Patna, April 6 (IANS) In a significant crackdown, the East Champaran police on Monday rescued 16 minor girls from the clutches of orchestra operators allegedly involved in exploitation. Acting on complaints received from multiple police station jurisdictions across the Motihari district, police teams carried out simultaneous raids at several locations linked to orchestra groups.During the operation, six operators were arrested for allegedly forcing minor girls to perform obscene dances and…
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Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) A Christian worker was fatally shot in Pakistan’s Punjab province inside a legislator’s room, a leading minority rights group said on Monday. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Naveed Masih, a Christian sanitation worker, was found dead on Friday night within the Punjab Assembly premises, igniting “grief, outrage, and an urgent demand for justice”.The rights body said that Naveed was reportedly found fatally shot in a room associated with Member of …
Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress will organise a ‘Jan Aakrosh Sabha’ in Gandhinagar on February 16, coinciding with the commencement of the state’s Budget Session, to raise what it described as the growing grievances of various sections of society.Speaking on the programme, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Chavda said the public meeting would be held at 1 pm to highlight the concerns of youth, farmers, women, tribals, Dalits, the Bakshipanch community, workers…
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging his intervention to protect the rights of gig and platform delivery workers and address what he termed their growing exploitation. In his letter, the RJD leader said he was writing on behalf of millions of gig and platform delivery workers across India, who are facing a deepening crisis due to deteriorating working conditions and systematic violations of basic labour rights.Referr…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, on Tuesday slammed Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif over the development of the region, stating that her claims are built on the blood and lives of people in Balochistan.Taking X, Chand said, “Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, you make fiery claims about development in Punjab, boasting of projects like the Green Line and the Orange Line. You know very well that this so-called…