aNEW DELHI: Kerala Police have arrested fifteen people, including a minor, for the alleged rape of a Dalit teenager. Nine of the arrests were made Saturday, following an initial six on Friday. The victim, now 18 and an athlete, told police she was repeatedly assaulted since she was 16. Over 60 individuals are involved, according…
NEW DELHI: Violence within the confines of home continues to remain a serious concern with 24% (6,237) of the total 25,743 complaints received by the National Commission for Women over 2024 pertaining to domestic violence. Largely keeping with trends noticed in previous years, complaints from women seeking “right to live with dignity” continue to top…
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai vowed Thursday not to wear footwear until the DMK govt was ousted and publicly flog himself six times in front of his Chennai residence at 10am Friday to protest police’s handling of the Anna University rape case.Annamalai’s announcement added to the political storm building up over a 37-year-old…
NEW DELHI: Rekha Sharma, who served as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), concluded her tenure on Tuesday. Sharma, 60, began her role as NCW chairperson on August 7, 2018.She has been involved with NCW since 2015, taking on roles as a member and temporarily as chairperson before becoming chief.“Today marks the…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday initiated a suo-moto cognizance of a media report incident, which occurred in Madhya Pradesh‘s Hinauta, Rewa district, where two women were nearly buried alive by a truck that dumped gravel on them, as a result of a land dispute.The Chairperson of NCW Rekha Sharma, sent…
