crimes against women
- World
Rape academy: CNN uncovers online networks where men plan, share wives’ assaults
*Trigger warning When French pensioner Dominique Pelicot was convicted in 2024 of drugging his wife Gisèle unconscious and facilitating her rape by over 70 men, many of them strangers recruited online, the…
- Hyderabad
Man rapes woman on pretext of asking food, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
Hyderabad: A city court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman in her home and threatening to kill her if she reported the crime, a…
- Kolkata
Woman burnt alive after she rejects marriage proposal in Kolkata
Kolkata: A 30-year-old Muslim woman was allegedly set on fire and succumbed to her injuries on Monday, April 6, after she refused to marry a man who lured her on the pretext…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 5-year sentence for sexually assaulting five minor girls
Hyderabad: A city court on Monday, April 6, sentenced a 22-year-old mason to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting five minor girls in 2020, with a special sessions court also imposing…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police launches guidance initiative for women, children
Hyderabad: To reinforce support systems for women and children, the Hyderabad Police launched a community guidance initiative called “Margadarshak” on Thursday, March 5. The initiative aims to guide victims during any minor…
- Telangana
Telangana minor girl raped by cousin attempts suicide, dies later
Hyderabad: A minor who was allegedly raped by her cousin and threatened with dire consequences if she revealed it, consumed pesticide in a bid to end her life on December 8, 2025.…
- Hyderabad
Narsingi gang rape: Police weigh trying accused juveniles as adults
Hyderabad: In the gruesome case of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl, the Narsingi Police are now reportedly examining the legal possibility of trying the two arrested juvenile offenders…
- Middle East
We rape Palestinian women also, IDF soldier confesses to livestreamer
A conversation between an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and an American livestreamer triggered sharp reactions after the former said Israeli troops are not only killing Palestinian women and children in Gaza…
- Telangana
No minor gang-raped at Medaram Jatara in Telangana: NCW preliminary probe
Hyderabad: No minor was gang-raped during the recent Sammakka Saralamma Jatara in Telangana, according to the preliminary inquiry by the National Commission for Women (NCW). The inquiry committee constituted by the NCW…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Cyberabad Police rescues 337 children in a week
Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police SHE Teams carried out 176 decoy operations from January 17 to January 23 and caught 55 people allegedly indulging in indecent acts in public places, an official said on Saturday,…
- Bangalore
In guise of security check, Korean tourist molested at Bengaluru airport
Police on Thursday, January 22, arrested a ground staff member for allegedly sexually harassing a South Korean national at Terminal 2 in Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport in the guise of a security…
- Telangana
In sensitive cases, Telangana Police to record FIRs at victims’ homes
Hyderabad: In a move to ease access to justice for victims of serious and sensitive crimes, including cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Telangana Police will soon…
- Hyderabad
Deal with sensitivity in women’s cases, Hyderabad ACP tells cops
Hyderabad: Stressing on the need for sensitivity in dealing with women-related cases and the need for swift legal action, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes and SIT) M Srinivas on Monday, January 19, reviewed…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets death for killing woman who rejected advances
Hyderabad: In what is a rare conviction, a local court in Hyderabad on Monday, December 29, awarded the death sentence to a man who had killed a woman after she rejected his…
- Hyderabad
Crimes against children, women see sharp rise in Hyderabad in 2025
Hyderabad: In a worrying trend, crimes against women and children increased in Hyderabad in 2025, with cases involving women rising by six per cent and offences under the Protection of Children from…
