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They sport modern clothes, guzzle mugs of beer at the most happening watering holes in the city, sit in air-conditioned office cabins and know their minds perfectly well. Here comes the independent, free-spirited new-age woman. She is no longer the shy, bat-your-eyelids type. But rather, a woman who knows her mind only too well and has the read more »
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Starting today, don’t be surprised if you hail an autorickshaw and the driver turns out to be a woman. For, beginning Monday, 15 women who successfully completed their training as auto drivers may hit the city’s streets. read more »
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A movie like “Sanai Chaughade” makes you feel happy while you coming outside theatre after complete show, it doesn’t mean that it’s a popcorn movie. It’s a movie which asks you some questions, which related to our society and our generation and our point of view to about some incidents which faced by women in our society.

It’s a story of a girl “Sayee” and her unique marriage; she belongs to read more »
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A group of poor, uneducated Dalit women from Andhra Pradesh, is in mumbai and they have a piece of advice for Vidarbha’s farmers. They are asking vidarbha farmers to shift to food crops and stay strong, not just to survive, but also to live with dignity. read more »
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A 31-year-old woman who was robbed of her mobile phone on April 16 while travelling in a BEST bus, snatched it back from the thieves in the same bus a week later on Wednesday.

The courageous IT professional’s regret, however, was that nobody stepped forward to help her nab the two thieves who wre read more »
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The teacher accused of molesting one of his students was thrashed by some women right outside Vasai Gaon police station when he was being brought after being arrested on Tuesday afternoon. read more »
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Meow 104.8 FM has been launched in Mumbai. This is one of the new FM channels launched in the city. A channel exclusively for women. Well thats what they claim to be. After tuning into the channel several times here is my take on this channel.

Although the concept of the channel sounds super cool, there is a lot of areas of improvement. read more »
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AP MLC's appointment to Women University in Karna withdrawn
BANGALORE, FEB 7 (PTI)
Amid mounting protests from Kannada protogonist organisations Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur today withdrew the appointment of an Andhra Pradesh Legislator as syndicate member of the Women University in Bijapur.
"The appointment of Dr Rajalakshmi, MLC from Andhra Pradesh stands cancelled", an official read more »
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He is a man of peace. But whenever he dwells upon the crisis that has begun to loom large over the Zoroastrian community in terms of their dwindling numbers, the reactions he evokes are just short of extreme rage.

That's because Dasturji Dr Kersey Antia is of the firm view that children of Zoroastrian women who marry outside the community must be accepted by the faith.

"If children of Z read more »
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In Mumbai, on Juhu Tara road, two women were groped outside a five-star hotel on New Year’s Eve. However, the Santa Cruz police denied receiving any complaint. Witnesses said a group of boys, who were drunk after partying on Monday night, committed the act. This is the second such incident in the past few years. Earlier, a tabloid had carried pictures of a young woman being molested at the Gate read more »
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Police will soon collect all the photographs taken by the photojournalists of the incident where two women were allegedly molested by a mob on New Years' Day in Juhu, a senior official said. read more »
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Two years in a row, New Year revelry in Mumbai has gone awry. This year, in a city which boasts of being safe for women, a mob of 70 to 80 men groped and molested two women for about 15 minutes on a busy main street in Juhu early on New Year's Day. read more »
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A mob of 70-80 men groped and molested two young women for some 15 minutes on a busy main street in Mumbai’s glamour district Juhu early on New Year’s Day.

An identical incident had shamed India’s safest city exactly a year ago — a girl was molested by New Year’s eve revellers at the Gateway of India. That incident was captured on film by a popular Mumbai tabloid; Tuesday morning’s horror was read more »
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Long regarded as the safest Indian city for women, Mumbai still logs one rape every two days. And the December-end figure will most probably be higher than the 2006 number.

It's not only the rape statistic that is worrying. As many has 16 break-ins have taken place every day, in some part of the city or other, until November this year. And both murders and robberies have occurred at the rate read more »
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An art class is generally for children. But here’s an art class for grown-ups, ladies, housewives, college students and working men and women; those who feel they missed the bus sometime back but would still like to learn can now be hopeful.

“Panth Sir,” as he is fondly called, is a noted artist and art teacher with an exp read more »
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