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ET Graphics: What do the Ministers have in hand as they form new Cabinet under PM Modi
By retaining key members from his previous council of ministers, the PM has signaled continuity at the top while also introducing fresh faces. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken on additional responsibilities, including the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the Department of Atomic Energy, and the Department of Space.
"Ready to undergo polygraph test": Swati Maliwal accuses AAP of victim shaming, questions leaked videos
Maliwal lodged a complaint with the Delhi police against Delhi CM's aide Bibhav Kumar on May 14, a day after the alleged assault took place. A day later, Bibhav Kumar lodged a counter-complaint with the police, accusing Maliwal of gaining 'unauthorised entry' into the CM's Civil Lines residence and 'verbally abusing' him.
AAP leaders once sought justice for Nirbhaya, today they are supporting an accused: Swati Maliwal
Swati Maliwal, an AAP Rajya Sabha MP, accuses her party of supporting an accused of assaulting her to frame Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a fake case.
Swati Maliwal alleges CCTV camera tampering
The controversy, which has come a week ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, has become political with BJP questioning Kejriwal's silence over the issue. Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said, "Arvind Kejriwal is protesting to save a person who has misbehaved with a woman at his residence... The same man earlier talked about women's safety but today, Arvind Kejriwal is protesting to save the man who hit a woman..." "Now, the people as well as Delhi want to know what happened with Swati Maliwal at the residence of Arvind Kejriwal."
Smriti Irani slams Congress' Jairam Ramesh for "baseless accusations" about Centre's women's welfare efforts
On Monday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged "massive failures" of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in the last 10 years.
Take on sexual terror as we do terrorism
What happened to a foreigner happens to our citizens with far less outbreak of outrage or shame. At the root of the problem is lack of adequate deterrence - cultural, procedural, legal - against sexual violence. We need zero-tolerance, treating rape on a par with every patriot's favourite offence, terrorism.
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Weren't there crimes against women during BJP rule? asks Karnataka Home Minister
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara responded to accusations of the Congress government sleeping over crimes against women by asking whether atrocities on women never occurred during the BJP rule in the state. The statement follows the alleged gang rape of a Muslim woman in Haveri. Parameshwara defended the government's actions within the legal framework and highlighted initiatives for women's safety. The Karnataka BJP accused the Congress of allowing lawlessness, emphasizing a surge in crimes against women in the state.
Nothing has changed in past decade, says DCW chief Maliwal on 11th anniversary of Nirbhaya rape
DCW Chief Swati Maliwal marked the 11th anniversary of the Nirbhaya incident, lamenting the escalating crimes against women in Delhi. Despite stringent laws post the tragedy, little change has occurred. Maliwal urged for swift, certain punishment and serious government attention to these cases, advocating for increased police strength, fast-track courts, and accountability. With crime rates still high, she stressed the need for education on respecting women and preventing violence in school curricula.
Nothing changed in 11 years, crimes against women have not decreased, says Nirbhaya's mother
According to a National Crime Records Bureau report, Delhi recorded the highest number of crimes against women among the 19 metropolitan cities in India in 2022. The national capital reported 14,158 cases of crimes against women in 2022 followed by 6,176 in Mumbai and 3,924 in Bengaluru. In 2022, crime against women in Delhi witnessed a 1.25 per cent on-year increase from 13,982 in 2021.
Under new bill, death row convict can't appeal against president's decision on mercy plea
Under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), a death-row convict whose mercy petition has been rejected by the president will not have the right to appeal the decision in court. The Bill states that the president's decision under Article 72 of the Constitution will be final and cannot be challenged in court.
Manipur: Kapil Sibal says only way forward is to sack CM, impose President's rule
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the only way forward in Manipur is to sack Chief Minister N Biren Singh and impose President's rule in the state. More than 160 people have lost their lives, and several have been injured since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3 when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Delhi L-G VK Saxena directs Delhi Police to operationalise 'Safe City Project' by August
According to a statement, Saxena issued instructions to incorporate Artificial Intelligence-based applications into the project to ensure real-time crowd assessment, picking up behavioural traits and discrepancies and immediately notify the command and control centres in the PHQ, the districts and police stations for immediate response in case of any deviations that point towards impending crimes, it said.
Shraddha Walkar murder case: Her father Vikas Walkar seeks questioning of accused Aaftab's parents
According to the chargesheet filed in the case, Poonawala allegedly strangled Shraddha Walkar on May 18 last year and sawed her body into several pieces, which he kept in a refrigerator for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli. Vikas Walkar said he recently met officials of the Vasai police in Maharashtra's Palghar district, where he lives, and asked about the case and Poonawala's parents.
Honeywell completes phase one of Bengaluru’s safe city project
These cameras, which are equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) enabled systems, will help in improving detection and response times as well as in mitigating future incidents by analysing real-time feeds.
10 years of Nirbhaya case: DCW urges suspension of LS, RS to discuss crimes against women
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend the day's parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues on Friday that marks 10 years of the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
Withdraw security vehicles of Eknath Shinde faction MLAs bought using Nirbhaya Fund: NCP
The Sharad Pawar-led party has written a letter to the director general of Maharashtra police about the demand. A police official had on Sunday claimed some of the vehicles procured by the Mumbai police earlier this year with money from the Nirbhaya Fund were being used for providing Y-plus security to MLAs and MPs of the Shiv Sena faction led by the chief minister.
Govt integrating emergency helplines for children, women
The Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) - 112 - is a pan-India number for providing emergency support such as police, fire and ambulance services to citizens by tracking their location automatically.
Vidya Balan, Siddharth Roy Kapur arrive at Delhi Crime 2's premiere. See the details
Vidya Balan arrived at the premiere of 'Delhi Crime 2' along with her husband, Siddharth Roy Kapur. Shefali Shah and Vidya had worked together in Jalsa (March 2022) and have been close friends since then.
Took 3 months of meticulous probe to bust 'kachcha-baniyan' gang: former Delhi Police chief
It was the early 1990s, and the pressure to nab them was tremendous, recalls former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar whose book forms the basis of season two of the Netflix show "Delhi Crime".
PM's 'nari shakti' speech: Activists question Modi on what's done on ground for women
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 76th Independence Day, Prime Minister Modi urged people to pledge not to do anything that lowers the dignity of women, adding that a mentality to insult them in speeches and behaviour has crept in.
Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind turned down six mercy petitions
Four mercy pleas, including that of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana, are pending with the Union government and are likely to come up before the next President, for which the election is scheduled to be held on July 18.
House panel flags lack of women safety, mobile phone networks on highways
The ministry blamed the states for their inability to come up with a proper plan to implement schemes under the Nirbhaya framework. The Nirbhaya Fund is a corpus formed in the aftermath of the gangrape-murder of a young medical student in Delhi in December 2012. The corpus funds women's safety schemes across ministries.
One-stop centres & BPR&D planning self-defence camps for women in every district: Smriti Irani
"One-stop centres in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development are planning to organise self-defence camps for women and girls in every district," she told in her speech at the conference organised on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
BJP urges West Bengal govt to launch ‘Sakhi- One Stop Centre’ scheme
The scheme is promoted by the Union women and child development ministry under the Nirbhaya Fund. The ministry had approved 23 one-stop centres (OSC), but till date not a single centre has been made operational in the state, said the BJP.
Assam, Nagaland Chief Ministers meet, discuss strategic border matters
Sarma also met Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani and held discussion with her on several issues of women and child development.
Women's Day: MHA says Rs 200 cr given to states to set up women help desks in police stations
On the occasion of International Women's Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that women empowerment has always been the focal point of the policies of the Narendra Modi government.
Prime accused in Budaun rape-murder case arrested
Four teams had been deployed to search for the accused, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000. Narayan was found hiding in the house of one of his followers, according to PTI. The two other accused had been arrested soon after the incident.
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