Crime Against Women

Bhubaneswar: CBI suspects that a fugitive teacher, who has been convicted of abducting minor girls and women, may be hiding in Odisha. In a letter to Odisha School and Mass Education…

Bhubaneswar: If everything goes according to plan, female volunteers from educational institutions may soon assist police to check crime against women in the city. The Commissionerate…

Nabarangpur: In yet another shocking incident, the bruised and scarred body of a minor girl was found lying on a farmland near her house in B Gumandali village under Koshagumuda block of…

Odisha has not hanged anyone to death since 1994. Whether this points to the state’s impeccable (?) law and order situation or the lack of it or a lackadaisical judicial system is a subject…

Sambalpur: Police have detained four persons in connection with the alleged gang rape of a married woman here. The four, including the prime suspect, were held on Sunday, a day after the…

In light of the recent Telangana rape and consequent encounter of the accused, veteran actor Waheeda Rehman has termed rape as a "horrific and unforgivable crime"..She, however, opined that…

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Friday rejected the mercy plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. The home ministry has forwarded the Delhi…

Lucknow: Even as the country is outraged at the gang rape and brutal murder of a woman vet in Hyderabad recently, a 23-year-old rape survivor was set on fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao…

Rourkela: Police on Saturday lodged a case of causing miscarriage without woman's consent against Sundargarh superintendent of police Saumya Mishra following a court direction. “We have…

Jajpur: Police on Wednesday arrested the prime accused in the abduction and gang rape of a girl in Jajpur district. The tormentor turned out to be her uncle, as is the case in 95 per cent…