Crime Against Women

Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP Abhay has directed Crime Branch (CB) to investigate into the alleged gang rape and forcible abortion of a 13-year-old girl at Biramitrapur in Sundargarh district. A CB...

Bhubaneswar: A woman belonging to the state capital's Mancheshwar area paid a heavy price for flirting on Facebook recently. The man she had befriended on the social networking site duped...

Ahmedabad: A video of a 17-year-old girl being publicly flogged in a Gujarat village went viral, following which three people were booked. According to police, the minor’s relatives flogged her...

Mumbai: Popular Bigg Boss 13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill’s father Santokh Singh has been booked for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint. Though the incident took place on May 14, the...

Malkangiri: A tribal woman was allegedly thrashed and raped by some unidentified assailants inside a police canteen at Tekabada village in Malkangiri district. The woman was later taken to a...

Vadodara: The lockdown period seems to be turning horrific day by day as recently a man broke his wife's spinal cord in a fit of rage after she defeated him...

Bhubaneswar: The Police COVID-19 cell in Bhubaneswar has registered seven complaints of domestic violence during the lockdown after reaching out to 750 women, who had earlier reported violence at home....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police’s programme to call women and check about their welfare seems to be working. Of the 304 calls they made on Saturday, seven women complained of abuse. The...

Bhubaneswar: As cases of domestic violence are on the rise during the lockdown period, the Odisha Police is planning to launch a ‘Phone-Up Programme’ for the safety of women across...

Of the innumerable side-effects caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, one relates to the safety and security of women. And it should be dealt with as much seriousness as any...