Tag: Rape
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3 triple talaq victims join hands to stop man’s fourth marriage
In what seems to be a story worthy of a Bollywood potboiler, three victims of triple talaq formed an alliance to take on their former husband and ultimately managed to stop him for getting hitched the fourth time. The incident took place at Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. The three divorced wives, upon learning their ex-husband’s...
May 3, 2017 -
Suppressed & pretended
Abigail Breslin has said she did not report her rape to the police because she was afraid they would not believe her. The actor, who first rose to fame for playing Oliver Hoover in the widely acclaimed film Little Miss Sunshine, said she was “in complete shock” and “total denial” about the ordeal. The 21-year-old,...
April 28, 2017 -
Three men jailed in Sweden ‘Facebook rape’ case
At least three men were sentenced to prison by a Swedish court for their involvement in a rape that was broadcast live on Facebook from an apartment in Uppsala, a media report said on Wednesday. The court on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man for two years and four months for rape and abetting rape, Xinhua...
April 26, 2017 -
Opposition in RS protest Rajasthan minister’s rape remarks
Opposition parties, including the Congress on Thursday forced a brief adjournment of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over a Rajasthan minister questioning the integrity of a student who was allegedly gangraped. Kahkashan Parveen (JD-U) raised the issue of state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria's reported remark that it was unlikely that eight men gangraped the girl...
March 30, 2017 -
Opposition in RS protest Rajasthan minister’s rape remarks
Opposition parties, including the Congress on Thursday forced a brief adjournment of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over a Rajasthan minister questioning the integrity of a student who was allegedly gangraped. Kahkashan Parveen (JD-U) raised the issue of state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria's reported remark that it was unlikely that eight men gangraped the girl...
March 30, 2017 -
Child born out of rape entitled to compensation: HC
A child born out of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to the mother, the Delhi High Court has ruled. The verdict to this effect, in which a man has been sent to jail for his entire “natural life” for raping his minor step-daughter, was delivered after the court noted...
December 13, 2016