The WCD ministry has also said that a detailed proposal, including points like mandatory registration of NRI marriages within one week with penal consequences for non-registration, would be placed before the Cabinet for its approval. read more

The All India Radio (AIR) official, who was accused of sexual harassment by nine women employees, has been demoted from his position and subjected to other salary cuts as he was found guilty. read more

Gandhi wants the NCW to have power akin to the civil courts as it would help the body to address all complaints that come to it. The focus of the meeting would be to strengthen the women’s commission, the minister added. read more

NCW also stated there is a vital need to bring religious places under compulsion of the Internal Complaint Committees pointing to the case of rape filed by a nun in Kerala against Bishop Franco Mulakkal. read more

On Friday, a 45-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by an inebriated man inside the general coach of the Punjab-Bihar Jallianwala Bagh Express after she objected to his smoking. The deceased and her family were on their way to Bihar for taking... read more

The National Commission of Women (NCW) is also conducting a nation-wide survey of implementation of women-centric central government schemes. read more

An analysis of the data collected by the NRI Cell of the NCW shows that the number of cases filed by women against NRI husbands nationally and in Punjab have been steadily increasing over the years. read more

Besides FIRs, the petition also seeks a direction to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to give security and assistance to women who have come out in the open with their allegations. read more

Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor has laughed off Tanushree Dutta’s harassment allegations against Nana Patekar. When asked to comment on the controversy, Kapoor said he has no clue about it as he was not in India. When one of the reporters briefed him about the matter, the actor said, “I don’t know what happened 10 years ago, I was a kid back then.” Tanushree has alleged that Patekar harassed and threatened her on a film set 10 years ago; she has garnered support from many in the film industry including Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Twinkle Khanna, Hansal Mehta, Richa Chadha and Swara Bhasker, among others.read more

While briefing the media, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday reacted to Tanushree Dutta’s allegation on Nana Patekar and said, “Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. We were the first government to start ‘She-Box’ on social media and women who wrote to us saying they are harassed, we took action immediately”. She further added, “I feel we should also start something called ‘Me Too India’ in which any woman who has been harassed at any point should write to us and we should investigate. For the first time National Commission for Women (NCW) is going into every case complained to us and we go in detail”.read more

Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that only five pages from his memoirs got discussed over and over again. He withdrew the book later. read more

The Delhi government on Tuesday issued directions to the Directorate of Prosecution (DOP) to deploy 33 female prosecutors in the mahila courts within 60 days — a first in the national Capital. read more

The woman, a school topper who had been felicitated by the government, was abducted at a bus stop in Kanina town while she was on the way to a coaching class, police said read more

Kerala MLA PC George withdrew his remark from last week in which he called a Kerala nun a prostitute for accusing a bishop of rape. The nun alleged she was raped 13 times over a period of two years. read more

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar diocese is facing charges of sexually abusing a nun between May 2014 and September 2016. read more