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TopicCrimes against women

Topic: Crimes against women

Bengaluru is fast losing ‘safe for women’ tag—live-in murders, anxious parents, growing fear

Bengaluru was ranked as the best Indian city to live in by a global survey in 2011. Now, its reputation has been taking a hit in the last three years.

Ujjain ‘rape’ happened even as city turned fortress for VIPs. Woman told cops accused ‘promised marriage’

Local shopowners say the tribal woman had been living on the streets for past two decades. According to the accused's mother, he often came home drunk.

‘Crimes against women an unforgivable sin,’ says Modi. Assures strict punishment, swift justice

While addressing Lakhpati Didi Sammelan in Maharashtra's Jalgaon, PM emphasised that people should be held accountable for any negligence in ensuring women's safety.

‘Shows evil meets a bad end’: Ajmer gangrape survivor finds closure 32 yrs on as 6 accused sentenced

Ajmer POCSO court sentences 6 to life imprisonment, fines them Rs 5 lakh each. Former prosecution lawyer says it was 'such a sight to see them being treated like criminals'.

Women doctors ‘resigned’ to gaps in hospital security & why broadcast bill was withdrawn — global media

Global media also discusses Hindenburg Research's latest on Adani & SEBI chair Madhabi Buch, 'stigmatised capitalism' in India, and the possibility of a bubble in the stock market.  

In UP, mother of 3 tied to tree, hair chopped & face blackened after ‘panchayat’ called over ‘affair’

Pratapgarh police say a panchayat was called at the behest of the woman's husband and in-laws, and the punishment was meted out with the tacit approval of the village pradhan, who is now absconding.  

‘Women assaulted, crops razed by JCB’ — another FIR against Jharkhand BJP MP Dhullu Mahto

CM Soren has asked police and administration to take strict action. Matter has sparked anger among Jharkhand's political and social circles in backdrop of Mahto's criminal history.

Situation ‘highly reprehensible’ in Sandeshkhali, Bengal Guv alleges police involvement

Bose further said that the police direct locals to make compromises with miscreants while 'goonda elements disguised as policemen trespass into the victims’ houses at night'.

‘The colour saffron’ & ‘women power? where?’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

House panel okay with new criminal bill’s Hindi title, says retain adultery & unnatural sex sections

Eight of the 28 panel members give dissent note on Hindi title. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita proposes changes like removing offence of sedition, defining terrorism & organised crime.

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Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

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.