'Right of Women in Qur'an-Theory and Practice' at Sarvodaya Building, St. Pius College Goregaon East in Mumbai to equip women with adequate knowledge and skills to do their work more effectively and efficiently in their respective fields.

‘For a woman’s safety, mindsets need changing’

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, IANS,

Woman’s hand cut off in MP for resisting advances

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Satna (Madhya Pradesh): A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district was left critically injured when a man enraged at her resisting his advances attacked...

Saudi Arabia vows to create more jobs for women

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Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will announce in the coming days more female-only jobs for more than one million unemployed women in the country, media reported...

Woman gives birth outside health centre, inquiry initiated

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a still-born child outside a community health centre (CHC) in Uttar Pradesh after she was denied admission there. An inquiry has been initiated into the case. Vidyawati was Tuesday night brought to the Gosaiganj CHC in Lucknow district in an advanced stage of pregnancy by her relatives. However, the medical staff at the CHC allegedly refused to admit her. Vidyawati subsequently gave birth to a still-born child in the gallery of CHC, officials added.

Nurse misreads prescription, kills woman by insulin overdose

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By IANS,

Here come special women’s buses for safer ride in Delhi

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi : Many women who travel in the capital's crowded buses and have been molested by male co-passengers can heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, special 'women only' buses will begin plying on select routes, thanks to a Delhi High Court order. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is starting the service. Taking cognizance of a public interest petition that drew attention to a large number of women complaining of molestation in public buses, the high court had asked the DTC to make special arrangements for women travellers across the city.

A letter everyday to president on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : A letter everyday to President Pratibha Patil, communities on social networking sites and blogs -- these are the new initiatives announced by rights group campaigning for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in parliament.

Delhi’s young to vote for jobs, women’s safety

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By Priyanka, New Delhi : The young in Delhi want jobs and are most likely to vote for a party that makes the city safe...

Twitter users demolish the idea that Triple Talaq Bill will help Muslim women. Here’s...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill, 2017, also known as the Triple Talaq Bill, has been presented and...

This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free

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Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...

Workshop teaches women how to be safe

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By IANS, New Delhi: Self-defence, cyber crime and awareness on laws were some of the issues dwelt upon at a workshop on women's safety here Saturday.

BJP’s women activists protest against Kumar Vishwas

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New Delhi : About 100 women activists of the BJP on Tuesday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house to raise...

23 lakh LPG connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana

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Kolkata : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 23 lakh liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections were given to below poverty line women households...

Muslim women MPs meet in Indonesia

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi: Women MPs from over 50 Muslim majority countries took part in a Muslim female parliamentarians conference in Indonesia.

Bihar Woman abandons husband, kids to marry father-in-law

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By IANS, Patna : A woman has left her husband and four children from him to marry her father-in-law in a Bihar village, raising the hackles of a tradition-bound community. Angry and shocked, the villagers have ostracised her and her father-in-law and ordered the ciouple to leave the village as early as posiible for breaking age-old social traditions. Lalita Devi, 25, left her husband Dilip Mandal, 28, and their four minor children Saturday to marry her father-in-law Harindar Mandal in Dhamiapatti village in Madhubani district, 129 km from Patna.

“Her New World” project launched by Shaheen Academy at Guwahati

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TCN News: “Her New World” a project for both rural and urban women of Assam was launched on 15th of October by Shaheen Academy. The...

Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco

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By IANS, New Delhi: Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco products, a shocking figure revealed by the Indian health ministry Saturday. "It is shocking that over 8.5 percent of the ante-natal mothers in India are tobacco users," said Jagdish Kaur, in-charge of the tobacco control programme in the health ministry. She said though the number of tobacco users are mostly men, yet the number is too big, especially for the pregnant women. There are at least 25 million successful pregnancies every year in India.

Manmohan to meet Chile’s first woman president Tuesday

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By IANS, New Delhi : With his health improving by the day after a coronary bypass surgery seven weeks ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Chile's first woman president Michelle Bachelet here Tuesday. President Pratibha Patil will host a state banquet and cultural programme for Bachelet Monday night, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Chile.

Women’s groups hail 50 percent women’s quota in panchayats

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's rights groups Friday hailed the government's decision to increase the reservation for women in panchayats, or village councils, to 50 percent, saying the move will encourage women to have a greater say in local governance. The reservation for women in the 252,000 panchayats across the country was earlier 33 percent. Ranjana Kumari of NGO Women Power Connect said: "This move is an excellent example to show how a woman in a leadership position can bring about positive changes in the country's political infrastructure."

Challenges remain for girls’ education in India: Shabistan Gaffar

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, The Indian sub-continent received a unique honour on Friday when Kailash Satyarthi, Indian child rights campaigner, and Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani child education activist, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. We take this occasion to review the Indian scenario vis-à-vis girl child education. Excerpts from an interview with Dr Shabistan Gaffar, who is the president of All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education and was also the chair of Committee on Girls’ Education for the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions:

Women’s participation in electoral process lauded

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New Delhi : The State Election Commission here has lauded young women for their participation as campus ambassadors for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. At...

Father kills daughter for returning late from school

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Chandigarh : A man was arrested in Punjab's Ropar on Saturday for allegedly hacking his teenaged minor daughter to death, after getting enraged when...

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

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

Stop female foeticide: Modi

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday drew attention to the dismal sex ratio in the country, and appealed to Indians to stop female...

A fashion designer turns her village home into garment manufacturing unit

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Tabassum Jabeen's entrepreneurial journey began amidst the Covid lockdown. Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net PATNA (BIHAR) — A whirring sound from a nondescript building in the middle...

Victim offered Rs.31,000 to forget rape

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Patna: A panchayat in Bihar has ordered one of its members accused of raping a woman to pay her Rs.31,000 and asked the victim...

Anti-Dowry campaign in Mysore

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‘Honour killers’ death sentence commuted to life imprisonment

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday commuted, to life imprisonment, the death sentence to three men for killing a teenage couple for "honour"...

Married man’s illicit love affair ends in six deaths

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By IANS, Lucknow : A married man's illicit love affair with a widow went terribly wrong when the woman's father burnt alive the couple, and the man's family. The widow, 36, was having an affair with Chunnu Bhurji, both residents of Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Khiri district, about 300 km from here. The woman was often chided by her father Satyawan over this. However, the couple kept meeting. "Irked by this, Satyawan planned the massacre," Additional Superintendent of Police D.K. Singh told IANS by telephone.

Bengal governor asks Jadavpur VC to act in molestation case

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Kolkata: West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi, who is also the Jadavpur University chancellor, Saturday cautioned Vice Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti for delaying action in the...

Special police teams in Hyderabad for women’s safety

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Hyderabad : Hyderabad Police Friday set up 100 special teams to check harassment of women in public places. To be called 'She' teams, their members...

Using religion as a shield for wrong acts is un-Islamic, says woman activist

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By Kulsum Mustafa,

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

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

SC starts hearing on validity of triple talaq

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday began hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of triple talaq practised by Muslims. "We...

Women bless Mamata Banerjee for first ladies’ train

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By IANS, Kolkata : A day after Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ladies' special local train, hundreds of jubilant women showered their blessings upon the West Bengal leader and wished her well. The first ladies' special train was flagged off Sunday and started plying from Howrah to Bandel station Monday. The train would run twice daily during peak hours from Monday to Saturday every week.

South African women open guest house for 2010 World Cup

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By IANS, Phalaborwa (South Africa) : A group of 11 women in this town has opened a 4.5-million rand ($587,696) guest house, targeting visitors during the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup the country is hosting. The Sasavona Guesthouse in Lulekani, a few kilometres from the Kruger National Park in Phalaborwa in the northern province of Limpopo has been opened to tourists and visitors this week, but the real target is the World Cup tourists, BuaNews reported Saturday.

NRI woman from Vancouver shot dead in Punjab village

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By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : A day before she was to fly back to Canada, an Indian woman based in Vancouver was Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants at her village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. Kuldeep Kaur, 32, was going to the gurudwara in Lehli village near Mahilpur town, 25 km from here, when she was attacked. Police said she had been fired upon from close range and was hit by one bullet in the chest. She died on the spot.

Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women

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

Meghalaya’s first woman MP vows to work for people

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS, Tura (Meghalaya) : Meghalaya's first female MP Agatha Sangma says she will work for the empowerment of women and youth and describes her election to the Lok Sabha as a "good first step" to encourage the fairer sex from the hill state to enter active politics. "Society in Meghalaya may be matrilineal but men are still at the forefront of decision-making. That holds good in the field of politics too. But my election as an MP is a good first step for women here to join active politics," Agatha told IANS in an interview.

On Ruchika’s 16th death anniversary, government says case to be re-probed

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By IANS, Chandigarh/Panchkula/New Delhi : As support built up for Ruchika Girhotra's case on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday and appeals grew for convicted former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore to be slapped with more serious charges, the government said the molestation and suicide of the teenager would be reinvestigated. Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said the molestation of Ruchika and her suicide three years later would be re-investigated and tried as a "model case" to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law".

Uber driver arrested in Kolkata for obscene act

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Kolkata : An Uber cab driver was arrested here for an alleged obscene act in the presence of a woman passenger in the...

Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go

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By IANS, New Delhi : More and more Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields like driving taxis or becoming disc jockeys, but there are still thousands of women still struggling for their basic rights -- not able to own land or fighting against domestic violence. For instance, according to international NGO Action Aid, women farmers produce 60-80 percent of the agricultural produce in India and other developing countries. However, they eat the least and own less than one percent of the land that they toil on.

चंपारण की पूर्व विधायक रश्मि वर्मा पर हमले-धमकियों की कहानी झूठी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: राजनीतिज्ञों द्वारा चुनाव जीतने के लिए कुछ भी किया जाना कोई नयी घटना नहीं है. चाहे वह बूथ लूटना हो...

Women rally in support of Rousseff in Brasilia

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Rio de Janeiro : Hundreds of women rallied in front of the Planalto Palace, the government headquarters, in Brasilia in support of Brazilian President...

Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India. Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?

Tripura to increase number of women police personnel

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Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Crafting Harmony: Muslim Hands Shape Earthen Stoves for Hindu Devotees in Bihar

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M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In the heart of the capital city, a heartwarming display of communal harmony unfolds each year as the poorest Muslim women...

Women’s groups continue protests against Andhra governor

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By IANS, Hyderabad: Women's groups staged protests near the Raj Bhavan here Saturday demanding that Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resign over his alleged involvement in a "sex scandal", an allegation he has denied and termed "malicious". Holding placards and raising slogans against the governor, activists of various groups tried to march towards Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the governor, but were prevented by the police. Protesters were arrested as they squatted on the busy Khairatabad crossroads.

‘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...

Kerala emerging as emulative model for Muslim women’s education, says E Ahmed

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Kerala has emerged as an emulative model in terms of the Muslim women’s education, IUML MP E Ahmed has said. Most of the educational institutions in the state have good number of women students with some of them leading with 75 per cent women representation, he added.

Lijjat – Empowering women through papads for 50 years

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By Quaid Najmi, IANS, Mumbai : A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till they hit upon the idea of selling papads. Fifty years later, their entrepreneurial effort, Lijjat Papad, is an award-winning company with an annual turnover of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore/$97 million).

Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin

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By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.

Nitish Kumar announces support for women’s quota bill

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By IANS, Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come out in open support for the women's reservation bill, putting the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in a dilemma as party president Sharad Yadav has opposed the legislation. "I am in support of the women's reservation bill in its present form, it should be pushed through soon," Nitish Kumar told reporters here Saturday.

Woman tries self-immolation outside Badal’s residence

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Chandigarh: A woman was admitted Thursday to a government hospital here with over 20 percent burns after she set herself ablaze outside the residence...

उमराह पर जाने वाले हजरात मुंबई एयरपोर्ट पर हुए परेशान, बेहद असुविधाजनक है माहौल

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net मुम्बई इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट पर उमराह के आजमीनों के साथ बेहद खराब सुलूक किए जाने का मामला सामने आया है। इस संबंध में...

Gang-raped German woman to return to Chandigarh and depose

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Chandigarh : A young German woman who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from an upscale hotel here in September 2008 is arriving in the city Thursday to depose in the case before a local court, police said Monday. "The German woman will reach Chandigarh on Jan 15 and probably her father will accompany her," Ramesh Chander, Sector-17 station house officer, told IANS. The court hearing is scheduled for Friday. The woman will be accompanied by German embassy officials from New Delhi.

Orissa assembly woman marshal to move court

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A suspended woman marshal of the Orissa assembly, who had accused the house speaker of sexual harassment, Saturday said she would move court after a human rights panel found him not guilty. Gayatri Panda, who had in March alleged that then speaker Maheswar Mohanty was sexually harassing her, expressed her dissatisfaction with the findings of the Orissa Human Rights Commission and said she would move the Orissa High Court for justice.

Assam’s two-child norm in draft policy ‘unnecessary’, ‘anti-women’

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Kolkata, (IANS): Assam's suggestion of implementing a two-child policy is not only "unnecessary" but is also "anti-women" and "anti-poor", says an expert. "Assam's total fertility...

A woman as Delhi Police commissioner?

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By Alok Singh, IANS,

Geeta Phogat to lead India women at Asian wrestling meet

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By IANS,

Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday. "I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

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Islamabad : There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this...

Nominate 100 women achievers on Facebook

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New Delhi : You can now nominate 100 women achievers who have contributed to community and nation building as a part of the...

Case against BJP’s Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter

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Kolkata : A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her...

Give Indian Muslim women more social space: Minority bodies

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By IANS,

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

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ । Twocircles.net 22 दिसम्बर को उत्तराखंड न्यायिक सेवा के आएं परिणाम में तीन मुस्लिम लड़कियां जज बन गई है। खास बात यह है...

Yatra organised in Gujarat to save girl child

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By IANS, Surat : At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save the Girl Child". Also, a 5,000 metre long garland, prepared by 5,000 women from 73 kg cardamoms, was used in the yatra. Each woman contributed 51 cardamoms to the mala. "At each metre, a small card opposing the killing of girl child has been placed. This is done to make people aware about the danger of female foeticide," president of Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh Sharad Khandelwal said.

Woman accuses teen of rape, booked under POSCO

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New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman has been booked under POSCO Act after a 17-year-old boy, whom she accused of raping her, claimed that she...

SC seeks police’s response on threat to lawyer in Sabarimala temple case

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Police commissioner to apprise it of steps taken by police on the complaint...

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...

10 new faces in Ashok Chavan’s new ministry

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By Quaid Najmi, IANS, Mumbai : There are as many as 10 new faces, including two women, in the 37-member ministry of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Maharshtra that was sworn-in here Saturday. At the same time, several heavyweights from the previous ministry were denied berths this time. Many powerful hopefuls also failed to make it in the first instalment of the cabinet.

J&K government by January-end; BJP to opt for woman leader

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Jammu : As the new government in Jammu and Kashmir should be in place by January-end, the BJP is likely to place a woman...

Will follow Sonia’s instructions on women’s safety: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi government would follow Congress president Sonia Gandhi's instructions on the safety of women in the national capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Monday.

Kerala school girl secures 99 percent in ISC

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Woman set on fire over enmity

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Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh): Three men tried to kill a 50-year-old woman by burning her alive over old enmity in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district. The...

Indian women’s recurve archery team qualifies for Olympics

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Copenhagen : The Indian women's recurve archery team made a strong comeback to book a place in the 2016 Rio Olympics as the...

रोशन होने से पहले ही बुझने लगी अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘नई रोशनी’

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net मोदी बजट आ चुका है. बड़े-बड़े ऐलान किए जा चुके हैं. पुरानी बोतल में नई शराब भरी जा चुकी है. अलग-अलग...

NC woman legislator, activists protest award to army major

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Srinagar, (IANS): Women workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) on Wednesday protested against the award of the Army Chief's commendation card to an...

Woman sets herself ablaze over dowry harassment

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 20-year old woman, alleging harassment by her in-laws over dowry, committed suicide by setting herself afire here, police said Friday.

The phantasmagoria of Pakistan’s women’s rights

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By Ishtiaq Ahmed The past few days have been filled with such dramatically contrasting news about the fortunes of Pakistani women that one can liken the rights of Pakistani women to a phantasmagoria: a changing scene made up of many elements in which the changes that take place make it impossible to discern what is real and what is merely an illusion.

Muslim women are excluded within community also: Asghar Ali Engineer

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Muslim women are excluded from the mainstream of the society but it is also a fact that they are excluded from the mainstream of the Muslim society as well, said scholar and writer Asghar Ali Engineer at a seminar on Muslim Women: Issues of Exclusion held today at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.

UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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Mumbai’s molestor-killers sent to judicial custody

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Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention

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

इतिहास की बेटी राना सफ़वी के नाम हुआ साल 2020 का ‘यामिन हज़ारिका नारी...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ । Twocircles.net इल्मी दुनिया मे 'इतिहास की बेटी' के तौर पर पहचान बनाने वाली इतिहासकार, शायरा और लेखिका राना सफ़वी को इस साल...

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...

In cosmopolitan Karachi, women prefer hijab to burqa

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By Shilpa Raina, IANS,

BJP MLA brings up triple talaq issue in Gujarat Assembly

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, a BJP legislator on Friday moved a motion in the Gujarat Assembly advocating the...

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...

Women’s national team players accuse US Soccer of wage discrimination

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New York : Five members of the United States women's national team have filed a complaint against United States Soccer, the sport's governing body...

Women group appeal National Rights Commission for intervention in arbitrary arrests of rights activists

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TCN News A group of more than 100 women individuals and organizations have written to the National Rights Commission Chairman Justice H L Dattu seeking...

Wearing slogans on sleeves: Rupali Jadhav designs her activism on T-shirts

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33-year-old Rupali Jadhav started designing and selling T-shirts in early 2020, a year after the arrest of six activists of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM). Riya...

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.

Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women

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By IANS, Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them. For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women. The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.

Minor girl’s marriage stopped in Bengal

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

LDs: licensed to track you

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By Rajat Rai, IANS, Lucknow : Be it a mall, an office, a seminar venue or a social networking website, men are advised to be cautious in dealing with unknown women. The newfound weapon of private detective agencies is the lady detective, codenamed LD. "It is a combination of technology and beauty. Collecting information about anyone, be it a man or a woman, is more economical and easy using LD than male detectives," Shyam of Fox Detective Agency reveals.

Give big boost to women empowerment: Ambika Soni

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Emphasising the need for women's empowerment, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said women can play a vital role and bring a positive change in society. "Women empowerment means financially strengthening of women so that they can bring profits for their families. In southern states, nearly 86 lakh women have been associated with self help groups and got financial assistance to run their families," Soni said here Saturday.

4,000 Anganwadi centres to be modernised

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New Delhi: Skill enhancing programmes for women and e-learning modules and special play centres for children are among the new features being planned by...

मनोबल टूटा था, पर हिम्मत नहीं हारी…

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नेहा रोज़ टोप्पो झारखंड : जब हौसला और विश्वास साथ हो तो कठिन परिस्थितियां भी आपको आगे बढ़ने से नहीं रोक सकती. इस बात को...

Tejpal called woman associate regularly from prison

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Panaji : Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who is in judicial custody here, regularly telephoned from prison a Delhi-based woman business associate, an inquiry...

Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

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Taliban doesn’t necessarily need to be turban clad, swinging AK47, loitering around the streets of Kabul, aiming to kill those who don’t necessarily agree...

Jaipur woman gets rights over Delhi property

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New Delhi : Landlords were free to choose properties for doing business wherever they want, a Delhi court has held while allowing the eviction...

SC extends bail of Teesta, her husband till April 28

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday extended, till April 28, the interim bail granted to social activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed...

Oman national held in Hyderabad for marrying minor girl

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Hyderabad:A 61-year-old Omani national was Saturday arrested for allegedly marrying two minor girls in the old city of Hyderabad within a week by paying...

Women immolates self, parents alleges dowry death

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajouri Garden here, the police said Friday. The police came to know about the incident after a neighbour of the victim, Manorama, reported the crime. "Manorama's husband told the police that they had an argument in the (Thursday) afternoon, after which she poured kerosene and set herself on fire," said a police official. The police said that Manorama was taken to the Deen Dayal Hospital from where she was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 percent burns. She died Friday morning.

The controversy over Padmavati, and Bollywood’s soft war against Muslims

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By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net Padmavati, a Bollywood movie being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is the latest in a plethora of movies showing inter-religious...

‘Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation’

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By IANS, New Delhi: As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud. Clearing the first hurdle, the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 of the total 4,109 seats in the 28 state assemblies.

Final hearing on two Delhi gang rape convicts’ appeals in July: SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its March 15 interim order staying execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...

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.

Exclusive: Story of the ‘objectionable’ material recovered from Afreen Fatima’s house

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Soon after razing his house, police claimed that Afreen Fatima’s father, Javed Mohammad, was the mastermind of the protest in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in...

Anam Munaf Vadgama, a role model for girls

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

Women Commission for setting up of family courts in J&K

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By Agence India Press, Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Women proposed setting up of Family Courts to settle domestic disputes, besides enhancing existing domestic acts and laws against women rights violations in the state.

Women”s participation in the Olympics … an ambitious dream comes true

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By Mutaz Alshabrawi, KUNA, Kuwait : A law passed in 404 BC stipulated that sportsmen and their coaches had to participate naked in the Olympic Games, to force women to stay away after Kalipatera disguised herself as a man to enter the stadium and watch her son compete. Women found violating this order were thrown off the mountain, and as this sixth part of the KUNA report will show, women were not only banned from participating in the games, but also from entering the city of Olympics -- all except the priestess of the temple and her virgins.

Marriage changes women’s priorities: Survey

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New Delhi : Marriage marks a palpable shift not only in the life of women, but also in the way they view their priorities....

Women in Pakistani village vote for first time in 70 years

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By IANS: Lahore, July 25: Millions of registered voters are heading towards polling stations to cast their vote as Pakistan goes for its 11th general...

Dalit women in Haryana to march for redressal of cases of atrocities committed by...

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By Lalita Sharma, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) is organizing a Pad Yatra (long-march) in in Kurukshetra for redressal of pending cases against atrocities faced by Dalits, particularly women, beginning February 17. They organized a similar march last year as well.