‘Wake Up’ call to check crime against women

October 7th, 2009 Holder calls Chicago beating death a wake-up callCHICAGO — Attorney General Eric Holder called the beating death of a Chicago teen a "stark wake-up call" that should serve as a call to action. Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan made a trip to Chicago to meet with city leaders to discuss youth violence in the wake of the beating death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.

September 11th, 2009 CHATTARPUR - Concerned at rise in crime graph, the local women have taken upon themselves the task of reining in the criminals in Madhya Pradesh's Chattarpur district. The police authorities have encouraged 1000 women working for the Village Security Community in the new task.

September 4th, 2009 PATNA - Members of the Rashtriya Mahila Brigade (RSB) on Friday took out a sword march on Patna streets to protest against the increasing crimes against women and to press for their demand for a complete ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks in the state capital. Carrying swords in their hands and raising slogans, the women activists held the protest march with the aim to to put an end to the increasing crime against women that often go unreported.

August 31st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The police detained at least seven women for selling illicit liquor known as hooch in local parlance that recently claimed three lives in Gujarat. Two breathed their last on Friday while one more person died on Saturday after consuming drinks laced with a chemical used in making perfumes.

August 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR/AGARTALA/GUWAHATI/PATNA/NEW DELHI - Authorities along border areas have taken extra precautions ahead of the Independence Day to thwart any attempts to disrupt the celebrations. In Srinagar, numerous police and paramilitary personnel are keeping strict vigilance over the city.

July 9th, 2009 Drug czar says Jackson's death a wake-up call WASHINGTON — The government's drug czar says that Michael Jackson's death is a wake-up call to the nation about prescription drug abuse. Gil Kerlikowske (ker-li-/KOW-skee), chief of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, says more people are dying in the United States from drug overdoses than from gunshot wounds.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 50 volunteers of the Delhi Metro Citizens' Forum Wednesday went on a special drive on Metro trains and stations to check indisciplined commuters. About 50 volunteers are on a special drive to check indiscipline inside the Metro trains and stations dividing themselves into two groups who travelled on the Dwarka Sector 9 to Yamuna Bank and Dilshad Garden to Rithala routes, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesperson Anuj Dayal said.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After the sensational murders of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh and journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, police have suggested that women wear high heels to work, carry heavy bags, and use both to hit would-be assailants below the belt. These self-defence tips are being sent to firms, especially those like media houses and BPO companies that have a large number of women working till late at night.

March 26th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - More than five million women have become victims of people trafficking networks in Latin America and 10 million more are at risk of falling prey, activist Teresa Ulloa has said. The director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Latin America and the Caribbean (CATW-LAC), also said that the traders 'are more and more linked with organised crime', and added that poverty had made the phenomenon 'skyrocket in recent years'.

March 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There is good news for women in the national capital, as they can now call the police control room (PCR) for assistance at any time, in case of a car breakdown, a senior official said Tuesday. The move comes just days ahead of the Women's Day March 8.

February 11th, 2009 PALAKKAD - The Kerala cabinet has approved the adoption of a new policy to ensure gender equality and prevent crime against women, Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Thursday. Vijayan, who is on a tour of the state, told reporters that the main objective of floating the new policy was to ensure social justice for women.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To check growing aggressive behaviour among children, a voluntary organisation has decided to set up peace clubs in several schools in the capital for counselling students. The Indian chapter of Sister Against Violent Extremism (SAVE), an initiative of Women Without Borders (WWB), has launched a pilot project in the capital to counsel students with aggressive behaviour.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Are you being harassed by lewd or objectionable phone calls, SMSes and e-mails? Don't bear this silently because help is at hand at the anti-obscene calls cell Delhi Police have just launched and which is already receiving some 50 complaints a day. However, offenders will get away with a minor rap on the knuckles: All that the police will do is to counsel them and warn them against repeating the call.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - Heavy security at the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attack need not mean tension as a light-hearted exchange here revelaed. At the security check-point at the Chennai Trade Centre, the venue of the diaspora meet, a mediaperson told the policeman on duty to check him thoroughly since Sivarasan - the mastermind behind former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination - came to Sriperumbudur in the guise of a reporter.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India. The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws.