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Talib Hussain, a resident of Majalta village of J&K’s Udhampur district, shot into prominence after being at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for the eight-year-old Kathua rape- murder victim. (Representational Image | PTI)

Kathua victim lawyer arrested for trying to rape woman in J&K’s Samba

The police said that Talib Hussain was taken into custody from Tral area in Kashmir Valley’s southern Pulwama district.

02 Aug 2018 7:58 PM

Instead of driving woman home on their way back, auto-rickshaw driver took the vehicle to a forest area where he sexually assaulted her. (Representational Image)

25-yr-old woman 'kidnapped', raped by an auto-rickshaw driver in Thane

According to police, woman and 30-year-old accused- Mukesh knew each other.

01 Aug 2018 3:44 PM

In the last one week, Maliwal said a total of 73 girls who were trafficked have been rescued from various areas in the national capital, following raids that were conducted by the DCW. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

39 women trafficked from Nepal, rescued from Delhi's Paharganj hotel

As per DCW Chief Swati Maliwal, the girls were trafficked on the pretext of being offered jobs.

01 Aug 2018 12:20 PM

Police investigate the site where a rape victim was alleged buried at a government shelter home in Muzaffarpur. (Photo: PTI)

Bihar: 11 women missing from second shelter home run by main accused

Thakur is prime accused in Muzaffarpur's shelter home case, where more than 30 minor girls were sexually assaulted over a period of time.

31 Jul 2018 4:26 PM

'After 14 days, they left me in Mau (Uttar Pradesh),' victim said and added that she does not know any of the five accused. (Photo: Representational)

UP girl abducted by 5 people, gangraped for 14 days

'I was abducted by five people on two motorcycles. They later took me to Gwalior, Bihar and Gurgaon in a car and raped me,' victim said.

31 Jul 2018 8:26 AM

The girls were also forced to consume alcohol, gagged or beaten into submission. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sedated, woke up naked in pain: Bihar shelter home rape survivors

The girl, in their statements, also said they were made to wear skimpy clothes and dance in front of Ravi Kumar Roshan and outsiders.

30 Jul 2018 5:25 PM

The accused, identified as Zahid Ansari, allegedly barged into the house of the minor and set her ablaze after dousing her with kerosene, Circle Officer Abhishek Pandey said. (Representational | File)

17-yr-old girl set on fire by spurned lover in UP’s Bhadohi

The incident occurred on Sunday under the City Kotwali police station area, police said.

30 Jul 2018 3:02 PM

While narrating her ordeal, the victim pointed out that the incident happened earlier this year. (Photo: ANI)

Woman accuses BJP worker, driver of rape in UP's Meerut

The victim alleged that after lodging complaint about rape, she was forcibly married to the driver, who left her after six months.

30 Jul 2018 8:41 AM

The victim visited the temple with a woman relative, following which the priest called her into his room and raped her. (Representational Image)

Woman raped by head priest inside temple near Delhi

The incident took place in Dhoom Manikpur village in the Badalpur police station area on July 9, police said.

29 Jul 2018 3:02 PM

Sexual exploitation of girls at a Muzaffarpur shelter home was uncovered more than a month ago during its audit by a Mumbai-based social science institute. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

Fresh medical report reveals more girls raped in Bihar shelter home

Ten of the 11 accused have been arrested, including Brajesh Thakur who ran the NGO home.

28 Jul 2018 11:59 AM

Nitish Kumar recommends CBI inquiry in Bihar shelter home rape case

Terming the incident 'deplorable', the decision to hand over the case to CBI was taken to prevent rumour-mongering in the state.

26 Jul 2018 1:08 PM

29 of 42 girls in Bihar shelter home raped, but no girl missing, say cops

Ten of the 11 accused have been arrested in the case, police said.

24 Jul 2018 4:10 PM

Centre to consider CBI probe in sexual exploitation of girls at Bihar shelter home

Medical reports suggested that more than half of the 40 girls, lodged at the shelter home, may have been raped at some point of time.

24 Jul 2018 2:45 PM

The incident took place at Dawkimari village in Dhupguri block and is the fourth one this month so far in the district in which people were attacked over suspicion of being child-lifters. (Photo: Representational)

4 women assaulted by mob on suspicion of being child-lifter in WB's Jalpaiguri

Amitabha Maity, Jalpaiguri superintendent of police, said four women, aged between 20 and 50 years, were not from the area.

24 Jul 2018 7:55 AM

Granting bail, Justice Rajavijayaraghavan directed the priest to surrender his passport, cooperate in the investigation and not to enter the limits of the police station where the victim resides. (Photo: File)

Kerala HC grants bail to Christian priest accused in rape case

Johnson V Mathew, a counsellor of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, was arrested from Kozhencherry in the district on July 13.

23 Jul 2018 5:41 PM

The police are now digging the compound to ascertain if the claims made by the inmate are true. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

40 rapes, girl killed and buried in Bihar shelter home; cops dig compound

One of the victims told interrogators that a girl was allegedly killed and buried underground in premises of the home.

23 Jul 2018 1:35 PM

A complaint has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including rape, police said. (Representational Image)

UP: 15-yr-old raped for several months, accused held after he uploads clip

The youth raped girl on several occasions since January, threatened to upload videos of incidents on internet if she reported the matter.

22 Jul 2018 11:38 AM

When the woman was leaving her home at around 7.30 am, her father stopped her and allegedly set her on fire by pouring kerosene over her. (Photo: File | Representational)

19-yr-old MP woman burnt alive by father for choosing to marry outside caste

Initial inquiry revealed that the family members opposed her decision to marry a man who belonged to another caste.

21 Jul 2018 2:10 PM

Thirty-nine-year-old Anissia Batra allegedly jumped off from the terrace of her residence following an argument with her husband Mayank Singhvi on Friday. (Facebook | Screengrab | Anissia Batra)

Second autopsy report endorses first, say police in Delhi air hostess death case

In their complaint, Anissia's parents accused that Mayank and his parents had assaulted her and demanded dowry.

19 Jul 2018 9:32 AM

Police suspect that the foreign national lost consciousness under the influence of some drug, the nature of which was not known immediately. (Representational Image)

Six detained for ‘sexually assaulting’ 21-yr-old Russian woman in TN

The woman was found unconscious in service apartment on Monday and was taken to a hospital by one of the 6 men who are being questioned.

18 Jul 2018 2:40 PM

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