No Tinku, Chotu, Ojasvi & more: Rajasthan may flag your child’s name under this initiativeRajasthan's Sarthak Naam Abhiyan, intended to provide meaningful student names, has sparked controversy due to an inappropriate draft list....
16 Apr, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Manipur Violence: Two minors killed in bomb blast, curfew imposedViolence erupted in Manipur's Bishnupur district. Suspected militants bombed a home, killing two young children and injuring their mother. ...
08 Apr, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
Manipur suspends internet in 5 districts after attack on two childrenThe decision was taken in view of the prevailing law and order situation, amid concerns that anti-social elements could misuse social media...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Footballer jailed for three years for eloping with minor girl in 2022, investigation suggests otherwiseA young footballer from Delhi has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly kidnapping and molesting a minor girl he met in 202...
10 Oct, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
'Prudent girl' won’t go to hotel room with stranger: HC acquits man accused of raping minorThe Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has overturned the conviction of Rahul Lahase, accused of raping a minor Class 12 student. The co...
14 Sep, 2024, 11.29 AM IST
Gurugram Horror: Teen neighbour kills 9-year-old girl; sexually abuses before using camphor to burn the bodyA teenager, accused of murdering his 9-year-old neighbor, confessed to sexually assaulting her before strangling and burning her body. The ...
05 Jul, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
Manipur violence: CBI files two chargesheets in missing students' caseThe CBI had filed the case on August 23, 2023, on the request of the Manipur government and had taken over investigation in a case that was...
02 Jan, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
MP High Court requests Centre to reduce women's consent age to 16 from 18The court said the age of consent for females at 18 has "disturbed the fabric of society". As per the prosecution, the complainant was a mi...
01 Jul, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
Consider ground realities, rethink age of consent in POCSO Act, says HC to Law CommissionIn the judgement passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, "Having come across several cas...
06 Nov, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Can't quash Pocso Act offence on basis of matrimony: High CourtThe court observed that the marriage between the parties would not dilute the offence under the Pocso Act or under Section 376 (rape) of th...
27 Sep, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
Hyderabad minor gang-raped in car; cops probe role of kin of two politiciansClass 11 and 12 students belonging to politically influential families are allegedly involved in the incident. Son of a legislator is also ...
03 Jun, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
Manish & Jyoti: A love story of a mannish boySome lovers have to wait eternally. This couple will have to till February 2, 2022.
16 Jun, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Hindu girl files case against Muslim boy of forcing her to convert to Islam before marriageA case was filed under UP’s Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 on Thursday after a Hindu girl in Hardoi accused a...
11 Dec, 2020, 10.10 PM IST
High Commission in Dhaka lends a hand to locate lost childrenIndia and Bangladesh last year signed an initial agreement to cooperate on ‘Prevention of human trafficking in women and children.
10 Sep, 2016, 02.56 AM IST
Gujarat village bans mobile phone for school girlsA village in Mehsana district of Gujarat has banned minor girls from using or owning mobile phones claiming that gadget distracts them from...
22 Feb, 2016, 12.08 PM IST
Consensual sex with minor not crime, Delhi court saysA city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Childr...
26 Aug, 2013, 03.16 AM IST
Centre against FIR for kidnapping if girl weds voluntarilyCentre has told the SC that police must not register FIR against the boy for kidnapping without ascertaining the view of the girl.
02 Mar, 2013, 07.04 AM IST