Women Safety
10 Apr 2021
Two sisters were subjected to divorce orders by a local panchayat after one of them failed to clear a "virginity test" post their marriage late last year in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, reports said on Saturday.
01 Apr 2021
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Thursday, launched a free travel facility for women in government buses within the state.
14 Dec 2018
A trip in Uber on Wednesday turned horrific for a female passenger in Mumbai after the driver masturbated in front of her.
12 Dec 2018
Taxi aggregators need to get serious about women's safety, a woman's journey in Ola has shown once again.
02 Nov 2018
Amid the ongoing #MeToo storm, the district-level Local Complaints Committee (LCC) of Gurugram will demand explanations from around 3,000 of the total 5,500 private firms in the city, on their failure to submit safety audit reports on prevention of sexual harassment to women at workplace.
11 Oct 2018
Donald Trump did what he does.
05 Oct 2018
Almost two weeks ago, Tanushree Dutta alleged Nana Patekar of sexual harassment and intimidation.
05 Oct 2018
The #MeToo movement gave women the courage to speak up, the comfort to confront their harassers, and seeded the idea they will be heard.
25 Sep 2018
Tinder is rolling out a new feature in India, one that only lets women open a conversation with a guy on the famous dating app.
15 Sep 2018
Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court yesterday that they have installed around 4,388 CCTV cameras in vulnerable areas of the national capital to ensure safety and security of women.
03 Aug 2018
Every day, one keeps hearing about the horrific rape incidents in India. Now, more than ever, such incidents have triggered fear among us. There's always a horror that surrounds us whenever we step out.
18 Jul 2018
The residents of Gurugram and Noida - touted as the next-gen cities - have always been at loggerheads on which city has the best job opportunities, civic amenities, housing, social life, and safety to offer.
09 Jul 2018
If you're wondering if there's any place safe for women anymore, India's northeast might surprise you.
08 Jul 2018
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Surendra Singh triggered a controversy when he said 'even Lord Ram can't stop rapes in the state'.
06 Jul 2018
A woman was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten up on the orders of a panchayat in a village in Muzaffarnagar over an "illicit relationship" with her brother-in-law's son, police said.
05 Jul 2018
The MAEER's MIT School in Pune has some bizarre ideas for "security" of its students. For one, safety apparently lies in the color of girls' underwear.
18 Jun 2018
Let's face it: women's safety is in murky waters nowadays, with most places registering frequent crimes.
14 Jun 2018
The Center is likely to direct taxi aggregators, mainly Ola and Uber, to introduce 'exclusive women pooling' option for its female passengers, in the wake of multiple incidents of assault.
10 Jun 2018
Every day, one keeps hearing about the horrific rape incidents in India. Now, more than ever, such incidents have triggered fear among us. There's always a horror that surrounds us whenever we step out.
07 Jun 2018
Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday directed that all NRI marriages should be registered within 48 hours of the ceremony, failing which visas and passports won't be issued.
16 Mar 2018
The Haryana Assembly passed a bill yesterday approving death penalty for rapists of girls aged 12 or below.
14 Mar 2018
Did you know Bengaluru has seen a 186% rise in rape cases in a single year?
14 Mar 2018
A drunk woman was dropped home on Monday night by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel posted at a Delhi metro station after she was denied permission to board a train.
18 Feb 2018
In a shocking incident, a police constable in Greater Noida reportedly attempted to rape a six-year-old girl inside the city's Kulesara police outpost.
07 Feb 2018
Delhi L-G Anil Baijal has inaugurated the updated version of the Himmat app meant for the safety of women. The revamped version of the app is now called Himmat Plus and was launched by the Delhi Police.
05 Feb 2018
Gangrapes don't shock us anymore. Neither does civic apathy.
01 Feb 2018
Come February 15, all public transport vehicles must have functional GPS in their vehicles, announced the Delhi government on Wednesday.
18 Jan 2018
From April 1, it will be mandatory for all public transport vehicles, primarily taxis and buses, to have a tracking/GPS device and an alert button.
11 Jan 2018
Two persons have been arrested in Kerala for allegedly forcing a 24-year-old woman to convert and planning to take her to Syria as a 'sex slave' for IS terrorists.
14 Dec 2017
Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, wrote letters on Wednesday to 24 top Bollywood production houses, urging them to enforce the sexual harassment act.
06 Dec 2017
TimesNow has reported that an Ola driver in Bengaluru allegedly held a woman hostage and molested her in the cab.
04 Dec 2017
In a significant development, the Madhya Pradesh (MP) assembly has unanimously passed a bill proposing death penalty for rapists of girls aged 12 years or below.
01 Dec 2017
Delhi, India's 'rape capital', shows no signs of improvement. According to NCRB, the city witnessed 15,310 crimes against women last year, the highest in urban India.
18 Nov 2017
In a rather horrific case, a 25-year-old woman was thrown out of her home in Telangana by her husband for not making biryani as per his taste.
03 Nov 2017
Women are nowhere closer to bridging the gender gap. In fact, they are farther behind on the progress scale than they were last year.
02 Nov 2017
The first ever gender vulnerability index (GVI) has revealed that the safest state for women in India is Goa (0.66), followed by Kerala (0.63) and Mizoram (0.63).
26 Oct 2017
Former US President George HW, 93, Bush has apologized for patting "women's rears" jokingly after actress Heather Lind, 34, accused him of sexual assault.
16 Oct 2017
In some disturbing news, Delhi has fared as the worst city in the world when it comes to sexual violence against women.
06 Sep 2017
Cabs operating in Delhi will now have to paste at least four stickers informing passengers about the car's child-lock system and explaining how to disable it.
29 Jun 2017
A well-intentioned bill in US' New Hampshire to ensure safety of pregnant women and their unborn children backfired amusingly.
