London: A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion. Mathan Shunmugaraja had taken his former employer, Royal Mail, to theContinue Reading
Mumbai: An over 100-foot high cross was removed from a hill behind a church in southern India by government officials, despite the protests of the parish priest. The incident happened on Sept. 23 at 6 a.m. in the morning in Gerahalli village in the state of Karnataka, about 40 milesContinue Reading
The four-nation survey was conducted by the international women and child rights NGOContinue Reading
Lucknow: Lancy Lobo, the vice-principal of St Fidelis College, was on Friday arrested on charges of harassing a class VIII girl student of his school. The school is indefinitely shut. SSP Manzil Saini said Lobo was arrested from his residence in Vrindavan Yojana on the basis of a statement madeContinue Reading
Kolkala: Girls of a north Calcutta school located in the middle of a growing sprawl of illegal hawkers live with the fear of stepping out every day into the predatory world of harassers lurking just outside their gate. Illegal hawkers have invaded the footpaths in front of Seth Soorajmull JalanContinue Reading