Lack of safety gear killing Delhi’s sewer workers (Capital Focus)
June 24th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) He knows it may prove fatal, yet 55-year-old Uday Ram does not hesitate to enter the narrow manhole filled with fermented faeces, urine and other ... Read more...
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IPL molestation case: Peerzada discharged from hospital
May 21st, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Sahil Peerzada, who was assaulted and injured while resisting an IPL cricketer's alleged attempt to molest his American fiancee Zohail Hameed at a hotel here ... Read more...
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IPL player gets bail, American woman sends Mallya legal notice (Roundup)
May 19th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team's Australian player Luke Pomersbach, accused of molesting an American woman and beating up her fiance, Saturday got bail but RCB ... Read more...
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American woman goes to Delhi women’s panel against Mallya
May 19th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) After sending a legal notice to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) director Sidhartha Mallya for his tweet questioning her character, an American woman who was allegedly ... Read more...
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Criminal acts in privacy not immune, court told
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights(DCPCR) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the right to privacy does not confer any right on consenting ... Read more...
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Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: SC (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was wide and could not be limited to holding ... Read more...
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Scope of penal provision on gay sex wide: SC
February 16th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said the scope of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was wide and could not be limited to holding ... Read more...
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Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural, SC told (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 ... Read more...
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DCW meets CM, offers to rehabilitate baby Falak
January 29th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Sunday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and offered to rehabilitate the two-year-old battered baby Falak, if she survived ... Read more...
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Why give kids money, not uniforms, rights panel asks MCD
October 15th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A panel for child rights has issued a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on a complaint against a proposal to distribute ... Read more...
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Lokpal panel hears Aruna Roy
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Social activist Aruna Roy presented her views on the Lokpal bill Friday before the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice headed by Congress spokesperson ... Read more...
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Lokpal panel to hear CVC, Aruna Roy
September 22nd, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar, National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy and Loksatta president Jayaprakash Narayan will give their views on the Lokpal Bill ... Read more...
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Winds of change: girl adoption on the rise in India
September 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) There is a ray of sunshine in the dark gloom of female foeticide and communities still discriminating against the girl child in many parts of ... Read more...
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How a ‘rich’ school tagged poor students
August 14th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) St. Andrews Scots Senior Secondary School, a posh school in east Delhi, boasts of "providing value-based education" to its students but is under the scanner ... Read more...
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Weak law, tracking system hampers missing kids’ recovery
July 29th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) There is a huge discrepancy in the number of missing children in the country as sourced from police records and that obtained through RTI applications, ... Read more...
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Government to compensate rape victims
July 6th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The central government told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that it will implement within six weeks a system to provide financial assistance to rape victims ... Read more...
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Extend scope of RTE till 18 years: NGO
June 12th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Children up to 18 years of age must be brought under the Right to Education Act to effectively address the issue of child labour in ... Read more...
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Delhi Police aim to reduce juvenile crime rate
May 22nd, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Delhi Police will try and reduce the crime rate among the children and juveniles, Commissioner B.K. Gupta said here Saturday."Delhi Police have always been concerned ... Read more...
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A year since RTE, mere 230 complaints reflect low awareness
March 31st, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) It's been a year since the right of children to free and compulsory education (RTE) was enacted April 1, 2010, but since then the organisation ... Read more...
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Nearly 12,000 Right to Education violations in Delhi
March 27th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Since its implementation almost a year ago, nearly 12,000 cases of violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act have been registered in the capital ... Read more...
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Delhi Govt. committed to ensure empowerment of women
March 7th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Asserting that the Delhi Government is strongly committed to the welfare of women from all sections of the society, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said sincere ... Read more...
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‘Right to education based on Gandhian philosophy’
January 31st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Right to Education Act which promises free and compulsory education to children between the age of six and 14, is in tune with the Gandhian philosophy, ... Read more...
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Parents refuse to take back child, child panel to take action
January 4th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) As parents of abandoned Chiku refused to accept him, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Tuesday said they will take action against the parents ... Read more...
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11 childrens’ courts to come up in Delhi
December 30th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Eleven children's courts will soon be set up in the Indian capital in an effort to reach out to child victims of crime who suffer ... Read more...
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Why unsafe Delhi schools not demolished, asks rights body
December 30th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), asking why there is a delay in ... Read more...
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Over 10,000 violations of Right to Education in Delhi
December 21st, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Just nine months after the Right to Education (RTE) Act was implemented in India, promising free and compulsory education to all children in the age ... Read more...
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Notice issued over nursery admission guidelines
December 17th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Friday issued notice to the Delhi government over the nursery admission guidelines, saying they were violative of the ... Read more...
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Conference on RTE Act for teachers
December 4th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) In an effort to spread awareness and successfully implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Delhi Commission for Protection on Child Rights (DCPCR) will Sunday organise ... Read more...
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Delhi schools asked to furnish admission process details
November 25th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) In order to monitor the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a circular to ... Read more...
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Release nursery admission guidelines, Delhi government told
November 22nd, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) Monday issued a notice to the Delhi government to release guidelines for nursery admissions without any further delay. ... Read more...
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‘More people interested in adopting girl child’
November 19th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) There is a steady flow of enquiries for adopting a girl child now than compared to earlier times, chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child ... Read more...
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Child rights commission takes up rehabilitation of orphans
November 19th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six children, including a brother-sister duo, left orphaned in the east Delhi building collapse should be provided the services of a counsellor to help them cope with ... Read more...
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‘Better implemention of laws needed to protect children’
November 9th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Delhi Minister for Women and Child Development Kiran Walia Tuesday said that instead of new laws, better implementation of the existing ones was needed to protect children's ... Read more...
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Gender help desk set up for women tourists during Games
October 1st, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has set up a 'gender help desk' to provide assistance to the fairer sex and to ensure safety of women tourists ... Read more...
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Child safety is responsibility of schools: Child rights groups
September 18th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Child rights organisations and others have condemned the alleged sexual molestation of three school-going siblings by their van driver for a year and a half and said ... Read more...
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