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Missing children helpline flooded with distress calls

Kelly Kislaya,TNN | Mar 20, 2014, 01.11 PM IST RANCHI: The missing children helpline launched by CID, Jharkhand received 761 calls in only five months from the time it started in October 2013. The data revealed that until February 2014 of the 761 calls received 104 were for lodging missing ..... Read More

Make laws on juvenile offenders tougher

Swati Deshpande,TNN | Mar 21, 2014, 06.40 AM IST An age gap of a couple of years among offenders can lead to a vast gap in punishment as law in India treats juvenile delinquents as minors who can be punished with not more than a three-year sentence even for serious ..... Read More

It’s time for India to tackle poverty and child slavery

National Editorial I March 15, 2014 Updated: March 15, 2014 05:09 PM India may have set its sights on Mars and is aspiring to become a key global player, but its ambitions are in stark contrast to some of the realities it faces. One of the most shocking truths ..... Read More

Why does Karnataka have the most child alcohol addicts?

Maitreyee Boruah,TNN | Mar 10, 2014, 12.00 AM IST Why does Karnataka have the most child alcohol addicts in the country? A recent national study ..... Read More

Complaints of RTE violations pile up

Shreya Roy Chowdhury | Mar 9, 2014, 11.08 PM IST NEW DELHI: Over the four years since Right to Education Act was implemented, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has received more than 3,800 complaints of RTE violations. Fewer than half of them-41.25%-have been resolved. The national ..... Read More