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"Strange Coincidence": Court On Deaths In Delhi Home For Mentally Challenged
Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that the recent deaths of 14 inmates in the city government-run Asha Kiran shelter home for the mentally challenged was a "strange coincidence" and directed the social welfare secretary to visit the premises on Aug
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14 Die In A Month In Delhi Home For Mentally Challenged, AAP's Atishi Orders Probe
A staggering 28 inmates have died at a shelter home in Delhi since the beginning of this year, with 14 deaths - including that of a child - taking place in July alone, prompting the state government to order a probe.
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High Court Seeks AAP Response On Plea Against Publishing Photos Of Mentally Ill Women
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the AAP government on a PIL challenging its decision to disclose photographs and IQ scores of 59 mentally disabled women lodged in Asha Kiran homes in the city.
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Girl Who Escaped From Patna Shelter Home Returns Home In Bengal
One of the four minor girls who had escaped from a shelter home in Patna, has reached her home in West Bengal and efforts are on to trace the three others, Bihar police said today. The girls had escaped from the government-funded Asha Kiran Home For Girls in Patliputra colony early Sunday by using their 'dupattas' as a rope to climb down from its s...
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4 Girls Use Dupattas As Rope To Escape From Bihar Shelter Home
Four minor girls used their 'dupattas' as a rope to climb down the second-floor balcony of a government-funded shelter home in Patna and escaped early Sunday, police said.
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Horrific Details Of Jharkhand Gang-Rape Emerge As 2 Men Arrested
The six men who abducted five women performing a street play in Jharkhand on Tuesday and gang-raped them have been identified, a senior state police officer announced on Saturday.
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Women’s Condition Shocking At Asha Kiran Home For Mentally-challenged: Delhi Commission for Women Chief
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal said she was “shocked” to see gross violation of human rights at Asha Kiran Home for mentally-challenged persons where women were roaming naked in unhygienic surroundings. Ms Maliwal, along with DCW member Promila Gupta and other staff members, spent the night at the shelter home on Frid...
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Delhi's Specially-Abled Athletes Win Seven Medals At World Summer Games
Asha Kiran Home has brought laurels to Delhi by winning seven medals, including three gold, at the World Summer Games 2015 in the United States.
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wishes Luck to Special Olympics Participants
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today wished luck to the ten-member contingent from government-run Asha Kiran Home selected for 2015 Special Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, and expressed optimism that they will win gold medals at the sporting event.
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Australian Government Inspired by Delhi-Based NGO Working in Slums
The Australian government has expressed interest in the model of working adopted by an Indian charity, in a bid to improve the lives of its remote indigenous people.
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You are keeping them like cattle, says angry High Court
"You are keeping them like animals. Are they cattle? There cannot be worse kind of human rights violations than this", an angry Delhi High Court bench slammed the city government and an NGO over the "inhuman" condition at a home run by them for mentally-challenged people.
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Bt-cotton yield stagnant for 7 years
The state government has proposed a hike in VAT on tobacco products from 15% to 17% in its proposal today.
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"Strange Coincidence": Court On Deaths In Delhi Home For Mentally Challenged
Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that the recent deaths of 14 inmates in the city government-run Asha Kiran shelter home for the mentally challenged was a "strange coincidence" and directed the social welfare secretary to visit the premises on Aug
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14 Die In A Month In Delhi Home For Mentally Challenged, AAP's Atishi Orders Probe
A staggering 28 inmates have died at a shelter home in Delhi since the beginning of this year, with 14 deaths - including that of a child - taking place in July alone, prompting the state government to order a probe.
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High Court Seeks AAP Response On Plea Against Publishing Photos Of Mentally Ill Women
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the AAP government on a PIL challenging its decision to disclose photographs and IQ scores of 59 mentally disabled women lodged in Asha Kiran homes in the city.
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Girl Who Escaped From Patna Shelter Home Returns Home In Bengal
One of the four minor girls who had escaped from a shelter home in Patna, has reached her home in West Bengal and efforts are on to trace the three others, Bihar police said today. The girls had escaped from the government-funded Asha Kiran Home For Girls in Patliputra colony early Sunday by using their 'dupattas' as a rope to climb down from its s...
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4 Girls Use Dupattas As Rope To Escape From Bihar Shelter Home
Four minor girls used their 'dupattas' as a rope to climb down the second-floor balcony of a government-funded shelter home in Patna and escaped early Sunday, police said.
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Horrific Details Of Jharkhand Gang-Rape Emerge As 2 Men Arrested
The six men who abducted five women performing a street play in Jharkhand on Tuesday and gang-raped them have been identified, a senior state police officer announced on Saturday.
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Women’s Condition Shocking At Asha Kiran Home For Mentally-challenged: Delhi Commission for Women Chief
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal said she was “shocked” to see gross violation of human rights at Asha Kiran Home for mentally-challenged persons where women were roaming naked in unhygienic surroundings. Ms Maliwal, along with DCW member Promila Gupta and other staff members, spent the night at the shelter home on Frid...
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Delhi's Specially-Abled Athletes Win Seven Medals At World Summer Games
Asha Kiran Home has brought laurels to Delhi by winning seven medals, including three gold, at the World Summer Games 2015 in the United States.
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wishes Luck to Special Olympics Participants
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today wished luck to the ten-member contingent from government-run Asha Kiran Home selected for 2015 Special Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, and expressed optimism that they will win gold medals at the sporting event.
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Australian Government Inspired by Delhi-Based NGO Working in Slums
The Australian government has expressed interest in the model of working adopted by an Indian charity, in a bid to improve the lives of its remote indigenous people.
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You are keeping them like cattle, says angry High Court
"You are keeping them like animals. Are they cattle? There cannot be worse kind of human rights violations than this", an angry Delhi High Court bench slammed the city government and an NGO over the "inhuman" condition at a home run by them for mentally-challenged people.
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Bt-cotton yield stagnant for 7 years
The state government has proposed a hike in VAT on tobacco products from 15% to 17% in its proposal today.
