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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicSexual Assault

Topic: Sexual Assault

Best boss I worked with: MJ Akbar’s first witness tells court in MeToo hearing

Sunday Guardian editor Joyeeta Basu appears as a witness for former minister M.J. Akbar in his defamation suit, calls him a 'perfect professional'.

NGO claims existing anti-rape law is not gender neutral, files plea in Supreme Court

It says Section 375 of IPC does not take into account sexual assault inflicted on men and transgender people.

It’s time we believed sexual assault survivors because perpetrators rarely say #ItWasMe

Confessions of sexual assault are rare. Are men any more likely to confess to sexual assault since #MeToo?

Time we listened to Tanushree Dutta and Christine Ford, not Brett Kavanaugh and Nana Patekar

Accusations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh and Nana Patekar reveal similar patterns.

Rajasthan High Court grants bail to woman co-accused in Asaram sexual assault case

Court said the prosecution failed to establish any direct link and evidence against Sanchita Gupta, who was earlier sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.

The Indian Brett Kavanaugh who cannot be named

It is time Indian judges start cleaning up their own house as they pronounce landmark verdicts every day on gender equality.

Indian women understand hashtag #WhyIDidntReport only too well

Hashtag #WhyIDidntReport makes sense to Indian women raised on izzat and maryada

Christian priests accused of rape: Isolated events or eroding credibility of Indian church?

While allegations against Bishop Franco Mulakkal are under investigation, there is pressure on Bishops' Council to initiate a full-fledged probe. Experts weigh in.

Gangraped goat’s autopsy finds human semen in vulva and brain injury

Doctor who conducted the examination says the goat died due to trauma. He also says all eight accused did not sexually assault the goat.

Husband of Panchkula woman ‘raped by 40-50 men’ may have ‘supplied’ her to clients

Police say probe shows the woman, her husband and the main accused were constantly in touch during the four days she was believed to be missing. 

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

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.