Page 2 - Rape Cases

Rape as a tamasha

In India, rape as an issue remains hostage to social and political contestations that ricochet between high-profile righteous indignation and spurious Bollywood-style anguish

Letters to BS: Change in mindset is key for preventing crimes against women

Atrocities against women by men will only cease when the mindset of men undergoes a change. It has to begin from childhood

Letters to BS: We must examine why people want 'an eye for an eye'?

Criminals sentenced to death are always given a long rope, to file review and mercy petitions, with their sentences frequently getting commuted to life

UP govt set to get anti-romeo squad back after rise in crimes against women

The police wing, which was criticised by some for allegedly targeting couples hanging out in public places, gradually lost its sting

Unnao rape victim's family wants her murderers chased and killed

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured the grieving family of speedy justice, saying a fast track court would decide the case and all the accused persons were arrested

Rahul says India is world 'rape capital', blames Modi's silence for malaise

The country's biggest strength, which used to be its economy, was now its biggest weakness, Gandhi said adding Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have a concept of taking the country forward.

Hyderabad rape-murder: NHRC begins on-the-spot probe into encounter killing

Official sources said the team visited a government hospital at Mahabubnagar, where the bodies of the accused were kept after post-mortem

One accused in rape of two minor girls in Kerala's Walayar thrashed by mob

M Madhu, the third accused in the case, who was acquitted recently, allegedly got into an argument with the group near his house, the police said

Goa minister urges Modi to mandate public hanging of rape-murder convicts

His demand comes a day after all the four men, arrested for the rape and murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian in Hyderabad last month, were killed in an 'encounter' with police

Tale of 2 encounters: 11 years apart, featuring one cop, in similar scripts

Cyberabad Commissioner Sajjanar, who was hailed by many as a hero for the killing of four men accused in the gangrape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian, was superintendent of police in 2008

Nithyananda's passport cancelled, application for new one rejected: MEA

We cancelled passport of Nithyananda and rejected his application for fresh one: MEA.

Ecuador denies having granted asylum, land to rape-accused Nithyananda

In a statement, the Embassy of Ecuador said the country had in fact denied Nithyananda's request for asylum, and he left the country for Haiti

HC asks SIT if law student's allegations against Chinmayanand were probed

The law student on Sept 5 had alleged in her application that Chinmayanand had shot her obscene video in his mobile phone

Row over 'rape girls for wearing short dresses' video rages on social media

While there was unquestionable courage in the fact that Gupta confronted her tormentor, the exchange also revealed curiously misogynistic views while upholding more obvious feminist values

US lists torture, rape in police custody among human right abuses in India

The other major issues of human rights violations included widespread corruption, lack of criminal investigations or accountability for cases related to rape, domestic violence

Five NGO activists gang-raped at gunpoint in Jharkhand's Khunti district

Police have filed an FIR and are contacting the victims to probe all angles of the case

Death to child rapists: Mufti govt okays two ordinances after Kathua horror

J&K Cabinet, which met under Mehbooba Mufti, approved two ordinances to provide stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of rape of minor girls

Child rapists: 76% people want death penalty for perpetrators, says Survey

According to the survey, 18 per cent voted for life imprisonment without parole for convicted rapists while three per cent said it should be a seven-year jail term

Preparing proposal for death penalty for rape of minor below 12 yrs: Maneka

Her comments came in the wake of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir

The rape cases of 2012 & 2018 that shook the nation

The proximate political failures in both these cases are greater than in 2012, and require a more robust political response