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Hyderabad-based former child labourer's NGO now works for child rights in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 19 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based man who once worked as a child labourer is now working to protect the rights of underprivileged children in six states.
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NCPCR writes to MP DGP, seeks appropriate action against Cong MLA over com
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday forwarded the matter of Congress MLA Sajjan Singh Verma's statement on minor girls, to the Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police for appropriate action.
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NCPCR takes cognizance of Congress MLA's remark, seeks reply in two days
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to Sajjan Singh Verma, Congress MLA from Sonkatch in Madhya Pradesh, over his remarks that "a girl is ready for reproduction by the age of 15".
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NCPCR seeks report in Bhandara hospital fire from dist collector
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 9 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday asked the Bhandara district collector to send the factual action taken report of the fire incident in the district hospital that claimed the life of 10 infants, within 48
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Locket Chatterjee meets Dhankhar to discuss child rights violation at Puru
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State General Secretary and Member of Parliament from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee on Thursday met with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to discuss "horrific" situation at Shimulia Anandamath Juvenile Home in Purulia and to e
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NCPCR furnishes information regarding funds received by children's homes i
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Acting on a complaint by an organisation namely Legal Rights Observatory, the National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) came up with information about funds being received by children's homes in Assam and Manipur from an international NGO.
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NCPCR urges states to probe children homes receiving funds from internatio
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Acting on a complaint by a legal rights organisation the apex child rights body National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has urged state governments to conduct investigations by specialised agencies on children homes receiving funds fro
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J-K administration holds drug abuse awareness programme
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 25 (ANI): At a time when cases of drug abuse are rising, the Jammu and Kashmir government organised one-day awareness programmes on drug abuse and women and child rights in Srinagar on Thursday.
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NCPCR recommends disciplinary action against investigating officer in Pari
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], December 19 (ANI): Observing that the probe conducted by the police authorities in the case related to the murder of a minor girl in Odisha's Nayagarh was "severely flawed" with "glaring defects", the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has r
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Odisha: Four arrested in minor gangrape case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 15 (ANI): The Crime Branch Police of Odisha on Monday arrested four persons in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar.
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Rashtrapati Bhawan, Qutub Minar get illuminated in blue on World Children
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Rashtrapati Bhawan, Qutub Minar and other monuments across India were illuminated with blue lights to commemorate World Children's Day on Friday.
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Kerala Child Rights Commission serves notice to ED on complaint from Binee
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 6 (ANI): Kerala State Child Rights Commission on Thursday served a legal notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its protracted inspection at the home of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of the State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist
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