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  Maneka Gandhi to launch Bal Swachhata Abhiyan today

  National | November 14, 2014 8:00 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi will launch Bal Swachhata Abhiyan in the national capital at the Maidangarhi anganwadi today, on Nehru's 125th birthday. According to a government official, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka

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  Change in mindset needed to tackle female foeticide: Maneka

  National | November 12, 2014 11:42 IST

  New Delhi: In tackling female foeticide, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi believes changing people's mindset in an incentive-based way is more pertinent than bringing in stern laws.Gandhi said that the Government's Beti

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  Change in mindset needed to tackle female foeticide: Maneka Gandhi

  National | November 11, 2014 17:23 IST

  New Delhi: In tackling female foeticide, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi believes changing people's mindset in an incentive-based way is more pertinent than bringing in stern laws.Gandhi said that the Government's Beti

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  Women representation in PM Modi ministry goes upto 8

  National | November 09, 2014 16:21 IST

  New Delhi:  First time Uttar Pradesh MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is the lone woman face in today's expansion of the Union Cabinet which took the total representation of the fairer sex to eight.47-year-old Jyoti is

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  Government to focus on 100 districts to improve child sex ratio

  National | October 31, 2014 17:26 IST

  Chandigarh: Government has selected 100 districts across the country where various measures will be taken to improve the child sex ratio, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said here today.Inaugurating the first

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  Jayalalithaa thanks Rajnikanth, Maneka Gandhi for support

  National | October 20, 2014 14:05 IST

  Chennai: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa has thanked Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for her ‘heartwarming missive' in the wake of her sentencing in a graft case and actor Rajnikanth for his ‘gracious sentiments' on her return

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  Lawyer alleges Maneka Gandhi slapped him, police probes

  National | October 03, 2014 8:19 IST

  Pilibhit: Police have been asked to probe complaint of a lawyer who has alleged that Union minister and local MP, Maneka Gandhi, today slapped him.D K Verma, a resident of Barkehda area, complained that some

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  Maneka Gandhi bats for comprehensive plan for tackling malnutrition

  National | September 22, 2014 18:47 IST

  New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today laid stress on putting in place a comprehensive time bound action plan in the form of 'National Nutrition Mission' to tackle malnutrition."A comprehensive time

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  No official complaint on 'love jihad' so far, says Maneka

  National | September 17, 2014 19:58 IST

  New Delhi: Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said her ministry has not received any official complaint relating to 'love jihad', but as an MP she has been apprised of a few

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  Post UP results, Maneka once again Pitches for son Varun

  National | September 17, 2014 20:20 IST

  New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi today once again pitched to bring her son Varun at the forefront of the BJP in UP.Commenting on the by-poll results, Maneka said that  Varun Gandhi must now

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  Lalitha Kumarmangalam is the new NCW chairperson

  India | September 17, 2014 19:07 IST

  New Delhi: Member of BJP's national executive Lalitha Kumarmangalam was today appointed the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW)."Kumarmangalam has been appointed as the NCW chairperson and we would like to welcome her,"

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  Government to ease adoption norms: Maneka

  India | September 17, 2014 17:23 IST

  New Delhi: The government will make the norms for adopting children easier, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Wednesday.The minister also said that the government is planning to start foster care system in

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  Nirbhaya centers will solve half of the problems: Maneka Gandhi

  India | September 17, 2014 16:18 IST

  New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Wednesday that setting up 'Nirbhaya centers' for women in distress, and women helpline will together solve half of the problems of women in the country.Addressing

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  Money from illegal animal slaughter funding terrorism: Maneka Gandhi

  National | September 15, 2014 13:13 IST

  Jaipur: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi expressed concern about India being the world's largest beef exporter and claimed that the money from illegal animal slaughter was used for perpetrating acts of terrorism."We are the largest beef

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  10 facts to know about Maneka Gandhi

  National | January 07, 2015 11:02 IST

  Union Minister for Women and Child development, Maneka Gandhi is the wife of late Sanjay Gandhi. Despite her relations with the politically famous ‘Gandhi' family, she has been successful in creating a separate identity for

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  Two Sand Boa, 600 ml Cobra venom recovered from Punjab Roadways bus

  India | August 21, 2014 12:59 IST

  Chandigarh: Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Chandigarh Police and People For Animals (PFA) raided a Punjab Roadways bus (PB- 65-1917) here and seized two Sand Boa snakes and 600 ml venom of

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  Varun Gandhi becomes father of baby girl

  National | August 18, 2014 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: Sultanpur MP and BJP leader Varun Gandhi and his wife Yamini were today blessed with a baby girl.“It is with the deepest joy that I share that Yamini and I have been blessed

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  Ram Madhav, Yeddyurappa in Amit Shah's new BJP team

  National | August 17, 2014 11:47 IST

  New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah Saturday announced his new team of office bearers. Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was inducted as vice president and former RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav as general secretary, but

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  Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Bill 2014 introduced in the Lok Sabha

  National | August 12, 2014 13:47 IST

  New Delhi: After years of wait, the government has finally introduced the Juvenile Justice Care and protection Bill 2014 in the Lok Sabha today. This Act will give power to the Juvenile Justice Board to

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  Cabinet approves amendments to Juvenile Justice Act

  National | August 07, 2014 7:28 IST

  New Delhi:The union cabinet Wednesday gave its nod to amend the Juvenile Justice Act that will pave the way for 16/18-year-olds to be treated as adults when involved in heinous crimes.The decision was taken at