NEW DELHI: As many as 2,768 children are currently awaiting adoption in the country, with West Bengal allegedly reporting the highest number of such pendency, followed by Uttar Pradesh, government ...

Bengal sees high child adoption rates, yet couples shun children aged six and above. Many prefer years-long waits for younger children, overlooking older ones who are readily available. Experts urge ...

The daughter-in-law of former Howrah deputy mayor Minati Adhikari and a state government official were among 10 people arrested from West Bengal's Salkia for allegedly selling newborn babies from an ...

NEW DELHI: As many as 2,768 children are currently awaiting adoption across the country, with West Bengal reporting the highest number of pendencies, followed by Uttar Pradesh, government data shows.

Bengal, in spite of falling figures nationally, has seen a 15.4% spurt in child adoptions - most of them of girls - during the pandemic, propelling the state to the fourth position nationally. In 2019 ...

More than 2,000 orphaned children are currently awaiting adoption across India, with West Bengal having the highest number among the states, according to data shared by the Women and Child Development ...

Many residents of Siliguri are seeking to “parent” a wild animal, if the success of the animal adoption plan introduced by the Bengal Safari Park on the outskirts of Siliguri is anything to go by. A ...

Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur said the majority of the Prospective Adoptive Parents prefer to adopt younger children in the ...