Mumbai — Financial independence of women can help curtail violence against them by as much as 90 percent, National Commission for Women chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said here on Saturday. “The NCW receives 250 complaints on daily basis… 70 percent are for domestic violence. We have noticed that when women own property orContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar — Women in distress can now expect prompt police assistance thanks to ‘Mo Sathi’, a mobile phone-based application, launched by chief minister here on Friday. “I urge all women to make use of this technology for their own safety. I call upon police to promptly respond to women, usingContinue Reading
Nagaur — Scores of people have fled their homes in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district after four men died in a clash between Dalits and Jats, some of them allegedly run over by tractors, following a sudden flare-up over a decades-old land dispute. Six women of the Meghwal Dalit community who wereContinue Reading
Murumu’s appointment is expected appease Jharkhand tribal peopleContinue Reading
Panaji — Around 40 children, aged eight to 16, will participate in The Times of India’s painting event on May 15 from 9 pm to midnight at Panaji’s church square. The children, under the guidance of artist Raj Bhandare, will break all boundaries to express themselves with water-based paint onContinue Reading
Chandigarh — A man from Punjab who escaped from the clutches of the ISIS in June 2014 claimed on Thursday that 39 Indians taken hostage have been killed. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said in New Delhi that she did not believe the claims and her own sources felt theContinue Reading
Gaya — A man and a teenager who had eloped were beaten mercilessly and set on fire on Wednesday as hundreds watched at a village in Bihar’s Gaya. A 30-year-old man and the girl, 16, were allegedly dragged to a square by 20 of the girl’s relatives and thrashed publiclyContinue Reading
The Lok Sabha passed the Bill on ThursdayContinue Reading
The corporate sector will spend 2 percent of its net income on social development worksContinue Reading
