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NCW to send notice to Sadhana Singh for 'eunuch' remark
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Jan 20 (ANI): The National Commission for Women said a notice will be sent to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Sadhana Singh for referring to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati as a "eunuch".
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Jadavpur University students demand expulsion of Prof who commented on wom
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Students of Kolkata's Jadavpur University (JU) on Tuesday staged a protest in the university campus, demanding the expulsion of Professor Kanak Sarkar over his remarks made in a Facebook post.
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NCW takes suo motu cognisance of objectionable statements made by Jadavpur
Updated : 7 years, 2 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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NCW notice to Rahul politically motivated: Anand Sharma
Updated : 7 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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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NCW to review Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act
Updated : 7 years, 4 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, 4 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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#MeToo: HC rejects PIL seeking NCW's intervention in sexual harassment cas
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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#MeToo: Maneka Gandhi to look into institutional mechanisms of media organ
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Following a request of the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC), Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has decided to examine the institutional mechanisms of all the media organisations amid multiple allegations of sexual harassments by wo
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Sabarimala temple row: NCW takes cognisance of attack on women journalist
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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