News for 'sexual assault'

Healthcare services hit in WB as doctors' stir enters 10th day

Healthcare services hit in WB as doctors' stir enters 10th day

Rediff.com18 Aug 2024

As the outpatient departments (OPDs) at government hospitals are closed on Sundays, the rush was less even as senior doctors were attending the emergency department to provide treatment to the visiting patients.

DCW asks Nitish about steps taken to ensure wellbeing of girls assaulted at shelter home

DCW asks Nitish about steps taken to ensure wellbeing of girls assaulted at shelter home

Rediff.com4 Aug 2018

Swati Maliwal asked if the girls were being sent to school or if they are being given counselling. She also asked Kumar to ensure that the girls are not pressured in to changing their statements.

Prajwal Revanna books flight to Bengaluru, strict vigil at airport

Prajwal Revanna books flight to Bengaluru, strict vigil at airport

Rediff.com29 May 2024

The 33-year-old grandson of JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda is expected to land in Bengaluru in the small hours of May 31.

Marital rape: SC to hear pleas against immunity to husbands

Marital rape: SC to hear pleas against immunity to husbands

Rediff.com23 Sep 2024

The Supreme Court has said it listed for Tuesday pleas on the vexed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex.

Adhir says Kolkata victim's family under 'house arrest'

Adhir says Kolkata victim's family under 'house arrest'

Rediff.com31 Aug 2024

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday accused the police of keeping the parents of the doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered under 'house arrest'.

Minor's assault: Delhi CM announces Rs 10 lakh aid

Minor's assault: Delhi CM announces Rs 10 lakh aid

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

Kejriwal said the girl has suffered serious internal injuries.

HC ruling forces MVA to call off Maha bandh, Uddhav 'doesn't agree'

HC ruling forces MVA to call off Maha bandh, Uddhav 'doesn't agree'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

The Bombay high court on Friday restrained political parties and individuals from proceeding with the Maharashtra bandh scheduled for August 24 or on any future date.

SC stays HC order on groping without skin to skin contact

SC stays HC order on groping without skin to skin contact

Rediff.com27 Jan 2021

On January 19, the high court had said that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the POCSO Act.

20-year-old raped on Mumbai local train, accused arrested after 8 hours

20-year-old raped on Mumbai local train, accused arrested after 8 hours

Rediff.com14 Jun 2023

A 20-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 40-year-old man in the ladies' compartment of a moving Mumbai local train when she was travelling alone on Wednesday morning. The accused was arrested after nearly eight hours of the incident, a GRP official said.

'I Walked Out Of The Movie'

'I Walked Out Of The Movie'

Rediff.com26 Aug 2024

'The media is portraying the Malayalam film industry as the worst place, but that's not true.'

'Hope he never returns': Sandeshkhali celebrate Shajahan Sheikh's arrest

'Hope he never returns': Sandeshkhali celebrate Shajahan Sheikh's arrest

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

The locals, who for the last few days have been protesting in the riverine Sandeshkhali area, came out in the streets as they distributed sweets and danced in joy as they celebrated the arrest of Shajahan, who has been absconding for the last 55 days.

Kolkata rape-murder: CBI debunks fake letter circulating on social media

Kolkata rape-murder: CBI debunks fake letter circulating on social media

Rediff.com21 Aug 2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday dismissed a fake letter being circulated on social media in connection with the ongoing probe into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.

Please trust us, resume work: SC to protesting doctors

Please trust us, resume work: SC to protesting doctors

Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

The court said abstention from the work of doctors affects those segments of the society that are in need of medical care.

Decide on exclusion of penalty for unnatural sex in BNS: HC to Centre

Decide on exclusion of penalty for unnatural sex in BNS: HC to Centre

Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

The court was hearing a PIL by Gantavya Gulati, a lawyer who was appearing in person, seeking to address the "exigent legal lacuna" resulting from the enactment of the BNS which has also led to the repeal of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Doctor's rape: Kolkata police SIT probes ex-principal's finances

Doctor's rape: Kolkata police SIT probes ex-principal's finances

Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

The Kolkata Police on Tuesday began an investigation against RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh for his alleged involvement in 'financial irregularities' in the state-run health facility, a senior officer said.

Delhi: 2 arrested for assaulting minor at COVID centre

Delhi: 2 arrested for assaulting minor at COVID centre

Rediff.com24 Jul 2020

The 15-year-old victim filed a case against the two boys, alleging that one of them assaulted her in the bathroom while the other filmed the incident.

Shajahan Sheikh to be arrested in 7 days: TMC

Shajahan Sheikh to be arrested in 7 days: TMC

Rediff.com26 Feb 2024

The TMC leader's assertion comes immediately after the Calcutta high court clarified that there is no stay on the arrest of Shajahan.

Send reports every 2 hours: Centre to states on doctors' protest

Send reports every 2 hours: Centre to states on doctors' protest

Rediff.com18 Aug 2024

The MHA said that the law and order situation of all states should be monitored in view of the protests.

Kolkata rape-murder: What victim's parents told CBI

Kolkata rape-murder: What victim's parents told CBI

Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

The parents of the woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered inside the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week, have told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that a few interns and physicians of the same medical establishment were involved in the crime, an officer said on Friday.

Bangalore shame: Nursery student is sexually abused!

Bangalore shame: Nursery student is sexually abused!

Rediff.com22 Oct 2014

In the third such incident in the past four months, a three-year-old girl student was allegedly sexually abused inside a private school in Bangalore.

Kolkata rape-murder: Doctor's body alleges evidence tampering

Kolkata rape-murder: Doctor's body alleges evidence tampering

Rediff.com13 Aug 2024

The body of the post-graduate trainee doctor with severe injury marks was found on Friday inside the seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's chest department. The preliminary autopsy report suggested she was subjected to violent sexual assault.

'Yeshu Yeshu prophet' Bajinder Singh gets life term in 2018 rape case

'Yeshu Yeshu prophet' Bajinder Singh gets life term in 2018 rape case

Rediff.com1 Apr 2025

A court in Punjab's Mohali has sentenced self-styled pastor Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Kumar pronounced the verdict on Tuesday. Bajinder was found guilty under sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. The case was registered on a complaint filed by a woman at the Zirakpur police station in Mohali in 2018.

Indian woman gets 16-week jail for assaulting domestic helper in Singapore

Indian woman gets 16-week jail for assaulting domestic helper in Singapore

Rediff.com11 May 2023

The victim, employed by Sharma's husband, started working in the family's condominium apartment near River Valley Road on January 20, 2021.

Why Badlapur accused was shot in head, asks HC

Why Badlapur accused was shot in head, asks HC

Rediff.com25 Sep 2024

The Bombay high court on Wednesday said the probe into the killing of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde in a shoot-out should be carried out in a fair and impartial manner.

Robinho denies assault allegations

Robinho denies assault allegations

Rediff.com28 Jan 2009

Brazil and Manchester City soccer star Robinho on Wednesday denied any allegations of wrongdoing after British media said he had been arrested in connection with a sexual assault on a woman in northern England two weeks ago. British media said the assault on the 18-year-old woman took place in a nightclub in Leeds.

#MeToo: 'Women Can't Be Blamed'

#MeToo: 'Women Can't Be Blamed'

Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

'Silence is the convention. Silence is appreciated. Silence is practical and silence is rewarded.' 'This is how sexual harassment in showbiz is normalised.'

CBI to probe Manipur sexual abuse video case

CBI to probe Manipur sexual abuse video case

Rediff.com28 Jul 2023

The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into a case related to two women being paraded naked in strife-torn Manipur, saying the approach of the government was of zero tolerance towards any crimes against women.

Kolkata rape-murder: Sorry, says Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata rape-murder: Sorry, says Mamata Banerjee

Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her grief and solidarity with the family of a trainee doctor, who was sexually assaulted and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

Woman jumps from moving train to escape from rape bid

Woman jumps from moving train to escape from rape bid

Rediff.com24 Mar 2025

The woman said after two female passengers who were travelling in same coach de-boarded the train at Alwal railway station, one unidentified man, aged around 25, came near her and demanded sexual favor and when she refused he tried to force upon her then she jumped from the moving train.

'Won't be able to...': CJI defers hearing on marital rape

'Won't be able to...': CJI defers hearing on marital rape

Rediff.com23 Oct 2024

Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is demitting office on November 10, Wednesday deferred by four weeks hearing on pleas challenging the immunity granted to husbands in cases of marital rape.

Amid Sandeshkhali protests, Modi to visit Bengal on March 1, 2 and 6

Amid Sandeshkhali protests, Modi to visit Bengal on March 1, 2 and 6

Rediff.com23 Feb 2024

Modi's visits in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls come amid an intense political row involving the BJP and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress after several women in Sandeshkhali accused the regional party's strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of "land-grab and sexual assault".

11th anniversary of Nirbhaya: 'Nothing has changed'

11th anniversary of Nirbhaya: 'Nothing has changed'

Rediff.com16 Dec 2023

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, who came to be known as "Nirbhaya (the fearless one)", was raped and assaulted by six men inside a bus in south Delhi on December 16, 2012, before being thrown out of the moving vehicle.

'Pervert, porn addict': Kolkata accused's psychoanalysis report

'Pervert, porn addict': Kolkata accused's psychoanalysis report

Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

The psychoanalytic profile of the arrested accused in the rape and murder of the woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sanjay Roy, indicated that he was a pervert and severely addicted to pornography, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer said on Thursday.

Bengal lawmakers have maximum cases of crimes against women

Bengal lawmakers have maximum cases of crimes against women

Rediff.com21 Aug 2024

According to the report, there are 16 sitting MPs and MLAs who have declared cases related to rape under Indian Penal Code Section 376, which carries a minimum sentence of 10 years and can be extend to life imprisonment.

Activists alerted NCW about Manipur horror a month ago but...

Activists alerted NCW about Manipur horror a month ago but...

Rediff.com21 Jul 2023

More than a month before the horrific video of two women being assaulted publicly in Manipur went viral, activists had informed the National Commission for Women about not only this case but other brutal instances of rape as well, besides incidents of kidnapping, lynching, immolation and even murder in the strife-torn state.

Sri Lanka Cricket appoint 3-mem panel to probe Danushka

Sri Lanka Cricket appoint 3-mem panel to probe Danushka

Rediff.com8 Nov 2022

The 31-year-old left-hander, who was arrested on Sunday ahead of the team's departure from Australia, was denied bail by a local court in Sydney on Monday, even as the SLC suspended him from all forms of the game with immediate effect.

Uttarakhand nurse raped, killed while returning from work

Uttarakhand nurse raped, killed while returning from work

Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

A nurse of a private hospital in Rudrapur has been allegedly raped and killed with her face crushed with a stone by the accused who dumped her body in a vacant plot in a Uttar Pradesh village near the Uttarakhand border, police said on Friday.

Vettayan, Not Rajinikanth's Usual!

Vettayan, Not Rajinikanth's Usual!

Rediff.com12 Oct 2024

We see Rajini's trademark style in Vettayan, and all we can hear from the audience is 'Thalaiva!', record A Ganesh Nadar.

Pune bus rape accused sent to police custody till Mar 12

Pune bus rape accused sent to police custody till Mar 12

Rediff.com28 Feb 2025

A 37-year-old man accused of raping a woman inside a bus at Swargate bus station in Pune was arrested after a days-long manhunt. The accused, Dattaray Ramdas Gade, was hiding in a paddy field in his native Shirur tehsil. Police used drones and sniffer dogs to track him down.

SC rejects PIL for court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence

SC rejects PIL for court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village, saying the incidents cannot be compared to the savagery in Manipur.