Workplaces have to be safe for women in all respects: Rekha Sharma
Feb 15, 2021, at 03:03 am
Srinagar: Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma said on Saturday that the internal committees constituted in institutions and organisations to prevent sexual harassment of women must do their job efficiently and seriously to create a safe and secure workplace environment for women.
UP: Woman gang-raped in Lucknow for a week, 2 arrested
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Amid protest over rapes in Hathras, Balrampur and other places in Uttar Pradesh, now the state capital Lucknow has been rocked by an incident of gang-rape.
UP government is committed to ensuring safety of women: Yogi Adityanath
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Friday said his government is committed to ensure women's safety in the state where recent incidents of atrocities against women in Hathras and Balrampur have triggered countrywide outrage.
Vadodara gangrape: Both culprits nabbed
Dec 08, 2019, at 07:08 pm
Vadodara/Ahmedabad/UNI: The crime branch of Ahmedabad police on Sunday nabbed the two accused of a sensational gang-rape incident in Navlakhi area under Raopura police station in Vadodara city.
Veterinary doctor rape-murder: All accused sent to judicial custody for 14 days
Nov 30, 2019, at 06:06 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: All the four accused arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana have been sent to 14-day judicial custody on Saturday.
Kolkata: Boxer Suman Kumar alleges verbal, physical abuse on road, cries police inaction
Jun 28, 2019, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS): Boxer Suman Kumari on Friday wrote a post on Facebook saying she had been verbally and physically abused by a random youth on the road in Kolkata's Momumpur area.
IMF chief asks Modi to pay more attention to women safety in India
Apr 20, 2018, at 02:50 pm
Washington, Apr 20 (IBNS): Amid the recent rape incidents in India, IMF chief Christine Lagarde has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in the Asian nation should pay more attention to women.
Kiran Bedi takes pillion ride at night to inspect road safety in Puducherry
Aug 20, 2017, at 05:22 pm
Puducherry, Aug 20 (IBNS): In her attempt to inspect how safe Puducherry nights are for women, Lt governor Kiran Bedi undertook a pillion ride on a two-wheeler on Friday night.
Can't allow the shameful act of Mass Molestation go unpunished, says Rijiju
Jan 03, 2017, at 06:56 pm
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): Speaking out on the mass molestation which took place in Bangalore on the new year's eve, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has said that it cannot go unpunished.
Police corrupt and ineffective under PMO and LG, says Kejriwal
Dec 16, 2016, at 07:26 pm
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IBNS): Accusing the PMO and Lieutenant Governor of indulging in politics with women safety in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the law enforcers have become corrupt and ineffective under the former's rule.