Mariani: Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi was allegedly assaulted by CRPF personnel on Friday when he had gone to inquire about the kidnapping and subsequent release of two garden labourers in Mariani in Assam's Jorhat district.
The police said that the two tea garden labourers, Atul Kurmi and Ranjit Nayak, of Naginijan tea estate were kidnapped by miscreants from Nagaland on Thursday.
The Assam Police had lodged protests with its Nagaland counterparts and the duo were rescued and brought back by the latter to Mariani police station late on Thursday night.
The duo had gone to Mariani police station on Friday morning to file an FIR and Kurmi, who is the local MLA, also reached the spot to inquire about the entire incident when the CRPF personnel allegedly assaulted him....
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12:06 PM, May 25, 2013
Lucknow: A mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed in Uttar Pradesh late on Friday after they jumped off a speeding truck while resisting a sexual assault by the driver, police said Saturday. The incident took place near the Chitaura toll plaza in Fatehpur, 120 km from Lucknow, after Raj Kumari, 30, along with son Deepak, daughter Meena and husband Rakesh hitched a ride in a truck. After travelling for...
11:28 AM, May 25, 2013
Annapolis: President Barack Obama urged the future leaders of the US military on Friday to stamp out sexual assault from their ranks, warning that a few individuals could undermine the strongest military in the world. Addressing the graduating class of the US Naval Academy, Obama used his commencement speech to take on a problem that has dogged the Pentagon and the White House in recent weeks. "We must acknowledge that...
06:25 AM, May 25, 2013
Shimla: Expressing concern over rising incidents of crime against women and children, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called for effective measures to ensure their safety and security. Underlining the need for arresting the moral decline in society, the president told students of Himachal Pradesh University here to find answers for reversing the degradation of values. Favouring imparting moral and quality education, he said: "Our universities have the capability to shape...
03:55 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: A man allegedly raped a class 10 student living in his neighbourhood inside her home in Delhi's Vivek Vihar colony. The heinous crime took place when the girl was alone at home as here family members had gone out. The victim has alleged that her neighbour forcefully entered her house and raped her. According to sources, family members lodged the complaint when the girl narrated the entire incident...
02:21 PM, May 24, 2013
Badaun: Son of a Samajwadi Party leader was sentenced to life imprisonment and a penalty of Rs one lakh was also imposed on him by a local court in Badaun for raping a teenaged girl. The 15-year-old victim was raped by Varun Bharadwaj alias Chinu, son of former SP block head Patanjali Bhardwaj, in Alapur area on December 27, 2010, prosecution counsel Gyan Swaroop Gupta said. After hearing both the...
12:25 PM, May 24, 2013
Thane: The Thane city police arrested a doctor from a hospital on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a patient, the police said on Thursday. Sub-inspector AP Daundkar of the Naupada police station told PTI on Thursday that the patient, a 45-year-old housewife, had got herself admitted to the Sahayog Hospital in the Naupada locality. Allegedly, on Tuesday when nurses had left for the day, the accused who was on the night...
01:46 AM, May 24, 2013
Imphal: It has been 55 years since the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was first introduced. The longest demonstration against it has been on in Manipur with Irom Sharmila on a fast for over 12 years now. This April, Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations envoy on Violence Against Women listened to a group of 40 women, including the mother of Manorama Devi. In 2004, Manorama, a 32-year-old was...
08:41 AM, May 23, 2013
Lucknow: Two Provincial Armed Constabulary constables in Lucknow got into a major scuffle on Wednesday leaving each other injured. The constables assaulted each other with batons before they got into a fist-fight. A probe has been ordered against both the constables. One of the constables was severely injured in the incident. This comes as an embarrassment for the Uttar Pradesh administration as the two constables were part of the Chief...
03:06 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday sought a response from Haryana's director general of police and Kaithal police chief following media reports that a Dalit boy was assaulted by a man who was part of a group which had attacked Dalits earlier as well. The apex human rights panel has sought reports from the two officials on the issue within a month. The NHRC's direction came...
05:40 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: A fast track Delhi court hearing the December 16, 2012, gang-rape case on Monday dismissed the pleas of two accused seeking permission to undergo lie detector tests and also to subject the victim's male friend to a similar test. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna dismissed the applications of Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur for their lie detector test and also their application to conduct polygraph test on the...
03:50 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped in Delhi by three people, including two neighbours, after giving her sedatives, police said on Monday. The incident took place May 17, 2013 in east Delhi's New Usmanpur area, police said. "Two of the three accused are minors. The third accused has been identified as Ajay who has been arrested. Ajay's younger brother has been sent to a juvenile home while...
03:15 AM, May 21, 2013
Gurgaon: Supreme Court's Justice P Sathasivam, who is also the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), on Sunday said that cases related to women are being given priority by courts after the Delhi gang-rape. "After the unfortunate incident in Delhi, we (Judiciary) are identifying the cases related to women and children and giving priority to those cases," said Justice Sathasivam at a function in Gurgaon. He was...
05:06 AM, May 20, 2013
Chennai: A drunk truck-driver who lured away and raped a five-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore town has been arrested, police said on Saturday. According to police, the incident took place May 12, 2013, when 25-year-old K Saravanan was cleaning the vehicle near house of the girl, whose parents had gone out on work. He took the girl playing outside her home to his house nearby and sexually assaulted her,...
05:30 AM, May 19, 2013
Jalna: Two persons have been arrested for sexually exploiting a 32-year-old woman, while two others, including a village sarpanch, are absconding. According to police, the woman, resident of Sattephal village in Jafrabad tehsil of the district, filed the complaint on Saturday. She has alleged that her late husband's uncle Bhausaheb Sonone, sarpanch Shivaji Uttam Bankar, Prabhakar Rangnath Bankar and Ramdas Punjaram Bankar had been sexually exploiting her for the last...
11:13 PM, May 18, 2013
Jaipur: In a shocking case of alleged sexual assault on hearing and speech impaired girls in Jaipur, five people have been arrested. The alleged incident took place at a residential therapy centre in Jaipur. The minor girls used to often stay at the centre for their therapy sessions. The therapy centre's warden, accountant and his wife, a security guard and an administrator have been arrested in connection with the case....
12:41 PM, May 18, 2013
Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a report from West Bengal officials on the death of an eight-year-old student after he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher in class. The commission took up the matter after a report on CNN-IBN. The NCPCR has asked the South 24 Parganas district administration for a detailed report on the circumstances around the student's death. The eight-year-old, a...
10:21 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sentenced a man to jail for eight years for repeatedly raping his 17-year-old daughter and threatening her not to disclose the incident to anyone. Pronouncing the sentence, Additional Sessions Judge TR Naval said the one who was supposed to protect his daughter, had repeatedly committed the crime when her mother, who later died, was admitted in a hospital. The court in the order...
05:21 AM, May 18, 2013
Lalitpur: A shocking instance of horror against women has surfaced from Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. Five women working as human rights activists were allegedly physically and verbally assaulted when they had gathered to inaugurate an adult literacy centre for Dalit women in the village. The man who attacked them also abused them using casteist slurs. Three of the survivors have sustained serious head and body injuries. An FIR and medical...
02:20 PM, May 17, 2013
Kolkata: Alleged corporal punishment left an 8-year-old dead in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. The student died after his head was allegedly banged against the wall by a teacher. The incident happened at the Nirdeshkhali school at Basanti in South 24 Parganas. The child was beaten up on May 15 as a punishment for throwing bags across the classroom during the class. The accused teacher has been arrested. More...
01:38 PM, May 17, 2013
