Domestic workers storm Delhi for rights
2018-08-03
Around 10,000 from all over India attended the rallyContinue Reading
Khasi women reject bill discouraging marriage outside tribe
2018-08-01
Indigenous women in northeastern India are calling on the Meghalaya state government to block a bill that would deny them rights, including the ability to inherit land if they marry outside their tribe. Khasi women are the latest to join a growing movement in the country challenging discriminatory legislation andContinue Reading
Declare “compulsory confession” unconstitutional, Kerala petition says
2018-08-01
Kochi: “Compulsory confession” as a condition for fulfilling other spiritual and temporal needs of the laity prevalent in many churches must be declared unconstitutional, said a PIL filed in the Kerala High Court today. In his petition, CS Chacko submitted that imposing implied or expressed compulsion on a member ofContinue Reading
Priests involving in rape cases in Kerala ‘shocking’, says top court
2018-08-01
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that instances of some priests in Kerala being involved in rape cases are shocking. It is disturbing that cases of rape and sexual assault come from churches in Kerala recently, the court said. A bench of Justices A K Sikri andContinue Reading
Civil war remark: Police register case against Mamata Banerjee
2018-08-01
The case was filed by three workers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaContinue Reading
Hyderabad sex racket: Girls given hormonal injections
2018-08-01
Eight traffickers, including six women, have been arrestedContinue Reading
Muzaffarpur’s house of horrors
2018-08-01
The main accused Brajesh Thakur was arrested on July 31Continue Reading
Calcutta Archbishop applauds Mamata Banerjee’s inclusiveness
2018-08-01
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the conviction to take all communities along, says Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta. “Mamata Didi (elder sister) has always supported us and she does it for all communities. She is the one who expresses courage and speaks at critical moments. Her effortsContinue Reading
Kidnapped girl rescued at New Delhi Railway Station
2018-07-31
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
Supreme Court slams custom of genital mutilation
2018-07-31
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