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Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Kolkata gangrape accused Monojit ‘Mango’ faces more allegations of molestation

'History-sheeter' Monojit Mishra faces charges of molestation, theft, vandalism before Kolkata student gangrape case
Updated on Jul 04, 2025 02:06 pm IST

SC notice to Centre on plea for rape laws to be part of school syllabus

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud issued notice on the petition filed by senior advocate Aabad Harshad Ponda.
Published on Sept 13, 2024 07:47 pm IST

Karnataka High Court urges legal reforms on 'Necrophilia': What you need to know

On May 30, the Karnataka High Court acquitted a man accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a dead body.
Published on Jun 06, 2023 03:28 pm IST

Evening brief: Why petitioners challenged constitutionality of marital rape

The Delhi High Court delivers a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape. (File)
Published on May 11, 2022 04:58 pm IST

‘Half-hearted reply an injustice’: Centre asks time in marital rape hearing

The Delhi High Court gave the Centre 10 days to clarify its position.
Published on Jan 25, 2022 02:04 am IST

Marriage exception in rape law an instrument of oppression, HC told

The exception in Section 375 IPC decriminalizes marital rape and mandates that sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.
Published on Jan 21, 2022 04:25 am IST

Congregation discloses identity of Kerala nun who has accused bishop of rape

The nun has sought intervention of the Vatican for justice, and demanded the bishop’s removal as the head of the Jalandhar diocese.
Published on Sept 14, 2018 07:06 pm IST