A Karnataka court on Monday awarded death sentences to three men convicted of rape an Israeli tourist and another woman, and murdering a youth near a UNESCO World Heritage site in Koppal district last year. The Gangavathi Civil Court sentenced the convicts – Mallesh alias Handi Malla, Sharanabasava and Chaitanya Sai – to death. On…
In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was gang raped in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred on Thursday when the minor girl had gone to the fields for agricultural work, said the police. The victim’s mother, in her complaint filed on Friday, alleged that two men approached her daughter while…
New Delhi: Directing medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a 17-year-old girl, the Supreme Court on Friday said that courts cannot compel a woman, much less a minor, to continue a pregnancy. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the girl had become pregnant while being in a relationship with…
Kurnool: Four persons, including a woman were arrested for allegedly administering an HIV injection to a doctor here, police said on Sunday. The doctor is said to be the wife of the woman’s ex-lover. The accused were identified as B Boya Vasundhara (34), a resident of Kurnool, Konge Jyothi (40), a nurse at a private…
In a tragic development, a 20-year-old Kuki woman, who was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in 2023 amid ethnic conflict in Manipur state, passed away on January 10 from lingering wounds. Two years back, she was abducted and gang-raped by a crowd in Imphal. Reportedly, the victim filed her assault case in July 2023, yet no…
Two teenage female athletes residing at a Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel were discovered dead in their room on Thursday, according to police. The deceased have been identified as 18-year-old Sandra A, from Kozhikode’s Chaliyam district, and 15-year-old Vyshnavi V, from Muthakkal in the Thiruvananthapuram district. Police confirmed that Sandra was an athletics trainee…
