Indian Orphanages

Bhumi Pednekar’s Bhakshak, based on the true incident of abuse of young girls in a Bihar orphanage, is releasing on Netflix. Dhanush’s Captain Miller and Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram are also premiering as post-theatrical releases on Prime Video and Netflix. Zee5’s Lantrani, set in small Indian towns and villages, is another heartwarming rel...

The 2017 death of three-year-old Sherin Mathews had not only shaken public conscience in the US, where she was taken by her adoptive parents of Indian origin, but also led the orphanage in Bihar, which had given her up for adoption, to suspect foul play.

The Orphanage, which screened at Directors' Fortnight, is the story of an Afghan boy who seeks escape from his troubles in Bollywood-inspired fantasies

In a unique order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed a major Indian restaurant chain to use the Rs 20 lakh fine, imposed on it for violating the trademark of French luxury fashion goods manufacturer Hermes, to provide mid-day meals and sanitary napkins at several orphanages and foster care homes in the national capital.

Children at an orphanage in Bengaluru are being given some special sports privileges in the form of training in hockey by an academy run by former Indian international, Jude Felix.

Actress Mia Farrow's 27-year-old son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, has died after being found seriously injured in his vehicle in Connecticut.

Chennai: Dhanalakshmi was 14 and pregnant when she was rescued from a children’s home in Tamil Nadu. She had been entrusted in the care of the unregistered institution by her mother, a ragpicker who could no longer afford another mouth to feed. But instead of receiving protection, the teenager was raped for months by staff in the home, according ...

The US adopts most number of Indian children from various orphanages across the country, followed by Italy and Spain, the government said on Friday.

A series of sex abuse scandals at orphanages and shelters in India has sounded alarms over the management of children's homes, many of which operate with little or no public oversight.

The singer, who recently visited India, is reportedly planning to adopt three kids from an Indian orphanage.

A 75-year-old Indian woman was on Tuesday arrested for misappropriating over Rs.2 million given to her by a Canadian for setting up an orphanage in Siliguri in northern West Bengal.Police said Nisith Mukund alias Nishant Mukund, a widow, was arrested following allegations by Canadian Wilhelmina Johan that the Indian had misappropriated Rs.22.5 lakh...

Bhumi Pednekar’s Bhakshak, based on the true incident of abuse of young girls in a Bihar orphanage, is releasing on Netflix. Dhanush’s Captain Miller and Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram are also premiering as post-theatrical releases on Prime Video and Netflix. Zee5’s Lantrani, set in small Indian towns and villages, is another heartwarming rel...

The 2017 death of three-year-old Sherin Mathews had not only shaken public conscience in the US, where she was taken by her adoptive parents of Indian origin, but also led the orphanage in Bihar, which had given her up for adoption, to suspect foul play.

The Orphanage, which screened at Directors' Fortnight, is the story of an Afghan boy who seeks escape from his troubles in Bollywood-inspired fantasies

In a unique order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed a major Indian restaurant chain to use the Rs 20 lakh fine, imposed on it for violating the trademark of French luxury fashion goods manufacturer Hermes, to provide mid-day meals and sanitary napkins at several orphanages and foster care homes in the national capital.

Children at an orphanage in Bengaluru are being given some special sports privileges in the form of training in hockey by an academy run by former Indian international, Jude Felix.

Actress Mia Farrow's 27-year-old son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, has died after being found seriously injured in his vehicle in Connecticut.

Chennai: Dhanalakshmi was 14 and pregnant when she was rescued from a children’s home in Tamil Nadu. She had been entrusted in the care of the unregistered institution by her mother, a ragpicker who could no longer afford another mouth to feed. But instead of receiving protection, the teenager was raped for months by staff in the home, according ...

The US adopts most number of Indian children from various orphanages across the country, followed by Italy and Spain, the government said on Friday.

A series of sex abuse scandals at orphanages and shelters in India has sounded alarms over the management of children's homes, many of which operate with little or no public oversight.

The singer, who recently visited India, is reportedly planning to adopt three kids from an Indian orphanage.

A 75-year-old Indian woman was on Tuesday arrested for misappropriating over Rs.2 million given to her by a Canadian for setting up an orphanage in Siliguri in northern West Bengal.Police said Nisith Mukund alias Nishant Mukund, a widow, was arrested following allegations by Canadian Wilhelmina Johan that the Indian had misappropriated Rs.22.5 lakh...