More policewomen in Tripura to curb crimes against women

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 00:45

Tripura has decided to recruit more women police personnel and set up more all-women police stations to curb crimes against women, the state police chief said.

Delhi gang-rape shame: Nirbhaya fund unused, claims AAP member

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 04:52

It`s been one year since the spine-chilling incident of Nirbhaya gang-rape that stirred millions of souls, rousing the countrymen out of apathy forcing them to take to streets to protest.

After making sexist remarks, Farooq Abdullah tenders half-hearted apology

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:45

National Conference chief and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Friday triggered a controversy by commenting that the situation in the society is so bad that he is afraid of speaking to women these days.

Mumbai shame: 16-yr old girl gang-raped in Goregaon on pretext of Diwali puja

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 09:01

Over two months after a photojournalist was gang-raped in Shakti Mills, yet another incident of gang-rape has surfaced to shame Mumbai as a 16 year old was gang-raped by six men in Goregaon, reports said Monday.

Reset moral compass to prevent crimes against women: President

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 14:10

Indians should reset their moral compass to prevent crimes against women which are projecting a distorted image of India, President Pranab Mukherjee has said in the backdrop of gang-rapes in Delhi and Mumbai which have outraged the nation.

Woman`s leg cut off to steal anklets in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 18:40

In a bizarre incident, unidentified robbers chopped off the legs of a 50-year-old woman to rob her of her silver anklets in a village near Jaipur, police said on Wednesday.

Working to curb sexual crimes against women on trains: Patil

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:43

Alarmed by the spate of eve-teasing and molestation incidents involving women on local trains in the city, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Monday said Government Railway Police had started taking stringent action to curb such crimes.

`Delhi as unsafe for women as on December 16`

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 10:02

The only thing constant about change is change itself but this doesn`t seem to be the case when it comes to the national capital.

Laws won`t help women if witnesses turn hostile: HC

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 00:52

Allahabad High Court has observed that stringent laws are unlikely to check crimes against women unless witnesses appear in court and give evidence and do not turn hostile or give false testimony.

Crime situation under control in Odisha: Naveen Patnaik

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 21:46

Naveen Patnaik said Orissa HC has been requested to earmark one court of JMFC in each district for trial in cases of crimes against women.

Mass rally to protest crimes against women staged in Manipur

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 11:36

A mass rally was staged here as a mark of protest crimes against women.

Attitude towards women must change: Pallam Raju

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 09:47

Government was taking steps to improve women`s participation in employment by imparting training in skill development, Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said on Sunday.