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Police have become 'bhakshaks' from 'rakshaks': Congre
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Congress leader Barkha Singh Shukla questioned the credibility of the police after a 32-year-old gangrape victim from Thrissur, accused the police of mentally torturing her by asking inappropriate questions during their investigation, and asked where will the
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Triple talaq row: Barkha Shukla for consensus among all
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla on Sunday said that the decision on triple talaq should be taken after a proper consensus among all parties, adding all efforts should be made to ensure that the women get justice.
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Former DCW chief takes on Maliwal, says "not afraid of ACB probe"
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): Former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Friday defended herself in the case filed against her and former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by her successor Swati Maliwal, saying the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) is probing the matte
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First edition of Guwahati Theatre Festival brings a smile to people of nor
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): A five-day Guwahati Theatre Festival recently brought popular Bollywood actors Rajat Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin and Saurabh Shukla to picturesque Assam.
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DCW recruitment scam: ACB rebuts Kejriwal's claim, says his name adde
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday rebutted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that his name was included in an FIR at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which alleged irregularities in the Delhi Commission for Woman, saying that
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Barkha Shukla welcomes order to allow women's entry into Haji Ali d
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): In a valuable judgment, the Bombay High Court today lifted the ban imposed on women from entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah.
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Jigisha murder: Degree of brutality, mindset of accused makes it rarest of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 22 (ANI): A Delhi court on Monday awarded the death sentence to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in New Delhi in 2009 and the third convict Baljeet Malik was sentenced to life in prison.
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Congress upset over PM Modi's 'political' I-Day address
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Expressing displeasure at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'political' Independence Day address, Congress leader Rajeev Shukla on Monday said that it was extremely inappropriate on his part to target the opposition from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
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Gohana rape case: Barkha Shukla Singh calls for speedy justice
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 10 (ANI): Former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Wednesday said the rape incident that took place in Gohana, Haryana, was extremely unfortunate, adding the judiciary must pronounce its order in such cases without any delay.
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Rajnath should be praised for exposing Pak on its own soil: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 5 (ANI): Commenting on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's terse speech in Islamabad during the seventh SAARC Home Ministers meeting, BJP leader Prem Shukla has said Singh should be appreciated for the way he has unmasked the ill-intentions of Pakistan on its own soil.
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Bulandshahr rape: Former DCW chief slams UP Govt., seeks strict action
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.1 (ANI): Former Delhi Commission for Women chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Monday condemned the gang rape of a women and her daughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district and held Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav-led government responsible for the unfortunate incident.
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Mere talk on women development won't help: Former DCW chief tells Nit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.1 (ANI): Dubbing the Darbhanga incident where a women was allegedly beaten and forced to drink her urine after being branded as a 'witch' as unfortunate, former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Monday urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to
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