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atrocities against women

News Reports

Burqa-clad unknown person throws acid on the face of a woman in Bihar’s Kaimur district

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2019

The unknown assailant in Burqa entered the victim’s house and threw acid on her before fleeing away

Media

Sun TV fined Rs 2.5 lakh for telecasting a violent rape sequence in its prime time serial Kalyana Veedu

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

Sun TV and producers, Thiru Pictures in the hearing which was held last month, defended the serial and argued that they had taken precautions to make sure that the dialogues were not vulgar and obscene.

News Reports

Pakistan fruit-seller asks Turkish biker to recite Kalima to prove she is Muslim, says Muslim women don’t wear ‘such clothes’

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2019

Pakistani fruit seller asks Turkish biker Asil Ozbay to recite Muslim Kalima and censured her for wearing ‘inappropriate’ attire

Crime

From infancy to old-age and even death, us men have made it a cruel world for women

अजीत भारती - 14 May, 2019

Alwar happens every minute. Leaders give statements every day. We discuss this on Facebook every other day. But these incidents do not decrease because we have stopped feeling.

Crime

Another Nirbhaya like incident in Karnataka? Civil Engineering student’s body found half-burnt and hanging from a tree in Raichur

OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2019

In a barbaric incident, the burnt body of a civil engineering student identified as Madhu has been found in Raichur, Karnataka, shocking the conscience of the people.

Politics

Rabri Devi defends child rapist, calls his conviction ‘political vendetta’ while campaigning for his wife

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2019

In December last year, a Patna court had convicted Rajballabh Yadav and four others in connection with the rape of a minor in 2016. He was convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and 4, 8, 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Government and Policy