Rape
- Telangana
Engineering student held for sexually assaulting classmate in Ibrahimpatnam
Hyderabad: An engineering student was arrested on Monday, May 18, in Ibrahimpatnam for allegedly sexually assaulting his classmate while drunk on May 14. The accused, Uday Kumar a third-year B Tech student,…
- Middle East
Explained: Why Israel plans to sue NYT over report on rape of Palestinians
Israel is considering legal action against The New York Times (NYT) after the newspaper published allegations of rape and sexual abuse made by Palestinian detainees against Israeli forces and prison guards. The…
- World
What to know about the mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial
New York: A New York judge declared a mistrial Friday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three times so far after a jury was unable…
- Hyderabad
Three sentenced to jail over rape, forced abortion of 16-year-old in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Three people were sentenced to jail by a Fast Track Special Court for Rape and POCSO cases in LB Nagar after they were found guilty of raping and forcing abortion on…
- India
Uttarakhand: Alleged gang rape of minor staged to settle rivalry, say cops
Champawat police on Thursday claimed that the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl was a “well-planned conspiracy” hatched by a local man to settle personal scores with political rivals. The minor…
- India
Consider amending law on ending pregnancy of rape survivors: SC to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, April 30, took strong exception to a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets 25 years for raping neighbour’s 10-year-old son
Hyderabad: A city court on Wednesday, April 29, sentenced a 29-year-old man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing his neighbour’s 10-year-old son over a period of four months in 2023.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad court sentences auto driver to 20 years for abducting, raping minor
Hyderabad: A fast-track special court in Ranga Reddy district on Monday, April 27, sentenced a 23-year-old auto driver to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl…
- World
Rape academy: CNN uncovers online networks where men plan, share wives’ assaults
*Trigger warning When French pensioner Dominique Pelicot was convicted in 2024 of drugging his wife Gisèle unconscious and facilitating her rape by over 70 men, many of them strangers recruited online, the…
- India
Noida woman faces rape threats for defending Muslim couple
Noida: Soumya, the 23-year-old woman who defended a Muslim couple from being harassed by a drunken man over their identity, is now facing online threats after the video went viral. “People are…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Neighbour who raped minor, got her pregnant, sentenced to life
Hyderabad: A city court sentenced a 26-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor girl in his neighbourhood, resulting in her pregnancy, the SR Nagar Police said on Monday, April…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man sentenced to 20 years in jail in rape attempt case
Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a man from Madhapur, Hyderabad, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape attempt case, which was registered in 2018. The man who is identified as…
- Telangana
Mystery surrounds Telangana woman’s death amid clashing claims
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped and murdered by four people in Warangal’s Rayaparthi mandal on Thursday, April 9. However police officials said that it is a case of abetment to…
- Hyderabad
Man rapes woman on pretext of asking food, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
Hyderabad: A city court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman in her home and threatening to kill her if she reported the crime, a…
- India
Maharashtra: Palghar ‘godman’ accused of rape held in Pune
Pune: A self-styled godman from Maharashtra’s Palghar district who allegedly raped a 35-year-old woman after claiming to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva has been arrested in Pune, police said on Saturday,…
