Five minor girls from Bengal, allegedly trafficked and forced to dance in musical soirees, were rescued from Bihar on Saturday. The search for a 15-year-old girl from Uttar Dinajpur, ‘missing&r...

An animated short film on child trafficking will be shown to school students in and around Kolkata, said its makers.  The Hindi film, based on the real-life story of a Bangladeshi girl rescued f...

A 25-year-old man, accused of raping his sister-in-law, a minor, and taking objectionable pictures of her, was arrested in Tamil Nadu on November 2. The girl’s family is from Hingalganj in Basi...

A mother allegedly suffocated her newborn to death at an Ekbalpore nursing home in southwest Kolkata on Wednesday because it was a girl child. “Lovely Singh, 21, has confessed to suffocating th...

When Bengal was celebrating the homecoming of her daughter, a minor girl from the state was rescued from the clutches of alleged traffickers in Goa.  A 17-year-old girl from South Dinajpur was r...

The state commission for protection of child rights will conduct a month-long campaign against child labour and begging on the streets of Kolkata during the festive season. The campaign on autos will...

Many of them were children and most were from South and North 24-Parganas, two neighbouring districts of Kolkata. Over the years, figures from the National Crime Records Bureau have suggested that Be...

Jharkhand’s director-general of police M.V. Rao has announced that WhatsApp-based helplines to report cases will be rolled out for the public in all 24 districts on Wednesday to help curb crimes...

Among all the distinguishing markers of Indian culture, holding pride of place is the abuse of women and children. Their safety, rights and overall well-being are of such little consequence to the Sta...