RG Kar rape-murder case: Sealdah court to deliver verdict on January 18Sealdah court will deliver a verdict in the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case of a PG trainee doctor. Civic volunteer Sanjay Roy ...
17 Jan, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Unnao gang-rape: Accused set minor Dalit victim's house on fire; her infant son and sister fight for lifeThe injured babies include the rape victim's six-month-old child - born after the 11-year-old was impregnated in the sexual assault - and h...
18 Apr, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon arrested; Police looking for 'missing' babyAn extensive search is currently underway to locate a missing baby after the arrest of couple in Brighton.
01 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
SC sets aside MP HC verdict on discharge of rape accused, says it's 'utterly incomprehensible'The Supreme Court has termed as "utterly incomprehensible" an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court discharging an accused of the offence ...
19 Aug, 2022, 04.01 PM IST
International Criminal Court hands Lord's Resistance Army commander 25-year jail termDominic Ongwen, 45 -- whose nom de guerre was "White Ant" -- was found guilty in February of 61 charges, including murders, rapes and sexua...
06 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
SC upholds conviction in rape case, says people suffering from mental illness deserve special careObserving that the convict had exploited the victim by taking undue advantage of her mental illness, the apex court dismissed his appeal ag...
05 Dec, 2020, 12.58 PM IST
He’s no ‘Yogi’, will just call him Adityanath, says CongressWhile individual leaders do make statements, “communications department” is the opposition party’s interlocutor with public, issuing its of...
12 Apr, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Supreme Court criminalises sex with minor wife aged between 15 and 18 yearsThe apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a g...
12 Oct, 2017, 12.55 AM IST
Oommen Chandy winds up campaign, says BJP will not win single seatChandy also said that the people of Kerala would give a fitting reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 16 for drawing a parallel betw...
14 May, 2016, 04.44 PM IST
Crime against women in 2015: Somnath Bharti, TERI boss R K Pachauri, Mahmood Farooqui faced courtsAAP MLA Somnath Bharti played hide and seek with the law before surrendering after getting a rap from the Supreme Court.
30 Dec, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Maneka Gandhi launches 'One Stop Centre' for women in ChhattisgarhBuilt at a cost of Rs 37.67 lakhs, the Centre will take care of physical and psychological well-being of women who are victims of various k...
16 Jul, 2015, 07.35 PM IST
- Drive to be launched to sensitise kids on abuse
"We will start an exercise with the help of NGOs as a part of which we will go to schools and make students aware about good and bad touch,...
17 Sep, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Stronger action needed to ensure women's safety: UNICEF"The brutal rape case this week unfortunately also indicates the need to strongly improve the response of law enforcement officers," it sai...
20 Apr, 2013, 03.32 PM IST
- Rape of grown-up girls may be "understandable" but assault on infants heinous: BJP MP
Political parties slammed Ramesh Bais for his remark with the BJP saying the age of the victim is of no importance while the Congress conde...
10 Jan, 2013, 07.42 PM IST
- Delhi gang rape case: UN concerned over gangrapes in India
UN today said it was "extremely concerned" about the number of gangrape cases in India and said the mindset towards women and girl child mu...
31 Dec, 2012, 07.58 PM IST
- Gang rape case: Delhi not safe for women of any age, feel MPs
The members, in chorus, vociferously demanded capital punishment and filing of murder charges against perpetrators of such heinous crime.
18 Dec, 2012, 06.03 PM IST
- Man gets 10-year jail for raping infant
In a unique case of a father putting justice before kinship, Mohammad Mustaqin Khan ensured that his son was punished for raping an infant.
01 Apr, 2008, 10.21 AM IST