Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports concerning the mob assault, molestation, and public stripping of a 22-year-old woman intern in Rayagada district of Odisha on June 16, following false rumours of “child kidnappers”, the commission informed on Monday. Taking to its X handle, the commission strongly condemned the incident and sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Director General of Police, Odisha, within s…
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Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Rezaul Khan, the former Trinamool Congress president of Indpur block in Bankura district, has been arrested by the police on charges of assaulting a BJP worker and allegedly molesting his wife.A senior officer of the Bankura district police said on Sunday that the arrest was made on the basis of a complaint lodged by the BJP worker.The BJP worker alleged that Rezaul attacked him at his residence and assaulted him. He further alleged that the Trinamool Congress leader mole…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two provisions in it. The two provisions that are being introduced via amendment include non-disclosure of names of victims of acid attack and penalising harassment via phone, social media, lewd digi…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi Police has released its latest crime data, indicating a clear decline in several serious offences across the national capital in 2025. The statistics show that cases of murder, robbery, rape and molestation have come down when compared to previous years, a development that the police attribute to improved law and order conditions and the impact of sustained policing initiatives.According to the figures, Delhi had recorded 506 murder cases in 2023. The number ma…