
Prostitution is not a crime under the law, says High Court as it sets free three women
The court held that exploitation of person for commercial purpose and solicitation in public is a crime, not prostitution.

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The court held that exploitation of person for commercial purpose and solicitation in public is a crime, not prostitution.

In one city alone, four suicides in 24 hrs, suggest how people are suffering due to loss of jobs during the pandemic.

In this debate, he was termed 'Jaichand', and told that 'just applying tika on forehead doesn't make anyone a Hindu'.

Seeking restoration of special status, Kashmiri Pandit group has said that the Union Territory should again be turned into a state.

The woman had also provided evidence including mobile chat record and the accused' messages to her.

TV channel's office, newsroom and studio have been sealed for sanitization. The team has been shifted to alternative facility

Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have much less recovery rate so far, though Haryana, HP, Bihar and Telangana have a much better record.

The father of three, Ranveer, was on way towards Morena in Madhya Pradesh. He covered 200 kms before he died in Agra.

Women belonging to nomadic tribes said that they move from place to place in search of work and don't have documents.

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'Nearly 200 FIRs, charging me of petty thefts of books, goats, buffalo and hen, even my dead mother not spared...'

Journalists, activists, citizens from all walks of life endorsed the statement asking Twitter to stop hate-peddlers from using its platform to spread communal h…