Badaun re-run in UP: Teen gang-raped and killed, body hung from tree

A teenaged girl was allegedly abducted, gangraped, murdered and her body hanged from a tree in Nanpara area in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident has triggered outrage, prompting the......

Maharashtra temple 'purifies' shrine after woman offers prayers

Nine small steps taken by a woman to enter and offer prayers at a famous Shani shrine at a village in Ahmednagar district in ‘breach’ of the age-old practice of prohibiting entry of......

Justice Ganguly seeks four weeks' time from NCW

As pressure mounted on him to resign in the wake sexually harassment charges, chief of West Bengal Human Rights Commission Justice AK Ganguly has sought four weeks' time to respond to National......

Can the NCW make a difference on crimes against women?

While courts are there to tackle crime and a few non-government organisations support victims of crime, NCW, a body empowered to take suo moto interest in a case, is in between, says Aparna Kalra......