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Topic: rape case

SC stays parts of Allahabad HC order which states ‘grabbing woman’s breast’ does not amount to rape

The HC order had come on a petition filed by the accused, challenging the summons issued to them by the Special Judge of the POCSO court in UP's Kasganj to face trial in a rape case.

Trapped, raped repeatedly & forced into bonded labour, 18-yr-old MP girl’s Delhi dream turns nightmare

She was rescued from a residence in Rajouri Garden on 27 February and issued an official release certificate, formally freeing her from bonded labour. However, an FIR is yet to be filed.

Pune MSRTC bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade detained from Shirur, says police

Gade, is named in half a dozen cases of theft, robbery and chain-snatching in Pune and Ahilyanagar district. He has been out on bail since 2019 in one of the offences.

High-stakes hunt on for Pune bus rape suspect. Here’s how cops identified him

Maharashtra govt has ordered audit of all bus depots in the state after 26-yr-old woman alleged she was raped inside stationery bus at Pune's Swargate bus depot in early hours of Tuesday.

Police announce Rs 1 lakh reward for information about absconding accused in Pune bus rape case

According to the survivor woman (25), Dattatray Ramdas Gade (37) lured her onto an empty MSRTC bus at Swargate Bus Stand and raped her before fleeing the site.

Death penalty overturned in 2016, serial offender held for rape & murder of 11-yr-old disabled girl

After an almost 16-hr manhunt across UP, Rajasthan, and MP, police arrested Ramesh Khati on 19 February. The operation involved 16 special teams and 76 personnel.

3 arrested over rape-murder of Dalit woman in Ayodhya, Rahul Gandhi calls UP govt ‘anti-Bahujan’

Alleging the administration didn’t pay heed to the family’s cry for help, Rahul questioned: 'How many more families will have to suffer like this?'

RG Kar doctor rape-murder convict’s quantum of punishment to be pronounced today

The charges under which Sanjay Roy has been convicted entail a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum can be capital punishment.

Mass rape victim Gisele Pelicot slams cowardice of accused abusers, France’s patriarchal society

The 71-year-old’s husband has admitted to drugging and raping her, while also inviting 50 others to their house to rape her when she was unconscious.

Ghaziabad dancer ‘drugged, raped’ over 3 days in Agra. Accused couple ‘tried to force her into sex work’

Police say the woman was invited to perform at a show in Agra. Upon arrival, she was taken to accused Vinay Gupta's flat, where his wife allegedly served her drink laced with sedatives.

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India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.