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Nagpur minor rape case: Women activists question criminals' audacity
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Delhi/Mumbai [India] Apr 21 (ANI): Questioning the audacity of the criminals while throwing light on the law and order situation in Maharashtra, the women activists on Friday expressed grave concern over the rape of a minor girl in Nagpur's MLA hostel and demanded stringent punishment a
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Rajasthan: women activists condemn Banswara incident
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Banswara (Rajasthan) [India], Apr. 20 (AN): The incident of a couple being thrashed and paraded naked in Rajasthan's Banswara district drew severe condemnation from women activists on Thursday who called on the state government to punish those responsible.
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Activists' corner UP Govt. after woman shot dead in police station
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr 18 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, a woman was shot dead by a man inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, which has invited the wrath from women activists across the nation.
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Guna child marriage: Women activists call on Maneka Gandhi to safeguard ch
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Strongly condemning the incident where a Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Guna passed a diktat of marrying a five-year-old girl off to an eight-year-old boy, social activist Brinda Adige on Saturday called on the Union Cabinet Minister for Wom
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Women activists support Maneka Gandhi's remark on Bollywood films
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai [India] Apr. 8 (ANI): Agreeing with Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi's remark on films posing as a threat to women, women activists on Saturday said that Indian cinema needs to be sensitive towards this issue as the young crowd picks things e
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Triple talaq: Women activists pull up AIMPLB for opposing PIL
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over triple talaq, the women activists on Friday slammed the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and said that women have been suffering because of the same.
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Bikaner rape case: Women activists demand stricter laws against rapist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Gulbarga [Karnataka], Mar. 27 (ANI): Condemning the recent Bikaner rape case, women activists on Sunday demanded a stricter law against the perpetrators who commit such heinous crimes with women.
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Issuing fatwa has become fashion: Women Commission
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over fatwa issued against singer Nahid Afrin by Muslim clerics in Assam, women activists on Wednesday said issuing fatwa has become a fashion, adding that it should be issued on something more meaningful.
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Kejriwal has failed to ensure women's safety: Women activists
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata, [India] Mar. 13 (ANI): Condemning the gang-rape in Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, where a woman from Nepal was allegedly molested by five men, the women activists on Monday said that the Delhi Government has failed to ensure the safety of women.
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Women activists demand case be filed against Uma Bharti for Agra speech
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata/Nagpur, (West Bengal/Maharashtra) [India] Feb. 10 (ANI): Condemning Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti's speech at an Agra rally, women activists across the nation said it is a criminal offence and a suo moto criminal case should be filed against her.
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Women activists condemn Sharad Yadav's remark, demand severe punishme
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): The women activists on Wednesday demanded a severe punishment against the Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav for his 'anti-women' remark, adding that the party leaders should come out in open, condemning the former's statement.
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Murthal rape: Women activists welcome court order, demand action against p
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 20 (ANI): Welcoming the Punjab and Haryana High Courts' orders to track the accused involved in the mass kidnapping and rape case during the Jat agitation for reservation last year, social activist Abha Singh on Friday said it is important to take acti
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