Human trafficking is the act of removing, transferring or transporting an individual from one place to another by means of force, fraud, coercion, deception, abduction or payment for the purpose of ex...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the government on Thursday over a media report on sexual exploitation of minor girls in the mines of Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot, asking "is this the In...

Rape accused and former Union minister Chinmayanand is enjoying air-conditioned comfort in custody while the rape complainant, arrested on blackmail charges, is ill and untreated in prison, her father...

Shajahanpur district authorities on Monday detained or arrested several Congress leaders and more than 2,000 party workers to prevent a “march for justice” against the arrest of the woman who has ...

Two UN agencies have warned against any large-scale shift towards online education, saying it would deepen socio-economic inequalities and warning that virtual platforms can leave children vulnerable ...

Harvey Weinstein, the movie producer who dominated Hollywood for decades, was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, as the six women who had testified against him watched from t...

The notion of the juvenile is a troubling one in the context of crime. According to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 anyone under 18 is a child. Predictably, the participation of m...