New Delhi: A two-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by a man, was rescued, the police said. The incident came to light on July 29, after a woman, who was waiting in the main hall of Ajmeri Gate of the New Delhi Railway Station, complained that her daughter had gone missing, aContinue Reading
New Delhi: Female genital mutilation has numerous health hazards associated with it and amounts to violation of right to life and dignity of a woman, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra observed on Monday. The Chief Justice made the oral observation while hearing a PIL (public interest litigation) petitionContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Around 1,060 adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years were out of school in Odisha, according to state School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra. “The OPEPA (Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority) in 2017 had conducted a survey. It showed that 1,060 adolescent girls in theContinue Reading
Recent statistics released by Goa police reveal that a person is killed in a road accident every 30 hoursContinue Reading
By Vidhi Doshi Gajipur: Two things happened after the rape of a 6-year-old girl in this small Indian town. First, a violent mob thrashed a man accused of committing the crime. Then, the town’s residents started telling their children — especially girls — not to walk to school and playContinue Reading
By Vidhi Doshi New Delhi: They are considered some of India’s brightest minds. Now students and alumni from India’s most prestigious universities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer are fighting to have homosexuality decriminalized in their country. India’s Supreme Court is considering six petitions from gay rightsContinue Reading
All village leaders had to attend a talk in Bhiwani districtContinue Reading
Roshanara found help from people across religions and political partiesContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Assam government is set to roll out a law from October 2 making it mandatory for state government employees to look after their aged and dependent parents and differently-abled siblings who do not have a source of income. Last year, the state assembly had passed Assam Employees ParentsContinue Reading
Ranchi: Deputy commissioner Rai Mahimapat Ray has shot letters to social welfare departments of Bihar, Bengal and Odisha, besides child welfare committees of 13 districts in Jharkhand, requesting leads on more than 50 unwed and underage mothers who stayed at Nirmal Hriday between March 2016 and June this year. TheContinue Reading