PhD scholar gets 5 lifers for raping minors, posting videos online

A special court in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur on Tuesday sentenced a PhD scholar to five life imprisonments, to be served concurrently, for sexually assaulting minors and posting videos of the acts on......

Nithari killings: SC to hear CBI pleas against acquittal of Surendra Koli

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear pleas filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad high court's verdict acquitting Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari......

HC allows medical termination of 12-year-old T'gana rape survivor's pregnancy

The Telangana high court has allowed a 12-year-old girl, a rape survivor, to abort a 26-week foetus and accordingly directed the Superintendent of state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad to......

Sexual offences made gender-neutral under new laws

The newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which replaces the British-era Indian Penal Code, has made sexual offences "gender neutral" for the victim and the perpetrator, according to official......

Shahana Takes The Sari To Cannes

Photograph: Kind courtesy Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla/Instagram Shahana Goswami took her new film Santosh to Cannes, and made quite a statement with her style choices.   Photograph: Kind......

Women Of My Billion Review: Honest And Hopeful

Women Of My Billion is stark and disturbing, but at the end of it Srishti Bakshi is still able to say, 'My India is not beyond repair', observes Deepa Gahlot. There are certain realities of......

What Makes Yami Gautam Such A Star

Photograph: Kind courtesy Yami Gautam/Instagram Yami Gautam's career is flying high. Article 370, ehr latest film, is a superhit and adds to the list of successes to her credit, right from her......

'I'm not blaming fathers, but...'

'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.' IMAGE: Geetika Tyagi in Yes Papa. Sexual abuse of children by family members is rarely......

Convicted rapist on Dutch Olympic team sparks outrage

IMAGE: Netherlands' Steven van de Velde. Photograph: Reuters/X The Olympics ruling body said it had no role in Dutch volleyball's decision to pick a convicted rapist for the Paris Games, a......

Expect conditions to level up in Caribbean leg: Rabada

IMAGE: Kagiso Rabada said balanced playing surfaces are important to ensure an equal contest between bat and ball. Photograph: ICC/X South African pacer Kagiso Rabada expects to see "competitive......

Lamichhane to join Nepal World Cup squad in West Indies

IMAGE: Sandeep Lamichhane will be available for matches against South Africa and Bangladesh. Photograph: BCCI Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane will play the team's last two group matches at......

USA deny visa to Nepal's Lamichhane, to miss T20 WC

IMAGE: Sandeep Lamichhane was suspended as Nepal captain in 2022 and taken into custody after police issued an arrest warrant for him over an assault of an 18-year-old woman. Photograph: BCCI......

Nepal cricketer Lamichhane cleared of rape charges

IMAGE: Sandeep Lamichhane (file photo) was cleared of rape charges after being convicted by a lower court. Photograph: BCCI An appeal court in Nepal on Wednesday cleared the country's......