Victim identified Uber cab driver as rapist, police tell court
New Delhi : The woman executive who was allegedly raped by Uber taxi driver identified the accused at a court where she had gone...
देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल
तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...
More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation
By Prachi Salve
While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board...
19-year-old Maryam Siddiqui bags top spot in GenZ Leadership Olympiad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Maryam Siddiqui, a first-year Bachelors in Architecture student of Jamia Millia Islamia, has brought laurels to the university...
Woman forced to eat human excreta on witchcraft charge
By IANS,
Patna: A woman in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday.
Kochi nursing job scam runs into Rs.200 crore: CBI
Kochi: The CBI has estimated that the Kochi nursing employment scam runs into nearly Rs.200 crore.
A Central Bureau of Investigation source told IANS that...
Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh enter sub-junior women’s hockey semis
By IANS,
Sonepat: Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.
Number of rape cases rising in India
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a large number of them, parliament was informed Wednesday.
According to the data compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 20,737 rape cases were registered in 2007 against 19,384 in 2006, while the figure was 18,359 in 2005 and 18,233 in 2004 against 15,847 in 2003.
The data tabled in parliament pointed out that the maximum number of cases were registered in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
1,800 trained Indian nurses recruited in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's health ministry has recruited 1,800 Indian nurses to work in various government hospitals, a media report said.
The new nurses would assume...
Inquiry report on death of pregnant women by Thursday: Odisha minister
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Monday said a committee probing the death of three pregnant women at a...
No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said.
"After all in a democracy (you) can't bulldoze. Talking is the real beauty of democracy," Moily told IANS in an exclusive interview, underscoring a change of heart on the part of the ruling coaliton that pushed through the proposed legislation in the Rajya Sabha March 9.
This young educator is breaking taboos around menstrual hygiene
The objective of Farheen Naaz’s organisation is to break the taboo that has been built around menstrual hygiene since ages and normalise period...
Want justice not revenge: Bilkis Bano
New Delhi, (IANS): Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat...
Will, grit are key to achievement, say power women
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : They balanced homes and careers, often with great success. But breaking bastions and new grounds was not easy, say a cross-section of women who look back on their lives this International Women's Day.
And what keeps them going? Determination, they chorus.
"My message to the women is that if you have a goal then you have to let all the rest eddy around you - but you need not totally reject all that the Indian society forces on you," Anjolie Ela Menon, the 70-year-old artist, told IANS.
Asma Nama: I Can Marry Four. What about you?
By Asma Anjum Khan, teaches English, talks a lot, read her at your own risk.
[follow her:@asmaanjumkhan] # fourmarriages,#islam#the prophetmuhammadpbuh #widowremarriage#polygmay#khulaa#culture#monogamy# H.Aaishah RA
Saturdays usually signal the end of a hectic week. A soothing sensation after doing time for the last six days begins to engulf me. After my talk, a sister comes and hugs, nothing unusual; but a continuous stream of tears, from her eyes was. Her visage with droplets smearing it appeared a bit white. My little talk about H.Aaishah RA and other Ummahatul Momineen had touched her, she said. When probed about the weepy act; her reply not just stunned but kept haunting me for the next few weeks.
Wear clothes that don’t ‘tease’, Goa BJP tells tourists
By IANS,
Panaji: Foreign tourists in Goa must have a "minimum dress code" as the clothes they wear "tend to tease", the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit chief said Sunday.
Goa BJP president Laxmikant Parsenkar, while speaking at a gram sabha (village council), said thqat "a minimum dress code is necessary" to thwart the cultural invasion by foreign tourists in Goa.
Mamata seeks to defend pendency of rape trials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration's inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it...
Chandigarh rejects aid for mentally challenged rape victim
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration Monday rejected the financial assistance offered by a Delhi-based trust for the care and upbringing of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim and her unborn child.
Standing counsel of union territory administration Monday submitted an affidavit before the Punjab and Haryana High Court declining the aid of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons With Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
Troubled for dowry, woman commits suicide
By IANS,
New Delhi : Beaten and assaulted for not bringing dowry, a 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the city, Police said Monday.
Deepa locked herself inside a room in her house in Timarpur area in north Delhi late Sunday. When her husband Girish Kumar tried to call her, she did not respond, the police said.
Kumar immediately made a call to Deepa's parents, who stay a few miles away from their house.
"After reaching there, they broke open the door and found Deepa hanging. They brought down the body and called the police," a police officer said.
Crafting Harmony: Muslim Hands Shape Earthen Stoves for Hindu Devotees in Bihar
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...
Ramadan 1435: Games
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
A young girl passes her thime by playing games on her mother's mobile who runs a shop selling metallic wares and...
Three women charred to death in Chhattisgarh village
Raipur, March 7 (IANS) A woman and her two daughters were charred to death in a Chhattisgarh village Saturday after fire broke out in their shanty while they were asleep, police said.
The incident occurred in Kunjnagar village in Surguja district at around 4 a.m., police said.
The three victims were identified as Rajkumari, 32, and her two daughters - Rekha, 12, and Jaya, 10.
हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
हैदराबाद: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें सालाना...
India’s oldest woman photojournalist recalls first I-Day shots
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Her face crinkles into a smile that draws a fine mesh of crow-feet in the leathery folds of her skin. At 97, Homai Vyarawalla, India's first and oldest photojournalist, is still as spirited as she was in the 1920s when she shot glimpses of Mumbai life with her box camera and chronicled the Independence struggle in striking black and white compositions.
The story of Vyarawalla's life spans almost a century - older than that of independent India.
Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.
Women’s commission to act against erring officials
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) will take action against two senior Haryana officials for not giving the correct sequence of events that led to the death of a woman in mysterious circumstances at a businessman's home.
Suspecting the case to be of murder, instead of suicide as reported by the Haryana police, the commission said it was aghast that Rosila Kujur, who was a Christian, was cremated rather than buried.
84% Of 12 mn married children under 10 are Hindus
Devanik Saha
Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years - 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent...
Neela Satyanarayan is Maharashtra’s first woman election commissioner
By IANS,
Mumbai : Retired civil servant Neela Satyanarayan has been appointed the State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra, official sources said here Thursday. She is the first woman in the state to hold the post.
Succeeding Nand Lal who retired recently as the SEC, she will take charge of her new assignment soon.
Satyanarayan retired as additional chief secretary from the state government three months ago.
Women activists urge CJI to act against Madhya Pradesh judge
New Delhi : A group of women activists and lawyers Monday urged Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to initiate an inquiry into allegations...
A dropout herself, she sends village children to school
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Mysore : Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school.
This is the routine that Kalasamma, 33, a school dropout herself, has been following for the last four years. Her Heggadapura village is located in Mysore district, about 150 km from Bangalore.
Temple can’t prohibit entry of women devotees: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that unless a temple had a constitutional right, it could not prohibit the entry of the...
Varanasi widows to send rakhis to Narendra Modi
By Mohit Dubey ,
Varanasi: The widows of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh will send 1,000 hand-made, colourful rakhis and sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
‘Society will benefit from more women in politics’
By IANS,
New Delhi : When 181 women get "empowered" to enter parliament society as a whole will benefit, Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed said here Monday.
"All eyes are riveted towards India's parliament now. The thing to be kept in mind is that by asking for 33 percent reservation, we are not asking for a favour because when 181 women will be in the parliament, the society as a whole will benefit," Hameed said at the release of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on gender equality in Asia-Pacific region.
Urdu newspapers give more coverage to children and women issues
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: For long Urdu newspapers have been criticized for their backward outlook and emotional style of writing, most often by people who do not read these newspapers. A careful analysis of English, Hindi, and Urdu newspaper of Patna edition by a journalist in Patna revealed a different picture.
When it comes to giving space to news related to children and women Urdu newspapers are more generous in the coverage given to these issues than the newspapers in Hindi and English.
Lalitha Kumaramangalam takes charge as NCW chair
New Delhi : BJP leader Lalitha Kumaramangalam Monday took charge as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women and said that she will...
Ara court blast: 2 killed 16 injured; two bomb blast accused escape; terror angle...
Incidentally, despite revelation of association of the escaped prisoner to be an accused in 6 years old bomb blast that killed two persons, the police and media has immediately ruled out the possibility of linking the blast with any saffron organization terming the incidence to be criminal in nature than terror.
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Ara (Bihar): The investigation team of Bihar police has confirmed the bomb blast at Ara civil court premises that killed at least two persons and left 16 others injured on Friday was aimed at freeing the mastermind of six year old bomb blast accused during his appearance in the court.
Mamata to attend meeting on women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend a meeting of all political parties in the Lok Sabha on the women's reservation bill here Monday, a Trinamool Congress leader said Saturday.
The Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the Congress-led ruling coalition, had abstained from voting on the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha March 9.
"Mamataji will attend the meeting," Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay told IANS.
However, the party did not reveal the strategy to be adopted in the meeting.
Penniless widow writes to Patil for mercy death
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old widow in Orissa has sought permission from President Pratibha Patil to end her life, saying she has no money to feed her three mentally challenged children.
Development of any society will come through collective efforts by men and women, says...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Development of any society would come through collective efforts by men and women to improve the quality of their lives, Rula Ghani, the First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, said here on Wednesday.
“It is through relentless activism, dedication and blind courage that women could help change the mindsets of people,” Ghani said delivering her keynote address at a two-day SAARC conference on ‘Gender, Community and Violence: Changing Mindsets for Empowering the Women of South Asia’ here.
Challenges in Implementation of National Food Security Act discussed
By TCN News
New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
Sponsorship deal cancelled; powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu requests help on social media
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
International powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu has qualified to participate in the World Championship being held in Russia in December but is in...
क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...
Withdraw case slapped for protesting rape, demand women activists
By IANS,
Kolkata : Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for "stifling the voice of protest", a section of women rights activists Wednesday demanded withdrawal of...
Haryana’s women legislators – motorcylist nurse to industrialist mom
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : One was a nurse who ran her campaign riding a motorcycle. Another is known for her flamboyance in politics and social life. A third has been listed by Forbes magazine as one of India's richest women. They are among the nine women elected Thursday to the 90-member Haryana assembly.
In a state that has one of the worst sex ratios in the country with just around 800 females per 1,000 males, 67 women were in the poll fray among 1,222 contenders this time.
Woman caught smuggling heroin-stuffed buttons to Turkey
By RIA Novosti,
Dushanbe : Customs officials in Tajikistan detained a Filipino woman at Dushanbe airport Tuesday for attempting to smuggle more than three kilograms of heroin stuffed into fabric buttons to Turkey.
"During an individual baggage search of passengers, customs authorities detained Milagros Nolasko, 48, who was attempting to smuggle some 3,300 grams of heroin on a flight from Dushanbe to Istanbul," a customs agent told RIA Novosti.
More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233
The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.
After youth, AAP to reach out to women
New Delhi : After receiving an "overwhelming" response at the interaction with youth as part of its Delhi Dialogue Campaign, the AAP will reach...
Woman set afire by neighbours in Madhya Pradesh
By IANAS,
Bhopal: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in a Madhya Pradesh village after they accused her of stealing Rs.1,000, police said Tuesday.
Seema Sen, 28, was Monday evening passing by the house of her neighbour Vishram Thakur when his wife Rani alleged that Seema had stolen Rs.1,000 from her house. A heated argument ensued following which the couple entered Seema's house, doused her kerosene and set her afire.
She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where her condition is said to be critical.
54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak
Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...
Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT
New Delhi : Amid reports that some students from outside Jammu and Kashmir were proposing to leave the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar,...
Ladies’ kite club, where passion meets a soaring business
By Azera Rahman, IANS,
Mysore: You have heard of ladies' clubs, but a ladies' kite club? Kite flying may not be one of the usual hobbies that you hear women take to, but here in Mysore, 10 women who love the sport have come together to form this unique club of women-only kite flyers.
Chopping vegetables, taking care of her family and tending to the household chores like any other homemaker would, there is nothing that seems out of the ordinary about Kavita Bylokenda - one of the members of the club - at the first instance.
Molestation-accused JNU students union members quit
New Delhi: The president and joint secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) have resigned from their post, after being allegedly named...
Woman’s tongue cut off for defecating in field
Patna: A woman's tongue was allegedly cut off by her neighbour in a Bihar village for defecating in the open in his field, police...
Congress MP urges government to check trafficking of women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh Madhu Gaud Yaskhi Thursday made an impassioned plea to the government to evolve an effective action plan to check trafficking of young women and girls in the country.
During zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Yaskhi said that women from villages and towns were being lured by unscrupulous elements on the promise of providing them attractive jobs or roles in movies, but were later forced into prostitution.
"Such hapless young women and girls are taken away to foreign countries by means of fraud and deception," Yaskhi said.
People not helping make Delhi safe for women: Dikshit
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.
Temple attack in Pakistan not because of faith: Reema Abbasi
Kolkata: Asserting that Hindus were not persecuted in her country, Pakistani journalist-author Reema Abbasi on Saturday attributed land-grabbing rather faith behind attacks on temples...
‘High proportion of HIV+ women report domestic abuse’
By IANS,
Pune: A high proportion of HIV positive women report domestic violence than HIV negative women, says a latest study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune.
Estranged working wife entitled to maintenance: Court
New Delhi : A Delhi court has said that even a working wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband irrespective of...
12-year-old tells Punjab, Haryana why girls are important
By IANS,
Chandigarh: She moves with a doll in her hands and looks like any other girl of her age. But 12-year-old Ishita Uppal's similarity with girls of her age ends there.
The doll in Ishita's hands is symbolic of why girls are important in our society, especially in states like Punjab and Haryana -- which have the worst sex ratio in the country.
Ishita has embarked on a 10,000 km journey by car to address various events against female foeticide, the killing of the unborn female child, in Punjab, Haryana and other states.
17-year-old raped by three men in car
By IANS,
New Delhi : Three men in a car dragged a 17-year-old girl into their vehicle and raped her in north Delhi Friday, police said.
According to police, the men abducted the girl from outside her JJ Colony home in Shalimar Bagh when she was going to a public toilet nearby. After raping her, the men dumped her in outer Delhi.
"They later dumped her in Narela (outer Delhi). The policemen patrolling the area found her on the road and took her to a hospital. Doctors have confirmed sexual assault," said a policeman.
A trip to Rajgir: Atithi Devo Bhava, but what about the poor?
By Arfina Khanam for Twocircles.net
The caption of ‘Incredible India’: Atithi Devo Bhava, seems like an unfinished dream when I visited Rajgir in Bihar. The...
Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times
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’s commission meets Nupur Talwar
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nupur Talwar, mother of murder victim Aarushi Talwar, Friday provided to the National Commission for Women (NCW) the sequence of events in the sensational crime in which the family's domestic help was also killed. The NCW will now forward this to the Noida police that is investigating the case.
"We spoke to her for 25 minutes alone in her home and she gave us the details about what happened on the fateful day. We will be providing her statement to the Noida police," NCW member Nirmala Venkatesh told IANS.
No relief for Soni Sori: Brother-in-law, sister, picked up for interrogation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi: Having barely recovered from a brutal attack on her face by assailants, Soni Sori, the human rights activist from Chattisgarh,...
Meher Fatima talks about her book on 150 patriotic Indian Muslims
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
The book Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857-2007) provides biographical profiles of 150 patriotic Indian Muslims, many of them unsung heroes – those who did not become party to the two-nation theory. Author Meher Fatima Hussain, Lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia, talks to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on her book.
What inspired you to write this book?
Muslim women are oppressed in India: says minority social activist
By Alka Pande, CNS
It is in India and neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, alone, where Muslim women are oppressed, rest of the Muslim dominated nations give equal status and rights to women. This is how the Muslim minorities feel in this Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. These Muslim minorities also feel that the government schemes do not reach them.
Mirza-Hingis win 2015 Wimbledon women’s doubles title
London: Sania Mirza combined with former world number one Martina Hingis late Saturday to win a thrilling women's doubles final in the 2015 edition...
UAE’s first woman athlete in Olympic Games arrives in Beijing
By NNN-WAM,
Beijing : Determined to win, the first woman athlete of the UAE participating in the Olympic Games, Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed has arrived in the Chinese capital.
She is the only UAE athlete participating in the 67 kg category of taekwondo in the Beijing Olympiad.
Women’s Day: Spicejet’s all-women crew flights, SRL Diagnostics awards 5
New Delhi : On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, budget carrier SpiceJet said it was operating 16 all-women crew flights across...
Women’s panel row: UP blames typo
Lucknow : Faced with outrage over downsizing the budget for the state women's commission, the Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday clarified that information given in...
UP cop to woman: Who will rape you at your age?
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman, who petitioned a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer seeking registration of her rape complaint, was told that her's was not an age to be raped.
Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...
Madhya Pradesh woman minister kicks minor seeking one rupee
Panna (Madhya Pradesh) : In a callous act, Madhya Pradesh minister Kusum Mehdele, who has already courted controversy for her insensitive remarks on...
अच्छी ख़बर : एएमयू को ‘नैक’ ने दिया ए ग्रेड
न्यूज डेस्क।Twocircles.net
देश के प्रतिष्ठित अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय को राष्ट्रीय मूल्यांकन एवं प्रत्यायन परिषद (नैक) की समीक्षा में 3.24 के संचयी ग्रेड प्वाइंट...
Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder".
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.
More women voters join polls in Bangladesh
By Xinhua,
Dhaka : More women voters are casting their votes in Bangladesh's 9th parliamentary election which is being held on Monday.
Witnesses said there are many women voters queuing up in different polling centers in Dhaka, adding the phenomenon was rare in the past.
After casting her vote in a polling center in Dhaka, Farhana Mahmud told Xinhua the government has created very good environment for voting, like the deployment of a highest number of security forces, banning the movement of vehicles.
Moroccan women seek their way between Islam and feminism
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.
Triple talaq law will affect social cohesion, says Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has opposed the bill seeking to criminalise instant triple talaq, saying this would have severe consequences on rule of...
85 percent voters want action on violence against women
New Delhi : Eighty-five percent of Indian voters are likely to vote for a candidate who commits to work towards ending violence against women,...
Army to give permanent commission to women in two months
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission within two months to women serving as short service commission officers in the legal and education branches of the Indian Army.
However, the absorption of women as permanent commission officers would be subject to "requirement" and after necessary training, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said in an undertaking on behalf of the defence ministry, recorded by the court.
बिहार में पर्दानशीं मतदाताओं पर है विशेष नज़र
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पश्चिम चम्पारण : बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव में फ़र्जी मतदान रोकने के लिए निर्वाचन आयोग की पर्दानशीं मतदाताओं पर विशेष नज़र है....
Small town girls log on to search for suitable boy
By Himanshu Dubey, IANS,
New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Deeksha Batra wants a perfect partner. She has not left the "job" to her parents alone but has turned to matrimonial sites to look for the "perfect" man.
"Small town families are conservative; so they go for arranged marriages. But at times things go horribly wrong. I want to be sure and so I turned to matrimonial sites to find the perfect match," Batra said.
"Matrimonial sites are a better option any day," Batra, who lives in Faridabad, adjacent to the national capital, told IANS.
9.3 million Indian women disabled
By IANS,
New Delhi : The total number of disabled women in India stands at 9.3 million, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said Tuesday.
Woman found dead in Delhi, police suspect dowry killing
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 26-year-old woman was found dead here Sunday, the police said, with her family accusing her husband and in-laws of killing her for not meeting their dowry demands.
Renu, a mother of two, was found dead with blood and froth oozing out of her mouth in her Dwarka residence, the police said.
The police said an anonymous caller informed them Sunday noon that a woman was murdered by her husband and in-laws in Dwarka.
The body bore several injury marks and has been sent for post-mortem examinaion, the police said.
India’s women’s bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister
By Manish Chand, IANS,
New Delhi : India's experiment with gender equality in parliament through the women's reservation bill has struck a chord in Africa, says Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh.
"I hope this legislation goes through. It's inspiring for women everywhere, including in Africa," Tetteh, one of the seven women ministers in the West African country and a firm backer of stronger India-Africa ties, told IANS in an interview.
A lawyer by profession and an aide to Ghana President John Atta-Mills, Tetteh was here to attend a business conclave.
Delhi records 40 cases of crimes against women every day
By Rajnish Singh,
New Delhi : The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of...
Water cannons used against BJP women supporters in Lucknow
Lucknow : Police Monday used water cannons to disperse hundreds of BJP women supporters who wanted to march to the chief minister's office here...
The problem of Rape: Why India is still failing?
By Aabid Ali Haider for TwoCircles.net,
The brutal and harrowing rapes in Kerala have revealed that women in India are unsafe when it comes to...
Court asks doctors to decide on abortion for rape victim
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday ordered the setting up of a special committee of doctors to decide on terminating the pregnancy of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim as she does not have a guardian.
Justice Surya Kant directed the Chandigarh administration to form a committee comprising senior doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and an additional sessions judge, who will act as a member-cum-coordinator.
The committee will submit its report within 10 days of its constitution, the court said.
Woman burns husband, six others to death in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: In a gruesome incident, a woman allegedly burnt her husband and six other family members to death on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu.
The incident...
Muslim women are excluded within community also: Asghar Ali Engineer
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.
WPI urges MEA to intervene for repatriation of stranded Indian women workers in Saudi...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India national president Mujtaba Farooque, in a letter to Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking
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...
70-year old Dalit woman raped in Uttar Pradesh village
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 70-year old Dalit woman was raped after her son and daughter-in-law were shot and injured in an Uttar Pradesh village. A rapist has been arrested while three others are absconding, a police official said Wednesday.
The incident took place early Tuesday morning when the accused barged into the victim's house.
"We have arrested Ranvir Singh Yadav and are looking for three others," Mahoba police chief R.P. Singh told IANS on phone.
Mahoba district is about 250 km from state capital Lucknow.
Normalcy returning though fear remains among people in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: The fear of the bullet sounds which silenced their near and dear ones still persists in the hearts and minds even as Assam government takes measures to control the violent situation in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000
By AFP,
Chengdu, China : A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.
Amid fears of new aftershocks among a traumatised population, Beijing put out a fresh urgent appeal for tents as foreign medical teams began to arrive in southwestern Sichuan province.
Woman Maoist killed in gunbattle in Orissa’s Kandhamal
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman Maoist rebel was Tuesday killed by security forces in a gunbattle in Orissa's Kandhamal district, an official said.
Getting information that a group of Maoists had gathered in the forest near Daringbadi area of the district for a meeting, police and special operations group personnel raided the area.
There was an exchange of fire after the rebels attacked the security forces and a woman Maoist was killed, district collector Krishan Kumar told IANS.
NHRC notice to Kerala government over working conditions of women
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female...
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Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins.
Reactions flowed in...
First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76).
She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.
Resilience and Identity: Refugee Women in India Navigate Challenges Through Intersectional Feminism
Syed Muskan and Kulsoom Faiz, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The intersectional feminist approach illuminates the myriad issues confronting migrant women globally. As per the latest report from...
Woman alleges gang rape, police file molestation complaint
By IANS,
Noida : A 22-year-old woman was gang raped by a 'godman' practising occult and his associates but the Uttar Pradesh Police registered a complaint of molestation, the victim's family alleged here Saturday.
Om Prakash, the victim's husband, said his wife had gone to Jhulla, a neighbour in village Sirsa Khanpur of Greater Noida district, to get medicines for him Thursday night.
"The 'tantric' (occult practioner) asked me to accompany him to a forested area to collect herbs for the medicines to cure my husband," the 22-year-old victim told IANS.
A Jewish voice against the “burqa ban”
By Joshua M. Z. Stanton
Even as a Jew in New York, I know what it is like to be Muslim in France.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
While studying abroad in the French city of Strasbourg in 2007, I decided to grow a bushy beard. Little did I know that in France only traditional Jewish and Muslim men don anything but the most finely trimmed moustache or goatee. Since I did not wear a yarmulke or other head covering, people who saw me on the street assumed that I was Muslim.
SC disallows burqa, full sleeve shirt for AIPMT examination on Saturday
The SIO that had filed the PIL, withdrew the case “as a mark of protest” seeing what it called the decline of interest of...
Kanyashree scheme to be part of school syllabus: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Kanyashree Prakalpa - a scheme for girls - would be included...
Tripura opens toll-free helpline for women in distress
Agartala: The Tripura Police, as part of its initiatives to curb rising atrocities and crimes against women, has launched a toll-free helpline for women...
Jayalalithaa: A shy actress who became Queen of Tamil Nadu
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai : She was a shy girl when she first stepped into the movie world. Decades later, by when she was...
Congress asks Kerala women’s panel chief to step down
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala Friday asked Kerala State Women's Commission chairperson Justice D. Sreedevi to quit after the panel decided to recommend a minimum age for girls to become nuns.
Chennithala termed the recommendation as the latest instance of the Left government using its power and clout over government-controlled bodies to hit out at the minorities.
Loss, Survival and Denial of Justice: The Untold Lives of Delhi Riots Widows
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...
Bihar woman deserts alcoholic husband at village meet
Patna: A 35-year-old woman in a Bihar village Sunday deserted her alcoholic husband and refused to live with him at an open panchayat meeting,...
Sheila Dikshit is India’s longest serving woman chief minister
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sheila Dikshit Monday became the longest serving woman chief minister in the country when she wrested power for the third time in the Delhi assembly elections. The women chief ministers who preceded her were:
Sucheta Kripalani: She became the first woman chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in October 1963 and was there till March 1967 heading a Congress government.
Nandini Satpathy: She headed the Congress government in state from June 1972 to March 1974 and March 1974 to Dec 1976.
Delhi HC upholds death sentences in Dec 16 gang-rape
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentences awarded to four convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape.
A division bench...
UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...
Crimes against women in Bengal have dipped: NCRB
Kolkata : The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report that said incidents of crimes against women have dipped in West Bengal came as...
Women’s legislative quota set to become reality
By IANS,
New Delhi : As the world celebrated International Women's Day, India was Monday set to give its women 33 percent seats in legislative bodies through the landmark women's reservation bill.
The introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage has been timed with the 100th year of women's day, celebrated every year March 8.
The bill now enjoys overwhelming support of the the ruling coalition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. Some smaller parties have also voiced their support.
Nearly 1,200 women killed in Pakistan in 2010: Report
By IANS,
Islamabad : Of the 1,195 women murdered in Pakistan this year, 98 were killed after being raped, says a report by the country's first helpline for women and children.
SC allows Jamiat-e-Ulema to intervene in rights of Muslim women matter
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday permitted an intervention application by the Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind contending that Muslim personal law was protected by the...
Ramadan 1438: Bisma
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"I just finished taking my Math exam. I practiced for two whole days and forgot one answer in the end,"...
Sameena Shah wins Google India Engineering Award
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Sameena Shah has won the 2009 Google India Women in Engineering Award. Google India selected 9 top students for the 22 finalists this year. Full time student in a recognized institution and pursuing Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related majors were eligible for this award.
IAF approves women in combat roles
By Gulshan Luthra,
New Delhi : Induction of women officers in combat roles in the Indian Air Force (IAF) now seems possible.
The IAF chief, Air...
Workshop on self defence for women journalists in Kolkata
By TCN News:
A 3 days workshop in self defence was organised exclusively for lady journalists, their daughters, sisters and other women in Kolkata by...
Indian women behind Bangladesh in socio-economic parity
New Delhi: At a time when the United Nations has called for gender equality ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), an index on...
Women’s rights exhibition inaugurated in Coimbatore
By TCN News,
Coimbatore: An exhibition was inaugurated in Coimbatore on Saturday as part of the awareness campaign of the “Awakening” Conference on the theme “Women’s rights and issues” being organized by National Women’s Front.
Singur after six year: Voice of only Muslim Panchayat member Ashia Begum
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCirclees.net,
Part 3 of the three part series on Singur.
Part 1: Six years later
No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar
New Delhi, (IANS): HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday denied female students were discriminated at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after reports said they...
Woman raped in front of son
By IANS,
Gurgaon : A woman was raped in her son's presence by her husband's employers who had agreed to drop them home in Gurgaon, police said Sunday. Before informing the police, a village council tried to mediate but failed as the victim insisted on registering a case.
"The 26-year old victim was coming on a bus from her parents' house in Alwar on Friday afternoon with her husband and seven year old son. As they reached Rampur area at the Gurgaon border, her husband saw his employers and asked them to drop his wife and son to their village," a senior police officer.
Indian medical journal focuses on Ramadan in its current issue
By TCN News
New Delhi: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has devoted its current issue to medical issues of Diabetic patients during the month of Ramadan.
11 implants allow woman to walk after 36 years
Gurgaon : For 48-year-old Sachi, life remained painful for more than three decades. But now she can walk after a gap of 36 years...
Woman power rises as Siachen trek enters second phase
By Ritu Sharma, IANS,
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) : In a first, five women trekkers are among the 37 civilians who will be scaling icy peaks and braving extreme weather to reach the Siachen Glacier, once known as the world's highest and coldest battleground and where the guns have been silent for the past five years.
There was just one woman on the trek last year.