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Goa to step up policing, ban revealing ads

February 28th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS -
By James Jose New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Goa plans to reclaim its tourist paradise image - tarnished by rapes and other crimes against foreign nationals - by deploying a tourist protection force, ...

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Queens, NY man indicted for stealing leads to rape charges, including an 11-year-old

February 19th, 2010 - 3:56 am ICT by BNO News -
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – A man from Queens, New York was convicted of petit larceny, but after his DNA sample was examined, he was indicted for two rape cases, prosecutors said ...

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Police frame guidelines for crime reporting by media

February 3rd, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Cautioning the media and police over wrong reporting, the Delhi High Court Wednesday sounded a note of warning that "yellow journalism is on the rise". The court's ...

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Curb sex tourism, book flesh traders for rape: apex court

January 15th, 2010 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the government to curb sex tourism and deal firmly with criminals driving children into flesh trade by booking them for rape. "Obviously, it ...

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Most murder, kidnap accused are novices: Delhi Police

January 2nd, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Over 90 percent of those arrested for murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and snatching in the national capital in 2009 were novices, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal ...

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Changes in criminal code offer relief to rape victims

December 31st, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Completing rape case trials in two months, getting women judges to hear rape cases as far as practicable and recording victims' statements at places of their choice... ...

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Goa home minister tries to downplay rape incident

December 17th, 2009 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Insisting that Goa was a safe place, state Home Minister Ravi Naik Thursday told the Goa legislative assembly that a Russian woman who has accused politician John Fernandes ...

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Media obsessed with white skin: Goa minister

December 12th, 2009 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS -
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Even as state Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco has expressed fear that increasing number of rapes and assaults on tourists would soon make Goa the rape capital of India, ...

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Delhi records fewer crimes against women this year

November 25th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) There was a decrease in cases of crime against women in the national capital in 2009 as compared to last year, parliament was informed Wednesday. According to the ...

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Sex assaults on teenaged girls on the rise in Australian state

November 16th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Melbourne, Nov 16 (IANS) An alarming increase in sexual assault cases against teenaged girls in Australia's Victoria state has left the police here worried. Detectives are investigating more than 40 cases of such ...

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Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in rape case (Second Lead)

November 11th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A city court Wednesday ruled that film maker Madhur Bhandarkar will stand trial for allegedly raping model-turned-actress Priti Jain, five years after her complaint to the police. The ...

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NCW concerned over rise in rape cases in Madhya Pradesh

October 9th, 2009 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Oct 8 (IANS) Expressing concern over the unprecedented surge in crimes against women, National Women's Commission (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Thursday, citing the National Crime Record Bureau figures, said Madhya ...

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Number of rape cases rising in India

July 29th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India has recorded a rise in the number of rape cases during the past five years with states like Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal accounting for a ...

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Minister calls for fast-track courts for rape victims

July 23rd, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Krishna Tirath Thursday called for setting up fast-track courts to provide speedier justice to rape victims. "There should be fast-track ...

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Mayawati is letting down Dalits and Uttar Pradesh  (Comment)

Mayawati is letting down Dalits and Uttar Pradesh (Comment)

July 18th, 2009 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS -
By Amulya Ganguli With each passing episode, Mayawati is doing a disservice to herself. Her latest decision to have Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi arrested for badmouthing her is another ...

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Crime rate down in capital, say police

July 4th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Though there have been 251 murders and 226 cases of rape, the crime rate in the national capital has gone down on the whole in the first ...

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NCW proposes to set up boards to rehabilitate rape victims

July 4th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has proposed to set up a board at district level to rehabilitate rape victims. The NCW has drawn a rehabilitation scheme for ...

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One in four admit to rape in South Africa

June 18th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Johannesburg, June 18 (ANI): A research undertaken by South Africa's Medical Research Council (MRC) has exposed the country's widespread culture of sexual violence. The study has revealed that one in four men in ...

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In self-defence: Delhi women get trained to fight harassment

June 15th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS -
By Vaishali Bhambri New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Savita Kumari looks frail and docile. But her looks are deceptive - a man who tried to hold her hand in a crowded bus got ...

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Driver’s ’sexploits’ on bus come to an end after rape claims

June 11th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Jun 11 (ANI): A bus driver, who has been duping women into having sex with him on board his vehicle at the last stop, has been arrested after a woman ...

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Rape ‘postcode lottery’ still prevails in UK

June 10th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI -
London, June 10 (ANI): The concept of "postcode lottery" for rape convictions still exists in the UK, as the gap in rape conviction rates between different British police forces is growing, according ...

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Cannot frame guidelines in every rape case: court

April 1st, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, while hearing a case related to a rape victim agreeing to marry her attacker under pressure, Wednesday told the Delhi Commission for Women ...

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Rapist offers to marry his victim, but women’s panel objects

March 31st, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court after a rape victim, under pressure, accepted a marriage offer of herr attacker, who has ...

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Varun has cooked up stories of rape: Police official

Varun has cooked up stories of rape: Police official

March 19th, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS -
By Sharat Pradhan Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), March 19 (IANS) Varun Gandhi has cooked up stories of Hindu girls being raped in Pilibhit, a police official, who held charge of the district, has ...

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Two-year-old Dalit girl raped in Uttar Pradesh

February 17th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) A two-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in an Uttar Pradesh town Tuesday by an unidentified man, police said. "The incident took place in the morning in Chajmanpur locality ...

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Minor raped in Uttar Pradesh

February 10th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) A seven-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, the police said Tuesday. The girl was allegedly raped Monday by a man ...

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Online porn linked to reduced incidence of rape

February 3rd, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, Feb 3 (ANI): The incidences of rape have reduced due to online pornography, says a leading economist. According to the study by Todd Kendall, an economics professor at Clemson University, ...

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Crimes against Dalits in Uttar Pradesh persist, despite Mayawati’s rule

Crimes against Dalits in Uttar Pradesh persist, despite Mayawati’s rule

January 27th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Jan 27 (IANS) Crime against Dalits is on the rise in Uttar Pradesh despite a Dalit chief minister at its helm, official records show. But Dalit voters are sticking to ...

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Rape victims knew accused in 98 percent cases

January 2nd, 2009 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) A rapist is most likely to be an acquaintance living in the neighbourhood. According to the annual crime report of the Delhi Police, 98 percent of rape ...

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In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes

December 25th, 2008 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws. A total of ...

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