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Meghalaya home minister quits

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Shillong : Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has resigned from the ruling Congress-led government, a party official said Friday. Warjri, the first woman home minister,...

Record holder Arunachal mountaineer Anshu to climb Everest for breast cancer awareness

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After creating world record for being the only mother to scale Mount Everest twice within the span of 10 days, Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa is once again gearing up to climb the world’s highest peak. This time around Anshu is in a different mission to spread awareness on Breast cancer among her fellow countrymen.

Indian women behind Bangladesh in socio-economic parity

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New Delhi: At a time when the United Nations has called for gender equality ahead of International Women's Day (March 8), an index on...

Delhi polls: Women candidates promise the moon on security

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By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi : With women's security being such a big issue in the capital, women candidates in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly...

Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’

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Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...

Woman forced to eat human excreta on witchcraft charge

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By IANS, Patna: A woman in a village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch, police said Saturday.

Women’s group slams Goa government over liquor notification

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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...

Surviving in the worst: The tale of widow Rohingya refugees living in Jammu

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Jammu: Three weeks ago, Tahira Begum, 25 a Rohingya refugee along with her husband and two kids, was...

Mom’s tailor style to match children’s steps

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(Mother's Day is on May 8) By Radhika Bhirani, IANS,

Obama administration backs gay marriages in Supreme Court

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Washington: The Obama administration called state bans on same-sex marriage "incompatible with the constitution", as a brief was filed in the US Supreme Court...

Male students disrupt Leadership Summit organised by women students in AMU

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TCN News The women’s leadership summit, 2019 scheduled for 3 days from 26th March to 28th March that began yesterday at the Aligarh Muslim University...

Dying Urdu education in Hyderabad

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A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...

Clergyman donates kidney to Muslim woman in Kerala

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Kochi : A clergyman in Kerala has donated his kidney to a Muslim woman who was suffering from kidney ailments for the last...

Women empowerment necessary, says ex-South Africa deputy president

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women should be given due recognition for their work in politics, education and social services, former deputy president of South Africa Baleka Mbete said here Monday.

600 contestants at Agra’s National Women’s Sports Meet

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By IANS, Agra: Eighteen teams and more than 600 contestants from different states will take part in the three-day 36th National Women's Sports Meet beginning at the Eklavya Stadium here Monday.

Woman pensioner donates Rs 50,000 for LPG to poor women: Modi

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New Delhi : Pitching for the government's 'Give It Up' campaign to voluntarily surrender cooking gas subsidy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...

Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children

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New Delhi: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at...

One More Baby Dies in Patna: How the Medical System is Costing Lives –...

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Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net Raj and Pooja (names changed on request) were in Patna, Bihar, earlier this month for the delivery of their first child. The...

PIL seeks CCTVs in women’s lock-ups

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By IANS,

Women legislators’ conference resolves to build ‘Resurgent India’

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New Delhi : The National Conference of Women Legislators on Sunday adopted a resolution to work for transparent, accountable and inclusive governance and to...

Delhi policewoman smothered to death by fiance

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old Delhi Police woman constable was smothered to death by her fiance at a guest house here, officials said Tuesday....

Women’s bill is ‘historic step forward’, says PM

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was "a historic step forward" towards the emancipation of Indian women. "This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women," he said at the end of a lively debate on the bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.

भारत में फ़्लू जैसी मामूली बीमारी से मर रही हैं गर्भवती महिलाएं

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net श्रीनगर/दिल्ली: भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ और यूनीसेफ के दिशानिर्देशों को आधार बनाकर मां और बच्चों की देखभाल करने के प्रयास हो...

Disturbing and Contradictory: A Timeline of the Events at R.G. Kar Medical College

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College on August 9 has sent...

Orissa lawyer makes India stand tall on Everest

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : A 41-year-old lawyer from India's Orissa state has made her country proud by hoisting the Indian tricolour on Mt Everest in a year that mired the world's highest peak in murky politics. It proved to be third-time lucky for feisty Orissa climber Kalpana Dash, whose dream of standing on the 8,848-metre summit finally came true Wednesday when she pulled off the feat as the leader of the five-member Friendship Mt Everest Expedition.

Meghalaya governor rues crime against women

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By IANS, Shillong: Governor R.S. Mooshahary Saturday lamented the growing incidents of crime against women in Meghalaya.

Ramadan 1435: Choices

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net A woman in jilbab checks out a wide variety of Hijab that is available for purchase in a shop in Chennai. Link: Ramadan...

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.

Muslims of Gujarat: The real picture

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Islamic practice cited to justify bar on women in Sabarimala

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 24: The Travancore Devaswom Board on Tuesday cited the Islamic practice of barring women from entering mosques to justify the...

Militants kill five in Jammu, gun battle continues

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By IANS, Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) : Five people, including a woman hostage and a photojournalist, were killed when militants struck in Jammu early Sunday. An intense gun battle is underway between the militants, holed up in a house, and security forces in the Samba sector. The militant attack in the Jammu plains is the first since 2002. According to the police, militants entered the house of Hoshiar Singh in Kali Mandi in Samba, 45 km from Jammu, and opened fire, killing him and his wife Shashi Bala. Their daughter Bindu and Singh's mother-in-law were injured in the firing.

Dr. Rahat Abrar’s book “Muslim Female Education: From Veils to Moon” released

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

A Palestinian woman enters politics

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By Asma Asfour In May 2005 I was elected to be the first woman to join the Sinjel Municipality in the Ramallah district. At that time a new law had been passed which set a minimum quota for women's representation in local councils. The assumption underpinning the law was that women should take part in decision-making processes. So, despite the fact that the idea hadn't yet been widely accepted in many rural communities, women from different economic and cultural backgrounds suddenly found themselves taking part in political life.

Woman alleges assault after she refused surrogacy

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Lucknow: A young woman law student Monday lodged a police complaint saying she was beaten up and humiliated in public in Meerut Feb 3...

Widows will be protected, given justice: Supreme Court

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By IANS,

I want my child back, says woman whose son’s missing

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By Vishal Gulati , Mandi (Himachal Pradesh): "I want my child back. No stone should be left unturned," Aisa Hussain, whose son was swept away...

Mongolian woman alleges molestation by Delhi customs official

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New Delhi: A 24-year-old Mongolian woman has filed a complaint that she was molested by an official at the customs office here Thursday, police...

Dead woman elected as panchayat samiti member in Bihar!

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Patna : A woman in Bihar, who died nine years ago, has been elected as panchayat samiti member in the recently concluded 10-phase panchayat...

164 chit fund companies under probe for cheating

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New Delhi : As many as 164 ponzi, or chit fund, companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the...

IMRC का ‘ग्रेन्स फॉर ग्रैनीज़’ कार्यक्रम : ताकि कोई भी ग़रीब व बुजुर्ग महिला...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter हैदराबाद: सत्तर की उम्र पार कर चुकी खासिम बी अब बिस्तर से उठ नहीं सकती हैं, वे अपने हाथ पैर भी...

Sex selective abortion rampant in Delhi, says study

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By IANS,

Congress nixes Pawar’s idea to reduce women’s quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress Monday rejected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's suggestion to reduce the women's reservation quota from 33 percent to about 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, and said there is no question of diluting the legislation. "Absolutely no proposal...no such idea," Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.

BJP MLA threatens to abduct women for spurned suitors

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Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) A political furore erupted in Maharashtra on Wednesday after a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator threatened to "abduct" girls and bring them...

294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...

Awareness campaign for women empowerment in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has issued instructions to carry out a state-wide awareness campaign focused on schemes of women empowerment, official sources said Tuesday. Reviewing the progress of activities of Woman and Child Development Department Monday, the chief minister told senior officers including the principal secretary to undertake field tours to apprise themselves of the ground realities of the implementation of departmental schemes and announcements made at the "Mahila Panchayat".

A day after love marriage, woman killed

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Patna, July : In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman was killed by her brother on Thursday in Bihar a day...

First women navigators commissioned in Indian Navy

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By IANS, Kochi : Another glass ceiling was broken Friday as two women were commissioned into the Indian Navy as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces. Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh were awarded their "Wing" at the passing out parade here.

SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

Conference discusses core women’s issues

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New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A determination to change the discourse on diversity and a plan of action to grow the network for change...

Women objectified in negative manner in society: Delhi court

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New Delhi : Asserting that "gender sensitisation is the need of the hour", a Delhi court has regretted that women have been objectified in...

सईदा के चूल्हों को हिंदुओं का है इंतज़ार

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना के जिस वीरचन्द पटेल पथ से होकर बिहार की सत्ता गुज़रती है, उसी पथ पर आपको 48 वर्षीय सईदा भी...

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...

Woman official arrested in Tripura multi-crore scam

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Agartala: A senior Tripura education department woman official was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than Rs.4 crore from a central government scheme, police said...

Rape-tainted Meghalaya ex-policeman sent to prison

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Shillong : A court in Meghalaya on Wednesday remanded a former police officer to 14 days' judicial custody for allegedly raping two teenaged girls...

Most MPs against women’s bill: Sharad Yadav

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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.

Women in science to be focus next Congress

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By IANS,

Dr. Mehrunnisa – An example of her own message “Read and Lead”

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Ilyas Khan Pathan and Rehan Ansari, TCN

Parliament reluctant to pass women’s bill: Book

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By IANS,

AMU nursing students light lamps for the spirit of nursing

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By TCN News, Aligarh: The environment filled with an enlightening breeze when the nurses of the School of Nursing, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) took oath at the Lamp Lighting & Oath taking Ceremony of the School.

Indian woman phones home after being declared dead

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By ANTARA News, New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday. Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said. Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.

Woman gang raped on the banks of river Ganga

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Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a...

Husband of mutilated Indian-origin woman charged with murder

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By IANS, London: The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman found lying with a severed hand in a London street has been charged with her murder. Harpreet Aulakh, 31, was charged with murder after being re-arrested Friday by officers investigating the killing of mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said two men aged 31 and 29 were arrested Friday and are in custody at north-west London police stations. Geeta, a receptionist at an Asian radio station was found with severe head injuries and her hand chopped off in Greenford, west London, Nov 16.

All women’s bank to open three branches in northeast India

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Agartala: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) -- India's first all-women bank -- will open three more branches in three capital cities of the northeastern...

Crimes against women on the rise in Assam

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By IANS,

Outrage grows as anti-Hijab row escalates in Karnataka

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The ban has sparked fears of further marginalization among the Muslim community of Karnataka who constitute around 12 percent of the state’s population. Muhammad...

Barak Valley felicitates Maria Tanim, Assam Civil Services topper

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TCN News Guwahati, November 18: The story of the Assam Civil Services Exam 2016 topper Maria Tanim is no different from the “flight of the...

Leading Deoband Ulema oppose Women’s Reservation Bill

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By RINA, Deoband: Some of the leading Ulema of Deoband have shown their opposition to 33 per cent Women’s Reservation Bill that has again gained momentum due to the elevation of Ms. Meira Kumar as the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha in the history of independent India. This issue has ruffled many a feathers in not only in the political circles but also in the realms of religion. Many Ulema are from the world renowned Islamic seminary of Darul Uloom have opposed the bill.

ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : लॉकडाउन की चर्चा भर से कांप जाते हैं बिहार के बढ़ियापुर...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net कोरोना वायरस के नए वेरिएंट ऑमिक्रॉन के सामने आते ही एक बार फिर से पूरी दुनिया सहमी सी नज़र आने लगी है। कई...

Government adopts policy for women’s empowerment

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government has adopted a national policy for empowerment of women with the objective of bringing about their advancement, development...

Despite lie allegation, Modi says mother washed utensils

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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) : Notwithstanding strong criticism by the Congress which termed it a "lie", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stuck to his...

Boost development to enhance women’s role in preventing conflicts: India

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By Arul Louis United Nations : Drawing attention to the challenges posed by women's under-representation in roles for preventing and ending conflicts, India has said...

MESAS distributes study kits among 100 Mewat girls

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By TCN News,

Hold talks with rebels, women’s group tells Meghalaya

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By IANS,

Minor’s gang rape: Soldier sent to custody, army assures cooperation

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Kolkata : A West Bengal court on Tuesday sent to police custody a soldier arrested for the gang rape of a teenaged girl inside...

Delhi woman arrested in Punjab for tearing off clothes

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By IANS, Bathinda (Punjab) : A woman was arrested here Tuesday after she tore off her clothes in front of the district police chief's office to press her demand for action on her complaint. The police registered a case of obscenity against Pinky, a Delhi resident, and arrested her. Pinky had earlier created a flutter outside the office of the district police chief, alleging that the police were not taking action on her complaint that her minor daughter Jyoti was being forcibly kept by a Bathinda resident.

All India women karwan in support of WRB next month

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Anhad NGO and other civil groups will jointly launch an All India Women Karwan in support of Women Reservation Bill next month. Three caravans will be taken out on three different routes to cover as much part of the country as possible. They will be flagged off on May 20 simultaneously in Delhi, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar.

New novel toasts Kashmiri woman spy

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By IANS, Mumbai : Perhaps she was our very own Mata Hari. A Kashmiri woman who saved the Indian Navy from disaster by spying for the country during its 1971 war with Pakistan is the heroine of a new novel released here. Former commander of the navy Harinder S. Sikka's book "Calling Sehmat" was launched on board INS Vikrant by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta.

Allow women into Haji Ali dargah: Rights group

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Mumbai : The Bhumata Ranragini Brigade on Wednesday said it will launch an agitation so that women entry to the famed Haji Ali Dargah...

Women voters outnumber men in five states, a union territory

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By IANS, New Delhi : In five Indian states and one union territory, women voters will play a crucial role in electing MPs for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as they outnumber their male counterparts, Election Commission statistics indicated Thursday. Incidentally, all these states fall either in southern or in northeastern India. "In states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry, the number of eligible women voters is more than the men electors," a poll panel press release said here.

Saving girl child high priority: Maneka

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New Delhi : Saving the girl child is high priority for the Indian government, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Monday. At a...

Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi

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New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday. The woman also claimed that the...

मेरठ में गोरक्षा समिति अध्यक्ष ने किया चलती कार में रेप,गिरफ्तार

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net  मेरठ में चलती कार में बलात्कार हुआ है। इस शर्मनाक घटना के बाद किशोरी की हालत खराब होने पर उसे अस्पताल...

Having lost all to floods, woman waits for missing family

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By Imran Khan, IANS, Saharsa (Bihar) : Meena Devi lost everything she had - her thatched house, clothes, two buffaloes, four goats and two sacks of wheat - in the floods caused by the turbulent Kosi river in Bihar and she has been surviving on water. But all this seems immaterial to her as she prays day and night for the safety of her missing husband and sons.

Woman, mother-in-law commit suicide for new clothes

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By IANS, Kolkata : A motor mechanic's wife and mother committed suicide in a West Bengal town after he failed to buy them new clothes for the Durga Puja festival, the police said Sunday. The incident took place in South Dinajpur district's Balughat town. Shampa Sarkar, 31, set herself on fire and her mother-in-law Maya Sarkar, 65, drank pesticide at their residence Saturday night. Both died on the same night at the hospital, Swapan Bandopadhyay Purnapatra, district police superintendent, told reporters Sunday morning.

Women manage finance better: Chanda Kochhar

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By Anuradha Shukla, IANS, New Delhi : Chanda Deepak Kochhar, set to take over as managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank, India's largest in the private sector, firmly believes women make better bankers, even if a lot also depends on how they use the opportunities that come their way. "So far as the financial sector is concerned, I feel women are always better with managing finance," says the 47-year-old banker who takes charge Friday at the landmark ICICI Bank Towers in Bandra-Kurla Complex in suburban Mumbai.

Nazima Sayyed topped Maharashtra State Board HSC Examination

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Mumbai: Almas Nazima Sayyed, a student of Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, has topped the examination with 98.5 percent marks.The Maharashtra State Board for secondary and higher secondary education declared Higher Secondary Certificate Class XII (HSC Class XII) examination results on Thursday. Over 11.84 lakh students from the state appeared for the examination. The exam was conducted between February 26 and March 21.

Chargesheet filed in Odisha woman’s murder

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Bhubaneswar : A chargesheet was filed against a man for the murder of a sexual assault victim in the state last November, an officer...

NIA inspector shot dead in UP, wife critically injured

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New Delhi : A National Investigation Agency inspector was shot dead while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, sources said on...

Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court

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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...

Domestic violence very high in Asia-Pacific: UN report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Nearly half the population of women in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced physical and sexual violence at the hands of their partners, a report by UN Women claimed.

Another twist to the Muzaffarpur house of horrors

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IANS and TCN News: The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror...

People talking of women’s security are snooping on them: Priyanka

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Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): For the second consecutive day, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday targeted the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Speaking at...

Girl dies after being thrown from Badal family’s bus; four arrested

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Moga/Chandigarh : The death of a 13-year-old Dalit girl on Thursday after she and her mother were allegedly pushed out of a speeding bus...

Dignity March to end shaming, silence of sexual violence survivors concludes in Delhi

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net  The Dignity March, initiated by Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan, a group of NGOs to end sexual violence against women and children in...

Women drivers, two-wheeler riders exempted: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that women drivers and two-wheeler riders would be exempted from the odd-even transport...

International Women’s Day: Meet UP’s Rehana Adeeb, a ‘rebel’ for men, but a ‘messiah’...

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Social activist Rehana Adeeb, who is fighting for the rights of women in areas such as Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat and Saharanpur in western Uttar...

19-year-old gang-raped, three arrested

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men, of which three have been arrested, police officials said Wednesday. One of the accused...

Haryana Police to probe woman’s molestation complaint

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana) : After staging a sit-in for nearly 24 hours, a woman who complained of being molested by a senior police officer was Tuesday assured by the Haryana Police chief that her allegation would be looked into and the necessary corrective steps would be taken. Haryana Police chief Ranjeev Dalal finally met the woman Tuesday evening and listened to her grievance for over half-an-hour, an official said.

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

Amnesty International 2013 Report on Human Rights – A wake-up call for India

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By Musaddique Thange, To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity – Nelson Mandela

Calcium supplements cause heart problems in women?

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By IANS, Sydney: There is growing evidence that calcium supplements increase the risk of heart attacks among older women, say researchers.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan condemn arrest of rape survivor, youth activists

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TCN News Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) of Rajasthan has strongly condemned the arrest of a young survivor of gang-rape and two Jan Jagran Shakti...

वानिया शेख़ के घर पहुंचे चंद्रशेखर, आयोग ने भी स्वतः लिया संज्ञान

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जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net सुभारती विश्वविद्यालय की छात्रा वानिया शेख़ आत्महत्या मामले में भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर ने मेरठ में वानिया शेख़ के घर जाकर वानिया के...

Why women interact socially better than men

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By IANS, Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study. The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.

Woman murdered in West Bengal but police call it a suicide; family alleges political...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The death of a woman from an industrialist family in West Bengal’s Raniganj town has raised several doubts over the...

BSF to deploy women troopers along borders

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By IANS, Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...

500 women fatwa victims in Bangladesh in past 10 years

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By IANS, Dhaka : A demand to prohibit the Muslim clergy from issuing fatwa is gathering momentum in Bangladesh as 503 women have been subjected to public flogging since the year 2000.

Losing political ground, can IUML rediscover itself?

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IUML National Meet gains significance as IUML rethinks their strategies to win Muslim hearts taking example out of their recently formed political counterparts

15-years-old too must get death for rape: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Juveniles who are 15 years old too must get death penalty if they commit rape, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on...

Woman burns self, three children in Gujarat

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : A 28-year-old woman set herself and her three children ablaze in a Gujarat village, the police said Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday in Hajira village, near Himmatnagar, in Sabarkantha district, some 80 km from here. "Megana Ranjitsinh Makwana's 12-month-old son died during treatment at the hospital in Himmatnagar while Kajal, 7, Kinjal, 4, and Megana herself succumbed to burn injuries at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where they were rushed in a precarious condition," H.K. Rana, a police official told IANS.

No marriage? 23 Saudi women sue guardians

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Riyadh : Twenty-three Saudi women sued their parents last year for not letting them get married, a source at the National Society for Human...

Sri Lanka to increase women’s involvement in local politics

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Colombo : Sri Lanka's new cabinet on Thursday vowed to amend laws to increase the number of women in local politics and state institutions. Addressing...

Burqa clad women come out to support Anna

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More women are now heart specialists: India’s first woman cardiologist

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Ramadan 1435: Patience

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Students wait patiently for the time to break fast at a school-organized iftar event at MWA School, Chennai. Link: Ramadan 1435: TCN serieswindow.onload...

British woman sues NHS, says her IVF child doesn’t have her genes

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By Venkata Vemuri, IANS, London : In a case without equal in Britain, a woman who bore a child, conceived through artificial insemination, is suing the NHS for not being able to use her own eggs to prepare the embryo. Greta Mason of East Sussex gave birth to a male child, Jaden, conceived via IVF using an anonymous donor's egg from Spain and the sperm of her husband, Chris. The IVF wait-list of the NHS is quite long. The couple waited for six years for their turn, and by the time it finally came, Greta had turned 40. Her eggs were too old for conception, the NHS doctors told her.

Cooch Behar tribal women to float new handicrafts company

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Kolkata : A hundred tribal women in the district of Cooch Behar in West Bengal are gearing up to float a new company next...

90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 90-year-old woman was found murdered here and her house burgled , the police said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Shastri Nagar under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad. The murder and burglary, however, came to light Thursday morning when the woman's son-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.

Malaysian woman strikes yoga pose to win shopping vouchers

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : Striking a yoga pose has won Malaysian Adriana Zuleika Azmi shopping vouchers worth RM 5,000 ($1,432) that she can spend with award-winning television personality Aznil Nawawi. A participant had to walk into a Ogawa firm outlet and take a picture with any of the Ogawa products. She struck a yoga pose on the Ogawa ezShape machine to win the grand prize in a contest, NST Online said Monday. It did not specify which of the asanas from yoga, the system of mental and physical rejuvenation that has its roots in India, was performed.

All-women’s R-Day contingent leader hopes more of ilk will sign up

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By Anjali Ojha, New Delhi : As India prepares to showcase the 'woman power' of its armed forces, the officer leading the all-women's contingent of...

Pregnant Orissa woman alleges molestation by cops

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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.

Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence. Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on "Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence", said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future. Walia stressed on the need for sensitising the doctors and para-medical staff to give them adequate skills for effectively treating the victims of domestic violence and those who are subjected to harassment, atrocities and sexual exploitation.

Provide facilities to homeless, lactating women in Delhi: Court

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city government to provide food and medical facilities to homeless pregnant and lactating women...

Indian woman finishes among top 10 in South African marathon

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By Fakir Hassen, IANS, Johannesburg : A South African Gujarati woman is the toast of her community after she became the first Indian woman to finish in the top 10 of the prestigious Comrades Marathon run annually between two cities since 1921. Against competition from international professional runners, Kashmira Parbhoo, 34, from the huge mainly Indian township of Lenasia, south of here, got a medal and 11,000 rands in prize money after finishing the 89 km race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.

NCW conducting study on honour killings

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has commissioned a research study on honour killings in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told parliament Friday. "A study has been commenced on honour killings in two states and the findings would be known after the completion of the study," Krishna Tirath told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. The government is in the final stages of preparing a bill on honour killings to curb the social menace.

Woman shot dead for marrying outside caste

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By IANS, Patna: An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar's Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday. Nikki Kumari, 18, was shot dead Friday in Kudra in Kaimur district by her uncle Bhanu Pratap Singh for marrying a backward caste boy against the wishes of the family. "It was like an honour killing," a police officer said. Kumari, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas district, married Dipak Yadav last month against the wishes of her parents and other relatives.

Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament

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Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia. Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — Labor Party candidate...

Country’s richest woman loses in Haryana polls

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Chandigarh: Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country, lost from the Hisar assembly seat, officials said Sunday. Jindal, who was elected from Hisar in...

दर्दनाक : बेबस माँ ने बच्चो के साथ ख़ुदकुशी कर ली

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, बिजनौर (नहटौर) बिजनौर  में एक दर्दनाक  घटनाक्रम में मुफलिसी से तंग आकर एक गरीब औरत  ने अपनी दो बेटियों के साथ ख़ुदकुशी...

Indian in Oman writes a family saga

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By IANS, Dubai : An expatriate Indian woman in Oman has written a new novel, a family saga set in India and Oman. Sunaina Serna Ahluwalia's "A Safe Harbour" is the story of two women, Afreen Luthra and her daughter Trishala. It is a modern-day suspense-cum family saga set in India and Oman, which is home to a large expatriate Indian community. India's Ambassador to Oman Anil Wadhwa launched the book at a function in Muscat where officials of the National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) and the ambassadors of Britain and Malaysia were present.

मायावती से मुसलमानों का मोहभंग, उपचुनाव में नही मिला उनका वोट!

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ- लोकसभा चुनावों में 10 लोकसभा सीट जीतकर वापसी करने वाली उत्तर प्रदेश में मायावती के नेतृत्व वाली बहुजन समाज...

International Seminar on Women Empowerment held in Calicut

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Man in UP fined, asked to return ‘meher’ for giving Triple Talaq to his...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district fined a man of Rs 2 lakh and asked him to return the ‘meher’...

Kerala women can apply to be police sub-inspectors

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : There is good news for women in Kerala. They can now apply to become police sub-inspectors. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Saturday announced that as the first step towards revamping the Kerala Police Act, women can now apply directly to be a sub inspector. "Kerala is a state where there are more women than men and the leadership qualities of women have been proved beyond doubt. Hence, we decided that women also can apply," Balakrishnan told reporters here.

US flag burned in Bhopal to mark the 32 years of struggle for elusive...

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By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The victims and survivors along with their progenies and their kin of Bhopal gas tragedy, world’s worst industrial...

Limca Book’s latest edition dedicated to women

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New Delhi : Celebrating women achievers across various fields, the Limca Book of Records Thursday launched its 25th edition on the theme "Empowering Women". An...

Harassed by cops, two girls drink poison; one dead

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By IANS Bhopal: A 13-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh died while her elder sister was battling for life Thursday after they consumed poison following harassment by two constables, who had allegedly clicked obscene photographs of one of them. A high-level probe has been ordered. The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, about 350 km from here. While the younger girl died Wednesday, the elder one is being treated at a hospital in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

Woman separatist leader held in Srinagar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Chief of Kashmiri separatist women group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith), Asiya Andrabi was arrested Friday during anti-Valentine's Day protest here. Andrabi was...

Brotherhood and fellowship mark Iftaar mehfil hosted by GMCH

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter   Guwahati: The faculty members and students of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) have been hosting Iftaar mehfils for the medical...

Respect, protect women – celebs urge on International Women’s Day

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The iron lady of Tamil Nadu (Profile)

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai : J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the 'Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu', returned to power on Saturday - after a seven...

Neural tube defect more likely to affect teen pregnancies

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By IANS, Sydney : Younger women are more likely to have neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancies than older women, according to a new study. The report showed that teenage women had the highest rate of NTD affected pregnancies and women aged 30-34 years the lowest. The neural tube becomes the brain and spinal cord. "Multiple pregnancies were also more likely to have neural tube defects than singleton pregnancies," said Samanthi Abeywardana of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) National Perinatal Statistics Unit.

Sonia ready to fight for Lokpal, women’s quota bills

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Ulema and Islamic values

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Women bodies, activists condemn ‘witch’ killings in Assam

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सरेआम की थी छेड़छाड़, विरोध पर मारा था थप्पड़, छत से कूदी मेडीकल छात्रा...

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14-year exile of women’s quota bill set to end: Sushma

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By IANS, Raipur: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure the end of the "14-year exile" of the women's reservation bill in parliament. "The BJP will ensure the bill sails through smoothly in the Rajya Sabha Monday. The party has issued a whip to its members to favour the bill and end the 14-year exile of the bill that was first moved in parliament when H.D. Deve Gowda became the prime minister in 1996," the BJP leader told newsmen here at the New Circuit House.

Why can’t Muslim women also lead the whole community: BMMA

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By Yoginder Sikand for TwoCircles.net, Based in New Delhi, Zakia Nizami Soman is one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a movement of Muslim women across India struggling for their citizenship rights. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about the BMMA’s work and reflects on the daunting challenges facing Muslim women in India today. Q: How did the BMMA start? What made you and your colleagues feel the need for a separate Muslim women’s movement?

SC/ST Bank sought on lines of Mahila Bank

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New Delhi : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with...

Government ready to extend session to pass women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Wednesday said it was ready to extend the ongoing parliament session, if necessary, to pass the long-pending women's...
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