Crime Against Women
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Teacher arrested for molesting minor girl in Odisha
India | Apr 23, 2013, 10:46 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Apr 23: A teacher was arrested Tuesday in Odisha's Sambalpur district for molesting an eight-year-old-girl in the school classroom, police said.The 28-year-old offender, an art and crafts teacher in a private school at the
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Child rape: Petitioner wants errant cops booked
India | Apr 23, 2013, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 23: A complaint was filed Tuesday in a Delhi court seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against three suspended policemen for alleged lapses in the handling of a five-year-old girl's
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Tripura curriculum to help check crime against women
India | Apr 22, 2013, 02:59 PM ISTAgartala, Apr 22: Tripura will incorporate issues like crime against women and domestic violence in the school curriculum to sensitise students towards such evils, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday."Students' mind must be understandable
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Police must be held accountable: Amnesty
India | Apr 21, 2013, 10:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 21: Amnesty International India Sunday called for an impartial probe into the alleged misconduct of police officials in the case of abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in the national capital."This
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Clamour grows for death to child rapists
India | Apr 21, 2013, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi,Apr 21: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's demand for death penalty to child rapists on Sunday got the backing of CPM which said it was open to the idea."We are willing to discuss and consider
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Metro shuts race course station fearing anti-rape protest
India | Apr 21, 2013, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 21: Delhi Metro closed down its Race Course station near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence for public this evening anticipating protests against the rape of a five-year-old girl.The station was closed at
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Three cops suspended in minor's rape case
India | Apr 20, 2013, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 19: Two Delhi Police officials were suspended for "misbehaving" with the family of the five-year-old rape victim, while an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) was suspended for slapping a girl protestor, said
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India ashamed: why women are not safe
India | Apr 22, 2013, 10:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: On December 16, 2012 a young paramedic student was gang raped and brutally assaulted by six men in a moving private bus and thrown out of it after 30 minutes of torture along
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Delhi ashamed: PM descibes slap as "unacceptable", deeply disturbed over torture and rape of girl
India | Apr 19, 2013, 10:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he was "deeply disturbed" over the rape and brutality committed on a five-year-old girl and asked the society to work to root out the evil.He
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Delhi Police failed to tackle crime against women: NCW chief
India | Apr 19, 2013, 08:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 19: National Commission for Women Chairperson Mamata Sharma on Friday demanded action against Delhi Police, including its commissioner, accusing it of “failure” to tackle crime against women.Her comments came as a five-year-old
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Delhi ashamed: Leaders, activists slam Delhi ACP for slapping girl, demand removal of Police Commissioner
India | Apr 20, 2013, 06:53 AM ISTNew Delhi/Kanpur, Apr 20 : Political leaders and NGO activists today slammed the Delhi Police ACP B S Ahlawat for slapping a girl protesting against the brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl outside a
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Man arrested for raping daughter in Delhi
India | Apr 07, 2013, 07:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 7: A 42-year-old man was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter with his friend, police said Sunday.The girl, resident of north Delhi's Kanjhawala, approached police Friday and lodged a complaint against two
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Girl's cornea damaged after exam cheaters spray acid on 4 sisters in UP
India | Apr 04, 2013, 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 4: The acid attack victim Isha Jahan will get free treatment at Delhi's Gangaram Hospital for her eye injuries after miscreants sprayed acid on her face in Shamli near UP's Muzaffarnagar town.Isha
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Disabled girl raped by distant relative in Thane
India | Apr 01, 2013, 11:04 PM ISTThane, Apr 1 : A 17-year-old disabled girl was allegedly raped several times since last year by her distant relative, police said.The victim yesterday filed a complaint against her paternal uncle Sajayi V Adal (22),
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Delhi Damini gangrape: Showcause notices issued to senior Delhi Police officers
India | Apr 01, 2013, 09:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 1 : Government has served show-cause notices to two senior IPS officers and several others asking them to explain why action should not be initiated against them for alleged dereliction of duty
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Miscreants rob trader in Badayun, rape his wife
India | Mar 31, 2013, 11:14 PM ISTBadayin, UP, Mar 31: A trader was held captive and his wife allegedly raped by two youths during an armed robbery in Kotwali area, a senior police officer said here today.The trader, a grocery shop
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Rape victim's plea to appoint two new special prosecutors
India | Mar 25, 2013, 07:48 PM ISTKochi, Mar 25: The Suriyanelli Rape victim approached the Kerala High court on Monday seeking appointment of two new special prosecutors to conduct the case in the court.The victim complained that the present Director General
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Deoria ASP transferred for humiliating Dalit rape victim
India | Mar 23, 2013, 10:30 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 23: The Deoria ASP, who was caught on camera humiliating a 35-year-old Dalit rape victim, was today transfered by the Uttar Pradesh government.The SHO of Bankata police station, who had allegedly refused to
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Outrage as UP police official insults rape victim's relative by asking, who will rape an old woman
India | Mar 22, 2013, 10:10 PM ISTDeoria/New Delhi, Mar 22: The additional SP of Deoria district in UP, Keshav Chandra Goswami has caused outrage across India after he questioned a rape victim's relative about the victim's children and then quipped: “Itni
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Law to prevent crime against women soon: Sonia
National | Mar 16, 2013, 02:33 PM ISTNarayanpur(WB), Mar 16: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said a law will be passed soon to prevent crime against women in the country.Gandhi, who was speaking after the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ghani Khan