Sexual Crimes

Smriti Irani Asks Lawmaker To "Please Be Decent". What He Had Said

India News | Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday July 24, 2019

A BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh was asked by Union Minister Smriti Irani to be careful with his choice of words when he was speaking on the proposed changes to a law on sexual crimes against children in parliament on Wednesday.

Derek O'Brien Shares Sex Abuse Story, Smriti Irani Praises His Courage

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 24, 2019

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday shared that he was sexually abused as a teenager and urged people to talk about such experiences instead of repressing them, as he participated in a debate in parliament on a law on sexual crimes against children.

Bill For Stringent Punishment For Child Abuse Introduced In Rajya Sabha

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 18, 2019

Union Minister Smriti Irani today introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act that aims to make punishments more stringent and even include death penalty for offenders involved in sexual crimes against minors.

Almost A Third Of Human Trafficking Victims Are Children: UN Report

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 8, 2019

Trafficking victims from South Asian countries including India are detected in many parts of Europe, according to a new UN report that said human trafficking has taken "horrific dimensions" with children accounting for a third of those being trafficked.

Gurgaon Businessman Allegedly Rapes Daughter's Teen Friend At His Home

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 7, 2018

A 45-year-old city-based businessman has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter's friend, who had come to his place for a sleepover, the police said today.

3-Year-Old Allegedly Raped By Neighbour In Jaipur, Police Hunt For Accused

Jaipur News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 3, 2018

A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 25-year-old neighbour in Kanota area on the outskirts of the city, police said today. The incident took place last night.

In Muzaffarnagar, Woman Alleges Rape At Gunpoint By Brother-In-Law

Muzaffarnagar News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 24, 2018

A woman was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law at gun point at her house in Muzaffarnagar, police said today.

In Uttar Pradesh, Doctor Allegedly Confines Teen In Clinic For 3 Days To Rape Her, Arrested

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2018

Amid a growing outrage across the country over spurt in the cases of sexual crimes against minors, another rape case has been reported from Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar.

After Ex-Bureaucrats, 600 Academics Send Sharp Letter To PM Modi On Rapes

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

As the centre clambered to introduce harsher punishment for child rapists to cap public outrage over sexual crimes, a group of 637 academics in India and abroad have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, telling him that his statements on the "monstrous crimes" had been "wholly inadequate, platitudinous" and gave "non-specific ass...

Quicker Trials, Probe In Centre's Death For Child Rapists Ordinance: 10 Facts

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

The centre on Saturday responded to the barrage of attacks over the government's inability to curb sexual crimes against girls with an executive order to introduce death penalty for child rapists, longer jail term for all rapists and set an ambitious four-month deadline to complete investigation and trial in all rape cases. The changes were cleared...

Death For Rape Of Children Below 12, Says Government, Clears Executive Order

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

The centre today signed off on an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls. The change was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within hour...

Kathua Rape Case: Maneka Gandhi To Ask For Death Penalty For Child Rape

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday April 13, 2018

Amid nationwide grief and anger over the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, there is a move to change the law for sexual crimes against children to bring in the death penalty for child rape.

"Rapists Must Be Shot In Public," Says BJP MP From Assam

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday March 29, 2018

Shoot rapists in public, says a parliamentarian of Assam's ruling BJP, suggesting this is the best way to check sexual crimes against women. Ram Prasad Sharma, a BJP leader who represents Tezpur in the Lok Sabha, also believes there should be "shooting squads" for this.

Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations, Bikram Yoga Guru Seeks Bankruptcy

World News | Reuters | Saturday November 11, 2017

Bikram Choudhury Yoga Inc, the studio that popularized doing yoga in sauna heat, has filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, dogged by $16.7 million in legal judgements and numerous lawsuits and allegations of sexual misconduct.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Dozes Off, Again. It Was His Party's Press Conference

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Friday May 26, 2017

He is known to doze off at the most inconvenient of times, when the world's eye is on him, but Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appears to have zoned out in the middle of a press conference of his Congress party.