India rape

Second India teen raped, set on fire: Police

A 17-year-old battles for her life after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.

India clears ordinance to introduce death penalty for child rapists

Amidst outrage over a series of rape incidents of children across the country, the Indian cabinet today approved an ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to introduce the death penalty for rape of children younger than 12 years.

Can a piece of jewellery make you safe?

Paras Batra, the sales head at Leaf, creates a pendant having a small triangular chip embedded in the back which, if pressed twice, connects to an app that then sends out an alert to designated mobile phones of "guardians" who can then track the wearer's location and movement on Google Maps.

Delhi withdraws two-finger test circular on rape victims

The Delhi government will withdraw its earlier circular which ruled out the banning of the controversial two-finger test on rape survivors.

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

A 32-year-old woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a cabbie inside a black-and-yellow taxi in Dwarka, Delhi on Thursday night.

May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018

Second India teen raped, set on fire: Police

A 17-year-old battles for her life after being raped, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.

April 21, 2018
April 21, 2018

India clears ordinance to introduce death penalty for child rapists

Amidst outrage over a series of rape incidents of children across the country, the Indian cabinet today approved an ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to introduce the death penalty for rape of children younger than 12 years.

September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015

Can a piece of jewellery make you safe?

Paras Batra, the sales head at Leaf, creates a pendant having a small triangular chip embedded in the back which, if pressed twice, connects to an app that then sends out an alert to designated mobile phones of "guardians" who can then track the wearer's location and movement on Google Maps.

June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015

Delhi withdraws two-finger test circular on rape victims

The Delhi government will withdraw its earlier circular which ruled out the banning of the controversial two-finger test on rape survivors.

April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

Another woman raped in Delhi taxi, driver arrested

A 32-year-old woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a cabbie inside a black-and-yellow taxi in Dwarka, Delhi on Thursday night.