Dead woman elected as panchayat samiti member in Bihar!
Patna : A woman in Bihar, who died nine years ago, has been elected as panchayat samiti member in the recently concluded 10-phase panchayat...
Conference on minority girls’ aspirations held in Delhi
Najma Heptulla signals speedy implementation of govt schemes in eastern India.
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The two-day National Conference on ‘an understanding...
Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday.
Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.
नसबंदी शिविर की लापरवाही में आम सवाल
By मनोज मिश्रा,
शनिवार को बिलासपुर, छत्तीसगढ़ से दस किलोमीटर दूर पेंडारी के नेमीचंद जैन अस्पताल में सरकार की तरफ़ से महिलाओं के लिए नसबंदी शिविर आयोजित किया गया. इस शिविर को लगाने का मक़सद महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य की चिंता नहीं था. बल्कि शिविर इसलिए लगाया गया था ताकि सरकार अपना एक कोटा पूरा कर सके और सर्वे में यह दर्शा सके कि उसने एक साल में इतनी नसबंदियों को अंजाम दिया है. ऐसा इसलिए ताकि उन्हें पिछले कुछ वर्षो की तरह इस बार भी नंबर एक मुख्यमंत्री का ख़िताब मिल जाए.
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part 1 on Nazma Phumdreimeiyum
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Bangladeshi women voters outnumber men for first time
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladeshi women voters will for the first time outnumber men by more than 1.4 million, according to the new voters' roll with photographs prepared for the ninth parliamentary elections due Dec 29.
The number of voters this time stands at 81,058,698. Of them, 41,236,149 are women and 39,822,549 men - the former outnumbering the latter by 1,413,600.
Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life
By IANS,
London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity.
Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
"I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.
AAP women MLAs to meet Rajnath, Jung over crimes against women
New Delhi : Women legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung and Delhi...
Woman complains to rights panel against Andhra legislator
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A woman in Andhra Pradesh Monday approached the State Human Rights Commission complaining that a legislator of the ruling Congress party was harassing her husband.
According to the complaint lodged by A. Dhanalakshmi, Congress party legislator from Chirala assembly constituency in Prakasam district A. Krishnamohan is threatening to get a criminal case booked against her husband.
The controversy over Padmavati, and Bollywood’s soft war against Muslims
By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net
Padmavati, a Bollywood movie being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is the latest in a plethora of movies showing inter-religious...
Workshop on socio-legal status of Muslim women held in Guwahati on Women’s Day
By M. Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Women activists stage silent protest in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Women's rights activists staged a silent protest in Srinagar Thursday against the alleged deteriorating women's rights scenario in Kashmir.
You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...
By TCN News
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...
Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive
On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...
Women activists urge CJI to act against Madhya Pradesh judge
New Delhi : A group of women activists and lawyers Monday urged Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to initiate an inquiry into allegations...
Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.
Married at 17, ‘Half widowed’ at 18: Safiya Azad continues to wait even after...
In the last part of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates five personal stories of half-widows who saw their husbands picked up...
Women in elections: Haryana continues discrimination
By Jaideep Sarin ,
Chandigarh: Having a skewed sex ratio, one of the worst among Indian states, is not the only blot on Haryana. The...
Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women
By Najia O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.
Demonstration against harassment of women in Mumbai
By TCN News,
Mumbai: To register their protest against harassment and humiliation of women by mischief mongers in the city, the youth wing of Movement for Human Welfare (MHW) organized a signature campaign and demonstration at Mumbai’s Andheri railway station on 28th June.
Notably, during the last few days some anti-social elements have been busy in harassment of pedestrian women in Mumbai specially at and around the Andheri railway station.
A woman, a Muslim, and an artist: How a 23-year-old in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar...
23-year-old Anjum, who lives in Jamia Nagar, a middle-income Muslim-majority enclave near the Yamuna River in Delhi, has been actively involved in art-based...
About two million women trafficked every year: UN
By DPA,
New York : An estimated two million women are caught each year in the worldwide sex industry while countless children and other women are forced into low-waged jobs, the UN said Tuesday in a renewed effort to fight human trafficking.
The UN said there are no accurate statistics, but the number of women trafficked across borders each year could be twice as high if the count includes those forced into domestic situations.
Campaign against caste-based sexual violence highlights ‘pervasive discrimination faced by Dalit women in India’
National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) said that its campaign will showcase caste-based sexual violence in 15 Indian states, sharing a selection of landmark...
Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences
By IANS,
New Delhi : Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzanabano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.
She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.
Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.
Starving sisters locked for months, rescued in Delhi
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.
Ruchika’s principal returns state award
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Four days after a magisterial inquiry held the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School here guilty of being unfair in expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra for fee default, the school principal S. Sebestina Monday returned the state award.
The Chandigarh administration had directed her to return the award, which was given to her in 2005 for meritorious contribution to city education. She was the principal of the school in 1990, when Ruchika was expelled.
Dalit auto rickshaw driver Chitralekha attacked allegedly by CPI (M) workers
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Kozhikode: While the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its associate organisations have been vociferously protesting against the crackdown in JNU and...
Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.
SC stays death sentence of two Dec 16 gang rape convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Saturday stayed the execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta, two of the four convicts in...
Badshah Khan’s hundred-year-old message of peace
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
"There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed 1,400 years ago by the Prophet all the time when he was in Mecca.” - Badshah Khan
Lathi charge on Muslims in Chennai; TNTJ calls for Jail Bharo
By TCN News
Chennai: Police allegedly lathi-charged on protestesters during a march organized by the Tamilnadu Thowheed Jamath cadres.
How the media reports on rape: January edition
By Vanya Mehta for TwoCircles.net
This article is part of a monthly series in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against women,...
British woman sues NHS, says her IVF child doesn’t have her genes
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.
Kerala to set up psychological counseling centers for women
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.Net,
Malappuram: The Women Folk of Kerala is undergoing many mental pressures in the interiors of their house, even after much innovation in the field of Women empowerment.
And so, the government has decided to set up a Psychological Counseling centre in every towns of Kerala. This will help to solve the problems of the most discriminated group in the society to a great extent.
Courage under crisis: stories of Bangalore’s brave women
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : The cruel blows of fate have not broken their will, their resolve to fight. Widowed very early in life, or divorced after facing cruelty in their husband's home, or raped and fighting a legal battle to get the rapists punished - these women from India's tech hub have shown courage under crisis.
Meet these grand old ladies - Padma Srinivasan, 73, and her friend Jayalakshmi Sreenivasan, 75. Popularly known as Bangalore's "pizza grannies", Padma and business partner Jayalakshmi sell yummy pizzas in the country's IT hub to run an old age home.
Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities
By TCN News
The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...
Andhra minister’s son booked for harassing woman
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister's son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman.
Ravela Sushil -- son of Andhra...
आख़िर तीन तलाक़ पर क़ानून की बात इसी वक़्त क्यों उठी?
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए
जी हां, क्यों तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत यानी एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ का मुद्दा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले के लगभग तीन महीने बाद...
Woman detained in Lebanon not Baghdadi’s wife: Iraq
Baghdad ; The Iraqi interior ministry said Wednesday that a woman recently detained in Lebanon is not the wife of the Islamic State (IS)...
Girl students injured in Imphal protest, exams disrupted
Imphal : Several girl students of a school here were injured when they were allegedly beaten by police during protests on Saturday to press...
US flag burned in Bhopal to mark the 32 years of struggle for elusive...
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...
Violence against women going down?
By IANS,
New Delhi : Complaints of attacks on women in the country have gone down sharply if official figures are any indication - from 4,505 recorded attacks in 2007 to 1,000 in 2010, parliament was informed Friday.
In a written reply to Bharatiya Janata Party's Kamlesh Paswan in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said during 2007 to 2010 the National Commission for Women (NCW) instituted committees to enquire into specific incidents relating to alleged rape, kidnapping, burning and harassment and beating up by police.
Uproar after Gujarat frees all 11 lifers in Bilkis Bano gangrape case
On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced all 11 accused to life imprisonment.
Muhammad Raafi | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister...
“We feel scarred & traumatized,” say Muslim women victims of ‘Sulli Deals’
As dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves victims of an online ‘fake auction’ in which their pictures were shared and circulated on...
Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India
An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat
By Shamsul Islam
To,
Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak,
Namaskar.
Delhi has lowest women voters in country: EC
By IANS,
New Delhi : The national capital has the lowest percentage of women voters in the country, the Election Commission (EC) said Wednesday.
The EC...
90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad
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.
Delhi hospital restores mobility to 130-kg Uzbek woman
New Delhi: An accident four years back left Kavlaynova Oygul, from Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, with a broken thigh bone that refused to heal despite...
Tantrik held in Delhi for raping woman
New Delhi : A tantrik has been arrested here for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman after threatening to kill her brothers by using "black...
Why does a group of women walk at midnight in Delhi?
Aatika S. |TwoCircles.net
It's been seven years that the group- Women Walk at Midnight has been walking in various cities. For Mallika Taneja, the person...
Vietnamese woman jailed for possessing drugs
By IANS,
Chennai : A 35-year-old Vietnamese woman was remanded to judicial custody Friday evening for possessing 3 kg of refined heroin worth over Rs.35 million, customs officials said.
Identified as D. Thanthipay, the woman had arrived by a scheduled flight from Colombo and was on her way to Bangkok.
Acting on a tip-off, officials inspected her luggage and found the contraband drugs in the false bottom of her luggage.
Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Extraordinary stories of ordinary women
TCN Special Series: Part IV on Jayanti Keishing
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Need to mitigate roadblocks in women’s empowerment: President
New Delhi : There is a need to mitigate the roadblocks which deprive women from becoming agents of change, President Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday.
"We...
संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...
Meghalaya governor assures check on crimes against women
By IANS,
Shillong: Condemning crimes against women in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Thursday said the government is adopting new strategies to tackle the issue.
85 million women missing in India, China: UNDP
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) At least 100 million (10 crore) women are missing in seven Asian countries, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said Monday. It said 85 million of them are from India and China.
"While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the regions' vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not translated into progress on gender equality," a fresh UNDP report released on the occasion of International Women's Day said here.
Provide facilities to homeless, lactating women in Delhi: Court
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city government to provide food and medical facilities to homeless pregnant and lactating women...
Somnath Bharti gets bail in domestic violence case
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Delhi's former law minister Somnath Bharti, who is accused in a domestic...
Will write to PM seeking Meghwal dismissal: NCW
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Tuesday said it will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking dismissal of union minister Nihalchand...
ईसाई समाज की ननों के साथ एबीवीपी कार्यकर्ताओ ने की अभद्रता,केरल के सीएम नाराज,...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
केरल की चार ईसाई ननों को उत्तर प्रदेश के झांसी रेलवे स्टेशन पर एबीवीपी के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा जबरन चलती ट्रेन से...
Woman murdered in Bengal, family alleges rape
By IANS,
Kolkata: A 42-year-old woman was murdered Saturday after being allegedly raped in West Bengal, police said Sunday. Her husband too was assaulted and is critical.
Bengal BJP chief defends calling JU female students ‘shameless’
Kolkata : West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday sought to justify his calling a section of Jadavpur University female students "shameless" even...
She performed back-breaking work – to build hospital for poor
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Sahana Ghosh, IANS,
Questions raised over Bihar Class 12 toppers; govt. to re-examine answer sheets
Patna : After questions were raised over the quality of Class 12 Science and Arts toppers this year in Bihar, the state government has...
Nawab Sikandar Begum’s Hajj memoir
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and for over fourteen hundred years a journey of a lifetime for millions of Muslims living in different corners of the world. These hajis returned to their homelands to tell a tale of physical and spiritual journey of extraordinary proportions. Hajj is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman who are able to undertake this journey. A large number of Muslim women from India made this pious trip but one of the first to write an account of her hajj journey was Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal.
Ramadan 1437: Nafees Fatima
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“Oh, it used to be much more strict in our times.” Nafees Fatima remembers growing up in her household, where there...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind women presses for women’s rights in Gujarat
By TwoCircles.net special correspondent,
Ahmedabad: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind(Women’s wing), Gujarat, organized a statewide women’s campaign ``Aapnu Abhiyan,Nari Sanman”(The March Towards Dignity) last week.
During the week-long campaign, public meetings, symposiums and rallies were organized at different places in the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Vijapur, Junagadh, Modasa, Bhuj, Patan, Dhori, Himmatnagar, Lamadia, Idar Dasaj, Panvad, Chhotaudepur and Vapi.
No woman writer as good as me: V.S. Naipaul
By IANS,
London : Indian-origin author V.S. Naipaul has dismissed female authors as "unequal" to him and said women writers demonstrate a lack of ability.
Nirbhaya Fund gets additional Rs.1,000 crore
By IANS,
New Delhi : To ensure dignity and safety of women, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday allocated an additional Rs.1,000 crore for the...
Dimapur lynching: Assam truckers stop plying to Nagaland
Guwahati: Truckers in Assam on Saturday stopped plying their vehicles from here to Dimapur and other parts of Nagaland in protest against the lynching...
Muslim Students Federation to seek legal advice over denial to wear hijab in some...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Union Muslim League students’ outfit Muslim Students Federation (MSF) has decided to launch an online survey to address...
Facebook page soon for complaints on women’s issues: Maneka
New Delhi : The government will use the social media for redressal of complaints related to issues concerning women and children and a Facebook...
Women immolates self, parents alleges dowry death
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajouri Garden here, the police said Friday.
The police came to know about the incident after a neighbour of the victim, Manorama, reported the crime.
"Manorama's husband told the police that they had an argument in the (Thursday) afternoon, after which she poured kerosene and set herself on fire," said a police official.
The police said that Manorama was taken to the Deen Dayal Hospital from where she was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 percent burns. She died Friday morning.
Muslim Women’s Forum of Azamgarh hosts Islamic Exhibition
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh: Muslim Women’s Forum of Azamgarh hosted an Islamic Exhibition on 21st and 22nd May 2010. Islamic Educational & Research Organization (IERO), Allahabad through its girl volunteers exhibited models based on Quranic teachings.
Visitors walking past posters
Visitors walking past posters
J&K government by January-end; BJP to opt for woman leader
Jammu : As the new government in Jammu and Kashmir should be in place by January-end, the BJP is likely to place a woman...
Woman gets Rs.6.7 mn as maintenance
By IANS,
New Delhi : Granting anticipatory bail to an NRI husband involved in a matrimonial dispute, the Delhi High Court Thursday awarded Rs.6.7 million as maintenance to his wife.
Justice Kailash Gambhir granted anticipatory bail to Ankur Sahni (name changed), a British national and a businessman, and directed him to pay the settlement amount to his wife Ritu (name changed) in three installments and file for mutual divorce.
Protests in Bhojpur and Patna over gang rape
Patna: Hundreds of people, mostly of the landed upper castes and led by slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh's son Indu Bhusan, took to...
Campaign to make minority and SC/ST women legally aware
By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Ashray Welfare and Charitable Society (AWCS) organized an event on legal awareness for women belonging to SC/ST and minority communities living near Pant Nagar and Nizamuddin in the community hall of Pant Nagar neighbourhood.
SC to hear plea over woman lawyer’s manhandling by police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in a case of assault and manhandling...
Gang-raped German woman to return to Chandigarh and depose
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : A young German woman who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from an upscale hotel here in September 2008 is arriving in the city Thursday to depose in the case before a local court, police said Monday.
"The German woman will reach Chandigarh on Jan 15 and probably her father will accompany her," Ramesh Chander, Sector-17 station house officer, told IANS.
The court hearing is scheduled for Friday. The woman will be accompanied by German embassy officials from New Delhi.
Left woman MLA threw things at Chandy: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress party on Thursday showed visuals of Left women legislator Jameela Prakasham throwing things at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Finance...
Delhi polls: Parties woo women like never before
By Gaurav Sharma,
New Delhi : Women in Delhi are being wooed by political parties like never before, with their safety becoming an important issue...
Higher percentage of women voted in Bengal than men
Kolkata: A higher percentage of women voters exercised their franchise compared to men in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that voted...
Dalit woman set on fire for objecting to molestation
By IANS,
Lucknow : A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday evening in Kannauj, some 250 km from Lucknow, where Altaf and two of his aides set the Dalit woman on fire. With severe burn injuries, the woman was being treated in a hospital, where her condition was critical.
Injured peacock rescued from Najma Heptulla’s residence
New Delhi : An injured peacock found on the lawn of Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla's official residence was on Saturday rescued by NGO...
Two Orissa women injured in acid attack
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: Two women in this Orissa capital were critically injured when a youth allegedly threw acid on them, police said.
"Two girls, Rashmirekha Behera, 23, and Kainath Ali, 21, suffered serious burn injuries following the attack. We have detained the person. We are trying to establish the motive behind attack," Deputy Commissioner of Police Amitendranath Sinha said.
The women were attacked while they were waiting for public transport near Imartidevi College here.
आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी के विरोध में कानपुर में भारी बवाल
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के कानपुर में शुक्रवार को बवाल हो उठा। दरअसल कुछ मुस्लिम सामाजिक संगठनों ने भाजपा नेत्री नुपुर शर्मा द्वारा हज़रत मोहम्मद...
Neighbourhood Committees should step into the leaderless vacuum
Citizens should fill the void created by the present institutions of power in ensuring safety for women.
By Raghavan Srinivasan
Over 60,000 pregnant Pakistani women live in relief camps, says UN
By IANS,
Islamabad : There are 66,000 pregnant women living at the relief camps in Pakistan and many of them are likely to give birth in the next three months, the UN has said.
According to a UN report, 66,000 pregnant women live at the camps of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and most of these women are in the advance stage of pregnancy, Geo TV said Monday.
Officials are concerned for the welfare of these women as lack of facilities and very few trained medics at the camps might cause serious health problems.
India’s eight women wrestlers for Worlds announced
Lucknow : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday selected eight women grapplers for the World Championships to be held in Las Vegas...
Women’s rights exhibition inaugurated in Coimbatore
By TCN News,
Coimbatore: An exhibition was inaugurated in Coimbatore on Saturday as part of the awareness campaign of the “Awakening” Conference on the theme “Women’s rights and issues” being organized by National Women’s Front.
Government offers dialogue on women’s bill, disruptions go on
By IANS,
New Delhi : The women's reservation bill continued to stall parliament for the fourth day Thursday as the government sought to calm the opposition by offering a dialogue to resolve differences on the legislation.
But the government's offer for an all-party meeting had no effect in breaking the deadlock over the bill, which led to adjournments in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha.
Sushma seeks support for women’s reservation bill
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday said the 16th Lok Sabha should be the one which passes the much-delayed women's reservation bill.
"A...
मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net
समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...
Delhi Police to focus on safety of women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Protection of women in the national capital is being increasingly focused on and more women police officers are being deployed for patrolling, Delhi Police said Thursday.
Remembering Lady Anees Imam, One of the Founders of Modern Bihar
Mohd Hussain Ganie | TwoCircles.net
The role of minority personalities in the national movement and nation-building remains unacknowledged and is also being systematically and deliberately...
Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open
Sydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries...
Teacher held for trying to molest student in Kashmir
Srinagar : A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to molest a Class 6 girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police...
HIV-positive mother gets child custody
By IANS,
New Delhi : A smile lit up Sunita Verma's face as she got her two-year-old boy back after nearly a year thanks to the Delhi High Court which Tuesday ruled in her favour despite the fact that she is HIV-positive.
Justice Gita Mittal also appointed an activist who will look after the child on a regular basis. She also ordered that the child undergo a medical test Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Sunita approached the court as her in-laws refused to give her the child after her husband Satish died of AIDS.
Sunlight deficiency causing bone-health problems in young women
(May 28 is International Women's Health Day)
New Delhi : Sunlight missing from the lives of busy young women is making them deficient in...
Women safe under Shariah laws: Muslim women activists
New Delhi: Several women activists and female members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday insisted that Muslim women are...
AAP announces women’s wing
New Delhi: The AAP Thursday announced the setting up of a women's wing in Delhi and appointed Shalimar Bagh legislator Bandana Kumari as its...
It is a ‘political conspiracy’, says sacked NCW member
By IANS,
Bangalore : Nirmala Vankatesh, the sacked member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), lashed out at the central government Monday, terming her removal a "political conspiracy".
"It is a political conspiracy against me," Vankatesh told reporters here.
Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury had Friday sacked Vankatesh for allegedly failing to conduct an unbiased enquiry into the attacks on women at a Mangalore pub Jan 24 by the activists of a fringe rightwing Hindu group, Sri Ram Sene.
Positive body image can help young women shed weight
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.
Losing political ground, can IUML rediscover itself?
IUML National Meet gains significance as IUML rethinks their strategies to win Muslim hearts taking example out of their recently formed political counterparts
Tripura governor asks police to protect women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...
Lucknow gets an ‘all women’ petrol pump
Lucknow : Public-sector Hindustan Petroleum (HP) Corp. has launched an 'all women' petrol pump here on the eve of International Women's Day.
Named 'Shakti Filling...
Malaysian Indian woman wants her conversion to Islam invalidated
By IANS,
George Town (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian housewife in Malaysia Wednesday said she would appeal against a civil court ruling that heard her plea questioning her conversion to Islam when she was seven years old.
Siti Hasnah Bangarama Abdullah, 28, was converted along with her four siblings in 1983 when her parents, both born Hindus, embraced Islam.
She sought a declaration from the court that her conversion to Islam was invalid, Star Online reported.
Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’
Ranchi : Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district...
Uber cab driver diverted route with intent of rape: Prosecution
New Delhi:Rape-accused Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, instead of taking his woman passenger to her destination, diverted the route with the intention to...
Death of Fathima Latheef a blatant case of discrimination and Islamophobia, say students
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Just five months after Dr. Payal Tadvi, a medical student at Nair Hospital in Mumbai was driven to suicide due to...
एक सप्ताह बाद भी जुनैद नासिर के हत्यारों तक नही पहुंचे कानून के हाथ
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के जुनैद और नासिर की हत्या के एक हफ्ते बाद भी पुलिस खाली हाथ हैं। शुक्रवार को जुमे की नमाज़ के...
Sania Mirza breaks into top-5 for first time
New Delhi: India's tennis star Sania Mirza Monday broke into the top-five of the doubles WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Sania...
Pakistan offers to share with India lessons on women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : Amid continued uncertainty here over the fate of a bill to reserve seats for women in parliament and legislative bodies, Pakistan has offered to share its experience in successfully implementing a law in this regard.
"We have enacted a law where 20 percent of parliamentarians have to be women. The law was based on recommendations based on a study by NGO Aurat Foundation. India can replicate the model and if it wants we can share the study," Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik said here late Thursday.
More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233
The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.
India recalls envoy to New Zealand after wife accused of assaulting staff
New Delhi/Wellington: India on Saturday asked its envoy in New Zealand to return following allegations that his wife assaulted a member of the domestic...
More than 52,000 pregnant Nigerian women die every year
By Xinhua,
Lagos : The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) has said more than 52,000 Nigerian women die every year from pregnancy-related complications, the Punch newspaper reported Monday.
Unsafe sex has become the second highest cause of death among people in one of the poorest countries of the world, the UNFPA said in a report titled Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights released Sunday.
India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...
Women’s panchayat in Varanasi
By TCN News,
Varanasi, UP: A Mahila Panchayat (women’s assembly) was organised by U.P Khudai Khidmatgar team Nargis bahan and Faisal Khan from central team .
यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...
यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...
Kejriwal questions Modi, Jung over minors’ rape in Delhi
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed anguish over the horrific incidents of minors' rape here and questioned what steps Prime Minister...
Police custody till April 30 for rape accused actor Inder Kumar
Mumbai: A Mumbai magistrate Saturday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Inder Kumar who has been accused of rape by a woman, a...
Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...
Rajya Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second successive day Tuesday as a handful of opposition members noisly voiced their protest against passing the historic women's reservation bill.
When the house assembled in the morning, chairman Hamid Ansari read out a condolence message on the Chilean earthquake and then announced question hour.
Over 14,000 Gujarati women went missing in 2 years
Gandhinagar, (IANS): On the eve of International Women's day, the BJP government in Gujarat admitted that 14,004 women from the state were reported missing during...
Cabinet approves bill to prohibit commercial surrogacy
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, that seeks to prohibit "commercial surrogacy" and...
Now Indo-US bilateral agenda on women’s issues
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.
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
कैथोलिक चर्च की मूक भूमिका पर उठ रहे सवाल
TCN News,
बिशप फ्रैंको मुलक्कल पर रेप का आरोप लगाने वाली नन का समर्थन करने वालींं 5 ननों के खिलाफ कार्रवाई किए जाने के विरोध...
Women’s panel to probe Air India air hostess’ charges
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a panel to probe the charges of assault levelled by an Air India air hostess against two pilots who were allegedly involved in a mid-air scuffle with her during a flight.
The air hostess had filed a formal complaint with the women's panel.
Malaysian Indian woman sues government for detention
By IANS,
Ipoh (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian woman who spent 11 months at an immigration depot on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant has sued the government for RM6 million ($150,000 approx.) for her suffering while under detention.
M. Rajeshvari named as defendants the government and six others, including Home Minister Syed Hamid Syed Albar and Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan.
The suit was filed by her lawyer A. Magesan, also an ethnic Indian, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry Thursday.
Amnesty International 2013 Report on Human Rights – A wake-up call for India
By Musaddique Thange,
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity – Nelson Mandela
Women comprise 5.5 percent of 288-member Maharashtra assembly
Mumbai : Barely 5.5 percent of the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly are women, according to an analysis of poll results Monday.
Of the total 4,119...
Government ready for law to end triple talaq: Naidu
Bengaluru, (IANS): The NDA government was ready to bring a law to stop the triple talaq in the Muslim community, if necessary, said Union...
Allow women into Haji Ali dargah: Rights group
Mumbai : The Bhumata Ranragini Brigade on Wednesday said it will launch an agitation so that women entry to the famed Haji Ali Dargah...
Congress rebukes Rathore for invoking Nehru
By IANS,
New Delh: The Congress Thursday rebuked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, for invoking the name of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his remark to media that he would "smile more".
Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the former DGP was "mentally sick".
Replying to queries about Rathore's remark, Tewari said the remark was the "result of this mental sickness".
"The authorities should send him for a mental check-up," he said.
Woman burnt to death in Greater Noida
By IANS,
Greater Noida : A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death for dowry by her husband and in-laws in Shadipur Chidauli area of Greater Noida, police said Sunday.
Reshma, the wife of contract worker Israr, was found with serious burns in her husband's house in Shadipur Saturday, Badalpur police said.
"We received an information around 2.30 p.m. When we rushed to the house, we found her with burns. There was a kerosene can kept beside her body," Badalpur Station House Officer Amit Kumar said.
"No family member was present inside the house," he said.
Kenyan authorities arrest three women over terror links
Nairobi: Kenyan authorities said that three women, suspected of being suicide bombers, were detained in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa...
Woman Maoist arrested in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Naxalite woman, wanted in several cases and carrying a reward of Rs.30,000, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday.
Kamla, an active member of Tanda Dalam, has been involved in various murders and gun battles with the police.
"A tip-off was received about Kamla's presence in Kodhapar forest area in Balaghat district on Saturday after which the police laid a trap and arrested her late Sunday," Balaghat Superintendent of Police Harinarayanchari Mishra said.
He said the arrest would help police bust the network of Maoists in the region.