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  14% rise in sex crime reporting after MeToo movement: Study

  World | December 14, 2019 15:03 IST

  The MeToo movement that took the world by storm has led to a 14 per cent rise in reporting of sexual crimes during its first three months across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. 

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  Commonwealth signs pact to reduce violence against women

  India | November 26, 2019 12:45 IST

  According to the World Health Organisation, one in three women worldwide has been a victim of sexual and/or physical violence in her lifetime, making it a leading cause of death in women and girls. Reports suggest the abuse remains largely unreported due to impunity, silence, stigma, fear and shame.

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  Play school security guard arrested for sexually harassing toddler

  Crime | October 16, 2019 23:26 IST

    The security guard of a playschool was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in northwest Delhi's Pitampura earlier this month, police said on Wednesday. The child had joined the playschool in August.

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  54-year-old sexually abuses minor girl in Gurugram, arrested

  Crime | September 17, 2019 18:50 IST

  Gurugram Police PRO Subhash Bokan said that a case in this connection has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSC) Act, after the victim's mother approached the concerned police station on Monday

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  Odisha: Probe launched into "sexual abuse" of HIV positive girls in shelter home

  India | July 22, 2019 6:57 IST

  The district administration, police, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) of Kalahandi initiated the probe after local news channels reported alleged sexual abuse of an eight-year-old HIV positive girl, who was an inmate of the centre.

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  Man arrested for sexually assaulting minor in outer Delhi

  June 18, 2019 22:43 IST

   A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in outer Delhi area, officials said Tuesday. 

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  Kerala Police arrest teacher for sexual abuse

  June 03, 2019 18:58 IST

  The Kerala Police has arrested a madrassa teacher accused of sexually abusing three children, an official said on Monday.

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  Faridabad College sex abuse case: Lab assistant admits involvement of teaching staff

  India | May 27, 2019 16:22 IST

  On the basis of the revelation, the police have slapped sections of rape in the case, which is being investigated by the Crime Branch of the Haryana Police.

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  Another Air India pilot under scanner over sexual abuse charges

  May 21, 2019 14:58 IST

  An anonymous letter from an insider has red-flagged the promotion of Senior Captain D.X. Pais to the post of Executive Director, citing previous cases of alleged sexual harassment against him.

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  Woman alleges sexual assault in Rashtrapati Bhavan staff quarters

  India | April 11, 2019 16:16 IST

  The woman on Wednesday filed a complaint in North Avenue police station alleging that she had been raped by the man who had promised to marry her.

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  Youth held for kidnapping and sexually assaulting minor girl

  India | March 09, 2019 11:15 IST

  The victim was rescued and was medically examined following which the accused was booked under POCSO act

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  Supreme Court transfers Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case from Bihar to Delhi

  India | February 25, 2019 15:56 IST

  A Delhi court on Monday directed the CBI to appoint within two days a special public prosecutor in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case.

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  Man held for raping minor daughter for five years in Odisha

  India | February 14, 2019 21:14 IST

  A 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping his minor daughter for five years in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.  

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  Odisha: Minor girls allege sexual abuse at shelter home in Dhenkanal; in-charge arrested

  India | December 02, 2018 7:59 IST

  According to the allegations leveled by the girls, they were harassed sexually, physically and mentally by the in-charge of the shelter home, Simanchal Nayak, for the past two years.

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  Bade Achhe Lagte Hain actress Chahat Khanna accuses estranged husband of sexual, emotional abuse

  TV | November 20, 2018 18:09 IST

  Mother of two, Chahat Khanna narrated her ordeal that she allegedly faced at the hands of her estranged husband Farhan Mirza. 

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  Law Ministry endorses proposal to remove time limit for reporting child sexual abuse: Maneka Gandhi

  India | October 16, 2018 17:01 IST

  Maneka Gandhi had, on October 3, written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asking him to remove the time limit for reporting child sexual abuse and allow people to complain even "10-15 years later".

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  Mechanism to deal with sexual abuse at shelter homes inadequate: SC

  India | October 04, 2018 22:25 IST

  The court said this in the course of hearing of the sexual abuse of 34 girls in the shelter home run by an NGO at Muzaffarpur in Bihar.  

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  Maharashtra: 2 minor boys ragged, sexually abused in school; 3 held

  India | September 16, 2018 22:24 IST

  The victims, in the age group of 9 to 10 years, were allegedly ragged and their private parts tied with 'manja' (string) by the accused, Parbhani's deputy superintendent of police Sanjay Pardeshi said.

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  Lady Gaga reveals how rape trauma still affects her

  Hollywood | September 11, 2018 12:44 IST

  While talking to a leading magazine, American singer Lady Gaga revealed how her rape trauma still haunts her. 

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  Bihar: Buddhist monk held for alleged sexual abuse of 15 boys in Bodh Gaya

  India | August 30, 2018 8:03 IST

  The monk ran an institution called "Prasanna Jyoti Buddhist School and Meditation Centre" at Mastipur village in Bodh Gaya where the 15 children - all hailing from Karbi Anglong district in Assam - were studying.