Meher Fatima talks about her book on 150 patriotic Indian Muslims
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
The book Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857-2007) provides biographical profiles of 150 patriotic Indian Muslims, many of them unsung heroes – those who did not become party to the two-nation theory. Author Meher Fatima Hussain, Lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia, talks to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on her book.
What inspired you to write this book?
Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.
Islamic clerics fume at ‘Abdullah’s anti-burqa’ views
By IANS,
Lucknow : Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa.
Several maulanas in Lucknow and some well known scholars at the prominent Deoband school of Islamic thought have raised serious objections to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah's reported remark at Ajmer Monday that the burqa was largely responsible for backwardness among Muslim women.
Savita Ali: Raising her voice to highlight atrocities against Dalit and Muslim women
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...
NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry
New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...
Three men rape Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman was allegedly raped by three young men in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said Saturday.
"The complainant, who is a resident of the Mubarikpur village in Etah district, approached us late Friday night to register a case against three youth, who allegedly raped her," police inspector Dheeraj Prasad told IANS by telephone.
In her complaint, the 30-year-old woman has alleged that the three young men of her locality followed her while she was returning from the fields Friday evening. Later, they forcibly took her to a secluded place and raped her.
Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin
By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.
Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women
By Najia O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.
New UN-managed fund announces over $9m in grants to empower women
By IRNA,
Tehran : A new fund managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Monday announced over $9 million in grants to support initiatives in 26 countries to empower women.
The initiatives are ranging from boosting their political participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assisting those denied inheritance and property rights in Afghanistan, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said here on Tuesday.
Women crime less in male-dominated societies!
New York: Feminists would take this with a grain of salt as a new study has found that rates of rape, sexual assault and...
Britain gets first woman poet laureate
By IANS,
London : Britain got its first woman poet laureate in Carol Ann Duffy. The 53-year-old is the latest to the post held by poets like Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes.
Duffy is known for writing witty poems on a wide range of topics, many of them to do with everyday life. She succeeds Andrew Motion, who has just completed a 10-year term.
Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life
By IANS,
London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity.
Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
"I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.
‘If Delhi is unsafe for a woman police officer, what about common girls?’
New Delhi: Three youths literally caught the wrong hand when a woman they tried to molest turned out to be a Delhi Police constable.
While...
Man held for molesting minor girl in Delhi
New Delhi: A 38-year-old rickshaw-puller has been arrested for molesting an eight-year-old girl in his neighbourhood here, police said Saturday.
The incident took place Friday...
US Women Favor Obama
By Prensa Latina,
Washington : Most US women would vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in November general elections, according to surveys released Thursday.
A Gallup poll indicates that the Illinois senator was backed by 51 percent of women, while Republican presidential candidate John McCain barely got 38 percent.
Comparing these figures with a previous survey, the Afro-American politician expanded his lead from 5 percentage points to 13.
A Rasmussen Reports survey showed similar results (52 percent of women favoring Obama and 39 percent for McCain).
बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव
विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...
Flavia Agnes on Muslim personal law
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Flavia Agnes is a leading feminist scholar, women’s rights lawyer and social activist based in Mumbai. She has written and worked extensively on Muslim women’s issues, communalism and religion-based personal laws in India. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about her work.
Q: Could you tell us something about your own background?
Women to play key role in Mizoram polls
By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS,
Aizawl : Women are set to play a major role in the Nov 29 assembly elections in Mizoram - the only state in India where women voters outnumber men.
Of the total of 611,124 voters eligible to exercise their franchise in next month's elections to the 40-seat Mizoram assembly, 308,884 are women and 302,240 men.
Women outnumbered men voters by 3,816 during the last assembly polls in 2003.
Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking
By IANS,
Raipur: The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little to prevent trafficking of thousands of youth, mainly girls, from poor families to metros.
The house witnessed a heated debate when the government replied in the assembly it was doing its best to trace out an estimated 7,000 people missing in the state for many years.
Death penalty can’t prevent crimes against women: Amnesty
By IANS
New Delhi, July 9: After the Supreme Court decided to reaffirm its verdict of upholding the death sentence to four convicts who gang-raped...
National Women’s Front celebrates International Women’s Day
By TCN News,
Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF).
These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.
25-year-old woman raped in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a car here, police said Saturday.
"The victim met the accused at a discotheque in Chanakyapuri Wednesday night after which they both had liquor. The accused introduced himself as Raj to the victim. He offered to drop the victim at her home in Safdarjung Enclave area," a police officer said.
मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़
सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net
कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...
Early lead for Amandeep in women’s golf
Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded the only under-par score of 2 under 70 to grab the lead on Day 1 of the 12th...
A book on life’s struggles, of women, by women
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.
Chandigarh rejects aid for mentally challenged rape victim
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration Monday rejected the financial assistance offered by a Delhi-based trust for the care and upbringing of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim and her unborn child.
Standing counsel of union territory administration Monday submitted an affidavit before the Punjab and Haryana High Court declining the aid of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons With Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
Professional housewives!!
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...
Rukhsana fears for family’s safety refuses police job
By Sadat Khan, Agence India Press
Jammu: Rukhsana Kausar, the brave girl who killed a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist at her home in J&K’s Rajouri district, on Tuesday declined the job of Special Police Officer (SPO) in J&K police.
Rukhsana, along with her brother and uncle, was offered the job of SPO more than a month after she killed a top Pakistani militant of the LeT and injured another on September 27.
Lucknow Biotech park to train women farmers
By IANS,
Lucknow : Free training programmes will be provided to women farmers by the Biotech Park here to enable them to apply new technologies to increase agricultural yield, an official said Monday.
"We will be launching training programmes to hone the skills of women farmers from Sep 7," said P.K. Seth, CEO of the Biotech Park.
"Though the programmes will be open to women farmers from across the state, initially we will enrol farmers from Lucknow and its adjoining districts," an official at the Biotech Park said.
A woman judge is raped in UP!
Lucknow : Even a woman judge has not been spared in Uttar Pradesh. The judge was raped and an attempt was made to kill...
Court asks Kumble’s wife to mutually settle daughter’s issue
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked India's former Test cricket player Anil Kumble's wife Chethana to try to reach an out-of-court settlement with her former husband Kumar V. Jahgirdar on the issue of their daughter's custody.
A bench of Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice R.M. Lodha gave this advice to Chethana Kumble and her former husband Jahgirdar while hearing her lawsuit. Chethana challenged a Bangalore family court's decision to entertain his plea for the custody of their daughter, now living with her and Kumble.
India to make every woman literate in five years: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Over 300 million Indians are still illiterate and about half of India's women cannot read or write but that would change in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said while launching the Rs.65 billion literacy mission 'Saakshar Bharat' on International Literacy Day Tuesday.
Nepal to have first woman chief justice
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...
‘तीन तलाक देने वालों को सज़ा मिले’
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : मुस्लिम समाज में तलाक को लेकर हमेशा से बहस होता रहा है. एक बार फिर इस बहस को...
Telangana to launch 24×7 helpdesk for women
Hyderabad : As part of its efforts to ensure women's safety, the Telangana government has decided to start round-the-clock helpdesk with toll free number...
Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that it cannot frame guidelines for every rape case and asked for records related to the trial.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the commission to bring the case records before it within four weeks.
The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award
The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland.
Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net
UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...
दिल्ली: बस्तियों में बदतर ज़िन्दगी
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: इस शहर में जहां एक तरफ़ मेट्रो की रफ़्तार से भी तेज़ ज़िन्दगी भागती है, जहां बड़े-बड़े आलीशान मकान और कोठियां...
Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam.
"There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.
Iran to produce special car for women
By NNN-FNA,
Tehran : Iran Khodro, the Middle-East's No. 1 car manufacturer, has unveiled a car specifically designed for women, with electronic parking sensors and a special jack making it easier to change a flat tire.
The car's internal design will be especially geared towards women and its exterior will be painted in softer, "feminine" colors, Iran Khodro announced.
An alarm system will warn drivers of flat tires and automatic transmission, navigation and entertainment systems will be installed in order to make the driving experience all the more pleasant.
India has fallen short in terms of gender equality in media: GMMP 2020 report
The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2020 reveals the presence of women in Indian news media has declined over the past decade.
TCN News
CHENNAI...
Woman who saved Muslims in riots hoists flag in Bihar
Patna : Commoner Shail Devi, who saved the lives of 10 Muslims during the communal clashes in Muzaffarpur district earlier this month, hoisted the national flag at the state Congress headquarter here Monday.
Indian girls return with best performance card from AFC festival
By IANS,
New Delhi: Unnoticed and unsung, 22 Indian girls, forming two 11-player teams, returned from Colombo after putting up a creditable show in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) south central under-14 festival there.
India's girls topped the five-team festival with 21 green cards followed by Jordan, Iran, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in that order. India won all but one of their matches, which was a 30-minute draw with Iran.
Chhattisgarh cop held for setting woman on fire
By IANS,
Raipur : A member of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) has been arrested for setting a woman on fire after she refused to provide him liquor, police said Friday. The woman is battling for life.
The incident took place late Thursday in Surguja district, some 350 km from here. The woman is warded in a government hospital with 90 percent burn injuries.
The policeman, Ambuj Shukla, asked Sushila Paswan, a 38-year-old widow of Ramanujganj area, to get home-made liquor for him. He got upset when she refused.
BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress
New Delhi : The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres...
See if triple talaq impinges Muslim women’s rights, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to examine whether the practice of 'talaq-e-bidat' (instantaneous triple talaq), 'nikah halala' and...
Salem’s Muslim Women’s Aid Society: Idea of young women
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.
Mrs.K.M.Umai Banu
Mrs.K.M.Umai Banu
इस बार यूपी में बढ़ गई विधायकों में मुस्लिमों की तादाद, पढ़े किसने -किसे...
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा में मुस्लिम विधायकों का आंकड़ा 2017 के मुकाबले में मामूली अंको में बढ़ा है। इस बार 36 मुस्लिम चुनाव जीतकर विधानसभा...
After UN award, Bihar woman gets Florence Nightingale award
Patna : After being honoured with the United Nations Foundation award, a Bihar health official has now been selected for the National Florence Nightingale...
Meghalaya’s first woman MP vows to work for people
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,
Tura (Meghalaya) : Meghalaya's first female MP Agatha Sangma says she will work for the empowerment of women and youth and describes her election to the Lok Sabha as a "good first step" to encourage the fairer sex from the hill state to enter active politics.
"Society in Meghalaya may be matrilineal but men are still at the forefront of decision-making. That holds good in the field of politics too. But my election as an MP is a good first step for women here to join active politics," Agatha told IANS in an interview.
Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skies
By Agence India Press,
Srinagar: Far from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young women swap their burqas for smart suits and stilettos and dream of a career in the skies.
The inauguration of an international airport in Srinagar in February gave youngsters in Kashmir's main city an alternative to traditional careers in medicine and teaching, and the valley's first aviation academy is now grooming them for the skies.
A letter to a friend who is getting married
By PA Abdullah
My Dear Friend
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah!
Women likely to miscarry if exposed to cigarette smoke
By IANS,
Washington : Women exposed to cigarette smoke, either as adults or children, are more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages.
An analysis of more than 4,800 non-smoking women showed those who were exposed to cigarette smoke six or more hours a day as children and adults, faced a 68 percent greater chance of facing difficulties in getting pregnant and suffering one or more miscarriages.
BJP to issue whip on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Faced with dissidence over the women's bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said it will issue a whip to its MPs to support the proposed legislation in the Lok Sabha.
"All the MPs will support the decision taken by the party leadership. A whip will be issued," party leader Sushma Swaraj, who is the leader of the opposition in the lower house, told reporters.
She added that all BJP MPs will support the party's decision to back the bill, which seeks to reserve a third of all seats in legislature for women.
Eight-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband
By DPA,
Riyadh : An eight-year-old Saudi girl got divorced from her 50-year-old husband after the marriage drew severe criticism, the girl's lawyer said Thursday.
Abdullah al-Jeteily said that the court in Onayza city approved the divorce decree after several officials in the region talked with the husband.
Two request by the girl's mother for a divorce were rejected before, and one judge ruled that the girl would be able to file for divorce herself only after she reaches puberty.
Woman undressed, breast-searched at Canadian airport!
By IANS,
Toronto: A 42-year-old black Canadian woman has alleged that she was forced to undress and bodily searched for drugs at Ottawa airport on her return from Jamaica.
Charmaine Archer, who was returning home from Jamaica Tuesday night, said she was forced to open her rectum, lift her breast, and looked underneath her crotch by customs officials.
The woman said she was pulled aside by the customs agents "because she paid for part of her ticket with a credit card, because she booked last minute and because she only stayed for four days", according to the Ottawa Citizen.
“Your silence is killing us,” transgender persons rue govt apathy, demand horizontal reservations
During a press conference, the community activists demanded that the Union Government establish a system for giving horizontal reservations for transgender people within the...
Over 60,000 pregnant Pakistani women live in relief camps, says UN
By IANS,
Islamabad : There are 66,000 pregnant women living at the relief camps in Pakistan and many of them are likely to give birth in the next three months, the UN has said.
According to a UN report, 66,000 pregnant women live at the camps of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and most of these women are in the advance stage of pregnancy, Geo TV said Monday.
Officials are concerned for the welfare of these women as lack of facilities and very few trained medics at the camps might cause serious health problems.
Maharashtra woman hurls slipper at Ajit Pawar, misses
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : A woman hurled a slipper at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Chamorshi village of the state Tuesday, but missed,...
Sheema Mohsin first Muslim woman on Karnataka wakf board
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.
FIR against Misha Bharti for poll violation
Patna: An FIR was Thursday lodged against Misha Bharti who is contesting from Patliputra seat in Bihar for forcibly entering a polling booth and...
Bihar woman says man harassed her via 750 mobile numbers
Patna : A woman in Bihar here has claimed that a man called her from 750 mobile phone numbers in the last six years...
Pussy Riot appeals verdict
By IANS,
By RIA Novosti,
Moscow: Defence lawyers for Russian all-female punk band Pussy Riot have appealed the court verdict under which three members of the band were jailed.
UP, Bihar, Rajasthan: Worst states for women, J&K catching up
By Devanik Saha
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian...
Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation.
"We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.
90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday.
The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.
Women’s safety may play key role in Indian elections: Gallup poll
By Arun Kumar ,
Washington: Women in northern India feel less secure and have less faith in police, says a new poll and suggests these...
SC to hear plea over woman lawyer’s manhandling by police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in a case of assault and manhandling...
Like mother, like child, glam kids beat the trodden path!
(Mother's Day is on May 8)
By Shilpa Raina, IANS,
आस्था के नाम पर धोखा : ऑनलाइन मूर्ति मंगाई, खेत मे दबाई , अगले...
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के उन्नाव जिले में 3 लोगों की अपने ही गांव के मासूम ग्रामीणों को ठगने की विस्तृत योजना विफल रही। एक...
अंधविश्वास ख़त्म करने की सरकारी नाकामी में बढ़ते मनोरोगी
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
सासाराम (बिहार) : आज जहां एक ओर देश में मेडिकल साईंस आसमान की बुलंदियों को छू रहा है. जहां अत्याधुनिक मशीनों से...
Scheme for saving and educating girls in 100 districts
New Delhi : India will launch a mega scheme for saving and educating the girl child in 100 districts of the country that have...
दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...
Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital
Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network
There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's...
Class 11 girl raped by three classmates
By IANS,
Lucknow: A Class 11 girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint by three of her classmates in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, police said Saturday, adding that the suspects were absconding.
Residents of Hilwari village in Baghpat, some 400 km from here, held a series of protests, demanding the arrest of the boys.
The 16-year-old victim was abducted Friday by three boys of her class and raped at a secluded place. Medical reports of the girl have confirmed rape, police added.
Four Muslim women arrested for rioting in Gujarat town
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Ahmedabad: Many people, including four Muslim women, have been arrested in connection with rioting that took place between two communities in...
I want to improve bureaucracy: IAS woman topper
By IANS,
New Delhi : This year's woman topper of the prestigious civil services examination has a simple aim - she wants to help people who haplessly run with files from one office to another.
"I must be able to improve bureaucracy so that I can help people who are running from one office to another with files," said Iva Sahay, who ranked third in the All India civil services examination and has the highest ranking among women. The results of the exam were announced Thursday.
Apex court anguished over Rs.80 pension to major’s widow
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday voiced dismay over a paltry Rs.80 pension being paid to the octogenarian widow of an Indian Army Major who fought in the 1962 and 1965 wars.
Empowering lives, transforming villages – the self-help way
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Rashmi Saksena, IANS,
Varanasi widows to send rakhis to Narendra Modi
By Mohit Dubey ,
Varanasi: The widows of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh will send 1,000 hand-made, colourful rakhis and sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Twenty-year battle of the people of Noamundi against Tata Steel still continues
By Xavier Das
Friends/comrades,
Woman with two kids killed on Bengal tracks
Kolkata:A woman and her two children were killed when they jumped before a speeding train in West Bengal's Howrah district Saturday, police said.
The accident...
Saudi men lobby for remarriages of widows, divorcees
Riyadh : A group of Saudi men have formed a society to promote remarriages of widows and divorcees within the existing system of polygamy...
International Women’s Day is mixed bag in Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Numerous events marked International Women's Day Friday in Kerala, India's most literate state. There were some not-so-pleasant moments too.
Woman alleges rape, tattooing of insults on forehead for not bringing dowry
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman in Rajasthan has alleged that she was harassed, beaten-up, raped and was tattooed with abuses including...
Muslim nursing graduates from West Bengal university get 100% job placement
The inaugural batch of the nursing course in a university in West Bengal, designed especially for women, has achieved this success.
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3,000 jobs for women in Saudi outsourcing centre
Riyadh : The first Saudi all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) service centre will aim to provide 3,000 jobs to Saudi women in the next...
Recurrent lockdowns in Kashmir see surge in domestic abuse
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
In August 2019, Insha (name changed) lay dying in her husband’s house after he locked her in a room for seven...
The bizarre case of Aamil Parvez
Booked for Ahmedabad bomb blasts while he was languishing in Indore Central Jail
SDPI disappointed at CBI letting Amit Shah off the hook in Ishrat case
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.
NGO Majlis Manch allowed to assist SC in final hearing on Triple Talaq
By TCN News
Mumbai-based NGO Majlis Manch, which has been working for legal rights of women and provides support to victims of domestic violence, especially...
Three Indians, four NRIs win US women’s empowerment award
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...
Women need 50 percent share in real power: Farooq Abdullah
By IANS,
Jammu: In the backdrop of Women's Reservation Bill being presented in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that women in India need 50 percent share in real power.
"It's high time that women, who have been neglected for such a long time from holding real power, get 50 percent share in power," Abdullah, who is also the National Conference president, told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here.
Old woman dies during hospital power cut, government orders probe
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Sunday ordered a probe into the death of 74-year-old Sharda Gaur, who died Saturday when her life support device failed during a power cut in a government hospital.
Gaur was admitted to the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital in New Delhi area Sep 7. She underwent angioplasty, following which she was kept in the intensive coronar care unit (ICCU). For the past few days she was on ventilator.
Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia ordered a probe into her death and said that the hospital authorities should "own up responsibility".
All-women’s R-Day contingent leader hopes more of ilk will sign up
By Anjali Ojha,
New Delhi : As India prepares to showcase the 'woman power' of its armed forces, the officer leading the all-women's contingent of...
Will end fast, marry and contest elections, says Irom Sharmila
Imphal : Irom Sharmila, who had long been on a hunger fast against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, on Tuesday surprised people with...
Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday.
Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.
Women’s panel seeks blanket ban on rape MMS circulation
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a blanket ban on the circulation of MMSes related to rape or gang-rape cases.
Married at 17, ‘Half widowed’ at 18: Safiya Azad continues to wait even after...
In the last part of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates five personal stories of half-widows who saw their husbands picked up...
Court asks doctors to decide on abortion for rape victim
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday ordered the setting up of a special committee of doctors to decide on terminating the pregnancy of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim as she does not have a guardian.
Justice Surya Kant directed the Chandigarh administration to form a committee comprising senior doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and an additional sessions judge, who will act as a member-cum-coordinator.
The committee will submit its report within 10 days of its constitution, the court said.
Subhashini Ali dwells on women’s issues, attacks Mamata regime
Kolkata: Launching her Lok Sabha campaign on International Women's Day, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Subhashini Ali Saturday focussed on issues faced by women...
Bihar: Muslim community anxious after spurt in communal incidents
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Observers noted that there is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Bihar government and instil a sense of insecurity and fear...
Stop female foeticide: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday drew attention to the dismal sex ratio in the country, and appealed to Indians to stop female...
लखनऊ: उजरियां में धरने को हुआ एक महीना पूरा, घण्टाघर पर भूखहड़ताल शुरू
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लखनऊ। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनआरसी और एनपीआर के विरोध में लखनऊ के उजरियाँ मे चल रहे धरना-प्रदर्शन को एक महीना पूरा हो...
India steps into history with women’s quota bill
By Minu Jain, IANS,
New Delhi: India's politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the world's largest democracy.
HC orders permanent commission to women in navy
New Delhi : The Delhi high Court on Friday allowed a pleas of naval women officers for permanent commission in the force, saying it...
Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights
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).
Why are Muslim residents of Bilkis Bano’s village leaving their homes after convicts’ release?
Several Muslim families from Randhikpur (Singwad) have begun leaving their homes and seeking refuge in Rahimabad Relief Colony of Devgarh Baria taluka in Dahod...
Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday.
Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...
Hasina seventh top world woman leader
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named the seventh among 12 top world women leaders by Time magazine.
2012 rape-murder case: Timeline
By IANS,
The timeline of 2012 Chhawla rape-murder-kidnapping case:
UAE gets its first woman judge
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has got its first woman judge with Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al Dhaheri being sworn in to the coveted post here.
Al Dhaheri was sworn in at a ceremony here Tuesday by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's minister for presidential affairs and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department, the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
"The appointment of a woman judge is certainly a unique experience in the UAE," Sheikh Mansour said.
अपने गाँव को शिक्षित किया तबस्सुम, तरन्नुम और रुबीना ने
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: बनारस से लगभग बीस किलोमीटर दूर सोजईं नाम का एक गाँव है. गाँव में बिजली-पानी की हालत खस्ता है. गाँव में...
Six women arrested in Uttar Pradesh with 200 tortoises
By IANS,
Lucknow : Six women from West Bengal were Monday nabbed with as many as 200 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, a police official said.
"Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed the women and seized several sacks full of tortoises," district police chief Kripa Shanker Singh told IANS over telephone.
All the women were arrested from near the bus station in Mainpuri, some 200 km from Lucknow, Monday evening.
"We have contacted the forest officials," said Singh. The women were being questuiioned, the police said.
Acid attack ‘horrifying’ form of violence, says court
New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to life in prison for throwing acid on his beloved, leading to her death. The...
Drop in women MLA numbers in Telangana stresses need for 33% reservation
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The number of women in Telangana State Assembly has come down this year as compared to the previous elections of 2014,...
Redouble efforts for protection of women: President
New Delhi : Society must redouble its efforts for the protection of women so that their "talents can flower" and they can "contribute their...
Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children
New Delhi: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at...
Woman burnt alive by priest in Madhya Pradesh town
By IANS,
Bhopal : A woman was allegedly burnt alive by a priest after she resisted his advances in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district. The woman succumbed to her injuries in a hospital Friday evening, police said.
The woman, Vinita Patel (27), in her dying declaration to the police said, "The priest, Devki Prasad Tiwari, entered my house in a bid to outrage my modesty and when I protested, he doused me with kerosene and burnt me." The incident took place in village Piprodha Chakkar in Damoh, 280 km from here.
Pakistan offers to share with India lessons on women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : Amid continued uncertainty here over the fate of a bill to reserve seats for women in parliament and legislative bodies, Pakistan has offered to share its experience in successfully implementing a law in this regard.
"We have enacted a law where 20 percent of parliamentarians have to be women. The law was based on recommendations based on a study by NGO Aurat Foundation. India can replicate the model and if it wants we can share the study," Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik said here late Thursday.
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?
तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी
इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...
Women’s legislative quota set to become reality
By IANS,
New Delhi : As the world celebrated International Women's Day, India was Monday set to give its women 33 percent seats in legislative bodies through the landmark women's reservation bill.
The introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage has been timed with the 100th year of women's day, celebrated every year March 8.
The bill now enjoys overwhelming support of the the ruling coalition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. Some smaller parties have also voiced their support.
Nabard launches digitisation scheme for women’s groups
New Delhi : In an experiment to empower women through information technology (IT) and promote financial inclusion, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural...
Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...
Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar
Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...
CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges
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...
Maneka Gandhi asks home ministry to consider women’s quota in police
New Delhi : The women and child development ministry has requested the home ministry to take up with the various state governments the issue...
Triple Talaq Bill passed in Lok Sabha, to be tabled in Rajya Sabha now
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The Lok Sabha passed the Triple Talaq Bill today, Thursday criminalizing the practise defeating the amendments proposed by the opposition parties. The bill...
ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
देश में गर्मी बढ़ने के साथ-साथ टेलीविज़न पर गोरापन बढ़ाने की क्रीमों के विज्ञापन भी बढ़ गए हैं. देश में रंग एक...
Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine.
But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family.
It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children.
The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.
Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women
By IANS,
Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them.
For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women.
The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.
Chargesheet filed in Odisha woman’s murder
Bhubaneswar : A chargesheet was filed against a man for the murder of a sexual assault victim in the state last November, an officer...
Zain Masud named international director of art fair 2016
New Delhi: Zain Masud, a former assistant fair director to Art Dubai, was appointed the international director of India Art Fair 2016 here on...
SIT trying to shield Rathore: Ruchika’s lawyer
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Pankaj Bhardwaj, molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra's lawyer, Wednesday said the special investigation team (SIT), constituted to probe fresh cases registered against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is trying to shield the accused.
"SIT is working hand in glove with the accused and they are only trying to shield him and delay the proceedings of the case. We have no trust in SIT's investigation, that is why we had demanded a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe in the case," Bhardwaj told IANS here.
Case against BJP MP in UP; says framed
Lucknow : A case was registered against BJP's Lok Sabha member Sachidanand Hari Sakshi, better known as Sakshi Maharaj, in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday...
Ramadan 1435: Hijab
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
A girl helps to tie the hijaab after their iftaar at the Thousand Lights Mosque, Chennai. Hijab, a piece of clothing...
Raje, Gehlot mourn singer Mubarak Begum Shaikh’s death
New Delhi : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister, on Tuesday mourned the death of legendary Bollywood playback singer...