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Self-defence training for women in Delhi
New Delhi : Women are being given training in self-defence and road safety at a special camp here on Friday. The camp was organised by Delhi Police in collaboration with auto-mobile company Honda Motorcycle & Scooter
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Status of women in India worse than in 18th century: Modi
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Monday the status of women in India has become worse than in the 18th century despite progress made by society in other areas. “In our culture, mothers
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Women journalists’ date with President Mukherjee
New Delhi : The women were in their best silks, the venue was the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the occasion was International Women’s Day. A relaxed President Pranab Mukherjee interacted with women journalists of all ages
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Card with emergency numbers for women launched
New Delhi : Cards with emergency helpline numbers for women in distress were launched here on Friday on International Women’s Day. The cards would be distributed free to women across the country. Power generating company
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Odisha launches special bus service for women
Bhubaneswar: To create a safer environment for women, Odisha has launched a bus service exclusively for them on International Women’s Day Friday, an official here said. The service was flagged off by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
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Women in Bollywood don’t get due credit: SRK
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan feels that despite working twice as hard as men, women in Bollywood don’t get the kind of recognition that they deserve. ”They work harder, they look better, they make the film
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Eight new companies of women Railway Protection Force: Bansal
New Delhi : Stressing the safety of women travelling on trains, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced a slew of measures including raising of eight new companies of women Railway Protection Force (RPF). “To strengthen
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Treat women with respect: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday stressed the need to bring about a change of mindset in the society so that women are treated with dignity and respect. Inaugurating the 44th conference of governors
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Women are equal, men need to manage the change
Management of change is always a challenging task and change is always resisted in any organisation or society. What the country has been witnessing and seized with in the last fortnight after the rape
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Walking wards off stroke for women
London: Women who devote at least three hours to walking every week are more likely to ward off strokes than their inactive cousins, says a study. ”The message for the general population remains similar: regularly engaging
Read More »‘Women, society, politics dominate South Asian literature’
Society, politics and new sensibilities are steering contemporary literature in the sub-continent, says noted poet and literary observer K. Satchidanandan. In the last few years, this has seen an increase in writing about women’s
Read More »Conmen play cops in Goa, target tourists, women
When Ravikumar Prajapati, 48, from Karnataka was suddenly accosted by three authoritative sounding ‘plainclothed’ policemen in March this year and asked to accompany them to the nearest police station for carrying Rs. 3 million
Read More »A community effort to curb suicides in Mumbai
Kumbharwada, a hamlet of potters in Mumbai’s Dharavi slums, suffered from a very high rate of suicides some three decades ago. Men, women, young boys and girls or even senior citizens would just walk
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