New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Patna, March 8 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in…
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday said empowerment and equality of women was an important sustainable development goal and called for…
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee addresses at the presentation ceremony of Stree Shakti Puraskar 2015, on International Women’s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday hosted a reception on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Celebrating Women! EAM @SushmaSwaraj hosts a special reception for #InternationalWomensDay at the MEA,…
Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Speaker of the Nepali Parliament Onsari Gharti Magar on Tuesday said the country’s new constitution has enough provisions to ensure gender equality, the media reported. On the occasion of International Women’s…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The first batch of women fighter pilots will be inducted in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, women members in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday stressed the need to get passed the bill providing for 33 percent reservation to women in legislature. “I…
United Nations, March 8 (IANS) Women must be part of the political process in Syria, said UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura in his message on the International Women’s Day. Staffan de Mistura said this…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought early passage of a bill that seeks to reserve one third of legislative seats in India for women. “The long-awaited Women’s Reservation Bill…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a plea by Sanjay Kapur, estranged husband of Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor, seeking transfer of their divorce proceedings from Mumbai to Delhi, alleging that he…
Mumbai: Businessman Vijay Mallya during the Kingfisher Ultra Indian Derby at the race course in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a…
Imphal, March 8 (IANS) Manipur legislators and government have been failing to take effective measures against the increasing crimes against women, said a network of social organisations on the occasion of International Women’s Day. “During…
Kannur (Kerala) March 8 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday allowed the CBI three days of custodial interrogation of CPI-M politician P. Jayarajan who is an accused in the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)…
Washington, March 8 (IANS) With hashtag activism, the micro-blogging site Twitter has triggered the biggest ever push for racial justice the US has seen in decades, researchers report. With hashtags like #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Though socially advanced with high literacy rates, the northeastern states of Nagaland and Mizoram have an unenviable record of women’s representation in their legislatures, people in the know said on…
London, March 8 (IANS) Britain will deploy military naval ships to join a NATO mission in the Aegean Sea to reduce the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe, the media reported on tuesday. The…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Ensuring women’s safety in public places will go a long way in giving them equal space in the decision making process, say women MPs cutting across party lines as Prime…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 8 (IANS) Citing President Barack Obama’s message on religious freedom during his trip to India last year, the US again expressed disappointment over India’s denial of visas to a bipartisan…
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) The single-member Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission, which probed the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots and whose report was tabled in Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Sunday has come under cloud after a social…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government’s efforts towards the development of women “are unwavering”. “Saluting the accomplishments of all women on…