She accused her adoptive mother of torture and forced conversion in US. Back in India, Odisha woman says she lied | India News - The Indian Express Written by Sujit Bisoyi Bhubaneswar | November 26, 2025 07:00 AM IST The 21-year-old woman, who had been adopted by an Indian-origin US-based single mother in 2018, says she wanted to return to the country for love. The woman, who returned to Odisha on Tuesday following intervention by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), claim

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kdv1x83gko Claire Kendall ,  Judith Moritz , BBC special correspondent and  Sophia Cobby , File on 4 Investigates Published 6 hours ago Verity and Ian were threatened with prosecution for child abandonment Verity's breaking point with her adopted son Liam came after she had already been threatened with knives and arrested by police following untrue allegations. Her husband Ian recounts that she said at one point to a social worker: "What if we ju

www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/aunt-uncle-3-others-held-for-kidnapping-and-selling-5-yr-old-girl-101764098618653.html ByMegha Sood Updated on: Nov 26, 2025 05:45 am IST Around 12:30 pm on Saturday, the child’s mother approached the Vakola police, reporting that her daughter had been kidnapped. Aunt, uncle, 3 others held for kidnapping and selling 5-yr-old girl(Representative image/PTI) MUMBAI: The police have arrested five people, including the 5-year-old victim’s

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr54m95qng1o Jacob Panons BBC News, South East Published 22 October 2024 Experts say its important to "dispel the myths about adoption" Two adoption agencies in the South East have seen a drop in the number of people looking to adopt a child. Adoption Partnership South East (APSE) said it has had its lowest number of enquiries in the first half of 2024 since before the pandemic - dropping to 76 from 117 in the first six months of 2019, data obtaine

www.financialexpress.com/trending/mumbai-police-praised-for-rescuing-4-year-old-aarohi-after-a-multi-city-6-month-operation/4054630/ Written by Anwesha Mitra November 24, 2025 23:27 IST Netizens have showered praise on Mumbai Police after details of a relentless six-month operation came to light on Sunday. Mumbai Police praised for rescuing 4-year-old Aarohi after a multi-city 6 month operation Netizens have showered praise on Mumbai Police after details of a relentless six-m

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/child-found-abandoned-pram-outside-32905571 Holly Morgan 21:26, 19 Nov 2025 A woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect A woman was arrested after a child was found abandoned in a pram late one night (South Wales Echo) Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman after a child was found abandoned in a back garden. Officers were alerted by a member of the public who spotted the child alone, outside in the rain. Police attended an address

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crexlx52nxvo Emma Glasbey Home and social affairs correspondent, Yorkshire Published 13 November 2025 Emma and Mike, from North Yorkshire, said they had always planned to adopt A couple who adopted two children earlier this year have urged others to consider adoption too, amid concerns over the falling number of people coming forward to do so. The Adoption Matters charity said it believed the cost of living may have contributed to a 12% drop in ado

Sunday Mirror 16 Nov 2025 BY SIMON MURPHY Brian Cox blasts adoption fund cuts Brian aged four with sister Bette, behind on the left Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin is calling for U-turn SUCCESSION star Brian Cox has thrown his weight behind a campaign to reverse cuts to a fund that provides vital therapy for vulnerable adopted kids. Funding for individuals under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, which also helps those in kinship care looked after by family

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15301345/baby-alive-stuffed-toilet-cistern-Miracle-rescue-cleaner-hears-cries.html By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:10, 18 November 2025 | Updated: 11:26, 18 November 2025 An abandoned baby girl was found alive, stuffed inside a toilet tank in Thailand . The newborn was crying when she was heard by a housekeeper cleaning the third floor of an office building in Bangkok on November 15. The worker lifted the toilet lid a

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy1n438dk4o George Wright Published 31 October 2025 Shirley Chung, right, and an adoptee from Iran who requested anonymity Shirley Chung was just a year old when she was adopted by a US family in 1966. Born in South Korea, her birthfather was a member of the American military, who returned home soon after Shirley was born. Unable to cope, her birth mother placed her in an orphanage in the South Korean capital, Seoul. "He abandoned us, is the nices

www.attitude.co.uk/life/adoption-op-ed-attitude-2025-501975/?fbclid=PAb21jcANxpjxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp5yT5PpywJnSClJ0S7RLAhy5O4QxNHMjVpJzDPrsP3Z2MdF5XNR7N7BxWE9U_aem_FohjqyS5U0jWwfphFq4Qfg By Jamie Tabberer 31 October 2025 "It wasn’t a fallback or a second choice – it was a no-brainer," says Morgan who, along with husband Derry, adopted a five-year-old son one year ago Derry (left in both pictures) and Morgan with their son (Images: Provided) If you’d walked into our home a year

26 years after adoption, woman returns to orphanage to celebrate first wedding anniversary | Bhubaneswar News - The Times of India Manabesh Mohanty / TNN / Updated: Oct 31, 2025, 22:31 IST Returning to Cuttack's Basundhara orphanage after 26 years, Sudhanya Dunn celebrated her first wedding anniversary with her American adoptive parents and Indian in-laws. Once an infant left at the shelter, she is now a nurse who married Harsh Dua. The emotional reunion saw the orphanage hos

TNN | Oct 26, 2025, 11.16 AM IST UP horror: Woman forced into 2 abortions, sexually abused by husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law over male child demand | Kanpur News - The Times of India KANPUR: A woman from the Babupurwa area of Kanpur has reported that she was forced to undergo two abortions and suffered sexual and physical abuse by her husband’s family due to their preference for a male child. The complainant, Mehak Khan, married Shah Faheed in 2021. Faheed was employe

www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/punjab-couple-sold-6-month-old-son-for-1-8-lakh-to-fund-their-drug-addiction-police-101761399625376.html Updated on: Oct 25, 2025 9:40 PM IST By HT News Desk The infant was rescued and placed in Sri Anant Anath Ashram, a state-approved orphanage in Nathana village, Bathinda. Case of drug addiction in Punjab (Representational Image) The Mansa district police in Punjab on Saturday arrested an unemployed, drug-addicted couple and a scrap dealer

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