Prostitution
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Karnataka woman ends life alleging in-laws pressure for prostitution
Karnataka | February 09, 2026 14:29 ISTKarnataka: Anjanabai's father Vijaykumar's complaint details about nonstop in-laws taunts branding her daughter as useless at cooking and worthless overall, spiralling into relentless daily clashes that crushed her resolve.
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Haryana: Sex trafficking racket busted in Rohtak Hotel, women lured from Bengal and Assam
Haryana | May 01, 2025 7:12 ISTThe detained women are allegedly from West Bengal and Assam and are believed to have been lured into the flesh trade with promises of money and better opportunities. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the hotel owner who is on the run.
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Delhi: 35-year-old woman trafficked, forced into prostitution rescued from GB Road
Delhi | April 06, 2025 17:51 ISTDelhi crime: As per the official, based on a tip-off, a police team launched a rescue operation and conducted a raid on April 5 (Saturday). She was rescued from a brothel at GB Road, and its manager was arrested on the spot.
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Indian national among four arrested in Nepal for forcing women into prostitution
World | February 03, 2025 0:05 ISTThe Indian National who was arrested was identified as Raya aged 35, who was also the manager of the hotel, a native of Bihar, the Nepal police said.
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Ghaziabad: Woman's male friend sexually abuse her minor kids, she tries to cover up, both arrested
Uttar Pradesh | April 12, 2024 12:34 ISTWoman's male friend used to sexually molest his friend's daughter and son. The woman even had intentions to force her minor daughter into prostitution. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.
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Maharashtra: Three women rescued from flesh trade at spa in Thane, case registered against owner
Crime | March 03, 2024 13:09 ISTThe police also rescued three women, in the age group of 34 to 38, who worked at the spa. A case was also registered against the spa owner under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act.
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Stand-up comedian Vidushi Swaroop calls prostitution a 'cool profession', angers internet
Trending | October 23, 2023 21:37 ISTAn act by stand-up comedian Vidushi Swaroop has sparked a debate online after she made comments on prostitution calling it a cool profession.
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Police should treat sex workers with dignity, not abuse them: Supreme Court
India | May 27, 2022 9:00 ISTSupreme Court said measures that sex workers employ for their health and safety must neither be construed as offences nor seen as evidence of commission of an offence.
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Netizens hail Supreme Court for recognising sex work as a ‘profession': Finally a positive news
Trending | May 27, 2022 7:31 ISTThe Supreme Court has ruled that prostitution is a legal profession and sex workers must be treated with dignity. Netizens react.
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Gangubai's granddaughter on Alia's Gangubai Kathiawadi: 'No consent was taken, we've been defamed'
Bollywood | February 24, 2022 6:48 ISTEven as Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi has cleared all the legal hurdles ahead of release on February 25, the family of the real Gangubai has targeted the makers for showing the area of Kamathipura in a bad light and claimed they've been defamed.
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Indian-origin man convicted as part of prostitution gang in UK
World | October 11, 2019 23:12 ISTAnil Wagle, 37, had denied the charges of running a trafficking ring of women from Slovakia along with Vojtech Gombar, 61, Jana Sandorova, 28, and Ratislav Adam, 31, but all four were found guilty at Scotland’s High Court in Glasgow on Friday for crimes carried out between November 2011 and February 2017.
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DCW submits report to Baijal, gives nod to stop prostitution
India | October 10, 2019 23:04 ISTChanging licensing norms and a high-level inquiry to examine the role of police, MCD and politicians in alleged prostitution rackets running in spas were some of the recommendations by the DCW in its report submitted to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal
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Man kills wife for refusing to get into prostitution, arrested
Crime | August 31, 2019 18:48 ISTNearly three weeks after a man allegedly killed his wife here for refusing to get into prostitution, Delhi Police said Saturday they have arrested him from West Bengal.
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High-profile prostitution racket busted in Hyderabad, actress rescued
News | July 09, 2018 8:11 ISTHigh-profile prostitution racket busted in Hyderabad, actress rescued
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MP: Banchhada Community celebrates birth of girls, but for flesh-trade
India | March 18, 2018 13:32 ISTFor the community prostitution is a way of life, passed down generations and young girls are groomed to become prostitutes as male members mostly live off their earnings.
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Prostitution not a crime if sex worker not forced into it: Gujarat HC
India | May 06, 2017 13:36 ISTIn a significant ruling, the Gujarat High Court on Friday said that if a sex worker is engaged in prostitution of her own volition, and not due to any inducement, force or coercion then a criminal case is not maintainable against her.
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Delhi man kills mother, sister for alleged involvement in flesh trade
India | September 27, 2016 9:23 ISTA 22-year-old man, along with two accomplices, was arrested from Manesar for killing his mother and sister over alleged prostitution in Gurgaon, the city police said on Monday. On September 19, Sumit Kumar along with
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‘Muscleman’ of busted GB Road’s trafficking racket surrenders
India | September 09, 2016 7:09 ISTOne of the main accused and "muscleman" of the GB Road prostitution and human trafficking racket, which was busted by Delhi Police last month, surrendered before the Crime Branch today.
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TV actress complains against Bangladeshi portals for circulating naked pictures
Bollywood | August 19, 2016 21:38 ISTBengali TV actress Madhumita Chakraborty is spending troubled days. She has approached the police on Friday asking them to take action against few Bangladeshi portals. Madhumita has claimed that these portals are circulating morphed pictures
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A few kilometres away from Delhi, wives take up prostitution with husband’s ‘support’
Life | June 23, 2016 13:48 ISTNew Delhi: While the plight of women forced to prostitution is a major concern for society, a particular community on the outskirts of Delhi narrates a different story. In Dharampur, husbands support their wives who
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