The projection of Gujarat as a vibrant model of economic growth by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is far from reality, Congress MP and former Union Minister Girija Vyas said Tuesday.
'Has any prime minister spent so much time in one state holding election rally after rally?'
The arrest of two Dalit sisters, daughters of a local Congress leader, for allegedly attacking a Communist Party of India-Marxist activist in Kerala's Thalassery has kicked up a row with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party attacking the Left Democratic Front government over the issue, even as a local court granted them bail on Saturday.
Air India airhostess Komal Singh on Monday moved the National Commission for Women in the case of her alleged molestation and assault by two pilots on board a flight from Sharjah to New Delhi.
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The rising pitch of road shows and long rallies with hectoring pitches seem to have exhausted and numbed the audiences, rather than motivating them to vote for the party, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
The commission was told that the police did not give women the location of their arrested relatives, and they had to run from pillar to the post to know in which jail they had been put up.
Apprehending trouble from 'self-styled moral police forces' on Valentine's Day, the National Commission for Women has asked all the states in the country to ensure that women and girls are not harassed or assaulted by individuals or groups on February 14. NCW chairperson Girija Vyas has requested all chief ministers to kindly instruct the state machinery to be vigilant on the day. "There should not be any infringement upon the personal freedom of individuals," the NCW said.
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"I tell women again and again that they should never go out at odd hours under anyone's influence," said NCW member Chandramukhi Devi after meeting the woman's family members.
A station house officer was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who was left outside his police station in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur by four men after they raped her for three days, officials said on Wednesday.
In its preliminary report on the teenager's death, Commission member Nirmala Venkatesh said, "Police is trying to hide the facts of the case and close it. We will never allow this to happen." "She was raped by four to five persons by gagging her mouth. There are nail marks on the body and several marks, which indicates that more than one person was involved in sexually assaulting her," she said.
India on Friday said rights of people in China's Xinjiang region should be "respected and guaranteed".
However, Vyas said she was happy that Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had taken note of the issue and said the Army needed more women officers.
Questioning how Geetika Sharma's postmortem report was leaked to media, the National Commission for Women on Tuesday said the "delay" in police action in the case proved that she was exploited and demanded speedy justice for her family.
National Commission for Women Chairperson Mamta Sharma on Monday said Rajasthan MLA Banwari Lal Singhal should apologise over his remark that skirts should be banned in schools.
He claimed the word item is used in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, but the Bharatiya Janata Party tried to "mislead" by making it an issue to divert peoples attention while sensing defeat in the November 3 state bypolls.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the Congress has reduced the National Commission for Women into a political tool and insisted that a team of the panel that visited Guwahati treated the molestation case as a "photo opportunity" instead of ensuring the culprits were punished.
A team of the National Commission for Women arrived in Guwahati on Saturday to investigate the shocking molestation of a girl, who was groped and beaten up on the streets of the city by a mob of over 20 men earlier this week.
Special commissioner of police Shalini Singh has been asked to submit a detailed report to the MHA after a proper inquiry.
The government decided to form an oversight committee which will investigate the allegations of sexual harassment of women wresters by WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The woman, Tara Yadav, also lodged a police complaint against four office-bearers of the party, including the district president, for allegedly beating her and molesting her.
Kejriwal asked whether the BJP-led central government was waiting for the Lok Sabha elections to make a move in this direction.
Sacked National Commission for Women member Nirmala Venkatesh on Monday defended her controversial report on the Mangalore pub attack, saying she had the power to take suo motu action being a member of the commission.
There are lessons for the Congress to learn from the Karnataka elections of how burying the hatchet among top leaders and not washing dirty linen in public can help, says Ramesh Menon.
Backing Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's allegations about police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women on Saturday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe "as soon as possible" into the incidents.
Upset with the report of National Commission for Women member, Nirmala Venkatesh on the Mangalore pub incident, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has slapped a show cause notice against her.
According to media reports, Singh made objectionable remarks on Mayawati over an infamous episode when the BSP chief was reportedly assaulted by Samajwadi Party workers at a guest house in Lucknow in 1995 that triggered decades of animosity between the two parties.
First time voters say they expect political leaders to focus on "real issues".
National Commission for Women chief Mamata Sharma on Thursday visited the house of former airhostess of MDLR airline Geetika Sharma who committed suicide.
Arora, who is Director of INCLEN Trust, said it is not possible to predict any third wave at this time.
She added that the Centre had already reviewed the harassment bill and had consulted them while studying the domestic violence bill.
"Apart from other factors, the low conviction rate in the cases of rape or molestation is the biggest worry we have today. There is hardly any deterrence. Law should provide fast track courts to deal with such cases," says Girija Vyas, Chairperson, National Commission for Women.
Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Sunday favoured treating juveniles accused of heinous crimes like rape on par with adult offenders.
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam, meanwhile, 'rejected outright' the NCW's recommendation
Mizoram accused Assam of human rights violations, a charge denied by Guwahati which said on Monday that encroachment of its land was the crux of the border dispute between the two Northeastern states.
After fresh first information reports against former Haryana director general of police S P S Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case, the National Commission for Women on Wednesday suggested inclusion of charges like abetment to suicide, criminal conspiracy and fabrication of false evidence.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is contesting 88 seats out of the total 89, tops this list among major political parties in the fray with 36 per cent of its candidates having criminal cases. Thirty per cent of its candidates are facing serious cases such as murder, rape, assault, kidnapping, among others, the ADR said in its report. The number of candidates having criminal cases fielded by the AAP is 32.
Attacking the Congress government, the BJP claimed there is no rule of law in Rajasthan and the incident has put a question mark on the law and order situation of the state.
National Commission for Women on Thursday demanded a speedy trial under laws set by the Indian Constitution.
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