More women are taking to Buddhism: First woman master
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : A growing number of women are taking to Buddhism in India like in the West where two-thirds of the practitioners of the faith are women, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, the first Tibetan Buddhist woman master, said.
Women from around the world to assess role of technology
By IANS,
Bangalore : Women leaders from India and over 50 other countries are gathering here Friday to discuss role of technology in empowering women, particularly in developing nations.
Ramadan 1437: Noor Jehan
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
Noor Jehan came to Kanpur from Bombay as a young bride. Living a pampered life till then, she wasn’t as well...
यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच
उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...
Delhi High Court dismisses custody death charge against police
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High court has dismissed a petition filed against the Delhi Police by a woman who alleged that her brother died in police custody.
On Aug 26, 2007, Tek Chand was apprehended by the police on suspicion of theft but was released the same day.
On Feb 18, 2008, police found an unidentified body, which was identified by the relatives of Tek Chand. His sister Phoolwati filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, claiming that he had died after being tortured in the police post in Madipur in west Delhi.
Jung alerts cops on crime against women, people from NE
New Delhi : Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed Delhi Police to adopt zero-tolerance policy for crimes against women, an official spokesman...
Night shift for Madhya Pradesh women workers opposed
By IANS,
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh's decision to amend a law to allow women to work in factories up to 10 p.m. has been opposed by women groups alleging it will lead to their exploitation.
"The Madhya Pradesh government has Saturday issued a notification allowing women in factories to work from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.," an official said Monday adding that the notification has been issued in keeping with the Factories Act, 1948.
रोशन होने से पहले ही बुझने लगी अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘नई रोशनी’
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
मोदी बजट आ चुका है. बड़े-बड़े ऐलान किए जा चुके हैं. पुरानी बोतल में नई शराब भरी जा चुकी है. अलग-अलग...
Indian woman in Oman kills children, attempts suicide
By IANS,
Dubai : An Indian woman in Oman murdered her two children and then attempted suicide. She has been arrested.
The woman, identified by her neighbours as Priya from Kerala, killed her two children Friday morning at her home in the Muttrah locality of the Omani capital of Muscat, the Khaleej Times newspaper said.
She had reportedly informed the police and her friends and relatives in Oman and in India about her intentions before committing the crime.
The two children, a boy and a girl, were students of Class 2 and kindergarten, respectively, at the Indian School in Muscat.
Best time in history to be a woman: Clinton
By IANS,
New Delhi : Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said that the modern age is the best time to be a woman.
"It is exciting and if there is any better time in human history to be woman it is right now in the modern world. For me, this is a tremendous opportunity and responsibility that I willingly accept," Hillary told an audience of over 1,000 at the Delhi University Convention Hall in the Old Viceregal Lodge. The event was hosted by Delhi University Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental.
Modi attacks Congress over women’s safety
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...
Woman raped in front of son
By IANS,
Gurgaon : A woman was raped in her son's presence by her husband's employers who had agreed to drop them home in Gurgaon, police said Sunday. Before informing the police, a village council tried to mediate but failed as the victim insisted on registering a case.
"The 26-year old victim was coming on a bus from her parents' house in Alwar on Friday afternoon with her husband and seven year old son. As they reached Rampur area at the Gurgaon border, her husband saw his employers and asked them to drop his wife and son to their village," a senior police officer.
Assam polls: 15 percent polling in first two hours
Guwahati : Over 15 percent of polling was recorded in the first two hours in the second phase of voting for 61 constituencies in...
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...
राजस्थान में भी पांच मुस्लिम लड़कियां बनी जज,यूपी की जज बनी लड़कियों को मिल...
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
जयपुर- देश भर की मुस्लिम बेटियों में न्यायिक सेवा के प्रति रुझान लगातार बढ़ रहा है।3 महीने पहले उत्तर प्रदेश...
BJP to seek NCW intervention in Jadavpur varsity case
Kolkata : The BJP's Lok Sabha member Meenakshi Lekhi Sunday condemned the alleged sexual harassment of a Jadavpur University student and the subsequent police...
Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them.
"Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.
Not made derogatory comments against woman official: Mulayam
By IANS,
Lucknow : Under the poll panel scanner for his alleged disparaging remarks against the Mainpuri district magistrate, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday said he had not made any derogatory comments about the woman IAS officer and his party always believed in equality for women.
"I have not not made any derogatory comment about the district magistrate and the Samajwadi Party has always believed in equality for women and women empowerment," Yadav told reporters here.
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...
Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years
Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city
By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.
Polling begins in Assam
Guwahati : The first phase of polling in Assam started at 7.00 a.m. on Monday for the 65 legislative assembly constituencies, officials said.
People from...
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...
Couple booked for torturing Dalit girl
By IANS,
Lucknow: A woman was arrested Wednesday and a search was on for her husband after they allegedly held a six-year-old Dalit girl hostage for the past six months and tortured her, police said.
The matter came to light Sunday when police raided their home on a complaint by the girl's mother and rescued her.
"We were shocked to see the condition of the girl who had injuries and bruises all over her body. She could hardly walk," Paresh Pandey, superintendent of police (Trans Gomti), told reporters.
Muslim women gather in Mumbai to discuss ways to eliminate terror
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: In first of its kind meeting on the issue Muslim women from across Maharashtra gathered in Mumbai yesterday to discuss ways to eliminate terrorism from India. They expressed their concern on the rise in terror in the country and discussed ways to eliminate it.
“After every terror attack we just condemn it. It won't work anymore. Time has come for us to come into open and work with the society to root it out,” said Ghazala Azad of Awami Bharat, the organizer of the program held at Urdu Markaz, Urdu Girls High School in Dongri,
NCW issues notice to Ramdev
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Wednesday issued a notice to yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul...
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.
Ramadan 1435: Unframed
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...
India’s women teams eyeing semi-final berths in Lawn Bowl tournament
By IANS,
New Delhi: Indian women Thursday assured themselves of a berth in the semi-final play-offs of the singles and the triples event of the Eight Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event.
In the triples category, Indian women defeated South Africa 12-3, 10-8 while in the singles they won 14-1, 7-8 via the tie-breaker against Northern Ireland at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.
In the pairs category, the women's team is placed sixth after they lost to Malaysia 11-7, 7-6.
President to visit women’s first education institute
By IANS,
Pune : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office, to attend a function at India's first, over a century-old education institution for women.
On the day of her arrival, India's first woman president will grace the commemoration ceremony of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dhondopant Karve, the founder of this institute which was the country's first to impart women's education.
Government adopts policy for women’s empowerment
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government has adopted a national policy for empowerment of women with the objective of bringing about their advancement, development...
Modi proved to be not of his wife and old parents then how can...
By A. Mirsab , TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Maharashtra state Minority Minister Mr. Arif Naseem Khan who was addressing a rally in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra hurled a full fleshed attack on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his speech and asked Muslims to vote for secular party Congress in greater number to beat Narendra Modi’s dream of ruling India.
Women to get free bus ride in Delhi on Rakhi day
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women in the capital city can enjoy a free ride in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses Wednesday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit announced Monday.
"Women in Delhi would be able to travel free in DTC buses on Raksha Bandhan day. The decision has been taken to ensure that women can easily reach their brothers' place," Dikshit told reporters.
She said women will be allowed to ride free in all ordinary DTC buses and the green low-floor buses till 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Maharashtra launches crime tracking system
Mumbai : On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country's first comprehensive 'Crime Criminal Tracking Network System' through 42 cyber...
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.
Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse
Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday.
This...
Woman dies of swine flu in Delhi, city toll 45
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 24-year-old woman died of swine flu in the national capital Tuesday, taking the total number of fatalities due to Influenza A (H1N1) in the city to 45, an official said.
The woman, a resident of Karol Bagh in central Delhi, was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital Dec 1, the official said.
"The woman was diabetic and was treated for brain haemorrhage. She died Tuesday morning," Anjana Prakash, additional nodal officer handling swine flu cases in Delhi, told IANS.
AAP announces women’s wing
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...
BJP divided on women’s bill, Advani calls MPs for tea
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's quota bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath saying that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
As the signs of disquiet grew, veteran leader and chairperson of the BJP parliamentary party L.K. Advani called for a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs at his residence over tea Thursday evening.
Kejriwal assures help to women entrepreneurs
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party government will "extend all possible assistance" to the city's emerging women entrepreneurs, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said...
मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net
समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...
Girl burnt by alleged rapist dies after 13 days
By IANS,
Ranchi : A girl set afire by her alleged rapist succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in the steel city of Jamshedpur after 13 days Friday, a doctor said.
Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers
By Somrita Ghosh for IANS:
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...
UPA believed in work rather than empty talk: Manmohan Singh
Guwahati : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his UPA government had always believed in work rather than empty talk and the...
Indian women marching ahead, but still miles to go
By IANS,
New Delhi : More and more Indian women are breaking the glass ceiling and marching ahead in male dominated fields like driving taxis or becoming disc jockeys, but there are still thousands of women still struggling for their basic rights -- not able to own land or fighting against domestic violence.
For instance, according to international NGO Action Aid, women farmers produce 60-80 percent of the agricultural produce in India and other developing countries. However, they eat the least and own less than one percent of the land that they toil on.
‘मौत को क़रीब से देखा तो ज़िन्दगी की असली क़ीमत का अंदाज़ लगा’
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
रोहतास (बिहार) : रोटी, कपड़ा व मकान के साथ-साथ बेहतर स्वास्थ्य और शिक्षा… ये पांच ऐसी बुनियादी मानवीय आवश्यकताएं हैं, जिसे...
Armies need to end bias against women, says German minister
New Delhi : Armies need to get rid of prejudice that women are less abled than men, as future wars will be dominated by...
67 girls found in raid on Rajasthan ashram are hypnotised
By IANS
Jaipur, July 5 : Counselling of 67 girls, found in a police raid on an ashram being run in a hotel in Rajasthan's Rajsamand,...
2.5 million more voters in Kerala this general election
Thiruvananthapuram : On April 10, nearly 2.5 million more voters in Kerala will cast their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections, as compared to...
Kerala to set up psychological counseling centers for women
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.Net,
Malappuram: The Women Folk of Kerala is undergoing many mental pressures in the interiors of their house, even after much innovation in the field of Women empowerment.
And so, the government has decided to set up a Psychological Counseling centre in every towns of Kerala. This will help to solve the problems of the most discriminated group in the society to a great extent.
Women’s empowerment by education has positive impact on future: President
Panaji, (IANS): Women's empowerment through education will have a positive impact on our future generations, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
He also called for...
Somnath asks political parties to reserve seats for women
By IANS,
Kolkata : Voicing his support for the pending women's reservation bill, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee Monday said all political parties in India should nominate women candidates to increase female participation in the higher representative organisations.
"I don't understand why the political parties do not nominate 33 percent women candidates in the election," Chatterjee said at the Women Achievers Award programme organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation here.
65 mn pregnancy test strips distributed among rural women
By IANS,
New Delhi: Aiming to reduce unwanted pregnancy and better antenatal care (ANC) among rural women, India has distributed 65 million pregnancy test strips across the country.
"The scheme of distributing Pregnancy Test Cards (PTCs) was conducted in two phases across India. The first phase took care of 11 states and the next helped 17 states," a health ministry official told IANS.
मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र
TCN News,
वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...
Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities
By TCN News
The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...
Let the world hear our stories of defiance and resistance to caste-violence: Dalit women...
By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
On June 21, issues and stories of Dalit women were presented at the UN level for the first time ever...
Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament.
More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest.
One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.
Global Summit of Women awards influential figures
By Xinhua,
Hanoi : The ongoing 18th Global Summit of Women (GSW) granted here Friday Global Women's Leadership Award to Mozambique prime minister, Vietnam's Women's Leadership Award to a former vice state president, and Entrepreneurship awards to a Japanese businessman, and a Vietnamese woman.
Sheila Dikshit is India’s longest serving woman chief minister
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sheila Dikshit Monday became the longest serving woman chief minister in the country when she wrested power for the third time in the Delhi assembly elections. The women chief ministers who preceded her were:
Sucheta Kripalani: She became the first woman chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in October 1963 and was there till March 1967 heading a Congress government.
Nandini Satpathy: She headed the Congress government in state from June 1972 to March 1974 and March 1974 to Dec 1976.
Woman held for abduction of six infants in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman, who was unable to conceive and was allegedly harassed by her in-laws for it, was arrested along with her male accomplice for kidnapping six male children belonging to poor families in the capital, police said Monday.
Ritu Kapoor, a college dropout, and her associate Mohammad Zia Ul, 30, were arrested Sunday. One of the boys who were abducted by them has been rescued, while the body of another was found a few days ago, police said.
Can Gates of ijtihad be closed?
By Asghar Ali Engineer,
After the fatwa from Deoband (some of the Deobandis deny that fatwa was ever issued) that Muslim women cannot work with strangers from amongst the men and that in that case her earnings will be haram (prohibited) to her family, a debate is raging on the need for ijtihad (creative reinterpretation of law) and it is often suggested that gates of ijtihad were closed after sack of Baghdad in 1258 and that these gates be reopened.
Meghalaya governor rues crime against women
By IANS,
Shillong: Governor R.S. Mooshahary Saturday lamented the growing incidents of crime against women in Meghalaya.
BJP wants to give all powers to one man: Priyanka
Rae Bareli: Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Sunday sharpened her attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying his party believed in giving...
Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi
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.
A Muslim woman’s decade-long struggle to get Khula
By Nadia Hussain, TwoCircles.net
When Shabana (name changed) got married to Javed (name changed) in 2006. she had never imagined the battle she would have...
Woman, child killed in anti-Al Qaeda attack in Iraq: US military
By DPA,
Baghdad : The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the Al Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child.
In the operation Saturday, Al Qaeda suspects riding in a vehicle refused to stop, after coalition troops fired warning shots, prompting the forces to engage them, a military statement said.
The woman and the child, who were also in the vehicle, were killed in the engagement along with two gunmen.
95 widows remarried with help of NGO in Andhra-Telangana living happily
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz for TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: A widow is no less than a destitute in an impoverished society, especially the young who...
Islam and Muslim women’s social roles
By Maulana Waris Mazhari,
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)
Buddha Jayanti Park rape convicts are innocent, insist kin
By IANS,
New Delhi: Relatives of the four members of the President's Bodyguard convicted in the 2003 Buddha Jayanti Park gang rape case Monday said their kin were innocent and they would appeal the judgement.
Paramanand Singh, father of Satender Singh who was held guilty of raping a 17-year old girl six years ago, claimed that his son was not solely responsible for the act.
Women’s group slams Goa government over liquor notification
Panaji: The Goa government's decision to allow bars and retail liquor outlets to remain open until 4 a.m. was criticized Thursday by a leading...
Women’s reservation: Views for and against
By IANS,
New Delhi: Proponents of the policy of reservation for women state that although equality of the sexes is enshrined in the Indian constitution, it is not the social reality. Hence a radical piece of legislation in the shape of the Women's Reservation Bill was required to give a new direction to Indian politics just like reservation for backward castes over 20 years ago changed political and social equations in the country.
Woman student-editor stirs Kashmir’s young creative minds
Saba Nazki
By Ruwa Shah
Srinagar : In search of space for political dissent in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley, 23-year-old Saba Nazki and a bunch...
Woman power pulls Orissa’s chariots of gods
By Byomakesh Biswal, IANS,
Baripada (Orissa) : It's a tug of equality. For women in the small town of Baripada that has come alive during the Jagannath rath yatra, pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra is as much about empowerment as it is about tradition.
The Hindu chariot festival is observed in many parts of India, with mostly men doing the tugging, but in Baripada it is a unique affair because there women have the exclusive right of pulling the chariot of goddess Subhadra - the sister of Lord Jagannath - in an act considered sacred.
Even after cremation, protests rage in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Students and women Monday continued their protests in the Indian capital against violence on women, a day after the city's gang-rape victim was cremated under heavy security.
Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences
By IANS,
New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.
She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.
Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.
Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.
Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?
Pregnant Orissa woman alleges molestation by cops
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A pregnant woman from the minority community in Orissa's Kendrapada district Friday alleged that some policemen came to her house late Thursday night, molested her and beat up her two minor children without any reason.
The woman, who resides at Tendukuda village under Patkura police station, alleged that the policemen went on a spree of vandalism when no adult male member was at home.
After 18 years as hostage, woman releases first video
By DPA,
San Francisco: Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as an 11-year-old and held in captivity for 18 years, released her first home video Friday, appearing in a Christmas kitchen scene with her mother and half sister and thanking the public for its support.
"Hi. I'm Jaycee," the 29-year-old Dugard says to the camera in an excerpt of the video. "I want to thank you for your support and I'm doing well ... It's been a long haul, but I'm getting there".
High Court turns down Joshi’s plea to quash police complaint
By IANS,
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Friday turned down Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi's plea to quash the police complaint lodged against her for making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati.
A division bench of the court comprising Justice Ravindra Singh and Justice Naheed Ara Monis declined to give any verdict on Joshi's other plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the attack and arson at Joshi's Lucknow residence allegedly by ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists.
How a Messi fan in Kerala village became a football journalist in Spain
Jushna Shahin’s passion for the sport made her achieve the unthinkable.
Najiya O | TwoCircles.net
KERALA — Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on...
Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani
New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...
Northeast people protest over woman lawyer’s assault in Delhi
New Delhi : Around 200 students and people from the northeast Tuesday held a protest march here demanding action against lawyers who attacked a...
Archies, Barbies and glamourous morons
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.
Shias to campaign against female foeticide
By IANS,
Lucknow: All set to prove their progressive nature, Shia Muslims have resolved to wage war against female foeticide.
Women banned from wearing mini-skirts to work
By IANS,
London: Women in Britain's offices have been banned from wearing mini-skirts to work, and people involved in "customer-facing roles" have been told to look more professional "in a way that shows respect to children and families".
Around 400 staff in Southampton City Council's children's services department received a memo telling them they should dress respectfully and "carefully consider their work attire", the Daily Mail reported.
Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them
By IANS,
London: Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.
Western woman aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan
By DPA,
Kabul : Unknown gunmen killed a foreign woman when she was going to her office in the western part of the capital city Monday,
police said.
The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area following the shooting, said Zemarai Bashary, interior ministry spokesman.
Bashary declined to provide more information or identify the victim.
But a police official, who did not want to be named because he was not authorized to talk to news media, said the victim was from South
Africa and worked with an aid organization.
Malaysian Indian woman hangs herself with wedding sari
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian had a massive heart attack when he saw his wife had hanged herself using her wedding sari.
T. Selvatharan thought that his wife K. Komathy, 33, had left the bedroom to drink water at dawn on Tuesday. When she did not return and he went out to check, he found her hanging by the ceiling fan.
"She had been seeking treatment for depression," the husband, 47, told Tamil Nesan newspaper, while recovering at a hospital in Johor Baru.
You’ll be the employer and I the employee, Mamata tells industrialists
Kolkata : Amid an impressive gathering of ministers, foreign delegates and industrial bigwigs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banereje on Friday inaugurated her annual...
Seven get death for raping, killing mentally-challenged Nepali woman
Rohtak : A special court in Haryana's Rohtak town sentenced seven men to death for raping a mentally-challenged Nepali woman and then murdering...
Indian origin woman in Thailand’s richest list
New York, July 11 (IANS) A 28-year-old Indian origin businesswoman has made it to the list of the 40 richest people in Thailand compiled by the Forbes magazine.
Nishita Shah, managing director of diversified GP Group, and her family are ranked 19th with a net worth of $375 million. At 28, she is the youngest among the richest in the Southeast Asian country.
Chandigarh rejects aid for mentally challenged rape victim
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration Monday rejected the financial assistance offered by a Delhi-based trust for the care and upbringing of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim and her unborn child.
Standing counsel of union territory administration Monday submitted an affidavit before the Punjab and Haryana High Court declining the aid of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons With Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
Andhra women an example for the world, says Sonia Gandhi
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The women of Andhra Pradesh had set an example for empowerment of women all over the world, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Friday and added that she was "moved and satisfied" by how they were inspiring others.
Inaugurating a pension scheme for members of women's self help groups (SHGs), Gandhi said she was proud of the achievements of the women of the state.
Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.
Nine women ministers in Manmohan Singh government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet will have nine women ministers, one less than the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
While Mamata Banerjee, Ambika Soni and Meira Kumar took oath of office last week, on Wednesday six more names were announced for the swearing-in ceremony Thursay.
Out of the six, three are first time ministers -- Congress MPs Krishna Tirath (Delhi) and Preneet Kaur (Patiala, Punjab) and Nationalist Congress Party MP Agatha Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya).
In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening
Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to...
200 environmental women defenders killed in 2017: Activists
By Vishal Gulati
Nairobi, (IANS): This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them...
261 women artists paint their thoughts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Spirituality, women's bonding, landscapes, coloured abstractions, shapes and figures - 261 artists from all over the world have put their thoughts on 300 canvases in one of the biggest women's art exhibitions at the Art Mall here.
The exhibition titled "Stree", which began three years ago as an annual event, is a tribute to talented women artists who have either taken up art as a vocation or hobby, said Ila Jain, director of the mall, who manages the mammoth display space-cum-learning centre. The 10-day exhibition began March 8.
Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group
By IANS,
Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations.
The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).
तस्वीरों में : समय से पहले बाढ़ जैसे हालात, फंसे लोग ,बहे जानवर
बिजनोर : उत्तराखंड में हो रही कई दिन से तेज़ बारिश के चलते गंगा किनारे के कई जनपदों में बाढ़ के हालात पैदा हो...
Open letter to political parties to take up the issue of repealing AFSPA
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Civil Society groups and individuals, led by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), and endorsed by several others have written an open letter to all the political parties to take up the issue of repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
Change mindset to curb female foeticide: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi: The patriarchal Indian society has a deep-rooted bias against the girl child and changing this mindset is essential to curb female foeticide, experts said here Thursday.
Full-fledged Women Department set up in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram : Keeping a promise made to the state's women in the Left Democratic Front election manifesto, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac, in his...
Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi
New Delhi : Hoping to deflect the opposition flak, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she did not recommend travel documents...
Pune gets first woman police chief
By IANS,
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune's first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters.
Singh will take over as the new additional director general of police (establishment) and will be based in Mumbai.
Borwankar till now was the joint commissioner of police (criminal investigation department), Pune.
She had hit the headlines when she was appointed joint commissioner of police (crime) in Mumbai a few years ago.
Humpy in semi-finals of women’s world chess championship
By IANS,
Nalchik (Russia) : Koneru Humpy established herself as the hot favourite with a sweeping 2-0 win over China's Shen Yang in the quarter finals to cruise into the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship.
In the semi-finals, Humpy will clash with another Chinese youngster, Hou Yifan, who at 14 is considered very talented.
The second semi-final will feature Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia and Sweden's veteran Pia Cramling.
AMU sets operating procedure to deal COVID and pregnancy
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Aligarh: What COVID 19 could do to the pregnancy? The pregnant women grope in the dark and to address their misery, the department of...
Woman, who accused Pachauri of sexual harassment, resigns
New Delhi: The woman researcher, who levelled charges of sexual harassment against environmental scientist R.K. Pachauri, has quit her job at The Energy Research...
Role model: Alifiya Khan
A journalist working for Hindustan Times, Alifiya Khan won Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for her series of investigative news stories on health care system. She is 24 years old and a good start for new TwoCircles.net series on Role Models.
Me: I was born and brought up in Mumbai. Except for short visits to various places for vacations and stories, I have never stayed in another place except this city for a long period of time.
Navodaya Vidyalaya’s 55 girls allege molestation
Akola (Maharashtra) : A manhunt has been launched to arrest two teachers who face charges of molesting 55 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya...
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.
Gayatri Devi: People’s princess who loved lilies and horses
By Madhusree Chatterjee,
New Delhi: The feisty princess Ayesha, daughter of the erstwhile maharaja of Cooch Behar, shot her first panther at the age of 13, stunning everyone. Six years later, the beautiful woman who came to be known as Maharani Gayatri Devi stunned her family again by falling in love with prince Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur.
She called him "Jai" and insisted on marrying him, never mind that he already had two wives and that her own family was against the match.
प्रेरणा : कोरोना से बखूबी लड़ रही है भारत की पहली ट्रांसजेंडर डॉक्टर अक्सा...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net
38 साल की डॉक्टर अक्सा शेख़ इस समय देश मे जारी कोरोना संकट में प्रेरक बन कर उभरी है। कोरोनाकाल में वो...
India needs uniform protocol for rape: Human Rights Watch
By IANS,
New York: Official responses to rapes in India are ad hoc and unpredictable and often "degrading and counter-productive", Human Rights Watch said Sunday.
National Women’s Front celebrates International Women’s Day
By TCN News,
Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF).
These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.
Orissa woman gives birth to identical triplets
By IANS,
Jajpur (Orissa) : A 24-year old woman in Orissa's Jajpur district has given birth to identical triplets, a rarity that occurs once in three million births, a health official said here Monday.
The woman, Santilata Mahalik, a resident of Kunida village, gave birth to three sons Sunday through a normal delivery in the community health centre at Sukinda, 140 km from here.
Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...
In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq.
...
Triple Talaq in its current form must come to an end
By Anam Rais Khan for TwoCircles.net
“The most hated of the Halaal (lawful things) to Allah is divorce.” Recorded by Abu Dawood, Ibn...
Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef
By IANS,
New Delhi : India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said.
The survey also found that nearly 16 percent of men, who are now aged 20-49, were also married as minors.
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...
Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday.
Nitay Mohanty, 22, a resident of Abhayamahai village tied the 35-year-old woman to a tree in an isolated area near the village and allegedly raped her July 24. Balasore is about 200 km from here.
He then fled and hid at his uncle's house in Keodanal village in neighbouring West Bengal.
His mother, Chhayamani Mohanty, 50, expressed her desire to help police.
मध्य प्रदेश में मुस्लिम महिलाओं की पिटाई, मायावती ने उठाए सवाल
TCN News
मध्य प्रदेश/दिल्ली : गौरक्षा के नाम कथित गौरक्षकों की गुंडागर्दी बढ़ती जा रही है. गुंडागर्दी का एक नज़ारा मध्य प्रदेश के मंदसौर रेलवे...
In the lanes of Batla House, a mission to empower women
By Sadia Suhail for Twocircles.net
New Delhi: The narrow, dingy lanes of Batla House in Delhi may not look the most appealing for...
Muslim girl in Mumbai denied room on rent
Mumbai : A 25-year old London-educated woman advertising professional was refused permission to hire a flat in Wadala, central Mumbai on grounds that she was a Muslim.
Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse has ordered a probe into the incident here on Wednesday.
38 wounds on murdered woman’s body, police profile suspect
Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked Kerala had 38 wounds on her body, her autopsy revealed, as police...
साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट
टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net
वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म...
Indian woman becomes world’s first to fly Russian fighter
By Fakir Balaji, IANS,
Bangalore : Suman Sharma, daughter of a retired Indian naval officer and an army colonel's sister, became the world's first woman to fly the mighty Russian MiG-35 fighter jet at the Aero India international air show here.
The 30-year-old also became the first civilian woman to co-pilot the American-strike fighter F-16IN of Lockheed Martin two days before the biennial event took off at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at Yelahanka, about 20 km from here.
Identity, citizenship and empowerment
By M. Hamid Ansari
The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari delivered “Khuda Bakhsh Memorial Lecture” at Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna on Saturday Dec. 12th, 2009. Here is the complete text of his lecture:
As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...
‘Love Jihad’ is a Sangh Parivar hoax agenda to re-divide the country: Popular...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Popular Front of India has termed ‘Love Jihad’ as a hoax program of Sangh Parivar mainly propagated in the country...
ये मेवात को जलाने की तीसरी कोशिश थी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net,
मैं तीसरी बार फिर से मेवात के तावड़ू क़स्बे में हूं. समाज को जला देने वाली दो घटनाओं की रिपोर्टिंग के...
Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner
By IANS,
Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday.
"We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.
Hundreds join in silent protest against NRC and Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC in Hyderabad
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hundreds of citizens from various civil rights groups and organisations working for urban poor, domestic workers, religious minorities, women, homeless, farmers,...
Girl gangs with a noble cause
By Anjali Singh, CNS
There is no power like girl power. This can’t ring more true when it comes to empowering young adolescent girls in rural India.
What began as self help girl group, a unique concept taken up by UNICEF Lucknow, today is one of the most powerful tools young adolescent girls are using to protect themselves against exploitation and fight for their rights.
Called 'Kishori Sabhas' or 'Samuhs' these groups are so popular that they have even managed to do away with practices like child labor and child marriage in the villages.
How was this possible?
Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : Even as women are set to get more political power in India, a study shows that women MPs were more successful and qualified than their male counterparts.
According to data prepared by the PRS Legislative Research, women candidates in elections were more successful than men. While 10 percent of all women candidates won elections, the corresponding figure for men was only six percent.
Jwala-Ashwini clinch Canada Open crown
Calgary: India's most successful women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were crowned champions in the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix following their...
‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders
Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...
Thousands of women stage protests in Istanbul
Istanbul: More than 2,000 Turkish women staged anti-government protests on the International Women's Day in Istanbul Saturday evening.
The demonstrators gathered in Istanbul's busiest Istiklal...