Two arrested for kidnapping boy from Punjab
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) In an effort to cover up her flesh trade and dodge the police, a woman and her paramour kidnapped a child but the ploy failed ... Read more...
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10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade
August 4th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said ... Read more...
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Meghalaya rebels turn culture cops, threaten police spies
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 23 (IANS) A separatist rebel group in Meghalaya has threatened to take stern action against women wearing provocative dresses and impose extreme punishment on people who had become ... Read more...
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Six rescued from Delhi’s red light area
May 29th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Two girls and four young women who were forced into prostitution have been rescued from the capital's red light area, Delhi Police said Tuesday.They were ... Read more...
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Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair
February 14th, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 14 (IANS) Police rescued 25 minor girls who were forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district ... Read more...
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Baby Falak still critical, another woman held (Roundup)
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Battling for survival at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, two-year-old baby Falak continued to be critical Thursday, as police made their ... Read more...
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‘Educated girls entering flesh trade for money’ (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Observing that even educated girls from well-off families were entering the flesh trade to fund their lifestyles, the Supreme Court Friday said rescue and rehabilitation ... Read more...
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A social activist’s struggle to save women
September 21st, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) She may not be able to bring back 12 women from the clutches of traffickers operating in Gulf countries but her fight against bonded labour and ... Read more...
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Four held for human trafficking, 13 minors rescued
September 17th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Four human traffickers, including a woman, were arrested as they were bringing 13 minors from Jharkhand to the capital, police said Saturday adding that all ... Read more...
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Scores of Indian kids learn traumatic lesson in Nepal
September 15th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 15 (IANS) As Nepal celebrates Children's Day Thursday, pledging to protect child rights, scores of Indian children aged between 10 to 14 years and some even younger are ... Read more...
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‘University’ official booked for abducting girl
August 30th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 29 (IANS) An official of a "spiritual university" in this Uttar Pradesh district was Monday booked on charges of abducting a minor girl and holding her ... Read more...
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Nine Nepali girls rescued from brothel
July 8th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Delhi police have rescued nine Nepali teenage girls from a brothel here, police said Friday. They were in the 16-18 age group.Police said the girls ... Read more...
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Woman held for forcing daughter into prostitution
June 30th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) A woman has been arrested from Punjab's industrial town of Phagwara for allegedly forcing her minor daughter into prostitution, police said Thursday.Dimple had forced her 13-year-old ... Read more...
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Two human traffickers held in Chhattisgarh
April 28th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Two people, including a woman, were arrested in this Chhattisgarh capital for allegedly trying to traffic a 22-year-old woman to a red light area for "a ... Read more...
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Two nabbed for buying girls in Rajasthan
April 19th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 19 (IANS) Police in Rajasthan have stepped in to rescue two girls, a toddler and a 12-year-old, who had been sold by their fathers, officials said Tuesday.While Lala, ... Read more...
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Agra sex workers: Lives that count
March 25th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 25 (IANS) Perched on the high balconies of Agra's red light areas, they have been selling sex for years. And now the Taj city's sex workers are set ... Read more...
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Sex trade on social network sites on the rise in UAE
March 17th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Mar 17 (ANI): Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are frequently being used by escort services and call girls to hook up with clients in UAE.An XPRESS investigation ... Read more...
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Police rescue children from traffickers
March 11th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Seven girls, including four children below the age of three, were rescued from a gang of traffickers in Madhya Pradesh and 14 people were arrested, ... Read more...
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Northern states to have nodal officers to tackle crime
February 22nd, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 22 (IANS) Police departments of northern states Tuesday decided to appoint nodal officers and response teams in each state to counter organised crime and for greater coordination. The move is ... Read more...
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Official accused of spying moves for bail
February 11th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A senior home ministry official accused of leaking sensitive information in return for sexual favours moved his bail application in a court here Friday.Suspended IAS officer Ravi ... Read more...
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Chinese New Year pumps up prostitution in Singapore
February 7th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 7 (ANI): Prostitution business in Geylang, Singapore, witnessed a rise during the Chinese New Year break with the influx of call girls from Indonesia, it has emerged.The Chinese Press ... Read more...
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Suspended IAS officer withdraws bail plea
January 28th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Suspended senior IAS officer Ravi Inder Singh, accused of allegedly leaking sensitive information from the union home ministry to unauthorised persons, Friday withdraw his bail application at ... Read more...
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Yamuna, South Indian Actress Caught Red Handed In Prostitution Raid
January 22nd, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is quite natural to see yesteryear actresses who are past their prime acting in reality Shows and other TV soaps and also taking up glamorous ... Read more...
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“The Crossbow Cannibal” Stephen Griffiths, Sentenced To Lifetime Imprisonment
December 22nd, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Stephen Griffiths, notoriously known as "the crossbow cannibal" has finally been sentenced to lifetime imprisonment without any parole, after finding guilty of barbarously murdering several women. ... Read more...
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Many Punjab women entering Greece illegally, say gurdwaras
November 20th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Jalandhar (Punjab), Nov 20 (IANS) Many young women from Punjab in search of jobs abroad end up illegally in Greece, where they are forced into the flesh trade, says an ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi director highlights exploitation of humankind in ‘Ganga Jatra’
November 17th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Bangladeshi filmmaker Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond's "Ganga Jatra", which was screened at the 16th Kolkata Film Festival, shows that mankind is the ultimate victim when religion is vocal. The ... Read more...
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Canadian prostitution laws struck down
September 29th, 2010 - 8:32 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Sep 29 (IANS) Prostitution was effectively decriminalized in Canada Tuesday after a court here struck down main provisions of prostitution laws on a petition by three sex-trade workers."These laws, individually and ... Read more...
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Nandita Das To Direct Another Film
September 6th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Though Nandita is busy being a mother for the first time she cannot resist the temptation of going ... Read more...
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Now Nandita to direct film on flesh trade
September 6th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) After making a movie on communal riots, actress-turned-director Nandita Das is set to go back to direction once again to make a film on flesh ... Read more...
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Seven girls rescued from red light area
August 13th, 2010 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 12 (IANS) Seven teenaged girls, four hailing from Nepal, were rescued from a red light area in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district Thursday, police said.
Two youth allegedly involved ... Read more...
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Two Indian women in distress in Singapore
July 3rd, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), July 3 (IANS) Two young Punjabi women who were promised lucrative jobs in Singapore are being forced into prostitution in that country, the mother of one of them said.
Davinder Kaur ... Read more...
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Hyderabad Police bans massage parlours
June 29th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) With massage centres in and around Hyderabad being used for flesh trade, Hyderabad Police has banned massage parlours where female employees massage male customers.
Police Commissioner A.K. Khan told ... Read more...
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Court comes to rescue of girl pushed into flesh trade
May 9th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Coming to the rescue of a woman who was pushed into the flesh trade, Delhi High Court has directed a lawyer to make arrangements for her rehabilitation.
A ... Read more...
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Delhi man nabbed for buying cars with fake demand drafts
March 21st, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a man who cheated people by purchasing the luxury cars they were selling by using fake demand drafts. Police have also ... Read more...
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Curb sex tourism, book flesh traders for rape: apex court
January 15th, 2010 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the government to curb sex tourism and deal firmly with criminals driving children into flesh trade by booking them for rape.
"Obviously, it ... Read more...
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