Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that different autonomous commissions in the state that were allegedly kept defunct during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government will be reactivated from August 1. “The previous government has kept all the constitutional bodies in West Bengal namely the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, the West Bengal Women’s Commission, the West Bengal Child Protection Commission, the West Bengal S…
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Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday accused the BJP government in Odisha of making a “futile attempt” to erase the legacy of Mission Shakti, a flagship women’s empowerment programme launched under the previous BJD regime, by removing the photograph and information of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from its official website.Addressing a press conference at Sankha Bhawan, the BJD headquarters, senior party women leaders, including Chief Whip in the Odis…
Bhopal, June 22 (IANS) In a significant development towards implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Madhya Pradesh, a high-level committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai is holding extensive consultations with stakeholders. The marathon meetings, that began on Monday morning and will last till the evening at the Naronha Administration Academy in Bhopal, are expected to play a decisive role in shaping the final draft of the UCC Bill.Representatives from va…
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (also known as KTR) on Sunday demanded immediate dismissal of the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar to ensure a fair and impartial investigation in the POCSO case involving his son Bandi Bhageerath. A day after Bhageerath’s arrest and judicial remand, KTR said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly speaks about “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”, but said justice cannot be achieved…
Chandigarh, May 14 (IANS) Advocate Ujjval Bhasin registered a complaint with Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanwardeep Kaur, against former cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh for making alleged derogatory statement against women in the web series ‘Lukkhe’.Speaking to IANS, advocate Bhasin said that such a remark was not expected from a reputed person like Yograj Singh.”His (Yograj Singh’s) statements are pointed towards women who go out to work and then cook food for…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Fulfilling one of crucial poll promise of providing the financial support to every women, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Sunday announced a monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 for those belonging to the general category and Rs 1,500 for Scheduled Caste (SC) under the Mukhya Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satikar Yojana, enabling 97 per cent of all adult women to avail the scheme. For this, a dedicated budgetary outlay of Rs 9,300 crore has been earmarked in 2026-27….
Bengaluru, Jan 9 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and member of the BJP Central Parliamentary Board, B.S. Yediyurappa, stated on Friday that the incident in Hubballi, where a woman was “forcibly stripped”, has resulted in a climate of fear for women throughout the state. He called on the government to take appropriate measures against those responsible.Speaking to the media at the BJP state office “Jagannath Bhavan” in Bengaluru, he said the incident is condemnable. He stressed that a …