New Delhi: The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress, which was launched in the wake of the December 16 gangrape, has received over two lakh calls in the last four-and-half months. Officials said most of the calls received by the round-the-clock help line were related to stalking, eve-teasing, obscene calls and facing sexual abuse and domestic harassment.
The helpline was launched on December 31, 2012 to help women in distress and check increasing rate of crime against the fairer sex. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday reviewed functioning of the helpline at a high-level meeting attended by representatives of various stakeholders, including police, Delhi Commission for Women and department of women and child welfare. The Chief Minister asked all stakeholders to work in close cooperation to ensure a better response system for women in distress and suggested that cyber crime targeting the fairer sex should also be taken up seriously as there has been increasing cases of such crimes.
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02:35 AM, May 17, 2013
Nagpur: In a shocking incident, a man shot dead a professor whose daughter he had been stalking for some time. The professor was shot dead early on Wednesday morning. The man also attacked the girl's mother with an iron rod. She is said to be in a critical condition. The accused has been arrested. Further investigations are on. ...
11:26 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The historic anti-rape Bill was finally passed in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Bill fixes the age of consent for sex at 18 and the first offence of stalking is bailable. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday. ...
07:52 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav made a bizarre statement in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that bordered on gender bias and claimed that everyone has stalked women at some point in their lives. The politician went on to say that stalking is the norm in the country where it is only men who approach women if they want to talk to them. ...
05:40 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The Centre will bring the anti-rape Bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after most of the parties voiced their opinion against lowering the age of consent for sex from 18 years to 16. The decision on the age of consent for sex will be taken in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the anti-rape Bill. ...
03:31 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The proposed anti-rape Bill, which seeks to hand down stringent punishment for crimes against women, including rape and acid attack, and lower the age of consent for sex to 16, is set to face hurdles in an the all-party meeting convened by the government on Monday. Samajwadi Party, which extends outside support to UPA, has openly come out against the provisions relating to stalking and lowering of consent age from...
07:08 PM, Mar 17, 2013
As the government gets ready to present its anti-rape Bill in Parliament, first arrest for stalking under the amended section of the Indian Penal Code was made in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Saturday. A Mumbai police team arrested a man accused of stalking a woman, even after she moved to Mumbai. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 16, 2013
There is finally some headway in bringing India's tough new anti-rape law after much debate and differences within the Union Cabinet over provisions in the anti-rape draft bill. On Wednesday evening, the Empowered Group of Ministers led by Finance Minister P Chidambaram finalised changes to the draft and have reduced the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years again. ...
07:58 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Indians are more likely to check their partner's email accounts, stalk their ex-partners on Facebook and Twitter and even post pictures of private moments online, compared to their global counterparts, says a survey by security software maker McAfee. ...
05:48 PM, Feb 11, 2013
In a yet another story of crimes against women, a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Alwar, Rajasthan alleges that she was stalked and molested by upper caste men in her village because she wanted to study in college. "Boys harass me on my way to college just because I belong to a Dalit family. Everyday on my way to college, boys followed me, harassed me. It was a nightmare," says the...
10:28 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Kabul: Muzhgan Masoomi's attacker stabbed her 14 times with a thick blade used to slaughter animals, tearing wide gashes in her flesh before leaving the government worker for dead on the outskirts of the Afghan capital. With a severe limp and no control over her bladder - caused by the blade scraping her spinal cord - the 22-year-old can no longer work at the Ministry of Public Works, where she...
12:35 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Washington: Online harassment or cyberstalking is more stressful and traumatic than its physical equivalent. Emotional responses may include high levels of ongoing stress, anxiety, fear, nightmares, shock and disbelief, helplessness, hyper-vigilance, eating and sleeping difficulties, according to a new study. "Increasingly, stalkers use modern technology to monitor and torment their victims," said Elizabeth Carll, who heads the media division of the American Psychological Association (APA). "One in four victims report...
06:46 PM, Aug 07, 2011
