Fetish of Hindu supremacists to see Muslim houses crumbling, and Muslims going to jail:...
Transcript of the interview given by student activist Afreen Fatima to Maktoob Media on June 16. Fatima’s house was demolished by Prayagraj (Allahabad) authorities...
Over 100 held in Gurgaon for disturbing public peace
Gurgaon: Over 100 people, including 21 women, have been arrested here for disturbing public peace, police said on Sunday, adding that most of them...
BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC
New Delhi : All India Women's Congress president Shobha Oza Monday said the BJP government was reluctant to table the women's reservation bill in...
असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...
Beautician course for female inmates in Bengal correctional homes
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has started a beautician course for female convicts within four walls of correctional homes, a minister said here Monday.
Participating...
State governments indifferent to Anganwadi workers: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said the state governments are adopting a "careless" and "irresponsible"...
Government moots women’s helpline in 12th Plan
By IANS,
New Delhi : The central government is planning to launch a women's helpline number under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
Every fifth candidate in Bengal first phase has criminal cases
New Delhi : As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that...
Indian challenge ends in ITF women’s tournament
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Indian challenge in the $10,000 women's International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament got over Friday with the defeat of Isha Lakhani and Sanaa Bhambri in the semi-finals.
On a hot and humid day at DLTA complex here, third-seeded Isha went down 3-6, 4-6 to top-seed Emily Webley-Smith of Britain while Sanaa, seeded fifth, lost to seventh-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko, 3-6, 2-6.
Webley-Smith will meet her doubles partner Kolesnichenko for the title clash Saturday.
Translation error irks women in Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : A translation error in a central government order has offended women in Kerala as it appeared aimed at keeping tabs on women's movement -- though something else was intended.
The Local Self Government (LSG) department issued a directive to the Corporations and Municipalities in Kerala last month that a special committee be formed to keep track on "apatha sancharam" (a close tab on the wrong movement of women). This has irked the women leaders.
The central government order aimed at checking female trafficking and foeticide in the state.
Sharad Yadav’s suicide threat on women reservation condemnable: AIPWA
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women's Reservation Bill.
AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them 'parkati' and the like.”
Women more satisfied working in public sector than BPOs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women working in public sector undertakings (PSUs) are more satisfied than those working in private outsourcing companies, says a study by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
"Majority of working women gave priority to PSU sectors because the sector provided them job satisfaction, including reasonably good annual income, with job security and convenient working hours besides a healthy work environment," the study, Empowering the Women, said.
Sania-Martina reach Guangzhou Open final
Guangzhou: The Indo-Swiss tennis pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their winning run to reach yet another final when they made it...
Government to launch campaign against dowry, foeticide: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government will plan a campaign involving people to fight against the menace of...
Women’s bill holds many unrealized promises: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
New Delhi: The women's reservation bill holds many unrealized promises for the political empowerment of women, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said here Saturday.
"India was one of the first countries where women were given the right to vote. Parliament has, over the years, enacted several laws for their empowerment, welfare and protection," Meira Kumar, the first woman to be the Lok Sabha speaker, said at a summit on 'Inclusive Growth and Empowerment of Women of Rural India'.
Women’s voices from Atali
Dr. Sandhya Mhatre and Neha Dabhade
A fact finding team consisting of Adv. Irfan Engineer and these writers, visited the riot torn village of...
Ctrl+F is Gone: ECI Turns Bihar’s Voter List into a Puzzle After SIR, Leaving...
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...
Tripura women assembly members sworn in on International Women’s Day
By IANS,
Agartala : Five newly-elected women members were sworn-in in the new Tripura assembly on International Women's Day Friday.
Remembering Qurratulain Hyder : The fierce, unapologetic and bold Urdu writer
By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net
The Union Hall building of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) is buzzing with supporters of the newly elected...
UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...
Delhi HC upholds death sentences in Dec 16 gang-rape
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentences awarded to four convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape.
A division bench...
Women disadvantaged in dual-income households
By IANS,
Washington : Women are still disadvantaged when it comes to dual income households, says a study.
Youngjoo Cha, a Cornell University doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that having a husband who works 50 hours or more per week can hurt women's careers.
Women have less time available to do paid work because they still are expected to do more housework and perform most of the caregiving responsibilities,
Cha's work looked at 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 non-professional workers from dual-earner families, using data collected by the US Census Bureau.
Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The alleged gang rape and murder of two dalit girls on 27 May 2014 in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh has been condemned largely throughout the country by every section of the society. The condemnation did not stop within the borders of the country but international organizations have also expressed their dissatisfaction towards lack of adequate sanitation facilities and growing sexual violence of women resulting into the violations of human rights in India. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appalled by the brutal rape and killing of two dalit girls in UP whereas Amnesty International has criticized the police machinery of India who have time and again found to have derelict towards registering and investigating cases of rapes of low caste girls and their lackadaisical behavior in booking higher caste culprits in those cases.
Men against violence-5: Men also face violence but…
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Dhaka : Do the men also face violence within domestic sphere? I come across this question from my friends. They alleged, activists do not want to see violence faced by men in the home. Sometimes, they cite examples of men in abusive relationships. I also wanted to share this question with activists. I was afraid that I will be blamed politically incorrect if I ask this question to anyone from the women’s movement. I thought I will be branded with certain ideological terminology. But during Dhaka Consultation, I gathered courage and raised this question.
Five dowry cases filed in a day in Gurgaon
Gurgaon : As many as five dowry cases were registered on a single day with Gurgaon police with complainants alleging harassment by in-laws,...
More women personnel in Delhi Police now
New Delhi: Delhi Police has increased the number of women police personnel following the Dec 16, 2012, gang rape of a young woman in...
Engineering students arrested for misbehaving with tourist at Puri
By IANS,
Puri (Orissa) : Three students of an engineering college in Orissa were arrested for misbehaving with a woman tourist at the temple city of Puri, police said Saturday.
The three are students of an engineering college in Bhubaneswar.
They allegedly misbehaved with the woman tourist when she was bathing in the sea at Puri, some 56 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, an official of the sea beach police station told IANS.
Police arrested the students, Manish Kumar Sharma, Prasant Sharma and Ashutosh Kumar on the basis of a written complaint filed by the husband of the woman.
Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea against Uber
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refused to entertain a plea that accused global cab company Uber of doing business in India without...
SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...
DCW chief welcomes SC decision in Nirbhaya gang rape case
New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape...
To the rescue of women in Thailand
By Shen Min, Ling Shuo, Xinhua,
Bangkok : Sitting at her house in Bangkok, Pavena Hongsakul, at her fifties, still keeps the feminine grace and soft-spoken manner that distance herself from the image of a well-known women's rights advocate in normal conception.
For the last decade, Ms. Pavena has been witnessing and dealing with the darkest side of the Thai modern country facing women -- rape, abuse, domestic violence, forced prostitution, sexual harassment and human trafficking.
BJP seeks security for Delhi Commission for Women’s chief
New Delhi : The Delhi BJP's women's wing on Monday requested Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to ensure security for DCW chairperson Barkha Singh after...
Woman, man die in Gujarat hospital fire
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: A pregnant woman and a man were killed when a fire broke out in a hospital here Saturday, an official said.
The fire broke out in the catheterization laboratory of the V.S. Municipal Hospital, where the woman was on a ventilator.
"The fire sparked off due to a short circuit in the cath lab. It soon spread to a nearby ward. Fire fighters were rushed to the spot," the official said.
"About 100 patients were shifted to other wards," he added.
Railway employee’s gang-rape: Bengal women’s panel seeks report
Kolkata : The West Bengal Commission for Women Saturday said it will seek a report from the railway authorities after a woman employee filed...
American Muslim activist lauds Kuwaiti womens political engagement
By Nawab Khan, KUNA,
Brusels : A leading Muslim woman activist in the United States has underlined the important political role played by women in the Gulf countries particularly in Kuwait.
"We believe that the Gulf is very important because it is a prosperous region of the world and secondly there are some women activism coming out, specifically from countries like Kuwait," Daisy Khan, Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) told KUNA in an interview in Brussels Tuesday. She noted that Kuwait is at the forefront of promoting a parliamentary system.
Naseema: Story of a girl who took on sex trafficking in Bihar
By Mohd Hasnain Arij for TwoCircles.net,
Muzaffarpur: When she grew up and started schooling she was told not to disclose her address to her classmates. Today her home is regularly visited by media, commoners and NGOs. Naseema, now 30, had to endure the stigma of being resident of sex workers colony, popularly known as red light area all these years. Overcoming all pressure to get involved in the trade of the area, she studied till matriculation, and then launched anti-trafficking drive. This past March she won Real Hero award from CNN-IBN and Reliance for her heroic deed.
Ensure women’s safety: Paridhi Sharma’s Holi wish
Mumbai: Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show "Jodha Akbar" hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and...
Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav
By George Joseph, IANS,
New Delhi : Continuing his opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav says that 90 percent of MPs are against the bill that seeks to set aside a third of all seats in India's legislatures for women.
"If there is no party whip, 90 percent of the MPs will oppose the bill, whether they are from the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) or the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), whether they are from backward classes or upper castes, whether they are male or women MPs," Yadav claimed in an interview.
US Women Favor Obama
By Prensa Latina,
Washington : Most US women would vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in November general elections, according to surveys released Thursday.
A Gallup poll indicates that the Illinois senator was backed by 51 percent of women, while Republican presidential candidate John McCain barely got 38 percent.
Comparing these figures with a previous survey, the Afro-American politician expanded his lead from 5 percentage points to 13.
A Rasmussen Reports survey showed similar results (52 percent of women favoring Obama and 39 percent for McCain).
Ramadan 1435: Aspirations
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
College-going Muslim girls at Marina beach in Chennai. They visit the beach quite often to chill out. One is training to...
Two women beaten up in police station, 5 suspended
New Delhi: Five police personnel including four women officers, were on Saturday suspended for beating up two women accused of theft by their employer,...
Can gender equality reduce suicides in India?
By Gokul Bhagabati
New Delhi : Offering more reasons for men to share power with women, psychiatrists have said that gender equality can prevent...
Himachal to provide bicycles to women labourers
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh will provide household items, including a bicycle, to women labourers and insure all workers enrolled under the state Building and...
Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede
Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
The...
Women to spread breast cancer awareness through car rally
By IANS,
New Delhi : Sixty women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Agra spreading awareness about the disease that kills 40,000 women in India every year. The car rally, which will see doctors, health and community activists accompany the women, will begin here Oct 2.
Wait for some more days for women’s bill: BJP women’s wing
Panaji : The Narendra Modi-led government has been in power for only six months and should be given "some more days" to usher in...
Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row
To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...
Preity Zinta not against joining politics
By IANS,
New Delhi : Actress Preity Zinta Thursday praised the Women's Reservation Bill, saying it will reduce discrimination and bias against women - and indicated that was not averse to joining politics.
"This (the bill) provides an incredible opportunity to women. We have women in important position. Our president (Pratibha Patil) is a woman. Sonia Gandhi is there. There will be more woman in our parliament," the actor told reporters on the sidelines of a health event organised by UNAIDS.
For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist
By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net
The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...
Nation is always empowered by its women: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women.
“Nation is always empowered by its women....
Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic
Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...
SSSC condemns Irom Sharmila’s re-arrest
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has condemned the re-arrest of Irom Sharmila.
On 19th August, Imphal Court in its...
Women Maoist commanders charged with sedition in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Two women Maoist commanders and three of their associates have been charged with sedition for dropping a huge cache of arms at a busy square here in January, police said Friday.
"We have framed a chargesheet in a local court here against these five accused and witnesses will depose in October when the trial begins," a police official told IANS.
Two top women insurgents - Meena Chaudhary alias Geeta and K.S. Priya alias Malti - dropped eight bags loaded with 91 pistols and 26 wireless sets at Dangania area in Raipur while travelling in a car.
HIV-positive woman spreads hope in Uttar Pradesh
By Asit Srivastava, IANS,
Gorakhpur : After she tested positive for HIV three years ago, Bhanumati (name changed) was shattered. Living under the shadow of death, the 36-year-old feared she too would die of the infection like her husband. But today Bhanumati spearheads AIDS/HIV awareness programmes in villages of Uttar Pradesh.
Bhanumati, a resident of Tilauli village in Gorakhpur district, some 300 km from Lucknow, has constituted an all-women group that undertakes counselling of AIDS/HIV patients and also organises sensitisation programmes in India's most populous state.
Dirty comments made against me, my women MPs: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday claimed "indecent comments" were made against her and Trinamool Congress parliamentarians, and alleged that an...
Popular Front joins the grief of the nation in the death of Delhi rape...
By TCN News
New Delhi: Popular Front of India Chairman K.M. Shareef expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of the girl who was gang raped in Delhi a few days ago.
Two released Japanese tourists depart Yemen
By NNN-SABA,
Sana'a : Well-informed sources said that the two Japanese women tourists Keiko Mishima, 41, of Suginami Ward, Tokyo, and Shizuko Endo, 44, of Fukuoka, left Yemen on Friday morning a day after they were freed from their kidnappers in Marib province, 170 kilometers east of the capital, Sana'a.
The sources said to Saba, that Keiko Mishima and Shizuko Endo enjoy good health after they were kidnapped last Wednesday by gunmen in Marib.
Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...
Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...
Woman cop freed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : A 23-year-old woman cop in Chhattisgarh, abducted by Maoists earlier this month, has been set free after a 'jan adalat' or people's court found her "innocent", police said Sunday.
Constable Kiran Usendi was freed Saturday in the Pakhanjoor forest stretch of Kanker district in Bastar region after the Maoists public court ordered her release.
"The lady police personnel was abducted when rebels attacked a police search team. The insurgents took her to their hideout and she was produced before the 'jan adalat' where she was found innocent," a police officer told IANS.
Kerala’s women’s programme celebrates 16th anniversary
Thiruvananthapuram : Kudumbashree, a state-supported women's empowerment programme in Kerala that today has 40.54 lakh members, celebrates its 16th anniversary this year.
It was launched...
Assam: SC provides relief to 50 lakh women; says panchayat certificate is proof of...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In a big relief to nearly 50 lakh women in Assam who were fearing deportation after their citizenship had been questioned,...
Women suffer bad eyesight for not wearing glasses
By IANS,
London: Millions of British women are suffering from poor vision because they are too vain to wear spectacles, a study has revealed.
The research revealed a quarter of females who need glasses refuse to get their eyes tested and would rather squint or suffer blurred vision than 'ruin their appearance' with spectacles, reports dailymail.co.uk.
Approximately 7.5 million women are struggling with eyesight which they know is well below 100 percent.
Calcutta University VC, teachers allege assault
Kolkata : Calcutta University vice chancellor Suranjan Das was on Wednesday manhandled and many teachers assaulted by supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool...
Police lock up rape victim for semi-nude protest
By IANS,
Moga (Punjab) : A semi-nude protest here by a woman against Punjab police inaction in registering a case against some men who allegedly raped her has landed her in a lock-up.
The victim took off her clothes on a busy crossing on the Ferozepore-Ludhiana highway here Monday and shouted that her pleas to the police for getting a rape case registered had fallen on deaf ears.
The protest shocked people moving along the highway.
Woman techie goes missing in Hyderabad
Hyderabad : A woman software engineer has gone missing after leaving for office and special teams have been formed to trace her, police said...
JNU increases grace marks for women, transgenders
New Delhi : The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday brought in major changes in the deprivation points system which is used to help...
NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh for stripping and torturing two women in police...
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chhattisgarh DGP over allegedly stripping and beating...
9.3 million Indian women disabled
By IANS,
New Delhi : The total number of disabled women in India stands at 9.3 million, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said Tuesday.
Shopian double murder being hushed up, alleges women’s group
By IANS,
New Delhi: "They make it a desolation and call it a peace" - with this line by a Kashmiri-American poet reflecting his thoughts on his state, a Delhi-based women's group sums up its report on the Shopian rape and murder of two women that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley this year.
The Independent Women's Initiative for Justice (IWIJ) in its report released Thursday alleges that the Jammu and Kashmir government is involved in a major hush-up of the rape-murder of the two women in May this year.
दंगे की ज़मीन में मुहब्बत की फसल,जाट -मुस्लिम साथ आए तो बदल गए मुजफ्फरनगर...
हिना आस। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान कुछ सुखद परिणाम भी आए हैं। 2013 में दंगे की तल्खी को राजनीति के गणित ने...
नफ़रत भरे इस दौर में तमन्ना पंकज बन रही हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता की मिसाल
तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles.net
पेशे से वकील तमन्ना पंकज लोगों की ज़िंदगी में हिंदू-मुस्लिम के बीच के फ़ासलों को कम कर उसे एक नया आयाम देने की...
4 women allegedly slain by own family in possible `honour killing’
By DPA,
Montreal : Canadian authorities have charged an Afghan immigrant, his wife and their oldest son with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three Montreal sisters and an older female relative.
Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, and Geeti Shafia, 13, all sisters, were found dead with Rona Amir Mohammed, 50, in a submerged car June 30 in the historic Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario.
From the beginning, investigators were baffled how the car managed to negotiate several obstacles to end up in the canal tail first, without leaving any skid marks.
Kashmiri women’s group ups ante on V-Day
By IANS,
Srinagar : Activists of Kashmiri women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Faith) raided some restaurants here Saturday to foil Valentine's Day celebrations, saying it was un-Islamic.
The group's chief, Asiya Andrabi, headed a small group of her activists who visited some hotels and restaurants in the city centre Lal Chowk area.
"We did not find anybody observing the vulgar and immoral celebrations connected with the so-called Valentine's Day here," Asiya told reporters.
SC seeks police’s response on threat to lawyer in Sabarimala temple case
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Police commissioner to apprise it of steps taken by police on the complaint...
Woman gives birth outside health centre, inquiry initiated
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a still-born child outside a community health centre (CHC) in Uttar Pradesh after she was denied admission there. An inquiry has been initiated into the case.
Vidyawati was Tuesday night brought to the Gosaiganj CHC in Lucknow district in an advanced stage of pregnancy by her relatives.
However, the medical staff at the CHC allegedly refused to admit her.
Vidyawati subsequently gave birth to a still-born child in the gallery of CHC, officials added.
SC bans Tamil Nadu bull fights
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday banned Tamil Nadu's centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights.
A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also...
Amnesty demands release of Irom Sharmila after government decriminalizes attempt to suicide
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Human rights activists, especially the Amnesty International, have demanded immediate and unconditional release of Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila in wake of the Centre’s attempt to decriminalize suicide by dropping the section 309 of IPC.
Tripura to increase number of women police personnel
Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...
Death sentence for rapist, murderer of teenaged girl
By IANS,
Jaipur: A court in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town sentenced to death a man for raping and then brutally killing a 15-year-old girl, a lawyer said.
Bodies of missing woman, minor daughters found in Kolkata
Kolkata: The bodies of a 37-year-old woman and her two minor daughters who had gone missing nearly a fortnight ago were recovered from inside...
Manipuri Muslim women who took part in Nupi Lan of 1939 remembered
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The 75th anniversary of Nupi Lan, or women’s agitation of 1904 and 1939, was observed in Manipur on Dec. 12, 2014. Many Muslim civil societies in Manipur urged State Government to recognise the Muslim women who took part in the women’s agitation of 1939.
Women journalists take on PM on price rise
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women journalists cornered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the rising prices of food stuff during an interaction in the capital Friday.
During the meet with members of the Indian Women's Press Corps at the Hotel Taj Palace here, one journalist pointed out that the prices of pulses, rice and flour was lower during the National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"I was told that the price of dal (pulses) has come down," Manmohan Singh responded, evoking titters in the all-female audience.
Rise from home-makers to nation-makers, Modi urges women
New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday urged the women to graduate from being home-makers to becoming nation-makers as they have both...
सुलखानपुर : जहां इंसान तो इंसान जानवर भी मर रहे हैं भूखे
नासिर अली, TwoCircles.net
बांदा : उत्तर प्रदेश के बांदा क्षेत्र में हर गांव, हर आदमी बस एक ही इंतज़ार में है कि कब कोई करिश्मा...
Urdu Girls High School Gaya celebrates golden jubilee
By Tameemuddin Humble, TwoCircles.net,
Gaya: Magadh University Vice Chancellor Dr Md. Ishtiaque made the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of “Urdu Girls High School Gaya”, a Bihar Government aided minority secondary school, an introspective not only for the school but for the community in the area.
Malaysian Indian woman faces new hurdle to get child from husband
By IANS,
Ipoh : Malaysian Indian woman Indira Gandhi was facing a fresh hurdle in recovering her infant daughter from her husband who has been granted interim permission to retain the child by an Islamic court. Gandhi's husband had converted to Islam and taken away the one-year-old girl from her.
Lawmaker M. Kulasegaran, who is fighting her case, has challenged Perak state Mufti Harusani Zakaria's statement permitting Gandhi's husband Patmanathan, who converted to Islam last month, to keep the child.
Girls education mandatory: Farangi Mahal fatwa
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Lucknow: In a fatwa issued on Monday the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal of Lucknow has made it mandatory on all muslims to make efforts for providing education to girls. The fatwa came as a silver lining after a series of fatwas issued by Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband attracted much media attention reportedly painted as anti-women.
Assam UPSC topper Fardina Adil says religion is often misused to obstruct women’s advancement
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
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...
Women’s Photos and Videos Sold Online During Mahakumbh: A Reflection of Society’s Complicity, Legal...
Sumaiyah Khan
The shocking incident at Mahakumbh 2025, where photographs and videos of women taking a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam (the confluence rivers...
Permanent commissions for women: Notice issued to Indian Army chief
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh for not complying with its March 12 order to grant permanent commissions to women officers who had approached the court complaining of gender bias in the armed forces.
A letter to a friend who is getting married
By PA Abdullah
My Dear Friend
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah!
She almost did not become a Doctor; but now Dr Farida Ghoghawala helps thousands...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Fort Meyers, Florida: For most professionals, 60 is the age when they are expected to take a...
Trial begins in gang rape of six women in Bihar
Patna : A speedy trial started Monday in the case of the alleged gang rape of six women at gun-point in Bihar's Bhojpur district,...
नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020
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साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...
54 women fall unconscious in Tamil Nadu after gas leak
Chennai : A total of 54 women workers of a fish processing unit in Tamil Nadu fell unconscious after inhaling a poisonous gas, a...
Over 4,900 cases of missing Kerala women: minister
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Over 4,900 cases of missing women were registered in the various police stations in Kerala in the past two years, state home minister Tuesday informed the Kerala Assembly.
State Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in a reply to a question by lawmaker K.K. Shailaja, said that of the 4,942 cases of missing women, 4,487 women were traced.
Shailaja said that of late there has been an increase in women being exploited and being forced into sex rackets.
"This is reaching dangerous levels," said Shailaja.
Malala invites five global girl champions to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
By Aslam Chandio for TwoCircles.net,
Islamabad: Rights activist and young campaigner for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai has invited five remarkable and inspiring girl champions to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony scheduled to be held on December 10 at Oslo, Norway.
Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time
New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Sania...
Ban calls for ending violence against women
By IANS,
New York : On the occasion of the International Women's Day Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ending all forms of violence against women that perpetuate poverty and inequality.
He said the habitual and socially ingrained violence against women mars lives, destroys health, and perpetuate poverty and inequality, WAM reported.
Woman ‘thrown out’ of train in Bengal, railways rubbish claim
Kolkata: Angry passengers ransacked a railway station and roughed up two officials Saturday claiming a woman passenger was thrown off a moving train in...
Giriraj does it again: Remark on Sonia’s ‘white skin’ triggers outrage
New Delhi/Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh caused embarrassment to the government and triggered outrage on Wednesday with a racist remark about Congress president Sonia...
Akhilesh announces Rs.20 lakh for murdered NIA official’s family
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs.20 lakh for the family of NIA official Tanzeel Ahmad,...
Misguided empowerment camouflaged as choices
By Zoya Khan for TwoCircles.net,
A lot has been said about the recent Vogue campaign which claims to empower women by having to make their own choices. Well I have something to say, and I will say it not because I have the choice to but because I have the option to. To exercise that option could be my choice. Most certainly it is not the case. Our choices are driven by the current market situation and are dependent on the dynamics and functioning of the markets. It is amidst this that the choices we make are heavily market-oriented.
Ramdev booked in Rajasthan, faces court case in Bihar
Jaipur/Patna : Troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga guru...
83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC
Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...
Muslim women like BJP for its ‘triple talaq’ stand: Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s stand on the issue...
Vrindavan widows to meet PM over protection bill
(June 23 is World Widow Day)
Vrindavan : Widows living in various shelter homes here Sunday said they wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra...
‘Messiah’ politics around Uniform Civil Code and Triple Talaq must come to an end
By Mohammed Umar for Twocircles.net
State driven acculturation of minorities is often deemed as impinging upon the civil liberties, for the reason that it chokes...
Anti-AFSPA rally demands repealing the draconian law
By TCN News,
New Delhi: On 30th march, an anti-AFSPA rally was jointly organized by Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, AISA, AIPWA, RYA, DSF, JNUSU, NEFIS, Voices against 377, NAPM and Right to water campaign, from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar. It was organized as a part of an effort to create a political pressure for repeal of AFSPA in this election season. After the rally, a public meeting was held at Jantar Mantar.
‘Beauties of AMU’ meet successfully held in Lucknow
By TCN News
Women alumnae of Aligarh Muslim University reunited at the hotel Radisson Blu in Lucknow on Monday. It was the second get-together organized...
PM reiterates commitment for quotas for women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday reiterated his government's commitment to providing reservations for women in local bodies, state legislatures and parliament.
Saina in semis, assured of maiden Worlds bronze
Jakarta : Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance on Friday to enter her maiden women's singles semifinal at the...
Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board
By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow.
Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.
Women protest atrocities in Uttar Pradesh, caned by police
By IANS,
Lucknow: Women activists of the Congress party here were caned by the police Tuesday as they sought to raise the issue of "increasing atrocities on women" in Uttar Pradesh, party workers said.
State party president Rita Bahuguna Joshi and All India Congress Committee secretary Pervez Hashmi, who is in charge of the party's affairs in Uttar Pradesh, were among those who suffered serious injuries. Hashmi was hospitalised with a fractured lower limb, while Joshi received cane blows on her arm, a party worker said.
Muslim woman invited to lead mixed-gender prayers
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London : A Canadian author may become the first Muslim-born woman to lead the prayers at a mixed-gender congregation in Britain Friday as mosques bow to demands from modern Muslim women for their right to pray and representation.
Raheel Raza, a resident of Toronto, has been invited to deliver the 'khutbah' at a congregation in Oxford by Taj Hargey, according to The Independent. Hargey is a self-described Imam and considered a liberal interpreter of Islam believing in mixed-gender prayers and female imams leading such congregations.
AAP reiterates demand for Jaitley’s resignation
New Delhi : The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday reiterated its demand for union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation since, it said, an impartial...
CBI probe ordered against Teesta Setalvad’s company
New Delhi : A CBI probe has been ordered against social activist Teesta Setalvad - owned Sabrang Communications and Publishing Pvt Ltd (SCPPL) for...
98-year-old woman in Kashmir votes for change
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.
Women’s quota bill likely in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi: The government hopes to introduce the contentious women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of parliament after holding "consultations" with the political parties opposed to the measure, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Friday.
The Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill, seeking to reserve 33 percent of seats in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies for women.
Women’s panchayat in Varanasi
By TCN News,
Varanasi, UP: A Mahila Panchayat (women’s assembly) was organised by U.P Khudai Khidmatgar team Nargis bahan and Faisal Khan from central team .
Mirza-Hingis win 2015 Wimbledon women’s doubles title
London: Sania Mirza combined with former world number one Martina Hingis late Saturday to win a thrilling women's doubles final in the 2015 edition...
One held for Nepal woman journalist’s murder
By IANS,
Kathmandu : A week after the brutal murder of a woman broadcaster in Nepal's violence-hit Terai plains, the Maoist government Sunday said the mastermind behind the killing has been arrested.
Mebilal Paswan, said to be associated with a little-known Terai organisation calling itself the Terai Ekta Parishad, has been arrested for the murder of radio journalist Uma Singh, government spokesman and Minister for Communications and Information Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the interim parliament Sunday.
Mahara said Paswan, arrested Saturday, had admitted involvement in the killing.
Two Bajrang Dal goons arrested for assaulting teen girls in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jan 2 (IANS) Two members of Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu outfit were arrested for assaulting two teenage girls for allegedly interacting with...
Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers
By IANS,
Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...
Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality
By IndiaSpend Team
As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...
Woman travelling on fake passport arrested
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.
Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...
Women politicians welcome no GST on sanitary pads
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 22: Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government's decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins.
Reactions flowed in...
A massive dharna of Muslim women demanding quota in WRB
By Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: With enthusiasm and determination Muslim women in Patna today demanded their exclusive shares in Women's Reservation Bill. A number of Muslim women from across the city, mostly burqa wearing, sat on dharna under the banner of Bihar Muslim Khawateen Morcha at Kargil Chowk protesting against the bill in its present form and demanding quota for Muslim and backward women.
Jabarti becomes first Saudi woman editor in chief
By IINA,
Jeddah : Somayya Jabarti has been appointed editor in chief of the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette newspaper following the resignation of Khaled Almaeena from...
Saving girl child high priority: Maneka
New Delhi : Saving the girl child is high priority for the Indian government, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Monday.
At a...
Campaign against caste-based sexual violence highlights ‘pervasive discrimination faced by Dalit women in India’
National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) said that its campaign will showcase caste-based sexual violence in 15 Indian states, sharing a selection of landmark...
Female trainee police officer kills self in MP
Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...