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SC stays Allahabad HC order vacating interim protection granted to shooter
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Allahabad High Court where it had vacated the interim protection from arrest granted to international shooter Vartika Singh who had filed a complaint against Union minister Smriti Irani and others for allegedly de
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NCW writes to UP Police, seeks immediate arrest of accused in Shahjahanpur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday directed the immediate arrest of the accused in the case where a woman was allegedly abducted after she filed a rape complaint to police in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur.
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Sexist remark shows his mindset towards women: NCW chief on Adhir Ranjan's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma on Thursday called the 'rashtrapatni' remark by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on President Droupadi Murmu "sexist" and stated that it shows his "mindset towards women".
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NCW condemns Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) along with Chairpersons and other senior officials of different State Commissions for Women has jointly condemned the objectionable remarks made by MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against the President of India Droupadi Murm
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Smartworld participates in 'Women Empowerment Summit 2022', Organized by I
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): Women's entrepreneurship has been recognized during the last decade as an important untapped source of economic growth. The underrepresentation of women in business is a missed opportunity, from both social and economic standpoints.
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Girls asked to remove innerwear before NEET exam: women's commission asks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Several girl students were forced to remove their innerwear during screening for unauthorized material before the NEET 2022 medical entrance examination conducted at a centre in Kollam district of Kerala according to several media outlets, said the National
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Video goes viral of female cops dragging woman farmer, women's commission
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Women on July 12 has come across a video on Twitter of tribal women farmers being mishandled by the police in Mancherial district of Telangana.
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NCW launches awareness programmes on NRI marriages in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 12 (ANI): National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday launched a series of 'Awareness Programmes on NRI Marriages: Do's and Don'ts, A Way Forward' across different districts of Punjab to disseminate information on the possible risks involved in NRI marriag
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NCW organizes seminar on anti-human trafficking awareness
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) organized a one-day seminar on anti-human trafficking awareness in the national capital on Saturday.
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NCW organizes workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) organized a workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs) under 'She Is A Changemaker' project, a pan-India capacity-building programme of the Commission for improving leadership
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Experts recommend paternity leaves extension to reduce mothers' burden of
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Extending paternity leaves to reduce the burden of raising children on mothers, incentivising employers and sensitisation of the corporate sector to employing more women workers were among the recommendations made by experts at the Final Law Review Consultat
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Don't act on basis of 'political vendetta': NCW to police on Marathi actor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The National Commission for Women on Friday held a hearing on Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale, who was arrested for allegedly sharing a derogatory post on Facebook against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and said that the police should not a
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