Rajasthan panchayat bars girls from carrying cell phones
August 25th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 25 (IANS) After girls in a Uttar Pradesh village were banned from using mobile phones about a month ago, a village panchayat in Rajasthan has prohibited minor girls ... Read more...
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Minors rescued from Delhi brothel
August 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Four girls and women from Karnataka were Saturday rescued from a red light area here and a brothel owner was arrested, police said.The victims, aged ... Read more...
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Bengal girl commits suicide after sexual harassment
August 14th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, August 14 (IANS) Subjected to regular sexual harassment by a some local youths and following an altercation with her father on the issue, a 13-year-old-school girl committed suicide by ... Read more...
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Crime against children rising in the country
August 8th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Crimes against children, including murder, rape and kidnapping, have risen across the country over the last three years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday.Replying to ... Read more...
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Landslide buries three of family in Assam
June 27th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 27 (IANS) Three members of a family, including two minor girls, were killed in a landslide triggered by incessant rains here early Wednesday, police said.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Four arrested for trafficking, eight girls rescued
June 26th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Four people, including a woman, were arrested here for child trafficking and eight minor girls were rescued, police said Tuesday."The accused were involved in trafficking ... Read more...
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Two minor girls knocked down by teenage boy; one dies
June 21st, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A car being driven by a 16-year-old boy knocked down two minor girls here, killing one of them, police said Thursday.The incident occurred Wednesday evening ... Read more...
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Five-year-old girl raped, murdered in Pakistan
June 3rd, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) A five-year-old girl, who went missing for a month in Pakistan's port city Karachi, has been found raped and murdered - a month after the bodies ... Read more...
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‘Gurgaon NGO didn’t have permission to run orphanage’
May 5th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 5 (IANS) NGO Suparna Ka Aangan did not have permission to run the orphanage where sexual abuse of several minor girls has come to light, an enquiry by ... Read more...
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Gurgaon NGO activist held for sexual abuse of minors
May 5th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 4 (IANS) The organizer of NGO 'Suparaana Ka Aangan' was detained and an activist from the NGO was Friday arrested here for raping and molesting several minor girls, ... Read more...
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Couple arrested for harassing minor maids
April 27th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 26 (IANS) In a raid in Gurgoan, two minor girls working as maids were rescued Thursday and their employer, a garment factory owner and his wife, arrested for ... Read more...
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Four minors rescued from Delhi brothel
March 1st, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Four minor girls - all residents of Maharashtra - were rescued from a brothel in Delhi, police said Thursday.The girls aged between 15-17 years were ... Read more...
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Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair
February 14th, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 14 (IANS) Police rescued 25 minor girls who were forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district ... Read more...
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Two minors gang raped in the capital
February 11th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Two minor girls were gang-raped in separate incidents in the capital, police said Friday.In the first incident, a minor girl was gangraped inside a moving ... Read more...
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Children homes should be strictly monitored: NCPCR
January 26th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Wednesday emphasised the need for strict monitoring of children's homes following revelations of sexual abuse of minor ... Read more...
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NGO head detained, son arrested for rape
January 19th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 19 (IANS) The president of an NGO running a shelter home here for AIDS victims was detained and her son arrested Thursday on charges of raping HIV+ two ... Read more...
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Hunt for NGO directors after tubectomies on 53 women
January 10th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 10 (IANS) Bihar Police were Tuesday looking for the directors of a voluntary organisation that conducted a health camp where three unqualified volunteers performed tubectomies on 53 women ... Read more...
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Five Bengal girls fight child marriages
December 31st, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Five brave girls from West Bengal, described by President Pratibha Patil as icons, are becoming agents of change and inspiring other young girls in the ... Read more...
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Why no vigilance case against Achuthanandan’s son, asks court
December 15th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Dec 15 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court Thursday asked the state government to explain why a case has not been registered by the vigilance department ... Read more...
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Evidence links Achuthanandan’s son with jailed ‘godman’
November 29th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Kerala High Court was Tuesday informed that there was evidence to link V.A. Arun Kumar, son of former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, with jailed "godman" ... Read more...
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British soldier charged with raping minors
November 19th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 19 (IANS) A British soldier, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been charged with a series of rapes and sex attacks on two minor girls.Ian Tuckley, 32, ... Read more...
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Cop, accomplice booked for raping minors
November 16th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) A constable and his civilian accomplice have been booked for allegedly raping two minor girls at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said Wednesday.While constable ... Read more...
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Four girls flee from Delhi observation home
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Four minor girls escaped from an observation home in west Delhi, police said Monday.The girls, aged between 14 to 16, escaped early Sunday, eluding the ... Read more...
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Assault of minors: Himachal court pulls up police
September 27th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 27 (IANS) Taking serious note of six cases of sexual assault of minor girls in the past five years, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Tuesday slammed the state ... Read more...
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Vidarbha widow gets Rs.1 lakh, letter from Big B
September 17th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 17 (IANS) Moved by the plight of a Vidarbha widow who appeared on his show Kaun Banega Crorepati, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has given her Rs.100,000 to ... Read more...
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Orphanage caretakers arrested for harassing minor girls
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Nerul (Navi Mumbai), Sep 2 (IANS) Navi Mumbai police Friday arrested the caretaker of an orphanage in Nerul here and his wife on charges of harassing and molesting minor girls."Twelve ... Read more...
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Apex court cautions chief ministers on discretionary powers
August 27th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that a chief minister should eschew arbitrariness and discrimination while using discretionary powers in the disbursal of relief funds as ... Read more...
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Nine minor girls rescued in Delhi
July 19th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi , July 18 (IANS) Nine minor girls hailing from Assam were rescued from different places, including a placement agency, in the national capital region, said police Monday. One ... Read more...
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Now two minors accuse Uttar Pradesh cops of rape
July 6th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) Two minor girls have alleged that they were raped by cops inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh, an official said Wednesday.The two girls, ... Read more...
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Complaints of growing abuse by placement agencies in Delhi
July 3rd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl is raped by the owner of a placement agency who "bought" her from her relatives for a paltry sum for being employed ... Read more...
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Lightning kills three in Bihar
June 24th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 24 (IANS) At least three teenaged girls were killed and four others sustained burns after lightning struck them in a field in Bihar's Purnea district, officials Friday said.This ... Read more...
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Four more rape cases, attack on women reported in UP
June 20th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) As many as four rapes, including one in which a woman was burnt alive, were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh Monday, a day after ... Read more...
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Leading girls from hell to humane society (With Images)
March 29th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) In a western Mumbai suburb stands a six-storey building housing 100 girls, mostly minors, who are being educated, given vocational training and psychological counselling. One thing ... Read more...
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Marriages of 3 minor girls prevented
March 11th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Timely action by officials in Haryana's Sirsa district has prevented three minor girls from being married off by their families, a spokesman said here Friday.Sirsa district ... Read more...
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Four mutilated bodies recovered
February 28th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kaushambhi (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 28 (IANS) Four mutilated bodies, including those of two minor girls, were found lying near the railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh Monday, police said.The bodies were recovered from ... Read more...
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