Vinesh Phogat will contest from Julana on Congress ticket & seems to have backing of wrestlers, coaches from across the state, which has seen a drop in girls participating in wrestling.
"The government shouldn’t let same-gotra marriages happen. If they do, we’ll have to resort to honour killings to save our community,” said young khap member.
People’s Commission on Public Sector and Public Services says independent panel should investigate role of government agencies in sexual harassment row, 'sad goings on' at Olympics.
Families of women wrestlers said they wanted women appointed at all levels of training and running the wrestling federation, as well as other sporting bodies.
While the rhetoric from nationalist ramparts has been about ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, Modi govt's silence has shown that gender equity and safety in India are not universal concerns.
7 wrestlers have filed sexual harassment complaints against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Minor's father says, 'I've decided to fight it out and I will.'
Two FIRs against WFI head allegedly reveal sexual advances made by him towards wrestlers during competitions in India & abroad. One complainant claims she 'couldn't sleep or eat for days'.
It’s been almost a month and while PM Modi has toured the world and ceremonially embraced the Sengol, he has acted as though the women wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar do not exist.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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