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TopicCrimes against women

Topic: Crimes against women

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.

Odisha researcher gangrape: How cop in guise of social worker, footage of ‘700 CCTVs’ led to 3 arrests

A shopkeeper, a beggar and an autorickshaw driver have been charged with the 10 October gangrape of the Odisha researcher, who had been living on the streets of Delhi.  

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

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.