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  • Allahabad: In a shocking incident, three minor girls at a juvenile home here were raped by a peon leading to his arrest and suspension of the home superintendent as an "absolutely shocked" Allahabad...

    2012-04-07 14:12:18 |
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  • LONDON: A whopping majority of women in Britain - over 80 percent - do not report rape or sexual assault to police, a study has said. In many cases, the incidents are not reported because women say...

    2012-03-14 17:40:12 |
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  • New Delhi: Here’s a scary statistic to consider on the occasion of Women’s Day: nine out of 10 women in urban India have been stalked, teased or sexually harassed. And here’s a sobering...

    2012-03-08 18:05:05 |
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  • A Muslim woman married to a Hindu in Ahmedabad reveals why disclosing her true identity to her friends would turn her into an outcast I live in Ahmedabad. I cannot say where because I live under a...

    2012-03-05 19:35:53 |
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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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  • At Vaniyakkadu village on the outskirts of Paravur municipal town in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, Chavadiparambil Sudheer, a real-estate broker who had managed bit roles in movies, would brag about...

    2011-08-07 16:58:26 |
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  • NEW DELHI: A 28 years old married man has been sentenced for 7 year jail for sexually abusing a minor girl and make her pregnant. Father of 3 children gave false assurance to marry with...

    2011-08-07 12:45:58 |
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  • Kochi The Kerala High Court said that sex with young girls had become the \'luxury\' of the rich and rejected the bail pleas of eight accused in a case relating to the rape of a minor girl allegedly...

    2011-08-02 18:42:47 |
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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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  • PANIPAT: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped after she was kidnapped from her house by some unidentified persons on Sunday evening. The girl was found lying in an unconscious condition near the...

    2011-07-12 18:56:20 |
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Peon raps Allahabad 3 minor girls in govt-run...

Allahabad: In a shocking incident, three minor girls at a juvenile home here were raped by a peon leading to his arrest and suspension of the home superintendent as an "absolutely shocked" Allahabad High Court took suo motu cognizance of the matter and issued a direction to ensure that "an exemplary deterrent message goes out". The three girls lived in the state-run juvenile home located in Shivkuti police station area of the city where they... read more

80 per cent British women don't report rape:...

LONDON: A whopping majority of women in Britain - over 80 percent - do not report rape or sexual assault to police, a study has said. In many cases, the incidents are not reported because women say have little confidence that their attacker would be brought to justice, the Daily Telegraph reported citing the survey by parenting website Mumsnet. Among the 1,600 women respondents, the poll found out that 10 percent of women had been raped, and... read more

9 out of 10 urban women sexually harassed

New Delhi: Here’s a scary statistic to consider on the occasion of Women’s Day: nine out of 10 women in urban India have been stalked, teased or sexually harassed. And here’s a sobering thought: 63% of them have been stalked, teased or sexually harassed either frequently or occasionally. These are some of the findings of an extensive survey of 5,041 urban Indian women in the 15-50 age group commissioned by Hindustan Times and carried out... read more

‘Necessity forced me to take on a fake...

A Muslim woman married to a Hindu in Ahmedabad reveals why disclosing her true identity to her friends would turn her into an outcast I live in Ahmedabad. I cannot say where because I live under a fake Hindu name to hide from my neighbours that I am a Muslim. When I got married to the love of my life, who happens to be a Hindu, I never thought there will come days when I would hide my name and identity from my friends. My name is Tazeen.... read more

Paedophiles should be castrated: Court

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 30-year-old man to imprisonment for “actual life” for raping his six-year-old niece. “In my considered opinion, castration is the most befitting sentence, which can be given to any paedophile or serial offender. But the hands of this court... read more