child welfare

New Delhi, March 17 Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that stated a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopted a child below the age of three months, deeming it discriminatory.Ruling...

New Delhi, March 17 Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that stated a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopted a child below the age of three months.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and...

New Delhi, March 16 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Monday that it is very important for family courts to eliminate the "psychological fear" from a child's mind, and for that, they should introduce some changes in the traditional functioning of courts."Should family courts have these...

Jaipur, March 16 A day after a 15-year-old and his younger brother went missing in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, their bodies were found in a water-filled pit, with police suspecting they drowned.The incident occurred in Rasoolpur village, when the two brothers –Manisha (15) and Sandeep...

New Delhi, March 15 A two-and-a-half-year-old girl died while her older sister fainted after a suspected chemical smell was reported from an apartment in east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Sunday, an official said.According to police, a PCR call was received around 2:19 pm regarding a suspected...

Bengaluru, March 14 A case has been registered after a first-grade student at a private school in the city was allegedly made to stand in the scorching sun for two hours as punishment for being late, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred at a school in Yelahanka Attur Layout here, they...

Mumbai, March 13 The railway police has traced 305 missing children in the last month under Operation Muskan and reunited 247 of them with their families, an official said on Friday.The initiative to locate and reunite missing and vulnerable children found travelling or living alone on railway...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 The mother of a one-year-old girl was taken into custody after the child was found dead under suspicious circumstances here on Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as Pavithra, daughter of Subash and Aswathy.Police said Pavithra was found dead at the...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 12 A boy from Jharkhand, who ended up in Kerala after boarding the wrong train, was reunited with his family after 13 years, police said.Raja Gope, now 19, plays for a football club in Kerala and speaks only Malayalam and Hindi, while he has forgotten his native...

Mumbai, March 11 The Bombay High Court has ordered a man to hand over custody of his one-year-old daughter to his estranged wife, observing that the child's best interests lie with the mother as she is still being breastfed.The woman was forced to leave her marital home after she was...

Mumbai, March 10 In a major move to support working women, Maharashtra’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister, Sunetra Ajit Pawar, announced a new ‘Come Early-Go Early’ policy for female government employees in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Tuesday.The announcement was made in the...

New Delhi, March 10 Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Deorao Nikam urged the government on Tuesday to consider providing limited administrative flexibility to courts handling cases under the POCSO Act, in order to address the psychological hesitation faced by some male child victims when giving evidence...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 9 A couple was found dead in a pool of blood at a rented house here on Monday, police said.The deceased, Sajan Joseph and his wife, Anusha Joseph, were natives of Mannar in Alappuzha district and were residing in a rented house at Chirakkadavu in Ponkunnam.Police...

Mamallapuram, March 7 – Actor-turned-politician and president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay, announced a series of welfare promises aimed at women, children, and senior citizens while addressing a large gathering at a Women’s Day celebration organized by the party in Mamallapuram...

Mumbai, March 4 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the legislative council on Wednesday that the state government has established a special cell to locate missing women in Maharashtra, with Additional Director General (ADG)-level women officers appointed to head it.The cell will...

Ramgarh (Jharkhand), March 2 A 12-year-old orphan schoolgirl in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand was adopted by an Italian couple on Monday, officials said.Deputy Commissioner Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz told reporters that the adoption was completed at the district collectorate after all official...

Itanagar, March 2 Arunachal Pradesh Women and Child Development Minister Dasanglu Pul launched a child rights awareness initiative on Monday, stating that it will promote a safe and child-friendly environment across the state.At a programme held in the Civil Secretariat here, Pul unveiled a...

Mumbai, February 21 The Mumbai police achieved a 99% success rate in tracing missing children in the city last year, officials said on Saturday.In 2025, the city police solved 2,165 out of the 2,182 cases of missing minors, reuniting the traced children with their families, they said.So far...

Jaipur, February 21 – The Rajasthan High Court has expressed serious concerns over the prolonged absence of the chairperson and members of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR), the apex statutory body responsible for safeguarding children's rights in the state...

Itanagar, February 19 Police in Itanagar have busted an organized interstate child trafficking racket operating between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, rescuing three minor girls and arresting six people accused of trafficking, purchasing, and exploiting children as domestic laborers, officials...