A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped by three people, including two neighbours, police said on Monday.

A man cannot be prosecuted for rape if he has sexual relationship with a woman with the intention to marry her but the wedlock could not take place due to some circumstances, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

The Supreme Court has held that the two-finger test on a rape victim violates her right to privacy, and asked the government to provide better medical procedures to confirm sexual assault.

A teenage girl succumbed to her injuries at a hospital after she was allegedly gangraped and set ablaze by three men in Chitbadgaon area, police said.

Concerned over rampant cutting of trees to implement various infrastructure projects, the Delhi government is now considering setting up of a call centre to receive complaints of such incidents.

In a gruesome incident, a seven-year old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by her cousin at Malhagarh town in the neighbouring Mandsaur district, the police said on Tuesday.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Tuesday granted interim bail for six weeks by the Delhi High Court for undergoing pacemaker implant surgery.

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was on Tuesday remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial.

More appalling facts have emerged about the torture and sexual exploitation of the physically challenged girls residing at Jaipur’s residential school run by an NGO, Awaaz Foundation. Investigations have revealed that several girls of the school were sent to politicians and bureaucrats.

A Sessions Court on Friday awarded capital punishment to a person convicted in a case of kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl last year. Mohammad Mustafa (45) kidnapped a 16-year old girl and later raped and killed her on September 29 last year, prosecution said.