Crime Against Women: News
29 Jan 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: Girl sets herself on fire after molestation attempt, dies
A Class 12 girl in UP's Deoria set herself on fire after allegedly being sexually assaulted by the son of her school's principal. She succumbed to her injuries.
23 Jan 2018
HaryanaWoman raped in Gurgaon while husband, relative held at gunpoint
Another sexual assault has horrified Haryana, which has reeled under a series of such cases in recent times.
21 Jan 2018
IndiaDeath sentence of rapists of girls below 12, says CM
After Madhya Pradesh, Haryana is now considering implementing the death sentence for sexual abusers of minors younger than 12 years.
20 Jan 2018
Uttar PradeshPregnant woman out to relieve herself gets gang raped
A 32-year-old pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang raped by a few unidentified men when she had gone to relieve herself in the fields near Kachula village in the Badaun district.
17 Jan 2018
HaryanaHaryana CM react on string of rapes, promise efficient action
Haryana CM ML Khattar reacted on the string of five rapes in the state calling the incidents "unfortunate" and promised efficient action from the government.
16 Jan 2018
GhaziabadTwo minor boys gang-rape 13-year-old at Ghaziabad's Hindon air base
Rape is no longer exclusive to adults.
16 Jan 2018
HaryanaHaryana doesn't deserve its women: Three rapes in six days
Two minors and one 22-year-old woman were brutally gang-raped in three separate incidents in Haryana between Friday and Sunday.
15 Jan 2018
HaryanaTeenager mutilated, murdered: Main suspect is a Class 12 student
Two days after a teenager's mutilated body was found in Jind, Haryana, police have said a Class 12 student is the main suspect.
12 Jan 2018
Uttar Pradesh14-year-old sets herself ablaze after being harassed, gangraped since months
A 14-year-old girl in UP set herself on fire allegedly after being harassed by four men since months and recently gangraped.
11 Jan 2018
KeralaKerala woman forcibly converted, trapped as sex slave for IS
Two persons have been arrested in Kerala for allegedly forcing a 24-year-old woman to convert and planning to take her to Syria as a 'sex slave' for IS terrorists.
06 Jan 2018
GujaratRajkot man arrested for pushing ailing mother off terrace
In a shocking incident, an assistant professor in Rajkot was recently arrested for killing his ailing mother by pushing her off the terrace of their residential building.
05 Jan 2018
Sexual HarassmentIndian man sexually assaults sleeping co-passenger while wife sat beside
An Indian man allegedly molested a woman sleeping next to him on a Las Vegas-Detroit flight while his wife sat on the other side.
03 Jan 2018
IndiaCase against angel investor Mahesh Murthy for sexual harassment
Mumbai Police have filed a sexual harassment case against Mahesh Murthy, Pinstorm founder and partner at Seedfund, after the NCW wrote to them about complaints they had received.
26 Dec 2017
DelhiBPO cab driver, friend gangrape 19-year-old woman in Gurgaon
Yet another incident of rape has been reported in the national capital. A BPO cab driver and his friend have been arrested for abducting and raping a 19-year-old woman.
22 Dec 2017
Shashi TharoorHyderabad stalker sets woman afire on the street, victim dies
In a shocking case, a 22-year-old woman in Hyderabad was set on fire in public by a stalker yesterday evening.
22 Dec 2017
DelhiDelhi: Four 'juveniles' allegedly rape 20-year-old woman, arrested
In yet another case, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by five youths, four of them suspected minors, in Delhi's Jahangirpuri.
16 Dec 2017
DelhiFive years since Nirbhaya gang-rape, her family still awaits justice
Today marks five years of the gruesome gang-rape of Nirbhaya, an incident that triggered country-wide protests forcing the government to formulate new laws on crimes against women.
14 Dec 2017
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police working on app to solve capital's streetlight problem
Delhi Police are working on another app for women's safety. The Women Safety- Dark Spots App will allow citizens to notify the authorities of dysfunctional or absent streetlights at the click of a button.
14 Dec 2017
DelhiHow did lives of the neighbors of Nirbhaya's rapists change?
The December 16 Delhi gangrape, that shook the world, has made life difficult for residents of Ravidas Camp, the RK Puram slum which was home to the rapists.
13 Dec 2017
EntertainmentPiyush Sahdev Rape case: Medical reports prove him guilty
Popular television actor, Piyush Sahdev, who came to fore with his stint in the television show 'Beyhadh' was accused of rape a few days back. Now, the medical reports have confirmed his crime.
08 Dec 2017
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Woman dragged, stripped, paraded naked by liquor mafia
In a disturbing case, a 33-year-old woman in Delhi, who had helped cops raid illicit liquor traders, was allegedly attacked with iron rods, dragged and paraded naked by women involved in the trade.
08 Dec 2017
BhopalMP: 15-year-old girl in hospital after gangrape by two men
A month after the gangrape of a UPSC aspirant shook MP's Bhopal, reports of a similar crime have surfaced from Sagar.
06 Dec 2017
Sexual AssaultBengaluru Ola driver allegedly molests woman, threatens her
TimesNow has reported that an Ola driver in Bengaluru allegedly held a woman hostage and molested her in the cab.
06 Dec 2017
OdishaOdisha: Several youths arrested for molesting student, filming incident
In a shocking case, the video of a group of youths harassing and molesting a girl in college uniform in broad daylight in Odisha has gone viral.
03 Dec 2017
DelhiCP victim saw molester's face, now fears for her life
Three days ago, a man allegedly groped a woman and masturbated in front of her in broad daylight on a terrace in Delhi's Connaught Place.
01 Dec 2017
IndiaDelhi, UP retain tag of 'most unsafe places' for women
Delhi, India's 'rape capital', shows no signs of improvement. According to NCRB, the city witnessed 15,310 crimes against women last year, the highest in urban India.
30 Nov 2017
ChandigarhChandigarh gang-rape: Shouldn't board auto if men inside, says MP
BJP MP Kirron Kher created controversy when she seemingly put some blame on the Chandigarh gang-rape victim.
30 Nov 2017
EducationArunachal school allegedly forces 88 girls to undress as punishment
A day after a purported video of a TN school forcing students to clean toilets surfaced, another is in the news for humiliating its students, this time in Arunachal.
29 Nov 2017
MaharashtraKopardi rape: Death sentence for crime that triggered Maratha protests
Three men accused of raping and murdering a teenager in Maharashtra's Kopardi last July have been awarded the death sentence by an Ahmednagar court.
24 Nov 2017
Delhi PoliceRaftaar: Delhi Police women to fight gender crimes on motorbikes
To effectively curb street crimes and make roads safer for women, the Delhi Police will next month deploy 'Raftaar,' a new motorcycle squad of mostly female cops.
22 Nov 2017
MuslimsCops seen making woman at Yogi's rally remove burqa
In a move that has raised eyebrows, police at UP CM Yogi Adityanath's rally were seen making a woman remove her burqa.
18 Nov 2017
TelanganaTelangana man throws wife out of house over biryani
In a rather horrific case, a 25-year-old woman was thrown out of her home in Telangana by her husband for not making biryani as per his taste.
17 Nov 2017
DelhiDelhi: Woman allegedly gang-raped, filmed and robbed by cab driver
A woman in Delhi has alleged a cab driver and his friend raped her at gunpoint, filmed the crime and robbed her before letting her go.
17 Nov 2017
MyanmarReport: Myanmar military committed mass rapes of Rohingya women
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has accused the Myanmar military of gang-raping several women and girls belonging to the Rohingya Muslim community.
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.
14 Nov 2017
Tamil NaduChennai: Man sets girl on fire for rejecting his proposal
In a shocking incident, a man in Chennai set on fire a 22-year-old girl allegedly for refusing his advances.
12 Nov 2017
KarnatakaKarnataka Home Minister: Gauri Lankesh's killers will be revealed soon
Two months after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru, an SIT is nearing the end of its investigation and will reveal its findings in a few weeks, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said.
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.
