Crime Against Women: News
24 Sep 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaCourt gives breather to student, who accused Chinmayanand of rape
The 23-year-old law student, who accused former Union Minister and BJP leader Chinmayanand of rape, got a reprieve on Tuesday after a court agreed to hear her plea seeking protection from arrest in connection to extortion case filed against her.
21 Sep 2019
Times of IndiaShowing middle finger to woman can put you behind bars
According to a recent judgment by a Delhi court, showing middle finger to a woman can land you in prison.
21 Sep 2019
Madras High CourtEx-judge assaults daughter-in-law for dowry, in front of her kids
A disturbing video of domestic violence did rounds of social media late on Friday. In the CCTV footage, a woman was seen being assaulted by her husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.
07 Sep 2019
Sexual HarassmentGoa swimming coach arrested for raping teen training under him
On Friday, Goa Police arrested swimming coach Surajit Ganguly in New Delhi for raping a 15-year-old girl training under him.
02 Sep 2019
HaryanaHaryana: Class-I student attempts to rape classmate; booked under POSCO
In a shocking incident, a student of Class-I has been booked for attempting to rape his classmate in Sirsa, Haryana.
25 Aug 2019
ChennaiEngineer made 600 women send nudes for 5-star hotel job
A 33-year-old software engineer has been arrested by Cyberabad police in Chennai for allegedly duping over 600 women across the country into sending their nude photos.
19 Aug 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP: Woman burnt alive by husband over triple talaq complaint
In a horrific event, a 22-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly torched by her husband and in-laws as she had approached the police after being given triple talaq.
19 Aug 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaUnnao case: CBI gets two more weeks to probe accident
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was granted two extra weeks by Supreme Court to complete the investigation into an accident which involved the Unnao rape survivor, her lawyer, and her relatives.
13 Aug 2019
FacebookUzbekistan woman gang-raped, dumped near home in South Delhi
A woman hailing from Uzbekistan has alleged she was gang-raped by three men in Gurugram and later dumped near her flat in South Delhi on Saturday.
12 Aug 2019
IndiaVijayawada: Man beheads wife, walks with severed head in hand
In a horrid incident, a man beheaded his wife in broad daylight in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, yesterday, and walked the streets with the decapitated head.
11 Aug 2019
GurugramGurugram SHO arrested for raping woman, filming incident
A station house officer of the Sadar police station in Gurugram has been arrested on Saturday for raping a woman and filming the incident.
10 Aug 2019
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Former BJP MLA booked for allegedly raping daughter-in-law
A former MLA of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was booked for allegedly raping his daughter-in-law on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1, this year, Delhi police said on Saturday.
08 Aug 2019
HaryanaHaryana shocker: 15-year-old gang-rape victim asks for lift, raped again
In an inhumane incident, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped twice within a span of 24 hours on July 30 in Haryana's Punhana, the police said on Wednesday.
06 Aug 2019
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityJNU student allegedly raped by cab driver, claims police inaction
In a tragic incident, a 21-year-old student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was allegedly raped by her cab driver on Friday night.
04 Aug 2019
Assam2 years after Assam student's murder, lover gets death penalty
Almost two years after a college student was murdered in Assam, her lover, Govind Singhal, was sentenced to death by a fast-track court of Kamrup in Guwahati on Saturday.
03 Aug 2019
Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh man gambles wife away, lets friends rape her
A man reportedly let his friends rape his wife after he placed a bet on her in a gamble and lost the same.
31 Jul 2019
InstagramRussian Instagram influencer's body found stuffed in suitcase, throat slit
In a tragic incident, a popular Russian Instagram influencer has been found dead at her rented apartment in Moscow.
22 Jul 2019
UttarakhandUttarakhand: No girl born in 3 months in 132 villages
While the Central government has been promoting the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme, it seems Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district doesn't even have the first half down.
21 Jul 2019
Ministry Of Home AffairsFormed to tackle workplace sexual harassment, government's #MeToo panel dissolved
In the wake of the #MeToo movement in October, the government had constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent workplace sexual harassment.
20 Jul 2019
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh: Man gets wife raped by friend, divorces her later
In a disgusting incident, a 19-year-old man from Chhattisgarh first made his friend rape his minor wife, and then he divorced her just 40 days after the marriage.
19 Jul 2019
RajasthanRajasthan: Policemen gangraped Dalit woman, plucked her nails with screwdriver
A 35-year-old Dalit woman has leveled serious allegations on policemen in Rajasthan.
12 Jul 2019
MaharashtraIndian women losing uteruses over illiteracy, unemployment
A few months ago, there were reports of several cases of hysterectomies (surgical removal of the uterus) among women sugarcane cutters in Beed, Maharashtra.
11 Jul 2019
UberKolkata: Actress 'dragged out' of Uber, threatened; driver arrested
In a troublesome incident, a popular Bengali actress was recently abused, threatened and thrown out of the Uber cab which she had booked to reach her shoot location.
07 Jul 2019
JaipurJaipur rape accused, a psychopath with history of crime, arrested
Five days after the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl in Jaipur shook the city, Rajasthan Police have arrested the accused, who has a history of sexual crimes. The accused was arrested from Kota.
07 Jul 2019
West BengalOutraged by affair, parents kill teenager, dump body in Ganga
A married couple was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing their 16-year-old daughter and dumping her body in the river Ganga in Malda district of West Bengal, the police said.
06 Jul 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaIndonesian woman jailed for exposing boss' harassment. What?
People often shift the onus of sexual misconduct onto the victim, demanding explanations, justifications, and action.
05 Jul 2019
JaipurJaipur: Internet remains suspended after violence over rape of 7-year-old
The rape of a seven-year-old in Jaipur, Rajasthan, has left the walled city shook, triggering violence and urging authorities to even suspend internet services in some regions.
30 Jun 2019
Sexual HarassmentUP: Jealous cousins rape Class-VIII student for topping exams
In a horrifying incident, a Class-VIII student was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by four of her cousins on a government school campus in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
28 Jun 2019
AlabamaA pregnant woman was shot, police arrested her for miscarriage
In a shocking incident, a United States woman has been charged with manslaughter after a shooting led to the death of her unborn child.
27 Jun 2019
Yogi AdityanathNoida Police to issue red cards to harassers and loiterers
In order to strengthen the anti-Romeo squads for protection of women in the city, Noida Police will now issue 'red cards' as a warning to men, who harass women verbally or non-verbally.
24 Jun 2019
Andhra Pradesh16-year-old held captive for week, gang-raped by six including minors
In a disturbing news, six men, including three minors, held a girl captive for seven days and raped her repeatedly.
17 Jun 2019
HyderabadHyderabad: Bar dancer stripped for refusing sexual favors
In yet another distressing incident which shows women are treated as objects of pleasure, a bar dancer in Hyderabad was allegedly stripped and thrashed for refusing sexual favors to customers.
16 Jun 2019
Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh: Father stabs daughter for refusing to quit studies
As if female education wasn't already a challenge, in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, a 15-year-old girl has accused her father and brother of trying to kill her as she wanted to continue her studies against their wishes.
16 Jun 2019
KeralaKerala: Woman police officer hacked, burnt alive by colleague
In a tragic incident, a woman civil police officer was hacked and later set on fire by her colleague in broad daylight in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.
15 Jun 2019
Delhi Police5 murders in 15 hours: Has Delhi become 'crime capital'?
Calling New Delhi India's crime capital won't be a hyperbole. In a duration of 15 hours, the national capital was rocked by five murders.
11 Jun 2019
Tamil NaduWoman pushed out of moving SUV, allegedly by her in-laws
In a shocking incident, a woman from Tamil Nadu was thrown out of a moving car, allegedly by her in-laws. The incident, which was captured on CCTV footage, took place in Coimbatore last month.
10 Jun 2019
Supreme Court Of India#UPShocker: When BJP minister rationalized rape of married women
Recently, Uttar Pradesh minister Upendra Tiwari made controversial remarks about rape, questioning the veracity of rape allegations made by adult women.
10 Jun 2019
NoidaIIT Professor rapes former student, asks the woman her "price"
A 45-year-old assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, was arrested for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman, who claims to be his former student, on the pretext of giving her a job.
09 Jun 2019
DelhiWoman's beheaded body, stuffed in trunk, found near Delhi Metro
In a shocking incident, a decapitated body of a woman was found stuffed inside a box near the Jahangirpuri Metro Station in the national capital on Saturday evening, the police said.
