Fresh gunfights in Manipur’s Ukhrul kill 3; clashes between communities turn deadly, situation escalates

Fresh violence Manipur: A total of three persons were killed and several others were injured on Friday after fresh gunfights erupted in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, adding to the already fragile tensions between the Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities of the state, the police said. As per initial reports, the first exchange of fire broke out in the early hours at Sinakeithei, a village belonging to the…

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Apple worker delivers premature baby at Bengaluru Foxconn’s washroom, kills it fearing social stigma; murder case registered

Bengaluru Foxconn baby killed: A chilling incident unfolded at a facility run by Foxconn in Bengaluru, as a 19-year-old employee delivered a baby in the office’s washroom, and killed him minutes after, the police reported on Friday. According to police, the accused woman is an operator at the facility located in the city’s Devanahalli, considered as an important assembler for Apple. As per initial reports, she allegedly gave…

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Female US tourist’s rape: Kodagu administration revokes license of homestay where foreign national was violated

US woman raped: The Karnataka government on Friday landed on a decisive move signalling zero tolerance towards crimes against women, as the Kodagu district administration cancelled  the license of a homestay in Kutta village, where a female US tourist was raped days ago. Officials said that the incident was reported on April 12 at the Devi Villa homestay, located under Ponnampet Taluk. The American female accused a staff…

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TCS Nashik row: “Accused set passwords in obscene language at office,” reveals victim

TCS Nashik row: Another disturbing development has emerged on Thursday in the ongoing sexual harassment and religious coercion case at the Nashik unit of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). One of the victims told the police that the passwords at the office were stored in ‘an obscene language.’ The woman made the claims before the State Women’s Commission (SCW), alleging sustained mental harassment and inappropriate conduct by a…

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Delhi IRS officer daughter’s murder: Sacked domestic worker held for raping, murdering her; making away with Rs 2.5L

IRS officer daughter’s murder: Delhi police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the blind murder case of a 22-year-old woman, the daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in South Delhi, which took place on Wednesday. The woman was found dead, and had been strangled with a cell phone charger’s wire. The police arrested the key suspect, identified as Rahul Meena, who was earlier employed as…

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Delhi shocker: IRS officer’s daughter found dead under suspicious circumstances at home; sacked house help key suspect

IRS officer’s daughter murdered: A 22-year-old woman, daughter of a senior Income Tax Department officer, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house in Delhi’s Kailash Hills on Wednesday morning, the police said. As per police, a probe is underway into the incident, and an ex-servant employed at their house is being suspected to be the culprit.  A preliminary probe carried out by the police suggests the…

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Tamil Nadu girl gang-raped: NCW steps in, seeks report from police within 5 days

Tamil Nadu girl gang-raped: After a minor girl aged 15 was allegedly gang-raped in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district a few days ago, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has stepped into the case on Wednesday. The body has taken suo-motu cognisance of the horrendous act, and has sought a detailed action report from police within five days.  The NCW said that the sexual assault of the ‘15-year-old girl’…

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Female tourist from US sexually assaulted at homestay in Karnataka; owner among 2 held after survivor manages to escape

US woman raped Karnataka: A woman belonging to the United States (US), who recently travelled to India, alleged that she was sexually assaulted at a homestay in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, the police reported on Wednesday. According to police, the key accused had intoxicated the woman before assaulting her sexually. Later, the woman managed to escape and travelled to Mysuru, from where she established contact with the US embassy…

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‘Namaz, Roza and Duas’: Another religious conversion coercion case surfaces from Maharashtra’s Nagpur; NGO director held

Nagpur workplace misconduct: As new revelations continue coming to the fore in the TCS Nashik religious conversion and workplace harassment row, a similar case has surfaced on Monday from Maharashtra’s Nagpur city. The police have arrested the director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) after female employees attached to the workplace levelled allegations of coercive religious practices and sexual harassment by him. The accused, identified as Mohammed Riyaz Mohammed…

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UP: Cleric, his aide drug woman, rape her, film obscene video of the act on pretext of treating her son; arrested

Woman raped inside mosque: A cleric based in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur allegedly raped a woman along with an aide on the premises of a mosque on April 15, the police said. According to police, the duo breached the woman’s trust on the pretext of treating her son, whose health had been on the decline. The accused duo even filmed an obscene video of the act and threatened the…

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