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From next Sat, KEM to become first BMC hosp to have weekly OPD for trans persons
arun Posted On August 31, 2024


Mumbai: BMC-run KEM Hospital will start a special outpatient department (OPD)/clinic for transgender persons in the first week of Sept. The clinic will be launched in partnership with NGO Sakhi Char Chaughi, which counsels transgender persons. The hospital will become […]


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SC Proposed Creamy Layer for SC/ST, But Bombay HC Couldn’t Follow Existing Reservation Policy
arun Posted On August 9, 2024


Aside from following a separate upper age limit criterion for those belonging to the unreserved category and those from SC, ST, and OBC communities, the Bombay High Court has blatantly overlooked the reservation policy in the recruitment process. Sukanya Shantha […]


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Bombay High Court judge Justice M S Sonak files first living will
arun Posted On June 3, 2024


In a landmark development, Justice M S Sonak, a judge of the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court, became the first person to file a “living will” in Goa, setting a precedent for advance medical directives in the state. […]


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BMC Serves Show Cause Notice to Agency After Sanitation Workers Die in Malad Septic Tank Tragedy
arun Posted On March 26, 2024


The BMC report revealed that the victims had entered the septic tank attached to the community toilet for manual cleaning, a blatant violation of India’s manual scavenging Act passed in 2013. Mumbai- In a tragic incident that shook Malad West’s […]


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In Mumbai, Rahul To Take Out Foot March From Mani Bhavan To August Kranti Maidan On Sunday
arun Posted On March 21, 2024


Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will conclude at the Chaitya Bhoomi, the memorial of Dr B R Ambedkar, here on Saturday evening. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will undertake a ‘Nyay Sankalp Padyatra’ from Mani Bhavan to August Kranti Maidan […]


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Priyanka Gandhi Joins Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra In Mumbai’s Dharavi
arun Posted On March 21, 2024


The yatra will conclude later in the evening at Dadar’s Chaityabhoomi, the memorial of legendary social icon Babasaheb Ambedkar. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday joined the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra being led by her brother Rahul Gandhi […]


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Transgender person sentenced to death for rape and murder of baby girl
arun Posted On February 28, 2024


Mumbai, (PTI) Terming the act as “barbaric and inhuman”, a court here on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a transgender person for raping and murdering a three-month-old girl. Society’s fabric gets damaged beyond repair due to such crimes, observed Aditee […]


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Mumbai court convicts transgender person of kidnapping, murdering infant
arun Posted On February 21, 2024


A Mumbai court has convicted a transgender individual for kidnapping and killing a three-month-old child after a disagreement over requested gifts from the child’s family in 2021. Vidya A Mumbai court has found a transgender person guilty of abducting and […]


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1 Year to Dalit Student Darshan Solanki’s Death at IIT Bombay: What Has Changed?
arun Posted On February 15, 2024


The 18-year-old student had allegedly died by suicide merely a few months after joining the elite campus. AAKRITI HANDA It has been a year since the death of Dalit student Darshan Solanki at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, […]


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1 Out Of 3 SC/ST Students Asked About Their Caste: IIT-Bombay 2022 Survey
arun Posted On February 14, 2024


388 SC/ST students had taken the survey, and many have described how they faced caste discrimination on campus. AAKRITI HANDA “Many general category students calling SC/ST students like ‘Oye bh***i… tumhaare paas toh ticket hai…’ by ticket they mean caste […]


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