rape

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...

Prayagraj, March 26 The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious concern over the lapses in the registration of a police case, noting that while the complaint mentioned rape, the FIR did not invoke the relevant sections related to it.The high court directed senior Uttar Pradesh Police and...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering his minor sister-in-law three years ago.Additional district judge-cum-judge of the POCSO court, Pranati Pattnaik, pronounced the verdict after...

New Delhi, March 26 A court here has sentenced a 72-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor last year, stating that despite the victim addressing him as "grandfather," he exploited her to satisfy his lust.Highlighting the betrayal of trust and the erosion of...

In Kolkata, on March 26, the grieving parents of the young doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital expressed their belief that only the BJP can bring justice for their daughter and ensure the safety of women in West Bengal. They spoke a day after the victim's mother secured a BJP...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday asserted that the Maoist threat would be a thing of the past after this month, and said that 27 red rebels have been killed in the state since the beginning of 2025.During a discussion in the assembly on the 2026-27...

Mumbai, March 25 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ridiculed claims made by alleged con artists, including self-proclaimed astrologer Ashok Kharat, on Wednesday, saying that if black magic actually worked, the world would look very different."If problems could truly be solved...

Mumbai, March 25 Over the past 13 years, more than 91,000 missing girls have been traced and reunited with their families in Maharashtra, highlighting improvements in tracking mechanisms and enforcement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Wednesday.Nearly 60 per...

Navsari (Gujarat), March 25 A 38-year-old man who lived with a woman was arrested for allegedly raping her two minor daughters from a previous marriage and impregnating one of them in Navsari district of Gujarat, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who had been in a live-in relationship with...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Supreme Court has criticized the Haryana Police and Gurugram's Child Welfare Committee for their "shameful," "reckless," and "insensitive" handling of the case of a three-year-old girl's rape. The court has formed a special team of female IPS officers to conduct a...