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Muslim women seek support to abolish triple talaq

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New Delhi : Thousands of Muslim women have sought support to abolish the "heinous" practice of 'triple talaq', which they have termed an "un-Quranic"...

Rajya Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill

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TCN News Despite tough resistance from the opposition parties, the Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha today, Tuesday with 99 members...

The invisible makers of the city

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Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often...

Taslima diagnosed with breast tumours in US

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Dhaka: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumours at a hospital in New York. Doctors found the tumours "quite big" and...

5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent

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By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...

Woman donates body to AIIMS for research

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New Delhi : A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at the AIIMS, authorities said on Tuesday. Darshana Arora, a resident...

Aamir supports fight against alcoholism among women

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Make Delhi safe for women, minister tells police

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police need to work towards making the national capital crime free and should ensure women's safety, Minister of State...

Mix caution with your Holi colours: Doctors to pregnant women

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, New Delhi : Pregnancy is an exciting time, in anticipation of new beginnings. With Holi round the corner on Monday, doctors...

Tripura CPI-M leader sent to police custody over wife’s murder

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Agartala: A court in Tripura on Saturday sent senior CPI-M leader Jitendra Das, his two brothers and nephew to six-da'sy police custody in connection...

4 women allegedly slain by own family in possible `honour killing’

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By DPA, Montreal : Canadian authorities have charged an Afghan immigrant, his wife and their oldest son with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three Montreal sisters and an older female relative. Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, and Geeti Shafia, 13, all sisters, were found dead with Rona Amir Mohammed, 50, in a submerged car June 30 in the historic Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario. From the beginning, investigators were baffled how the car managed to negotiate several obstacles to end up in the canal tail first, without leaving any skid marks.

Fast track courts for crimes against women in UP

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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...

Mentally ill woman kept chained for 15 years

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By Jatindra Dash, IANS, Jagatsinghpur (Orissa) : Kamala Sethi, 26, has spent 15 years chained to a pole by her family that cannot afford medical treatment for her mental illness. Both her legs have been tied with a rope and a chain connecting it is tied to a wooden pole in a straw-thatched room that the family earlier used as a cowshed in Nacchipur village of Jagatsinghpur district, some 120 km from Orissa capital Bhubaneswar in eastern India.

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

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

Women as Panchayats leaders: The real picture

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Two Muslim girls top Kerala Medical Entrance Exam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Two Muslim girls have topped the Kerala Medical Entrance Examination, result for which were announced by P K Abdur Rabb, the Minister for Education in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Securing 954.7826 marks, P Hiba, a resident of Manchery in Malappuram district, bagged the first rank in the examination while the second rank went to Mariam Rafi of Aluva in Ernakulum district. Mariam Rafi is daughter of Abdul Rafi and Ancy Rafi. Mariam got 944.3478 marks. Securing the two first ranks, the duo also broke into the male bastion, which has been continuing for last few years in the entrance examinations in the state.

Abu Dhabi firm launches portal on Arab women

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dubai: An Abu Dubai media company has launched a website solely dedicated to Arab women, the firm said Tuesday. The anaZahra.com aims to reflect the lives, passions and pursuits of Arab women. It also hopes to offer greater interaction and create "a sense of community", it said. The portal will deal with topics ranging from beauty, fashion, well being to society, personal empowerment and celebrity news. Innovative digital tools enable a higher level of engagement and connection with audiences. The content is well defined, categorized and easy to navigate.

Plea in SC seeks women members in seven state governments

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a petition seeking direction to the chief ministers of seven states to consider...

Harassment of women for dowry is increasing: Court

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New Delhi : A court here has observed that harassment of women for dowry is increasing while awarding a three-year jail term to a...

Nepal to have first woman chief justice

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By Anil Giri Kathmandu : After its first woman president and speaker, Nepal is set to have its first woman chief justice. A meeting of the...

Allahabad HC denies alimony to divorced working woman

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Lucknow : A lower court order directing payment of alimony to a divorced woman under the Domestic Violence Act has been set aside by...

Cities unsafe for girls but provide more scope: Survey

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SDPI disappointed at CBI letting Amit Shah off the hook in Ishrat case

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By TCN News, Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) feels dismayed at the Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI) which while filing a supplementary charge-sheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case has let Amit Shah, a close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, off the hook. Only former Intelligence Bureau, (IB), special director Rajender Kumar has been accused of murder and three serving officers of criminal conspiracy in the case.

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...

शादी में दहेज़ के खिलाफ उलेमाओं ने उठाई आवाज़

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net मुस्लिम समाज में उलेमाओं की पहल धीरे धीरे रंग लाने लगी है। उलेमाओं और मुस्लिम समाज के जिम्मेदारों द्वारा चलाई गई...

One billion rising program held at Rajasthan town

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By TCN News, Tonk, Rajasthan: Tarraqi I foundation conducted one billion rising program for justice, violence day ("Sabki Yahi Aawaz Ho, Hinsa Mukt Samaj Ho") on Friday near Marjina Begum’s residence.

Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team

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Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...

एक्सीडेंट नही राहुल खान की हुई थी लिंचिंग, 2 गिरफ़्तार

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हरियाणा के पलवल में एक दर्दनाक लिंचिंग बहुत चर्चा में हैं। राहुल खान नाम के युवक को बेदर्दी से पीट-पीटकर मार दिया गया है।...

Doctor beaten after woman gives birth in ambulance

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Kolkata : A doctor at a state-run rural hospital in West Bengal was thrashed by irate locals after a woman gave birth in...

Destitute women to get living quarters

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Special task force to monitor women’s security: Shinde

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Indian women should document their achievements: Sitharaman

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New Delhi:Asserting that Indian women have a significant role to play in nation building, Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said women...

Tejpal called woman associate regularly from prison

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

Unsafe abortions claim lives of 4,500 women per year

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By IANS, New Delhi: As many of 4,500 deaths or eight percent of all maternal deaths occur due to unsafe abortions every year, parliament was told Friday.

If you Sexist me, I will Feminist you!

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By Sabrina Iqbal Sircar for TwoCircles.net Hmm. Let me see now. I am a little tired actually trying to tell the world that Feminism...

बिखरे हुए बहुजन समाज को सामाजिक जागरूकता से संगठित करके मज़बूत बनाया जा सकता...

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Twocircles.net सीतापुर। बिखरे हुए बहुजन समाज को सामाजिक जागरूकता से संगठित करके ही मज़बूत बनाया जा सकता है। एक विशाल समाज जिसे हम बहुजन समाज...

President calls for moral values in education

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Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

Organisations structured to keep women down: study

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By IANS, Sydney : Why there are so few women in top positions in companies may have more to do with their hierarchical structure rather than attitudes to women, a new study contends. The study, by Terry Fitzsimmons of the University of Queensland, has sought to understand gender inequality at workplaces and the barriers preventing women from obtaining top leadership positions. The challenges encountered by women rising through company hierarchies are not entirely explained by existing theories, which claim that inequality stems from social stereotypes and culture, Fitzsimmons said.

Baby girls more malnourished than boys, says survey

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50,000 women in Himachal covered under Rural Livelihood Mission

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Shimla : Nearly 50,000 women from below poverty line (BPL) families in Himachal Pradesh have been covered under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, the...

Kerala women voters still outnumber men

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Thiruvananthapuram: As in the past, women outnumber men in the latest electoral rolls of Kerala released on Friday ahead in the May 16 assembly...

Smriti Irani takes over as BJP women’s cell chief

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By IANS, New Delhi : Television actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani Thursday officially assumed charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women's cell chief at an event presided over by party president Nitin Gadkari. "We will aim for the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha under the guidance of our senior leader Sushma-ji," Irani said. The bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha.

क्या तीन तलाक़ के फौजदारी क़ानून से महिलाओं का भला होगा?

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए अगर बीमारी की जांच-पड़ताल ग़लत होगी तो दवा भी ग़लत दी जाएगी. क्या सारे सामाजिक दु:खों का सिर्फ़-सिर्फ़ एक इलाज है कि...

Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani

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New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...

US Citizens Protest War in Iraq

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : The Code Pink anti-war organization protested on Friday against occupation of Iraq in front of a Marine Corps recruitment center in California. Activists held pink banners with the mottoes: "Bring Back the Troops Now" and "The war is Eating Our Children." We will do anything in our power to stop that war, asserted Zanne Joi, a member of Code Pink, created in 2002 by one hundred women. The meeting is part of the peaceful actions promoted by the group to celebrate Mothers' Day.

Women deprived from voting in elections in Pakistan province

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Islamabad: Polling booths for women in local elections in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were deserted on Saturday following an unannounced ban on women voters. The women's...

Mystery over woman’s death in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Police were Wednesday investigating the death of a former air hostess under mysterious circumstances at Ghaziabad. Some passers-by noticed Jaya Kaushik, a 26-year-old who earlier worked with Deccan airlines, lying critically injured near railway tracks at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday. They rushed her to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Attending doctors said her left leg and right arm were found broken and there were multiple injuries in her abdomen.

Women’s safety everyone’s responsibility: Farhan Akhtar

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Muslim women education in Kerala: My mom and I, then and now

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By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,

Protesters demand better security for women

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Karnataka sets up helpline for women

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Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights

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By IANS, Jammu: The Congress has decided to oppose a bill moved earlier this week in the upper house of the state legislature depriving women of their citizenship rights if they marry non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. "This piece of legislation will never be supported by the party within or outside of the legislature," said a senior Congress minister in the coalition government of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill moved March 8 by Murtaza Khan of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Congress again fails to send woman from Kerala to Lok Sabha

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Thiruvananthapuram: In matriarchal Kerala, Congress' Savithiri Lakshman continues to be the only woman party leader to win a Lok Sabha election ever in the...

BJP moves EC over Kumar Vishwas’ remark

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly...

Nigerian forces rescue about 300 women

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Abuja : Up to 300 women have been rescued by Nigerian security forces in restive Sambisa forest during an operation, a military spokesperson said...

FIRs against Mumbai tabloid, Marathi news channel for hurting religious sentiments

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Two separate FIRs were lodged on Thursday against a newspaper and its reporter and an editor of a Marathi news...

SC to hear woman advocate’s plea over her rape

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court will Tuesday hear a plea alleging police inaction on a complaint by a woman advocate from Chhattisgarh alleging...

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...

Budget 2016: Schedule castes, tribes protest after Jaitley offers a penny, snatches a dollar

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was at his eloquent best while allocating Rs 500 crore for scheduled...

Woman wants to bike her way to Haryana legislature

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Rohtak (Haryana) : At a time when politicians in patriarchal Haryana do not hesitate to show off their luxury SUVs and cars during electioneering, a woman contestant of the ruling Congress in the state is happy to run her campaign for the assembly polls on a motorbike. Shakuntala Khatak, who has been allotted the Congress ticket for the Kalanaur constituency (reserved for the Scheduled Castes) in this district, does not want to change her image of being a 'commoner' in the electoral fray for the Oct 13 polls.

About two million women trafficked every year: UN

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By DPA, New York : An estimated two million women are caught each year in the worldwide sex industry while countless children and other women are forced into low-waged jobs, the UN said Tuesday in a renewed effort to fight human trafficking. The UN said there are no accurate statistics, but the number of women trafficked across borders each year could be twice as high if the count includes those forced into domestic situations.

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

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Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

Kashmir budget proposes free schooling for girls

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

Global Women Summit in Vietnam

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By Prensa Latina, Hanoi : Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.

Crime against women rises in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

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Bhubaneswar : Even though there is a marginal decrease in murder cases, crimes against women have gone up drastically in the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar twin cities...

Handwara girl’s mother says video recorded under police pressure

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Srinagar : The mother of the young girl whose alleged molestation by a army soldiersparked off violent protests in Handwara earlier this week alleged...

Himachal artistes dance to save girl child, set world record

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Shimla : Over 9,000 artistes performed a folk dance in Himachal Pradesh to highlight the "Save the Girl Child" message and the event created...

Malala invites five global girl champions to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

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By Aslam Chandio for TwoCircles.net, Islamabad: Rights activist and young campaigner for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai has invited five remarkable and inspiring girl champions to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony scheduled to be held on December 10 at Oslo, Norway.

Ramadan 1437: Noor Jehan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net Noor Jehan came to Kanpur from Bombay as a young bride. Living a pampered life till then, she wasn’t as well...

वीडियो : सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले से तलाक़ का ख़ौफ़ कम हुआ है -हसीना...

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नासिरूद्दीन सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने पिछले दिनों एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ पर अपना अहम फैसला दिया है. ‘बेबाक कलेक्ट‍िव’ इस मामले में केस लड़ रही...

हरिद्वार धर्म संसद में ऐलान ‘हिन्दू राष्ट्र ‘ बनाने के लिए 1857 से बड़ा...

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विशेष संवाददाता।twocircles.net उत्तराखंड के हरिद्वार में हुई हिंदू धर्म की संसद में भड़काऊ भाषणों का एक वीडियो सामने आया है। जूना अखाड़े के महामंडलेश्वर यति...

Ramadan Special: Women Of All Faiths Attend ‘Iftar’ in Masjid in Aurangabad

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “I stepped into the mosque for the first time. We were welcomed by the host with great love and...

Woman student-editor stirs Kashmir’s young creative minds

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Saba Nazki By Ruwa Shah Srinagar : In search of space for political dissent in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley, 23-year-old Saba Nazki and a bunch...

‘Black’ woman’s tale drives Nepal rights campaign

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women. She is the central character in a street play, "Kali Aimai, the black woman, which has been sponsored by the UN to tour Nepal's remote districts to campaign against violence targeting women, exploitation and untouchability, and to train local artists to spread the message farther.

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

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

Woman stripped naked in Rajasthan village

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Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman was stripped naked, her face blackened and she was forced to ride a donkey on the...

MESAS distributes study kits among 100 Mewat girls

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Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women

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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.

Woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to encroachment on her land, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor district, about 400 km from Lucknow. Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have been arrested, police said. "In the incident, the woman suffered a miscarriage. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital," police inspector Rajesh Kumar Gautam told reporters.

On International Women’s Day, let us remember the legacy of first lady of Islam

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By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net Motherhood is a mercy, being linked By close affinity to prophethood, And her compassion is the prophet’s own. For mothers shape the way...

Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

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

Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...

Telegu short-story writer, Muslim physiotherapist win awards at Women Summit 2021

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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...

लोकसभा स्पीकर के घर के सामने सड़क पर ही बन गया ‘शाहीन बाग़’

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Twocircles.net कोटा। राजस्थान के कोटा शहर में महिलाओं को जब सीएए, एनआरसी व एनपीआर के खिलाफ़ आंदोलन करने के लिए कोई ‘पार्क’ या ‘बाग़’ नहीं...

As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...

Most Kashmir ‘half-widows’ are vulnerable: Report

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New Delhi : Kashmir's 'half-widows" -- whose husbands have disappeared -- are exposed to various gender and economic vulnerabilities, a report launched here on...

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

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

In Azamgarh fifty women sterilized in torch, mobile light in four hours flat

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No lessons learnt from Chhattisgarh incident where women were sterilized in dismal conditions, kept on floor By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net, Azamgarh: There were no hospital beds, there were inadequate facilities and to top of it, there was no electricity. Still, as many as 50 women were sterilized by the doctors at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the district.

Humpy in semi-finals of women’s world chess championship

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By IANS, Nalchik (Russia) : Koneru Humpy established herself as the hot favourite with a sweeping 2-0 win over China's Shen Yang in the quarter finals to cruise into the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship. In the semi-finals, Humpy will clash with another Chinese youngster, Hou Yifan, who at 14 is considered very talented. The second semi-final will feature Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia and Sweden's veteran Pia Cramling.

I am Bibi Khatoon from Godhra

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Testimony of a mother of three sons who were acquitted in the Godhra train carnage case By TCN News,

Women village leaders want quota within quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward classes (OBCs) for their proper representation. At a conclave organised here by international NGO ActionAid, the women, representing village councils in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, urged political parties to take note of the discrimination against women within the backward classes.

Women’s groups continue protests against Andhra governor

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

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

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

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

Family support vital for Muslim women to enter politics: Fathima Rosna

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor.

Mohammadi Begum – A role model for Meo women

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Series on Mewat – Part 4 By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor’s degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.

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Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal

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Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said. The crime took place Friday in...

A book on life’s struggles, of women, by women

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By IANS, New Delhi : A woman panchayat leader's fight against corruption, another illiterate panchayat leader's endeavour to make education a reality for her village - stories of struggle and commitment, drawn out of the lives of seven women panchayat leaders were put together in a book that was released Thursday. Titled "Sarpanch Sahib: Changing the face of India" the book has been compiled by well known authors Manju Kapur, Indira Maya Ganesh, Sonia Falerio, Kalpana Sharma, Tishani Doshi, Abhilasha Ojha and edited by Manjima Bhattacharjya.

Women journalists take on PM on price rise

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women journalists cornered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the rising prices of food stuff during an interaction in the capital Friday. During the meet with members of the Indian Women's Press Corps at the Hotel Taj Palace here, one journalist pointed out that the prices of pulses, rice and flour was lower during the National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "I was told that the price of dal (pulses) has come down," Manmohan Singh responded, evoking titters in the all-female audience.

In the Shadows of Safety: Delhi’s Homeless Women Navigate Fear and Heat

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Tauseef Ahmad and Abdul Basit New Delhi: Homeless women in the national capital are grappling with an unprecedented challenge: safety. They have been unable to sleep...

Free education among women-specific budget initiatives in Kashmir

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

Women activists urge CJI to act against Madhya Pradesh judge

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New Delhi : A group of women activists and lawyers Monday urged Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to initiate an inquiry into allegations...

JIH’s stand on co-education makes its Kerala unit uncomfortable

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net

Sania overcomes Groenefeld to reach Wimbledon second round

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By IANS London: India's Sania Mirza made light of the second set loss to outlast German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in the opening round at the Wimbledon tennis championships here Monday. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi maintained her unbeaten record against the 52nd ranked German, beating her for the third successive time. She next plays 28th-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who beat compatriot Edina Gallovits 7-5, 6-1. Sania looked good to wrap up the match in straight sets but a lapse in concentration saw her literally throw away the second set.

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

A woman as Delhi Police commissioner?

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By Alok Singh, IANS,

Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case

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New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...

Indian women’s hockey team qualifies for 2016 Olympics

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London: England ensured that India qualified for the Olympics after 36 years when they defeated Spain to enter the final of the ongoing EuroHockey...

Triple Talaq is cruelty against Muslim women, rules court

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Allahabad : In a landmark ruling, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed Triple Talaq as "cruelty against Muslim women" and said no "Personal...

Delhi High Court dismisses custody death charge against police

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi High court has dismissed a petition filed against the Delhi Police by a woman who alleged that her brother died in police custody. On Aug 26, 2007, Tek Chand was apprehended by the police on suspicion of theft but was released the same day. On Feb 18, 2008, police found an unidentified body, which was identified by the relatives of Tek Chand. His sister Phoolwati filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, claiming that he had died after being tortured in the police post in Madipur in west Delhi.

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 7 – Being...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

Demonstrations across country in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Outraged by “blatant misuse of state machinery to hound and persecute a group of courageous human rights defenders” – Teesta...

Why death penalty for child rape doesn’t mean swifter, better justice

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Mumbai, (IANS/IndiaSpend): About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of...

BJP divided on women’s bill, Advani calls MPs for tea

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's quota bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath saying that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha. As the signs of disquiet grew, veteran leader and chairperson of the BJP parliamentary party L.K. Advani called for a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs at his residence over tea Thursday evening.

No uniform civil code please: Muslim women’s group

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

Three arrested in Visva Bharati sexual assault case

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Kolkata: Three Visva Bharati University students were Saturday arrested in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a female student from the northeast, West...

Africa puts women’s empowerment on top of agenda

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Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

Andhra women an example for the world, says Sonia Gandhi

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By IANS, Hyderabad : The women of Andhra Pradesh had set an example for empowerment of women all over the world, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Friday and added that she was "moved and satisfied" by how they were inspiring others. Inaugurating a pension scheme for members of women's self help groups (SHGs), Gandhi said she was proud of the achievements of the women of the state.

From Nepali Dreams to Kashmir’s Nightmare: The Journey of Trafficked Women and Their Lost...

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Safoora Hilal and Kounsar Bashir, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In the dimly lit room, barely illuminated by the single window, the space was cluttered with various items. The...

Indian-origin woman in US blames her attorney for withholding truth

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Washington : A Sikh woman facing a trial for the murder of her husband's ex-wife in the US, recently left many stunned by accusing...

PM concerned over women’s security

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UN chief highlights rural women’s role in global progress

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

Shanbaug rape accused was living a ‘normal’ life in a UP village

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Lucknow: The rape accused in the nurse Aruna Shanbaug case, Sohan Lal Bharti Valmiki, has been living in a Uttar Pradesh village for the...

Ramadan 1439: Shaista Yacoob

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Shaista Yacoob, 43, is a writer, poet based in Bangalore. Born and brought up in Bangalore, she has been living in...

A singing nomad between Morocco and France

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Stefan Franzen Paris - Hindi Zahra is the new face of a young generation of emancipated, cosmopolitan singers and songwriters from North Africa. Her album Handmade is due to be released in late February.

Acid attack on Chandigarh woman for alleged affair

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By IANS, Chandigarh : A single mother in Chandigarh was Wednesday battling serious burn injuries after unidentified men threw acid on her for allegedly having an affair with her employer, police said. Nisha, 32, who is divorced and lives with her father, was attacked Tuesday night while she was going to the market on her scooter. "Some unknown persons chased Nisha, who was going towards a market on her scooter, in a Maruti car. After reaching close to her, they threw acid on her," a police official said.

29 percent women economically active in India: Report

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New Delhi : In India, just 29 percent of women are economically active compared with over 80 percent of men, the Vodafone Connected Women...

Swedish woman informed of her own death

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Stockholm: A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed by...

Three Indians, four NRIs win US women’s empowerment award

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By Arun Kumar, Washington : Three Indians and four persons of Indian origin have received the 2013 World of Difference Awards' from US-based The International...

यूपी में भाजपा की जीत के बीच कहाँ खड़े है मुसलमान !

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net देश के सबसे बड़े राज्य उत्तर प्रदेश में भारतीय जनता पार्टी चुनाव जीत गई है। संभवतः योगी आदित्यनाथ एक बार फिर...

Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers

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By DPA, Nairobi : A woman Sudanese journalist and United Nations worker could face up to 40 lashes Wednesday for wearing trousers. Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a columnist and public information officer at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), was arrested in Khartoum along with 13 other women in early July. Ten of the other women were given 10 lashes for breaching Islamic law, but Hussein demanded a lawyer and delayed her trial. She has invited local and foreign journalists to view her flogging should she be convicted.

Diplomats pay homage to India’s first woman diplomat

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By IANS, New Delhi : Senior Indian Foreign Service officers and colleagues Sunday paid homage to C.B. Muthamma, the country's first woman diplomat, describing her as "the stuff of legends" and thanking her for breaking the "glass ceilings". Muthamma died last month at the age of 85. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao paid warm tributes to the woman who broke the glass ceiling and led the women's entry into what until then was all-male domain of the prestigious Indian Foreign Service.

40% Muslims in Telangana have no savings, only 19.2% have salaried jobs; Sudheer Commission...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter The Sudheer Commission on `Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana,' India’s newest state, has shown that the condition of...

मां के बाद अब प्रोफेसर नबीला सादिक भी दुनिया छोड़ गई !

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net दूसरों की मदद को सदैव तैयार रहने वाली जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया की असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर नबीला सादिक की मृत्यु से उनके छात्रों...

Former Kerala minister acquitted of misbehaviour with woman official charge

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Former Kerala transport minister A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar was Tuesday acquitted by a fast track court here of charges of sexually harassing a senior woman official in 1999. Nadar had appealed to the court after a lower court found him guilty two years ago and sentenced him to three years imprisonment.

Minor raped by neighbour in Delhi

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New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl was raped by her 55-year-old neighbour in the national capital, police said Saturday. The incident took place in central Delhi's...

Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins. Reactions flowed in...

IAF approves women in combat roles

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By Gulshan Luthra, New Delhi : Induction of women officers in combat roles in the Indian Air Force (IAF) now seems possible. The IAF chief, Air...

TN Board topper Jasmin Banu felicitated by TMMK

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: Jasmin Banu, the Tamil Nadu topper of Class X exam 2010, was today felicitated by Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) here. Banu of Tirunalveli Town MPL High School topped the entire state in board exam by scoring 495 marks out of 500. At felicitation program held at TMMK office, Banu who was accompanied by her parents was presented a laptop on her achievement. “My hard work paid me,” said she who comes from a below average family. She studied at a government school.

बुर्क़ा : कई जगह लड़कियां अब इसे पहनने से डर रही हैं

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत दुनिया भर में अपनी विविधताओं के लिए जाना जाता है. यहां का संविधान सबको अपनी धार्मिक पहचान रखने...

Woman files harassment case against Odisha MLA

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Bhubaneswar : A woman on Tuesday filed a harassment complaint against an Odisha MLA who she claimed was her father-in-law but the Independent legislator...

Professional housewives!!

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By Dr Kouser Fathima The term may surprise many but trust me professional housewives or PH are a reality. To start with, PH are qualified...

Women key to US presidential elections: poll

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By DPA, Washington : Women hold an important key to winning the US presidential elections in November because neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain has yet won a majority of women voters into their corner, according to a poll. Obama has won the support of 49 percent of women, while 38 percent are for McCain, according to the poll released Tuesday, commissioned by a coalition of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a female-oriented TV broadcaster, and hundreds of women's organisations.