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TopicSexual Assault

Topic: Sexual Assault

Why POCSO court granted bail to Mumbai teacher arrested for ‘sexually assaulting’ her teen student

Court decides relationship was 'consensual' and as teacher had resigned from school, teacher-student relationship did not exist anymore, so 'allegation of influence was diluted'.  

KIIT to blame for suicides of Nepalese students, says UGC; orders academic audit

UGC has called for criminal proceedings against Kalinga institute & the ICC members who handled the complaints filed by one of the students.

RCB cricketer Yash Dayal accused of sexually exploiting a woman, FIR registered

Ghaziabad Police filed an FIR after a woman made a complaint to UP CM Adityanath through IGRS alleging exploitation by the cricketer with whom she was in a relationship for 5 yrs.

‘Came in using broken window, gagged her’: How vacation in Pahalgam turned nightmare for 70-yr-old woman

An Anantnag court has rejected the bail plea of accused Zubair Ahmad Bhat, a ponywallah, and called the act a reflection of a 'sick mentality'. Alleged incident took place on 11 April.

Minor boxer from Hisar accuses woman coach of sexual misconduct, assault during training tour, FIR filed

The allegations, detailed in FIR registered on complaint by the national-level boxer's mother, describe disturbing series of events & raise questions about athlete safety.

Udaipur rape case: Accused saw French woman at ad shoot hrs before approaching her at dinner

Siddharth Ojha saw her at the shoot near Lake Pichola. He was a production assistant for a talent acquisition company that works with actors for ad shoots, ThePrint has learnt.

Northern Irish anti-immigrant violence continues, police attacked

Violence first flared Monday after two 14-year-old boys were arrested and appeared in court, accused of a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in Portadown.

Death row man acquitted in minor’s rape-murder back in jail in similar case—tale of 2 FIRs & a ‘confession’

Chotkau has been accused of abduction & rape of a 7-yr-old girl, & 'attempted murder' on police personnel while 'evading' arrest.

Closing arguments to begin in Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault retrial

Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned by a state appeals court resulting in another rape and sexual assault trial. The Miramax studio co-founder has pleaded not guilty.

Former assistant testifies that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raped her twice

The hip-hop mogul stands trial for sex trafficking and racketeering, and multiple allegations of sexual assault. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty.

On Camera

A fitting tribute to Pakistan’s General Shanti

Durrani as NSA was a leap for Pakistan. No surprise that he didn’t even last a year in that job. He chafed after 26/11, seeing it as a deliberate Army/ISI betrayal.

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.