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Winter shelters for the homeless: Don’t cut corners
PUBLISHED ON DEC 30, 2020 07:54 PM IST
The problem of homeless people and shelters is symptomatic of a larger problem: The lack of adequate and safe housing.
Class 10 student drugged by sister, forced into prostitution: Police
By HT Correspondent | Bhopal, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 05:37 PM IST
In her statement registered with the police, the minor said she was raped for the first time two years ago when she was just 13 years old
‘Love jihad’ charge fake, admin behind miscarriage: UP woman
By S Raju | Hindustan Times, Meerut
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 02:11 AM IST
Jahan was the first woman detained under the UP Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance 2020, which outlaws religious conversions by marriage, coercion or enticement.
Woman detained under UP’s new law against ‘love jihad’ suffers miscarriage
By S Raju | Hindustan Times, Meerut
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 11:06 PM IST
Muskan Jahan (Hindu name Pinki) is also the first woman detained under UP prohibition of unlawful conversion of religion ordinance 2020. She had converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim.
Teenager’s ordeal: Brother, high on drugs, raped her last year
By Shailee Dogra | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2020 10:02 PM IST
In her statement to the police, the Class 9 student said she was sexually exploited by her brother, the sole earning member of the family, in December 2019.
ED files charge sheet against man accused of abuse in Bihar shelter home
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 04:31 PM IST
The investigation was initiated under the provisions of PMLA based on two FIRs registered by Mahila Police Station, Muzaffarpur, and an FIR lodged by CBI Patna
British man running Odisha shelter home arrested for sexually abusing minor
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2020 12:50 PM IST
Police officials in Jharsuguda said John Patrick Bridge - who ran a child shelter home called Faith Outreach - was arrested following a complaint by a minor tribal boy about being sexually abused.
23, including 8 kids, test Covid-19 positive in shelter home for mentally challenged
By Vatsala Shrangi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 29, 2020 06:47 AM IST
According to officials at the shelter home, of the 23 inmates who tested Covid-19 positive between June 5 and June 20, eight are children in the age group of 11-13, seven are adult inmates and the remaining are staffers.
Owners abandon Char Dham pack animals in Uttarakhand as lockdown bites
By Suparna Roy | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON MAY 05, 2020 09:11 PM IST
Animal rights activists in the state are trying to raise funds to rehabilitate these animals by their owners who are pout of work after the Char Dham yatra was cancelled.
Rules for movement of stranded persons issued by Delhi government
By Abhishek Dey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 04, 2020 04:15 AM IST
The SOP document, which HT has seen, stated that the additional district magistrates and additional district commissioners of police “shall register such stranded persons” and prepare the database.
Stranded migrants in Delhi wait in desperation as admin readies transportation plans
By Vatsala Shrangi and Anvit Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 02:48 AM IST
The official added that while trains are a better mode of transport with respect to social distancing protocol in mind, private buses will have to be hired for workers who want to travel to shorter distances.
In Delhi, pets abandoned, strays face cruelty due to Covid fear
By Baishali Adak | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 03:55 AM IST
Members of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and activists say that instances of pets, mainly dogs and cats, being abandoned during the lockdown have gone up significantly, with most winding up at shelter homes.
Following MHA order, 200-odd migrants at shelter homes in Chandigarh, P’kula look forward to going back home
By Yuvraj Kaushal and Srishti Jaswal | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON APR 29, 2020 11:12 PM IST
New born girl child found abandoned on roadside
By Tanmayee Tyagi | Hindustan Times, Noida, Noida
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 05:17 AM IST
Officials said that under normal circumstances, abandoned infants are kept under 24-hour medical supervision at the Child PGI hospital, but because it is currently sealed after coronavirus cases were detected the hospital, the baby was taken to a private hospital.
Stuck in camps, uncertainty keeps labourers on the edge
By Debabrata Mohanty/Sachin Saini/Aditya Nath Jhan | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneshwar/Jaipur/Purnia
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 12:41 AM IST
On Monday, several chief ministers asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to issue guidelines allowing the states to bring back the migrant workers.
At Delhi’s shelter homes, inmates complain of no medicine while doctors battle multiple threats
By Soumya Pillai and Vatsala Shrangi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2020 10:25 AM IST
Doctors said they only have basic treatment plans, which include medicines for fever, flu and stomach infections. In many places, they do not even have a thermometer or a blood pressure monitor.
Dialysis patients have a tough time amid Covid-19 curfew in Chandigarh
By Tanbir Dhaliwal | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2020 12:16 PM IST
Born in a pandemic: Hospital provides shelter to family of newborn in Pune
By Shalaka Shinde | Hindustan Times, Pune, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 07, 2020 10:54 AM IST
The woman came to Pune with her partner from Pandharpur via a train before they were stranded at the Pune railway station for two days.
Rohtak sets up 43 shelter homes, can accommodate 14,500 people
By Sunil Rahar | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Rohtak
UPDATED ON MAR 31, 2020 01:13 AM IST
Relief camps set up to accommodate migrant labourers on move in Haryana
By Neeraj Mohan | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Karnal
UPDATED ON MAR 30, 2020 01:07 AM IST
15 temporary shelter homes with capacity of around 5,000 people have already been set up and the remaining will be ready to use in next 24 hours, says Panipat DC Hema Sharma.
Covid-19 outbreak: Kids in shelter homes practise hygiene in UP
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON MAR 27, 2020 08:12 PM IST
Shelter homes for children are under strict vigil as no one except staff is allowed to enter the premises. Earlier, there were some visitors but now even the child welfare committee is inspecting or communicating with children through video calls.
Chandigarh survey: 28 graduates among 2,064 homeless
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAR 17, 2020 01:08 AM IST
The report was released by UT administrator VP Singh Badnore on Monday.
Lal Batti Express: Daughters of Mumbai sex workers are breaking stereotypes through stage plays
By Asian News International | Mumbai
UPDATED ON FEB 29, 2020 04:22 PM IST
Breaking stereotypes, a group of 25 girls who are daughters of sex workers are known for performing a stage play named Lal Batti Express, portraying their real-life experiences.
On the question of love and underage marriage
PUBLISHED ON NOV 15, 2019 06:23 PM IST
India has the largest number of underage brides in the world and 26.8% of girls marry before they are 18 . This is the age of consent under a 2012 amendment, which makes even those under 18, in consensual relationships, vulnerable to parental backlash, with boyfriends and husbands branded as sex offenders.
Murder in Delhi’s CP over entry to shelter home, two homeless men held
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2019 12:18 AM IST
Police said the arrested men, Kunal alias Anshul,22, and Prem Kumar,22, allegedly stabbed to death Praveen (single name) near Rajiv Gandhi Handicrafts Bhawan in Connaught Place on Saturday morning.
10-year-old inmate of shelter home dies mysteriously in Bihar’s Begusarai
By Avinash Kumar | Hindustan times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON OCT 02, 2019 08:19 PM IST
The girl had been staying at the shelter home since June 13 when she was handed over to them by Khagaria child welfare committee.
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: ED attached 12 properties of Brajesh Thakur
By Avinash Kumar | Hindustan Times, Patna, Patna
UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2019 12:32 PM IST
The 12 attached properties include a hotel owned by prime accused Brajesh Thakur and his family. The central agency also pasted notices on the seized properties.
Kerala teacher held for sexual assault on minor
By HT Correspondent | Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON SEP 24, 2019 09:07 AM IST
Police said the issue came to light after some of the students alerted childline officials.
Childline staff attacked as rumours continue to fuel mob fury in Bihar
By Avinash Kumar | Hindustan Times, Patna
UPDATED ON SEP 21, 2019 02:13 AM IST
Childline employees Raghav Thakur, Nilesh Kumar Karn, constable Gopal Ram and driver Daya Jha were attacked when they reached Koriahi village in Sitamarhi district to verify the address of one of the three children they brought from a Darbhanga-based shelter home.
SC summons UP home secretary in Muslim girl case
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 20, 2019 04:45 AM IST
The girl approached the top court on September 10 against the Allahabad high court’s decision to send her to a woman’s shelter home, terming her marriage as void.