A divorcee with three children sustained burn injuries when a man threw acid on her for turning down his marriage proposal at Sarakki in th...

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh said that BO growth on Day 2 and 3 would be crucial for the film.

Officials said that private hospitals or nursing homes did not have to enter into any agreement with Delhi government for the reimbursement...

A woman was allegedly forced to drink acid by two persons on March 23 on board a train in Uttar Pradesh. That was the fourth attack on the ...

Special Judge A S Shende pronounced the death penalty for the convict, a day after prosecution sought the exemplary punishment for him sayi...

The court also termed it unfortunate that acid was easily available and it was being rampantly used.

A Pakistani man has been sentenced to 117 years rigorous imprisonment and fined of Rs 1 million by an anti-terrorism court here for throwin...

The Union Home Ministry has asked all states to put on priority the immediate apprehension of culprits in acid attack cases against women.

With country witnessing 310 cases of acid attack in 2014, Rajnath Singh said the government is contemplating to make available online data ...

As per Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, a person convicted for acid attack is sentenced to imprisonment for ten years or life.

Besides preventive measures, the government proposes to ensure quick relief and rehabilitation of acid attack victims. The focus would be o...

Steps will also be taken to include acid attack victims in the category of physically challenged persons/persons with disability so that th...

SC had laid down fresh rules on sale of acid on the plea of a 23-year-old acid attack survivor, Laxmi, whose face was disfigured after an a...

Lok Sabha today passed a bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and other stringent punishmen...

Ordinance bringing stringent amendments to criminal laws to check crime against women was today laid on the table in the Rajya Sabha.

The ordinance has evoked a mixed response with opposition BJP welcoming it but CPI(M) and several women's groups opposed it.

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal making rape a genderneutral offence, under which the word ‘rape’ would be replaced by the phrase ...