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Class 7 student found dead in Ranchi school, 3 teachers detained

The police are also looking into the possibility of the boy having been subjected to sexual assault. Written by Prashant Pandey | Ranchi | Updated: February 6, 2016 2:58 am The incident occurred in Sapphire International School, which is spread over 40 acres and located nearly 22 km from the city on Ranchi-Khunti Road. A…

Tanzanian student attack: Panic text keeps African students away from class

Mwamba, from Zambia and pursuing business management course, said: “The Sudanese student must be punished by the law of the land. But, how can locals take law into their hands?” Written by Santosh Kumar RB | Bengaluru | Updated: February 5, 2016 2:14 am African students enrolled in Bengaluru colleges have been skipping classes since…

Uncle held, mother booked for torturing 13-year-old girl

Feb 05 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Surat TNN Police arrested a man from Pandesara for allegedly torturing his 13-year-old niece and making her do household chores here on Wednesday . Victim’s mother was booked for allegedly torturing her. Police booked Kumkum Rai and her brother-in-law Nilesh Rai under sections of The Juvenile…

Sexual assault plaint against Mum I-T man

Feb 05 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Jaipur TIMES NEWS NETWORK An Alwar woman on Wednesday lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against R P Meena, an income tax commissioner in Mumbai. She alleged that 57-yearold Meena, from Bassi in Jaipur district, befriended her through a social media website and sexually exploited her…

Tanzanian student attack: Panic text keeps African students away from class

Mwamba, from Zambia and pursuing business management course, said: “The Sudanese student must be punished by the law of the land. But, how can locals take law into their hands?” Written by Santosh Kumar RB | Bengaluru | Updated: February 5, 2016 2:14 am African students enrolled in Bengaluru colleges have been skipping classes since…

Uncle held, mother booked for torturing 13-year-old girl

Feb 05 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Surat TNN Police arrested a man from Pandesara for allegedly torturing his 13-year-old niece and making her do household chores here on Wednesday . Victim’s mother was booked for allegedly torturing her. Police booked Kumkum Rai and her brother-in-law Nilesh Rai under sections of The Juvenile…

Sexual assault plaint against Mum I-T man

Feb 05 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Jaipur TIMES NEWS NETWORK An Alwar woman on Wednesday lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against R P Meena, an income tax commissioner in Mumbai. She alleged that 57-yearold Meena, from Bassi in Jaipur district, befriended her through a social media website and sexually exploited her…

Bhilai gangrape: Witness ‘critical’ after suicide bid

Written by Dipankar Ghose | Bhilai | Published:February 4, 2016 2:39 am A witness in the case against a doctor and two policemen, who are in jail for allegedly gangraping a 20-year-old BSc student in Bhilai in June 2014, allegedly attempted suicide Monday night. The police said Sonal Mahar, a nurse at Lal Bahadur Shastri…

Rape case: Gujarat HC grants anticipatory bail to Rajkot builder

After Ramani challenged the sessions court order before the HC, the 20-year-old victim had also filed an affidavit through her advocate. Ahmedabad | Published:February 4, 2016 12:29 am The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Rajkot builder Kamlesh Ramani, who is facing arrest for allegedly drugging and raping a woman in December…

‘I was beaten up for trying to rescue the girl who was stripped’

K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj Bengaluru, February 4, 2016 Tanzanian national recounts the ordeal he and a woman went through on Sunday evening, when a mob thrashed them “The mob was so unruly that they chased the hapless girl for more than 20 minutes, beating her up, tearing her clothes, almost stripping her. When I tried to…

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