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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Special court in Kerala for women, children
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : A special court will be set up in Kerala to ensure speedy trial of sexual exploitation cases, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said Wednesday.
Woman student-editor stirs Kashmir’s young creative minds
Saba Nazki
By Ruwa Shah
Srinagar : In search of space for political dissent in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley, 23-year-old Saba Nazki and a bunch...
Jilted lover stabs woman in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: A man stabbed his 20-year-old former girlfriend to death Monday near a bustling market here, police said. The jilted lover has been arrested.
Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari.
This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.
President calls for renewed efforts towards women literacy
Hyderabad : Expressing concern over the relatively lower rate of literacy among women in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for renewed...
Don’t ignore us in the budget, say women’s rights groups
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the union budget to be presented Feb 26, women's rights groups are urging Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to allocate more money for schemes that directly benefit women.
Ranjana Kumari of the Women Power Connect (WPC) said in a letter to the finance minister that was signed by other women's groups: "Last year's budget speech was a big disappointment as a large part of the budgetary allocations showed a decline in the over all funds earmarked for the ministry of women and child development (MWCD)".
DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...
Tayabun Nisha, first woman from Assam to win medals
Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Guwahati: It was the love for chocolates which dragged her to the field of athletics and she went on to become...
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.
Ramadan 1438: Shaheena
By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net
"The word Ramzan itself gives me a sense of peace and relief. The feeling of Ramzan in the close-knit family...
8 महीने से जेल में है सपा विद्यायक नाहिद हसन, अखिलेश यादव से अब...
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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...
Bhopal survivors chain themselves near PM’s residence
By IANS,
New Delhi : Thirty-seven Bhopal gas disaster survivors, including 22 women, were arrested Wednesday when they chained themselves near Prime Minister Manmohar Singh's residence here to demand that the government address their grievances.
The police said the people chained themselves to the railings opposite the heavily-guarded prime minister's residence.
“They were not allowed to go near the PM's house, so they chained themselves. We cut their chains and took them into custody,” Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) Ajay Kashyap told IANS.
Women activists demand probe into stripping of anti-liquor activist
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Women activists in Orissa Monday demanded a probe into the alleged stripping last month of a woman anti-liquor activist by some people in Balasore district.
Several women activists met the chairperson of the State Women's Commission (SWC) Namita Panda and demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for stripping and beating Jayanti Padhi, a known anti-liquor activist. They also demanded a probe and action against police officials who they alleged were shielding the attackers.
Women rights groups protest against R.K. Pachauri
New Delhi : Women's rights groups protested on Friday in front of the TERI office here, condemning R.K. Pachauri's "promotion" as the executive vice...
Judge bans burqa in Australian court
By IANS,
Sydney : An Australian judge Thursday refused to allow a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil in court during her testimony as a witness in a fraud trial.
Perth's District Court Judge Shauna Deane said that in the interest of a fair trial the witness should not be allowed to wear a niqab or burqa. But she said she would speak to counsel about ways to accommodate the witness, The Age reported.
Special rooms at TN bus stations for lactating mothers
Chennai : In a novel initiative for the benefit of lactating mothers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Friday announced that exclusive rooms...
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
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मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
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रमज़ान के पाक महीने की आमद के साथ इस बार मुसलमानों में काफा उत्साह दिखाई देता है। इबादत,रहमत और बरक़त का महीना रमज़ान दुनियाभर...
राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश
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राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...
Indian women entering Bahrain on forged visas
By IANS,
Dubai : Hundreds of Indian women, mainly from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, are entering Bahrain on forged visit visas to work as domestic helps, a media report said Saturday.
Lijjat – Empowering women through papads for 50 years
By Quaid Najmi, IANS,
Mumbai : A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till they hit upon the idea of selling papads. Fifty years later, their entrepreneurial effort, Lijjat Papad, is an award-winning company with an annual turnover of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore/$97 million).
Child’s rape: Delhi Police clueless about attacker
New Delhi: It has been two days since a four-year-old girl was found raped in the national capital but Delhi Police are still clueless...
Hyderabad police mobile app for women’s safety
Hyderabad : Hyderabad police will launch a new mobile application from new year, which will ensure women's safety during travel, and enable people to...
Dhaka can take lessons from Beijing, says Rasheda
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka, Bangladesh : Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury described Dhaka-Beijing friendship as an excellent one since time immemorial in terms of trade and commerce, culture and history and said, Bangladesh could take lessons from China.
Bangladesh should follow the strategies of China to move towards economic prosperity as Beijng had shown amazing economic achievement in agriculture, industry and human resources development, she said at a discussion at a city hotel on Saturday afternoon.
NCW rules out sexual assault in mid-air scuffle
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled there was no sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle on board an Air India flight last month.
The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday. The committee, headed by NCW member Wansuk Syiem, took nearly one and a half months for the probe.
Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to China
Beijing: Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrives on Wednesday in China, a historic visit that comes during...
Saina in final of Indonesian Open Super series
By IANS,
Jakarta: India's Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the Indonesian Open Super Series with a 21-9, 21-10 victory over Eriko Hirose of Japan Saturday.
Defending champion Saina, who is the top seed in the tournament, will take on Japan's Sayaka Sato, who beat Indonesian qualifier Ana Rovita 22-20, 21-17, in the title clash Sunday.
The Indian is in line for three titles in three weeks, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks which saw her climb three places to world no.3.
Gene exposes women with migraine to increased cardiac risk
By IANS,
Washington : Women with migraine seem to be at a greater risk of heart disease and stroke if they possess a certain gene, according to a new study.
Researchers followed 25,001 white women for the occurrence of heart attacks and ischemic stroke. About 18 percent had a history of migraine while 40 percent with active migraine reported migraine with aura.
Violence against women: Madhya Pradesh cuts sorry figure
By Sanjay Sharma, IANS,
Bhopal : Domestic violence has increased by five times in the last nine years, a shocking 1,217 gang rapes were reported in 1,300 days and maternal mortality is one of the highest in India - women in Madhya Pradesh don't have much to cheer about this International Women's Day Monday.
From 7,283 cases of domestic violence against women in 2001, the number went up by five times to 36,215 in 2009, according to police records.
Women from around the world to assess role of technology
By IANS,
Bangalore : Women leaders from India and over 50 other countries are gathering here Friday to discuss role of technology in empowering women, particularly in developing nations.
2014 Election: TV actress hope for better education, women’s security
Mumbai : The 16th Lok Sabha elections are underway and actresses like Jennifer Winget and Deepika Singh sat that once the new government comes...
It’s fight your own battle for Karnataka’s women candidates
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Bangalore : The number of women candidates for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka going to polls later this month is dismal - a mere 11 as compared to 418 men. Four of the women belong to national parties and except for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, the going is tough for the remaining 10.
But the women say they are made of stern stuff and are bravely fighting their male opponents.
Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
पलायन का प्रतीक बनी ज्योति पासवान के पिता का निधन
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Awareness campaign for women empowerment in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has issued instructions to carry out a state-wide awareness campaign focused on schemes of women empowerment, official sources said Tuesday.
Reviewing the progress of activities of Woman and Child Development Department Monday, the chief minister told senior officers including the principal secretary to undertake field tours to apprise themselves of the ground realities of the implementation of departmental schemes and announcements made at the "Mahila Panchayat".
मोदी के बनारस में छात्रों पर अत्याचार, देखें तस्वीरें
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: देश के विश्वविद्यालयों में सरकार की दखलंदाज़ी का मामला अभी थमा नहीं था कि अब विश्वविद्यालयों के कुलपतियों द्वारा छात्रों पर अत्याचार करने और उन पर लाठियां चलवाने के आरोप लग रहे हैं. ताजा मामला नरेंद्र मोदी के संसदीय क्षेत्र बनारस स्थित काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय का है.
Gujarat woman wants son’s biological father to pay maintenance
By IANS,
Ahmedabad: A woman Tuesday moved the family court here seeking maintenance from the biological father of her five-year-old son.
The court has issued notice to the biological father of the boy returnable Aug 16.
The woman had earlier accused the boy's father of rape and dragged him to court which sentenced him to jail. He was later acquitted by the Gujarat High Court.
According to the woman's lawyers Shamshad Pathan and Asif Sheikh, she has now sought Rs.9 lakh for the past five years during which she brought up the child.
RS chairperson admits impeachment motion against MP judge
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari has admitted a motion of impeachment moved by 58 members of the house against Madhya Pradesh High...
Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...
NGOs protest against Honour Killing of a Dalit Boy
By TCN News,
Puducherry: Periyar Viduthalai Kazagam, a Tamil Nadu based organization along with Puducherry unit of Khudai Khidmatgar jointly protest against the brutal honour...
US military men to find kidnapped Nigerian girls
Washington: The US has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad as part of its efforts to find more than 200 schoolgirls who have...
Pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements
By IANS,
London: All pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplements to safegaurd their babies' life, as lack of it could be life-threatening for a newborn.
Researchers say women who do not have enough vitamin D can experience complications in pregnancy which could be life-threatening for a newborn. It could also lead to the development of diseases such as rickets and other deficiency linked conditions.
Over 100 held in Gurgaon for disturbing public peace
Gurgaon: Over 100 people, including 21 women, have been arrested here for disturbing public peace, police said on Sunday, adding that most of them...
Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics
By IANS,
Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...
HRD ministry asks ICSE Council for report on Bangalore school rape
New Delhi: Expressing concern about the incident that occurred in a Bangalore school, the human resource development ministry Tuesday wrote to the Council of...
Chhattisgarh police arrest 22 for assaulting 50 women
By IANS,
Raipur : Twenty two men have been arrested in Chhattisgarh for assaulting about 50 women and branding them witches, a senior official said Tuesday.
According to reports, a nine day "purification ceremony" was organised by about 200 villagers on the advice of a local leader at Dhodhakesra village in Surguja district, about 400 km north of Raipur.
During the "ceremony", about 50 women were branded witches and they were forced to get a haircut "to free them from impact of evil spirits". The women were also beaten in public. The "ceremony" ended Dec 19.
Woman donates body to AIIMS for research
New Delhi : A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at the AIIMS, authorities said on Tuesday.
Darshana Arora, a resident...
Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner
By IANS,
Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday.
"We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.
Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh
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.
Women join ranks of computer gamers and branch out
By DPA,
Berlin : Computer gaming remains predominantly the realm of men. But a closer look at the culture reveals some surprising trends among female gamers.
True, many women have no interest in gaming. Many of those who do tend toward games like the Sims, a blockbuster that focuses on social relationships.
Proper representation to women in parliament: President
New Delhi : Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment...
Woman approaches court for maintenance 3 years after divorce
By IANS,
New Delhi: A woman Saturday approached a city court demanding maintenance from her first husband three years after their divorce.
Filing a petition before Metropolitan Magistrate Archna Sinha, Kirti said that she is entitled for maintenance from her first husband.
Kirti and Mayank got married Nov 23, 2000 and after seven months of marriage, Kirti left her husband. She gave birth to a child Nov 13, 2001.
Kirti then filed a divorce petition in court in 2006 which was granted on mutual consent. Kirti and Mayank have since then married their respective partners.
Saina gets a bye in World Badminton Championships first round
By IANS,
New Delhi: India's world No.6 Saina Nehwal got a bye in the women's singles first round of the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad August 10-16.
For the sixth seed Saina it could be a smooth ride till the quarterfinals. In the third-round, she may face 10th seed Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva and if she overcomes her, she may run into second seeded Lin Wang of China in the quarterfinals.
Rape accused Tripura official sent to police custody
Agartala : A local court in Tripura on Wednesday sent to three days police custody a senior Tripura government official who was arrested a...
In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases
Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity.
Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net
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Proceedings against Kumar Vishwas closed, DCW tells high court
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that no proceedings were pending against AAP leader Kumar...
Armies need to end bias against women, says German minister
New Delhi : Armies need to get rid of prejudice that women are less abled than men, as future wars will be dominated by...
Sheila Dikshit: ‘mascot of a clean chief minister’
By IANS,
New Delhi : From a politician by default to the Congress' longest serving woman chief minister, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday wrote herself into the record books by steering her party to a third consecutive victory in the assembly elections.
Riding the twin planks of development and good governance, the 70-year-old Dikshit, who is known for her humility and charisma, was the first chief minister in Delhi to get a second consecutive term in 2003. And now, one more.
ITBP’s first women raring to guard borders, fight insurgents
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : They are strong, courageous and determined to prove that men aren't the only ones who can guard the border, fight insurgents in jungles, or take up duties at high altitudes.
They are the first batch of 209 women constables of the central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who Friday completed their 44-week-long rigorous training at a camp near here.
Woman makes large donation for Myanmar cyclone victims
By DPA,
Singapore : A woman eager to show her son how donations are made turned over 100,000 Singapore dollars ($74,000) for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, the Sunday Times said.
In her 40s, the woman went to the Red Cross House and asked how she could help. She then took out of her handbag a wad of 1,000-Singapore-dollar ($740) notes, totaling 50,000 Singapore dollars ($37,000), tied together with a rubber band.
While the workers were thanking her, the woman took out another wad, saying: "Here's another 50,000."
BJP MLA brings up triple talaq issue in Gujarat Assembly
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Amid the ongoing nationwide debate over triple talaq, a BJP legislator on Friday moved a motion in the Gujarat Assembly advocating the...
How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thousands of miles from Bihar, Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan of Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) talked about their...
Indian woman ‘recruiter’ for ISIS extradited from Dubai, arrested
Hyderabad : A Dubai-based Indian woman allegedly recruiting youth for terror outfit ISIS in Syria and Iraq was extradited here on Friday and arrested...
33 percent quota for women in government jobs in MP
Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs.
This was decided during a...
Five killed in Jammu gunbattle, four hostages rescued
By IANS,
Jammu : Security forces rescued three children and a woman, who were held hostage during a gunbattle in which three civilians, an army officer and a guerrilla were killed Wednesday in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
The militants, holed up in a house in Chinore on the outskirts of this city, took six civilians hostage Wednesday morning. The police said they were trying to rescue the two remaining hostages before launching an assault on the guerrillas.
Lakhs attend Barelvi Ijtema in Mumbai
By TwoCircles.net staff writer
Mumbai: Lakhs of men and women attend the 19th Annula International Sunni Ijtema organized by Sunni Dawate Islami in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Oct 30th to Nov. 1st.
The first day of the three day event was reserved for women which saw about one lakh women from Mumbai and suburbs participate in the proceedings. The lectures on the first day was geared towards women- importance of acquiring Islamic knowledge; understand their responsibilities as a Muslim women, prepare themselves in accordance to the Islamic law for the creation of a moral society.
Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women
By IANS,
Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them.
For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women.
The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.
4 reasons why there is no justification for bulldozer politics
Experts believe that demolishing houses of protestors is against the rule of law and deprives people of fundamental rights.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Following...
Mother, three children killed in UP fire
Lucknow : A mother and her three children were burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Friday when a fire broke out...
Bihar rapes: Oppn to stall house till minister goes, her husband arrested
By IANS:
Patna, July 26: The opposition in Bihar on Thursday demanded the resignation of Social Welfare Minister Kumari Manju Verma and the arrest of her...
Himachal CM launches save girl child programme
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday started a programme to save the girl child in the Kangra district - the...
Women play key role in Indian policy making: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
Bern: India has been at the vanguard of women's participation in both the legislature and the executive, said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar here Saturday.
India is among the first countries in the world to have a woman prime minister and today India's president is a woman, Meira Kumar said while addressing the sixth annual meeting of women.
PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days
Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...
Punjab to allow sisters to tie rakhis to prisoner brothers
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Extending a special gesture to women whose brothers are spending time in jails across the state, the Punjab government Monday announced that sisters will be allowed to tie rakhis to their imprisoned brothers Wednesday.
Jails Minister Hira Singh Gabria said that special instructions were being issued to jail officials all over the state to allow women to tie rakhis to their brothers who are lodged in jails across the state.
The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, which symbolises the bond of love between brothers and sisters, falls Aug 5.
Women key to US presidential elections: poll
By DPA,
Washington : Women hold an important key to winning the US presidential elections in November because neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain has yet won a majority of women voters into their corner, according to a poll.
Obama has won the support of 49 percent of women, while 38 percent are for McCain, according to the poll released Tuesday, commissioned by a coalition of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a female-oriented TV broadcaster, and hundreds of women's organisations.
Why’s TV cocking a snook at women’s empowerment?
(International Women's Day is on March 8)
By Nivedita,
New Delhi : Why does women's empowerment find little space on the small screen? While there is...
खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...
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Here come special women’s buses for safer ride in Delhi
By Kanu Sarda, IANS,
New Delhi : Many women who travel in the capital's crowded buses and have been molested by male co-passengers can heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, special 'women only' buses will begin plying on select routes, thanks to a Delhi High Court order.
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is starting the service.
Taking cognizance of a public interest petition that drew attention to a large number of women complaining of molestation in public buses, the high court had asked the DTC to make special arrangements for women travellers across the city.
Ara court blast: 2 killed 16 injured; two bomb blast accused escape; terror angle...
Incidentally, despite revelation of association of the escaped prisoner to be an accused in 6 years old bomb blast that killed two persons, the police and media has immediately ruled out the possibility of linking the blast with any saffron organization terming the incidence to be criminal in nature than terror.
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Ara (Bihar): The investigation team of Bihar police has confirmed the bomb blast at Ara civil court premises that killed at least two persons and left 16 others injured on Friday was aimed at freeing the mastermind of six year old bomb blast accused during his appearance in the court.
Mamata kicks-off assembly poll campaign on Women’s Day
Kolkata: Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016...
Britain gets first woman poet laureate
By IANS,
London : Britain got its first woman poet laureate in Carol Ann Duffy. The 53-year-old is the latest to the post held by poets like Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes.
Duffy is known for writing witty poems on a wide range of topics, many of them to do with everyday life. She succeeds Andrew Motion, who has just completed a 10-year term.
State governments indifferent to Anganwadi workers: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said the state governments are adopting a "careless" and "irresponsible"...
Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.
Assamese woman gang-raped in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Assamese woman was raped here by two men who have been arrested, police said Sunday.
One of the men...
यूपीएससी में 267वीं रैंक प्राप्त फरहा हुसैन से बातचीत
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दिल्ली: जब कुछ कर दिखाने का जज़्बा हो और इरादे बुलंद हों, तो कठिन हालात में भी राहें बनने लगती हैं. इस...
Woman commits suicide, blames husband, sister
New Delhi : A 22-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan. She left a note blaming her husband and her...
Centre asks Nagaland to punish guilty in Dimapur lynching
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asked the Nagaland government to take strict action against the people involved in the lynching...
‘SC’s obligation to protect women, churches and religious freedom’
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking security for women and freedom of religion in the wake of attack on...
Gaya’s Urdu girls’ high school to celebrate its golden jubilee
By Tameemuddin Humble,
Gaya: In 1964 when the community was witnessing girls’ shyness or feeling unworthy of schooling, some revered souls of Gaya, now in their eternal abodes, founded an institution, exclusively for the girls in the city. The “Urdu Girls High School” came into being at the waqf land dedicated to the Madarsa Anwarul-Uloom that spared a portion of the big compound for the promotion of girls’ education as well as the Urdu language.
Maulanas assaulted by women in Lucknow over talaq issue
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow: Three women manhandled maulanas and the staff of Madrasa Sultan-e-Madaris at Shameena Road in Lucknow on Tuesday afternoon. The women alleged that the maulanas had issued 'talaq' certificates against them.
Muslim girls in Azamgarh getting higher education, giving tough fight to boys
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Part of the Azamgarh speaks series.
New Delhi: Nikhat Bano is pursuing MA in geography at Aligarh Muslim University. She did graduation also at AMU. She is from Azamgarh. Her village is not much developed but she herself reflects the developed thinking of Azamgarh Muslims about woman education.
Twitter users demolish the idea that Triple Talaq Bill will help Muslim women. Here’s...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill, 2017, also known as the Triple Talaq Bill, has been presented and...
Institute withdraws punishment after senior girls apologize for ragging
By IANS,
Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT - A) administration Thursday said it will soon withdraw the fine and punishment on 19 senior girl students after they apologized for ragging junior girls.
On Tuesday, 19 B. Tech final year girl students were fined for ragging newly admitted girls at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Allahabad.
Besides a fine of Rs.50,000 each, the institute also withdrew the scholarship of the girls expelled from the hostel after the matter came to light.
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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Bundu : Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to "bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women" whose husbands and kin have taken to arms.
Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile 'zamindar' (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 km from Ranchi, makes terracotta, dokra (metal ware) and ceramic sculptures, jewellery, cutlery and solid three-dimensional wall paintings using ethnic Sohrai motifs and techniques.
BJP condones beating of women: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Bangalore : Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infamous attack on young women at a Mangalore pub, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening that the BJP speaks about Indian culture "but condones beating of women".
"Our opposition talks about Indian culture but condones the beating of women. Their activists go out and beat women," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally here, attacking the BJP which is in power in Karnataka.
Rajasthan school that gives women a voice
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Salanchal (Rajasthan) : On the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, 14 children cram chemical formulae under a tree in the compound of a village school. Seven of them are girls.
Around 40 km from district headquarters Alwar, the community-based experiment to educate poor girl children in this remote village of the Thana Gazi block in Rajasthan is unique in many ways.
Delhi Police rapped for filing dowry cases without proper probe
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.
Minor raped by step-father in Delhi
New Delhi: A 10-year-old girl was raped by her step-father at her home here, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested.
Police said the...
Legal awareness camp for Muslim women in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: All Manipur Muslims (Meitei Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA), a prominent civil society organization, organized a One-Day Legal Awareness Programme on the topic “Protection of Women’s Right” in association with Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) on June 1, 2014 at the campus of Muslim Girls Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal.
Woman set on fire over enmity
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh): Three men tried to kill a 50-year-old woman by burning her alive over old enmity in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district. The...
Sharmila opens ‘Women in Malayalam Cinema’ exhibition
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Censor board chief Sharmila Tagore Saturday inaugurated an exhibition titled "Women in Malayalam Cinema" as part of the ongoing 14th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).
The exhibition is being held as part of an exercise to document the history of women in Malayalam cinema - in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes.
Inaugurating the exhibition, Sharmila said that the Malayalam cinema industry has a great range of women characters starting from Rosy in 1928.
Women’s quota, nuclear liability – two hot potato bills in monsoon session
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two contentious pieces of legislation, on women's reservation and civil nuclear liability, are among 59 bills listed for consideration during the monsoon session of parliament beginning Monday.
Parties opposed to the women's reservation bill are ready for battle in the Lok Sabha where it is to be tabled, while the Left and BJP said they will contest the nuclear bill tooth and nail.
Court denies bail to man who abandoned pregnant wife
By IANS,
New Delhi : For Amit Sharma, a zonal manager with a telecom company, abandoning his pregnant wife and posting his profile at a matrimonial website proved costly as he was denied anticipatory bail by a city court and sent to jail for 14 days.
His wife Lata alleged that Sharma, who married her in January 2008, soon started harassing for not bringing sufficient dowry. A few months earlier, he abandoned her despite her being pregnant, following which she charged her husband with cruelty.
‘Black’ woman’s tale drives Nepal rights campaign
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women.
She is the central character in a street play, "Kali Aimai, the black woman, which has been sponsored by the UN to tour Nepal's remote districts to campaign against violence targeting women, exploitation and untouchability, and to train local artists to spread the message farther.
Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy Prize
By Betwa Sharma, IANS,
United Nations : Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize.
Khabar Lahariya is produced and marketed by rural women from marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities in Chitrakoot and Banda districts of India's most populous state.
The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given by the United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar, a centre for gender and education, which is based in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Woman arrested for killing her seven babies in US
Washington: Police in the US state of Utah Sunday arrested a 39-year-old woman for killing her seven infants over a 10-year period, the media...
UP sarv khap panchayat launches drive against female foeticide
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : Khaps, the body of village elders in northern India often associated with regressive social diktats, may be turning a new...
Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 a.m. Wednesday from the south side of the 8,848 m mountain, according to the Nepal-based Arun Treks & Expedition Pvt ltd.
A massive dharna of Muslim women demanding quota in WRB
By Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: With enthusiasm and determination Muslim women in Patna today demanded their exclusive shares in Women's Reservation Bill. A number of Muslim women from across the city, mostly burqa wearing, sat on dharna under the banner of Bihar Muslim Khawateen Morcha at Kargil Chowk protesting against the bill in its present form and demanding quota for Muslim and backward women.
NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry
New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...
BARC woman employee accuses scientist of misbehaviour
By IANS,
Chennai: A woman employee of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has filed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against a senior nuclear scientist, said police Thursday.
BJP a divided house over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's reservation bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath said that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
Adityanath, who represents Gorakhpur in the lower house, openly rebelled against the bill that seeks to reserve a third of all seats in the country's legislatures for women.
Representation of Muslim women in Lok Sabha since Independence
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The newly elected 15th Lok Sabha will see women members in highest number since the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952. Among 59 women Lok Sabha members in the new house there will be three Muslims. This will be the third time in all 15 Lok Sabhas that the number of Muslim women MPs will be three.
Indian woman jailed for financial fraud in Leicester
By IANS,
Leicester : Indian origin woman Daksha Saujani, a tax official here, has been jailed for two years for siphoning off more than 116,000 pounds of the public's money into her family's bank accounts.
The mother-of-three exploited her position of trust while managing a team at the Inland Revenue's family tax credit department. The crimes financed "a lifestyle she wasn't entitled to" and enabled her to send her youngest son to private school.
Case against BJP’s Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter
Kolkata : A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her...
Nine women killed in Gujarat temple stampede
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat's Rajkot district Sunday night, police said.
The condition of two of the injured, admitted to the nearby Junagadh Government Hospital, has been described by doctors as serious.
Four nuns transferred for protesting against Bishop refuse to go
Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 16 (IANS) Four nuns -- who went on a public protest last year demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who then...
The world’s most powerful women: Three US secretaries of state and their accounts
By Vikas Datta,
If the US president is the world's most powerful leader, his secretary of state (or foreign minister) is a close second though maybe not as well-known. Of the 68 secretaries since 1790, few are recognised names - even in America - though six, right from the very first (Thomas Jefferson), went on to become presidents themselves. Only three have been women, but they happened to be in office at critical and challenging times, held their own in high-level diplomacy and have penned absorbing accounts of their experiences.
China launches Shenzhou-9 with first woman astronaut
By IANS,
Beijing: China launched its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with the country's first female astronaut aboard Saturday.
Girl killed in Kashmir cloudburst
Srinagar : A 15-year-old girl was killed in a cloudburst in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, police officials said.
Cloudbursts hit Gangangir and Sonamarg areas...
Goa women’s panel to probe ‘blouse-ripping’ cop
By IANS,
Panaji : The Goa women's commission will probe a senior police inspector who has been repeatedly caught ripping off women's blouses during public agitations and protests, an official said Tuesday.
Speaking to IANS, chairperson of the Goa state commission for women (GSCW) Ezilda Sapeco said the commission had called for footage from local TV news channels of Monday's protest outside the State Secretariat and would convene a meeting of its members on the issue soon.
Sharad Joshi lone dissenter against women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: Sharad Joshi, a prominent farmers' leader from Maharashtra, was the lone dissenter against the women's quota bill during voting in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, saying he didn't oppose the measure but the manner in which it would be implemented.
"Women's reservations yes, yes, yes, yes. Rotation (of constitutions) and (their) selection by lottery no, no, no," Joshi maintained while participating in the more than three-hour debate on the bill.
Thus, when the bill was put to a voice vote, Joshi let the crescendo of "ayes" to subside before quietly saying "No".
Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine.
But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family.
It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children.
The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.
Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal
Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said.
The crime took place Friday in...
Meghalaya governor rues crime against women
By IANS,
Shillong: Governor R.S. Mooshahary Saturday lamented the growing incidents of crime against women in Meghalaya.
Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam
Brooklyn, New York : Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports.
Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short
New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...
Husband of mutilated Indian-origin woman charged with murder
By IANS,
London: The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman found lying with a severed hand in a London street has been charged with her murder.
Harpreet Aulakh, 31, was charged with murder after being re-arrested Friday by officers investigating the killing of mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said two men aged 31 and 29 were arrested Friday and are in custody at north-west London police stations.
Geeta, a receptionist at an Asian radio station was found with severe head injuries and her hand chopped off in Greenford, west London, Nov 16.
PM calls all-party meeting over women’s quota bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Following continuous adjournments of the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday called an all-party meeting to work out modalities of passing a historic Women's Reservation Bill that was moved in the house earlier in the day.
Sources in the Congress said the meeting would take place in the Parliament House before 6 p.m. when the Rajya Sabha meets again for a possible vote on the legislation without any discussion.
Why women’s safety not in poll campaign, ask activists
New Delhi : Rights practitioners, lawyers and thought leaders Wednesday asked why was women's safety not of pivotal concern in the ongoing elections, and...
End violence against women, say Nobel peace laureates
New Delhi : Women Noble Peace laureates Monday called on the Indian government to take more decisive steps to end sexual violence in India...
Challenges before women activists working on minority women’s rights
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
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‘Let’s tailor I-Day to celebrate women’s freedom’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women are no longer the weaker sex and this Independence Day is one more occasion to celebrate the fact that they have come a long way from being just traditional homemakers, women designers in the capital said as India enters its 63rd year of freedom.
"We (women) have come a long way. From being typical housewives to successful entrepreneurs - we are successful, confident and are able to strike a balance between our professional and personal life as well," fashion designer Ritu Kumar told IANS.
Murder of young woman in Kerala galvanises politics
Ernakulam (Kerala) : The brutal murder of a poor law student in this district last week has galvanised politics in election-bound Kerala as Chief...
Indian rape laws must be of global standards: Amnesty
By IANS,
New Delhi: Amnesty International wants Indian rape laws to meet the highest international standards. And it does not favour death penalty or chemical castration.
Delhi policewoman smothered to death by fiance
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Delhi Police woman constable was smothered to death by her fiance at a guest house here, officials said Tuesday....