Patna: The Bihar government has undertaken a slew of measures, including constituting a flying squad to eradicate child labour from the state. The flying squad would carry out raids to free working children and file a case against their employer, Principal Secretary (Labour) Vyasji told a seminar 'Child Rights and Law'. The state government has also proposed to strengthen the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and ration cards will be...
01:50 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Dr Shanta Sinha has promised a thorough probe into the selling of babies in Uttar Pradesh. A CNN-IBN Cobra Post expose on babies for sale shows how a government hospital in Amroha in Western Uttar Pradesh has become a shop for babies. For a price, the staff of the hospital steal children of poor parents and sell them to...
08:06 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Over 80 per cent of students in schools across the country are humiliated by teachers who tell them that they are not capable of learning, a study conducted by national child rights body has said. Even the "cruel practice" of giving electric shocks finds a mention in the yet-to-be released study on the practice of corporal punishment brought out by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights...
10:44 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Karnal: The death of 6-year-old Pankaj in Karnal has pitted the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), yet no answers are forthcoming. Pankaj's family alleges that he was locked up for several hours in a small room by his kindergarten teacher in December for not doing homework. They said he was so traumatised by the event that he stopped eating and simply faded away. "Sagar, his elder brother,...
10:50 PM, Feb 21, 2012
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has expressed shock over the child's death in Haryana. ...
02:38 PM, Feb 21, 2012
BANGALORE: Bangalore tops the list when it comes to registration of child rights violation cases. Speaking at a round table meet jointly organised by the Child Rights Commission and National Law School India University, Nina Nayak, chairperson of the Commission, said even though complaints were registered, there were serious drawbacks when it came to enforcement of rules. It is believed that out of the 401 cases registered with the Commission...
10:13 AM, Nov 22, 2011
New Deli: Its been 20 years since India signed the Child Rights Convention that bans child labour and still 13 million Indian children below the age of 14 are engaged in child labour. On the 20th anniversary of India signing the convention, some children have become citizen journalist to tell us their stories. Citizen Journalist Useeran Khatun from New Delhi says, "I'm Useeran Khatun. I'm 12-years-old and I stay at...
09:28 PM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: 2004 - a pornographic video clipping, involving two students of a Delhi School, which was circulated as MMS in cellphones across the county stirred a controversy on child sex but also perhaps exposed the reality of the changing Indian Society. Shanta Sinha, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights Chairperson said, "We have to look at ground realities and not shy away. We are talking about child...
09:56 AM, Feb 02, 2011
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, accused of raping a 17-year-old Dalit girl, has threatened o take revenge against his opponents after he comes out of jail. After his arrest Dwivedi claimed that he was the victim of a political conspiracy. "There are conspiracies by political opponents behind the entire episode. I will take revenge," threatened Dwivedi. Reacting to the threat by the MLA, National Commission for...
08:07 AM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: On Monday, CNN-IBN brought the story of six-month old Chiku alias Stephen, who suffered a brain hemorrhage during delivery. His parents abandoned him saying it was the hospital's duty to cure him as they were unable to look after him in his present state. Chiku's case is not the only case. Two-year old Suhasini is one of the many abandoned children looked after by the Delhi Council for...
09:03 AM, Jan 05, 2011
![Andhra rights panel bans kids' reality shows]( "Andhra rights panel bans kids' reality shows")
The State Human Rights Commission on Saturday banned "Aata" a dance reality show on Zee Telugu channel. ...
09:18 AM, Jun 13, 2010
![Kids made to walk on burning coal in Gujarat]( "Kids made to walk on burning coal in Gujarat")
It was done as an exercise to enhance their determination while parents and elders watched mutely. ...
07:49 AM, Apr 22, 2010
The report is by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. ...
07:32 PM, Aug 25, 2009
RS MP Kanimozhi on what the govt should do to prevent such incidents. ...
02:01 AM, Jul 29, 2009
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