Tag: Maneka Gandhi

New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi was on Friday admitted to a hospital in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh after she complained of pain in the stomach, an aide said. Gandhi complained of stomachache around 3 p.m. after which she was admitted to the emergency ward of a government hospital in Pilibhit, which […]

New Delhi: Union minister Maneka Gandhi has written to all school principals, asking them to sensitise teachers and students on the Blue Whale Challenge, a social media “game” which has reportedly been linked to teenage deaths in several countries, including India. The controversial internet game involves a number of tasks which have to be completed […]

New Delhi: Union minister Maneka Gandhi wants special homes to be set up for children with permanent disabilities, saying child care institutions are “unable to provide” sustained and permanent care to them. In a letter to the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot, she urged him to set up special homes for such […]

New Delhi: The government yesterday launched an exclusive web portal dedicated to tracking down missing children. The website called “Khoya-Paya” aims to help trace missing children by allowing citizens to post information about a child who is not to be found. Simultaneously, anybody who has seen a child alone or with suspicious people can post […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today lambasted the BJD-led Odisha government saying that it has been grossly neglecting women of the State by not implementing central schemes. Gandhi said that the Centre hiked the salary of Anganwadi workers but the State government claimed credit for the same. She said that even […]

New Delhi: The Empowered Committee of Officers under Nirbhaya Fund, under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Women and Child Development Ministry has today approved three major proposals. The three proposals are mentioned below: Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice proposal to set up 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) to dispose off pending cases […]

Bhubaneswar: The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, today clarified that all the States including Odisha have been notified about the Centre’s decision on hike in honorarium to Anganwadi Workers. In reply to a letter written by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Gandhi stated that the Central share of grants-in-aid of Rs 16,694.38 […]

Lucknow: BJP MP Varun Gandhi has mastered the art of creating controversy after controversy. The young Gandhi is currently campaigning for his mother Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur that goes to the polls in the sixth phase on May 12. Varun said on Monday that people should vote for ‘Bharat Mata’. “My mother is contesting from […]

Sultanpur:  Violence erupted n Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday when supporters of BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh a.k.a. Sonu Singh clashed with supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maneka Gandhi. Supporters of Sonu Singh claimed that the BJP candidate’s supporters were distributing money in villages in Dhanpatganj area after midnight. When they tried […]

New Delhi: Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi is likely to be the pro-term Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. Maneka is into her eighth term as an MP and is among the senior most members of the Lower House. Gandhi was a Union Minister in the first Narendra Modi-led NDA government. It remains to be […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Prior to the elections for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha, speculations are now rife about the five senior parliamentarians of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the race for the Speaker. Former Union ministers Jual Oram, SS Ahluwalia and Maneka Gandhi are in contention for the […]

New Delhi: BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Monday came to the rescue of a simian lying injured on the roadside in central Delhi after a journalist posted a picture of the animal on Twitter and tagged former Union Minister. “This monkey is injured and in a very bad state. Please some NGO or animal rights […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Malappuram Police on Friday registered a case under Section 153 of the IPC against former Union Minister and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi for her ‘communal’ remark on the killing of a pregnant cow elephant near the edge of Silent Valley National Park at Palakkad in Kerala. While one person who allegedly made the […]

Chandigarh: BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday shared a video on social media in which a man can purportedly be seen running his car over a dog, following which he was booked in Kapurthala. In her tweet, Gandhi said, “He is a breeder and seller of dogs for dog fights. This is what he does […]

Bhubaneswar: “Women should always inspire, motivate and encourage other women. They must stop thinking of themselves as victims” – addressing a virtual women’s leadership summit organised by the SOA Deemed to be University in collaboration with ObserveNow Media recently, MP Maneka Gandhi said that women should assert themselves and inspire others to chart a new […]