SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
After Mulayam questions lack of recruitment, UP govt says it gave jobs to 4.58...
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Three days after Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav raised questions over Akhilesh Yadav-led government for not giving jobs to...
Woman board member: 180 NSE listed firms failed to comply
Chennai : As many as 180 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have not inducted a woman director so far as required...
Libya’s First Lady owns airline company, 20 tonnes of gold: Report
By IANS,
Dubai: Libya's First Lady Safia Farkash al-Baraasi has amassed enormous wealth, including the airline company Buraq Air and 20 tonnes of gold, a media report said.
164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating
New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...
Woman’s in-laws arrested for causing forceful abortion
By IANS,
New Delhi: The in-laws of a 22-year-old woman were arrested here Monday after she accused them of drugging her and causing her to abort her over one month-old foetus, the police said.
Impreet Kaur, in her complaint to the Geeta Colony police station, alleged that her husband Rajdeep Singh, a property dealer, and in-laws, Gurdeep Singh and Devendra, took her to the house of her husband's sister two days ago.
At her sister-in-law's house she was allegedly given a sedative laced tea and after that the "foetus was removed". She had married Singh in December last year.
Women experience greater sexual harassment in balanced groups
By IANS,
Washington : Latest research clears misconceptions about women being sexually harassed only when they are a minority at the work place.
A study looking at 110 groups worldwide found that women, working in evenly matched groups, were more likely to be harassed than women in predominantly male or female groups.
In these situations, they were more likely to experience taunting, patronizing, and predatory behaviours.
Women’s cricket team prepares for busy schedule ahead
By IANS,
Mumbai : The women's cricket team will participate in two training camps ahead of their busy international schedule that starts with the England tour in August.
The team will tour England (August), Australia (November) before the World Cup in Australia (March 2009) and the ICC World Twenty20 in England (June 2009).
SC upholds punishment to judicial officer for sexual harassment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Aug 6 reversed a 2007 order of the Madras High Court and upheld the decision of a disciplinary authority...
Smoking during pregnancy heightens sudden infant death chances
By IANS,
Washington : Women who smoke during pregnancy have greater chances of losing their newborns to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to new research carried out by Calgary University.
In the first-ever experimental study to compare the breathing reflexes of premature babies of smokers versus non-smokers, researchers found that babies whose mothers had smoked showed a number of signs of impaired respiratory function.
Woman offers tongue to deity in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : A childless 27-year-old woman cut off her tongue in an Uttar Pradesh temple and offered it to the deity for getting a son, the police said Tuesday.
Meena Devi Monday evening visited the Bholebaba Siddheshwar Nath temple in Lahar Marg locality in Sitapur district, 90 km from here, and offered her tongue to the deity.
"She cut off her tongue with a sharp razor and offered it to the Shivling (the symbolic idol of Lord Shiva) at the temple," police inspector Santosh Dwivedi told IANS on telephone.
He said some devotees later rushed Devi to a hospital.
सीमांचल की ज़मीन पर साहित्य का इंटरनेशनल उत्सव
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बिहार के किशनगंज में इंटरनेशनल लिटरेरी फेस्टिवल...! ये बात कईयों के लिए हैरानी का सबब बन सकती है. मगर ये...
Stone cold after Kosi kills her newborn
By Priyanka Khanna, IANS,
Araria/Supaul (Bihar) : For a woman whose eight-hour-old baby died a little while ago, Zafeda Khatum looks surprisingly unflustered. The 18-year-old maintains a stoic silence even as her family members clamour around to explain how she lost her first born to the ice cold waters of the Kosi river that unexpectedly entered her shanty in Araria district of Bihar.
Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held
New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman from Nepal was allegedly gang raped by two people here, police said on Tuesday, adding the accused have...
Woman official arrested in Tripura multi-crore scam
Agartala: A senior Tripura education department woman official was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than Rs.4 crore from a central government scheme, police said...
Maldives woman kept confined in room for 12 years
By IANS,
Male : A 30-year-old Maldivian woman was kept confined in her room for 12 years by her family. She was discovered only last week after a complaint.
The Gender Ministry is investigating the case reported on Kinbidhoo island of the Thaa atoll. The 30-year-old woman is the daughter of one of the Island Chiefs of Kinbidhoo, according to the Haveeru Daily.
Ministry officials observed that the room where she was kept hadn't been cleaned for a long time and even her clothes were filthy. Her bed was covered with a sheet of linoleum, which was torn in several places.
Madhya Pradesh rocked by four rape cases
By IANS
Bhopal, July 10: Four incidents of rape including two gang rapes have rocked Madhya Pradesh since Sunday, officials said on Monday.
A young woman...
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...
Ramadan 1435: Unframed
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...
Women lag behind men in muscle strength recovery
By IANS,
Washington : Women are four times more likely than men to experience a broken forearm and require a cast or immobilisation.
To examine whether the effects of such casting were similar between the sexes, researchers examined immobilised volunteers for a period of three weeks.
They determined that while men were able to regain 99 percent of their strength within a week of removing the cast, women's strength was still 30 percent lower than their pre-cast optimum strength.
Kolkata’s Rally Revolution: The RG Kar Tragedy and the City’s Defiant Stand
Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net
“Kolkata has transformed into a city of rallies,” observed Mayurakshi Banerjee, a Mumbai-based cine worker who has called the city home for...
Bharatiya Mahila Bank expanding base across India
Agartala: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the country's first all-women bank, aiming to economically empower women will open 55 more branches across the country...
Allow women into Haji Ali dargah: Rights group
Mumbai : The Bhumata Ranragini Brigade on Wednesday said it will launch an agitation so that women entry to the famed Haji Ali Dargah...
Women and child ministry gets Rs.21,000 crore in budget
By IANS,
New Delhi : The women and child development ministry got an allocation of Rs.21,000 crore in the interim budget presented by Finance Minister...
Tax officer’s wife booked for running sex racket
Gurgaon: The wife of a tax officer has been booked here for running a sex racket, police said Wednesday.
The racket operating out of a...
A Palestinian woman enters politics
By Asma Asfour
In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning the law was that women should take part in decision-making processes. So, despite the fact that the idea hadn't yet been widely accepted in many rural communities, women from different economic and cultural backgrounds suddenly found themselves taking part in political life.
Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group
By IANS,
Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations.
The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).
India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...
BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday.
"BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone.
A case was registered against them Friday on the complaint of the victim's husband.
Women should occupy leadership positions: Sitharaman
Vijayawada : Women can improve their status in society only when they occupy leadership positions in all walks of life, Union Minister of State...
Nari Shakti Zindabad
By Somnath Mukherji,
I went for a quick visit to Nishtha’s day and night shelter for the children of the sex workers of Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. About 30 children are here during the day while 40 to 45 children spend the night here. The children, as in any other place were very lively and animated. Some of them recited poems while some danced to music from the mobile phones. Children come here for a few hours before they go to school and then again after school. Some teachers support them with academics as well games & music.
Ramadan 1437: Unsa Rehmani
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Working at the ART Centre, an Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre at Medical College run by Aligarh Muslim University for HIV positive patients,...
एक बार फिर जंतर मंतर पर जुटे किसान, लगाया वादाखिलाफी का इल्ज़ाम
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में आज संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा अराजनैतिक ने लखीमपुर हिंसा में मारे गए किसानों को इंसाफ और केंद्रीय मंत्री अजय...
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.
Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq
New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised women battling the system of Triple Talaq and said the entire country supports them.
"I pay...
Women’s bill will be passed as it is, says Moily
By IANS,
New Delhi: Ruling out the demand for quota within quota in the women's reservation bill, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was totally committed to the bill and it would be passed in the Lok Sabha in its present form.
"The Congress party... the UPA government is totally committed to this bill in the form it was passed by the Rajya Sabha," Moily told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on the CNN-IBN news channel. The programme will be telecast Sunday night.
Crimes against women up in 2016
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 24: Number of crimes recorded against women went up in 2016 to more than 3.3 lakh (338,954) from 3.2 lakh...
I’m against all fundamentalism, says Shabana Azmi
Mumbai, (IANS): Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who has often raised her voice against various issues, on Monday clarified her stance in backing the 'Not in...
Menopause can affect memory
By IANS,
Chicago: New research suggests women who have hot flushes during menopause, could also suffer memory issues.
अज़ान के विमर्श में किन बिंदुओं पर बात करना ज़रूरी है ?
-मसीहुज़्ज़मा अंसारी
हिंदुस्तान की मशहूर प्लेबैक सिंगर अनुराधा पौडवाल इन दिनों अज़ान पर दिये अपने बयान को लेकर चर्चा में हैं.एक टीवी इंटरव्यू के दौरान...
Jamia Millia Islamia VC backs women’s quota bill
By IANS
New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women’s reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.
‘Need campaign through short films, documentaries again terrorism’
Jaipur : Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that there was a need for a campaign through...
57 mn more men than women globally: UN report
By IANS,
New Delhi : There are 57 million more men than women globally, a UN report said.
Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday.
"I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.
Woman official in Punjab attempts suicide
By IANS,
Patiala : A woman revenue official in Punjab has been admitted to a hospital here after she attempted suicide in this town, 80 km from Chandigarh, police officials said Thursday.
The woman, Jaspal Kaur, a 'Naib Tehsildar' in the revenue department, consumed some poisonous substance after paying obeisance at a gurudwara (Sikh shrine) here Wednesday.
She was rushed to the Rajindra Medical college and hospital here where doctors said that her condition was now stable.
Obama bypasses Congress to promote equal pay for women
Washington: President Barack Obama resorted Tuesday to an executive order to oblige federal contractors to provide equal pay for women who currently earn less...
Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part IV on Jayanti Keishing
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Women’s groups to protest Monday against ordinance
By IANS,
New Delhi : Unhappy with provisions of the ordinance over sexual crimes, women's groups are planning a big protest against it Monday and a signature campaign in the near future.
Khudai Khidmatgar opens vocational centre for women of Mewat
By TCN News
Khudai Khidmatgar made an important contribution towards women empowerment in the region of Mewat, Haryana by starting a vocational centre on March...
Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end
By Anam Rais Khan for TwoCircles.net
“The most hated of the Halaal (lawful things) to Allah is divorce.” Recorded by Abu Dawood, Ibn...
Tripura gets maximum women legislators
By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS,
Agartala : With five of the 15 women contestants winning, the Tripura assembly now has the highest number of women legislators since the state was carved out in 1972.
Referees course for women starts
New Delhi : The first All India Football Federation (AIFF) referees course for women was inaugurated here Monday by FIFA Development Officer for South...
Women Congress leader hits out at Kerala unit chief
Thiruvananthapuram : Senior woman Congress leader Shanimol Usman has in a letter to the party's Kerala unit president V.M. Sudheeran has said he was...
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.
Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour
Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...
Before seeking pistol licence, ensure toilet at home in MP
Neemach (Madhya Pradesh) : In a novel initiative, police in Madhya Pradesh's Neemach district have asked people to ensure they have toilets at home...
Indian woman gives birth to first child at 70
By RIA Novosti,
New Delhi : A woman from the northern Indian state of Haryana has given birth for the first time at the age of 70, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.
Rajo Devi and her 72-year-old husband, Bala Ram, had been married for 55 years, but she had been unable to conceive. The woman then underwent in-vitro fertilization treatment at a nearby fertility center and gave birth to a girl on November 28.
"Both the mother and child are in good health," the doctor, Anurag Bishnoi, said.
Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...
First Zamira Begum Rahman memorial lecture held in Tezpur
By TCN News
Guwahati: The First Zamira Begum Rahman Memorial Lecture on the topic “Women Empowerment and Society” was delivered by Sarmistha Das, Assistant...
Goa toll rises to 10; top cop claims police doing ‘wonderful job’
By IANS,
Panaji: Ten people, including six women and two children, were found dead in mysterious circumstances during the last three days, even as the "saddened" state police chief Bhimsain Bassi Wednesday said that the Goa Police was doing a "wonderful job" to protect the citizens of the state.
Delegation represents Iran in UN conference on women
By IRNA,
United Nations : An Iranian delegation has participated in the 53rd session of the United nations’ Commission on the Status of Women which opened Tuesday in New York.
The five-member delegation is led by Elham Aminzadeh who is the aide to the Iranian foreign minister for women’s affairs.
The world event this year is focusing on the theme of AIDS and the way it affects women.
Talking in the opening ceremony of the event, Aminzadeh said Iran was ready to share its scientific achievements in the area with the international community.
Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...
डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...
Ex-ACP’s son arrested for trying to abduct Afghan woman
New Delhi: A 28-year-old man, the son of a former senior Delhi police official, was arrested here for trying to abduct a married Afghan...
Strict curfew in Kashmir: Women march to ‘Pather Masjid’ foiled; 5 injured
By Bilal Furqani, AIP
Srinagar: Despite a strict security in Kashmir, scores of people including women and children tried to take a protest march to Pather Masjid today afternoon on the call given by Hurriyat (G).
Dozens of women demonstrators, led by the Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chief Asiya Andrabi, defied the strict security lockdown in the Srinagar and staged a noisy anti-India rally.
The women later dispersed after police tried to block the rally.
UN panel reviews women’s situation in India
By IANS,
United Nations : A UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women has begun a review of the situation of women in India and seven other countries.
During its 19-day session here, India will be reviewed on an exceptional basis, with the committee considering the country's follow-up report on the impact of the 2002 Gujarat massacres on women, the world body said.
The committee will also review the status of women in Argentina, Fiji, Russia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Albania.
Men’s groups resent move to empower women panel
New Delhi : Men's rights groups, fighting for shared parenting in case of divorce, Thursday protested the central government move to empower the National...
Australia takes tough line on female circumcision
By DPA,
Sydney : Female circumcision is called female genital mutilation (FGM) in Australia and it's a crime.
Those performing it face a possible seven-year prison term and those who don't report it risk a stiff fine.
In Sydney's outer suburb of Auburn, there's a specialist FGM clinic that has been in operation for over 10 years and sees around 40 women a year.
The typical patient is in her 20s, is about to wed, and was operated on by a village midwife in an African or Middle Eastern country when she was young.
‘Godman’ kidnaps woman disciple
By IANS,
Ghaziabad: A 40-year-old self-styled godman allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old disciple from her house here last month, police said Saturday.
Police registered a case Saturday and initiated a hunt for the self-styled godman Anup Kumar Sahai, alias Swami Ji, for kidnapping Priyanka Srivastava alias Dolly, an MBA graduate, who was pursuing her doctoral studies.
"Priyanka had gone missing from her house in Sector-7, Raj Nagar, since Feb 15. The family claimed she was kidnapped by Anup," Rajesh Chaudhary, inspector in-charge of the Kavi Nagar police station, said.
36 Indian women WHO worked as scavengers to walk on ramp
By NNN-PTI,
United Nations : Thirty-six Indian women, rescued by a non governmental organisation from the degrading task of manually cleaning human excreta, are all set to walk on ramp with leading models before representatives from more than 150 countries here.
The women, rescued by Sulabh International Social Service Organisation from Alwar in Rajasthan, yesterday met diplomats and dignitaries at the United Nations and talked about the changes which, they said, had made them for the first time feel like human beings.
Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday.
Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.
60-year-old woman becomes mother in Bihar relief camp
By IANS,
Patna : A 60-year-old Dalit woman has given birth to a baby girl at a relief camp in flood hit Bihar.
Chandan Devi gave birth Tuesday at a relief camp for flood victims in Udaikishanganj in Madhepura district, about 300 km from here.
Both mother and child are healthy and doing well, the doctor looking after Chandan Devi said.
"Everything is normal after the delivery," Anand Kumar Milan of a government hospital in Udaikishanganj told IANS.
He said that it was a blessing that despite her age, she has become a mother for the first time.
दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...
Two women killed in Tripura; couple held
Agartala : Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and her husband have been arrested, police...
Divisive Rhetoric to Ethical Quagmires: Women Politicians Under the Spotlight
TCN News
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...
Principal held for molesting girl in Andhra Pradesh
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The principal of a private school in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayanagaram district was Saturday arrested for allegedly trying to molest a girl student.
The incident took place in Bhogapuram in Vijayanagaram in north coastal Andhra.
Police said Srinivas Rao had called three girl students of Class 5 to his house for some work as the school was closed on account of second Saturday. He allegedly tried to molest one of the girls in a room.
Girl in Delhi thwarts rape bid by three men
New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl saved herself from being a gang rape victim, fought back three of her neighbours who forcibly took her to...
Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet
Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...
Shayara Bano case in SC: First understand all forms of separation under Muslim personal...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The Shayara Bano case in Supreme Court has ignited a massive debate across the country over the existing Muslim personal laws....
Women’s quota bill unlikely in Lok Sabha this session
By IANS,
New Delhi:The government is unlikely to move the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the few remaining days of the budget session before parliament goes into recess around May 7, Congress sources said.
They said the government had told political parties during its consultation with them on the bill last month that it would conduct another round of talks before moving the draft loegislation.
Dress & Crime: Andhra DGP gets support from Ulema, Hindu hardliners
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
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...
Indian man’s tweet to Swaraj saves sister from traffickers
Abu Dhabi : A brother's tweet to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led to the rescue of his sister from human traffickers...
More grooms saying no to glasses for D-day
By Radhika Bhirani, IANS,
New Delhi : Women are not the only ones to fret about looks on their wedding day. Men too have joined the bandwagon - so much so that a majority of them prefer to discard their spectacles and wear contact lenses instead.
A survey by American eye care brand Bausch & Lomb reveals that 82 percent of men say they would opt for contact lenses on their wedding day.
The survey, carried out in association with market research company ACNielsen, was a quantitative study conducted across six metros on men aged 15-35 years.
Fashion designer commits suicide in Noida
By IANS,
Noida : A 25-year-old fashion designer working with a garments export firm here committed suicide at his office premises Thursday, allegedly over a failed relationship, police said.
Jishan, originally a resident of Bihar, was working as a fashion designer in a garments export house in Sector-10 of Noida.
On Thursday around 9.30 a.m. he locked himself up in one of his company's rooms and hung himself from the ceiling fan, police said.
“India has failed to give constitutional rights to its women,” say women activists, intellectuals...
National Secretary of JIH Women’s Wing Rahamathunnissa said that after completing 74 years of Independence, the country is going backwards with regards to women’s...
11 arrested for beating up police, woman
Kolkata : Eleven persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly beating up a policeman after a fight broke out between neighbours over playing...
Tripura governor asks police to protect women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...
Congress seeks new Odisha law for women’s safety
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Congress Thursday demanded a new legislation in Odisha to ensure safety and security to women and claimed that crimes against them were on the rise in the state.
Election not about promises: Kirron Kher
Mumbai: Actress Kirron Kher, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Chandigarh on a BJP ticket, says it's time to deliver and not...
“Pillars of healthcare system in rural India,” UP’s Asha workers risked life to safeguard...
Hundreds of Asha workers (healthcare workers) have been rendering yeoman's service in rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic by working tirelessly to fight...
Measure for Measure: Mourning for a Widow
By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan, TwoCircles.net,
#widow# mourning#waltwhitman
Asma Nama: She teaches English, talks a lot , read her at your own risk.
Jo hona tha so ho gaya, abb koi rona dhona naheen, chup raho.
(Be quiet, be quiet now, I am telling you be quiet. Whatever has happened has happened. Now it’s over. Now be silent.)
Treat women equal to men, says Shabana Azmi
Mumbai : On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi says rather than treating women like goddesses, the...
Male students disrupt Leadership Summit organised by women students in AMU
TCN News
The women’s leadership summit, 2019 scheduled for 3 days from 26th March to 28th March that began yesterday at the Aligarh Muslim University...
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.
Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...
Indian-origin researcher’s model to empower women in IT
New York : Under-representation of skills had forced women working in the IT sector to flee the profession but a 12-year-old model by an...
Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its interim order putting on hold the execution of death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...
President, vice-president for more women in legislatures
New Delhi : Stressing the need for appropriate women representation in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said women's empowerment was...
Cheryl Cole voted most inspirational woman of decade
By IANS,
London: Cheryl Cole, who recently separated from her soccer player husband Ashley Cole following the exposure of his string of affairs, has been voted as the most inspirational woman of the decade in a new poll.
The 26-year-old pop star was given the honour for both her "beauty" and "success" - with 29 percent of her fans praising her looks and 51 percent in awe of her career, reports contactmusic.com.
The survey conducted by the cosmetic treatment review website, www.goodsurgeonguide.co.uk involved 1,100 British women.
Indian nanny accused of killing baby in Dubai
Dubai: An Indian nanny in Dubai has been accused of strangling an 11-month-old baby girl to death with her scarf as she was denied...
Women activists try to storm BJP, Congress offices
Imphal : Women activists on Sunday tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know...
Saudi Arabia recruiting maids aged between 25 and 50
Dubai : The age of Indian domestic workers looking for employment in Saudi Arabia has been set between 25 and 50 years under a...
Suicides by pregnant women, new mothers under-reported
By IANS,
Sydney : Nearly twice as many women commit suicide during pregnancy or the time around childbirth than previously thought, according to University of New South Wales researchers.
The results highlighted the significance of perinatal (period shortly before and after birth) mental health, with suicide being the leading cause of indirect death, followed by cardiac disorders. Deaths from accidents and violence are also significant.
IWPC slams minister’s ‘presstitutes’ comment
New Delhi : The Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) on Friday slammed union minister V.K. Singh for calling the media "presstitutes".
Without naming Singh, the...
Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of north-east
New Delhi/Agartala : The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for north-east India to promote the...
Woman with son jumps before train, killed
By IANS,
Kolkata : A woman, along with her one-and-half-year-old son, committed suicide Tuesday by jumping before a train in West Bengal's Hoogly district allegedly following dowry demands from her in-laws, the police said.
"Punam Sahu jumped in front of a passenger train along with her one-and-half-year-old son at Hoogly's Gobra Station Tuesday. She was being allegedly pressurised by her in-laws for dowry," a police official said.
Sahu went to live at her parental house after her husband was detected with cancer a few months ago.
‘Policy-implementation must for women’s empowerment’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women's empowerment is possible only if state administrators implement the policies framed by the central government, K.G. Balakrishnan, National Human...
Millions of women devotees expected at Kerala temple on Sunday
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Upwards of four million women devotees are expected to cook an offering as part of the famed Attukal Pongala festival to be...
No arrest yet in Dimapur lynching case; victim’s body reaches Assam
Dimapur/Guwahati: The Nagaland government is yet to make any arrest in connection with Thursday's incident when a mob broke into Dimapur's high-security central jail...
UAE’s first woman athlete in Olympic Games arrives in Beijing
By NNN-WAM,
Beijing : Determined to win, the first woman athlete of the UAE participating in the Olympic Games, Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed has arrived in the Chinese capital.
She is the only UAE athlete participating in the 67 kg category of taekwondo in the Beijing Olympiad.
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दिल्ली: जब कुछ कर दिखाने का जज़्बा हो और इरादे बुलंद हों, तो कठिन हालात में भी राहें बनने लगती हैं. इस...
Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope
On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.
Tabeenah...
प्रेरणा : ग़रीब बच्चों को ‘नेशनल सेलर’ बनाने वाले जिद्दी कोच सुहेम शेख की...
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हैदराबाद की रहने वाली प्रीति कोंगारा ने 2023 के एशियाई खेलों के लिए क्वालिफाई किया है। वे यह उपलब्धि हासिल...
Andhra forms women’s empowerment corporation
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday constituted a women's empowerment corporation as part of its efforts to eliminate poverty and improve the human...
Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.
Women safe under Shariah laws: Muslim women activists
New Delhi: Several women activists and female members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday insisted that Muslim women are...
Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory
By IANS,
New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday.
Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India.
"In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.
AMU faculty Dr Mah Seema Masood passes away
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Dr Mah Seema Masood, director, Centre of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) passed away at her residence on Wednesday, January 7.
Women’s rights being violated in India’s surrogacy capital
By IANS,
New Delhi : A study by the New Delhi-based Centre for Social Research (CSR) has pointed to a grave violation of the women's rights at India's surrogacy hub, Anand in Gujarat.
Women will be a major determinant of progress: President
By IANS,
New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil Sunday said the country's women will continue to be a major determinant of its future progress and inclusive growth.
"Every year, we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, to recognise the dedication and achievements of women. This year is even more special, as this is the 100th edition. Indian women as part of this epoch making movement have played an exemplary role and will continue to be a major determinant of our future progress and inclusive growth," she said.
Remarkable increase in the number of women parliamentarians in this elections
TCN News
The general elections of 2019 seems to have set a precedence of sorts with a lot of things happening for the first time.
This...
500 women fatwa victims in Bangladesh in past 10 years
By IANS,
Dhaka : A demand to prohibit the Muslim clergy from issuing fatwa is gathering momentum in Bangladesh as 503 women have been subjected to public flogging since the year 2000.
Women’s bill: government calls all-party meet, rebellion in BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The fate of the landmark women's quota bill Thursday appeared uncertain as the government, yielding to the bitter critics - the Yadav troika, offered all-party consultations while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to stem growing internal opposition to the proposed legislation.
The BJP, a staunch supporter of the bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in India for women, appeared a divided house with some MPs opposing the quota and threatening to vote even against the party's whip. The bill was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia to launch work-at-home programme for women
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia will launch an updated work-at-home programme for women in a few weeks, while its portal will be introduced by the...
Instant reactions on Instant Triple Talaq Judgement: Lot argued and Least understood
By Dr. Babli Parveen
The recent verdict on Triple Talaq by the Honourable Supreme Court has created ripples in the society. It is discussed, debated,...
Lalitha Kumaramangalam appointed new NCW chief
New Delhi : Lalitha Kumaramangalam has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Women and Child Development Minister Maneka...
Quota for women must respect social divide, say some MPs
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : The purpose of reserving seats for women in legislatures will be defeated if these are not earmarked for different social strata, say supporters of reservation along caste lines.
In support of their argument, they say there are only 11 woman Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) members in parliament now although the total seats reserved for these two groups is 120 and 79 respectively.
Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.
Mamata, Jayalalithaa keen to block Modi as PM
By T.R. Ramachandran,
Since the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984, women politicians have steered clear of having a go at the high...
You’ll be the employer and I the employee, Mamata tells industrialists
Kolkata : Amid an impressive gathering of ministers, foreign delegates and industrial bigwigs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banereje on Friday inaugurated her annual...
Happy to see girl students shine: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the students on their success in various examinations, and said he was “happy to see...
Muslim women MPs meet in Indonesia
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi: Women MPs from over 50 Muslim majority countries took part in a Muslim female parliamentarians conference in Indonesia.
Mindset against women has to change: Women MPs
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,