Guwahati: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday sought action against bystanders in the Guwahati molestation case. It has also recommended CCTV cameras and special police pickets with women constables outside all pubs in Guwahati. NCW Chairperson Mamata Sharma, along with Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Member of National Commission for Women, met the Chief Minister of Assam on Wednesday at Guwahati and handed over the report along with the recommendation...
06:33 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Sagarika Ghose: After that shocking Guwahati molestation case, questions have been raised on the role of the National Commission of Women or NCW. Did the NCW fail to show even a modicum of any sensitivity towards the victim when, in a press conference, they revealed her name? Is the NCW simply too politicised to objectively campaign for women? Should the NCW be scrapped because it does not consist of campaigners...
11:32 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Serious questions are being raised on the functioning of the National Commission for Women after its blunder of revealing the victim's name in the Guwahati molestation case, and on the many political appointments. They are supposed to be the protectors, but Alka Lamba, sacked member of the NCW team and Congress member revealed the identity of the girl molested in Guwahati at a press conference. And if that...
09:03 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Guwahati: The Congress has admitted to CNN-IBN that Alka Lamba committed a grave mistake by revealing the Guwahati molestation victim's name. Activists and politicians alike are now demanding that the National Commission for Women (NCW) be reconstituted and laws be changed for dealing with molestation victims. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi said, "It's not pardonable, I can understand that. She made a huge, blatant mistake, which she...
07:44 AM, Jul 18, 2012
The NCW's probe panel member Alka Lamba who went to Guwahati may have been sacked for revealing the identity of the victim, but her action has raised serious questions on the functioning of the institution. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 17, 2012
The NCW blames the police for responding late while CM Tarun Gogoi slams mediapersons for not calling the police on time. ...
11:42 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: While the telecast of the Guwahati incident of a mob molesting a teenage girl rippled shockwaves across the country, its impact on the social and political circle is proving to be more fatal with the women's organistion blaming the police for responding late and the Assam Chief Minister slamming mediapersons for not calling the police on time, apparently missing the main agenda in the tug of war. As...
11:10 PM, Jul 17, 2012
The NCW has blamed the police for responding late while the Assam CM slammed mediapersons for not calling the police on time. ...
09:31 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi/Guwahati: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday thanked the media for highlighting the incident where a teenage girl was molested by a mob of at least 30 people in full public view in the heart of Guwahati. Speaking to CNN-IBN, NCW chief Mamta Sharma said the incident was brought to notice by the media. "They (media) brought it to the notice, otherwise it wouldnt have come to...
04:49 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday criticised the National Commission for Women (NCW) saying its members were randomly passing statements on the Guwahati molestation incident. "Without the report being approved, it is made public by the members," said party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman in a scathing criticism of the commission. "The NCW has gone to Guwahati and done a disservice to the victim," she added. She further said that the Assam...
03:32 PM, Jul 17, 2012
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01:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Guwahati: Five more people have been arrested in connection with the molestation of a teenager outside a pub in Guwahati. This takes the total number of arrests so far to 11. However, the main suspect, Amar Jyoti Kalita, spotted in a red jersey in the video of the incident, is still absconding. Police sources had said that Amar Jyoti Kalita might have fld to Odisha, and a search was on...
08:14 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: After a major faux pas by the National Commission for Women, which revealed the name of the victim of the Guwahati mob molestation incident at a press briefing, it was the turn of the Assam government to repeat the blunder. The Department of Information and Public Relations released the name of the victim and photographs of her meeting Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday - a clear violation...
07:28 AM, Jul 17, 2012
India will host Pakistan for a series of 3 one-dayers and two T20 internationals in December. Agricultural growth is a worry. ...
11:52 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Jaswant Singh, an ex-Army officer, has headed Finance, Defence and External Affairs Ministries and even served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. ...
11:15 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Guwahati: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has decided to remove Alka Lamba from the enquiry committee which is probing into the molestation case of a teenage girl by a mob in the heart of Guwahati almost a week back. She has been removed by NCW chief Mamta Sharma following a faux pas in which Lamba had revealed the name of the victim at a press conference. The NCW member...
09:38 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Private news channel reporter Gaurav Jyoti Neog, blamed for allegedly instigating the mob to molest the teenage girl, resigned from his job on Sunday. ...
09:33 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday met the victim, who was publicly molested and stripped by a mob of more than 30 people in Assam's capital Guwahati, and promised more security and monetary relief. However, even after one week of the incident the police have not been able to arrest all those involved in the heinous incident. National Commission for Women (NCW) blamed the police for reacting late...
08:22 PM, Jul 16, 2012
The three-member NCW team was supposed to submit its report on the Guwahati molestation on Monday. ...
06:58 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Guwahati: Almost one week has passed since a young girl was publicly molested and stripped by a mob of more than 30 people in Assam's capital Guwahati but the police have not been able to arrest all those involved in the heinous incident. The National Commission for Women (NCW) has blamed the police for reacting late in trying to save the girl even as its report, which was to be...
04:34 PM, Jul 16, 2012
