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Crime
UP: Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping teenage girl in 2016
Pratapgarh: A POCSO court here has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in 2016. Special Judge Pankaj Kumar Srivastava on Saturday held the…
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Crime
MP: 10-year-old tribal girl raped in Umaria, accused absconds
Umaria: A 10-year-old tribal girl was raped in a deserted school building in a village of Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, police said on Monday. The incident happened under Indwar police station…
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Crime
Man gets lifer for abducting, attempting to rape elderly woman
Kheda: A court in Gujarat’s Kheda district on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for abducting and attempting to rape a 60-year-old woman. The court of sessions judge D R…
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Rape victims’ testimony not confidence inspiring: HC judge
Mumbai: A Bombay High Court judge, facing flak for her interpretation of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, had in two recent rulings acquitted two…
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Pakistan
In landmark ruling, Pakistan court outlaws ‘virginity test’
In a landmark decision, a court in Pakistan has banned the practice of “two-finger” test or the “virginity test” in rape examinations. The Lahore high court on Monday passed the…
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India
UP: 28-yr-old man rapes minor girl in Firozabad, circulates video on social media
Firozabad: In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old man identified as Bhuri Singh allegedly raped a sixteen year-old girl in a village in Narkhi area of Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district, while his…
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Priest, aides allegedly gangrape and murder 50-yr-old woman in UP
Budaun: A 50-year-old woman, employed as an anganwadi worker, was gangraped and brutally murdered allegedly by a priest and his two aides in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday…
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Crime
Assam man sentenced to death for rape, murder of minor girl
Guwahati: A man was sentenced to death by a district court in northern Assam on Monday for raping and killing a five-year-old girl two years ago. The accused, Mangal Paik, was…
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Middle East
Kuwait: 21-year-old sent to life imprisonment for raping minor boy
A 21-year-old Kuwaiti man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor boy on 16th December in Kuwait City. The case was heard in the court of…
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Mumbai News
Maha govt sends draft ‘Shakti’ bill to joint legislature panel
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sent the draft bill, which provides for strict punishments including the death penalty and fine up to Rs 10 lakh for crimes such as rape,…
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35-year-old woman ‘gang-raped’ by 17 men in Jharkhand
Dumka: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by 17 men in the Mufassil area of Dumka on Tuesday evening. “The incident allegedly took place when she was returning home from a market.…
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Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Man sentenced 20-year jail for assaulting a minor
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man who was arrested for assaulting a minor is now sentenced 20 years imprisonment apart from imposing a fine of Rs 12,000 by a local court on Tuesday.…
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Crime
Girl alleges gangrape in moving van in UP’s Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr: A girl has accused four youths of gang-raping her in a moving vehicle after abducting her in the Chhatari police station area here, police said on Sunday. Police have registered…
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Crime
Court sentences two men to 10-year imprisonment for raping teenager
Jalaun: Two men have been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment by a court here for raping a 15-year-old girl in 2017. Special Judge Ghulam Mustafa also imposed a fine of Rs 13,000…
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UP: 8-yr-old raped, killed on Vrindavan outskirts
Mathura: An eight-year-old girl was raped and killed on the outskirts of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, police said on Friday. The girl had gone missing a day before…
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Uttar Pradesh: 17-year-old girl axed to death in Banda
Banda: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly axed to death by a brother-in-law of her elder sister in the Atrara area here on Saturday evening, police said. Police are suspecting rape…
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Kurnool: 58-year-old man arrested for raping minor
Kurnool: A state government employee was arrested on Monday by Kurnool One Town police for raping a minor girl in October. The parents, who had earlier hid the incident fearing…
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Hyderabad News
Woman raped by three in Telangana; Dies of head injury
Hyderabad: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three people, known to her, and later died of a head injury suffered during the assault on the city outskirts, police said…
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Crime
Man arrested for raping a minor girl in UP
Banda: A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in the Marka area here, police said on Friday. The incident took place on November 3 when the…
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India
Woman with self respect will die if raped: Kerala Congress chief
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress chief Mullappally Ramachandran on Sunday found himself in the midst of a controversy for his alleged remarks about rape victims. Ramachandran had said: “One can understand when…
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Crime
Five-year-old girl raped in UP’s Banda
Banda: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in a village in Baberu area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the…
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Neighbors push girl off terrace for resisting harassment in UP
New Delhi: A girl was allegedly pushed off a terrace by her neighbours in Ghazipur district. Uttar Pradesh Police is investigating into the incident and the girl is being treated…
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UP: Minor raped in car bearing ‘BJP Goraksha Samiti’ sticker, BJP’s flag
Meerut: A 15-year-old girl on her way to the college on her scooty for Judo practice raped by her senior inside a car bearing a sticker of ‘BJP Goraksha Samiti…
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Mumbai: Rape case filed against actor Mithun Chakraborty’s son
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have registered a case against veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty’s son Mahaakshay and the former’s wife Yogita Bali on a complaint of rape and cheating filed by a woman,…
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Telangana
Minor who was torched for resisting rape, dies after 27 days
Khammam: A 13-year-old girl from Khammam, who was set ablaze by a 26-year-old man after resisting rape, died at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday night. The minor succumbed to…
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Hyderabad News
Silent protest erupts for rape victims
Hyderabad: The outrage over gang-rapes and murders of women and minor girls that has swept the nation was seen in Hyderabad on Saturday when protesters took to the streets and demanded…
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India expresses shock at rape threat to Dhoni’s daughter Ziva
New Delhi: The world of cricket led by Virat Kohli has expressed deep horror to a reported threat given to M S Dhoni that his five-year-old daughter Ziva Dhoni would…
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Crime
5-year-old girl raped in UP’s Hardoi, one held
Hardoi: A man was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Sandila of Hardoi district, the Uttar Pradesh Police informed on Saturday. According to Anurag Vats, Superintendent of Police, the girl was allegedly…
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Crime
5-yr-old raped in UP’s Pilibhit
Pilibhit: A 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district, police said on Friday. The incident took place in the village under Diurea Kotwali police…
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Featured News
Anatomy of rape: Fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but ourselves
Kalyani Shankar Once again the whole country is aghast at the brutal gang rape of a 19-year-old Dalit girl from Uttar Pradesh who succumbed to injuries in a Delhi hospital…
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