Women

Boycotted Dalit woman commits suicide in Orissa

Women

By IANS,

Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open

Women

Sydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries...

Maulana Azad University to offer UGC-NET coaching for minorities

Women

By TCN News The UGC-NET Coaching Centre at Maulana Azad National Urdu University will offer coaching classes for the UGC-NET exam scheduled to...

Barak Valley felicitates Maria Tanim, Assam Civil Services topper

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TCN News Guwahati, November 18: The story of the Assam Civil Services Exam 2016 topper Maria Tanim is no different from the “flight of the...

World Heart Day brings bad news for Indian women on fast lane

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, New Delhi : World Heart Day Sunday brings bad news for Indian women who have been found to be more vulnerable to coronary diseases because their arteries are narrower than those of men. "Since arteries in women are narrower in India, risk factors have a bigger impact. Coronary and heart diseases need to be more aggressively managed in women than men," Madhukar Shahi, senior interventional cardiologist of Gurgaon-based Artemis Health Institute, told IANS on World Heart Day.

Marginally more women in council of ministers

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : There are marginally more women in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team now, with four new women members joining the council of ministers Sunday.

Number of women in Indian parliament lower than global average: UN

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By IANS,

Are religious beliefs, customs above constitutional norms, asks SC

Women

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked if religious beliefs and customs were above constitutional norms as it questioned how a women...

First US woman vice presidential candidate dead

Women

By IANS/EFE, Washington : Geraldine Ferraro, the first American woman vice presidential candidate, has died. She was 75.

Najma Heptulla assumed charge as Minister for Minority Affairs

Women

By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. Najma Heptulla assumed the office as a Minister of Minority Affairs on Tuesday afternoon.

SC bans Tamil Nadu bull fights

Women

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday banned Tamil Nadu's centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights. A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also...

‘Injection’ attacks spark fear among women in Andhra district

Women

Hyderabad: "Injection attacks" by unknown men have sent panic among women in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district with six more women being attacked in...

Women village leaders want quota within quota

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By IANS, New Delhi : Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward classes (OBCs) for their proper representation. At a conclave organised here by international NGO ActionAid, the women, representing village councils in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, urged political parties to take note of the discrimination against women within the backward classes.

Helping women in distress fight back

Women

By IANS,

Kerala women voters still outnumber men

Women

Thiruvananthapuram: As in the past, women outnumber men in the latest electoral rolls of Kerala released on Friday ahead in the May 16 assembly...

Ramdev insulted Dalits, women: Congress

Women

New Delhi: Congress Saturday accused Ramdev of insulting Dalits and women, a day after the yoga guru said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited...

Record 13 women get elected to Haryana assembly

Women

Chandigarh: Haryana's legislative history has a new entry - 13 women candidates have been declared elected to the new state assembly Sunday out of...

‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam

Women

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.

UN body concerned about impact of Gaza violence on women

Women

United Nations : The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Friday expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women's...

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.

Saluting ordinary women doing extraordinary work on Women’s Day

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By IANS,

UP woman police officer conquers Antarctica’s highest peak

Women

Lucknow: An IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has successfully climbed the Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctic sub-continent, an...

Jamia Nagar maids gather over their issues

Women

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Goa Police training 300 women cops in counselling

Women

Panaji : Counselling skills are being imparted to 300 policewomen, including 80 sub-inspectors of Goa Police, to enable them handle better cases involving crimes...

Tripura to increase number of women police personnel

Women

Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Northeast India to get ready-made garment units

Women

By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala: The Indian government plans to set up ready-made garment manufacturing units in each of the eight northeastern states which, among other...

The Tagore women and a tale of empowerment (Book Review)

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Book: "Jorasanko"; Author: Aruna Chakravarti; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 406; Price: Rs.350

91-year-old woman takes on Kerala legislator

Women

By IANS,

Women take up arms to fight monkeys in Lucknow

Women

By IANS, Lucknow : Fed up with the monkey menace in the Uttar Pradesh capital, homemakers here have taken up arms to scare them away. With an estimated population of 3,000 monkeys roaming in various residential areas of this city of three million, women in at least four areas of Lucknow have started using air guns and pistols to shoo them away.

अज़ान के विमर्श में किन बिंदुओं पर बात करना ज़रूरी है ?

Women

-मसीहुज़्ज़मा अंसारी हिंदुस्तान की मशहूर प्लेबैक सिंगर अनुराधा पौडवाल इन दिनों अज़ान पर दिये अपने बयान को लेकर चर्चा में हैं.एक टीवी इंटरव्यू के दौरान...

Delhi woman kidnapped, molested in moving car

Women

New Delhi : A 30-year-old woman, working with a NGO, has alleged that she was kidnapped and molested by three people in a moving...

More women leaders in local bodies in Asia-Pacific: UN

Women

By IANS,

Delhi Police to conduct night patrol on motorcycles: Shinde

Women

By IANS,

IAF approves women in combat roles

Women

By Gulshan Luthra, New Delhi : Induction of women officers in combat roles in the Indian Air Force (IAF) now seems possible. The IAF chief, Air...

250 women pray at Haji Ali Dargah after 5 years

Women

Mumbai : After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, around 250 women entered the famous Haji Ali dargah here on...

Woman makes large donation for Myanmar cyclone victims

Women

By DPA, Singapore : A woman eager to show her son how donations are made turned over 100,000 Singapore dollars ($74,000) for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar, the Sunday Times said. In her 40s, the woman went to the Red Cross House and asked how she could help. She then took out of her handbag a wad of 1,000-Singapore-dollar ($740) notes, totaling 50,000 Singapore dollars ($37,000), tied together with a rubber band. While the workers were thanking her, the woman took out another wad, saying: "Here's another 50,000."

Scheme for empowering women from minority communities

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : In an effort to help women from minority communities make better use of government programmes, the Leadership Development of Minority Women scheme was launched in the capital Wednesday. The ministry of minority affairs' scheme, which will target 32,000 women in the first year, aims to empower women by providing them knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with government, banks and government functionaries at all levels.

Three held for human trafficking, two girls rescued

Women

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

Woman who opposed violence against her sex killed in Nepal

Women

By IANS, Kathmandu : A human rights activist and radio journalist in Nepal's violence-hit southern plains who had raised her voice against violence against women was savagely hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants at her own residence. Uma Singh, a journalist with private radio station Radio Today and a member of Women Human Rights Defender Network in Dhanusha district in the Terai plains, was attacked at her residence in Janakpur town Sunday evening, the Network said in a statement Monday.

Rape remarks: NCW to seek Trinamool MP’s expulsion

Women

Kolkata: Taking suo motu cognisance of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul's "atrocious" rape remarks, the NCW Tuesday said it is writing to the President...

“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...

Women

Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...

J&K: CPW workers on the verge of committing suicide over delayed and meagre wages

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Arjumand Shaheen, TwoCircles.net Srinagar J&K: While the world celebrated the International labourers' day on 1st May, the Contingent paid workers/Sweepers (CPWs) in the department of...

President calls for moral values in education

Women

By IANS,

A Bihar man goes to meet daughter who strayed into Pakistan

Women

Patna: Janardan Mahto, a labourer from a Bihar village, on Tuesday left for Delhi where he hopes to meet his daughter Geeta, the deaf-mute...

Annu Rani clinches women’s javelin throw bronze

Women

Incheon: India's Annu Rani surprised the field by clinching the bronze in women's javelin throw final at the 17th Asian Games here Wednesday. China's Zhang...

Women to be inducted as fighter pilots: IAF chief

Women

New Delhi : Women would soon be inducted as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said here...

Sania rues gender discrimination in sports

Women

Mumbai, (IANS): Decrying the widespread gender discrimination in society at large, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza rued the fact that the world of sports...

Saba Anjum: Muezzin’s daughter is now Indian hockey team captain

Women

By AnIndianMuslim.com, The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale.

Shopian deaths due to drowning; no rape, murder: CBI

Women

By IANS, New Delhi/Srinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday said the deaths of two women in Kashmir's Shopian district in May were due to drowning and neither of them was raped or murdered. It also chargesheeted 13 people, including six doctors and five advocates, for preparing false reports and fabricating evidence in the case that triggered a massive furore in the Kashmir Valley. The probe agency has absolved security and police officials of any wrongdoing.

Mayawati responsible for plight of women in UP: Rahul

Women

By IANS, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday blamed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for the sorry plight of women in the state.

In Karnataka, students of govt run college don saffron scarves in protest against Muslim...

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As per reports, the government degree college in Balagadi village in Karnataka had given in to the demand of the students with saffron scarves...

Molestation-accused JNU students union members quit

Women

New Delhi: The president and joint secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) have resigned from their post, after being allegedly named...

Once unknown names, they are now fighting to oust Mamata

Women

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

Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers

Women

By DPA, Nairobi : A woman Sudanese journalist and United Nations worker could face up to 40 lashes Wednesday for wearing trousers. Lubna Ahmed Hussein, a columnist and public information officer at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), was arrested in Khartoum along with 13 other women in early July. Ten of the other women were given 10 lashes for breaching Islamic law, but Hussein demanded a lawyer and delayed her trial. She has invited local and foreign journalists to view her flogging should she be convicted.

Himachal to provide bicycles to women labourers

Women

Shimla : Himachal Pradesh will provide household items, including a bicycle, to women labourers and insure all workers enrolled under the state Building and...

AAP has ‘anti-women character’, alleges BJP

Women

New Delhi : The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing it of having "anti-women character" after its...

Enough jails for women prisoners: Government

Women

New Delhi, (IANS) : The government on Wednesday said the country has enough jails for women prisoners. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

Women

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

Jammu and Kashmir to have law on violence against women

Women

By IANS, Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce a bill in the budget session of the state legislature for the protection of women against domestic violence. The decision was taken at the state's winter capital here, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah late Monday night. The decision was taken in the backdrop of several cases of mysterious deaths of women in Jammu and Kashmir, attributed to a demand for dowry or harassment of women by in-laws.

Over 3,000 tribal women demonstrate in Madhya Pradesh

Women

By IANS, Bhopal : In an unprecedented expression of anger, about 3,000 tribal women Wednesday demonstrated in Barwani before the district collector and the superintendent of police.

My role in rape endemic

Women

By Aamir Qutub

Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’

Women

Ranchi : Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district...

Woman travelling on fake passport arrested

Women

By IANS, Hyderabad : The police here Thursday arrested a woman who was trying to travel to Kuwait on a fake passport. The woman was arrested at the international airport at Shamshabad near here when she was about to board an aircraft to Kuwait. The police have also arrested a travel agent, who was sending her abroad on fake documents. Bayamma, a native of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, had paid Rs.40,000 to the travel agent to arrange her a passport and other documents.

Ramadan 1437: Farzana Khan

Women

By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net “I don’t have any memory of my mother," says Farzana, wiping the sweat off her forehead with hands still wet from...

Accepting Sahitya Akademi award with mixed feelings: K.R. Meera

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By Preetha Nair New Delhi : Though it's an honour, it’s painful to accept a Sahitya Akademi award at a time when country is witnessing...

The phantasmagoria of Pakistan’s women’s rights

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By Ishtiaq Ahmed The past few days have been filled with such dramatically contrasting news about the fortunes of Pakistani women that one can liken the rights of Pakistani women to a phantasmagoria: a changing scene made up of many elements in which the changes that take place make it impossible to discern what is real and what is merely an illusion.

Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death

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Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...

Rights body cautions Dhaka over sending women workers to Saudi Arabia

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By IANS,

BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress

Women

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

Shani temple allows women devotees

Women

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) : In a historic decision, the famous Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust has decided to throw open its doors to women from Friday,...

Women’s college AMU celebrates Founder’s Day

Women

By TCN News, Aligarh: Women’s College of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) celebrated its Founder’s Day, which is basically the wedding day of Sheikh Abdullah, pioneer of women’s education, and his wife Begum Waheed Jahan in 1902.

Congress gears up to support women’s quota bill

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : The ruling Congress party Monday said it would support with all its "strength" the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 percent seats for women in parliament and legislative assemblies. At a meeting, the party's women ministers and senior MPs, including those who are members of the Parliament Standing Committee on the bill, discussed the Congress strategy to push the legislation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi also attended the meeting held at the party headquarters here.

Woman opposes tree felling, hacked to death in UP

Women

By IANS, Lucknow : A 58-year-old woman was hacked to death in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur town when she protested the felling of trees in the...

Army regrets killings as woman dies in Kashmir

Women

By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar : A woman injured in firing a day ago died in a hospital here on Tuesday as the Indian Army expressed...

Alleged rape victim commits suicide in West Bengal

Women

Kolkata: A housewife Thursday allegedly committed suicide in West Bengal's Malda district after being raped, police said. Her family members have alleged that she set...

In Yogi’s UP, Muslim poll nominees face arrests, externment and criminal cases

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Some of them say election officials cancelled their nomination on minor grounds, alleging bias against candidates with a vocal Muslim identity. Zeyad Masroor | TwoCircles.net UTTAR...

SC to begin hearing on validity of triple talaq vis-a-vis Muslim women’s rights

Women

New Delhi, (IANS): A five judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will on Thursday commence hearing on a plea that the triple talaq, nikah...

Assam girl rape: Protest held outside Gurgaon police station

Women

Gurgaon : People belonging to the north-eastern states on Friday staged a protest outside a police station here over inaction in an Assam girl's...

Bengal’s women sportspersons relieved at Pinki’s bail

Women

By IANS,

UP to give Rs.20 lakh to Delhi rape victim’s family

Women

By IANS, Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday announced Rs.20 lakh as financial aid to the family of the New Delhi gang-rape victim.

Women power remains low in assembly polls

Women

By Anjali Ojha, IANS,

Women bag first three positions in civil services exam

Women

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

BJP’s women activists protest against Kumar Vishwas

Women

New Delhi : About 100 women activists of the BJP on Tuesday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house to raise...

AAP approaches police over derogatory remarks against Kejriwal’s daughter

Women

Ghaziabad: The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Ghaziabad unit Saturday lodged a complaint with the police here against a person who allegedly wrote derogatory remarks...

Sharmila, Vani set for another face-off

Women

By IANS,

Controversy over Pala Bishop’s hate speech: A stand-alone issue or larger Hindutva scheme in...

Lead Story

Instead of addressing recent issues facing women in the state, the unsubstantial claims of the Bishop have raised concerns whether he is genuinely concerned...

Restore budget for women and child developmednt: Maneka Gandhi

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New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to restore part of the budgetary allocations...

NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused

Women

TCN News Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...

Rahul wants equal chance for women in politics

Women

By IANS, Tumkur (Karnataka) : India cannot be a superpower unless its women were empowered and given equal chance in politics, Congress vice president Rahul...

Husband deserts Muslim woman for attending Independence Day

Women

Patna: A Muslim school teacher in Bihar was forced to leave her house by her husband who felt she had violated the Shariat law...

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

Women

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

Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years

Women

Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.

Committed to women’s reservation in parliament: Naidu

Women

New Delhi : Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkiah Naidu Thursday said the National Democratic Alliance government is committed to raise the representation of women...

The way to a lady’s heart is through her stomach – if you’re a...

Women

By Ernest Gill, DPA, Hamburg : The way to a lady's heart is through her stomach - if you're a male chimpanzee seeking a mate. But you have to be patient and feed her lots of meat over a long period of time, according to new findings by German scientists. Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long periods of time, according to a study led by German researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich.

She performed back-breaking work – to build hospital for poor

Women

(March 8 is International Women's Day) By Sahana Ghosh, IANS,

Women’s quota bill unlikely in Lok Sabha this session

Women

By IANS, New Delhi:The government is unlikely to move the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha during the few remaining days of the budget session before parliament goes into recess around May 7, Congress sources said. They said the government had told political parties during its consultation with them on the bill last month that it would conduct another round of talks before moving the draft loegislation.

Sharia, fatwas and women’s rights

Women

By Asghar Ali Engineer,

eCommerce will help empower women: Experts

Women

New Delhi : Evolution of the e-commerce sector in India will help in empowering women as it will provide opportunity for them to work...

First batch of Punjab’s women guards passes out

Women

By IANS, Hoshiarpur (Punjab): The International Women's Day eve was a special day for 158 women security guard recruits as they not only passed out after completing their training here but also had job offers from leading multi-nationals and other companies. Led by recruit Meena Rani at their passing-out parade at the police Recruit Training Centre (RTC) at Jahan Khelan, 15 km from here, the women guards became the first batch to be trained for private sector security jobs by the Punjab police.

Indian in Oman writes a family saga

Women

By IANS, Dubai : An expatriate Indian woman in Oman has written a new novel, a family saga set in India and Oman. Sunaina Serna Ahluwalia's "A Safe Harbour" is the story of two women, Afreen Luthra and her daughter Trishala. It is a modern-day suspense-cum family saga set in India and Oman, which is home to a large expatriate Indian community. India's Ambassador to Oman Anil Wadhwa launched the book at a function in Muscat where officials of the National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) and the ambassadors of Britain and Malaysia were present.

Rajiv killing conspirators not to be free for now, kin dismayed

Women

New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court Friday said that the seven conspirators in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination will not be released for now, a...

HC slams Delhi Police on women’s safety

Women

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday slammed Delhi Police, asking why they can't hire CCTV cameras for the safety of women in...

Hooda assures impartial probe into Ruchika case

Women

By IANS, Chandigarh : Without listing any concrete steps for time-bound action in the matter, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday assured an impartial enquiry into the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case involving former director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore. "All aspects of this case are being examined legally and the government would try to ensure justice to the affected family," Hooda told mediapersons at Khedar near Hisar, 300 km from here, after inaugurating the first phase of the 1,200 MW Rajiv Gandhi thermal power plant.

Son preference attitude among Indian parents — A silent emergency

Women

By Rameeza A. Rasheed, First read the following news report of The Times of India (27/12/2010).

Six women arrested in Uttar Pradesh with 200 tortoises

Women

By IANS, Lucknow : Six women from West Bengal were Monday nabbed with as many as 200 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, a police official said. "Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed the women and seized several sacks full of tortoises," district police chief Kripa Shanker Singh told IANS over telephone. All the women were arrested from near the bus station in Mainpuri, some 200 km from Lucknow, Monday evening. "We have contacted the forest officials," said Singh. The women were being questuiioned, the police said.

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

Women

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

SC to examine the legal validity of triple talaq

Women

New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it would not get into the issue of Uniform Civil Code but described the...

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

Women

‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

The fight within Islam

Women

By Masarat Daud

Khargone violence aftermath: Muslims allege police of highhandedness, arresting ‘innocent youth’

Women

Accusing the Khargone police of harassment, protesting women said that they have been forced to hit the streets because of the persistent persecution of...

Women in Delhi form human chain against injustices

Women

By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 400 women from all walks of life came together to form a human chain here Monday - the 100th International Women's Day - to pledge their support against injustices and disrespect to women. Sufi singer Zila Khan, entrepreneur Feroze Gujral, fashion designer Madhu Jain, educationist Shyama Chona, Delhi former mayor Arti Mehra and golfer and activist Neelam Pratap Rudy joined hands for the "I support Pratigya" campaign, organised by Star Plus TV channel for their show "Pratigya".

Sania named UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia

Women

New Delhi : Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was Tuesday appointed the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asian region by UN Women at...

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

Women

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

This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free

Women

Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...

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.

Powell calls for more Indian women students in US

Women

By IANS, Kolkata: Asserting that the US was stepping up efforts to increase the number of young women studying in her country, Ambassador to India...

Nirbhaya Fund gets additional Rs.1,000 crore

Women

By IANS, New Delhi : To ensure dignity and safety of women, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday allocated an additional Rs.1,000 crore for the...

Bengal village women vote for first time since independence

Women

By Sabyasachi Roy, IANS,

Danish woman fails to identify minor accused in rape case

Women

New Delhi : A Danish woman, who was allegedly gang raped by nine vagabonds including three minors, failed to identify the juveniles on...

Speed up adoption process: Maneka

Women

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has asked the authorities to speed up the child adoption cases pending in various institutions...

Women changing India: Iconic divas on Magnum camera

Women

By Madhusree Chatterjee,IANS,

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

Women

Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

NC woman legislator, activists protest award to army major

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Srinagar, (IANS): Women workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) on Wednesday protested against the award of the Army Chief's commendation card to an...

Sanitation crisis at alarming stage, say experts

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New Delhi : Highlighting issues like menstrual hygiene management, women's dignity and poor defecation facilities, a national convention here Tuesday raised concern on the...

Rs.4.75 lakh course for aspiring women politicians

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Women protest outside police headquarters

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By IANS, New Delhi : About 150 women stated a noisy protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here demanding more police presence on roads and fast-track courts to deal with rapists.

Learning lessons the hard way

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By Zohra Javed

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

Government schemes, microfinance can go a long way in empowering Muslim women

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By Moin Qazi for TwoCircles.net “Wujood-e-zan se hai tasveer-e-kainaat mein rang,” (The colours of the universe are there because of the existence of womankind) --...

Woman gang raped in Delhi, two arrested

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New Delhi: A woman was gang raped by two people on the pretext of being provided a job, police said Friday, adding the alleged...

Opposition rejects charge sheet on ‘Odisha gang rape’

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Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.

Women’s panel slams Noida police for naming rape victim

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Women journalists take on PM on price rise

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By IANS, New Delhi : Women journalists cornered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the rising prices of food stuff during an interaction in the capital Friday. During the meet with members of the Indian Women's Press Corps at the Hotel Taj Palace here, one journalist pointed out that the prices of pulses, rice and flour was lower during the National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "I was told that the price of dal (pulses) has come down," Manmohan Singh responded, evoking titters in the all-female audience.

Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...

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The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...

Women lag behind men in muscle strength recovery

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By IANS, Washington : Women are four times more likely than men to experience a broken forearm and require a cast or immobilisation. To examine whether the effects of such casting were similar between the sexes, researchers examined immobilised volunteers for a period of three weeks. They determined that while men were able to regain 99 percent of their strength within a week of removing the cast, women's strength was still 30 percent lower than their pre-cast optimum strength.

Death of a Delta

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By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net, She was named Delta after the river deltas. A river delta is formed when a fast...

अमन की और बढ़ा कानपुर मगर एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठे है सवाल !

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आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net कानपुर हिंसा के बाद अब कानपुर अमन की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। धरपकड़ चल रही है। हालांकि पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर...

Indian man’s tweet to Swaraj saves sister from traffickers

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Abu Dhabi : A brother's tweet to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led to the rescue of his sister from human traffickers...

नही रही पार्क सर्कस कोलकाता में सीएए बिल विरोध प्रदर्शन का मुख्य चेहरा अस्मत...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस मैदान में सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन की शुरुआत करने वाली सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता अस्मत जमील का सोमवार को 46 वर्ष की...

Violence against women going down?

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By IANS, New Delhi : Complaints of attacks on women in the country have gone down sharply if official figures are any indication - from 4,505 recorded attacks in 2007 to 1,000 in 2010, parliament was informed Friday. In a written reply to Bharatiya Janata Party's Kamlesh Paswan in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said during 2007 to 2010 the National Commission for Women (NCW) instituted committees to enquire into specific incidents relating to alleged rape, kidnapping, burning and harassment and beating up by police.

Ten-year-old donates birthday money to Islamia Hospital

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: Ashna Khan, a ten-year-old girl from Kolkata, set a fine example of kindness by donating the entire amount received...

500 Iraq-returned nurses interview for new jobs

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Thiruvananthapuram : More than 500 Kerala nurses, who lost their jobs and had to return from Iraq and Libya, appeared for an interview here...

Deendar Anjuman: Damned by the Muslim community, haunted by the security agencies

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Over three years, 70 pregnant women found HIV+ in Tripura

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Agartala : About 70 pregnant women have tested HIV-positive in Tripura in the past three years, an official of the Tripura State AIDS Control...

Saina loses final, settles for World badminton silver

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Jakarta/New Delhi : It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and all her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women's singles final...

Five Maharashtra priests booked for attack on woman activist

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Kolhapur (Maharashtra) : The police charged seven people, including five priests of Shri Mahalaxmi Temple here for assaulting Bhumata Ranragini Brigade President Trupti Desai...

‘मेरा मुंह भीच कर पुलिस वाले ने बोला —शोर मचाया तो मार दूंगा गोली,...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter बिजनौर : चलती ट्रेन में रेलवे के सिपाही के ज़रिए बलात्कार के मामले में एफ़आईआर दर्ज कर ली गई है. यह एफ़आईआर...

Man, family get 10-year jail for demanding dowry

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By IANS, New Delhi : A city court Tuesday sentenced a man and his parents to 10 years in jail for demanding dowry from his wife who was forced to commit suicide in 2005. The court also slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 each on Shailender, his father Braham Singh and mother Santosh. "Keeping in view the fact and circumstances of the present case and having regard to the nature and gravity of the offence, I am of the considered opinion that the convicts do not deserve any leniency," Additional Sessions Judge Paramjit Singh said.