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Kolkata Police bust human trafficking racket, rescue nine minor girls and two womenKolkata Police dismantled a human-trafficking ring, rescuing eleven individuals, including nine minor girls and two women, during a raid in...- FIR against union minister Sukanta Majumdar for comparing Bengal's law and order to brothelWest Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar faces an FIR after comparing the state's law and order to Sonagachhi, Kolkata's red-light distri...
- No currency ban here: Demonetisation creating brisk business for sex workers in KolkataIn the last two days, sex workers in and around Sonagachi have deposited more than Rs 55 lakh in Usha Multipurpose Cooperative Bank, which ...
- Visitors to Rome for Mother Teresa sainthood to get taste of KolkataUsing the power of images, music and verbal discussions, internationally acclaimed photographer Kounteya Sinha will hold exhibits at 11 pla...
- Sex workers in West Bengal demand rights, ask parties to keep promisesThe project, christened 'Muktir Alo' (Light of Freedom), a pet project of Mamata Banerjee, is aimed at bringing back the sex workers and th...
- Anti-AIDS medicine project likely to take off at SonagachiUnder the project PrEP, regular medicine would be given to an HIV-negative sex worker engaged in sex with an HIV-positive person.
- Sex workers in Bengal to press NOTA as political parties ignore there demandsDisillusioned and embittered with political parties, nearly 65,000 sex workers and their family members across Bengal have decided not to v...
- Sex workers lose savings in Ponzi schemesDreams of a better life turned into a nightmare for several sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi, who lost their lifelong savings in Ponzi sc...
- Made in India, not by an Indian: Docus have more chance at OscarsComparisons between different types of films are pointless. But what the nominations of two short-films show is the unexpected, and general...
- Indian sex workers get life insuranceA Life Insurance Corporation official said the company is ready to sell the insurance plan as a micro insurance policy specially designed f...
- IGNOU launches educational programme for sex workersThe Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has set a benchmark of sorts by pioneering a special educational programme for sex worke...
- Rangarajan talks condoms & licensing of HIV drugsAs chairman of a pan-Asian commission studying HIV/AIDS,Chakravarti Rangarajan has been meeting sex workers across the continent.
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