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
It is a tussle between a profession that runs on well-laid out ethics and situations where circumspection may have to be sidestepped in the interest of humanityContinue Reading
Police have started investigation into the death of Egyptian Coptic bishop who was found dead inside his monastery on July 29. According to local media reports, Bishop Epiphanius, head of the Anba Makar Monastery in Beheira, northwest of Cairo, was found with injuries indicating that he had been a victimContinue Reading
