Crime Against Women: News
Bihar Social-Welfare-Minister should be sacked for Muzaffarpur shelter-home-scandal: NCP's Anwar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) National General Secretary and MP, Tariq Anwar, demanded that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack his Social Welfare Minister, Manju Verma, for the failure to prevent sexual exploitation at the state-funded shelter home at Muzaffarpur.
Three women JD(U)-spokespersons' open-letter to Rabri ahead of Tejashwi's sit-in
Three women spokespersons of ruling JD(U) in Bihar today wrote an open letter to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi asking her to expel from the party those involved in immoral acts.
Delhi: Man makes fake social-media accounts, threatens women with morphed-images
A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly setting up fake accounts of women and sending their morphed images to their friends.
Mumbai: Man pulls woman's pants, molests her, arrested
A 40-year-old woman had a stomach-churning experience when she was out on a walk on Tuesday.
Maharashtra: Men gangrape eight-month pregnant woman after locking up husband
Eight men allegedly gangraped an eight-month pregnant woman after thrashing her and her husband and robbing them in Sangli, Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra: Autorickshaw driver abducts and rapes woman in Thane
A 25-year-old married woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an autorickshaw driver in a forest area in Ulhasnagar town in Maharashtra's Thane district.
UP: Teenage girl set afire by scorned lover in Lucknow
A 17-year-old girl was set ablaze allegedly by a jilted lover in the Alamnagar area in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, police said today.
Delhi: He shot her dead to prove gun was real
After being on the run for two days, a man who 'accidentally' shot a woman in Shahdara's Dilshad Garden was finally arrested on Friday.
Kathua rape case: Crime branch to submit supplementary-chargesheet this week
Jammu and Kashmir Police's crime branch will be submitting its supplementary charge-sheet this week before the Pathankot court, which is hearing the gruesome case of rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in January.
Bihar shelter-home: Girls cut hands with glass to escape rape
The Muzaffarpur shelter home sex abuse racket gets more horrifying by the day. The toll of raped girls has now increased to 34.
Gurugram: Woman files complaint against husband over rape, unnatural sex
A woman has lodged a police complaint in Gurugram against her husband, accusing him of raping her and forcing her into unnatural sex, police said.
Delhi: Man held in Munirka trafficking case of Nepali girls
A 32-year-old man involved in the Munirka human trafficking case in Delhi, where 16 Nepali women were rescued, has been arrested, the police said today.
Delhi: Man uploads woman's intimate photos to get wedding cancelled
A Delhi-based man decided to upload on the internet intimate photos of a woman he had promised to marry, in order to get the wedding cancelled.
Jaipur: Man, who tried to rape daughter-in-law, commits suicide
A man, aged about 50, allegedly committed suicide in Churu district near Rajasthan's Jaipur, after making an attempt to rape his daughter-in-law, during which he also stabbed her repeatedly on meeting resistance, the police said today.
UP: Teenage girl dies after scorned lover sets her ablaze
A 16-year-old girl died today after she was allegedly set ablaze by her jilted lover at Chaukhandi village under Safdarganj police station limits in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said.
Maharashtra: 24-year-old burned to death by husband, mother-in-law in Thane
A 24-year-old woman has been allegedly burned to death by her husband and mother-in-law in Maharashtra's Thane district.
Indonesia: Raped by brother, 15-year-old girl jailed for having abortion
On Thursday, an Indonesian court awarded six months' imprisonment to a 15-year-old girl, who was raped by her own brother, for undergoing an abortion. Abortion is illegal in the country.
Bhopal: Stalker holds model hostage for 12 hours for fame
Friday, the Fortune City area of Bhopal, MP, saw a tense 12 hours: a man had barged into a model's home and was holding her hostage at gunpoint, demanding marriage.
UP-shocker: Five-men rape mother-of-two, then burn her alive in temple
In a shocking incident, a mother of two, aged 35 years, was gang-raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and then burnt alive in a nearby temple on Saturday.
UP: Man held for giving triple-talaq, starving wife to death
A man in UP's Bareilly has been arrested for allegedly giving his wife "triple talaq" over the phone and locking her up for a month without food and water, leading to her death.
Bhopal: Man holds model hostage in her house demanding marriage
An armed man is holding a model hostage in an apartment building in Bhopal since this morning, demanding that she marry him, police said.
Haryana suspends government benefits for 'rape accused.' Will it help?
Clamping down on sex offenders, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that those accused of rape or sexual harassment will lose many government facilities, including driving/arms license, state scholarships, pension and more, till a verdict is out in the case.
Unnao rape: CBI files chargesheet against MLA Kuldeep Sengar
The CBI has filed a chargesheet against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the accused in the Unnao rape case.
Bihar-gangrape: When victim approached principal for help, he assaulted her
When a school principal in Bihar found out his minor son, along with 14 classmates, had allegedly raped a Class-10 girl, he called her to his room.
Looking for safe places for women? Look to India's northeast!
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Odisha: Man arrested for raping 13-year-old girl in Jajpur
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district.
MP: 14-year-old dragged from sleep, gangraped by 'relatives'
Yet another child has allegedly fallen prey to perverted predators. This time, it was a 14-year-old girl of Chhatarpur, Bundelkhand, MP.
'Even Lord Ram can't stop rapes': BJP MLA triggers controversy
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Surendra Singh triggered a controversy when he said 'even Lord Ram can't stop rapes in the state'.
Friend's-father forced me to drink alcohol before rape: Gurugram survivor
For this 18-year-old Gurugram girl, it was a happy occasion: her childhood friend studying abroad was home for vacations, and they had planned a sleepover.
Bihar girl raped by principal, two teachers, 16 students
A Class 9 girl has alleged that she was raped and blackmailed by her school's principal, two teachers, and 16 students in Bihar's Saran district.
Yet another rape: Gurugram businessman arrested for raping daughter's friend
A 45-year-old businessman from Gurugram's DLF Phase 5 was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping his daughter's 18-year-old friend when she visited their home on Thursday.
Muzaffarnagar: Woman tied to tree, beaten up over 'illicit relationship'
A woman was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten up on the orders of a panchayat in a village in Muzaffarnagar over an "illicit relationship" with her brother-in-law's son, police said.
UP: School principal arrested after camera found in girls' toilet
Police in UP nabbed a principal and three others after students reported that cameras had been secretly installed in a girls' toilet in the Maharajganj school.
Unnao: Three men drag, molest woman as another shoots video
Cops in Unnao, UP have launched a manhunt after a video surfaced of three men molesting a woman while another records it.
Prominent Bengaluru bar in trouble for 'indecent, obscene' activities
Police have busted illegal activities in one of Bengaluru's prominent bars, rescuing at least 32 women and arresting six employees.
Former Congress employee accuses seniors of sexual harassment
In a blow to the Congress, a former member of its social media team has accused a senior of repeated sexual harassment, Asianet News reports.
MP: 15-year-old girl raped by 3 friends of her brother
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three friends of her elder brother, including two minors, in her house in the Bada Patthar area of Jabalpur (MP).
India shamed: Italian woman allegedly raped by Mumbai 'tour guide'
Mumbai Police is looking for a man who's accused of raping a 37-year-old Italian national last month.
Maharashtra: Man arrested for raping woman on pretext of marriage
A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on several occasions after promising to marry her in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said today.