Around 700 kms away from Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region in Chitrakoot, minor tribal girls are forced to work in illegal mines and sell their bodies over a meager wage of Rs 150-200. Middlemen and contractors exploit their helplessness and harass their children, and the families are too helpless to fight back." what will we eat if we don't work, we eventually agree to their terms" said one of the victims.
Customs officials on February 28 seized over 200 iPhones at Bangalore Airport from a couple arriving from Paris. Besides the iPhones worth Rs 2.8 crore, 37 debit and credit cards, and a vehicle supposed to transport the phones were also seized.… read-more
TAGS: iphone, Smuggling, Bangalore, Customs Officials
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused of manipulating TRP of various news channels has been granted bail by the Bombay HC. Reportedly, he is accused of receiving US $12,000 and Rs 40 Lakhs from Republic's Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.… read-more
TAGS: Arnab Goswami, TRP Scam, BARC, Partho Dasgupta
MG Motors India donated five retrofitted ambulances as part of its SEWA initiative in Maharashtra's Nagpur on March 2. The ambulances donated to Nangia Speciality Hospital are equipped with auto-loading stretchers and ventilator. Earlier under… read-more
TAGS: MG Motors, Covid-19, Cars, Automobile
The Indian Railways will start offering its Content on Demand service from this month. The Railways will install media servers in coaches that will provide buffer-free multilingual content like news, movies and general entertainment. For this to… read-more
TAGS: Indian Railways, Content on Demand, RailTel Corporation Ltd, train
The owner of Scorpio that was found outside Mukesh Ambani's house was reported dead on March 5. A native of Mankhurd in East Mumbai, the owner Mansukh Hiren has allegedly killed himself after a probe was ordered regarding the vehicle. Stolen from… read-more
TAGS: Mukesh Ambani, Security threat, Ambani, Mumbai
In what could be called a heart-warming initiative, Coimbatore-based trust Thaaimai Arakkattalai offers pro bono funeral service 'Ilavasa Neethar Sevai' to families who have lost their loved ones. Run by the family of 43-year-old Satheesh, the… read-more
TAGS: Funeral services, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Free funeral services