Five-year-old girl raped, murdered in South Goa

A five-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted and murdered by strangulation in Vasco area of South Goa, said...

UN experts lambast Pak for failing to stop forced conversion

According to the same UN press release the experts expressed concern that forced marriages and religious conversions...

Afghan girls say ban on schooling takes joy out of Eid holidays 

Amid the Taliban's restrictions on basic rights of women, and girls to attain education, female students in...

UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pak

"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking,...

Blake Lively heaps praise on husband Ryan Reynolds’s ‘If’ trailer

Blake Lively has all the praise for her husband and actor, Ryan Reynolds. The 'Gossip Girl' actor, 36, raved about...

OpenSkiff Eurochallenge: Young sailor Anandi wins bronze

India's Anandi Nandan Chandavarkar achieved an overall Bronze in the mixed-gender category and first place in the...

Delhi Police bust child trafficking racket, rescues 2 infants

In a swift operation by the team, one male and three females, including a woman carrying a baby girl, were...

Madhya Pradesh: Three held for raping minor girl in Gwalior

Three youths were arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, a senior police...

Pakistan: 3 booked for forcibly marrying minor girl

A case has been filed against three accused for forcibly converting and marrying an 11-year-old non-Muslim girl in...

Giriraj Singh attacks Tejashwi for eating fish during Navratri

BJP leader Giriraj Singh assailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav after the latter posted a video...

'Girls Will Be Girls' to be screened at TIFF Next Wave Film Fest

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's debut production 'Girls Will Be Girls' will be screened at the upcoming TIFF Next Wave...

World Bank ranks Afghanistan on women's economic participation

Amid global concerns over the denial of basic rights to women and girls in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the World...