Afghans 'marry off' baby girls for dowries as starvation loomsChild marriage has increased in tandem with soaring poverty since the Taliban seized power 100 days ago on Aug. 15, with reports of destitu...
23 Nov, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
UP govt launches welfare scheme for children who lost parents to COVID-19The move by the UP government comes a day after the Supreme Court observed that it cannot even imagine how many children in this large coun...
30 May, 2021, 08.39 AM IST
'We used to cut ourselves with glass to avoid the ganda kaam'Bihar girls give shocking testimonies of being sedated, beaten and raped in shelter home. Neighbours heard screams, but ignored them
29 Jul, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Narendra Modi government cruelly neglecting MGNREGA, food security act: P ChidambaramThe former finance and home minister said as long as there were children who tragically starved to death, "we have to hang our heads in sha...
27 Jul, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Centre orders probe into Delhi starvation deathsThe initial postmortem report attributed the deaths to malnourishment/starvation, prompting the city govt to order a magisterial probe into...
26 Jul, 2018, 06.42 PM IST
Opposition MPs raise concern over reported starvation deathsDuring the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra sought to know whether the government had taken note of the incid...
26 Jul, 2018, 04.29 PM IST
These Yadavs lost their vote but made their lifeThis poll season, many of the Mumbai Yadavs are back in their village "for a first-hand feel of the UP elections. "
07 Mar, 2017, 11.29 AM IST
What Barbie would look like if she had the body of an average 19-year-oldLammily has the proportions of an actual teenage girl - and is thus shorter and stockier than Barbie.
16 Jul, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir floods: Cries for food, medicine and supplies ring out in relief campsAshraf is among an estimated 4 lakh who got marooned after swirling waters flooded large parts of Srinagar.
10 Sep, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
Protests at police headquarters, 10 Janpath and AIIMS over rape of minor girlScores of people protesting the rape of a 5-year-old girl descended at police headquarters and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's residence on t...
21 Apr, 2013, 06.22 PM IST
BJP women activists protest outside Sonia's residenceThe activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Gandhi's 10-Janpath residence.
21 Apr, 2013, 02.55 PM IST
5-yr old child rape accused to be produced in court tomorrowThe 22-year-old man, arrested for allegedly raping a five-year old girl, will not be produced before court today as police have time till t...
21 Apr, 2013, 12.55 PM IST
Protests continue at PHQ, AIIMS over rape of 5-yr-old girlProtesters today gathered outside Police Headquarters and AIIMS for the second day today to express solidarity with the five-year-old girl.
21 Apr, 2013, 12.16 PM IST
- Ensure best treatment to child rape victim: Sheila Dikshit
Dikshit today asked Chief Secretary D M Spolia to coordinate with AIIMS to ensure best possible treatment for the child and offer all neces...
20 Apr, 2013, 09.10 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi meets rape victim at AIIMSCongress president Sonia Gandhi today visited AIIMS hospital to enquire about the minor girl who was raped allegedly by her neighbour in ea...
20 Apr, 2013, 09.08 PM IST
Outrage over rape of 5 year old girl in Delhi, accused arrested in BiharThe demonstrators tried to enter the PHQ at regular intervals by breaking the barricades but security personnel stationed there prevented t...
20 Apr, 2013, 06.24 PM IST
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad meets family of child rape victim at AIIMSHealth Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today met the family of the five-year-old rape victim at AIIMS and enquired about her health.
20 Apr, 2013, 04.26 PM IST