Badaun Rape

Baduan rape: Victims' families pressurised by SIT, want CBI probe

Badaun rape victims' families said they have no faith in state police and were not safe in the village while accusing the SIT probing the case of pressurising them

Don't say a word: US state department needs to pipe down about Badaun

Badaun gangrape: How Mulayam's rise has boosted anti-Dalit violence

Lost in the outrage over the killings is the very specific and recent history of Yadav-Dalit relations in Uttar Pradesh, of which Badaun is just the latest symbol.

Badaun rape: Shocked UN chief demands prompt action

Appalled by the brutal rape and murder of two teenaged girls in India, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded action against sexual violence and appealed to the society to reject the destructive attitude of "boys will be boys".

After Badaun: Moment ripe for pushing women's quota bill

The Badaun rape-murders have shocked the nation. But rather than just rant about the injustice of it all, we need to push the agenda of social change. One way would be to push the reservation of seats of women in parliament and legislatures

Badaun gangrape: How toilets can help fight sexual violence

he recent case of the two Dalit girls in Badaun who were gangraped has caused outrage, anger and for the first time raised an unexpected but pressing issue: the lack of toilets.

Case of missing UP officials: 57 cops absent from duty

Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police AL Banerjee, who was on rounds to check the security cover in the wake of Badaun incident, found several of his policemen missing during prime duty hours, said a police official.

Another dalit girl gangraped in Uttar Pradesh

The incident comes just three days after the shocking gangrape case of two dalit sisters in Badaun in the state, whose bodies were found hanging from a tree.

Two girls in a tree: Badaun gangrape photos are inexcusable

The photographs of the two Dalit girls, raped and strangled and then left dangling from a mango tree in Badaun have caused a firestorm. On one hand it’s been blasted as the “pornography of rape”.

Has UP become India's rape central under Akhilesh Yadav?

Mulayam Singh Yadav's hometown Etawah is in news again. Yet another gruesome case of sexual violence has shot it back in the headlines. And this time the mother of a rape survivor was beaten up and stripped by a rape accused's father in broad daylight.