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Clubhouse chat targets Muslim women; FIR registered after DCW notice

The Delhi Commission for Women Tuesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police demanding action against some people who made "obscene comments against Muslim women" on an app

Bulli Bai app case accused also involved in Sulli Deals: Police tells court

Mumbai Police opposed the bail pleas of the three arrested in the 'Bulli Bai' app case, stating that the investigation suggested that the accused were also involved in 'Sulli Deals' app case.

'Bulli Bai' app case complainant receives threat calls; probe launched

Mumbai Police's cyber department registered a Non-Cognizable (NC) offence against an unidentified person after a complainant in the Bulli Bai app case told them that she had received threat calls

'Bulli Bai' app case: NCW asks Delhi Police to register FIR in the matter

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to Delhi Police Commissioner regarding the Bulli Bai app case to immediately register FIR in the matter.NCW in the letter dated January 2 said that after the Sulli deal outrage this is another incident reported of the same portal GitHub which is "condemnable in the strongest possible words"."The Commission is extremely anguished and distressed with the abovementioned crime against a woman on cyber space. You are, therefore, required considering the gravity of the matter to immediately register FIR in the matter," reads NCW's letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana."The process must be expedited so that the alleged crime is not again repeated by the same portal 'GitHub'. It is disappointing that even after the lapse of so many months since the "Sulli Deals" outrage, there has been no concrete action taken in the matter which is utterly unfortunate and concerning. The action taken in the matter in both the cases must be ...

9 yrs after Delhi gang rape: Is the Capital now safe for women?

Nirbhaya, the woman who was brutally raped on December 16, 2012, got justice after eight years when on March 20, 2020, all her rapists were executed in Tihar jail

Despite rape case, Mumbai 'safest city' for women, says Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the brutal rape and murder of a woman here has shocked everyone, but Mumbai is the "safest city" in the world for women

As Taliban return, 20 years of Afghan women's progress looks set to vanish

Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all foreign military personnel and declining international aid

Women must feel safe and respected from street to workplace: PM Modi

Women must feel safe and respected from street to workplace and for ensuring this, the admin, police and judicial system, along with every citizen, need to fulfil their responsibility, Modi said

Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal gets another 3-year term

The panel's term is for three years and this will be Maliwal's third stint, according to a DCW official.

Turkey withdraws from convention aiming to protect women against violence

Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention on women's rights, which aims to protect women against violence.

Gurugram police stations to have women help desks within two weeks

To help distressed women in Gurugram, women help desks will be set up in all the police stations in the district within the next two weeks

Amid anti-China sentiments, police use TikTok to spread Covid-19 awareness

Besides Covid-related information, the Bengaluru police has used TikTok to highlight issues related to women's safety and online frauds.

Most Indian girls feel unsafe to go out to meet friends, take morning walks

After public transportation, local markets, private tuitions or roads leading to school were regarded as most unsafe among young girls

Partying late night not in Indian culture: SP leader on women harassment

NCW Chairperson slammed Parameshwara's remarks, demanding that he should resign

2 Indian men deported for molesting Taiwanese girl in China

They later admitted their act when police showed them the footage of the CCTV camera in the lift, official sources said

Home Min to disband spl task force on women's safety in Delhi

The task force was established in 2013 in the aftermath of the brutal Nirbhaya gangrape

Women safe in MP, says DGP

Recently,NCRB in a report stated that the highest number of rapes (5,076) were committed in MP

Man held for sending lewd messages, videos to 1,500 females

He told police that he was unmarried and was frustrated as his friends had got married and were having children