Four teens held for rape, murder of minor girl
April 14th, 2012 - 5:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four teenaged boys have been detained in Russia's Siberia region on suspicion of raping a 12-year-old girl and leaving her naked to die in the ... Read more...
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Wary of fourth girl child, man poisons wife, daughters
April 13th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Durgapur (West Bengal), April 13 (IANS) Afraid of having a fourth girl child, a man Friday allegedly poisoned his seven-month pregnant wife and three daughters to death in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Street, working kids open up to authorities
April 11th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) More than 100 street and working children Wednesday talked about their issues with representatives of the juvenile justice system, police and child welfare groups at ... Read more...
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Rapist priest jailed for seven years
April 3rd, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Noting that "sexual violence, apart from being a dehumanizing act, is an unlawful intrusion on the right of privacy and sanctity of a female", ... Read more...
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Awareness and empathy can embolden Autistic people (April 2 is World Autism Day)
April 1st, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Whether an unreasonable airline denies them a seat or an inconsiderate doctor refuses to examine them, autistic people have for long faced unnecessary discrimination for ... Read more...
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Delhi woman pushed by brothers from first floor, dies
March 30th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a freak accident, a 25-year-old girl died after being pushed from the first floor of her house by her two brothers when she tried ... Read more...
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West Bengal polio case false alarm, says health ministry
March 30th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) An 18-month-old girl admitted to a hospital in West Bengal with polio-like symptoms is not affected by polio, the health ministry said Friday, terming the ... Read more...
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Briton claims he was sleepwalking during rape, jailed
March 29th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) A man, who claimed in the court to be sleepwalking when he raped a teenaged girl, has been jailed for six years in Britain.Zack Thompson, 20, ... Read more...
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Pakistani girl raped by cops, attempts suicide
March 27th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) A college girl attempted suicide after she was allegedly raped by five policemen when she was returning home from tuition in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media ... Read more...
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Man uses facebook to abuse girl friend, jailed
March 26th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lodon, March 26 (IANS) A man in Britain, who befooled his 21-year-old girl friend to perform sexual acts online by creating his fake identities on Facebook, has been jailed ... Read more...
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Girl commits suicide at Delhi metro station
March 25th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A 22-year-old girl Sunday committed suicide in the national capital by jumping in front of a metro train, prompting the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) ... Read more...
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Briton jailed for having sex with school girl
March 24th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) A maintenance worker of a British school has been jailed for three years for having sex with one of two 15-year-old girl students he seduced.Matthew Moses ... Read more...
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Fugitive Catholic priest arrested in Tamil Nadu
March 17th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) Catholic priest Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was arrested in Erode in Tamil Nadu on charges of molesting a child in the US when he was there ... Read more...
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FBI finds girl ‘kidnapped’ by dad
March 16th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 16 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl from New York, who was allegedly kidnapped by her father after he was denied custody, has been found by the Federal Bureau of ... Read more...
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Forced to marry rapist, girl kills self
March 16th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 16 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl in Morocco swallowed rat poison and died after her forced marriage to a man who raped her a year earlier, a media ... Read more...
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Blast kills eight-year-old in Manipur
March 15th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, March 15 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was killed and five women from her family injured when a powerful bomb exploded in a residential locality in Manipur's Imphal East district ... Read more...
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Delhi doctors save two-year-old girl
March 14th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Two-year-old Zuana was near death due to terminal liver failure and doctors in her hometown of Jaipur had given up on her. However, a rare ... Read more...
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Two killed in accident
March 14th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl and a man were killed and the girl's mother critically injured when a speeding car hit them in west Delhi Tuesday evening, ... Read more...
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Baby Falak to be discharged in a week
March 9th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) After fighting against all odds, abandoned and abused baby Falak is likely to be discharged in a week's time from the All India Institute of ... Read more...
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Girl goes to police against father
March 5th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 5 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl has complained against her father in Rajasthan saying he was forcing her to marry an elderly person, police said Monday.The Class 10 student ... Read more...
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Schoolgirl, two others killed in bus accident
March 5th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 5 (IANS) A school bus ferrying children home collided with a truck, killing a 12-year-old girl, and two others Monday afternoon in Goa, police said.The accident took place ... Read more...
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Sensitise police officials, Chidambaram told
March 2nd, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Friday said she had urged Home Minister P. Chidambaram on the need to sensitise police officers on ... Read more...
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Sun defence editor arrested
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) The defence editor of Britain's The Sun newspaper was arrested over allegations of corrupt payments made to public officials. She was later released on bail, the ... Read more...
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Woman beats two children to death
March 1st, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 1 (IANS) In a ghastly incident, a woman beat two small children of a family to death in a village in Shimla district while a third girl was ... Read more...
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Man wanted for eight murders escapes
March 1st, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/EFE) A suspected rapist and killer of eight women escaped from a police lock-up hours after being arrested in Mexico state, officials said.Cesar Armando Librado Legorreta ... Read more...
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Girl shot dead by father for ‘honour’
February 29th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl in Haryana was killed and then hastily cremated Monday night by her father, police said and added they suspect it to be a ... Read more...
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Crime capital records five rapes in three days
February 28th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi's reputation as an unsafe city for women touched a new low as the capital witnessed five rapes in the past three days, including of ... Read more...
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Noida police irresponsible, broke law: Women actvists
February 27th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Women rights activists Monday slammed the Noida police for their superintendent of police (SP) naming a gangrape victim at a press conference, and said ... Read more...
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Four arrested for raping minor girl
February 27th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Feb 26 (IANS) Four youths were Sunday arrested for raping a Class 10 student after abducting her and forcing her to drink alcohol, police said. However, a senior police ... Read more...
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Teen gang-raped by three in Madhya Pradesh
February 26th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 26 (IANS) A 13-year-old girl was gang-raped by three people in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Sunday.Among the three accused, two are minors and one is ... Read more...
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After no polio, India aims to eradicate measles: Azad
February 26th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) After registering a zero-polio period in the last one year, India will now be aiming at eradicating measles, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here ... Read more...
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Minor raped, thrown on rail line
February 25th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 24 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was abducted, raped and abandoned on railway track here, police said Friday.The incident came light Friday morning after the injured girl managed to ... Read more...
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Report on orphanage sex abuse in 10 days: Dikshit
February 24th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) The report on investigation into the sexual abuse and harassment case at the privately-run Arya Orphanage in the city will be completed within the next 10 ... Read more...
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Scolded by father, Class 8 girl ends life
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 23 (IANS) A 12-year old girl in Rajasthan jumped into a well and died after she was scolded by her father for not studying property, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Eight more bodies found after Italy ship disaster (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Search teams have found another eight bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which sank off the Italian coast last month, a ... Read more...
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