United Nations, March 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the critical urgency of protecting women's rights, now endangered by regressing achievements, escalating violence, and a widening digital gender divide.
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon says the way Indian cinema views female empowerment, female characters end up getting stuck in a narrow spectrum.
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday observed that a case of domestic violence could be filed even after a marriage is declared 'void'.
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Nearly eight hours after his arrest, Naushad Siddique, the lone All India Secular Front (AISF) legislator was released by Kolkata Police on Tuesday evening.
Kochi, Feb 22 (IANS) A woman has moved the Kerala High Court seeking directions to the Director, Pre-Natal Diagnostic Division and Additional Director, Family Welfare, to conduct an investigation and take appropriate action against her husband and in-laws for allegedly giving her instructions on how to conceive a male child.
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Fresh tension erupted in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal on Thursday afternoon as angry villagers burnt down a property owned by Sheikh Sirajuddin, the younger brother of the absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) In a setback, farm union leaders on Monday rejected the Centre's proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by government agencies for five years, saying it was not in farmers' interest.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will consider urgent listing of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a probe by the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged sexual assault of women in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali area.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court has reinstated in service a Class IV staff of the district judiciary who was dismissed for sending direct representations to the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court and other officials of the Uttar Pradesh Government, including the then Chief Minister, without going through proper channels.
Hyderabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh here on Thursday alleged that BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have gone back on their promise to provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers.
