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Reform sexual assault laws, treatment of survivors: HRW

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Confessions of a hijabi

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By Farah Zahidi Moazzam I watched the Bollywood film My Name is Khan the other day. The brilliant depiction of an autistic person by India's leading actor Shah Rukh Khan and director Karan Johar's surprisingly taut direction made for a good film. In one particular scene, I felt a lump form in my throat. Sonya Jehan, the actress who plays Khan's sister-in-law, a working woman living on the West Coast of the United States, has her hijab pulled off while walking down a hallway.

Encourage competitive spirits amongst our children: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Detroit: “Competition in India is growing so fast that you will lag behind if you are not able to perform to the highest level. You have to give your best,” said Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, the Consul General of India in Detroit on Sunday. Speaking to parents, he said we have to encourage competitive spirit amongst our children.

European, Asian stars vie for top honours at Women’s Indian Open

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By IANS, Gurgaon : Leading women golfers from Asia and Europe will tee along with India's best in the DLF Women's Indian Open starting at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Wednesday. The third edition of India' only Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) event will tee-off with the pro-am Tuesday while the three day main event will be played from Wednesday. The tournament offers $120,000 in prize purse. The format of the event will witness the cut being applied after two days with the top 50 golfers plus ties making it to the final round.

Why AMU should have a woman vice-chancellor this time

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The American society is pushed to the back foot in debates concerning liberty, equality and opportunity when an opponent points out that the society...

‘Support Sharmila’ campaign to begin on Women’s Day

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By IANS,

Burqa-clad Sumaiya makes history by securing 12 MBBS medals at AMU

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By Rahat Abrar, Two sparking eyes popping out of traditional Muslim attire burqa (veil) got the attention of the former first citizen of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wipro Chief Azim Premji and the audience as Sumaiya, a girl student with hijab, got as many as 12 medals in the prestigious MBBS course at the 58th annual convocation at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Her magnificent feat indicates that Muslim girls are also advancing in the field of education. A female can pursue the studies of MBBS by wearing traditional Hijab (Burqa).

Why women interact socially better than men

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By IANS, Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study. The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.

Kerala village Nadapuram wins union award for empowerment accountability

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Nadapuram Panchayat in Kozhikode district is being governed by IUML for few decades now. By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: Nadapuram often comes to the...

IBM woman employee murdered in Pune suburb

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By IANS, Pune: A woman employee of IBM was found murdered on the outskirts of Pune late Friday night, police said Saturday. Darshana Tongare, 21, was returning home around 9.15 p.m. from work when at least one assailant stabbed her in the chest with a sharp object, an official of Hinjewadi Police Station said. "The incident took place in a dark and desolate area near Bavdhan village, around 6 km from Hinjewadi," the official told IANS. According to the complaint lodged by her Ketan Tongare, Darshana was working with the IBM's facility in Yerawada, a few km from Hinjewadi.

Teenaged girl gang-raped, killed in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: A teenaged girl has been gang-raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Saturday. The barbaric incident took place near Balisahi village, about...

Crescent School: Harbinger of English education among Muslims, now struggling to keep pace

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Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Indian Air Force ahead with over 10 percent women officers

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By IANS,

Women behind Baghdad blasts, death toll rises to 19

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By KUNA, Baghdad : Monday's blasts that targeted Shiites on a religious visit to Baghdad were carried out by three women, a security sources confirmed Monday. Meanwhile, the death toll of the blasts which took place in National Theatre Square, Al-Alawiyah Square, and Kahramanah Square rose to 19, while 40 other people were injured, medical sources in Ibn Al-Nafees and Al-Kindi hospitals said.

Nine days after charge-sheet, rapist gets 10 years in jail

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By Parminder Singh Bariana, IANS,

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

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जिब्रानुदीन। Twocircles.net कल, 17 अक्टूबर को दुनिया भर में अलीग बिरादरी द्वारा धूमधाम से सर सैयद डे का जश्न मनाया गया। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के...

Silent revolution: more women elected in India than rest of world

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By IANS, New Delhi : Calling it a silent revolution in India, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer Wednesday said women represent close to 40 percent in local self-governance, going beyond the 33 percent seats reserved for them. Addressing the International Conference on Decentralisation, Local Power and Women’s Rights at Mexico city, Aiyer said that over a million of the 3.2 million elected representatives to the local self-government in India are women. Another 200,000 women representatives are in urban local bodies.

Woman alleges gang rape in Delhi

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New Delhi : A woman was allegedly gang raped by a doctor and his friend here, police said Sunday. The woman also claimed that the...

Smriti Irani to head BJP’s women’s cell

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday named Smriti Irani as head of its women's cell as it announced chiefs of various party committees and reconstituted the central election committee. Heads of other cells are Dushyant Gautam for scheduled castes, Faggan Singh Kulaste for scheduled tribes, Tanvir Ahmed for minority affairs and Om Prakash Dhankar for farmers. Om Prakash Kohli will head the party's disciplinary committee. Anurag Thakur will head the party's youth wing.

Job quota for destitute women Tamil Nadu police

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By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reserved 10 percent of jobs in the police for destitute women.

Activists demand China release five detained women

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New Delhi : A motley group of rights activists, including LGBT activists, held a rally here on Wednesday to demand that China free five...

College women more likely to be drugged, raped

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By IANS, Washington : College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended. The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual rape during their college years, according to the department of Justice.

Woman, child scheme not being properly implemented: Amartya

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Kolkata : Nobel laureate and Nalanda University chancellor Amartya Sen Monday said there were "shortcomings" in the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services...

Khushboo Mirza, member of Chandrayaan-1 team, talks to TCN

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, Patna: When the whole India was basking in the glory of launching of Chandrayaan-1 it was also the turn of Chaugori Mohalla, a tiny, traditional Muslim neighborhood in UP's Amroha district to take pride in the successful launching of the satellite. A daughter of the village was part of the mission Chandrayaan. The villagers are very proud of her so much so that they have started calling it Khushboo Mirza’s village.

जाट -मुस्लिम एकता का लिटमस टेस्ट है, पश्चिमी यूपी में पहले चरण का मतदान

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उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर कल 10 फरवरी को 58 विधानसभा सीटों पर वोट डाली जा रही है। यह...

Rapes and Crimes against Women in India

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Outraged South Asians protestoutside Indian High Commission By M Ghazali Khan, London: In a display of unity against unbridled series of rapes and other crimes against women in India, particularlyin Uttar Pradesh more than 400 people of various denominations have protested outside the Indian High Commission, 4 June. Protesters includedBritish Dalit organisations, women rights organisations, writers, poets and filmmakers.

My husband was treated like a dog: CRPF trooper’s widow

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Alappuzha (Kerala) : The wife of a CRPF trooper from Kerala who drowned in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday hit out at CRPF officials, accusing them...

Asma Nama: I Can Marry Four. What about you?

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By Asma Anjum Khan, teaches English, talks a lot, read her at your own risk. [follow her:@asmaanjumkhan] # fourmarriages,#islam#the prophetmuhammadpbuh #widowremarriage#polygmay#khulaa#culture#monogamy# H.Aaishah RA Saturdays usually signal the end of a hectic week. A soothing sensation after doing time for the last six days begins to engulf me. After my talk, a sister comes and hugs, nothing unusual; but a continuous stream of tears, from her eyes was. Her visage with droplets smearing it appeared a bit white. My little talk about H.Aaishah RA and other Ummahatul Momineen had touched her, she said. When probed about the weepy act; her reply not just stunned but kept haunting me for the next few weeks.

Tamil woman identified as Malaysian after 11 months’ detention

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A Tamil woman has been identified as a Malaysian national by the country's human rights body after 11 months in detention, when she fell seriously ill. Rajeswary Murugiah, 22, was detained in October last year after she was found without an identity card and said she did not remember her ID number. She was lying unwell in detention till human rights watchdog Sukham took up her case and resolved it in a single day, The Star newspaper said Thursday.

Abducted Tripura girl rescued in Bihar

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Agartala: Bihar Police have rescued a 16-year-old girl kidnapped from Tripura and arrested her abductor, police said here Saturday. "A married young man kidnapped the...

Afghan women come out of shadows with contemporary art show

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By IANS, New Delhi : After the horrors of war, Yalda Noorie, a 25-year-old woman from Afghanistan, is painting her angst in colours. She is among 18 young women artists who have for the first time ventured out of their country to India with a cache of 90 powerful canvases titled "A New Beginning". Yalda is a language and literature graduate from Kabul University, but she always wanted to capture human sadness and the fight for identity and liberty on canvas.

Women to play key role in Mizoram polls

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By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS, Aizawl : Women are set to play a major role in the Nov 29 assembly elections in Mizoram - the only state in India where women voters outnumber men. Of the total of 611,124 voters eligible to exercise their franchise in next month's elections to the 40-seat Mizoram assembly, 308,884 are women and 302,240 men. Women outnumbered men voters by 3,816 during the last assembly polls in 2003.

Widowed in Muzaffarnagar riots, 50-year-old Nimmi has given up on getting justice

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Nimmi lives in Muzaffarnagar’s Kidwai Nagar locality. Her real name could very well be Naeema, but she never went to...

SC to hear petition against juvenile rapist on Monday

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New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal late on Saturday filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against the release...

Women’s bill stalls parliament

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By IANS, New Delhi : Angry MPs from the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) stalled the functioning of parliament Monday, forcing two adjournments of both houses as they noisily opposed the bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats for women in all legislatures. The trouble in the Rajya Sabha and also Lok Sabha began as they assembled after a two-day weekend break forcing adjournment of question hours. The disruption and noisy protests continued as soon as the members in the two houses reassembled again at noon.

Railway minister’s son booked in rape case

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Bangalore:Karthik, son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, has been booked for sexually abusing and cheating a Kannada film actor, police said Thursday. "We have...

First woman vice chancellor in Delhi University?

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By IANS, New Delhi : Meenakshi Gopinath, principal of Lady Shri Ram College, may become the first woman vice chancellor of Delhi University, informed sources said Thursday.

In Pictures: Evicted thrice in 5 years, displaced women in Assam village decry poor...

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Since the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Assam in 2016, several poor families in Dholpur char have been evicted thrice— the...

N​​​ational Women’s Front celebrates ​​International Women’s Day

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By TCN News, Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF). These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.

Media award for young woman journalist

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By IANS, New Delhi : Alifiya Khan, 24, has won the third Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for exposing loopholes in the country's healthcare system with a series of investigative articles. The award consists of a citation and a cash award of Rs.15,000. Khan, a Mumbai-based correspondent with the Hindustan Times, wrote on 12 state-run healthcare centres. "Primary Hell Centres" - one of her articles which helped Khan clinch the award - unveiled the condition of health centres where untrained Ayurvedic doctors carried out post mortems and used disposable needles on patients.

सादिया देहलवी…. याद तो बहुत आएंगी ‘आपा’

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.Net उनके दुनिया से रुख़सत हो जाने की ख़बर इतिहासकार इरफ़ान हबीब ने दी थी। इरफ़ान हबीब ने अपने टिवीटर पर लिखा...

Rajasthan’s Dalit women celebrate ‘liberty’ at temple

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS,

Modi proved to be not of his wife and old parents then how can...

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By A. Mirsab , TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Maharashtra state Minority Minister Mr. Arif Naseem Khan who was addressing a rally in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra hurled a full fleshed attack on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his speech and asked Muslims to vote for secular party Congress in greater number to beat Narendra Modi’s dream of ruling India.

Justice Eqbal initiative: TN family courts to work on weekend also

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By Shafee Ahmed Ko, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: For fast disposal of pending cases in Family Courts in Tamil Nadu, Chief Justice of Madras High Court Y.M. Eqbal has asked all six family courts in the state to work on Saturdays also besides weekdays. If necessary, the courts will function on Sundays as well. The courts will work accordingly from coming Saturday (10th July).

NWF’s ‘Awakening’ conference to be held at Coimbatore on Nov 16

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By TCN News, Mangalore: The Awakening conference for women empowerment will be held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 16th November 2014. Presenting the theme and objectives...

Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive

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On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...

Women have the highest status in Islam: Former CEC

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New Delhi: Women have the highest status in Islam and the Muslim community must see things with a liberal interpretation now, former Chief Election...

Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut

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Nikhat Fatima /TwoCircles.net Ayesha, 31, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut town was born with a passion for drawing and painting and displayed it from...

Kerala Govt women cell to facilitate poor girls for engineering courses

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By Aaliya N.P, TwoCircles.net, Kannur: The Women Empowerment Cell of Kerala Government is aiming to give engineering education for selected candidates. The girls who have passed science stream in +2 examinations will be given admission to three months engineering course of Indira Gandhi National Open University. “The girls are taught engineering to give technical help to the cell which will give those girls jobs in field of women empowerment and enlarge the reach of the cell to every section of the society,” said the director of the cell.

Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short

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New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...

Women’s bill moved, torn to shreds in Rajya Sabha

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By IANS, New Delhi : A historic bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats for women was moved in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, amid unruly scenes as a dozen members opposing it tore up the document and hurled them at chairman Hamid Ansari. This happened on a day when both houses assembled to calls to "celebrate and honour women" and include them in the decision making process to mark the International Day of Women being observed worldwide.

79% Women’s report harassment and abuse, trend more prevalent in Northern India, reveals a...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A recent research by UK-based advocacy group ActionAid has once again highlighted the grim situation of women's...

Women protest police inaction against rape accused in Haryana

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By IANS,

Why Triple Talaq Bill aims at ‘Criminalising’ the Muslim community, not ensuring gender justice

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By Badre Alam Khan for TwoCircles.net Since the BJP government came into power in 2014, it has initiated and purposed to make legislation on Muslim...

बाबा साहेब जिन्हें रखना चाहते थे आगे, वो क्यों रह गईं पीछे?

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net बाबा साहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर ने एक पत्रकार के रूप में भी काम किया है, ये काफ़ी कम लोगों को ही पता है।...

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.

We are satisfied with CBI probe in Ruchika case: Anand Prakash

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By IANS, Chandigarh: Anand Prakash, the complainant in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation and suicide case, Friday said he was satisfied with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials who met him about the case. "I am quite satisfied with the CBI officials. They listened to us very patiently and we told them about everything related to the case since Aug 12, 1990," Prakash told reporters, after coming out of CBI camp office here Friday evening.

Two out of every three blind in India are women

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly two million people are blind in India but what is startling is that around 66 percent of them are women, government authorities and experts said Thursday, observed as the World Sight Day (WSD). This year, the focus was on gender and eye care. G.V.S Murthy, a professor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), said that out of every three blind in the country, two are women and there is need to bring a gender equity while providing eye care.

Hajj and Mahram: Modi government taking credit for Saudi government’s decision, say clerics

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that his government has relaxed the rule to allow Muslim women to go for Hajj...

Positive body image can help young women shed weight

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By IANS, Washington : a bit of dialogue and support can be more effective than exercise in helping women not only keep off the weight, but also stay smoke-free, a new study has found. "A lot of college women report smoking to keep their weight down. We think that by providing them with the tools to make them feel better about themselves, it alleviates some of those stressors," said Melissa Napolitano, clinical psychologist at Temple University, which carried out the study.

Court asks police to probe Renuka’s ‘Talibanisation’ comment

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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.

वीडियो में देखिए लखनऊ घण्टाघर का सीएए के खिलाफ ऐतिहासिक प्रदर्शन!

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net लखनऊ।   नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के विरोध में उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में शाहीन बाग़ की तर्ज़ पा चल रहा प्रदर्शन का आज...

Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights

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By IANS, Jammu: The Congress has decided to oppose a bill moved earlier this week in the upper house of the state legislature depriving women of their citizenship rights if they marry non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. "This piece of legislation will never be supported by the party within or outside of the legislature," said a senior Congress minister in the coalition government of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill moved March 8 by Murtaza Khan of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Alert boy helps in recovery of abducted woman

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By IANS, Auckland: A woman in New Zealand, who was kidnapped as she slept with her partner, was rescued by the police, thanks to an alert nine-year-old boy who quickly alerted his mother.

Will follow Sonia’s instructions on women’s safety: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Delhi government would follow Congress president Sonia Gandhi's instructions on the safety of women in the national capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Monday.

दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की महिलाओं को नहीं जाने दिया अमित शाह के...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net नई दिल्ली। दिल्ली पुलिस ने ‘शाहीन बाग़’ की हज़ारों महिला प्रदर्शनकारियों गृह मंत्री अमित शाह से मिलने उनके घर नहीं जाने दिया।...

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...

Nominate 100 women achievers on Facebook

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New Delhi : You can now nominate 100 women achievers who have contributed to community and nation building as a part of the...

SC disallows burqa, full sleeve shirt for AIPMT examination on Saturday

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The SIO that had filed the PIL, withdrew the case “as a mark of protest” seeing what it called the decline of interest of...

Scalpel Over Choice? How Hospitals in India Are Turning Childbirths Into Business

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Aditya Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: When 33-year-old Khushboo Jaiswal walked into a private hospital in Delhi, she was expecting a calm and natural childbirth filled...

Reservation bill will be beacon for emancipation of women

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a momentous, heartwarming step not only for India, but is likely to be an inspirational trendsetter for women's empowerment in the entire region. Although it is only the first step, the ripples from the smashing of a glass barrier are bound to be felt in virtually all areas of traditional male dominance. Like its democracy, therefore, India will also be a beacon in the matter of women's emancipation.

Woman power: Ibsen strikes a chord in India

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's female characters are not just Western stereotypes. They transcend boundaries to symbolise the dilemmas and emancipation of contemporary women who could well belong to India. And this was evident at the 10-day Delhi Ibsen Festival, which ended Dec 20 with plays and workshops interpreting the celebrated 19th century writer in the South Asian context.

Why women in UK go abegging for sperm donors?

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By IANS, London : Where have all the generous sperm donors in UK gone? Lately, the country is facing a severe shortage of such 'seminal' Samaritans. The problem has become particularly acute after the anonymity tag to protect their identity was removed in April 2005. Although the move may have benefited children, who can now trace their biological parents when they attain the age of 18, it made donors back-off double-quick.

ADB commits to gender equity on 100th International Women’s Day

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By NNN-ADB, Manila : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday renewed its commitment to gender equity on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD).

Two Delhi women raped after promise of marriage

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By IANS, New Delhi: Two women alleged that they were raped by two men who promised they would marry them but later backed out, police said Tuesday. Both the accused have been arrested.

Couple booked for torturing Dalit girl

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By IANS, Lucknow: A woman was arrested Wednesday and a search was on for her husband after they allegedly held a six-year-old Dalit girl hostage for the past six months and tortured her, police said. The matter came to light Sunday when police raided their home on a complaint by the girl's mother and rescued her. "We were shocked to see the condition of the girl who had injuries and bruises all over her body. She could hardly walk," Paresh Pandey, superintendent of police (Trans Gomti), told reporters.

Coming soon: Separate courts for rape victims

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By Kanu Sarda, IANS, New Delhi: Rape victims coming to a court to depose will not have to sit along with criminals facing trials as the Delhi High Court has proposed to set up separate courts for them. During a hearing on a rape case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said Wednesday, "We are proposing to have separate courts for rape victims and initially nine such courts will be set up and the district judge will look after it."

Government will pass women’s bill before March 16: minister

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government intends to pass the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns March 16 for a three-week break, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal here Wednesday. "The government intends to pass the bill in the Lok Sabha before March 16. That's our intention," Bansal told IANS. The Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed the historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures.

ऑटो ड्राइवर मारूफ की ईमानदारी,सवारी का आभूषणों से भरा बैग लौटाया

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net मुरादाबाद का एक ऑटो ड्राइवर - मारूफ अली, आजकल चारो तरफ लोगों की प्रशंसा के पात्र बने हुए हैं। कुछ दिनों पहले उनके...

‘Why aren’t more Indian women empowered?’

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By IANS, New Delhi : Indian women have reached the highest office, yet why isn't this empowerment trickling down to all levels, asked Syria's first lady at an interaction with women journalists here Thursday. A former investment banker, Asma Akhras al-Assad, 33, arrived nearly an hour late at the Indian Women's Press Corps, but stayed on longer than the scheduled period. She is accompanying her husband, President Bashar al-Assad, on a five-day state visit to India commencing Tuesday evening.

Research scholar molested in IIT-K

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Kolkata: A research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, was allegedly molested by a contractual sweeper while she was asleep in the...

Kenyan authorities arrest three women over terror links

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Nairobi: Kenyan authorities said that three women, suspected of being suicide bombers, were detained in the coastal city of Mombasa. Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa...

Anti-AFSPA rally demands repealing the draconian law

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By TCN News, New Delhi: On 30th march, an anti-AFSPA rally was jointly organized by Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, AISA, AIPWA, RYA, DSF, JNUSU, NEFIS, Voices against 377, NAPM and Right to water campaign, from Mandi House metro station to Jantar Mantar. It was organized as a part of an effort to create a political pressure for repeal of AFSPA in this election season. After the rally, a public meeting was held at Jantar Mantar.

Shake hands with female teachers or face fine, Muslim boys told

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Geneva : Muslim school students in the Swiss canton of Basel cannot refuse to shake hands with their female teachers on religious grounds, otherwise...

‘Order is discriminatory, hurtful’: Muslims react to Karnataka High Court upholding Hijab ban

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Women students, activists fear the ban on the Hijab will now extend to educational institutions in the state where it was previously allowed.  Muhammad Raafi...

Meet Falak Naaz, who braved poverty to make it to India’s U19 Women’s T-20...

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18-year-old Falak Naaz comes from a poor family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This did not stop her from dreaming to play for national...

On the Meanings of the Hijab

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By Sana Khan, More than three years ago I wrote an article titled ‘burqa-to wear or not to wear’. A friend said that she supported the view of the French government banning the burqa as it truly was doing it to respect the principle of secularity in school and well of course it would liberate women, and in this light I wrote this article. That time I was arguing that the wearing or not wearing of a burqa/hijab is an individual choice about attire. Just as the other women exercise their opinion to dress in the manner they want, without any hue and cry, a woman in burqa/hijab should have the right to dress in the way she wants to. I am sharing here some excerpts from that article which I think are significant only to place the discussion around hijab in a more lucid way as it explains my position on hijab.

Amandeep retains lead in women’s golf meet

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Bengaluru : Rookie Amandeep Drall carded two-over 74 to retain the lead in the second round of the 12th leg of the Hero Women’s...

Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast

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Guwahati : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...

Unusual kinships: Foreign women in Gandhi’s life

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders

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Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...

Kerala HC declines anticipatory bail to rape-accused priests

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By IANS Kochi, July 11: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three Catholic orthodox priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman...

Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence

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Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015 By TCN...

First Mewati women convention at Nuh today

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By TCN News,

Woman kills lover in head-on crash, court told

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By DPA, Wellington : A 37-year-old New Zealand woman drove her car 13 km with her lover hanging onto the bonnet, before deliberately staging a head-on crash to kill him, a court was told Monday. Cindy Marcia Fairburn denied during trial in the New Plymouth district court having murdered Darren Paul Maxwell, 42, in August by crashing into an oncoming sports utility vehicle the driver of which was seriously injured in the incident.

Delhi councillor arrested over racist comment

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 50-year-old woman councillor was arrested here Thursday for making a racist comment a year ago, police said Thursday. Kalpana Jha,...

Agra activists demand more public toilets

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Agra: The Taj Mahal city of Agra needs modern public toilets every kilometre so that defecation in the open comes to an end in...

Sushma says didn’t recommend travel documents for Lalit Modi

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New Delhi : Hoping to deflect the opposition flak, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said she did not recommend travel documents...

Social media feminist activism – movement for elite by elites

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There is an elitism and selectivity in the discourse which happen on the social network. Generally issues related to the lower strata of the society are sidelined in these discussions. By Mohammad Zakir Riyaz, In recent years, a new trend of online activism has taken birth where online campaigns against various issues are launched and taken forward to make changes. In this direction the first such campaign in my memory was the Pink Chaddi campaign launched in 2009 as a protest against the right wing extremist group Shri Ram Sene’s attack on women in a pub at Manglore. In this campaign, people were mobilized online and asked to send pink panties to the leaders of this extremist group.

Indian women’s hockey team wins HWL Round 2

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New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team defeated Poland 3-1 in the final to emerge Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 champions at the...

Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers

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By Somrita Ghosh for IANS: New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...

Two women killed by Tunisian police

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Tunis: Two women were killed Saturday by patrol officers in Tunisia's Kasserine town, the interior ministry said. According to the ministry, the patrol officers were...

Women’s safety everyone’s responsibility: Farhan Akhtar

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By IANS,

Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves

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Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows...

Meet the woman who groomed Freida Pinto

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By Madhusree Chatterjee , IANS, New Delhi : Indian actress Freida Pinto is making waves internationally for her walk down the Oscar red carpet, her designer gowns and gracing the covers of popular magazines, thanks to "Slumdog Millionaire". But not many know the woman who helped groom her and introduced her to British director Danny Boyle.

खोजबीन : क्या सचमुच नीट के रिजल्ट में मुस्लिम बच्चों ने कोई कमाल कर...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net नीट 2022 की परीक्षा में लगभग 1200 मुस्लिम बच्चों ने सफलता हासिल की है इनमें से कई बच्चे मदरसा बैकग्राउंड के...

Mix caution with your Holi colours: Doctors to pregnant women

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, New Delhi : Pregnancy is an exciting time, in anticipation of new beginnings. With Holi round the corner on Monday, doctors...

Acid attack on Chandigarh woman for alleged affair

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By IANS, Chandigarh : A single mother in Chandigarh was Wednesday battling serious burn injuries after unidentified men threw acid on her for allegedly having an affair with her employer, police said. Nisha, 32, who is divorced and lives with her father, was attacked Tuesday night while she was going to the market on her scooter. "Some unknown persons chased Nisha, who was going towards a market on her scooter, in a Maruti car. After reaching close to her, they threw acid on her," a police official said.

PM’s wife to launch women’s health campaign

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur will launch a nation-wide programme on International Women's Day Tuesday for women's health empowerment, officials said.

Why are Sikh women exempted from wearing helmet: HC

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following...

Kerala government gives three job options to returnee nurses

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government Tuesday offered three options to the 534 nurses who had to return from Iraq and Libya due to the conflict...

RSS must admit women, says Trupti Desai

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Mumbai : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) must allow women to become its members, Trupti Desai, who has been leading a campaign for women's...

Here’s How Digital Platforms Proliferate Anti-Muslim Hate

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A new study documents an exponential rise in hate on digital platforms in India since BJP came to power in 2014.  Snobar | TwoCircles.net   NEW...

The amazing garbage woman

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By Shobha Shukla,

Amla products to empower women in rural Bengal

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Kolkata: A campaign has been launched to produce Indian gooseberry or amla sauces, candy, dried chips, pickle, jellies to provide an alternative livelihood for...

Trailblazer police officer Yamin Hazarika remembered

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter , Guwahati: Yamin Hazarika, the first woman from Assam to clear the Delhi Andaman Nicobar Island Police Service (DANIPS), was remembered in...

Open letter to political parties to take up the issue of repealing AFSPA

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Civil Society groups and individuals, led by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), and endorsed by several others have written an open letter to all the political parties to take up the issue of repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

Trinamool MLA’s son worried about his safety after mother shot at

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Kolkata : Days after his mother was shot at in their home, the son of Trinamool Congress legislator Arjun Singh on Saturday expressed concern...

Can the burqa coexist with the bikini?

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By IANS,

यह है सहारनपुर जिले का रिकार्ड,इस बार फंसे है कई पेंच

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उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के मद्देनजर हम पाठकों के लिए जिलेवार विधानसभा के आंकड़े आपके समक्ष रख रहे हैं। इस बार आप सहारनपुर जनपद...

Women’s group, citizens condemn Jamiat Ulema resolutions on women quota, education

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: All India Progressive Women’s Association has condemned Jaimat Ulema-I-Hind for passing resolutions at its recent Deoband conclave against the interests of women. Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat Ulema in Deoband “strongly offend the principle of women’s equality” AIPWA said.

Raje, Gehlot mourn singer Mubarak Begum Shaikh’s death

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New Delhi : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister, on Tuesday mourned the death of legendary Bollywood playback singer...

Can women endure more pain than men?

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By IANS, London: For many people, the debate whether men or women handle pain better may remain unresolved, but scientists now say that females endure more pain.

India’s women teams eyeing semi-final berths in Lawn Bowl tournament

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By IANS, New Delhi: Indian women Thursday assured themselves of a berth in the semi-final play-offs of the singles and the triples event of the Eight Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event. In the triples category, Indian women defeated South Africa 12-3, 10-8 while in the singles they won 14-1, 7-8 via the tie-breaker against Northern Ireland at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. In the pairs category, the women's team is placed sixth after they lost to Malaysia 11-7, 7-6.

Delhi government to send school heads to Cambridge for training

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New Delhi : The Delhi government will soon send 90 school principals to Cambridge University for an education leadership training exercise, as part of...

कर्नाटक : मनीषा से मुहब्बत के बदले में अरबाज को मिली मौत

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक में एक मुस्लिम लड़के की अंतर-धार्मिक संबंध के चलते हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं। पिछले महीने 28 सितंबर को बेंगलुरु के...

Fewer women making it to the top in corporate world

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By IANS, Sydney : Fewer women are making it to the top in the corporate world, a trend that has been particularly noticeable over the last two years, according to a newly released report here. Macquarie University's Peter McGraw, director of the Labour-Management Studies Foundation which compiled and analysed the newly released 2008 data for Equal Opportunities for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), said the numbers did not surprise him.

Fringe fundamentalists are now mainstream: Teesta Setalvad

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By Anurag Dey Kolkata: India is going through difficult times where the "once fringe" fundamentalist groups have now become mainstream and, with the...

यूपीएससी में 267वीं रैंक प्राप्त फरहा हुसैन से बातचीत

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जब कुछ कर दिखाने का जज़्बा हो और इरादे बुलंद हों, तो कठिन हालात में भी राहें बनने लगती हैं. इस...

Trinamool MP rape remark: Arrest demanded, wife apologises

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's rape remark row intensified with the Congress and a rights group demanding his arrest and his wife apologising...

Imran Khan’s bride’s choice of dress for Nikah and Islamophobia

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By Shaheen Naqshbandi for TwoCircles.net Recently, Pakistani politician Imran Khan married Bushra Maneka. During the Nikah, the bride wore the full veil and some people...

UP woman MLA seeks action against peers’ stripping act

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By IANS, Lucknow : A woman legislator in Uttar Pradesh lodged a complaint with the speaker's office over two Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) legislators taking...

Form committee on women’s safety, Lekhi asks Rajnath

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New Delhi: BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Thursday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the formation of a committee of MPs to work on...

Woman, daughter kicked, stripped in Uttar Pradesh village

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By IANS, Lucknow : The mother and 18-year-old sister of a young man were kicked, stripped and paraded naked in an Uttar Pradesh village by locals who were against his relationship with a girl. The two brothers of the girl have been arrested, police said Saturday. The mother and sister of Phaujveer Singh, 24, a resident of Kalyanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, some 350 km from Lucknow, were Friday paraded naked in the village by a group of locals, including the family members of the girl.

Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti

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By Ruwa Shah Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't get raped in a moving...

Tax officer’s wife booked for running sex racket

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Gurgaon: The wife of a tax officer has been booked here for running a sex racket, police said Wednesday. The racket operating out of a...

Don’t intend to harm anyone, only protect myself: Preity Zinta

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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who has accused her ex-boyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia of molesting her, Saturday said the intention behind the complaint...

‘मोदी सरकार कर रही है मुसलमानों के पर्सनल लॉ को ख़त्म करने की साज़िश’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net ऑल इंडिया मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड ने ये ऐलान किया है कि वो भारत सरकार के लॉ कमीशन के ज़रिए यूनिफॉर्म...

Kashmir budget proposes free schooling for girls

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

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...

Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco

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By IANS, New Delhi: Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco products, a shocking figure revealed by the Indian health ministry Saturday. "It is shocking that over 8.5 percent of the ante-natal mothers in India are tobacco users," said Jagdish Kaur, in-charge of the tobacco control programme in the health ministry. She said though the number of tobacco users are mostly men, yet the number is too big, especially for the pregnant women. There are at least 25 million successful pregnancies every year in India.

Sharia, fatwas and women’s rights

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Telangana man arrested for rape, murder of daughter

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Hyderabad:Police in Telangana have solved the mystery behind rape and murder of a minor girl with the arrest of her father, who committed the...

“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...

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Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...

India’s first three women fighter pilots commissioned

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Hyderabad : Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India's first three women fighter pilots. On completion of successful training...

Despite lie allegation, Modi says mother washed utensils

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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) : Notwithstanding strong criticism by the Congress which termed it a "lie", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stuck to his...

राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...

Memon to be buried in Nagpur jail

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Nagpur : Yakub Memon, the March 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, who was executed here early Thursday, will be buried inside the Nagpur Central Jail...

Illegal migration leads to exploitation of women: study

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By IANS, New Delhi: Poverty, landlessness and unemployment are pushing larger number of Indian and Bangladeshi women to different countries through illegal channels and subjecting them to exploitation and sexual harassment, a new study said here Friday. The study titled 'Gender dimensions of international migration from India and Bangladesh: Impact on the families left behind' found that majority of women, who emigrate illegally, were subjected to isolation, low remuneration, exploitation and sexual harassment by their employers.

Shocked at targeting of sexual harassment complainant: ‘Gulabi Gang’ maker

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Kolkata : National award winner Nishtha Jain, who helmed documentary "Gulabi Gang", has supported women students of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute...
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