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Shocking report claims over 2,600 juveniles are languishing in Delhi’s adult jails

By ABHISHEK BHALLA, PUBLISHED: 20:53 GMT, 29 April 2014 | UPDATED: 00:18 GMT, 30 April 2014 In a shocking revelation, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has submitted before the Delhi High Court that over 2,600 juveniles are currently languishing in adult jails across Delhi, in clear violation of the Juvenile ..... Read More

Orissa Govt draws flak from NCPCR, NHRC for violating child rights

Nageshwar Patnaik, ET Bureau Jul 28, 2011, 03.12pm IST BHUBANESWAR: The National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the National Human Rights Commission have rapped Orissa Government on the alleged violation of child rights. While NHRC has issued a notice to the state government and police for allegedly ..... Read More

Authorities gear up to stop child marriages on Akshya Tritaya

Press Trust of India | Bundi April 29, 2014 Last Updated at 16:32 IST To prevent solemnisation of child marriages on 'Akshya Tritaya' on May 2, Bundi authorities are organising meetings and workshops, and have set up a special control room to check the practice. Child marriages ..... Read More

Girl seeks cop help to annul child marriage

Ashish Mehta,TNN | Apr 30, 2014, 01.43 AM IST JAIPUR: Breaking her silence against the age-old tradition, a 19-year-old girl, whose marriage was solemnized 10 years ago, has sought police intervention at Baapcha village in Baran district so that she could pursue her studies instead of going to her in-laws' ..... Read More

Where Have All the Children Gone?

By DPA Published: 27th April 2014 06:00 AM Whenever Shabra Khatun watches a television report on child abuse, she spends a sleepless night. She wonders what could have happened to her beloved Guriya, 12, who opened the door for her father after his night shift five years ago, went out to visit the ..... Read More