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New Delhi: One of the rapists convicted of the barbaric gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in December 2012 in Delhi and sentenced to death has sparked a controversy by blaming the victim for the sexual assault.  In an interview to BBC, one of the convicts Mukesh Singh also...

New Delhi: Environmentalist RK Pachauri, accused of sexual assault, was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after he claimed that he was unwell. 
Pachauri had been summoned by the police on Wednesday for questioning with regard to charges of sexual assault. 
He has been accused of sexual harassment by a woman employee...

New Delhi: A local court has held a man guilty of sexually assaulting a four-year-old child, relying on testimonies of the victim and her mother. 
Additional Sessions Judge Vikas Dhull convicted Raju Ansari for the offence under section 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)...

Jaipur: A witness in the rape case lodged against Asaram Bapu was seriously injured after being stabbed on Friday by a supporter of the spiritual guru in this Rajasthan city, the police said. 
"The incident occurred when this witness, Rahul K. Sachan after giving his statement in front of local court...

A new video of the assault on a 57-year-old Indian has surfaced in which US policemen are seen throwing Sureshbhai Patel down.  Patel, who was visiting his son in Alabama, was left partially paralysed when a police officer forced him on ground after receiving report of a "suspicious person" looking...

Washington: A new video of the assault on a 57-year-old Indian has surfaced in which US policemen are seen throwing Sureshbhai Patel down.  US officials have arrested one of the two police officers. 
The policeman, who had assaulted Patel, apologised for his behaviour and has been suspended.  Federal Bureau of...

Mumbai: Acclaimed music director Ismail Darbar was arrested in connection with an assault case and later secured bail from a local court, police said Wednesday.  Darbar's son Zaid was also arrested for allegedly assaulting an assistant director over a monetary dispute and is now out on bail. 
Darbar's arrest came a...

Chennai: An Air India pilot assaulted a flight engineer inside cockpit at Chennai airport.  The pilot pushed the engineer while they were inside the cockpit as the latter went inside to get his diary signed. 
The incident led to the delay of the flight AI 143 from Delhi-Chennai-Paris by an hour...

New Delhi: A Delhi court has framed charges for the offences of rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation against Uber cab driver accused of raping a 25-yr-old woman. 
The driver of US-based cab service provider was identified in the court premises by a 25-year-old woman executive who was raped allegedly by...

Pilibhit: The principal of a school in Shahjahanpur district has been arrested for issuing a fake age certificate for the minor girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by self-styled godman Asaram, police said on Saturday. 
Sant Kripal, the principal of Sant Vivekanand Public School, was arrested for issuing the fake...

Los Angeles: Three more women have accused comedian and actor Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them during the 1980s and 1990s, adding to a litany of similar charges dogging the screen star. 
At a press conference ON Wednesday, Linda Kirkpatrick and Lynn Neal said they had met Cosby at a tennis...

Bengaluru: Violence erupted on Wednesday over alleged sexual assault of a minor girl here by a school teacher, as angry protesters demanded he be handed over to them and given "instant justice", leading to police laticharge and bursting of teargas shells. 
Converging outside...

New Delhi: In a setback for self-styled godman Asaram, the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of his bail plea for four weeks.  A medical board which examined him said Asaram does not need surgery and can be treated with medication. 
Senior counsel Siddharth Luthra had urged the court...

Ahmedabad: A 33-year-old married woman, who has accused self-styled godman Asaram Bapu of rape and who mysteriously disappeared from her house two weeks ago, today appeared before the Surat police. 
"The woman today appeared before Kamrej police station in Surat city," Superintendent of police Pradip Sejul said. 
The woman stayed in Ahmedabad...

Ahmedabad: The 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against self-styled godman Asaram is safe, said her lawyer on Saturday. 
"My client is in hiding.  I cannot reveal why my client has gone into hiding," said the complainant's lawyer. 
Commenting on the Gujarat government willing to provide security...

A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against self-styled godman Asaram, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said on Thursday. 
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Ahmedabad: A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against self-styled godman Asaram, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said on Thursday. 
"A victim of rape, who had accused Asaram of sexual assault, went missing along with her...

New Delhi: Former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh was on Friday acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of raping and criminally intimidating a woman after the alleged victim turned hostile. 
Additional Sessions Judge Sarita Birbal freed Singh, a former MP from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the 42-year-old woman...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to pay Rs 10 lakh to the mother of Manipuri girl Thangjam Manorama, who was killed by Assam Rifles personnel in 2004. 
A bench comprising justices T S Thakur and P C Ghosh said that the compensation amount has to be...

A worried mother Maithreyi Nadapana in Bengaluru has filed a petition on change.org to make school safer for children. " When I first came to know about a rape happening in a high end school, it shattered me.  I was enraged.  As a mother, I was devastated.  Where are my children...

Bengaluru: India scripting space history with its mission to Mars in its maiden attempt marked the high point of variegated developments from Karnataka during 2014 that also saw a resurgent BJP and rising sexual assaults of minor girls in schools with the year ending on a terror tinge. 
In a...

Even two years after the brutal Delhi gangrape of a 23-year-old, nothing seems to have changed. " We are still seeking for justice.  The city is still not safe for women.  A safe public transport is a must," say Nirbahya's parents. 
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Los Angeles: Bill Cosby's wife Camille has broken her silence and slammed sexual assault accusations made against her husband. 
Camille in a statement compared the scandal surrounding her husband to an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, reported Ace Showbiz. 
"I met my husband, Bill Cosby, in 1963, and we...

New Delhi: Medical examination of rape survivors has been in question for a long time.  Especially the two-finger test which involves the doctor inserting two or more fingers in the vagina of the rape survivor to test for the presence of hymen and the laxity of the vagina. 
For long, the...

In a small experiment, an undercover reporter takes to the Ranganathan street, one of the busiest markets in Chennai, to do a status check of women's safety on the roads. " It is 11 in the morning and most shops have just opened.  I am wearing a long top and jeans....

New Delhi: I bare my heart out on a topic, us, the women of India, have often had to confront at some point in our lives.  A dichotomy the familiar words "You Are A Girl" meant to protect us, at most times said with good intentions, are actually the...

New Delhi: Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, who is accused of raping a 25-year-old woman, on Thursday admitted to have sexually assaulted many women, said sources. 
The accused has revealed that he targeted women who took cab from Gurgaon malls to Delhi.  Yadav's admission came during his interrogation by the...