sexual violence

Bhadohi (UP), March 30 Two employees of a carpet export company allegedly entered their colleague's rented room here and raped his 32-year-old wife, police said on Monday.Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Tyagi said the woman's husband, from the city kotwali area, works at a carpet export...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 28 A court in Latehar district of Jharkhand sentenced six people to life imprisonment on Saturday for the gang rape of a minor.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Kariman Ganjhu (38)...

Lucknow, March 21 A man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping and killing his 17-year-old niece in Lucknow, police said.On March 19, the victim's brother filed a complaint against his maternal uncle, Kuldeep Maurya (28), alleging that he had taken his sister away on his motorcycle...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 19 A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 53-year-old convict, with failure to pay resulting in an additional...

Kota, February 28 An eighth-grade student was allegedly gang-raped by three young men while returning from school in a village in the Bundi district, an official said on Saturday.After the bleeding minor reached home, she was taken to a hospital, and doctors referred her to another healthcare...

Gumla (Jharkhand), February 20 Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping two girls in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Kamdara Police Station area when the two girls, along with their two friends, were...

February 20, New Delhi – An independent investigation by the United Nations has documented the mass killings of non-Arab communities following the capture of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), stating that the killings exhibit characteristics indicative of...

Banda (UP), February 19 A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped at a hotel here by two men and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.The two men involved in the crime were arrested and the minor was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.According to...

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...

Erode (Tamil Nadu), February 15 AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday, calling him a "puppet leader" who heads a government based on advertisements and lies rather than performance."In the history of Tamil Nadu, if...

Mumbai, February 15 Actor Taapsee Pannu believes that films led by and featuring unconventional stories are on the verge of disappearing, as there is a lack of audience support for such stories.Pannu, who has successfully balanced both mainstream and offbeat cinema, has established herself as...

By the time we finish this conversation, a woman will likely have already been exploited somewhere in the country, says filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, whose new film "Assi" explores the growing cases of sexual violence against women.The courtroom thriller, starring Taapsee Pannu, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud...