New Delhi: The three-member special probe team constituted by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to look into the heinous Guwahati mob molestation incident has reportedly slammed the police for its "negligent" approach towards the entire episode and exhorted the state government to deploy more women police constables in the capital. The report, that was to be submitted around 2 pm on Monday but got delayed, seeks to set a...
02:23 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: A teenaged girl was pulled by her hair, lifted up, thrown down, beaten up, thrashed, molested, groped, slapped and stripped in full public view for 30 minutes on Monday night at a busy road near the Christian Basti area in Guwahati by a mob of around 20 men. The victim had gone to celebrate her friend's birthday at a bar nearby where a man passed an obscene remark...
10:19 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Commenting on the Andhra Pradesh forced abortion incident, NCW Chairperson Mamata Sharma said that the 'baba' who ordered the act should be held. ...
01:34 PM, Apr 03, 2012
The National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma created a controversy on Sunday after she said that words like sexy should not be taken in a negative context. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 29, 2012
The National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma created a controversy after she said that words like sexy should not be taken in a negative context. ...
09:06 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Jaipur: NCW chairperson Mamta Sharma on Saturday said the word 'sexy' should not be taken in a negative context as it means 'beautiful and charming', but her argument did not go down well with the BJP and women's organisations which termed her remark as shocking and demoralising for women. Speaking at a function, Mamta said that the word meant 'beautiful' and 'charming' so it should not be taken in negative...
08:12 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Jaipur: NCW Chairperson Mamta Sharma on Saturday sparked a controversy by saying that the word "sexy" should not be taken in a negative connotation, drawing criticism from BJP and women's organisations which termed her remark as "shocking" and "demoralising" for women. Speaking at a function, Mamta said sexy meant beautiful and charming so it should not be taken in a negative sense because problems start when we treat it as...
03:47 AM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: As political parties try to outdo one another in offering sops in Uttar Pradesh elections, Mulayam Singh Yadav first promised free laptops and tablets to students if Samajwadi Party comes to power in UP. Going a step further, he has announced free saris and blankets for the needy, and if that was not enough, the Samajwadi Party supremo has also said his government will give jobs to rape...
07:52 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Lucknow: Under attack over the murder of a teenaged girl in a police station in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh charging various national commissions with behaving like political parties. National Commission for Women and National Human Rights Commission have voiced concern over the murder of the girl and NHRC has sent a fact-finding team to Lakhimpur Kheri....
06:35 PM, Jun 14, 2011
Lucknow: The alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl inside a police station in Lakhimpur district in Uttar Pradesh is slowly turning into a political battle between the Congress and the Mayawati government. The Congress on Monday attacked the Mayawati government over the alleged rape and murder case and claimed that the authorities were trying to shield the accused and the investigation into the case was a cover-up. The ...
01:10 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Lucknow: The alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl inside a police station in Lakhimpur district in Uttar Pradesh is slowly turning into a political battle between the Congress and the Mayawati government. The Congress on Monday attacked the Mayawati government over the alleged rape and murder case and claimed that the authorities were trying to shield the accused and the investigation into the case was a cover-up. The...
01:10 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Prime Minister on Sunday announced financial aid of Rs 50,000 for those seriously injured and Rs 10000 for those with minor injuries, for farmers and their family members injured during the recent incidents at Bhatta Parsaul and Acheypur village areas in District Gautam Buddha Nagar. On Sunday Sachin Pilot visited Dasna Jail to meet the farmers. He said that the incident needs to be probed. "The NCW...
02:26 PM, May 22, 2011
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has hit out at the National Commission for Women (NCW) for their claim that women were raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen in Bhatta and Parsaul. National Commission for Women acting Chairperson Yasmeen Abrar on Saturday alleged that crime against woman in Uttar Pradesh is very high and demanded an enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the violence and alleged police atrocities...
06:45 PM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: National Commission for Women (NCW) acting Chairperson Yasmeen Abrar on Saturday alleged that crime against woman in Uttar Pradesh is very high and demanded an enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the violence and alleged police atrocities in Bhatta and Parsaul villages of Greater Noida. Yasmeen repeated that atrocities were committed by the state government in the twin villages, just a day after a NCW...
12:42 PM, May 21, 2011
Noida: A day after the two Behl sisters were rescued from their Noida house, 47-year-old Anuradha, the elder sister, died on Wednesday. An inquiry has been ordered into the self-confinement of two Noida sisters for seven months. A team of the National Commission for Women will investigate whether the two sisters - Anuradha Behl and Sonali Behl - were neglected and will submit its report within 15 days. The enquiry...
02:50 PM, Apr 13, 2011
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the brutal attack on a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh, National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas on Monday slammed the state administration and police for their handling of the rape and abduction cases. Vyas said there were no signs of justice being delivered to the victims and also blamed the police for conducting "shoddy" investigations and implicating innocent persons. The Mayawati government is...
01:18 PM, Feb 07, 2011
New Delhi: Notwithstanding a spate of so called honour killings in northern states, a new study shows that a massive 92 per cent of the people in this region disapprove of such crimes. The study commissioned by National Commission of Women interviewed both urban and rural people out of which 46 per cent agreed that the Khap Panchayats or self-styled caste councils were raising right issues, 48 per cent agreed...
10:36 AM, Aug 15, 2010
The Madhya Pradesh government had conducted virginity tests on women before a mass marriage ceremony in 2009. ...
08:30 PM, Jul 14, 2010
Honour killings have been rampant in orthodox and socially backward groups in many countries of the world. ...
11:31 AM, Jul 11, 2010
NCW criticises weddings in reality television serials. ...
07:21 PM, Mar 06, 2010
