child protection

Budaun (UP), April 11 A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a six-year-old girl in the Bilsi police station area here, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Thursday night when the girl went to visit her maternal aunt at a private hospital, they...

Hyderabad, April 10 A 13-year-old girl was "sexually assaulted" by a minor boy, police said on Friday.According to the police statement, the boy, who had befriended the girl on social media, sexually assaulted her shortly after.Based on the girl's statement, a case was registered at the...

Palghar, April 10 A 13-year-old girl from the Palghar district of Maharashtra ran away from home, believing her mother favored her sibling, and was later located by police, an official said on Friday.The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Safale police station on Thursday. The...

Haridwar, April 10 An archery coach at a local school has been arrested on charges of allegedly raping a 14-year-old student, police said.The case was registered against the coach, Pawan, who is from Haryana, on Thursday after the student's father filed a complaint alleging that he had raped...

April 9, Kohima: A one-day orientation and training program on the Adoption Regulations, 2022, for Nagaland was held in Kohima today.The program was organized by the State Adoption Resource Authority (SARA), Mission Vatsalya, Department of Social Welfare, Nagaland, and sponsored by the Central...

Bareilly, April 8 A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by seven people in a cafe in the Bhojipura area here, police said on Wednesday.On April 2, the girl was on her way to school when she was forced by one of the accused to ride on his motorcycle to the cafe, where other people were already...

Islamabad, April 6 – A British parliamentary group has expressed deep concerns over the case of Maria Shehbaz, a Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry in Pakistan.The parliamentary group's statement comes after Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Maria...

Islamabad, April 5. All Pakistan Minorities Alliance chairman and former federal minister for national harmony and minorities affairs, Paul Jacob Bhatti, has urged the government to establish an independent parliamentary commission to analyze cases of forced religious conversion and marriage of...

Chandauli (UP), April 4 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor here, police said on Saturday.According to police, the victim's mother filed a complaint against the accused and stated that he lured his daughter to his house and raped her.Station House Officer (SHO) of Balua police...

New Delhi, April 3 Fines and imprisonment under two sections of the Delhi Police Act 1978 will no longer apply after the passage of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026.The Bill, passed by Parliament on Thursday, proposes to remove penalties for specific provisions that are...

Bengaluru, April 3 – The Karnataka government issued guidelines on Friday, making it mandatory for private hospitals operating in the state to report cases of pregnant minors under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).Issued by the Health and Family Welfare Services, the...

Pune, April 3 Pune district child protection officer Mangesh Jadhav has written to city Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, raising concerns about the songs of rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, which he alleges "glorify alcohol, drugs, and gun culture."In the letter, Jadhav has requested the police...

Pune, April 2 Pune district child protection officer Mangesh Jadhav wrote to police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Thursday, raising concerns about the songs of rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, which he alleged "glorify alcohol, drugs, and gun culture."In the letter, Jadhav asked the police department...

Bhopal, April 2 – The Madhya Pradesh government has adopted a strict “zero tolerance” policy against child labour, particularly in hazardous industries and processes.Under the Labour Department’s “Shram Star Rating” initiative, any establishment found employing child or bonded labour will be...

In Islamabad, Christians, human rights advocates, and members of civil society in Pakistan held protests against a federal court ruling that upheld the forced conversion of a Christian girl by a Muslim man, local media reported.The protests followed a decision by the Federal Constitutional...

Ramban, April 1: The District Task Force, led by Assistant Labour Commissioner Amit Kumar, conducted a campaign against child labour in Ramban Town.Nine children who were forced into labour were rescued, brought before the Child Welfare Committee of Ramban, and later reunited with their...

New Delhi, April 2 – BJP Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Aditya Prasad, on Thursday termed the "ritualistic" murder of a 13-year-old girl in the Hazaribagh district as a deeply "unfortunate" and shocking incident that exposes the dangerous persistence of superstition and black magic in the...

Itanagar, April 2 The Arunachal Pradesh police rescued three minor girls, who were suspected of being trafficked to neighboring Assam, and apprehended a juvenile boy in connection with the case, an official said.It is alleged that the girls – aged 12, 13, and 15 – met the boy on social media...

New Delhi, April 1 The national capital has become a "market" for child trafficking, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday, and asked the railways and the police to respond to a petition raising concerns about such incidents blatantly occurring at railway stations and surrounding areas.A...

Islamabad, April 1 – Christian groups and human rights activists staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, expressing deep concern over what they described as a rising wave of forced marriages and religious conversions involving young girls from their community across the country. A leading...