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The rapists should be burnt alive, writes Jyoti Singh’s mother for ThePrint

Police fight for the victim in court, but beyond that, all the support is for the accused. The fight of the victim is the victim’s alone.

One in four girls fears being abducted, assaulted or raped in public places: Survey

The survey shows one in three adolescent boys believes girls should be careful about clothes and slapping a woman isn’t violence.

Naxals, remote jungle, wild allegations: The murky stories linked to Jharkhand ‘gang rape’

Police suspect Pathalgarhi movement supporters, said to be linked to Naxals. Activists say police cooking up theory to malign movement for autonomy.

BSF former top cop, 4 others held guilty in 2006 Kashmir sex scandal

The case involved the sexual exploitation of two minors in Srinagar by a group of politicians, bureaucrats and police officials.

NCRB’s proposal for sexual offenders registry – much needed reform or another populist govt measure?

Experts weigh in on he National Crime Records Bureau decision to invite tenders for a National Registry of Sexual Offenders. The database will track and monitor individuals — both adults and juveniles — convicted of sex crimes.

Govt moves to build sex offenders’ database like in US but experts are wary of idea

Move comes in the wake of the BJP government promulgating an ordinance to award death penalty to child rapists.

Asaram guilty: The world has ‘good & bad terrorist’, India has ‘good & bad rapist’

Days after the government passed an ordinance allowing the death penalty for child rapists, Twitter is abuzz with solidarity messages for the ‘innocent Asaram Bapu’.

Self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram found guilty of raping minor girl

The verdict was delivered in the Jodhpur Central jail premises Wednesday. Asaram was arrested in 2013 after a minor had filed a case of sexual assault.

The death penalty ordinance is yet another example of ‘lawlipop politics’

The new political formula is, if you can’t redress a grievance, feed the popular blood-thirst. If you can’t solve a problem, fool the people with yet another law.

How far will man fall? Rape of children is on the rise, not just in Kathua and Unnao

There were over one lakh cases of sexual assault against children in 2016, and mere lip service about the death penalty may not stop this horrific trend.

On Camera

10 years of the Commercial Courts Act—has the law delivered on its promise?

More than 60 per cent of the suits remain pending after two years of having been filed, and this proportion is agnostic to whether the suit is a commercial or ordinary suit.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

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.