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  US student calls India a traveller's heaven, a woman's hell

  World | August 22, 2013 11:52 IST

  Washington: Back from a study trip to India last year, a Chicago university recalls it as a visit full of adventures and beauty but also relentless sexual harassment, groping and worse.In a powerful account posted

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  Goa molestation: police to reexamine witnesses

  India | July 29, 2013 14:25 IST

  Panaji, Jul 29: Police has decided to re-examine witnesses in case of molestation of two minor sisters of a Goa school after their father alleged that the victims were coerced by a social worker and

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  Thane youth pours boiling oil on girl after she refused to marry

  India | July 28, 2013 9:36 IST

  Thane, Jul 28: Azeem Talreja, a residnt of Ulhas Nagar, poured hot boiling oil on a girl last night after she reportedly refused to marry him.The youth is absconding while the victim has been admitted

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  Another Delhi woman gangraped inside moving vehicle

  India | July 19, 2013 23:14 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 19: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly abducted along with her two-year-old son and gang-raped in a car by her landlord and two others who threatened to throw out the child from the

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  Jharkhand tribal girls gangrape: 8 arrested

  India | July 16, 2013 17:38 IST

  Ranchi, Jul 16 :  Eight persons, accused in the brutal gangrape of four school girls in Pakur district, have been arrested, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said today.“Eight of the nine accused have been arrested,

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  Dec 16 gangrape: Accused denies seeing victim

  India | July 12, 2013 22:10 IST

  New Delhi, July 12: One of the accused in Dec 16 gangrape case Friday claimed before a court here that he had never seen the 23-year-old girl who was brutally tortured and gangraped by six

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  UP considering slapping stringent NSA on rape accused

  India | July 12, 2013 19:55 IST

  Lucknow, July 12: Faced with public outrage at growing incidents of crime against women, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday said it was considering slapping the National Security Act (NSA) on those attacking and assaulting women.Principal

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  Difficult to block international porn sites, Centre tells SC

  India | July 13, 2013 6:25 IST

  New Delhi, July 13: Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is difficult to block international porn sites in the country and sought more time to consult various ministries to find a solution.Its

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  Barbaric! UP gangrape victim's tongue cut off in Pratapgarh to stop her from deposing in court

  India | July 11, 2013 16:32 IST

  Lucknow, Jul 11; In a barbaric act, the tongue of a teenage gangrape victim was cut off by the rapist's brother and friend in Pratapgarh today, two weeks before she was to depose in court

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  Arunachal Pradesh rocked by rape incidents

  India | July 08, 2013 17:32 IST

  Itanagar, Jul 8 :  Expressing concern over the July 2 rape and murder incident in Bhalukpong, the Arunachal Citizen's Right (ACR) has urged the authority concerned to deal with the case “sincerely” and punish the

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  Property dealer held for raping 'wife' in Gurgaon

  India | July 07, 2013 21:14 IST

  Gurgaon, July 7: A property dealer was arrested here on a rape complaint filed by a woman with whom he had been living after their "marriage" at a temple, police said Sunday.Sanjay Kumar, 33, a

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  Argentina approves rapist registry

  World | July 04, 2013 17:41 IST

  Buenos Aires, July 4: Argentina's Congress has approved a law creating a national registry with the DNA of rapists.The lower house passed the law with 211 votes in favour and one against Wednesday. It had

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  Calcutta High Court to monitor Kamduni probe

  India | July 04, 2013 16:33 IST

  Kolkata/Barasat, July 4: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it would monitor the CID investigation into the Kamduni gang rape and murder case and also questioned the justification of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's

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  Live CCTV footage of man in Allahabad slashing paramedic girl's neck with a knife, then stabs himself

  India | June 06, 2013 18:07 IST

  Allahabad, Jun 6 : A lovelorn young man stabbed a paramedic girl's neck with a knife in Naini, adjoining Allahabad, and then stabbed himself. The girl works as a para-medic intern in a private hospital

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  Teenager raped by police constable in UP

  India | June 04, 2013 19:12 IST

  Jaunpur (UP), Jun 4: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a constable posted in Thanagaddi Chowki in Kerakat kotwali area here.The accused, Shambhu Sharma, who used to live in a rented room in Gaddi

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  Irish woman raped in Kolkata

  India | June 02, 2013 19:04 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 2: A young Irish woman was allegedly raped by a man in his house in Kalighat area.The woman, aged 21, filed a police complaint yesterday alleging that she met the accused, Sujay Mitra,

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  7-year-old Dalit girl raped by cousin in Rajasthan

  India | May 27, 2013 16:12 IST

  Bundi (Rajasthan) May 27: A seven-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by her teenaged cousin when she was alone at home in Kethuda village of the district, police said today.  The victim of Baghariya community

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  Nagma slams MP govt for failing to check crime against women

  India | May 24, 2013 16:14 IST

  Bhopal, May 24: Noted actress and All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Nagma today alleged that rape cases were highest in Madhya Pradesh and the ruling BJP government has failed to check the rising crime

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  Rape is morally, physically most reprehensible crime: SC

  India | May 20, 2013 21:23 IST

  New Delhi, May 20: Rape is morally and physically the most reprehensible crime in the society which degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female, the Supreme Court today said.“Rape is the most morally

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  Promiscuous character of woman can't be ground of defence for rapist: SC

  India | May 17, 2013 18:54 IST

  New Delhi, May 17: Promiscuous character of a woman is irrelevant in rape cases and a rapist cannot take it as ground of defence for his henious act, the Supreme Court has ruled saying even