rape

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

Maharajganj (UP), March 30 A man was arrested here on Monday for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman under the guise of a marriage, officials said.The accused, Asraf Ali (19), had been in a relationship with the complainant for one and a half months. He had promised to marry her and allegedly...

Ranchi/Hazaribag, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in the Hazaribag district.The court also served notices to the state home secretary, director, and the director-general of police, as well as the...

Ranchi/Hazaribag, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bishnugarh, Hazaribag, on Monday.The court also served a notice to the state administration and the director general of police in this regard, an advocate said...

New Delhi/Ranchi, March 30 The BJP on Monday launched a strong attack on the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government over the brutal rape and murder of a minor girl in the Bishnugarh area of the Hazaribagh district.Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP Jharkhand State President and MP...

New Delhi, March 30 Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has described the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district as "heartbreaking" and has demanded the immediate arrest and strict punishment of those responsible.Devi said she met...

Hazaribagh, March 30 – The brutal rape and murder of a minor girl in Kusumbha village, under the jurisdiction of the Vishnugarh police station in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, has sparked widespread public outrage in the district.The BJP, along with local residents, called for a "Hazaribagh Bandh"...

Ranchi, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of the rape and brutal murder of a minor girl in the Vishnugarh area of Hazaribagh district on Monday and issued notices to the State Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), seeking their responses.The court...

Gurugram, March 29 A 25-year-old nurse from Punjab was allegedly abducted and repeatedly sexually assaulted by a truck driver for several days in a village in Haryana's Nuh district, police said on Sunday.The nurse alleged that the accused pressured her to convert to Islam by promising to...

Gumla, March 28 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Friday within the Ghaghara police station limits, when the victim was returning home from a Ram Navami fair along with a male friend, police said...

Bengaluru, March 28 – In a shocking incident, a minor girl originally from Assam was found dead under suspicious circumstances within the jurisdiction of the Electronics City police station in Bengaluru on Saturday.Her body was discovered in a secluded area of the Bolugudda region.The victim...

Ranchi, March 28 BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Jharkhand government over the murder of a minor girl in Hazaribagh district.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters in Ranchi, Sahu said while people were...

New Delhi, March 28 The Supreme Court has strongly criticized the disclosure of a girl's identity in a rape case and has directed all high courts to ensure that the names of survivors and their family members are not mentioned in court orders.In its 2018 judgment in the Nipun Saxena case, the...

Pune, March 28 A self-proclaimed godman from Maharashtra's Palghar district, who allegedly raped a 35-year-old woman after claiming to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva, has been arrested in Pune, police said on Saturday.The 40-year-old accused, Hrishikesh Vaidya, was apprehended from the Pimpri...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who was embroiled in the controversy surrounding self-proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat, finally resigned from her position as the President of the Maharashtra NCP women's wing on Friday.She has forwarded her resignation to the NCP national...

Hazaribag, March 27 The opposition BJP in Jharkhand has threatened to call a Hazaribag bandh on Monday if those involved in the recent "rape and murder" of a girl in the Bishnugarh area were not promptly arrested.State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu and Hazaribag MP Manish...

Hazaribagh, March 27 – The brutal rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in the Kusumba village under the Vishnugarh block of Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district has sent shockwaves across the state, triggering widespread outrage.The victim’s family refused to perform the last rites for three days...

Saharanpur (UP), March 27 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a gym trainer for allegedly raping a woman after rendering her unconscious by mixing an intoxicant in her protein drink, officials said on Friday.The police have also arrested his accomplice, who kept track of her and assisted the...

Palghar/Pune, March 27 Police have registered a case against a self-proclaimed religious figure from Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman from Pune, after he claimed to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva, officials said on Friday.The woman filed a complaint...