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No school, kids toil on Roads and in Zari Units

No school, kids toil on roads and in zari units Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN  New Delhi: A year after the RTE Act came into effect, nothing has changed for 11-year-old Akash. Entitled to primary education according to the laws of the land, he continues to sell balloons at the ..... Read More

City not fair to Girl Child

Census sounds alarm: City not fair to girl child Child Sex Ratio Declines To 866 Girls Per 1000 Boys From 868 Ambika Pandit TNN  New Delhi: The showpiece of a resurgent India, Delhi, is also steeped in a mediaeval mindset. The provisional Census data released on ..... Read More

Placement Agencies supplying minors as domestic help flourish as police look on helplessly

NEW DELHI: A husband and wife duo, both college graduates, have been arrested following their alleged involvement in running a placement agency for providing minor domestic helps in Saket in south Delhi. The arrested have been identified as Lalita and Manoj Singh, hailing from Jharkhand, said police.  "We ..... Read More

Polio raises its ugly head in West Bengal

Bengal comes under global polio glare JAYANTA BASU Calcutta, March 27: Bengal confronts today what India almost banished yesterday. The state has become the focal point of international polio-control efforts after it reported the country’s only case so far this year. The spotlight on ..... Read More

Britons guilty of abusing minors

Britons guilty of abusing minors Dhananjay Mahapatra, Swati Deshpande and Anahita Mukherji TNN  New Delhi/Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the session court’s 2006 conviction of two former British Navy officers Duncan Grant (67) and Allan Waters (63) who were sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing ..... Read More