Stoking controversy, a former Kerala High Court judge on Saturday defended his judgement acquitting 35 accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case, in which Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien was allegedly involved, saying the victim was used for child prostitution and not raped. "There was ample evidence to show the girl was used for child prostitution, which is not rape," Justice R Basant, part of a two-judge bench that acquitted...
09:44 PM, Feb 09, 2013
China on Friday asked India to enhance protection of its citizens in the wake of rape of a Chinese girl in the national capital. The Chinese Embassy in the national capital also asked the Indian government to "seriously" deal with the incident and assure safety, legal rights and privacy of the victim. ...
08:39 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The 11-year-old Sikar gangrape survivor, who was earlier being treated in a Jaipur hospital, was on Friday moved to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital for further treatment. She was admitted in a private ward and was being examined by doctors. ...
08:20 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Observing that the law takes a stern view of crimes such as rape, the Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of 20 accused in the rape case of a 16-year-old school student who was allegedly drugged by her neighbour, sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution. ...
06:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013
A five-month-old baby girl from Bikaner, whose father had bitten off parts of her lips, nose and cheek in January, was on Wednesday put on ventilator support after her condition deteriorated, doctors said in Jaipur. ...
11:51 AM, Feb 06, 2013
A sixty-year old man allegedly raped a 19-year old before dumping her at a deserted place from where she was rescued in an unconscious state two days later, police said on Sunday. ...
11:14 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather for several months in the Mall area in Lucknow, police said on Sunday. The accused had threatened the girl with dire consequences if she told anyone about the matter and raped her several times over the past four to five months, police said. ...
06:10 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A fast track court in Bihar sentenced a rape accused on Saturday within four days of the accused being produced before it. The accused had been charged with raping his three-year-old niece and he had allegedly threatened to kill her if she told anyone. ...
11:00 PM, Feb 02, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday welcomed the ordinance providing for tough punishment including death sentence if a rape victim dies or is left in vegetative state, saying it supports strict laws but insisted on improving policing to ensure safety of women. ...
08:27 PM, Feb 02, 2013
The Centre's move to pass an ordinance, through which death penalty could be awarded in case of rape leading to death of victim, has received support from the brother of Delhi gangrape victim. He said on Saturday that public outrage nationally and internationally after the brutal incident had forced the Centre to frame stringent law. ...
06:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
A 32-year-old sub-inspector has been booked for allegedly raping and having unnatural sex with a 22-year-old woman, the police said on Friday. An FIR was registered against him on Thursday under Section 377 (outraging the modesty of a women), Section 376 (rape) and Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), after the victim complained against Sachin Dabolkar who is on probation at the Chembur police station since June...
11:00 PM, Feb 01, 2013
A Sub-Inspector of police posted at the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad was arrested on Monday for allegedly attempting to outrage the modesty of a 35-year-old woman, police said. ...
10:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
A doctor at Ramdev's Pantanjali Ayurvedic clinic here allegedly molested a woman. According to Noida police, the victim, a media professional, lodged an FIR against the doctor identified as Ashok Bhadoria accusing him of molesting her at the clinic in Sector 32 after which he was arrested. ...
12:49 PM, Jan 27, 2013
The rape of a 47-year-old woman near a Colombo suburb has evoked a similar sentiment of outrage as that was witnessed in India after the Delhi gangrape case. The woman was allegedly raped by four auto drivers and is in hospital now. ...
09:21 AM, Jan 26, 2013
The Vice Principal of the Don Bosco School, Pune, will be produced before a judicial magistrate on Friday on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 14-year-old student. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 25, 2013
A final-year BBA student has been arrested for allegedly molesting two minor girls, both sisters, under the pretext of giving them tuition, at Chamundinagar area, police said. The girls, aged eight and six years, were playing in front of their house on Thursday night while their daily wage earning parents were away at work when the student enticed them to his house, saying he would teach them lessons and molested...
07:43 AM, Jan 25, 2013
A young boy axed his father to death for allegedly molesting his sister in Indore in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday, police said. The maternal grandfather and uncle of the teenage boy helped him in killing his 45-year-old father. ...
03:42 PM, Jan 24, 2013
A doctor with over 20 years of experience recounts the horror she faced during her tenure as a resident doctor at IIM-Bangalore. The doctor alleges that she was sexually harassed by the Chief Administrative Office of the institute and was later thrown out when she complained against him. ...
12:02 PM, Jan 23, 2013
In a shocking development in the gangrape of a 26-year-old nurse in Punjab on Sunday, the police has now claimed that the woman had been booked last year on charges of injecting an HIV-infected needle into a woman with whose husband she was allegedly having an affair with. ...
02:11 PM, Jan 21, 2013
After the horrific Delhi gangrape incident which shook the nation to its foundation, people for the first time in one voice said 'No to crimes ...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2013
