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Three men rape Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : A Dalit woman was allegedly raped by three young men in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said Saturday. "The complainant, who is a resident of the Mubarikpur village in Etah district, approached us late Friday night to register a case against three youth, who allegedly raped her," police inspector Dheeraj Prasad told IANS by telephone. In her complaint, the 30-year-old woman has alleged that the three young men of her locality followed her while she was returning from the fields Friday evening. Later, they forcibly took her to a secluded place and raped her.

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...

Argentina’s women hockey captain celebrates Olympic bronze in her bra

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By DPA, Beijing : Argentine women's field hockey captain Magdalena Aicega was thrilled as she celebrated the team's bronze medal in her bra, wrapped only in an Argentine flag. Where was her shirt? "I gave my shirt to Diego, because he asked me for it. I could not say no to him, it hardly took me a second to take it off," Aicega said Friday. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona - who encouraged his compatriots in the changing rooms after their painful semifinal loss to the Netherlands - was in the stands Friday.

Online campaign against ‘untouchability’ in Rajasthan

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Controversy in Bihar after student allegedly asked to remove Hijab during exam

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The incident happened at Mahant Darshan Das Mahila (MDDM) College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on October 16. Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net PATNA (BIHAR) — A controversy over...

Asia’s richest woman was feng shui master’s lover, court told

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By DPA, Hong Kong : Asia's richest woman, according to court testimony, was the lover of a feng shui master for 14 years before leaving him her entire multibillion-US-dollar fortune, a news report said Saturday. Lawyers for feng shui master Tony Chan said he and Nina Wang shared a "long-lasting, close and affectionate love" from 1993 to her death last year, the South China Morning Post reported. The pair allegedly had "midnight meetings" disguised as feng shui consultations during their secret affair, which began three years after Wang's husband was kidnapped, never to reappear.

Ramdev says ‘honeymoon’ remark misinterpreted, complaint filed

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New Delhi/Lucknow: A day after his comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his "honeymoon" sparked outrage, Baba Ramdev Saturday apologised and said...

JNU and Quest for a Just World

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What JNU and Kanhaiya have done is hold a mirror to the great democracy that seems to have lost its way Aijaz...

शादी में दहेज़ के खिलाफ उलेमाओं ने उठाई आवाज़

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net मुस्लिम समाज में उलेमाओं की पहल धीरे धीरे रंग लाने लगी है। उलेमाओं और मुस्लिम समाज के जिम्मेदारों द्वारा चलाई गई...

Orissa girl sacrificed for good harvest

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : A 10-year-old girl in an Orissa village was beheaded by her grandfather, who believed that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop, police said Monday. The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The heinous crime came to light after villagers caught the man, Rajesh Hembram, and handed him over to the police.

Abu Dhabi firm launches portal on Arab women

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dubai: An Abu Dubai media company has launched a website solely dedicated to Arab women, the firm said Tuesday. The anaZahra.com aims to reflect the lives, passions and pursuits of Arab women. It also hopes to offer greater interaction and create "a sense of community", it said. The portal will deal with topics ranging from beauty, fashion, well being to society, personal empowerment and celebrity news. Innovative digital tools enable a higher level of engagement and connection with audiences. The content is well defined, categorized and easy to navigate.

Techie arrested for killing friend’s wife in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: A young techie was arrested on Monday for murdering his friend's wife, a homemaker, in Bengaluru's upscale eastern suburb, police said. "The suspect, 32-year-old...

Ruchika case to be probed again as model case: Moily

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By IANS, New Delhi : The molestation and suicide of teenager Ruchika Girhotra will be re-investigated as a "model case" and the accused should be tried for abetment to suicide of a minor to demonstrate that nobody can "subvert the rule of law", Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.

Indian rape laws must be of global standards: Amnesty

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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.

Acid attack victims: Centre, states to streamline payment of compensation

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New Delhi: The central and the state governments on Saturday agreed to streamline the process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation, including first-aid...

Bihar ISc results: Firdaus Parween gets 5th rank in state

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Patna: Firdaus Parween from T P College in Madhepura is among top five rankers in Bihar intermediate exam 2010 (science stream). The top five positions in the state this year have been grabbed by girls with Shweta Rajani, a student of J D Women’s College, Patna, securing the first position with 425 aggregate marks.

Violence against women: Silence is violence

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Country’s richest woman loses in Haryana polls

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

Mother, daughter held for stoning woman to death

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By IANS, Raipur : A village headwoman in Chattisgarh was arrested Monday with her daughter and son-in-law for allegedly stoning to death a woman who was branded a witch. The incident took place at Narkela village in Jashpur district, about 450 km from here. "The village sarpanch, Rimni Bai, and her daughter and son-in-law were arrested following strong evidence that they stoned to death a middle-aged tribal woman Budhiaro Bai after branding her a witch," said a police official probing the case.

Protests as two women pray at Sabarimala, Kerala shutdown called

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Thiruvananthapuram/Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) Protests erupted across Kerala on Wednesday after two women in the hitherto banned age group entered the Sabarimala temple before...

AMU VC Prof. Abdul Azis presents Award of Excellence to Dr. Afshan Naheed Hashmi

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis presented an Award of Excellence to Dr. Afshan Naheed Hashmi, president of the Global Regulatory and Business Solutions, Maryland, USA, at a function organized by the Ladies Club of the University held at Aligarh. According to a Press release Prof. Azis speaking on the occasion said that Afshan is the most enthusiastic and dedicated lady and she was the first person who gave an idea to hold the World Summit of AMU Alumni.

Muslim women go door-to-door to collect signatures against Uniform Civil Code

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: A signature campaign by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) against the Uniform Civil Code is finding good...

#MeToo must also fight against agents of state, realise the truth of occupation: A...

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By TCN News: The #Metoo Campaign is gaining momentum with each passing day with more and more women comng out in the open to talk...

Bengal youth beaten up for protesting women’s harassment dies

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Kolkata : A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into coma after being beaten up for protesting harassment of women during an idol immersion procession...

Women’s panel takes up Manipuri girls assault case

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission of Women (NCW) Monday took up the case of the two northeastern women who were allegedly sexually harassed by their landlord, and has issued notice to the director general of police (DGP) and the chief secretary of Haryana in this regard. Mary and Daisy, two Manipuri girls who had rented a room in DLF Phase 1 in Gurgaon, were allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten up by their landlord along with two other men on the night of Dec 12.

Telangana, Headley, women’s quota share space in parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Noisy protests for and against the creation of Telangana forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha Thursday while in the Rajya Sabha, the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) found common cause on the Headley saga and asked the government to make clear its stand on the case that was getting "curiouser and curiouser".

A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...

Let 2015 be a start to a future of ‘lasts’ rather than ‘half’ measures...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: After receiving the Nobel Peace prize with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistan’s young education activist Malala Yousafzai has written an open letter to the world leaders. In India, the campaigners have sent this letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

After driving across India, Khasi woman eyes Mongol Rally

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : Driving a seven hp two-stroke engine for 4,110 km in 20 days is not an easy task, but Miatmon Sooting, a single mother to a seven-year-old, should be proud enough that she completed the race in an auto-rickshaw in 15 days. It's given her the confidence to eye the gruelling Mongol Rally.

Education protecting poor women from obesity

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London : Education and increasing awareness are protecting poor women in developing nations, including India, from the fattening effects of rising wealth, a new...

Dhaka to amend laws discriminatory to women: PM

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday said her government will, if necessary, amend or repeal laws that are harmful and discriminatory to women. She also pledged effective enforcement of the Women Development Policy formulated during her last tenure in 1997 to ensure socio-economic security and development of women, United News of Bangladesh reported. Her remarks came at the opening of the International Women's Day celebrations as activists pledged to focus on acid attacks on women.

Hyderabad woman sets afire two children, ends life

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Hyderabad : A woman set afire her two children and later committed suicide here on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred in Gachibowli area...

Teresa Rehman wins Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

Woman paraded naked in Rajasthan

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Jaipur : A woman has been paraded naked in Rajasthan's Sikar district by her husband following an argument in their house, eyewitnesses said Monday. Only...

Women power at Delhi civic polls

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Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Smruti Divas in Sholapur

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By Asma Khan for TwoCircles.net

Temple attack in Pakistan not because of faith: Reema Abbasi

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Kolkata: Asserting that Hindus were not persecuted in her country, Pakistani journalist-author Reema Abbasi on Saturday attributed land-grabbing rather faith behind attacks on temples...

Minor raped in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two of her neighbours, both property dealers, in southwest Delhi Monday, police said Tuesday. "The incident took place yesterday (Monday) when the girl was returning from the market after shopping. Dharmender, 31, and Praveen, 29, were arrested after the girl's family complained about the incident," a senior police officer said.

“Her New World” project launched by Shaheen Academy at Guwahati

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TCN News: “Her New World” a project for both rural and urban women of Assam was launched on 15th of October by Shaheen Academy. The...

पहले तो हमारी सोच का दायरा इतना छोटा नहीं था…

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तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी, TwoCircles.net के लिए भारत के तमाम नागरिकों को भारतीय संविधान के तहत यह अधिकार हासिल है कि वो जिस धर्म को चाहे, उसके...

नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...

Hundreds of protesters gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

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Women’s quota bill: Despite opposition, government firm

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By IANS, New Delhi : Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, the government said there was no option but to push forward with the legislation in the absence of a consensus. The government has timed the consideration and passage of the bill in Rajya Sabha with the 100th year of international women's day Monday. The landmark legislation seeks to reserve 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.

Over 1,800 women beggars held in Mumbai in three years

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By IANS, New Delhi : A total of 1,818 women beggars were rounded up in Mumbai and only 319 and 19 in Delhi and Kolkata respectively in the past three years, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday said. "The number of women beggars hauled up in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata in the last three years is 319, 1,818 and 19 respectively," the minister told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Bhopal most unsafe for women in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Even as this Madhya Pradesh capital has been declared the second safest city in the country, figures revealed by Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in the state assembly Wednesday indicate that the city was most unsafe for women in the state. A study conducted by Institute for Competitiveness and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) that indicates many benchmarks for Urban Development & Prosperity of India Tuesday announced that Delhi was the safest city in the country, followed by Bangalore and Bhopal in the second position.

Man gets life sentence for raping minor in Tripura

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Agartala: A tribal was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said here Friday. "Dhananjoy Reang raped...

Three women die after surgery in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: Three women died in Odisha's Sambalpur district five hours after surgery was conducted on them in a state-run medical college and hospital, said...

Three held for woman’s gangrape in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Three men were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said Wednesday. "The woman was waiting for a bus to go to Ujjain Tuesday when the trio offered her lift in their jeep. Later, they took her to bypass road and raped and assaulted her," said Dewas Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rajput. Rajendra Senghav of Dewas, Sunil Mehta of Raisen district and Bunty Patel of Bhopal were arrested by a police patrol on the bypass road, he said.

A dai steps toward ensuring safe motherhood in Rajasthan

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By IANS,

Dulla Bhatti and communalization of history

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By Japal Singh for TwoCircles.net Today is Lohri, a festival that is celebrated in Punjab with great gusto. Few days before, young boys go around...

Rally for road safety among women held in Delhi

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New Delhi : A rally to promote road safety awareness among women was organised here on Sunday by International two-wheeler maker Honda in collaboration...

Change mindset towards women: Odisha governor

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Indian women’s hockey team qualifies for 2016 Olympics

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London: England ensured that India qualified for the Olympics after 36 years when they defeated Spain to enter the final of the ongoing EuroHockey...

Half of Delhi’s women voters turned out for polls

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By IANS, New Delhi : An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections. "We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof," Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.

Growing intolerance in India is worrying: Shabana Azmi

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New Delhi : Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday expressed support to those raising issues of intolerance in the country. She said "the growing...

Warden thrashes six girls, suspended

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Srinagar : A warden at a tribal students hostel here in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly thrashed six girl inmates because they refused to clean...

Women changing India: Iconic divas on Magnum camera

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By Madhusree Chatterjee,IANS,

Woman call centre worker stabbed to death in Lucknow

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Lucknow : A call centre worker was stabbed to death in Lucknow Wednesday, police said. Shabnam, 28, was walking to office for the morning shift...

22-year-old gangraped by auto drivers

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three auto rickshaw drivers in Sarai Kale Khan area of southeast Delhi Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. "The victim, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi, had taken an auto from Civil Lines to her home. There were two other people in the auto rickshaw with the driver," said a senior police officer. "The accused took her to a deserted place where they raped her," the officer added. "The three men have been arrested," the officer said.

Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...

She fights genetic disorder with art

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By Madhulika Sonkar, IANS,

Bihar Muslims show black flags to protest Narendra Modi

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By TCN News Patna: Activists of Muslim United Front (MUF) led a protest march against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Bihar arrival on Saturday. Hundreds raised slogans against Narendra Modi, Varun Gandhi, and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for their alleged attempts to turn Bihar into a Gujarat, reference to genocide of 2002.

The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

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The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...

Paes, Sania perfected the winning mantra

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By Veturi Srivatsa As suspected, the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee report punishing two franchises and their officials for their notoriety in the Indian...

Widowed in Ramadan by rioters, Rukayya now lives for three daughters

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By Special Correspondent, TwoCircles.net, Washim, Maharashtra: Rukayya Parveen, 25, a simple and quiet girl from Karanja town in Washim district of Maharashtra, considered herself blessed...

SC stays death sentence of rape-murder convict

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence of Kalu Khan, convicted for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in...

‘मुझे अपने देश के लोकतंत्र में यक़ीन था, लेकिन अब नहीं है’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net ‘आम तौर पर लोग सोचते हैं कि मुसलमान अपनी लड़कियों को नहीं पढ़ातें. लेकिन आठवीं पास होने के बावजूद मेरी ख्वाहिश...

Women climb water tank to protest poor rehab facilities

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By IANS,

5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent

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By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...

No ‘fatwa’ against working women, says Deoband

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By IANS, Lucknow/New Delhi: Darul Uloom Deoband, India's foremost Islamic seminary, Wednesday denied it has asked Muslim women not to work along with men and said it only suggested that working women should dress "properly". "We had only given an opinion based on Sharia that women need to be properly covered in government and private offices," said Maulana Adnan Munshi, spokesman for the seminary in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He denied a media report that the seminary was opposed to men and women working together.

Pakistan deserved much better, says Charlesworth

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By IANS, New Delhi: Australia's national coach Ric Charlesworth was surprised to see Pakistan adopting the European style of play against them in the last Pool B match of the Hockey World Cup here Monday. "It's a bit of a paradox. Pakistan was defending and counter-attacking just like the European teams do and we were defending," said Charlesworth, after his team qualified for the semis as Pool B champions with a 2-1 win. Charlesworth said Pakistan were a better lot compared to others teams in the group, but were just "unlucky".

Jhansi women send strong message on how to protect trees

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By Sandeep Pauranik Jhansi : If you take to the roads of Bundelkhand, you will be captivated by the lush growth of trees -- and...

Mystery over woman’s death in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : Police were Wednesday investigating the death of a former air hostess under mysterious circumstances at Ghaziabad. Some passers-by noticed Jaya Kaushik, a 26-year-old who earlier worked with Deccan airlines, lying critically injured near railway tracks at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday. They rushed her to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Attending doctors said her left leg and right arm were found broken and there were multiple injuries in her abdomen.

Karnataka court notice over Khel Ratna for Sania

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Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the sports ministry for naming ace tennis star Sania Mirza for the...

Wear clothes that don’t ‘tease’, Goa BJP tells tourists

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By IANS, Panaji: Foreign tourists in Goa must have a "minimum dress code" as the clothes they wear "tend to tease", the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit chief said Sunday. Goa BJP president Laxmikant Parsenkar, while speaking at a gram sabha (village council), said thqat "a minimum dress code is necessary" to thwart the cultural invasion by foreign tourists in Goa.

Workshop on Multiple Intelligences Theory held in Chennai

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By TCN News Chennai: “So, can you sing ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ to the tune of ‘Mary had a little lamb’?” asked Sadiya Saleh, the moderator of the workshop on Multiple Intelligences. One participant tried, but slowly went back to the original tune. “Well, people who are musically intelligent can!” The workshop on Theory of Multiple Intelligences was held on Saturday March 13th at Al-Qamar Academy, an Islamic school in Chenai. The workshop was open to women from the general public and attended by about 40 women.

Government mum on allegations against Akbar

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

Thinking about justice

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By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net, It is our duty to fight every injustice. Or so we rightly feel. But how far can we go? Among other valid points the Ruchika case has once again brought into focus the issue of delayed justice, which may be as good as justice denied. And when people are continuously living in conditions where justice and equality are denied, their frustration may turn violent as they seem convinced that the most they could loose is their meaningless life.

AMU Convocation: Women take centre stage, bag 122 medals

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By TCN News Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) plays a special role in India’s development and AMU students have made their mark not only in India...

Indonesian minister urges probe into May 1998 rapes

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By Xinhua, Jakarta : An Indonesian minister has delivered documents on the alleged May 1998 mass rape of mostly ethnic Chinese women to the Attorney General's Office (AGO), local press said Saturday. State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Farida Swasono handed over the documents to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji on Friday. The documents contained results of research by psychology professor and women's activist Saparinah Sadli, major English daily The Jakarta Post reported.

Too few Indian women joining the army

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, New Delhi : Not many women seem interested in joining the Indian Army. Only half the women candidates who qualified in the entrance exam and interview turned up for the Officers Training Academy (OTA) course in Tamil Nadu this year. The course has 80 seats but only around 40 women candidates came as the course began in April this year. This comes even as the top army brass has agreed to give permanent commission to women officers in more branches. All women have to undergo the OTA course to join the army.

Tamil Nadu’s blind community left in the dark without assistance for writing exams

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For scores of visually impaired students from Tamil Nadu, writing exams amid the ongoing pandemic has been a tough ask, with no or minimal...

Police not to arrest Rathore ‘hastily’ despite criticism

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana Police has been pulled up for delaying action in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case but police officials say they did not want to arrest former top cop S.P.S Rathore "hastily" despite a Panchkula court having dismissed his anticipatory bail pleas. "Our investigation is still under process and we are looking into all aspects of the case before arresting anybody. We cannot do things hastily in this matter and we are busy collecting evidence pertaining to these FIRs," Superintendent of Police (Panchkula) Maneesh Chaudhary told IANS here Saturday.

Aherkheri residents prefer slums over newly-built flats

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net Rows of newly-constructed four-story buildings stand in stark contrast to the slums around it in Aherkheri area of Indore. One would think that slums are there to serve the people who live in these buildings, but these structures were built for the slum-dwellers themselves. An initiative of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) these buildings were constructed in late 2012 in one of several slum relocation projects throughout the city.

Video report: March Against Bride Trafficking

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Experts estimate nearly 20,000 women and children were trafficked in India in 2016 (Reuters, 2016). Child marriage, which is regarded as a form of...

After youth, AAP to reach out to women

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New Delhi : After receiving an "overwhelming" response at the interaction with youth as part of its Delhi Dialogue Campaign, the AAP will reach...

Pregnant woman beaten to death in Rajasthan

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By IANS, Jaipur : Family members of a pregnant woman in Rajasthan have alleged that she was beaten to death by her in-laws when they...

Provide facilities to homeless, lactating women in Delhi: Court

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

Ashiana: Bengaluru’s old age home

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By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net, Bengaluru: Abdul Hamid, 78, was a painter by profession. He did painting until recently. That was till the paint brush...

Police denies woman in Purnea battered to death

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By TCN Staff Reporter, Purnea (Bihar): Purnea SP Amit Lodha denies that Bibi Shezadi was battered to death by village Panchayat.

If triple talaq struck down, then new divorce law will come, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that if the latter invalidates the men-centric triple talaq that is discriminatory...

Women just 7.53 percent of central government work force: Official

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New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Women constitute just 7.52 percent of the central government work force, revealed T.K.A. Nair, the principal secretary to the prime minister, Sunday. "The percentage of women working in the central government is 7.53 percent, of which 24 percent are in All India Civil Services, 18.5 percent in the Indian Police Service and 18 percent in the Indian Foreign Service, Nair said. Nair was speaking on the launch of the special International Women's Day issue of Bureacracy Today magazine here.

Meeran to head Bureau of Police Research and Development

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Mumbai : Senior Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Meeran Chadha-Borwankar has been appointed the new Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development,...

SC notice to Rajasthan on plea by tribal women

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Rajasthan's Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police on a petition by...

Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children

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By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil has signed into law a bill giving Indian women equal rights as men in adopting children and becoming guardians of minors, including their own children, it was announced Thursday. The president removed the age-old gender discrimination against women by giving her assent to the Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010, which was passed by parliament in its monsoon session which concluded last week, according to a law ministry press release.

Gujarat safe for women, Bengal unsafe: Modi

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Bankura (West Bengal) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had failed to curb crimes against...

Violence against women and religion

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, Religion is believed to be divine. It is divine in more than one sense. Firstly it is divine in the sense that its teachings are motivated by purest of intentions; secondly it is divine as its teachings are transcendent as religion exhort us to transcend what is to, what it should be in society as well as in our personal conduct. But soon after birth of religion it gets mixed up with customs and traditions already existing in society on one hand, and, on the other, powerful interests, often very negation of its teachings, begin to control it.

Muslim girl burnt alive in Bihar for ‘resisting sexual advances’, family alleges police inaction...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: A twenty-year-old girl Gulnaz Khatoon from Rasulpur Habib village in Bihar was allegedly burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment by...

Government plans women’s health campaign

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Indian government's premier agency for science communication, Vigyan Prasar, is planning to launch a nation-wide programme to educate women on health related issues.

Ramadan 1439: Sakina

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By Poornima Marh, TwoCircles.net Sakina, born and brought up in Mumbai, is a teacher. She lives in Bangalore with her family. She says “We shifted...

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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Odisha to probe rape cases within 60 days

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Five killed in Jammu gunbattle, four hostages rescued

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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.

अपने अधिकार के लिए संगठित हो रही हैं इस गांव की महिलाएं

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मधुबनी (बिहार) : मधुबनी ज़िले के कलुआही प्रखंड के काज़ीटोला व हरपुर के ग्रामीण इन दिनों अपने गावं में हो...

Rashmi Shukla is Pune’s second woman police chief

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Pune : Senior police officer and State Intelligence Department Commissioner Rashmi Shukla was appointed the new police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, official sources...

No link between gender justice, St.Stephen’s minority status: Activists

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New Delhi : Women activists on Wednesday condemned St. Stephen's principal Valson Thampu's for "mishandling" the sexual harassment case, saying the fight for gender...

BSP MP didn’t rape me: Victim

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New Delhi : The woman who accused BSP MP Dhananjay Singh of raping her, Friday denied the charge in a court here. Testifying as a...

Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam

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New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...

Over three years, 70 pregnant women found HIV+ in Tripura

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Agartala : About 70 pregnant women have tested HIV-positive in Tripura in the past three years, an official of the Tripura State AIDS Control...

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Women objectified in negative manner in society: Delhi court

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

College women drink excessively to hook men

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By IANS, Washington : College women may be downing a peg too many in order to hook their male counterparts but without much success, according to a new study. A survey of 3,616 college students at two universities found that the bulk of women overestimated the amount of alcohol a typical guy would like his female friends, dates or girlfriends to drink. The results showed 71 percent of women overestimated the men's actual preference of drinks at any given event. The women overestimated by an average of one-and-a-half drinks.

पलायन का प्रतीक बनी ज्योति पासवान के पिता का निधन

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Impressed with Indian women, Clinton seeks more opportunities for them

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By IANS, Mumbai: "Impressed" with Indian women, US Secretary of State of Hillary Clinton Saturday said that while "enormous progress" has been achieved in their empowerment, much more needs to be done. Addressing a press conference here on the first morning of her five-day visit to India, Clinton said: "I am very impressed with Indian women." "I have been in touch with a number of organisations that are promoting economic opportunities and greater choices in the lives of women here in India. Enormous amount of progress has been made in this field," she added.

Kerala women’s panel wants HIV test before marriage

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Paying a debt to our mothers, says law minister

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By IANS, New Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily Tuesday said by passing of the historic Women's Reservation Bill providing 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies "we are paying a debt to our mothers". The apprehensions expressed by some MPs on the quota would be addressed, the law minister assured the house.

Congress committed to passing women’s quota bill: Sonia

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By IANS, New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday said her party was committed to getting the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha.

Controversy in Kashmir after Army-run school asks staff to ‘avoid Hijab’

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The Dagger Parivaar School, which is run by the Army in collaboration with an NGO, said the move was aimed to help disabled students...

National Archives to observe 125th Foundation Year of NAI in Bhopal

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: The National Archives of India (NAI), Regional Office, Bhopal is organizing a 3-day outreach programme from September...

Woman priest, a mother – they fight cultural beliefs for change

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By IANS, New Delhi : At first glance, Suniti Gadgil doesn't look like a Hindu priest. One of the very few women who have broken yet another male bastion, Gadgil always wears a bright smile though not necessarily a priest's robes. "My journey to becoming a priest has been a challenging one. Initially, people were not ready to accept it, even my husband did not support me. But now things have changed," Gadgil said at the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA) report release function Wednesday.

Muslim women converge to pray for release of Maulana Naseeruddin

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslim women converged in Hyderabad on Friday to pray for the release of Maulana Muhammad Naseeruddin, his three sons and other Muslim youths who are languishing in different jails in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for several years.

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.

Saudi men lobby for remarriages of widows, divorcees

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Riyadh : A group of Saudi men have formed a society to promote remarriages of widows and divorcees within the existing system of polygamy...

Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: The Saudi Arabian administration is set to recruit 500 Muslim women nurses from Kerala to work in hospitals in and around Mecca and Madina.

Mother, three children killed in UP fire

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Lucknow : A mother and her three children were burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Friday when a fire broke out...

Most women don’t find sexual problems upsetting: Survey

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By IANS, Washington : The majority of women who experience low libido, poor arousal or face difficulties in orgasming, don't seem upset by these problems. These findings are based on one of the largest ever studies of its kind, which probed 32,000 women aged between 18 and 100 plus years across the US, regarding distress bearing on sex life, including anger, guilt, frustration and worry.

Muslim women should be allowed to wear burqa: Tory chairperson

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By IANS, London : Muslim women should have the right to choose to wear the burqa, Conservative Party chairperson Sayeeda Warsi has said. "Just because a woman wears the burqa, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life," she says. Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the cabinet, defended the burqa Monday. "Just because a woman wears the burka, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life. Why should we tell women what to wear? What it boils down to is choice. If women don’t have a choice over what to wear then they are oppressed.

तस्वीरों में साल 2022 का एएमयु में मनाया गया सर सैयद डे !

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Move beyond women development to women-led development: Modi

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New Delhi : Laying stress on moving towards women-led development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged elected representatives to use technology to be...

Police prevent women from reaching Trimbakeshwar Temple

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Pune/Nashik : Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum...

SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights

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New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...

84% Of 12 mn married children under 10 are Hindus

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Devanik Saha Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years - 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent...

Women literacy rate higher than men in UAE

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By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : The literacy rate of women is higher than men in the UAE, a report said Tuesday.

2009 a record year for women Nobel winners

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By DPA, Stockholm : The shared Nobel economics prize for Elinor Ostrom of the US Monday further underscored that 2009 was a record-year for women prize winners. Ostrom, of Indiana University in Bloomington, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize for economics. The economics prize - first awarded in 1969 - was not in the original will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, who endowed the awards.

Kerala to intervene for nurses in Saudi Arabia: Chandy

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Thiruvananthapuram: With the Saudi Arabian authorities set to implement a new law on minimum qualifications for nurses working in government and private sectors, the...

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

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

Woman dead, three hurt in Bengaluru blast

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Bengaluru: A woman died and three other people were injured in a low-intensity blast near a restaurant in the city centre Sunday, a top...

Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive

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By IANS, Jammu : It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu -- living with her Hindu paramour. Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared -- and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she "knew some secrets about her superiors". According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing.

उत्तराखंड में जज बन गई गांव की जहांआरा ,गुलसिताँ’ और आयशा

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Subhashini Ali dwells on women’s issues, attacks Mamata regime

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Kolkata: Launching her Lok Sabha campaign on International Women's Day, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Subhashini Ali Saturday focussed on issues faced by women...

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...

Congress seeks new Odisha law for women’s safety

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : The Congress Thursday demanded a new legislation in Odisha to ensure safety and security to women and claimed that crimes against them were on the rise in the state.

Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday

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Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...

Women not safe in Bihar, says NCW team

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Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college

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By IANS, Bhopal:At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said. The girls belong to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP - the Bharatiya Janata Party's student wing) to which those accused in the Professor Sabharwal murder case of Ujjain belonged.

Apex court strikes balance between justice and compassion

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By Rana Ajit, IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court has upheld a five-year jail term to a paralysed Gujarati woman who abused a member of a Scheduled Caste, but has suspended her sentence for three months to enable her to appeal to the governor for remission of her sentence. The verdict, which struck a fine balance between justice and compassion, was delivered earlier this month by a bench of judges Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma.