Mayawati wants stringent laws against rape
June 21st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) Stung by the spate of rape cases across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday sought amendments to laws to ensure speedy rape trials and stricter ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Congress slams Mayawati for inaction in rape cases
June 20th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Congress Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for its "lack of seriousness" in dealing with the recent incidents of rape and said Chief Minister ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
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...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Samajwadi Party attacks Mayawati government
June 8th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 8 (IANS) The opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh has accused the Mayawati government of being a corrupt and despotic political outfit, bent on ruining the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Delhi government proposes fast track courts for rape cases
May 27th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi government has written to the chief justice of the Delhi High Court urging him to set up fast track courts for ensuring speedy ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Castration for rapist? Many women don’t agree
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The capital reported 489 cases of rape last year and the figure for Mumbai was 189. Little surprise then that a court's suggestion of surgical ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Candlelight march against women harassment in Delhi
February 13th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) In the wake of rising cases of rape and sexual harassment in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), around 150 people, mostly students, Sunday held a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rising crime against women in Delhi? No way, says cop
February 11th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As speakers at a consultation spoke about the spiralling number of crime cases against women in Delhi, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Goel surprised many when ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rape cases trials in fast track courts mooted
February 11th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The home ministry is mulling a proposal to try rape cases in fast track courts, an official said Friday.Sangeeta Verma, economic advisor to the women and child ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rahul Gandhi blames Mayawati for deteriorating law and order condition in UP
February 10th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Amethi, Feb 10 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for the deteriorating law and order condition of the state and raised questions about the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Uttar Pradesh rape cases a serious matter, says Rahul Gandhi
February 9th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi, Feb 9 (IANS) Expressing deep concern over the increasing incidents of rape across Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said "there is need for effective measures to instil ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Car jacker turns out to be Seemapuri gang rape accused
February 9th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) What appeared to be a routine arrest in a car-jacking case quickly turned out to be an important breakthrough for Delhi Police as they realised the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Prosecutor fighting to extradite Assange ‘is biased against men’
February 8th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 8 (ANI): The Swedish prosecutor seeking to have Julian Assange extradited to Sweden on sexual assault allegations has been accused of having a 'biased view against men'.The claim that public ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in National |
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...
Posted in National |
Girls unsafe in Uttar Pradesh, say women’s panel, activists (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday formed a committee to investigate the shocking case of a Dalit minor who was brutally attacked for resisting rape in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rapes assuming epidemic proportions in Pak’s Sindh province
January 21st, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 21(ANI): 120 cases of rape, including six of gang rape, were reported in Pakistan's Sindh province between May 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, provincial Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Crimes against women rise; 25 percent of rapes in Delhi
January 21st, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) There has been a rise in crimes against women in India, with the national capital recording nearly 25 percent of all rape cases, reveals data by the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Charge-sheet filed against BSP MLA in Banda rape case
January 20th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Thursday filed its charge-sheet in the Banda rape case, terming local ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi as ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Ghaziabad cops promise e-filing; say crime dipped in 2010
January 10th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 9 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police Sunday promised e-filing of complaints in the New Year and claimed a drop in the number of crimes during 2010 as compared to the previous ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Crime cases increased in 2010: Delhi Police (Roundup)
January 6th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta Thursday claimed that the overall crime rate in the city has declined as compared to the rise in population -- but official ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rape, molestation cases in Delhi up in 2010 (Lead)
January 6th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday announced several steps to make the city safer for women, including by recruiting more policewomen, even as rape and molestation cases went up in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rape, gang rape cases increasing in Pakistan
December 27th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): The incidents of sexual harassment against women, particularly rape and gang rape incidents have increased at an alarmingly rate of over 13 percent across Punjab and the Gujranwala ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Malaysian teens exchanging ‘girlfriends for pills’
December 16th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 16 (ANI): Some Malaysian teenage drug addicts are offering their girlfriends, including schoolgirls, to drug peddlers for sex in exchange for pil kuda (psychotropic pills).This 'business transaction' is has ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
More women working has increased their vulnerability: Tirath
December 13th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) There has been a rise in the number of rape cases in the country, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday, adding that the greater ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Women’s commission demands strict punishment for rapists
December 13th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Stringent punishment for rapists is essential to discourage such crimes, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Girija Vyas said Monday. "It (rape cases) is a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Chhattisgarh records 358 rapes, 394 killings in 135 days
December 7th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 7 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has registered 358 rape cases and 394 killings in 135 days, Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar said Tuesday.The state also recorded 45 dacoity and 214 loot cases between ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Delhi plans special courts for rape cases
December 4th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday said her government is planning to set up special courts for trial of rape cases.
"The government will consider setting up ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
UK woman jailed for crying rape after consenting to sex session with 3 men
December 4th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): A woman in Britain has been jailed for a year for lying to the police that she had been raped even though she had consented to an alcohol-fuelled ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Long trials to blame for rapists walking free
November 30th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Parmod Kumar
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Three out of four rape accused in India go scot-free, official data reveals. Behind the dismal conviction rate is a saga of long trials and ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Survey finds 1 in 3 South African men admitting to rape
November 26th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): In a recent survey, more than one in three South African men admitted to rape.The finding is the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture ... Read more...
Posted in World |
At least 2,000 dead fetuses found in Thai Buddhist temple
November 19th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) -- Over 2,000 dead fetuses have been found in plastic bags inside the morgue of the Buddhist temple Wat Phai Ngern in Bangkok, local authorities said on Friday.Local ... Read more...
Posted in Thailand |
Restraint by security forces in Kashmir demanded
August 11th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Abu Zafar
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Restraint by security forces, timely judicial relief in cases involving security personnel, inquiry into human rights violations and systematic reduction of troops were among the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Court frames gangrape charges against senior IAS officer (Lead)
August 7th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A local court here Saturday framed gangrape charges against Haryana's commissioner and secretary in fisheries department N.K. Jain in an eight-year-old rape case.
Jain, a 1978 batch Haryana-cadre Indian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Court frames gangrape charges against senior IAS officer
August 7th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A local court here Saturday framed gangrape charges against Haryana's commissioner and secretary in fisheries department N.K. Jain in an eight-year-old rape case.
Jain, a 1978 batch Haryana-cadre Indian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |