The capital has emerged India’s child-trafficking hub with illegal agencies selling thousands of minor girls into bonded labour, reports Ananya Sengupta
They are called “Delhi returns”. At their impoverished villages in Jharkhand, Orissa and Bengal, this ought to be a badge of honour, but not for these girls. As they return home from Delhi... |
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US Senator Hillary Clinton will hit the campaign trail in Las Vegas on Thursday for former
rival Barack Obama.
This will be her first solo
appearance on Obama’s
behalf since he won
the Democrat nomination
battle in June
Rafael Nadal is set
to take over the top
ranking in tennis from Roger Federer
on Monday
Will Ratan Tata meet Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee to untie the Singur knot this week? He is likely to be in Calcutta for the Tata Tea AGM on Friday, two days before Trinamul’s proposed dharna at the Nano site
Are you paying the right price for that painkiller? Is the strip you bought to combat an allergy outdated? Are you sure that the prescribed cough syrup for your bad throat is... |
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The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) provides compulsory insurance cover to deposits in commercial banks and more importantly, primary co-operative b... |
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Girls rescued from domestic labour in Delhi at their NGO-run home, Kishori Niketan, in Ranchi. Families often refuse to take back the stigmatised girls Defenceless in Delhi
"Pakistan’s enemies have always thought that it will not remain united, but the people have proved our enemies wrong."
Pervez
Musharraf
"I don’t believe
in competition with the guys who are
around me."
