MARITAL RAPE

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde talks tough about Gujarat's snoopgate, Tehelka scandal, new stringent anti-rape law, Dabholkar murder, while State Home Minister R R Patil rejects Pune police affidavit giving clean chit to right wing ...

Hello, fertile women: have you purchased your rape insurance yet? If anti-choice activists in Michigan have their say, women will have to buy separate insurance plans if they want to be covered for abortions. Yes, that even includes in cases of ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released their annual report on violence against women in Afghanistan yesterday, revealing mixed results of the ...

The murder of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar, the Shakti Mills gang-rape incident, the Adarsh housing society scam inquiry report not being tabled and the bill against black magic and superstition will dominate the winter session of ...

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal on Wednesday invited a tsunami of criticism by saying that the new rape law has made senior officials and executives wary of appointing female secretaries and assistants for fear that they could be accused ...

After years of inaction, things may be about to change. Anti-rape protesters in Delhi (file photo) Mumbai: The past week has seen the Indian media embroiled in one of its biggest scandals of recent times. A renowned magazine editor was accused ...

Guwahati, Nov. 28: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has opposed the draft law prepared by the Assam government to prevent strikes and stymie protests, terming it an attempt by the government to curb peaceful and democratic voices against its ...

New Delhi: The Union home ministry is caught in a bind over the definition of rape, which has been made man-woman specific in the recently amended legislation, excluding a large part of the population that does not fall in either category. ...

MUZAFFARNAGAR: An anti-riot law should be urgently implemented in the country to ensure proper rehabilitation of people displaced during the Muzaffanagar riots, NCM said today. chairman Wajahat Habibullah recommended speedy rehabilitation of the ...