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.
Delhi polls: Women candidates promise the moon on security
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : With women's security being such a big issue in the capital, women candidates in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly...
Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh- an emerging entrepreneur of Mumbai
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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
DPS asked to compensate teachers in sexual harassment case
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society to compensate three of its teachers, who had alleged sexual harassment by the principal of Faridabad branch of the school, to the tune Rs.2.5 lakh each.
Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt in his order asked DPS to pay Rs.2.5 lakh each to three of its teachers and Rs.1.5 lakh to another employee of the school who had accused the then school principal U.S. Verma of sexual harassment. The teachers were forced to resign from their positions following the allegation.
Woman set afire by neighbours in Madhya Pradesh
By IANAS,
Bhopal: A woman was set afire by her neighbours in a Madhya Pradesh village after they accused her of stealing Rs.1,000, police said Tuesday.
Seema Sen, 28, was Monday evening passing by the house of her neighbour Vishram Thakur when his wife Rani alleged that Seema had stolen Rs.1,000 from her house. A heated argument ensued following which the couple entered Seema's house, doused her kerosene and set her afire.
She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where her condition is said to be critical.
Kerala village launches dowry-free marriage websites
By IANS,
Nilambur (Kerala): A year back, residents of a Kerala village in Malappuram district took a pledge that they would neither ask for dowry in marriage nor give any. The villagers are now launching two websites on dowry-free marriages.
These websites have been created by Nilambur village which has a population of 50,000, of which 40 percent are Muslims. The rest are Hindus and Christians.
Uber cab driver alleges police probe not fair
New Delhi: Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, facing trial for allegedly raping a woman executive who he was ferrying in his taxi, Friday...
Two JD-U women legislators campaign for BJP, RJD
Patna: Two women legislators from Bihar's ruling JD-U, one of them a former minister, are campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and RJD...
Muslim women join hands to rehabilitate khaki terror victims in Hyderabad
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Hyderabad: In a commendable move that will show light to the society which appeared almost indifferent to the acquittal of scores of Muslim youths in terror cases in Hyderabad, least to talk of their rehabilitation, the city Muslim women have come up extending their helping hand to the victim youths.
Man held for raping four-year-old girl in Rajasthan
Jaipur : A 38-year-old man has been arrested for raping a four-year-old girl and dumping her in a serious condition behind some bushes in...
Meet Ayesha Qureshi, a resin artist from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut
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...
BJP a divided house over women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday denied reports that it was divided over the women's reservation bill but the rift was evident with a section of MPs led by Yogi Adityanath said that quotas for women were "needless" and would be opposed in the Lok Sabha.
Adityanath, who represents Gorakhpur in the lower house, openly rebelled against the bill that seeks to reserve a third of all seats in the country's legislatures for women.
Seven Indians feature in BBC 100 Women 2015 list
New Delhi : It's all about Indian girl power all the way! Making a mark on the global map, seven Indian celebrated personalities including...
Book suspended officials as accused: Shopian probe report
By IANS,
Srinagar : The commission probing the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in south Kashmir May 30 has recommended that the five officials suspended after the crime be booked as accused, Jammu and Kashmir Finance and Law Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said Friday.
NCW to start 24×7 toll free helpline
By IANS,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women will soon start a 24-hour helpline to assist women in distress, its chief Mamta Sharma said Friday.
एआईएमआईएम के नेता ज़ुबैर अहमद की हत्या में नही मिल रहा इंसाफ, साथ नही...
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Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...
Modi proved to be not of his wife and old parents then how can...
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.
रोशन होने से पहले ही बुझने लगी अल्पसंख्यक मंत्रालय की ‘नई रोशनी’
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
मोदी बजट आ चुका है. बड़े-बड़े ऐलान किए जा चुके हैं. पुरानी बोतल में नई शराब भरी जा चुकी है. अलग-अलग...
Ramadan 1435: Ladies entrance
By Shuchi Kapoor, TwoCircles.net
In South Asia very few mosques have space for women worshipers. Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, a Shia Masjid does have...
Beautician course for female inmates in Bengal correctional homes
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has started a beautician course for female convicts within four walls of correctional homes, a minister said here Monday.
Participating...
Dalit woman commits suicide to evade rape attempt
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman committed suicide Saturday by setting herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district to evade a rape attempt by her neighbour, police said.
Family members alleged that she took the extreme step to evade a rape attempt by a neighbour in Faizabad, about 150 km from here.
"The woman, in her dying statement to the magistrate, seconded the allegations made by her husband Rajaram, but died before naming the person," Faizabad police chief R.K.S. Rathore told IANS.
No woman feels safe in Delhi, says HC
New Delhi : While questioning the measures taken and the method of policing adopted by Delhi Police for the extensive 'crime mapping' exercise conducted...
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
हैदराबाद में 600 लोगों के इलाज के साथ शुरू हुआ IMRC का स्वास्थ्य जागरूकता...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
हैदराबाद: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें सालाना...
Yemen: government discuss seats allocation for women in councils
By NNN-SABA,
Sana'a : The Yemeni government discussed on Tuesday's meeting, headed by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, the report on reviewing the study of COTA system to allocate seats for women in the elected councils.
The report, presented by Minister of Social and Labor Affairs, was referred to a ministerial committee for revision.
The cabinet affirmed its support to woman and the importance of expending the political participation of women in the elected councils with an average of 15 percent.
Women’s cricket team prepares for busy schedule ahead
By IANS,
Mumbai : The women's cricket team will participate in two training camps ahead of their busy international schedule that starts with the England tour in August.
The team will tour England (August), Australia (November) before the World Cup in Australia (March 2009) and the ICC World Twenty20 in England (June 2009).
Domestic violence against women rising: Minister
New Delhi : Incidents of domestic violence involving the physical assault of a women by her husband or other relatives are rising in the...
Bangladesh’s ninth parliament will have record 64 women
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh, where politics is dominated by two former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia, will see a record 64 women sitting in its ninth Jatiya Sangsad (national assembly).
For the first time, 19 women contesting for 23 parliamentary seats defeated their rivals by huge margins in the election that saw the Hasina-led alliance winning three-fourths of the 299 seats.
They will be joined by 45 women nominated to the assembly as per a provision in the constitution. Generally, they are from the ruling alliance, boosting their majority.
Congress to try for consensus on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Sunday they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee even as the ruling Congress maintained it will try its best to forge a consensus on the legislation.
"We are opposed to the bill in its present form. We have given some suggestions to the government to modify the bill and one of them should be accepted," SP spokesman Mohan Singh told IANS.
You won’t find a husband, world’s tallest girl told
By IANS,
London: Marvadene Anderson, a US resident who is said to be the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 feet 11 inches, says the rudest thing that she has ever been told is that she won't "be able to find a husband".
"People are friendly with me because of my height and my personality. If I was tall and mean, I think I'd have a problem," The Telegraph quoted Anderson as saying Tuesday.
"The rudest thing anybody ever said about my height is that I'm not going to be able to find a husband."
Quota for women must respect social divide, say some MPs
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : The purpose of reserving seats for women in legislatures will be defeated if these are not earmarked for different social strata, say supporters of reservation along caste lines.
In support of their argument, they say there are only 11 woman Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) members in parliament now although the total seats reserved for these two groups is 120 and 79 respectively.
Delhi gang-rape accused get defence lawyers
By IANS,
New Delhi: The five accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape who were presented in a Delhi court Thursday have got lawyers to defend them.
Three women die after surgery in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Three women died in Odisha's Sambalpur district five hours after surgery was conducted on them in a state-run medical college and hospital, said...
Himachal artistes dance to save girl child, set world record
Shimla : Over 9,000 artistes performed a folk dance in Himachal Pradesh to highlight the "Save the Girl Child" message and the event created...
NHRC questions sterilising women unhygienically
By IANS,
Kolkata: Days after over 100 women were sterilised in a single day at a health camp under unhygienic conditions, the NHRC Monday issued a notice to the West Bengal government.
Woman arrested for jewellery theft
By IANS,
Ghaziabad: A woman was arrested here Saturday for allegedly stealing jewellery from highend outlets along with her male accomplice, who is still at large, police said.
The duo was identified as Babli Shahnaaz alias Bano, 42, and her brother-in-law Sajid Ali, 30.
Senior Superintendent of Police Raghuvir Lal said: "Sajid and Shahnaaz struck at highend jewellery outlets and mostly operated as a couple."
"In a planned manner, they would go to big jewellery outlets around lunchtime, when most of the sales staff was not around," Lal added.
13 years on, no political consensus on women’s quota bill
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : Opposition from three political parties may still derail the bill seeking to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and state legislatures for women.
Though the union cabinet decided last Thursday it would introduce the bill, it does not have the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, to get it passed.
The three parties -- the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- are demanding a quota for weaker sections within this one-third quota.
SelfieWithDaughter: Can India save 23 million girls?
By Prachi Salve
New Delhi: India’s child sex-ratio (below six years) is now the worst in 70 years, possibly the worst ever. The latest decline...
Media detentions ‘our internal affair’, Malaysia tells US
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : While criticism against the government mounted at home, Malaysia Monday asked the US to desist from commenting or protesting at last week's detentions of a woman lawmaker, a woman reporter and a blogger.
"Stop meddling in our affairs," said Foreign Minister Rais Yatim in response to Washington's protest over last Friday's detentions under the stringent Internal Security Act (ISA).
5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...
By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Jalgao (Maharashtra)
With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...
Change mindset to curb female foeticide: Experts
By IANS,
New Delhi: The patriarchal Indian society has a deep-rooted bias against the girl child and changing this mindset is essential to curb female foeticide, experts said here Thursday.
Virginity test of tribal women for state-sponsored marriage unacceptable: AIPWA
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: While strongly condemning the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government’s move for virginity test as precondition for tribal women to avail the benefits of state mass wedding scheme, the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) has demanded the government to rollback the order and give compensation to the women who were subjected to humiliating virginity tests.
मुजफ्फरनगर दंगा: भाजपा के विद्यायक को 2 साल की सज़ा, बाकी का क्या होगा...
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2013 के मुजफ्फरनगर दंगे में एक समुदाय को भड़काने और बलवे करने के आरोपी भाजपा विधायक को अदालत से 2 साल...
An all-women car unveiled in gender-sensitive Iran
By IANS,
London : Iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
The car, with electronic parking aids and a jack making it easier to change a wheel, will be painted in soft "feminine" colours and include interior design features aimed specifically at women.
With relaxation eased under lockdown, 200 organisations calls for nationwide anti-CAA protests
TCN News
Nearly 200 organisations have called for fresh nationwide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR as relaxation measures under lockdown 5.0 were issued by the Central government.
'Sab...
तस्वीरों में : जामिया में हिजाब के मुद्दे पर जुटी छात्राएं
सिमरा अंसारी और सऊद आलम की रिपोर्ट
जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया की छात्राओं ने परिसर के अंदर हिजाब प्रतिबंध को लेकर कर्नाटक उच्च न्यायालय के...
Implement reservations else say goodbye to Muslims votes in 2014: Islamic summit in Hyderabad
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
A woman contesting polls for women’s cause
By F. Ahmed, IANS,
Bandipora, (Jammu and Kashmir) : Defying separatists' boycott call and militant threats, Gousia Bashir, the lone woman candidate in this north Kashmir constituency, says she is contesting the elections to highlight the problems of women and the poor.
Bandipora, once a hotbed of militants, goes to the polls Nov 17 in the first of the seven-phase assembly elections. And Gousia is contesting against 21 other candidates, all men.
Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said.
Aben Sofia was found...
Jan Dhan, pension scheme to help women in big way: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and the pension scheme announced in the union...
Woman burnt to death for giving birth to girl child
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for giving birth to a baby girl for the second time in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
"Just hours after Momeena delivered a baby girl Tuesday, she was set on fire by her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law," police inspector Somveer Singh told IANS on phone.
Singh said the three accused ran away with the newborn girl after setting Momeena on fire. Momeena, married for five years, was a resident of the Ahera village in Baghpat, some 350 km from Lucknow.
Lack of coordination between officials delaying Nirbhaya Fund: DCW chief
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 24 : The One Stop Centres (OSC), a scheme under the Nirbhaya Fund, is getting delayed in Delhi due to...
Woman kills lover in head-on crash, court told
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.
Unite to end violence against women: Ban
By IRNA,
Tehran : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Women’s Day, March 8, while calling for a positive image of women in the media called for laws that say violence is a crime.
According to a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran on Saturday, the full text of his message reads:
Bengal nun gang-rape: Women’s panel blames police of inaction
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Women on Sunday said the police did not act even though the convent where a 70-year-old nun was...
ये घटनाए बताती है कि उत्तर प्रदेश में पत्रकारों के लिए सब कुछ सही...
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ITBP’s first women raring to guard borders, fight insurgents
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : They are strong, courageous and determined to prove that men aren't the only ones who can guard the border, fight insurgents in jungles, or take up duties at high altitudes.
They are the first batch of 209 women constables of the central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who Friday completed their 44-week-long rigorous training at a camp near here.
Women MPs, activists slam Joshi’s remarks against Mayawati
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women parliamentarians and activists Thursday slammed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's offensive remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati saying they were "inappropriate and uncalled for".
Congress MP Mohsina Kidwai described Joshi's remarks as "not appropriate", when asked to comment on it.
Not all suicides of wives due to in-laws, observes court
New Delhi: A court here on Monday said that one cannot blame in-laws for every suicide committed by a married woman and acquitted a...
2009 a record year for women Nobel winners
By DPA,
Stockholm : The shared Nobel economics prize for Elinor Ostrom of the US Monday further underscored that 2009 was a record-year for women prize winners.
Ostrom, of Indiana University in Bloomington, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize for economics.
The economics prize - first awarded in 1969 - was not in the original will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, who endowed the awards.
Scheme to raise awareness among minority women
By Rajeev Ranjan Roy, IANS,
New Delhi : India's Planning Commission is starting a scheme to create awareness among minority women about issues and rights that can empower them socially, educationally and economically, and also teach them the importance of hygiene and sanitation.
To be implemented over the next five years with the help of the ministry women and child development, the scheme will cost Rs.200 million (Rs. 20 crores).
Minor’s gang rape: Soldier sent to custody, army assures cooperation
Kolkata : A West Bengal court on Tuesday sent to police custody a soldier arrested for the gang rape of a teenaged girl inside...
’48 percent Indian women drop out mid-career’
New Delhi : The percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as...
UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family
By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.
Tripura governor asks police to protect women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...
Call centre employee found murdered in Delhi hostel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman employee of a call centre was Wednesday evening found strangled to death in her hostel room in south Delhi, the police said.
The victim, identified as Shalini Saxena, was found dead in her first-floor room of a private hostel in Gautam Nagar area of Hauz Khas, the police said.
Saxena worked for a cell centre in Gurgaon. She hailed from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was living in the hostel for the past one year.
Jung alerts cops on crime against women, people from NE
New Delhi : Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday directed Delhi Police to adopt zero-tolerance policy for crimes against women, an official spokesman...
उमराह पर जाने वाले हजरात मुंबई एयरपोर्ट पर हुए परेशान, बेहद असुविधाजनक है माहौल
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
मुम्बई इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट पर उमराह के आजमीनों के साथ बेहद खराब सुलूक किए जाने का मामला सामने आया है। इस संबंध में...
Online group takes fight against gender crimes to the streets
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Women in India's commercial capital are being encouraged to fight against gender violence and demand police assistance to secure their rights by a group of social crusaders who came together through a social networking site.
In a novel move, Fight-Back, a Facebook community of people fighting against gender atrocities, distributed wallet cards to women in Mumbai that have phone numbers of police help lines set up to tackle gender crimes, with the help of the Rotaract Club, a voluntary organisation engaged in service to the society.
Delhi councillor arrested over racist comment
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,...
Woman separatist leader held in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Chief of Kashmiri separatist women group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith), Asiya Andrabi was arrested Friday during anti-Valentine's Day protest here.
Andrabi was...
Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.
BSF to deploy women troopers along borders
By IANS,
Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...
Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...
कुपोषण से जूझ रहा है प्रधानमंत्री मोदी का संसदीय क्षेत्र
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: पिछली सदी के अंतिम दशक से शुरू होकर भारत सरकार द्वारा कई ऐसी योजनाएं चलायी जा रही हैं, जिनका उद्देश्य प्रमुख...
Controversy in Bihar after student allegedly asked to remove Hijab during exam
The incident happened at Mahant Darshan Das Mahila (MDDM) College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on October 16.
Sami Ahmad | TwoCircles.net
PATNA (BIHAR) — A controversy over...
Mortar hits Israeli kibbutz, kills Israeli woman
By Xinhua,
Gaza : An Israeli woman was killed and three wounded on Friday afternoon by a mortar shell fired by Gaza militants at an Israeli kibbutz near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman told Israeli Radio Arabic service that Palestinian militants fired in the afternoon a mortar shell from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Azza, adding that a woman there was killed and three men wounded.
Woman found murdered in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: A nearly 25-year-old woman was Saturday found dead on the roadside here. Police said the woman may have been raped before the murder.
The...
Women activists denounce sexual violence, misogyny peddled by apps like Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai
Several speakers during an online protest held by the Women’s Department of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) pushed for the need for people from all...
Mass gathering of women MGNREGA workers demanding their rights
By TCN News,
Tohana-Fatehabad (Haryana): A huge gathering of poor and marginalized people, large number of them women, took place in Tohana (Fatehabad) in Haryana on December 30, 2014 against corruption and irregularity in providing job under MGNREGA, and proposed dilution in the act.
Zahida Khatun Sherwani: The walled poetess of Urdu literature
Zahida Khatun Sherwani (1894-1922) is one of the early female poets of Urdu literature who took the giant leap of challenging the normative structure....
Plea in SC seeks women members in seven state governments
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a petition seeking direction to the chief ministers of seven states to consider...
Saudi Arabia recruiting maids aged between 25 and 50
Dubai : The age of Indian domestic workers looking for employment in Saudi Arabia has been set between 25 and 50 years under a...
Dec 16 gang-rape: Two convicts move Supreme Court
New Delhi: Two convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape moved the Supreme Court Saturday challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their death...
भूख और गरीबी से जूझते बिहार की ज़मीनी हकीक़त
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
9 साल की संगीता जिसके चेहरे पर अनगिनत मखियाँ बैठी थी जिसे देख कर एक पल को मुझे सकता सा हुआ के...
Woman set ablaze for flouting voting ‘fatwa’
Nashik: In a shocking incident, a woman, who allegedly flouted a local voting 'fatwa', was assaulted and set on fire in Yevla town of...
Austrian FM hails appointing two women in Kuwaiti cabinet
By KUNA,
Vienna : Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik expressed happiness regarding the appointment of two women ministers in the new Kuwaiti government, noting that such step would encourage local women toward success and achievement on various levels.
The Minister stressed importance, in a press release on her website, of women's vital role in Kuwait, particularly in the set-up of the Arab world, hoping that such step would be an example for the region.
Crimes against Russians causing worry back home: Consul general
By IANS,
Panaji: Victimisation of Russian citizens in Goa has created a lot of apprehension back home, the Russian consul general has said in a letter to the state chief minister.
The letter dated Dec 14 said "crimes against women" in Goa were increasing and that the mission was willing to tell its citizens not to go out after 10 p.m. in Goa, if it helps the situation.
Uber rape: Indian woman withdraws US case
By Arun Kumar
Washington : An Indian woman executive who sued Uber after allegedly being raped by a driver for the cab-hailing service in...
CPI (ML) demands CBI probe into Delhi school stampede
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Delhi State Committee of the CPI (ML) today demanded a CBI enquiry into the Khajuri Khas government school stampede in which five girl students were killed on September 10, alleging that the state government was not bringing out the truth. The organization has also demanded resignation of Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.
Seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A three-day seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ has been inaugurated today in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Campaign for women’s reservation bill gains momentum
By IANS,
New Delhi : Barely five days after it was launched, the civil society movement to support the passage of the women's reservation bill has started gaining momentum. Nearly a hundred people have signed up the online petition to the president and scores of others have taken up the cause on the social networking site, Facebook.
Fadnavis’s 50,000 Mumbai ‘sisters’ demand toilets
Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's office has been aflush with a whopping 50,000 post-cards from 'sisters' demanding toilet facilities for women in...
Let 2015 be a start to a future of ‘lasts’ rather than ‘half’ measures...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: After receiving the Nobel Peace prize with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistan’s young education activist Malala Yousafzai has written an open letter to the world leaders. In India, the campaigners have sent this letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Haryana man kills wife, 3 kids; commits suicide
Chandigarh : A man gunned down his wife and three minor daughters before committing suicide by hanging himself in a Haryana village, police...
Awareness campaign for women empowerment in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has issued instructions to carry out a state-wide awareness campaign focused on schemes of women empowerment, official sources said Tuesday.
Reviewing the progress of activities of Woman and Child Development Department Monday, the chief minister told senior officers including the principal secretary to undertake field tours to apprise themselves of the ground realities of the implementation of departmental schemes and announcements made at the "Mahila Panchayat".
National mission for women’s empowerment to be launched
By IANS,
New Delhi : A national mission for empowerment of women will be launched to achieve convergence among women-centric programmes run at various levels, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, she said a token sum of Rs.10 million has been earmarked for the scheme for the current financial year.
"It is proposed that the mission will primarily oversee implementation of women centric programmes of the participating ministries, state government and panchayati raj institutions," the minister said.
Women’s panel launches NRI cell
By IANS,
New Delhi : Faced with increasing cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to overseas Indians, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday launched an NRI cell to deal with such complaints.
The NRI cell will provide legal counselling to women deserted by their overseas husbands. It will also advise and give recommendations to the government on policies related to NRI marriages. Besides, the cell will also carry out awareness campaigns on the subject.
UN panel reviews women’s situation in India
By IANS,
United Nations : A UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women has begun a review of the situation of women in India and seven other countries.
During its 19-day session here, India will be reviewed on an exceptional basis, with the committee considering the country's follow-up report on the impact of the 2002 Gujarat massacres on women, the world body said.
The committee will also review the status of women in Argentina, Fiji, Russia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Albania.
Zanani Masjid in Aurangabad: An inspiration to Muslim women to reclaim their space in...
Zanani Masjid was built 350 years ago in the Mughal period. Many Muslim girls and women gather at Zanani Masjid to study the Quran...
The problem of Rape: Why India is still failing?
By Aabid Ali Haider for TwoCircles.net,
The brutal and harrowing rapes in Kerala have revealed that women in India are unsafe when it comes to...
After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting
By Shafeeq Alingal
Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...
Najma Heptullah: A Congress deserter who made good in BJP (Profile)
New Delhi : Najma Heptullah, a former Congress leader who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia...
Probe ordered as woman complains against UP’s 1090 official
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe and directed the repatriation of the incharge of the '1090 Women Power Line' on...
Protestors gather outside SC on CJI issue
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Protesters on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court complex demanding an independent probe into the sexual harassment allegation raised...
‘राहुल गांधी ने भी मुझे धोखा दिया’ –डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
बारमेर (राजस्थान) : दलित मेधा की मिसाल बन चुकी डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब घर-घर का हिस्सा बनती जा रही है....
Activists mark Irom Sharmila’s 15 years of anti-AFSPA protest
Kolkata : Branding as "draconian" the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives sweeping powers to the armed forces to deal with terrorism,...
Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Imphal (Manipur): The Manipur Muslim girl students have formed, perhaps first time in the history of the state, a union to wage a war on two fronts: to change Muslim socieity’s approach on higher education for Muslim girls and to demand state government reservation for Muslim women.
Sri Lanka to increase women’s involvement in local politics
Colombo : Sri Lanka's new cabinet on Thursday vowed to amend laws to increase the number of women in local politics and state institutions.
Addressing...
Curious case of Moinal Mollah: Both parents Indian, but declared foreigner
Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Guwahati: Asma Khatun (25) has been struggling with life under extreme circumstances where she has very slim chance of...
Pakistani govt committed to root out black laws and anti-women: minister
By NNN-APP,
Islamabad : Minister for Women Development Ms Sherry Rehman said that the present government was strongly committed to rooting out all black laws and anti-women practices from the society.
Speaking as chief guest at a seminar on “Situation of Violence Against Women in Pakistan” organized by Aurat Foundation here at a local hotel, she said that women related issues are mainstream issues which swept under the carpet.
More Women Occupying Key Postions In Business Sectors
By D. Arul Rajoo, Bernama,
Hanoi : The number of women involved in businesses worldwide and occupying key decision-making positions are rising steadily, with more having the power to decide purchases made by their companies, the Global Summit of Women was told today.
Summit president Irene Natividad said the majority of new small businesses in the United States were owned by women while one third of companies in Vietnam were headed by them.
Indian Americans protest Hijab ban, urge Karnataka court to lift ban
More than a hundred people in Houston, Texas, United States called on the Karnataka government to stop the discrimination against Muslim girl students who...
Heptulla oldest, Irani youngest cabinet minister
New Delhi : Najma Heptulla is the oldest member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, while Smriti Irani is the youngest.
The 74-year-old...
Young, educated Muslim women tasting political water in Bihar
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
‘अब खाना मिले या ना मिले रोज़ा तो रखना ही है’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
चुड़ियाला/मीरापुर : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर ज़िला में मीरापुर से खतौली मार्ग पर एक गांव है चुड़ियाला. यहां गांव में प्रवेश...
Only Muslim woman candidate in Manipur elections vows to fight against domestic violence
The upcoming elections in Manipur are likely to be the most interesting one in years with Congress, historically the strongest party in the region,...
Woman detained in Lebanon not Baghdadi’s wife: Iraq
Baghdad ; The Iraqi interior ministry said Wednesday that a woman recently detained in Lebanon is not the wife of the Islamic State (IS)...
The first of women officers in Pakistan hope to carry arms soon
By Igor G. Barbero, IANS/EFE,
Abbottabad (Pakistan) : Amid shouts of "Allah Hu" of hundreds of men cadets, a group of 38 women does stretches, push-ups and a series of other exercises in their new dark green tracksuits, like that of the national flag, on the outskirts of the city of Abbottabad, in the north of Pakistan.
Having had good education and fulfilled their dream of entering the most powerful institution in Pakistan, the army, the first few batches of women officers of the Military Academy also hope to hold arms soon and defend the country on its frontiers.
Nine women in fray for first phase West Bengal polls
By IANS,
Kolkata : A total of 134 candidates, including nine women, remained in the fray Monday after withdrawal of nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in 14 of the 42 seats in West Bengal.
Of the 146 candidates who filed their papers, seven withdrew from the race Monday. The papers of five had been rejected during scrutiny Saturday. The first of the three-phase polling in West Bengal will be held April 30.
Purulia constituency has the maximum number of candidates, 14. Ghatal and Bishnupur have the lowest number of seven contestants each.
Muslim women threaten to leave Central African Republic
Bangui : More than 100 Muslim women in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), are threatening to leave amid tension between...
Self-employment project for women by scientist body
By IANS,
Lucknow : In order to make rural women of Uttar Pradesh self-employed , a scientist body here has initiated a training project, officials said Monday.
Scientists at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow have launched a pilot project to train rural women for self employment.
"CIMAP has undertaken a programme to train rural women in making herbal products like incense sticks, rose water and other products," said A.K. Singh, a CIMAP scientist.
Initially, the programme was launched for villages in Lucknow and Barabanki districts.
How two sisters’ commitment scripting Moradabad’s brass industry’s future
Anushka Kogta and Namya Jain, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: “This work not only supports our family but also sustains the entire Uttar Pradesh,” claimed 52-year-old Rashida...
Western culture to blame for rapes: SP leader Abu Asim Azmi
By IANS,
Mumbai: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi said Tuesday that Western culture had ruined Indian culture and led to increasing atrocities on women including rapes.
Girl stabbed to death in Delhi
New Delhi : A 19-year-old girl died after being stabbed for objecting to a man who allegedly abused her on Thursday in central...
Missing varsity teacher returns home ‘distressed’
By IANS,
New Delhi : A female lecturer, who had been missing for two days returned home Wednesday in a "distressed" mood, the family said.
Anshu Jain, 31, a lecturer in Dayal Singh College in south Delhi, was missing since Monday afternoon when she hailed an auto to return to her home in Mayur Vihar. Her family informed the police control room when she didn't reach home.
"I don't understand what happened - she came home a few hours back and she is not in a mental state to say anything," Anshu's father V.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
59 women MPs in new parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday.
In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections.
While the Congress topped the list, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 13 women being elected.
The All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) follow with four women each getting elected to the Lok Sabha.
Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi
New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...
75-year old man in Bihar marries woman half his age
Patna : A 75-year-old man has married a woman half his age in Bihar's Samastipur district, ignoring the criticism of people and society.
Ram Chander...
Indian-origin hair doc jailed for lewd acts on clients
By IANS,
London : An Indian-origin hair specialist accused of groping women while giving them head massages has been jailed for three years in Britain.
The Reading crown court also banned Praminder Mankoo for life from giving treatment without a witness present. He will also have to sign on to the Sex Offenders' List indefinitely.
Mankoo had been charged with lewd acts with his clients on Sep 14.
Mankoo ran a successful clinic in Thame, Oxfordshire. The instances of his lewd acts occurred between 2003 and 2007, but three of his victims came forward only recently to nail him.
Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.
Girl robbed at ATM in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: An unidentified person opened fire and robbed a girl of money and jewellery at an ATM here on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred...
Sikh woman in New York fights harassment, wins
By IANS,
New York : After a legal battle lasting more than three years, a Sikh woman here, who faced racial, religious and sexual harassment at her workplace, has forced her employer to not only pay her compensation, but also make changes in its employment policies.
"The settlement reached between Sukhbir Kaur and her employer, National Wholesale Liquidators (NWL), sends a strong message to private employers that discrimination against Sikhs is illegal and will be harshly punished," non-profit organisation Sikh Coalition, said in a statement Wednesday.
SC to hear plea over woman lawyer’s manhandling by police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in a case of assault and manhandling...
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...
Father kills daughter for returning late from school
Chandigarh : A man was arrested in Punjab's Ropar on Saturday for allegedly hacking his teenaged minor daughter to death, after getting enraged when...
Trinamool MP rape remark: Arrest demanded, wife apologises
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...
Women’s Reservation Bill: What it means for Muslim representation?
By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net,
DCW writes to Bassi over crime against women
New Delhi : The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi seeking information on the...
Some Madhya Pradesh prisoners to be freed on I-Day
By IANS,
Bhopal : Women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh who have not been convicted for life and who have served over five years of their sentence will be set free on Independence Day Friday.
The government will also free certain other categories of prisoners, an official spokesman said. Those who suffer from serious illnesses like cancer will be unconditionally released.
HIV-positive mother gets child custody
By IANS,
New Delhi : A smile lit up Sunita Verma's face as she got her two-year-old boy back after nearly a year thanks to the Delhi High Court which Tuesday ruled in her favour despite the fact that she is HIV-positive.
Justice Gita Mittal also appointed an activist who will look after the child on a regular basis. She also ordered that the child undergo a medical test Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Sunita approached the court as her in-laws refused to give her the child after her husband Satish died of AIDS.
AMU sets operating procedure to deal COVID and pregnancy
TCN News
Aligarh: What COVID 19 could do to the pregnancy? The pregnant women grope in the dark and to address their misery, the department of...
Hetalbari: The curious case of land acquisition which left residents confused
In the fourth and final part of the Sunderbans series, we look at the curious case of Hetalbari, a small village in Sunderbans, where...
Indian women’s compound archery team claims Asiad bronze
Incheon:The Indian women's team won the bronze medal in the compound archery event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field...