protection of children from sexual offences

Several members of the Rajya Sabha introduced their private bills in the House today. When the House convened at 2 PM, the Upper House took up the private member's resolution. BJP MP Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik introduced the Kolhapuri Leather Craft (Preservation and Livelihood Security) Bill...

New Delhi, March 3 Only 50 of Delhi's 194 police stations currently have paralegal volunteers, and only one victim of a POCSO case availed their assistance in 2025, despite a Supreme Court mandate, an RTI query has revealed.Paralegal volunteers (PLVs) work in three shifts of eight hours each...

Latur, February 25 A special court in Latur, Maharashtra, sentenced a 46-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl, police said on Wednesday.Judge SV Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on the convict, Govindrao Koli...

Jalna, February 22 A priest has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy at a pilgrimage center in Ghansawangi tehsil in Jalna district, Maharashtra, a police official said on Sunday.A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for...

Bongaon (WB), February 13 A 24-year-old man, who was arrested on the charge of cohabiting with a minor after befriending her two years ago, was granted bail by the Bongaon sub-divisional court here after her family agreed to the accused's proposal to marry the survivor, who has now reached...