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Women’s groups seek security, safety

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PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...

अर्शिया अंजुम : इसरो में वैज्ञानिक बन क़ायम की एक मिसाल

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बांसवाड़ा (राजस्थान) : हौसला हो तो मंज़िलें क़दम चूमने के लिए बेताब होती हैं. अर्शिया अंजुम की कहानी ने एक बार फिर...

Hopes run high with women’s reservation bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Homemakers, students, professionals, social activists -- many women are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that the Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent of seats in legislatures for women, will get passed in the Rajya Sabha Monday. "I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to stand united on this subject," said Arusha Verma, a school teacher.

NHRC notice to Kerala government over working conditions of women

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female...

Women’s quota bill on agenda: Meira Kumar

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Court asks doctors to decide on abortion for rape victim

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By IANS, Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday ordered the setting up of a special committee of doctors to decide on terminating the pregnancy of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim as she does not have a guardian. Justice Surya Kant directed the Chandigarh administration to form a committee comprising senior doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and an additional sessions judge, who will act as a member-cum-coordinator. The committee will submit its report within 10 days of its constitution, the court said.

AIUMB forms a council of Muftis to develop consensus on Triple Talaq issue

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By TCN News New Delhi: The executive body of All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) met here on Monday to discuss the issue of...

Women to pilot AI’s March 8 Mumbai-New York flight

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By IANS, New Delhi: For the first time, women pilots will operate Air India's Mumbai-New York non-stop flight on March 8 to commemorate International Women's Day. Captain Rashmi Miranda and Captain Sunita Narula will be the flight commanders, and Captain Swati Rawal and Captain Neha Kulkarni will be the first officers on the 14-hour flight that will be operated with a Boeing 777-200 long-range aircraft, the airline said Saturday. The national carrier will also operate other flights with all-women crews on the occasion, the airline said in a statement.

Surviving in the worst: The tale of widow Rohingya refugees living in Jammu

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Jammu: Three weeks ago, Tahira Begum, 25 a Rohingya refugee along with her husband and two kids, was...

Why women interact socially better than men

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By IANS, Dubai : Women have higher emotional intelligence than men. That is why they perform better in several areas of social interaction and have a higher sense of well-being and satisfaction, according to a study. The study, conducted by Kuwait University psychology professor Othman Al-Khudher and colleague Huda Al-Fadhli, found that women perform better in many related areas than their male counterparts.

Archies, Barbies and glamourous morons

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By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net, Sometime back in a fashion show Bollywood star Katrina Kaif dressed up like Barbie and walked the ramp. That hit the front pages all over the country. And as if this was not enough, comparisons between Katrina and Aishwarya also started doing rounds and the reader was "informed" how the younger looking Katrina was more Barbie-like.

Anandiben Patel: Gujarat’s first woman CM (Profile)

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By Quaid Najmi, Ahmedabad : Some 25 years ago, without a second thought, a woman school teacher plunged into the Narmada river and rescued two...

Rapist jailed for 30 years

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New Delhi: A court here has sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for repeatedly raping a woman by confining her for nine...

Women bag first three positions in civil services exam

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By IANS, New Delhi: It was woman power all the way in the civil services (main) examination 2008, as they took the top three ranks in one of the toughest competitive exams in the country, officials said Monday. Shubhra Saxena, a graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Sharandeep Kaur Brar, post-graduate from Panjab University, were ranked first and second in the civil services (main) examination 2008, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced here. Another woman, Kiran Kaushal was ranked third.

Framing of charges ordered against man for assaulting northeastern woman

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New Delhi: A court has ordered the framing of charges against a man who was arrested for molesting and assaulting a woman from northeast...

Indonesian minister urges probe into May 1998 rapes

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By Xinhua, Jakarta : An Indonesian minister has delivered documents on the alleged May 1998 mass rape of mostly ethnic Chinese women to the Attorney General's Office (AGO), local press said Saturday. State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Farida Swasono handed over the documents to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji on Friday. The documents contained results of research by psychology professor and women's activist Saparinah Sadli, major English daily The Jakarta Post reported.

डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

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

Women’s commission meets Nupur Talwar

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By IANS, New Delhi : Nupur Talwar, mother of murder victim Aarushi Talwar, Friday provided to the National Commission for Women (NCW) the sequence of events in the sensational crime in which the family's domestic help was also killed. The NCW will now forward this to the Noida police that is investigating the case. "We spoke to her for 25 minutes alone in her home and she gave us the details about what happened on the fateful day. We will be providing her statement to the Noida police," NCW member Nirmala Venkatesh told IANS.

“यहां तो हमारा हर रोज़ बलात्कार होता है…”

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net “बचपन में शादी का बहुत अरमान था. लेकिन अपने बाप को मेरा सौदा करते देखकर रिश्तों से भरोसा उठ गया.” ये दर्द...

Awareness needed for Delhi’s women: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi: Delhi's women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday.

ट्रिपल तलाक : ‘शरीअत क़ानून में बदलाव की सख्त ज़रुरत’ – तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली:'ट्रिपल तलाक़' यानी तीन तलाक का मुद्दा इन दिनों काफी चर्चा में है. जहां एक तरफ़ कुछ महिलाएं इस मुद्दे पर...

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won.  Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...

India International Science Fair: 15-year-old Jharkhand student develops jacket that helps the blind

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By Archana Rao New Delhi : Unlike most children of his age, Prithvi Raj isn’t interested in science experiments like baking soda volcanoes or balloon...

Woman rescued 195 hours after China’s earthquake

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By Xinhua, Chengdu : A 60-year-old woman was rescued at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday from rubble in Pengzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, more than 196 hours after the May 12 earthquake. Wang Liqun, a retiree from the provincial capital of Chengdu, had lived on rainwater in the past days. She, still conscious when rescuers found her, was rushed to hospital. Wang was inside a temple when the quake struck. She was hit by a falling girder in the head and had been in coma until last Tuesday, according to the rescue team from an air force regiment based in Chengdu.

Poor Muslim women connect to global fashion with crafts

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Congress defends Kurien in rape case

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By IANS,

My husband was treated like a dog: CRPF trooper’s widow

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Alappuzha (Kerala) : The wife of a CRPF trooper from Kerala who drowned in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday hit out at CRPF officials, accusing them...

सुलखानपुर : जहां इंसान तो इंसान जानवर भी मर रहे हैं भूखे

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नासिर अली, TwoCircles.net बांदा : उत्तर प्रदेश के बांदा क्षेत्र में हर गांव, हर आदमी बस एक ही इंतज़ार में है कि कब कोई करिश्मा...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 2 – Sister,...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

दिल्ली: बस्तियों में बदतर ज़िन्दगी

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: इस शहर में जहां एक तरफ़ मेट्रो की रफ़्तार से भी तेज़ ज़िन्दगी भागती है, जहां बड़े-बड़े आलीशान मकान और कोठियां...

Zainab Sayeed: UPSC cracker who wants more Muslim girls to be IAS

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: She set a target, studied hard and achieved her goal. Now, she wants other Muslim women to make an attempt...

Women activists hold press conference condemning love jihad ‘myth’, say individuals have right...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Women and civil rights activists and lawyers held a joint press conference in Delhi and Mumbai on “Right to Choose and Politics of Love Jihad.” Speakers condemned the propaganda over so called ‘Love-Jihad,’ dismissing it as myth and stressed on the fact that individual women or men not only have the right to choose their partners but are also free to choose their faith in a secular democratic country.

Rape: crime or victory?

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By Saquib Salim, I am not really a soccer fan and I do not want to pretend during world cup, just because everyone else...

At 16, Arsh Ali is India’s youngest archaeologist at work

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By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: At his age, teenagers loaf around and look for fun and adventure. Not so for the 16-year-old Arsh Ali. He not...

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...

Women’s groups demand passing of quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : More than 2,000 women from across the country came together for a protest march here Thursday demanding passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament. More than 350 NGOs took part in the rally. Donning blue caps with '33 Percent' written on it, women, joined by men, sang songs and shouted slogans as part of the protest. One of the speakers, Ranjana Kumari, director Centre for Social Research, said they would not give up their struggle till the bill is passed.

17-year-old raped by three men in car

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By IANS, New Delhi : Three men in a car dragged a 17-year-old girl into their vehicle and raped her in north Delhi Friday, police said. According to police, the men abducted the girl from outside her JJ Colony home in Shalimar Bagh when she was going to a public toilet nearby. After raping her, the men dumped her in outer Delhi. "They later dumped her in Narela (outer Delhi). The policemen patrolling the area found her on the road and took her to a hospital. Doctors have confirmed sexual assault," said a policeman.

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said. Aben Sofia was found...

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

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

तारोन दोद्राई की सीखने की ये ललक आपको हौसलों से भर देगी

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प्रियंका सुबर्नो झारखंड के खूंटी ज़िला के तोरपा ब्लॉक, ज़रिया पंचायत, रंगरू टोली गांव में स्थित ‘विलेज लेवल सर्विस सेंटर’ (वी.एल.एस.सी.) ग्राम स्तर सेवा केंद्र...

Northeast women’s panels want 33 percent reservation

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By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,

Asma Nama- Sensitivity Quotient: A Simple Note on Simplicity and Sensitivity

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By Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, A Face book post said. An Afghani child falls asleep after hard work at a brick kiln. Children as young as three year olds do hard labour, as seen here.

Woman prisoner tries to escape by scaling 22-feet jail wall

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By IANS, Raipur : A woman prisoner scaled a 22-feet jail wall and jumped off it to escape but broke her leg during the fall and was caught by the prison guards, the police said. Amrika Bai, 28, is facing a 10-year jail term since 2007 and late Saturday dodged the jail security to try and escape by scaling the complex wall. But she was caught when the guards deployed outside the jail complex spotted her. She tried to run away with a fractured leg and bruises but the guards caught her.

वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...

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."

All-party meet crucial to women’s bill, says Congress

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By IANS, New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial". "It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.

India, US to put women’s issues in strategic dialogue

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By IANS, New York: India and the US have agreed that issues related to women's empowerment should be integrated into all aspects of the India-US Strategic Dialogue.

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...

Social activist Medha Patekar arrested in Allahabad

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Lucknow: Social activist Medha Patekar was arrested in Allahabad on Saturday, police said. She was on her way to Kachari village when police tried to...

Case filed for FB post against Kejriwal’s daughter

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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...

Facing ire over remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Nupur Sharma has a record of controversies

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37-year-old Sharma is a former president of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) who rose through the ranks of the ruling BJP to become...

India’s first woman diplomat Muthamma dies at 85

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By NNN-Bernama, Bangalore : The first woman diplomat of India, C B Muthamma, died at a private hospital in this south Indian city on Wednesday following a brief illness, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting family sources as saying. Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka. She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and Ghana. She was also part of Indian diplomatic missions in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

SC to hear woman advocate’s plea over her rape

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court will Tuesday hear a plea alleging police inaction on a complaint by a woman advocate from Chhattisgarh alleging...

Once unknown names, they are now fighting to oust Mamata

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By Anurag Dey Kolkata : Once unknown beyond their immediate circles of family, friends and colleagues, they became crusaders due to difficulties and sorrow they...

‘Don’t take my daughter away’, cried the grief-stricken mother

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By Rajnish Singh, IANS,

Indian Americans hold protests in multiple US cities against hijab ban in Karnataka

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Protesters held placards saying “my body, my choice,” “revoke hijab ban,” “stop telling women what to do”, “hijab is my right,” and “hijab...

Congress, BJP have just six women candidates in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Women may comprise 47 percent of Madhya Pradesh's electorate, but the two main parties together have fielded just six candidates for the 29 Lok Sabha seats - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) four and the opposition Congress two. The two parties have also been advocating 33 percent reservation for women in all bodies. But this does not seem to translate into a more equitable distribution of nominations. The smaller parties are no different. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not fielded even one woman. Ditto with the Samajwadi Party.

CBI to probe IIT-M student Fathima Latheef’s death

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The CBI will enquire the alleged institutional murder of IIT Madras student Fathima Latheef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister...

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...

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

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By IANS, Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches here.

Courage under crisis: stories of Bangalore’s brave women

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

Panipat’s fourth battle: PM launches ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ campaign

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Panipat (Haryana) : Asking people to shun the 18th century mindset of killing daughters and to stay away from "double standards" of differentiating...

Historian Rana Safvi bags Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2020 

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Renowned historian and author Rana Safvi has won this year’s Yamin Hazarika Award. The prestigious award is given in the...

Kiran Bedi appointed Puducherry Lt. Governor

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New Delhi: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communque said on...

Woman chops off husband’s head

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By IANS, Kolkata : A woman allegedly chopped off her husband's head in a West Bengal village as part of tantra rituals, but police Wednesday said a love affair with another man was behind the murder. The incident took place at Nalhati village in Birbhum district. According to district sources, Ranga Mondal, 22, along with her three friends, hacked her husband Subrato's head with an axe at their residence Tuesday night as part of tantra practices.

Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi among top ten world’s most powerful women

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By Arun Kumar, IANS,

Arms and the woman – Uttar Pradesh’s proxy gun culture

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By Rajat Rai, IANS, Lucknow : Nearly 700 women applied for arms licences in 2008 in western Uttar Pradesh. No, the region is not witnessing some sort of movement - rather politicians and criminals are using female members of their family to procure licences by proxy. Western Uttar Pradesh, in the past few years, has registered a surprising rise in the number of arms licences procured and applied for by women.

Four gangrape convicts get 10-year jail in dacoity case

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New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday awarded 10-year jail terms to four people - earlier convicted for the brutal gangrape of December...

Disabled have divine ability, government scheme in Guinness records: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said physically challenged people have a "divine ability" and urged people to change the way...

Row over Goa minister terming rape accused ‘naive’

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Panaji : Even as Goa Police continues to probe the alleged gang rape of two Delhi women tourists, a comment by state Tourism Minister...

No vacancy for women officers in army, air force: government

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government Monday told the Delhi High Court that there is no scope to grant women officers permanent commissions in the army and air force, as there are no vacancies for them. Appearing on behalf of the government, Additional Solicitor General A.S.Chandhiok said: "Army and Air Force officers are in surplus numbers. If we grant permanent commission (PC) to the Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers, then where will we accommodate them?"

Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skies

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By Agence India Press, Srinagar: Far from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young women swap their burqas for smart suits and stilettos and dream of a career in the skies. The inauguration of an international airport in Srinagar in February gave youngsters in Kashmir's main city an alternative to traditional careers in medicine and teaching, and the valley's first aviation academy is now grooming them for the skies.

Women come out against rising sex crimes in UP

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Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih attacked in Shillong

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk New Delhi: Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih was attacked on Thursday in Shillong when she was going to the District Council Court to attend hearing in her case. She was allegedly attacked by the very persons against whom she is fighting the court case. She said she was attacked to force her withdraw the case.

बेसहारा और गरीब लड़कियों की आवाज़ बनी ‘पहचान’

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली: रुक़ैय्या जब पांचवी क्लास में थीं तो उनके अब्बा ने उनकी मां को तलाक दे दिया. रूकैय्या की मां ग़रीब...

Role model: Alifiya Khan

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A journalist working for Hindustan Times, Alifiya Khan won Anupama Jayaraman Memorial journalism award for her series of investigative news stories on health care system. She is 24 years old and a good start for new TwoCircles.net series on Role Models. Me: I was born and brought up in Mumbai. Except for short visits to various places for vacations and stories, I have never stayed in another place except this city for a long period of time.

Women’s panel demands Trinamool MP’s arrest for rape remarks

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New Delhi : Demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul for making derogatory remarks, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said...

Forensic report is confidential; it’s evidence’: Misinformation and Media Leaks Tarnish R.G. Kar Medical...

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Utsa Sarmin, TwoCircles.net Kolkata:  The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s state-run R.G. Kar Hospital has sparked widespread outrage and...

एएमयू की पुरानी छात्राओं ने बनाया ‘ब्यूटीज़ ऑफ़ दी एएमयू’ नामक संगठन

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TwoCircles.net News Desk नई दिेल्ली : अभी तक देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में अलीगढ़ मु्स्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) का ओल्ड ब्वायज़ एसोसिएशन सरगरम रहा है,...

Women’s cricket: Kiwis expect close series

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Bengaluru : New Zealand's women team head coach Haidee Tiffen on Thursday said her players were gradually getting acclimatized to the conditions here and...

खरखौदा कांड पर कुछ सवाल

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By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net, उत्तर प्रदेश, जिसे लेकर बहुत सारे राजनैतिक स्वप्न मुमकिन हैं, अब उन खौफनाक सपनों का गढ़ बनता जा रहा है जिसे हर लड़की के परिजन दिन-रात देख रहे हैं. बदायूं को लें, मुजफ्फरनगर या लखनऊ, सूबे का कोई भी प्रमुख इलाका बलात्कार और हत्या की घटनाओं से अछूता नहीं है. उन इलाकों की गिनती ही कहीं नहीं है, जहां हुए बलात्कार के मामलों की खबर ही समूचे पटल से नदारद है. इस फ़ेहरिस्त में एक और नाम, जि4ला मेरठ का जुड़ा है. मेरठ के खरखौदा में एक लड़की ने आरोप लगाया कि पिछले लगभग डेढ़ महीनों के अंतराल में उसके साथ दो बार सामूहिक बलात्कार हुआ, उसकी शरीर से किडनियां निकाल ली गईं और उसे इस्लाम कबूल करने के लिए मजबूर किया गया. प्रथम दृष्टि से यह मामला तो एक सीधा और साफ़ मामला लगता है लेकिन मामले की गहराई में जाने पर और भी कई बातें सामने आती हैं.

85 percent voters want action on violence against women

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New Delhi : Eighty-five percent of Indian voters are likely to vote for a candidate who commits to work towards ending violence against women,...

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...

Will cover the same people again if required, says Kerala journalist attacked by BJP...

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Shajila A came into limelight when the ‘Mathrubhumi daily’ carried a photo of her in tears yet continuing her duty covering...

The shallowness of the discourse on Muslim Personal Law

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By Umair Azmi The liberal silence has, thankfully, been broken. If equality between the genders is impossible within the realm of Muslim law, irrespective of...

“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।...

‘Safety of women tourists top priority’

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New Delhi : Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Shripad Yesso Naik Thursday said the safety and security of all tourists, especially women, remains...

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...

CBI files chargesheet in Unnao custodial death case

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By IANS New Delhi, July 7: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against five men including Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's brother Atul Singh...

Mahila Congress workers meet Manmohan Singh, express solidarity

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New Delhi: A delegation of Mahila Congress workers on Friday met former prime minister Manmohan Singh to convey their solidarity with him, days after...

JIH organizes a workshop on marriage

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Journey to NASA owes to AMU: Hashima Hasan

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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...

Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh enter sub-junior women’s hockey semis

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By IANS, Sonepat: Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.

Mentally unstable woman jumps to death from AIIMS building

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

Infosys techie arrested in Mysore for molesting French woman

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By IANS, Bangalore : A software engineer with Infosys Technologies Ltd was arrested late Friday for allegedly molesting a French woman at Mysore, a senior police official said. Krishnamurthy, 28, was arrested under sections 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for molestation, 341 for criminal trespass and 506 for criminal intimidation. "He has admitted to the charges," Mysore Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravikante Gowda told IANS on phone.

बीपीएससी का परिणाम जारी, मुस्लिम अभ्यर्थियों का शानदार प्रदर्शन, इस बार ‘100’ बने अफसर

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बिहार लोक सेवा आयोग (बीपीएससी) ने रविवार को बीपीएससी 64वीं संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा (सीसीई) का अंतिम परिणाम घोषित कर दिया। मेरिट लिस्ट...

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...

Woman, child killed in anti-Al Qaeda attack in Iraq: US military

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By DPA, Baghdad : The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the Al Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child. In the operation Saturday, Al Qaeda suspects riding in a vehicle refused to stop, after coalition troops fired warning shots, prompting the forces to engage them, a military statement said. The woman and the child, who were also in the vehicle, were killed in the engagement along with two gunmen.

Ruksana’s journey and rural India’s search for healthcare

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By Devanik Saha With a wound that refuses to heal on her shoulder, nine-month-old Ruksana lives with her parents - and hundreds of others patients...

‘Did I hit her? Did I abuse her? Then why the fuss?’ says BJP...

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Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Gorakhpur : A couple of days after a video surfaced in which BJP MLA from Gorakhpur(Sadar) Radha Mohan Das Aggrawal was shown shouting...

Microfinance scheme for transgenders, marginalised women

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By IANS, Chennai: In a bid to empower transgenders and marginalised women, a microfinance programme was launched by Tamil Nadu TAI Vizhudugal Federation (TAIVF) here Friday under which 16 groups were given a loan of Rs.50,000 each. "AIDS and connected issues cannot be addressed in isolation. To ensure long-term impact and sustainability of any programme we realised that transgenders and marginalised women groups have to stand on their feet, become self-reliant and take charge of their lives," R. Lakshmibai, project director, Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) said.

Women immolates self, parents alleges dowry death

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajouri Garden here, the police said Friday. The police came to know about the incident after a neighbour of the victim, Manorama, reported the crime. "Manorama's husband told the police that they had an argument in the (Thursday) afternoon, after which she poured kerosene and set herself on fire," said a police official. The police said that Manorama was taken to the Deen Dayal Hospital from where she was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 percent burns. She died Friday morning.

TMC MP likens Mamata to Mother Teresa, Goddess Saraswati

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New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali likened party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Mother Teresa and Hindu Goddess...

Mayawati has failed to protect women, downtrodden: BJP

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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...

Karnataka women seek 50 percent quota in local bodies

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By IANS, Bangalore : Women members of local government bodies in Karnataka have sought 50 percent representation for them in the three-tier 'panchayat' (local council) institutions across the state. In a memorandum to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday, a joint organisation of the members said the state government should reserve 50 percent of the total seats for women in the local bodies' elections due March 2010.

AMU’s journal on women of marginalized communities released online

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By TCN News Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has revived its reputed women’s journal 'Women and Society' by an online relaunching on Thursday, July 9. The online...

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.

Indian women finish seventh in Hawke’s Bay Cup hockey

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Array Hastings (New Zealand): The Indian women's hockey team defeated Japan 3-2 in the seventh-eighth position classification match to secure the seventh spot in the...

Kuwait opens door for first batch of Police Women Institute cadets

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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.

Navodaya Vidyalaya’s 55 girls allege molestation

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Akola (Maharashtra) : A manhunt has been launched to arrest two teachers who face charges of molesting 55 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya...

ये मेवात को जलाने की तीसरी कोशिश थी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net, मैं तीसरी बार फिर से मेवात के तावड़ू क़स्बे में हूं. समाज को जला देने वाली दो घटनाओं की रिपोर्टिंग के...

NRI raped on pretext of marriage

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

NCW conducting study on honour killings

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By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) has commissioned a research study on honour killings in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told parliament Friday. "A study has been commenced on honour killings in two states and the findings would be known after the completion of the study," Krishna Tirath told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. The government is in the final stages of preparing a bill on honour killings to curb the social menace.

इसरो में चयन, अब वैज्ञानिक बनेंगे काशिफ,अरीब और जमशेद

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net दिल्ली स्थित जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया के छात्र मोहम्मद काशिफ़ का इसरो में चयन हुआ हैं। काशिफ़ ने राष्ट्रीय स्तर की इस...

19 years and counting: the tale of Naseema Begum’s wait for her missing husband

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In the second of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Naseema Dar. Tengpora...

Shilpa calls on women to turn their own saviours

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By IANS, Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty has called on women to strengthen themselves physically and mentally to become their own saviours in times of crisis.

Mother’s Day With Munawwar Rana

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By Wasiullah Shaikh, TwoCircles.net, Wherever the word ‘Mother’ is mentioned in Urdu poetry events, there the name ‘Munawwar Rana’- a famous urdu poet of our time, will also be mentioned. Through his beautiful poetry (Shayeri), Munawwar Rana has brought whole universe into a single word ‘Mother’.

US team visiting India to boost women’s numbers in ICT

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Assam to raise task force to deal with crime against women

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By IANS, Guwahati: Assam will soon form a task force to deal with the rising crimes against women across the state.

Severest punishment for woman’s killers: Meghalaya home minister

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Shillong: Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri Thursday assured severest punishment to the GNLA rebels involved in the coldblooded murder of a tribal Garo woman...

Muslim women should be allowed to wear burqa: Tory chairperson

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By IANS, London : Muslim women should have the right to choose to wear the burqa, Conservative Party chairperson Sayeeda Warsi has said. "Just because a woman wears the burqa, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life," she says. Warsi, the first Muslim woman to serve in the cabinet, defended the burqa Monday. "Just because a woman wears the burka, it doesn’t mean she can’t engage in everyday life. Why should we tell women what to wear? What it boils down to is choice. If women don’t have a choice over what to wear then they are oppressed.

Ensure fair probe into St.Stephen’s incident: Centre to UGC

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New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Saturday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to look into the case of alleged sexual...

Hijab controversy resurfaces in Mangalore

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mangalore: Time and again, the Hijab row continues to haunt Muslim girls in educational institutions across Karnataka, but especially so in Mangalore. This time, a college management on the outskirts of the city at Valachil in Dakshina Kannada district has asked girls not to attend the classes wearing Hijab.

Favour women SHGs in allocation of ration shops: Jharkhand CM

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Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday instructed the officials to favour Women's self-help groups (SHGs) in allocation of ration shops in...

To mom with love: Lifestyle stores line up special Mother’s Day hampers

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By IANS, New Delhi : "Mother of mine you gave to me, all my life to do as I please..." As children gear up to pamper their mothers this Sunday, lifestyle and home decor stores are getting ready to cash in on the umbilical tie with an array of gifts. The wares on offer for Mother's Day vary from designer coffee mugs, delicate silver bric-a-bracs, chandeliers with antique finish, ivory bathroom sets, fine-dining cutlery, upholstered chairs to designer 'kurtis', accessories and handbags.

Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder". Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.

Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists

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New Delhi : Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate...

Mamata to attend meeting on women’s quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend a meeting of all political parties in the Lok Sabha on the women's reservation bill here Monday, a Trinamool Congress leader said Saturday. The Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the Congress-led ruling coalition, had abstained from voting on the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha March 9. "Mamataji will attend the meeting," Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay told IANS. However, the party did not reveal the strategy to be adopted in the meeting.

Akkriti’s autopsy report hints she died of asphyxiation

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By IANS, New Delhi : Akkriti Bhatia, a Class 12 student of Modern School Vasant Vihar in the national capital, died of asphyxiation stemming from an asthma attack, according to the post mortem examination report, police said Friday. "The post mortem examination report hints Akkriti died of asphyxia. It seems to be a natural death but we are awaiting her viscera report and any conclusion can be reached only after going through the viscera report," a police officer told IANS.

From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...

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Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...

Safina tops women’s rankings

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By DPA, Hamburg: Dinara Safina retained first place in the latest women's tennis rankings issued Monday by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as she makes another attempt to claim her first title at the majors. The Russian Safina takes 9,801 points into the French Open which started Sunday, with the Williams sisters Serena and Venus following on 7,838 and 7,237 points, respectively. The defending French Open champion Ana Ivanova of Serbia is eighth on 4,892 points. WTA top 10 as of May 25 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 9,801 points

Railway Protection Force to get women’s battalion

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National mission for women’s empowerment to be launched

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By IANS, New Delhi : A national mission for empowerment of women will be launched to achieve convergence among women-centric programmes run at various levels, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, she said a token sum of Rs.10 million has been earmarked for the scheme for the current financial year. "It is proposed that the mission will primarily oversee implementation of women centric programmes of the participating ministries, state government and panchayati raj institutions," the minister said.

Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban

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Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday. "Trinamool...

Jamia Professor receives RULA Award

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By Manzar Imam Professor (Dr) Tasneem Fatma, scientist and former Head of the Department of Bio-Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi has been honoured...

Girls thrashed at Karnataka’s Mangalore for partying

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Bihar minister’s husband booked for extortion

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Patna: A case has been lodged against the husband of a Bihar minister for allegedly trying to extort money from government officials and threatening...

Tripura to give allowance to domestic workers, transgenders

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura on Tuesday announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients and...

रामनवमी शोभायात्रा के दौरान देश भर में हुई हिंसा पैदा कर रही है बड़ी...

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Ethnic minority women grossly under-represented in UK

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By IRNA, London : Ethnic minority women are grossly under- represented in British politics by some 600 per cent, according to a new report by Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote Black campaign group. Black, Asian and minority ethnic women account for less than one percent of England's 20,000 local councilors, numbering only 168, when some 1,000 would be more representative, the report found.

Self-defence training programme for girls in West Bengal madrasas

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Starting from July, the West Bengal Director of Madrasa Education will start a 45-day free of cost self-defence training programme...

A widow’s vote: A photo essay

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Text and images by Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net Aligarh went to the polls on April 18, 2019 with almost a 60% voter turnout. Before it happened,...

Jamaat Islami’s women wing protests Nicolas Sarkozy’s remark on hijab

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By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: As a part of the ongoing agitation against the French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s statement calling hijab a sign of ‘subservience’, the women wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s Maharashtra unit handed over a memorandum to the Consulate General of France in Mumbai and urged them to take it to President Sarkozy.

Australia takes tough line on female circumcision

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By DPA, Sydney : Female circumcision is called female genital mutilation (FGM) in Australia and it's a crime. Those performing it face a possible seven-year prison term and those who don't report it risk a stiff fine. In Sydney's outer suburb of Auburn, there's a specialist FGM clinic that has been in operation for over 10 years and sees around 40 women a year. The typical patient is in her 20s, is about to wed, and was operated on by a village midwife in an African or Middle Eastern country when she was young.

Teacher is raped, cops squabble

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By IANS, New Delhi: A 20-year-old computer teacher was raped in the Indian capital by six men but police investigation was delayed following a row between two police stations over the jurisdiction of the case. The incident took place around 8 p.m. Monday near a computer institute in Sultanpuri in west Delhi when the victim was returning home with a male friend. Near the Sultanpuri railway crossing, the accused thrashed the friend and dragged away the woman, a police officer said. After she was raped, she was dumped near the railway track.

French woman found dead in Goa

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By IANS, Panaji : A French woman was found dead in a trailer parked near Vagator beach in Goa, while a man believed to be her companion was lying unconscious next to her, police said Monday. The trailer, equipped with modern amenities including a mini kitchen, was found parked near Vagator beach, 25 km from state capital Panaji, Sunday. Police suspect it could be a case of drug overdose.

SC allows Jamiat-e-Ulema to intervene in rights of Muslim women matter

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday permitted an intervention application by the Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind contending that Muslim personal law was protected by the...

Swarovski’s ode to your special woman with new line

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By IANS, New Delhi: This Women’s Day, celebrate the women who have touched your life and add a sparkle to their life with exquisitely designed...
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