Millions of women devotees expected at Kerala temple on Sunday
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Upwards of four million women devotees are expected to cook an offering as part of the famed Attukal Pongala festival to be...
Delhi to set up women’s help desks for 2010 Games
By IANS,
New Delhi : Keeping in mind the safety concerns of women during the Commonwealth Games next year, the Delhi government Tuesday announced a plan to establish 'gender help desks' at various places across the city.
"Women, who are integral to any event, in diverse capacities, have some special needs. These needs are to be addressed and redressed," Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.
Najma Heptullah gets her Calculations Right
By Fawaz Shaheen,
Ms. Najma Heptullah, the Minority Affairs Minister in Mr. Modi’s newly sworn in Cabinet, has shocked the public in her first public statement by saying that Muslims must not be called a minority in India since they are “so large in number”.
इतिहास की बेटी राना सफ़वी के नाम हुआ साल 2020 का ‘यामिन हज़ारिका नारी...
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इल्मी दुनिया मे 'इतिहास की बेटी' के तौर पर पहचान बनाने वाली इतिहासकार, शायरा और लेखिका राना सफ़वी को इस साल...
‘पार्च्ड’ यानी एक पुराने विषय में नयी छौंक
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
भारत में सिनेमा बदल रहा है और इस तरीके से बदल रहा है कि भारतीय समाज कई दफा उन बदलावों को स्वीकार...
Woman kills two children, self in Tripura
By IANS,
Agartala : A woman poisoned her two teenaged children and then killed herself in Tripura, which is witnessing an increase in the number of suicides, police said Tuesday.
Laxmi Sarkar, 27, killed her two children and then committed suicide late Monday in Kalyanpur in west Tripura, a police spokesman said. She reportedly took the extreme step due to abject poverty.
In separate incidents, two middle-aged women also committed suicide in west Tripura allegedly due to poverty, police said.
Abducted Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh alleges ‘mistreatment, threat of being married off without...
The family of the abducted Muslim girl, who was rescued after more than twenty days, alleged that the girl was tortured and would have...
‘We need more schools to realize our dreams’: Muslim girls from a village in...
The upgradation of a girls' school to a higher secondary institution in a village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has come...
The half widows of Kashmir: A story of endless wait and hardships
In the second of the three-part series, Raqib Hameed Naik looks at the condition of half-widows in Kashmir,...
Soon, mandatory for pregnant women to undergo HIV test
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS,
New Delhi : Passing AIDS from mother to child is a human rights violation and soon all pregnant women in India will have to undergo a mandatory HIV test, the parliamentary forum on HIV and AIDS said Friday.
"We want a HIV free generation. We are for testing all pregnant women for HIV so that no children can be born with the disease," Oscar Fernandes, head of the Parliamentary Forum on HIV and AIDS, told IANS.
Fearing further attacks & arrests, Muslim families flee Uttarakhand village
Following communal violence in a village in Uttarakhand on April 16, several Muslim families have fled the area fearing arrests and further attacks.
Muhammad Raafi |...
Two Muslim girls top Kerala Medical Entrance Exam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: Two Muslim girls have topped the Kerala Medical Entrance Examination, result for which were announced by P K Abdur Rabb, the Minister for Education in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Securing 954.7826 marks, P Hiba, a resident of Manchery in Malappuram district, bagged the first rank in the examination while the second rank went to Mariam Rafi of Aluva in Ernakulum district. Mariam Rafi is daughter of Abdul Rafi and Ancy Rafi. Mariam got 944.3478 marks. Securing the two first ranks, the duo also broke into the male bastion, which has been continuing for last few years in the entrance examinations in the state.
National consultation on violence against women in January
New Delhi: A national consultation will be held between civil society organisations and government officials in January on protection of women from violence, organisers...
BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday.
"BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone.
A case was registered against them Friday on the complaint of the victim's husband.
Akhilesh announces Rs.20 lakh for murdered NIA official’s family
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs.20 lakh for the family of NIA official Tanzeel Ahmad,...
Two women killed in Tripura; couple held
Agartala : Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and her husband have been arrested, police...
‘Women empowerment need of the hour’
Lucknow : If a woman is empowered, she has the potential not only to change the society for the better but can also inspire...
Ramadan 1435: Unframed
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
Members of the Muslim Youth Committee pose with the props when they got together for their community iftaar. This group organizes...
Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies.
Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems.
He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women".
The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.
Bangladeshi female lawyer calls for efforts to realize equal rights
By Huang Yanan, Xinhua,
Dhaka : A prominent female lawyer in Bangladesh holds that in a still male-dominated society, women should be encouraged to work hard to realize real equal rights with men.
Although progress has been achieved in the past years, Bangladesh is still a male-dominated country with less women government officials, journalists and entrepreneurs, Lawyer Tania Amir said in an interview with Xinhua recently.
"In the rural areas, girls are not treated equally with boys," she said.
Malaysian Indian woman wants her conversion to Islam invalidated
By IANS,
George Town (Malaysia) : An ethnic Indian housewife in Malaysia Wednesday said she would appeal against a civil court ruling that heard her plea questioning her conversion to Islam when she was seven years old.
Siti Hasnah Bangarama Abdullah, 28, was converted along with her four siblings in 1983 when her parents, both born Hindus, embraced Islam.
She sought a declaration from the court that her conversion to Islam was invalid, Star Online reported.
President, vice-president for more women in legislatures
New Delhi : Stressing the need for appropriate women representation in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said women's empowerment was...
Crafting Harmony: Muslim Hands Shape Earthen Stoves for Hindu Devotees in Bihar
M I Khan, TwoCircles.net
Patna: In the heart of the capital city, a heartwarming display of communal harmony unfolds each year as the poorest Muslim women...
A.G.Noorani’s The Code vs the Talaq: A Critique
By Umair Azmi for TwoCircles.net
A.G. Noorani added his voice to the debate of the season in his opinion piece titled “The Code vs...
Gujarat CM faces women’s protest in home district
Mehsana (Gujarat) : A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel asserted there was no question of providing quota in jobs and education to...
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...
NCC girls’ team to scale 6,001-metre peak
New Delhi: An NCC girls expedition to the 6,001-metre-high Mount Deo-Tibba peak was flagged off from here by Director General Lt. Gen. A....
Women’s quota bill report may be tabled in parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: The standing committee looking into a bill that seeks to set apart 33 percent legislative seats for women, may submit its report in the ongoing session of parliament, official sources said Wednesday.
Congress MP Jayanti Natarajan, who heads the reconstituted standing committee, is keen on early finalisation of the report but some members want more consultations, the sources said.
‘Black’ woman’s tale drives Nepal rights campaign
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Dark, untouchable and a slave, yet Kali is the heroine of a campaign to protect the rights of the disadvantaged communities of Nepal, especially women.
She is the central character in a street play, "Kali Aimai, the black woman, which has been sponsored by the UN to tour Nepal's remote districts to campaign against violence targeting women, exploitation and untouchability, and to train local artists to spread the message farther.
Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi
New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...
Amita Chattopadhyay joins as first vice chancellor of Presidency University
By IANS,
Kolkata: Renowned professor of philosophy Amita Chattopadhyay Monday became the first vice chancellor of Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College here.
Women shouldn’t have mobile phones: BSP MP
By IANS,
Lucknow : The BSP found itself red faced Monday after one of its MPs said women should not be given mobile phone.
Study finds evidence of centuries-old brawl over women
By IANS,
Washington : Brawling over women is as old as history, settled with fisticuffs or a verbal spat, but our ferocious ancestors brutally maimed or killed rivals for them.
For instance, a mass grave unearthed by a Durham University team indicates that primitive men did their rivals to death to possess their women.
The research focused on 34 skeletons found buried in Talheim, in Germany's south-west. Genetic evidence from their teeth suggested they were massacred in a tribal clash around 5000 BC.
No Men Beyond This Point: The ‘Women’s Only’ Cafe In Jamia Nagar, Delhi
Café Sheeru seeks to offer a ‘safe and comfortable’ space for women customers
By Simeen Anjum & Arbab Ali, TwoCircles.net
Sarah (who goes by her first...
In #MeToo wake, Producers Guild of India to set up committee
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) The Producers Guild of India on Tuesday extended its support to the movement to call out and report sexual harassment...
Chhattisgarh police arrest 22 for assaulting 50 women
By IANS,
Raipur : Twenty two men have been arrested in Chhattisgarh for assaulting about 50 women and branding them witches, a senior official said Tuesday.
According to reports, a nine day "purification ceremony" was organised by about 200 villagers on the advice of a local leader at Dhodhakesra village in Surguja district, about 400 km north of Raipur.
During the "ceremony", about 50 women were branded witches and they were forced to get a haircut "to free them from impact of evil spirits". The women were also beaten in public. The "ceremony" ended Dec 19.
Ramadan 1437: Nafees Fatima
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“Oh, it used to be much more strict in our times.” Nafees Fatima remembers growing up in her household, where there...
Woman burns husband, six others to death in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: In a gruesome incident, a woman allegedly burnt her husband and six other family members to death on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu.
The incident...
NCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive...
Mumbai: Girl Students Asked To Remove Hijab At The College Gate Introducing New Dress...
By K K Ahmed / TwoCircles.net
NG Acharya & DK Maratha College in Mumbai's Chembur area has been in the news from the last few...
नसीमा खातून —जिसने अपने गांव की महिलाओं को आगे बढ़ने का रास्ता दिखा दिया
मो. इम्तियाज़ अहमद जोगियावी
ज़िन्दगी के पहिये को घुमाने के लिए वो अब हर रोज़ सिलाई मशीन के पहिये को जूनून के साथ घुमाती है,...
Finally, wedding bells to ring for Kerala’s woman minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Seven years after being engaged to her childhood friend Anil Kumar, P.K. Jayalekshmi, the lone woman minister in Kerrala's Congress-led United Democratic Front...
Joshna wins Victorian Open squash crown
Melbourne : Indian champion Joshna Chinappa kept her date with glory as she beat Line Hansen, the second seed from Denmark, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9,...
Raped Dalit woman struggles for justice in Orissa
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A month after a Dalit woman in Orissa was allegedly gang raped by four men, including a former leader of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the police have arrested only one of the accused. Opposition parties claim that a minister is shielding them and are demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A 24-year-old woman has accused politician Mahesh Agarwal and three other men of having raped her at Paikmal in Bargarh district, about 350 km from here, May 10.
Husband’s retirement no ground for reducing alimony, rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the retirement of a husband was no ground for reduction in the maintenance granted to a...
Nigeria: 63 women escape from Boko Haram captors
Nairobi : Sixty three women abducted two weeks ago by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped from their captors...
Women’s bill torn, Rajya Sabha adjourned fifth time
By IANS,
New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled the pieces at Chairman Hamid Ansari before forcing a fifth adjournment in a day.
This happened on a day when both houses assembled to the call to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Women's Day being observed worldwide.
Mahila Congress seeks 33 percent job quota for women
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Mahila Congress Tuesday urged Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to ask the government to bring a bill providing for 33 percent job quota for women in the central government and in the party-ruled states.
The Mahila Congress, a women's wing of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), also urged the Congress president to ask all party-led states to pass laws providing 33 percent reservation for women in government jobs.
Muslim girl in Mumbai denied room on rent
Mumbai : A 25-year old London-educated woman advertising professional was refused permission to hire a flat in Wadala, central Mumbai on grounds that she was a Muslim.
Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse has ordered a probe into the incident here on Wednesday.
Colloquium on Mainstreaming Muslim Women at MANUU
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University's (MANUU) Centre for Women’s Studies in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi will organise a colloquium on “Mainstreaming the Indian Muslim Women – The way forward”.
Meet Bushra Arshad from UP, who cracked civil services thrice to land her dream...
A mother of two, Bushra Arshad Bano's story is one of grit and determination. Cracking the civil services exams for the third time last...
Ludhiana girl not allowed to unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar
Chandigarh : A 15-year-old girl from Ludhiana, who had vowed to hoist the Tricolour at Srinagar's historic Lal Chowk, was turned back by security...
17-year-old raped by three men in car
By IANS,
New Delhi : Three men in a car dragged a 17-year-old girl into their vehicle and raped her in north Delhi Friday, police said.
According to police, the men abducted the girl from outside her JJ Colony home in Shalimar Bagh when she was going to a public toilet nearby. After raping her, the men dumped her in outer Delhi.
"They later dumped her in Narela (outer Delhi). The policemen patrolling the area found her on the road and took her to a hospital. Doctors have confirmed sexual assault," said a policeman.
Woman, mother-in-law commit suicide for new clothes
By IANS,
Kolkata : A motor mechanic's wife and mother committed suicide in a West Bengal town after he failed to buy them new clothes for the Durga Puja festival, the police said Sunday.
The incident took place in South Dinajpur district's Balughat town.
Shampa Sarkar, 31, set herself on fire and her mother-in-law Maya Sarkar, 65, drank pesticide at their residence Saturday night. Both died on the same night at the hospital, Swapan Bandopadhyay Purnapatra, district police superintendent, told reporters Sunday morning.
Five dowry cases filed in a day in Gurgaon
Gurgaon : As many as five dowry cases were registered on a single day with Gurgaon police with complainants alleging harassment by in-laws,...
Protests in Sri Lanka over alleged rape, murder of schoolgirl
Colombo: Over 120 people were arrested by Sri Lankan police on Wednesday after violent clashes erupted between protestors and police outside a court over...
BBC banned programme on sexual attacks by its own TV personality
New York: The British Broadcasting Corporation, whose “internal culture” was described as “rotten” by a prominent British politician, has a record of trying to...
Do genes control intolerance and anti-social behaviour?
By Nishant Arora
New Delhi: As Indian society grapples with the issue of intolerance and violence, genetic experts are opening up the hoary discussion on...
CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges
Kannur (Kerala) : The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state of misusing power...
प्रेरणा : कोरोना से बखूबी लड़ रही है भारत की पहली ट्रांसजेंडर डॉक्टर अक्सा...
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38 साल की डॉक्टर अक्सा शेख़ इस समय देश मे जारी कोरोना संकट में प्रेरक बन कर उभरी है। कोरोनाकाल में वो...
Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...
Indian women entering Bahrain on forged visas
By IANS,
Dubai : Hundreds of Indian women, mainly from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, are entering Bahrain on forged visit visas to work as domestic helps, a media report said Saturday.
Over three million women gather for Pongala festival
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Braving the rising mercury and smoke rising from their earthen kilns, more than three million women devotees cooked rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday to celebrate the Pongala festival.
The devotees carrying bricks, firewood, rice, jaggery and coconut waited to make an offering of cooked rice to the presiding deity, believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic "Silappathikaaram".
Fetish of Hindu supremacists to see Muslim houses crumbling, and Muslims going to jail:...
Transcript of the interview given by student activist Afreen Fatima to Maktoob Media on June 16. Fatima’s house was demolished by Prayagraj (Allahabad) authorities...
Traditional barriers put Indonesian women into improper position for progress
By Mulyanda Djohan, Xinhua,
Jakarta : Although some of the Indonesian women have exceeded or been equal with the position of men in many sectors of life, the social status of the nation's women as a whole is far behind the men, a woman leader said recently.
Rita Subowo, the first Indonesian woman taking up the post of the chairmanship of the country's top sport council known as KONI, told Xinhua in an interview that the traditional challenges of discrimination against women had hampered their progress.
‘Saying Islam gave rights to women 1400 years ago, won’t solve our problems’
A National Study on Muslim Women’s Views on Reforms in Muslim Personal Law released.
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: “Constitutional rights...
Humiliated South African woman to be finally honoured
By IANS,
Pretoria : Sarah Bartmann, a South African Khoisan woman who was made to exhibit her unusual physical features like her large buttocks to Europeans in roadside shows in the 19th century, will be honoured by having some heritage sites named after her.
The South African government is to open some heritage sites after her name this month that could help the people to remember the icon of oppression and colonialism that systematically stripped Africans of their dignity, BuaNews reported.
Akhilesh gets luxury cars, but cuts budget for women’s panel
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : As women's safety continues to be a cause for concern in Uttar Pradesh, here's a shocker: An activist has found...
Memon to be buried in Nagpur jail
Nagpur : Yakub Memon, the March 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, who was executed here early Thursday, will be buried inside the Nagpur Central Jail...
नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं
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...
Men against violence-4: Men engagement is the need of women’s movement
This will add to women's movement
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Bihar minister addresses Smriti as ‘dear’, triggers verbal duel
New Delhi : Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Chaudhary on Tuesday indulged in a verbal duel on...
Nigerian forces rescue about 300 women
Abuja : Up to 300 women have been rescued by Nigerian security forces in restive Sambisa forest during an operation, a military spokesperson said...
Badi Ammi: In memory of educationist Mrs.Fatima Anees
By Asma Anjum Khan
It seemed Badi Ammi was going to live forever.
We were so used to her.
The shore that tells you to traipse along...
Tripura gives women 50 percent quota in panchayat
By IANS,
Agartala: The Tripura assembly late Tuesday unanimously passed two bills enhancing reservation for women in three-tier panchayats (village councils) and urban local bodies from the existing 33 percent to 50 percent.
Tripura Panchayat and Urban Development Minister Manik Dey last week moved the Tripura Panchayats (fifth amendment) Bill, 2010, and the Tripura Municipal (fourth amendment) Bill, 2010, in the ongoing session of the Tripura assembly.
Kerala government floats new policy to empower women
By IANS,
Palakkad (Kerala) : The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday.
Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women.
"Our goals can be achieved because Kerala is far ahead of other parts of the country with regards to women's literacy and life expectancy," said Vijayan.
Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam
Brooklyn, New York : Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports.
Man held for raping, killing minor in Bengal
Kolkata: A man was arrested Saturday in West Bengal's Burdwan district for raping and strangulating a minor, police said.
The crime took place Friday in...
Special court in Kerala for women, children
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : A special court will be set up in Kerala to ensure speedy trial of sexual exploitation cases, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy said Wednesday.
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
साजिश के तहत बिगाड़ा गया त्रिपुरा का माहौल ,जमीयत की रिपोर्ट में किया गया...
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BJP forms panel over atrocities on Dalit women in Kerala
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah has set up a three-member committee to look into the incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...
Amid reports of violence, 20 percent polling in Bengal
Kolkata : Amid allegations of violence and voter intimidation, nearly 20 percent of polling was recorded in the first two hours in 31 constituencies...
Agra activists demand more public toilets
Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...
Swine flu alert in northeast India, two women test positive
Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : The northeastern states have sounded a high alert to prevent the spread of swine flu in the bordering region even as two...
Court grants bail to Delhi Police official
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Delhi court Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a Delhi Police official accused of raping and making a video clip...
Centre proposes investigative units for crime against women
New Delhi : The central government has proposed to states the setting up of investigative units for crime against women (IUCAWs) on a 50:50...
Bengal woman jumps off building to escape rape bid
Kolkata : A woman in West Bengal's Howrah district jumped off a three-storey building to escape a rape bid and three people have been...
Bengal rights panel seeks report on nun’s gang rape
Kolkata : Taking cognizance of the gang rape of a septuagenarian nun in Nadia district, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission has sought a...
Mamata slams Modi government over flood relief fund
Kolkata : Lamenting the Centre's financial non-cooperation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday charged the Narendra Modi government with double standards...
Bahraini women demand abducted Nigerian girls’ release
Manama: Bahrain's women union Wednesday condemned the abduction of 300 Nigerian school girls by a terrorist group and called for an immediate release of...
UP, Bihar, Rajasthan: Worst states for women, J&K catching up
By Devanik Saha
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian...
Malaysian Indian woman to sue for false detention
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian Indian woman is seeking compensation and an unqualified apology from the Malaysian immigration department for her wrongful detention for 11 months after she was mistaken for an illegal alien from Sri Lanka.
Perak state's Health, Environment and Human Resources Committee chairman A. Sivanesan relayed Rajeshvari's demand during a media conference in Ipoh Tuesday.
Urging the department to check all detention depots in the country, Sivanesan said he feared that Rajeshvari's case could be "just the tip of the iceberg".
Rajya Sabha panel to examine rules to protect women
By IANS,
New Delhi : In view of rising cases of domestic violence against women, a parliamentary committee is examining the rules framed to implement a law to protect women from such violence and has invited suggestions from experts.
The Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Rajya Sabha, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Najma A. Heptulla, is examining the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006.
The rules were framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and provide legal remedies to women.
India’s first ‘women-IIT’ being set up in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Nagpur : Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.
Outrage grows as anti-Hijab row escalates in Karnataka
The ban has sparked fears of further marginalization among the Muslim community of Karnataka who constitute around 12 percent of the state’s population.
Muhammad...
Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open
Sydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries...
भोजपुरी फिल्मों की मशहूर अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने इस्लाम के लिए छोड़ी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में बेहद लोकप्रिय भोजपुरी फिल्मों की अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने अभिनय की दुनिया को खुद से जुदा कर करते हुए...
India’s Muslims are finally breaking free of the mold
There’s hope for India’s Muslims as they set new examples of excellence defying great odds
By Aijaz Zaka Syed for TwoCircles.net
इंसाफ की लड़ाई को अंजाम तक पहुंचाने वाली आशा देवी को पदम अवार्ड देने...
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नई दिल्ली। हैवानियत की इंतहाई बयां करने वाला निर्भया दुष्कर्म व हत्या मामले में इंसाफ की लड़ाई को अंजाम तक पहुंचाने वाली आशा देवी...
More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233
The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.
Taxi drivers pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women
New Delhi : Auto and taxi drivers on Thursday took pledge to make Delhi roads safer for women.
They took the pledge in this regard...
मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड की अपील “कोई मौलाना टीवी डिबेट में मत जाए”
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ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड ने शुक्रवार को उलेमा और बुद्धिजीवियों से न्यूज़ चैनलों की डिबेट्स और बहस में भाग न...
Minister seeks report from Delhi LG on Belgian woman’s molestation case
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought a report from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the molestation of a...
Lalu tours Bihar with women’s quota views, finds few takers
By IANS,
Patna : The stakes are high and so is the scepticism. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has been touring Bihar to explain his strident opposition to the women's reservation bill but is finding that convincing people may not be that easy with some even dismissing his campaign as a political gimmick.
On Sunday, he visited his parliamentary constituency Chapra to detail his stance on the bill reserving 33 percent of all legislative seats for women. During a visit to rural Chapra, he said the bill would be passed only over his dead body.
Woman mortgages jewellery to construct toilet
Patna : Setting a rare and inspiring example that has drawn her applause, a woman in Bihar mortagaged her gold and silver jewellery to...
Vrindavan widows’ first Holi with colours Friday
Goverdhan/Vrindavan : For the first time, about a 1,000 widows of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh will this year play Holi with colours at an...
Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement
Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...
Woman kills three daughters, attempts suicide
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old woman killed her three daughters and attempted suicide by hanging herself from a tree on Monday...
Goa child lured with Rs.10 note, raped; UP man held
Panaji: A native of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for raping a minor girl, after luring her with a Rs.10 note, police said Monday.
The...
Hadiya’s Love Jihad versus the propaganda of Love Jihad: Why she is my Hero
By Arif Khan for TwoCircles.net
The International Women’s Day 2018 brought the best present that Hadiya deserved: my heartiest congratulations to Hadiya and credit to...
First woman in space turns 75
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.
Bihar ISc results: Firdaus Parween gets 5th rank in state
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.
India rejects Albania’s demand for Mother Teresa’s remains
By IANS,
New Delhi: India has rejected Albania's demand for Mother Teresa's remains, saying she was an Indian citizen - a decision widely welcomed in this country where the Nobel prize winner spent her life tending to the poor and needy.
An external affairs ministry official told IANS Tuesday that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no question of returning her remains. It was reacting to a demand by Albania, the country where she was born on Aug 26, 1910,
"Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be said," the official said.
So when exactly will the Muslims become the majority in India?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Headlines screamed more than the numbers when census 2011 data on religious communities was released earlier this week. The most sensational headlines...
Court asks police to probe Renuka’s ‘Talibanisation’ comment
By IANS,
Bangalore : A Mangalore court has directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) against Union Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Choudhury for her comment that last month's attack on women in a pub there was "Talibanisation" of the city.
The Mangalore police have been asked to submit a report by March 20 on a complaint filed by Mangalore city corporation mayor Ganesh Hosabettu that Choudhury's comment had damaged the image of the city and was meant to incite communal disharmony.
Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality
By IndiaSpend Team
As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said...
Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again.
It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday.
"It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."
A man’s battle for women’s rights
Feeling lost amidst academics spewing jargon at a recent seminar on Muslim women, I was relieved to meet Nasiruddin Haider Khan, ...
President Mukherjee emphasises women empowerment
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday stressed the necessity of educating women, providing them economic independence, and legal rights and social awareness...
Number of women elected to Lok Sabha less than 2009
New Delhi: This Lok Sabha will have a lesser number of women than the last time with just 55 women being elected to the...
सरेआम की थी छेड़छाड़, विरोध पर मारा था थप्पड़, छत से कूदी मेडीकल छात्रा...
मोहम्मद वसीम। Twocircles.net
मेरठ में जिस मैडिकल छात्रा को सरेआम छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर सहपाठी द्वारा थप्पड़ मार दिया था और उसने सुभारती...
Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital
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...
One More Baby Dies in Patna: How the Medical System is Costing Lives –...
Sanjana Chawla, TwoCircles.net
Raj and Pooja (names changed on request) were in Patna, Bihar, earlier this month for the delivery of their first child. The...
Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers
By DPA,
Nairobi : A woman Sudanese journalist and United Nations worker could face up to 40 lashes Wednesday for wearing trousers.
Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a columnist and public information officer at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), was arrested in Khartoum along with 13 other women in early July.
Ten of the other women were given 10 lashes for breaching Islamic law, but Hussein demanded a lawyer and delayed her trial.
She has invited local and foreign journalists to view her flogging should she be convicted.
Women activists demand probe into stripping of anti-liquor activist
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Women activists in Orissa Monday demanded a probe into the alleged stripping last month of a woman anti-liquor activist by some people in Balasore district.
Several women activists met the chairperson of the State Women's Commission (SWC) Namita Panda and demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for stripping and beating Jayanti Padhi, a known anti-liquor activist. They also demanded a probe and action against police officials who they alleged were shielding the attackers.
Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys
By Tanay Sukumar
Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...
Lok Sabha adjourned over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Monday noon after MPs from the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) noisily opposed the Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats for women in all legislatures.
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD president Lalu Prasad joined their party MPs in raising slogans as the speaker tried to continue the question hour amid the din.
24-year-old woman found dead
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 24-year-old woman was Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented house in south Delhi, police said.
Veerpal Kaur alias Nikki was found dead in her rented fourth floor accommodation in Kalkaji area after police broke open the doors, locked from outside.
The body, reportedly found semi-nude, has been sent for an autopsy.
Police said Kaur hailed from Moga in Punjab and worked as assistant project manager in an IT company in Okhla.
NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health
New Delhi : The National Alliance of Maternal Health and Human Rights (NAMHHR) with Oxfam India Thursday organised a two-day event here related to...
Sonia Gandhi praises Andhra for women’s empowerment
By IANS,
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday praised the Andhra Pradesh government for taking the lead in women's empowerment in the country.
She said the performance of the state government - run by her party - to empower women was not only admired by the rest of the country but had also aroused curiosity abroad.
Remembering children of riot affected families on Children’s Day
Study reveals the terrified children in relief camps badly need social, emotional and administrative support
By Nikhat for TwoCircles.net
TRS women activists protest raw deal
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Angry at the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for not fielding a single woman candidate for next month's state assembly elections, the party's women activists Saturday staged protests here by covering the face of the statue of 'Telangana Talli' (Mother Telangana) statue and tying its hands and legs.
Raising slogans, the women activists demanded that justice be done to them through proper representation in the list of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
Aler Encounter: Mohammed Zakir was killed for helping Viqaruddin rent a house, says sister
On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...
Woman leading prayers in women only mosque in China
By IINA,
Henan : In the central Chinese province of Henan, the scene of a woman leading prayers in a mosque for women only would not be a strange one, according to a report in ABC News Australia.