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Najma Heptullah: A Congress deserter who made good in BJP (Profile)

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New Delhi : Najma Heptullah, a former Congress leader who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia...

Man stabbed his wife in UP court

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Mathura: A man has stabbed his wife in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. Laxmi Devi, a mother of three children, is...

Malaysian Indian woman wants her conversion to Islam invalidated

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By IANS, George Town (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian housewife in Malaysia Wednesday said she would appeal against a civil court ruling that heard her plea questioning her conversion to Islam when she was seven years old. Siti Hasnah Bangarama Abdullah, 28, was converted along with her four siblings in 1983 when her parents, both born Hindus, embraced Islam. She sought a declaration from the court that her conversion to Islam was invalid, Star Online reported.

Memon to be buried in Nagpur jail

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Nagpur : Yakub Memon, the March 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, who was executed here early Thursday, will be buried inside the Nagpur Central Jail...

Book “Future of Indian Muslim Women” released in Aligarh

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By TCN News Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah on Saturday released the book “Future of Indian Muslim Women”

Here’s How Digital Platforms Proliferate Anti-Muslim Hate

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A new study documents an exponential rise in hate on digital platforms in India since BJP came to power in 2014. Snobar | TwoCircles.net NEW...

Only 2 percent increase in women legislators in Bengal

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Kolkata : Though the number of women contesting the 2016 West Bengal assembly polls increased to 198 as against 174 in 2011, only 40...

Indian nanny accused of killing baby in Dubai

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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...

अदालत में जाकर लड़ाई लडेंगे मुस्लिम संगठन ,बेगुनाहों की रिहाई की कवायद में जुटे

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net बीते कुछ दिनों से देशभर में मुसलमानों के ऊपर हुए अत्याचार के खिलाफ कई मुस्लिम संगठनों ने अपनी आवाज़ें बुलंद की हैं और...

No arrest yet in Dimapur lynching case; victim’s body reaches Assam

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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...

‘Land most important for Kerala Dalits’ – Bluestone rising scholar awardee Maya Pramod

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net Maya Pramod, a research scholar who received the prestigious Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize instituted by the Brandeis University, USA, believes ownership...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ –ये सवाल जाकर मोदी जी से पूछो!

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net रोहतास (बिहार) : आजकल अख़ाबर के पन्ने ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ के ख़बरों से भरे पड़े हैं. ‘फ़ोन पर पत्नी को तलाक़ दिया’,...

‘Nothing Can Fill This Gap’: Families of AIMIM Candidates Shifa, Tahir Share Heartfelt Pleas...

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Mariyam Usmani, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The entry of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections has brought the...

Muslim women should be allowed to wear burqa: Tory chairperson

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By IANS, London : Muslim women should have the right to choose to wear the burqa, Conservative Party chairperson Sayeeda Warsi has said. "Just because a woman wears the burqa, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life," she says. Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the cabinet, defended the burqa Monday. "Just because a woman wears the burka, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life. Why should we tell women what to wear? What it boils down to is choice. If women don’t have a choice over what to wear then they are oppressed.

A witch-hunting survivor takes up crusade to save Assamese women

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By Aditya Baruah Guwahati : In her mid-60s, Birubala Rabha looks like any tribal Rabha woman next door. What distinguishes her from the others is...

Modi commends women fighting Triple Talaq

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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...

Goa BJP aims to woo minorities

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By IANS, Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) latest membership drive in Goa will aim to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks, a party spokesman said Monday. Speaking to reporters at the launch of the state wide membership drive, former state BJP president Rajendra Arlekar said: "We would definitely like to see an increase in the percentage of minorities in the BJP ranks." He, however, refused to divulge the exact number of registered minority members in the party rolls.

Bangladeshi female lawyer calls for efforts to realize equal rights

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By Huang Yanan, Xinhua, Dhaka : A prominent female lawyer in Bangladesh holds that in a still male-dominated society, women should be encouraged to work hard to realize real equal rights with men. Although progress has been achieved in the past years, Bangladesh is still a male-dominated country with less women government officials, journalists and entrepreneurs, Lawyer Tania Amir said in an interview with Xinhua recently. "In the rural areas, girls are not treated equally with boys," she said.

Bangladeshi woman whipped over 200 times, critical

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By IANS, Dhaka : A widow was whipped 202 times and a man 101 times following a fatwa by a religious leader for their alleged involvement in "anti-social activity" in a village in southeastern Bangladesh, prompting local protests and action by the police. Piara Begum, a widow of 40, and Mamun Miah, 25, were whipped before hundreds of people at Khaiyar in Comilla district Saturday night. The woman fell unconscious and was rushed to hospital. Doctors said she was critically injured and needed to be given intensive treatment.

Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand allege “custodial torture,” police refute allegations

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A Muslim couple in Bokaro, Jharkhand has alleged that they were tortured by police while in custody over allegations of theft against them....

Karnataka woman minister says ready to quit to save government

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By IANS, Bangalore : Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the party's first ever in the south, Thursday said she was ready to quit if it saves the Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa-led ministry. The BJP central leadership is understood to have proposed dropping Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, from the ministry as part of a compromise to the dissidents who are pressing for removal of Yeddyurappa himself.

Women activists now target Shiva temple in Maharashtra

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Pune : About 200 members of women's organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the...

VIPs visit murdered Dalit woman’s mother, probe continues

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit...

TRS women activists protest raw deal

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By IANS, Hyderabad : Angry at the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for not fielding a single woman candidate for next month's state assembly elections, the party's women activists Saturday staged protests here by covering the face of the statue of 'Telangana Talli' (Mother Telangana) statue and tying its hands and legs. Raising slogans, the women activists demanded that justice be done to them through proper representation in the list of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

Reserved Past: De-reserving Future

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Sania to get Khel Ratna Award

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Delhi : The sports ministry on Friday confirmed that tennis icon Sania Mirza will be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest...

Muslim girls in Azamgarh getting higher education, giving tough fight to boys

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Part of the Azamgarh speaks series. New Delhi: Nikhat Bano is pursuing MA in geography at Aligarh Muslim University. She did graduation also at AMU. She is from Azamgarh. Her village is not much developed but she herself reflects the developed thinking of Azamgarh Muslims about woman education.

Women in Pakistani village vote for first time in 70 years

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By IANS: Lahore, July 25: Millions of registered voters are heading towards polling stations to cast their vote as Pakistan goes for its 11th general...

What’s good for women’s heart? Baked mackerel!

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Uber rape case: Fingerprints of accused match

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New Delhi: A forensic expert Friday told a court here that the fingerprints of the Uber cab driver, accused of raping a woman executive,...

Forced intercourse in marriage not rape: Delhi court

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New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of raping his wife, stating that forced intercourse with a woman does not amount...

Winning Wimbledon was special feeling, says Sania

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Hyderabad : Back home after clinching her first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza said winning Wimbledon with Swiss partner...

No woman should die giving life: UNICEF

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Tehran, Jan 18, IRNA -- Every minute somewhere in the world a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, and the women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth than those in developed countries. These facts are highlighted in UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children report on maternal and newborn health, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said on Sunday.

Sadhvi Pragya on hunger strike, demands Kumbh visit

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Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya, who was given a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the National Investigation Agency, on Monday began a...

BJP continues attack on Mamata over crime against women

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Kolkata : Continuing its attack on the Mamata Banerjee government over crime against women, the BJP on Friday claimed the situation in the Trinamool...

AAP announces women’s wing

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New Delhi: The AAP Thursday announced the setting up of a women's wing in Delhi and appointed Shalimar Bagh legislator Bandana Kumari as its...

Can ovulating women’s brain recognise potential sex partner?

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By IANS, Washington : Women's preferences for 'manly' men are influenced by their menstrual cycles. A new study by Kinsey Institute showed differences in brain activity as women considered masculinised and feminised male faces and whether the person was a potential sexual partner. Researchers identified regions of the brain that responded more strongly to masculine faces and demonstrated that differences between masculinised and feminised faces appeared strongest when the women were closer to ovulating.

10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training

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Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...

Srinagar-Imphal Save Sharmila Jan Karwan starts

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Maharashtra launches crime tracking system

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Mumbai : On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country's first comprehensive 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' through 42 cyber...

CRPF officer cleared of molestation charges in Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal has given a clean chit to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aloke Raj, who was slapped with molestation charges during the panchayat polls in Nandigram, officials said Monday.

Girl who was gang-raped, filmed fights back

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New Delhi : Fifteen-year-old Bitiya endured unspeakable trauma when she was raped by four upper caste men who filmed the heinous crime for sale...

Inquiry report on death of pregnant women by Thursday: Odisha minister

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Monday said a committee probing the death of three pregnant women at a...

Bihar school board ex-chairman’s wife’s degrees too fake?

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Patna : Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board's former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who...

Haryana man kills wife, 3 kids; commits suicide

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Chandigarh : A man gunned down his wife and three minor daughters before committing suicide by hanging himself in a Haryana village, police...

Asian women show they’re on top

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By IANS, Kathmandu: Nearly 24 years after mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner became the first man to conquer the 14 highest peaks in the world, South Korean Oh Eun-sun followed in his footsteps Tuesday, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat, beating her closest rival Spain's Edurne Pasaban. The 44-year-old became South Korea and Asia's heroine after she reached the summit of Mt Annapurna, 8,091m, with her ascent being broadcast live.

Woman jumps from Metro station, dies

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By IANS, Gurgaon: A 25-year-old woman who had accused her husband and in-laws of harassing her for dowry died after jumping from the terrace of a Metro station here Thursday, police said.

BJP praising Ambedkar for petty political gain: Sonia

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Nagpur : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the BJP which earlier opposed and targeted Babasaheb Ambedkar was now praising him for "petty...

BJP women will get equal opportunity in 2014 polls: Smriti Irani

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By IANS, Panaji : Women will get "equal opportunity" to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP vice president and TV acterss Smriti Irani said Wednesday.

Singing party’s tune, Minority Minister Heptullah backs Maha govt in denial of reservation to...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Affirming the stand of the BJP-SS government in Maharashtra selectively providing reservation to Maratha community, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has said Muslims do not need reservations, instead, they should be made self-reliant.

Five killed in Jammu gunbattle, four hostages rescued

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By IANS, Jammu : Security forces rescued three children and a woman, who were held hostage during a gunbattle in which three civilians, an army officer and a guerrilla were killed Wednesday in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The militants, holed up in a house in Chinore on the outskirts of this city, took six civilians hostage Wednesday morning. The police said they were trying to rescue the two remaining hostages before launching an assault on the guerrillas.

Website promotes female condoms for Women’s Day

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भारत का सर्वोच्च विज्ञान पुरस्कार बुशरा अतीक के नाम

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नेहाल अहमद । Twocircles.net अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय (एएमयू) की पूर्व छात्रा डॉ बुशरा अतीक को मेडिकल स्किनोल के क्षेत्र में उत्कृष्ट कार्य के लिए भारत...

Mamata didi has become Shahenshah: Modi

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Kharagpur (West Bengal) : Launching a direct attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the "didi"...

Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held

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Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...

Peruvian women protest gender violence, call for stringent law

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By IANS, Lima : Hundreds of women in this Peruvian capital staged a march demanding punishment to the perpetrators of violence against women and stringent law to curb the social scourge, EFE reported Wednesday. About 200 women marched Tuesday in central Lima to demand that those who perpetrate sexual violence be punished and the state push for appropriate measures to curb it.

Nepali woman raped in Delhi, two held

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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...

Harassed for dowry, woman commits suicide in Noida

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By IANS, Noida : A 22-year-old woman who was allegedly being harassed for dowry by her husband committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in Noida, the police said. The incident came to light Monday morning, when the woman's body was discovered by her husband. Anita, a resident of Harola area, was married to Gajendra Singh, a factory worker, two years ago. Anita's brother Kaushlendra in a complaint to the police alleged that Singh used to torture her for dowry. The police have registered a complaint. The accused is said to be absconding.

Girls allege sexual exploitation in north Gujarat college

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

Indian feminists, women’s rights activists inspire US educator

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By Sahana Ghosh , Kolkata:Globe-trotting in his efforts to engage men and boys in efforts to prevent gender-based violence, an American public speaker and educator...

Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a woman here last week, police said Tuesday. Two more accused were still on the run.

Social disparity to blame for molestation, rape: Javed Akhtar

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

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में 2018 में हुई हिंसा में इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध सिंह की हत्या के मामले में आरोपी योगेश राज की ज़मानत...

Parliamentary panel hears pleas on Women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The parliamentary committee dealing with the Women's Reservation Bill seeking 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state assemblies met Tuesday to hear representations from women's group. "We deposed before the committee and gave our suggestions on the Women's Reservation Bill," said Annie Raja, general secretary, National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW).

Niqab ban gets unanimous support in Canada

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Canadians have unanimously supported the niqab ban announced by French-speaking Quebec province this week. After France, the Canadian province is the first in North America to ban the niqab, a top-to-toe dress worn by Muslim women. The ban, triggered by an Egyptian immigrant woman's refusal to remove her niqab in her French classes in Montreal, will disallow access to government services, schools and colleges and health care to those who don't remove the face veil.

Legalise polygamyous marriages to protect women: Australian cleric

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By IANS, Sydney : An Islamic leader in Australia has said that polygamous marriages exist in the country and the government should legalise them to protect the rights of women. Islamic Friendship Association of Australia's Keysar Trad told a programme on the Triple J radio station that polygamists in Australia's Muslim community would like their relationships to be legalised as otherwise in the case of the man's demise, women were left in a vulnerable position.

Indian-origin grandmother is Trinidad and Tobago’s first woman PM

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By Paras Ramoutar, IANS, Port-of-Spain : Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose forefather came here from India as an indentured labourer, has been elected the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago after the political alliance led by her emerged victorious and ended the ruling party's 43 years in power. Persad-Bissessar's People's Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentary seats in the elections held Monday. She is expected to be sworn in as prime minister Tuesday evening by President George Maxwell Richards.

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net जमीयत उलमा ए हिंद की एक टीम ने त्रिपुरा में हुए हिंसा के बाद वहां पहुंच एक फैक्ट रिपोर्ट तैयार किया है,...

Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder

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By IANS, New Delhi: A married woman and her paramour allegedly killed her alcoholic husband after he caught them together in their north Delhi shanty four days ago, police said Friday, adding the duo have been arrested. Kashmira and her paramour Amit allegedly stabbed an inebriated Mohinder Singh to death in their hut in Kishan Ganj area June 8. They hid the body in the house for over 30 hours and then threw it near a drain.

PM wants more ‘meaningful voice’ for women in politics

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By IANS, New Delhi : Mobilising the "vast latent capabilities of our women" was imperative to democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while advocating a a more meaningful voice for women in political and developmental processes. "The representative bodies (in India) should think of ways to marshal the energy and the impatience of the young and the vast latent capabilities of our women," Manmohan Singh said in his address at the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Countries (CSPOC) here.

Consult us, women groups before finalising triple talaq law, AIMPLB tells government

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New Delhi, (IANS): Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the bill on triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has...

Amidst Ruin, Humanity Reigns: Compassion and Solidarity Shine Through Wayanad Landslide Aftermath

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Wayanad (Kerala): At around 2:40 a.m. on July 30, Feroz Khan received a phone call about the landslide in Wayanad. Residing...

For women, still long way to go, says Rosaiah

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Chennai : Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on the eve of International Women's Day said it is still a long way to go before...

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

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

Crime against women, rapes up in Delhi

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New Delhi : Delhi has witnessed an 18.3 percent rise in crime against women in 2014 as compared to 2013, with a whooping 31.6...

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...

98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change

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By IANS, Handwara : A 98-year-old woman, confident that her vote will help usher in change, stood in queue at a polling station in Handwara constituency in the third phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday. "There are many problems like unemployment, bad roads and poor electricity. I am voting for someone who will change things. I am confident my vote will make a difference," said Fazi, who waited patiently for her turn to vote at the Machipora polling station although she could barely stand.

Centre to launch three-day campaign for better women’s health

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New Delhi : The union health ministry will launch a three-day nationwide campaign for ensuring better health for women, it was announced here Thursday. The...

Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night. The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here. The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.

Women activists denounce sexual violence, misogyny peddled by apps like Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai

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Several speakers during an online protest held by the Women’s Department of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) pushed for the need for people from all...

Woman raped in bus in Jharkhand

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Ranchi : A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a bus in Jharkhand's Koderma district, police said Saturday. According to the police, the woman was...

Molested girl’s brother arrested for rape

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By IANS, New Delhi: The brother of a minor girl who was molested in a moving bus in central Delhi was arrested Monday for raping her, police said.

Chhattisgarh has 15,000 women Maoists: police chief

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS, Raipur : About 15,000 armed women Maoists operate in Chhattisgarh and they form a significant chunk of the insurgents engaged in a bitter battle with the state machinery, says Director General of Police Vishawa Ranjan. "Some 30 percent of the total 50,000 armed rebels, or 15,000, are female insurgents, who actively participate in carrying out major strikes against civilians and police forces," Ranjan told IANS in an interview.

Ctrl+F is Gone: ECI Turns Bihar’s Voter List into a Puzzle After SIR, Leaving...

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Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: Zaheeb Ajmal, a social activist in Phulwari Sharif, Patna, has been helping residents, particularly slum dwellers and other socially and economically disadvantaged...

Ex-MP’s wife beat up maids, burnt with hot iron: Witness

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New Delhi : A witness told a court here on Monday that former parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh's wife beat their servants with door bolts,...

Dec 16 gang-rape: Delhi HC verdict Thursday

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict later Thursday on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four convicts in...

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

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

Parrikar hails all-girl NCC team that scaled Everest

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New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh on Tuesday congratulated the NCC girl cadet team...

Massachusetts hosts America’s first-ever Dalit art exhibition

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Organized by Adavi Myah, an art collective led by Dalit and Bahujan women, the exhibition will run for four weeks until May 30, 2022. BOSTON,...

Cash for Votes: How Women-Centric Schemes Are Shaping India’s Elections

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M. I. Khan, TwoCircles.net Is paying more cash to women the new normal to win elections in India? This factor has emerged on the surface...

Self-help groups help women overcome childhood sexual trauma

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By IANS, London : Women who have lived through the nightmare of sexual trauma in childhood can help one another overcome these memories by sharing their experiences. One reason why such women don't talk about their trauma is the fear of being disbelieved. Some of them said that they tried to tell their story but nobody would listen to them. Others recalled that although their counsellor or doctor gave them a patient hearing, there was still a vital something missing, namely the opportunity to talk to someone in a similar predicament.

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net मुरादाबाद का एक ऑटो ड्राइवर - मारूफ अली, आजकल चारो तरफ लोगों की प्रशंसा के पात्र बने हुए हैं। कुछ दिनों पहले उनके...

Archies, Barbies and glamourous morons

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By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net, Sometime back in a fashion show Bollywood star Katrina Kaif dressed up like Barbie and walked the ramp. That hit the front pages all over the country. And as if this was not enough, comparisons between Katrina and Aishwarya also started doing rounds and the reader was "informed" how the younger looking Katrina was more Barbie-like.

KN Sulaikha is new president of Kerala JIH women’s wing

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By TCN News,

Burqa clad women come out to support Anna

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

A Jihad for gender equality

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Nasiruddin Haider Khan is in Hindi journalism since 1992 and currently work as Deputy Resident Editor of Dainik Hindustan in Agra. He has been working on gender issues especially Muslim women issues for the last 16 years. Mr. Khan has a diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass communication and MA in Womens studies from Lucknow University.

Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan

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By IANS, Islamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday.

Jamia Professor receives RULA Award

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By Manzar Imam Professor (Dr) Tasneem Fatma, scientist and former Head of the Department of Bio-Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi has been honoured...

SC to set up 3-judge bench to hear plea challenging Karnataka Hijab ban

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With exams scheduled in February, the petitioners contended that students may be permitted to appear in the exams wearing hijab. NEW DELHI — The Supreme...

80 percent women fear for safety in Delhi: Survey

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 80 percent of Delhi women fear for their safety in the city, a new survey says. The Delhi government's women and child development department, NGO Jagori and international organisation Unifem conducted the survey. The survey, released Thursday, is based on interviews of 5,010 people, including 3,816 women and 944 men. The rest are common witnesses like bus conductors, shopkeepers and auto drivers, who have a probability of witnessing acts of sexual harassment against women.

Himachal to provide bicycles to women labourers

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Shimla : Himachal Pradesh will provide household items, including a bicycle, to women labourers and insure all workers enrolled under the state Building and...

Saina in final of Indonesian Open Super series

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By IANS, Jakarta: India's Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the Indonesian Open Super Series with a 21-9, 21-10 victory over Eriko Hirose of Japan Saturday. Defending champion Saina, who is the top seed in the tournament, will take on Japan's Sayaka Sato, who beat Indonesian qualifier Ana Rovita 22-20, 21-17, in the title clash Sunday. The Indian is in line for three titles in three weeks, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks which saw her climb three places to world no.3.

Ramadan 1437: Binnish Affan

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t remember ever wanting to become a teacher.” Binish Affan laments the lack of role models in academics. A post-graduate...

SDPI to hold ‘Ladies Parliament March’ against WRB

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Alleppey (Kerala): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will hold “Ladies Parliament March” and stage "dharna" (sit-in) against the Women Reservation Bill in the present form on May 13 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

India women’s hockey captain Saba Anjum to be honoured

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By IANS, Raipur : Indian women?s hockey team captain Saba Anjum will get Chhattisgarh's top Gundadhur sports award, official sources said Wednesday.

Smriti Irani to head BJP’s women’s cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday named Smriti Irani as head of its women's cell as it announced chiefs of various party committees and reconstituted the central election committee. Heads of other cells are Dushyant Gautam for scheduled castes, Faggan Singh Kulaste for scheduled tribes, Tanvir Ahmed for minority affairs and Om Prakash Dhankar for farmers. Om Prakash Kohli will head the party's disciplinary committee. Anurag Thakur will head the party's youth wing.

Woman named cleanliness ambassador after row over toilet

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Bhopal : A woman in a Madhya Pradesh village was named a cleanliness ambassador by local authorities after she walked out on her...

Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2005 in Gujarat

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A study exposes crude insensitivity of the state towards implementing the law By Nikhat, So far as spousal violence in Gujarat is concerned, the figure is very disturbing; around 28% ever married women have experienced sexual or physical violence and 34% of such women have sustained serious injuries. The extent of reportability of cases of spousal violence is even more frustrating, only 30% (i.e. 1 in every 3) of such women has sought help to end the violence and 58% of such women have neither sought help nor told anyone about the spousal violence [1].

NHRC notice to Rajasthan over woman’s rape by policeman

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New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over the alleged rape of a woman by a police constable and his...

HIV woman returns to hospital after rape-accused arrested

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Almost two years after an HIV-positive woman was allegedly sexually abused by staff members of a leading hospital and the state AIDS control society, the victim has resumed treatment at the facility following the arrest of the two accused. According to the police, accused James, a senior technician of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Nek Ram, a counsellor with Chandigarh AIDS Control Society were arrested Friday. A case of rape has been registered against the accused.

Protestors gather outside SC on CJI issue

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New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Protesters on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court complex demanding an independent probe into the sexual harassment allegation raised...

Woman denied entry into hospital, gives birth outside

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BY IANS, Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) : The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe Saturday after a woman in the final stages of labour was denied entry into a hospital here and gave birth outside. Kiran gave birth to a baby boy at the gate of the Hardoi district hospital Friday. After the delivery, Kiran's family members took her and the baby to a private nursing home for treatment, said the police.

Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life

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New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...

Modi attacks Congress over women’s safety

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

Iqrar and Habeeb: two different paths to jail

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 5 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Changing women identity in Kashmir

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By Bilal Ahmad Malik, The status and role of a Kashmiri woman have undergone tremendous changes during recent years. As a matter of fact, if...

Don’t force badminton dress code: Women’s panel

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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.

Empowerment of Muslim women through Islamic knowledge

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By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) have conducted a three-day seminar cum workshop on 'Right of Women in Qur'an-Theory and Practice' at Sarvodaya Building, St. Pius College Goregaon East in Mumbai to equip women with adequate knowledge and skills to do their work more effectively and efficiently in their respective fields.

4 mentally ill women die mysteriously in Chennai

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By IANS, Chennai : The bodies of four destitute female patients, who died mysteriously within hours of each other in a mental health institution here Friday, have been sent for postmortem examination, a senior health official told IANS. "The four women - Rosaline, 43, Mehanji, 32, Muthu Selvi, 48 and Rajammaal, 52 - were our patients for a considerable amount of time. They had a long history of several complications.

Most women, children in Bihar are anaemic: study

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By IANS, Patna : Sixty-seven percent of women and 78 percent of children in Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states of India, are anaemic, according to a report. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences has revealed that of the anaemic children, 30 percent are mildly anaemic, 47 percent are moderately anaemic and two percent have severe anaemia.

Support research on Indian Muslim Women: Struggle for Identity

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Sari-wearing women may face jail if new Nigerian law passed

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By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Johannesburg : Indian women in their traditional saris with midriffs showing may find themselves falling foul of Nigerian law if a bill currently under discussion in that country is passed. Tourists in towelling wraps and Nigerian women in traditional dress with their stomachs exposed could also find themselves behind bars for three months or subjected to fines of $100, according to the Media24 News Service here.

Shabana Azmi invites crowd for Nirbhaya’s tribute

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Mumbai : Veteran actress and social activist Shabana Azmi has urged the public to come in "large numbers" to pay tribute to the December...

National Commission for Minorities: A year of inaction

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Minorities Commission as a non-statutory body was set up in 1978. In the days following Babri Masjid demolition it was made a statutory body and in 1993 it came to be called National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Its main object is to safeguard the interest of minorities but its power is even less than the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and National Human Rights Commission. Lacking any effective tool it is merely a spectator that can make some noise but not be part of the game.

Woman burnt alive as car catches fire in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A woman was burnt alive and her husband suffered serious injuries when their car suddenly caught fire Saturday evening and they were trapped inside the vehicle, officials said. According to Delhi Fire Service officials, they were informed around 5.50 p.m. that a car had caught fire in front of the DLF Mall on south Delhi's Nelson Mandela Marg.

International tobacco control award for Dr Mira Aghi

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By Bobby Ramakant, CNS, Noted tobacco control advocate and a United Nations consultant Dr Mira Aghi was conferred upon the International award in recognition of her lifetime contribution to advancing tobacco control initiatives for women. The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) presented its Tribute for Outstanding Service to Women award to Dr Mira Aghi (65 years) at the recently concluded 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) in Mumbai, India.

Woman travelling on fake passport arrested

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By IANS, Hyderabad : The police here Thursday arrested a woman who was trying to travel to Kuwait on a fake passport. The woman was arrested at the international airport at Shamshabad near here when she was about to board an aircraft to Kuwait. The police have also arrested a travel agent, who was sending her abroad on fake documents. Bayamma, a native of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, had paid Rs.40,000 to the travel agent to arrange her a passport and other documents.

Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents

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By IANS, London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.” "Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people. Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.

Woman found dead in Aravali foothills in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon: The body of a woman in her 50s was found in the foothills of the Aravali mountain range here Saturday, police said. The woman...

TWC slams molestation of woman in public

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Agartala : The Tripura Women's Commission Friday severely condemned the assault on and molestation of a woman by a section of people in full...

Over three million women gather for Pongala festival

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : More than three million women devotees lit earthen kilns to cook rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday on the occasion of Pongala festival. The ritual started after the chief priest lit a hearth with fire brought from the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The fire was then passed on to the devotees, who stood in lines, stretching up to main roads of the city.

Ness Wadia booked over Preity Zinta’s charge

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Mumbai: An FIR on Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's alleged molestation charge against her ex-boyfriend and business partner, industrialist Ness Wadia was registered Saturday, police...

India’s much neglected periodic Haats or weekly markets: An equitable model for small farmers?

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Amid the farmers' protests in India, a TCN Ground report from the weekly markets or haats of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand demonstrates a...

Tayabun Nisha, first woman from Assam to win medals

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Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net Guwahati: It was the love for chocolates which dragged her to the field of athletics and she went on to become...

‘Women have a major role in global economy’

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Peace march in Hyderabad condemns communal hatred prevailing in country, calls for peace, unity

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The march in the heart of Hyderabad began with every participant reading the preamble of the constitution of India and taking the pledge to...

Woman lies near son’s body for over four days

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : An ailing elderly woman in Orissa's Rourkela town lay next to her dead son's body for over four days before the police recovered the corpse. The neighbours complained of a foul smell. Gauri Mishra, who is almost immobile and partially blind due to old age, had been sleeping beside her son Babuli Mishra's body for more than four days. The matter came to light when neighbours in Chend Colony complained of a smell. Police recovered the decomposed body Thursday evening.

Andhra-born woman minister Dipika Damerla blazes a trail in Canada

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Toronto : Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is the first Indian-origin woman minister in Canada's biggest province of Ontario, is blazing a trail in...

Everybody loves a bad fatwa

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Everybody loves a bad fatwa. And why not? It fills column space for newpapers; It brings in viewers for Television channels; it plays into the image of Muslims as a backward community for communalists; and it gives activists a chance to reinforce their secular credentials. Never mind that this fatwa will not change the lives of millions of Muslims and text of the fatwa could be not what has been reported or maybe the said fatwa doesn't even exist.

Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature

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Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....

Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments

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Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...

Reform sexual assault laws, treatment of survivors: HRW

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Indian woman found dead in Oman

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Muscat: An Indian woman has been found dead in her apartment in Oman's Sohar city, hours after having lost her daughter and husband in...

Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...

First woman IFS officer Muthamma dies

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By IANS, Bangalore : C.B. Muthamma, the first woman Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, died here Wednesday, her family members said. She was 85. She passed away in a private hospital where she was undergoing treatment, the family members said. Chonira Belliappa Muthamma was born Jan 24, 1924, in Kodagu, a beautiful hill station and land of coffee plantations, about 260 kms from here. She had served as ambassador and high commissioner to a number of countries during her career that started in 1949. She retired in 1982.