Child Welfare Committee
19 Jan 2021
A 13-year-old girl from Bihar was allegedly "sold" twice for marriage within 17 days, following which police has arrested five people on charges of human trafficking, including her mother.
23 Feb 2020
In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl, who was gang-raped in Odisha in January 2019 gave birth while mopping the floor of an apartment in Bengaluru in November.
17 Aug 2019
A disturbing incident has been reported from Andhra Pradesh. A minor Dalit girl and her 20-year-old cousin, named Sai Kiran, were allegedly thrashed by a village elder as they wanted to marry each other.
21 Jun 2019
In a discomforting incident which shows something is seriously wrong with humanity, a three-year-old was raped in Dehradun.
03 Jun 2019
We need to protect our children in a better way. This was proved once again after a 63-year-old madrassa teacher was arrested for sexually abusing minors.
03 Jun 2019
In a distressing turn of events, a 39-year-old man was beaten to death in Jalandhar on Sunday afternoon. The man allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl after which the locals lost their cool.
03 Mar 2019
The Delhi High Court has agreed to quash an FIR against a couple, who had employed a minor for household work, and directed them to plant 100 trees and pay Rs. 1.5 lakh to the victim.
31 Jan 2019
In Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, two minors girls, who are cousins, were tortured by their own family for dating two boys who studied in their school.
07 Jan 2019
Months after the abuse meted on girls living inside a government-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur, Bihar came to light, disturbing details have emerged.
30 Dec 2018
Delhi Police has sought the assistance of the Nepal Embassy and the NGOs of Nepalese origin for investigation in the case of the disappearance of eight women and a minor from a Shahdara shelter home earlier this month.
17 Dec 2018
A facial recognition tool developed by the Telangana police has helped in reuniting a missing Assam girl with her family, officials said today.
05 Dec 2018
Four shelter homes in Odisha have been shut down after an inquiry found that they were running without registration.
03 Dec 2018
An NGO-run shelter home has been sealed in Odisha's Dhenkanal district and two people, including its managing director, arrested following allegations that the minor inmates were sexually abused there.
19 Nov 2018
An 8-year-old girl was raped by her neighbor in Sultanpur area of Gurugram on Sunday, police said.
18 Oct 2018
Just a month after the brutal gangrape of 19-year-old board topper sparked outrage, a 7-year-old was allegedly raped in Rewari, Haryana.
27 Sep 2018
At least five students, some of them minor, were allegedly raped and three others molested by the director of a residential school for tribals in Sangli district, Maharashtra.
19 Jul 2018
The Madras HC yesterday directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to provide counseling within 24 hours to an 11-year-old hearing-impaired girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by 17 men in Chennai.
17 Jul 2018
A day after authorities rescued the fourth baby sold by a Sister and a staff member at a Missionaries of Charity shelter home in Jharkhand, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has directed all states to inspect such child care institutions (CCI) run by the organization.
16 Jul 2018
A Ranchi-based shelter home run by the Missionaries of Charity is in major trouble: police have found that Nirmal Hriday, the home, sold at least four babies to couples seeking children for as much as Rs. 50,000 each.
05 Jul 2018
A woman staffer has been arrested and two others, including a sister-in-charge, detained for allegedly selling a child born to an inmate of a shelter home Nirmal Hriday, run by Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity in Patna.
23 Jun 2018
Wednesday brought good news for a Delhi family after they were reunited with their missing son after six long years.
05 May 2018
The Madras High Court has allowed the termination of pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped 5-months ago by a man known to her.
17 Apr 2018
In some rape cases, the nation speaks out for the victim. Other victims have to fight even their parents.
09 Feb 2018
Two days ago, a doctor and his wife were nabbed in Kolhapur's Ichalkaranji for selling a baby, but officials suspect the racket goes deeper.
10 Oct 2017
The DNA sample of the 10-year-old Chandigarh rape victim's child has matched with girl's younger maternal uncle and not with the elder one, said police.
05 Oct 2017
A 13-year-old maid, hailing from Bihar, attempted suicide by jumping off the 11th floor of Kanishka Towers in Haryana's Faridabad.
13 Sep 2017
In a controversial development, DNA sample of a 10-year-old rape victim's daughter hasn't matched with the alleged rapist.
17 Aug 2017
A 10-year-old rape victim in Chandigarh has delivered a baby girl at the Government Medical College and Hospital. Both mother and baby are safe.
15 Jul 2017
The 13-year-old girl who went missing from Taimur Nagar 2 months ago has been found, but her medical exam revealed that she was 3-weeks pregnant.
