Five cops held, sacked for raping minor in Chandigarh

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 19:37

Five Chandigarh police constables were on Friday arrested and dismissed from service on the charge of raping a minor girl.

Youth stabs 16-year-old girl to death in Bengal

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 03:35

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly stabbed to death by a youth in North 24 Parganas district tonight, police sources said.

Archbishop denies inappropriately touching minor

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 01:49

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is stepping aside from public ministry after an allegation that he touched an underage male.

Man gets life term for raping minor girl in MP

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 21:59

A special court here on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to a youth for raping a 10-year-old tribal girl.

Man gets life term for raping, sodomising minor daughter

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 17:14

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping and sodomising his nine-year-old daughter with a Delhi court saying he showed no respect for the chastity of his offspring.

Astronomers glimpse infrastructure of Gamma-ray burst jets

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:06

Astronomers have used observations from a novel instrument to look at magnetic fields at the heart of gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the universe.

Minor sodomised by his cousins in Punjab

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 19:58

A minor boy was allegedly sodomised by his own cousins at village Barrianwal on Wednesday, police said.

Locals thrash man for trying to rape minor, hand him to police

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 00:58

A 40-year-old man was on Monday thrashed by public at Rajendranagar area here before being handed over to police after he allegedly tried to rape a minor girl, police said on Monday.