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UP Minister Baby Rani Maurya's Car Gets Hit By Truck, She Escapes Unhurt
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya had a close shave when a truck driver lost control over the vehicle and hit her car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday night, an official said.
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3-Member Committee To Probe 18-Month-Old Baby's Death At Andhra Facility
A 3-member committee will probe into the death of an 18-month-old baby who had been left at the local Shishu Gruha or Child Care Centre, a facility run by Andhra Pradesh's Women and Child Welfare department.
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Over 830 Children Rescued From Child Marriage In Assam Operations in 2022
These rescue operations were conducted from January to December of 2022.
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Ensure Domestic Violence Victims Have Access To All Legal Rights: Smriti Irani To Protection Officers
Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Smriti Irani on Monday exhorted all protection officers to ensure that victims of domestic violence have access to all their legal rights.
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Bombay High Court Asks Politicians For Restraint While Commenting On Women
The Bombay High Court today said politicians must maintain self-restraint and decorum while making statements on women.
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Why Remuneration Of Child Commission Not Yet Fixed, Asks Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court today issued a contempt notice to an officer of the Women and Child Welfare Department for not deciding the remuneration of office bearers of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights despite an earlier order.
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Selfies, Videos Of Young Girls Sexually Assaulted At Delhi Home
The head of a children's home in Delhi has been arrested after six girls all under 10 accused him of sexually assaulting them and filming the acts, the police said on Thursday.
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Get Your Facts Right, Says Supreme Court to Maneka Gandhi's Ministry
Incensed with the government's inability to clearly state how many children are missing in India, the Supreme Court today asked if Minister Maneka Gandhi is presenting incorrect information in Parliament, while fining her ministry Rs 25,000.
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Mumbai: Corrupt Officials Did Not Spare Even Rape Survivors, Farmers
How low would a person have to sink to seek a 'cut' from the money being handed over to a rape survivor? Vinod Bhosale, an official from the Women and Child Welfare department, no less, could have the answer to that question. He was caught red-handed trying to extract Rs 20,000 from a rape survivor to hand over her Rs 50,000 cheque under a gove...
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India Inc. Gets Firm Message On Sexual Harassment From The Government
The Union government today issued a stern warning to India Inc - comply with the law on preventing sexual harassment at the workplace or face a fine of Rs 50,000, and the risk cancellation of license and registration.
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Revision in Minimum Pension Benefitted 32 Lakh People: Maneka Gandhi
About 32 lakh pensioners across the country have benefitted from the revision of minimum pension to Rs 1,000, out of which 4,439 pensioners are from Uttarakhand alone, Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi said today.
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Assam launches vision document for women and child welfare
The Assam government on Tuesday launched an ambitious scheme which targets to achieve 16 goals for women and child welfare by 2016, including reducing the infant and maternal mortality rates, improving sex ratio and improving enrollment of the girl child in the state.
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Children in Anganwadi to get new food programme
A new food programme would be introduced for children in Anganwadi Kendras in Karnataka keeping in view local tastes and habits, Women and Child Welfare Minister C C Patil said today. The new programme would be launched in Mysore this week and 45 taluks would be covered in the first phase, the Minister told reporters here.
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UP Minister Baby Rani Maurya's Car Gets Hit By Truck, She Escapes Unhurt
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya had a close shave when a truck driver lost control over the vehicle and hit her car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday night, an official said.
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3-Member Committee To Probe 18-Month-Old Baby's Death At Andhra Facility
A 3-member committee will probe into the death of an 18-month-old baby who had been left at the local Shishu Gruha or Child Care Centre, a facility run by Andhra Pradesh's Women and Child Welfare department.
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Over 830 Children Rescued From Child Marriage In Assam Operations in 2022
These rescue operations were conducted from January to December of 2022.
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Ensure Domestic Violence Victims Have Access To All Legal Rights: Smriti Irani To Protection Officers
Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Smriti Irani on Monday exhorted all protection officers to ensure that victims of domestic violence have access to all their legal rights.
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Bombay High Court Asks Politicians For Restraint While Commenting On Women
The Bombay High Court today said politicians must maintain self-restraint and decorum while making statements on women.
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Why Remuneration Of Child Commission Not Yet Fixed, Asks Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court today issued a contempt notice to an officer of the Women and Child Welfare Department for not deciding the remuneration of office bearers of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights despite an earlier order.
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Selfies, Videos Of Young Girls Sexually Assaulted At Delhi Home
The head of a children's home in Delhi has been arrested after six girls all under 10 accused him of sexually assaulting them and filming the acts, the police said on Thursday.
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Get Your Facts Right, Says Supreme Court to Maneka Gandhi's Ministry
Incensed with the government's inability to clearly state how many children are missing in India, the Supreme Court today asked if Minister Maneka Gandhi is presenting incorrect information in Parliament, while fining her ministry Rs 25,000.
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Mumbai: Corrupt Officials Did Not Spare Even Rape Survivors, Farmers
How low would a person have to sink to seek a 'cut' from the money being handed over to a rape survivor? Vinod Bhosale, an official from the Women and Child Welfare department, no less, could have the answer to that question. He was caught red-handed trying to extract Rs 20,000 from a rape survivor to hand over her Rs 50,000 cheque under a gove...
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India Inc. Gets Firm Message On Sexual Harassment From The Government
The Union government today issued a stern warning to India Inc - comply with the law on preventing sexual harassment at the workplace or face a fine of Rs 50,000, and the risk cancellation of license and registration.
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Revision in Minimum Pension Benefitted 32 Lakh People: Maneka Gandhi
About 32 lakh pensioners across the country have benefitted from the revision of minimum pension to Rs 1,000, out of which 4,439 pensioners are from Uttarakhand alone, Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi said today.
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Assam launches vision document for women and child welfare
The Assam government on Tuesday launched an ambitious scheme which targets to achieve 16 goals for women and child welfare by 2016, including reducing the infant and maternal mortality rates, improving sex ratio and improving enrollment of the girl child in the state.
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Children in Anganwadi to get new food programme
A new food programme would be introduced for children in Anganwadi Kendras in Karnataka keeping in view local tastes and habits, Women and Child Welfare Minister C C Patil said today. The new programme would be launched in Mysore this week and 45 taluks would be covered in the first phase, the Minister told reporters here.
