Domestic violence survivors may soon get to stay at govt-run centres for 10 daysThe Women and Child Development Ministry plans to extend the temporary shelter duration at One-Stop Centres for domestic violence survivors...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.26 AM IST
Efforts being made for resettlement of displaced individuals: Manipur CM N Biren SinghThe Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh, has stated that efforts are being made to resettle displaced individuals in their respective ...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.19 PM IST
Manipur situation is returning to normalcy, says CM N Biren SinghManipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has stated that the situation in the state is returning to normalcy. The government has started provid...
23 Aug, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
Manipur government to start handing over pre fabricated houses to violence affected people from Wednesday onwardsAround 50,650 men, women and children of different communities were displaced in the violence and are now sheltered in 350 camps, set up in...
22 Aug, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
Manipur: Govt to start shifting violence-hit displaced people to temporary homes on Independence Day, says CM Biren SinghThe Manipur Chief Minister earlier announced that 4,000 prefabricated temporary homes would be constructed in different districts for the p...
14 Aug, 2023, 06.42 PM IST
197 shelter homes to protect Delhi homeless from biting coldVipin Rai said that separate shelter homes and tents have been set up for women and separate for men. Also, separate arrangements have been...
06 Jan, 2023, 09.07 AM IST
Parliamentary panel on home praises UP, Rajasthan modelsThe parliamentary standing committee on home affairs praised the efforts made by the Uttar Pradesh government in tackling cases of violence...
12 Aug, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
BJP urges West Bengal govt to launch ‘Sakhi- One Stop Centre’ schemeThe scheme is promoted by the Union women and child development ministry under the Nirbhaya Fund. The ministry had approved 23 one-stop cen...
01 Aug, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
Homeless people left out in the cold on Bengaluru streetsA survey by HRtech startup BetterPlace found that Bengaluru is one of the biggest magnets for blue-collar workers in the country.
11 Jan, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
Post-Muzaffarpur, NCW plans survey of 559 sheltersTISS and Jamia Milia Islamia, too, will participate in the project, National Commission of Women (NCW) officials said.
17 Sep, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
About 2,000 CCIs not registered despite repeated calls, may face closureThe official said while 7,700 CCIs have registered themselves under the JJ Act, about 2,000 child care institutions have not registered eve...
19 Aug, 2018, 12.26 PM IST
Government to set up 660 One Stop Centres to help women affected by violenceWomen and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said the scheme was first implemented on April 1 last year when 17 such OSCs were set up...
29 Jul, 2016, 04.23 PM IST
Assault on women by juveniles has risen by 132 per cent: Maneka Sanjay Gandhi to Rajya SabhaAssault on women by juveniles with the intent to outrage their modesty rose by 132 per cent in 2013 as against the previous year.
27 Nov, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
High Court asks Delhi government on issues regarding allotment of night shelters during winterThe court directed the Board to inspect the tents and see whether they would be adequate for accommodating the homeless people in winter.
12 Nov, 2014, 10.20 PM IST
J&K: Omar Abdullah reviews safety of people at border as firing by Pakistan kills 2 civiliansTwo women of a family were killed on Wednesday and 15 others were injured in heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistani troops.
08 Oct, 2014, 05.12 PM IST
660 Nirbhaya Centres for women violence victimsThe centres will be set up in all the 640 districts and 20 additional locations in the country and the project will cost 477 crores approxi...
03 Jul, 2014, 07.01 PM IST
- Cold and homeless
Recent directions of the Delhi High Court to improve conditions for homeless people housed in Delhi’s night shelters need to be widely welc...
27 Jan, 2010, 05.19 AM IST