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Topic: domestic help abuse

Rs 2.5 lakh ‘settlement’, but nightmares persist — how ‘tortured’ Assam worker ‘moved on’

After alleging she was beaten and confined in a Haryana IPS officer’s house last year, Assam domestic worker accepted a 'settlement' to ‘move on’, her parents claim.

‘Choked, burnt with tongs’: Horrific story of 14-yr-old help rescued from Gurugram couple’s home

The couple who allegedly assaulted her were arrested under sections of IPC and POCSO. NGO says trafficking of minors, especially from Jharkhand, is common in the NCR region.

‘Want to study’ — Jharkhand tribal woman who was ‘kicked, tortured, choked’ by BJP woman leader

For 3 years, Sunita Xaxa was tortured, allegedly at the hands of suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, at whose Ranchi home she worked as a domestic help. Patra was arrested Wednesday.

BJP’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ J’khand ex-chief arrested for ‘hitting maid, breaking teeth’

Matter came to light after politician Seema Patra’s son asked a friend to help the 29-year-old tribal.

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Iran could be a ‘forever war’ if the Kurds join the fight

The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.