New Delhi: Over 80 NGOs have placed a list of demands before the newly revived Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).Their key demands were about making homes for transgender children, making school admission easier for children facing hurdles in procuring Aadhaar, enrolling children who have been rescued from begging and child labour, and…
Mysuru: Environmental activists Monday urged forest department and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to disclose detailed plans for the proposed transplantation of 278 trees for the flyover project at Manipal Hospital Junction.At a meeting organised by Parisarakkaagi Naavu at the project site, environmentalists, local residents and experts sought information on where the trees would…
Panaji: Goa police and agencies and NGOs from Goa, Maharashtra and West Bengal have called for a uniform repatriation process for foreign trafficking survivors amid a rise in foreigners allegedly being pushed into prostitution in Goa and other states. In the last five years, 21 foreigners were rescued in Goa. They were from Kenya, Uganda,…
A consultation meeting led by MLC Ivan D’Souza regarding the establishment of a mobile bench of the high court held in Mangaluru Mangaluru: A consultation meeting was held on Friday with organistions led by MLC Ivan D’Souza regarding the establishment of circuit bench of the high court in Mangaluru. For many years, there has been…
