New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Women rights activists have emphasised on increasing the participation of women in Indian politics as they will be able to provide good governance in the country. "Women ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shahnawaz Hussain met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today over his inability to get a U.S. visa to attend the ...

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The National Commission for Women Wednesday recorded statements from the Air India air hostess, the flight purser and the two pilots involved in the Oct 3 mid-air ...

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) As part of its investigation into the Oct 3 mid-air scuffle and alleged molestation on board an Air India flight, the National Commission for Women (NCW) will ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Irrespective of whether a man has sufficient means of income or not, after separating from his wife, he will have to provide maintenance to her, according to ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday said that it would issue guidelines within a month to the national carrier Air India (AI) to address the frequent ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) will Wednesday begin its probe into an Air India air hostess' alleged molestation during a mid-air scuffle also involving a purser ...

Bhopal, Oct 8 (IANS) Expressing concern over the unprecedented surge in crimes against women, National Women's Commission (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Thursday, citing the National Crime Record Bureau figures, said Madhya ...

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Denied land entitlements, fighting for their rights and at the receiving end of many blind social customs - women activists and others, in order to improve their ...

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a panel to probe the charges of assault levelled by an Air India air hostess against two pilots who ...

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) With growing incidence of poor and vulnerable women from India being lured into the flesh trade, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted teams to investigate ...

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday inaugurated its NRI cell to tackle the rising number of cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to ...

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Accusing the government of "indifference and neglect" of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Faced with increasing cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to overseas Indians, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday launched an NRI cell to deal ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In one of its biggest steps yet to empower women in public life, the Indian government has decided to reserve 50 percent seats for women in ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In one of its biggest steps yet to empower women in public life, the Indian government has decided to reserve 50 percent of seats in 252,000 ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In yet another measure to empower women in public life, the Indian government Thursday decided to reserve 50 percent of seats in all panchayats, or village ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The National Commission of Women Thursday welcomed the cabinet's decision to reserve 50 percent of seats in rural panchayats for women. "We are delighted," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas ...

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) With a rise in cases of Indian women being deserted by their husbands on foreign shores, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday announced setting up of ...

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday announced special cells would be set up in the national capital to check cases of violence against women. The ...

Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday announced special cells would be set up in the national capital to check cases of violence against women. ...

Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) With a rise in cases of Indian women being deserted by their husbands on foreign shores, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday announced setting ...

Patna, July 25 (ANI): Facing flak over public stripping of a woman here in full media glare, Bihar governmenton Saturdaytransferred 14 senior police officers, including an Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector ...

New Delhi / Patna, July 25 (ANI): Reacting to the stripping and molestation of a woman in Patna, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Girija Vyas has said that a notice ...

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Civil society groups working for women's rights Thursday urged the MPs to keep the issue of the women's reservation bill alive in parliament and push for its ...

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Women parliamentarians and activists Thursday slammed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's offensive remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati saying they were "inappropriate and uncalled for". Congress ...

Tarun and Radhika Pandit starrer upcoming flick Love Guru has been passed by the regional censor board with "U' certificate and the film is all set to hit the theatres very ...

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has formulated a new relief and rehabilitation scheme for rape victims, its chairperson Girija Vyas Sunday said. She said the scheme will ...

New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Girija Vyas said here on Saturday that Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja's 18-year-old maid categorically stated that she was raped ...

New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has proposed to set up a board at district level to rehabilitate rape victims. The NCW has drawn a rehabilitation scheme for ...