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  8-year-old forced to sit on hot tiles for stealing from temples

  June 17, 2019 19:41 IST

  The victim has been admitted to a local hospital with burns. 

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  Uttarakhand: Security guard kills 6-year old girl, rapes her corpse

  April 29, 2019 10:43 IST

  SSP Office PRO Anurodh Kumar said the girl had gone missing on Friday when she was playing with other children at her hutment.

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  Two women helpers accused of sexually assaulting three year old girl in Hyderabad

  April 15, 2019 8:57 IST

  The child's mother has filed the complaint with Madhapur police on April 10, stating that the women helpers had inserted stones in her daughter's private parts.

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  41-year-old Indian-origin man sentenced to life in US for sexually exploiting minor

  World | April 13, 2019 10:38 IST

  Deepak Deshpande, who hails from California, pleaded guilty in October last year. The District Judge Carlos Mendoza had sentenced him of imprisonment.

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  Bihar: CBI registers FIRs against 2 shelter homes in Gaya for abuse of minors

  India | January 16, 2019 19:01 IST

  The Supreme Court had directed the CBI to probe alleged abuse of inmates at 17 shelter homes listed in a study conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

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  Sex abuse in shelter homes: Things are not all that good, says SC

  India | October 08, 2018 22:23 IST

   "Can you think of some kind of a national level institute or a body where you can get experts from institutes like Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) which are connected with child protection. It would be a wholly expert body," the bench asked.  

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  Google announces new AI technology to fight online child sexual abuse

  Internet | September 04, 2018 7:58 IST

  Google said its cutting-edge AI technology uses deep neural networks for image processing to help discover and detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.  

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  Bihar: Buddhist monk held for alleged sexual abuse of 15 boys in Bodh Gaya

  India | August 30, 2018 8:03 IST

  The monk ran an institution called "Prasanna Jyoti Buddhist School and Meditation Centre" at Mastipur village in Bodh Gaya where the 15 children - all hailing from Karbi Anglong district in Assam - were studying.

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  Salman Khan condemns child abuse and sexual harassment

  Celebrities | May 16, 2018 7:14 IST

  Salman Khan said people need to stand up against barbaric incidents like the Kathua and Unnao rape and murder.

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  Kathua rape victim's agony turning feeble amid communal bickering and political blame game

  India | April 18, 2018 16:10 IST

  The brutality and inhumanity has once again brought the nation back to square one. It seems that there is no end to this shame.

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  Sexual touch at an initial age can trigger early puberty, study

  Lifestyle | September 22, 2017 16:40 IST

  A new study reported that sexual touch has a bigger role play on puberty than previously assessed.

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  Young designer Sumiran Kabir Sharma brings child abuse, women trafficking issues on LFW ramp

  Lifestyle | August 17, 2017 12:17 IST

  Talking about how this idea came into being, he said it all happened with an accidental car ride.

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  On World Against Child Labour Day, Twitter unites to protect children and childhood

  People | June 12, 2017 19:21 IST

  World Against Child Labour Day is observed to protect children from the evils of child labour and give their childhood back.

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  Relative rapes 10-month-old baby girl in Gujarat

  India | April 12, 2017 15:28 IST

  The incident took place last night at Kanalus village in Lalpur taluka of the district when the girl was sexually assaulted by Mukesh Thakor (30), a cousin of her father

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  Teenage trauma can increase the chances of depression during menopause

  Lifestyle | March 31, 2017 10:25 IST

  Women who go through several traumatic events during childhood or adolescence are more prone to depression in the years leading into menopause, a study has revealed.

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  Girls who are subjected to child sexual abuse tend to hit puberty earlier than the other girls

  Bollywood | March 29, 2017 12:24 IST

  Young girls who’ve went through child sexual abuse are more likely to mature physically eight to twelve months earlier than their non-abused peers, reveals a study.

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  Married Chennai couple held for running child porn websites

  India | July 27, 2016 10:29 IST

  A married couple has been arrested in Chennai for running websites featuring child pornography and collecting hefty amounts as membership fee to view the illegal obscene content

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  WCD ministry to come up with e-dropbox for children to report abuse

  India | June 27, 2016 12:18 IST

  The Women and Child Development Ministry will soon come up with an online facility for children to complain about abuse in school, society or at home, keeping their identities secret. The WCD ministry is working on an e-dropbox that will let children

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  2-yr-old boy chained, 3-yr-old girl tied with dog leash in Texas backyard

  World | April 30, 2016 12:03 IST

  San Antonio, Texas: A late-night phone call to police about a crying child led to the discovery of eight children unsupervised at a San Antonio home, including a 2-year-old boy chained in the backyard and

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  7 yr old girl gangraped in Delhi, juvenile arrested

  India | December 13, 2015 15:09 IST

  New Delhi: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Delhi's Tigri area on Saturday evening.One of the three accused, a juvenile has been arrested by the Police while the rest two are