In West Bengal's Howrah two women from a family were allegedly gang-raped by seven men, who reportedly have links with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
The Delhi police is seeking legal opinion on the ruling of the Juvenile Justice Board that the sixth accused in the gang-rape case was a 'juvenile'. A decision on whether to go in for an appeal is expected to be taken soon.
A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by four youths who later set her ablaze when she old her family about the incident on Monday, the police said.
Terming dignity of women as "uncompromisable", the bench also asked the state government to ensure that the minor survivor of the gang rape gets admission in a nearby central school of the choice of her father.
Blaming Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the opposition on Friday demanded his resignation in the wake of the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai.
Parents of the December 16 gang-rape victim on Tuesday welcomed the passage of the long-pending Juvenile Justice Bill saying that it will deter juveniles from committing such crime against women even though they rued that their daughter has been denied justice.
Two men were arrested on Thursday for the attack on two Army officers and alleged rape of one of their women friends during a picnic in Mhow town of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, police said.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday deferred to October 1 hearing on the death penalty reference against four convicts in the December 16 gang rape and murder case and directed the police to supply to offenders the necessary set of documents.
A prime accused in the 2010 gang rape case of a Japanese tourist in Bihar's Gaya district was arrested and sent to jail, the police said on Monday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said the lie-detection test of the five accused arrested in connection with the Badaun gang rape case did not find "any deviation" from their earlier claim of innocence.
A top Catholic functionary arrived West Bengal's Ranaghat to express solidarity with the sister superior of a convent school, who was allegedly gang-raped on Saturday.
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The woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.
A 71-year-old nun was allegedly gang-raped inside a convent in Nadia district of West Bengal early Saturday, triggering protests.
A special court trying four adult accused for allegedly gang-raping a 23-year-old paramedic in a bus in New Delhi on Wednesday concluded recording of the evidence and would hear final arguments from Thursday.
The Juvenile Justice Board has held the minor guilty of illegally confining and robbing a carpenter on December 16 night before allegedly participating in the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi.
In a shocking verdict, a Saudi Court has ordered a gang rape victim to undergo 200 lashes and six months in prison for "being in the car of an unrelated male" when the crime was committed.
The court proceedings in the December 16 gang-rape and murder trial on Monday witnessed trading of charges among the defence counsel who used filthy language.
The apex court directed members of the bar not to obstruct judicial proceedings in the Kathua gang rape and murder case in Jammu and Kashmir
The trial of the case relating to the gang rape of a photojournalist will be held in a fast-track court and the charge-sheet be filed in a "very short time", Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil said on Friday.
Terming the attack against its leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah and party activists in Kolkata as 'a brutal gang-rape of democracy', the Communist Party of India-Marxist accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of directing the state police to arrest the victims instead of the perpetrators of violence.
All the five main accused, including two policemen, have been arrested in connection with the gang rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Badaun, police said on Saturday.
A special court on Tuesday resumed the trial in the December 16 gang rape case after a weeklong gap with the Delhi police alleging that the father of one of the accused is deposing falsely.
Although earlier reports indicated that five people had been detained in connection with the case, Nadia SPsaid no arrests or detention have so far been made in the case.
Amid an outcry over the death of a 16-year-old girl who was gang-raped twice and had set herself ablaze, the West Bengal government on Thursday condemned politics over her body and claimed that it had fully cooperated with the bereaved family.
The mother of the young woman, said, ""The government talks about Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, but is this the price one has to pay for getting our daughters educated? The accused are roaming freely but police has failed to nab them."
The fast track court hearing the December 16 gang-rape case on Wednesday called for a complete medical status report of one of the accused who was admitted in a hospital on Tuesday night.
The Delhi police on Monday said the process of examining the witnesses and presenting prosecution evidence in the gory December 16 gang rape case would be completed by this month.
Keeping in mind the sensitivities involved, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Friday asked a private channel not to telecast an episode in its crime-based show which featured an enactment based on the Delhi gang-rape.
Keeping in mind the sensitivities involved, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Friday asked a private channel not to telecast an episode in its crime-based show which featured an enactment based on the Delhi gang-rape.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Juvenile Justice Board to deliver its verdict in the December 16 gang rape-cum-murder case involving a minor.
The Delhi police on Tuesday opposed the plea of two of the four accused in the December 16 gang rape case for use of Hindi language during the trial proceedings as they do not understand English, calling it a 'delaying tactic'.
The Supreme Court today stayed the Delhi high court's order which had allowed the plea of December 16 gang rape accused to use as evidence a CD containing the interview of the victim's male friend given to a news channel.
As Delhi is heading for a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party in the December 4 polls, the parties are likely to have a tough time wooing around 51 lakh women voters who feel security for them is a major issue.
The Bombay high court on Thursday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to three convicts in the 2013 gangrape case of a 22-year-old photojournalist inside the defunct Shakti Mills compound in central Mumbai, saying that they 'deserve imprisonment for life to repent the offence committed by them'.
A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by two persons, including a 70-year-old man, at Kalyan in Thane district, police said.
The police have failed to instill confidence, the judiciary has failed to deliver timely justice, the politician has failed to lead the way, feels Renu Mittal
Investigation into the alleged gang-rape of three tribal women and a minor girl at Viramgam near Ahmedabad on the night of October 18 has made no progress yet.
Instead of using her power to act against the culprits, the chief minister is trying to divert people's attention by holding protests, Asha Devi told PTI.
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