An Indian court awarded a life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor ...

Kolkata rape case live updates: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud directed solicitor general Tushar Mehta to submit a report on the progress of the National Task Force. The hearing in the case ...

in Kolkata on August 9. First it was the hospital that refused to divulge that the medic was a victim of rape and murder, ...

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The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged the nation.

Had it been with the (Kolkata) police, we would have ensured ... Despite legislative reforms following the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, crimes against women ...

The case was initially being investigated by the Kolkata police but later the court ... Still, the number of recorded rape cases in the country has increased. In 2022, police recorded 31,516 ...

The accused has been charged with rape and murder based on circumstantial evidence and testimonies from doctors who were present during night-duty hours, according to Kolkata Police Commissioner ...

An autopsy confirmed rape and murder, sparking widespread protests that saw doctors and medical staff striking work for several weeks to demand justice for her. On Saturday, a Kolkata court handed ...

An Indian court handed down a life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata, rejecting demands for ...