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Government Lets Women Employees Nominate Children Instead Of Husband For Pension In Marital Discord Cases
The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has now amended the rules and allowed a woman employee to nominate her child/children over her husband for the family pension.
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8 Students Hospitalised Due To Suspected Food Poisoning In Kerala
Kerala Health Minister Veena George has ordered the food safety commissioner and director of the women and child welfare department to conduct an enquiry and submit the report after eight students of a primary school were hospitalised.
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UP Cabinet Approves Marriage Registration, Including For Muslims
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday approved a proposal for mandatory registration of all marriages, including those in the Muslim community.
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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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Chikki Scam: Pankaja Munde Asked for Explanation by Maharashtra Council
The Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare minister, Pankaja Munde, has been asked to give a written explanation on the allegations of irregularities in purchases worth crores of rupees made by her department, by the state legislative council.
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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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Hyderabad: Woman Arrested for Trying to Sell 15-Day-Old Daughter
Three women and a man were today arrested for allegedly trying to sell a new-born baby girl in Bansilalpet area in Hyderabad, police said.
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Delhi: Child Welfare Committee Formed for Rehabilitation of Fire Victims
To facilitate expeditious decisions regarding care and protection of neglected children the Delhi government has constituted a new Child Welfare Committee at Lajpat Nagar, for the rehabilitation of fire victim boys and girls.
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In Rajasthan government ads, a young girl's mistaken identity
Till earlier this week, large hoardings in Jaipur campaigning against child marriage showed a young girl, her head covered. The same photograph was used on government websites along with details of welfare schemes for young girls and women.
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No jeans at work, Haryana govt department warns women
Directing its field staff to wear "decent" clothes to work, the women and child department (WCD) department in Haryana has asked them to desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work. The controversial order has virtually termed jeans and T-shirts as 'indecent' clothing. Its subject line read: "To wear decent clothes in office."
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Government Lets Women Employees Nominate Children Instead Of Husband For Pension In Marital Discord Cases
The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has now amended the rules and allowed a woman employee to nominate her child/children over her husband for the family pension.
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8 Students Hospitalised Due To Suspected Food Poisoning In Kerala
Kerala Health Minister Veena George has ordered the food safety commissioner and director of the women and child welfare department to conduct an enquiry and submit the report after eight students of a primary school were hospitalised.
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UP Cabinet Approves Marriage Registration, Including For Muslims
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday approved a proposal for mandatory registration of all marriages, including those in the Muslim community.
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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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Chikki Scam: Pankaja Munde Asked for Explanation by Maharashtra Council
The Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare minister, Pankaja Munde, has been asked to give a written explanation on the allegations of irregularities in purchases worth crores of rupees made by her department, by the state legislative council.
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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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Hyderabad: Woman Arrested for Trying to Sell 15-Day-Old Daughter
Three women and a man were today arrested for allegedly trying to sell a new-born baby girl in Bansilalpet area in Hyderabad, police said.
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Delhi: Child Welfare Committee Formed for Rehabilitation of Fire Victims
To facilitate expeditious decisions regarding care and protection of neglected children the Delhi government has constituted a new Child Welfare Committee at Lajpat Nagar, for the rehabilitation of fire victim boys and girls.
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In Rajasthan government ads, a young girl's mistaken identity
Till earlier this week, large hoardings in Jaipur campaigning against child marriage showed a young girl, her head covered. The same photograph was used on government websites along with details of welfare schemes for young girls and women.
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No jeans at work, Haryana govt department warns women
Directing its field staff to wear "decent" clothes to work, the women and child department (WCD) department in Haryana has asked them to desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work. The controversial order has virtually termed jeans and T-shirts as 'indecent' clothing. Its subject line read: "To wear decent clothes in office."
