News for 'ywca'

Activists knock Rashtrapati Bhavan gates for rape victim

Activists knock Rashtrapati Bhavan gates for rape victim

Rediff.com21 Dec 2012

A large number of women activists and students on Friday marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang-rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against rapists.

Indian-American gets Utah business award

Indian-American gets Utah business award

Rediff.com3 Nov 2009

Sanchaita Datta, chief technology officer, vice president and co-founder of Fatpipe Networks in Salt Lake City, Utah, has won the Young Women's Christian Association's Outstanding Achievement Award for Business and Industry.

Reminiscences from 'that bloody Wednesday'

Reminiscences from 'that bloody Wednesday'

Rediff.com25 Nov 2009

A year after the 26/11 carnage, girls at the YWCA hostel in Colaba are still hounded by the horrifying memories of three sleepless nights when terror unfolded barely a few meters away in their backyard at Leopold Cafe and the iconic Taj.

Bombay HC upholds death penalty of woman techie's killer

Bombay HC upholds death penalty of woman techie's killer

Rediff.com20 Dec 2018

The judges described the convict as a 'menace to society' and said rising crime against women should be tackled on all fronts.