Muslim women of Malabar
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
TCN Malabar series: Part 8
In various towns of Malabar, it is not uncommon to see Muslim women on the streets, bazaars, and schools. They can be easily identified with their traditional mode of clothing. Young girls wear long colorful skirts, long sleeved blouses and heads covered in dupatta or a hijab. Older girls, it seems, prefer shalwar qameez. Married women wear saris or abayas.
A course to help women get back to work after sabbatical
By IANS,
Gurgaon : Women who often grapple with re-joining work after a sabbatical now have help on hand, courtesy a course offered by a business school here.
Woman set ablaze for flouting voting ‘fatwa’
Nashik: In a shocking incident, a woman, who allegedly flouted a local voting 'fatwa', was assaulted and set on fire in Yevla town of...
Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs
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.
Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 a.m. Wednesday from the south side of the 8,848 m mountain, according to the Nepal-based Arun Treks & Expedition Pvt ltd.
Schoolgirl raped in Agra
Agra: A 14-year old schoolgirl going for her tuition class Friday evening was picked up by three boys in a car and raped by...
Woman burnt to death in Orissa violence over VHP leader’s killing
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : A young woman was burnt to death and a church official seriously injured when a mob torched an orphanage in an Orissa village, sparking tension across the state Monday even as thousands observed a statewide shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the killing of one of its leaders.
A 22-year-old woman was killed and a church official badly injured when angry mobs burnt down an orphanage in Khuntpali village in Barhgarh district, 300 km from here, Monday.
While Christians claimed the woman was a nun, the state police have denied it.
Puducherry acid attack victim succumbs to injuries
By IANS,
Chennai: After fighting for life for around three months, a 23-year-old woman from Puducherry Tuesday succumbed to the injuries she suffered in a brutal acid attack on her face and neck.
Suicide bomber kills seven in Iraq
By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A woman suicide bomber blew herself Monday at the entrance to the heavily-guarded Green Zone area of central Baghdad, killing at least seven people, an interior ministry source said.
More than a dozen people were also injured in the attack at one of the main entrances to the zone, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
"Our first reports said that five killed and 12 injured, including security members," the source said
Ramadan 1436: Rain
Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby...
Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders
Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...
Hasina seventh top world woman leader
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named the seventh among 12 top world women leaders by Time magazine.
Don’t eat for two, pregnant women advised
By IANS,
London: The traditional advice that expectant mothers should 'eat for two' is dangerous, says a report by a British government health watchdog.
The watchdog, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), says it has been forced to speak out against the common advice to prevent an obesity crisis among mothers-to-be.
In a report released Wednesday, NICE suggests that pregnant women should do at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day such as a brisk walk, swimming or cycling, according a Daily Mail report.
बंधुआ मजदूरी और देह व्यापार के दुश्मन अजीत सिंह
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी : अजीत सिंह बनारस में एक जाना पहचाना नाम हैं. बनारस की अंधी बस्तियों से लेकर बड़े-बड़े मकानों में अजीत सिंह...
Indian women entering Bahrain on forged visas
By IANS,
Dubai : Hundreds of Indian women, mainly from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, are entering Bahrain on forged visit visas to work as domestic helps, a media report said Saturday.
Mortar hits Israeli kibbutz, kills Israeli woman
By Xinhua,
Gaza : An Israeli woman was killed and three wounded on Friday afternoon by a mortar shell fired by Gaza militants at an Israeli kibbutz near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman told Israeli Radio Arabic service that Palestinian militants fired in the afternoon a mortar shell from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Azza, adding that a woman there was killed and three men wounded.
West Bengal announces compensation for tribal women in Lalgarh
By IANS,
Kolkata : The West Bengal government Monday announced compensation for the tribal women in West Midnapore's Lalgarh who had been victims of police excesses during raids November last year, officials said.
The compensation would be given to 14 tribal women who received injuries during the police action.
Bhopal survivors chain themselves near PM’s residence
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.
Eve teasing or crime against women?
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.
Sania Mirza jumps to third spot in doubles rankings
St. Petersburg (United States): Fresh from her BNP Paribas Open title win pairing with Swiss star Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza jumped to her...
Three women die after surgery in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Three women died in Odisha's Sambalpur district five hours after surgery was conducted on them in a state-run medical college and hospital, said...
Congress nixes Pawar’s idea to reduce women’s quota
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday rejected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's suggestion to reduce the women's reservation quota from 33 percent to about 20-21 percent to help arrive at a consensus, and said there is no question of diluting the legislation.
"Absolutely no proposal...no such idea," Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
Six arrested in Haryana for gang-raping, selling woman
Chandigarh : Haryana Police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape and sale of a woman from Maharashtra. Three...
Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to China
Beijing: Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrives on Wednesday in China, a historic visit that comes during...
Men who want women to stay home earn more
By IANS,
Washington : Men holding the view that women should stay at home earn more than men who don't. But women with more egalitarian views don't take home much more than their traditional counterparts.
Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston of University of Florida analysed data from a nationally representative study of men and women who were interviewed four times between 1979 and 2005.
Some 12,686 people, aged between 14 and 22 at the beginning of the study, participated, even as 60 percent remained with the study.
West Bengal to train 50,000 women to meet shortage of nurses
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state health ministry will train fifty thousand women to meet the shortage of nurses in the state.
German mother, Goa police trade charges
By IANS,
Panaji : A German woman who has complained that her daughter was being sexually harassed by the Goa education minister's son, says police would "prefer" her to withdraw the complaint, though police said she was evading them.
Speaking to the media Sunday, Fadella Fuchs alleged the police were sitting on her complaint filed on Oct 2.
Chandigarh police question husband over woman’s murder
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.
I’m against all fundamentalism, says Shabana Azmi
Mumbai, (IANS): Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who has often raised her voice against various issues, on Monday clarified her stance in backing the 'Not in...
Women’s legislative quota set to become reality
By IANS,
New Delhi : As the world celebrated International Women's Day, India was Monday set to give its women 33 percent seats in legislative bodies through the landmark women's reservation bill.
The introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage has been timed with the 100th year of women's day, celebrated every year March 8.
The bill now enjoys overwhelming support of the the ruling coalition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. Some smaller parties have also voiced their support.
2010: A year of panic and alarm for women in North East India
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
‘Govt discontinued Maulana Azad fellowship because it doesn’t want Muslims to pursue higher education,’...
For many post-doctoral Muslim students, discontinuing of Maulana Azad Fellowship (MANF) by the Central government means acquiring higher education for the economically marginalized...
Sharad Yadav’s comments about women are deplorable
By Shah Alam,
Shahrad Yadav, a Rajya Sabha MP and Janata Dal (United) chief has been in news for some days for his sexist remarks against south Indian women. During a debate in Parliament, Yadav made derogatory remarks against south Indian women and their bodies calling them as ‘saanvli’ (dusky).
He said: “The women of south are beautiful, their bodies...their skin ...They aren’t made like this here. They know dance.”
Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college
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.
Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder
By IANS,
New Delhi: A married woman and her paramour allegedly killed her alcoholic husband after he caught them together in their north Delhi shanty four days ago, police said Friday, adding the duo have been arrested.
Kashmira and her paramour Amit allegedly stabbed an inebriated Mohinder Singh to death in their hut in Kishan Ganj area June 8. They hid the body in the house for over 30 hours and then threw it near a drain.
More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation
By Prachi Salve
While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board...
No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was "no pressure" on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha.
"We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form," said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.
AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra
New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...
Government committed for women’s safety: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that his government was committed to ensure the safety and security of every woman of the country.
Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys
By Tanay Sukumar
Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...
SC directs payment of monthly maintenance, arrears to harassed woman
New Delhi: After a prolonged high-cost litigation, a woman has at last succeeded getting justice from the Supreme Court, which taking a serious view...
Global women’s summit held in Istanbul
By IANS,
Istanbul : A global summit for women was held in Istanbul for providing a platform to women to share "what works" in accelerating their economic advancement in society.
Jag Mundhra’s 7/7 film cynical: victims’ parents
By IANS,
London : The parents of a young woman who was killed in the 7/7 suicide bombings in London have described an Indian-made film on the subject as “cynical.”
"Shoot on Sight", directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra, is controversial for its story line, which is based on the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man by police in London following the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52 people.
Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed anti-terror police in a London underground train station, but Mundhra's film makes the victim an innocent Muslim.
SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights
New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...
Pregnant Orissa woman alleges molestation by cops
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A pregnant woman from the minority community in Orissa's Kendrapada district Friday alleged that some policemen came to her house late Thursday night, molested her and beat up her two minor children without any reason.
The woman, who resides at Tendukuda village under Patkura police station, alleged that the policemen went on a spree of vandalism when no adult male member was at home.
Punjab’s first female bouncers lose their jobs
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Two women from Punjab who had become bouncers at a nightclub here a few months ago, a rarity in the country, have been sacked all of a sudden. They have been charged with indiscipline and dancing in a rival nightclub, but one of them says the real reason is envy of their popularity.
Amandeep Kaur, 22, who hails from a village in Punjab's Barnala district, 250 km from here, was standing tall among her male counterparts in Score nightclub a month ago. She became the first female bouncer here in June.
IT professional rapes, films lawyer; suspected in 3 more cases
New Delhi : A 26-year-old IT professional has been arrested here for allegedly raping and filming a 23-year-old law graduate, the police said Thursday adding that they are probing his involvement in three similar cases.
Dushyant Verma, who stays with his parents in Maharani Bagh, was arrested April 20 for raping the woman at his house April 18.
The victim told the police that she had met Verma, a software engineer with EDAG - a German automobile design company in Gurgaon - over a social networking site in April and became friends.
Woman IT employee jumps from auto
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A 22-year-old software engineer was injured when she jumped out of a moving autorickshaw here after a man tried to molest her, police said Wednesday.
Protecting women’s dignity a collective responsibility: President
New Delhi : Women's right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday on the eve...
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.
Give big boost to women empowerment: Ambika Soni
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Emphasising the need for women's empowerment, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said women can play a vital role and bring a positive change in society.
"Women empowerment means financially strengthening of women so that they can bring profits for their families. In southern states, nearly 86 lakh women have been associated with self help groups and got financial assistance to run their families," Soni said here Saturday.
Tejpal called woman associate regularly from prison
Panaji : Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who is in judicial custody here, regularly telephoned from prison a Delhi-based woman business associate, an inquiry...
Ruchika’s family not cooperating, claims probe team chief
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.
PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...
Delhi by night – many cops but so few women
(One month after Dec 16 gang-rape)
By Rajnish Singh, IANS,
Musharraf slams Pakistan government over women’s rights
Islamabad : Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said that the ones calling him dictator have deprived the women of their rights in...
One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.
PM confident women’s quota bill will be passed
By IANS,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he was confident that the women's reservation bill that seeks to provide 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be passed in parliament.
The bill will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, International Women's Day.
The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.
More study before taking in women fighter pilots: IAF chief
By IANS,
New Delhi: Indian Air Force Chief P.V. Naik Thursday admitted that more studies need to be done before a decision is taken to induct women as fighter pilots.
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.
Tripura gets maximum women legislators
By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS,
Agartala : With five of the 15 women contestants winning, the Tripura assembly now has the highest number of women legislators since the state was carved out in 1972.
Women play key role in Indian policy making: Meira Kumar
By IANS,
Bern: India has been at the vanguard of women's participation in both the legislature and the executive, said Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar here Saturday.
India is among the first countries in the world to have a woman prime minister and today India's president is a woman, Meira Kumar said while addressing the sixth annual meeting of women.
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Baby raped, strangled to death in Pakistan
Islamabad: Autopsy report revealed Tuesday that a one-and-half-year-old girl was raped before being strangled to death in Pakistan's Karachi, media reported.
The body was recovered...
Harassed girl’s tweet to railway ministry lands man in jail
Patna : A girl, who was harassed on a running train, tweeted to the railway ministry for help following which the accused was arrested,...
‘Sports can empower women’
New Delhi: Social pressures shouldn’t restrict any woman to pursue a career in sports, said a former international volleyball player who believes sports has...
What is women’s commission doing, ask angry activists
By Azera Rahman, IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a "toothless body", say activists, students and lawyers alike as they fume over its laidback reaction after Hindu rightwing activists attacked young women at a Mangalore pub.
Many point out that the NCW - set up in 1992 as "the apex national level organisation of India with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of women" - has done very little even in the past and has few powers.
Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament
Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia.
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Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam mark Babri demolition anniversary with protests
By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam organised protests and demonstrations throughout the state on Friday, December 6, marking the Babri Masjid demolition. The...
Triple Talaq Bill: A classic case of judicial overkill
By Tariq Hasan for TwoCircles.net
Algarh: The Triple Talaq bill passed in the Lok Sabha and to be presented in the Rajya Sabha if passed...
Marriage changes women’s priorities: Survey
New Delhi : Marriage marks a palpable shift not only in the life of women, but also in the way they view their priorities....
Case filed for FB post against Kejriwal’s daughter
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad police Monday registered a criminal case against a person for posting derogatory remarks against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's daughter and...
ख़ामोशी से घरों में घुसता क्रूर रंगभेद
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
देश में गर्मी बढ़ने के साथ-साथ टेलीविज़न पर गोरापन बढ़ाने की क्रीमों के विज्ञापन भी बढ़ गए हैं. देश में रंग एक...
Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...
Women’s bill is ‘historic step forward’, says PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the women's reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was "a historic step forward" towards the emancipation of Indian women.
"This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women," he said at the end of a lively debate on the bill that seeks to reserve a third of seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.
AMU Women’s College celebrates its Founder’s Day
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s College of the Aligarh Muslim University today celebrated its Founder’s Day.
Manipuri women allege sexual assault, police apathy
By IANS,
New Delhi : They didn't conceal their faces or refuse to come in front of the camera. But for the two young northeastern women who were allegedly sexually harassed and beaten up by their landlord in their rented apartment in Gurgaon, it was difficult to recount the horrors of that night without choking with emotion.
At a press conference in the capital Thursday, Mary and Daisy - both from Manipur - recounted how their landlord along with two other men molested them and beat them until they were seriously bruised all over - on their very first day in the DLF Phase-1 apartment.
Disfigured but not defeated: Hajida, an acid attack survivor, ensured the culprit does not...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hajida and her mother Zareena were walking back home through the market, engaged in a light conversation when Subhan flung two...
Coming soon: Separate courts for rape victims
By Kanu Sarda, IANS,
New Delhi: Rape victims coming to a court to depose will not have to sit along with criminals facing trials as the Delhi High Court has proposed to set up separate courts for them.
During a hearing on a rape case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said Wednesday, "We are proposing to have separate courts for rape victims and initially nine such courts will be set up and the district judge will look after it."
Movement against rape should be taken to its logical conclusion: Kaneez Fatima
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Saudi law allows only women clerks in lingerie shops
By IANS/AKI,
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has passed a new law that would allow only women salesclerks in lingerie shops.
दंगे की ज़मीन में मुहब्बत की फसल,जाट -मुस्लिम साथ आए तो बदल गए मुजफ्फरनगर...
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Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede
Kolkata: A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
The...
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).
Fatima Nafees and Hadiya: How Muslim women fight Islamophobia and the ‘Collective Conscience’
By Nazish Hussain for TwoCircles.net
What does it take to withstand the persistent atrocities and oppression by state authorities against you? The ordeal of two...
Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools
By IANS,
New Delhi: Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which Tuesday asked the education department to explain why the students were turned away.
Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government to explain by Aug 5 why it failed to admit the girls in its schools.
The girls residing in different areas in east Delhi approached the court when they were refused admission by the schools on frivolous grounds.
Indian woman runs in Olympic torch relay
By IANS,
New Delhi/Beijing : Calling it "the most beautiful moment in my life", business executive Meena Barot Monday became the only Indian to take part in the Olympic torch relay in China.
Barot, 36, ran 50-60 metres in Lanzhou city in Gansu province, cheered and clapped by thousands of Chinese.
"It was like a celebration. I have never seen anything like this in my life. It is the most beautiful moment of my life," Barot told IANS over telephone.
Barot, who moved to China in March 2005 and speaks Mandarin fluently, was ecstatic that she could keep her torch.
Activists demand China release five detained women
New Delhi : A motley group of rights activists, including LGBT activists, held a rally here on Wednesday to demand that China free five...
Woman shot dead for marrying outside caste
By IANS,
Patna: An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar's Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday.
Nikki Kumari, 18, was shot dead Friday in Kudra in Kaimur district by her uncle Bhanu Pratap Singh for marrying a backward caste boy against the wishes of the family.
"It was like an honour killing," a police officer said.
Kumari, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas district, married Dipak Yadav last month against the wishes of her parents and other relatives.
Migrants linked to Cologne violence, assault on women
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance towards refugees, after a spate of assaults on women during New...
One cannot pursue political ambition at cost of one’s life, says Shweta Bhatt
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Daughter wants death for rapist dad
By IANS
Amritsar: "My father should not be spared for his acts. He should be shot dead," was the impassioned plea of the college-going daughter of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The father has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past eight years.
Speaking to reporters here Thursday, the 20-year-old said she wanted no mercy for her father. "Don't spare him. The police should shoot him dead," she said, speaking in Punjabi.
Women’s rights exhibition inaugurated in Coimbatore
By TCN News,
Coimbatore: An exhibition was inaugurated in Coimbatore on Saturday as part of the awareness campaign of the “Awakening” Conference on the theme “Women’s rights and issues” being organized by National Women’s Front.
Here, blue stands for women’s empowerment
By Rupesh Dutta,
Alwar (Rajasthan) : The colour blue stands for women's empowerment here in Rajasthan, a sign that they have been pulled out of...
Women’s Manifesto and Human Welfare Foundation to organise “ Women Leadership Program” in February
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National consultation on violence against women
New Delhi : A national consultation process will be held in January to evaluate the current progress in combating violence against women and improvise...
Journey to NASA owes to AMU: Hashima Hasan
TCN News
Aligarh: For Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) alumna, Dr Hashima Hasan, Program/Discipline Scientist at the NASA, USA, the fascination with space science began when she...
Remembering Qurratulain Hyder : The fierce, unapologetic and bold Urdu writer
By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net
The Union Hall building of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) is buzzing with supporters of the newly elected...
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...
Treat women equal to men, says Shabana Azmi
Mumbai : On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi says rather than treating women like goddesses, the...
Pellet victim Insha clears Class 10 exams, aims to become a doctor
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: On Tuesday, January 9, Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) declared the result of students appeared in 10th...
Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves
Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows...
Tales from 20th century ‘path-breaking’ Muslim women on view
New Delhi, (IANS) Stories of conviction and contribution of Indian Muslim women, who "gave up the purdah" and were at "the forefront of the...
Triple Talaq controversy shows how confused Muslims are over the issue
By Dr Kouser Fathima for Twocircles.net
Triple Talaq is in news again and the way Muslim community has reacted to it speaks volumes about...
Muslim women education in Kerala: My mom and I, then and now
By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net,
British woman lifeguard will inspire locals, Goa authorities hope
By IANS,
Panaji : A young British woman, Kerry Blewett, part of a team of experts brought to the coastal state of Goa to train lifeguards, has been given a tough job - persuade local women to become lifeguards and then train the recruits.
While her colleagues teach the local lifeguards various techniques to handle drowning emergencies at sea, Blewett has been given the special role of motivator by Drishti Special Response (DSR), the agency appointed by the Goa government to make Goan beaches safe for swimmers.
DSR has had problems hiring female lifeguards.
Pehchan: Empowering marginalised women
By TCN News
New Delhi: It was a celebration when a number of girls took the dias to address the press conference. It...
Jhansi women send strong message on how to protect trees
By Sandeep Pauranik
Jhansi : If you take to the roads of Bundelkhand, you will be captivated by the lush growth of trees -- and...
Jharkhand village orders last rites of woman charged with adultery
By IANS,
Ranchi : A Jharkhand 'panchayat' (village council) has ordered the last rites of a woman to be performed for allegedly having an extra-marital affair, media reports said Monday.
According to the reports, Sunita Devi, a resident of Barki Gorang village, 70 km from here, was allegedly having an affair with her neighbour Harinath Bhokta. She is married to Ram Dayal Munda and has two children.
‘पाई पाई जोड़कर आगे की पढ़ाई जारी रखूंगी’
Saba Yaseen for TwoCircles.net
फ़ैज़ाबाद : 22 साल की आयशा की ख्वाहिश वकालत की पढ़ाई करके जज बनने की है, लेकिन देश में लॉ...
First women navigators commissioned in Indian Navy
By IANS,
Kochi : Another glass ceiling was broken Friday as two women were commissioned into the Indian Navy as navigators in the flying branch, in a way also becoming the first women combatants in the armed forces.
Sub Lieutenants Ambica Hooda of Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma of Uttar Pradesh were awarded their "Wing" at the passing out parade here.
Dhaka can take lessons from Beijing, says Rasheda
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka, Bangladesh : Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury described Dhaka-Beijing friendship as an excellent one since time immemorial in terms of trade and commerce, culture and history and said, Bangladesh could take lessons from China.
Bangladesh should follow the strategies of China to move towards economic prosperity as Beijng had shown amazing economic achievement in agriculture, industry and human resources development, she said at a discussion at a city hotel on Saturday afternoon.
Malaysians gift Indian mother of seven home and warmth
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : Community leaders, a corporate group and newspaper readers in Malaysia have pooled in resources to help an Indian origin mother of seven who was thrown out of her house recently.
As a Mothers' Day gesture, the donors arranged not only a home, but also rent for the dwelling, household goods and food for the family that was evicted for non-payment of rent a month ago.
Only the sky’s the limit for 10 Nepali women
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands.
But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky.
It is a mixed clutch of young women: a bowling champion, a journalist, a beautician, a homemaker, a student and diverse others. But the 10 have one thing in common: climbing Mount Everest.
Congress rebukes Rathore for invoking Nehru
By IANS,
New Delh: The Congress Thursday rebuked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, for invoking the name of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his remark to media that he would "smile more".
Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the former DGP was "mentally sick".
Replying to queries about Rathore's remark, Tewari said the remark was the "result of this mental sickness".
"The authorities should send him for a mental check-up," he said.
Four held for illegally selling Rs.700 mn property of actress
By IANS,
Chennai : Four people, including two women, have been jailed for allegedly selling a property worth over Rs.700 million and partly owned by actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti. They used forged papers to sell the property in the northwest suburbs of this city, the police said.
The four were arrested Friday following a complaint from one of the owners of the property.
All of them were sent to Puzhal prison after a court remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days, a police official said.
First woman chief of aviation regulator takes charge
New Delhi : India's first women chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) M. Sathiyavathy took charge Thursday from erstwhile incumbent...
सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...
Most gender atrocities against Dalit women: P. Sivakami
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : India's leading feminist Dalit novelist-cum-politician P. Sivakami feels that most gender atrocities in the country are committed against Dalit women.
The former senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer gave up her job to become a full-time writer in 2008.
Government ready for law to end triple talaq: Naidu
Bengaluru, (IANS): The NDA government was ready to bring a law to stop the triple talaq in the Muslim community, if necessary, said Union...
Registering sex of foetus against ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign: IWPC
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...
Woman held for extorting Delhi bizman
New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman has been arrested from Rajasthan for trying to extort money from a Delhi businessman by threatening to trap him...
Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday.
Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...
Taslima Nasreen, Amitav Ghosh condole Mahasweta Devi’s death
Kolkata : Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Thursday condoled the death of eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi and remembered the litterateur's support...
Archery World Cup: Indian men in final; women to play for bronze
By IANS,
Kolkata: Continuing the form that fetched them the men's recurve team gold in the World Cup Stage I, the Indian archers put the country in line for the yellow metal in the Stage II at Porec, Croatia Friday.
The troika of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia would take on the Russian Federation in the final Saturday.
The Indian women's recurve team, comprising Bombayla Devi, Rimil Buriuly and Dola Banerjee, made it to the bronze medal play off against Ukraine.
Rats nibble woman’s body in mortuary
Bhopal : A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly...
Women’s group, citizens condemn Jamiat Ulema resolutions on women quota, education
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: All India Progressive Women’s Association has condemned Jaimat Ulema-I-Hind for passing resolutions at its recent Deoband conclave against the interests of women. Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat Ulema in Deoband “strongly offend the principle of women’s equality” AIPWA said.
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.
Indian-origin grandmother is Trinidad and Tobago’s first woman PM
By Paras Ramoutar, IANS,
Port-of-Spain : Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose forefather came here from India as an indentured labourer, has been elected the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago after the political alliance led by her emerged victorious and ended the ruling party's 43 years in power.
Persad-Bissessar's People's Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentary seats in the elections held Monday. She is expected to be sworn in as prime minister Tuesday evening by President George Maxwell Richards.
Father kills daughter for returning late from school
Chandigarh : A man was arrested in Punjab's Ropar on Saturday for allegedly hacking his teenaged minor daughter to death, after getting enraged when...
Girl tortured by father, stepmother rescued in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The injuries and scars all over her body bear testimony to the cruel torture she was subjected to by her father and stepmother...
Mulayam softens stance on Women’s Reservation Bill
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, known for his stiff opposition to the Women's Reservation Bill, Friday seemed to have softened his stand.
Ambekar becomes fourth woman to be Mumbai mayor
Mumbai : First-time Shiv Sena corporator Snehal Ambekar was elected the mayor of Mumbai - the 73rd of the city - while ally Bharatiya...
Haryana announces three awards on Women’s Day
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Monday announced three new awards, including one in the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, to honour women in different fields to mark International Women's Day.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the three state awards are being instituted to honour and inspire women in their fields of choice.
Speaking at a state-level function here to honour outstanding women of Haryana, Hooda said the first state level award of Rs.100,000 in cash would be known as Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Puraskar.
Haryana’s women legislators – motorcylist nurse to industrialist mom
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : One was a nurse who ran her campaign riding a motorcycle. Another is known for her flamboyance in politics and social life. A third has been listed by Forbes magazine as one of India's richest women. They are among the nine women elected Thursday to the 90-member Haryana assembly.
In a state that has one of the worst sex ratios in the country with just around 800 females per 1,000 males, 67 women were in the poll fray among 1,222 contenders this time.
Bengal governor questions students’ silence over alleged molestation
Kolkata: In the wake of the alleged molestation of a Jadavpur University student, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Monday questioned the silence of...
Not all suicides of wives due to in-laws, observes court
New Delhi: A court here on Monday said that one cannot blame in-laws for every suicide committed by a married woman and acquitted a...
Woman power: Ibsen strikes a chord in India
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's female characters are not just Western stereotypes. They transcend boundaries to symbolise the dilemmas and emancipation of contemporary women who could well belong to India.
And this was evident at the 10-day Delhi Ibsen Festival, which ended Dec 20 with plays and workshops interpreting the celebrated 19th century writer in the South Asian context.
College Day celebrated at Women’s College in AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s college of the Aligarh Muslim University celebrated its College Day today.
One woman shot dead by police in New Zealand hostage incident
By Xinhua,
Wellington : One woman was shot dead by police during a hostage incident in the New Zealand northern city of Whangarei on Thursday.
Police said the woman, aged in her mid 30s, entered a shop on Reyburn Street on Thursday morning, carrying what they believe was a firearm, Radio New Zealand reported.
The shop owner alerted the police and the armed offenders squad was called.
It was believed the woman knew a person working in the shop.