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Viswa Bharati schoolgirl alleges rape, accused held

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Kolkata: In yet another case of sexual assault in West Bengal's Visva Bharati University, a Class 12 girl has alleged repeated rape and blackmail...

जोधपुर में सैकड़ो की गिरफ्तारी के बाद कर्फ्यू में ढील,सामान्य हो रहे हालात

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Not just Durga, Mahishasur also worshipped in India

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New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani's controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter...

Aged 120, living on boiled food, rice beer – and loving it!

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

Women’s Awareness Day held on International Day for Women at Malegaon

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By TCN News, Malegaon (Maharashtra): A women’s awareness day was conducted on the occasion of the International Day for Women here. Professor A M Siddiqui, president of the Concerned Citizen Inquiry (CCI) talked on the subject of government scholarship schemes and Ashfaque Umar, well-known educationalist, spoke on the topic of ‘Opportunities for Women in Higher Level Services.’

SC to hear contempt plea against Sabarimala tantri for closing temple for purification

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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on January 22 a contempt plea against the Sabarimala temple tantri for shutting the...

Housewife chefs: Delivering home food in star hotels

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, IANS,

Najma Heptullah: A Congress deserter who made good in BJP (Profile)

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New Delhi : Najma Heptullah, a former Congress leader who joined the BJP almost a decade ago following reported differences with Congress president Sonia...

Two Orissa women injured in acid attack

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: Two women in this Orissa capital were critically injured when a youth allegedly threw acid on them, police said. "Two girls, Rashmirekha Behera, 23, and Kainath Ali, 21, suffered serious burn injuries following the attack. We have detained the person. We are trying to establish the motive behind attack," Deputy Commissioner of Police Amitendranath Sinha said. The women were attacked while they were waiting for public transport near Imartidevi College here.

AID calls for a safer society for women

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Masked girls: A fashion shrouded in mystery

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Modern girls from Indian metros may soon pose a big challenge to authorities in France and Belgium, who are busy implementing new rules on hijabs and burqas. If our latest fashion remains unchecked and crosses the international boundaries of these two European countries––and of course many others––then they may soon be flooded by ‘masked girls’ from India.

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...

Muslim liberals’ problematic noises on Karnataka anti-hijab row

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To discuss whether the hijab is essential or not, whether all Muslims wear the hijab or not, whether those who wear it do it...

The Kerala Story: A Frustrated Attempt to Silence Vocal Muslim Women

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Snobar | Twocircles.net Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues in the BJP are promoting the film “The Kerala Story,” but a large number of...

BJP team to probe woman’s burning in Barabanki

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New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Saturday that it will send a four-member fact finding team to Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki...

Six arrested in Haryana for gang-raping, selling woman

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Chandigarh : Haryana Police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape and sale of a woman from Maharashtra. Three...

PM appeals for peace, assures protection of women

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By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday appealed for calm as protests against the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman turned violent.

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.

Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment

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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.

Despite law, 70% working women don’t report workplace sexual harassment, employers show poor compliance

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By Manisha Chachra Ridhima Chopra, 25, once with a NGO in New Delhi is among the growing number of Indian women encouraged to complain --...

Girl gang-raped in MP, woman among 5 held

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By IANS Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), July 4 : A teenaged girl was gang-raped here by four youths with the help of a woman, police said on...

74% of class 6 students in government schools cannot read Hindi textbook: Sisodia

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New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, revealed on Tuesday that 74 per cent students of class...

Implement Verma panel recommendations: IWPC

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New Delhi : Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) Friday demanded the implementation of the Verma Commission recommendations following an alarming rise in rape cases...

Bangladesh parliament to double reservation for women

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By IANS, Dhaka : Bangladesh's parliament will more than double the number of seats reserved for women and repeal laws that discriminate against women, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the International Women's Day at Osmani Memorial Hall here, she said: "We will reintroduce the National Women Development Policy adopted during the last Awami League government's tenure. We gave nomination to maximum number of women for contesting the December 29 polls."

Amla products to empower women in rural Bengal

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

Dressing tips for men, women at work

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New Delhi: In today's professional world, it's not just your hard work that matters but also the way you dress yourself. From avoiding running...

Not only woman, children too unsafe in Delhi

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New Delhi : Delhi is most unsafe not only for women but also for children, with a whopping 166.9 cases registered for every...

There are only 70,000 of us Parsis left in India: Penaz Masani

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By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi : There is something highly moving when a woman, whose people face extinction, sings of unrequited love. Love, not just...

Woman Maoist arrested in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : A Naxalite woman, wanted in several cases and carrying a reward of Rs.30,000, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday. Kamla, an active member of Tanda Dalam, has been involved in various murders and gun battles with the police. "A tip-off was received about Kamla's presence in Kodhapar forest area in Balaghat district on Saturday after which the police laid a trap and arrested her late Sunday," Balaghat Superintendent of Police Harinarayanchari Mishra said. He said the arrest would help police bust the network of Maoists in the region.

Female trainee police officer kills self in MP

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Bhopal : A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh...

Meher Fatima talks about her book on 150 patriotic Indian Muslims

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, The book Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857-2007) provides biographical profiles of 150 patriotic Indian Muslims, many of them unsung heroes – those who did not become party to the two-nation theory. Author Meher Fatima Hussain, Lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia, talks to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on her book. What inspired you to write this book?

For many rural women in Bihar, Kheta embroidery work aims to boost livelihood

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Kheta is said to be a 500-year-old quilting heirloom practised exclusively by Shershahabdi women. Today, Kheta embroidery work is getting popular among non-Shershahabdi people...

How a Woman is Changing the Lives of Children Born into Delhi’s Brothels

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Farheen Saifi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: With her face veiled to conceal her identity, Priya (name changed) enters the Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID) shelter...

Kerala’s new trend setters: Muslim women members of Mahallu committee

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Female members of the Mahallu committee are the illustrative of an emerging scenario, which they perceive as a mile stone in Muslim women empowerment. But the transformation has evoked a mixed response from the Muslim outfits in the state, with especially Sunnis protesting the move. By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: K K Fathima Suhra, a middle aged post graduate Muslim lady, hailing from a village named Santhapuram in Malappuram district, was busy in shopping for her school going child. Like most of the educated Muslim women in the state, Fathima also tends to give primary priority to discharge her duty as a house wife, taking care of her family and ardently supporting it to accomplish its needs.

Mazdoor Kitchen: A melange of love, salt and labour

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By Aatika S | TwoCircles Nida Ansari, is a Delhi based development practitioner and consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with national...

I have no opinion on triple talaq: Maneka Gandhi

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New Delhi : Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said she has formed no opinion on triple talaq as yet...

Rana Ayyub’s “Gujarat Files’ wins Citation of Excellence at Global Investigative Journalism Conference

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Johannesburg (SA): Journalist-turned-author Rana Ayyub received a Citation of Excellence in the 2017 edition of the Global Shining Light Award for...

Centre empowering women: Heptulla

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New Delhi : Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Thursday said efforts were on to empower women from every section of society and economic...

Saina becomes first Indian to enter final at Worlds

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Jakarta: World No.2 shuttler Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to enter the final of the badminton World Championships as the...

Domestic violence – most destructive war within us

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By Shahnoor Rahman, I remember, on 26th June 2011 when I was in second year MBBS in Gauhati Medical College, while passing through the postmortem ward, I had fainted when I saw the corpse of a woman slaughtered by her husband as he suspected her of adultery.

World Women’s Chess semi-final: Harika draws against Mariya in first game

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By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai : India's Grandmaster (GM) Harika Dronavalli on Sunday drew her first game in the World Women's Chess Championship 2015 semi-final round...

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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New Delhi, (IANS): HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday denied female students were discriminated at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after reports said they...

The way to a lady’s heart is through her stomach – if you’re a...

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By Ernest Gill, DPA, Hamburg : The way to a lady's heart is through her stomach - if you're a male chimpanzee seeking a mate. But you have to be patient and feed her lots of meat over a long period of time, according to new findings by German scientists. Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long periods of time, according to a study led by German researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich.

‘Bajrang Dal to play major role in checking religious conversion, love-jihad,’ says leader

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The Hindutva right-wing organization Bajrang Dal has reiterated its commitment to checking religious conversion and love-jihad at the grassroots level. Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR...

US Muslim woman fired from work for wearing hijab

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Washington : A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work. Najaf...

Beating all odds, Jharkhand girl clears matriculation exam, inspires others

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By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi : This Jharkhand girl cycled 24 kilometres every day to and from her school. And today, Neelu Kumari has made her...

Kerala village launches dowry-free marriage websites

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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.

Girls thrashed at Karnataka’s Mangalore for partying

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तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ की रिहाई की मांग को लेकर जंतर -मंतर पर प्रदर्शन

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर में सोमवार को सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ और पूर्व आईपीएस अधिकारी आर बी श्रीकुमार की गिरफ्तारी के विरोध में विभिन्न...

BJP women leaders to protest in Lucknow against BSP

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Lucknow : Women workers, supporters and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be staging a sit-in and demonstrate in the state capital...

Respect women, says Delhi government posters

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Bhopal survivors chain themselves near PM’s residence

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By IANS, New Delhi : Thirty-seven Bhopal gas disaster survivors, including 22 women, were arrested Wednesday when they chained themselves near Prime Minister Manmohar Singh's residence here to demand that the government address their grievances. The police said the people chained themselves to the railings opposite the heavily-guarded prime minister's residence. “They were not allowed to go near the PM's house, so they chained themselves. We cut their chains and took them into custody,” Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) Ajay Kashyap told IANS.

Indian Air Force ahead with over 10 percent women officers

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

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

Mayawati orders release of Banda rape victim

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Hundreds of protesters gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

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Explosion of woman power

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : It was an explosion of art for women and mostly by women at the Art Mall, one of the country's biggest display spaces in the capital. Art Mall unveiled an exhibition "Liberation", showcasing nearly 500 works by over 300 senior artists from across the country on International Women's Day last Sunday. The exhibition will end March 17. The mall is also organising a 10-day workshop of art, graphic, sculpture and drawing. The exhibition, one of the biggest in the capital, was inaugurated by senior artist Anjolie Ela Menon.

Sikh Woman elected city council member in US

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Washington : A Sikh woman in the US was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not...

Social media feminist activism – movement for elite by elites

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

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अंतरराष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या दिवस पर विशेष :संघ के बड़े एजंडे का छोटा सा हिस्सा है...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी साल 2014 में केंद्र में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद बीजेपी देश भर में अपने व्यापक एजेंडे को लागू करने की दिशा में...

Three Indians accused of pushing woman into prostitution

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Dubai : Three expatriate Indians have been accused of forcing a woman into the flesh trade on the pretext of giving her a job...

CBI searches Teesta Setalvad’s premises in Mumbai

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Mumbai/New Delhi : The CBI on Tuesday searched four premises of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her publishing firm in Mumbai in connection...

Silent Sufferers: Harassment still remains behind closed doors

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(March 8 is International Women's Day) New Delhi : Priya Gosain (name changed) never paid heed to her boss' "inappropriate advances". Ignoring him was...

Kerala community colleges to empower women

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Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government's women empowerment project Kudumbashree is launching four community colleges for technical education in the state, an official said here...

Woman raped in front of son

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By IANS, Gurgaon : A woman was raped in her son's presence by her husband's employers who had agreed to drop them home in Gurgaon, police said Sunday. Before informing the police, a village council tried to mediate but failed as the victim insisted on registering a case. "The 26-year old victim was coming on a bus from her parents' house in Alwar on Friday afternoon with her husband and seven year old son. As they reached Rampur area at the Gurgaon border, her husband saw his employers and asked them to drop his wife and son to their village," a senior police officer.

Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn’t run again

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By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again. It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday. "It will take the right woman who can make the case and win the votes and get elected. I am certainly hoping it will happen in my lifetime."

Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.

HIV woman returns to hospital after rape-accused arrested

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Almost two years after an HIV-positive woman was allegedly sexually abused by staff members of a leading hospital and the state AIDS control society, the victim has resumed treatment at the facility following the arrest of the two accused. According to the police, accused James, a senior technician of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Nek Ram, a counsellor with Chandigarh AIDS Control Society were arrested Friday. A case of rape has been registered against the accused.

Muslim social entrepreneurs infuse fresh vigour in Nagpur’s community development agenda

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net Nagpur: A new wave of Muslim social entrepreneurs have embarked on path-breaking initiatives in the city with a potential...

Slow exercise beneficial for menopausal women

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By IANS, Washington : Scientists seeking to delay or reduce age-related muscle deterioration in menopausal women are examining the effects of different exercise regimes. Alexander Sänger's research group from University of Salzburg has investigated two such methods. Hypertrophy resistance training is a traditional approach designed to induce muscle growth and 'SuperSlow(r)' which involves much slower movement and fewer repetitions of exercises.

Assam doctor found killed with neck slit in ICU

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Guwahati: A woman doctor was found killed with her neck slit in the Intensive Care Unit of a medical college in Assam Friday, police...

Reporting Rape: February edition

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net This article is part of a monthly series Reporting Rape in which we will aggregate the media coverage on atrocities against...

African delegates expecting high from women’s summit

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By Xinhua, Hanoi : Women are still victims of poverty and disparity, First Lady of Burkina Faso said here Thursday at the opening of the pre-summit ministerial roundtable of the Global Summit of Women. The Summit, which is to kick off later Thursday, gathered over 900 businesswomen, professionals and government leaders from around the world to talk about women's development and other issues.

Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies. Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems. He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women". The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.

Women voters outnumber men in Jharkhand; 61 percent turnout

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Ranchi : Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...

Women’s reservation will mean more sensitive politics: Brinda Karat

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's reservation in the national parliament and state legislatures will change the country's culture by breaking stereotypes and usher in an era of "sensitive politics", Brinda Karat, leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Offering her party's support to the historic bill, Karat said: "The bill will change (the country's political) culture because women today are still caught in a culture prison. In the name of tradition, stereotypes are imposed and we have to fight these everyday."

Muslim women call for codification of personal laws

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

“डोंट वांट ए मुस्लिम डिलीवरी पर्सन” !

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बीते दिनों स्विगी ऐप पर हैदराबाद के एक ग्राहक द्वारा किया गया असामान्य सांप्रदायिक अनुरोध सोशल मीडिया पर खासा बवाल मचाए हुआ है।...

अपनी योग्यता को देश की सेवा में समर्पित करना चाहती है सदफ़ चौधरी

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Women’s group slams Goa government over liquor notification

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Panaji: The Goa government's decision to allow bars and retail liquor outlets to remain open until 4 a.m. was criticized Thursday by a leading...

Judiciary should not be a “Holy Cow”

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, On May 12TH, 2014 Dalit Stree Shakti, an organization based in Hyderabad fighting against violence on dalit women organized a seminar on "Judiciary and its Functioning" in the memory of Lakshmipeta dalits, a place in Srikakulam where 7 dalits were beaten to death by Thoorupu Kapu (men/women) (Backward Caste) in 2012. The Meeting was organized in Ravindra Bharati, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad.

सवर्ण छात्रों को दलित भोजन माता से हुई नाराजग़ी, नौकरी खत्म !

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net देवों की भूमि कही जाने वाले उत्तराखंड में एक दलित समाज से आने वाली एक भोजन माता को सिर्फ इसलिए हटा दिया...

NHRC notice to West Bengal over lack of water in girls school

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New Delhi, : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the West Bengal government over the possibility of closure...

Will ensure technical education for women: Irani

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New Delhi : Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said she would do her best to ensure that women in the country...

Challenges in Implementation of National Food Security Act discussed

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By TCN News New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...

India’s first all-women’s party launched, to contest LS polls

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Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women's Party (NWP) -- was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it...

Jamia Millia Islamia VC backs women’s quota bill

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By IANS New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women’s reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.

Two women run over by Mumbai suburban train, driver arrested

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By IANS, Mumbai: In a rare occurrence on the Mumbai suburban railway network, two women commuters were run over by a train Thursday, leading to a massive agitation at Virar. Police have booked the train driver and guard for "causing death by negligence". According to Government Railway Police (GRP) senior inspector, Vasai Division, N. More - the duo have been charged under Sec. 304(a) of the Indian Penal Code (causing death by negligence) and other offences.

Sikkim woman raped in Delhi, five arrested

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New Delhi: A 25-year old woman from Sikkim, brought to Delhi on the pretext of getting her a job, was raped here by a...

Girl burnt alive by spurned lover in Andhra

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Hyderabad : A girl was burnt alive by a spurned lover and his friend in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, police said. The shocking incident occurred...

Four decades on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims yet to find closure

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Many victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy still reel from the devastation that the incident caused in their lives. Huneza Khan | TwoCircles.net BHOPAL (MADHYA...

UN announces new agency for women

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Violence against women going down?

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By IANS, New Delhi : Complaints of attacks on women in the country have gone down sharply if official figures are any indication - from 4,505 recorded attacks in 2007 to 1,000 in 2010, parliament was informed Friday. In a written reply to Bharatiya Janata Party's Kamlesh Paswan in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said during 2007 to 2010 the National Commission for Women (NCW) instituted committees to enquire into specific incidents relating to alleged rape, kidnapping, burning and harassment and beating up by police.

Rahul targets Modi on manifesto delay, women’s security

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Sirsa/New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday launched a multi-pronged attack on the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing them...

Women’s bill to go through Lok Sabha before March 16

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government intends to push through the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns March 16 for a three-week break, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal said here Wednesday. Setting to rest speculation about the fate of the contentious bill that gives 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures and was passed by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, Bansal said the bill would be passed in the lower house before March 16. "That's our intention," Bansal told IANS.

Single largest gathering of women at Kerala festival

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10-year-old domestic help burnt by employer

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By IANS, New Delh: A 10-year-old girl, working as a domestic help, was allegedly tortured and burnt by her employer in east Delhi, police said Thursday. "The victim was working as a domestic help at a house last several months. Her hand was burnt by a hot utensil by her employer," a senior police officer said. The incident took place around 11 a.m. in Lakshmi Nagar area of east Delhi.

Russian communist group want statues of Lenin’s women

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By RIA Novosti, Moscow : A St. Petersburg-based communist group Friday said it would raise money to build public statues of communist leader Vladimir Lenin's wife and mistress. "Statues of the two beautiful muses of the great revolutionary and founder of the Soviet state should be erected in St. Petersburg, on Lenin Square," the group said on its website. The group, notorious for its bizarre initiatives, said a statue of Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya should be placed to the right of his statue, and one of his mistress, Inessa Armand, should be on his left.

Rohtak rape: Protests erupt after police apathy

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Chandigarh: Protests erupted in Haryana's Rohtak town Sunday after details emerged of the barbaric manner in which a mentally-challenged Nepali woman was raped and...

Soon, mandatory for pregnant women to undergo HIV test

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By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS, New Delhi : Passing AIDS from mother to child is a human rights violation and soon all pregnant women in India will have to undergo a mandatory HIV test, the parliamentary forum on HIV and AIDS said Friday. "We want a HIV free generation. We are for testing all pregnant women for HIV so that no children can be born with the disease," Oscar Fernandes, head of the Parliamentary Forum on HIV and AIDS, told IANS.

On International Women’s Day, let us remember the legacy of first lady of Islam

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By Moin Qazi for Twocircles.net Motherhood is a mercy, being linked By close affinity to prophethood, And her compassion is the prophet’s own. For mothers shape the way...

Congress again fails to send woman from Kerala to Lok Sabha

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Thiruvananthapuram: In matriarchal Kerala, Congress' Savithiri Lakshman continues to be the only woman party leader to win a Lok Sabha election ever in the...

68 percent Delhi women at risk of cardiovascular diseases

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New Delhi : Over 68 percent of women above the age of 35 years in Delhi are at the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD),...

यशवर्धन ने ‘सुरैय्या’ को फंसाकर पहले हिन्दू बनाया और अब ठोकरें खाने के लिए...

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यशवर्धन की मुहब्बत में गिरफ्तार होकर सुरैय्या(बदला हुआ नाम) ने धर्म तक बदल लिया मगर इसके बाद भी यशवर्धन वफ़ादारी न कर सका सुरैय्या...

25 Maharashtra fast-track courts only for women cases

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By IANS,

Incredible life of Rubina Patel

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By Nivedita Khandekar, TwoCircles.net, Nagpur: Incredible! That is how Rubina Patel’s life story is. She came from a well to do, educated, business family, married to a teacher, blessed with two children. She wanted to study and help the community through her social work. But her life went on an unexpected trajectory.

Women fast making inroads into male dominated professions

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By Ruchika Kher, IANS, New Delhi : From driving taxis to tending bars, an increasing number of women in India are breaking into male bastions and asserting that they can be as good, if not better, at jobs that were traditionally perceived as being only for men. Shanno, a widow and mother of three children, broke free from a stereotypical job and became a part of an all-woman cab service called Sakha in the national capital.

Women’s groups to launch stir against crime

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women's organsations Thursday decided to launch a nation wide stir to protest rising incidents of crime against women in the country.

Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.

50 percent women elected in Goa municipal polls

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By IANS, Panaji : Fifteen of the 30 seats in Goa's only municipal corporation have been won by women, poll results announced Monday revealed.

Sexual harassment charges against CJI: SC asks IB, CBI, Delhi Police to look into...

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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Delhi Aanganwadi workers’ indefinite hunger strike enters 6th day as AAP govt evades holding...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The indefinite hunger strike by Delhi State Aanganwadi Workers’ and Helpers’ Union entered its seventh day...

UDF lawmakers outraged modesty of Left women MLAs: Achuthanandan

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday led a delegation of five women legislators to Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam and complained that...

Women constables in all train coaches not possible: Minister

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By IANS,

Goa toll rises to 10; top cop claims police doing ‘wonderful job’

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By IANS, Panaji: Ten people, including six women and two children, were found dead in mysterious circumstances during the last three days, even as the "saddened" state police chief Bhimsain Bassi Wednesday said that the Goa Police was doing a "wonderful job" to protect the citizens of the state.

Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi

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New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...

Space for women in Masjid, that is, room for women in Muslim community

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By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,

Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur

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Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...

Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college

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

बुशरा अरशद : ‘कलक्टर’ बनने वाली एक लड़की जिसने सारे ‘मिथक’ तोड़ दिए!

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net पिछले दिनों यूपीपीसीएस का परिणाम आया है। जिसमें छठी रैंक पाकर एसडीएम चुनी जाने वाली कन्नौज की एक लड़की बुशरा...

Over 32,000 cases of women’s rights violation in 2014-15

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New DelhiI More than 32,000 cases of violation of rights of women have been reported by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights...

Court seeks answer to Muslim woman’s ‘no’ to voters list photo

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By IANS, New Delhi: If one Muslim woman is allowed not to have her photograph on the voters' list, thousands of similar applications would be filed, the Supreme Court noted Monday and aked the petitioner to instead think of some workable solution to resolve the tangle. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan made the observation while hearing a lawsuit by Madurai resident Ajmal Khan, resenting the display of the photographs of Muslim women in the voters' list.

Libya’s First Lady owns airline company, 20 tonnes of gold: Report

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By IANS, Dubai: Libya's First Lady Safia Farkash al-Baraasi has amassed enormous wealth, including the airline company Buraq Air and 20 tonnes of gold, a media report said.

Indian woman phones home after being declared dead

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By ANTARA News, New Delhi : An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday. Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said. Police said the 28-year-old had informed her parents on April 10 that she was boarding a train for her home town in the central Indian town of Korba.

SC stays death sentence of two Dec 16 gang rape convicts

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Saturday stayed the execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta, two of the four convicts in...

Suffering and helpless: Soni Sori’s letters

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By Umang Kumar

Rukhsana’s family migrates to Rajouri Town

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By News Agency of Kashmir Rajouri:The family of Gujjar girl, Rukhsana who won great commendation for her valorous act of killing a militant after a group of them attacked her house, today migrated from the home village in Shadra Sharief area of Rajouri, fearing retaliation from the militants. Rukhsana hit the headlines across the country early this week after police claimed that she along with her brother and other family members killed a dreaded Lashkar commander when he barged in their house along with his two associates.

Gurgaon security guard’s daughter excels in Class 10 exams

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Gurgaon : Beating all odds, a 14-year-old daughter of a security guard in Gurgaon has excelled in Class 10 CBSE exams by scoring a...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में कल से सुनवाई, बोर्ड व जमीयत की ओर...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में गुरूवार के दिन ‘तीन तलाक़’, ‘हलाला’ और ‘बहु-विवाह’ प्रथा की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती देने...

हरियाणा के नूह में रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग,32 झुग्गियां खाक

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विशेष संवाददाता। twocircles.net एक और रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग लग गई है। इस बार आग हरियाणा की नूह इलाक़े में लगी है। आग के कारणों...

Need to change attitude towards girl child: Tirath

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By IANS,

Delhi needs woman chief minister: Meenakshi Lekhi

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New Delhi : BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Wednesday said that only a "woman chief minister with administrative experience" can ensure the safety of women...

Sexual harassment of serious concern: Himachal acting CJ

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Shimla: Violence against women and sexual harassment at the workplace are serious concerns and the judiciary can play a major role in delivering gender...

December 16 gang rape convicts held guilty in robbery case

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New Delhi : A court here on Thursday held four December 16, 2012 gang rape convicts guilty in a robbery case that took...

Polygamy a blessing, not curse, says AIMPLB; defends triple talaq

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New Delhi : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday defended the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, professing that polygamy...

NCW unhappy with Colors on female foeticide serial

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it was unhappy with Colors channel's reply to its notice over portraying women in a poor light in the serial "Na Aana Is Des Laado". "We have received the response to our notice from Colors TV and I went through it but am not satisfied with what they had to say. We will take further action in the matter," NCW chairperson Girja Vyas told IANS. "Na Aana Is Des Laado" is aired on Colors on weekdays and deals with the issue of female foeticide.

AIMPLB questions media hype on ‘Talaq’ while ignoring women security

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Dr Asma Zehra, executive committee member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB) addressed media persons...

A nursery of dreams in Moradabad

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Lalu Prasad meets PM, demands all party meeting

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By IANS, New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday to demand that the government convene an all-party meeting on the women's reservation bill before pushing through the legislation.

Women turnout highest-ever in LS polls in Karnataka

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Bangalore: The turnout of women voters at 65.81 percent in all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka was the highest in a parliamentary...

Two arrested for raping sisters in Rajasthan

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Barmer (Rajasthan): Two people have been arrested in Rajasthan's Barmer district for allegedly raping two sisters when they were returning home last week, police...

Aherkheri residents prefer slums over newly-built flats

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

Pakistani daily laments misogynistic attitude to women

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By IANS,

AIPMT dress code controversy: CBSE softens stand, SC to hear PIL requesting quashing CBSE...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Even as the Supreme Court is likely to hear at 12 noon on Friday a case by...

Delhi Police to conduct night patrol on motorcycles: Shinde

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By IANS,

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...

Bihar school board ex-chairman’s wife’s degrees too fake?

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Patna : Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator and the wife of Bihar School Examination Board's former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh, who...

40 हजार की आबादी वाले कस्बे में एक भी बालिका विद्यालय नही , मगर...

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मोहम्मद वसीम Two circles.net के लिए पुरकाज़ी के चेयरमैन ज़हीर फारूकी एक बड़ी फाइल हमें दिखाते हुए बताते हैं कि वो लगातार अधिकारियों से पत्राचार...

Demand for woman president in BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit

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By IANS, Bhopal : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wholeheartedly supported the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, is now witnessing demands from women members in its Madhya Pradesh unit that the post of state president should go to one of them. "Since the time of the Jana Sangh, the organisation is headed by men in the state. The time has come for the baton to be handed over to the fair sex," a senior woman party leader said on condition of anonymity.