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- India
2 women cops booked for kidnapping male colleague
Sultanpur: On the directives of the court, a police inspector and constable (both women) posted in Mahila Thana of Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur have been booked for allegedly kidnapping a male police inspector,…
- India
Minister’s slur on Supriya Sule: Governor sends women’s plea to Shinde-Fadnavis govt
Mumbai: Taking cognizance of a complaint pertaining to a maharashtra Minister’s slur against Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule last month, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has sent a complaint by women leaders…
- India
341 women inducted as sailors, training to be same as men: Navy Chief
New Delhi: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar on Saturday revealed that 341 out of 3,000 Agniveer inducted in the navy are women as sailors and training for them will…
- World
Afghans marrying off young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban
Kabul: Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls — a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to…
- India
MP: Women made to lie on ground at sterilisation camp; CMO issues notice
Shivpuri: A significant case of negligence has come to light at Shivpuri district hospital where women were made to lie down on the ground during a sterilisation camp organised in the hospital…
- Telangana
Bus runs over two women in Telangana
Hyderabad: Two women were killed when they were knocked down by a bus in Telangana’s Karimnagar district on Wednesday. The accident occurred in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar of Manakondur in Karimnagar district when…
- India
Yoga guru Ramdev apologises for remark on women
Mumbai: Yoga guru Ramdev has apologised for his remark on women for which the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) had issued him a notice, the panel’s chairperson Rupali Chakankar said. At a…
- India
After furore for slurring women, Ramdev regrets and apologises
Mumbai: Barely 72 hours after his comments on women sparked a furore, a chastened Yoga guru, Swami Ramdev has expressed regrets and apologised for his remarks. Ramdev has sent an email to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Congress workers protest against Ramdev’s remarks on women
Hyderabad: The Telangana Mahila Congress workers demanded stern action against ‘Yoga Guru’ Baba Ramdev for making derogatory statements against women at a program. Baba Ramdev made the comment as he was saying…
- India
Violence against women shouldn’t be seen through prism of religion: Giriraj Singh
New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said any violence against women should not be seen through the prism of religion and such incidents should be condemned outrightly by all without…
- Andhra Pradesh
Agniveer rally in Vellore for women military police from November 27-29
Secunderabad: The Army will conduct a recruitment drive under the Agnipath Scheme from November 27 to November 29. Through the drive, to be conducted at the District Sports Complex, Vellore, women military police candidates will be drafted…
- World
Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member: UN chief
United Nations: Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a family member, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that violence against them…
- India
Bihar: 24 women forced to undergo tubectomy surgery in Khagaria
About 24 women from Bihar’s Khagaria underwent a tubectomy procedure at Alauli Heath Centre allegedly without the administration of anaesthesia leaving them squirming in pain. The incident happened over the weekend. Tubectomy…
- Delhi
WHO: Cervical cancer 4th most common in women, policymakers should move to eliminate
Delhi: The World Health Organization and its member states in the South-East Asia Region and across the world marked the second Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action on Thursday. Cervical cancer is…
- India
Entry of women candidates permitted in certain branches of Indian Navy University: Centre to HC
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that entry of women candidates in certain branches of the Indian Navy University has now been permitted. The high court was informed…
