The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Bengal chief election officer, seeking immediate steps against a central armed police force jawan accused of molesting a mi...

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Laws can be abused, but how they are abused depends on the prevalent attitudes of a culture. In India, the law against abduction is often evoked against the relationship of two consenting adults when ...

A total of six persons, including the man accused of rape, and five villagers, have been arrested. A video showing the girl and the accused tied with ropes, being beaten and forced to walk in public ...

Two children were charred to death while playing near a pile of straw under Jhinkpani police station area in West Singhbhum district, about 100 kms away from here on Tuesday morning.  The traged...

In two separate incidents in Rajasthan, eight children died, police said on Sunday. In a tragic incident, five children were suffocated to death after they jumped into a grain storage container while...

A special POCSO court sentenced a minor to a life in prison and a fine of Rs 60,000 for his involvement in the gang rape of law college student in Ranchi Kanke area in 2019. Public prosecutor A....

Sir — The article, “Those Sunny days” (March 14), by Mukul Kesavan was a glowing tribute to the legendary Indian opener, Sunil Gavaskar, on the occasion of him completing 50 years of...

Sir — The revelations of Richard Swannell, the development director of the Waste and Resources Action programme — he said that if all the wasted food in the world were packed into 40-tonne...

Children in pre-primary schools are missing out on key lessons on social and conversation skills and how to share attention in the absence of in-person classes. The Covid pandemic has not only impact...