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Underprivileged children soft targets of abuse 1/10/2007 12:36:58 AM NEW DELHI, JAN 9 The plight of underprivileged children of the society has, following the Nithari killings,come into a sharp focus. A number of the children, who end up being soft targets of child abuse, live in children's homes. Bal Sahyog, a home for juvenile boys in Delhi, is one such cesspool of abuse. A special investigation has revealed that many children on the rolls of Bal Sahyog are missing and yet no action has been taken so far. "Ek ladkey ney chori ki toh kisi ne bol diya ki mainey chori ki toh usne mujhe mara khub kamre mai band karke. Mujhe gussa aaya mai chala gaya. (A boy committed robbery and somebody told my name. Then they beat me and locked me inside a room. After that I ran away)," 11-year-old Sachin wrote in a letter addressed to those running Bal Sahyog before he ran away. The letter from the Child Welfare Committee to the Director of Bal Sahyog shows that five to seven children brought here in May 2006 are missing. CNN-IBN tracked Sachin, one of the seven missing boys, at the New Delhi railway station. He says he prefers to stay at the railway station...   READ MORE

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Ceasefire in Kashmir is out of question' Even 100 militants can fight Indian Army: Salahuddin 1/10/2007 12:35:37 AM NEW DELHI, JAN 9: The Hizbul Mujahideen, one of the most dreaded terrorist outfts, has made a sensational revelation: With Jammu and Kashmir being 110 per cent suitable for militant activities, even 100 militants can fight the whole Indian Army present in J&K. The revelation has come from the Pakistan-based supremo of Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin, in his latest media interview. Making a pointed reference to his organisation's capability of "fighting the 700,000 Indian forces", Salahuddin made yet another revelation: Hizbul Mujahideen has mobile training camps in the forests. Hizbul Mujahideen has enough instructors and is not short of fighters. Salahuddin's revelation number three...   READ MORE

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