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NCW takes suo motu cognisance of objectionable statements made by Jadavpur
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the objectionable statements made by a professor of Jadavpur University in West Bengal's Kolkata.
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Minority panel hails 10 per cent quota Bill, thanks PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has hailed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 as 'historic' which gives 10 per cent reservation to poor among the general category in government jobs and admissions in government academic institutions.
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NCW notice to Rahul politically motivated: Anand Sharma
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said that the notice issued by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to Congress president Rahul Gandhi was a politically motivated move and accused that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself "dragged the India
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NCW sends notice to Rahul Gandhi for his sexist remarks on Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 10 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making sexist remarks against Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament.
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K'tka: NCW to set inquiry committee to probe bonded women labourers case
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Jan 3 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has decided to constitute an inquiry committee to investigate into the plight and condition of the bonded women labourers recently rescued from a plantation in Savanthahalli Village, Karnataka.
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NCW seeks explanation from Darul Uloom VC for 'fatwa' on women, men eating
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): The National Commission of Women (NCW) has sought an explanation from Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband Abul Qasim Nomani for issuing a fatwa or decree, which termed women and men eating together during public functions as 'un-Islamic.'
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NCST chairman says Lord Hanuman was a tribal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Nov 30 (ANI): Days after a legal notice was served to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for claiming that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit, the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NSCT), Nand Kumar Sai on Friday said that Lord Hanuman belo
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NCW to review Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) will organise a one-day stakeholder consultation on November 17 in Delhi to review the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013.
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Woman beaten up in train: NCW takes suo-moto cognizance
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday took suo-moto cognizance of a case in which a woman was allegedly beaten up inside a train by a passenger who was in an inebriated condition.
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Minorities panel chief favours Ram Temple construction for Muslims' peace
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): National Commission for Minorities chairperson Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi backed construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya so that Muslims can live peacefully in the country.
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#MeToo: HC rejects PIL seeking NCW's intervention in sexual harassment cas
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to National Commission for Women (NCW) to take suo-motto action regarding sexual harassment cases coming into its notice under #MeToo movement.
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Sabarimala temple row: NCW takes cognisance of attack on women journalist
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took cognisance of attack on women journalists by the devotees protesting against the entry of women between the age group of 10 years to 50 years in the Sabarimala temple.
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