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TopicGang rape

Topic: gang rape

Don’t ask what to do with boys who rape. Ask what turned them into assaulters in the first place

Young boys who should be sweating about schoolwork are learning how to corner women. Are we now supposed to add children to the list of people we need to protect ourselves from?

Brutalised so deep, she never recovered. Manipur gangrape victim dead, kin lose all hope for justice

She was 18 when she was gangraped & battered during 2023 Manipur conflict. Not a single arrest so far, and CBI yet to file a chargesheet. Churachandpur gathers for candlelight vigils.

Acquitted after 8 yrs, Dileep calls trial for gang rape a ‘conspiracy’. How case against him fell apart

The case pertains to a woman-actor abducted by a gang of men, who then took turns to rape & record her. Dileep, after his 2017 arrest, was in jail for 3 months before being released on bail.

Rocky Mittal backs BJP again, says Congress leaders didn’t help him with ‘false’ gang rape case

This comes after he had changed tune from eulogising PM Modi to singing songs like ‘Mujhe Maaf Karna, Rahul Mere Bhai' to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Anil Vij urges Haryana BJP chief to resign amid gang rape charges, says probe will prove innocence

Haryana BJP chief Badoli, along with Haryanvi singer Rocky Mittal, is facing charges of raping a Delhi woman in a hotel in Himachal's Kasauli back in 2023.

Accused of land-grabbing, gangrape, torture, BJP’s Bilsi MLA Harish Shakya is in the eye of a storm

A Badaun court has ordered the police to lodge an FIR against the BJP MLA and the other accused and submit a compliance report within 10 days.

Eight arrested for gang rape in Guwahati after video clip surfaces, one absconding

Guwahati (West) DCP Padmanabh Baruah said the video showed victim unclothed and subjected to 'violent sexual assault'. She is yet to be identified, accused aged between 18 and 23 years.

Man behind attack on 2 Army officers, 2 women in MP has long history of crimes, ‘was on the prowl’

Three of the six arrested for the 11 September attack have a criminal history. Main accused Anil Baror has robbery, assault and attempted murder cases registered against him.

MP assault-rape case: 3 more arrested in connection with attack on 2 Army officers, 2 women

Police say all six accused have been arrested, and two of them have confessed to raping one of the women who were accompanying the officers.

Kolkata doctor’s postmortem report hints at ‘gangrape’, say parents. HC transfers probe to CBI

Citing no progress in the investigation, Calcutta HC has said that it will monitor the investigation and directed the CBI to file periodical reports on its progress.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.