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The report comes amid North Korea's ongoing nuclear disarmament efforts, led by the United States. (Representational image)

Sex abuse by officials part of women's daily routine in North Korea: Report

'Those we spoke to told us that unwanted sexual contact is so common that it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary life,' report said.

02 Nov 2018 4:34 PM

The accused had allegedly gang-raped the woman on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, SHO Muhana Police Station area Devendra Kumar said. (Representational Image)

Nepal woman jumps off third floor naked after being gangraped in Jaipur

The accused had tortured the woman following which she jumped naked from third floor of an apartment in Muhana area, to escape.

22 Oct 2018 8:44 AM

The arrest was made on Saturday night, days after the woman's body was found in Old Goa, police said. (representational Image)

23-yr-old Karnataka man arrested for raping, strangling woman in Goa

The woman's post-mortem had revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and murdered, police said.

15 Oct 2018 10:33 AM

The woman underwent a cesarean and delivered a stillborn at the government hospital in Jammu. (Representational Image)

Self proclaimed godman ‘rapes, impregnates’ 19-yr-old J&K woman

'The 65-year-old accused is from Mathura and is on the run. We are looking for him,' police said.

10 Oct 2018 10:25 AM

Among the policemen who were booked was a head constable and a constable rank official. (Photo: File | Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

16-yr-old girl, her mother ‘raped’ in Haryana, 7 policemen among 18 booked

The victim told senior officials the main accused who was a ASI rank police official raped them at their home last month.

04 Oct 2018 3:41 PM

Police said, 'The woman is heard saying repeatedly that she is on a fast. She is saying ‘Brother, please spare me’, but the accused brushes away all her appeals and rapes her.' (Representational Image | PTI)

Bihar woman bathing in Ganga raped; act filmed, shared on social media

Both accused - Shivpujan Mahto and Vishal Kumar - have been arrested police said on Wednesday.

04 Oct 2018 2:43 PM

Woman's roommate, also visually and hearing impaired, told police, with the help of an interpreter, that watchman Sahab Singh Gurjar had allegedly raped the woman repeatedly for over two months. (Representational Image)

Woman raped for 2 months by watchman at Gwalior shelter home, foetus burnt

Police sources said crime came to light when the district office of Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Welfare Department received complaint.

22 Sep 2018 9:33 AM

The woman also accused the officer of kidnapping her son. (Representational Image)

Senior Delhi cop charged with raping woman, molesting her minor daughter

The officer claimed he had lent money to the woman and when he asked her to repay the amount, she levelled allegations of rape against him.

21 Sep 2018 10:20 AM

Additional District and Sessions Judge Dr Pankaj has sentenced Ram Kumar and also slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 on him. (Representational Image)

68-yr-old Haryana man jailed for trying to rape 10-yr-old girl

According to complaint lodged by victim's father, the girl was going to school when accused took her behind an idol and tried to rape her.

19 Sep 2018 3:01 PM

Police dig at the site where a rape victim was alleged buried at a government shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur.

Shelter home rapes tarnish CM’s image

In a govt-funded shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, 29 out of 44 girls were raped over past few months.

30 Jul 2018 1:33 AM

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday attacked the Nitish Kumar government for its "failure" to check crimes against women. (Photo: PTI)

Tejashwi Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar govt over crimes against women

Yadav expressed concern over sexual exploitation of 29 girls, lodged at a state-funded shelter home.

20 Jul 2018 8:08 PM

It appeared that both women were killed in a similar fashion, a railway official said. (Representational Image)

Killed in similar manner: 2 women found dead in toilets of Assam trains

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has ordered an inquiry into the two incidents, an NFR spokesman said in Guwahati.

11 Jul 2018 9:29 PM

The accused were identified as Pankaj Dhobi (22) and Dinesh Lodha (25), residents of the Rangbadi area under the city's Mahavirnagar police station. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Facebook friend kidnaps, rapes minor schoolgirl in Kota for 4 days

The two men were arrested and produced before a fast track court on Monday which sent them to judicial custody until May 15.

01 May 2018 8:46 AM

The accused identified as Talib and Salman gangraped the woman near a well in the locality on April 24 of which the woman did not inform her family due to fear of defamation. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Gangrape video of woman goes viral in UP, family calls for justice

Speaking to media, the sister of the victim said, 'If the accused are not hanged or given life imprisonment, we will give up our lives.'

30 Apr 2018 9:08 AM

PM’s diktat is justified

The realisation that all this is their creation should be a good beginning for the reappearance of commonsense.

24 Apr 2018 12:32 AM

‘5 Odisha MLAs have cases against crime against women’

The Delhi-based think-tank further stated that as many as 37 cases of crime against women were lodged against five Odisha lawmakers.

21 Apr 2018 1:13 AM

Locals found her in a deserted street in an unconscious state with burns all over her body. (Photo: Representational)

Protests erupt after 8-year-old girl burnt alive after rape in Pakistan’s Punjab

A large number of people of Chichawatni, Sahiwal district, held a demonstration and blocked the main GT Road for several hours.

11 Apr 2018 11:31 AM

The 54-year-old man was reportedly beaten to death by villagers in Donkeshwar, for allegedly raping the girl. (Photo: File | Representational)

Telangana: 54-yr-old man beaten to death for raping minor girl

The accused was bashed, tied to a tree where stones and sticks were hurled at him till he collapsed in a pool of blood, reports said.

09 Apr 2018 6:03 PM

The victim's brother on Wednesday brought her to the family home at Khetia town from a nearby village where she used to live with her husband, on the pretext that their mother was ill. (Photo: File | Representational)

Upset over marrying man from different community, family kills 24-yr-old woman

On Thursday morning, the family members allegedly killed the woman by attacking her with a tool used to cut sugarcane plants, Ingle said.

05 Apr 2018 4:51 PM

The court further said while stalking essentially reflects a personality disorder of the perpetrator, it tends to put the victim and his or her family at a high mental and physical risk at the hands of the offender. (Photo: File | Representational)

Judiciary should sternly deal with issue of stalking: Delhi court

The court made the observations while dismissing the appeals of two convicts in a stalking case and upholding their six month's jail.

18 Mar 2018 2:37 PM

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