ADB commits to gender equity on 100th International Women’s Day
By NNN-ADB,
Manila : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday renewed its commitment to gender equity on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD).
बेटियों के सपनों को पंख दे रहा है मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा
सूफी परवीन। Twocircles.net
मुर्शिदाबाद का एक मदरसा सिर्फ इसलिए चर्चा में है क्योंकि वहां दसवीं पास करने वाली छात्राओं को अब बाहर पढ़ने नही जाना...
एशियन बॉक्सिंग चैंपियनशिप में भारतीय बॉक्सर अल्फिया खान ने गोल्ड मेडल जीता
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
जॉर्डन के अम्मान में चल रही एशियन बॉक्सिंग चैंपियनशिप में भारतीय बॉक्सर अल्फिया खान ने गोल्ड मेडल जीता है। मात्र 20 वर्ष...
Burqa-Clad Auto Driver Defies Norms in Chennai
Syed Ali Mujtaba, Twocircles.net
Chennai: Meet Bhiyari Fatima a burqa-clad Muslim woman auto-driver on the busy streets of Chennai. She has broken two myths, one...
Women play vital role in Pakistan: Khar
By IANS,
Islamabad : Women in Pakistan are more empowered than those in other developing countries, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
Woman who mothered 25 kids Nepal’s new ‘heroine’
By IANS,
Kathmandu: Unable to read or write and extremely poor, Santkumari Pariyar seems an unlike heroine.
But the story of the village woman of uncertain age is making ripples in Nepal after a chance encounter led a filmmaker to train his camera on Santkumari and her family.
It is a large family. Besides her husband Jitman, the couple have eight children.
The size of the family would have been larger still had all the children survived. In her 27 years of marriage, a stoical Santkumari bore her husband 25 children, only eight of whom have survived.
TwoCircles.net to celebrate its 10 year anniversary with community awards
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
TwoCircles.net, the news website of the marginalized has achieved a major milestone this month by completing ten years of continuous operation. TCN...
Woman, child drowned in West Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Two people - a young mother and her two-year-old daughter - died after falling into a well Monday in a West Bengal village, police said.
Nineteen-year-old Ramani Hansa died while she was trying to save her daughter Sujni, who drowned in the well at Bhurkunda village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, about 200 km from here.
Death of a Delta
By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net,
She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...
NDA willing to open doors to women
By IANS,
Khadakwasla (Maharashtra) : The National Defence Academy (NDA), that trains male cadets to eventually serve as officers in the Indian defence forces, has welcomed the idea of opening its doors to women.
"If asked, the NDA is ready for training women cadets. After a decision is taken by the authorities we will need some time to build the necessary infrastructure," NDA commandant Air Marshal T.S.Randhawa told reporters on the sidelines of the passing out parade of the 114th course that also marked the 60th anniversary of the institution.
Lathi charge on Muslims in Chennai; TNTJ calls for Jail Bharo
By TCN News
Chennai: Police allegedly lathi-charged on protestesters during a march organized by the Tamilnadu Thowheed Jamath cadres.
Women’s progress in not possible without assistance of men: Senior Bangladesh official
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka, Bangladesh : Education Adviser of Bangladesh caretaker government Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman y said advancement of women could not be possible without the assistance of their counterparts.
"Cooperation of men is very much needed to ensure progress of the women," he said while addressing as the chief guest the inaugural session of the two-day South Asian Soroptimist Conference at the Spectra Convention Centre at Gulshan in the city on Friday.
Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka has arranged the conference as part of its silver jubilee celebration.
No link between gender justice, St.Stephen’s minority status: Activists
New Delhi : Women activists on Wednesday condemned St. Stephen's principal Valson Thampu's for "mishandling" the sexual harassment case, saying the fight for gender...
Women strip to prevent raids at illicit liquor dens
By IANS,
Lucknow : Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the exercise midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in front of them, officials said Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off that several illicit liquor manufacturing units were running in Devidas village of Muzaffarnagar district, a 25 member team of the excise department went there to conduct raids Wednesday evening. However, a group of women began stripping before them.
Bill to transfer authority over potable alcohol in Lok Sabha
New Delhi : A bill that seeks to transfer the authority to regulate "potable alcohol" to the states was introduced in the Lok Sabha...
Campaign in Delhi to end violence against women
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of 25 organisations came together here Saturday to launch a global campaign aimed at stopping violence against women.
मध्य प्रदेश में मुस्लिम महिलाओं की पिटाई, मायावती ने उठाए सवाल
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मध्य प्रदेश/दिल्ली : गौरक्षा के नाम कथित गौरक्षकों की गुंडागर्दी बढ़ती जा रही है. गुंडागर्दी का एक नज़ारा मध्य प्रदेश के मंदसौर रेलवे...
Meet Manjuwara Mullah from Assam’s riverine sandbank who is leading Muslim women to social,...
Manjuwara Mullah from the north-eastern state of Assam is a social activist whose initiative Amrapari has changed the lives of many women in the...
Motivating women to contest elections
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Women have less than 10 percent representation in India's parliament even though they make up 44 percent of the voting population. But much of that may change if an NGO that is encouraging women to join mainstream politics has its way.
The Centre for Social Research (CSR), through a UN project, "Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy", has selected 1,000 women from across India and is grooming them to contest the April-May Lok Sabha election as well as state assembly polls.
Male power officials forced to wear bangles
By IANS,
Lucknow: Agitated over rampant power outages, Congress party workers led by a woman made electricity department officials in an Uttar Pradesh district wear bangles - a measure to shame men - police said Saturday.
"Nearly 50 Congress party workers, including its district president Tripti Awasthi, were booked today (Saturday) for making the government officials wear bangles to register their protest," Lakhimpur Kheri Superintendent of Police S.R.S. Aditya told IANS on telephone.
Muslim girls shine in Jharkhand Intermediate exams, Fauzia Maram is state topper
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
“Choose subjects of your interest, and you can be successful”, says Fauzia Maram, the first rank holder in the Intermediate (Arts) Examinations in Jharkhand. “Once interest is of high importance in choosing the way one wants to study. Choosing one’s way should not be dependent upon the immense pressure from family or teachers. Then only can one excel.”
Half of Delhi’s women voters turned out for polls
By IANS,
New Delhi : An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections.
"We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof," Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.
Urdu Girls High School Gaya celebrates golden jubilee
By Tameemuddin Humble, TwoCircles.net,
Gaya: Magadh University Vice Chancellor Dr Md. Ishtiaque made the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of “Urdu Girls High School Gaya”, a Bihar Government aided minority secondary school, an introspective not only for the school but for the community in the area.
The forgotten heroines of India from crypts of history
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a woman here last week, police said Tuesday. Two more accused were still on the run.
Padma Shri Saba Anjum Karim: Story of Grit, determination and much more
From gali hockey, to India’s hockey captain to DSP of police, it has been an incredible and equally inspiring journey for daughter of Chhattisgarh Saba Anjum who has received the Padma Shri 2015 honour
By Sharique Anwer, TwoCircles.net,
Durg (Chhattisgarh): Growing up in the Kelabandi locality of this place Durg, one of the district headquarters of Chhattisgarh, she was just another girl in the neighbourhood, daughter of a muezzin in a local mosque, youngest of the four siblings with not much resources at hand for the poor family.
Pay Rs.300,000 for rape, Haryana told
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday directed the Haryana government to pay Rs.300,000 to a 40-year-old woman who was raped by two Haryana policemen two years ago.
The NHRC said it had issued a notice to the chief secretary of Haryana to pay the monetary relief and send proof of payment within six weeks.
An NHRC official said the woman was dragged out of an auto by a Haryana policeman, Dinesh Kumar, who took her to his house and raped her along with his guest and commando Bijender Singh Feb 21, 2008.
Afghan lawmakers reject woman’s nomination for Supreme Court
Kabul : Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday rejected the first nomination of a woman for the country's Supreme Court after she failed to win the...
Ban women working in casino, demands Goa Congress
Panaji: The Goa Congress on Thursday demanded that women be stopped from working in the state's casinos, citing safety issues.
Addressing a press conference at...
असम बर्बरता की चौतरफ निंदा, प्रदर्शन
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
असम के दारांग जिले में एक अतिक्रमण विरोधी अभियान के दौरान पुलिस द्वारा अतिक्रमण हटाने का विरोध कर रहे लोगों पर गोलियां...
संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...
Curfew in BHU: Policemen lathi-charge at female students, use tear gas; several students injured
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Female students protesting at the main gate of the Banaras Hindu University were met with violent police action including lathi-charge, use...
SC to hear contempt plea against Sabarimala tantri for closing temple for purification
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on January 22 a contempt plea against the Sabarimala temple tantri for shutting the...
Impressed with Indian women, Clinton seeks more opportunities for them
By IANS,
Mumbai: "Impressed" with Indian women, US Secretary of State of Hillary Clinton Saturday said that while "enormous progress" has been achieved in their empowerment, much more needs to be done.
Addressing a press conference here on the first morning of her five-day visit to India, Clinton said: "I am very impressed with Indian women."
"I have been in touch with a number of organisations that are promoting economic opportunities and greater choices in the lives of women here in India. Enormous amount of progress has been made in this field," she added.
Will look at every aspect in Geetika case: Women’s panel
By IANS,
New Delhi : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team, probing the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, Tuesday said it will look into every possible aspect in her death.
After UN award, Bihar woman gets Florence Nightingale award
Patna : After being honoured with the United Nations Foundation award, a Bihar health official has now been selected for the National Florence Nightingale...
A woman judge is raped in UP!
Lucknow : Even a woman judge has not been spared in Uttar Pradesh. The judge was raped and an attempt was made to kill...
Rajasthan to distribute free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls
Jaipur : The Rajasthan government will distribute free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in the state, it was announced here on Tuesday.
"A decision to...
Defence ministry considering women pilots for navy
New Delhi : A proposal to induct women pilots in the navy is under consideration of the defence ministry and certain clarifications have been...
Haryana to spread hygiene among rural women
By IANS,
Chandigarh : In order to spread health and hygiene among the rural women of the state, the Haryana government has decided to provide them with sanitary napkins at a price of Re.1 each.
Manufactured under the brand name Mukti by the Haryana Women Development Corporation, each sanitary napkin would cost Rs.2 but the state's health department will subsidize half the cost.
Haryana's Women and Child Development and Health Minister Kartar Devi said Wednesday that the focus of the campaign was to make sanitary napkins available easily to rural women throughout the state.
Haryana to honour woman who shot bus assault video
Chandigarh : The Haryana government Monday announced that it will honour the woman passenger who shot the daring incident of two girls taking on...
Only 55 women contesting Bangladesh poll
By IANS,
Dhaka : Despite two women dominating Bangladesh's political spectrum, the ninth general election later this month will see only 55 women among the 1,565 candidates vying for 300 seats - but this is still higher than at any time in the past.
Women candidates are contesting from 60 constituencies, indicating that in most places, they will face each other.
A consolation would come in the form of nomination of 30 women after the election.
Seminar on rights and duties of women in Islam organized at Aligarh
By TCN News,
Aligarh: Emphasising that the rights given by the Islam to women about 14 centuries ago are still not available to the non-Muslim women, Professor Shakeel Samdani from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday said, “Islam gives complete liberty to women and they are allowed to do every work within the limits of Sharia.”
पत्रकार निदा अहमद, समाजसेवी सदफ ज़फर और एएमयू के छात्र नेता सलमान को चुनाव...
आकिल हुसैन। two circles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस ने 125 प्रत्याशियों की पहली लिस्ट जारी कर दी है। कांग्रेस की इस लिस्ट में...
Majiziya Bhanu wins gold in World Powerlifting Championship
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
Majiziya Bhanu has done it again. The Kerala girl has won a gold medal in the 56 kg senior women's open...
‘Gender budgeting necessary for women’s development’
New Delhi : Issues like girl child's education, sanitation and maternal health have been given importance in the Budget 2014, but it lacks gender...
Chargesheet filed in Odisha woman’s murder
Bhubaneswar : A chargesheet was filed against a man for the murder of a sexual assault victim in the state last November, an officer...
BJP women leaders to protest in Lucknow against BSP
Lucknow : Women workers, supporters and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be staging a sit-in and demonstrate in the state capital...
Women break into another male bastion in Bollywood
By Jivraj Burman, IANS,
Mumbai : Savita Singh, Sharmistha Roy, Amala Papuri and Fawzia Fatima -- these names may not ring a bell, but they are the new women technicians who have made a mark in Bollywood and carved a niche in the otherwise male-dominated industry.
The Hindi film industry is beginning to see a number of female executive producers, first assistant directors, cinematographers and even sound engineers who have been learning the ropes of filmmaking and film trade.
4 reasons why there is no justification for bulldozer politics
Experts believe that demolishing houses of protestors is against the rule of law and deprives people of fundamental rights.
Basil Islam | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Following...
Surge in female contestants, not MLAs
By Saumya Tewari
Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently - but not legislators - and three times as many...
50 women sick after getting vaccine in MP
Gwalior, (IANS): As many as 50 women fell sick after getting a vaccine at the maternity ward of a hospital in this Madhya Pradesh city,...
More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233
The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.
CBI files charge-sheet against 13, rules out rape, murder in Shopian case
By Agence India Press
Srinagar: The CBI has filed a charge-sheet against 13 people including six doctors and lawyers for allegedly "fabricating" evidence in the aftermath of recovery of two bodies of women Nelofer and Asiya in Shopian in May this year.
The CBI informed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday that a charge-sheet had been filed before a Chief Judicial Magistrate against 13 people for allegedly creating false evidence and witnesses.
Inspired village headman now focuses on nomadic tribes
By Priyanka
New Delhi : Sunil Jaglan, a Haryana village headman whose online drive for the girl child went viral on Twitter after...
Armies need to end bias against women, says German minister
New Delhi : Armies need to get rid of prejudice that women are less abled than men, as future wars will be dominated by...
Man hammers two minor daughters to death in UP
By IANS,
Lucknow: A man hammered his two minor daughters to death Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, police said. He was arrested.
Women, religious minorities should be protected: Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India...
Respond to woman lawyer’s plea in manhandling case: SC to Delhi Police
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Police chief to respond to a plea seeking transfer to the CBI of investigation...
Lok Sabha adjourned again over women’s bill protests
By IANS,
New Delhi : Noisy protests against quotas for women in legislative bodies again forced adjournments of the Lok Sabha Tuesday with MPs of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) continuing their protests and slogan shouting.
The Women's Reservation Bill led to three disruptions of the lower house after similar protests forced four adjournments Monday.
When her repeated pleas fell on deaf ears, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till 4 p.m. after members reassembled at 2 p.m.
Haryana Police to probe woman’s molestation complaint
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : After staging a sit-in for nearly 24 hours, a woman who complained of being molested by a senior police officer was Tuesday assured by the Haryana Police chief that her allegation would be looked into and the necessary corrective steps would be taken.
Haryana Police chief Ranjeev Dalal finally met the woman Tuesday evening and listened to her grievance for over half-an-hour, an official said.
Two booked for beating Dalit couple
Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...
FIR against Misha Bharti for poll violation
Patna: An FIR was Thursday lodged against Misha Bharti who is contesting from Patliputra seat in Bihar for forcibly entering a polling booth and...
Kashmir government offers CBI probe into Shopian rapes, murders
By IANS,
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said it was ready to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the rape and murder of two Shopian women amid reports of the alleged tampering of DNA samples of the victims.
The alleged fudging of evidences rocked the state assembly Wednesday with opposition and some ruling party members insisting on a debate on the issue.
Women journalists’ date with President Mukherjee
By IANS,
New Delhi : The women were in their best silks, the venue was the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the occasion was International Women's Day.
Women’s power extends beyond banking: Naina Lal Kidwai
By Aparajita Gupta,
New Delhi : Women have broken through the glass ceiling not just in India's financial services space, holding top positions in top...
यूपी में दलित किशोरी की बलात्कार के बाद हत्या, दो गिरफ्तार
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उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर खीरी में बेहद दरिन्दगी का एक मामला सामने आया है। यहां पकरिया गांव में दलित समुदाय की एक नाबालिग़...
Starving sisters locked for months, rescued in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Locked up inside their home and unfed for months together, two sisters were rescued from their north Delhi apartment Saturday, police officials said.
Action plan for disabled women soon: Bengal panel
By IANS,
Kolkata : The West Bengal Women's Commission is planning to come out with a comprehensive action document with recommendations for bettering the lot of the physically challenged women in the state, its chief said Tuesday.
The commission is now preparing a blueprint before holding dialogue with policy makers, government officials and stakeholders on how to bring changes to the life of women with disabilities (WWD).
Three women to manage Pennagaram bypoll
By IANS,
Chennai: Three women bureaucrats will manage the March 27 byelection to the Pennagarm assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Dharmapuri District Collector and District Electoral Officer P. Amudha, Returning Officer Maheswari Ravikumar and Deputy Suprintendent of Police Panchavarnam will be managing the byelection for the constituency, for which filing of nominations has started.
The run-up to the bypoll attracted attention when around 20,000 voters were ordered to be added to the electoral list just before the declaration of the byelection schedule.
Nearly 1,200 women killed in Pakistan in 2010: Report
By IANS,
Islamabad : Of the 1,195 women murdered in Pakistan this year, 98 were killed after being raped, says a report by the country's first helpline for women and children.
A day after love marriage, woman killed
Patna, July : In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman was killed by her brother on Thursday in Bihar a day...
Islamabad beauty is new Miss Pakistan World
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS,
Toronto : Natasha Paracha from Islamabad has been crowned the new Miss Pakistan World in an annual beauty pageant which, according to its founder, would enable Pakistani women "to stand up for change and progression" in a society that frowns on such events on its soil.
The 23-year-old graduate from the University of California at Berkeley replaces Mahleej Sarkari who created quite a stir last month when she called Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf a hunk and expressed a desire to date him.
600 contestants at Agra’s National Women’s Sports Meet
By IANS,
Agra: Eighteen teams and more than 600 contestants from different states will take part in the three-day 36th National Women's Sports Meet beginning at the Eklavya Stadium here Monday.
The connection between self-immolation & domestic violence
By Tanay Sukumar
Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only...
Muslim social entrepreneurs infuse fresh vigour in Nagpur’s community development agenda
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...
Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : Even as women are set to get more political power in India, a study shows that women MPs were more successful and qualified than their male counterparts.
According to data prepared by the PRS Legislative Research, women candidates in elections were more successful than men. While 10 percent of all women candidates won elections, the corresponding figure for men was only six percent.
Killing of a minor Muslim girl in Bihar sparks allegations of ‘kidnapping & rape’
The killing of the minor girl has caused uproar in the village with protest demonstrations taken out by local villagers and relatives of the...
Two students arrested a month after video-recorded gang rape on crowded US beach
Phoenix (Arizona): No one intervened while a woman was being gang raped in daylight on a crowded public beach in Florida in March, or...
Girl burnt by alleged rapist dies after 13 days
By IANS,
Ranchi : A girl set afire by her alleged rapist succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in the steel city of Jamshedpur after 13 days Friday, a doctor said.
4 held for misbehaving with JNU girls, baton charge on campus
By IANS,
New Delhi: Violence broke out on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus late Sunday evening when four outsiders in an inebriated state were caught teasing women students and Delhi Police had to resort to baton charge and teargas to disperse the agitated students.
Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) that it cannot frame guidelines for every rape case and asked for records related to the trial.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the commission to bring the case records before it within four weeks.
PM gives assurance on food bill, but not on women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government was committed to enactment of the National Food Security Act, but gave no similar assurance on the women's reservation bill.
Releasing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II's report card on completing its first year, the prime minister said: "Consultations have been held with states and union territories and other stakeholders. A draft National Food Security bill is under preparation and it is proposed to be placed in the public domain for scrutiny and comments."
Impose president’s rule, make Odisha safe for women: BJP
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded president's rule in Odisha to prevent rape cases and atrocities on women.
Job quota for destitute women Tamil Nadu police
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reserved 10 percent of jobs in the police for destitute women.
Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists
Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...
Commemoration meeting of Prof. Rehana Sultana
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) convened a commemorative meeting in memory of Professor Rehana Sultana to pay tribute to its leader. Eminent academic and activist Prof Rehana Sultana, Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) passed away on December 10 after a prolonged illness. She was 58 year old.
Government to set up world class institutes for minorities: Naqvi
New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that his ministry will establish world class educational...
Singing party’s tune, Minority Minister Heptullah backs Maha govt in denial of reservation to...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Affirming the stand of the BJP-SS government in Maharashtra selectively providing reservation to Maratha community, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah has said Muslims do not need reservations, instead, they should be made self-reliant.
Mothers get 26 minutes a day for themselves: Study
By IANS,
London: As the world celebrated International Women's Day Tuesday, researchers in Britain revealed that an average working mother gets barely 26 minutes to relax in daily life.
‘For women, toilets more important than mobiles’
(March 8 is International Women's Day)
By Shahnawaz Akhtar, IANS,
Lijjat – Empowering women through papads for 50 years
By Quaid Najmi, IANS,
Mumbai : A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till they hit upon the idea of selling papads. Fifty years later, their entrepreneurial effort, Lijjat Papad, is an award-winning company with an annual turnover of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore/$97 million).
Rajya Sabha disrupted over Selja’s claim of caste bias
New Delhi : The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari...
Namrata Damor was smothered to death: Doctor
Ujjain : The post-mortem report of 19-year-old medical student Namrata Damor has revealed that she was smothered to death, a medical expert said here...
Women fume at entry restrictions at Haji Ali shrine
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a women's group, Tuesday expressed anger over entry restrictions for women at the iconic Haji Ali shrine in the city.
Haryana family kills lovers for honour
By IANS,
Karnal (Haryana) : A family in a village in Karnal district of Haryana is being interrogated by the police for strangulating a young couple, including a pregnant woman, in love to punish them for staying together.
Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered in Ballah village, about 35 km from here. The woman's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.
No question of bulldozing women’s bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily
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.
Kriloskar Brothers’ all-women team creates national record
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...
Introduction of anti-human trafficking bill a ‘resounding victory’: Satyarthi
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 18: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi termed the tabling of anti-human trafficking Bill on Wednesday a "resounding victory", saying that if...
Indian women beat Ireland 2-1
New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team put on an inspiring show to beat Ireland 2-1 in their second Test match in Dublin.
The win...
‘Injection’ attacks spark fear among women in Andhra district
Hyderabad: "Injection attacks" by unknown men have sent panic among women in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district with six more women being attacked in...
Shias to campaign against female foeticide
By IANS,
Lucknow: All set to prove their progressive nature, Shia Muslims have resolved to wage war against female foeticide.
Woman stripped naked in Rajasthan village
Jaipur : In a shocking incident, a woman was stripped naked, her face blackened and she was forced to ride a donkey on the...
Ashiana: Bengaluru’s old age home
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,
Bengaluru: Abdul Hamid, 78, was a painter by profession. He did painting until recently. That was till the paint brush...
Child’s rape: Delhi Police clueless about attacker
New Delhi: It has been two days since a four-year-old girl was found raped in the national capital but Delhi Police are still clueless...
Molestation charges against a college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam: What is the...
By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya,
Curfew has been imposed for last two days in the Karimganj district of Assam after massive street protests from people...
BMMA convention report: “When will we become full citizens?”
By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Several State Conveners of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) while describing the hurdles that came their way when they had to procure development sector data from government officials said the Right to Information (RTI) Act came to their rescue in face of official apathy.
Delhi to get 5,000 new women voters
New Delhi : The Election Commission has received about 5,000 new voter enrolment forms after holding a day-long voting awareness campaign for women in...
मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड की अपील “कोई मौलाना टीवी डिबेट में मत जाए”
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Crime against women highest in Uttar Pradesh: NCW
Ghaziabad : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has claimed that Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of criminal cases against women.
Rekha Sharma, a...
Dr Kalbe Sadiq for hike in women quota in Muslim Personal Law Board
By Kulsum Mustafa for TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Renowned Shia cleric and vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq, has said that he will be pressing for a 30 per cent reservation for women in the AIMPLB at the next meeting of the Board slated for March 21 to 23, 2010 in Lucknow.
Dr Sadiq was addressing a gathering of nearly 1000 Muslim women as the chief guest at the third national convention of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) held in Uttar Pradesh capital on Sunday afternoon.
Delhi needs woman chief minister: Meenakshi Lekhi
New Delhi : BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi Wednesday said that only a "woman chief minister with administrative experience" can ensure the safety of women...
Saba Anjum: Muezzin’s daughter is now Indian hockey team captain
By AnIndianMuslim.com,
The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale.
Compensation only after long battle by acid attack victim in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The state authorities of Assam have ordered compensation for the acid victims following an urgent appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for immediate intervention and financial assistance to a survivor of acid attack as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India in 2013.
Three held for trafficking girls in Delhi
New Delhi : Three people have been arrested for their alleged role in human trafficking, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. Two girls, including a...
Saudi men lobby for remarriages of widows, divorcees
Riyadh : A group of Saudi men have formed a society to promote remarriages of widows and divorcees within the existing system of polygamy...
The world’s most powerful women: Three US secretaries of state and their accounts
By Vikas Datta,
If the US president is the world's most powerful leader, his secretary of state (or foreign minister) is a close second though maybe not as well-known. Of the 68 secretaries since 1790, few are recognised names - even in America - though six, right from the very first (Thomas Jefferson), went on to become presidents themselves. Only three have been women, but they happened to be in office at critical and challenging times, held their own in high-level diplomacy and have penned absorbing accounts of their experiences.
Mirza Aejaz Baig: An ordinary teacher with an extra-ordinary zeal for poor to complete...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Central government is spending crores of rupees to eradicate illiteracy through scores of schemes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (The...
Safe, comfy and chatting away – women’s empowerment at PCO booths
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Anjali Kher, 33, a small-time designer from Srinagar, keeps in touch with her family in the Kashmir Valley from the public telephone booth next to her home in Delhi.
"The booth remains open till midnight and I drop in almost every day after work to call my father and my brothers," Kher, who lives in Mayur Vihar, told IANS.
The public telephone - including the PCO (public call office) phone booths with STD facilities - in India has become a tool of empowerment for women in middle class India, particularly migrants.
Canadian woman scribe released by Afghan captors
By IANS,
Toronto : A Canadian woman journalist, who was abducted Oct 12 in Afghanistan, has been released by her captors, media reports said here Sunday.
Mellissa Fung, a reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), was kidnapped from a refugee camp outside Kabul where she had gone to interview displaced people.
To deny her abductors media propaganda and not let the incident escalate into a major crisis, the CBC had requested a news blackout by media outlets.
Ramadan Special: Women Of All Faiths Attend ‘Iftar’ in Masjid in Aurangabad
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): “I stepped into the mosque for the first time. We were welcomed by the host with great love and...
Winds of change are blowing, but mindsets need a changing
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
By Anjali Ojha, IANS,
Goa toll rises to 10; top cop claims police doing ‘wonderful job’
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.
Israeli and Palestinian mothers birth a new generation of peace with healing lullaby music
By Eliana Gilad
What does an Israeli neonatal intensive care unit and the biblical prophetess Miriam, sister of Moses - a figure equally respected by both Jews and Muslims - have in common?
They both employed the conscious use of voice, rhythm and music as a means of natural healing in the face of calamity during times of change.
दादरी: उन्होंने कहा “तुमने गाय काटी है, तुम्हें जिंदा नहीं छोड़ेंगे”
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...
Kuwait opens door for first batch of Police Women Institute cadets
By NNN-KUNA,
Kuwait : Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Sheikh Jaber Al-Khalid Al-Sabah has issued a decree to open the door for the first batch of cadets of its Police Women Institute.
The decree constitutes a landmark move in the history of the Kuwait police force, director-general of Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Science Youssef Al-Madhahka told reporters here Monday.
"This is a qualitative move in supporting and rehabilitating the human resources of the Interior Ministry so that they could meet all security needs.
Woman snatches loaded pistol from miscreant
By IANS,
Lucknow : In an incident straight out of a Bollywood film, a woman snatched away a loaded pistol from a miscreant as he attempted to rob her in the posh Gomtinagar area of Lucknow Sunday evening.
The woman, Surajwanti, in her 30s, told the police: "I was returning from a hospital along with a friend, Pushpa, on a cycle rickshaw when two motorcyle-borne persons intercepted us." said Surajwanti.
One of them tried to pull a gold chain from Pushpa, while the other pointed a pistol at Surajwanti and asked her to hand over her gold chain.