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Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

Probe begins against policeman who complained against Mulayam

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Lucknow : Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Wednesday appeared before Police Recruitment Board Director General V.K. Gupta as part of a departmental...

Women journalists’ date with President Mukherjee

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By IANS, New Delhi : The women were in their best silks, the venue was the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the occasion was International Women's Day.

Kashmir budget proposes free schooling for girls

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced special budgetary initiatives for women that include school fee waiver up to Class 12,...

Woman official in Punjab attempts suicide

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By IANS, Patiala : A woman revenue official in Punjab has been admitted to a hospital here after she attempted suicide in this town, 80 km from Chandigarh, police officials said Thursday. The woman, Jaspal Kaur, a 'Naib Tehsildar' in the revenue department, consumed some poisonous substance after paying obeisance at a gurudwara (Sikh shrine) here Wednesday. She was rushed to the Rajindra Medical college and hospital here where doctors said that her condition was now stable.

Woman with 90 percent bone deformity cured in Gurgaon

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Gurgaon: In a rare surgery, a 60-year-old woman having developed complete bone deformity successfully underwent a complex surgery making her capable to walk again,...

JD-U suspends three women legislators for anti-party acts

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Patna: Bihar's ruling JD-U Saturday night suspended its three women legislators, including a former minister, for campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and...

Muslim women converge to pray for release of Maulana Naseeruddin

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslim women converged in Hyderabad on Friday to pray for the release of Maulana Muhammad Naseeruddin, his three sons and other Muslim youths who are languishing in different jails in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for several years.

Woman legislator defends biting Congress legislator

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Thiruvananthapuram : Left legislator Jameela Prakasham on Tuesday said she bit Congress member K. Sivadasan Nair because he grabbed her from behind during the...

Women’s reservation bill stumbles on Women’s Day

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By IANS, New Delhi: The 13-year rocky passage of a bill to politically empower India's women got blocked yet again when a "handful" of stubborn MPs, terming the legislation elitist, exercised both muscle and vocal chords to ensure that it did not get passed on International Women's Day.

Modi flays governor over women’s reservation

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By IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday criticised Governor Kamla Beniwal for not signing a legislation reserving 50 percent of all seats in local bodies to women.

‘Fight Back’ to represent India at US youth summit

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By IANS, New Delhi/Mumbai : Fight-Back, an online gender justice campaign launched this year in Mumbai after a woman there was molested outside the JJ Marriott Hotel on New Year's eve, will represent India at the prestigious International Youth Movements Summit in New York Dec 3-5. The celebrity campaign helps young women across the country with wallet cards listing police helpline numbers, online discussion forums, support groups and media to enable them fight against gender abuse and injustice.

Government yet to move on women’s bill talks

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government is yet to initiate discussions with "all concerned" on the women's reservation bill, cleared by the Rajya Sabha and slated to be presented in the Lok Sabha when parliament resumes April 15 after a three-week break. "I have no idea," a minister told IANS Thursday when asked about the meeting with political parties on the contentious constitution amendment bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.

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...

Women riders, activists welcome ‘helmets mandatory’ move

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New Delhi : The Election Commission (EC) has given the transport department its go-ahead to make changes in the rules to make helmets mandatory...

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

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Islamabad : There is no marriage law for the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan, a leading daily said on Friday, noting that this...

Tripura youths given death sentence for raping, killing minor girl

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Agartala: A Tripura court on Wednesday sentenced to death two tribal youths for raping and murdering a 12-year-old tribal girl last year, police said. "Kamalpur...

Sameena Shah wins Google India Engineering Award

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By TwoCircles.net news desk, New Delhi: Sameena Shah has won the 2009 Google India Women in Engineering Award. Google India selected 9 top students for the 22 finalists this year. Full time student in a recognized institution and pursuing Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related majors were eligible for this award.

BSP MP didn’t rape me: Victim

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New Delhi : The woman who accused BSP MP Dhananjay Singh of raping her, Friday denied the charge in a court here. Testifying as a...

Ramadan 1438: Kulsum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net I did a funny thing on the day of my first roza, well according to me." Says Kulsum, 29, who...

ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?

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तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...

Allocation for women and child development ministry slashed

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New Delhi : The allocation of the women and child development ministry has been slashed by 44 percent in the budget for 2015-16 presented...

Two arrested for tormenting Dalit woman

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Two men were arrested on charges of tonsuring a Dalit woman and parading her in an Orissa village for allegedly having an extra marital affair with her nephew, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Kashimpur village in Bhadrak district, 150 km from here, July 5 but came to light after her husband lodged a police complaint Thursday when the woman attempted suicide.

BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress

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New Delhi : The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres...

‘India, US need to foster women entrepreneurship’

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After youth, AAP to reach out to women

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New Delhi : After receiving an "overwhelming" response at the interaction with youth as part of its Delhi Dialogue Campaign, the AAP will reach...

Women symbol of peace, love, humanity and dignity: President

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मुस्लिम महिलाओं के सम्मान में हर वर्ग से उठी आवाज़

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सिमरा अंसारी।Twocircles.net कर्नाटक के उडुपी ज़िले से शुरू हुई हिजाब प्रतिबंध की आग अब देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में भी फैलती जा रही है।बुधवार...

Young women pressurised for sex even when not feeling like it

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By IANS, Sydney : Young women were pressurised into having sex with partners even when they didn't feel like it, according to a study. "Thirty-seven percent of young women who took part in the study had experienced pressure from partners to have sex when they didn't want to," said Moira Carmody, assistant professor at the University of Western Sydney. "This involved manipulation such as 'if you love me you will have sex', through to ignoring non-verbal and verbal indications of uncertainty or refusal, and even using physical force," said Carmody.

High Court asks for job for disabled woman

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A woman with a mission: She safeguards maternal health in Himachal villages

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By Vishal Gulati Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) : In spite of advancing years, health worker Kaushalya, whose name roughly translates into "ability to do something well",...

Five women students harassed for suspected Maoist links

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By IANS, Kolkata : Five women students of Jadavpur University claimed they were harassed by the police in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district for allegedly having Maoist links. The incident took place at a house near the university where the five students - Debolina Chakrabarty, Jayeeta Das, Roopa Basu, Somdatta Mukherjee and Anwesha Sarkar - were running the Matangini Mahila Samity, a women's outfit working against land acquisition in Nandigram, Singur and other places in West Bengal.

Three held for human trafficking, two girls rescued

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New Delhi: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for their involvement in human trafficking, while two girls from West Bengal were rescued,...

Six arrested in Haryana for gang-raping, selling woman

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

NDMC helps women to empower themselves

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New Delhi : The NDMC is offering a variety of vocational and other courses to women, some for free, in a bid to empower...

Heptulla oldest, Irani youngest cabinet minister

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New Delhi : Najma Heptulla is the oldest member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, while Smriti Irani is the youngest. The 74-year-old...

Abducted Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh alleges ‘mistreatment, threat of being married off without...

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The family of the abducted Muslim girl, who was rescued after more than twenty days, alleged that the girl was tortured and would have...

Some Madhya Pradesh prisoners to be freed on I-Day

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By IANS, Bhopal : Women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh who have not been convicted for life and who have served over five years of their sentence will be set free on Independence Day Friday. The government will also free certain other categories of prisoners, an official spokesman said. Those who suffer from serious illnesses like cancer will be unconditionally released.

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आफताब आलम Two circles.net के लिए https://twitter.com/INCUttarPradesh/status/1574644756419706880?s=19 मेरठ के दौराला में एक महिला को बच्चा चोर बताकर भीड़ द्वारा बेरहमी से पीटने वाले मामले में...

Dress & Crime: Andhra DGP gets support from Ulema, Hindu hardliners

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Pushing TRPs up for the girl child

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By Anjali Singh, CNS, Lucknow: She epitomises the plight of girl children in India to the neglected, rejected, abused and sold off like property, "Laali", the character that Ratan Rajput plays in the popular tele serial "Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi kijo", has become an instant hit with viewers all over . No prizes for guessing why.

‘BJP working to boost presence in southern, eastern states’

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New Delhi: The BJP Mahila Morcha is working to strengthen the party's presence at the booth level in the southern and eastern states where...

Girl killed in Bengal, rape suspected

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Kolkata : A seven-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and killed by a man in West Bengal and police suspect she was raped before...

Social disparity to blame for molestation, rape: Javed Akhtar

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By Saket Suman Jaipur (IANS) : Celebrated Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Sunday rebuffed claims that Westernisation leads to rapes and other crimes...

Responsibilities must be shared to prevent trafficking: NCW chief

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New Delhi: The state alone can't prevent trafficking and people must get together to fight the stigma associated with it at the grassroot level...

Acid attack victims: Centre, states to streamline payment of compensation

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New Delhi: The central and the state governments on Saturday agreed to streamline the process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation, including first-aid...

Asma Nama: Listen to Rajeena; dismissing her is a sign of clear hypocrisy

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By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net When the comments section of an article becomes a filthy ditch of abuses getting too personal, it’s an easy...

‘I can’t be Mad at Allah’ wins accolades, awards for documenting Delhi’s Rohingya refugees

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: For a number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Burma, India has been as a...

State-endorsed wine festival gives Goa a bad name: Women’s group

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By IANS, Panaji : A wine festival promoted by the state government is now under attack by a leading women's rights group, which alleges that by aggressively promoting the sale of alcohol at its official premises, the state government was only reinforcing Goa's image as a "land for wine, women and song". Bailancho Saad (BS), Goa's foremost women's group, has taken up several issues related to women's rights and human rights abuse in the past. "The image of Goa has taken a severe beating because of these wrong policies," convener of BS Sabina Martins told IANS Thursday.

Bail plea of BSP MP arrested in dowry death case rejected

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Ghaziabad : A court here on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of BSP MP Narendra Kashyap who was arrested on charges of dowry death...

Maharashtra moots murder charge for female foeticide

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By IANS, Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Tuesday mooted slapping murder charges on those involved in female foeticide.

One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.

Tamil Nadu Muslim groups to discuss utilization of govt schemes for Muslim women

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By TwoCircles.net News Desk, New Delhi: Various Muslim NGOs and social groups are going to meet in Chennai on November 21 to discuss ways to get most out of the schemes launched by state as well as central governments to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women.

Muslim men come out in support to abolish Triple Talaq

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By TCN News New Delhi: A group of 225 Muslim men from across the country have come out in support of the...

Modernity a far cry for women on small screen

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By Radhika Bhirani, IANS, New Delhi: Independent and bold women characters are no more taboo in films, but one wonders why television serials have failed to come of age as far as realistic portrayals of Indian women are concerned. The makers of these serials say TV gives as good as it gets - women are usually appreciated by audiences as subservient, overtly loyal and moralistic or evil, conniving and home-breaking characters.

Government adopts policy for women’s empowerment

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By IANS, New Delhi : The government has adopted a national policy for empowerment of women with the objective of bringing about their advancement, development...

Vast improvement needed for women’s safety: Manmohan Singh

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By IANS, New Delhi: As protests against the brutal rape of a five-year-old continue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said "vast improvement" was needed in the security accorded to women.

Half of Delhi’s women voters turned out for polls

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By IANS, New Delhi : An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections. "We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof," Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.

AP govt. awards Sadaf, topper of Engineering Common Entrance Test

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Air hostesses among eight held for prostitution

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By IANS, New Delhi : A self-styled godman who preached spirituality while running a prostitution racket and two air hostesses were among eight people arrested for flesh trade here, police said Friday. The eight, including two men and six women in the age group of 19 to 30 years, were taken into custody near the PVR cinema at Saket in south Delhi Thursday while travelling in two cars. They included an air hostess who worked for an Indian carrier and another who was employed by an European airline.

Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction

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Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...

Aamir supports fight against alcoholism among women

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Rajasthan gets NHRC notice over woman’s rape by policeman

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New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the Rajasthan government over a report that said a police assistant sub-inspector allegedly raped...

Sonia Gandhi, Kochhar, Nooyi in Forbes 100 powerful women list

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By IANS, New York : Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's new head Chanda Kochhar have been listed among the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes magazine. All three of them have been ranked higher than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the list, which has German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the top, followed by US Federal Deposit Insurance chairperson Sheila Bair. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson of Bangalore-based Biocon, is another Indian woman to make the list.

Consult us, women groups before finalising triple talaq law, AIMPLB tells government

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New Delhi, (IANS): Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the bill on triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has...

Woman snatches loaded pistol from miscreant

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By IANS, Lucknow : In an incident straight out of a Bollywood film, a woman snatched away a loaded pistol from a miscreant as he attempted to rob her in the posh Gomtinagar area of Lucknow Sunday evening. The woman, Surajwanti, in her 30s, told the police: "I was returning from a hospital along with a friend, Pushpa, on a cycle rickshaw when two motorcyle-borne persons intercepted us." said Surajwanti. One of them tried to pull a gold chain from Pushpa, while the other pointed a pistol at Surajwanti and asked her to hand over her gold chain.

Army sends 18 girls from remote Ladakh village on tour

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Jammu : A 'Bharat Darshan' tour of a group of 18 girl students from one of the remotest villages in the country was flagged...

Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...

HC gives ex-minister Bharti two-day protection against arrest

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New Delhi: In a relief to former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, booked in a domestic violence case on his wife's complaint, the Delhi...

Make Delhi safe for women, minister tells police

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Police need to work towards making the national capital crime free and should ensure women's safety, Minister of State...

Odisha gets first women’s university

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Bhubaneswar : The Rama Devi Autonomous Women's College here is set to be the first women's university in Odisha. The central government has approved the...

Women’s bill to be tabled Monday: Government

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By IANS, New Delhi : The bill that seeks 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan said Friday. Monday, March 8, is International Women's Day. The legislation has been pending for over 13 years -- it was first brought to parliament by the H.D. Deve Gowda government in 1996.

Rats nibble woman’s body in mortuary

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Bhopal : A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly...

Verdict in Buddha Garden rape case likely Friday

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By IANS, New Delhi: A city court is likely to pronounce its verdict Friday on the sensational Buddha Jayanti Park gang rape case of 2003 involving four members of the President's Bodyguards as the accused. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Sarvaria had reserved the order last week and is likely to pronounce it Friday. According to the prosecution, the victim had gone with her friend Ashish to the park near the Rashtrapati Bhavan Oct 6, 2003 and was raped by Harpreet and Satendra while Kuldeep and Manish kept guard.

यूपीपीसीएस के परिणाम में इस बार 26 मुसलमान, पहले से बेहतर है परफॉर्मेंस

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net हाल ही में उत्तर प्रदेश लोक सेवा आयोग ने पीसीएस 2021 का रिजल्ट घोषित कर दिया है, इस बार उत्तर प्रदेश को...

Veteran Congress leader Nafeesath Beevi dead

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Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran Congress leader A.Nafeesath Beevi, who also served as the deputy speaker of the Kerala Assembly, passed away at a private hospital...

Be alive to the purpose of life: Maharashtra HSE topper Nazima Almas Sayed

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By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net, “It feels great!” says Nazima Almas Sayed. And she has every reason to feel so – she bagged the first rank in the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Examination. Her achievements have not stopped there. She got second place in Vidharbha in the state Medical Entrance Exams, first in the state entrance for private colleges ASSOCET and second in the state Sevagram exams. Nazima, a student of the Shivaji Science College of Nagpur, topped the HSE exams with 98.5% marks. Over 11.84 lakh students had attended the exam conducted in February-March.

CRPF troopers gun down child, woman in Chhattisgarh camp

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By IANS, Raipur : A child and a woman were allegedly killed on the spot when dozens of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers lined up men and women and opened fire on them in a village deep in Chhattisgarh's forested Bijapur district, which is a Maoist hot-bed, official sources said Friday. Raju, 2, and Ram Bai, 25, died on the spot in the CRPF troopers' gunfire. A six-year-old boy and a woman were critically injured when the CRPF men posted at Cherpal village assaulted the tribals. The injured have been rushed to district hospital at Bijapur.

Farhana Firdous: Triple medal winner in M.Sc and a dream to help the marginalised

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net If our mainstream media is to be believed, nothing good happens near or at the India-Bangladesh border. Every now and...

Why Masahun Khatun and 50,000 pregnant women died

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By Prachi Salve Last year, in eastern Bihar’s Phulwari Sharif, 24-year-old Masahun Khatun was five months pregnant when she fell in the courtyard of her...

Pregnant women helpless at Orissa relief camps

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By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS, Kandhamal (Orissa) : Pregnant women are the worst sufferers in the relief camps for victims of anti-Christian violence. Their houses burnt down, over two dozen women have given birth during their stay in the makeshift tents in the last two months and many more are expecting. Besides sleeping on the ground, with just a plastic mat to lie upon even though it gets cold at night, and eating just dal and rice, they have to cope with inadequate medical attention at several relief camps - far from the comfort of their homes.

MPs’ panel wants ‘flexible working hours’ for women in banks

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New Delhi : A parliamentary panel has lamented that its recommendation that "flexible working hours" be introduced for women in banks has not been...

Centre proposes investigative units for crime against women

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New Delhi : The central government has proposed to states the setting up of investigative units for crime against women (IUCAWs) on a 50:50...

Of Indian women changing with globalisation and time

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By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,

Saina regains No.1 spot

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New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the top spot in the latest women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation...

Don’t link triple Talaq with uniform civil code: Venkaiah

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New Delhi : Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the issue of ending triple Talaq practice should not be linked with uniform...

Penniless widow writes to Patil for mercy death

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old widow in Orissa has sought permission from President Pratibha Patil to end her life, saying she has no money to feed her three mentally challenged children.

Infant Dalit girl killed, family attacked over drawing water

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By IANS, Bhopal : A Dalit woman was refused water from a handpump, her family beaten up by upper caste people and an infant daughter killed in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police officer said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday in Bhadroni village of Shivpuri district, where caste wars are not too uncommon. Saroj Jatav, 25, went to draw water from a handpump but was stopped by few upper caste people. Later, as she was on her way to the police station with her husband Nawal Singh and three-month-old child Aanchal, Saroj was stopped by the same people and beaten up.

Indian women’s compound archery team claims Asiad bronze

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Incheon:The Indian women's team won the bronze medal in the compound archery event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field...

Men need to change to stop violence against women: Meira Kumar

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Policeman held in Delhi for raping friends’s domestic help

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New Delhi: A 50-year-old Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly raping the domestic help of his friend, police said on Saturday....

High Court turns down Joshi’s plea to quash police complaint

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By IANS, Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Friday turned down Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi's plea to quash the police complaint lodged against her for making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati. A division bench of the court comprising Justice Ravindra Singh and Justice Naheed Ara Monis declined to give any verdict on Joshi's other plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the attack and arson at Joshi's Lucknow residence allegedly by ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists.

Ramadan 1438: Jana Begum

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By Nawal Ali Watali, TwoCircles.net "You look just like my grand daughter, she is upstairs. All of the residents of this area buy milk from...

More Muslim, Christian, and Sikh mothers stop breastfeeding early: study

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Surah Al-Baqarah : 233 The Holy Quran is clear that the duration of breastfeeding of infants are for a period of two years. World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India’s guidelines also suggest breastfeeding for a period of two years. Breast milk is an excellent source of nutrition and essential for the healthy growth of the child.

Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum: Kashmiris from the ‘other’ side who won Sarpanch elections

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By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum were born and brought up in Kashmir. They are in fact, as Kashmiri as Omar Abdullah...

‘Allocate more funds to implement Domestic Violence Act’

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By IANS,

Women writers spice up thriller scene

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

Dec 16 victim’s father, activists condemn Mulayam’s rape remark

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New Delhi/Lucknow/Mumbai : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape Friday attracted widespread outrage with political parties, tinsel town celebrities and the...

क्या नाम है!…अशफ़ाक़…पांच गोलिया चलीं और बेवा हो गई 11 दिन की दुल्हन

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इसरार अहमद, twocircles.net दिल्ली। क़रीब 50 लोगों की मौत के बाद पूर्वी दिल्ली के इलाक़ों में हिंसा थम गई है। इन तीन दिनों में कई...

Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday

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Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...

Women’s strength in Agartala civic body increases

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By IANS,

‘Beyond Religion and Party Lines’: How Women in Okhla and Kalkaji Voted in Razor...

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Syed Muskan, TwoCircles.net "Okhla Beemaar Hai, Usse Shifa Chahiye (Okhla is ill, and it needs Shifa - healing)." These words, spoken by Rubina, a resident...

Why Does Adultery Matter in a Secular Society?

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"Secularism prohibits the imposition of any religion, except the religion of secularism" By Yamin Zakaria,

Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’

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Professor Dr AP Singh of Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district said that they have implemented a dress code for the students...

Indian woman hangs herself in UAE

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By IANS, Abu Dhabi: A 27-year-old woman from India's Kerala state allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi.

Two women run over by Mumbai suburban train, driver arrested

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

Women and peace

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra culminates after month long journey

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By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: On March 12, 2014, hundreds of Dalit women from many states, including Bihar, Chattishgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a large public meeting to share experiences and express collective declaration for their rights and dignity.

Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef

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By IANS, New Delhi : India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said. The survey also found that nearly 16 percent of men, who are now aged 20-49, were also married as minors.

Delhi rape accused let off, woman says he’s innocent

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New Delhi: A court here has let off a man, facing a trial on charges of raping a widow, after the complainant said he...

Doctor beaten after woman gives birth in ambulance

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Kolkata : A doctor at a state-run rural hospital in West Bengal was thrashed by irate locals after a woman gave birth in...

Handymen husbands for rent in Argentina

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By Maricel Seeger, IANS, Buenos Aires : Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the bedroom". Husband for Rent is a successful Argentine company that for 50 pesos ($15.50) an hour will undertake domestic chores for women who don't have a "handyman" around the house, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

Ramadan 1433: Itikaf

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By Natisha Mallick, TwoCircles.net "Itikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف‎) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of...

Protests in Bhojpur and Patna over gang rape

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Patna: Hundreds of people, mostly of the landed upper castes and led by slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh's son Indu Bhusan, took to...

शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...

NIA officials record Hadiya’s statement

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Kottayam, (IANS): A team of investigators attached to the Kochi unit of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recorded statements of 24-year-old Hadiya, a...

First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets award

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By IANS, New Delhi : Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs.5-lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said Thursday. "The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs.5 lakh (Rs.500,000) in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said. "The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.

Court permits minor rape victim to undergo abortion

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court Monday allowed a minor rape victim's pregnancy to be terminated in Surendranagar district. Setting aside a sessions judge's order denying permission to the 13-year-old to abort, Justice Anant Dave said that abortion of a rape victim was not barred under law and was upheld by the Supreme Court. Justice Dave also stated that carrying the pregnancy to term would result in considerable physical and mental trauma to the minor.

Indian women don’t have multiple affairs, nor do they cry: Mike Pandey

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Campaign to save girl child, environment in Punjab

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Based on the thinking that both a woman and trees nurture families and planet earth, respectively, without any reciprocity, a novel campaign to save both is being launched in Punjab Wednesday. The campaign, 'Nanhi Chhaaon' (Little shadow) is being undertaken jointly by the Punjab government, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and a corporate house to highlight why the girl child and environment need to be protected for the future.

If triple talaq struck down, then new divorce law will come, Centre tells SC

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that if the latter invalidates the men-centric triple talaq that is discriminatory...

AMU alumni band ‘ANTIM’ to release its composition of National Anthem on Republic Day

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A music band formed by the alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has come...

Kerala assembly to hold special session for women’s quota

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent seats in the local legislative bodies for women. "The main reason to call the special session is to pass this new law to ensure that 50 percent of seats are reserved for women in the local bodies," Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan told reporters. Currently, there are 20,554 elected representatives in Kerala, of which 33.33 percent seats are reserved for women.

इस चुनाव में महिला वोटरों की होगी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पिछले दिनों नेशनल सैंपल सर्वे द्वारा 2017 18 के जारी रिपोर्ट में कहा गया कि नोटेबंदी की वजह से एक करोड़ दस लाखलोगों को अपना रोज़गार खोना पड़ा जबकि सरकार द्वारा ये भी कहा गया कि उनके पुरे कार्यकाल में बहुत से योजनाएं शुरूहुई, जिसमें आमजन को इसका लाभ मिला. दरअसल 2014 में बनी केंद्र की भाजपा सरकार ने महिला सशक्तिकरण के नाम पर बहुत सी योजनाओं की शुरुआत कीजिसमे अगर बिहार राज्य की बात करें तो पिछले दस वर्षो से चलाए जा रहे महिला सशक्तीकरण एवं जागरूकता अभियान काअसर लोकसभा चुनाव पर भी दिखने लगा है। वर्ष 2014 के मुकाबले 12 फीसदी महिला मतदाताओं में वृद्धि हुई है. चुनाव आयोग के मुताबिक बिहार में 2014 के मुकाबले2019 में महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या में 12 फीसदी की बढ़ोतरी हुई है। आयोग के आकड़ें के मुताबिक महिला मतदाताओं की संख्या की वृद्धि दर 12.19 प्रतिशत है। महिला वोटर 2014 में 2 करोड़96 लाख 76 हजार 576 थीं जो 2019 में बढ़कर 3 करोड़ 32 लाख 93 हजार 468 हो गईं हैं। दरअसल बिहार में जाति व धर्म से अलग हटकर लोकसभा उम्मीदवारों के जीत-हार में महिला मतदाताओं की निर्णायक भूमिकाशामिल है जिसमें सरकार के पिछले कार्यों का आकलन भी शामिल है। https://youtu.be/5TUX-bicq6Y window.onload = function() {var adsPercent = 1;if(Math.random() <= adsPercent) {var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = "https://example.com/js/adsbygoogle.js"; ...

Indian Canadian held for drugging, raping woman in Toronto club

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By IANS, Toronto : An Indian Canadian man surrendered before police Saturday after he was charged with drugging and raping a woman at a city nightclub two weeks ago. Thirty-two-year-old Jagdeep Chahal, a resident of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, had sexually assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub Jan 22. According a report lodged by the victim with police, she was sexually assaulted by Chahal after putting a date rape drug in her drink at a downtown nightclub.

Court rejects bail plea of AAP MLA held after worker’s suicide

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New Delhi : A court here on Monday dismissed the bail plea of AAP legislator Sharad Chauhan, who was arrested along with five others...

No Country for Women: Love and rights in troubled times

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By Neha Dabhade Recently in Rajsamand, Rajasthan, Shambu lal Raigar brutally hacked Mohammad Afrajul, a migrant from Malda, West Bengal to death with his own...

Mother drowns baby in Bangladesh

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Dhaka: A housewife in Narail district of Bangladesh Friday drowned her one-and-half-year-old son following conjugal discord, media reports said. The incident took place in the...

Tamil woman identified as Malaysian after 11 months’ detention

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By IANS, Kuala Lumpur : A Tamil woman has been identified as a Malaysian national by the country's human rights body after 11 months in detention, when she fell seriously ill. Rajeswary Murugiah, 22, was detained in October last year after she was found without an identity card and said she did not remember her ID number. She was lying unwell in detention till human rights watchdog Sukham took up her case and resolved it in a single day, The Star newspaper said Thursday.

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

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

Daughter’s death not linked to Vyapam scam: Victim’s father

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By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi : The father of trainee sub-inspector Anamika Kushwaha (25), whose body was recovered from a pond in Sagar district...

Power of one million elected women influencing communities: Maneka

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By Arul Lewis United Nations: As India challenges centuries-old biases, the power of one million elected women is influencing communities across India through the local...

Women’s safety top issue in JNUSU election

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New Delhi : With growing cases of crimes against women at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most student organisations Wednesday outlined women safety as their...

Pakistan women must unite for their rights, says daily

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By IANS, Islamabad : Women in Pakistan must unite and "raise high the banner of their rights", said a Pakistani daily on International Women's Day Tuesday.

Armies need to end bias against women, says German minister

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New Delhi : Armies need to get rid of prejudice that women are less abled than men, as future wars will be dominated by...

Women’s boxing team to compete in Russia

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By IANS, New Delhi : A five-member Indian women's boxing team will compete in the International boxing tournament at St Petersburg, Russia. The team, also comprising two coaches, left New Delhi Tuesday for the three-day tournament starting Wednesday. Team: Kalpana Choudhary (48 kg), Chhoto Loura (51), Sushma Kumari (54) Laxmi Padhya (75), N. Sangeeta Devi (81). Chief Coach: B.C. Bhatt Coach: Jaivir Singh

Shoot out outside Ghaziabad college, girl student injured

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Ghaziabad : A girl student of IMS College in Ghaziabad was accidentally injured when a student shot at another student outside the college gate...

Bhopal most unsafe for women in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : Even as this Madhya Pradesh capital has been declared the second safest city in the country, figures revealed by Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in the state assembly Wednesday indicate that the city was most unsafe for women in the state. A study conducted by Institute for Competitiveness and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) that indicates many benchmarks for Urban Development & Prosperity of India Tuesday announced that Delhi was the safest city in the country, followed by Bangalore and Bhopal in the second position.

No discrimination against females in BHU: Javadekar

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

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...

Hunt on for men who allegedly raped German woman

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Efforts were on Monday to nab the men who allegedly abducted a German woman from the upscale Taj hotel here and took her to a room where they raped her before dropping her nearly 12 hours later. The incident took place early Sunday when five to six men in a black Scorpio SUV kidnapped the 20-year-old tourist from the parking lot of the Taj in Chandigarh's commercial hub Sector 17.

AAP announces women’s wing

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New Delhi: The AAP Thursday announced the setting up of a women's wing in Delhi and appointed Shalimar Bagh legislator Bandana Kumari as its...

SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of December...

Meira Kumar to address women speakers’ annual meet

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By IANS, New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar leaves for Switzerland's capital Bern Wednesday to attend the two-day sixth annual meeting of women speakers of parliament that begins July 16. She will also address a session on empowering women. The meeting begins with a keynote address on "Achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child survival and maternal health: Where do we stand?"

College women drink excessively to hook men

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By IANS, Washington : College women may be downing a peg too many in order to hook their male counterparts but without much success, according to a new study. A survey of 3,616 college students at two universities found that the bulk of women overestimated the amount of alcohol a typical guy would like his female friends, dates or girlfriends to drink. The results showed 71 percent of women overestimated the men's actual preference of drinks at any given event. The women overestimated by an average of one-and-a-half drinks.