Crime Against Women

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 Police has urged educational...

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...

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...

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...

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 rapists...

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...

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...

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 registered case against Sundargarh...

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...

Jajpur: A girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by a group of miscreants for 28 days inside a house in Jajpur district. The matter came to the fore on Sunday...