By Sirshendu Panth, Kolkata : Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is not only West Bengal’s first woman Chief Minister and perhaps the most feisty woman politician in the country today but she also has her own women’s brigade – an ...
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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to a plea seeking directions to allow the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah. The court ...
Read More »Paytm rolls out women exclusive ‘Social Community Platform’
New Delhi : Paytm’s domestic parent company One97 Communications on Thursday introduced a “Social Community Platform” exclusively for women as an interactive social feed, in partnership with an online womens community — “Sheroes”. This is an interactive social feed where ...
Read More »550 women register online for Sabarimala prayers
Thiruvananthapuram : A total of 550 women from the hitherto banned age group of 10 to 50 years have registered online for prayers at the Sabarimala temple during the upcoming festival season beginning on November 16. According to the Travancore ...
Read More »Women can’t be treated as cattle: SC strikes down adultery law
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, an adultery law dating to the British era, terming it unconstitutional, archaic and manifestly arbitrary, with one judge saying women can’t be treated ...
Read More »Women leaders can change the world: Shabana Azmi
New Delhi : Veteran actress and philanthropist Shabana Azmi, an active spokesperson for women empowerment, believes having women as leaders can bring about a change. “Women leaders can change the world. When women have a seat at the table, they ...
Read More »One woman’s incredible story of defiance (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: The Wind In My Hair; Author: Masih Alinejad; Publisher: Little Brown UK/Hachette India; Price: Rs 699; Pages: 394 A courageous woman, driven by nothing but her insistence on living life the way she wanted to, untied ...
Read More »Women in emerging Indian cities keen to acquire skills for digital growth: GoDaddy
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : GoDaddy, the world’s largest Cloud platform dedicated to small and independent ventures, is empowering small and medium businesses (SMBs) in tier 2 and 3 cities of India and, to its surprise, is finding young ...
Read More »Three women arrested in Alwar with large quantity of beef
Jaipur : Three women were arrested in Rajasthan’s Alwar with 40 kg beef on Monday, police said. Govindgarh police station’s Sub Inspector Dhara Singh told IANS that police received a tip that beef was being packed in polythene bags in ...
Read More »How a woman grenade blast survivor overcame disability to inspire change
By Bhavana Akella, Bengaluru : Malvika Iyer was a charming 13-year-old girl in 2002 when a grenade accidentally blew up in her hands, ripping her forearm and paralysing her legs, in Bikaner, Rajasthan, where she lived with her parents. An ...
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