Sexual Assault: News
21 Nov 2017
HollywoodSexual harassment: Multiple channels fire talk-show host Charlie Rose
Several big names in movies and media including producer Harvey Weinstein and Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey have been brought down by a flurry of sexual harassment allegations in recent times.
16 Nov 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru teen abducted, gang-raped for 10 days; four arrested
A teen girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a lodge in Bengaluru for 10 days, city police revealed on Wednesday.
14 Nov 2017
IndiaNot much has changed in the five years since Nirbhaya
A rape incident needs to stand out to get noticed in India.
13 Nov 2017
KolkataKolkata: Men harass mother-daughter on train; force them to jump-off
A 40-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter were forced to jump off a running train late on Saturday night to prevent the minor from getting gang-raped.
12 Nov 2017
Sexual HarassmentHope Solo accuses ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter of sexual harassment
US women's soccer player Hope Solo accused the corruption-tainted former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter of sexual assault.
10 Nov 2017
BhopalBhopal gang-rape: Faulty medical report said sex was consensual
With newer instances of dereliction of duty by doctors and policemen coming to light, the Bhopal gang-rape case is getting murkier each day.
09 Nov 2017
Sri LankaTamil men accuse Sri Lankan govt. of rape, torture, branding
Over 50 Tamil men have accused the current Sri Lankan government of abducting, torturing and raping them on allegations of trying to revive the Tamil Tiger rebel group.
08 Nov 2017
FacebookRaya Sarkar and vigilante justice on social media
It all started on October 23 when Raya Sarkar, a 24-year-old California-based law student, put up a post on Facebook accusing two professors of Jadavpur University of sexual harassment.
06 Nov 2017
Madhya PradeshHer presence of mind saved Bhopal gang-rape victim. Here's how
Debating whether to kill her or hold her captive for ransom, her rapists finally asked her about her parents. Despite both of them in the police, she said her mother was a tailor and father a daily wager. Thinking she was poor, they left.
02 Nov 2017
HollywoodKevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, director Brett Ratner accused of harassment
After top producer Harvey Weinstein, two Oscar-winning actors, a director, and a senior news editor are the latest high-profile figures to be accused of sexual harassment.
31 Oct 2017
Uttar PradeshUP shocker: 100-year-old bedridden woman dies after being raped
In a horrific incident, a 100-year-old bedridden woman in Meerut district died after she was raped and beaten up in her house late on Sunday night.
26 Oct 2017
Crime Against WomenEx-US President George Bush Sr. apologizes for patting women's rears
Former US President George HW, 93, Bush has apologized for patting "women's rears" jokingly after actress Heather Lind, 34, accused him of sexual assault.
23 Oct 2017
Andhra PradeshVizag: Mentally-ill woman raped on footpath; no one intervenes
In a horrifying incident, a mentally-ill woman was raped by a 20-year-old drunk man in broad daylight on a footpath in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
23 Oct 2017
PunePune: Two-year-old abducted, sexually assaulted, strangled
The body of a two-year-old in Pune was found a few metres away from her home hours after being kidnapped. Primary reports suggested she was sexually assaulted and strangled.
19 Oct 2017
Emmanuel MacronFrance might soon criminalize street harassment and catcalling
France might soon have a law to punish men on the spot for street harassment including catcalling.
18 Oct 2017
HollywoodReese Witherspoon says a Hollywood director assaulted her at 16
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon has revealed that an unnamed film director assaulted her when she was 16.
06 Oct 2017
Sexual HarassmentAmsterdam student fights catcalling through selfies with harassers
A commonly overlooked form of sexism in daily life is catcalling - sexual comments made by men at passing women.
21 Sep 2017
HaryanaPanipat: 9-year-old allegedly assaulted inside school toilet
In another instance of sexual assault of children in schools, a nine-year-old was allegedly targeted by unknown people inside a toilet of her school in Panipat, Haryana.
11 Sep 2017
MumbaiMumbai: Housing society watchman arrested for sexually abusing dog thrice
Mumbai Police has arrested 41-year-old security-guard Ram Naresh Mishra for sexually assaulting a stray female dog thrice in a housing complex near Chembur Naka.
05 Sep 2017
IndiaSC asks how internet giants are handling 'objectionable-material' complaints
In 2017, technology is all-pervasive. It's the foundation on which almost all systems function- governments and major corporate will fall in its absence.
05 Sep 2017
DelhiDelhi: British national arrested over sexual abuse of blind children
A British national has been arrested in Delhi over alleged sexual abuse of blind children at a house for visually-impaired persons in RK Puram.
03 Sep 2017
DelhiDelhi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting, killing six-year-old boy
A six-year-old boy of Delhi's Harsh Vihar was sexually abused and murdered by a 40-year-old laborer, Ram Niwas.
03 Sep 2017
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Man arrested for sexually assaulting, killing six-year-old boy
A six-year-old boy of Delhi's Harsh Vihar was sexually abused and murdered by a 40-year-old laborer, Ram Niwas.
03 Aug 2017
UttarakhandUttarakhand: Man caught sexually assaulting cow, communal tension escalates
The situation became tense in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district in Satpuli town after a man was arrested for sexually assaulting a calf.
02 Aug 2017
Cricket: News, Stats and more!PTI worker quits, accuses Imran Khan of sexual misbehavior
A worker of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has leveled allegations of sexual indecency against the former cricketer a day after quitting the party.
30 Jul 2017
Delhi PoliceAAP MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa booked for molesting former landlady
AAP MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa from Punjab's Ropar was booked for allegedly threatening his former landlady with dire consequences on Saturday.
24 Jul 2017
MumbaiMumbai: Man held for flashing at woman, pleads not guilty
A man was arrested for allegedly flashing at a woman in Churchgate. However, he claimed he was fixing his trouser's zip.
23 Jul 2017
Delhi PoliceDriver held for masturbating in front of German woman
The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 32-year old cab driver for allegedly masturbating in front of a German national.
21 Jul 2017
IndiaA wearable device by MIT to detect sexual assault!
An MIT researcher has created a device called Intrepid, which a person can wear on them. If their clothes are being removed forcefully, it will send an alert to five pre-selected contacts.
10 Jul 2017
MumbaiMumbai: Man masturbates at woman, official laughs off complaint
The Railway Police registered a complaint after a Bengaluru woman's Facebook post about a man masturbating at her on a local train went viral.
05 Jul 2017
KarnatakaKarnataka: Woman thrashed, stripped, paraded on road for seeking loan-repayment
Savita of Hire Masali village in Vijayapura district was allegedly thrashed, stripped and paraded on the road by another villager Sugura Moulali and his family when Savita sought repayment of loan, which Moulali had defaulted.
05 Jul 2017
Crime Against WomenBJP leader forcibly kisses woman on bus, arrested
A Maharashtra BJP leader was arrested for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage.
21 Jun 2017
Crime Against WomenMan gropes woman, asks if she doesn't like being touched
A Gurgaon man has been booked for allegedly repeatedly groping a co-passenger on a Delhi-Mumbai flight.
31 May 2017
Uttar PradeshNine arrested in Rampur molestation incident, five absconding
Police have till now arrested nine people in the Rampur molestation case, where 14 youths are seen molesting two women in broad daylight.
08 May 2017
BiharMinor girl from Bihar stabbed to death for resisting rape
A minor girl from Bihar was stabbed to death as she resisted being raped at Charpokhari block in Bhojpur district, 80kms south-west of Patna.
05 May 2017
IndiaThe Nirbhaya impact: What has changed after December 2012?
In December 2012, the brutal rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who was tortured and left to die on the roadside, shook India and the world.
18 Apr 2017
DelhiFIR against female police officer for molesting 13-year-old girl
A sessions court in Delhi ordered an FIR against a female police officer for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who initially complained against her teacher as well for the same.
