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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...

Minor raped by neighbour in Delhi

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New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl was raped by her 55-year-old neighbour in the national capital, police said Saturday. The incident took place in central Delhi's...

Nirbhaya Trust launches ‘I feel safe’ app in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad : Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust, set in remembrance of the Delhi December 16, 2012 gang rape victim, here on Tuesday launched the "I feel...

Mangalore incident triggers war of words in women’s commission

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Mangalore pub assault has triggered a war of words within the National Commission for Women, as its chairperson Tuesday "nullified" a probe by a commission member into the attack on some young women. However, Nirmala Venkatesh, who conducted the probe, said her findings were impartial. After completing the probe into the Mangalore assault by a self-styled moral brigade, Venkatesh said that the pub lacked security and that women needed to safeguard themselves.

Confident women lack social skills

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By IANS, Washington : Women who project themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are perceived as highly competent but lacking in social skills. Women who present themselves as modest and cooperative, while well liked, are perceived as low on competence. However, confident and ambitious male candidates are viewed as both competent and likable and therefore are more likely to be hired as a manager than either confident or modest women.

Woman board member: 180 NSE listed firms failed to comply

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Chennai : As many as 180 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have not inducted a woman director so far as required...

Woman who sought to abort foetus suffers miscarriage

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By IANS, Mumbai : Niketa Mehta, the Mumbai housewife whose plea for aborting her 26-week-old foetus had been turned down by the Bombay High Court, has suffered a miscarriage. Her husband Haresh Mehta, 35, said Niketa, 34, had been admitted briefly to a clinic after complaints of severe abdominal pain and there was a miscarriage Tuesday. "I don't want to go into the details. She is very weak and she has been advised complete bed rest for a month," Haresh told IANS Thursday.

Forensic report is confidential; it’s evidence’: Misinformation and Media Leaks Tarnish R.G. Kar Medical...

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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 state-run R.G. Kar Hospital has sparked widespread outrage and...

Election not about promises: Kirron Kher

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Mumbai: Actress Kirron Kher, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Chandigarh on a BJP ticket, says it's time to deliver and not...

Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi

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Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...

Research scholar molested in IIT-K

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Kolkata: A research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was allegedly molested by a contractual sweeper while she was asleep in the...

Minor girl raped in Delhi

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New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man at a secluded place on the pretext of conducting religious rituals, police said...

Charges framed against rapist, killer of journalist’s widow

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New Delhi: A court framed rape and murder charges against 22-year-old domestic help, accused of raping and murdering the 81-year-old widow of a former...

Jamia Millia Islamia VC backs women’s quota bill

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By IANS New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women’s reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.

1,000 girls get school uniforms stitched by “Sakhi”

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Jaipur : All of them may not have been able to go to school but a good number of rural women in Rajasthan, who...

24-year-old woman found dead

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 24-year-old woman was Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented house in south Delhi, police said. Veerpal Kaur alias Nikki was found dead in her rented fourth floor accommodation in Kalkaji area after police broke open the doors, locked from outside. The body, reportedly found semi-nude, has been sent for an autopsy. Police said Kaur hailed from Moga in Punjab and worked as assistant project manager in an IT company in Okhla.

NCW chairperson meets Gogoi on molestation case

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By IANS,

Violence against women in Bangalore: official numbers tip of iceberg

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Bangalore : When it comes to the number of women being subjected to violence on the streets of this tech hub of India, official figures conceal far more than they reveal, according to women's rights activists. "For every single reported case, 10 or more lie hidden," says Jagdeesh B.N., one of the founder members of Fearless Karnataka/Nirbhaya Karnataka (FKNK), a social group working for safety and security of women. Most of the cases of physical and verbal abuse on women on the streets of Bangalore were not reported, he added.

1,203 candidates to fight for Kerala’s 140 assembly seats

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Thiruvananthapuram : A total of 1,203 candidates were left in the fray and will now fight for the 140 Kerala assembly seats on May...

ये घटनाए बताती है कि उत्तर प्रदेश में पत्रकारों के लिए सब कुछ सही...

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हिना मंसूर ।Twocircles.net  13 जून- न्यूज़ वेबसाइट 'स्क्रॉल' की कार्यकारी संपादक सुप्रिया शर्मा ने लॉकडाऊन खत्म होने और अनलॉक के प्रारंभ होने के तुरंत बाद भारत के...

Islamabad beauty is new Miss Pakistan World

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Natasha Paracha from Islamabad has been crowned the new Miss Pakistan World in an annual beauty pageant which, according to its founder, would enable Pakistani women "to stand up for change and progression" in a society that frowns on such events on its soil. The 23-year-old graduate from the University of California at Berkeley replaces Mahleej Sarkari who created quite a stir last month when she called Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf a hunk and expressed a desire to date him.

Government mum on allegations against Akbar

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New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The government on Wednesday continued to maintain silence on the allegations of sexual misconduct against Union Minister M.J. Akbar...

Over 50,000 women cleared to work as domestic maids

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New Delhi : A total of 53,616 women have been granted emigration clearance to work as domestic workers in the Middle East in the...

34,000 women paramedics go missing after Pakistan floods

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By IANS, Islamabad : According to the UN, around 34,000 women paramedical workers have gone missing from the flood affected districts of Pakistan, a media report said Saturday.

PM appeals for peace, assures protection of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday appealed for calm as protests against the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman turned violent.

Woman sets herself, infant ablaze

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By IANS, Bhopal : A woman set herself ablaze with her three-week-old daughter in her lap in Gunga village on the outskirts of the Madhya Pradesh capital, police said Monday. The child died. The mother survived. With the child in her lap, Inder Bai, 27, poured kerosene on herself and set herself afire late Sunday evening while her husband, Jagdish Ahirwar, 30, a labourer, was away at work. She is suspected to be mentally deranged, the officer in charge of the Gunga police station said.

Hold on death sentence of two Delhi gang rape convicts extended

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday extended its interim order putting on hold the execution of death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta -...

Nasim Akhtor: Creating history as a woman mountaineer from North East

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By Munize Ali, TwoCircles.net, TCN Special Series: Part 3 on Nasim Akhtor

‘More women stepping out to write’

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By IANS, New Delhi : An increasing number of women are now stepping out in the world of literature to shape up the voice of feminist authors, feel well-known women authors and publishers.

‘It’s a constitutional issue, not a Christian one:’ Women groups protest violence against Adivasi...

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Over the last few months, hundreds of Adivasi Christians have fled their homes across several villages of Chhattisgarh after alleged attacks by Hindutva...

हिंदुत्ववादियों के सामने डटी रही मुस्कान खान,कर्नाटक में हिजाब को लेकर माहौल गर्म

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक में हिजाब मामले पर कई दिनों से संग्राम जारी है। राज्य में आए दिन हिंदुत्ववादी छात्र कॉलेज और स्कूलों में उत्पात मचाते...

Now Indo-US bilateral agenda on women’s issues

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By IANS, New Delhi : US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning women during her stay here. Talking to reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital, Verveer, whose position was created by the Barack Obama administration this year, said women's issues were of primary global concern and every effort needs to be made on behalf of the government and the civil society to address them.

Uniform code won’t help, says women’s Jamaat founder

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The uniform civil code won't help Muslim women as majority of them won't approach a court if it's violated, the founder...

Himachal woman accident victim’s compensation raised four times

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Shimla: The housewife is the backbone of a home and her disability makes her a burden on others, observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court...

Delhi Police rapped for filing dowry cases without proper probe

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By IANS, New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry, the Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for registering a case of dowry against a person without carrying out a proper probe. While granting bail to a person arrested under the dowry act, Justice S.N. Dhingra observed that before registering an FIR, the police must investigate the allegations levelled against a person in a detailed manner.

2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes: Realities of power or patriarchy

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The outcomes of India’s #MeToo movement after more than two years of its passage appear to be the harsh reality of the power dynamics...

Indian women not dictated over dressing: Smriti Irani

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New Delhi : Women in India are not told what to wear and how to wear what, union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani...

Agra activists demand more public toilets

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Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...

Celebrating the writings of women

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New Delhi, (IANS): Women writers, journalists, academics and professionals will come together later this month to debate and discuss issues that shape women professionals...

Males are good at sniffing out infidelities

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By IANS, Washington : Straying women beware. The male is particularly good at sniffing out your infidelities, even though you may have fine-tuned the art of concealing your liasons. "Eighty percent of women's inferences about fidelity or infidelity were correct, but men were even better, accurate 94 per cent of the time," said Paul Andrews at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, who conducted the study with colleagues.

Women in elections: Haryana continues discrimination

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By Jaideep Sarin , Chandigarh: Having a skewed sex ratio, one of the worst among Indian states, is not the only blot on Haryana. The...

Rajasthan’s Dalit women celebrate ‘liberty’ at temple

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS,

Justice denied, now waiting for judgment: Sheikh Hashim Ali’s 13 years’ incarceration

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This special TCN series highlights some of the example cases of people accused of terrorism and their struggle for justice. This series is sponsored...

यूपीएससी में 267वीं रैंक प्राप्त फरहा हुसैन से बातचीत

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जब कुछ कर दिखाने का जज़्बा हो और इरादे बुलंद हों, तो कठिन हालात में भी राहें बनने लगती हैं. इस...

Army to give permanent commission to women in two months

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission within two months to women serving as short service commission officers in the legal and education branches of the Indian Army. However, the absorption of women as permanent commission officers would be subject to "requirement" and after necessary training, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said in an undertaking on behalf of the defence ministry, recorded by the court.

The phantasmagoria of Pakistan’s women’s rights

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By Ishtiaq Ahmed The past few days have been filled with such dramatically contrasting news about the fortunes of Pakistani women that one can liken the rights of Pakistani women to a phantasmagoria: a changing scene made up of many elements in which the changes that take place make it impossible to discern what is real and what is merely an illusion.

Women stressed during pregnancy have unhappy kids

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By IANS, Sydney : Women stressed during pregnancy were more likely to have children with a higher risk of developing behavioural and emotional problems. Researchers analysed data from more than 1,700 children in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, jointly conducted by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the University of Western Australia (UWA). The findings are drawn from child behaviour checklists undertaken at two and five years of age.

Bengaluru garment workers protest change in PF law

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Bengaluru : About 15,000 women garment workers on Monday staged a massive demonstration on the outskirts of Bengaluru, protesting change in the Provident Fund...

Vrindavan widows to meet PM over protection bill

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(June 23 is World Widow Day) Vrindavan : Widows living in various shelter homes here Sunday said they wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra...

Delhi Congress’ women’s wing protests

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New Delhi:Hundreds of female activists of the Delhi Mahila Congress protested at the BJP headquarters here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his recent...

‘बीफ़ के मुद्दे पर धार्मिक ध्रुवीकरण करके ब्राह्मणवादी सरकार मूलनिवासी बहुजनों को आपस में...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : बामसेफ की राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष डॉ. मनीषा बांगर ने देश की मौजूदा स्थिति को लोकतंत्र के लिए ख़तरनाक बताया है....

Anxious and alienated: How communalism fuels mental health crisis among marginalized communities

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Samiya Chopra, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “I sometimes feel that my identity is the root cause of my lack of mental peace. Wearing a hijab, I often find...

#तीन_तलाक़_क़ानून : सवाल दर सवाल ही है, जवाब का पता नहीं

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नासिरूद्दीन लोकसभा ने तलाक़-‍ए-बिद्दत या एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ से जुड़ा बिल ध्वनिमत से पास कर दिया है. अब इस बिल को राज्यसभा से...

क्यों क़ुबूल नहीं है मुस्लिम समाज को महिला क़ाज़ी…?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net हम आज बदलते समाज के साथ अपनी अलग पहचान बनाने में मुसलसल लगे हैं. जिसमें अपने अधिकार और समानता को लेकर आए...

Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...

Protecting women’s dignity a collective responsibility: President

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New Delhi : Women's right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday on the eve...

From Melbourne to Delhi, Saina’s eventful journey

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By Avishek Roy, IANS,

Iranian women urge UN to halt Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen

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Tehran : Hundreds of Iranian women rallied in front of the UN office in Tehran on Monday to protest against Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes on...

‘Allocate more funds to implement Domestic Violence Act’

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By IANS,

Parliament reluctant to pass women’s bill: Book

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By IANS,

बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net  उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...

Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar

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Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...

‘मोदी सरकार कर रही है मुसलमानों के पर्सनल लॉ को ख़त्म करने की साज़िश’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड ने ये ऐलान किया है कि वो भारत सरकार के लॉ कमीशन के ज़रिए यूनिफॉर्म...

CBI books Teesta Setalvad, husband for illegal foreign funds

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New Delhi : The CBI on Wednesday registered a case against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and associate Peshimam Gulam Mohammad...

Women bag majority ranks in ISM Qur’an Learning School annual exams

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By TCN News,

Hang bride burners: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi : Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said.

There is nothing progressive about the ideology of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind or Jamiat Ahl e...

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Dr. Lubna Sarwath for Twocircles.net Jyoti Punwani’s Nov 27, 2016 interview with a woman activist who had recently resigned from the All India Muslim...

Divorced women in dire straits: Survey

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By IANS, New Delhi : Approximately 80 percent of divorced or separated women in India live below the poverty line, with a monthly income of less than Rs.4,000, a survey said.

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

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Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...

PM wants more ‘meaningful voice’ for women in politics

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

PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...

BMMA demands codification of Muslim personal law

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net,

AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi

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New Delhi (IANS) : The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a...

Poll: 60 % women abused in Jordan

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By Xinhua, Amman : Six out of ten women in Jordan are abused, with one in four physically abused, a poll showed Monday. Almost half of the women surveyed believed that physical violence is acceptable under certain conditions, said the poll. The poll, conducted by the Jordan Center for Social Research, is about violence towards women in the kingdom, helping lift the veil slightly off the Arabian women.

More working women among Malaysian Indians seeking divorce

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A growing number of working women of Indian origin have begun to divorce their husbands, particularly those who do not work, says a report in a Tamil daily here. The trend has been noticed in Johor state, which has a concentration of ethnic Indians who are estimated at nearly two million in Malaysia. Malaysia Nanban daily called it "a disturbing trend". The paper also said that while previously husbands approached law firms to divorce their wives, now it was the other way round.

ओवैसी ने यूपी में बहराइच से फूंका चुनावी बिगुल , ‘एमवाई’ समीकरण नही बनने...

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न्यूज डेस्क। Twocircles.net बहराइच । उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनैतिक सरगर्मियों में आज गर्म दिन था। अगले वर्ष होने जा रहे विधानसभा चुनाव में 100...

Jain body starts digital payment training scheme for women

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New Delhi, (IANS): In a first initiative of its kind post-demonetisation, an organisation of the Jain community has launched a programme to train 250 women...

Handwara Case: Girl says police abused her, forced her to deny assault by Jawan

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: A month after the alleged molestation of a local school girl in Handwara which sparked state-wide protests that...

Facebook page soon for complaints on women’s issues: Maneka

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New Delhi : The government will use the social media for redressal of complaints related to issues concerning women and children and a Facebook...

Positive body image can help young women shed weight

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By IANS, Washington : a bit of dialogue and support can be more effective than exercise in helping women not only keep off the weight, but also stay smoke-free, a new study has found. "A lot of college women report smoking to keep their weight down. We think that by providing them with the tools to make them feel better about themselves, it alleviates some of those stressors," said Melissa Napolitano, clinical psychologist at Temple University, which carried out the study.

In Mumbai, dancers shake a leg in the hope for a better future

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Text and Video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net A group of struggling dancers from difficult caste, social and economic backgrounds, struggling to make a life following...

Kerala branch of women’s bank to open on Monday

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Mahila Bank's Kerala branch would open here Monday, an official said Saturday. M.C. Maya, the banks' deputy general manager, said currently there...

Peace Conference- result of a team effort

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net

Painful story of a poor Muslim girl

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By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net, It’s not a best kept secret that if any unfortunate incident takes place with the inhabitants of lower strata of our society, then it doesn't get that required attention by the guardians of civil society which it deserves.

Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

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By Shobha Shukla "There is a global epidemic of violence against women - both within conflict zones and within societies at peace - and it...

Now, all-women canteen at Jamia in Delhi

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New Delhi : Jamia Millia Islamia has got its first all women-run canteen as part of the efforts of a self-help group towards women...

Woman held for abduction of six infants in Delhi

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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.

Mohsina Kidwai elected chairperson of Haj committee

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By IANS, New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected vice chairmen at the meeting of the newly constituted committee, according to a statement by the ministry of external affairs.
Kidwai is a Congress general secretary.

Western woman aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan

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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.

Exclusive: Story of the ‘objectionable’ material recovered from Afreen Fatima’s house

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Soon after razing his house, police claimed that Afreen Fatima’s father, Javed Mohammad, was the mastermind of the protest in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in...

Women claim top spot for Nepal – on Everest

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By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS, Kathmandu : After unprecedented participation in the movement that helped bring down King Gyanendra's absolute regime and making their presence felt in last month's historic election, Nepal's women Thursday claimed the top spot for their country on Mt Everest. An expedition by, for and of Nepali women saw five climbers, including first-timers, summit the world's highest peak with more members readying for a fresh push in the afternoon and Friday.

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

Trinamool legislator publicly apologises for comments about judges

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Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after...

AMU faculty nominated ‘Woman of Substance’

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By TCN News,

Woman found dead in Aravali foothills in Gurgaon

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

US admits holding teenage son of Pakistani scientist

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By DPA, Karachi : US authorities have admitted that the teenage son of a Pakistani woman scientist held in the United States on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan is in their custody, her family said Sunday. "We received a letter from the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J Gracia late Friday in which he acknowledged of having in custody Aafia Siddiqui's eldest son, Ahmed, who will turn 12 years old in November," her sister Fauzia told DPA.

Judge quits contempt hearing against slipper-hurling women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Justice B.N. Agrawal, the second senior most judge of the Supreme Court, Wednesday quit hearing a case of contempt of court charges against four women, one of whom had hurled a slipper at an apex court judge last month. Justice Agrawal, heading the bench, which also included Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu, quit the hearing as soon as the case came up before him. The women had made various allegations against Justice Agrawal in recent times.

Bill on Triple Talaq cleared by Cabinet

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New Delhi, (IANS): A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter...

Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Women may comprise 47 percent of Madhya Pradesh's electorate, but the two main parties together have fielded just six candidates for the 29 Lok Sabha seats - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) four and the opposition Congress two. The two parties have also been advocating 33 percent reservation for women in all bodies. But this does not seem to translate into a more equitable distribution of nominations. The smaller parties are no different. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not fielded even one woman. Ditto with the Samajwadi Party.

Mortar hits Israeli kibbutz, kills Israeli woman

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By Xinhua, Gaza : An Israeli woman was killed and three wounded on Friday afternoon by a mortar shell fired by Gaza militants at an Israeli kibbutz near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel. An Israeli army spokesman told Israeli Radio Arabic service that Palestinian militants fired in the afternoon a mortar shell from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Azza, adding that a woman there was killed and three men wounded.

Mystery shrouds death of woman in fall from moving train

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By IANS, Lucknow : Mystery shrouds the death of a 30-year-old woman who fell from a moving train on the outskirts of Kanpur Sunday. Government Railway Police (GRP) officials claimed that the woman, Amina Khatoon, was mentally unstable and fell from the train by accident.

Nation is always empowered by its women: PM

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a nation is always empowered by its women. “Nation is always empowered by its women....

She fights genetic disorder with art

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More and more working women shun the ‘married girl’ look

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By NNN-PTI, New Delhi : 'Solah singhar', the traditional decked up appearance for the new bride is now out of fashion with more and more working women shunning their gold and glitter for a more westernised look. Today's hard pressed working women find it a headachet o wear to traditional symbols of wedded bliss preferring to flaunt the single and smart look. The job scenario also seems to encourage such trend with Kiran, who has been married for six months, and is on a job hunt preferring to dress in formal shirt-pant, sans any bangles or bindi.

Yadav trinity asks PM for all-party meeting on women’s bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the women's reservation bill and asked for an all-party meeting to evolve consensus on the contentious legislation. "We asked him to call for an all party meeting," Lalu Prasad told reporters after the meeting at the prime minister's residence.

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

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Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

AAP protests crime against women in UP

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Ghaziabad: The AAP organized a protest here against rising crime against women in Uttar Pradesh under the Samajwadi party government. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district...

Villagers lock up teachers over girl’s suicide

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Trial courts cautioned on domestic violence cases

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Three raped in Bihar

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Government confident women’s bill will clear Lok Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi: A day after the historic bill to reserve one-third of all legislative seats in India for women was cleared by the Rajya Sabha, the government's flagship legislation Wednesday continued to disrupt the Lok Sabha where ministers said it would be passed by March 16. After smelling the first victory in the upper house over the Women's Reservation Bill, the government appeared confident that the proposed bill will clear the next hurdle and sail through the Lok Sabha despite opposition from the parties with their support base in the Hindi heartland of northern India.

US university students protest kirtan singing by white woman not born Hindu

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By Arul Louis New York : Singing of kirtans at an Ivy League university has drawn protests from a section of Indian students there. Unlike in...

Pachauri questioned in sexual harassment case

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New Delhi : Noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who faces charges of molestation and sexual harassment of a junior colleague at environment think-tank TERI,...

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...

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.

Handymen husbands for rent in Argentina

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By Maricel Seeger, IANS, Buenos Aires : Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the bedroom". Husband for Rent is a successful Argentine company that for 50 pesos ($15.50) an hour will undertake domestic chores for women who don't have a "handyman" around the house, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

Jwala-Ashwini clinch Canada Open crown

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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...

Women’s panel seeks blanket ban on rape MMS circulation

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a blanket ban on the circulation of MMSes related to rape or gang-rape cases.

Asma Nama: I Can Marry Four. What about you?

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By Asma Anjum Khan, teaches English, talks a lot, read her at your own risk. [follow her:@asmaanjumkhan] # fourmarriages,#islam#the prophetmuhammadpbuh #widowremarriage#polygmay#khulaa#culture#monogamy# H.Aaishah RA Saturdays usually signal the end of a hectic week. A soothing sensation after doing time for the last six days begins to engulf me. After my talk, a sister comes and hugs, nothing unusual; but a continuous stream of tears, from her eyes was. Her visage with droplets smearing it appeared a bit white. My little talk about H.Aaishah RA and other Ummahatul Momineen had touched her, she said. When probed about the weepy act; her reply not just stunned but kept haunting me for the next few weeks.

Hundreds in Odisha pledge to prevent violence against women

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Over 16,000 women in Haryana to get a fighting chance

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By Jaideep Sarin, IANS, Chandigarh : Haryana is infamous for its skewed sex ratio. But thanks to quotas for women in grassroots bodies, over 16,000 women are set to be elected in the panchayat elections next month, getting a chance to show their might. "The panchayat elections in the state are being held June 6 and 12. The reservation of seats for women candidates will give them a fair representation in these bodies," state election commissioner Dharam Vir told IANS.

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.

ERDF opens women’s college in Assam’s Karimganj

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Speakers at the seminar stressed upon the importance of education for women and appealed to the families, especially from the minority communities, to send...

Uber, three other cab operators banned in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government banned Uber and three other cab operators from plying their taxis in the capital city from Friday, a top official...

12 female workers killed in road accident

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By IANS, Raipur : At least 12 female labourers were killed Friday and 20 others injured in Chhattisarh when a vehicle in which they were travelling overturned, the police said. A Tata 407 truck crowded with about 45 industrial workers turned turtle in Akoli village in Durg district, some 60 km from here, when the driver lost control while negotiating a turn. The injured, mostly male workers, were rushed to a government hospital at Durg town.

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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...

Taslima diagnosed with breast tumours in US

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Dhaka: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumours at a hospital in New York. Doctors found the tumours "quite big" and...

Starving sisters locked for months, rescued in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: Locked up inside their home and unfed for months together, two sisters were rescued from their north Delhi apartment Saturday, police officials said.

Smriti Irani: TV’s popular ‘bahu’ to play a crucial role in educating India

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By Mohammad Mudassir Alam, Monday, May 26, 2014 was a red letter day in democratic history of India as Narendra Damodaran Das Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country. Modi’s swearing in ceremony was stud with many highlights such as the presence of heads of SAARC countries, politicians, entrepreneurs, Bollywood stars, sports persons, etc. Besides these, the countrymen and analysts appreciated the cabinet of Modi, which is quite smaller in comparison to previous government and featuring considerable number of youth parliamentarians.

‘I knew the victim as a colleague and friend’: Rape and Murder at Kolkata’s...

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Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net “This incident has left us all shaken. I knew the victim as a colleague and friend; we shared long working hours and...

Assam polls a fight between two opposing ideologies: Rahul

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Guwahati (Assam) : Terming the Assam assembly polls a "fight between two opposing ideologies", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged the people...

Eloped girl’s father abducts boy for revenge, held

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By IANS, New Delhi: A man has been arrested for abducting a six-year-old cousin of a boy with whom his daughter had eloped last month, police said. Qadir Khan, a 38-year-old from Sitamarhi in Bihar, was arrested from Gorkhpur Tuesday for kidnapping the boy in east Delhi July 27. The boy has been rescued from Qadir Khan's custody and police said search was on to find Khan's accomplices.

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...

Women demand codification of Muslim Personal Law

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‘Women only’ cabs soon in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon : 'Women only' cabs will soon be a reality in Gurgaon. The initiative is part of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed on the occasion...

For Her Majesty, a private piano recital from Condoleezza

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By IANS, London : What happens when the most powerful American woman meets the most powerful British woman? Music flows. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stopped over in London on her last political tour before she leaves office in January and met Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace Monday ahead of her talks with the British government on terrorism issues, including the Mumbai strikes. Rice told the queen of a long-standing wish: to play the piano for Her Majesty in a private recital.

Women’s group, citizens condemn Jamiat Ulema resolutions on women quota, education

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: All India Progressive Women’s Association has condemned Jaimat Ulema-I-Hind for passing resolutions at its recent Deoband conclave against the interests of women. Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat Ulema in Deoband “strongly offend the principle of women’s equality” AIPWA said.

Ensure no civilian is harmed: Mehbooba directs Kashmir police

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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday directed the state police to ensure that no civilian is harmed during crowd control,...

This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free

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Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...

Molestation case: Students demand St. Stephen’s principal’s resignation

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New Delhi: Scores of students on Monday protested outside the St. Stephen's College here demanding an external inquiry into the alleged molestation of a...

Haryana sisters thrash molesters as passengers look on

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Rohtak (Haryana) : The Haryana Police is drawing flak for not being able to take any action after an incident of two sisters courageously...

“Women’s Day a chance to understand women’s struggles,” AMU celebrates International Women’s Day

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TCN News The International Women's Day (IWD) 2021 was observed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women with great ardour at...

Girl stabbed to death in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 19-year-old girl died after being stabbed for objecting to a man who allegedly abused her on Thursday in central...

Panties from Canadian women to frighten Myanmar junta

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Canadian women Tuesday launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to send their undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it into ending suppression. At a press conference in Montreal, feminists and civil groups, working under the Rights & Democracy Student Network and the Quebec Women's Federation, urged Canadian women to inundate the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa with panties to unsettle the military rulers in the south-east Asian nation.

Muslim women join hands to rehabilitate khaki terror victims in Hyderabad

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, Hyderabad: In a commendable move that will show light to the society which appeared almost indifferent to the acquittal of scores of Muslim youths in terror cases in Hyderabad, least to talk of their rehabilitation, the city Muslim women have come up extending their helping hand to the victim youths.

Woman held in hoax email threat case in Kolkata

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By IANS, Kolkata : A woman was held by the Kolkata Police Wednesday in connection with the hoax e-mail threat about serial bombings in the city. "We have detained Sabitri Dandapath, 40, for interrogation. She used to maintain the register of the cyber café and worked as a domestic help at the owner's residence. We are interrogating her to get more information about the case," Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (Detective Department) Dilip Adak said.

Obese women more impulsive than others

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By IANS, Washington : Obese women tend to be more impulsive than their normal weight counterparts, according to a study. University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) researchers tested how obese and normal-weight men, women are driven by immediate versus delayed gratification. They gave 95 participants (men and women) the choice of receiving hypothetical amounts of money immediately or fixed amounts to be received after delays of two weeks, one month, six months or after years.

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Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed two years ago in Chirangavathi, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. His wife was responding to the news of the Supreme...
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