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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicWomen's safety

Topic: women's safety

Mamata govt’s new programme to ensure women’s safety includes SOS app, request to ‘avoid night duty’

Following the rape & murder of a Kolkata trainee doctor, West Bengal govt has introduced 'Rattirer Shathi' programme to enhance safety of women working night shifts. What it says.

Bengaluru women have a PG problem—unsafe rooms, intrusive landlords, useless CCTVs

Following the brutal murder of a 24-year-old in her PG in Koramangala, civic officials have increased their attention. But many PGs remain unguarded and unsafe for women.

I’m an Indian woman, I’m tired of outraging. Jharkhand tourist gangrape won’t change a thing

No one is defaming India more than Indian men. The burden of India’s culture of sexual violence lies with Indian men alone.

Is brand India dimming? Pollution panic, dire warnings for women, big dip in foreign tourists

India’s rising global stature hasn’t solved its image issues. Pollution, travel advisories about women’s safety, and negative press are dragging down its standing as a tourist destination.

Rape culture enters metaverse. Are women safe in Mark Zuckerberg’s game?

It’s alarming to think that guidelines for user safety are afterthoughts: minuscule bugs that can be fixed.

Delhi college student, 20, raped by man posing as police officer

The accused, Ravi Solanki, threatened to post online a video he had shot of her and her boyfriend before attacking her.

India needs senior female cops for safer cities, 90% women retire as police constables

A study by Janaagraha in Karnataka’s Mysuru and Hubli-Dharwad shows that police presence is rated as more or as important as well-lit streets & good-quality roads.

Deny bail to those accused of heinous crimes like 2012 Delhi gangrape: Parliament panel

Day before 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts are set to be hanged, standing committee recommends a host of reforms to improve women’s safety in India.

Indian media finally covered Pollachi gang rape – for people Googling ‘sex videos’

It is no coincidence that the first suggestions to appear on Google when searching “Pollachi” are “Pollachi video” or “Pollachi original video”.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.