Phil Shepka,Cambridgeshire political reporter and Harriet Heywood Phil Shepka/BBC Natasha, pictured with her daughter Neave, said her child would “never walk again” after two failed surgeries at Addenbrooke’s “My daughter walked into Addenbrooke’s talking, and she was wheeled out non-verbal.” A mother is demanding “accountability” from Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Trust after two failed … Read more
A young woman from the Chuktia Bhunjia community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha, successfully defended her doctoral thesis in Bhubaneswar on Friday (September 19, 2025) — becoming the first girl from the tribe to achieve this milestone. Jaiminee Jhankar, the 28-year-old girl from the Chuktia Bhunjia tribe, will be awarded a doctoral degree … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A three year old girl was allegedly raped and is said to be in a critical condition, police in Lucknow said on Thursday (June 5, 2025). According to police, the incident occurred on late Wednesday night when the girl, daughter of daily wage labourers, was … Read more
Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Four men were arrested on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) on charges of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Erode. On May 2, A. Krishnan, 21, a resident of VVCR Nagar, allegedly took the minor girl to a secluded building and assaulted her, the … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A seven-year-old girl from Pathanapuram in Kollam district died of rabies at the SAT wing of the Government Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday (May 5, 2025.) On April 8, a stray dog attacked the child, Niya Faisal, while she was playing in front … Read more
Sarah Hawley BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her body Vanellope Hope Wilkins made medical history when she was born with her heart outside of her body in 2017. Described by experts as “one of a kind”, Vanellope had three operations to place … Read more
Image used for representation A 21-year-old man was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a girl in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, police said on Sunday (April 13, 2025). The girl’s body was found in a forest in Thanlon sub-division on Friday, they said. “The girl had gone to the forest to collect firewood. … Read more
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday slammed the police for the delay in tracing a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing and later found dead along with her 42-year-old neighbour in Kasaragod on March 9, nearly a month after she and the man went missing. The Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran … Read more
Members of the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) take out a candlelight march in protest over the death of a Nepali student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus, in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after more than 500 students from Nepal were forced to leave the campus of Kalinga … Read more
Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more