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TopicRape accused

Topic: Rape accused

Rapper Jay-Z responds to rape accusation of 13 year-old in Diddy case

An amended lawsuit accused the artiste along with Sean 'Diddy' Comes of raping the girl at a party in 2000. Responding to the allegations, he said it was a 'blackmail attempt'.

UP court sentences woman to 4 yrs in jail after she retracts rape allegations — ‘serious crime’

Bareilly court sentences woman to 1,653 days in jail — the same time the man she had accused spent in prison. ‘Very serious situation for the entire society’, says the judge.

Out on bail, rape accused shoots victim in Rajasthan. Cop suspended for inaction against threats

The accused and two of his associates have been arrested. The woman suffered multiple injuries to her hands, legs, head and back. Her brother was also injured.

UP woman hacked to death by ‘brother of accused over refusal to withdraw rape complaint’

The man accused of raping her was out on bail, and had allegedly been pressuring the 20-year-old to take back her case. Those booked in murder case absconding.

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.