Rape Victim

Rape Victims Can End Pregancy Without Medical Board Nod: Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 22, 2019

The Madras High Court Friday said a rape victim need not approach the medical board or the judiciary to terminate her pregnancy provided its length has not exceed 20 weeks.

UP Woman, Allegedly Raped By 3 Men, Commits Suicide Over Police Inaction

Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 18, 2019

A 24-year-old gang rape victim allegedly committed suicide in a village under Dataganj police station in the district blaming police for not registering her complaint, officials said Monday.

Kathua Rape-Murder Highlights: 3 Guilty Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

India News | Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Monday June 10, 2019

A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...

3 Guilty Of Kathua 8-Year-Old's Rape, Murder Get Life Sentence: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday June 10, 2019

Three men will spend life in jail for an eight-year-old girl's gang-rape, torture and killing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year, a case that shocked and disturbed the entire country with the sheer depravity of it. Three more including two policemen held guilty of destroying evidence will serve five years in jail and have been fined. The girl'...

Reporters Charged For Revealing Jammu And Kashmir Rape Victim's Name

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2019

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday charged certain "social media reporters" for revealing the identity of a minor girl who was allegedly raped in Ganderbal town earlier this week.

Goa Congress Responds After Rape Survivor Who Accused Leader Goes Missing

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 14, 2019

The "missing" rape victim who, in 2016, had accused Congress leader Atanasio Monserrate, now a candidate for the Panaji assembly bypoll on May 19, could have gone for a party or a wedding and may not be missing at all, Goa Congress said

Physically Challenged Rape Victim Delivers Stillborn Child In Rajasthan

Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2019

A case of rape was registered against an unidentified person after a 14-year-old physically challenged girl delivered a stillborn baby in Banswara district of Rajasthan, the police said today.

UK Rape Victims Told To Give Police Phone Data Or Risk Case Being Dropped

World News | Reuters | Monday April 29, 2019

British police faced an outcry on Monday over new policies which demand rape and sexual assault victims hand over their phones to police to be combed for data or risk seeing their cases dropped.

Fake Cop Arrested For Duping Rape Victim Of Rs 6 Lakh In Mumbai

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 14, 2019

A 42-year-old man was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly posing as a policeman and duping a rape victim of Rs 6 lakh on the pretext of registering a case, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Rape Survivor Shot Dead Allegedly For Not Withdrawing Case In Gurgaon

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 19, 2019

A bouncer allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old woman for not withdrawing a rape case against him, hours before she was to record her statement in court on Friday, the police said. According to the woman's mother, the bouncer, Sandeep Kumar, took her daughter from home by force. No one could stop him, the mother said.

Instead Of Outrage, Religion Of Rape Victim Will Be Asked: Mehbooba Mufti

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 10, 2019

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today urged Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure that the culprits in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Ramban district of the state are punished.

Congress Lawmaker Quits Over Failure To Ensure Justice To Rape Victim

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 30, 2018

Odisha Congress leader Krushna Chandra Sagaria on Tuesday said he would resign from the membership of the Assembly as he had no moral right to hold the position after failing to ensure justice to a rape victim.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Physician Mukwege, Yazidi Rape Victim Murad

India News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 5, 2018

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world.

Court Lets Mumbai Teen Rape Survivor With Cancer To Abort 24-Week Foetus

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 15, 2018

The Bombay High Court on Friday permitted a 14-year-old rape victim afflicted with cancer to medically terminate her pregnancy which is now in the 24th week.

After Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha Denounces Kerala MLA's 'Prostitute' Comment On Nun

Entertainment | Tuesday September 11, 2018

"We deserve better leaders," Richa Chadha wrote in her tweet on Tuesday afternoon