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PM Modi lauds recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards for their work in their respective fields.
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Women safety emergency number '112' launched in 16 states, UTs
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): In view of women's safety, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday jointly launched a single pan India number '112' for any emergency in 16 States and Union Territories.
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WCD Ministry to formulate guidelines for children's hostels
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) will formulate guidelines for children's hostels, elaborately underlining the minimum standards of care that should be provided to them.
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Maneka Gandhi hopefull of Rajya Sabha to pass Anti-Trafficking bill
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Union Minister Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday expressed hope that the proposed anti-trafficking bill, which has been passed by the Lok Sabha, would get a clearance from Rajya Sabha as well in the upcoming Winter Session of the P
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Maneka hails Centre's move for animal-free circuses
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 01 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Saturday welcomed the Centre's proposed move to ban all animals in circuses, saying the decision has been "long overdue."
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Sexual harassment in AIR: Maneka writes to I&B minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 15 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has written a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore over reports of women working as casual announcers in All India Radio (AIR) being allegedly sexually harassed. Read More
Tigress Avni killing: Shooter's father threatens to sue Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 07 (ANI): Sharpshooter Shafath Ali Khan, whose son Azgher Ali Khan was allegedly involved in the killing of Tigress Avni, has threatened to sue Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, claiming that the allegations against his son ar
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Tigress Avni killing: Maneka Gandhi urges Fadnavis to sack forest minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis seeking removal of Sudhir Mungantiwar, State Minister of environment and forest.
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Tigress Avni's killing will be probed: Fadnavis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed his sadness over the decision to kill man-eater tigress 'Avni', saying his government will launch a probe to check if there were any procedural lapses in the entire episode.
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Maha minister slams Maneka Gandhi for comments on Tigress Avni
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]. Nov 5 (ANI): Hitting back at Union Minister Maneka Gandhi over her comments on the killing of Tigress Avni, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that he would have been happy if Gandhi had spoken to him before commenting on the matter.
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Maneka Gandhi slams Maha govt for 'brutal murder' of Tigress Avni
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 04 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government over the killing of man-eating tigress Avni and termed it a "straight case of crime".
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Centre constitutes 4-member GoM to crackdown on workplace sexual harassmen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Wednesday constituted a four-member Group of Ministers headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh "to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at work
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