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virginity test news

Madrasa staff booked for ‘demanding virginity test report’ of Class 8 girl in UP’s Moradabad

Girl’s father alleged that the madrasa staff demanded a virginity certificate and expelled his daughter when he refused to submit one (For Representation)
Published on Oct 25, 2025 04:34 am IST

Book Review | Dear Alyne tries to be exposé but ends up ‘textspeak confessional’

Cover of the book, Dear Alyne: My Years as a Married Virgin.
Published on Sept 12, 2025 08:14 pm IST

‘I want to be a virgin again’: Brazilian influencer spends 16 lakh on surgery

23-year-old Ravena Hanniely has decided to cosmetically turn back time on her sex life.
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 01:18 pm IST

Four members of Kanjarbhat community booked under Maharashtra’s Social Boycott Act

The incident comes almost six months after Akshay Tamaychikar, a student from Ambernath, had filed a complaint alleging social boycott at a wedding.
Published on May 16, 2019 11:59 pm IST

Community shuns activist who opposed virginity tests

More than a year back, Tamaychikar, along with his wife, siblings and cousins, had started a campaign against the practice.
Published on May 16, 2019 05:30 am IST

‘Virginity test of brides sexual assault’, Maharashtra to make it punishable offence

The Maharashtra government will soon make forcing a woman to undergo virginity test a punishable offence.
Updated on Feb 07, 2019 09:34 am IST

Kanjarbhat community man alleges social boycott for campaigning against traditional sexist practices

Akshay Tamaychikar filed a complaint with the Thane Police after he was allegedly forced to leave a wedding in December last year fro protesting the practice of ‘virginity tests’ among the Kanjarbhat community to which he belongs.
Updated on Jan 17, 2019 02:48 pm IST

Action sought against Kanjarbhat community members over ‘virginity test’

A delegation of the MANS, an anti-superstition outfit founded by the late Narendra Dabholkar, met Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole and sought action.
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 08:39 am IST

Awareness campaigns key to fighting the custom of virginity test, says Neelam Gorhe

Neelam Gorhe raised the issue of virginity test of brides of the Kanjarbhat community in the Maharashtra assembly.
Updated on Mar 13, 2018 04:05 pm IST