Maneka Gandhi
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#MeToo fallout: Maneka Gandhi urges political parties to form panels to look into sexual harassment complaints
India | Oct 18, 2018, 09:32 PM ISTManeka Gandhi said she has written to six national parties and 59 regional parties to form internal complaints committee against sexual harassment and post information on it on their website.
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Law Ministry endorses proposal to remove time limit for reporting child sexual abuse: Maneka Gandhi
India | Oct 16, 2018, 05:01 PM ISTManeka Gandhi had, on October 3, written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asking him to remove the time limit for reporting child sexual abuse and allow people to complain even "10-15 years later".
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Union minister Maneka Gandhi proposes panel to hold public hearings of #MeToo cases
News | Oct 12, 2018, 05:25 PM ISTUnion minister Maneka Gandhi proposes panel to hold public hearings of #MeToo cases
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#MeToo movement: 4 retired judges to hold public hearings on cases of sexual harassment, says Maneka Gandhi
India | Oct 13, 2018, 11:34 PM ISTWomen and child development minister Maneka Gandhi announced the government's decision today as the debate over sexual harassment cases is raging up in the country with more and more women breaking shackles and recounting horror they once faced.
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Matters relating to sexual abuse should be allowed to be reported without any time limit: Maneka Gandhi
India | Oct 08, 2018, 02:38 PM ISTWomen and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said that she has asked the Law Ministry to not keep any age limit to report child sexual abuse, allowing people to complain about what has happened to them even "10-15 years later".
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Tanushree Dutta row: 'We should start #MeTooIndia movement against sexual harassment', says Maneka Gandhi
India | Oct 02, 2018, 11:06 PM ISTDutta has accused Patekar of behaving inappropriately with her on the sets of a film called 'Horn Ok Please' in 2008.
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Unregistered shelter homes face closure, says Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi
India | Aug 08, 2018, 08:09 PM ISTThe move has come after the alleged rape of girls in the shelter homes of Muzaffarpur and Deoria.
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Baby-selling scandal: Govt asks all state govts to inspect Missionaries of Charity child care homes
India | Jul 17, 2018, 09:55 AM ISTThe government's directives come days after a sensational video had emerged showing a nun and an employee of a Ranchi-based shelter house, Nirmal Hriday confessing that they illegally sold newly-born babies in lieu of money.
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7 Bollywood production houses have formed anti-sexual harassment cells, says Maneka Gandhi
Bollywood | Jul 16, 2018, 11:00 PM ISTManeka Gandhi urged the production houses to submit a report about the internal complaints committee set up by them.
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Deeply disturbed by the rape case in Kathua, says Maneka Gandhi
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Kathua rape-murder case: Maneka Gandhi to ask for death penalty for child rape
India | Apr 13, 2018, 04:50 PM ISTInvestigations have revealed that the girl was held in a temple, drugged, repeatedly raped and finally murdered to scare the nomadic Muslim community out of the village.
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Credit for rise in girl child ratio goes to PM Modi, says Maneka Gandhi
India | Mar 08, 2018, 06:28 PM ISTManeka Gandhi was speaking on the occasion of International Women's Day which was also attended by Modi to launch the pan expansion of his flagship programme "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" scheme in 640 districts.
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Don't know how brothels are operating, new Bill will address issue: Maneka Gandhi
India | Feb 28, 2018, 09:11 PM ISTThe Minister pointed out that the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), 1956, criminalises sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purposes but it neither legalises nor criminalises the sex trade, if taken up with free will.
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Caught on camera: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi abuses UP official over allegations of corruption
India | Feb 17, 2018, 04:17 PM ISTThe incident took place during a public meeting in Bareilly where the minister was interacting with the people of the area who were agitated over the alleged corruption in Public Distribution System (PDS).
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Watch: Maneka Gandhi abusing officer, accused of corruption, in UP
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Appoint women drivers, helpers in school buses: Maneka Gandhi
National | Sep 15, 2017, 11:05 PM ISTManeka Gandhi spoke about rising concerns over safety of children in schools after a string of attacks, including Pradyuman Thakur's killing in Gurugram's Ryan International School.
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Rise in C-Sec surgeries: Govt wants proper display of data by private hospitals
India | Jul 14, 2017, 07:35 PM ISTThe government has asked all the private hospitals empanelled under CGHS to prominently display the data of deliveries through such operations vis-à-vis normal deliveries at the reception area
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Group of Ministers approves draft national policy for women
National | Jul 11, 2017, 11:36 PM ISTA Group of Ministers today approved a draft national policy for women.
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Maneka Gandhi admitted to AIIMS for gall bladder treatment
National | Jun 02, 2017, 10:35 PM ISTThe women and child development minister has been admitted to a private ward, according to sources at AIIMS.
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New rules would ensure cattle is not ill-treated, says Maneka Gandhi
National | May 27, 2017, 10:34 PM ISTDefending the new rules banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi today said that it would ensure that the bovines are not ill-treated.