The incident sparked objections from top saints and a meeting of senior Akhara officials AGRA: Juna akhara, the largest Hindu monastic order in India, has expelled mahant Kaushal Giri for seven years after he accepted a 13-year-old girl as “donation” from her family and initiated her as a sadhvi (monk) before the Kumbh Mela‘s first…
NEW DELHI: A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Zahid Beg and his wife, Seema Beg, for allegedly torturing and assaulting a minor maid at their residence. The action follows the suicide of another teenager at the MLA’s house earlier this week.The Labour Department filed the case based on a recommendation from…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Monday took suo motu cognizance of rape threats issued against the minor daughter of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and called upon the police to take strict action under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Juvenile Justice Act, and…
