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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)

  National | 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

  National | 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

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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