The NCW recommends compensation between Rs 2 and Rs 5 lakh.
Marriage registration will curb child marriages, says NCW.
The apex court imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the Union women and child development ministry.
Some members of the Treasury benches objected to the allegation of Selja who was supported by several Congress members who were on their feet.
With just 8.4 million jobs in the organised private sector, as compared to 104 million SC/STs in the workforce, the impact can only be marginal.
NCM Chairman S Tarlochan Singh had made the statement while discussing census data pertaining to the Christian community at a recently held seminar in Kochi in Kerala.
Under attack from opposition parties, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday decided to recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the gang rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Badaun.
The Human Resources Department ministry has cleared Vyas's name and an official announcement is expected soon.
'If a person is tortured in custody the flag of civilisation must fly at half mast,' says National Human Rights \nCommission Chairman Justice A S Anand.
She added that the Centre had already reviewed the harassment bill and had consulted them while studying the domestic violence bill.
The company will spend Rs 10,141 crore to buy 15.5 per cent stake from minority investors.
The incident took place on Monday night in the presence of Kejriwal, a senior official alleged.
Rediff Labs investigates the issue of child drug abuse in India in an attempt to quantify the seriousness of the issue.
Divorce by pronouncing talaq thrice at one go is prohibited in several Islamic nations, including Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the book compiled by NCW member Nafisa Hussain says.
The Court of Inquiry formed to probe sexual harassment charges levelled by Gupta against her three superior officers set the process of inquiry in motion in Bangalore on Monday.
Rubbishing Arun Jaitley's claims that no judge will lend himself to the 'political and malafide' exercise targeting Narendra Modi in the snoopgate row, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said that a judge would be named before May 16 to investigate the case.
They have told the government that all bargirls in the state be rehabilitated before shutting down the bars.
Feeling "hurt" by the Delhi gang rape and other recent incidents of crimes against women, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said a society which cannot provide security and dignity to its women is not worth considering a civilised one.
Irked over the notice sent to him by the National Commission for Women over his remarks on rape, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday accused the NCW of insulting him.
The film, which allegedly depicts the sexual escapades of a priest, has been facing a lot of criticism from different Christian groups.
'If you solve it in one day, it will go after a day.' 'If it is there for 100 years or 1,000 years, reservation has to continue.'
The National Commission for Women on Friday expressed "amazement" at some teachers in a Kolkata school being barred from taking classes for wearing lipstick.
Changes will be carried out, essentially to "de-saffronise" the books, in the next session, Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The convict offered to marry the victim on the day the quantum of his sentence was to be decided.
The team, comprising two members of the NCW and two from a non-government organisation, met the victim in her parents' presence.
"You ask in Uttar Pradesh for five Dalit leaders and the answer you will hear is Mayawati, Mayawati, Mayawati, Mayawati and Mayawati... I want there to be a queue of leaders at all levels, in UP, Delhi, at block levels, in villages...," he said.
The term of the previous commission, headed by Mohammed Shamim, had expired on January 24, 2003.
NCW to conduct separate probe into gang-rape.
"It is a brief letter of appeal and she has written that since the commission has been redressing the problems of women, we can understand her suffering."
'We received a letter from her today in which she has complained of being coerced to name innocent persons in the case by Setalvad and her NGO,' Tarlochan Singh said.
Professor M S Swaminathan, the country's most renowned agricultural scientist, may be appointed chairman of the National Commission on Farmers.
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