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.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 18:53
The `181 Helpline`, started to help women in distress, has received 1.17 lakh calls within five months of its launch in Punjab.
Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 21:19
Punjab DCM Sukhbir Singh Badal said that Commissioners of Police and SSPs would be held responsible for laxity in implementing services of `181 police helpline`, launched to curb crime against women.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 23:08
Sixty per cent of helplines at shelter homes for women in distress are not functional, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has found.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 12:20
More than 50 percent calls made by women in distress go unattended due to dearth of facilities, enquiries have revealed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 09:03
Call 103 and get a cop at your doorstep in 10 minutes. Well, this helpline number service for women, senior citizens and children has been around since 2008, but very few people know about it.
Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 21:33
To ensure safety of women and protect them against atrocities, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to start a `Women Help Line` with a toll free number within a month.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 21:51
In yet another measure to help women in distress, the `ladies-all` Delhi Metro coaches will now display the CISF control room number which can be used as a helpline.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 21:09
Gujarat government will be launching `Help Emergency Assistance Rescue Terminal` (HEART), a helpline which would enable women seek police help instantaneously through mobile phones.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 21:15
Delhi government`s 181 helpline for women in distress broke down for a few hours Wednesday, a Delhi government official said.
Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 23:33
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has asked state chief ministers to consider starting a emergency help-line service exclusively for women on code `181`.
Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 14:32
A month after releasing the three-digit emergency number for women in Delhi, the government on Monday said it will make available the `181` women helpline number to all states of the country.
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