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  Crime against women: Courts act tough in 2013

  India | December 30, 2013 11:30 IST

  New Delhi : With voices for checking sexual offences against women getting louder following the December 16, 2012 gangrape, special fast-track courts here came out with some strong decisions in 2013.Widespread outrage sparked by the

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  Man cuts off wife's nose, lips in Afghanistan

  World | December 25, 2013 20:36 IST

  Kabul: A 30 year old Afghan woman Setarah has had her nose and lips allegedly cut off by her husband after refusing to sell her jewellery to fund his heroin addiction.Setarah was beaten and mutilated

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  Bangalore cops suspended for not coming to girls' rescue

  India | December 20, 2013 12:12 IST

  Bangaore: Two girls were slapped and kicked outside Adugodi police station in Bangalore by three boys on Wednesday morning.Two traffic cops were witnesses to the entire episode but they did not try to stop the

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  Bangalore cops watch as sons of policemen slap girls after road rage

  India | December 19, 2013 13:27 IST

  Bangalore: Two girls were slapped and kicked outside Adugodi police station in Bangalore by three boys on Wednesday morning.The girls were going to an old age home to distribute rice and fruits. At a traffic

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  Inside story: what happened in the room between Justice Ganguly and law intern

  India | December 17, 2013 15:43 IST

  New Delhi: The Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and an Honorary Professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly has been grilled on  charges for sexually

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  Know the yoga guru Bikram Choudhury who faces rape charge from women

  World | December 10, 2013 16:49 IST

  New Delhi: Bikram Choudhury is 67 years old and runs  an international ‘hot yoga' chain.He is the founder of the Bikram school of hot yoga.He directs classes in his Bikram's Yoga College of India in

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  Man gets 7 years in jail for attempting to rape daughter

  India | November 30, 2013 11:20 IST

  Hyderabad: A local court yesterday sentenced a middle-aged man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment on the charge of attempting to rape his 12-year-old daughter.  According to the police, the accused, a cook by profession, took

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  World's 10 worst countries for women, India at 8

  India | October 25, 2013 13:28 IST

  New Delhi: The  21st century has entered its second decade with the world moving towards a more liberal horizon, but there are many countries throughout the world, where women are still victims of brutality, bestiality,

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  Three witnesses depose in telephone operator's gangrape case

  India | October 23, 2013 7:40 IST

  Mumbai : Three more witnesses deposed in the sessions court yesterday, in connection with the gangrape case of an 18-year-old telephone operator in the Shakti Mills compound on July 31.Out of the five accused in

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  Shameful: Rape- a weapon of Russian Army during World War II

  World | May 21, 2014 8:10 IST

  New Delhi: Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941, began the most genocidal conflict in history. Perhaps 30 million inhabitants of the Soviet Union are now thought to have died during the war,

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  Deal crime against women with priority, Patnaik to police

  India | October 05, 2013 22:07 IST

  Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today instructed state police to investigate offences against women, children, Dalits and tribals on a priority basis. Patnaik, who also holds the Home portfolio, said this during the concluding

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  Saudi woman gets 200 lashes, 6 months jail for being raped by seven men

  World | October 03, 2013 6:30 IST

  New Delhi: A Saudi woman has got 200 lashes and six months jail for being raped by seven men in the eastern Qatif province in 2006. The woman got into a car with a teenage

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  Know five most heinous acid attack cases in India

  India | July 11, 2014 7:42 IST

  New Delhi: In a male dominated society like India, most of the women have been facing exploitation and oppression  at every step of  their lives. A women has to face endless difficulties throughout her life.

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  Delhi govt has done nothing for safety of women: BJP

  India | September 13, 2013 7:17 IST

  New Delhi: A day before the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape case are to be sentenced by court, Delhi BJP yesterday accused the city government of doing “nothing” to ensure safety of women

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  16-year-old girl raped by boyfriend, another man

  India | September 12, 2013 8:26 IST

  Mumbai: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her boyfriend and a 49-year-old man at suburban Bandra on different occasions, police said yesterday.According to police, the victim's female friend took her to the residence of

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  Sexist language of politicians also to blame for increase in crime against women: Brinda Karat (India TV Exclusive)

  Politics | September 11, 2013 10:44 IST

  New Delhi: Brinda Karat is known for her plain speak on crucial socio-economic and political issues. She is the first woman member of CPI(M)'s all powerful Polit Bureau. In an exclusive interview with www.indiatvnews.com ,

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  Violence against women: Only making laws is not enough, says Sonia

  Politics | August 31, 2013 13:28 IST

  New Delhi: Against the backdrop of rising crimes against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said making laws for their empowerment is not enough as they will have to be implemented properly on ground."We realise

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  Biocon chief seeks spl session to discuss crime against women

  India | August 31, 2013 10:05 IST

  Bangalore: Biocon Limited chief and Bangalore Political Action Committee president Kiran Mazumdar Shaw yesterday asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to convene a special session of the Legislature to discuss crime against women.“Convene a special session of

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  Gangrape case: DNA samples found on victim match with accused

  India | August 31, 2013 7:38 IST

  Mumbai: Mumbai police yesterday moved closer to nailing the five accused arrested in the photojournalist's gangrape case with forensic tests confirming that DNA samples found on the victim matched with those of the suspects.  “We

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  Rape charge: Asaram Bapu says, he regards the complainant girl as his daughter

  India | August 26, 2013 9:37 IST

  Indore:  Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, against whom a complaint of sexual assault was filed by a teenage girl, today claimed that he was innocent and regards the minor as his “daughter”.  “I feel very