-The Hindustan Times I am a 21-year-old transgender — a woman trapped in the body of a man. I am an outcast, abhorred by society. My family disowned me when I told them I wanted to live like a woman. I am pursuing BA from DU through correspondence. To earn a living, I became a sex worker. There was no other option as no one was willing to give me work....
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More women police officers will help in dealing with crimes like rape, says India-Sagarika Ghose
-CNN-IBN In the backdrop of the horrific and brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a chartered bus in the capital on December 16, 2012 by six men, citizens have voiced for better policing and effective laws to help women feel safe in the city. The CNN-IBN State Of The Nation Survey conducted in ten cities after the barbaric incident reveals that India wants police to play a sympathetic...
More »SC bans tourists in Jarawa land -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu Order follows Andaman and Nicobar Administration’s January 17 notification The Supreme Court on Monday banned tourists from taking the Andaman Nicobar Trunk Road that passes through the area where the Jarawas live. The road is used to reach the Limestone Cave. The court has already banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi...
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-Outlook A parliamentary panel, probing Road Safety issues in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape case, has expressed serious concern over cases of a large number of buses and autorickshaws in Delhi being registered under fake addresses. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, headed by CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, felt that criminals got away easily taking advantage of the duality and multiplicity of the policing and security system in the national capital. It...
More »Downed chopper: Police say Maoists making propellers, rocket launchers -Ashutosh Bhardwaj
-The Indian Express Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Police has found that Maoists are at an advanced stage of developing indigenous propellers and rocket launchers, which not only means that their strategic strength is rising but also that they pose a serious threat to aircraft in the Bastar region. On Friday, for the first time, they managed to bring down an IAF helicoper, forcing it to crash-land in Sukma district of the state. There...
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