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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicCrimes against women

Topic: Crimes against women

What Panvel court said while handing life sentence to decorated cop for murder of lady cop

Abhay Kurundkar received the President’s medal for meritorious service on Republic Day, 2017, after the murder of woman inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore.

Journalist, community leader in Australia & now convicted predator. The downfall of Balesh Dhankhar

Dhankhar, a former office-bearer of the Overseas Friends of BJP in Australia, has been sent to jail for 40 years by a Sydney court for multiple rapes.

Rajasthan Governor Bagade’s public calls to castrate, beat rapists seen as signal to his own BJP govt

Governor Bagade has of late been repeatedly flagging rape and 'religious conversion' incidents in Rajasthan, in what comes across as an indirect critique of the Bhajan Lal-led BJP govt.

Delhi tuition teacher arrested for ‘raping, blackmailing’ minor multiple times over 3 years

Delhi Police filed an FIR under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO Act & BNS Section 64 (rape) after the girl approached them with her father.

Bumble scammer arrested by Delhi Police had private videos of 64 women on his phone—charge sheet

Delhi Police have filed a charge sheet against Tushar Singh Bisht (23), a technical recruiter in a Noida-based company, accused of posing as a Brazilian & blackmailing nearly 500 women.

Haryana BJP chief, singer Rocky Mittal booked in Kasauli for gang-rape, criminal intimidation

The alleged incident took place in Kasauli in July 2023. The complainant accused Mohan Lal Badoli & Mittal of taking compromising photos and videos of her & threatening to release them.

Alcohol, blades & a confession video, how father-son duo ‘planned & packaged’ murder of mother, sisters

Post-mortem report says 49-year-old mother & youngest daughter died due to strangulation, other 3 died of shock & excessive bleeding. The father is absconding.

‘Volatile house, violent men’. Agra villagers feared for mother & daughters, ‘killed’ by father & son

Agra: “Buri nazar wale tera mu kala (Shame on evil eyes)”, read the signage that Mohammed Arshad (24) brought back home from the market sometime last...

SubscriberWrites: Women of India – Citizens without a class

India, with its rich history and culture, sadly treats women as second-class citizens—or worse, 'citizens without a class'—in both their homes and public spaces.

‘SO sahab took my life,’ says UP rape complainant after taking poison. Cop suspended for ‘taking bribe’

The woman, who filed the rape case in Amaria police station in UP's Pilibhit in May, is seen in videos accusing cops of taking Rs 10 lakh bribe from the accused. She died later.

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.