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TopicChild rape

Topic: Child rape

In life term to 15-yr-old’s rapist father, J&K court’s question to society—’will sentencing alone work?’

Sessions court relied on Supreme Court ruling in Bhanei Prasad Raju vs State of Himachal Pradesh case, emphasising the irreparable nature of breach of trust in 'incestuous cases'.

2 convicts acquitted in minor’s 2012 rape-murder. How SC shredded ‘shabby’ probe by UP police

Top court overturned trial court & HC order on conviction of the two, one of whom was on death row, calling the case a 'classic example of lacklustre & shabby investigation'.

How Trump’s visa freeze has hit Indian students, parents hard & King Kohli’s IPL moment

Global media also reports on outrage over the death of a 10-year-old rape victim in Bihar due to hospital mismanagement, and chances of Modi skipping this year’s G-7 summit.

What HC told prosecution as it ruled ‘grabbing minor’s breasts, untying pyjama’ not attempt to rape

Allahabad High Court modified a trial court order which had directed that two men face rape charges in the case, which dates back to 2022.

In UP, madrasa teacher ‘sodomised, killed boy after watching porn’. Family recounts harrowing search

Hafiz of madrasa in Saura village has confessed to sodomising & murdering boy, say police. He & his brother-in-law were arrested 3 July. Family was told that their son was missing.

Shock in Ujjain as 12-year-old rape victim, stained with blood, walks 8 km in search of help

Police say identity of child — who suffered extensive injuries — still not established as she is not able to communicate properly. One suspect detained.

‘Raped at home, molested in church’ — FIR against suspended Delhi official, wife in minor’s assault case

51-year-old & his wife have been sent to 14 days' judicial custody. Defence counsel says the accused underwent vasectomy in 2005. Medical report on whether it's intact awaited.

Raped for 3 months by ‘mama’, fed abortion pills — ordeal of minor sexually assaulted by Delhi officer

17-yr-old alleges the senior Delhi govt officer raped her multiple times between Nov 2020 & Jan 2021 & conspired with his wife to terminate pregnancy. Accused, his wife have been arrested.

Senior officer in Delhi’s women & child dept, his wife arrested in rape of minor

The alleged crime took place when the girl came to stay with the accused’s family after her father’s death in 2020. She was repeatedly raped, and allegedly given medicines to abort pregnancy.

Arvind Kejriwal suspends senior Delhi officer accused of raping deceased friend’s daughter

It is alleged that the deputy director in the Women and Child Department raped the girl several times and also impregnated her.

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West Asia conflict bolsters Asim Munir’s grip on Pakistan’s power structure

The few anti-Army civilians in Pakistan, who once saw red with the institution over its treatment of Imran Khan, have now reached a consensus — Asim Munir has made Pakistan a global player.

Indian govt says will borrow Rs 8.2 trillion in first-half of next fiscal year

The administration trimmed its gross borrowing program to 16.09 trillion rupees from 17.2 trillion rupees announced in the budget on Feb. 1.

India greenlights procurement of 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia

In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.