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Topic: Crime Against Women

India urges UNSC to list terror entities involved in violence against women

Women-targeted violence distorts the very basis on which civilised societies rest, India said in a statement to the Security Council open debate on Women, Peace & Security.

‘Justice for Hathras victim’ pamphlet, news reports — UP Police ‘proof’ against Kerala scribe

Journalist Siddique Kappan and 3 others were arrested on their way to Hathras Wednesday and booked under the draconian UAPA.

‘Drunk on power’ UP Police will break the system beyond repair

UP Police already seems to show little regard for rule of law and due process. Now it is also going to be empowered with a special security force that can search and arrest without a warrant.

She left for BA admission, came back ‘dying’ — what happened to Balrampur ‘rape’ victim

Driven by her ambition to help her family pay off debt, the Balrampur 'rape victim' was eyeing a legal career. But her dreams came crashing down on 29 September.

Woman ‘gang-raped’ in Balrampur thrashed, her capillaries ruptured — postmortem report

No mention of vaginal injuries or fractures in post-mortem report of 22-year-old woman allegedly gang-raped in UP's Balrampur. Autopsy reveals injuries on chest and thighs.

Hathras woman’s family says they know what would have saved her — ‘being a Pandit or Thakur’

The family of the Hathras woman who died Tuesday after a brutal gang rape says nobody would have dared to do such a thing had she belonged to ‘Thakur or Pandit community’.

Yogi Adityanath’s Operation Durachari is another bad idea. Just like the Anti-Romeo squads

Whatever Yogi Adityanath’s masterstroke is, the central principle appears to be public shaming—it can unleash dangerous social vigilantism.

Road crossings in UP to display posters of accused involved in crime against women

An official spokesperson Thursday said the directions were issued by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to instil confidence among women and check crime against them.

Was raped & tortured by 139 men over 11 years, says 25-year-old Hyderabad woman, police begins probe

In her statement to the magistrate, the woman is said to have named student union leaders & members of the Telugu film industry, apart from lawyers and assistants to politicians.

Strangled & stabbed her, then tried to burn body — UP doctor ‘confesses’ to surgeon’s murder

Dr Yogita Gautam, 25, was found dead in Agra Wednesday. She was killed by her alleged partner after ‘she refused to marry him’.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?