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Sonagachi Sex Workers Rush EC Camps Amid SIR, CEO Promises No Eligible Voter Left Out

Sonagachi Sex Workers Rush EC Camps Amid SIR, CEO Promises No Eligible...

Earlier in the day, Women and Child Welfare Minister Sashi Panja visited Sonagachi and said the state government would...

9 Dec 2025 7:40 PM IST

EC Likely To Hold Special SIR Camp For Sex Workers In Kolkatas Red-Light Areas On Dec 2-3

EC Likely To Hold Special SIR Camp For Sex Workers In Kolkata's...

The decision came amid rising concerns in the city's red-light districts over difficulties in completing SIR enumeration...

29 Nov 2025 10:54 PM IST

Sonagachi Sex Workers To Get Special Camp As EC Moves To Ease SIR Fears

Sonagachi Sex Workers To Get Special Camp As EC Moves To Ease SIR...

The organisations said that it is almost impossible for sex workers to gather documents from 2002, and that many women...

27 Nov 2025 1:47 AM IST

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Telangana Lead in Female Sex Worker Numbers

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Telangana Lead in...

New research reveals key states account for over half of India’s female sex worker population amid ongoing HIV...

2 Jun 2025 8:00 PM IST

SC Questions Bar On LGBTQIA+ Persons From Blood Donation, Seeks Expert Opinion

SC Questions Bar On LGBTQIA+ Persons From Blood Donation, Seeks Expert...

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community have filed three petitions in the top court.

15 May 2025 12:27 AM IST

Former sex worker records Tokyos red-light history

Former sex worker records Tokyo's red-light history

While studying art in the capital, she began working part-time at a small city-centre establishment selling sexual...

14 March 2025 9:28 AM IST

Sex workers on Delhis GB Road battle poor living conditions ahead of assembly polls

Sex workers on Delhi's GB Road battle poor living conditions ahead of...

New Delhi: A week ahead of Delhi assembly elections, in the heart of the city is the Garstin Bastion (GB) Road, home to...

27 Jan 2025 6:12 PM IST

Sex workers should not be discriminated: Justice Sujoy Paul

Sex workers should not be discriminated: Justice Sujoy Paul

Hyderabad: Justice Sujoy Paul, judge of the Telangana High Court and executive chairman of Telangana State Legal...

26 Oct 2024 9:57 PM IST

Explainer: Why is Durga Idol made with soil from brothel?

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Explainer: Why is Durga Idol made with soil from brothel?

In India, the nine days of Shardiya Navratri, beginning on 3rd October and concluding with Vijayadashami on 12th October...

10 Oct 2024 4:22 PM IST

Anjali explained that the same city that forced her to beg on the streets of Hyderabad and Secunderabad also gave the opportunity to become a pastor. People accept our community, and there is a great deal of awareness about our community that should be spread throughout society. (Photo: DC)

Telugu states gets its first transgender pastor

This Christmas will be Anjali-'s most memorable, as the evangelist who was recently ordained as a pastor, the first in...

17 Dec 2022 12:18 AM IST

Trafficked survivors continue to face social stigma, says NGO

Trafficked survivors continue to face social stigma, says NGO

Police need to focus more on pre-emptive measures and improve the conviction rate of traffickers

10 Dec 2022 12:45 AM IST

Indian-origin UK Labour party MP Keith Vaz. (Photo: AFP)

Cabbages & Kings: Private matters, public interest

The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said what Keith did there and then was a â€œprivate matterâ€.

10 Sept 2016 1:04 AM IST