Crime Against Women

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The number of complaints received by the NCW has been highest since 2014. In 2014, a total of 33,906 complaints were received.. (Representational image: AP)

Nearly 31K complaints of crimes against women received in 2021, highest from UP: NCW

There was a 30 per cent rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021 as compared to 2020 when 23,722 complaints were received

01 Jan 2022 12:36 PM

Kolkata woman killed in moving taxi, body dumped in a canal; cabbie nabbed

A driver of a mobile application-based taxi service has been arrested.

04 Jul 2020 5:58 PM

The accused also got badly injured after he was caught by the villagers while fleeing the spot. He has been admitted to a hospital, the police said. (Representational Image)

Rape accused stabs minor victim's father to death in Rajasthan, injures mother, brother

The accused would also be arrested once he was discharged from the hospital, police added.

17 Dec 2019 9:53 AM

Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA from UP's Bangermau, was expelled from the BJP in August 2019. (Photo: File)

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar convicted in rape and kidnap of Unnao teenager

The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on December 19.

16 Dec 2019 3:15 PM

Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA from UP's Bangermau, was expelled from the party in August, 2019. (Photo: File)

Delhi court to deliver verdict in Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar today

The judge heard the case on a day-to-day basis from August 5 after it was transferred to Delhi from a court in Lucknow on SC's direction.

16 Dec 2019 11:37 AM

'I could simply not accept my parents being dragged into all this," Aishwarya Roy told reporters. (Photo: PTI)

Have been assaulted by Rabri Devi, dragged out house: Daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai

The drama unfolded in evening when Roy — married to Tej Pratap Yadav – sat weeping outside the family's 10, Circular Road residence.

16 Dec 2019 8:27 AM

It has been 7 years after that night of December 16 when the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was savagely gangraped and left for dead on a Delhi street. (Photo: File | Representational)

7 years on, despair shrouds Nirbhaya rapists’ home and colony

One of the six accused Akshay Singh's petition is due to be heard on December 17.

15 Dec 2019 4:51 PM

The sections 376 (rape), 376D (intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital wtih any woman in that hospital) and 376DA (gang rape on woman under 16 years) will be amended to include the death penalty for offences listed under sections dealing with assault, sexual harassment and rape such as 354F, 354G, 376, 376A, 376AB, 376D, 376DA, 376DB or 376E of the IPC. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Andhra Assembly 'Disha' bill; death penalty for rapists within 21 days

State Home Minister M Sucharita moved the Bill in the Assembly, which the ruling YSR Congress called 'revolutionary.'

13 Dec 2019 5:56 PM

A 19-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times by her former boyfriend a day after she married another man in Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday, the police said. (Representational Image)

Day after marriage, 19-year-old Thane woman stabbed by ex-boyfriend

The woman, resident of Ambernath town, told police that she was in love with Khade, but chose to marry another man at her parents' behest.

13 Dec 2019 11:48 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Narendra Modi over crimes against women and said that the Prime Minister had launched 'Make in India' but nowadays it is 'Rape in India'. (Photo: File)

From 'Make in India' to 'Rape in India': Rahul attacks PM over crimes against women

Gandhi also targeted the media in the country and alleged that it was working for a few 'Indian industrialists'.

13 Dec 2019 11:38 AM

Over five years, between May 2009 and June 2013, the 50-year-old GP assaulted six patients of the Mawney Medical Centre in east London, including some as young as 11. (Photo: UK Police)

Indian-origin doctor used cancer fears to sexually assault women in UK

Manish Shah was convicted of 25 counts of sexual assault and assault by penetration on 6 women at Old Bailey court in London.

11 Dec 2019 9:31 AM

"Unfortunate that Prime Minister who speaks on everything is silent on this issue (crimes against women). From Make in India, India is slowly heading towards rape in India," Chowdhury said in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: ANI)

Adhir Ranjan urges PM Modi to speak up on crimes against women

Chowdhury was speaking in reference to the recent instances of rape and killing from Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.

10 Dec 2019 1:22 PM

The accused -- Mohammed Arif, Naveen, Shiva, and Chennakeshavulu -- were killed in the police encounter at Chatanpally, Shadnagar on the morning of December 6. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: Bodies of accused in vet's rape-murder case shifted to Gandhi Hospital

On Monday, the high court had directed that the bodies will be transported to Gandhi Medical College and be preserved till Dec 13.

10 Dec 2019 11:24 AM

"Our government has closed 43,000 belt shops in villages across the state. We cancelled permissions to permit rooms in wine shops in order to decrease the consumption of alcohol," said the Chief Minister. (Photo: File)

New law to be brought in for ensuring safety of women, says Andhra CM

'Pornography another reason for crime against women. Though porn sites are blocked, we are not able to control watching them,' Reddy said.

10 Dec 2019 9:23 AM

'Rape toh hua nahi, jab hoga tab aana (Rape has not happened, come when it happens),' a cop at the police station told the woman. (Photo: Representational)

'Come after you get raped': UP cops refuse to register complaint in another case

It is the same village where a rape victim was set on fire by four men.

08 Dec 2019 6:10 PM

'We must all take an oath to see that this sort of discrimination, this sort of atrocity is stopped,' Naidu said. (Photo: File)

Don't get into politics over atrocities against women: Vice President

Naidu said that merely by introducing new Bills will not reduce crime against women in the society.

08 Dec 2019 4:31 PM

Samajwadi Party president and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sat on a dharna outside the Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow, accusing the Yogi Adityanath government of failing to protect women in the state, and demanded that it be removed. (Photo: File)

'Hollow law, order mechanism in UP': Oppn slams govt after rape victim dies

Priyanka questioned govt why the woman was not given security keeping in mind a similar incident in the same district earlier.

07 Dec 2019 2:33 PM

Make public hanging of rape-murder convicts compulsory: Lobo

Lobo also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to bring amendments to the law.

07 Dec 2019 2:31 PM

Jwala Gutta on Saturday said that she was really disturbed to see so many people celebrating the encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. (Photo: Instagram/ Jwala Gutta)

Was disturbed to see people celebrating 'Telangana encounter: Jwala Gutta

She also said that she was relieved that some people still shared her concerns.

07 Dec 2019 2:08 PM

He was speaking at an event to celebrate the Armed Forces Flag Day celebrations in his constituency Wayanad. (Photo: ANI)

‘Reason for increase in violence...’: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi

'There is reason for breakdown of our institutional structures, reason that people are taking law into their hands,' Gandhi said.

07 Dec 2019 1:29 PM

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