India develops new vaccine against diarrhoea
Written By Pallava Bagla | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Everyone's heard of diarrhoea. Almost 100,000 children in India die every year of painful viral diarrhoea caused by the Rota virus. Seemingly innocuous, these viruses that mainly affect children are a nightmare for every parent.
Two weeks apart, two little girls, raped, brought to this hospital
Sanjay Ramakant Tiwari | Friday May 3, 2013
Just days after a four-year-old died at a hospital in Nagpur where she was air-lifted after being raped in Madhya Pradesh, a nine-year-old from the same state is battling for her life after being gang-raped.
13-year-old gang-rape victim attempts another suicide, claims family
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013
A teenaged gang-rape victim allegedly attempted suicide for the second time in nine days during treatment in a government hospital, her family claimed.
Inquiry confirms five-year-old's father was offered Rs 2000 bribe
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday April 28, 2013
A vigilance report has confirmed that an area police station chief had tried to bribe the family of the five-year-old girl with Rs.2,000 to hush up the incident, a police source said on Sunday.
Delhi child rape: Officers indicted for lapses in probe, say police sources
Reported by Sonal Mehrotra; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Sunday April 28, 2013
The Delhi Police's Vigilance Department has indicted two cops of negligence in investigating the kidnapping and rape of a 5-year-old girl in the capital by her neighbour.
6-year-old girl found with throat slit inside public toilet in Delhi; police suspect she was raped
Sonal Mehrotra | Saturday April 27, 2013
A six-year-old girl was found with her throat slit inside a public toilet in Badarpur in south Delhi yesterday evening. The police are waiting for her medical report to confirm if she was raped.
6-year-old girl allegedly raped, left with slit throat near a public toilet in Delhi
Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from IANS) | Saturday April 27, 2013
A six-year-old girl was found with her throat slit near a public toilet in the Badarpur area of south Delhi on Friday evening, according to reports. The police say they are awaiting a medical report to confirm if the child was raped.
In Delhi, man killed for not paying restaurant bill of Rs.180
Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2013
A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten and flung to death from the third floor of a residential building after failing to pay Rs 180 to a restaurant owner, police said today.
Delhi child rape case: Second man arrested in Bihar, 5-year-old is better
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday April 22, 2013
The five-year-old whose rape in Delhi has triggered large street protests and new promises of "action not words" from the government is slowly healing and should be able to go home in two weeks, said doctors attending to her at the All India Institu...
Delhi child rape: Second man arrested describes it as 'big mistake'
Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2013
A 19-year-old boy was arrested from Bihar today for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Delhi which he described as a "big mistake", two days after the first accused, Manoj Kumar, was apprehended in the case.
Delhi minor rape case: protesters try to storm barricades to reach Parliament
Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from Agencies) | Monday April 22, 2013
For the fourth day in a row, there were street protests in Delhi against the rape of a five-year-old who was kidnapped and tortured by a man who rented a small room in the same building where she lived with her family.
Delhi child rape case: protesters try to storm barricades to reach Parliament
Edited by Mala Das | Monday April 22, 2013
For the fourth day in a row, activists, students and political workers organised protests against the rape of a five-year-old who was kidnapped and tortured by a man who rented a small room in the same building where she lived with her family.
Foreign media on sexual assault of children in India
Gardiner Harris, The New York Times | Monday April 22, 2013
The case of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and nearly killed last week has shocked India, stirring memories of a gang rape on a medical student in December. Over the weekend as the girl was being treated at a hospital here, doctors tended ...
Delhi child rape: five-year-old is better, second man arrested in Bihar
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 22, 2013
The five-year-old whose rape in Delhi has triggered large street protests and new promises of "action not words" from the government is slowly healing and should be able to go home in two weeks, said doctors attending to her at the All India Institut...
Delhi rape case: second man arrested from Lakhisarai in Bihar
Reported by Manish Kumar, Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 22, 2013
A second man has been arrested from Bihar in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. Doctors at the capital's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said the child's fever is down, antibiotics are working and that she is on a s...
