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Buried with her favourite red dress. How Manipur gangrape survivor’s family dealt with her death

Her death has brought back the memories of the horrific sexual assault women endured for months since violence broke out in May 2023, and re-traumatised a community.

Bhajanpura gangrape: 6-yr-old victim called them ‘bhaiya’, minors lured her with a ‘fake Rs 10 note’

The gangrape took place 18 January, and it came to the family’s notice when the mother saw her daughter drenched in blood.

Manipur gangrape & parading of women was ‘barbaric’—CBI court junks bail plea of prime accused

Manipur Police first arrested the bail applicant, Ningombam Tomba Singh, in July 2023. He is the main accused in the 4 May 2023 Manipur gangrape.

What Kasauli court said while closing gang rape case against BJP leader Badoli & singer Rocky Mittal

'When foundational version itself suffers from serious doubts... directing further investigation would amount to permitting fishing enquiry', order said, citing delay in FIR, denial by witness.

‘No evidence, 2 no-shows’: 2nd clean chit for Rocky Mittal & Haryana BJP chief Badoli in gang rape case

A Himachal Pradesh court accepts police closure report for second time, ending proceedings in gang-rape case against Haryana BJP chief and singer Rocky Mittal. Police cited lack of evidence.

Verdict today in 2017 Kerala actor rape case, a look at how it changed Malayalam film industry

Case led to formation of three-member Justice Hema Committee in July 2017, which revealed rampant sexual abuse in Mollywood.

Emails, threats & sexual assault: SAU student alleges gangrape, says staff tried to suppress incident

Condemning the incident, South Asian University asserts that it has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women.

Indian railway stations are failing women. Dark corners, broken CCTVs, loitering men, rape

In Haryana’s Kurukshetra, a woman was gang-raped on a train and later lost her leg after an injury on the tracks. ‘I screamed and pleaded with them,’ she said—but no one came.

UP woman constable accuses sub-inspector of rape, blackmail, assault over last 2 years, FIR lodged

Constable has alleged that in first instance, Ravikant Goswami raped her at a farmhouse after giving her intoxicants, while he & his friend later assaulted her together in Moradabad.

Solan court allows woman’s plea challenging closure report in gang rape case against Haryana BJP chief

It orders Kasauli court to hear woman's objections by 30 July & decide whether to uphold police closure report or reopen case against Mohan Lal Badoli & Haryanvi singer Rocky Mittal. 

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.