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Pakistan govt pressurising Hindus to convert for jobs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): Hindus in Pakistan, who are being treated as second-class citizens in the country since 1947, are now forced by the Imran Khan government to convert for employment.
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Record statement of rescued child labourers via video conference: Delhi HC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to record the statement of children, rescued from bonded labour, by Metropolitan Magistrates over video conferencing in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Plea seeks recording of statement of rescued children through video confer
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Delhi government, city police and others on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to conduct the statement of children rescued from bonded labour under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Proced
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India retains Tier-2 category in trafficking report, US advises increase p
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The United States in its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the year 2020 released on Thursday (local time), placed India in the Tier-2 category for the seventh time in a row since 2013 suggesting that the country increase investigations, prosecution
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Police rescues 94 bonded labourers from chemical factory in Ahmedabad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Gujarat Police on Saturday rescued 94 bonded labourers including 12 minors from a Chemical factory in Kathwada area from Ahmedabad. The owners of the factory are currently being interrogated by the police.
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Telangana: 52 child labourers rescued from bangle manufacturing units in R
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranga Reddy (Telangana) [India], July 13 (ANI): Telangana Police have rescued 52 children who were working as bonded labourers in bangle manufacturing units at Balapur.
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Telangana: 2,119 children rescued under Operation Smile
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Around 2,119 children, including 466 minor girls, were rescued during the fifth phase of Operation Smile that was launched in January to rescue kids involved in bonded labour and begging across Telangana.
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26 child labours rescued in Hyderabad
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): The Hyderabad police rescued 26 children, allegedly working as "bonded labourers" and nabbed a person, who was involved in trafficking these minors.
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NHRC pulls up TN Govt over labour's kin death
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Government, seeking an explanation in the case of death of a bonded labour's daughter due to electrocution in a Coimbatore Power Loom godown.
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NHRC issues notices authorities to J-K, C'garh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 08 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to authorities in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh in connection with relief, release certificates and rehabilitation of 98 bonded labourers rescued from Samba and Reasi districts of J-K.
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Child labour: NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt, seeks reports in four week
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Taking cognizance of a report that 26 boys, in the age group of 8 to 13 years were rescued from bonded labour in a jeans factory in North East Delhi's, Seelampur area last month, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the
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