Woman branded a witch, beaten up in Rajasthan
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS)A 50-year old woman in Rajasthan's Ajmer district approached the police Tuesday accusing her neighbours of branding her a witch and beating up her and her ... Read more...
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Three held for forcing woman to foetus sex test (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Three in-laws of a pregnant woman in West Bengal were arrested for allegedly torturing her to go for a pre-natal sex determination test, even as the ... Read more...
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South Korean activist allegedly electrocuted while detained in China
July 28th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by BNO News
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- A South Korean activist who was detained in China in March is claiming to have suffered abuse at the hands of authorities there, including torture by ... Read more...
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Tribal woman branded a witch, beaten up in Rajasthan
July 8th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 8 (IANS) A tribal woman has approached the police accusing her neighbours of branding her a witch and harassing her for a year in Rajasthan's Pali district, officials ... Read more...
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Warden booked for sodomising mentally disabled in Haryana
July 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 2 (IANS) Close on the heels of the revelation of sexual abuse, mental and physical torture of inmates at Apna Ghar shelter home here, Haryana Police have ... Read more...
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Woman branded as witch, molested in Rajasthan
June 25th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 25 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was stripped and molested after being branded as a witch in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said Monday.The incident took place Saturday in Dhuan ... Read more...
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Woman branded witch, tortured in Rajasthan
April 13th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was stripped and tied to an electricity pole after being branded as a witch and tortured with searing hot tongs placed on her ... Read more...
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On the rise: Divorces under 25
December 29th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Twenty five-year-old Seema Sharma got married seven months ago and now she is fighting for a divorce in the court on grounds of mental and ... Read more...
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Woman branded as a witch, tortured
October 12th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 11 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was branded as a witch and tortured with searing hot tongs being placed on her body by two quacks in Rajasthan's Pali district, ... Read more...
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‘Witch’ hunt continues in Rajasthan
October 4th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Oct 4 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Bhilwara says she was branded a witch, tortured and banished from her village, police told IANS Tuesday.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Six booked for branding woman as witch
May 31st, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dungarpur (Rajasthan), May 31 (IANS) A 30-year old woman in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district has filed a police complaint alleging that she was branded a witch, tortured and forced to leave ... Read more...
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Couple blinded for alleged witchcraft
May 21st, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 21 (IANS) In yet another incident of "witch hunting" in Chhattisgarh, a 45-year-old woman and her husband were attacked by a group of villagers who pierced the couple's ... Read more...
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Woman branded witch, ordered to leave village
May 19th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) A woman in Rajasthan's Ajmer district has filed a complaint alleging that she has been branded a witch, tortured and is being forced to leave her ... Read more...
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Boy’s father moves court over ‘torture’ by school
February 22nd, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has questioned the central and Delhi governments, Delhi Police and a D.A.V. public school in south Delhi on a man's complaint that the ... Read more...
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Congress workers clash with UP Police during Rahul Gandhi’s visit
February 7th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
Kanpur, Feb 7 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday baton charged the Congress party workers after chaos broke outside the Kanpur Medical College during the visit of Congress General Secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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Rahul travels to Banda village to meet rape victim (Lead, Changing dateline)
February 7th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who planned to visit Kanpur to meet the Dalit girl disfigured by attackers because she resisted gangrape, could not land in the Uttar ... Read more...
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Girija Vyas pulls up Mayawati Govt. over rising rape cases in UP
February 7th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Lucknow, Feb 7 (ANI): In the backdrop of the brutal attack on a minor Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh, National Commission for Women chairperson Girija Vyas on Monday criticized the ... Read more...
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Rahul set to visit disfigured Dalit girl in Kanpur hospital
February 7th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is Monday likely to visit the minor Dalit girl who was brutally disfigured after she resisted gangrape and is being treated ... Read more...
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I want to kill BSP legislator: Banda rape victim
January 16th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Banda (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 16 (IANS) A day after her release from prison, the 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator and jailed on ... Read more...
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Now, Nepali women to work in Gulf countries
December 13th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Dec 13 (ANI): Nepal has approved Terms of Reference (TOR) prepared by its Ministry of Labour and Transport Management (MoLTM) giving a green signal to Nepali women to work as domestic ... Read more...
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Two policemen booked for beating mill owner to death
October 30th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 30 (IANS) Two police constables in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh have been booked for beating a saw mill owner to death after he refused to pay them money, officials ... Read more...
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Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan
August 29th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Tonk (Rajasthan), Aug 29 (IANS) A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said Sunday.
Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 ... Read more...
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Opposition homes in to isolate BSP in farmers’ agitation (News Analysis)
August 19th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra/Mathura/Aligarh, Aug 19 (IANS) With farmers rejecting the enhanced compensation offered by the Uttar Pradesh government in lieu of the land acquired for the Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway, the stage ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh farmers refuse to relent, crisis continues (Roundup)
August 18th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Aligarh/Agra, Aug 18 (IANS) The epicentre of the farmers' agitation in Tappal town of Aligarh district continued to remain tense Wednesday as the protesters unanimously rejected the enhanced compensation offered by the ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh farmers continue agitation (Lead)
August 18th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) The stand-off between farmers and the Uttar Pradesh government continued in Aligarh Wednesday, with protesters refusing to accept the enhanced compensation offered in lieu of their land acquired ... Read more...
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Dimpy Leaves Abusive Hubby Rahul
July 31st, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 31, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Marriages are made in heaven. But if you're married to one Rahul Mahajan, then life is one hell.Barely five months after marrying Rahul Mahajan on national ... Read more...
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Extradition of British terror suspects to US halted
July 8th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 8 (IANS) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday stopped the extradition of four British terror suspects, including radical cleric Abu Hamza, to the US.The court ... Read more...
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‘Ethnic Indian Malaysian air force officer tortured’
June 18th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, June 18 (IANS) The ethnic Indian father of a Malaysian air force sergeant accused of stealing two jet engines has said that his son has been tortured in jail.
N. Nagarajah, ... Read more...
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Police station set on fire after man dies in custody
June 12th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 12 (IANS) A mob clashed with policemen and set a police station on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district Saturday after a man died in custody, an official said.
A large ... Read more...
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West Bengal forms authority to hear complaints of students, parents
June 12th, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday decided to form an authority where students and their parents can express their grievances about schools and teachers, in the wake of the ... Read more...
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Court asks man to pay Rs.25,000 to estranged wife
May 13th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A court here Thursday dismissed a man's plea to reverse a judicial order and asked him to pay Rs.25,000 to his estranged wife for causing her mental ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to Gujarat Govt. over students walking on cinders incident
May 11th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Natonal Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Gujarat Government over an incident wherein school children were allegedly forced to walk on burning coal ... Read more...
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Woman labelled as witch slaps cases against villagers
May 8th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhilwara, May 8 (IANS) A 45-year-old woman has filed a case against a group of villagers for allegedly labelling her as a witch and mistreating her in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.
"The villagers, ... Read more...
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Student faints after ragging in Allahabad University
February 23rd, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Ill-treated and tortured physically, a first year student of Allahabad University who was allegedly ragged by his seniors fainted and was admitted to a hospital, police said Tuesday.
Amarjeet ... Read more...
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Two die in police custody, nine cops booked
February 16th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) Nine Uttar Pradesh policemen were Tuesday booked for allegedly beating to death two men picked up for "conspiracy" to loot a beer shop in Allahabad.
Sanjay Nishad, 22, and ... Read more...
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