PANAJI: The reason behind large number of acquittals of accused in various criminal cases is not shoddy investigations alone but many other factors including the system failure also contribute to criminals being set free by the courts.
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The Children We Sacrifice, a documentary by Grace Poore, a South Asian feminist writer and activist of the Voices Unheard Sisters Unseen fame, deals exclusively with child sexual abuse (CSA). Though I…..
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PANAJI: The childrens’ court has acquitted Sunil Narvekar, arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl near Mapusa in 2006, as the police failed to trace the victim and bring her to depose before the court.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalizing homosexuality. The ruling is now applicable all over India…..
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The state’s district collectors have been asked to take stock of the incidence of corporal punishment in Goan schools and submit a report to the state education secretary by August 1, 2009.
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PANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against a children’s court order that rejected the CBI’s request to issue a Letter Rogatory for further investigations into the Scarlett Keeling murder case in the UK.
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PONDA: The Ponda police are expected to file a chargesheet against alleged serial killer Mahanand Naik for raping his wife’s friend, a resident of Anandwadi, Shiroda.
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PANAJI: According to the last survey conducted by the Goa Sarva Siksha Abhiyaa, there are still 2,000 kids on the streets of Goa, in need of childcare and education. Though the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996, mandates crèches at all construction sites, with at least 50 women, this has not been implemented in Goa.
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Goa Panjim: The Women and Child Department Goa, has suspended the superintendent of Apna Ghar, Merces, and initiate disciplinary proceedings against her. this come to to light after number of children running away from the aboservation home and children’s home over the past few months. An estimate of 17 children ran on different occassions….
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