Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
NIA gives clean chit to Sadhvi and others without conducting custodial interrogation
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: In a controversial development, India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) today gave clean chit to 6 accused, including Sadhvi Pragya...
Women can’t be secured by curbing their freedom, says CJI
New Delhi : Chief Justice of India H.L.Dattu Wednesday said security of women, in the wake of spate of cases of sexual assaults, could...
Women should occupy leadership positions: Sitharaman
Vijayawada : Women can improve their status in society only when they occupy leadership positions in all walks of life, Union Minister of State...
Woman alleges molestation by Uber driver in Gurgaon
By Rajnish Singh,
Gurgaon: Six months after the rape of a financial consultant by an Uber cab driver, the App based cab service provider ran...
Merely 8 percent of higher judges in India are women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Around eight percent of the high court and Supreme Court judges in India are women, Minister of Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath said Friday.
Unite to end violence against women: Ban
By IRNA,
Tehran : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Women’s Day, March 8, while calling for a positive image of women in the media called for laws that say violence is a crime.
According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran on Saturday, the full text of his message reads:
I faced no specific challenges because of my community or my gender: AAP Hyderabad...
By SM Fasiullah, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: Women’s under representation in political sphere is inextricably linked with their low and inferior status in the Indian society....
Acid attack victims: Centre, states to streamline payment of compensation
New Delhi: The central and the state governments on Saturday agreed to streamline the process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation, including first-aid...
Woman official found dead in car
By IANS,
New Delhi : The body of a 44-year-old Delhi government official was found in her smashed car in northwest Delhi's Rohini area Thursday morning, police said.
Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Neera Kharbanda was found lying dead at 7.15 a.m. in her heavily damaged car that looked as if it had been in an accident. Kharbanda was posted as Model Town SDM.
"The window screen and bumper of the car were badly damaged and primarily it seems that the car collided with a heavy vehicle. A bottle of liquor was also recovered from the car," a police official said.
2012 rape-murder case: Key points of the verdict
By IANS,
The following are the key points in the 2012 rape-murder case of a teenage girl delivered by Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat:
* Perpetrators...
Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents
By IANS,
London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.”
"Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people.
Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.
From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi
62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the...
It’s fight your own battle for Karnataka’s women candidates
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : The number of women candidates for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls later this month is dismal - a mere 11 as compared to 418 men. Four of the women belong to national parties and except for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, the going is tough for the remaining 10.
But the women say they are made of stern stuff and are bravely fighting their male opponents.
Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.
2010: A year of panic and alarm for women in North East India
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Medical student commits suicide in AIIMS hostel
New Delhi: A 17-year-old MBBS student allegedly committed suicide early Sunday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her hostel room in the...
Meet Dr. Mubeena Ramzan, the first Kashmiri woman to feature among world’s 500 most...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Dr Mubeena Ramzan of Kashmir created history earlier this month when she became the first Kashmiri woman to be enlisted among...
Women get permanent commission in military
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces.
A division bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg ordered the defence forces to reinstate all the women officers who had approached the court seeking permanent commission.
In its 32-page order, the bench directed the government to reinstate those officers as well as those who retired during the case.
कोचिंग के फीस के लिए नौकरी कर जुटाएं पैसे, अब जज बन गई बोकारो...
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली - हाल ही में बिहार पीसीएस जे के परिणाम में 22 मुस्लिम नोजवानों ने जज साहब होने का गौरव...
…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा
दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
30 days that bound a nation – in shame and concern
By IANS,
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
Over half of Assam’s candidates haaven’t cleared class 12
New Delhi : More than half of the candidates contesting first phase of Assam assembly elections have studied only up to class 12th, a...
‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...
Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...
Fatima Bibi: Film director extrordinaire
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Subhashini Ali,
Urdukidzcartoon.com connecting Urdu language with a new generation of kids
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
A women’s only car rally held in Punjab
By IANS,
Mohali (Punjab) : Nearly 30 women racing enthusiasts participated in a 80-km car rally here Sunday to commemorate the International World Women's Day.
"This is for the second time that I am participating in this event. For me it is the best way to celebrate the Women's Day and also an easy way to get a break from our mundane routine," Gurveen Kaur, a lawyer, told IANS before the start of the rally.
Madhya Pradesh minister booked for slapping tribal woman
By IANS,
Bhopal : Ranjana Baghel, Madhya Pradesh's minister of state for women and child development and social justice, has been booked for allegedly slapping a tribal woman and issuing threats after the victim reportedly questioned her about non-fulfilment of promises regarding development and farm loan waivers, police said Saturday.
Baghel allegedly slapped Ganga Bai Friday evening while campaigning for her husband, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Mukam Singh Kirade, in village Palasi of Dhar district, 250 km from here.
Badshah Khan’s hundred-year-old message of peace
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
"There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed 1,400 years ago by the Prophet all the time when he was in Mecca.” - Badshah Khan
Lalu Prasad meets PM, demands all party meeting
By IANS,
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday to demand that the government convene an all-party meeting on the women's reservation bill before pushing through the legislation.
Crescent School: Harbinger of English education among Muslims, now struggling to keep pace
Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Wimbledon: Sania out of women’s doubles
By IANS,
London : Sania Mirza's run in Wimbledon women's doubles ended when she and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) went down 2-6, 3-6 to Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Monica Niculescu of Romania in the second round here Saturday.
The 15th-seeded Indo-Taiwanese pair frittered away opportunities and could convert only one of their seven break points. They in return were broken four times in the 87-minute match.
Ramadan 1439: Sakina
By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net
Sakina, born and brought up in Mumbai, is a teacher. She lives in Bangalore with her family. She says “We shifted...
Four arrested for woman professor’s murder
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people.
Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
"Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
Kerala community colleges to empower women
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government's women empowerment project Kudumbashree is launching four community colleges for technical education in the state, an official said here...
The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers.
Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Ramadan 1435: Worker
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
She is a widow named Rahamat who works at Mecca Masjid - she cleans up the place and also the big...
Northeast has more women than men, yet few female candidates
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala: There are more women than men in the northeast, but just a handful of them were in the poll fray. In...
Herbal pill can cut your appetite by a fifth: Study
By IANS,
London: Women can cut their daily calorie intake by almost a fifth if they simply take a herbal diet pill, a research reveals.
The supplement has also been shown to help those with a sweet tooth, reducing the temptation to indulge in sugary snacks.
Zotrim, which is based on three South American plants, was tested by scientists at the University of Liverpool.
They found that women who took the pill with their breakfast had a much lower appetite at lunch time, cutting their calorie intake by 17.6 percent, reported dailymail.co.uk.
Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide
By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net
Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...
Promise of an Optimal Future for Women and Girls
By Shobha Shukla, CNS
In 1910, a meeting of 35 women in Copenhagen started a worldwide movement demanding universal voting rights for women. That was a turning point in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. Now, 100 years later, over 3000 delegates (40% of who were men) from 146 countries, gathered together in Washington DC to press for universal access to maternal and child health. 2010 is as transforming a mile stone as 1910 was, in the journey of achieving basic human and health care rights for all women and children.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: Why are India’s Muslims feeling the heat?
The Shraddha murder case is yet another example of how an entire community is targeted for the crime of one and how easily...
India’s women: Big strides but a long way to go
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, IANS,
Bihar: These Muslim women break taboo by learning Madhubani painting
A project for women to learn Madhubani painting saw mostly Muslim girls turning up to learn.
Sufi Parween | TwoCircles.net
MADHUBANI (BIHAR)—A bunch of Muslim girls...
AMU Convocation: Women take centre stage, bag 122 medals
By TCN News
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) plays a special role in India’s development and AMU students have made their mark not only in India...
Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday.
Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.
16 million Chinese women married to gay men
By IANS,
Beijing : Sixteen million women in China are married to homosexual men, an expert claimed.
Muslim women of the world urged to unite
By NNN-Bernama,
Kuala Lumpur : Collective action among Muslim women around the world is necessary to bring out women's issues for serious, indepth discussion, says the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), Daisy Khan.
Muslim women represented half of the world's Muslim population and therefore their issues were societal and serious, she said in an interview with Bernama here Tuesday.
Campaign for women’s reservation bill gains momentum
By IANS,
New Delhi : Barely five days after it was launched, the civil society movement to support the passage of the women's reservation bill has started gaining momentum. Nearly a hundred people have signed up the online petition to the president and scores of others have taken up the cause on the social networking site, Facebook.
Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq
Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...
Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time
New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Sania...
12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala
Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...
Hajj and Mahram: Modi government taking credit for Saudi government’s decision, say clerics
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that his government has relaxed the rule to allow Muslim women to go for Hajj...
Rajasthan school that gives women a voice
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Salanchal (Rajasthan) : On the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, 14 children cram chemical formulae under a tree in the compound of a village school. Seven of them are girls.
Around 40 km from district headquarters Alwar, the community-based experiment to educate poor girl children in this remote village of the Thana Gazi block in Rajasthan is unique in many ways.
261 women artists paint their thoughts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Spirituality, women's bonding, landscapes, coloured abstractions, shapes and figures - 261 artists from all over the world have put their thoughts on 300 canvases in one of the biggest women's art exhibitions at the Art Mall here.
The exhibition titled "Stree", which began three years ago as an annual event, is a tribute to talented women artists who have either taken up art as a vocation or hobby, said Ila Jain, director of the mall, who manages the mammoth display space-cum-learning centre. The 10-day exhibition began March 8.
Woman summoned for cheating husband
New Delhi: A court here has issued summons against a woman for allegedly cheating her husband and causing a miscarriage before marrying the man.
Additional...
Triple Talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced...
Woman who sought to abort foetus suffers miscarriage
By IANS,
Mumbai : Niketa Mehta, the Mumbai housewife whose plea for aborting her 26-week-old foetus had been turned down by the Bombay High Court, has suffered a miscarriage.
Her husband Haresh Mehta, 35, said Niketa, 34, had been admitted briefly to a clinic after complaints of severe abdominal pain and there was a miscarriage Tuesday.
"I don't want to go into the details. She is very weak and she has been advised complete bed rest for a month," Haresh told IANS Thursday.
Women candidates still stuck in ‘winability’ factor?
By Sreeparna Chakravarty,
New Delhi : Political parties have made a plethora of promises during the campaign for the 2014 general elections for the betterment...
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...
यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच
उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...
Women fight shame in flood-hit Bihar
By Imran Khan,
Supaul (Bihar) : Malti and Bhagwati Devi are just two of the thousands of people who have had to abandon their homes...
Library App for girls of AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Students’ Union and alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University have joined hands to create a mobile application that will allow girls of AMU to order books from Maulana Azad Library at the convenience of their residence. This app will allow undergraduate girls to get the book delivered to their hostel same day.
Bollywood goes moist-eyed on Mother’s Day
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai : From old hats like Shabana Azmi, Hema Malini and Mahesh Bhatt to young actors like Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley and Abhishek Bachchan - on Mother's Day they all talk about the contribution of their mothers in their lives and give them credit for their success.
Here is what the actors have to say on the special occasion:
No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was "no pressure" on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha.
"We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form," said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.
50-year-old woman jumps to death from ninth floor
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 50-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Monday by jumping from the ninth floor of her apartment building in Ghaziabad, the police said.
According to the police, Kumud Prasad, the wife of Nand Kishore Prasad, a deputy chief labour commissioner, jumped from her flat in Amrapali Royal apartments in the Vasundhara area.
According to her family, Kumud went out on the balcony of the flat in the morning. And about 10 minutes later, the apartment guards informed her husband that she was lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness
New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...
One lakh women attend annual Sunni Ijtema in Mumbai
By TCN News
More than 1 lakh women attended the 26th Grand Annual Sunni Ijtema event to acquire Islamic knowledge; understand their roles...
Fast track courts for crimes against women in UP
Lucknow: All 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh will soon have fast track courts for crimes against women, an officials said Saturday.
A decision to this...
68 with criminal cases, 56 crorepatis in Bengal polls second phase
Kolkata : As many as 68 of the 383 candidates contesting in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared criminal...
Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies.
Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems.
He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women".
The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.
Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday.
Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
Government is clearing a way for Uniform Civil Code through triple talaq : JUH
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Strongly condemning Central government’s affidavit filed before Supreme Court that opposes practice of triple talaq and polygamy, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind...
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.
Women becoming more susceptible to heart diseases: Expert
By IANS,
New Delhi: Changing lifestyle, stress and a poor metabolic profile are making young and middle-aged women more susceptible to heart diseases, a cardiology expert said here Saturday.
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
NGOs seek higher funding to curb domestic violence
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's right activists Tuesday came down heavily on the government for not allocating enough money for implementing the law against domestic violence.
Punjab to recruit 500 women constables
By IANS,
Phillaur : Punjab Police will soon recruit 500 women constables, the state police chief said Friday.
Record holder Arunachal mountaineer Anshu to climb Everest for breast cancer awareness
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After creating world record for being the only mother to scale Mount Everest twice within the span of 10 days, Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa is once again gearing up to climb the world’s highest peak. This time around Anshu is in a different mission to spread awareness on Breast cancer among her fellow countrymen.
From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...
WTA may have to find a new sponsor
By IANS,
London : The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract.
The joint-venture company, which had signed a $93.3 million deal with the WTA, has two more years of its contract to run, and it is highly unlikely to go beyond 2010, reports The Guardian.
Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29.
The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.
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.
Kerala HC declines anticipatory bail to rape-accused priests
By IANS
Kochi, July 11: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three Catholic orthodox priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman...
Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...
In twilight of their lives, they look for life partner
By Rafat Quadri, IANS,
Ahmedabad : They were in their 50s, 60s and even in their 70s. With love and longing in their hearts and dressed in their best clothes, hundreds of elderly men and women from various parts of Gujarat gathered here to look for a suitable match.
The 75 women and 700 men, many of them lonely in the twilight of their lives, offered their bio-data as prospective marriage candidates at the unique function in Town Hall here.
Lucknow gets an ‘all women’ petrol pump
Lucknow : Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an 'all women' petrol pump here on the eve of International Women's Day.
Named 'Shakti Filling...
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.
$400,000 pact inked for empowerment of Baloch women
By IANS,
Quetta: A $400,000 pact signed here Monday will see the economic empowerment of 5,000 Baloch women over the next two years by equipping them with entrepreneurship skills to market their embroidery and handicrafts products to supplement their household incomes.
Helen Loftin, regional manager of Canadian NGO Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), and Pervez Iqbal, CEO of Pakistan's Water, Environment and Sanitation Society (WESS), inked the pact here.
Indian woman hangs herself in UAE
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi: A 27-year-old woman from India's Kerala state allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi.
Female scribes face misogyny and patriarchy, say women journalists
New Delhi : Women journalists, like men, should be judged on the basis of their stories rather than their gender in the male-dominated world...
India: topper among women in UPSC exam credits family for achievement
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Delhi girl Ashmia Jain, the overall topper among women candidates in the Civil Services Examination, credits her achievement to her family's efforts.
Jain, who secured the seventh position in the 2007 exam, is a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics.
The 25-year-old told PTI that she had dreamt of the moment when she was in Class IX. "When I was in Class IX, I had told one of my friends that one day I would also make it to the civil services exam".
A topper from her school days, Jain toiled tediously for one and a half year to achieve her goal.
BMMA convention report: “When will we become full citizens?”
By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Several State Conveners of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) while describing the hurdles that came their way when they had to procure development sector data from government officials said the Right to Information (RTI) Act came to their rescue in face of official apathy.
Women’s bill will be passed as it is, says Moily
By IANS,
New Delhi: Ruling out the demand for quota within quota in the women's reservation bill, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was totally committed to the bill and it would be passed in the Lok Sabha in its present form.
"The Congress party... the UPA government is totally committed to this bill in the form it was passed by the Rajya Sabha," Moily told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on the CNN-IBN news channel. The programme will be telecast Sunday night.
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...
National Archives to observe 125th Foundation Year of NAI in Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The National Archives of India (NAI), Regional Office, Bhopal is organizing a 3-day outreach programme from September...
Elderly woman raped by youth in Bihar
Patna: A 75-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man at a village in Bihar, police Sunday said.
The incident took place Saturday night...
Nine all-women polling stations in Tripura
Agartala: The Election Commission will set up nine all-women polling stations - with all-women polling personnel - in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday.
"Considering...
Three women found dead in Delhi house
New Delhi : The bodies of a two women and a 12-year-old girl were found dead on Sunday in a building here, police said.
The...
Kerala to recruit more women as police officers
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala will induct more women in the state police force for maintenance of the law and order situation of the state. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan announced in the state legislative assembly Wednesday that the government has initiated measures to increase the number of women police officers.
The Kerala Police Act would be amended soon to enable the public service commission (PSC) to invite applications from women for the posts of sub-inspectors, he said.
At present women are not recruited directly as sub-inspectors.
Bihar Woman abandons husband, kids to marry father-in-law
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.
Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl
Agartala : A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police...
ABVP protests at St.Stephen’s College over sexual harassment
New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen's College in the north campus here over the alleged...
Ramadan 1437: Reshma Sadiq
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Remembering from a time when she was little girl, Reshma mentioned how her father took her out for an evening during...
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दिल्ली हिंसा के दौरान मुस्लिम महिलाओं के साथ हुईं हैं बेहद शर्मनाक हरकतें
कपड़े फाड़ने से लेकर बलात्कार तक के आरोप, कई लड़कियां...
Couple booked for torturing Dalit girl
By IANS,
Lucknow: A woman was arrested Wednesday and a search was on for her husband after they allegedly held a six-year-old Dalit girl hostage for the past six months and tortured her, police said.
The matter came to light Sunday when police raided their home on a complaint by the girl's mother and rescued her.
"We were shocked to see the condition of the girl who had injuries and bruises all over her body. She could hardly walk," Paresh Pandey, superintendent of police (Trans Gomti), told reporters.
Where is Rs.2,000 crore Nirbhaya Fund, AAP asks Centre
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratice Alliance government at the Centre over women's safety,...
Indian woman’s Italian ‘not good enough’ for citizenship
Rome : An Indian national has been barred from completing the process towards gaining Italian citizenship by a mayor who argued that her language...
Hundreds join in silent protest against NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC in Hyderabad
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hundreds of citizens from various civil rights groups and organisations working for urban poor, domestic workers, religious minorities, women, homeless, farmers,...
Good Housekeeping Show a woman’s delight
By IANS,
New Delhi: Shopping, recipe demonstrations and expert tips on health, fitness, parenting and home management - the ongoing Good Housekeeping Show 2010 is a woman's delight.
Women are flocking to the March 5-7 event, organised by the India Today Group, which publishes the Good Housekeeping magazine in India.
Uber rape: SC sets aside order to re-examine witnesses
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Delhi High Court order permitting the recall and re-examination of 13 witnesses including...
Kumar Vishwas’ case handed over to police: DCW chief
New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Singh on Thursday sought to clarify that the case of Aam Aadmi Party leader...
Meet Manjuwara Mullah from Assam’s riverine sandbank who is leading Muslim women to social,...
Manjuwara Mullah from the north-eastern state of Assam is a social activist whose initiative Amrapari has changed the lives of many women in the...
In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations
By TCN News
Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...
NHRC seeks report on six witchcraft killings in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to Odisha's Keonjhar district magistrate and superintendent of police to...
Women wear hijab in support of hate victim
By IANS,
London : One million women worldwide have posted their pictures on Facebook wearing the hijab to show their support for an Iraqi immigrant in the US who was brutally murdered.
Minor mother moves court, seeks damages from cops
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl, who became a mother a month back, has approached the Delhi High Court demanding compensation from Delhi Police after it failed to trace her for over a year, during which she became pregnant.
Demanding a compensation of Rs.15 lakh, the minor girl's counsel said before the division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar that "..it is because of the callous attitude of the police that the minor girl is now a mother of a baby, so the girl is entitled for compensation."
Rahima living her dreams through slum kids in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Poverty could hardly deter Rahima Begum from chasing her dream. Living in a slum in Guwahati, the lady in...
Woman’s burnt body found in Delhi house
By IANS,
New Delhi : The burnt body of a woman was found in her house here Monday, police said.
Anju, a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi, was found dead around 3 a.m., a police officer said.
"We found the burnt body of a woman in the house. We are investigating the case and have apprehended her husband Ramu for questioning," the officer said.
German rape victim’s mother asked to give income details
By IANS,
Panaji : The Goa police have been harassing the mother of a raped minor German girl, asking her to provide details not relevant to the case, her lawyer said here Monday.
"She has been asked to give details of her daily activities, her business details, source of income and vehicles purchased in Goa. These things are not relevant to the case," lawyer Aires Rodrigues told reporters.
The Calangute police, probing the offence, have given the mother a two-day notice to come forward with details, he said.
HC slams Delhi Police on women’s safety
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday slammed Delhi Police, asking why they can't hire CCTV cameras for the safety of women in...
असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन
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असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...
Woman Detained For Spreading Rumor Online About New Quake
By Bernama,
Hefei : Police detained a woman on Tuesday in east China's Anhui Province for spreading a rumor online that a series of powerful earthquakes will jolt the province.
The Provincial Department of Security monitored a posting on Monday from Baidu.com, a popular search portal, declaring Anhui was likely to be hit by a series of earthquakes at or above 7 on Richter scale, citing a forecast from the official website of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Government moots scheme to combat social evils against women
By IANS,
New Delhi: If all goes well, the government will soon launch a national programme, called the National Mission for Women, to combat social evils against women. This will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Proposed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the 'umbrella mission' will cover all existing programmes for women's welfare and evaluate and monitor their efficacy.
Woman techie from Assam murdered in Bangalore
By IANS,
Bangalore: A 29-year-old software engineer working with Dell was Friday murdered at her flat in an upscale south Bangalore area, police said.
No need for CBI probe into rape at girls’ home: Bihar DGP
By IANS:
Patna, July 24:Amid growing demand for a CBI probe into the alleged rape of over 40 minor girls in a shelter home in...
Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021
Women Summit is the annual get together of the members and well-wishers of Women’s Manifesto, a national level NGO formed in 2014. It...
No postal order for minority, women candidates in railway exams
By IANS,
Kolkata: Women, as well as minority and economically backward candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams will soon be exempted from postal order charges, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday.
"We've already taken the decision not to take the postal order fees from women, minority and candidates belonging to economically backward section of our society who would appear in the railway examinations.
Women stressed during pregnancy have unhappy kids
By IANS,
Sydney : Women stressed during pregnancy were more likely to have children with a higher risk of developing behavioural and emotional problems.
Researchers analysed data from more than 1,700 children in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, jointly conducted by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the University of Western Australia (UWA).
The findings are drawn from child behaviour checklists undertaken at two and five years of age.
Over five million people endorse effort to end violence against women
By DPA,
New York : More than five million people have signed a petition to support the UN campaign to end violence against women, a programme spearheaded by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, the UN has said.
The petition was presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mark Tuesday's International Day to End Violence Against Women.
"We thought that the more names we collected, the stronger our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for governments everywhere," Kidman said at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York.
Nominate 100 women achievers on Facebook
New Delhi : You can now nominate 100 women achievers who have contributed to community and nation building as a part of the...
In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes
By Richa Sharma,IANS,
New Delhi : Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws.
A total of 185,312 incidents of crime against women were reported in the country during 2007 as compared to 164,765 during 2006, an increase of 12.5 percent.
The number of crimes committed against women has increased continiously during the last five years.
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Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour
By Aatika S | TwoCircles
Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
बिखरते कश्मीर से निकलती दीबा फरहत की कामयाबी की दास्तां
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संघ लोकसेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) द्वारा आयोजित सिविल सेवा परीक्षा में इस बार भी लड़कियों ने अपनी प्रतिभा का लोहा मनवाया है. इस बार...