New Delhi: Even if a woman is of easy virtue, she cannot be subjected to rape, the Supreme Court has held, saying courts have a duty to determine whether the offence has been committed or not. "Even in cases where there is some material to show that the victim was habituated to sexual intercourse, no inference of the victim being a woman of 'easy virtue' or a woman of 'loose...
09:09 PM, May 25, 2012
The General is at it again. This evening (May 25), he will release a book, 'Assault on Merit', by RK Anand. It is an assault ...
02:51 PM, May 25, 2012
Lille: French prosecutors said on Monday they had opened an inquiry into allegations of gangrape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends, as part of an investigation into his ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille. The former IMF chief is under formal investigation over whether he was aware he was dealing with prostitutes and pimps when attending sex parties in Lille, Paris and Washington in...
07:38 AM, May 22, 2012
Pune: Seven girls staying at a residential school run by the state government in Yerawada have finally broken their silence and accused the headmaster of making sexual advances. Despite this, the Social Welfare Department has only issued a show-cause notice to the person concerned asking him why he should not be terminated from service. The matter has been put up for further inquiry, but no FIR has been lodged against...
11:08 AM, May 21, 2012
Muzaffarnagar: A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting his minor daughter with the intent to outrage her modesty in Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday. Suresh Kumar allegedly assaulted his 17-year-old daughter in the absence of other family members at Alempur Village on Friday evening, they said. Police registered a case against the father and arrested him after the daughter accused him of assaulting her and attempted to rape her....
04:01 PM, May 12, 2012
Bangalore: Most media campaigns on cases of rape and sexual assault or stories based on such victims in movies end with justice or the lack of it. Counsellors who handle sexual assault victims say that justice is often the last thing on the minds of the victims as they grapple with insecurities that affect their life adversely. City Express speaks with counsellors and women's rights activist, who delve into the...
11:25 AM, May 07, 2012
The police are not sure as to what led to the incident but have arrested the TTE for not reporting it. ...
09:21 PM, May 03, 2012
The Union Cabinet has cleared a new law which aims to protect children from sexual abuse. ...
11:30 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Another minor domestic help in the national capital has alleged abuse and sexual assault. The 14-year-old victim has alleged that the accused Nadeem used to beat her up and sexually assault her. Nadeem is 25 years old and currently unemployed. His father works in Saudi Arabia. The police have arrested him and sent him to judicial custody. The girl is currently in a child care home. She hails...
09:03 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: A sports teacher was allegedly beaten with by an iron rod by a class ninth student in Noida. Police say the boy was upset after the teacher caught him cheating during an exam and he was failed. Police say the boy and his father even approached the school Principal for leniency, but when refused, the angry student took on the teacher. The student has been absconding after the...
09:01 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Lille: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was placed under formal investigation on Monday by authorities looking into a suspected prostitution ring in the French city of Lille, his lawyer said, following a day of questioning by judges in a closed courtroom. The investigation on suspicion of complicity in a pimping operation is the latest judicial headache for the Socialist ex-finance minister. The move could lead to a trial but it...
11:18 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Lille: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was put under formal investigation by a French court on Monday over his role in a prostitution case, his lawyer said. The move is an esclatation of the case against the Socialist ex-finance minister but falls short of a formal charge. Strauss-Kahn has denied the allegations against him, arguing that he was unaware women he met at parties organised by business associates in Lille,...
02:18 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Shillong: A Congress MLA in Meghalaya allegedly brutally assaulted a journalist in the state Assembly on Monday. The photo journalist Walton Lytan is reportedly seriously injured, after he was beaten up by the MLA Founder Strong Cajee in the Assembly corridor. Cajee was upset after a local newspaper published a photo taken by Lytan showing him sleeping while the Assembly proceedings were on. Opposition leader Conrad Sangma visited him at...
09:23 AM, Mar 20, 2012
The ministry said no, but didn't refute reports that an Intelligence Bureau probe was conducted after a suspicious finding. ...
09:40 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Akash Banerjee has been granted bail in the case of assaulting a traffic constable in Kolkata. A Kolkata court granted Akash bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000. Akash has been asked to appear in court on August 16. Akash along with three associates were booked for slapping a traffic policeman after they were pulled up for driving rashly and was...
03:10 PM, Mar 02, 2012
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