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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Pregnant woman shot dead: Women activist calls for curbs on 'gun cult
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.5 (ANI): A day after a drunk man shot a 22-year-old pregnant orchestra dancer after she refused to dance with him, the general secretary of National Federation of Indian Women, a Communist Party of India (CPI) backed organisation, Annie Raja, has said the government ne
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Deaths post demonetisation: Women activists for setting up first-aid unit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): A day after a 56-year-old man died while standing in an ATM queue in Hooghly, Kolkata, women activist Neelam Katara on Sunday asked the government to establish a first-aid unit near ATMs to ensure that no untoward incident takes place in future.
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Women activists enter sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 29 (ANI): After a series of legal battles that lasted for five years, women activists on Tuesday entered the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah.
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Triple talaq: PM Modi's statement draws mixed reaction from women act
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Ahmedabad [India], Oct. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to people on the triple talaq issue and urging the intellectuals who participate in the TV debate to not to make it a Hindu-Muslim issue has drawn mixed reactions from women activists.
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Ranjana Kumari backs Centre's effort to abolish triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Supporting the Central government's stand for abolition of triple talaq, women activist Ranjana Kumari has encouraged Muslim women to seek justice from the Supreme Court.
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Kerala dress code row: activists slam "Talibani" Diktat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): After the Kerala Government Medical College (KGMC) issued a dress code for girls, prohibiting them from wearing jeans, leggings or 'noisy ornaments', women activists on Saturday condemned the move saying such diktats diplaying overpowering the patr
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Bankura acid attack: Women activists demand stern action
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Condemning the incident where three girls were attacked with acid in West Bengal's Bankura district, lawyer Abha Singh today described it as 'gross violation of the law' and demanded strong action against the culprit.
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Women activists demand action against Dayashankar for yet another slur on
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 5 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Dayashankar Singh for his derogatory slur against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, women activists on Monday demanded strict action against the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
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High time SC should strike off triple talaq: Women activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Women rights activist Abha Singh on Friday said the time has come when the Supreme Court should do away with this defective procedure of triple talaq and uphold the right to equality and right to life, which is enshrined in the fundamental rights of the Cons
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Sandeep Kumar CD case: Kejriwal owes explanation, says women activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government after Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Sandeep Kumar was caught in a compromising position with a woman in a CD, women activist Shamina Shafiq asserted that the party owes an explanation to the women of
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Bulandshahr shame: Women activist draws attention to 'jungle raj'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Women rights activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday condemned the abortion of a teen rape victim by the culprit's family in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district and said such incidents highlight the existing 'jungle raj' in the state.
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