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A 42-year-old woman in Arvalli district in Gujarat sustained serious injuries after she was allegedly set on fire by her relatives, who accused her of practising witchcraft. Representational Image (Photo: File)

Dalit woman set on fire for resisting sexual assault in Bihar, 1 held

According to villagers, woman - Puniya Devi - reportedly had fight with her husband after which she poured kerosene on...

22 Aug 2018 11:15 AM IST

Powai, Khar, Bandra and Andheri have witnessed a rise in molestation cases recently.

Goa temple priest accused of sexually assaulting 2 women surrenders

Dhananjay Bhave, 51, formerly attached to a famous temple in Mangueshi village turned himself in before judicial...

21 Aug 2018 5:13 PM IST

Prabhu Ramamoorthy initially told investigators that he was in a deep sleep and did not do anything. (YouTube Screengrab/ WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7)

Indian man convicted of groping woman on US flight, wife sat next to...

Prabhu Ramamoorthy, who worked for an IT company for over two years, will be sentenced on December 12 by US District...

18 Aug 2018 8:15 AM IST

Buddhist monk Bante Sanghpriya Sujoy was arrested for sexually abusing 15 children at a meditation school in Bodh Gaya. (Representational Image | Pexels)

Buddhist monk held for sexually abusing 15 children at school in Bihar

Case had surfaced when one victim informed his parents about torture he faced in Buddhist Novice School and Meditation...

30 Aug 2018 5:22 PM IST

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

Pope Francis 'begs for God's forgiveness' for church sexual abuse...

Irish PM Leo Varadkar on Saturday directly urged the pope to take action against abuses and ensure justice for victims...

26 Aug 2018 4:50 PM IST

The directive comes in the wake of the alleged rape of a minor girl by an electrician in an NDMC-run school in the city. (Representational image)

Neighbour arrested in Maharashtra for raping, drowning teenager

The accused, 23-year-old Rahul Budhawale, was arrested in morning for the incident that took place in Mankoli area in...

25 Aug 2018 3:36 PM IST

Bhante Shanghpriya Sujoy was first arrested on Wednesday and police are also investigating the trust which runs the school. (Photo: PTI)

Buddhist monk accused of sexual assault made Bihar boys dance naked

Police said there are 'serious allegations' against Bhante Shanghpriya Sujoy who took boys aged between 6-12 from...

1 Sept 2018 5:10 PM IST

The accused allegedly told the survivor that if she disclosed the rapes, he would kill her mother and her.

Police searching for minor boy in molestation case

After the incident, the girl informed her mother about it and the two went to Charkop police station to lodge a FIR.

1 Sept 2018 1:56 AM IST

The girl, a student of Class 1, had gone to the girls washroom in her school at 1 pm when the male staffer assaulted her.

3-yr-old girl in Delhi sexually assaulted at school: Police

The incident was reported by the victim's father on Tuesday, they said.

6 Sept 2018 10:09 AM IST

A 38-year-old woman jumped from her second-floor residence in Minara Mansion after a fire broke out at around 4.45 am on Wednesday.

Transgender in Pakistan set on fire by 4 men for resisting sexual...

The transgender suffered 80 per cent burn injuries and died while he was being taken to a hospital in Lahore.

10 Sept 2018 3:15 PM IST

The woman was allegedly raped by four men for about three hours near railway tracks in Bhopal when she returned home after attending a coaching class on the night of October 31. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Chennai actor accuses senior journalist of sexually harassment, shares...

The actor said the journalist sat next to her at her house and misbehaved. 'I had to literally show him the door,' she...

29 Sept 2018 4:01 PM IST

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh depart after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 27, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Brett Kavanaugh hearing: Can you be 'very, very certain' -- and wrong?

Brett and Ford, woman who says he sexually assaulted her decades ago, both say they are convinced their recollections of...

29 Sept 2018 3:06 PM IST