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‘How To Contact You?’: NGO Founder Says Delhi Women’s Helpline Failed As Uber Driver Grabbed Her | Viral News

‘How To Contact You?’: NGO Founder Says Delhi Women’s Helpline Failed As Uber Driver Grabbed Her | Viral News

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Last Updated:November 27, 2025, 00:04 IST In a post on X, Chaturvedi alleged that when she tried to stop the driver by opening the cab door, he allegedly grabbed and twisted her arm. Bharati Chaturvedi, founder of the nonprofit Chintan. (Image via X/@Bharati09) Environmental activist Bharati Chaturvedi, founder of the nonprofit Chintan, on Wednesday revealed a frightening incident involving an Uber ride in Delhi, saying that the city’s women’s helpline did not respond when she called for help. In a post on X, Chaturvedi alleged that when she tried to stop the driver by opening the cab door, he allegedly grabbed and twisted her arm. She added that she called the women’s helpline, number 100, but received no response. “Dear women of Delhi I took an @Uber_India from Vasant Vihar to sarvodaya enclave to the doc. The pin stopped near Essex farms, driver agreed to drop me minus pin. But began getting irritated and yelling and suddenly turned while i asked him to go straight for a u turn. Asked him to stop and he …

Ten years of Nirbhaya case | DCW chief seeks discussion on women’s safety in both houses of Parliament

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Swati Maliwal, chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on December 16 wrote to the Lok Sabha speaker and Rajya Sabha chairman urging them to suspend the day’s business in both houses of Parliament to discuss the issue of women’s safety on the 10th anniversary of the Nirbhaya gangrape incident. Crimes against women have reached an “epidemic proportion”, she said, while highlighting that six rapes are reported in the national capital every day. Gone girls: On crimes against women “An eight month old baby and a 90-year-old woman have also been raped in Delhi!” she tweeted. Mr. Maliwal also highlighted the recent acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in west Delhi. “The problem of increasing crimes against women and girls has reached an epidemic proportion and governments are failing to take steps to counter it. Even the Nirbhaya Fund that was set up for providing relief and rehabilitation for women and girls has been reduced substantially,” she said. “The increasing crimes against …