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Ballia (UP), February 19 A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men from her own village here, officials said on Thursday.An FIR was registered based on a complaint by the survivor's father on Wednesday, they said.According to the complaint, the girl had gone out of her home to...

Bilaspur, February 18 Noting that the convict's act preceded the actual partial penetration but without ejaculation, the Chhattisgarh High Court has reduced the seven-year sentence awarded by a trial court to a man in a 2004 rape case and convicted him for attempted rape instead.Partially...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 18 A POCSO court in Berhampur, Odisha, on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl four years ago, a government counsel said.Additional district judge and POCSO special court judge Pranati Pattnaik...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a woman lawyer challenging the discharge of her former partner and two others in a case alleging rape, fraudulent marriage, unlawful confinement, and criminal intimidation.The court ruled that the evidence...

Ballia (UP), February 18 A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor Dalit girl in 2025, and imposed a fine of ₹75,000 on the convict, officials said on Wednesday.Public prosecutor Vimal Kumar Rai said that in February 2025, the convict lured the...

Gumla/Dumka (Jharkhand), February 18 Two girls have allegedly been raped in separate incidents in the districts of Gumla and Dumka in Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.One person has been arrested in connection with one of the cases.A 15-year-old girl is alleged to have been raped by a man...

Amaravati, February 18 – The suspect in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl had escaped from police custody, police said, adding that his body was found in a lake in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.Kulavardhan (30) was found dead in a lake in the village of...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court has ruled that grabbing breasts and pulling a pyjama string constitutes "an attempt to rape," overturning a controversial Allahabad High Court order that said these were only "preparation to commit rape."A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

Amaravati, February 18 – The body of the suspect in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl was found in a lake in Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday, police said.Kulavardhan (30) was found dead in a lake in the village of Kanasanipalli, in the Kuralabalakota mandal.Locals...

Patna, February 17 – On the 38th death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National Working President Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said that Karpoori Thakur’s ideas and aspirations must be carried from Bihar to Delhi and reach every household in the country...

Kolkata, February 17 The parents of a female medical student who was raped and murdered inside the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024, moved a court here on Tuesday, requesting that those present with her during the night shift on the day of the incident be interrogated...

Thane, February 17 Police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Pune who had been on the run for more than a year after being accused in a case of gang rape and robbery in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Nagesh Keshav Gaikwad, was part of a...

Mumbai, February 17 – Veteran actor Jackie Shroff is celebrating 41 years of his film, "Mera Jawab," reminiscing about a chapter from the early phase of his cinematic journey that helped solidify his place in Hindi cinema.Jackie shared a poster of the film on his Instagram stories, which also...

New Delhi, February 16 – The Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that before marriage, a boy and a girl are "strangers," and there must be caution before entering into a physical relationship.The remarks came from a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan while hearing a special...

Ballia (UP), February 16 A local court on Monday convicted a couple from Bihar's Gopalganj district and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.Additional Sessions Judge Pratham Kant delivered the verdict after the trial, which was completed four...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday said that a boy and a girl are "complete strangers" before marriage, and they should exercise caution when engaging in pre-marital physical relationships.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, which was hearing the bail plea of a...

Bengaluru, February 16 – The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavati, in Karnataka’s Koppal district, on Monday sentenced three men to death in connection with the gang-rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the killing of a male tourist near Sanapura Lake last...

Thane, February 12 A special fast-track court in Kalyan, Thane, sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter.Special Judge (POCSO) VA Patravale found him guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the...

Patna, February 12 RJD leader Rabri Devi urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday to "break his silence on the increasing number of incidents of crimes against women" in Bihar.She was speaking during a protest staged by opposition MLCs outside the Bihar Legislative Council during the...

Chaibasa, February 12 A man was sentenced to 21 years in prison by a court in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand for raping a girl.The verdict was delivered by the Additional Sessions Judge-II on Wednesday, after the accused was found guilty under Section 6 of the POCSO Act.The...