Andhra Rape Protest

Amid the nationwide call for ensuring the safety of doctors in the wake of the rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a woman junior doctor was attacked by a patient at a hospital in Tirupati.

A proposed law for tougher punishment, including the death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women was cleared by the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday, weeks after a young woman's gang-rape and killing in neighbouring Telangana. The law has been dubbed the "Disha Act" after the name given to the woman in social media camp...

A 60-year-old man accused of raping a child in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur, causing traffic-stopping protests in the region, was found hanging from a tree this morning. Subbaiah, found dead 15 km from his home, had reportedly told relatives in his last phone-call that he would kill himself.

The rape of a 9-year-old child allegedly by a 60-year-old man in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday triggered massive protests in a village in Guntur district. Locals, angry that the rapist has not been arrested, protested on the state highway, blocking traffic for nearly six hours.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

A family from Andhra Pradesh has come forward to identify the child who was raped, horribly tortured and murdered in Surat earlier this month. The shocking case was one of the several that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.

Amid the nationwide call for ensuring the safety of doctors in the wake of the rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a woman junior doctor was attacked by a patient at a hospital in Tirupati.

A proposed law for tougher punishment, including the death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women was cleared by the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday, weeks after a young woman's gang-rape and killing in neighbouring Telangana. The law has been dubbed the "Disha Act" after the name given to the woman in social media camp...

A 60-year-old man accused of raping a child in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur, causing traffic-stopping protests in the region, was found hanging from a tree this morning. Subbaiah, found dead 15 km from his home, had reportedly told relatives in his last phone-call that he would kill himself.

The rape of a 9-year-old child allegedly by a 60-year-old man in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday triggered massive protests in a village in Guntur district. Locals, angry that the rapist has not been arrested, protested on the state highway, blocking traffic for nearly six hours.

The identification of the little girl -- whose horrific rape and murder in Surat fuelled nationwide protests over the weekend -- has hit a roadblock. It now appears that she might not be the daughter of the man who came from Andhra Pradesh yesterday, responding to a tweet by the Surat police, sources said.

A family from Andhra Pradesh has come forward to identify the child who was raped, horribly tortured and murdered in Surat earlier this month. The shocking case was one of the several that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.