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UK asylum seekers face £10,000 charge before they can apply to settleBritain is proposing asylum seekers repay around £10,000 for accommodation and support before settlement eligibility. This move aims to det...
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke writes to PM Modi; flags student suicides, demands Pradhan's ousterAhead of a protest, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke urged PM Modi to provide Rs 1 crore compensation to families of students w...
Migrant children separated under Trump policy face renewed family breakupsFederal agents are separating children from their families again in the United States. This is happening despite legal settlements meant to...
It is hot here: Marco Rubio reacts to soaring temperatures in Delhi amid heatwave conditionsUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata, marking his first visit to India. He later commented on Delhi's intense heatwave, not...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Saint Teresa's Mother House in KolkataUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Kolkata on Saturday as part of his first four-day trip to India, beginning with a visit to Mother...
Education alone no ground to deny maintenance to wife: Delhi CourtA Delhi court has ruled that an educated woman cannot be denied financial support. The court upheld an order for a man to pay interim maint...
From Slums to Stethoscope: How Pinki Haryan from Mcleodganj escaped poverty and became a doctor after 20 yearsPinki Haryan, who once begged for food, is now a qualified doctor. With the help from a Tibetan monk and charitable trust, she pursued educ...
HP CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announces Rs 10,000 per year as apparel allowance for inmates of old age homes, orphanagesA sum of Rs 5,000 would be provided for summer wear and Rs 5,000 for winter clothing, he said and interacted with the inmates and enquired ...
Parliamentary panel asks health ministry to expedite setting up of anti-retroviral treatment centresThe panel has also asked the ministry to devise a mechanism for providing an expanded access to subsidised anti-retroviral therapy for poor...
Stalling triple talaq criminalisation bill shows lack of will for reforms
HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar offers Rs one crore to shrineThe hill temple PRO Talari Ravi said after offering prayers, the HCL chairman handed over the offering in the form of a cheque to TTD Execu...
IIT Bombay students to celebrate dry holi with destitute childrenThe team will also visit the children living in the slums near the IIT Bombay campus. Students will celebrate a dry Holi, using only eco-fr...
PM Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben observes fast against razing of hutments in monsoonPrime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben today observed a day-long fast in solidarity with a cause for slum-dwellers.
Central scheme soon to tackle beggaryThese anti-beggary laws are mostly based on the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 which criminalizes the act of begging and any person...
Vice President Hamid Ansari meets militancy-affected children from KashmirThe children were part of the Youth Exchange Programme called, 'Waton Ko Jano' and spent a fortnight in the capital visiting places of inte...
Haryana to start 'give up' scheme for social security pensionsThe arrear of pension from March to June 2015 amounting to Rs 13.23 crore was also transferred to the beneficiaries.
High Court dismisses plea for elimination of child beggary in DelhiThe Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL highlighting the plight of child beggars in the city and seeking directions to ensure their reha...
PIL in High Court to eliminate child beggary in DelhiA bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice P S Teji after brief arguments posted the matter for further consideration on January 7.
Delhi government to provide Aadhaar cards to children living in homesDelhi government has undertaken an intensive drive to enrol children housed in government and NGO run institutions for issue of Aadhaar car...
- J&K starts survey of families hit by militancy for rehabilitation
J&K government is carrying out an elaborate survey to identify the individuals and families rendered destitute by the two-decade-old turmoi...