Rape Cases In India
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86 Rapes A Day, 49 Crimes Against Women Per Hour In India In 2021: Report
India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country.
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Sonia Gandhi Not To Celebrate Birthday In Wake Of Rising Rape Cases: Report
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will not celebrate her birthday on Monday in the wake of rape incidents in various parts of the country and concerns over women's security.
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Top Court Begins Exercise To Collect Nation-Wide Data On Child Rape
The Supreme Court on Monday commenced a 10-day nation-wide exercise to collect data on sexual assault on children for effective and expeditious prosecution of offenders.
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Why Speedy Probe And Fast-Track Trial For Child Rapes Seem A Far Cry
Laws on child rapes may have been made stringent but activists have questioned whether it will have the desired impact, given that government data shows 90 per cent cases under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) law that had a deadline of one year are pending.
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Man Allegedly Raped Daughter For Years In Maharashtra's Palghar, Arrested
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father repeatedly over the years, forcing her to undergo three abortions, police said today.
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Teenage Girl Allegedly Raped In Maharashtra's Palghar; 1 Arrested
A 22-year-old youth from Nallasopara in Palghar has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl whom he had befriended, police said today.
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Over 34,600 Rape Cases In India; Delhi Tops Among Union Territories
Over 34,600 cases of rape have been reported across the country last year with Madhya Pradesh and Delhi topping the infamous list of states and union territories respectively.
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In Another UP Horror, Teacher Allegedly Gang-Raped At Gunpoint Near Highway
Just days after a woman and her teen daughter were gang-raped near a highway in Uttar Pradesh, a teacher was kidnapped and allegedly raped at gunpoint in Bareilly by three men who also filmed the assault.
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'32,077 Rapes Reported In 2015', Government Informs Parliament
A total of 32,077 rape cases were reported in 2015 across the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday.
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Rape is a Global Issue, Not Just India's Problem: Filmmaker
Rape is not just India's problem but a global issue over which "there is a conspiracy of silence," the director of a national award-winning film based on the events following the 2012 Delhi gangrape has said.
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Pune: Suspect turns approver in Nayana Pujari rape & murder case
Principal district judge Madan Joshi on Wednesday directed that the confession of Rajesh Pandurang Choudhari, one of the suspects in the Nayana Pujari gang rape and murder case be recorded on October 11. Choudhari has turned approver. The Bombay high court, on Monday, had dismissed a plea filed by Mahesh Balasaheb Thakur, the other suspect in the c...
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86 Rapes A Day, 49 Crimes Against Women Per Hour In India In 2021: Report
India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country.
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Sonia Gandhi Not To Celebrate Birthday In Wake Of Rising Rape Cases: Report
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will not celebrate her birthday on Monday in the wake of rape incidents in various parts of the country and concerns over women's security.
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Top Court Begins Exercise To Collect Nation-Wide Data On Child Rape
The Supreme Court on Monday commenced a 10-day nation-wide exercise to collect data on sexual assault on children for effective and expeditious prosecution of offenders.
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Why Speedy Probe And Fast-Track Trial For Child Rapes Seem A Far Cry
Laws on child rapes may have been made stringent but activists have questioned whether it will have the desired impact, given that government data shows 90 per cent cases under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) law that had a deadline of one year are pending.
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Man Allegedly Raped Daughter For Years In Maharashtra's Palghar, Arrested
A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father repeatedly over the years, forcing her to undergo three abortions, police said today.
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Teenage Girl Allegedly Raped In Maharashtra's Palghar; 1 Arrested
A 22-year-old youth from Nallasopara in Palghar has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl whom he had befriended, police said today.
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Over 34,600 Rape Cases In India; Delhi Tops Among Union Territories
Over 34,600 cases of rape have been reported across the country last year with Madhya Pradesh and Delhi topping the infamous list of states and union territories respectively.
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In Another UP Horror, Teacher Allegedly Gang-Raped At Gunpoint Near Highway
Just days after a woman and her teen daughter were gang-raped near a highway in Uttar Pradesh, a teacher was kidnapped and allegedly raped at gunpoint in Bareilly by three men who also filmed the assault.
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'32,077 Rapes Reported In 2015', Government Informs Parliament
A total of 32,077 rape cases were reported in 2015 across the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday.
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Rape is a Global Issue, Not Just India's Problem: Filmmaker
Rape is not just India's problem but a global issue over which "there is a conspiracy of silence," the director of a national award-winning film based on the events following the 2012 Delhi gangrape has said.
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Pune: Suspect turns approver in Nayana Pujari rape & murder case
Principal district judge Madan Joshi on Wednesday directed that the confession of Rajesh Pandurang Choudhari, one of the suspects in the Nayana Pujari gang rape and murder case be recorded on October 11. Choudhari has turned approver. The Bombay high court, on Monday, had dismissed a plea filed by Mahesh Balasaheb Thakur, the other suspect in the c...
