UST Global launches app on women's safety

Last Updated: Friday, March 6, 2015, 19:25

UST Global - the biggest employer of IT professionals in Kerala - Friday launched its mobile-based app for women`s safety, ahead of the International Women`s Day on March 8.

Railways to introduce all India helpline for women next month

Last Updated: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 20:15

Women travelling in trains can now hope for safer trips with Railways Sunday saying it would introduce an all India helpline for them to send an alarm to the nearest railway station in times of distress.

Sanitation linked to women safety, dignity: Jairam Ramesh

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:55

Linking sanitation to the safety, dignity and self-respect of women, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said Women Self-Help Groups should take up toilet construction as the sixth principle of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

Mega cities unsafe for women showing official claims hollow

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 10:22

The gang rape of 51-year old Danish woman in the capital has brought back focus on the megacities being the hub of crime against women.

Sexual crimes less against fully dressed Chennai women: MP Minister

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 15:34

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur on Sunday said there were few sexual crimes against women in Chennai as they dress up fully and regularly visit temples.

The city we have started to fear

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 14:18

In our cities are bubbles; the deceiving ‘secure’ bubbles; bubbles that look like glass offices, bubbles that are gated apartment complexes and bubbles that are embellished with disco lights and artsy décor, serviced by valets and secured by beefy bouncers.

Safe in 21st Century India? A Tale of Four Cities

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:46

Four women give us an inside account of the relativity and reality of freedom and security in their hometowns—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore.

Girl unfriends boy on Facebook, is attacked with boiling water

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 09:36

It`s hard to imagine `unfriending` a friend could lead to an attack. But this is what has happened in this district of Bihar, leaving everyone shocked.

Feeling of unrest always in me: Kareena on women safety

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 17:20

Kareena Kapoor says that she no longer feels safe in Mumbai as she used to two years back and "feeling of unrest is always there in me".

Women safety: Govt invites tech solutions

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:02

In its efforts to provide security to women and elderly, the government has invited suggestions on innovative technologies and ideas from people and institutions which can be used by police.