Home Women

Women

Random

Indian women beat Ireland 2-1

Women
New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team put on an inspiring show to beat Ireland 2-1 in their second Test match in Dublin. The win...

Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan

Women
By IANS, Islamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday.

Now Indo-US bilateral agenda on women’s issues

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning women during her stay here. Talking to reporters at the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) in the capital, Verveer, whose position was created by the Barack Obama administration this year, said women's issues were of primary global concern and every effort needs to be made on behalf of the government and the civil society to address them.

CPI (ML) demands CBI probe into Delhi school stampede

Women
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The Delhi State Committee of the CPI (ML) today demanded a CBI enquiry into the Khajuri Khas government school stampede in which five girl students were killed on September 10, alleging that the state government was not bringing out the truth. The organization has also demanded resignation of Delhi education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Muslim woman politician donates 5 acre land for Urdu University

Women
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: A Muslim woman politician from Maharashtra has donated five acres of land in the historic city of Aurangabad to the Hyderabad based Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for setting up a university campus there. Fauzia Tehseen, Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra announced donating the land during a visit to MANUU in Hyderabad on the invitation of the university management.

Hundreds of protesters gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

Women
By IANS,

Health organisations call for gender equality this Women’s Day

Women
New Delhi : Health organisations on Monday called for improved gender equality all over the world, particularly in the economy and access to healthcare. They...

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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

50 percent quota for women in panchayats lauded

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission of Women Thursday welcomed the cabinet's decision to reserve 50 percent of seats in rural panchayats for women. "We are delighted," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here. The cabinet has approved amendment of article 243 D of the constitution to increase the reservation from 33 percent to 50 percent of the panchayat seats to be filled by direct election for women. "Women face discrimination from the home to parliament. They have to be made equal partners in decision-making," she said.

Tripura governor asks police to protect women

Women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...

Obama administration backs gay marriages in Supreme Court

Women
Washington: The Obama administration called state bans on same-sex marriage "incompatible with the constitution", as a brief was filed in the US Supreme Court...

Danish school bans Muslim students from wearing niqab

Women
Copenhagen : An adult education centre in a Copenhagen suburb has told Muslim students that they can no longer attend classes unless they remove...

Nabard’s Rs.15 bn fund to help women’s self-help groups

Women
By IANS,

Sadhvi Pragya on hunger strike, demands Kumbh visit

Women
Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya, who was given a clean chit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the National Investigation Agency, on Monday began a...

Sania top contender for Khel Ratna

Women
New Delhi : Following a string of strong performances, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has emerged as the frontrunner to be awarded the...

President, vice-president for more women in legislatures

Women
New Delhi : Stressing the need for appropriate women representation in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said women's empowerment was...

Nitish orders police transfers after stripping of woman in public

Women
By IANS, Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday reshuffled the state's top police brass following an alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here. The incident shocked the nation. Fourteen Indian Police Service (IPS) officers including the inspector general of police and the deputy inspector general have been transferred. Top police officers in Patna, including district and city police chiefs, have been removed and posted at different places. Fourteen deputy superintendents of police have also been transferred.

Female celebrities endorse International Women’s Day

Women
By IANS,

Police prevent women from reaching Trimbakeshwar Temple

Women
Pune/Nashik : Moving swiftly to avoid a possible confrontation, Maharashtra Police on Monday evening detained over 100 women activists planning to storm the sanctum...

Women protest Meghalaya minister’s derogatory remarks

Women
By IANS, Shillong: All women's organisations Monday boycotted the official International Women's Day celebration in Meghalaya, one of India's matriarchal states, in protest over the deputy chief minister's alleged derogatory remarks against them. The organisations instead held protest rallies and a signature campaign against Deputy Chief Minister B.M. Lanong's remarks.

हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी

Women
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...

Saudi Arabia to recruit 500 nurses from Kerala

Women
By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: The Saudi Arabian administration is set to recruit 500 Muslim women nurses from Kerala to work in hospitals in and around Mecca and Madina.

I am in race to become governor: Indian American woman

Women
By Gurmukh Singh, IANS, Toronto : Yet another Indian American, this time a woman born to Sikh parents from Amritsar, is in the race to become governor of a US state. Nikki Randhawa Haley, 37, who is in the fray for the post of governor of South Carolina in the US, says she is in the race to win. If she gets elected, Nikki will be the first Indian American woman to become governor in the US, and the second Indian after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana state.

BSF to deploy women troopers along borders

Women
By IANS, Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...

Essay writing competition in celebration of Mother’s Day

Women
By TCN News, New Delhi: Human’s Pride, an NGO that works for the poor and oppressed section of the society has announced a national essay writing competition for Mother’s Day.

Kuwaiti Committee to organise two regional confs. on women’s issues

Women
By NNN-KUNA, Abu Dhabi : The Kuwaiti Cabinet Committee on Women's Affairs plans to organise two regional conferences, one on the Arabian Gulf level and the other on the Arab level in December and February, advisor of the committee Dr. Ahmad Al-Bustan said on Friday. "The first conference will debate the issue of social security while the other will discuss the negative aspects of Arab communities," Al-Bustan told KUNA following the second conference of the Arab Women Organisation (AWO) which came to a close here on Thursday.

SC bars seeking votes over religion, ruling hailed

Women
New Delhi (IANS) : The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that seeking votes on the basis of religion, race, caste or language of a candidate...

Ness Wadia booked over Preity Zinta’s charge

Women
Mumbai: An FIR on Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's alleged molestation charge against her ex-boyfriend and business partner, industrialist Ness Wadia was registered Saturday, police...

पूजा करने गई महिला से गैंगरेप,बंदायू में हुई जघन्य वारदात

Women
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net  उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में एक महिला के साथ निर्भया कांड जैसी घटना को फिर से दोहराने का मामला सामने आया है। 50...

No consensus on women’s bill, discussions to continue

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The central government Monday said it would continue discussions on the women's reservation bill, after its meeting with leaders of parties in the Lok Sabha failed to reach a consensus as most opponents stuck to their stated positions. "Further discussion will continue," the government said in a statement after the nearly two-and-half hour meeting on the contentious bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Bihar ISc results: Firdaus Parween gets 5th rank in state

Women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Patna: Firdaus Parween from T P College in Madhepura is among top five rankers in Bihar intermediate exam 2010 (science stream). The top five positions in the state this year have been grabbed by girls with Shweta Rajani, a student of J D Women’s College, Patna, securing the first position with 425 aggregate marks.

Under the pretext of Uniform Civil Code, there is an attempt to humiliate India’s...

Women
By Misbahuddin Mirza for Twocircles.net The present government’s attempt to specifically and selectively target the Indian Muslim Personal Law, while conveniently ignoring the serious negative...

Andhra-born woman minister Dipika Damerla blazes a trail in Canada

Women
Toronto : Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is the first Indian-origin woman minister in Canada's biggest province of Ontario, is blazing a trail in...

Extraordinary stories of ordinary women

Women
TCN Special Series: Part IV on Jayanti Keishing By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

A singing nomad between Morocco and France

Women
Stefan Franzen Paris - Hindi Zahra is the new face of a young generation of emancipated, cosmopolitan singers and songwriters from North Africa. Her album Handmade is due to be released in late February.

Mamata seeks to defend pendency of rape trials

Women
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration's inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it...

अस्पताल की लापरवाही से यासीन की मौत, संगठनों ने लगाया सपा सरकार पर आरोप

Women
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ: जमीनी विवाद में जिंदा जला दिए गए बाराबंकी स्थित हैदरगढ़ के मोहम्मद यासीन की लखनऊ के सिविल अस्पताल में इलाज के...

Woman allegedly burnt alive by in-laws in North Kashmir

Women
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Bandipora: Rehana Gulzar, a 33-year-old woman and a mother of three, was allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws in Ahm-e-Sharief, a...

Dec 16 gang rape timeline

Women
A woman was brutally raped by six people Dec 16, 2012, night in a moving private bus in the national capital. She later died...

Men harassed by women want separate ministry for themselves

Women
Agra: A two-day national conference of men's rights activists representing more than 100 groups across India has demanded a separate ministry for men's welfare,...

NCW summons Ashutosh for ‘demeaning’ women

Women
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh for "demeaning" women through one of the articles...

Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’

Women
Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said. The incident took...

Interview: Uzma Nahid on Muslim Personal Law Board

Women
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, In a candid interview with TwoCircles.net, Uzma Nahid, the member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) talked elaborately and in detail on the role and the working pattern of the Board and its role and responsibilities in the context of the socio-economic conditions of Indian Muslims.

Yadav chieftains stifle women’s aspirations

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Two Yadav chieftains, with a combined strength of 15 in the Rajya Sabha, succeeded Monday to prevent voting on a historic legislation that seeks to reserve one-third seats in parliament and state assemblies for women.

Decision on women fighter pilots will be considered: President

Women
By IANS, Pune : A decision to induct women into the fighter stream will be taken after due consideration, President Pratibha Patil said after completing her sortie in the Indian Air Force (IAF) war jet Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Wednesday. The president, who is also the first woman supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that while she had confidence in the capability of women, the decision to allow women in combat would be taken by the three services after deliberation.

Sandra wins $50,000 women’s ITF title

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Third seed Sandra Zahlavova of Czech Republic overpowered Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the $50,000 women's ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) courts here Saturday. Bojana, 16, who put out the first and fifth seeds en route, had no answer to 23-year-old Sandra's aggressive play. The Czech found a chink in the Serb's armour, a weak forehand, and attacked it relentlessly, though both had problems with their serve to start with.

Action sought against two lawyers for derogatory remarks on women

Women
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association on Friday sought action against two lawyers - M.L. Sharma and A.P.Singh - for making derogatory...

On World Food Day, rural women demand land rights to fight hunger

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Seventy percent of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, yet only 10 percent women farmers own any land. On World Food Day Thursday, women from various parts of rural India demanded agricultural land rights - to battle hunger and poverty. Supported by members of local NGOs and international NGO ActionAid's HungerFree campaign, these women, most of whom work as agricultural farmers yet don't have the right on their piece of land, stressed that this was the way out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

Goa women’s panel to probe ‘blouse-ripping’ cop

Women
By IANS, Panaji : The Goa women's commission will probe a senior police inspector who has been repeatedly caught ripping off women's blouses during public agitations and protests, an official said Tuesday. Speaking to IANS, chairperson of the Goa state commission for women (GSCW) Ezilda Sapeco said the commission had called for footage from local TV news channels of Monday's protest outside the State Secretariat and would convene a meeting of its members on the issue soon.

Agra lawyers’ strike over advocate’s wife’s murder

Women
Agra : Lawyers in this Uttar Pradesh city went on strike on Wednesday to protest the loot and murder of a colleague's wife and...

The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

Lead Story
The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net  UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...

85 percent voters want action on violence against women

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

Girl child empowerment responsibility of cinema: Shabana

Women
By IANS,

A day for some poor mothers

Women
By Zohra Javed I just cannot get her out of my mind. That sweet little girl. How old must she be...? Two...three...not more in any case.

Sedition case against Amnesty International over Kashmir event in Bangalore

Women
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Banglore: In a significant move, the Bangalore police on Monday filed an FIR against Amnesty International India, the global human...

मज़हब पर उठती उंगलियों से भरा रहा बीता साल

Women
जावेद अनीस पिछले डेढ़ सालों में इस देश में अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी और लोकतंत्र के दायरे कम हुए हैं और बहुसंख्यकवाद का अहंकार सामने आया...

Akhilesh gives Rs.20 lakh to rape victim’s kin

Women
By IANS, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the young woman who died in Singapore after being gang-raped in Delhi.

Sikkimese woman raped in Delhi

Women
New Delhi: A 25-year old woman from Sikkim has allegedly been raped in the national capital, police said Friday. The victim in her complaint said...

Saudi Arabia vows to create more jobs for women

Women
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will announce in the coming days more female-only jobs for more than one million unemployed women in the country, media reported...

Voting begins in 89 constituencies in Karnataka

Women
By IANS, Bangalore : Voting began Saturday in 89 constituencies in 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first of the three-phase elections to the 224-member state assembly whose outcome has assumed national importance as it could be a pointer to the timing of parliamentary polls. Around 17.3 million voters, including 8.4 million women, are eligible to pick their representatives from over 950 candidates. There are 17 women contestants.

Workshop teaches women how to be safe

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Self-defence, cyber crime and awareness on laws were some of the issues dwelt upon at a workshop on women's safety here Saturday.

Women who did not lose faith: tales of grit and fortitude

Women
By Kanu Sarda, IANS New Delhi : Neelam Katara, Neelam Krishnamurthy, Indu Jalali, Sabrina Lall... they are all stories of grit and fortitude. Women who have been moved by personal tragedy to step into India's courts day after day to bring the perpetrators of crime to book. And in the process they have inspired hundreds of others not to lose faith.

Woman spends 10,000 pounds to hear her cat miaow again

Women
By IANS, London : A pet owner in southeast Britain has spent a whopping 10,000 pounds to hear her moggy miaow again after the cat suffered a rare throat condition, the Daily Telegraph reported. Jean Kelly, 40, first noticed her 13-year-old pet Cadbury suddenly lost his voice. She did not take any time to visit a vet who diagnosed that Cadbury was suffering from a paralysed larynx, a rare condition that needed immediate surgery.

‘वंडर मदर ‘ बुशरा बानो का एक और कमाल, शादी के 13 साल बाद...

Women
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net भारत की सबसे प्रेरणादायक बेटियों में से एक बुशरा अरशद बानो ने एक और कमाल कर दिया है। सोमवार को सिविल सर्विस...

बिहार में भी जज बने 22 मुसलमान, जिनमें शामिल है 7 लड़कियां

Women
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net  पटना- उत्तर प्रदेश और राजस्थान में न्यायिक सेवा में मुस्लिम  युवाओं के अच्छे प्रदर्शन के बाद अब बिहार न्यायिक सेवा...

Ramadan 1437: Unsa Rehmani

Women
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net Working at the ART Centre, an Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre at Medical College run by Aligarh Muslim University for HIV positive patients,...

Mary Kom calls for inclusion of women’s boxing in Olympics

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Four-time world champion Mary Kom has called for the inclusion of women's boxing in the Olympic Games. The Indian said she was hopeful that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its executive board meeting scheduled August 13 would take the decision in favour of the sport. "Boxing is my career and my life. I am just hopeful that the IOC gives us female boxers the perfect answer," Mary Kom was quoted as saying in International Boxing Association (AIBA) website Wednesday.

Fight female foeticide through literacy: Himachal governor

Women
By IANS, Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau Monday underlined the need to promote female literacy to combat the social evil of female foeticide. Rau said: "There is a need to encourage female literacy to eradicate social evils like female foeticide." Addressing a function here organised by Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti to mark International Literacy Day, Rau said "higher literacy levels would also bring about economic freedom for women and empower them." The Governor commended the state government for its efforts to increase literacy in the state.

Shia, Sunni speakers share stage at Chennai event

Women
By TCN News, Chennai: Shia and Sunni speakers came together on stage to talk about ‘Importance of Hijab in women empowerment’ and the topic of Islamic bondage between Shia and Sunni Muslims. The seminar ‘Importance of Hijab in Women Empowerment’ was addressed by Sayeda Sabika Haider, Tabassum Aun, Aalima Ummey Laila and Fathima Muzaffar Sahiba. It was held on Sunday, April 5 at ‘Imam Ali ibne Abi Talib (as) Islamic Centre’ at Perambur, a statement from the Chennai Shia Youth Association said.

Shimla gets special buses for women

Women
By IANS, Shimla : "Only for women" special buses have been started in this Himachal Pradesh capital for the convenience of the fairer sex, an official said Monday. "We have started special buses in Shimla for women. This is for the first time in the state that a bus service reserved only for women has been launched," Himachal Road Transport Corporation Managing Director Somesh Goel said. He said initially two buses would ply across the town from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. "If the response to these is good, then more buses would be deployed in the town," he said.

President meets UN-bound former women scavengers

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil has met 30 women from Rajasthan who have been liberated from the age-old inhuman practice of manual scavenging and are all set to walk the ramp at the United Nations General Assembly hall witn some wellknown models. Assuring them that the manual scavenging practice would soon be abolished completely in India, the president told them that she would also discuss the matter with the government. The 30 women were selected as part of a social reform initiative of the Sulabh sanitation movement.

Singapore premier urges couples to have more babies

Women
By DPA, Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Saturday called on couples to have more children as the city-state's birth rate slipped to its lowest level in 2009. "Despite all our efforts, we are producing far too few babies," Lee said in a message marking Sunday's start of the lunar Year of the Tiger. "Last year, we were short of at least 10,000 babies just to replace ourselves," he added. Lee especially urged ethnic Chinese to dismiss their superstitions against children born in a Year of the Tiger.

71 women get B.Ed. degrees at Mazharul Uloom College of Ambur

Women
By Shafee Ahmed Ko,

Ayesha Khatun : The woman on a mission

Women
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Do genes control intolerance and anti-social behaviour?

Women
By Nishant Arora New Delhi: As Indian society grapples with the issue of intolerance and violence, genetic experts are opening up the hoary discussion on...

“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...

Lead Story
Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...

Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar

Women
By IANS, Srinagar : Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.

Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder

Women
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.

Woman alleges assault after she refused surrogacy

Women
Lucknow: A young woman law student Monday lodged a police complaint saying she was beaten up and humiliated in public in Meerut Feb 3...

Dhaka firms up law to curb acid attacks on women

Women
By IANS, Dhaka : A law to curb violence against women in the form of acid being thrown at them has been approved in Bangladesh, which has witnessed 132 incidents of this kind since January. The legislation, Acid Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009, aims to establish "strict government control on the use of acid materials and curb acid related crimes", it was announced Monday after approval was given by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Women’s body not to send team to Rajasthan

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Sunday said it had not received any complaint from the Gujjar community of police atrocities on their protesting women, but added that it had given suo moto orders that the women be treated humanely and according to the law. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas told IANS Sunday that they had first given the instructions to the Rajasthan police “ten days ago”, when 26 women from the Gujjar community were arrested for stopping railway traffic near Bandikui in Dausa district for nearly six days.

NWF’s ‘Awakening’ conference to be held at Coimbatore on Nov 16

Women
By TCN News, Mangalore: The Awakening conference for women empowerment will be held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 16th November 2014. Presenting the theme and objectives...

N​​​ational Women’s Front celebrates ​​International Women’s Day

Women
By TCN News, Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF). These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.

Ashalata Kamble: Redefining motherhood to include the voices of marginalised women

Women
By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net How does one define motherhood? Is it not important to locate the position of scholars who have commented and written extensively...

Government confident of women’s bill passage: Moily

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Despite several hiccups that the women's reservation bill is facing in parliament, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Sunday night said the central government is confident to pass the bill in the current budget session. "We want to pass the bill this session. We are very confident," Moily told the CNN-IBN news channel in an interview.

जामिया के 6 छात्रों का पीएम फैलोशिप के लिए चयन

Women
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया के छह शोधार्थियों का प्रधानमंत्री रिसर्च फेलोशिप के लिए चयन हुआ है। इन शोधार्थियों को दिसंबर 2020...

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

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

Woman murdered in West Bengal but police call it a suicide; family alleges political...

Women
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The death of a woman from an industrialist family in West Bengal’s Raniganj town has raised several doubts over the...

US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’

Women
By Arun Kumar, IANS, Washington : An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in all aspects of their lives. Kathleen Mulligan, assistant professor of voice and speech in Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, New York will work closely with the women's centre at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi as well as with adolescent girls in the community.

CBI files charge-sheet against 13, rules out rape, murder in Shopian case

Women
By Agence India Press Srinagar: The CBI has filed a charge-sheet against 13 people including six doctors and lawyers for allegedly "fabricating" evidence in the aftermath of recovery of two bodies of women Nelofer and Asiya in Shopian in May this year. The CBI informed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday that a charge-sheet had been filed before a Chief Judicial Magistrate against 13 people for allegedly creating false evidence and witnesses.

Women’s commission faces heavy backlog of complaints

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) is facing a heavy backlog of complaints that were either not taken up or not disposed of, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Friday. "In the annual audit inspection of 2008-09, the issue of pendency (of complaints) has been pointed out in the National Commission for Women (NCW)," Tirath informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply. "Efforts are made to settle and cut down the pendency by NCW," she added.

Haryana sisters thrash molesters as passengers look on

Women
Rohtak (Haryana) : The Haryana Police is drawing flak for not being able to take any action after an incident of two sisters courageously...

Mohsina Kidwai elected chairperson of Haj committee

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected vice chairmen at the meeting of the newly constituted committee, according to a statement by the ministry of external affairs.
Kidwai is a Congress general secretary.

Saina in final of Indonesian Open Super series

Women
By IANS, Jakarta: India's Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the Indonesian Open Super Series with a 21-9, 21-10 victory over Eriko Hirose of Japan Saturday. Defending champion Saina, who is the top seed in the tournament, will take on Japan's Sayaka Sato, who beat Indonesian qualifier Ana Rovita 22-20, 21-17, in the title clash Sunday. The Indian is in line for three titles in three weeks, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix and Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks which saw her climb three places to world no.3.

Indira Gandhi loved simple things: Shahnaz Husain

Women
By Shilpa Raina, IANS, New Delhi : A woman who liked simple things and was "in love with her country and grandchildren". That's how herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain describes Indira Gandhi, the 'iron lady' of Indian politics. "Mrs Gandhi was a very beautiful woman; a person like her will never be born again. She had an electrifying presence. You just couldn't get over her personality," Husain told IANS in an interview over phone from London.

पहले तो हमारी सोच का दायरा इतना छोटा नहीं था…

Women
तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी, TwoCircles.net के लिए भारत के तमाम नागरिकों को भारतीय संविधान के तहत यह अधिकार हासिल है कि वो जिस धर्म को चाहे, उसके...

‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...

Women
“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...

Women experience greater sexual harassment in balanced groups

Women
By IANS, Washington : Latest research clears misconceptions about women being sexually harassed only when they are a minority at the work place. A study looking at 110 groups worldwide found that women, working in evenly matched groups, were more likely to be harassed than women in predominantly male or female groups. In these situations, they were more likely to experience taunting, patronizing, and predatory behaviours.

Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy award

Women
By IANS, United Nations : A newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year's Literacy Prizes awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Khabar Lahariya, the fortnightly newspaper distributed to more than 20,000 readers in Uttar Pradesh, is entirely created and marketed by newly literate "low caste" women who are training as journalists in Chitrakoot and Banda districts.

Saudi Arabia appoints woman to lead Ebola fight

Women
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has appointed a woman, Tamara Tayeb, to lead the country's fight against the Ebola virus disease, media reported Friday. Deputy Commander...

Give death to molestation bid accused: Bihar MLA

Women
Patna : An RJD legislator in Bihar on Wednesday demanded death penalty for those accused of fatally injuring his sister by throwing her out...

शौहर को जेल भेजना इस मसले का हल नहीं है: सहबा

Women
नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net के लिए पिछले दिनों हमारे मुल्क में यह माहौल बनाने की कोशि‍श की गई कि सभी मुसलमान महिलाएं तीन तलाक़ क़ानून के...

उज़मा नाहिद : मुस्लिम महिलाओं को आर्थिक रूप से सशक्त बनाने की एक मिशन

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net मुंबई : मुसलमानों में मज़हबी तौर पर जो रिवायती घराने हैं, उन घरानों की बेटियां भी देश की खुली फ़िज़ा...

SC seeks response on women’s entry in mosques

Women
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim...

Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce

Lead Story
Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community. Riya Talitha...

Rape heinous crime but against blanket death penalty, Mulayam tells NCW

Women
New Delhi : Amid a controversy over his remarks opposing death penalty for rape, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has told the NCW...

The forgotten heroines of India from crypts of history

Women
(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Hijab controversy resurfaces in Mangalore

Women
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.

A woman contesting polls for women’s cause

Women
By F. Ahmed, IANS, Bandipora, (Jammu and Kashmir) : Defying separatists' boycott call and militant threats, Gousia Bashir, the lone woman candidate in this north Kashmir constituency, says she is contesting the elections to highlight the problems of women and the poor. Bandipora, once a hotbed of militants, goes to the polls Nov 17 in the first of the seven-phase assembly elections. And Gousia is contesting against 21 other candidates, all men.

Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists

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

South Asian Women’s Day observed in Delhi

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : Students from a number of South Asian countries living in Delhi came together at the Delhi University Monday to celebrate the South Asian Women's Day. The celebrations saw cultural programmes by students from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Tibetan community. Amrita, one of the organisers of the programme, said: "On this day we would like to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism in Pakistan, the internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka, India and Burma and to the anonymous victims of armed violence."

India’s first all-women post office comes up in Delhi

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : After announcing India's all women public bank, the central government Friday started an all women post office here on the occasion of the International Women`s Day.

AAP women MLAs to meet Rajnath, Jung over crimes against women

Women
New Delhi : Women legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung and Delhi...

Thousands of Muslim women gather to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned...

Women
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Seven beaten up in Jharkhand for suspected occult ritual

Women
By IANS, Ranchi : Seven people including a woman were brutally beaten near a Jharkhand village as local residents suspected them of carrying out an occult ritual. According to local media reports Wednesday, about ten people reached Hundru waterfall Tuesday near Sikidiri village, around 70 km from Ranchi. Their luggage included two goats and three hens.

Kerala’s rival fronts trade charges over woman guard

Women
By IANS,

ट्रिपल तलाक़ –ये सवाल जाकर मोदी जी से पूछो!

Women
फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net             रोहतास (बिहार) : आजकल अख़ाबर के पन्ने ‘ट्रिपल तलाक़’ के ख़बरों से भरे पड़े हैं. ‘फ़ोन पर पत्नी को तलाक़ दिया’,...

Women to the fore in Bihar panchayat polls

Women
By Imran Khan, IANS,

Indian-origin man charged with murdering woman

Women
Sydney: An Indian-origin man was Wednesday charged with the murder of a Singaporean student at a hotel in the Australian city of Brisbane. Senthill Kumar...

‘Allocate more funds to implement Domestic Violence Act’

Women
By IANS,

Bihar’s silent revolution: 30,000 women now own land

Women
By Imran Khan, IANS,

Women’s power at Sushma’s high tea

Women
New Delhi : With warm hugs and handshakes under a pleasant spring sun with some delectable eats to add the extra zest, prominent women...

डींगरहेड़ी कांड : महापंचायत ने जलाई इंसाफ़ की मशाल

Women
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net तावड़ू (हरियाणा) : मेवात ज़िले के डींगरहेड़ी गांव में 24-25 अगस्त की रात को गौरक्षकों द्वारा दो लोगों की हत्या, एक...

Women’s Reservation Bill: What it means for Muslim representation?

Women
By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net,

Woman power rises as Siachen trek enters second phase

Women
By Ritu Sharma, IANS, Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) : In a first, five women trekkers are among the 37 civilians who will be scaling icy peaks and braving extreme weather to reach the Siachen Glacier, once known as the world's highest and coldest battleground and where the guns have been silent for the past five years. There was just one woman on the trek last year.

Pandemonium in UP Assembly over gang-rape, law and order

Women
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday erupted into noisy protests by the opposition against the gang-rape and killing of a college girl in...

Shahnaz to attend White House summit of entrepreneurs

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain has been invited for a summit to the White House and will also be undergoing a short course at Harvard University. The 63-year-old has been invited to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, April 26 and 27. "I am very happy to receive this invitation and to represent brand India there," Husain told IANS.

NCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women

Women
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive...

Raped Dalit girl battles for life

Women
Ghaziabad : A minor Dalit girl who set herself on fire after being raped in Ghaziabad is battling for life with 50 percent burns...

Women becoming more susceptible to heart diseases: Expert

Women
By IANS, New Delhi: Changing lifestyle, stress and a poor metabolic profile are making young and middle-aged women more susceptible to heart diseases, a cardiology expert said here Saturday.

Nitish Kumar announces support for women’s quota bill

Women
By IANS, Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come out in open support for the women's reservation bill, putting the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in a dilemma as party president Sharad Yadav has opposed the legislation. "I am in support of the women's reservation bill in its present form, it should be pushed through soon," Nitish Kumar told reporters here Saturday.

Rights panels urged to probe Bihar police assault on women

Women
By IANS,

Women protest police inaction against rape accused in Haryana

Women
By IANS,

Senior Andhra cop to be probed for sexual harassment

Women
By IANS, Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a probe against Vijayawada Police Commissioner P.S.R. Anjaneyulu for allegedly sexually harassing some women.

Chinese women now initiate majority of divorces

Women
By IANS, Beijing: Women in China are now taking the lead in filing for divorce, with 70 percent of cases initiated by wives in 2010.

Lucknow Biotech park to train women farmers

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : Free training programmes will be provided to women farmers by the Biotech Park here to enable them to apply new technologies to increase agricultural yield, an official said Monday. "We will be launching training programmes to hone the skills of women farmers from Sep 7," said P.K. Seth, CEO of the Biotech Park. "Though the programmes will be open to women farmers from across the state, initially we will enrol farmers from Lucknow and its adjoining districts," an official at the Biotech Park said.

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

Women
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...

दिल्ली दंगों में पहली सज़ा,दिनेश को पांच साल का कारावास

Women
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने फरवरी 2020 में उत्तर-पूर्वी दिल्ली में हुए दंगे के मामले में पहली सज़ा सुनाई है। गुरुवार को कड़कड़डूमा...

Close to 6,000 poor patients treated free by IMRC in 12 days in three...

Women
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kerala:The 7th annual India Health Initiative-2016, a program created by US-based NGO India Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) to...

DCW writes to Maneka Gandhi on trafficking of women

Women
New Delhi : Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday urged Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to convene a meeting...

Manipuri women assault: Three more accused get bail

Women
By IANS, New Delhi : A court here Friday granted bail to three people accused of assaulting two Manipuri women. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri...

Another twist to the Muzaffarpur house of horrors

Women
IANS and TCN News: The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror...

Rajasthan school that gives women a voice

Women
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Salanchal (Rajasthan) : On the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, 14 children cram chemical formulae under a tree in the compound of a village school. Seven of them are girls. Around 40 km from district headquarters Alwar, the community-based experiment to educate poor girl children in this remote village of the Thana Gazi block in Rajasthan is unique in many ways.

एक्सक्लुसिव : कंचे खेलने की उम्र में बन गए घुड़सवार,मगर नही जाते स्कूल

Women
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net https://youtu.be/IJB0x-FwhXI 7 साल के वसीम एक चबूतरे के सहारे साढ़े 6 फ़ीट ऊंची और लगभग 10 फ़ीट लम्बी घोड़े पर उछल कर चढ़...

Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments

Women
Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...

Higher percentage of women voted in Bengal than men

Women
Kolkata: A higher percentage of women voters exercised their franchise compared to men in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that voted...

UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities

Women
By Arun Kumar, IANS Washington: A prominent woman-owned hospital group in the United Arab Emirates, begun by a woman who moved there from Nagpur, plans to bring affordable health care services to smaller Indian cities with a $24 million World Bank financing. "The project will introduce high clinical and managerial standards and create new jobs where there is significant unemployment, especially in smaller Indian cities," the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, said on signing of agreements to finance Zulekha Hospitals Group's expansion plans.

CBI to take over case against Rathore

Women
By IANS, Panchkula/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over "in a few days" the case against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, and is waiting for copies of fresh FIRs naming him for abetting the teen's suicide. The Haryana Police Saturday said it won't act "hastily" to arrest Rathore, who has been booked on non-bailable charges. The police on Friday drew criticism from a Haryana court for delaying action in the molestation case, which is now being probed afresh with the suicide angle.

Turned away by health centre, woman gives birth at tea-stall

Women
By IANS, Lucknow : After a pregnant woman was turned away from a community health centre (CHC) in the Uttar Pradesh capital, she was forced to give birth at a tea stall, officials said. Tej Kumari was brought to the CHC in the Mall village on the outskirts of Lucknow in an advanced stage of pregnancy midnight Wednesday, the officials said. However, Kumari was declined admission in the CHC as her family refused to pay a bribe to the medical staff at the CHC, the officials added.

President pitches for women’s education, skill development

Women
Domkal (West Bengal): Calling for focusing on women's education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asserted that by 2030, India will have an edge over other...
123...37Page 1 of 37
© TwoCircles.net
Send this to a friend