New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea seeking prohibition on employment of children, particularly minor girls, in orchestras, dance bars, massage parlours, spas and similar establishments. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi termed the issue a “very serious” matter wh…
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New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports related to the alleged prolonged gang rape, blackmail, sexual exploitation and subsequent suicides of two sisters in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The case, which has triggered widespread outrage and protests in the region, pertains to two sisters from rural Jodhpur who allegedly died by suicide within a span of two months after facing years of sexual exploitation, threats and al…
Mirzapur, Jan 22 (IANS) Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district have arrested five people, including a gym owner, in connection with an alleged forced religious conversion, sexual exploitation and extortion case. The arrests follow complaints filed by two young women who accused the suspects of luring them under the pretext of friendship and fitness training and then subjecting them to coercion and abuse. On Thursday, one of the accused, identified as Farid, was involved in a police encoun…