-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi government's decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms of state-run schools and provide a live feed to parents has been challenged by a law student on the grounds that this violates the right to privacy of adolescent girls and female teachers. The Supreme Court on Friday sought the AAP government's response to the PIL that seeks scrapping of the decision. The Delhi government had...
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Next-door clinics make healthcare affordable -Paras Singh & Mohammad Ibrar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The so-called mohalla clinics, or neighbourhood health centres, are an important part of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s electoral campaign. AAP had promised 1,000 across Delhi, but opened just 189 till December last year, attributing the failure to start the rest to bureaucratic hurdles. TOI visited eight mohalla clinics in north, east and central Delhi to find that while patients were mostly satisfied with the...
More »A long way from Kolkata, Delhi...lies West Bengal's Saradha chit fund country -Ravik Bhattacharya
-The Indian Express In the wake of life’s savings lost to scams, children have dropped out of school, marriages have been put off, people have left homes, and suicide, say some, is the only option. The Indian Express on the stories forgotten in the headlines. Most days, Raqib Sardar can be seen hanging around a tea shop at Sonarpur Railway Station in South 24 Parganas district, 30 km from Kolkata, looking...
More »65-day, 10,000-km yatra to end sexual violence -Pranay Prakash
-The Hindu Dignity March will be flagged off at Somaiya Ground in Sion today Mumbai: On Thursday, about 5,000 survivors of sexual abuse and assault will embark on a 65-day national walk that will span 10,000 km through 200 districts in 24 States and Union Territories. The Dignity March, which was announced by survivor-focused organisation Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan on Wednesday, will begin at Somaiya Ground in Sion on Thursday at 11.30 a.m....
More »Supreme Court orders CBI probe against all shelter homes in Bihar -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed CBI probe against all erring shelter homes and their owners for allegedly subjecting the children to torture and sexual abuse after noting that state police investigation was not up to the mark. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta directed the CBI to probe into all allegation of torture and sexual abuse of children...
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