child welfare

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...

New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday termed the separation of the twin children from their mother by the estranged husband at the age of six months as a case of "extreme cruelty."A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria reprimanded the husband for...

UDHAMPUR, FEBRUARY 16: The Department of Social Welfare, Udhampur, organized a one-day exposure tour for outstanding female students from schools, colleges, and CCI Parisha, as part of the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" initiative.The program, conducted under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner...

Balasore (Odisha), February 15 The Odisha Police have rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who was allegedly sold by his father to a man for Rs 1 lakh, officials said.Both the seller and the buyer have been taken into custody.The incident, which took place in the Barisahi village in the...

Guna (MP), February 14 A 12-year-old boy who was found missing on Saturday morning claimed he had been kidnapped, but police soon determined that he had fabricated the story to avoid punishment, a senior official said.The Class 7 student was upset because his parents had refused to buy him a...

Alappuzha (Kerala), February 14 Police said on Saturday that the father and cousin of a 14-year-old girl have been arrested for sexually assaulting her over several years in this coastal district.Police added that, in addition to the girl's father and cousin, two other individuals are accused...

Hamirpur (HP), February 12 Police have arrested two individuals, including a woman, in connection with a case of child trafficking here, an official said on Thursday.On Tuesday, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) received a complaint through its helpline, following which police conducted a raid...