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04 Aug 2018
BiharBihar 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.
04 Aug 2018
BiharThree 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.
03 Aug 2018
FacebookDelhi: 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.
03 Aug 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 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.
03 Aug 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 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.
03 Aug 2018
India5 self-defense weapons every woman needs to carry
Every day, one keeps hearing about the horrific rape incidents in India. Now, more than ever, such incidents have triggered fear among us. There's always a horror that surrounds us whenever we step out.
01 Aug 2018
ThaneMaharashtra: 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.
30 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: 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.
30 Jul 2018
West BengalDelhi: 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.
29 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaKathua 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.
29 Jul 2018
BiharBihar 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.
28 Jul 2018
GurugramGurugram: 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.
28 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceDelhi: 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.
27 Jul 2018
Social MediaDelhi: 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.
24 Jul 2018
RajasthanJaipur: 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.
24 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: 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.
22 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 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.
22 Jul 2018
IndonesiaIndonesia: 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.
15 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshBhopal: 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.
15 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP-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.
14 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: 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.
13 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshBhopal: 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.
13 Jul 2018
HaryanaHaryana 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.
11 Jul 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)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.
10 Jul 2018
BiharBihar-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.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaLooking for safe places for women? Look to India's northeast!
If you're wondering if there's any place safe for women anymore, India's northeast might surprise you.
09 Jul 2018
OdishaOdisha: 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.
08 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: 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.
08 Jul 2018
Yogi Adityanath'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'.
08 Jul 2018
HaryanaFriend'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.
07 Jul 2018
BiharBihar 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.
07 Jul 2018
GurugramYet 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.
06 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshMuzaffarnagar: 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.
06 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: 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.
06 Jul 2018
Sexual AssaultUnnao: 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.
05 Jul 2018
KarnatakaProminent 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.
04 Jul 2018
Sexual HarassmentFormer 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.
03 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: 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).
02 Jul 2018
MumbaiIndia 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.
30 Jun 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 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.