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Preventing crimes against women: are stringent laws the only solution?

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By Ram Puniyani,

Women’s help cells to come up in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Grappling with incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a women's help cell in every district of the state, an official said Saturday. "The move intends to check various manifestations of violence against women, particularly dowry harassment and female foeticide," R.K. Mittal, commissioner social welfare department, told IANS. The exercise to set up the upcoming help cells would soon be initiated, he added.

NCW upset with ‘obscene’ depiction of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Alarmed over the rise in "obscene" depictions of women in the print and electronic media, including in television soaps, the National Commission for Women (NCW) wants a self-regulatory board to keep a check on this. NCW Chairperson Girja Vyas Tuesday demanded a change in the existing legislation. She also suggested stiff penalty and punishment for violators. "In today's world, the depiction of women is done in obscene ways through various mediums," she told reporters here. She said soap operas either show woman as a vamp or a simple innocent girl.

Rape: Patriarchy and selective historiography

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By Ram Puniyani

Why Does Adultery Matter in a Secular Society?

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"Secularism prohibits the imposition of any religion, except the religion of secularism" By Yamin Zakaria,

Ramadan 1437: Honey Khan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “It's been 13 years since I started fasting during Ramadan”, said Honey, “from the time I entered Islam.” Sitting in the...

तारोन दोद्राई की सीखने की ये ललक आपको हौसलों से भर देगी

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प्रियंका सुबर्नो झारखंड के खूंटी ज़िला के तोरपा ब्लॉक, ज़रिया पंचायत, रंगरू टोली गांव में स्थित ‘विलेज लेवल सर्विस सेंटर’ (वी.एल.एस.सी.) ग्राम स्तर सेवा केंद्र...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

The pointing finger of Babasaheb Ambedkar

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Dr. Shah Alam Khan Mayawati, the chief minister of the most populous state of India is in news yet again. Her fondness to Greek Parthenon-style memorials has landed her in trouble with the highest court in the country. I wonder what the Supreme Court of India would have done to the likes of Shahjahan, Akbar, Cholas of Southern India and Rajputs of Rajasthan if it existed in their times.

Royal Bengal tiger drags woman into deep woods in Sundarbans

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Kolkata: A Royal Bengal Tiger dragged a woman, who had ventured into the forests to catch crabs, into the deep woods in the Sundarbans...

Sikh Woman elected city council member in US

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Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...

Ramadan 1438: Ara Jan

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "Our Prophet(S.A.W) has said that the month of Ramadan has 10 days of mercy and 10 days of forgiveness and...

Impose president’s rule, make Odisha safe for women: BJP

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded president's rule in Odisha to prevent rape cases and atrocities on women.

Malaysian Indian woman faces new hurdle to get child from husband

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By IANS, Ipoh : Malaysian Indian woman Indira Gandhi was facing a fresh hurdle in recovering her infant daughter from her husband who has been granted interim permission to retain the child by an Islamic court. Gandhi's husband had converted to Islam and taken away the one-year-old girl from her. Lawmaker M. Kulasegaran, who is fighting her case, has challenged Perak state Mufti Harusani Zakaria's statement permitting Gandhi's husband Patmanathan, who converted to Islam last month, to keep the child.

Girls outperform boys in Bihar’s madrassa exams

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By IANS, Patna: Girls have outperformed boys in the examinations held by Bihar's Madrassa Education Board for the second consecutive year. "Girls have outperformed boys in the madrassa results. Maulvi, Fauquania and Vastania topped in the Class 12, Class 10 and middle school examinations," Maulana Ajaj Ahmad, chairman of the Madrassa Education Board of Bihar, said Thursday.

RS chairperson admits impeachment motion against MP judge

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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari has admitted a motion of impeachment moved by 58 members of the house against Madhya Pradesh High...

Allocation for women and child development ministry slashed

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New Delhi : The allocation of the women and child development ministry has been slashed by 44 percent in the budget for 2015-16 presented...

Home ministry official denies tutoring witness in Ishrat probe

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New Delhi : Home Ministry official B.K. Prasad on Thursday dismissed the charge that he tutored a witness in the probe relating to missing...

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"...

From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi

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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...

Kartika Reddy Hyderabad’s first woman mayor

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

Skill Development Centre for women from BPPL families

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By TCN News: New Delhi: A skill development centre Sponsored by Human Welfare Foundation & Managed by Women’s Manifesto has been started for women from...

Police find ‘vital leads’ in Kerala nun’s murder

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Kottayam (Kerala) : Two days after a Kerala nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room on Thursday, police claimed...

Muslim group demands ban on nikah halala, question Darul Qazas

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By TwoCircles.net Darul Qaza or shariah courts according to the ulema are very much in the light of the constitution of India but on the...

Police still to interrogate Pune call centre rape victim

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By IANS, Pune : Police said Sunday they hadn't found any "corroborative evidence" of rape following allegations that a 22-year-old woman employee of a call centre here had been gangraped by around 10 men, including her cab driver. The call centre employee of IBM has not yet made a statement to police. She was allegedly raped Thursday night and has been in a state of shock since then.

National shooter attacked for protesting wife’s harassment

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By IANS,

J&K man held for raping Canadian tourist in Goa

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Panaji: A man from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a Canadian tourist at the beach village of Arambol in...

Meet the Tribal Girls From Jammu & Kashmir Who Cracked Neet

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Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles.net Several girls from the Bakarwal community, a nomadic ethnic minority in India's Jammu and Kashmir area, recently cleared the National...

Villagers planning another ‘sati’ temple in Raipur

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By IANS, Raipur : Villagers in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district are reportedly planning to construct a temple at the site where an elderly woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre, even as seven people have been held for the crime, police said Tuesday. Police deployment has been increased to foil their plans, an official said. Dozens of people had Monday offered prayers at the site in Chechar village, 125 km from here, despite a a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman.

Ruksana’s journey and rural India’s search for healthcare

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By Devanik Saha With a wound that refuses to heal on her shoulder, nine-month-old Ruksana lives with her parents - and hundreds of others patients...

Rathore finally speaks, says he will ‘smile more’

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

Sania loses Birmingham tennis semifinal

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By IANS Birmingham: India's Sania Mirza blew a set advantage against Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to go down 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in the Aegon Classic tennis semifinal here Saturday. Sania, who had beaten Rybarikova in their only meeting before, was appearing in only her second semifinal of the year. She had reached the Pattaya Open final in February. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi, who played two matches Friday, recovered from a break down in the fourth game of the first set and then reeled off four games in a row for a 5-2 lead. She then comfortably served out the set in the ninth game.

UN announces new agency for women

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By IANS/EFE,

Women banned from wearing mini-skirts to work

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By IANS, London: Women in Britain's offices have been banned from wearing mini-skirts to work, and people involved in "customer-facing roles" have been told to look more professional "in a way that shows respect to children and families". Around 400 staff in Southampton City Council's children's services department received a memo telling them they should dress respectfully and "carefully consider their work attire", the Daily Mail reported.

Mumtaz rides on Mamata’s wave

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Bhutanese women in politics: Victims of prejudices

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By Shilpa Raina, Thimpu : There is no gender discrimination in Bhutan but, when it comes to the representation of women in politics, socio-cultural prejudices...

Rape: crime or victory?

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By Saquib Salim, I am not really a soccer fan and I do not want to pretend during world cup, just because everyone else...

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women

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By IANS, Belgaum (Karnataka) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for increasing atrocities on women and children in the country. "Though rape and murder of women are committed in New Delhi right under the nose of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has failed to prevent such heinous crimes," Modi said at a party rally at Kittur, about 30 km from this north Karnataka town.

At 16, Arsh Ali is India’s youngest archaeologist at work

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By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: At his age, teenagers loaf around and look for fun and adventure. Not so for the 16-year-old Arsh Ali. He not...

British Indian woman election candidate stands for change

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By Debdutta Bhattacharjee, New Delhi/London : Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain's Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month's parliamentary elections, has been a busy...

Pune gets first woman police chief

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By IANS, Mumbai: The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune's first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters. Singh will take over as the new additional director general of police (establishment) and will be based in Mumbai. Borwankar till now was the joint commissioner of police (criminal investigation department), Pune. She had hit the headlines when she was appointed joint commissioner of police (crime) in Mumbai a few years ago.

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...

Women power at Delhi civic polls

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By IANS,

Equality still a far cry for Indian women, say activists

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(International Women's Day is on March 8) By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : Despite several success stories, Indian women continue to be bogged down by...

Himachal fair to fairer sex

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS, Shimla : Call it a coincidence, but many top slots in the Himachal Pradesh administration are occupied by women.

HC notice on poor girl’s plea for free treatment

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a plea by a 13-year-old girl, suffering from...

Men need to change to stop violence against women: Meira Kumar

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By IANS,

Woman home guard molested on Delhi bus

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By IANS,

For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist

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By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...

SAARC to get first woman secretary general

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By IANS, Dhaka : The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set to get its first woman secretary general - a 36-year-old Maldivian lawyer.

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ गिरफ्तार, पूर्व आईपीएस संजीव भट्ट पर एक और केस दर्ज

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net देश की जानी-मानी समाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को गुजरात एटीएस ने 2002 के गुजरात दंगों के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया है। इसके...

Naidu bats for women’s quota bill, uniform civil code

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New Delhi : Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said political parties must reach a conclusion on the long-pending women's reservation...

Month after rape and killing of minor in Bihar, no action

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Patna : A month after a minor daughter of a landless labourer was gang-raped and killed in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the police seems to...

Molestation-accused JNU students union members quit

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New Delhi: The president and joint secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) have resigned from their post, after being allegedly named...

जहांगीरपुरी हिंसा में सवालों के घेरे में दिल्ली पुलिस की कार्रवाई

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जाकिर अली त्यागी Twocircles.net के लिए बाला जी जयंती शोभायात्रा के दौरान दिल्ली के जहांगीरपुरी इलाके में हुई दो पक्षों के बीच हिंसा में...

Only the sky’s the limit for 10 Nepali women

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands. But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky. It is a mixed clutch of young women: a bowling champion, a journalist, a beautician, a homemaker, a student and diverse others. But the 10 have one thing in common: climbing Mount Everest.

UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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By IRNA,

For women, a crash course in job skills

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By Fakir Balaji, IANS,

Saving Muslim women? First, learn to stand for us: An Open Letter to AIMPLB

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net Dear respected AIMPLB members, Be it the women rallies taken out by AIMPLB throughout the country abruptly stopped, the sudden...

Hyderabad women group celebrates International Women’s Day

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By TCN News,

बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग का परिणाम जारी, मुस्लिमों का इस बार बेहतर हुआ प्रदर्शन

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग (बीपीएससी) ने 7 अक्टूबर को बीपीएससी 65वीं संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा (सीसीई) के अंतिम परिणाम घोषित कर दिए। इस बार मुख्य...

Militants kill five in Jammu, gun battle continues

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By IANS, Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) : Five people, including a woman hostage and a photojournalist, were killed when militants struck in Jammu early Sunday. An intense gun battle is underway between the militants, holed up in a house, and security forces in the Samba sector. The militant attack in the Jammu plains is the first since 2002. According to the police, militants entered the house of Hoshiar Singh in Kali Mandi in Samba, 45 km from Jammu, and opened fire, killing him and his wife Shashi Bala. Their daughter Bindu and Singh's mother-in-law were injured in the firing.

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...

CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges

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Kannur (Kerala) : The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state of misusing power...

Girls allege sexual exploitation in north Gujarat college

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : As many as 23 girls studying in a training college in Mehsana district of north Gujarat have fled their hostel, complaining of sexual molestation by the institute's managing trustee. The students of the K.B. Dave Adhyapan Mandir, a co-education primary teachers' training college at Pilvai in Vijapur sub-district, 190 km from here, ran away from their hostel Saturday night and took shelter at the home of their college-mate Kinjal Patel in Sabarkantha district.

Mother of Bijnor man killed in anti-CAA protest will not contest election on Cong...

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Anwari Begum was given the ticket by the Congress after the party announced in October last year that 40 percent of it’s candidates in...

Delhi woman arrested in Punjab for tearing off clothes

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By IANS, Bathinda (Punjab) : A woman was arrested here Tuesday after she tore off her clothes in front of the district police chief's office to press her demand for action on her complaint. The police registered a case of obscenity against Pinky, a Delhi resident, and arrested her. Pinky had earlier created a flutter outside the office of the district police chief, alleging that the police were not taking action on her complaint that her minor daughter Jyoti was being forcibly kept by a Bathinda resident.

Strict curfew in Kashmir: Women march to ‘Pather Masjid’ foiled; 5 injured

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By Bilal Furqani, AIP Srinagar: Despite a strict security in Kashmir, scores of people including women and children tried to take a protest march to Pather Masjid today afternoon on the call given by Hurriyat (G). Dozens of women demonstrators, led by the Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chief Asiya Andrabi, defied the strict security lockdown in the Srinagar and staged a noisy anti-India rally. The women later dispersed after police tried to block the rally.

We are satisfied with CBI probe in Ruchika case: Anand Prakash

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Anand Prakash, the complainant in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation and suicide case, Friday said he was satisfied with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials who met him about the case. "I am quite satisfied with the CBI officials. They listened to us very patiently and we told them about everything related to the case since Aug 12, 1990," Prakash told reporters, after coming out of CBI camp office here Friday evening.

Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl

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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 said. "Kamalpur...

The iron lady of Tamil Nadu (Profile)

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai : J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the 'Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu', returned to power on Saturday - after a seven...

Sheema Mohsin first Muslim woman on Karnataka wakf board

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Bangalore: By her appointment as the member of the Karnataka State Wakf Board, a new chapter has been added to the history of the state where perhaps has never been a Muslim woman appointed on a statutory body like wakf board.

By profession a journalist and social activist Sheema Mohsin (36) is based in Bangalore.

Police not to arrest Rathore ‘hastily’ despite criticism

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana Police has been pulled up for delaying action in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case but police officials say they did not want to arrest former top cop S.P.S Rathore "hastily" despite a Panchkula court having dismissed his anticipatory bail pleas. "Our investigation is still under process and we are looking into all aspects of the case before arresting anybody. We cannot do things hastily in this matter and we are busy collecting evidence pertaining to these FIRs," Superintendent of Police (Panchkula) Maneesh Chaudhary told IANS here Saturday.

Woman ministry should intervene in ‘honour killing’ cases: Court

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New Delhi : A court here has asked the central women and child development ministry to intervene in the matter of "honour killing" so...

Maulanas assaulted by women in Lucknow over talaq issue

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Lucknow: Three women manhandled maulanas and the staff of Madrasa Sultan-e-Madaris at Shameena Road in Lucknow on Tuesday afternoon. The women alleged that the maulanas had issued 'talaq' certificates against them.

A temple which welcomes only women

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow : It's a man's world, but not in an old temple in Uttar Pradesh where only women can worship - and men may do so at their own risk. The Brahm temple in Sakaldiha town of Chanduali district, some 300 km from Lucknow, was built nearly 120 years ago in the memory of a seer named Shreepath, who is said to have wished victory to daughters and defeat to sons.

Court seeks answer to Muslim woman’s ‘no’ to voters list photo

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By IANS, New Delhi: If one Muslim woman is allowed not to have her photograph on the voters' list, thousands of similar applications would be filed, the Supreme Court noted Monday and aked the petitioner to instead think of some workable solution to resolve the tangle. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan made the observation while hearing a lawsuit by Madurai resident Ajmal Khan, resenting the display of the photographs of Muslim women in the voters' list.

लखनऊ में भी शुरू हुआ’शाहीन बाग़’ जैसा विरोध, महिलाएं बोलीं, ‘जिएंगे भी यहीं और...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net सुमैय्या राना 48 साल की हैं। वो देश के मशहूर शायर मनव्वर राना की बेटी है। सुमैय्या शुक्रवार दोपहर 4 बजे से...

Kerala government floats new policy to empower women

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By IANS, Palakkad (Kerala) : The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday. Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women. "Our goals can be achieved because Kerala is far ahead of other parts of the country with regards to women's literacy and life expectancy," said Vijayan.

Woman raped by Delhi Police constable

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a constable of Delhi Police's Crime Branch in Dwarka area of southwest Delhi earlier this week, police said Sunday. "The incident took place in Sector 16 of Dwarka when the victim's husband was not at home. Her husband had gone to Haryana. She complained that the constable was drunk at the time of the incident," a police officer said. When her husband returned, she told him about the incident after which they approached police Wednesday.

DCW to work with Delhi Police’s crimes against women cell

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday decided to work closely with Delhi Police's special unit dealing with crimes against women...

Court orders protection for woman duped by policeman

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide protection to a woman who has filed a complaint against a constable for raping her and marrying her despite having a wife. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta directed the police to provide the woman protection and told the District Investigating Unit (DIU) to monitor the case.

सवाल : आखिर कौन दे रहा है जुनैद और नासिर के हत्यारों को संरक्षण...

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Rajya Sabha panel to examine rules to protect women

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By IANS, New Delhi : In view of rising cases of domestic violence against women, a parliamentary committee is examining the rules framed to implement a law to protect women from such violence and has invited suggestions from experts. The Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Rajya Sabha, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Najma A. Heptulla, is examining the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006. The rules were framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and provide legal remedies to women.

Jaipur gang-rape victim shifted to Delhi hospital

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By IANS, Jaipur: An 11-year old gang-rape victim was shifted to AIIMS in Delhi Friday from a government hospital in Jaipur where she underwent over a dozen surgeries in five months, police said.

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

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

Two boys held for raping 16-year-old

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By IANS, Lucknow: Two Class 11 boys have been arrested for allegedly raping their 16-year-old classmate at gunpoint in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. The two were nabbed late Sunday from Rajuaha forest area, about 400 km from Lucknow, police Inspector R.K. Singh told reporters. The girl was abducted and raped Friday by three boys at a secluded place. The boys and the victim studied in the same class in Baraut town. The third accused is on the run.

In death, Iranian woman gives voice to resistance

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By DPA, Washington/Tehran : In the four days since her murder on the streets of Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan has become the face of the anti-government movement in Iran. The amateur video of Soltan collapsing on the street Saturday after being shot through the chest, her eyes hauntingly staring into the camera, has now been seen by millions across the world. The 26-year-old philosophy student was believed to have stepped out of her car for fresh air on a street near demonstrations against the disputed June 12 presidential elections. Her music teacher was with her.

Human Rights group concerned over falling Uttarakhand child-sex ratio; complains to NHRC

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By TCN News, The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), in a recent report titled, ‘The State of Female Foeticide in Uttarakhand’ has found that...

All-women police station opened in Dharamsala

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Dharamsala : After Shimla, this town in Himachal Pradesh Monday became the second in the state to have an all-women police station. Chief Minister Virbhadra...

No woman writer as good as me: V.S. Naipaul

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By IANS, London : Indian-origin author V.S. Naipaul has dismissed female authors as "unequal" to him and said women writers demonstrate a lack of ability.

Bengal governor questions students’ silence over alleged molestation

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Kolkata: In the wake of the alleged molestation of a Jadavpur University student, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday questioned the silence of...

UN chief mourns Indian gang-rape victim’s death

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From Shopian to Kathua: The never-ending tragedy of Kashmir and the eternal wait for...

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Introduction: In the collective memory of the Indian state, the rape of an eight-year-old has already been relegated to the back pages of newspapers,...

Saudi women have $100 bn as bank deposits!

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Riyadh : Disposable cash belonging to Saudi women in commercial banks has exceeded the 375 billion Saudi Rubles (about 100 billion dollars) mark, government...

‘ट्रिपल तलाक़ का ख़त्म होना एक इंक़लाबी फ़ैसला है’ —शाईस्ता अम्बर

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ : ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़ का ख़त्म होना एक इंक़लाबी फ़ैसला है. इसके लिए हमने काफ़ी संघर्ष किया है. बहुत लम्बी लड़ाई...

NDA willing to open doors to women

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By IANS, Khadakwasla (Maharashtra) : The National Defence Academy (NDA), that trains male cadets to eventually serve as officers in the Indian defence forces, has welcomed the idea of opening its doors to women. "If asked, the NDA is ready for training women cadets. After a decision is taken by the authorities we will need some time to build the necessary infrastructure," NDA commandant Air Marshal T.S.Randhawa told reporters on the sidelines of the passing out parade of the 114th course that also marked the 60th anniversary of the institution.

Baby girls more malnourished than boys, says survey

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Madhya Pradesh minister booked for slapping tribal woman

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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.

Asma Saleem awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation

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By TCN News Panaji, Goa: Prominent scholar and litterateur Mrs. Asma Saleem was awarded Sahitya Akademi’s award for her Urdu translated book Safar at a ceremony in Panaji on August 20. The Sahitya Akademi translation awards presentation ceremony was held at the Kala Academy’s Dinanath Mangeshkar hall. The welcome speech was delivered by the secretary of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Agrahar Krishnamurti. The president of Sahitya Akademi, Mr Sunil Gangopadhyay presided over the function.

The Indian Ulema and Muslim Women’s Education

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

No tomorrow for this six-year old Rohingya refugee girl

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By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu : Six-year-old Tasleema is nobody's 'laadli beti' (beloved daughter). She has no idea of the horrors her parents have been...

Social disparity to blame for molestation, rape: Javed Akhtar

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By Saket Suman Jaipur (IANS) : Celebrated Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Sunday rebuffed claims that Westernisation leads to rapes and other crimes...

Bhagwad Gita contest winner donates prize money for girl education

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Thane (Maharashtra) : Maryam Siddiqui, the 12-year-old Thane schoolgirl who in March topped a competition testing knowledge of the Bhagwad Gita, has decided to...

Translation error irks women in Kerala

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : A translation error in a central government order has offended women in Kerala as it appeared aimed at keeping tabs on women's movement -- though something else was intended. The Local Self Government (LSG) department issued a directive to the Corporations and Municipalities in Kerala last month that a special committee be formed to keep track on "apatha sancharam" (a close tab on the wrong movement of women). This has irked the women leaders. The central government order aimed at checking female trafficking and foeticide in the state.

Government to name ‘snoopgate’ judge by May 16, BJP dismissive

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New Delhi/Shimla : The BJP and Congress Friday exchanged barbs on the 'snoopgate' controversy concerning the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat with union Law...

Harassed by legislator, woman official commits suicide

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

Government committed for women’s safety: PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that his government was committed to ensure the safety and security of every woman of the country.

Inheritance – why can’t tribal women have property rights?

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Vishal Gulati, IANS,

Traditional barriers put Indonesian women into improper position for progress

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By Mulyanda Djohan, Xinhua, Jakarta : Although some of the Indonesian women have exceeded or been equal with the position of men in many sectors of life, the social status of the nation's women as a whole is far behind the men, a woman leader said recently. Rita Subowo, the first Indonesian woman taking up the post of the chairmanship of the country's top sport council known as KONI, told Xinhua in an interview that the traditional challenges of discrimination against women had hampered their progress.

Woman murdered in West Bengal but police call it a suicide; family alleges political...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The death of a woman from an industrialist family in West Bengal’s Raniganj town has raised several doubts over the...

Muslim women are still not taken seriously: Farida Khanam

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Farida Khanam is Associate Professor at the Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Daughter of the well-known Islamic scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, she has translated more than sixty of her father’s books into English, besides being the author of several books on Islam. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net, she reflects on issues related to Islam, Muslim women and patriarchy.

More than 52,000 pregnant Nigerian women die every year

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By Xinhua, Lagos : The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) has said more than 52,000 Nigerian women die every year from pregnancy-related complications, the Punch newspaper reported Monday. Unsafe sex has become the second highest cause of death among people in one of the poorest countries of the world, the UNFPA said in a report titled Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights released Sunday.

Muslim religious preacher nabbed in Kerala for advising against breast milk

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Kozhikode ( Kerala) : After the arrest of a newborn's father, Kerala Police took a Muslim religious preacher into custody early on Saturday...

यूपी में दरोगा पर ही फरियादी से बलात्कार का आरोप

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में रक्षक के ही भक्षक बनने की घटना सामने आई है। शाहजहांपुर के जलालाबाद पुलिस थाने में तैनात सब इंस्पेक्टर...

Hetalbari: The curious case of land acquisition which left residents confused

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In the fourth and final part of the Sunderbans series, we look at the curious case of Hetalbari, a small village in Sunderbans, where...

Woman held for extorting Delhi bizman

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New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman has been arrested from Rajasthan for trying to extort money from a Delhi businessman by threatening to trap him...

Palestinian women protest in support of hunger striker

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By IANS, Ramallah/Gaza : Hundreds of Palestinian women Thursday celebrated International Women's Day by protesting in solidarity with a female hunger striker jailed by Israel.

लावारिस लाशों का अंतिम संस्कार करने वाली पूजा शर्मा को अपनों ने ठुकरा दिया,...

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पूनम मसीह/ TwoCircles.net “अब मेरे मोहल्ले के लोग भी मुझसे बात नहीं करते हैं. मेरे दोस्तों ने मुझे छोड़ दिया है। लेकिन मैं अकेली खुश...

Have you met this saree-clad bodyguard who is breaking stereotypes?

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TCN News Veena Gupta is a bodyguard who is known for her unique style and is often called Dabang Singh. While she is breaking stereotypes,...

Uttar Pradesh cop accused of rape

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By IANS, Lucknow : An Uttar Pradesh policeman has been booked for allegedly raping a woman in Shahjahanpur district, officials said Thursday. Tejpal Singh, posted at Tilhat police station of the district, is absconding after the woman accused him of raping her. "The woman has alleged that Singh lured her to his government quarter inside the police station premises when she went there to lodge a complaint Oct 15," Shahjahanpur district police Superintendent Ejil Arasan told IANS over phone. The woman said that Singh raped her and then tried to give her money, he added.

Women’s group, citizens condemn Jamiat Ulema resolutions on women quota, education

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: All India Progressive Women’s Association has condemned Jaimat Ulema-I-Hind for passing resolutions at its recent Deoband conclave against the interests of women. Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat Ulema in Deoband “strongly offend the principle of women’s equality” AIPWA said.

Modi attacks Congress over women’s safety

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Mumbai : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the issue of women's safety in the country. Raking up...

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?

Ramadan 1438: Shaheena

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "The word Ramzan itself gives me a sense of peace and relief. The feeling of Ramzan in the close-knit family...

STF asked to trace missing woman official in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has entrusted the Special Task Force (STF) with finding a 53-year-old woman government official, who has been missing along with her driver since Friday, an official said Monday. Rakesh Jain, district manager of state Food and Essential Commodities Corporation, posted in Sitapur, has been missing since last Friday. "A team of STF would now probe the case. We would make every effort to trace the woman official," Additional Director General (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.

Rukhsana’s family migrates to Rajouri Town

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

Will do utmost for women’s safety, Modi assures Nirbhaya parents

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New Delhi : The parents of the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape victim Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who assured them that...

Salem’s Muslim Women’s Aid Society: Idea of young women

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: While studying the role and activities of Muslim Women’s Aid Society (MWAS) in Tamil Nadu this correspondent came into contact with Mrs. Umai Banu, Honorary Secretary of Salem District’s MWAS. Mrs. Banu was a source of not only information but also inspiration.

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Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

50 percent women married as minors: Experts

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By IANS, New Delhi : Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday.

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...

IAF women exorcise 2005 Everest ghost

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,

Raising legal age for marriage for women in India: Here’s why it’s bad news...

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While worry over early marriage is a start in the right direction, legislative action on the subject is equivalent to addressing symptoms rather...

‘Ghar Wapsi’ complements Modi’s development agenda: VHP

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By Trina Joshi, New Delhi : Burqa-clad Muslim girls with limited education and boys of the community "who become terrorists in madrasas" would benefit from the "Ghar Wapsi" (homecoming) campaign once they come into the Hindu fold, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) national spokesperson Surendra Jain has said.

How Toxic Masculinity, Cultural Crisis and Legal Failures Fuel Sexual Violence

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Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net In a world tainted by the curse of masculinity, a word that translates solely to dominance, I walk as an object to...

Hundreds in Odisha pledge to prevent violence against women

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By IANS,

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

In Rajasthan, a cradle which saved over 100 female infants

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By Gaurav Sharma, Udaipur : Nearly three years ago, Radha, an infant then, was found lying in thorny bushes in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district. The palm-sized girl child was badly bruised and almost dead. Today, Radha is a chirpy curly-haired girl with big eyes. She could have been another case of female infanticide in Rajasthan which, as per independent statistics, reports 2,000 such cases every day - startling as the figure may sound.

British woman seeks truth about daughter’s death in India

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By IANS, London : A British woman is running from pillar to post to find the cause of her daughter's death days after she married her Indian boyfriend in India. Sandy Hunter, 50, has just returned from India after securing guardianship of her daughter Charlotte Bending's son from a previous marriage. Charlotte began a relationship with Jitendra Singh, from Kurukshetra in Haryana, who was living and working in Plymouth for the past six years. Singh has a natural son, Gorkarak, while Nasrullah is the Charlotte's son from her earlier marriage to a person now said to be in custody.

Warden thrashes six girls, suspended

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Srinagar : A warden at a tribal students hostel here in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly thrashed six girl inmates because they refused to clean...

Sharmila, Vani set for another face-off

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UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family

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By IANS, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.

Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists

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Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...

Jhumpa Lahiri gets National Humanities Medal from Obama

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By Arun Kumar Washington : President Barack Obama presented the 2014 National Medals of Arts and Humanities to Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri...

Iranian women on Facebook want to shun veil: Study

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London : Use of social media can influence attitudes and behaviours to a greater extent, even empower women too. According to a promising research,...

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

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

Rahul Gandhi targets Modi’s personal life

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Jammu: Targeting BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi's personal life, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said Modi not once mentioned his wife's name...

Periods, women’s health and Ramadan

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By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net Imagine that it is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and you are fasting with full excitement...

Theatre fest from South Asia on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi : Be it strife-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, women in South Asia are playing an increasingly important and powerful role fostering peace. Come March 8, the International Women's Day, some 13 plays will be staged in the capital to celebrate this recognition. The festival "Leela" March 8-15 will showcase women-oriented plays directed and staged by women from nine South Asian countries. These will be presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in association with the National School of Drama and the Jamia Millia Islamia University.