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Sri Lanka probes 'longest saree' wedding for using kids

Here's why.

22 Sept 2017 7:18 PM IST

Accused Balaram Mukhi works as a sweeper and seems to be a habitual drinker, said SSP Sahoo. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India

Baby sold for Rs 25000; father buys mobile phone, jewellery, clothes

While Mukhi has been arrested, the police are also questioning his wife, Sukuti.

13 Sept 2017 3:26 PM IST

School caretaker Neerja Batra speaking to the media. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

India

Gurgaon student death: Police detain 3 for questioning; school denies...

Speaking to the media, school caretaker Neerja Batra said the kid was alive when they saw him lying in the pool of...

8 Sept 2017 6:33 PM IST

India

SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort 32-week-old pregnancy

Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of...

6 Sept 2017 3:39 PM IST

India

SC directs NDMA to constitute 'child protection cell' for child...

Meanwhile, the court also ordered the police to register FIRs in the children missing and untraceable cases.

5 Sept 2017 2:02 PM IST

Gaya MP Hari Manjhis son Rahul Manjhi, along with his friend, was arrested by the police in a drunken state on Sunday and was sent to Gaya central jail for violating prohibition law. (Representational image)

Metros

Four arrested for trafficking

During enquiry out of 27 rescued victims 11 were found adult, including five women.

4 Oct 2018 5:59 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Metros

57% schools run sans full-time head: Study

122 schools surveyed across eight districts in state.

24 Jan 2018 1:24 AM IST

India

Detail steps taken to curb drug abuse among children: SC to Centre

SC asked Centre to apprise it of steps taken to comply with its 2016 verdict that directed steps like formulation of...

8 July 2018 1:53 PM IST

Parents want the school bus service to be affordable.

India

Kerala: Visually-impaired school student made to stand in sun for not...

One of the children, who collapsed, was later hospitalised.

31 March 2019 8:57 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Metros

'Sex education can curb crime against minors'

Dr N. Kumar, department of psychiatry, AIIMS, feels minors should be given sex education in their development age.

12 Jun 2018 5:21 AM IST

$More than 21,000 violations of childrens right were reported in 2017 according to the annual \Children and Armed Conflict\ report. (Representational image)$ World

Over 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts worldwide, says UN...

Many others were raped, forced to serve as armed soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, the report...

28 Jun 2018 8:52 AM IST

It was decided that the family would get the child back and a meeting with the man who bought the child will be organised. (Photo: ANI)

India

Mother sells child for Rs 200 in Tripura

During the last 2 years at least four incidents of child selling by poor tribal families have been reported from...

5 May 2017 7:57 AM IST