French prosecutors mull rape claim in Dominic Strauss-Kahn case
French prosecutors said on Friday they are examining witness testimony that suggests disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn took part in a gang rape at a sex party in Washington DC.
Straus
Girl gang raped in basement of Ghaziabad mall
A girl was lured to a shopping mall in Ghaziabad, dragged inside a Scorpio SUV by three youths, driven to the basement of the mall and gang raped inside the car, police said on Friday.
Although the i
Strauss-Kahn denies any violent acts against women
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn denies committing any acts of violence against women, his lawyers said Friday, after French prosecutors said witness testimony suggested he took part in a rape.
St
Women not safe under Mamata's rule - NCW study
Women in West Bengal are apparently not safe under the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress government.
The National Commission for Women (NCW), in a report released on Tuesday, stated that the sta
Minor raped at BSP MP's house in Uttar Pradesh
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gun point by the caretaker of a house owned by the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of parliament from Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Police officials said on Mon
Man sentenced to 10 years RI, fined Rs 50,000 in rape case
A court in Bihar's Rohtas district on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him after finding him guilty in raping a woman five years ago.
The additional
Malaysian woman slashes genitals of rapist
A young Malaysian woman saved herself by slashing the genitals of a robber who tried to rape her, police said.
The woman, who was not identified, was heading to a grocery store late afternoon near h
Two schoolgirls killed for resisting molestation bid in Bihar
Two schoolgirls who resisted a molestation attempt were deliberately hit and run over by a jeep leading to their deaths in Bihar's Nawada district on Saturday, police said.
The Class X students boar
Govt nod to 18 yrs as age bar for sex
The government on Thursday approved a Bill making sexual contact with children below 18 a criminal offence even if it is consensual. For such crimes, the punishments to the offenders can go up to life
Even consensual sex with U-18 to be rape
Having sex with persons below 18 years of age will soon be deemed as 'rape', irrespective of 'consent or no consent', as the government is set to approve the amendments suggested by the parliamentary