Mumbai Sex Offender

Sex education is a near alien concept in India and sex education being imparted to 10 year olds - all the more unheard of. But Arpan, a Mumbai-based NGO is now changing this notion. In a bid to empower children, the organisation has designed a curriculum to teach children how to protect themselves from sexual predators.

A woman in Mumbai decided to shame a man who made an offensive gesture at her by posting his image on twitter. Maryanna Abdo's tweets have not just brought on a deluge of anger from people but have also drawn a reaction from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has ordered the police to track the man down.

The Malad police have arrested Balwant Parmar, a junk dealer, for harassing girls in the neighbourhood of Ramchandra Nagar. Parmar would allegedly harass every girl who passed by. After receiving many complaints against him, the police laid a trap on Saturday.

Alarmed at the declining figures of female population in Maharashtra, as revealed by the provisional census of 2011, the state health department has launched a crackdown on clinics, which illegally perform sex determination tests. According to department officials, they will deploy 'Decoy Sting Operation Teams' at the district level. This team, whi...

Sex education is a near alien concept in India and sex education being imparted to 10 year olds - all the more unheard of. But Arpan, a Mumbai-based NGO is now changing this notion. In a bid to empower children, the organisation has designed a curriculum to teach children how to protect themselves from sexual predators.

A woman in Mumbai decided to shame a man who made an offensive gesture at her by posting his image on twitter. Maryanna Abdo's tweets have not just brought on a deluge of anger from people but have also drawn a reaction from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has ordered the police to track the man down.

The Malad police have arrested Balwant Parmar, a junk dealer, for harassing girls in the neighbourhood of Ramchandra Nagar. Parmar would allegedly harass every girl who passed by. After receiving many complaints against him, the police laid a trap on Saturday.

Alarmed at the declining figures of female population in Maharashtra, as revealed by the provisional census of 2011, the state health department has launched a crackdown on clinics, which illegally perform sex determination tests. According to department officials, they will deploy 'Decoy Sting Operation Teams' at the district level. This team, whi...