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WCD Ministry approves 3 fresh proposals for expenditure under Nirbhaya Fun
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): The Empowered Committee of Officers under Nirbhaya Fund, under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry on Friday approved three major proposals. These were with regard to setting up setting up Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs
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Sexual harassment in AIR: Maneka writes to I&B minister
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 15 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has written a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore over reports of women working as casual announcers in All India Radio (AIR) being allegedly sexually harassed. Read More
Tigress Avni killing: Shooter's father threatens to sue Maneka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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Home Secretary holds meeting on efforts to curb misuse of social media
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 25 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, along with senior officers of Ministry of Home Affairs, security agencies and Department of Telecommunications (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) held a meeting with representatives of Facebook, Google, Twitt
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#MeToo: Maneka Gandhi to look into institutional mechanisms of media organ
Updated : 7 years, 9 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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Maneka Gandhi urges political parties to form sexual harassment committee
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): With the rising number of alleged sexual harassment cases surfacing since the #MeToo campaign raged in India, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday urged all the political parties to form internal complaint committees.
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Victim of child sexual abuse can file complaint any time irrespective of p
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday said that is no period of limitation with regard to reporting of child sexual offences under the POCSO Act, 2012.
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'Akbar's continuation as minister sends out wrong message'
Updated : 7 years, 9 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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Centre to set up committee to examine #MeToo cases
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Friday announced that it will be setting up a committee constituting of senior judicial and legal persons to examine all issues tumbling out from the #MeTooIndia movement.
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Maneka Gandhi happy about MeToo movement, hopes it doesn't go out of contr
Updated : 7 years, 9 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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