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Tips to educate children about sexual violence
Creating secure environments that support children's growth and development includes having open conversations with them regarding sexual assault. Here's how to educate children about sexual violence
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 05:08 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, Delhi
In London, Ukraine First Lady demands global response to sexual assault in war
The Ukrainian government has launched a support programme to help victims of the war, which Zelenska said she hoped could be a "first step towards an investigation and prosecution".
Published on Nov 28, 2022 10:53 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
MP: Woman allegedly assaulted over months for not playing 'wife-swap' game
As per the police complaint, she also highlighted that both her mother and her sister-in-law along with her husband demanded a dowry of ₹50 lakhs. She also informed that her inlaws' never paid heed to her complaints and rather blamed her for being not so "modern".
Published on Oct 17, 2022 03:49 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
MP woman dies by suicide after threats over sexual harassment complaint
In the FIR, the woman said Ramnaresh had been stalking her for a long time. Last week, he allegedly touched her inappropriately in her house and fled after she cried for help.
Updated on Oct 09, 2022 03:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bhopal
Mutt seer puts in request to sign cheques from jail, HC says plea lacks clarity
The Karnataka HC on Thursday said there was lack of clarity in the request of chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru to sign around 200 bank cheques from the prison where he is lodged in connection with a sexual abuse case.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 09:56 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Students of Murugha Math shifted to govt hostel after POCSO case against seer
The students of Murugha Math were shifted to the government hostel here after a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru for the alleged sexual abuse of high school girls.
Published on Sep 01, 2022 08:24 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
NCPCR seeks inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Murugha mutt pontiff
The apex child rights body NCPCR has sought an inquiry report from the Karnataka police into the sexual assault allegations against a head pontiff of an influential mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district.
Published on Aug 31, 2022 08:43 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
BJP leader slams Karnataka govt over 'inaction' in Murugha Mutt seer case
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Vishwanath has hit out against the Karnataka government over its handling of the POCSO case against the rape-accused Lingayat seer and said that he will write to PM Modi regarding the matter.
Published on Aug 31, 2022 08:26 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Chief pontiff of prominent mutt in Karnataka among 5 booked under POCSO Act
Chief pontiff of a Chitradurga-based prominent mutt is among the five people booked by the police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for allegedly sexually abusing high school girls, police sources said on Saturday.
Published on Aug 27, 2022 03:00 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
In Hyderabad gang rape, 4th accused, a minor, detained; one yet to be arrested
Hyderabad gang rape case: The case has triggered massive outrage in the country.
Published on Jun 05, 2022 11:55 AM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Govt tells Twitter, YouTube to take down perfume ads after row breaks out
Swati Maliwal, chief of the Delhi Commission for Women, wrote to information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday requesting that they be taken down.
Updated on Jun 05, 2022 04:58 AM IST
Deeksha Bhardwaj, New Delhi
Mumbai: Man gets death penalty for sexually assaulting and killing minor in 2019
The accused had killed the nine-year-old girl at the same spot he assaulted her and at night, had dumped her body in the septic tank of a public toilet.
Updated on Jun 03, 2022 04:46 PM IST
Reported by Charul Shah | Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
14-year-old held for sexually assaulting four-year-old boy in Greater Noida
Awdhesh Kumar, in charge of Surajpur police station, said that the 14-year-old boy “locked the door and forced himself on the four-year-old boy”.
Updated on May 27, 2022 03:57 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Greater Noida
'Stop raping us': Woman strips on Cannes red carpet against violence in Ukraine
The woman stripped off all of her clothes as she fell to her knees screaming in front of the assembled photographers. She had put paint over her body in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and the words 'Stop Raping Us', as per eyewitnesses.
Published on May 21, 2022 02:36 PM IST
AFP | , Cannes
Delhi high court split on marital rape. What is the law in other countries?
Marital rape is a form of sexual assault, which is defined by the World Health Organisation as "any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work".
Published on May 11, 2022 07:32 PM IST
AMU professor gets one year jail in sexual misconduct case
A case was registered under section 354A(i)(iv) (offence of making sexual remarks, unwelcome physical contact and advances) of IPC at the Civil Lines police station of Aligarh in 2014 on a complaint by an Iranian girl research scholar against Bilal Mustafa.
Updated on Apr 24, 2022 12:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Agra
Ukraine: The devastating effect of war on women
They are often termed collateral damage though they are the hardest hit in terms of mass displacement, sexual violence, and exploitation.
Published on Apr 02, 2022 06:45 PM IST
Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence
Leena Menghaney is a lawyer and survivor who works with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
Published on Mar 08, 2022 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times
Kerala HC rejects actor Dileep's plea against fresh probe in sexual assault case
The high court said investigation into the 2017 sexual assault of a fellow actor would have to be completed by April 15.
Updated on Mar 08, 2022 11:31 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Reported by Ramesh Babu, New Delhi
NFHS-5: Physical abuse of pregnant women, sexual violence rising in Delhi
The survey also shows that the number of young women (18-29), who have experienced sexual violence by the age of 18, rose from zero in 2015-16 to 1.6% in 2020-21
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 12:56 AM IST
Sadia Akhtar, New Delhi
Pakistan's Imran Khan under fire for remarks linking rape to women's attire
Incidentally, the latest controversial remarks from Imran Khan are the second time in the last two months where he drew severe condemnation for reducing sexual violence to a mere act of 'temptation'.
Published on Jun 25, 2021 05:43 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose
Thousands of women across Australia march against sexual violence
Dressed mostly in black, the crowd gathered outside Parliament House holding aloft placards with slogans including "You're Not Listening", "How Many Victims Do You Know?" and "I Believe Her".
Published on Mar 15, 2021 11:59 AM IST
AFP |
Assam records highest cases of sexual violence by armed forces in 20 years: NGO
The list, prepared by National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT), mentions cases of rape, molestation and other forms of sexual violence recorded between November 1, 2000, to October 30, 2020, in 11 states affected by armed conflicts.
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 10:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar
Unani medicine student allegedly abducted, gang raped by three in Prayagraj
The girl was admitted to Dufferin Hospital and one of the accused was nabbed, superintendent of police (SP) transGanga Narendra Kumar Singh said.
Published on Feb 25, 2019 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | HT Correspondent
Class 4 student accused of raping four-year-old girl in Haryana denied bail
The incident took place two weeks ago when the class 4 boy, along with two others, aged 13 and 14, allegedly lured the girl and sexually assaulted her at a secluded spot near her house. The girl later narrated the incident to her parents following which a case was registered.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 10:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | HT Correspondent, Rohtak
Gurugram man booked for allegedly raping live-in partner’s 16-year-old foster daughter
The teenager was found roaming the streets of Noida a month ago and was taken to the Sector 39 police station from where police handed her over to a woman’s shelter home. It was during her counselling sessions there that the alleged abuse came to the fore, police said.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | HT Correspondent
The fear of conviction deters sexual violence
In our experience of working with thousands of survivors of sexual abuse over the last decade in Madhya Pradesh, we have realised that the only way to prevent a crime of sexual violence against children or women is through faster convictions.
Published on Feb 21, 2019 07:44 AM IST
Ashif Shaikh
Man arrested for raping niece for 4 years, he told cops he was treating a ‘manglik dosh’
The woman brought the matter to the notice of her father-in-law when the accused continued to call her even after her marriage.
Updated on Oct 02, 2018 03:27 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
School principal’s husband booked for ‘groping’ minor girl student in Hyderabad
Police said the 14-year old girl was allegedly groped during Diwali festival last year at the quarters of the principal located on the premises of the residential school.
Updated on May 08, 2018 12:02 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
