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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicCrime Against Women

Topic: Crime Against Women

Gurugram woman, who filed 7 rape cases against 7 men, now held for ‘extortion’

The woman, an English Honours student at DU, was arrested after the mother of one of the men she got booked filed a police complaint against her in Gurugram.

Twist in Prayagraj Dalit family murder, police say ‘spurned stalker’ of daughter has confessed

Four members of a Dalit family were found murdered in their Prayagraj home last week. Relatives had pointed fingers at upper-caste family with whom they had a land dispute.

Crimes against SC/STs saw rise of over 9% in 2020, but crimes against women decline: NCRB data

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar recorded the highest rate of crimes against SCs. Kerala, Rajasthan and Telangana recorded the highest rate of crimes against STs.

To help women facing violence abroad, govt will set up aid centres at missions in 9 countries

Govt is setting up 10 one-stop centres to facilitate access to a range of services — police, medical, legal, psychological support & temporary shelter — to women affected by violence.

Over 15% drop in crime rate, rape cases down by 21.63% in Delhi in 2020, police say

A total of 2,66,070 IPC cases were registered last year as against 3,16,261 in 2019. The number of arrests, however, increased by 15.43 %, police said.

‘ItsNotOk’ — Truecaller issues newspaper & TV ads, makes new push for ‘women’s safety’ campaign

Titled '#ItsNotOk', the Truecaller campaign was publicised with large ads across several Indian newspapers Wednesday and also appeared on TV channels.

India needs senior female cops for safer cities, 90% women retire as police constables

A study by Janaagraha in Karnataka’s Mysuru and Hubli-Dharwad shows that police presence is rated as more or as important as well-lit streets & good-quality roads.

‘Our room was soaked in maa’s blood’ — how UP anganwadi worker bled to death after ‘gang rape’

An anganwadi worker — mother of a son and 4 daughters — was allegedly raped and fatally injured by a priest and two of his disciples when she visited a temple Sunday evening.

50-yr-old anganwadi worker ‘gang-raped at Budaun temple she visited for prayers, murdered’

The prime suspect in the case is the temple priest, who is on the run. His two aides have been arrested and a station house officer suspended amid allegations of negligence.

Bihar woman set on fire 2 weeks ago dies, family protests with body, accuses police of inaction 

The accused are yet to be arrested. Bihar Police have denied the allegations of the victim's family, saying the delay in arrest is because the suspects are on the run.

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.