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Poor menstrual hygiene, inadequate living conditions: Daily struggles of homeless women in Delhi's shelter homes

October 13, 2025 11:26 am

A report released by the Centre for Holistic Development flagged how a majority of women surveyed have been rendered homeless due to a lack of livelihood or to escape domestic abuse

Delhi L-G, Atishi call for inquiry into deaths of 14 inmates at Asha Kiran shelter home: ‘Will not go unpunished’

August 03, 2024 4:05 am

Delhi Revenue Minister Atishi added that the facility has 24x7 medical care units including six doctors and 17 nurses with 450 caregivers working in three shifts.

Parents of specially-abled win year-long battle, Chandigarh administration agrees to install split ACs at Sector 31 shelter home

October 26, 2023 4:56 pm

The parents, most of them in their late 70s and 80s, had even met senior officials repeatedly but the meetings were futile as the latter refused to install ACs.

Delhi: Maharashtra team visits DUSIB night shelters, says will consider replicating them

October 01, 2022 10:24 am

The committee under the chairmanship of ex-IAS officer Ujjwal Uke visited the shelter homes and semi-porta cabin night shelters homes in Delhi to understand the vision, structure, operation, and maintenance done by the DUSIB.

Shelter home for transgenders opens in Chennai

July 06, 2021 2:08 pm

Set up by the Transgender Rights Association, the home will provide basic computer training, beautician training, tailoring, jute bag manufacturing and jewellery making and communication development skills for those who have completed their higher education.

Badlapur: Shelter destroyed, 13 children make temple their home

August 01, 2019 1:28 am

Nineteen children from the ashram, run by Shishuvihar Vidyaprasarak trust, managed to walk to a mini-bus owned by the shelter home. It took them to the house of a trustee of the organisation.

Muzzafarpur shelter home case: Delhi court fixes March 18 for framing charges

March 13, 2019 3:54 pm

The Muzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar is where several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home.

Shelter home case: Want to go back to families...this feels like jail, girls who fled Bihar shelter tell child welfare panel

February 26, 2019 7:00 am

Since May 30 last year, when they were rescued from a shelter home in Muzaffarpur, 34 girls have been staying at three institutions.

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Court orders CBI to look into allegations against CM Nitish Kumar

February 16, 2019 6:16 pm

Petitioner Dr Ashwani Kumar requested a CBI probe against the senior officials for not "monitoring periodic government reports", especially by the Child Working Committee, on the functioning of Muzaffarpur shelter home.

Bihar court rejects former min Manju Verma's bail plea

January 02, 2019 6:28 pm

Verma had stepped down as minister on August 6, 2018 after a number of media reports alleged that her husband Chandrashekhar Verma had close links with Brajesh Thakur - the prime accused in the shelter home scandal.

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