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Girl's body found hanging from tree in Jharkhand's Dumka, one arrested
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], October 13 (ANI): The body of a minor tribal girl was found hanging from a tree in the Badtalla village under Kathikund police station area of Jharkhand's Dumka on Wednesday.
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Atrocities against women continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities, especially women, has been continuing in Pakistan recently a Hindu girl returned to her family after enduring two years of gang rape by her abductors, local media reported.
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UNAMA urges Taliban to stop harassing journalists
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out the Taliban to stop harassing journalists and end extremely harsh and severe measures.
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NCW seeks Home Ministry's intervention on atrocities against women in West
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday sought Union Home Ministry's intervention to ensure the safety and security of the women in West Bengal.
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J-K has come a long way from Pak invasion in 1947 to the present period of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir has come a long way from Pakistan's invasion in 1947 in which thousands of innocents were killed and raiders committed atrocities against women and children to the present when the union territory witnesses a period of development, said
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Mamata Banerjee indifferent to atrocities against women, alleges BJP Mahil
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 27 (ANI): On a day when a Bharatiya Janata Party leader was "attacked" while campaigning in Bhabanipur bypoll from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is seeking election to state assembly, Bharatiya Janata Party's Mahila Morcha launched a scathi
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TDP's Nara Lokesh alleges over 500 rapes and other atrocities on women in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 10 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday hit out at Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleging that he is unable to curb atrocities against women in the state.
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US deeply concerned for Afghan women, says NSA Jake Sullivan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): The US is deeply concerned for Afghan women and girls under the Taliban control, National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday as the terror group has been blamed for committing barbaric atrocities against women.
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NCW directs West Bengal DGP to appear before it on May 31 with action take
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday sent a notice to West Bengal's Director General of Police (DGP) to appear before the Commission in person on May 31 with complete action taken reports on incidents of alleged violence against women in the sta
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Maharashtra: Draft Shakti Bill sent to Joint Select Committee of Maharasht
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sent the Shakti Bill, pertaining to the prevention of incidents of violence and atrocities against women and children in Maharashtra, to a joint select committee of both houses of Maharashtra Assembly.
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Maharashtra govt tables Shakti Bill for women's safety
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 14 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Monday tabled the Shakti Bill, pertaining to the prevention of incidents of violence and atrocities against women and children in the state.
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Death penalty for rape, tough provisions in Maharashtra's proposed 'Shakti
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet has approved draft bills for strengthening the law on prevention of atrocities against women, children while "Shakti Act" which envisages death sentence for rape, acid attack and child abuse and the period of investigation
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