Truck driver arrested for raping five-year-old girl
by IANS
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, police said. Returning from work, the girl's mother saw her daughter in severe pain and took her to a doctor who diagnosed what had happened.

On the mother's complaint with the women's police station, Saravanan was arrested from his house in the outskirts of Coimbatore, around 500 km from Chennai. According to police, the accused has been sent to judicial custody. A police official told IANS that the accused said he committed the act in a drunken state.

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05:30 AM, May 19, 2013

ILO calls for secured working atmosphere for women New Delhi: Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder on Saturday expressed concern over recent cases of crime against women and stressed on the need to ensure a climate where women can work with respect, security and equality. "Sadly, recent crimes against women have renewed our awareness of the need to act and to ensure that women in India and everywhere else are able to live and work...  
02:08 AM, May 19, 2013

Odisha: Man arrested for allegdly raping nine-year-old
by IANS
Bhubaneswar: A man has been arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl in an Odisha village, police said on Saturday. Santosh Rout, 45, was arrested after the girl's father lodged a complaint on Friday. The victim, a Class five student, had suffered injury marks on her body, a police officer said. Rout allegedly dragged the girl to a secluded place and raped her on Thursday evening when she had gone to...  
10:32 AM, May 18, 2013

WB: Child rights panel seeks report on student's death 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

Singapore: Indian jailed for molesting a boy Singapore: A Singaporean Indian was on Friday sentenced to 24 months jail for molesting a 13-year-old boy at his home. S Subramaniam, 45, was found guilty last week after a six-day trial of fondling the boy's private parts in a bedroom at his flat on December 23, 2011 in the suburb Yishun housing estate. Subramaniam would appeal the sentence, reported The Straits Times. The court was told that the student...  
06:56 PM, May 17, 2013

WB: Student dies after teacher bangs his head against the wall 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

Delhi: Man jailed for eight years for repeatedly raping daughter New Delhi: A man has been jailed for eight years by a Delhi court for repeatedly raping his 17-year-old daughter and threatening her not to disclose the incident to anyone. Additional Sessions Judge TR Naval sentenced Northeast Delhi resident, saying the convict, who was supposed to protect his daughter, had repeatedly committed the crime when her mother, who later on died, was admitted in a hospital. "Keeping in view the...  
01:11 PM, May 17, 2013

Delhi: 71-year-old 'tantric' arrested for raping 10-year-old girl
by IANS
New Delhi: A 71-year-old tantric was arrested in New Delhi for raping a 10-year-old girl on the pretext of healing her, police said Wednesday. The girl, who had a migraine, had been advised by a neighbour to seek the tantric's help. Her mother took her to Kanu Lal, a tantric in Govindpuri area in south Delhi on Tuesday evening. Lal asked her mother to leave the room as he would...  
04:26 AM, May 16, 2013

Delhi govt sets up committee to curb child trafficking New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday set up a high-level committee to curb child trafficking in the state. An announcement in this regard was made by Kiran Walia, Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development and Education, at a meeting convened by her at the Delhi Secretariat in which several other steps to curb the menace were also made public. Walia said immediate registration of an FIR in...  
01:07 AM, May 16, 2013

Punjab: Man abducts, rapes 17-year-old girl Batala: A 17-year-old girl was abducted and raped allegedly by a youth in Qadian area of Gurdaspur district. On Sunday night the girl was abducted allegedly by one Satnam Singh alias Satta, according to the complaint filed by the victim's mother. The accused took her to a nearby tubewell and repeated raped her, police said. Seeing the serious condition of her daughter, the girl's mother approached the police, who later...  
02:25 AM, May 15, 2013

'Chattai Therapy' provides relief to kids suffering from cancer New Delhi: A special chattai therapy is providing some relief to little children suffering from cancer. CanKids initiative at AIIMS Delhi helps children undergo treatment by helping them with motivational and self esteem talks. Chemotherapy sessions, frequent hospital visits, long waiting hours, hair loss - are images associated with cancer. Battling the disease is a painful process for every one. Poonam Bagai was no different. The government officer's life was...  
11:28 AM, May 14, 2013

Police release images of Mother's Day parade shooting
by IANS
Washington: Police have released video surveillance of a suspect wanted in the Mother's Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, injuring at least 19 people. The footage shows still images taken from the scene of the parade minutes before and after the shooting, including footage of one of the three suspects involved, according to local Nola.com. The grainy surveillance...  
05:27 AM, May 14, 2013

Delhi: Landlord's son sexually assaults five-year-old
by IANS
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was on Monday sexually assaulted by her landlord's 15-year-old son in Delhi, police said. The juvenile suspect was caught. The incident occurred in Aman Vihar area of outer Delhi on Monday morning. "After spotting the minor alone in her house, the juvenile took her to an abandoned room built in the same building and sexually assaulted her. When the minor began to cry, he fled...  
05:01 AM, May 14, 2013

Assam: Man rapes 6-year-old girl, absconding Guwahati: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a tea garden at Titabor in upper Assam, police said on Monday. According to the FIR filed on the complaint of the girl's father, she was called out of her house in the labour lines of Rongdoi tea estate on Sunday by the accused, who is known to the family. The man fled after committing the crime, it said. The girl's father...  
07:23 PM, May 13, 2013

Delhi: Man tries to rape 2-year-old girl, arrested
by IBN7
New Delhi: An unidentified man was on Sunday arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a two-year-old girl in Mayur Vihar Phase 1 area of Delhi, police said. The police have registered a case of attempted rape against the accused and girl has been admitted to the Lal Bahadur hospital for treatment. The incident reportedly occurred just about 100 meters from the Mayur Vihar police station. The accused was caught by...  
01:07 PM, May 13, 2013

US: At least 19 injured in Mother's Day parade shooting United States: At least 19 people, including two children, have been wounded in New Orleans as gunmen opened fired on crowds taking part in a Mother's Day parade. Police say the shotting took place from different guns and three suspects were seen. No arrests have been made so far. The shooting shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest...  
07:30 AM, May 13, 2013

Delhi: Neighbour arrested for sexually assaulting 2-year-old girl
by IANS
New Delhi: A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 23-year-old neighbour inside her house, police said on Sunday. The man has been arrested. The incident was reported from Adarsh Nagar area in north Delhi and occurred when the child was alone at home on Saturday evening. A neighbour, who chanced upon the crime, raised an alarm following which the accused fled. The girl was taken to hospital where the...  
08:56 PM, May 12, 2013

Gujarat: Man arrested for raping 14-year-old girl Palanpur: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man living in Fanwara locality near the victim's house in Deesa, around 28 Kms from Palanpur, the police said. The incident happened on Sunday when the 14-year-old girl was alone at her home and the accused Kishore Panchal (25) lured her, the police said. According to the complaint filed by the mother of the victim, the accused took her to the...  
08:10 PM, May 12, 2013

Punjab: Stepfather forcibly marries minor daughter Gurdaspur: In a shocking incident, a step-father allegedly married his minor daughter after forcibly taking her in Jammu on the pretext of getting her 'Aadhar' card. The incident came to light when the girl's mother, lodged a complaint against her husband, Pardeep Malik, following which police conducted raid at his house in Shahzada colony in Gurdaspur and rescued the girl, police said on Saturday. However, the accused managed to escape...  
02:12 AM, May 12, 2013

Maharashtra: Police to file kidnap case for missing children aged below 14 Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has directed the police to lodge a case of kidnapping in instances of missing children below 14 years. "The Home Minister has directed that instead of filing the case of missing children below 14 years in police register, an offence of kidnap be lodged," a spokesperson for the minister said in a statement here. Patil has directed that a circular in this regard be...  
09:58 AM, May 11, 2013