Download IPFS A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Cuttack, Odisha, has sentenced a 41‑year‑old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his seven‑year‑old neighbour. The court also imposed a fine of ₹1.01 lakh on the convict and directed the payment of ₹6 lakh to[Read More…]

Download IPFS A special court in Jajpur, Odisha, has sentenced a 36-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The conviction was delivered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after the court found clear evidence of sustained sexual abuse within[Read More…]

Download IPFS A 1-year-old boy who was abducted in Loni, Ghaziabad, has been safely rescued by local police after a swift investigation. The incident occurred while the child was playing outside his home, prompting immediate action from authorities and concerned residents. According to police, CCTV camera footage from the area[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has issued a directive restricting the delivery of awareness programs on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in schools to trained legal professionals or certified child protection experts. The move follows multiple reports that untrained[Read More…]

Download IPFS The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has mandated that only certified professionals with legal or child-protection expertise will be permitted to conduct awareness sessions on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in schools. The move comes after recent incidents where untrained[Read More…]

Download IPFS Punjab has become the first state in India to formally empanel sign language interpreters and special educators under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. The move is designed to ensure that children with disabilities, particularly those with hearing or speech impairments, have equal access to[Read More…]

Download IPFS Hundreds of rural and farm workers staged a protest on Monday outside the residence of Punjab minister Mohinder Bhagat, demanding the withdrawal of a controversial land pooling policy. The demonstrators, who included men and women from several districts, believe the new policy will harm laborers and benefit corporations.[Read More…]

Download IPFS Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has publicly stated that residents should not provide shelter to people who have been evicted from government land. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Sarma said that providing housing to these individuals would jeopardize the progress the state has made through its anti-encroachment[Read More…]

Download IPFS Police in Jharkhand’s Palamu district have arrested a couple and three other family members for the alleged murder of their 21 year old daughter and her 22 year old boyfriend. The bodies of Vibha Kumari and Subhash Kumar were discovered in a well in Purni Tariya village on[Read More…]

Download IPFS A performance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed significant issues in the management of welfare funds for building and other construction workers in Delhi. The report, which covered the period from 2019 to 2023, highlighted a severe underutilization of funds, unreliable worker data, and[Read More…]