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Maharashtra Government To Start Mobile Van Squad For Education Of Street Children

Maharashtra Government To Start Mobile Van Squad For Education Of...

A Women and Child Development (WCD) Department official said they had rolled out a pilot basis project in Mumbai city,...

13 May 2025 10:56 PM IST

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Govt launches app on sexual harassment

The complaint mechanism, which the ministry had initiated for government employees in July, is now open for women...

8 Nov 2017 6:44 AM IST

Another couple held for buying baby from Doctor

According to police sources, the Nerul-based couple got married in 2013 and had been childless ever since.

13 Feb 2018 3:59 AM IST

She warned Mamata Banerjee saying that if the state government tried to come in the way of central initiatives from reaching people in her state, it will face severe backlash. (Photo: Twitter I Debasree Chaudhuri)

WB govt shouldn't hamper our flow of work: BJP's Debasree Chaudhuri

Chaudhuri was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Women and Child development in PM Modi's new cabinet.

1 Jun 2019 12:50 PM IST

A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. (Photo: Pixabay)

Delhi: Govt appoints 6-member child care inspection panel

According to the WCD department, the panel will conduct inspections of child care institutions once every 3 months.

4 March 2018 2:10 PM IST

The privatisation of loss-making Air India has hit a roadblock at the starting line-up itself.

12 sexual harassment cases under probe: Air India tells govt

The Minister requested the CMD of Air India to sensitize the male employees so that the women employees do not feel...

24 Aug 2018 5:50 PM IST

Bombay high court

Anganwadi worker sacked for having three kids, moves Bombay HC

In March, she received written communication from state authorities informing her that she was being dismissed since she...

29 Sept 2018 2:27 PM IST

Fortification means deliberately increasing the content of essential micro nutrients in food so as to improve the nutritional value of the food.

WCD ministry urges food fortification

Proposal to add vitamins, minerals to flour, oil awaits Cabinet nod.

27 Nov 2016 2:54 AM IST