A 23-year-old woman was arrested at Taliparambu in Kerala's Kannur on Friday under the POCSO Act for allegedly sexually exploiting a 12-year-old schoolgirl.
Granting sanction for medical termination of pregnancy of a Sickle Cell Anaemia and Epilepsy affected 13-year-old girl, the Orissa High Court on Monday directed the State Government to develop a comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) for medical termination of pregnancy, ensuring adherence to the pre-requisites.
A local court sent five accused in a case of blackmail and sexual exploitation of five-six minor girls in the Vijaynagar town of the Beawar district to police remand on Tuesday.
Two individuals, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Dipen Kayal were arrested in connection with the murder and possible rape of a minor girl in South 24-Parganas' Basanti area.
Body of a missing minor girl, suspected to be a victim of rape and murder, was recovered from a field at Basanti in South 24-Parganas district on Monday evening.
A 14-year-old minor girl was allegedly gang raped by two youths who offered her a lift in their van in Kanpur.
In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl who went out of her house after having dinner, was later found allegedly hanging with a rope tied to the bell of a temple at its entrance gate in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, police said.
Three persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in the national capital's Shahbad Dairy area on the night of June 27
Monson alleged that Rustom has asked him to testify against K Sudhakaran, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president confirming that the state Congress chief was present at one of the locations where she was raped by Mavunkal.
A minor girl was strangled to death by her father, brother and uncle in Karnataka's Tumakuru district in a case of honour killing.
