Hyderabad Gangrape

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Anti-CAA protesters hold placards and shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Rape and CAA: Both are strifes for space

Hearing my friends talk about the Citizens Amendment Act and the NRC allowed me an opportunity to tap into the subtext.

23 Dec 2019 2:46 AM

Men taking charge

With women’s safety becoming a key concern in India, supportive men from Mumbai are putting their privilege to good use.

17 Dec 2019 8:11 AM

Police at the site of the alleged encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinary on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Rule of law vs lynch law: Deliver speedy justice

The desire of revenge is so pronounced that there have been posthumous executions and that too in the name of justice.

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM

Encounter in Hyderabad was a lynching

The encounter specialist is the policeman who is willing to do the murder at close quarters of unarmed human beings.

08 Dec 2019 7:11 AM

It is fair to say that large sections of the population have expressed gratitude to the police for eliminating those alleged rapists and killers of Dr. Disha.

Has India failed its women?

The question isn’t whether celebrating the encounter is right or wrong—it’s definitely not the norm.

08 Dec 2019 6:58 AM

A team of National Human Rights Commission from Delhi inspect the spot where the four accused of rape and murder of Disha were gunned down in an exchange of fire on the outskirts of Chattanpally on Saturday. (Photo: P. Surendra)

NHRC committee visits encounter site in Telangana

The seven-member team was led by senior superintendent of police Manzil Saini and included a forensic expert.

08 Dec 2019 3:08 AM

Why should we be on our guard, always?

Presently, the courts, the prosecution and the police operate in silos, when they need to converge, debate and discuss every case together.

08 Dec 2019 2:29 AM

Supporting the police encounter of the four accused in the Hyderabad gangrape and murder case in the early hours on Friday, the family of Nirbhaya said that the Telangana police has set an example and urged authorities not to punish the policemen responsible for the action. (Photo: PTI)

Nirbhaya kin hail cops, say justice delivered

Nirbhaya’s mother said that the court, the government, and the Delhi police should see what example the Hyderabad police has set.

07 Dec 2019 2:11 AM

The NHRC has asked its director-general (investigation) to immediately send a team for a fact-finding, on-the-spot investigation.

NHRC plans to investigate, says police weren’t alert

The human rights body said the encounter was a matter of concern and needed to be probed carefully.

07 Dec 2019 1:10 AM

There are different kinds of crimes against women and not all are reported, as often a woman is told to remain silent because she is the saviour of our great “culture.”

In dystopian world, violence against women rules

It said that one out of every three women goes through violence at least once in her lifetime.

02 Dec 2019 5:46 AM

Religious leaders condemn vet’s rape and murder

RSS chief Bhagwat says lacklustre approach on safety of women unacceptable.

02 Dec 2019 5:35 AM

The rage of the middle classes against sexual violence is selective and is in most contexts directed against public violence and not domestic violence.

If society doesn’t respect all women, it’s hard to stop rape, sexual crimes

The demand to kill the accused publicly contradicts the democratic nature of the nation itself.

02 Dec 2019 12:51 AM

Cops chase away angry mobs who threw stones and slippers at the van carrying the four rapists-murderers of Priyanka Reddy in Shadnagar on Saturday. (Photo: P. Surendra)

Will police keep us safe? Cops, leaders must learn citizens’ safety is their duty

It was like any other day going to work and back for the young doctor who left home that day.

02 Dec 2019 12:46 AM

Answer difficult questions

Remember, harsher punishment for rapists like the death penalty won’t work.

02 Dec 2019 12:01 AM