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Ranchi, April 1 The opposition BJP called for a bandh in Jharkhand on April 3, demanding justice for a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in the Hazaribag district.The party also announced torchlight processions across all block and district headquarters on April 2 to...

Islamabad, April 1 – In yet another shocking crime, four men are alleged to have gang-raped a woman in a van that was traveling through the Baga Sheikhan area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Rawat police in Punjab province, Pakistan, local media reported.A police spokesperson said...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 A court in the Jharsuguda district of Odisha has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl in 2025.The additional district judge of Jharsuguda delivered the verdict on Tuesday."Pankaj Podh, the main accused in the case, has been sentenced to...

Patna, April 1 – A woman was gang-raped in the Punpun area of Patna, allegedly after being offered a job as a domestic helper, police said on Wednesday.The incident falls under the jurisdiction of the Punpun Police Station. According to a police official, the accused allegedly mixed a sedative...

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar (Odisha), March 31 A 17-year-old girl who had fled sexual abuse by her stepfather in Andhra Pradesh was allegedly drugged and raped by two individuals in Odisha, police said on Tuesday.The Odisha Police arrested two individuals and took a boy into custody in connection...

Kanpur, March 31 A 21-year-old Bachelor of Medical Lab Technology (BMLT) student has accused three of her college classmates of attempting to rape her a fortnight ago on campus, police said on Tuesday.According to a complaint lodged on Monday, the incident took place on March 16 in a classroom...

Jammu, March 31 A man who had been on the run for nearly seven years after allegedly abducting and raping a minor girl has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.He had been evading arrest since a case was registered against him at Janipur Police Station in Jammu in 2019.Sunil Bhagat was...

New Delhi, March 31 The National Commission for Women took cognizance of a news report on Tuesday regarding the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, and the delay in providing her medical treatment.Commission Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the...

New Delhi, March 31 The Delhi High Court has awarded a 10-year prison sentence to a woman for aiding her minor brother in committing the crime of rape in 2013.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that the convict played an "active and deliberate" role in luring the victim and was not only...

Prayagraj, March 31 A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday.In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict...

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...