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Sonbhadra (UP), March 10 Police have registered a case against a man in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh after his 19-year-old daughter accused him of rape, an official said on Tuesday.Local SHO Akhilesh Kumar Mishra said the woman in her complaint alleged that her father sexually...

Kochi (Kerala), March 10 An event manager was arrested here for allegedly raping a woman after promising to marry her, police said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Ayoob, who runs an event management company here, was taken into custody on Sunday following a complaint lodged by the woman...

Bengaluru, March 10 A Karnataka court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl with physical and mental disabilities in the Belagavi district.The accused, Dhareppa alias Dheeraj Angata Khanase, illegally entered the girl's house while her...

Islamabad, March 10 – The Human Rights Council of Pakistan, a non-governmental organization, has revealed that as many as 258 cases of rape were reported in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2025. However, only one conviction was recorded, local media reported.The Human Rights Council of...

Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

Thane, March 9 A 20-year-old tailor has been arrested in the Thane district on charges of raping a minor girl and attempting to force her into marriage after the interfaith wedding was disrupted by Hindutva activists, an official said on Monday.The accused, a resident of Shantinagar in...

New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the unavailability of Solicitor...

Malda (WB), March 8 Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken groundbreaking steps to empower women.He said that the PM has got 14 crore toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission to ensure the...

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), March 8 A man was arrested, and two minors were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in the Bakhira area here, officials said.The accused, identified as Abhishek, is around 20 years old, while the two minors are around 17 years of age, they said...

Kolkata, March 8: Amidst the rising price of cooking fuel, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the Centre on Sunday, alleging that it was harassing common people."We always strive to be with the people at all levels. On the other hand, the job of the Union...

Hathras (UP), March 7 A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minors in the Sikandra Rau Police Station area here, police said on Saturday.The victim, a fourth-grade student, had gone to a forest near her village around 2 pm on Friday to collect fodder when two boys lured her into a...

Dehradun, March 7 A solo trip turned into a night of terror for a woman from Delhi who spent the entire night hiding in a forest in Uttarakhand, injured and without a mobile phone, to escape what she alleged was an attempted rape by her taxi driver.On Thursday, the 31-year-old woman arrived in...

Bilaspur (HP), March 7 Tension gripped a village in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy, prompting police to take immediate action and detain the accused.According to police, the incident took place on...

Coimbatore, March 7 – A court here on Saturday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the gang rape of a 20-year-old college student near the Coimbatore International Airport in November 2025.The judgment was delivered by Judge V. Sundararaj of the Mahila Court (in-charge), who found the...

Pakur, March 7 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl in the Pakur district of Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.A search is underway to apprehend the remaining three accused in the case, they said.The incident took place on February 17, but the FIR...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 A Kerala court has sentenced a 65-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy in April last year.Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court judge Anju Meera Birla said that there was no need to show any undue leniency to the accused...

New Delhi, March 3 A court here has acquitted a man accused of raping a woman under the pretext of marriage, citing insufficient evidence to frame charges under the alleged offenses.Additional Sessions Judge Harjeet Singh Jaspal was hearing a case registered in 2017 under sections 376 (rape)...

New Delhi/Agartala, March 3 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha assured the parents of a 19-year-old girl from the state who was allegedly brutally assaulted in Gurugram on Tuesday that the state government would provide all possible support.An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in...

Muzaffarpur, March 2 A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, police said on Monday.The incident took place in the Mushahari police station area of Muzaffarpur around 11 pm on Sunday."The girl was allegedly raped by two individuals when she went out to fetch...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 2 A 57-year-old "ojha" (traditional healer) is alleged to have raped a minor girl at her house after performing rituals to cure the victim's brother in a village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday.The "ojha," who had previously served a...