Women Safety
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No woman should be born in India, prays a lady IAS officer
India | Aug 04, 2015, 11:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: Women in India face harassment at every step and even IAS officers are prone to the problem that common female citizens of the country are facing.The men get away with their crime because
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DCW writes to Delhi police chief on crimes against women
India | Aug 01, 2015, 05:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi seeking information about the number of complaints of crime against women.In the letter, DCW chief Swati Maliwal sought information
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One-day Delhi Assembly special session to discuss women safety
National | Jul 27, 2015, 08:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: A one-day special session of the Delhi Assembly will be held today to set up a commission of inquiry into cases of crime against women in the national capital.Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
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Mahila Congress activists protest against Sushma Swaraj
National | Jul 21, 2015, 04:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Activists of the All India Mahila Congress on Tuesday held a demonstration to demand the resignation of union minister Sushma Swaraj and BJP chief ministers Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan for impropriety
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Rape-axe: The new anti-rape device to punish molesters!
Lifestyle | Jul 08, 2015, 06:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: While the entire nation is aggravated over the increasing number of rape cases in the country, here comes an anti-rape device which can teach a strong lesson to molesters.Named Rape-axe, this product is
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'India's abortion law should be changed to save women'
India | Jun 26, 2015, 12:57 PM ISTMumbai: India's abortion law should be urgently changed to prevent women from making ill-informed decisions and risking their lives with illegal pregnancy terminations, a Mumbai-based doctor has said in the journal The BMJ.Nikhil Datar, a
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Taxi driver wants every woman to do what this young girl did to him!
Life | Apr 04, 2015, 02:05 PM ISTFew months back, Delhi was shaken with the news of an elite cab (Uber) service's driver raping a customer, but this wasn't the only case. Every given day, a girl/woman reports of misbehavior, molestation, sexual
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Delhi Police forms women's groups to check eve teasing
India | Mar 29, 2015, 10:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an initiative to boost confidence among women and instill a sense of fear among eve teasers, Delhi Police has launched a campaign in Delhi University where girls, trained in unarmed combat, will
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5000 women bouncers land up in 'guarding industry', men to watchout!
India | Mar 14, 2015, 08:29 PM ISTWomen bouncers have not just broken the conventional norm in the country but they are also fastly growing in numbers owing to the higher demand of their services from concerned parents, cautious event managers, and
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Nirbhayas parents unveil self-defence tool for women called 'Bhavani'
India | Mar 10, 2015, 09:32 PM ISTThe parents of December 16 gangrape victim unveiled a comprehensive portable self defence device for women.The device, named “Bhavani”, is a collapsible baton supported with Samurai sword design, stun gun, pepper spray, panic button, pen
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24-hr restaurants: HC queries govt about women's safety aspects
India | Mar 06, 2015, 06:54 PM ISTMumbai: Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government whether it has taken a decision to allow restaurants and pubs in the city to remain open 24 hours a day and, if such a policy had
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Victim to be blamed for rape, says shameless Nirbhaya case convict
India | Mar 02, 2015, 06:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in the infamous Delhi gang rape of 2012, has claimed that his victim was to be blamed for her brutal rape and murder.In an interview to BBC,
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Modi Government to build only 36 of 660 rape crisis centres
India | Feb 26, 2015, 11:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Scaling down its first large-scale initiative for women, Narendra Modi government has restricted its plan of opening rape crisis centre in every district of the country to one centre per state and Union
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Delhi Police launch Himmat WhatsApp, Hike for women's safety
India | Feb 25, 2015, 11:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Enthused by the popularity of its 'Himmat' mobile app for women's safety, the Delhi Police Wednesday launched the facility on WhatsApp and the Hike messenger group.Women in Delhi can now send photos of
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Here's how Anushka Sharma saved friend from an eve-teaser
Bollywood | Feb 22, 2015, 12:59 PM ISTAnushka Sharma who often avoids sharing her personal life on public platforms, recently revealed a secret from her childhood!The actress was at calm when she described the incident where she hit a man, who tried
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Why can't Delhi have a nightlife like Mumbai?
India | Feb 17, 2015, 07:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mumbai police's decision to let night clubs and bars operate 24X7 has sparked the debate on why Delhi shuts down these establishments just past midnight.Despite having 85000 strong workforces, almost double of Mumbai
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Delhi debacle: Kiran Bedi writes an open letter to fellow Indians
India | Feb 16, 2015, 04:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: In her first response to fellow citizens after her debacle in Delhi assembly elections, Kiran Bedi said she opted for electoral politics not for position or power but for serving the city that
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I am relieved my parents were not alive to see this : Kiran Bedi
India | Feb 16, 2015, 05:52 PM ISTIn her first response to fellow citizens after her debacle in Delhi assembly elections, Kiran Bedi said she opted for electoral politics not for position or power but for serving the city that has been
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Uber adds new features for woman safety
Feb 11, 2015, 11:08 PM ISTTo boost security of passegners, Uber Taxi service has introduced two new app based features for their passengers in India. The features allow the users to share details of their whereabouts with up to five
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Delhi polls: Stopping acid attacks on women among top issues in Seemapuri
National | Feb 03, 2015, 02:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The issue of women safety in national capital is weighing on the minds of northeast Delhi voters, thanks to the rising number of acid attack cases in Seemapuri assembly constituency of this region.Locals