Tag: Child Welfare Committee

Bolangir: A divyang girl student was allegedly misbehaved with by her teacher during school hours at Chhatamakhana village under Puintala block of Bolangir district today. As per reports, the girl student studying in Class VIII alleged that her Science teacher behaved inappropriately with her during the class. After a complaint in this regard was made […]

Rayagada: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man after the former’s stepmother left her at the house of the accused in Chandili in Rayagada district. The matter came to light after relatives of the minor girl lodged a complaint at the Chandili police station on Thursday. As per reports, the minor girl alleged […]

Koraput: Twin baby girls, whose mother died after giving birth, were handed over to the Koraput Missionaries of Charity, an orphanage, by the District Child Protection Unit (DPCU) today after no one came forward claiming custody of the newborns. According to sources, on November 23, the twin girls were delivered by a woman on the […]

Dhenkanal: A newborn baby boy was rescued near a pond in a farmland at Ria village under Parjang police limits of Dhenkanal district early morning today. The infant has been rushed to the Parjang hospital, where he is undergoing treatment now. According to reports, a villager identified as Duryodhan Samal had gone near the pond […]

Cuttack: A day after the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) lodged a complaint over torture of a four-year-old girl, Police today arrested the accused from CDA area in the city today. “Following the complaint of Child Line, we registered a case under Section 323 of IPC and 75 of Juvenile Justice Act at CDA sector Phase […]

Bhadrak: A one-year-old boy sold by his parents for Rs 45,000 was rescued by Bhadrak Town Police and Childline officials on Tuesday and handed over to Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Bhadrak. As per reports, a family in Kuansh village under Bhadrak Town police limits had sold their son to a driver of the same village […]

Kendrapara: In an inhuman act, the Marsaghai police today arrested an elderly couple while leaving behind their two granddaughters at home alone. Later after receiving information, the district child welfare committee (CWC) rescued the two girl children and took them into their custody. After the death of the mother, Sumitra Parida on August 19, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) school, a residential institute for tribal students, is under the lens of district administration for not following necessary guidelines to function such a school in the State. The discrepancies came to light after a spot visit by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Khurda. Earlier in June, the […]

Baripada: A newborn girl was rescued by a woman from the Krushnachandrapur forest. According to sources, the woman was collecting firewood from the forest yesterday while she discovered by baby. Today the woman handed over the baby to the district child protection officer. “We spotted the baby after hearing her cries. Then we rescued her,” […]

Bhubaneswar: Twelve children of Ruchika open shelter in Bhubaneswar have fled the shelter home after breaking open the bathroom skylight late night on May 1. A complaint regarding this was lodged by the Ruchika shelter home authorities at the Lingaraj police station on Wednesday. Though a total of 12 kids had fled the home on May […]

Jajpur/Kendrapara: A 10-year-old boy, who was missing since last three days from Biraja Nagar in Jajpur Road, returned home today much to the joy and relief of his parents and family members. As per sources, the child was under the custody of Kendrapara Sadar police after being found by a person, two days back. The […]

Baripada: An attempt to marry a minor girl studying in class VII went kaput when the authorities of the district child protection unit raided the marriage and took the girl into custody. The incident occurred in Sunamunhi Sahi on the outskirts of Baripada town, when the minor girl was being taken to the Shiva Temple […]

Bhubaneswar/Jatni: After the torture story of a Bangladeshi minor boy at Asha Kiran, a new shocking case has come to fore where a minor girl has brought rape allegations against the shelter home. An minor girl inmate of the shelter home girl alleged that she was raped and her foetus was aborted. Khurda police has […]

Khurda/Puri: A Bangladeshi minor has brought harassment allegations against authorities of ‘Asha Kiran’, a NGO situated at Jatni in Khurda district. The minor boy gave such a statement, after being rescued in Puri, before the Puri Child Welfare Committee (CWC). However, authorities of ‘Asha Kiran’ have denied the allegation. The minor boy, a resident of […]

A day after Twin City Police Commissioner confirmed boy wonder Budhia Singh and his mother Sukanti Singh are in Kodaikanal of Tamil Nadu on a vacation, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Khurda district today demanded the statements of the mother-son duo be recorded under Sec 161 and 164 of CrPC after their return to Bhubaneswar