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Parents adopt new methods to kill baby girls

Vimal Bhatia, TNN | Jun 18, 2012, 02.29AM IST JAISALMER: The father of a baby girl, who died in suspicious circumstances, was arrested and sent to judicial custody for 15 days. Police claim that Deen Singh alias Dileep Singh, the father of the girl, deliberately denied her treatment, which led to ..... Read More

A crying shame: sexual abuse in children shelters

by Danish  Jun 19, 2012 13:41 IST "Sickening" and "shocking" is how National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) described the state of affairs at 'Apna Ghar', a shelter home in Rohtak, Haryana. A four member committee, constituted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, found that sexual abuse, ..... Read More

Verifying age online is a daunting task

New York Times , New York Times : San Francisco, Tue Jun 19 2012, 00:15 hrs Just how hard can it be to verify the age of a person online? After all, privacy experts have been braying for years about how much advertisers know about people who use the Internet. The answer, it ..... Read More

Torture, sex abuse in Rohtak home laid bare

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh I Updated: Jun 15, 2012 01:04 IST Sexual abuse and assault, naked parade, pornography, beating, forcible abortion, starvation and intoxication of inmates. This is what went on at Apna Ghar, a Rohtak-based shelter home, as per the report submitted by two members of the four advocates' committee ..... Read More

Parliament passes bill to protect children from sexual abuse

Posted on: 07:25 PM IST May 22, 2012 New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to protect children below 18 from sexual abuse, set up special courts for speedy trial of cases against them and provide stringent punishment extending up to life term for offenders. "The bill is gender neutral. It seeks ..... Read More