Gang rape of young girls in India has skyrocketed since last year. The recent rape of young girls in Mumbai and now in Lucknow is causing massive ripple effects. Young girls are outright afraid to go out alone

Sharan Basavraj, 22, an electrical engineering student from Bangalore, India, has been arrested and charged with raping the 28-year old woman from Queensland.Karnataka police sub-inspector Kiran Kumar said the woman was staying with her husband in Paradise Beach, a resort popular with Western tourists at Gokarna, on the

An autorickshaw driver and his accomplice allegedly raped a Somali woman in southeast Delhi's Nizamuddin last week. But a case was lodged only on Tuesday.The 22-year-old, a refugee, took an auto from her house around 9 p.m.on March 26, police said. After driving for sometime, the auto driver

SRINAGAR, APR 28 : Bail orders granted to detainees booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by the courts are generally not responded to by the authorities. Ailing Hajra Bano, a widow is fighting for the justice for her son. Having no source of income the old lady finds

Srinagar, March 8: Raja Begum of Tumpora Handwara, is paying a heavy price for raising her voice against the SHO Handwara. Raja Begum has alleged that the SHO had detained her in Police Station Handwara in December 2004 and had molested her. However, she displayed exemplary courage and

New Delhi, Monday 1 December 2008: Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country. What is more horrendous is that 133 elderly women were sexually assaulted last year, according to the latest report prepared by the

The report examines how systematic sexual violence against women was used deliberately by Hindu mobs to inflict maximum suffering and humiliation on the whole Muslim community.It also looks at how the state government of Gujarat failed to prevent