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16 Vloggers, TikTokers Arrested In Pakistan For Spreading Fake News Of Rape
Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than a dozen vloggers and TikTokers accusing them of spreading fake stories about an alleged rape of a girl student that led to violent protests across Punjab province over a week ago.
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Gisele Pelicot Mass Rape Trial In France May Spur Changes To Law
France may introduce changes to its rape law to include consent for the first time, after a mass rape trial shook the country, challenging the limits of existing legislation and prompting some leading politicians to call for change.
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Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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"Future Can't Be Ignored": Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Rape Of Girl Gets Bail
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a young man accused of raping a girl with whom he was having a "love affair", while taking note of the "misapplication" of law in cases involving boys who are in love with girls on the cusp of adulthood.
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Explained: Mamata Banerjee's New Law For Death Penalty In Rape Cases
Amid massive protests over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal Assembly today passed the Aparajita Bill to amend some provisions in the criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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"To Cover Up Delays...": Centre On Mamata Banerjee's Letter On Rape Cases
The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes such as rape and murder.
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Supreme Court Hasn't Stopped Police From Enforcing Laws: Bengal Cop
In the wake of the March to Secretariat ('Nabanna Abhijan') call given by the students of West Bengal on Tuesday in protest against the rape and murder of the junior doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, a senior official of the
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"Don't Politicise": Chief Justice To Centre, Bengal In Kolkata Rape-Murder
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today urged counsels for the Centre and West Bengal governments to not politicise the Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case and stressed that the law is taking its course.
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Need Laws That Mandate Conviction In Rape Cases Within 50 Days: Abhishek Banerjee
Pitching for laws that mandate convictions in rape cases within 50 days, Abhishek Banerjee said that while protests were underway over the rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, 900 more such cases happened in the country.
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AIIMS Doctors Urge PM Modi For Central Law To Protect Healthcare Workers
The resident doctors' association (RDA) of AIIMS also urged for the restoration of law and order at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and killed.
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Send Reports Every 2 Hours: Centre To States On Kolkata Horror Protests
Amid nationwide protests over a trainee doctor's rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital during her duty hours, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a diktat to all states asking them to submit reports on law and order situations every two hours.
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"Encounter Or Hanging": Trinamool's New Law Push Amid Row Over Rape-Murder
Amid massive outrage over a doctor's rape and murder at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, the ruling Trinamool Congress has put the ball in the BJP's court, pushing for a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases
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Man, 28, Arrested For Raping Minor Sister-In-Law In Uttar Pradesh: Cops
A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his minor sister-in-law in the Kotwali area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Friday.
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"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
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16 Vloggers, TikTokers Arrested In Pakistan For Spreading Fake News Of Rape
Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than a dozen vloggers and TikTokers accusing them of spreading fake stories about an alleged rape of a girl student that led to violent protests across Punjab province over a week ago.
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Gisele Pelicot Mass Rape Trial In France May Spur Changes To Law
France may introduce changes to its rape law to include consent for the first time, after a mass rape trial shook the country, challenging the limits of existing legislation and prompting some leading politicians to call for change.
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Man Rapes Sister-In Law, Forces Her To Abort Pregnancy In Thane: Cops
Police have launched an investigation after a woman lodged an FIR alleging rape by her brother-in-law who forced her to abort her pregnancy in Thane district, an official said on Sunday.
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"Future Can't Be Ignored": Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Rape Of Girl Gets Bail
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a young man accused of raping a girl with whom he was having a "love affair", while taking note of the "misapplication" of law in cases involving boys who are in love with girls on the cusp of adulthood.
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Explained: Mamata Banerjee's New Law For Death Penalty In Rape Cases
Amid massive protests over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal Assembly today passed the Aparajita Bill to amend some provisions in the criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
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Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the
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"To Cover Up Delays...": Centre On Mamata Banerjee's Letter On Rape Cases
The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes such as rape and murder.
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Supreme Court Hasn't Stopped Police From Enforcing Laws: Bengal Cop
In the wake of the March to Secretariat ('Nabanna Abhijan') call given by the students of West Bengal on Tuesday in protest against the rape and murder of the junior doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, a senior official of the
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"Don't Politicise": Chief Justice To Centre, Bengal In Kolkata Rape-Murder
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today urged counsels for the Centre and West Bengal governments to not politicise the Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case and stressed that the law is taking its course.
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Need Laws That Mandate Conviction In Rape Cases Within 50 Days: Abhishek Banerjee
Pitching for laws that mandate convictions in rape cases within 50 days, Abhishek Banerjee said that while protests were underway over the rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, 900 more such cases happened in the country.
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AIIMS Doctors Urge PM Modi For Central Law To Protect Healthcare Workers
The resident doctors' association (RDA) of AIIMS also urged for the restoration of law and order at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a trainee doctor was raped and killed.
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Send Reports Every 2 Hours: Centre To States On Kolkata Horror Protests
Amid nationwide protests over a trainee doctor's rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital during her duty hours, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a diktat to all states asking them to submit reports on law and order situations every two hours.
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"Encounter Or Hanging": Trinamool's New Law Push Amid Row Over Rape-Murder
Amid massive outrage over a doctor's rape and murder at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, the ruling Trinamool Congress has put the ball in the BJP's court, pushing for a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases
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Man, 28, Arrested For Raping Minor Sister-In-Law In Uttar Pradesh: Cops
A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his minor sister-in-law in the Kotwali area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Friday.
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"Male Partner Not Always Wrong": High Court Acquits UP Man In Rape Case
Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court held that the law on sexual offences is rightly women-centric but that does not mean that the male partner is always wrong.
