The reasons why 63 Indian housewives killed themselves every day in 2018

Arranged marriages, early motherhood, domestic violence and economic dependence are among the main causes.

Kapil Kajal, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Gargi college case: Delhi HC issues notices to Centre, CBI on plea seeking court-monitored probe

The petition was filed by advocate ML Sharma on February 13, hours after the top court declined to entertain the plea and urged him to approach the lower court.

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· Feb 17, 2020 · 11:57 am

Gargi college molestation: 10 arrested youths granted bail, HC agrees to hear plea seeking CBI probe

On February 6, during the annual cultural festival, hundreds of unruly, drunk men allegedly forced their way in and sexually assaulted students.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 14, 2020 · 01:37 pm

Chinmayanand sexual harassment case: HC wonders why woman was silent when ‘virginity was at stake’

The court granted bail to the former Union minister and claimed the case was a ‘complete matter of quid pro quo’.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 03, 2020 · 03:02 pm

India compensated fewer than 1% of trafficking victims in eight years

Why do victims fail – and sometimes willingly refuse – to come forward?

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Feb 02, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Nagpur: Man arrested for raping unconscious teenager, torturing her with iron rod

The accused, Yogilal Rahangdale, worked as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the girl was employed as a labourer.

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· Jan 28, 2020 · 01:04 pm

2012 gangrape case: Delhi government recommends rejecting death-row convict’s mercy plea

Four convicts were scheduled to be hanged at 7 am on January 22, but it will not happen till the mercy petition is decided.

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· Jan 15, 2020 · 05:32 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Two convicts file curative petitions against death penalty

The plea filed by Vinay Sharma said that he was 19 years old when he committed the crime.

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· Jan 09, 2020 · 12:47 pm

UP: 18-year-old rape complainant dies of burn injuries at Kanpur hospital

The incident occurred in Fatehpur district on Saturday.

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· Dec 19, 2019 · 01:38 pm

Delhi 2012 gangrape: Supreme Court rejects review petition of convict

During the hearing, Akshay Kumar Singh’s lawyer disputed the woman’s dying declaration, and said she had been tutored.

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· Dec 18, 2019 · 11:57 am

Chief justice forms panel of two SC judges to expedite trials in sexual assault cases

The judicial committee of Justices Subhash Reddy and MR Shah will ‘monitor, supervise and make suggestions’ for speedy trials.

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· Dec 17, 2019 · 07:57 am

Unnao rape: MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar convicted by Delhi court

Arguments on the quantum of Sengar’s sentence will be held on Tuesday.

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· Dec 16, 2019 · 03:12 pm