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Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan

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By IANS, Islamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday.

NHRC asks UP Police for report on woman’s gang rape

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New Delhi : The NHRC Tuesday sought a report from Uttar Pradesh Police following a media report that officials refused to file a complaint...

New Shia Nikahnamah: Reforming Muslim Law through the backdoor

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

I want to improve bureaucracy: IAS woman topper

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By IANS, New Delhi : This year's woman topper of the prestigious civil services examination has a simple aim - she wants to help people who haplessly run with files from one office to another. "I must be able to improve bureaucracy so that I can help people who are running from one office to another with files," said Iva Sahay, who ranked third in the All India civil services examination and has the highest ranking among women. The results of the exam were announced Thursday.

Ramadan 1435: Fashion

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By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net Girls at the MWA School, Chennai that is known for its quality of its education and grooming and also allows a...

Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking

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By IANS, Raipur: The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little to prevent trafficking of thousands of youth, mainly girls, from poor families to metros. The house witnessed a heated debate when the government replied in the assembly it was doing its best to trace out an estimated 7,000 people missing in the state for many years.

Karnataka BJP lawmaker sparks row with rape remark

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Bengaluru: Karnataka's BJP lawmaker K.S. Eshwarappa on Saturday sparked a controversy with his remarks on rape incidents in the state. He later said his...

Government moots scheme to combat social evils against women

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By IANS, New Delhi: If all goes well, the government will soon launch a national programme, called the National Mission for Women, to combat social evils against women. This will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Proposed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the 'umbrella mission' will cover all existing programmes for women's welfare and evaluate and monitor their efficacy.

Manipur CM ensures medical aid for destitute woman

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Imphal : She had lost all hope and was living a life of despair. Bed-ridden since 2011, R.K. Tamphasana felt abandoned by the world,...

12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala

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Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...

Woman’s body found by riverside in Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata: The body of a young woman, strangulated with a muffler, was found by a riverside in West Bengal Sunday, police said.

IAMC, HfHR welcome release of Sudha Bharadwaj

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The groups reiterated the demand for the release of Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Sharjeel Imam and hundreds of other incarcerated activists in India.  TCN News  WASHINGTON,...

Can women take smart decisions?

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By Amit Dasgupta, If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.

13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : यूपी सरकार पक्षकार नहीं, कैसे रखेगी अपना पक्ष?

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने वाली...

Grief, despair at Delhi’s hospitals, a day after

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By Richa Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Wailing men and women as well as dazed family members of the seriously injured or missing after a string of bomb attacks besieged hospitals here Sunday, straining the already stretched medical services. Doctors, nurses and attendants worked furiously to provide relief to the seriously and not-so-seriously wounded in Saturday evening's bombings, but there was no stopping the grief gripping families of the victims.

70-year old Dalit woman raped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : A 70-year old Dalit woman was raped after her son and daughter-in-law were shot and injured in an Uttar Pradesh village. A rapist has been arrested while three others are absconding, a police official said Wednesday. The incident took place early Tuesday morning when the accused barged into the victim's house. "We have arrested Ranvir Singh Yadav and are looking for three others," Mahoba police chief R.P. Singh told IANS on phone. Mahoba district is about 250 km from state capital Lucknow.

Ten women labourers drown in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : Ten women drowned when a boat they had boarded to cross a river capsized in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The mishap occurred in...

इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध के हत्यारोपियों की जमानत रद्द, पत्नी ने कहा अब मिला सुकून

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में 2018 में हुई हिंसा में इंस्पेक्टर सुबोध सिंह की हत्या के मामले में आरोपी योगेश राज की ज़मानत...

India women’s hockey captain Saba Anjum to be honoured

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By IANS, Raipur : Indian women?s hockey team captain Saba Anjum will get Chhattisgarh's top Gundadhur sports award, official sources said Wednesday.

British MPs to hear about female foeticide in India

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By IANS, London : Claims about rising incidence of female foeticide in India are to be presented to British MPs. A report by the international charity ActionAid and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) of Canada claims female foeticide is so common that in Punjab only 300 girls survive for every 1,000 boys among high-caste families. The report, titled 'Disappearing Daughters', is to be presented to MPs belonging to Britain’s all-party group on population, development and reproductive health Monday.

Women can be safe with technology usage: Lekhi

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New Delhi : Is there anything called work-life balance? Are women respected enough in the society? Women are vulnerable to physical and mental exploitations...

Women politicos turn Amazonian in Bengal poll season

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Kolkata : West Bengal may be one of the states recording the largest number of crimes against women, but the ongoing assembly elections have...

NHRC notice to Rajasthan over woman’s rape by policeman

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New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over the alleged rape of a woman by a police constable and his...

Nearly 50 percent women get married before turning 18: Study

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By IANS, New Delhi: Child marriage continues to remain a big problem in the country, with half the women getting married before attaining the minimum legal marriageable age of 18 years, according to a study released by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here Saturday. "Marriage happens very early for most of the women in most states - one fifth were married below the age of 15 years and 49 percent were married before turning 18," said the study.

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.

Ramadan 1437: Unsa Rehmani

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By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net Working at the ART Centre, an Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre at Medical College run by Aligarh Muslim University for HIV positive patients,...

Women’s panel to submit report on Amethi ‘atrocities’

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By IANS, Lucknow : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it will submit within a week a report on the police attack on women in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town. "I visited Amethi and met the women injured in the baton charge by police. I saw their medical reports," Neeva Konwar, a member of the NCW, told reporters in Lucknow after returning from Amethi. The police allegedly broke into the houses of some residents of Amethi July 13 after they staged a noisy protest against the deteriorating power supply in the town.

SRK celebrates women’s power, calls them ‘leaders of future’

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By IANS, New Delhi: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said women are the future and that "one needs to have women to have men", so they must be respected.

CRPF officer cleared of molestation charges in Bengal

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By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal has given a clean chit to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aloke Raj, who was slapped with molestation charges during the panchayat polls in Nandigram, officials said Monday.

To wear or not to wear: Comments on purdah during a seminar draw ire...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: A comment about Muslim women covering their faces with purdah by MES state president Fazal Gafoor has drawn the ire of other Muslim groups in the state with most of them saying that the statement was made eying publicity and nothing more.

Only seven women candidates in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : A grand total of only seven women candidates have been fielded by the Congress and the BJP to contest the Lok Sabha...

Efforts on to free abducted Indian woman: Family

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Kolkata/Kabul : The Afghan and Indian governments are working at "various levels" to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted in...

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

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

Pakistani women have miles to go in politics

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan's parliament has a woman speaker, a woman is a federal minister and 74 women have been elected to the National Assembly. But thanks to the widely prevalent feudal system, women in three of the country's four provinces are not allowed to vote during elections. Of the 74 women in the National Assembly, 14 were elected to the general seats and 60 to the reserved seats.

A day after love marriage, woman killed

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

Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February

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TCN News Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation have jointly designed a leadership program for women to identify, train and activate emerging women leaders for...

Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...

Muslim clerics question court order on permitting women inside Haji Ali

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New Delhi : Muslim clerics on Friday questioned the Bombay High Court verdict allowing entry of women up to the restricted grave area of...

Speakers indict Narendra Modi for orchestrating gender violence and serious violations of...

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By TCN News, A packed meeting at the London School of Economics organised by the LSE Gender Institute in collaboration with the Freedom Without Fear Platform and South Asia Solidarity Group on 3rd March, discussed the rise of Hindu fascism and its impact on gender and called for Narendra Modi to be brought to justice.

Kerala mulls law to protect women

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By IANS,

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

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By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman

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In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...

Veiled Muslim women barred from entering France

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By IANS, London : Three Saudi women were barred from entering France for refusing to remove their face veils, it was reported here Wednesday.

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women

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By IANS, Belgaum (Karnataka) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for increasing atrocities on women and children in the country. "Though rape and murder of women are committed in New Delhi right under the nose of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has failed to prevent such heinous crimes," Modi said at a party rally at Kittur, about 30 km from this north Karnataka town.

Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament. More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest. One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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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.

I am in race to become governor: Indian American woman

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By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Yet another Indian American, this time a woman born to Sikh parents from Amritsar, is in the race to become governor of a US state. Nikki Randhawa Haley, 37, who is in the fray for the post of governor of South Carolina in the US, says she is in the race to win. If she gets elected, Nikki will be the first Indian American woman to become governor in the US, and the second Indian after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana state.

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

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मनीषा मशाल   भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

NCW condemns Mamata government for crimes against women

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Kolkata : Holding the Mamata Banerjee government's "lethargic attitude" as responsible for rise in crimes against women in West Bengal, National Commission for Women...

Lawmaker attacked, 100 buses vandalised in Bangladesh strike

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By IANS,

Woman techie goes missing in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad : A woman software engineer has gone missing after leaving for office and special teams have been formed to trace her, police said...

Indian MPs urged to back transgender rights

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New York: India’s parliament should enact a bill to ensure better legal protection for the rights of the transgender population, Human Rights Watch said...

Women can’t be treated as chattel: SC strikes down adultery law

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New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) In another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery after striking down a British era law, Section...

‘Girls are insecure becuase of love jihad:’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madhya Pradesh also threatened legal action against those misrepresenting her 'Keep Knives' speech.  Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net  BHOPAL (MADHYA...

‘Godman’ kidnaps woman disciple

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: A 40-year-old self-styled godman allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old disciple from her house here last month, police said Saturday. Police registered a case Saturday and initiated a hunt for the self-styled godman Anup Kumar Sahai, alias Swami Ji, for kidnapping Priyanka Srivastava alias Dolly, an MBA graduate, who was pursuing her doctoral studies. "Priyanka had gone missing from her house in Sector-7, Raj Nagar, since Feb 15. The family claimed she was kidnapped by Anup," Rajesh Chaudhary, inspector in-charge of the Kavi Nagar police station, said.

Early Marriage, Tradition and Safety: Unraveling the Challenges for Muslim Girls in Education

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Iqra Fatma, TwoCircles.net Darbhanga (Bihar): Nusrat, a bright young woman from Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, always aspired to pursue higher education. After earning her bachelor's...

This young educator is breaking taboos around menstrual hygiene

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The objective of Farheen Naaz’s organisation is to break the taboo that has been built around menstrual hygiene since ages and normalise period...

हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा

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    हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...

बेसहारा और गरीब लड़कियों की आवाज़ बनी ‘पहचान’

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली: रुक़ैय्या जब पांचवी क्लास में थीं तो उनके अब्बा ने उनकी मां को तलाक दे दिया. रूकैय्या की मां ग़रीब...

“Adverse political situation, militarization impacting Kashmiri women’s health”

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‘Impact of Conflict on Women in Kashmir’ report released By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Srinagar: “Rape, outrage of modesty and other forms of violence against women in the last 25 years have been used as a weapon of war in Kashmir,” and “61% of married women suffer from health disorders due to adverse political situation and militarization,” a report released here to mark February 23 as Women Resistance Day’ in Kashmir said on Monday.

Two booked for beating Dalit couple

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Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...

Rise from home-makers to nation-makers, Modi urges women

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New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday urged the women to graduate from being home-makers to becoming nation-makers as they have both...

A Burqa can be empowering too, but I don’t expect Ram Guha to understand...

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By Hatif Imam for TwoCircles.net My great uncle attained the coveted post of a Tehsildar before independence. He was a poet and a pious Muslim,...

Kunan Poshpora: The Silent Night That Still Echoes Cries for Justice

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Raqif Makhdoomi, TwoCircles.net Kunan Poshpora, a village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, carries a story that continues to haunt its people even after 35 years....

Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Australia storm into ICC Women’s World Cup final

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By IANS,

Life term for rapists, no death penalty, says Verma panel

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By IANS,

SIT trying to shield Rathore: Ruchika’s lawyer

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Pankaj Bhardwaj, molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra's lawyer, Wednesday said the special investigation team (SIT), constituted to probe fresh cases registered against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is trying to shield the accused. "SIT is working hand in glove with the accused and they are only trying to shield him and delay the proceedings of the case. We have no trust in SIT's investigation, that is why we had demanded a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe in the case," Bhardwaj told IANS here.

Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico

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Mexico City : A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City. The driver was...

Must ensure full safety for women in public places: PM

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By IANS,

Council of Europe to hold conference on violence against women

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By KUNA, Paris : The Council of Europe will hold in Strasbourg, June 10, the closing conference of its Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, the Council announced here Tuesday. The Council said that the aim of the conference is to assess the results of the campaign and the measures taken by the Council of Europe and its member states to protect women against violence.

Remembering Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim teacher who laid the foundation of Dalit-Muslim unity

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, a number of political forums and parties have experimented with uniting Dalits and Muslims, given their...

Molested girl’s brother arrested for rape

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By IANS, New Delhi: The brother of a minor girl who was molested in a moving bus in central Delhi was arrested Monday for raping her, police said.

BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress

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New Delhi : The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres...

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

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By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature

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Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....

Women’s car rally to create breast cancer awareness

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 100 women, some of them survivors of breast cancer, will drive from Delhi to Jaipur April 2 to create awareness about the disease that kills over 40,000 women every year in India. "Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in cities and we hope this rally will spread awareness among people," Ramesh Sarin, founder chairperson of the Forum for Breast Cancer Protection, told IANS Tuesday.

Uber rape case: Fingerprints of accused match

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New Delhi: A forensic expert Friday told a court here that the fingerprints of the Uber cab driver, accused of raping a woman executive,...

Man held for woman’s murder in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 45-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of murdering a woman in the national capital, the Delhi...

NCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women

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New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive...

With clanging, Manipur’s women peacekeepers keep trouble at bay

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By Gaurav Sharma, IANS,

The fight within Islam

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By Masarat Daud

इस तरह तो रमज़ान की रहमत रूठ जाएगी !

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ। Twocircles.net उस दिन 2 अप्रैल थी और रमज़ान की आमद का ऐलान हो चुका था। मुस्लिम समाज इस रमज़ान का शिद्दत से...

US Citizens Protest War in Iraq

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : The Code Pink anti-war organization protested on Friday against occupation of Iraq in front of a Marine Corps recruitment center in California. Activists held pink banners with the mottoes: "Bring Back the Troops Now" and "The war is Eating Our Children." We will do anything in our power to stop that war, asserted Zanne Joi, a member of Code Pink, created in 2002 by one hundred women. The meeting is part of the peaceful actions promoted by the group to celebrate Mothers' Day.

Issue of gender violence discussed at MIT

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By TCN News,

Give Indian Muslim women more social space: Minority bodies

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J&K mulls strict laws for crimes against women

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UN official: Women-excluded societies not democratic

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By IRNA,

No more Talaq Talaq Talaq: Women’s group

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New Delhi : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) on Monday said it will use the holy month of Ramadan to step up its...

Controversial women’s rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly

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By IANS, Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.

NGOs release charter urging men to say no to violence against women

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New Delhi : A 10-point charter was released here by Non-Government Organisations on Tuesday urging men to become agents of change and say no...

BARC woman employee accuses scientist of misbehaviour

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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.

A ‘Ph.D. Wedding’ Celebration for the Study of Malabar Muslim Women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: How do we celebrate our achievements, especially when it is an academic milestone? For many, it is posting a proud announcement...

Eight-year-old girl raped in Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad : An eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her landlord's son here on Wednesday -- but her parents came to know about...

8 महीने से जेल में है सपा विद्यायक नाहिद हसन, अखिलेश यादव से अब...

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मोहम्मद वसीम । Two circles.net के लिए तबियत खराब होने पर कैराना के विधायक नाहिद हसन को मुजफ्फरनगर अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया है...

Assam Congress women demand tickets for general elections

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By IANS, Guwahati : Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the ruling Congress party in the state, Monday demanded 33 percent reservation for women candidates in the upcoming general elections. "We want at least four seats for women candidates to contest in the Lok Sabha elections. I think we are justified in our demand and we have already intimated the same to Congress president Sonia Gandhi," president of the Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress Moloya Barman told IANS.

Women Congress activists protest outside Jaitley’s residence

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New Delhi : Hundreds of women Congress supporters protested outside Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence here Friday afternoon demanding an apology from him...

Uttar Pradesh tops in crimes against women: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The national capital is second only to Uttar Pradesh in crime against women cases, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury informed the Lok Sabha Friday. Renuka Chowdhury, citing data provided by the National Commission for Women (NCW), said the total number of such cases in Delhi in 2008 stood at 724. The NCW put the total number of cases, including rape, torture for dowry and harassment against women, in Uttar Pradesh at 2,381. It is the highest in the country in 2008.

Push for women’s reservation bill, activists tell MPs

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By IANS, New Delhi : Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its speedy passage. Ranjana Kumari, director of Women Power Connect, while welcoming the increase in women's numbers at 'panchayat' (village council) level, said the bill for 33 percent reservation for women in parliament must be passed and should be a priority for all parliamentarians.

Economic success of Mappilas

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net TCN Malabar series: Part 9

Punish tipplers with brooms, says Bihar women’s panchayat

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By Imran Khan Patna: A women's panchayat in a Bihar village has ordered women to punish with brooms people found consuming and selling liquor, while...

Five Iraqi women killed in collision with US forces

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By DPA, Baghdad: At least five Iraqi women were killed in a traffic collision with a vehicle carrying US forces south of Baghdad Wednesday, police said. Police told the DPA that at least six Iraqis were injured in the collision, which took place on the highway linking the central town of Hilla with the capital. A US military helicopter rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to a US military hospital, police said.

Dr. Mumtaz — A born leader

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Ilyaskhan Pathan & Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

Over 14,000 Gujarati women went missing in 2 years

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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...

Bail plea of BSP MP arrested in dowry death case rejected

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Ghaziabad : A court here on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of BSP MP Narendra Kashyap who was arrested on charges of dowry death...

Dr. Rehana Sultana — The Iron Lady of Hyderabad

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TCN series on Muslim women empowerment On International Women's Day on 8th March, TCN is bringing great stories of Muslim women empowerment from different states of India -- Editor

21 Nepali women rescued, two traffickers held

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New Delhi : Twenty-one Nepali women, who were set to be sent to Dubai for the sex trade on the pretext of getting jobs,...

German rape victim’s mother asked to give income details

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By IANS, Panaji : The Goa police have been harassing the mother of a raped minor German girl, asking her to provide details not relevant to the case, her lawyer said here Monday. "She has been asked to give details of her daily activities, her business details, source of income and vehicles purchased in Goa. These things are not relevant to the case," lawyer Aires Rodrigues told reporters. The Calangute police, probing the offence, have given the mother a two-day notice to come forward with details, he said.

Women’s rights activists condemn assault on Mangalore girls

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's rights activists Sunday condemned the attack on girls in a pub in Karnataka's coastal city of Mangalore by a self-styled moral brigade called Sri Rama Sene. Several women's rights organisations expressed their anger at the assault, saying it was violation of freedom. "Nobody has right to assault anyone and there can be no justification for this. Due action should be taken against them," Meenakshi Lekhi of the National Commission for Women (NCW) told IANS.

Women activists slam feudal panchayats, demand action

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Women’s groups urge centre to address grievances of rape victims

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) along with its Delhi wing Saturday urged the central government to address the grievances of rape victims with sensitivity. Several advocates, NGO workers and the members of the NCW and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) held a seminar to discuss the guidelines approved by the Delhi High Court a few months back to tackle sexual offences with more sensitivity. Girija Vyas, chairperson of NCW, pointed out that there is lack of sensitivity in the country towards sexually assaulted women and children.

एक्सक्लुसिव : कंचे खेलने की उम्र में बन गए घुड़सवार,मगर नही जाते स्कूल

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net https://youtu.be/IJB0x-FwhXI 7 साल के वसीम एक चबूतरे के सहारे साढ़े 6 फ़ीट ऊंची और लगभग 10 फ़ीट लम्बी घोड़े पर उछल कर चढ़...

Homemakers without a home: women and displacement in Chars of Dhubri

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By Parvin Sultana, The lives of char dwellers are marked by persisting underdevelopment, systemic exclusion, and frequent displacement. However, its impact is manifold on the lives of women. This brings forth the need to take a gendered look at the process of dispossession.

Javed Akhtar condemns Muslim personal law board

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Mumbai : Acclaimed lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, who is vocal about his thoughts, says he condemns the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)...

Mumbai women jailed for hurling slipper at apex court judge

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By IANS, New Delhi:The Supreme Court Wednesday jailed four women officials of Mumbai-based Boss School of Music for hurling a slipper at an apex court judge in March this year. A bench of Justices Altmas Kabir, G.S. Singhvi and H.L. Dattu convicted the four women, including the school's principal, on the charge of contempt of court for throwing a slipper at Justice Arijit, who has since retired, and sentenced them to three months' jail.

Girl of 9 years raped, murdered in Mumbai police colony

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By IANS, Mumbai: A nine-year-old girl was raped and murdered by some unidentified persons and her body was discovered from the terrace of a building in the police colony in northeast Mumbai Sunday, officials said. The rape was confirmed in the autopsy report of the victim received by the police late Sunday evening. Though no policemen were willing to go on record, unofficially they confirmed that the victim was raped and then strangled to death.

Farah wins best jewellery designer award

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By IANS Mumbai: ewellery designer Farah Khan Ali is on cloud nine after receiving “Best Jewellery Designer of the Year Award” at the Retail Jeweller India Awards.

Bhutanese women in politics: Victims of prejudices

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By Shilpa Raina, Thimpu : There is no gender discrimination in Bhutan but, when it comes to the representation of women in politics, socio-cultural prejudices...

Saina loses final, settles for World silver

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Jakarta: It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women's singles final to Spanish top seed...

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...

Leaders, celebrities slam deadly Lahore blast

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Lahore/New Delhi : India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and a host of leaders and celebrities across the subcontinent took to...

लखनऊ: उजरियां में धरने को हुआ एक महीना पूरा, घण्टाघर पर भूखहड़ताल शुरू

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून, एनआरसी और एनपीआर के विरोध में लखनऊ के उजरियाँ मे चल रहे धरना-प्रदर्शन को एक महीना पूरा हो...

Microfinance scheme for transgenders, marginalised women

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By IANS, Chennai: In a bid to empower transgenders and marginalised women, a microfinance programme was launched by Tamil Nadu TAI Vizhudugal Federation (TAIVF) here Friday under which 16 groups were given a loan of Rs.50,000 each. "AIDS and connected issues cannot be addressed in isolation. To ensure long-term impact and sustainability of any programme we realised that transgenders and marginalised women groups have to stand on their feet, become self-reliant and take charge of their lives," R. Lakshmibai, project director, Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) said.

Two women thrown off train in Bihar, one dead

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Patna : In a shocking incident, a woman was killed and another seriously injured when some unidentified people threw them off a running train...

Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...

Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row

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To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...

Police lock up rape victim for semi-nude protest

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By IANS, Moga (Punjab) : A semi-nude protest here by a woman against Punjab police inaction in registering a case against some men who allegedly raped her has landed her in a lock-up. The victim took off her clothes on a busy crossing on the Ferozepore-Ludhiana highway here Monday and shouted that her pleas to the police for getting a rape case registered had fallen on deaf ears. The protest shocked people moving along the highway.

Eight-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband

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By DPA, Riyadh : An eight-year-old Saudi girl got divorced from her 50-year-old husband after the marriage drew severe criticism, the girl's lawyer said Thursday. Abdullah al-Jeteily said that the court in Onayza city approved the divorce decree after several officials in the region talked with the husband. Two request by the girl's mother for a divorce were rejected before, and one judge ruled that the girl would be able to file for divorce herself only after she reaches puberty.

First woman in space turns 75

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By IANS, Moscow : Valentina Tereshkova who became the world's first woman to go into space after her flight in June 1963 turned 75 Tuesday.

Perils of covering protests for Journalists in Kashmir

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Journalists working in Jammu and Kashmir while covering the protest face chances of harassment or injury, both by the protestors and police. By...

‘Swachh Bharat’ mission to give women priority: Government

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New Delhi : The government Thursday said women will be accorded priority under the 'Swachh Bharat' mission while constructing community and public toilets. Replying to...

10 women killed in Baghdad attacks

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Baghdad : At least 10 women were killed and 23 others wounded in attacks at a residential complex here Saturday, an interior ministry source...

Temple can’t prohibit entry of women devotees: SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that unless a temple had a constitutional right, it could not prohibit the entry of the...

‘राहुल गांधी ने भी मुझे धोखा दिया’ –डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net बारमेर (राजस्थान) : दलित मेधा की मिसाल बन चुकी डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब घर-घर का हिस्सा बनती जा रही है....

“Your silence is killing us,” transgender persons rue govt apathy, demand horizontal reservations

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During a press conference, the community activists demanded that the Union Government establish a system for giving horizontal reservations for transgender people within the...

Noida Authority plans old age home cum orphanage

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Noida: The Noida Authority plans to construct an old age home cum orphanage to take care of the elderly and orphaned children under the...

Women quota bill will further marginalize backward sections: PFI

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: Popular Front of India General Secretary K. M. Shareef has stated that the Women’s Reservation bill passed by the Rajya Sabha would not lead to empowering women, instead if it became law will further accelerate the marginalization of Dalits, backward castes and Muslims.

Jankidevi Bajaj award conferred on Shamshad Begum of Chhattisgarh

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Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The prestigious 25th IMC Ladies Wing Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar 2017 was conferred on the renowned social worker from Chhattisgarh, Shamshad...

Over 3,000 tribal women demonstrate in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : In an unprecedented expression of anger, about 3,000 tribal women Wednesday demonstrated in Barwani before the district collector and the superintendent of police.

Four held for illegally selling Rs.700 mn property of actress

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By IANS, Chennai : Four people, including two women, have been jailed for allegedly selling a property worth over Rs.700 million and partly owned by actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti. They used forged papers to sell the property in the northwest suburbs of this city, the police said. The four were arrested Friday following a complaint from one of the owners of the property. All of them were sent to Puzhal prison after a court remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days, a police official said.

Woman, who accused Pachauri of sexual harassment, resigns

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New Delhi: The woman researcher, who levelled charges of sexual harassment against environmental scientist R.K. Pachauri, has quit her job at The Energy Research...

A massive dharna of Muslim women demanding quota in WRB

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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.

Pratapgarh violence: Some photos

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Twelve Years On Pink Autos Still Run Without Support in Ranchi

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Midhat Samra, TwoCircles Ranchi: Suman Devi watched me photograph the pink auto and said that people come here to click pictures because the bright colour fascinates...

You won’t find a husband, world’s tallest girl told

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By IANS, London: Marvadene Anderson, a US resident who is said to be the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 feet 11 inches, says the rudest thing that she has ever been told is that she won't "be able to find a husband". "People are friendly with me because of my height and my personality. If I was tall and mean, I think I'd have a problem," The Telegraph quoted Anderson as saying Tuesday. "The rudest thing anybody ever said about my height is that I'm not going to be able to find a husband."

Islam and Muslim women’s social roles

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By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand)

Daughter wants death for rapist dad

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By IANS Amritsar: "My father should not be spared for his acts. He should be shot dead," was the impassioned plea of the college-going daughter of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The father has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past eight years. Speaking to reporters here Thursday, the 20-year-old said she wanted no mercy for her father. "Don't spare him. The police should shoot him dead," she said, speaking in Punjabi.

Why Delhi Police commissioner not suspended: Asks court

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Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour

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By Aatika S | TwoCircles Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...
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