Guwahati: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday expressed concern over the rise in crimes against women in Assam but described the situation as better on the issue of rights violations. "The data available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that Assam is ranked second in the country in the category of crime against women. Most of the cases are related to kidnapping, rape and cases of...
03:02 AM, May 30, 2012
Paris: India's Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands were knocked out by Russian-Romanian combine of Nina Bratchikova and Edina Gallovits-Hall in the women's doubles first round at the French Open on Tuesday. The fifteenth seeds went down fighting. Recovering from a set down, they, however, failed to win points on their serve to finally lose 3-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the unseeded pair. The loss is a blow for the Indian,...
08:39 PM, May 29, 2012
Kochi: Kerala may be facing a unique kind of brain drain - one of the educated, feminine ilk. As per the finding of the recently-concluded Kerala Migration Survey 2011 by the Centre for Development Studies, for every 100 women in the state, a significantly high 33 relocate to other cities. Out of those who choose to make a living outside Kerala, 51 women per 100 are in the 20-24 age...
12:52 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: On completion of three years in office on Tuesday, the UPA said it had taken several unique measures to empower women in the country. "National Mission for Empowerment of Women began a unique initiative in 2011 - a new model of 'convergence centres' for women called 'Poorna Shakti Kendras' dedicated to helping women access the benefits made available to them through various programmes in select districts of the...
01:11 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday is expected to probe the complaints of threat made by the victim in the IPL molestation case involving Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach. The victim, an American national, had said that five people, including three IPL players, had threatened her to drop the case against Pomersbach. The police will also question a Mumbai-based businessman, said to be a key witness in...
07:44 AM, May 21, 2012
London: Women in highflying jobs drink twice as much than those in manual jobs, according to UK's official statistics, reflecting a startling "cocktail and business card culture" which is on the rise. Figures from the Office of National Statistics in the UK showed that women in top positions, such as managers in large companies, drink a bottle of wine a week on average, around 11.2 units, compared with 6.2 units...
03:36 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team director Sidhartha Mallya may find himself in some deep trouble as the alleged victim in the molestation case involving RCB batsman Luke Pomersbach has decided to file a complaint against him with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday. The alleged victim is expected to meet DCW chairperson at 12 noon. The agency will then register her complaint and ask the police...
09:46 AM, May 19, 2012
Boxer Mary Kom is happy to have secured her berth to London despite losing in the World Championships quarter-finals, and is now aiming for a medal in the 2012 Olympics. ...
08:45 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Amid the opposition demand to make divorce more women-friendly, the government on Thursday approved fresh amendments in a bill pending in Rajya Sabha to give the wife a clearly defined share in husband's immovable residential property. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took up new amendments to the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha earlier this month. The government...
09:59 PM, May 17, 2012
Qinhuangdao, China: Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom's Olympic ticket will be decided by fate now after she lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championships to world number two Nicola Adams on Wednesday. The five-time world champion will return empty-handed on the medal front for the first time since the event's inception in 2001, but she still has a chance of getting a London berth if Adams goes on...
06:55 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: India's L Sarita Devi (60kg) stunned defending champion and world number 2 Gulsum Tatar of Turkey to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the seventh World Women's Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao, China on Monday and inch closer to qualifying for the London Olympics. Asian champion Sarita, who is competing in just her second international event after jumping two divisions, defeated Tatar 14-13 in a see-saw contest to continue her bid...
04:00 PM, May 14, 2012
London: Using acid as a weapon to disfigure women has become a worrying trend in Pakistan. But now the tables seem to have been turned on them and Pakistani men are reported to be facing the brunt of "revenge attacks" launched by women. Over 8,500 acid attacks, forced marriages and other forms of violence against women were reported in Pakistan in 2011, the Daily Mail reported citing the Aurat Foundation,...
02:46 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women boxers were off to an impressive start at the World Championships-cum-Olympic Qualifiers in Qinhuangdao, China with Mandakini Chanu (57kg) and Neetu Chahal (69kg) advancing to the second round with easy wins. Mandakini and Neetu are competing in the non-Olympic categories as only 51kg, 60kg and 75kg divisions have been picked for the London Games where women's boxing will make its debut in the quadrennial extravaganza. Mandakini...
01:31 PM, May 12, 2012
Riyadh: A Saudi man found guilty of hitting his wife has been sentenced by a court to read the Quran and two Islamic books on relations between spouses. He will later sit for a test on what he learned from the books. The man was told to memorise five of the 30 parts of the Quran, as well as 100 sayings by Prophet Mohammad, the Gulf News reported citing Saudi...
08:45 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Working women in urban areas give precedence to their career and professional ambitions over plans to start a family, a study said on Thursday. The survey was conducted on about 1,200 married, young working women and home makers in cities like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune. Over half of married women in the aforesaid centres said they have shelved plans to start a family as...
09:17 PM, May 10, 2012
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