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Hyderabad: The Golconda Police on Monday rescued 36 children, including 30 boys and six girls, from an unregistered orphanage in Rajendranagar, and handed them over to the Women and Child Welfare department.

According to the police, the children were rescued from Dove Orphan Children Home at Gandhamguda. “They were in the age group of six to eight years. The owners of home, Esther Rani and Ramesh, used to force the children to beg at public places such as Golconda Fort in the name of raising funds,” police said.

A case was booked against them, after which they were arrested and produced in court. They were remanded in judicial custody.

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NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over trafficking of children from orphanages in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to all states and Union Territories on a petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) accusing the West Bengal government of gross violation of rights of orphaned children.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra sought replies in two weeks. “Right of a child in a society is absolutely sacred, for the future of the country depends upon character and destiny of a child. State has a great role in securing such destiny and character,” the CJI observed. “Nothing is more disastrous than children being sold and hence a comprehensive view is the entire issue was warranted. A child cannot be bartered away at the whims and fancies of the person incharge of the orphanage. This constitutes a violation of human rights.”

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for NCPCR, informed the bench that no state has established the human rights court as mandated under the act of 1993. The bench then asked states to file their response on the requirement of the specification of one Sessions Court in each district as the Human Rights Court for speedy trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights and appointment of a Special Public Prosecutor for it.

The court was hearing a petition by NCPCR, which was aggrieved over an order by Calcutta High Court over the trafficking of 17 children from an orphanage in Jalpaiguri. NCPCR alleged that the West Bengal government had illegally formed ad-hoc committees and given away orphans for adoption in gross violation of law and rules. The state government questioned the jurisdiction of the apex child rights body.

NEW DELHI: Australia has lifted a ban on its nationals to adopt children from India after eight years.

The ban was put in place in 2010 amid concerns that trafficked children were being put for adoptions by many shelter homes, including those aided by the government.

“Australia has decided to recommence the adoption programme with India, as per the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption,” the WCD Ministry said. “The adoptions from India had earlier been put on hold by the Government of Australia eight years ago, on the reported charges of trafficking of children for inter-country adoption by some of the recognized Indian placement agencies.”

The Central Adoption Resource Agency’s data show that the new adoption regulations have given boost to adoption by foreigners, who also show preference towards special and older children.

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Growing up in poverty without parents is a significant struggle. This young woman spent much of her childhood in an orphanage, but with the help of a guardian angel was able to overcome impossible odds.

Kalpana Kindo grew up in an orphanage in the Odisha province of India. Her father had left the family and her mother passed away when Kindo was very young.

Kindo was only 6 years old when she moved to the orphanage.

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“My first memory as a child was losing my mother. It was very painful and scary because my father was no longer with us,” Kindo told The Epoch Times via e-mail.

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Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 4

In a major development in the case of adoption of an 11-year-old girl by a couple and her rape by her adoptive father, the police have found that the girl was handed over to the accused couple without following any legal procedure by either party.

The girl’s real mother as well as the middlemen who facilitated her adoption may face action for illegally handing over the girl to strangers.

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 4

In a major development in the case of adoption of an 11-year-old girl by a couple and her rape by her adoptive father, the police have found that the girl was handed over to the accused couple without following any legal procedure by either party.

The girl’s real mother as well as the middlemen who facilitated her adoption may face action for illegally handing over the girl to strangers.