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Topic: juvenile

Bhajanpura gangrape: 6-yr-old victim called them ‘bhaiya’, minors lured her with a ‘fake Rs 10 note’

The gangrape took place 18 January, and it came to the family’s notice when the mother saw her daughter drenched in blood.

What are sections 75 & 77 of Juvenile Justice Act, invoked for father of teen in Pune Porsche case

Pune Police booked the teenage driver's businessman father and two employees of a club that allegedly served alcohol to the minor under two sections of the Juvenile Justice Act.

4 staff members of UP juvenile home booked for ‘harassing inmates’, girls allege ‘sexual abuse, beatings’

Action follows a hunger strike by the inmates of the government-run juvenile home for girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, Thursday.

‘Educated’ juveniles committed crimes more than the ‘illiterate’ ones in 2017, says NCRB

In its latest report, NCRB stated that from 5,412 ‘illiterate’ juvenile offenders in 2016, the number has come down to 4,324 in 2017. Delhi tops in crime by juveniles. 

Unusual sweat on Kathua accused Sanji Ram’s face gave it away, says lead investigator

The lead investigator in the Kathua case RK Jalla regretted the acquittal of a juvenile on benefit of doubt.

Skill India reaches out to juvenile offenders, starts training them for jobs

School dropouts, minor drug addicts and those involved in crime to getting vocational training in fashion designing, video editing, yoga, among others.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.