Tamil Nadu Crime Against Women

An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered 28,811 complaints of crime against women last year and about 55 per cent were from Uttar Pradesh.

An autorickshaw driver working with Uber was has been arrested for allegedly molesting a college student in Chennai, police said today. The student had put out a Twitter thread recounting the trauma and the initial difficulty in registering the FIR.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday adopted a Bill that enhances punishment for offences against women and children including causing deaths by demanding dowry, stalking and selling minors for prostitution.

One of the 17 men, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl at a posh apartment complex in Chennai, had worked as a security guard at a hospital, where the police say he learnt how to give sedatives used on women during childbirth.

Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan today alleged that the law and order in Tamil Nadu was deteriorating and asked the government to take steps for the safety of women.

Two days after a Malayalam actor alleged she was molested in her car, another actor from Tamil Nadu has come forward with a harrowing experience. Actress Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, in a post on Twitter, revealed she faced harassment from a programming head of a leading TV channel.

In Chennai, gripped by political drama that has taken up the attention of the city's police, a Class 3 student was sexually attacked, suffocated, burnt and dumped in a case on the highway on Sunday.

A 24-year-old school teacher was hacked to death inside a church in Tamil Nadu by a man who was later found hanging at his residence.

Hitting out hard at ruling AIADMK over crimes against women, DMK treasurer MK Stalin today alleged that the police department is "unable" to function independently and demanded the state immediately fill up 19,157 vacancies and uphold law and order.

Saying the crime against women has increased in Tamil Nadu, DMK leader M K Stalin today termed the Tamil Nadu government as "anti-women".

The state government today introduced two bills in the Assembly to amend Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The bills look to bring sexual offences against women and cyber crime offences under the Goondas Act.

The Puducherry government's idea to make overcoats compulsory for girl students in schools, which the ruling NR Congress believes could be a solution to check crime against women, has touched a raw nerve among the student community.

As India mourns the death of the 23-year-old medical student who was brutally gang-raped in Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced a series of steps to check and tackle cases of sexual crimes against women and ensuring their safety.

An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered 28,811 complaints of crime against women last year and about 55 per cent were from Uttar Pradesh.

An autorickshaw driver working with Uber was has been arrested for allegedly molesting a college student in Chennai, police said today. The student had put out a Twitter thread recounting the trauma and the initial difficulty in registering the FIR.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday adopted a Bill that enhances punishment for offences against women and children including causing deaths by demanding dowry, stalking and selling minors for prostitution.

One of the 17 men, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl at a posh apartment complex in Chennai, had worked as a security guard at a hospital, where the police say he learnt how to give sedatives used on women during childbirth.

Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan today alleged that the law and order in Tamil Nadu was deteriorating and asked the government to take steps for the safety of women.

Two days after a Malayalam actor alleged she was molested in her car, another actor from Tamil Nadu has come forward with a harrowing experience. Actress Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, in a post on Twitter, revealed she faced harassment from a programming head of a leading TV channel.

In Chennai, gripped by political drama that has taken up the attention of the city's police, a Class 3 student was sexually attacked, suffocated, burnt and dumped in a case on the highway on Sunday.

A 24-year-old school teacher was hacked to death inside a church in Tamil Nadu by a man who was later found hanging at his residence.

Hitting out hard at ruling AIADMK over crimes against women, DMK treasurer MK Stalin today alleged that the police department is "unable" to function independently and demanded the state immediately fill up 19,157 vacancies and uphold law and order.

Saying the crime against women has increased in Tamil Nadu, DMK leader M K Stalin today termed the Tamil Nadu government as "anti-women".

The state government today introduced two bills in the Assembly to amend Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The bills look to bring sexual offences against women and cyber crime offences under the Goondas Act.

The Puducherry government's idea to make overcoats compulsory for girl students in schools, which the ruling NR Congress believes could be a solution to check crime against women, has touched a raw nerve among the student community.

As India mourns the death of the 23-year-old medical student who was brutally gang-raped in Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced a series of steps to check and tackle cases of sexual crimes against women and ensuring their safety.