Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Women is seeking punishment for a police officer for causing “great offence” to a 15-year-old girl and her family by misnaming her as “Dharshita” (Bengali for…
Pune, March 7 (IANS) About 200 members of women’s organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Trimbakeshwar Shiva temple, officials said….
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) India has long struggled to protect minority religious communities or provide justice when crimes occur, creating a climate of impunity, said a Pakistani daily which added that the need for India…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) National carrier Air India will celebrate the International Women’s Day on Tuesday by operating 20 domestic flights manned by all-women crew. “Air India will fly 20 domestic flights with all-women…
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) Ravela Susheel, son of Andhra Pradesh Social and Tribal Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu, was extensively grilled by police on Sunday after he surrendered in a molestation case. A court later…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Air India will celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday by flying 20 all women domestic flights. “Air India will be be flying 20 all women domestic flights on March 8…
Beirut, March 6 (IANS) Palestinian refugees in north Lebanon Tripoli held a sit-in on Saturday to protest the continuing reduction in medical and educational services. The services are supplied to the refugee camp of al-Beddawi…
Thrissur (Kerala), March 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday directed a case be registered against a senior police official as his minor son drove an official vehicle. The Thrissur vigilance court gave this direction…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday dropped charges against suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb maker Abdul Karim Tunda in 1998 case under the Explosive Substance Act – the fourth case he was…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Linking the issue of women’s empowerment with their numbers in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said it was impossible in the absence of their appropriate representation…
Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Saturday seized five two-wheeler taxis belonging to app-based cab aggregators Uber and Ola for violating the Motor Vehicles Act and operating without requisite permissions. “They (uberMOTO and…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, accused of sexually harassing a former woman colleague, had written six poems aiming to express his “feelings”, praising the beauty of the victim who…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment of women was not possible in absence of their…
Mumbai: Shatrughan Sinha at the Zee Cine Awards 2016 in Mumbai on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo:…
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) The competitive populism of announcing freebies like consumer durables may continue in the election manifestoes of major political parties in Tamil Nadu, said an advocate. “The major political parties will announce…
Sonipat, March 5 (IANS) From launching start-ups to joining non-profit organisations, the graduates of Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) in Sonipat, Haryana have discovered unconventional ways of giving shape to their dreams after successfully completing…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Hyderabad police on Saturday booked an Andhra Pradesh minister’s son and his driver for misbehaving with a woman. Ravela Sushil — son of Andhra Pradesh Minister for Social and Tribal Welfare…
Ankara, March 5 (IANS) Turkish police have raided the offices of Zaman, the country’s biggest newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control. Police entered the building in Istanbul late on Friday,…
Damascus, March 5 (IANS) Two people found guilty of “refugee smuggling” that lead to the much-publicised case of the drowning of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi and four other refugees were sentenced to four years and…
New York, March 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for empowerment of women as “agents of change” in a message to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day on March 8, the media reported on…