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
A 70-year-old man was on Thursday arrested for allegedly having unnatural sex with a 13-year-old girl after a common acquaintance saw the video-clip of the act on his lost mobile phone, police said. Accused Niyaz Ahmed Hassan Raza, a trustee of a local mosque who used to teach Arabic, was apprehended from Shivajinagar for allegedly sexually abusing the girl student a month ago and filming it, they said. ...
08:40 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Dear Justice Verma, The outrage will not stop until steps are taken. The politicians have failed. The justice system of India needs to take ...
12:34 PM, Jan 04, 2013
A South Korean court on Thursday ordered chemical castration of a repeat child sex offender in a first such decision given in the country. According to the Seoul Southern District Court's verdict, the 31-year-old man surnamed Pyo will be sentenced to 15 years in jail and given medication which inhibits sexual urges, Xinhua reported. ...
12:24 PM, Jan 03, 2013
CNN-IBN's a campaign to help the homeless during the bitter North India cold focuses on the over 10,000 homeless women on Delhi streets who only have 5 shelters to rely on across the city. The women are not only battling with the cold, but also with repeated sexual and social abuse. ...
09:00 AM, Jan 03, 2013
CNN-IBN's a campaign to help the homeless during the bitter North India cold focuses on the over 10,000 homeless women on Delhi streets who only have 5 shelters to rely on across the city. The women are not only battling with the cold, but also with repeated sexual and social abuse. ...
09:00 AM, Jan 03, 2013
CNN-IBN's a campaign to help the homeless during the bitter North India cold focuses on the over 10,000 homeless women on Delhi streets who only have 5 shelters to rely on across the city. The women are not only battling with the cold, but also with repeated sexual and social abuse. ...
09:00 AM, Jan 03, 2013
A 55-year-old man was on Saturday accused of sexually abusing a six-year-old girl at Bhathkidih in Jamshedpur city. In an FIR filed by Saeeda Parveen the mother of the victim, the man, Subhaan was accused of abusing the minor and issuing threats to not go to the police, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law and Order) Raj Kishore Prasad said. ...
04:03 PM, Dec 22, 2012
In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father's friend in Bangalore. The child was admitted to a hospital with bite marks and other injuries. ...
07:17 AM, Dec 14, 2012
British television star Jimmy Savile is suspected of carrying out an unprecedented number of sex offences including 31 rapes, police said on Wednesday in their most comprehensive review of the scandal. Revelations about Savile, who died last year, provoked outrage across Britain where he had been a household name since the 1960s. ...
01:02 PM, Dec 13, 2012
In another case of Northeast Indians being targeted, a theatre person from Manipur alleged that she was heckled by a crowd in Bangalore, that passed lewd and racist comments and abused her. What is even more shocking is that the policeman who she turned to for help allegedly ended up shouting back and shoving her and called her a nuisance. ...
12:28 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Three Goa policemen were suspended for allegedly exploiting commercial sex workers in Panaji, police said on Friday. Two head constables - Vaman Naik and Santosh Vengurlekar - and constable Vijay Gaikwad were suspended on Thursday after two commercial sex workers named them in their complaint to the crime branch, police said. ...
11:46 AM, Dec 07, 2012
The Child and Women Development Ministry has recommended action against four senior officials following allegations of sexual exploitation of Mumbai's Navjeevan Mahila Vastigruha (women welfare home) inmates. Maharashtra government has suspended the welfare home caretaker and ordered the transfer of two others. ...
04:17 PM, Nov 29, 2012
A few days ago reports of women inmates being sexually abused at the Navjeevan Mahila Vastigruha (women welfare home) in Mumbai had shocked the metropolis. Following the allegations a committee consisting of Superintendent of Police Dr Rashmi Karandikar and psychologist Dr Harish Shetty was set up by the Bombay High Court, which has now submitted its report. ...
12:06 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Kochi: A shocking tale of sexual abuse which authorities at a school in Kochi allegedly tried to supress. The victim, a class VIII student, said that his complaint against a teacher fell on deaf ears. Raju (name changed) said, "On September 17, I went along with my friends to our class teacher to report (about how I was abused by the IT teacher). But he told me - to err...
07:22 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Kottayam: Two kids who lived in juvenile home in Kottayam, Kerala have finally spoken out against the atrocities carried out by the attackers, who were none other than caretakers and senior boys at the home. After months of abuse, two children have come forward with tales of how caretakers and senior boys sexually abused them. One of the kids said, "They beat us with large sticks. At night the wardens...
08:49 AM, Oct 11, 2012
London: A "shocked" British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday called for allegations of sexual abuse against late Jimmy Savile, one of the biggest stars on British radio and television, to be fully probed. Cameron said that the claims from a number of women which have emerged over recent weeks that they were abused by Savile as teenagers were "truly shocking". Five women alleged that Savile sexually assaulted them as...
09:51 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Tonk: The students of the Banasthali Vidyapith in Tonk, Rajasthan, took out a protest march on Thursday night after two of their classmates were allegedly sexually abused for over a week. The protesting students said that a class 11 girl and a B. Tech. student were harassed by two outsiders and that the university administration was trying to hush up the matter. Almost 5,000 students protested outside the campus late...
11:29 AM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: There is a reason why the national capital is called the crime capital of the country. In less than 24 hours, two cases of sexual abuse have come to light, both involving school bus drivers and minors were the targets in both the cases. In the first incident, a three-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by his school bus driver and cleaner. The incident happened in south Delhi. The...
09:26 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Jammu: Two school teachers were arrested from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in connection with two different cases. In Kishtwar, a teacher at a girls school was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a student. The school has been shut for a few days. Meanwhile, in Baramulla, another teacher was arrested for allegedly verbally abusing a class 10 student, who had not performed well in his examinations....
09:52 AM, Sep 04, 2012
