Rapes

Kathua rape and murder case updates: Two BJP MLAs, who defended accused, resign from state cabinet

As the issue of brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua assumed communal proportions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday promised that there will be no obstruction of justice while the Congress targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his "silence" over the issue.

Haryana registers highest number of gangrapes: Skewed sex ratio, access to porn behind sexual assaults, say experts

The alarming rise of rape cases in 2018 in Haryana shows a society imploding from its very roots. Take the statistics.

'What were you wearing': Brussels exhibition recreates rape survivor's outfits to end victim blaming

A new exhibition in Brussels showcases the stories of student rape victims by recreating the outfits they wore during their assault

An open letter to the teen survivor of the Bulandshahr rape: Be very angry, do not be ashamed

Within few hours, television, newspaper and digital medai, all over the country flashed the headlines, ‘Mother daughter gang raped on NH 91 in Bulandshahr.’

No sexual assault in Murthal, but some women were harassed: Haryana tells Centre

A report sent by the Haryana government to the Union Home Ministry has rejected the allegation of sexual assaults on women near a 'dhaba' in Murthal but said some women were "harassed".

Horrendous human rights situation: UN slams South Sudan for allowing youth to rape women as form of payment

The UN also found that civilians suspected of supporting the opposition, including children, had been burnt alive and hanged from trees and cut to pieces.

Indian govt should hang its head in shame for banning India's Daughter: Leslee Udwin

British-based filmmaker Leslee Udwin says the Indian government should hang its head in shame for banning her documentary on the December 16, 2012 fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old Delhi woman.

People doing yoga will definitely decrease rapes, says Murli Manohar Joshi

In a remark that may spark a controversy, he also said that Muslims do yoga five times in a day and termed "Prophet Mohammad as the greatest yogi".

As India celebrates Republic Day, #RapePublicDay trends on Twitter in Pakistan

On a day when India is celebrating its 66th Republic Day, with US President Barack Obama as the chief guest, Pakistan decided to bring up the issue of rising rape incidents in India and tweet using the hashtag #RapePublicDay. Needless to say, the country was mocking the Republic Day celebrations in India.

Back to the bad old ways: Delhi police refused to file FIR in JNU rape case

In another incident of sexual assault at the JNU in Delhi, a 25-year-old PhD student has alleged that she was repeatedly raped by a research scholar.