Hyderabad: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped multiple times for three days by two men, including a local politician’s son, after being offered a cool drink laced with sedatives in the Suryapet district of Telangana, police said on Monday. The incident happened in the house of one of the accused in Kodad town from Friday night to Sunday, the police said. One of the two was known to the victim. He asked her to visit his house under the pretext of some work and she was made to take the cool drink after which both the men raped her multiple times and also beat her up, the police said. The w ..read more

The Kochi police has started a unique campaign called ‘Claim your public place’, in order to assure women that the city is safe for them. The three-day campaign was launched on International Women’s Day on March 8 and will go on till March 10.  The campaign was held at Queen’s Walkway on day one, and will be conducted at Kochi beach and Infopark on the second and third day respectively, city police commissioner Nagaraju Chakilam told the news agency ANI. “Kochi city and all its public places are very safe. Please come out and enjoy the public places”, stated Chakilam. The post Kochi Pol ..read more

Udhampur: Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district got its first women police station which was inaugurated by Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Friday. DGP after inaugurating the Women Police Station said, “The motive behind opening the women police station is to provide a better environment to women.” “Crime against women has been taken seriously and to bring down any type of crime against women, the Women Police Station has been opened where the victims of crime will be dealt with by women officers/officials,” the DGP added. The DGP added that opening up separate Women Police S ..read more

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Wednesday launched 91 ‘Nirbhaya Squads’ in Mumbai to protect women. The Chief Minister launched the ‘Nirbhaya Squads’ virtually while Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray attended the event in person. Addressing the launch ceremony today, CM Uddhav Thackeray said, ” “We will work to ensure that Maharashtra will be known as the saviour of women not only in India but in the entire world. Maharashtra is a ‘Shakti Pujak’ (worshiper of women power) state,” He said that Mahara ..read more