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Hoshiarpur: Taking suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl by her school head in one of the government schools in Hoshiarpur district, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the authorities concerned to expedite the investig
The two men accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl inside a moving bus had been hired without police verification. In fact, none of the drivers and conductors working for the private bus service had undergone police verification, The Indian Express has
Delhi Police has written to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) seeking an expedited examination of biological samples collected from a sleeper bus in which a 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in Greater Noida, as investigators prepare to pursue the c
Actor Swara Bhasker has revisited the controversy surrounding her open letter to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali after the release of Padmaavat in 2018. Speaking at an event hosted by the India International Centre (IIC) in Delhi, Swara recalled why she was di
Bhumi Pednekar has reacted strongly to the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl inside a moving sleeper bus in Delhi-NCR. The disturbing incident has once again put the spotlight on women s safety and the security lapses on private buses, with the National Human
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Four men named as accused in an FIR have been detained for questioning in connection with the death of a 21-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered before her body was dumped in an open well at Hokrani village in Sirwar taluk of K
A Pune court on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old HIV positive man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2019. The police said the girl later contracted the virus
The Delhi High Court recently acquitted a man sentenced to life imprisonment for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, observing that merely because there is an observation of the trial court about the survivor becoming uncomfortable and perturbed when she
According to police, the woman lives in Powai with her husband and an elderly relative. The couple have been married for four to five years and don t have children
The Karnataka High Court Tuesday refused to quash an alleged rape case against a 28-year-old man who claimed that the sexual relationship with the complainant was consensual, holding that whether consent was given or forcibly obtained was a disputed question o
Police said the accused, from Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on Saturday after she appeared for questioning at Cybercrime police station (South). Police said the victim, 32-year-old from Gurugram s Bhondsi, had filed a rape case against the accused s 26
Reacting to the capital punishment handed down to the convict in the Pune rape and murder case, Baramati MP Supriya Sule Monday said that true justice for the minor victim will only be served when the "beast is hanged". A special fast-track court in Pune Monda
The testimony of a six-year-old rape survivor cannot be discarded merely because the child is unable to describe the sexual acts in detail, the Bombay High Court said on Monday, setting aside a trial court s acquittal of a 32-year-old man from Chhatrapati Samb
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested in Odisha on Thursday over his alleged involvement in the hurried cremation of the doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024, police said.Ghosh, the former
A woman was allegedly gang-raped by a group of at least six men after the car in which she was travelling with a friend was stopped late on Tuesday night in Odisha s Cuttack district, said police. The incident occurred on Cuttack-Chandbali road when the victim
A recent Delhi High Court ruling ordered the release of two life-term convicts, quoting lines on life imprisonment from Anton Chekhov s famous short story, The Bet. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani quoted Chekhov s work as saying, Capital punishment kills a man at
In an incident that has raised questions over women s security in the densely populated Zirakpur area, a 16-year-old girl on way to school was allegedly abducted, taken to an undisclosed location and gangraped by three unidentified men. What s shocking is the
Mumbai Police have arrested Bollywood filmmaker Shakeel Noorani after a 33-year-old aspiring actor accused him of raping and threatening her, officials said on Monday. The 73-year-old accused was traced to his farmhouse in Mahabaleshwar hill station, located m
The Ahmedabad City Police after 1 am on Monday (August 10), confirmed that they had shot and injured the man who had been arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a 23-year-old design student on the terrace of the building where she lives on rent. The incident
The prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bulandshahr was killed in an encounter in the Gulaothi area in the early hours of Sunday, barely 24 hours after police announced a reward of 50,000 for information leading to his arrest, officia
A 23-year-old student of interior design was allegedly raped by a security guard on the terrace of a housing society in Ahmedabad late on Saturday (August 8) evening, police said on Sunday. The woman, who lived in a rented apartment in the housing society alon
A light aircraft crashed into Beijing s tallest skyscraper during Friday evening rush hour, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people, in an incident that has raised questions over aviation security in China s tightly controlled capital and criticism over the a
A promise for marriage made in good faith that later remains unfulfilled due to changing circumstances cannot automatically be treated as a false promise leading to rape, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, dismissing criminal proceedings against a man accused
Authorities in Beijing have cordoned off roads around the city's tallest skyscraper, the CITIC Tower, following the discovery of a missing glass panel on a high floor. A significant police presence is visible, with officers preventing onlookers from taking pho
Sending a strong message on crimes against children, the Uttar Pradesh government has rejected the premature release pleas of two life convicts in separate cases involving the rape, murder and killing of minor girls, holding that the passage of time cannot dil
Accused cab driver Bashu Kumar Singh, who allegedly raped and killed a 10-year-old, told police that he waited 45 minutes for the right time to abduct her, a police source said on Thursday. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday when the girl was
A 44-year-old lawyer was arrested by the Surat police Tuesday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl whose family had hired him to represent her in a pending kidnapping and rape case. The lawyer had been representing the minor after she was allegedly kidnappe
The West Bengal Police arrested CPI(M) leader Mohammad Lahek Ali Sunday night for allegedly inciting violence in the wake of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur, taking the number of arrests in the case to 34. The arrest comes soon after DSP (Distr
Two men were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in a village under Aligarh district s Charra police station, said Aligarh Police on Sunday. The two accused have been booked under under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso)
India News Live: The 83-hour rescue operation at Pune's Moshi garbage depot ended in the early hours of Sunday after the body of the last missing employee, Waman Kasbe, was recovered around 1 am, taking the death toll to nine. The ground-plus-two-storey buildi
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by two persons and hit with an iron road on the head in Ghaziabad late Friday, before she fell through the shaft from the third floor of an under-construction mall into the basement. Her body was recovered from the
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday refused to describe Indrajeet Mondal s killing after the recovery of the 11-year-old girl s body as lynching, saying his identity had been established before the murder . He also alleged that those who lost the recen
Thomas Partey returned to Ghana's lineup in their second FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage fixture. Partey missed the team's first match after being denied a Canadian visa
The West Bengal Police conducted extensive overnight raids Wednesday, arresting 12 more people in connection with the violent unrest, arson, and mob lynching that erupted in Baruipur following the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl. With these fresh actio
A 14-year-old boy was apprehended on Tuesday for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood after sneaking inside her residence in Palwal, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place between 3pm and 3.40pm on Monday when the victim
The court also imposed a fine of 51,000 on each convict after holding them guilty of gang rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Indian Penal Code, said Vikram Singh, SHO, Hazratganj. The convicts were identified as Dadu
The Rohtak police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 29-year-old woman from Gurugram after luring her to an animal farm in the Meham area on the pretext of showing her dogs. According to the police, the accused identified as Vishal Kumar alias Golu, a
Prabhash Mondol, one of the accused in the gangrape-murder of an 11-year-old in West Bengal s Baruipur, was shot dead in an encounter after midnight. According to a police statement, a police team took Mondol to the crime scene last night to reconstruct the cr
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Trinamool Congress MP Saayoni Ghosh and MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, rebels challenging Mamata Banerjee s leadership of the Trinamool Congress, faced go back and chor slogans at Baruipur in West Bengal s South 24 Parganas, where they went to meet the family of an 1
A Delhi court has sentenced a 67-year-old security guard to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl, holding that courts must send a strong, deterrent message that rising offences against children shall not be tolerated under any circumst
A 14-year-old rape survivor cannot be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy merely because it has crossed 28 weeks, the Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled, holding that compelling her to give birth would lead to further trauma and violate her dignity, privacy a
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari vowed capital punishment for culprits in the "heinous crime" of a 12-year-old girl's alleged rape and murder in Baruipur. Three arrests have been made, with police investigating further
The West Bengal government's SIT is investigating the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas. Two people have been arrested
The Sadar police have booked a Raikot man for allegedly raping a 32-year-old woman under the false promise of marriage and later threatening to circulate her obscene photographs on social media. The accused, Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Chak Bhai Ka village in
A two-and-a half year old girl was allegedly raped by a 58-year-old man in Ghaziabad on Saturday morning, police said. The accused, a labourer, has been arrested
The pilot, who crashed a small plane into Beijing s tallest building last week, had contemplated ending his life by writing it in his diary, Chinese authorities said on Thursday. The government of China s Chaoyang district, in a social media post, said its inv
The Nagpur police on Wednesday night arrested a cleric, the third accused in a case of alleged rape, blackmail, and forced religious conversion of a woman, after he surrendered, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rushikesh Singareddy told The Indian Express. A poli
The 29-year-old son of Norway s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg H iby, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison after he was found guilty of multiple offences, which include two separate crimes of rape. The verdict, which was handed down by the Oslo dis