Articles for Women Delhi

Delhi polls: DBT at play? 3.4L women among 5.1L applied for new voter cards in just 20 days
6 days, 7 hours ago

Delhi polls: DBT at play? 3.4L women among 5.1L applied for new voter cards in just 20 days

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Between December 16, 2024, and January 6, 2025, the Chief Electoral Office, Delhi, received an “unprecedented” 5.1 lakh applications for new voter registration, of which nearly two-thirds or 3.4 lakh were filed by women, poll officials told this newspaper. It perhaps indicates a direct correlation between the sudden surge in new voter registration and the eagerness of women …

Delhi Official Dbt Dbt Schemes
Delhi Election 2025: Congress promises ₹2,500 a month for women if it wins assembly polls
1 week, 1 day ago

Delhi Election 2025: Congress promises ₹2,500 a month for women if it wins assembly polls

Live Mint  

The Congress party has promised ₹2,500 a month for women in Delhi if it wins the February Delhi Elections. Aam Aadmi Party national chief Arvind Kejriwal has also announced an increase in the monthly stipend under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana for women from ₹1,000 to ₹2,100. The party supported Arvind Kejriwal's famous 49-day government I am confident that Congress …

Elections Assembly Congress Election Party 2025 Eci
You should give up ‘false promises’: Delhi BJP chief writes to Kejriwal
1 week, 6 days ago

You should give up ‘false promises’: Delhi BJP chief writes to Kejriwal

Hindustan Times  

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday criticised Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, urging him to “stop making false promises” and “playing with the sentiments of Delhi’s women, elders, and religious communities.” Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday. In an apparent reference to the AAP’s announcements in the run-up to the Delhi elections, promising free healthcare …

Delhi Bjp Sachdeva Kejriwal
Mahila Samman Yojana: All you need to know about Rs 1000 scheme
1 month ago

Mahila Samman Yojana: All you need to know about Rs 1000 scheme

India Today  

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on December 12 that Rs 1000 will be deposited monthly into the accounts of every woman above 18 years of age in the national capital under a new welfare programme, the Mahila Samman Yojana. Initially, beneficiaries will receive Rs 1000 per month, which will be increased to Rs 2100 per month if the …

Women Delhi Scheme Kejriwal Mahila Samman Mahila Samman Yojana
‘Inspired by Lalu Yadav’: BJP lashes out at Delhi’s AAP MLA for ‘roads like Hema Malini’s cheeks’ remark
2 months, 1 week ago

‘Inspired by Lalu Yadav’: BJP lashes out at Delhi’s AAP MLA for ‘roads like Hema Malini’s cheeks’ remark

Live Mint  

The BJP launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi MLA Naresh Balyan over his alleged “roads like Hema Malini's cheeks” remark. In the viral video, the AAP MLA is purportedly heard saying, “All works will be completed swiftly by the 35th of the month, will make Uttam Nagar's roads like Hema Malini's cheeks.” Naresh Balyan suggested that …

Women Delhi Roads Bjp Leader Aap Hema
From Leh to the Bay; a photo exhibition in Delhi
4 months, 1 week ago

From Leh to the Bay; a photo exhibition in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

From Leh to the Bay; a photo exhibition in Delhi Photographer Sandipan Mukherjee's exhibition, 'From Leh to the Bay', is currently on view at the India Habitat Centre until September. Photographer Sandipan Mukherjee's exhibition, 'From Leh to the Bay', is currently on view at the India Habitat Centre until September 10, 2024. 1 / 7 Two pilgrims conversing at Sonepur …

Bay Mukherjee Sandipan Sandipan Mukherjee
Delhi HC admonishes Brij Bhushan Singh over plea: 'Nothing but an oblique way'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC admonishes Brij Bhushan Singh over plea: 'Nothing but an oblique way'

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Thursday admonished former Wrestling Federation of India president and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, for filing a plea to quash the trial court's proceedings in a sexual harassment case after the charges were framed. Former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh arrives to appear before the …

Delhi Court Bjp Singh Pti Plea Brij Bhushan
Delhi Police deny withdrawing security of women wrestlers who accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Police deny withdrawing security of women wrestlers who accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police on Friday informed the court hearing the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, that the security provided to the complainants had not been withdrawn, and there was some “miscommunication”. Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Srivastava, appearing for Delhi Police, informed the court of Additional Chief …

Women Court Delhi Police Singh Wrestlers Women Wrestlers
Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justice and better security at medical campuses and hospitals. Similar protests were held in the eastern city of Kolkata — the capital of West Bengal state where the killing took place — and …

Crime India Women Protests Rape Indian Hospital
Women Helpline run by WCD functioning since Wednesday: Kailash Gahlot
6 months, 1 week ago

Women Helpline run by WCD functioning since Wednesday: Kailash Gahlot

The Hindu  

The Women Helpline — 181 — earlier run by the Delhi Commission for Women and now being operated by the Delhi government’s Women and Child Department, has been functioning since Wednesday, Women and Child Department Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Thursday. Following this, Swati Maliwal, ex-DCW chief, wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that concerted efforts were being made …

Women Delhi Gahlot Wcd Minister Kailash
Women protest against AAP, Kejriwal outside Atishi Marlena’s house, demand Rs 1000 per month promised by party ahead of LS 2024 elections
7 months ago

Women protest against AAP, Kejriwal outside Atishi Marlena’s house, demand Rs 1000 per month promised by party ahead of LS 2024 elections

Op India  

On Tuesday, several women in Delhi held protests outside the residence of Delhi Minister Atishi Marlena to get Rs 1000 per month which was promised by Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. This protest is being held on this issue," says a woman protesting outside Atishi… pic.twitter.com/QBbl12SaQU — IANS June 11, 2024 Another enraged woman said, “The …

Women Delhi Protest Month Woman Promised Aap
‘Targeting Muslim women’: Asaduddin Owaisi on BJP's demand for verification of burqa-clad voters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Targeting Muslim women’: Asaduddin Owaisi on BJP's demand for verification of burqa-clad voters

Hindustan Times  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party of targeting Muslim women and creating hurdles for them during the voting process. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi “The Delhi unit of the BJP has told the Election Commission that there should be a special checking of women in burqas. In every election, the BJP finds some excuse …

Women Delhi Verification Lok Sabha Muslim Women Vote Bjp
Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged while PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for “select people” in Odisha. Women constituted only 8% of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender …

Women Delhi Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Eci Rahul Gandhi
Women sing and dance inside Delhi metro, people want 'strict action' against them
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Women sing and dance inside Delhi metro, people want 'strict action' against them

Hindustan Times  

Every now and then, numerous videos from the Delhi metro go viral. It shows a group of women singing and dancing inside the Delhi metro train. Women dancing inside Delhi metro. Here's how people reacted: An individual wrote, "Why are all the dramas seen in the Delhi metro?" Earlier, two women were seen dancing and playing Holi inside the metro.

Women Delhi Video Metro Dancing Delhi Metro
International Women's Day 2024: Delhi, celebrate it with this lineup for the ladies!
10 months, 1 week ago

International Women's Day 2024: Delhi, celebrate it with this lineup for the ladies!

Hindustan Times  

Women in the Capital, are you wondering how to make the most of the date, March 8, ie International Women’s Day? Curator Manisha Gawade says, “This show brings the very important message of economic freedom for women, which can only be achieved with a drastic change in our education.” Where: Pioneer Art Gallery and Divine Art Gallery, Lado Sarai When: …

Lodhi Garden International Women
When will Delhi women start getting ₹1,000 in bank accounts? Atishi answers…
10 months, 1 week ago

When will Delhi women start getting ₹1,000 in bank accounts? Atishi answers…

Live Mint  

Delhi Finance Minster Atishi Marlena presented the ₹ 76,000 crore budget for the financial year 2024-25 on March 4, themed around the concept of “Ram Rajya.” Among other things, Atishi announced a new scheme, ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ in the budget. In an interview with LiveMint, Atishi said that the scheme could be rolled out only after the upcoming Lok Sabha …

Delhi Lok Sabha Scheme Atishi
The hibiscus flower blooms on campus: Delhi colleges get a taste of Squid Game
10 months, 1 week ago

The hibiscus flower blooms on campus: Delhi colleges get a taste of Squid Game

Hindustan Times  

Many of us are waiting with bated breath for the second season of Squid Game, but DU colleges have gone one step further this fest season and included the wildly popular Korean survival thriller series in their rosters. For the cookie cutter game, where you have to trace out a circle or umbrella based on a drawing, we made cardboard …

Delhi Game Student College Squid Game Fest
Wailing child leads police to an interstate child trafficking gang, eight arrested
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wailing child leads police to an interstate child trafficking gang, eight arrested

The Hindu  

: The Delhi police arrested eight persons in Delhi and Punjab for running an interstate child trafficking racket and rescued a 15-day-old newborn, a senior officer said on Tuesday. On further investigation, we learned that the two had been earlier booked in child trafficking cases in Punjab,” said DCP Guriqbal Singh Sidhu. “They would target families who had multiple girl …

Delhi Based Punjab Trafficking Gang Interstate Child
Nirbhaya: Nothing has changed, says Delhi Commission for Women chief
1 year ago

Nirbhaya: Nothing has changed, says Delhi Commission for Women chief

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Nothing has changed in the past decade and crimes against women in Delhi have only gone up, DCW chief Swati Maliwal said on Saturday on the 11th anniversary of the Nirbhaya incident -- a brutal gang-rape and assault case that stirred an outpouring of anger and grief, followed by the passage of several new sexual assault laws in …

Women Delhi Rape Cases Singh Crimes Ncrb
G-20 Summit | New Delhi declaration accepts disproportionate impact of climate change on women
1 year, 4 months ago

G-20 Summit | New Delhi declaration accepts disproportionate impact of climate change on women

The Hindu  

The G-20 nations on September 9 resolved to increase women’s participation and leadership in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and support gender-responsive solutions to build resilience to the impact of climate change. The G-20 declaration adopted here accepted the disproportionate impact of climate change on all women and girls, and decided to accelerate climate action with gender equality at its …

Climate Change Women Change Climate Gender Declaration
AIIMS doctor gave IVF patient's eggs to two women without consent; let off with warning
1 year, 5 months ago

AIIMS doctor gave IVF patient's eggs to two women without consent; let off with warning

Hindustan Times  

An All India Institute of Medical Sciences doctor has been let off by the National Medical Commission with a warning for giving some eggs of a patient undergoing IVF treatment to two other women without her consent. A doctor at AIIMS Delhi reportedly provided eggs of a woman undergoing IVF treatment to two other patients without her consent. The doctor …

Medical Doctor Ivf Eggs Nmc Dmc
‘All they want is an assurance’: Raj Thackeray backs protesting wrestlers, seeks PM's intervention
1 year, 7 months ago

‘All they want is an assurance’: Raj Thackeray backs protesting wrestlers, seeks PM's intervention

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday extended his support to the protesting wrestlers, seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention. In a letter to the PM shared on Twitter, Thackeray said, "The women wrestlers, whom we proudly call as ‘daughters of our country’, and through the hard work of whom the country has found multiple occasions to sight medals …

Protesting Raj Thackeray Delhi Chief Wrestlers Protesting Wrestlers Intervention Raj Thackeray Backs
Freewheeling women
1 year, 7 months ago

Freewheeling women

Hindustan Times  

As she wheels her cycle out to get to work, Tara ignores the sniggers from neighbours in the densely populated locality of Delhi’s Neb Sarai where she lives. “Managing my time has become easier,” says Tara who was gifted a cycle last year by Greenpeace India under a scheme, Power the Pedal, designed to both improve mobility among low-income, marginalized …

Women Delhi Work Tara Cycle Greenpeace India
Kill us if you want, won’t tolerate such disrespect: Vinesh Phogat
1 year, 8 months ago

Kill us if you want, won’t tolerate such disrespect: Vinesh Phogat

The Hindu  

Shocked and appalled by the boorish behaviour by the Delhi Police towards protesting wrestlers late Thursday evening, an emotionally distraught Vinesh Phogat said they were not criminals and did not deserve such disrespect. Around 11 pm, a scuffle broke out at Jantar Mantar between the protesting wrestlers when they were bringing in folding beds for their night stay and the …

Vinesh Bajrang