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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicCrime Against Women

Topic: Crime Against Women

Manipur sexual violence is political. Don’t deny accountability by calling it a ‘mindless mob’

India cannot reduce or excuse the gang mentality seen in Manipur as innate tendencies or human nature. These mobs have purposeful goals, their intent is structured and coherent.

Delhi college student, 20, raped by man posing as police officer

The accused, Ravi Solanki, threatened to post online a video he had shot of her and her boyfriend before attacking her.

Indian-origin woman stabbed to death in London, 2 arrested

While the murder victim is yet to be formally identified by police in the UK, reports from India indicate that it was Kontham Tejasvini – a young professional from Hyderabad.

They ‘gang-raped 2 minors, then attacked 4 other girls’ — how night of terror unfolded in UP’s Fatehpur

6 men aged 18-25 have been arrested for twin attacks this past weekend, one of which allegedly saw two minor cousins gang-raped while on their way back from a fair.

Natural surveillance, gender-friendly streets – how DDA plans to make Delhi safer for women

With the draft 2041 Delhi masterplan expected to be notified by April, researchers and academics have expressed concerns over the language of the draft, lack of extensive mapping.

Killed to avoid repaying Rs 10k debt? Missing Delhi woman’s body found from cemetery, 4 arrested

The deceased woman, who lent loans to hawkers and vendors in Outer Delhi's Mangolpuri area, was allegedly murdered after the accused failed to repay the loan.

Indian women on TV get a raw deal—from Ankita in news to Anupamaa in TV shows

While TV news repeatedly telecast 19-year-old Jharkhand woman giving her dying statement, Netflix came out with Delhi Crime Season 2 showing women committing brutal crimes.

Maximum cases of ‘crimes against women’ in UP, most rape cases in Rajasthan in 2021, says NCRB

Crimes against women have seen a steep rise by nearly 15 percent in the country; Rajasthan the second worst state, according to report, followed by Maharashtra.

Accused in Haryanvi singer’s ‘murder’ planning crime ‘for months’, wanted ‘revenge’, claim cops

One of 2 accused, Ravi, was previously accused by the woman of rape. He was released on bail, 6-8 months back. Body was recovered Monday & family has alleged she was raped before being killed.

Suicide set to become leading cause of death in Indian women. And NRCB won’t tell you that

In 'Life Interrupted', the authors go behind the scenes of the suicide crisis in India, showing that women form the bottom rung of it.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.