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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape, sexual assault
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison on Wednesday on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape, US media reported.
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Nirbhaya convict moves Delhi court against 2 policemen of Mandoli jail
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Pawan, one of the death-row convicts in 2012 gang-rape case, has moved a Delhi court seeking registration of FIR against two policemen of Mandoli jail, alleging that they thrashed him, causing a severe head injury.
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Man held for raping 3-year-old in J-K's Kathua, confesses to crime
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): A man has been arrested for raping a 3-year-old girl in Kathua, police said on Wednesday.
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Nirbhaya convict approaches L-G, seeks to commute death sentence to life i
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Vinay Sharma, one of the death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, has approached Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal through his lawyer AP Singh, seeking to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Man arrested for raping mentally challenged girl in Moradabad
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged girl near Moradabad Airport in December last year, police said on Sunday.
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Aurat March: Women in Pakistan protest against violence, rape, honour kill
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 08 (ANI): So, they are marching. They are marching in Lahore and in many other Pakistani cities despite being threatened, abused and harassed on social media and otherwise. They are marching in Lahore holding placards with the picture of the late Asma Jehangir, an icon and
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Nirbhaya convict's lawyer files petition in SC against ex-lawyer, alleges
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): In another twist in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the present lawyer of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the case, on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against his former lawyer.
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Activist asks UN to announce Nirbhaya convicts' execution date as 'Rape Pr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Women rights activist and founder of People against Rapes in India (PARI), Yogita Bhayana, has written a letter to the United Nations seeking to declare March 20, 2020, the scheduled execution date of Nirbhaya convict, as "Rape Prevention Day".
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SC should issue guidelines to ensure fast-track justice for rape victims:
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Thursday said that the Supreme Court should issue guidelines for fast-track justice for rape victims.
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SC to hear on March 23 Centre's plea seeking to execute Nirbhaya convicts
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday slated the hearing for March 23 on a petition filed by the central government seeking to separately execute the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.
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Hope for fresh death warrant as Nirbhaya's convicts exhausted all legal re
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Thursday contended that the convicts have exhausted all the legal remedies.
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Over 2.4 lakh cases relating to rape and POCSO pending in courts across co
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): The government on Wednesday said that there are over 2.4 lakh pending cases in courts related to rape and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act across the country till December last year.
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