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7-year-old girl found dead with throat slit at Delhi home

A seven-year-old girl was found dead with her throat slit at her home in the Swaroop Nagar area of outer north Delhi, police said on Monday. Police said the incident came to light on Saturday......

19 girls among 58 child labourers rescued in MP distillery crackdown

As many as 39 boys and 19 girls were rescued from a distillery in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, an official said on Sunday. IMAGE: People participate in a signature campaign against child......

For 50 yrs, this Hindu family is waking up Muslims in Ramzan

For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramzan is a time for devotion and discipline. But in Kauriya, a small village in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district, Ramzan also symbolises deep,......

Class 10 student gives birth to baby in Odisha hostel

An inquiry was ordered after a class 10 student gave birth to a baby at the hostel of a state-run residential school in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Tuesday. Image used for......

India saw remarkable transformation in 10 yrs: UNGA chief

India has experienced 'remarkable transformation' in the last decade, United Nations General Assembly President Philemon Yang has said, underlining that his upcoming visit to the country will give......

How India has curbed child labour

An ILO study shows child labour has declined for girls from households that had taken up the work guarantee programme Gopal, 12, is a class V dropout and worked in the quarries in Andhra Pradesh.......

Worst forms of child labour in Asia

While South Asia is still lagging in curbing child labour, South American countries like Brazil and Chile have made significant strides. From 33 countries of the Asia and Pacific, 12 countries......

Haunting images of child labour around the world

Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations and is illegal in many countries,......

How child labourers toiled in America

Child labour was rampant in America during 1876 to 1900. A large number of children worked in hazardous conditions in mines, glass factories, textiles, agriculture, canneries and small......

MUST READ: Some harsh truths about child labour

While doing a series on child labour recently, rediff.com was confronted with some harsh realities. The entire experience was a sad eye-opener. It pains to think that all over the world,......

Anuja Review: Oscar Hopeful Aims For The Heart

Palak and Anuja endear us to their bittersweet world, observes Sukanya Verma. Anuja begins with a girl telling her tween sibling a Panchatantra story about how a faithful mongoose saved a farmer's......

Karan Johar: Why Agneepath Flopped

'Prior to release, we heard only exemplary things about the film, so the failure came as a complete shock to my father.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Agneepath. Mukul Anand's Agneepath fetched......

Pushpa: The Rule Review: Bloated Spectacle

What makes Pushpa 2 float is Allu Arjun's magnetic performance. The actor really goes an extra mile to deliver the wildfire he promised, observes Mayur Sanap. The opening stretch of Pushpa: The......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

Child labour case against Suchita Krishnamoorthi

Following the rescue of a minor domestic help from her house, the Maharashtra Government on Tuesday filed cases against Bollywood actress Suchita Krishnamoorthi. Krishnamoorthi and television star......

EPL PIX: Huijsen takes Bournemouth past Tottenham

Images from Thursday's action in the Premier League IMAGE: Dean Huijsen scores the only goal of the match with a header to earn Bournemouth victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Vitality Stadium,......

Down but not out: Bumrah rallies his troops with pearls of wisdom

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah took 4 for 17 in the final session to help India launch a fightback on Day 1 of the 1st Test against Australia in Perth on Friday. Photograph: ICC/X At tea on day one of......

Paralympics: Deepthi Jeevanji wins 400m T20 bronze

IMAGE: Ukraine's Yuliia Shuliar, India's Deepthi Jeevanji and Turkey's Aysel Onder in action during the women's 400 metres T20 final at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Tuesday. Photograph: Stephanie......

Tendulkar, Anand support campaign against child labour

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Bollywood stars took to Twitter this week to support a campaign against child labour, using their fame to draw greater......

Don't mess with flag on England football kit: Sunak

'My general view is that when it comes to our national flags, we shouldn't mess with them, because they're a source of pride, identity, who we are, and they're perfect as they are.' IMAGE: The......

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