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Bengaluru techie, cop suicide cases highlight men’s struggles in urban marriages
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Bengaluru techie, cop suicide cases highlight men’s struggles in urban marriages

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: While women have historically borne the brunt of patriarchy, two recent suicides in Bengaluru — that of a techie and a head police constable — have brought attention to the complexities faced by men in urban marriages. According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2022 data, men accounted for 1,22,724 suicides of a total of 1,70,896 — which is …

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Delhi Grants Jobs to 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Survivors After 40-Year Wait
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Delhi Grants Jobs to 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Survivors After 40-Year Wait

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 09, 2024 09:36 IST - 9 MINS READ On November 22, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena distributed appointment letters to 47 survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at an event in Tilak Vihar, marking a significant, albeit delayed, milestone in fulfilling promises made nearly four decades ago. While 22 victims have previously joined MTS positions and 300-400 …

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Over 10 People Falling Prey to Scammers in Vizag Every Day
1 month, 1 week ago

Over 10 People Falling Prey to Scammers in Vizag Every Day

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Every day at least 10 to 20 people are falling prey to scammers in Vizag City alone as the cases of cyber frauds have gone up rapidly during the past few months with most of the crimes arising from greed, ignorance, and fear of the victims. As per the data from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, more than …

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Updated figures show 128 murders in the Netherlands last year, led by Rotterdam
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Updated figures show 128 murders in the Netherlands last year, led by Rotterdam

NL Times  

A total of 128 criminal cases involved either murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands, according to provisional figures collected by the Telegraaf. The preliminary data shows that Rotterdam will retain its position as the country's murder capital, though the conclusion conflicts somewhat with data from EW. While that figure is still well above last year's total of three, it conflicts …

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Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

Crimes against women in India rose by 4% in 2022 from the previous year, a majority of the cases being cruelty by the husband or his relatives. Delhi is still rated as the country’s most unsafe city for women, with an average of three reported rape cases per day, accounting for 29% of crimes committed against women in 19 major …

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CAA will come to the rescue of Sikhs: Amit Shah
1 year, 2 months ago

CAA will come to the rescue of Sikhs: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that through the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Modi government opened the way to give citizenship to Sikh sisters and brothers who were tortured in neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Minister addressed the felicitation program organised by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee for the unprecedented work done by the government for …

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Testimony of Manipur victims being taped before magistrates
1 year, 4 months ago

Testimony of Manipur victims being taped before magistrates

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has started getting the statements of Manipur sexual assault victims recorded before magistrates as part of the ongoing probe into the Manipur ethnic violence cases. Following an announcement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the CBI would investigate cases connected to the violence, the agency has registered 27 cases so far. Earlier this month, …

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Alarming increase in child abuse cases in Pakistan’s Punjab province, 70 per cent of victims are boys
1 year, 5 months ago

Alarming increase in child abuse cases in Pakistan’s Punjab province, 70 per cent of victims are boys

Firstpost  

A report by the Punjab government’s Home Department said that there has been a ‘significant increase’ in child abuse crime rate in the province of 120 million people, mostly against boys. At least seventy per cent of child abuse victims in Pakistan’s Punjab province during the first five months of 2023 were boys, an official report said on Friday. Around …

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Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church
1 year, 8 months ago

Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church

Al Jazeera  

Officials say abuse in the Baltimore archdiocese — stretching back to 1940s — was ‘pervasive, pernicious and persistent’. “The sheer number of abusers and victims, the depravity of the abusers’ conduct, and the frequency with which known abusers were given the opportunity to continue preying upon children are astonishing.” The report adds to a growing list of sexual abuse allegations …

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Magistrates’ sentencing powers cut back down to 6 months
1 year, 9 months ago

Magistrates’ sentencing powers cut back down to 6 months

The Telegraph  

Magistrates are to lose their power to jail offenders for up to a year and will be pushed back to maximum sentences of only six months after the Ministry of Justice ended a scheme designed to speed up justice. But the MoJ quietly laid out new regulations on Thursday which will peg magistrates back to a maximum of six months …

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Online harassment cases on the rise in Visakhapatnam
1 year, 11 months ago

Online harassment cases on the rise in Visakhapatnam

The Hindu  

On January 21, the cyber crime police arrested two persons for allegedly misbehaving with women online. As per Visakhapatnam cybercrime police, they have been registering at least 30 to 40 cases of harassment through social media, on an average every month. Inspector of cybercrimes K. Bhavani Shankar told The Hindu that in almost all the cases, the accused are the …

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Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican
2 years, 1 month ago

Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Italy’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed Thursday that more than 600 cases from Italy were on file at the Vatican since 2000. The report of the Italian bishops’ conference, which only covered complaints that local Italian church authorities had received over the last two years, did not mention the hundreds …

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Thousands stolen from romance scam victims as cases double
2 years, 10 months ago

Thousands stolen from romance scam victims as cases double

The Independent  

Romance fraud cases almost doubled during the pandemic with “relationships” prompting victims to make payments worth more than £6,000 for months on end, as psychologists warn of “hero in need of help” stories to part both men and women from their cash. “Therefore, the victims of such fraud are often compassionate and altruistic people – likely to give to charity …

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Phishing cases rise as cyber frauds 'offer' Covid testing, booster doses
2 years, 11 months ago

Phishing cases rise as cyber frauds 'offer' Covid testing, booster doses

India Today  

Phishing cases are on the rise in Delhi and elsewhere as cyber frauds are exploiting the Omicron alarm and “offering” testing and booster doses to potential victims, India Today has found. WHAT IS PHISHING In phishing, cyber frauds send fraudulent messages to trick people into revealing sensitive information or to deploy malicious software on victims’ phones or computers to hack …

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NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court
3 years, 4 months ago

NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing. New York’s one-year window was originally supposed …

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Congress to assist brain-injury victims of mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’
3 years, 4 months ago

Congress to assist brain-injury victims of mysterious ‘Havana syndrome’

LA Times  

Congress is moving to authorize financial aid to dozens of American officials suffering brain injuries caused by a mysterious ailment often called the Havana syndrome because it was first reported in Cuba. Schiff, who has met with many of the victims, said it was “hard not to come away understanding the grave nature of what they suffered.” The cause of …

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Bail Condition To Compensate Victims Cannot Be Imposed : Supreme Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Bail Condition To Compensate Victims Cannot Be Imposed : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that a condition for payment of compensation to victims cannot be imposed at the stage of bail. "We may hasten to add that we are not saying that no monetary condition can be imposed for grant of bail. In this case, the accused were granted bail by the High Court with a condition requiring them to …

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Tarun Tejpal's Acquittal Likely to Deter Other Victims from Reporting Sexual Assault Cases: Activists
3 years, 7 months ago

Tarun Tejpal's Acquittal Likely to Deter Other Victims from Reporting Sexual Assault Cases: Activists

News 18  

Several women’s rights activists on Friday questioned the grounds on which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted in a rape case and said the Goa court’s verdict would deter other women from coming forward to report cases of sexual assault and abuse. Some of the activists pointed out that Tejpal had himself admitted to attempting to assault the woman and tendered …

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Rajasthan ACP sacked for seeking sexual favours from rape victims
3 years, 9 months ago

Rajasthan ACP sacked for seeking sexual favours from rape victims

Op India  

The Rajasthan government has compulsorily retired ACP Kailash Bohra, who was arrested for seeking sexual favours from a rape victim. ACP Kailash Bohra was arrested after he allegedly refused to accept the complaint of a woman’s sexual assault case and instead asked for sexual favors from the victim to take against the accused. ACP Kailash Bohra, who was posted in …

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Exclusive: Financial scams have become hidden 'epidemic' as impersonation cases double in a year
3 years, 9 months ago

Exclusive: Financial scams have become hidden 'epidemic' as impersonation cases double in a year

The Telegraph  

Financial scams are an "epidemic within the pandemic", a former investigator has warned, as the number of victims falling for fraudsters impersonating the likes of HMRC, the NHS and Royal Mail doubled last year. Figures obtained by The Telegraph from UK Finance, the banking trade body, revealed that the number of impersonation scams, where fraudsters contact potential victims pretending to …

Police extracting 'excessive amounts of personal data' from victims' phones, watchdog finds
4 years, 6 months ago

Police extracting 'excessive amounts of personal data' from victims' phones, watchdog finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police are taking “excessive amounts of personal data” from victims’ phones, a …

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