Bangalore: Self-styled godman Nithyananda remains missing 24 hours after the Sadananda Gowda government in Karnataka issued a manhunt for him. There has been no clue of his whereabouts despite the state government having ordered a probe into allegations of sexual abuse against him. However, Nithyananda's supporters claimed that he was not absconding. The government had also ordered the seizure and a search of his ashram property and asked the home...
01:34 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Hyderabad: A day after the Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma pointed fingers at foreign students while talking about the increasing drug supplies in the twin cities, many of them reacted strongly, going to the extent of terming his remarks 'racist'. Everybody would like to party once in a while and how could one in a respectable position be prejudiced against foreign students?, questioned Sheikh Ahmed (name changed) who hails from...
12:20 PM, Jun 12, 2012
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11:56 PM, Jun 11, 2012
The Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Ministry will adopt the four daughters of a woman labourer from Beed district who died during an illegal abortion last month. ...
10:53 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Days after the woman in-charge of Haryana's Apna Ghar shelter was arrested, investigations have revealed that prolonged sexual abuse may have left some of the inmates mentally ill. ...
10:40 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Chandigarh: Days after the woman, who was in-charge of a shelter called Apna Ghar in Haryana was arrested, investigations have now revealed that prolonged sexual abuse may have left some of the inmates mentally ill. Meanwhile, the investigators say that shelter home manager Jaswanti Devi, who is currently in police custody, should undergo narco-analysis test to help them unravel the chain of conspiracy which allegedly involves police and government officials....
09:08 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Chandigarh: The investigative teams looking into allegations of sexual abuse in government-run shelter homes in Haryana, will be submitting their reports to the government on Monday. This after CNN-IBN highlighted shocking stories from at least three different areas. The government is also collecting the biometric data of all inmates. A National Commission for Women team is inspecting the Rohtak shelter a full month after the horrific incidents of sexual abuse...
06:26 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Chandigarh: It is not just in the Rohtak shelter home where its intimates were abused and exploitated. The Haryana government is now investigating at least four shelters for alleged abuse and torture of inmates. But the Haryana government is busy passing the buck for its oversight that led to owner of the Rohtak Shelter home Jaswanti Devi being awarded the first Indira Gandhi Nari Shakti award. Just two days after...
06:20 AM, Jun 10, 2012
Chandigarh: A day after the horrific tales of rape and prostitution in a government shelter in Rohtak surface, Harayana government on Saturday ordered the sealing of the shelter home. The state government has been under pressure to act after CNN-IBN highlighted the findings of a High Court team probe. The report revealed shocking details of women and children being gangraped and physically tortured. The report names the government shelter's caretaker...
09:51 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has swung into action in the Apna Ghar shelter horror case. This after CNN-IBN had exposed how girls are being raped and forced into prostitution in the shelter home. The state's Women and Child Welfare Minister has promised to rehabilitate victims and book all culprits. For five years, it's been a journey through hell for a sexual abuse victim. Poverty forced her to leave her home...
06:34 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Women and children at a shelter home in Rohtak, Haryana, have alleged that not only were they exploited for commercial sex trade but also raped by police officials. ...
10:02 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Here's the horrific tale of the Haryana shelter home where women and children were raped in the victims' own words. ...
07:40 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Rohtak: It is a sordid tale of exploitation and official involvement from Rohtak in Haryana where women and children at a government-aided shelter in the Chief Minister's own constituency are being abused and raped. CNN-IBN has accessed the High Court Committee's report that shows the involvement of certain Haryana government and police officials as well. The women and the children in the government shelter in the Chief Minister's constituency are...
06:59 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Chandigarh: Women and children in a government-aided shelter in Haryana are allegedly being abused and raped. CNN-IBN has accessed the High Court Committee's report which points to the involvement of policemen as well. It is a sordid and familiar tale of sexual exploitation at a women and children's shelter in Rohtak in Haryana. A court-ordered probe into Apna Ghar, the shelter, has revealed shocking facts - women and children are...
09:46 AM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: Even after four episodes, Aamir Khan's television show 'Satyamev Jayate' is high on the popularity chart. While most of the Bollywood celebrities are seen hosting game shows and reality shows on TV, Aamir is being appreciated for talking about important social issues on his show. Episode four of 'Satyamev Jayate' was based on medical malpractices. Highly upset with Aamir, Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded an immediate apology...
10:47 AM, Jun 03, 2012
London: Former England defender Sol Campbell is warning fans against travelling to Poland and Ukraine to watch the European Championship, claiming authorities are failing to tackle entrenched racism and violence in the countries. "Stay at home, watch it on TV. Don't even risk it ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin," Campbell, who is black, told the BBC. The families of two of England's black players,...
02:54 PM, May 29, 2012
Liverpool: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has criticised the FA for the eight-match ban he was given after racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. The 25-year-old was found guilty of racially abusing Evra last October by an independent panel appointed by the FA, and was subsequently handed an eight-game ban, but is yet to publicly apologise to the United defender, and the Uruguayan believes the punishment was wrong and that...
09:17 AM, May 26, 2012
Washington: The US on Thursday castigated India's human rights record citing "security force abuses", "extrajudicial killings", and widespread corruption at all levels of government as major issues to contend with. The US State Department's annual document on 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011', gave a detailed account of human rights records of different countries including India. "The most significant human rights problems (in India) were police and security...
10:35 PM, May 24, 2012
Child sexual abuse is a grave matter. Being a parent myself, I find that my one mission in life is to save my child from ...
01:44 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday puts in place several children friendly measures to be followed during investigation and trial of cases pertaining to child sex abuse. In cases of heinous sexual offences against children, the new legislation shifts the burden of proof on the accused, the Women and Child Development Ministry, which got the legislation...
12:26 AM, May 23, 2012
