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Dalit woman gangraped and filmed in Telangana, 3 arrested

Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Karimnagar: TIMES NEWS NETWORK TNN Three persons, including two juveniles, were held for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old Dalit woman and filming the act to blackmail her. The incident, which took place on February 10 in Veenavanka mandal of Karimnagar district, came to light late on Saturday…

Class 10 girl hangs herself

Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cops Say Exam Fear May Be The Cause In yet another incident of student succumbing to exam pressure, a class 10th student, Dimple Chauhan, 15, hanged herself to death at her house in Rayjibibi Chawl at Amraiwadi on Sunday morning. This is…

Murthal gang rapes: Delhi women’s panel asks victims to file complaint

• STAFF REPORTER NEW DELHI, February 29, 2016 After the first FIR was registered on Sunday in connection with the rapes at Murthal during the Jat agitation, the Delhi Commission for Women has appealed to the other victims to come out and report their cases. The commission also assured assistance to the women in filing…

WOMEN UNDER ATTACK – NHRC seeks report on dalit girl rape case

Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Rajkot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Survivor’s Family Has Fled The Village Fearing Backlash The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Amreli collector and state director general of police seeking an action-taken report in connection with the alleged rape of an 18-year-old dalit girl…

Cops attach rape-tainted RJD MLA’s Rs 8-cr property

Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) SB Sinha Nawada TNN Police on Sunday attached movable properties of Nawada RJD MLA Rajballabh Yadav , who has been absconding since an FIR was filed against him on February 9 in a minor’s rape case. Nalanda additional district and sessions judge Rashmi Sikha had issued…

Pune techie gangraped, six including woman arrested

Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Gitesh Shelke Pune A 24-year-old software engineer with a top IT compa ny was allegedly given a spi ked drink by a colleague at a restaurant on Saturday eve ning and later raped by him and his four techie friends at an apartment in Dhanori. The…

IT staffer ‘raped’, woman colleague among suspects

29 Feb 2016Hindustan Times (Mumbai)HT Correspondent letters@hindustantimes.com PUNE: A 24- year- old woman working in an IT company at Hinjewadi was allegedly raped by five people on Saturday night. After she lodged a complaint the next day, the police arrested six suspects, including a woman who was part of the group that raped her, said…

Murthal ‘rape’ report: ‘Men started harassing a few women…I don’t know if they escaped unharmed’

The incident is reported to have occurred on NH-1, near Sukhdev Dhaba. Written by Abhishek Angad , Anju Agnihotri Chaba Murthal | Jalandhar Published:Feb 28, 2016, 4:15 Days after reports that several women were “raped” in Murthal, during the Jat quota protest on February 22, some eyewitnesses have recounted how a group of men “misbehaved”…

JNU row: Delhi HC to resume hearing on Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea on Monday

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Kanhaiya, had earlier contended that as per the status report filed by Delhi Police there was no evidence of any anti-India slogans being raised by his client. By: PTI New Delhi Updated: Feb 28, 2016, 10:40 The Delhi High Court is likely to resume tomorrow hearing on a bail…

VHP leader killed in Agra had scuffle with accused a day earlier, say police

On February 24, residents of Tola Munnalal locality under Mantola police station area complained against the main accused, Shahrukh (24), claiming that he indulged in “goondagardi”. Written by Aditi Vatsa Agra Published:Feb 28, 2016, 4:50 As allegations of cattle smuggling and cow slaughter continue to cloud the murder of local Dalit VHP leader Arun Mahaur…

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