A 31-year-old man has been booked for sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter, police said in New Delhi on Wednesday. The girl in her statement said her father, Rakesh, was sexually abusing her for the past one month. ...
06:06 AM, Mar 14, 2013
The warning to to be careful about intake of supplements came in the wake of the recent drugs saga mainly affecting rugby clubs. ...
09:37 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A middle-aged man cleaning his motorcycle in a quiet Indian neighbourhood is distracted when he hears the repeated cries of a woman being beaten by her husband in a first floor apartment nearby. Unsettled, he walks into the building, climbs the stairs and nervously rings the doorbell of the apartment the cries are coming from. The screams stop and the husband opens the door. ...
11:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to work on a timetable to choose the next pope amidst sex abuse scandals that have resurfaced to haunt the church. ...
09:10 AM, Mar 05, 2013
A 28 year old Delhi Police constable has been arrested for allegedly raping a widow, police said on Thursday. Mithun, who hails from Bihar, was arrested on Thursday morning after the woman lodged a complaint against him at Sultanpuri police station in north Delhi. The woman complained to police that the constable would often pass lewd comments and misbehave with her. She also claimed that the constable had molested her...
03:24 AM, Mar 01, 2013
A top Scottish cleric has resigned amid allegations that he sexually abused four trainee priests in the 1980s. ...
09:40 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Lazio's latest case follows alleged incidents of "racist behavior" during a 2-0 Europa League victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome last Thursday. ...
11:53 PM, Feb 25, 2013
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a local court for raping his minor niece 18 years ago. Suresh Atote was pronounced guilty by Additional Sessions Judge DM Deshmukh, who awarded the jail term to the convict on Thursday. The Judge did not accept Atote's defence that he was with his friend Ramlakhan Shukla, who deposed in the court, when the crime took place...
08:42 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The governing body aims to approve tougher sanctions for racist abuse at football matches when its 209 member nations meet in May. ...
08:35 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, on Wednesday said she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, at the hands of a man her parents trusted implicitly. ...
12:25 PM, Feb 14, 2013
This Valentine's day millions of people across the world will be part of a global campaign 'One Billion Rising' to fight crimes against women. Many celebrities too have joined this campaign and leading the charge is Anoushka Shankar with a personal story of abuse. ...
08:50 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, on Wednesday said she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, at the hands of a man her parents trusted implicitly. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 13, 2013
A new report has shown that child sex abuse is growing in India. Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts if child sex abuse is more widespread than we realise. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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10:59 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, has thrown her weight behind an online campaign demanding an end to crime against women, in the wake of the Delhi gangrape. The 31-year-old sitarist has invited one billion women and those who love them, via the website Change.org, to walk out, "Dance, rise up, and demand" an end to this violence this Valentine's Day, February 14. ...
12:10 AM, Feb 13, 2013
A 70-year-old watchman of a firm in Coimbatore was arrested on Sunday for allegedly trying to sexually abuse a 10-year old girl. ...
09:59 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Three persons have been arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with the alleged online abuses and threats to the all-girls rock band, Pragaash. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "I'm glad the police in Kashmir has identified and arrested people for the online threats made to the girls. I'm told more arrests are possible." ...
09:20 AM, Feb 07, 2013
A day after former minister and Congress MLA P Shankar Rao was picked up in connection with a land encroachment case, police on Friday booked him for allegedly "threatening and abusing" the Neredmet Station House Officer. On a complaint lodged by Neredmet Circle Inspector P Srinivas, a case was registered against Rao under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 506...
04:41 AM, Feb 02, 2013
There is a controversy surrounding the brutal killing of a tea garden owner and his wife in Tinsukhia in Assam. Family members of the nine arrested in the case have alleged that workers at the plantation were exploited and even physically abused. ...
08:48 AM, Jan 28, 2013
A 24-year-old youth was arrested on charges of attempting to molest a minor girl in nearby Tirupur, police said on Sunday. The accused took the 8-year-old minor girl to a lonely spot and tried to sexually abuse her, the police added. ...
11:55 AM, Jan 13, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an independent investigation report from the authorities on the alleged killing of a journalist by police firing in Manipur in December, an activist said here Saturday. The NHRC has also directed the Manipur director general of police, district magistrate and Imphal superintendent of police to take appropriate action with regard to the investigation of the case as per guidelines. ...
10:45 AM, Jan 12, 2013
