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  • New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday said castration would be the most befitting punishment for paedophiles and repeat offenders of child sexual abuse. The court’s observation came while sentencing a...

    2012-02-18 11:04:46 |
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  • In a welcome judgment a Delhi court has spelled out importance of morality over prevailing legal norms and passed a decree on ethical grounds in a case of custody of minor children. (IE: 29 Dec,...

    2012-01-30 18:25:35 |
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  • Sydney : Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to police on request or risk going to prison under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state to be introduced to...

    2011-08-21 12:29:26 |
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  • Sydney : Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to police on request or risk going to prison under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state to be introduced to...

    2011-08-21 12:29:26 |
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  • Kanpur : A 17-year-old girl was allegedly strangulated to death by a man who attempted to rape her at Bahawalpur area in Ghatampur village in Kanpur, police said. The body of the Class-X student was...

    2011-07-23 12:21:13 |
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  • Srinagar : Tension gripped south Kashmir's Kulgam district as protestors went on a rampage today over the alleged abduction and rape of a woman by unidentified army personnel. The protesters, who...

    2011-07-22 19:19:45 |
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  • PANAJI: Police has arrested two people for questioning in a gang rape case. Police are on the lookout for four others involved in alleged gang rape of a 32-year-old house maid. The woman, who is...

    2011-07-18 11:07:00 |
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  • NEW DELHI: Rural India has experienced a sharp fall in the in the ratio of female to male children, new census data shows, indicating that sex-selection technology has reached even the country’s...

    2011-07-16 16:56:31 |
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  • Lakhimpur (UP) : A local court here has ordered that an FIR be lodged against three doctors, who had conducted the first post-mortem of the 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and killed inside...

    2011-07-13 17:19:53 |
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  • KURUKSHETRA: Police on Sunday booked three persons for allegedly raping a girl for three days at a government-run tourism resort at Pehowa. The accused, identified as Gur Iqbal Singh, his friends...

    2011-07-12 19:19:33 |
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Morality Wins over Infelicitous Legality, ...

In a welcome judgment a Delhi court has spelled out importance of morality over prevailing legal norms and passed a decree on ethical grounds in a case of custody of minor children. (IE: 29 Dec, 11) Additional District Judge (ADJ) Reetesh Singh of Karkardooma Courts underlined the importance of social and moral values against legal preeminence of a mother and asked a woman to bequeath custody of her two minor children to their father. The woman... read more

Australia law proposal: Women must remove veils...

Sydney : Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to police on request or risk going to prison under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state to be introduced to parliament next week. The New South Wales state government said today that under the law, police would be able to require anyone to remove a face covering for identification purposes including a burqa, niqab, helmet or mask. Penalties for those... read more

Australia law proposal: Women must remove veils...

Sydney : Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to police on request or risk going to prison under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state to be introduced to parliament next week. The New South Wales state government said today that under the law, police would be able to require anyone to remove a face covering for identification purposes including a burqa, niqab, helmet or mask. Penalties for those... read more

Sharp fall in sex ratio in rural India

NEW DELHI: Rural India has experienced a sharp fall in the in the ratio of female to male children, new census data shows, indicating that sex-selection technology has reached even the country’s remotest areas. According to figures released Friday, India’s villages house just 919 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, reflecting a massive decline from the 2001 ratio showing 934 girls for every 1,000 boys. The data will be... read more

Well dressed and begging, 43 girls held

AURANGABAD: At first glance they look like college students, attired in jeans, T-shirts and capris. But many of these 43 girls and women from Rajasthan created quite a stir during the past two days in the otherwise sleepy town of Latur, about 250 km from here. The reason: they were accosting people on the roads, preferably men, and begging for Rs 50 or more. The women, who have made a city lodge their temporary home, told people they were... read more