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Sushma Swaraj requests Maneka Gandhi to probe Sherin Mathews's adoption pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (MEA) Sushma Swaraj on Friday requested Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi, to probe the adoption process of three-year-old girl Sherin Mathews, whose body was found in a culvert in suburban Dallas in Texas.
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Rohtak gangrape: Haryana Minister Kavita Jain demands 'fast track
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana)[India], May 14 (ANI): Condemning the brutal shocker emerging from Rohtak, where a girl was gangraped and her mutilated body was discovered, Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain demanded that dedicated, separate courts should be set up in the country for
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Maharashtra civic polls: Pankaja Munde offers resignation
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], Feb. 23 (ANI): Taking responsibility of the poor performance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her constituency, Parli, Maharashtra's Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday offered to resign from her post.
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Maneka Gandhi promises to end commercialisation of Caesarean deliveries
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Feb.22 (ANI): A Mumbai-based woman's online petition has prompted women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi to take strict measures against "abnormally high rate" of C-section deliveries in India.
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Vaidyanath bank money conversion row: Munde assures of cooperation in prob
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec.24 (ANI): Maharashtra's Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde who is also the member of Board of Directors of Vaidyanath Urban Cooperative Bank, on Saturday said the bank is ready to cooperate with the CBI after it registered a case against its officials
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WCD ministry to give National Awards to Anganwadi workers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 22 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi will today confer national awards to Anganwadi workers for their exceptional achievement.
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Swati Maliwal slams Sandeep Kumar for his 'shameful' act
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
NewDelhi, Sept. 3 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Saturday welcomed the AAP's decision to sack Sandeep Kumar, saying it is extremely shameful that the latter being the Women and Child Development Minister was busy in his own celebrations at a time when sev
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Bhopal rape case: Victim out of danger, says Chitnis
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug. 31 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis on Wednesday said the two-year old girl, who was raped in Bhopal city this morning, is now out of danger and has gained consciousness.
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Maternity Bill will sail through LS in November: Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday hailed the passage of Maternity Bill in the Rajya Sabha and expressed hope that it will sail through the Lok Sabha in the next session of Parliament.
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Women activists welcome Maneka Gandhi's call for amending passports r
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jaipur, July 17 (ANI): The women activists on Sunday hailed Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's request to the Ministry of External Affairs to amend rules for issuing passports and not make father's name a mandatory requirement as a very positive initiati
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Maneka Gandhi sets up cyber cell to check internet trolling
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said her ministry has set up a cyber cell to take on trolls that harass women and children.
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