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Women power at Delhi civic polls

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By IANS,

Parliament must take steps to empower women: M.S. Swaminathan

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By IANS,

Kerala to recruit more women as police officers

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala will induct more women in the state police force for maintenance of the law and order situation of the state. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan announced in the state legislative assembly Wednesday that the government has initiated measures to increase the number of women police officers. The Kerala Police Act would be amended soon to enable the public service commission (PSC) to invite applications from women for the posts of sub-inspectors, he said. At present women are not recruited directly as sub-inspectors.

Exciting times to be a woman, Clinton tells students

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By IANS, New Delhi : These were exciting times and a better time in human history than any other to be a woman, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday and asserted that this was an opportunity and responsibility she "willingly" accepted. Addressing a gathering of over 1,000 people, mostly students, at the Delhi University here, Clinton added that in the 21st century, women's woes were as important as any other.

Mamata kicks-off assembly poll campaign on Women’s Day

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Kolkata: Coinciding with International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday officially kicked-off her Trinamool Congress' election campaign for the 2016...

NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...

Make varsity campuses safe for women: Pallam Raju

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By IANS, Hyderabad: Union Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju Monday asked the universities and colleges to make the campuses safe for women.

MESAS distributes study kits among 100 Mewat girls

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By TCN News,

Kish Island – a temporary timeout for Iranian women

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By Farshid Motahari, DPA, Kish Island (Iran) : While women in the Iranian capital Tehran are meticulously checked by vice squads for any lapse in the Islamic dress code, those holidaying on Kish Island in the country's south have a temporary timeout in this regard. "It is such a pleasure to have the scarf so loose on your head and enjoy the sun and wind on your hair. Although only temporary but still it is such a nice timeout for us," said 24-year-old Salomeh who together with her friends, is spending some days on the Gulf island.

Four teenagers held for 25 robberies, carjackings

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By IANS, New Delhi: Four teenagers blamed for 25 incidents of robberies and carjackings at gunpoint in just one month have been arrested from nearby Gurgaon in Haryana, Delhi Police said Thursday. Sanjeev, 19, Saleem, 19, and two juveniles were caught from Sector 21 area Wednesday. They had spread terror in Delhi and Gurgaon. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Delhi) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said the accused tied to escape in their Santro car but were overpowered.

Amend Juvenile Justice Act: NCW chairperson

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New Delhi : Pressing for a debate on the issue of juveniles who commit rape, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Mamta Sharma Wednesday...

Translation error irks women in Kerala

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : A translation error in a central government order has offended women in Kerala as it appeared aimed at keeping tabs on women's movement -- though something else was intended. The Local Self Government (LSG) department issued a directive to the Corporations and Municipalities in Kerala last month that a special committee be formed to keep track on "apatha sancharam" (a close tab on the wrong movement of women). This has irked the women leaders. The central government order aimed at checking female trafficking and foeticide in the state.

Male students disrupt Leadership Summit organised by women students in AMU

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TCN News The women’s leadership summit, 2019 scheduled for 3 days from 26th March to 28th March that began yesterday at the Aligarh Muslim University...

Girl denied permission to board Delhi Metro while wearing a Hijab

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Delhi: In what looks like a case of religious discrimination, a Muslim girl was denied entry into the...

UAE gets its first woman judge

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has got its first woman judge with Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al Dhaheri being sworn in to the coveted post here. Al Dhaheri was sworn in at a ceremony here Tuesday by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's minister for presidential affairs and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department, the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. "The appointment of a woman judge is certainly a unique experience in the UAE," Sheikh Mansour said.

More women joined politics in 2008, says a global report

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By Prensa Latina, United Nations : The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman. The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent. In the past five years, 60 percent of the women legislators were re-elected, the report said.

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट करोली : पहले धर्म पहचाना और फिर लगा दी दुकानों में आग

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अहमद कासिम Twocircles.net के लिए 2 अप्रैल 2022 की शाम राजस्थान के शहर करोली में हिन्दू नववर्ष की शोभायात्रा निकाले जाने के दौरान साम्प्रदायिक...

BJP reluctant to table women’s reservation bill: AIWC

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New Delhi : All India Women's Congress president Shobha Oza Monday said the BJP government was reluctant to table the women's reservation bill in...

Rising ranks of women farmers need better deal: M S Swaminathan

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By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

Burqa: Don’t let obscurantism abet poll-riggers

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By NM Sampathkumar Iyangar,

Of white buildings, Islamic architecture and progressive women

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By Kavita Bajeli-Datt, IANS, Muscat : As the flight descends in the Oman capital, the first impression is that of serenity and peace - perhaps because of the overwhelmingly white and off-white buildings. As this reporter, part of a four-member media exchange programme to Oman, went around the beautifully kept city, it was intriguing that the only spots of colour were to be found on top of mosques.

Odisha to probe rape cases within 60 days

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By IANS,

Women’s panel for slapping serious charges against Rathore

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday appealed to the central and Haryana governments to slap serious charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. It also assured that civil damages will be filed after legal consultation. "We have asked the union home ministry and the Haryana government to slap serious charges - abetment to suicide, attempt to murder, conspiracy and destroying evidence - against Rathore," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here.

Police not to arrest Rathore ‘hastily’ despite criticism

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

Ramadan 1438: Bisma

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "I just finished taking my Math exam. I practiced for two whole days and forgot one answer in the end,"...

12-year-old tells Punjab, Haryana why girls are important

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By IANS, Chandigarh: She moves with a doll in her hands and looks like any other girl of her age. But 12-year-old Ishita Uppal's similarity with girls of her age ends there. The doll in Ishita's hands is symbolic of why girls are important in our society, especially in states like Punjab and Haryana -- which have the worst sex ratio in the country. Ishita has embarked on a 10,000 km journey by car to address various events against female foeticide, the killing of the unborn female child, in Punjab, Haryana and other states.

No woman should die giving life: UNICEF

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Tehran, Jan 18, IRNA -- Every minute somewhere in the world a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, and the women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth than those in developed countries. These facts are highlighted in UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children report on maternal and newborn health, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said on Sunday.

Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

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Madrid : The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is...

Three Ramadans without Mohsin Shaikh, a mother recalls memories of her son

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Sadiq Shaikh, Mubin Shaikh and Shabana Parveen By A Mirsab, Twocircles.net, Solapur (Maharashtra): Shabana Parveen, 53, a mother of twenty-eight years old Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh...

Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder

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By IANS, Chandigarh : The Chandigarh police Sunday evening started questioning a property dealer after his young wife was found murdered in their home here late Saturday night. The questioning of Anuradha's husband, Baljinder Singh, started after the servant whom the police earlier suspected for the murder was found dead near Ropar town in Punjab, 40 km from here. The police were looking for Vijay Kumar alias Nikku, a domestic help working for the couple for over five years, as he was missing from the home after the murder. His motorcycle was also missing.

Muslim women will not tolerate interference in Sharia: AIMPLB members

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Hyderabad : Women members of All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday said that Muslim women are safe and secure in Islamic...

Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers

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By IANS, Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...

Government to name ‘snoopgate’ judge by May 16, BJP dismissive

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New Delhi/Shimla : The BJP and Congress Friday exchanged barbs on the 'snoopgate' controversy concerning the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat with union Law...

After UN speech, Lucknow girl to go green

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By IANS, Lucknow: While most children of her age look forward to playing with friends in summer vacation, 13-year-old Yugratna Srivastava, who made history by delivering a speech at a United Nations summit last year, has plans to green the city. Srivastava, who appeared for Class 9 exam this year, will plant saplings in different neighbourhoods of Uttar Pradesh's capital. "I always wanted to do something constructive during summer vacation therefore I decided to launch a plantation drive," Srivastava, a student of Saint Fidelis College here, told IANS over phone Saturday.

Sania named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

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New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was Tuesday appointed the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asian region by UN Women at...

Supreme Court gets a woman judge, two others

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday got three new judges, including a woman, with President Pratibha Patil elevating the chief justices of the Madras, Jharkhand and Bombay high courts. The three are Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Madras High Court Chief Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale and Bombay High Court Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave. They will be the judges of the Supreme Court with effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices, said a release issued by the ministry of law and justice here.

Woman’s place is in the kitchen – in a hotel or on a ship

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(March 8 is Woman's Day) By Venkatachari Jagannathan, IANS,

“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.

Birbhum gang rape: Opposition flays Trinamool over SC directive

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Kolkata: The opposition Friday flayed the West Bengal government after the Supreme Court directed it to pay additional compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the...

Workshop on self defence for women journalists in Kolkata

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By TCN News: A 3 days workshop in self defence was organised exclusively for lady journalists, their daughters, sisters and other women in Kolkata by...

Another rape in Bengal, victim deaf and mute

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By IANS,

Registering sex of foetus against ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign: IWPC

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New Delhi: The Indian Women's Press Corps on Tuesday expressed concern over Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's statement on registering sex of...

US Women Favor Obama

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By Prensa Latina, Washington : Most US women would vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in November general elections, according to surveys released Thursday. A Gallup poll indicates that the Illinois senator was backed by 51 percent of women, while Republican presidential candidate John McCain barely got 38 percent. Comparing these figures with a previous survey, the Afro-American politician expanded his lead from 5 percentage points to 13. A Rasmussen Reports survey showed similar results (52 percent of women favoring Obama and 39 percent for McCain).

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

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By IANS,

दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”

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By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: गोमांस की अफ़वाह पर भीड़ द्वारा मार दिए गए दादरी के मोहम्मद अखलाक़ की बेटी शाईस्ता ने गौतम बुद्ध नगर...

The Widow Colony: stories of the widows of 1984 anti-Sikh violence

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net The worst thing for the victims is that their stories will be forgotten. Their suffering will not be recorded. May be more than justice, it is the fear that their stories will not be preserved. The newspaper accounts and future historian will just reduce them to numbers. Before we can begin to seek justice we need to listen to the stories of sorrow, pain, suffering, loss, anger and betrayal. Documentary ‘The Widow Colony’ attempts to document the loss of some of the widows of anti-Sikh violence of 1984.

60 percent of Indian men admit violence against wives: UN report

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New Delhi : Sixty percent of Indian men admit acting violently against their wife or partner at some point in their lives while 52...

Plea in SC seeks women members in seven state governments

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a petition seeking direction to the chief ministers of seven states to consider...

Mother, daughter held for stoning woman to death

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

हमारा हिजाब ही हमारी ताकत,देश भर की मुस्लिम लड़कियों ने बुलंद की आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी। Twocircles.net इलाहाबाद निवासी सारा अहमद सिद्दीकी हिजाब पर प्रतिबंध को इस्लामोफोबिया की संज्ञा देते हुए कहती हैं, ये जेंडर इस्लामोफोबिया है, इससे...

Burqa clad women come out to support Anna

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

Growing intolerance in India is worrying: Shabana Azmi

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

Summit for women entrepreneurship held in New Delhi

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Women’s Manifesto, a Delhi based NGO organized Women’s Summit here under the sponsorship of Human Welfare Foundation at The Scholar...

Women and peace

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

“School Chalo” program spreads the message of education

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By TCN News Bangalore: Popular Front of India organized “School Chalo” program on May 30th to spread the message of education. This program was held in Tank Garden area of Bangalore.

More than 250 students who participated in this program. Majority of students were from the Govt School and from an economically challenged background. The students walked around the area with the slogans on the cards to spread the message of education.

Why did BJP field my father’s killer in Assam, asks journalist’s daughter

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Guwahati : The daughter of journalist Kamala Saikia is furious that the BJP has fielded in Assam's assembly elections former ULFA militant Kushal Dowari,...

After 18 years as hostage, woman releases first video

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By DPA, San Francisco: Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as an 11-year-old and held in captivity for 18 years, released her first home video Friday, appearing in a Christmas kitchen scene with her mother and half sister and thanking the public for its support. "Hi. I'm Jaycee," the 29-year-old Dugard says to the camera in an excerpt of the video. "I want to thank you for your support and I'm doing well ... It's been a long haul, but I'm getting there".

Eve teasing or crime against women?

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By M. Hanif Lakdawala, Raisa Baig, 18, a student of Mass Media had to spend three hours at the police station in South Mumbai to lodge a complaint against a man who physically touched her intentionally when she was commuting to college by bus. When she was struggling with the molester, not a single fellow traveler came to her rescue and she had to fight it out single-handedly. This happened in a Muslim dominated area and the victim and culprit both were Muslims.

मजबूत गवाही और तकनीकी साक्ष्य बने आज़म खान को सज़ा की वजह

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। twocircles.net समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता आज़म ख़ान की मुश्किलें एक बार फिर बढ़ गई है। 2019 के एक हेट स्पीच के मामले में...

International Seminar on Women Empowerment held in Calicut

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By Ramziya Ashraf,

Woman has miscarriage as Bihar clinic declines old notes

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Patna : A Patna resident on Wednesday claimed that his unborn child died because a clinic refused to conduct an ultrasound on his wife...

SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of December...

Over three million women gather for Pongala festival

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: Braving the rising mercury and smoke rising from their earthen kilns, more than three million women devotees cooked rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday to celebrate the Pongala festival. The devotees carrying bricks, firewood, rice, jaggery and coconut waited to make an offering of cooked rice to the presiding deity, believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic "Silappathikaaram".

Court rejects bail plea of AAP MLA held after worker’s suicide

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New Delhi : A court here on Monday dismissed the bail plea of AAP legislator Sharad Chauhan, who was arrested along with five others...

Dalit woman set on fire for objecting to molestation

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By IANS, Lucknow : A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said Monday. The incident took place late Sunday evening in Kannauj, some 250 km from Lucknow, where Altaf and two of his aides set the Dalit woman on fire. With severe burn injuries, the woman was being treated in a hospital, where her condition was critical.

Pakistani woman climbs world’s seven highest peaks

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Islamabad : Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb seven highest peaks in seven continents in under eight months, media reported Sunday. Baig,...

Women banned from wearing mini-skirts to work

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By IANS, London: Women in Britain's offices have been banned from wearing mini-skirts to work, and people involved in "customer-facing roles" have been told to look more professional "in a way that shows respect to children and families". Around 400 staff in Southampton City Council's children's services department received a memo telling them they should dress respectfully and "carefully consider their work attire", the Daily Mail reported.

वीडियो : सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले से तलाक़ का ख़ौफ़ कम हुआ है -हसीना...

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नासिरूद्दीन सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने पिछले दिनों एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ पर अपना अहम फैसला दिया है. ‘बेबाक कलेक्ट‍िव’ इस मामले में केस लड़ रही...

Dear Rahul Gandhi, it is time you learnt how to be truly inclusive

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net I felt like writing to you after your being hailed as the new messiah of Indian secularism. Today you charm...

CRPF troopers gun down child, woman in Chhattisgarh camp

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By IANS, Raipur : A child and a woman were allegedly killed on the spot when dozens of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers lined up men and women and opened fire on them in a village deep in Chhattisgarh's forested Bijapur district, which is a Maoist hot-bed, official sources said Friday. Raju, 2, and Ram Bai, 25, died on the spot in the CRPF troopers' gunfire. A six-year-old boy and a woman were critically injured when the CRPF men posted at Cherpal village assaulted the tribals. The injured have been rushed to district hospital at Bijapur.

No place for crimes against women in civilised society : Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi: There is no place for crimes against women in civilized society, said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday while advocating strict punishment for those involved in heinous crimes like rape and sexual assault. "There is no place for crimes against women in civilized society. Man can do much more. It is surprising why they are indulging in heinous crimes like rape and sexual assault. The persons involved in such heinous crimes should be given harsh punishment," Dikshit stated, while inaugurating a self defence workshop for girls here.

Women are backbone of nation, says Sachin Tendulkar

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Nellore (Andhra Pradesh): On his first visit to a village which he has decided to adopt for development, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar Sunday said...

Modi urges Muslims not to politicise triple talaq

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New Delhi, (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people from the Muslim community not to "politicise" the triple talaq issue and requested...

Self-employment project for women by scientist body

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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.

Woman, son burnt alive for dowry in Ghaziabad

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A 30-year-old woman who was constantly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry was allegedly burnt to death by them along with her two-year-old son, police said Saturday. The victim, Brijesh, a resident of Ratol town in Baghpat district, was married to Praveen, a resident of Khimawati locality of Muradnagar in Ghaziabad in 2005. They had two sons, aged three and two, police said.

Muslim women and change

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, Mostly people think Muslim women are oppressed and forced to wear veil and confined to the four walls of their houses. This is mainly because we read every day in papers that Taliban force women into veil, burn down girls schools and always portray them wrapped completely in black cloth from head to foot. This image of Muslim women was further reinforced by the burqa controversy which erupted in France.

British woman seeks truth about daughter’s death in India

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By IANS, London : A British woman is running from pillar to post to find the cause of her daughter's death days after she married her Indian boyfriend in India. Sandy Hunter, 50, has just returned from India after securing guardianship of her daughter Charlotte Bending's son from a previous marriage. Charlotte began a relationship with Jitendra Singh, from Kurukshetra in Haryana, who was living and working in Plymouth for the past six years. Singh has a natural son, Gorkarak, while Nasrullah is the Charlotte's son from her earlier marriage to a person now said to be in custody.

When Jamia Nagar women came out of burqas to showcase talent

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By Nivedita Sharma, IANS,

Girl from Murshidabad tops the MLib exam of IGNOU

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata/Baharampur: A girl from a Middle class Muslim family of Murshidabad district Aslema Khatun has topped the post-graduation examination of Library...

Woman judges and Sharia

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By Asghar Ali Engineer, Recently two women judges have been appointed in Malaysia in the Sharia court but strangely enough their appointment is conditional on their not handling cases pertaining to marriage and divorce. They can handle other cases like the custody of children, maintenance, property, etc. The appointment of women judges is a welcome move but the conditionality attached seems strange.

Obey your wife and rule the world: Supreme Court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court has a recipe for a successful marriage, more so for men: Obey your wife and rule the world! "Bibi joh boltee hai woh sunno (Listen to whatever your wife says). We all listen," a vacation bench of Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Deepak Verma observed while hearing a lawsuit by Indian Air Force officer Deepak Kumar, who had complained that his estranged wife Manisha had ruined him and his family by implicating them in false criminal cases including sodomy.

Play on disappearing daughters enthralled Delhities

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Kathak exponent Dr. Rekha Mehra, presented a Ballet titled “Tu Kaisi Maa” on female foeticide and women empowerment and Play - New Life, a drama on cancer, with visual effects in background.

A masjid for women in Shillong

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By Anju Azad for TwoCircles.net,

President pitches for women’s education, skill development

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Domkal (West Bengal): Calling for focusing on women's education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asserted that by 2030, India will have an edge over other...

Wearing of helmet optional for Sikh women: Delhi HC told

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New Delhi : The Delhi government Wednesday informed the high court here that it has made wearing of helmet optional for Sikh women while...

Five women beaten to death in Jharkhand over witchcraft

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Ranchi : Five women were beaten to death on the outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday for allegedly practicing witchcraft, Jharkhand Police said. The incident...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

Four youth arrested for gang rape in Karnataka

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Bengaluru: Four youth in their 20s were arrested on Sunday at Pandavapura near Mandya in southern Karnataka for the gang rape of a college...

“I will serve community as there are few Muslim women doctors” says Arshiya, second...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Solapur: It was a moment of joy and ecstasy for 18 years old Arshiya Choudhari of Solapur when she was announced...

Celebrating women’s power through extraordinary tales

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) A woman's ability to fight back is her biggest strength. As we will celebrate the many facets of women ahead of International Women's Day that falls March 8, the IANS book stack offers you extraordinary tales of triumph and memories. Take a look.

Woman raped, minor girl molested in capital

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By IANS, New Delhi : A woman was allegedly raped after falling unconscious and a six-year-old girl was molested in two separate incidents of sex crimes in the capital, police said Friday. "A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Syed Saamir Ali, 28, resident of Bulandshahr, March 28. Ali and the woman had met at a mobile repairing shop in Nehru Pace a few days earlier and had become friends," a police official said. Ali had served the woman cold drinks laced with sedative March 28 and raped her when she became unconscious.

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

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On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India. Tabeenah...

UAE’s Sheikha Fatima named UN goodwill ambassador

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By IANS/WAM,

NCW members to visit Kolkata April 2

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डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....

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

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

US woman, 80, with no training, lands plane

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By IANS, Washington : An 80-year-old woman in the US who had never flown before managed to land a small aircraft after her pilot husband passed out at the controls.

Rural women are increasingly accessing government hospitals

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By Devanik Saha There was a 24 per cent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report...

Over 14,000 Gujarati women went missing in 2 years

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): On the eve of International Women's day, the BJP government in Gujarat admitted that 14,004 women from the state were reported missing during...

23 lakh LPG connections given under PM Ujjwala Yojana

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Kolkata : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 23 lakh liquified petroleum gas (LPG) connections were given to below poverty line women households...

Mamata takes over Bengal reins, walks history road

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By Anurag Dey and Sabyasachi Roy , IANS,

Women’s help cells to come up in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Grappling with incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a women's help cell in every district of the state, an official said Saturday. "The move intends to check various manifestations of violence against women, particularly dowry harassment and female foeticide," R.K. Mittal, commissioner social welfare department, told IANS. The exercise to set up the upcoming help cells would soon be initiated, he added.

Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana: The work of the special investigation team (SIT), probing criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore, is getting delayed as teenaged molestation victim Ruchika's family is not cooperating, the SIT chief said Sunday. Family members, however, dismissed the charge and questioned the team's efficiency.

Noor: Bringing a new light into lives of women from Basti Nizamuddin

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By Nita Khan, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Her delicate fingers expertly cut the paper to bring out a magical jaali which is then put on to a harder paper to turn into a captivating greeting card. She is still shy to talk but her work speaks for her.

Efforts on to free abducted Indian woman: Family

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

231 days and counting: Sanitation workers at LHMC decry illegal termination

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Sanitation employees from Lady Hardinge's Medical College (LHMC) and other institutions held a protest outside the Delhi hospital director's home on June 28...

NIIT to partner Microsoft to train women for IT industry

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New Delhi: Leading talent development major NIIT Ltd. is partnering with global software firm Microsoft to train and certify girl students and women through...

Women comprise 5.5 percent of 288-member Maharashtra assembly

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Mumbai : Barely 5.5 percent of the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly are women, according to an analysis of poll results Monday. Of the total 4,119...

Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders

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Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...

Mentally unstable woman jumps to death from AIIMS building

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By IANS, New Delhi : A mentally unstable woman jumped to her death Thursday from the fifth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), hospital authorities said. According to the AIIMS administration, 32-year-old Babita Goutam, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district on the outskirts of Delhi, jumped from the fifth floor of the main hospital building at around 12.30 p.m. The hospital and police have informed the family.

Controversy over Pala Bishop’s hate speech: A stand-alone issue or larger Hindutva scheme in...

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Instead of addressing recent issues facing women in the state, the unsubstantial claims of the Bishop have raised concerns whether he is genuinely concerned...

Muslim women in India can become change agents through education

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By Frank F. Islam Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently called for empowerment and education of Muslim women. One would have expected this message to receive...

Primitive Indian mindsets resisting change

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By Rekha Bhattacharjee, IANS,

Indian Navy to commission its first women navigators

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By IANS, Kochi : Another male bastion in the Indian Navy will fall Friday when two women will be inducted as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces. That honour goes to Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh who will henceforth fly as navigators on the Indian Navy's multi-role Dornier aircraft that are used for transportation and aerial surveillance.

First woman co-pilot to fly largest aircraft of Indian Air Force

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By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Nagpur : One more gender barrier fell to the determination of women as Squadron Leader Veena Saharan became the first woman co-pilot to fly one of the mightiest and heaviest aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Russian-built Illyushin-76 (IL-76). She will first co-pilot IL-76, renamed by the IAF as Gajraj (Elephant), and after 40 hours of flying she will become the pilot.

Why are Muslim residents of Bilkis Bano’s village leaving their homes after convicts’ release?

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Several Muslim families from Randhikpur (Singwad) have begun leaving their homes and seeking refuge in Rahimabad Relief Colony of Devgarh Baria taluka in Dahod...

Online campaign against ‘untouchability’ in Rajasthan

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By IANS,

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

India rejects Albania’s demand for Mother Teresa’s remains

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By IANS, New Delhi: India has rejected Albania's demand for Mother Teresa's remains, saying she was an Indian citizen - a decision widely welcomed in this country where the Nobel prize winner spent her life tending to the poor and needy. An external affairs ministry official told IANS Tuesday that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no question of returning her remains. It was reacting to a demand by Albania, the country where she was born on Aug 26, 1910, "Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be said," the official said.

Saudi law allows only women clerks in lingerie shops

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By IANS/AKI, Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has passed a new law that would allow only women salesclerks in lingerie shops.

Kriloskar Brothers’ all-women team creates national record

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Pune: Global fluid management company Kirloskar Brothers Friday said that its all-women Coimbatore plant entered the Limca Book of Records by assembling a pump...

Woman gang raped, killed

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New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman, who was reported to be missing since Friday morning, was gang raped by her friend and his associates who...

बिहार से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : ‘पर्चा लीक’ युवाओं के सपनों के मर जाने की...

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बिहार में पर्चा लीक अपराध एक बहुत बड़ी त्रासदी बन चुका है। यह बिहार के युवाओं के सपनों का सरेआम क़त्ल हो जाने जैसा...

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.

Why Masahun Khatun and 50,000 pregnant women died

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By Prachi Salve Last year, in eastern Bihar’s Phulwari Sharif, 24-year-old Masahun Khatun was five months pregnant when she fell in the courtyard of her...

NCW team to probe police torture of Bengal woman: BJP

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Kolkata : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team will visit West Bengal to probe the alleged torture of a woman by police, state...

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

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Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...

President congratulates Mary Kom, other medal winners

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday congratulated Indian pugilist M.C. Mary Kom and other athletes for winning medals at the 17th Asian Games being...

Half-widowed at 23, Rafiqa Mushtaq fights government, in-laws to ensure property rights for her...

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In the third of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Rafiqa Mushtaq. ...

Assam women in better condition than in BJP-ruled states: Gogoi

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday came out with statistics in BJP-ruled states to claim that the condition of women was...

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...

Courage under crisis: stories of Bangalore’s brave women

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By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS, Bangalore : The cruel blows of fate have not broken their will, their resolve to fight. Widowed very early in life, or divorced after facing cruelty in their husband's home, or raped and fighting a legal battle to get the rapists punished - these women from India's tech hub have shown courage under crisis. Meet these grand old ladies - Padma Srinivasan, 73, and her friend Jayalakshmi Sreenivasan, 75. Popularly known as Bangalore's "pizza grannies", Padma and business partner Jayalakshmi sell yummy pizzas in the country's IT hub to run an old age home.

Indian woman hangs herself in UAE

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi: A 27-year-old woman from India's Kerala state allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi.

Seven get death for raping, killing mentally-challenged Nepali woman

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Rohtak : A special court in Haryana's Rohtak town sentenced seven men to death for raping a mentally-challenged Nepali woman and then murdering...

Bodies of missing woman, minor daughters found in Kolkata

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Kolkata: The bodies of a 37-year-old woman and her two minor daughters who had gone missing nearly a fortnight ago were recovered from inside...

NRI raped on pretext of marriage

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By IANS, Zirakpur (Punjab) : A man from Haryana has been arrested for repeatedly raping an NRI teenager after promising to marry her and even leaving her pregnant, police said Tuesday.

Zeeshan Ali: first Muslim girl from Bihar to win Fulbright Fellowship

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Bringing laurel to Bihar and her community, Zeeshan Ali has won Fulbright Fellowship from the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). She will be the first Muslim girl from Bihar to have been awarded the prestigious fellowship. “I was quite surprised when the news was broken on me. I really feel honored. I am happy beyond bounds,” says Zeeshan, Patna University Ph.D. student, talking to TwoCircles.net.

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Army opens doors for women in military police

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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) In a historic development, the Indian Army on Thursday started the process of recruiting women, three months after the...

University of Oxford expresses concern over rising caste, gender-based violence in India

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TCN News The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the prestigious University of Oxford have expressed grave concerns against the rising caste and gender-based violence...

Dr. Mehrunnisa – An example of her own message “Read and Lead”

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TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration By Ilyas Khan Pathan and Rehan Ansari, TCN

Indian women’s delegation to visit Saudi Arabia

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By IANS,

No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily

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By Prashant Sood, IANS, New Delhi : The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer talking to critics to sort out differences, Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said. "After all in a democracy (you) can't bulldoze. Talking is the real beauty of democracy," Moily told IANS in an exclusive interview, underscoring a change of heart on the part of the ruling coaliton that pushed through the proposed legislation in the Rajya Sabha March 9.

Tripura curriculum to help check crime against women

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By IANS,

Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests

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Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women...

International Literacy Day to focus on women’s education

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New Delhi : A day-long conference in Dhaka on International Literacy Day Sep 8 will focus on the importance of girls' and women's literacy...

Crafting Harmony: Muslim Hands Shape Earthen Stoves for Hindu Devotees in Bihar

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M I Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In the heart of the capital city, a heartwarming display of communal harmony unfolds each year as the poorest Muslim women...

The iron lady of Tamil Nadu (Profile)

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai : J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the 'Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu', returned to power on Saturday - after a seven...

Two released Japanese tourists depart Yemen

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By NNN-SABA, Sana'a : Well-informed sources said that the two Japanese women tourists Keiko Mishima, 41, of Suginami Ward, Tokyo, and Shizuko Endo, 44, of Fukuoka, left Yemen on Friday morning a day after they were freed from their kidnappers in Marib province, 170 kilometers east of the capital, Sana'a. The sources said to Saba, that Keiko Mishima and Shizuko Endo enjoy good health after they were kidnapped last Wednesday by gunmen in Marib.

उज़मा नाहिद वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड से सम्मानित

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुंबई : पिछले 25 सालों से मुस्लिम महिलाओं के बीच काम रहसामाजिक कार्यकर्ता उज़मा नाहिद को उनके महिला कल्याण और आर्थिक विकास...