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Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, Oct 1 (PTI) Two policemen of Tiruvannamalai East Police Station have been arrested and suspended from the service for allegedly raping a woman hailing from Andhra Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred near the Tiruvannamalai bypass on Tuesday in which the two police constables who were on duty, allegedly raped the woman who had come to the temple town along with her mother, a senior police officer of Tiruvannamalai All Women Police Station, said. ...Read More >
JAMMU: A doctor posted at sub-district hospital of Banihal in J&K's Ramban distrct was arrested on Tuesday after a patient accused him of sexual assault in his chamber. The health department later suspended the accused, Dr Girdhari Lal Manhas, a consultant gynaecologist, with immediate effect.According to police, Nadia Banoo, who is pregnant, had gone for a routine checkup at the hospital. She alleged in her complaint that while examining her, the doctor on duty molested her and touched her in a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Investigators have unearthed crucial evidence against self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati in the molestation cases filed against him, Times Now has learnt. These include sexually suggestive chats shared by the 62-year-old on WhatsApp, and the presence of an application to monitor CCTV installed at his Delhi ashram to keep an eye on the victims, sources said. Seventeen women students have levelled sexual assault charges against the godman. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was admitted to MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru after developing a fever late Tuesday night, sparking concern among party workers and political leaders across the country. Doctors at the hospital are closely monitoring his condition and have assured that there is no immediate cause for alarm. Kharge, 83, was reportedly brought to the renowned medical facility after he complained of persistent fever. A medical team quickly initiated a series of d ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha continues to witness a higher incidence of crimes against children, a majority of whom are reported to have either gone missing or kidnapped. The state saw 8,577 crimes against children in 2023, up from 8,240 cases in 2022 and 7,899 cases in 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)-2023 report released on Monday. Kidnapping was the highest recorded crime, with 5,978 IPC cases reported that year involving 5,979 children, at a rate of 41.5 per one lakh kids ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana has recorded a sharp rise in crimes against women, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2023 report. The state registered 23,679 cases in 2023 compared to 22,065 in 2022, reflecting a continuing upward trend over the past three years. With a mid-year projected female population of 125.1 lakh, Telangana reported a crime rate of 189.6 per lakh women, nearly three times the national average of 66.2. The charge-sheeting rate in the state stood at 88.1 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) A total of 1,77,335 cases of crime against children were registered in the country in 2023, showing an increase of 9.2 per cent over 2022, according to the latest NCRB report. The data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed that the crime rate in 2023 stood at 39.9 per one-lakh child population in comparison to 36.6 in 2022. In 2022, a total of 1,62,449 cases of crimes against children were recorded, while the number stood at 1,49,404 in 2021. "A t ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sept 30 (PTI) Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the government directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of "multiple murders, rapes and burials" in Dharmasthala to complete the investigation at the earliest. He also said the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports in connection with the case are pending. Speaking to reporters, Parameshwara said, "SIT is doing its job. FSL reports have to come. The recently discovered materials have bee ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court, while granting bail to a 24-year-old man accused of marrying an alleged minor, raised the need for a Uniform Civil Code to resolve conflicts between personal laws and national legislation. Justice Arun Monga noted Muslim law permits marriages after puberty, but Indian criminal law deems them offences, urging legislative clarity for legal certainty and social harmony. Is it not the time to move towards a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), ensuring a single framework where personal o ...Read More >
Shimla: Una (civil) subdivisional magistrate Vishwa Mohan Dev Chauhan failed to secure any immediate relief from the Himachal Pradesh high court on Friday after his anticipatory bail plea was deferred in a case where he faces rape charges filed by a national-level athlete.The Himachal Administrative Service (HAS) officer had approached the high court on Thursday, but a bench led by Justice Rakesh Kainthla denied any interim protection and instead issued a notice to the state govt, demanding the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Swami Chaitanyananda, the former director of Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, has approached Patiala House Court for anticipatory bail while remaining on the run.Police had issued a lookout notice against Chaitanyananda following allegations that he sexually harassed several female students, many from economically weaker sections. Multiple teams have been deployed to track him and prevent him from leaving the country.Early leads placed Chaitanyan ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Two government employees were among nine people arrested in Kerala's Kasaragod district for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy, whom the suspects befriended on a gay dating app.According to the PTI, the minor was abused for over two years at his home and at locations in Kannur and Kozhikode by 14 men. The crime surfaced when the boy's mother spotted an unknown man at their house who fled on seeing her. On questioning her son, she learned of the assaults and alerted Child ...Read More >
Kasaragod (Kerala) | Nine people, including two government employees, have been arrested from this district for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy after befriending him on a mobile app for the LGBTQ community, police said on Tuesday. According to a senior police officer of the district, the boy was sexually assaulted over two years at his home and other places, including in Kannur and Kozhikode districts, by 14 different men. The assault came to light when the boy's mother saw a m ...Read More >
Kasaragod: Nine people, including two government employees, have been arrested from this district for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy after befriending him on a mobile app for the LGBTQ community, police said on Tuesday. According to a senior police officer of the district, the boy was sexually assaulted over two years at his home and other places, including in Kannur and Kozhikode districts, by 14 different men. The assault came to light when the boy's mother saw a man at thei ...Read More >
Haryanvi actor Uttar Kumar was on Monday held in connection with the alleged rape of a 25-year-old singer but shortly after his detention, he complained of ill health and was admitted to a private hospital, police said. A woman singer lodged a complaint on July 18 alleging that Kumar had sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage and film roles from January 1, 2020, till July 31, 2023, they said. Kumar will be taken into custody again after doctors issue his fitness report, DCP (Trans-H ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The uncle of Sowjanya, the 17-year-old college student whose 2012 rape and murder shook Karnataka, has moved the High Court of Karnataka with a public interest litigation demanding urgent judicial intervention in what he describes as a "decades-long pattern of unexplained deaths, rapes, and disappearances" in Dharmasthala. The petition, filed by Sowjanya's uncle Purandara Gowda along with local resident Tukaram Gowda, urges the court to empower the Special Investigation Team (SIT) con ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday in its order refused to examine and pass any orders on a plea alleging sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police. The SC asked the petitioner to move to the High Court, noting that "we have all sympathies for you. We have all sympathies for you, but why did you not approach the HC?" the Bench of the apex court told the lawyer. The plea was filed by the petitioner, the sister of the victim. The top court's two-judge Bench ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine a plea alleging sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police and asked the petitioner to move high court. "We have all sympathies for you but why you did not approach the high court?" a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the lawyer appearing for the petitioner. The counsel referred to the brutality allegedly meted out to the minor. "Our question is, why could you not approa ...Read More >
The bail was granted by additional sessions judge Bhupinder Singh of Tis Hazari court, on September 10. The order was uploaded to the court's website on Sunday. The court observed that there was nothing on record to show that the accused did not cooperate with the investigation. The 11-page order said, "No previous involvement of the accused/applicant, in any offence whatsoever has been brought to the notice of the court. The investigations, filing of police report, and further proceedings may ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Police arrested three men on Saturday for the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old woman after spiking her soft drink at a lodge where she had lured by one of the accused with a promise to introduce her to a musician.The accused were identified as Chandan Kumar Hati (25), Prasanna Kumar Acharya (37), and Rajesh Kumar Das (32). According to the police, Hati knew the rape survivor for several months."She is an aspiring singer, seeking opportunities in the music industry. Hati, claiming ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A six-year-old girl with special needs was sexually abused allegedly by a man at a private therapy centre in Rohini. The suspect has been arrested.The survivor's family alleged that the accused was a therapist at the centre. Centre officials, however, claimed that he was brought in by one of the staff for training and was not formally associated with the facility.Police were informed about the incident on Sept 7 after the minor allegedly showed signs of abuse. Her mother told police t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl at a private speech therapy centre in Delhi's Rohini, police said on Sunday. According to officials, the arrest was made on September 8. The matter came to light on September 7 after the child's mother grew suspicious when she noticed unusual behaviour in her daughter upon returning from a therapy session, officials said. According to the complaint lodged by the gir ...Read More >
Panaji: Goa police arrested a 28-year-old doctor, Vrushab Doshi, for allegedly raping a 24-year-old Moroccan national at the ICU in a private hospital at Old Goa where she was seeking treatment. Police nabbed the doctor on Thursday in Solapur, where he was trying to evade arrest.Doshi, who is from Solapur, has been remanded in one-day police custody.North Goa SP Rahul Gupta said that Doshi left Goa after the offence. "A team was formed, and Doshi was tracked in Solapur, and was arrested in the a ...Read More >
Gurugram: The court of Additional Sessions Judge Jasmine Sharma while convicting an accused of sodomising a minor, three years ago, sentenced him to five years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000. The father of the victim had filed a complaint that on May 23, 2022, the accused had sodomised his son after threatening to kill him. The accused was identified as Prem Chand of Churu. OC Mirzapur boy crushed to death Gurugram: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding Scorpio in Mirza ...Read More >
A plea has reached the Supreme Court accusing Gujarat Police of sexually assaulting and torturing a 17-year-old boy. The plea seeks the formation of a SIT excluding Gujarat police officers for a court-monitored CBI probe. Also, it requests an FIR under various laws, alleging illegal custody and denial of juvenile rights. The Supreme Court is set to examine a disturbing plea alleging the sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police. The case is scheduled to be hear ...Read More >
Wayanad, Sep 13 (PTI) The alleged suicides of two party workers -one last year and another a day ago-in this hill district have put the opposition Congress in Kerala on the back foot. This is particularly damaging at a time when its MP, Priyanka Gandhi, is present in her constituency. A day after a local party worker died allegedly by suicide in Mullankolly in Wayanad, the daughter-in-law of a former District Congress Committee (DCC) treasurer, N M Vijayan, allegedly attempted to take her own ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea alleging sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police. The plea was mentioned by a counsel for urgent hearing before a bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran. The plea has been filed by the sister of the victim. The counsel, representing the petitioner, contended before the bench that the petitioner's minor brother was picked up by the police, tortured i ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sept 5 (PTI) A group of women personalities from diverse fields, including actor-theatre activist Arundhati Nag, filmmakers Kavita Lankesh and Suman Kittur, writer-journalist Vijayamma, gender and sexuality rights activist Akkai Padmashali, have written to senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi urging her to ensure that the inquiry into a series of unsolved crimes in Dharmasthala must focus exclusively on delivering justice to women and other victims. Called "Kondavaru Yaaru? Who Killed ...Read More >
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the opposition BJP of doing politics over the Dharmasthala case, and said the SIT was conducting an independent probe to establish facts in the matter. His government was not interfering in the investigation. He questioned the BJP, which is demanding a NIA probe into the case, whether they don't have faith in the state police and dubbed the party's "Dharmathala Chalo" rally as "political." "It is not Dharma Yatre, it is a political yatre. ...Read More >
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