Strauss-Kahn returns home after sex assault case
September 4th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris Sunday following the collapse of an attempted rape case levelled against him in ... Read more...
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Joseph Hyungmin Son convicted
August 30th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Joseph Hyungmin Son has been convicted of rape and he is due to be sentenced. He could face 15 years to life in prison for raping ... Read more...
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Prosecutors move to drop charges against Strauss-Kahn
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 23 (IANS/EFE) Prosecutors Monday asked New York state Judge Michael Obus to drop all charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault and attempted rape."Manhattan ... Read more...
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Strauss Kahn rape case delayed again
July 27th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s appearance in court has been postponed until the 23rd of August. The postponement became necessary because investigators have pleaded ... Read more...
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Don’t disclose rape victim’s identity, says Himachal court
July 18th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 18 (IANS) Taking serious note of disclosure of a rape victim's identity by a subordinate court, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday directed the trial courts not to ... Read more...
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Delhi safe, but avoid late nights: Police chief (Lead)
July 9th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Delhi is as safe as any other city but to avoid any untoward incident one must avoid venturing out late at night, Delhi Police Commissioner ... Read more...
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No headway in Delhi rape case
July 7th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Police have failed to establish the identities of two men who along with another person gangraped a 16-year-old girl in a moving car for six ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh’s fifth rape case in a day (Lead)
June 21st, 2011 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) Even as the state Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the Mayawati government on the issue of rising crimes against women, yet another rape of ... Read more...
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Four more rape cases, attack on women reported in UP
June 20th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) As many as four rapes, including one in which a woman was burnt alive, were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh Monday, a day after ... Read more...
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Moscow seeks US probe in adopted Russian girl’s rape case
June 17th, 2011 - 3:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 16 (IANS / RIA Novosti) Moscow has sought a thorough investigation by the United States authorities in a case related to rape by a US national of his foster ... Read more...
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CBI court directs Sacha Sauda chief to appear in person
May 21st, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Panchkula, May 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation's special court here Friday directed the Dera (sect) Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh to appear in person before it ... Read more...
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Priest held for raping schoolgirl
May 20th, 2011 - 2:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A 56-year-old temple priest has been arrested from Bihar's Darbhanga district for raping a minor school girl in the national capital, police said Thursday."Sarv Narayan ... Read more...
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Man held for robbery, murder
May 14th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A 20-year-old man wanted in four cases of robbery and murder in Haryana was arrested from north Delhi, police said Saturday.
Vikram Singh was held ... Read more...
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Bombay HC grants actor Shiny Ahuja bail in rape case
April 27th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr.27 (ANI): Bollywood actor Shiny Ahuja was on Wednesday granted bail by the Bombay High Court in connection with a rape case, and is likely to be released from the Arthur ... Read more...
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Mukhtaran Mai gang rape: 13 released after acquittal
April 27th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Thirteen men who were acquitted by the Supreme Court in the Mukhtaran Mai gang rape case have been released from the Multan central jail, a media ... Read more...
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Mukhtaran Mai fears being killed after Pak Supreme Court acquits rape accused
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Multan, April 22(ANI): Mukhtaran Mai, a Pakistani victim of a village council-sanctioned gangrape, has expressed fears that she might be killed by the accused acquitted by the Supreme Court on Thursday.Mai was ... Read more...
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Pak Supreme Court acquits five of six accused in Mukhtaran Mai gang rape case
April 21st, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 21(ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court has acquitted five of the six accused in the Mukhtaran Mai gang rape case.A three-member bench of the apex court upheld the verdict of the Lahore ... Read more...
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Rapist nephew arrested for beating to death aunt, another widow (Lead)
April 19th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), April 19 (IANS) A convicted rapist out on bail was arrested along with his cousin for brutally beating to death in full public view his own aunt and ... Read more...
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Village tense after killing of widows, accused unrepentant
April 19th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), April 19 (IANS) A convicted rapist out on bail has been arrested along with his cousin for brutally beating his own aunt and another widow to death in ... Read more...
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Two widows beaten to death in Haryana village
April 19th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Bhiwani, April 18 (IANS) Two widows were beaten to death at Ranila village, in this Haryana district. Two men have been arrested, police said Monday.According to the police, the deceased ... Read more...
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I hope Shiney will be declared innocent: Salman Khan
March 31st, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan was shocked when he heard actor Shiney Ahuja has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a rape case. But ... Read more...
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Shiney Ahuja gets seven years jail in rape case
March 30th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 30 (ANI): A Mumbai court on Wednesday convicted Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja to seven years in jail on charges of allegedly raping his 20-year-old domestic maid.The Bombay High Court ... Read more...
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Textile tycoon’s son acquitted in 2006 rape case
March 30th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) A Mumbai court Wednesday acquitted Abhishek Kasliwal, the scion of a city-based textile tycoon, in a 2006 rape case for lack of evidence and the prosecution's ... Read more...
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Man framed in rape case seeks Rs.4.62 crore relief (Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Delhi Police chief and the Delhi government on the plea of a man seeking compensation of ... Read more...
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Man framed in rape case seeks Rs.4.62 crore relief
March 28th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Delhi Police chief and the Delhi government on the plea of a man seeking compensation of ... Read more...
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Two held for raping woman
March 24th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A man and his relative have been arrested in south Delhi for raping a 30-year-old married woman twice in two days, making video clips of ... Read more...
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CBI raids ex-legislator’s houses in Madhya Pradesh
March 16th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday conducted searches at houses of former Madhya Pradesh legislator Kishore Samrite in connection with the fake ... Read more...
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NCP suspends ‘rapist’ Maharashtra lawmaker
February 26th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Nashik, Feb.26 (ANI): The Maharashtra unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has suspended party MLA Dilip Wagh for his alleged role in a rape case.Wagh was the party's MLA from ... Read more...
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Man accused of rape shot dead
February 22nd, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) In a dramatic attack that took everybody by surprise, a complainant shot dead a man accused of rape outside a court in West Bengal's Hooghly district Tuesday, police ... Read more...
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Three held for duping people
February 21st, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Three youths who set up a fake agency to provide domestic helps and cheated many people, including a senior IAS officer, have been held, police said Monday."Lokesh, ... Read more...
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BJP district president suspended after sleaze clips
February 11th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Mandsaur district president Karulal Soni has been suspended from the party following the circulation of a video clip that showed him in a ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Banda rape victim
February 7th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
Shahbajpur (Lucknow), Feb 7 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday met the teenaged girl, who was allegedly raped by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, in her ... 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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Rape case against Julian Assange ‘weak’
February 6th, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by ANI
London. Feb 6 (ANI): A police report detailing the rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reveal a series of apparent contradictions and inconsistencies in the evidence against him.The report comprised 100 ... Read more...
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Police pulled up for filing charges in rape case after 6 years
February 5th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday came down heavily on Delhi Police for filing a charge-sheet after six years against a person who in 2001, when he was ... Read more...
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