Rape
- India
Odisha: 5 school teachers held for ‘raping’ 13-year-old student
Kendrapara: A total of five teachers of a private school were arrested on Saturday, February 21, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, police said. The arrests were made…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra: 7-year-old raped, murdered; accused found dead in lake
Amaravati: The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a drum on Tuesday, February 17, after she was allegedly raped and murdered by her neighbour in Madanapalle. The accused was found…
- India
Supreme Court vs High Courts: Two diferent views on what constitutes rape
India saw two significant but contrasting judicial views – one from the Supreme Court and the other from the Chhattisgarh High Court – both interpreting a woman’s bodily integrity and the legal…
- Telangana
Telangana: Eight-year-old raped by two relatives, including uncle
Hyderabad: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two of her relatives, one of whom is a minor, in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district of Telangana, police said on Monday, February 9. Officials said…
- India
Beautiful women from these castes attract rape: MP Congress MLA
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya kicked up a controversy by linking beauty to rape and also claiming sexual crimes against women from “certain castes” got encouragement from some scriptures…
- India
Gujarat man sentenced to death for brutal rape of 7-year-old
Rajkot: A court in Gujarat’s Rajkot city on Saturday, January 17, sentenced a man to death for raping a seven-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with an iron rod, in a verdict…
- India
Three men arrested in Karnataka’s Hubballi over rape, circulation of videos
Hubballi: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men here, and photos and videos of the incident were circulated on a messaging platform, police said on Sunday. Two men accused of…
- India
Junior hockey coach held for sexually assaulting girl in Haryana
Rewari: A junior hockey coach has been arrested here for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor girl, police said. The class 12 student from a village in Rewari district filed a complaint…
- India
False rape allegations leave unhealing scars: Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that the false implication of a person in rape allegations leaves unhealed scars on the accused for a lifetime and holds far-reaching consequences for…
- India
13-year-old Dalit girl ‘raped’ in UP’s Amethi
Amethi: A 13-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in the Fursatganj area here, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the incident took place on December 30 when the minor had gone…
- India
HC reduces man’s death penalty in minor’s rape, murder
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted a man’s death sentence for the rape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl to rigorous imprisonment for life, and acquitted his mother, observing…
- Top Stories
More crimes against women in Rachakonda in 2025
Hyderabad: Crimes against women under the Rachakonda police commissionerate in Hyderabad this year saw an increase of nearly 4 per cent since 2024, according to the data released by the police on Monday, December…
- Telangana
Telangana: 4 held for ‘raping’ 13-year-old girl in Secunderabad
Hyderabad: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four people, including two minors, at a lodge in Secunderabad here, police said on Wednesday. The four, who found the girl alone in Secunderabad…
- Kashmir
J-K: Madrassa teacher arrested for raping minor
Jammu: A madrassa teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a police spokesperson said. The accused, identified as Nasir Majeed of Challer village,…
- Middle East
UK court lauds Muslim man who stopped attempted rape
Last December, when Hamzah Albar was walking through the Monkwearmouth area in Sunderland, United Kingdom, he witnessed a woman being attacked physically and sexually, covering her mouth to silence her. Without hesitation,…
