In view of providing awareness for voting, Hyderabad based NGO Youngistaan Foundation organised a stand-up comedy and slam poetry show to motivate the participation of young voters in polls. During an event held at Alt-Space in Jubilee Hills on Sunday, the show included stand-up comedians and slam poets, including Mamidanna,[Read More…]
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Man threatened to harm online and later showed up at door: Sunny Leone
Actress Sunny Leone has said that she was threatened online by a man who later reached near her house. Recently, Sunny got associated with an NGO, Akancha Against Harassment, to fight cyberbullying. “He started banging on my door. That his Twitter followers had also bullied me, made me fear that[Read More…]
Delhi High Court to hear NGO’s plea opposing marital rape today
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court will hear a plea, filed by an NGO, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. The NGO represents the men, victimised by the alleged misuse of gender laws, and has filed the petition in the court. On 28 August, a court[Read More…]
Report is incorrect, concocted & sensationalized: Vijay Goel on DDA land controversy
Hours after reports surfaced that Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has changed its layout plan to allot a plot to an NGO, associated with union minister, Vijay Goel, the minister has clarified it saying that the reports are “incorrect, concocted & sensationalized.” Here’s is the clarification presented by Goel: .@IndianExpress‘ story[Read More…]
Volunteers painting Ghaziabad junction walls with ‘stress-free paintings’
In a unique effort, painters and artists of an NGO are adorning the old walls of the Ghaziabad railway junction with ‘stress-free paintings.’ According to a Hindustan Times report, old arches, corridors and the pedestrian bridge at the station complex are being painted, to do away with the sight of[Read More…]
International NGO to help Mumbai check road accidents
While Mumbai has got the dubious distinction of the city with maximum road accidents in the country, Bloomberg Philanthropies, a US-based non-governmental organisation founded by Michael Bloomberg, has selected Mumbai among ten cities in the world to be a part of its initiative on global road safety programme. Significantly, Mumbai[Read More…]
Telangana: Triple Talaq facilitated in the guise of counselling centres
Where the issue of Triple-Talaq has been a hotbed of discussion in India recently, there are NGOs in the South-West zones of Hyderabad which facilitate an instant divorce under the guise of family counselling centres. The centres collect a ‘mediation fee’ ranging from Rs 35,000 to Rs 50,000. In a[Read More…]
Three-year olds sexually assaulted by school’s trustee in Mumbai
In yet another shameful incident, a trustee of a prominent international school in Mumbai has been booked on charges of rape and sexual assault of two kids (a boy and a girl), both aged three years old. The case was registered on May 18, after the girl’s mother saw bruises[Read More…]
Ketto, from giving wings to saving lives
While many of us have skills to turn ideas into reality, we are often devoid of enough financial support. To rescue such dreams, the concept of crowd funding is slowly establishing its roots in India. Notably, crowd funding is a process to raise funds for anything you believe in. All[Read More…]
Centre cancels FCRA licence of NGO
The Indian government has barred an NGO from receiving international funding. Union home ministry has barred the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an NGO registered with the government under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), from receiving foreign funding including that from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for[Read More…]
MHA cancels FCRA licence of Indira Jaising’s NGO Lawyers Collective
Months after suspending the FCRA registration of Lawyers Collective – an NGO run by renowned lawyer Indira Jaising, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled its FCRA registration. The organization has been barred from receiving foreign funds. In its November 27 order, the ministry had alleged that there[Read More…]
Don’t harass anybody without solid proof: Rajnath Singh to police chiefs
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked police officers not to arrest or harass anybody on basis of allegation of radicalisation unless solid proof was available. Singh also added that NGO’s indulged in anti-national activities would not be spared. This comment was made by Singh on the concluding day of[Read More…]
25 NGOs denied foreign fund licenses for ‘anti-national activities’
The Ministry of Home Affairs has denied as many as 25 non-government organisations or NGOs licenses to get foreign donations for allegedly being involved in ‘activities not conducive to national interest’, reports NDTV. Most of the NGOs earlier had a license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act or FCRA which[Read More…]
No more foreign funds for Zakir Naik’s NGO
The Home Ministry is initiating the process for cancellation of registration of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), promoted by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. The foundation will soon be banned from receiving foreign funds. The move came after different investigations found Naik to be “involved” in utilising funds for radicalisation of youths.[Read More…]
Changing perceptions, story by story
It is said that the art of storytelling can change the way this world thinks and yet is the most difficult task to do. But one organization is changing the status quo, word by word and story by story. Working in the field of community development, child welfare and education,[Read More…]
NGOs seek ₹9,239 cr in damages for surge pricing from Ola, Uber
Two Delhi-based non-governmental organisations filed a class action suit against Ola and Uber seeking damages worth more than ₹9,000 crore for imposing surge pricing in the last three years across India. The suit has been filed by the NGOs – Nyaybhoomi and Pariwar Unity Road Safety Life Safety – before[Read More…]