Breast groping attempt not ‘attempt to rape’ but ‘aggravated sexual assault’: Calcutta HC

Breast groping attempt not 'attempt to rape' but 'aggravated sexual assault': Calcutta HC

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday, suspending an earlier order by a West Bengal trial court convicting and sentencing an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, observed that an attempt grope the breasts of a victim can only support the charge … Read more

Pahalgam terror attack an attempt to divide people in the name of religion: Karan Singh

Pahalgam terror attack an attempt to divide people in the name of religion: Karan Singh

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Karan Singh, the son of the last ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, on Wednesday condemned the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of over 26 people and termed it “a deliberate … Read more

Madhya Pradesh: Attempt of sexual assault on 3-yr-old minor girl; 2 held

Madhya Pradesh: Attempt of sexual assault on 3-yr-old minor girl; 2 held

Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, April 23 (IANS) In a disturbing incident at Dabra in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district, two youth attempted sexual assault on a three-year old minor girl who used to live in a rented house of one of the accused, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place under the … Read more

Minor dies as accused crushed her face after failed attempt of sexual assault in MP

Minor dies as accused crushed her face after failed attempt of sexual assault in MP

Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, April 23 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl passed away in the early hours of Wednesday following a brutal assault under the Bada Malhera police station area of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The accused, 45-year-old Balkrishna Yadav, allegedly attempted to sexually assault the minor before resorting to violence. The incident occurred … Read more

Only Marathi will be compulsory, no attempt to impose Hindi, says CM Fadnavis

Only Marathi will be compulsory, no attempt to impose Hindi, says CM Fadnavis

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Amid raging controversy over the introduction of Hindi as a compulsory language in Classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English schools in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has clarified that it is wrong to say that there is an attempt to impose the language. He … Read more

Five Bangladeshi pushed back for infiltration attempt: Assam CM

Five Bangladeshi pushed back for infiltration attempt: Assam CM

Follow Us on Google News Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) Assam Police have foiled an attempt by Bangladeshi infiltrators and pushed back at least five citizens of the neighbouring country as they illegally entered Indian territory. Five Bangladeshi citizens tried to enter Assam through the international border at the Sribhumi district, and the security personnel foiled … Read more

Karnataka: Minor girl strangled to death for resisting sexual assault attempt

Karnataka: Minor girl strangled to death for resisting sexual assault attempt

Follow Us on Google News Hubballi, (Karnataka) April 13 (IANS) A shocking incident came to light here on Sunday involving a youth who allegedly attempted to sexually assault a five-year-old girl and later strangulated her to death for resisting his advances. The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Ashokanagar police station in Hubballi. According … Read more

SC to Tuesday hear suo moto case registered in wake of Allahabad HC ruling on attempt to rape

SC to Tuesday hear suo moto case registered in wake of Allahabad HC ruling on attempt to rape

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday the matter where it had suo moto (on its own motion) stayed the Allahabad High Court judgment holding that grabbing breasts and breaking the pyjama string was not enough for charge of attempt to rape. As … Read more

Congress’s complaint to EC is a desperate attempt: Akali Dal

Congress’s complaint to EC is a desperate attempt: Akali Dal

Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had urged the Election Commission to suspend the organisational elections of the party on the directions of “his bosses Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge in league with the rebel Akali faction”. Senior Akali … Read more