The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the Chhattisgarh government. NCPCR official Vinod Ticu said it is a failure of the monitoring system. ...
04:00 PM, Mar 29, 2013
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Shanta Sinha said the rapes in Haryana were not just a shame for the state but for the country as a whole. "It is shocking that so many rapes and gangrapes took place within a month. There needs to be some effort from the government's part. It is a shame for Haryana and for the country as a whole," she said. ...
09:33 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Concerned over a spurt in incidents of rape of teenaged girls in Haryana, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Sunday said it will seek explanation from the state government in each case, including action taken against culprits. The Commission also said the recent incidents with regard to women in Haryana have emphasised the need to focus on several issues, including the skewed sex ratio...
05:23 PM, Oct 07, 2012
An outbreak of encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh has so far claimed the lives of 400 children this year. Many more are fighting for survival. CNN-IBN found that nearly Rs 3350 crore that was sanctioned by the government to battle the outbreak hardly reached those who needed it most. The Akhilesh Yadav government has now promised swift action, especially after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) summoned senior ...
10:09 AM, Oct 05, 2012
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) member Vandana Prasad has said that children from the economically weaker sections are low on the priority list. She also said that good vaccines are available for encephalitis and they can ensure that immunisation is done. A day after CNN-IBN highlighted deaths due to encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken note of the disease ...
02:58 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN highlighted deaths due to encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken note of the disease in Gorakhpur. NCPCR has summoned senior health officials of Uttar Pradesh. Over 350 children died of encephalitis in 2012 in Gorakhpur. In the encephalitis ward of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, three children die on an average everyday. While most of the children...
09:42 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Hisar: Nationwide outrage continues to build over the delay in nabbing the 'upper caste' men who allegedly gangraped a 16-year-old Dalit girl in Hisar, Haryana. Seventeen days on, only two suspects have been arrested and booked. After the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has stepped in and the body has slammed Haryana Police for delayed action. The National Commission for Scheduled...
07:59 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: A double tragedy for a Dalit family in Hisar, Haryana after a man was finally cremated four days after he committed suicide because his daughter was allegedly gangraped by eight upper caste men in Dabra village. The family says the father killed himself because he knew he wouldn't be able to take on the accused - who remain at large even three weeks after the crime. The men...
09:30 PM, Sep 23, 2012
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight "upper caste" men on September 9 in the Dabra area of Hisar. ...
04:40 PM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a "piquant" case of a 13-year-old girl marrying a youth and refusing to go back to her parents, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to ensure her safe custody and education till settlement of the case. "This is an extremely piquant situation where she has vehemently opposed restoration of her custody to the parents," said a bench...
08:31 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Bangalore: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday asked the Karnataka government to submit a report following allegations that four students from economically weaker section (EWS) were humiliated in a prominent Bangalore school. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report, the NCPCR directed Karnataka Education Secretary (Primary and Secondary Education) to get the matter investigated and take further necessary action. The Commission has also sought...
12:30 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The PMO steps into the Vishva Bharti university controversy at Santiniketan after a 10-year-old is forced to drink urine by her hostel warden for bedwetting. ...
11:22 PM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Prime Minister Office(PMO) on Monday sought a report in the incident of a class 5 student of West Bengal's Visva-Bharati university school being allegedly forced to drink her own urine as a punishment for bedwetting. The PMO has also sought action against the accused in the case. A 10-year-old girl was allegedly forced to lick her urine by her hostel warden. The girl alleges that the warden...
08:35 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Kolkata: In a bizarre twist in the corporal punishment case the Visva-Bharati university in West Bengal, the 10-year-old girl's parents were arrested along with the hostel warden and later granted bail. The girl was allegedly forced to drink her own urine for bed wetting. While the warden was arrested over the allegations against her, the parents were arrested for entering the girls hostel without permission. The class 5 student of...
03:19 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Kolkata: The parents of the Class 5 girl, who was allegedly forced to drink her own urine for bed wetting, have been arrested for entering the girls hostel without permission. The warden who has been accused of punishing the girl has also been arrested. Those arrested were taken to the court. The class 5 student of the Visva-Bharati university's Patha Bhavan was allegedly forced to drink her own urine because...
12:37 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has demanded an explanation and sought a report over the Class 5 girl made to drink urine in West Bengal. The shocking incident of corporal punishment came from the university founded by Rabindranath Tagore, Visva-Bharati's Patha Bhavan. The class 5 student was allegedly forced to drink her own urine because she wet her bed. The girl's family has lodged a police...
07:55 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Kolkata: A four member fact-finding committee has been constituted to look into the allegation that a class five student of Visva-Bharati's Patha Bhavan school was forced to drink her urine as a punishment for bedwetting, a university official said Sunday. "We have received a complaint that a class 5 residential student of the Patha Bhavan was allegedly made to drink her urine as a punishment. A four member fact finding...
08:20 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: In a shocker from Gurgaon, the caretaker of an NGO-run shelter has been arrested for allegedly raping, filming and threatening the minor girls who stayed there. This after the victims' teacher alerted the authorities. A team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) conducted a raid on Saturday. This is the second such case to come to light in Gurgaon in the last three months...
12:57 PM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday wrote to the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh demanding action on the Amroha baby sale case by April 23. Taking cognizance of the CNN-IBN Cobrapost expose on babies for sale, the NCPCR asked the state government to get the alleged racket, not only in Amroha/JP Nagar but also in the hospitals/nursing homes throughout the state, thoroughly investigated...
05:33 PM, Apr 16, 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
