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TopicSexual Assault

Topic: Sexual Assault

CBI files first chargesheet in Pollachi sexual assault case against 5 men

PTI -
The agency alleged that the men acted as an organised criminal gang and were in regular touch with each other.

5-year-old girl wasn’t ravished, says Mumbai court which disposed of sexual assault case

Manasi Phadke -
The court acquitted two accused, including a French national, saying that evidence of the victim is unreliable.

#MeToo wasn’t the first: Women-led movements aren’t new, especially in India

Alka Kurian -
Long before #MeToo swept India, women successfully organised movements to protest issues like moral policing, sexist policies and sexual assault.

Police locate 6 out of 7 girls who fled Bihar shelter home

PTI -
Sniffer dogs and forensic experts were pressed into service to trace the girls who had fled the home situated around 100 km from Patna.

Mumbai’s archbishop, who could be next Pope, accused of ignoring sexual abuse complaints

Manasi Phadke -
The victim’s father has alleged that though he met the family, Archbishop of Mumbai Cardinal Oswald Gracias took no action in the case.

Virginity test of brides to be an offence soon in Maharashtra

PTI -
Certain communities in the state follow a custom whereby a newly-wed woman has to prove that she was virgin prior to the marriage.

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani denies allegations of sexual assault 

PTI -
A woman who calls herself "an assistant" in the film Sanju had claimed that Hirani sexually abused her more than once between March and September 2018.

‘If a child is sodomised, it isn’t nothing’: SC raps Bihar govt over shelter home case

PTI -
The Supreme Court pulled up the Bihar government for its 'soft' handling of the shelter home case, and said it favoured a CBI probe instead.

Indian women are getting assaulted on Tinder dates and no one knows how to stop it

Nandita Singh -
Most women are reluctant to report matches from dating apps fearing retribution, which leaves the assaulters free to pursue others.

On extramarital affairs, Flipkart & Walmart had very different points of view

Matthew Boyle -
Allegations against Binny Bansal arose just after Flipkart agreed to sell a controlling stake to Walmart.
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India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

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Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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