Assam: The state government started its crackdown on child marriage on February 3 with over 3,000 people allegedly linked with child marriages have been arrested so far and lodged in temporary jails.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma had on Saturday asserted that the drive to end the social menace would go on till the next assembly polls, drawing flak of Opposition camps, which called the move a "hurriedly carried out...
Ahead of Republic Day, Haryana government on Tuesday granted special remission of 30 to 90 days in sentence to prisoners in the state.
A total of 2,763 people have been arrested so far against 4,135 FIRs registered across the state, the Assam Police said in a statement.
Speaking to reporters, he said it is the failure of the state government which has been keeping quiet for the past six years.
If their rights are being violated only because of their gender, then it is the duty of the state to protect them, says Nirbhaya’s lawyer Seema Kushwaha.
While accused from different districts have already been moved to the facility in Goalpara, another such temporary jail is coming up in Cachar as well.
Tihar is in the eye of a storm for alleged VIP treatment to influential prisoners after videos emerged in the public domain on November 19 showing AAP leader Satyendar Jain, who has been arrested on money laundering charges.
According to the complaint, the victim's family has alleged that the 20-year-old accused took him to a nearby graveyard on the pretext of giving him toffees...
The young victims, all aged 16 at the time of the incident, were the students of a seminary in Pullamala in the district wherein the accused was serving as a...
Actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar's 'Nay Varan Bhat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha' has been amidst a number of police cases since it's release.
When contacted Delhi Police Spokesperson Chinmoy Biswal said, “In Delhi, we register crime against children and POCSO cases promptly and take a deadline of...
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Five years ago a teenager Delta Meghwal was found dead at her college in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, following which her parents had alleged that she was...
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After the incident, the two accused gave the victim Rs 20 and threatened her against revealing the ordeal to anyone
Both the 11-year-old and the 9-year-old victims are sisters who refused to go to the madrasa after they accused the teacher of touching them inappropriately
But on learning that the accused is already married, the court ordered him to seek regular bail
The incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit village, police said
Junior engineer Ram Bhuwan had served in the state’s irrigation department before he was suspended and arrested on charges of sexual abuse.
The court ruled that a minor's consent falls under a legal grey area as consent given by a minor is not valid in the eyes of law.
In a bone-chilling incident, a fast track court in Raipur has sentenced a 47-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor...
An Interpol tip on dark net child porn leads the CBI to a state government employee who abused at least 70 children in 12 years
The 19-year-old man, who allegedly sexually assaulted the 14-year-old girl, was arrested along with one of his associates, the police said, adding that both...
In a country where 90 rapes are reported every day and extrajudicial killings rarely shock people, the gunning down of the Hyderabad rape suspects only hints...
In Odisha, more than 1,000 cases of rapes of minors have been reported in the first six months of 2019. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with close to 3,500 cases.
