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
New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to protect children below 18 from sexual abuse, set up special courts for speedy trial of cases against them and provide stringent punishment extending up to life term for offenders. "The bill is gender neutral. It seeks to protect children from sexual offences...the burden of proof will be on the accused," Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said winding up the...
07:25 PM, May 22, 2012
HYDERABAD: Abaddhalakoru (liar), rowdy palana (regime of rowdies), avineeti chakravarti (emperor of corruption), bandipotu dongalu (dacoits)... If you think these are the titles of Tollywood flicks, you are mistaken. These are the choicest epithets being flung by politicians against rivals in the ongoing bypoll campaign.Leading the rhetorical fest is chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has taken to attacking Jagan Mohan Reddy without mincing words: backstabber and liar are his...
09:01 AM, May 22, 2012
Pune: Seven girls staying at a residential school run by the state government in Yerawada have finally broken their silence and accused the headmaster of making sexual advances. Despite this, the Social Welfare Department has only issued a show-cause notice to the person concerned asking him why he should not be terminated from service. The matter has been put up for further inquiry, but no FIR has been lodged against...
11:08 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi's Rekha Jhingan has been fighting the menace of drug abuse for the past 20 years after her own athlete husband took to drugs in 1991 and she didn't have many options then to help him get rid of the habit. Rekha Jhingan's day begins in the national capital's Hanuman Mandir. While many go there to seek divine intervention, she goes there to lend a friendly hand to...
09:18 AM, May 16, 2012
Just three days before the much talked about episode of the Aamir Khan hosted Satyamev Jayate on child sexual abuse, the Rajya Sabha passed The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011. The Bill seeks to protect children from sexual abuse with provision for setting up special courts for speedy trial and stringent punishment including life sentence for committing sexual assault on minors under the age of 16. Here...
06:47 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate' is just two episodes old, but the show is getting very good response from the common viewers as well as celebrities, however some of the facts revealed on the show are shocking. The report that Aamir Khan and his guests quoted from, is 'Study on Child Abuse: India 2007' by the Women and Child Development Ministry. The study is a detailed analysis of...
01:13 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Whom does a child turn to when the one he trusts with all of his tiny heart turns abuser? In a nut-shell, the second episode of Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate was simply heart-breaking. It brought out a common but rarely talked-about scourge of society - the sexual abuse of children - often by people they trust the most. Aamir spoke to several such victims, their family...
01:46 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been working with a string of NGOs...
11:54 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse, according to sources. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is likely to be even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been...
03:23 PM, May 11, 2012
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