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Opposition Activists Lock Up Odisha Minister In Bungalow During Bandh
Opposition Congress and BJP workers gheraoed Odisha Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu and kept her confined for hours in a government bungalow at Kuchinda township in Sambalpur on Wednesday during a 12-hour shutdown.
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Domestic Violence Complaints Spiked In Year Of Lockdown: Women's Panel
The number of complaints of domestic violence received by the National Commission for Women rose sharply in 2020, the year of the lockdown when most people were confined to their homes due to COVID-19. The trend continues this year as well.
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Players Head Home After Hockey India Grants One-Month Break
Both men's and women's national team players were confined to the SAI Centre in Bengaluru for more than two months because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Woman Punched, Confined To Home By Brother For Buying Suit In Delhi
A 20-year-old woman was allegedly beaten up, punched in her eyes and confined to the house by her younger brother, who was angry at her for buying a suit worth Rs 100, the Delhi Commission For Women said on Tuesday.
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Activist Trupti Desai Drops Sabarimala Visit Plan Amid Protests: 10 Facts
Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Arun Jaitley Sees Constitutionalists-Devotees Divide
Amid the raging row over the entry of women in Sabarimala temple, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said the debate between "constitutionalists" and "devotees" is not confined to India, it is a global issue. "The constitutionalists believe that first there is the Supreme Court and thereafter there is a god, but devotees feel otherwise... "There wil...
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Kerala Woman Confined By Mom Over Affair With Muslim Man Rescued
A 24 year-old woman from Kerala has been rescued after being under "illegal confinement" in a house here following her mother's objection to her relationship with a Muslim man, police said.
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Delhi Women's Panel, Police Rescue 5 Girls Confined In Dwarka Ashram
The Delhi Commission for Women, along with a police contingent, today raided an ashram run by a spiritual head in Dwarka rescued five girls who were allegedly confined there.
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Women Kept In 'Inhuman Conditions' At This Ashram, Hunt On For Founder
After the police raided an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini and rescued as many as 40 girls, who were kept under illegal confinement, the Delhi High Court today directed the CBI to trace its founder. The chief of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, Virendra Dev Dikshit, has to be present before the bench on January 4.
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Delhi Ashram Exploited, Confined Women In "Animal-Like" Condition: Cops
The police on Wednesday carried out a raid at an ashram in Rohini following the Delhi High Court's order to inspect the insitute where girls and women were allegedly kept in illegal confinement.
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Teen Allegedly Confined In 8X8 Pit, Raped For Over 3 Weeks In Gujarat
In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly confined in a farm pit for over three weeks in November and raped repeatedly by a teenager at Kotda Nayani village of Morbi district in Gujarat before she was freed earlier this month, police said today.
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Man Held For Confining, Torturing Girl For 3 Months In Madurai
A 54-year-old man was arrested today at Virudhungar town in the district for allegedly confining an engineering college student in a house for more than three months and torturing her.
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Saudi Arabian Diplomat Accused in Rape Case Leaves India
The Saudi Arabian diplomat, who was charged with confinement and rape of two Nepalese women, tonight left the country.
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Himachal High Court Summons Officials Over Woman Kept in Cowshed
Moved by the plight of an elderly woman who has been confined to a cowshed for over two months, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken cognizance of the officials' indifference
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Indians allegedly confined 19 women employees in Dubai villa
The three men claimed they wanted to protect the women from sexual harassment, the Dubai Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
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Opposition Activists Lock Up Odisha Minister In Bungalow During Bandh
Opposition Congress and BJP workers gheraoed Odisha Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu and kept her confined for hours in a government bungalow at Kuchinda township in Sambalpur on Wednesday during a 12-hour shutdown.
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Domestic Violence Complaints Spiked In Year Of Lockdown: Women's Panel
The number of complaints of domestic violence received by the National Commission for Women rose sharply in 2020, the year of the lockdown when most people were confined to their homes due to COVID-19. The trend continues this year as well.
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Players Head Home After Hockey India Grants One-Month Break
Both men's and women's national team players were confined to the SAI Centre in Bengaluru for more than two months because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Woman Punched, Confined To Home By Brother For Buying Suit In Delhi
A 20-year-old woman was allegedly beaten up, punched in her eyes and confined to the house by her younger brother, who was angry at her for buying a suit worth Rs 100, the Delhi Commission For Women said on Tuesday.
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Activist Trupti Desai Drops Sabarimala Visit Plan Amid Protests: 10 Facts
Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Arun Jaitley Sees Constitutionalists-Devotees Divide
Amid the raging row over the entry of women in Sabarimala temple, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said the debate between "constitutionalists" and "devotees" is not confined to India, it is a global issue. "The constitutionalists believe that first there is the Supreme Court and thereafter there is a god, but devotees feel otherwise... "There wil...
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Kerala Woman Confined By Mom Over Affair With Muslim Man Rescued
A 24 year-old woman from Kerala has been rescued after being under "illegal confinement" in a house here following her mother's objection to her relationship with a Muslim man, police said.
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Delhi Women's Panel, Police Rescue 5 Girls Confined In Dwarka Ashram
The Delhi Commission for Women, along with a police contingent, today raided an ashram run by a spiritual head in Dwarka rescued five girls who were allegedly confined there.
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Women Kept In 'Inhuman Conditions' At This Ashram, Hunt On For Founder
After the police raided an ashram in north Delhi's Rohini and rescued as many as 40 girls, who were kept under illegal confinement, the Delhi High Court today directed the CBI to trace its founder. The chief of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya, Virendra Dev Dikshit, has to be present before the bench on January 4.
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Delhi Ashram Exploited, Confined Women In "Animal-Like" Condition: Cops
The police on Wednesday carried out a raid at an ashram in Rohini following the Delhi High Court's order to inspect the insitute where girls and women were allegedly kept in illegal confinement.
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Teen Allegedly Confined In 8X8 Pit, Raped For Over 3 Weeks In Gujarat
In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly confined in a farm pit for over three weeks in November and raped repeatedly by a teenager at Kotda Nayani village of Morbi district in Gujarat before she was freed earlier this month, police said today.
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Man Held For Confining, Torturing Girl For 3 Months In Madurai
A 54-year-old man was arrested today at Virudhungar town in the district for allegedly confining an engineering college student in a house for more than three months and torturing her.
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Saudi Arabian Diplomat Accused in Rape Case Leaves India
The Saudi Arabian diplomat, who was charged with confinement and rape of two Nepalese women, tonight left the country.
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Himachal High Court Summons Officials Over Woman Kept in Cowshed
Moved by the plight of an elderly woman who has been confined to a cowshed for over two months, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken cognizance of the officials' indifference
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Indians allegedly confined 19 women employees in Dubai villa
The three men claimed they wanted to protect the women from sexual harassment, the Dubai Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
