Khap panchayats do not have credibility: Girija Vyas
With a khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh issuing a Taliban style diktat on women, former National Commission for Women chairperson, Girija Vyas , on Friday said such panchayats do not have any legal rec
Girls unsafe in Uttar Pradesh, say women's panel, activists
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday formed a committee to investigate the shocking case of a Dalit minor who was brutally attacked for resisting rape in Uttar Pradesh, a state where, activists say, the situation for women, ruled by a woman chief minister, is going from bad to worse.