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Tigress Avni killing: Shooter's father threatens to sue Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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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Maneka Gandhi slams Maha govt for 'brutal murder' of Tigress Avni
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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#MeToo: Maneka Gandhi to look into institutional mechanisms of media organ
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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'Akbar's continuation as minister sends out wrong message'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Demanding an "impartial and fair inquiry" into the multiple sexual harassment allegations levelled against Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs MJ Akbar, Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) penned a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Min
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Maneka Gandhi happy about MeToo movement, hopes it doesn't go out of contr
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi on Monday said she is happy that #MeToo movement has started in India.
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Raise time span of reporting sexual abuse to 30 years: Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Ministry of Women and Child Development is mulling over increasing the time limit for lodging complaints of sexual harassment to 30 years.
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Harassment won't be tolerated: Maneka Gandhi on Tanushree Dutta
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Days after Tanushree Dutta claimed that Bollywood actor Nana Patekar harassed her on the sets of a film, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi stood in support of the actor.
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Over 1cr fake Anganwadi beneficiaries detected: Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday announced that the ministry has found and eliminated approximately one crore fake beneficiaries.
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Nirbhaya case: Maneka Gandhi satisfied with SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's judgement upholding death penalty for the convicts in the 2012 rape case in Delhi.
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Maneka Gandhi, Ahir to launch book on prevention of crimes against childre
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi and Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir will jointly launch a handbook on ways to prevent crimes against children.
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Maneka says will ask for death penalty for child rapists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that her ministry intends to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) to make provision for the death penalty in child rape cases.
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