The Ministry of Defence has fully implemented a 100 percent increase in financial aid for ex-servicemen and their families. This enhancemen...

A remarried widow has won a significant case in the Kerala High Court. She was denied a job on compassionate grounds after her husband's de...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a significant 100 percent increase in financial aid for ex-Servicemen and their families. This ...

The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has announced that a woman central government employee can choose to nominate her child or ...

Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as ‘Jyotiba’ was a trailblazer who was one of the earliest people to take a stand against the despicab...

A senior RSS functionary claimed that social evils such as child marriage and the ban on widow re-marriage emerged in Indian society due to...

Iffco Tokio General Insurance Company had filed the petition in the high court, challenging the order of a Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (...

Durga Pujas, at least in India’s urban areas, have no dearth of educated and presumably enlightened people. Yet this exclusion is perpetuat...

The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. However, the government did not clarify the posts ...

There's a measure of irony in the fact that assault on Vidyasagar's memory came from the Hindu Right.

The apex court had earlier taken note of the "pathetic" condition of widows after a petition was filed in 2007 highlighting how they lived ...

CPI-M is opposed to all forms of oppressions to and discrimination against women, including that through 'triple talaq.'

The expert panel headed by former finance secretary Sumit Bose also recommended that widows be eligible for waivers in education fees and s...

The Bombay High Court has held that remarriage of a widow would not deprive her from getting compensation for accidental death of her first...

The demographic reality of the district lies in the less noticeable signposts: A string of hospitals, plentiful medical shops and a number ...

Celebrating the craftsmanship of B R Chopra, a film festival has been organised in the national capital to pay a special tribute to the leg...

Providing 50 per cent reservation the fairer sex in panchayati raj institutions and holidays for female employees on Raksha Bandhan and Bha...