Tag: Minor Girl Rapes

Kendrapara: A minor girl, who had allegedly gone missing from Ghosaramal village under Nikirai police limits of Kendrapara six months back, was found dead in Hyderabad on Sunday. As per sources, when the girl went missing on January 18 earlier this year, her family members had lodged a complaint with the Nikirai police against one […]

Kendrapara/Keonjhar: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minor girls, a seven-year-old girl of Derabish area in Kendrapara district was allegedly raped by a person of nearby Haladia village on May 23. The incident came to the fore after a complaint was lodged against accused Mihir Kumar Singh at the Derabish police station last […]

Bhubaneswar: While at one time the state government is making much hullabaloo initiating measures to stop the growing incidents of minor girl rapes, it has miserably failed to protect the rape survivors in Odisha from ending life resorting to suicide. The government and police could neither provide justice to Kunduli victim, nor were they able […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of Odisha Assembly were disrupted following pandemonium by opposition members seeking a reply from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on deteriorating law and order situation and rise in incidents of crime against women and rape of minor girls in the State. The opposition members tried to corner Odisha government over the alleged rape […]

Bhubaneswar: Months after scores of teen pregnancy incidents in girls’ hostel and schools in tribal dominated areas of Odisha sparked state-wide outcry, similar cases have now been reported from capital Bhubaneswar. The incidents came to limelight after as many as three cases of positive pregnancy tests were found after health check up of 101 students […]

New Delhi: Amid spurt in cases of sexual assault and harassment against minor children in Odisha and other parts of the country, the Supreme Court Thursday issued directions for setting up centrally-funded exclusive courts in all districts where 100 or more cases have been set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) […]