Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes: Six officials of Bihar's social welfare department suspended for 'negligence of duty'
• 7 years agoSix officials of Bihar's social welfare department, which has drawn flak after the sexual abuse of girls at a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur came to light, have been placed under suspension.
Rural finance: Bundelkhand's old women wait for money that isn’t coming; pension problem, in four portraits
Khabar Lahariya • 7 years agoDigital Bharat has become a black mirror reflecting a distorted cast of characters with no role to play in the country’s economy.
Delhi's Asha Kiran Home: As crimes against mentally-challenged continue, policy and social intervention required
Theladiesfinger • 8 years agoThe gross human rights violations taking place in mental institutions across the country, mostly towards women patients, need immediate intervention both at social as well as a policy level
In Uttar Pradesh, kids fan bureaucrat in charge of social welfare
Fp Staff • 12 years agoChildren fanned a senior bureaucrat and others who attended a meeting in Uttar Pradesh. Ironically enough, the bureaucrat is in charge of social welfare schemes.
UP official blames police for forcing psychiatric treatment
Fp Staff • 13 years agoThe provincial services officer said the police had tried to put him forcibly admit him in a psychiatric ward to stop his fast unto death protesting against corruption.