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TopicCrime Against Women

Topic: Crime Against Women

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’.

Body of UP girl found with her face burnt sent for second post mortem

First post mortem report said the Bhadohi girl, whose body was fished out of river Wednesday, died of drowning. But family suspects rape-murder.

No set formula for a woman’s reaction to act of outrage by a man, says Bombay HC

The remark was made by Justice Bharti Dangre while granting bail to a 24-year-old accused in a 2019 rape and molestation case.

UP cop caught masturbating in front of mother-daughter duo arrested, dismissed from service

Inspector Bhishmpal Singh Yadav was recorded by a woman complainant when she visited the police station along with her daughter to lodge a complaint on 22 June.

How coronavirus has made India’s devastating gender gap even worse

Women in India already suffer from a wide gender gap in employment, wages and education. The Covid lockdown has set them back even further.

Locker room boys to IT cell men: India’s rape culture grows without shame or consequences

If Delhi school boys on Instagram privately plan to rape underage girls, then men from IT cells of political parties publicly threaten women on Twitter and Facebook.

Study finds Indian households with female children reduce practice of open defecation

The study found a reduction in open defecation owing to a firstborn child being a girl far greater in poor urban households than richer ones.

AP law inspired by Hyderabad rape seeks to jail people for harassing women on social media

The AP Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2019, brought after the Hyderabad rape, prescribes up to 4 years in jail for social media harassment of women.

Mardaani 2 review: Rani Mukerji film is relatable but comes with a dangerous message

Mardaani 2 is fast-paced but predictable drama. As India increasingly bays for the blood of criminals, the film adds fuel to this fire but gives no solution.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.