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Muzaffarpur (Bihar), April 11 A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, according to police on Saturday.Two women from the girl's neighborhood took her to the house of another woman and called the two men who allegedly raped the minor on Friday night...

Kolkata, April 11 – Four ninth-grade girls who mysteriously disappeared from a school were rescued within 12 hours by officers from the Amherst Street police station in Kolkata, according to a senior Kolkata Police officer on Saturday.The incident occurred on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the...

Hyderabad, April 10 A 29-year-old man, who is alleged to have murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters by pushing them into a swimming pool in the Hanumakonda district of Telangana, was arrested on Friday, police said.The man allegedly committed this crime on April 1 so that he could marry...

Patna, April 8 – In a major crackdown, the Rohtas Police have exposed an alleged "bride-buying" racket, detaining 24 individuals – including eight women – and rescuing a minor girl during a late-night raid on Tuesday in the Bikramganj area of the district in Bihar.Acting on a tip-off, police...

Ranchi, April 6 – In a shocking case that has shocked Jharkhand, the Ranchi Police have uncovered the murder of a minor girl who was allegedly killed by a man and his son over what they described as “social stigma”.The accused then secretly transported her body to Gaya in Bihar and cremated it...

Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...

Palghar, April 3 A 45-year-old employee from the Palghar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl under the pretext of providing information about a scholarship program, police said on Friday.The 17-year-old girl had visited the education...

Neemuch, April 2 – Tension gripped the Parda village under the Manasa police station area in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, after an incident in which a 13-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a 55-year-old man.The accused, identified as Abdul Rahman, allegedly lured the minor girl to...

New Delhi, March 31 The National Commission for Women (NCW) took suo motu cognizance on Tuesday of the alleged suicide of a minor girl in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, following sexual harassment and intimidation by her teacher.NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar directed the Uttar Pradesh Director...

Ranchi, March 28 BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Jharkhand government over the murder of a minor girl in Hazaribagh district.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters in Ranchi, Sahu said while people were...

Kolkata, March 24 – Amidst Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to North Bengal, Siliguri is in turmoil following the unnatural death of a minor girl.Local MLA and BJP candidate, Shankar Ghosh, staged a sit-in to demand justice.Meanwhile, Siliguri Mayor and Trinamool candidate Gautam Deb...

New Delhi, March 20 A Delhi court has acquitted six persons accused of kidnapping and forcing a minor girl into marriage, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the girl was taken away from lawful guardianship or was compelled to marry against her will.Additional Sessions Judge...

Beed, March 18 A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl in the city of Beed, in central Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.According to police, the six-year-old girl was walking past the house of the accused when he offered her fruit and lured her. The...

Mumbai, March 18 An alleged acid attack on a Class 6 student in Sangamner prompted the Congress to strongly criticize the Maharashtra government in the legislative assembly on Wednesday, alleging a deterioration in law and order in the state.The issue also came up in the legislative council...

Mumbai, March 18 An alleged acid attack on a Class 6 student in Sangamner prompted the Congress to strongly criticize the Maharashtra government in the legislative assembly on Wednesday, alleging a deterioration in law and order in the state.Referring to the alleged incident in the Ahilyanagar...

Thane, March 17 Police have registered a case against a 28-year-old man for allegedly misbehaving with a minor girl in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place on March 14 at a chawl (row tenement) in the Bhiwandi area.A resident of the chawl alleged...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A 49-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kerala court on Friday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl during her school holidays in 2019, police said.The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to life...

Thane, March 9 A 20-year-old tailor has been arrested in the Thane district on charges of raping a minor girl and attempting to force her into marriage after the interfaith wedding was disrupted by Hindutva activists, an official said on Monday.The accused, a resident of Shantinagar in...

Yadgir (Karnataka), February 27 – Self-proclaimed "godman" Mallikarjun Mutya, an accused in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), has approached the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking to quash the case registered against him.Mallikarjun Mutya approached...

Latur, February 26 Three men in their 20s were arrested in Latur district of Maharashtra for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl, police said on Thursday.The three men were taken into custody within an hour of receiving a complaint, an official said.A minor girl was allegedly abducted in a...