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13 Rajasthan Men Get 20 Years In Jail For Gang-Raping 15-Year-Old
The FIR in the gang-rape case of the teenage girl was lodged at Suket Police station on March 6 this year on her complaint that she had been lured away from home in Kota by a woman Bulbul alias Pooja Jain on the pretext of buying her a bag.
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Thousands Of Protestors Join Global Outcry Over Violence Against Women
Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Europe and Latin America on Thursday to demand an end to violence against women, with police in Turkey firing teargas to disperse the demonstrators.
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Steep Rise In Crime Against Women Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: Women's Panel
There has been a steep rise in crime against women across the country amid restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the National Commission for Women receiving 587 complaints from March 23 to April 16, out of which 239 are related to domestic violence.
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Jadavpur University Students, BJP Activists Face-Off Over JNU In Kolkata
The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...
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With "Azadi" Slogans, Thousands Of Women Take To Streets All Over India
Just a week before elections, thousands of women hit the streets across the country today, lending voice to an unprecedented protest against the current environment of hate and violence, where even "freedom of speech is curbed". The women say the march is meant to claim their constitutional rights.
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"Feminist Tidal Wave": Protests Across Europe Against Gender Violence
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Europe on Saturday against sexist violence, with more than 30,000 turning out in Paris.
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Nitish Kumar's Nickname Is 'Munna': 10 Facts About Bihar Chief Minister On His Birthday
Born on March 1, 1951 at Kalyan Bigha village in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is known simplicity and honesty. During his tenure as the chief minister of Bihar, the JD-U stalwart has been credited with re-laying roads that had virtually ceased to exist, building of bridges, completing long-delayed infrastructure projects, appointing t...
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This Year, Shaurya Dal Volunteers to March in Republic Day Parade in Bhopal
They look an unlikely medley, from teenagers to senior citizens, who have been standing up to stop domestic violence, crimes against women and other social evil in the villages. But it is their service as volunteer of the Madhya Pradesh government-backed Shaurya Dal that has earned these 30 women and 15 men the opportunity to march as part of the R...
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New tool helps US group track sex crimes in Syria
A U.S. women's group is using new crowd-sourcing techniques to track rape and other sexual violence across Syria in one of the first efforts to monitor assaults against women during military conflict in real-time. The effort by the Women's Media Center aims to shed light on such assaults and provide possible evidence to prosecute future human righ...
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13 Rajasthan Men Get 20 Years In Jail For Gang-Raping 15-Year-Old
The FIR in the gang-rape case of the teenage girl was lodged at Suket Police station on March 6 this year on her complaint that she had been lured away from home in Kota by a woman Bulbul alias Pooja Jain on the pretext of buying her a bag.
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Thousands Of Protestors Join Global Outcry Over Violence Against Women
Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Europe and Latin America on Thursday to demand an end to violence against women, with police in Turkey firing teargas to disperse the demonstrators.
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Steep Rise In Crime Against Women Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: Women's Panel
There has been a steep rise in crime against women across the country amid restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the National Commission for Women receiving 587 complaints from March 23 to April 16, out of which 239 are related to domestic violence.
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Jadavpur University Students, BJP Activists Face-Off Over JNU In Kolkata
The Kolkata Police ended up lathicharging BJP protesters and Jadavpur University students this evening as the two groups came to a near head-on collision at Sulekha More, a busy trijunction in the city's south. The deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police present on the spot publicly apologised to the students soon after, stating there were no orders ...
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With "Azadi" Slogans, Thousands Of Women Take To Streets All Over India
Just a week before elections, thousands of women hit the streets across the country today, lending voice to an unprecedented protest against the current environment of hate and violence, where even "freedom of speech is curbed". The women say the march is meant to claim their constitutional rights.
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"Feminist Tidal Wave": Protests Across Europe Against Gender Violence
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Europe on Saturday against sexist violence, with more than 30,000 turning out in Paris.
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Nitish Kumar's Nickname Is 'Munna': 10 Facts About Bihar Chief Minister On His Birthday
Born on March 1, 1951 at Kalyan Bigha village in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is known simplicity and honesty. During his tenure as the chief minister of Bihar, the JD-U stalwart has been credited with re-laying roads that had virtually ceased to exist, building of bridges, completing long-delayed infrastructure projects, appointing t...
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This Year, Shaurya Dal Volunteers to March in Republic Day Parade in Bhopal
They look an unlikely medley, from teenagers to senior citizens, who have been standing up to stop domestic violence, crimes against women and other social evil in the villages. But it is their service as volunteer of the Madhya Pradesh government-backed Shaurya Dal that has earned these 30 women and 15 men the opportunity to march as part of the R...
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New tool helps US group track sex crimes in Syria
A U.S. women's group is using new crowd-sourcing techniques to track rape and other sexual violence across Syria in one of the first efforts to monitor assaults against women during military conflict in real-time. The effort by the Women's Media Center aims to shed light on such assaults and provide possible evidence to prosecute future human righ...
