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Police arrested a second suspect in the rape of a five-year-old in East Delhi, as the child continued treatment at AIIMS.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's remark that rapes happen across India, made after the Delhi child rape case, drew sharp criticism from the opposition.

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped in East Delhi in April 2013, sparking protests and renewed scrutiny of police handling of sexual assault cases.

Brown student Sunil Tripathi was wrongly named online as a Boston bombing suspect in April 2013. He was never a suspect in the attack.

In Jaipur, Kanhaiya Lal begged for help for 40 minutes after a truck rammed his motorcycle, killing his wife Guddi and their infant daughter.

English Vinglish showed what it costs not to speak English in India; Anju Gattani on Shashi's quiet stand for her own worth.

Hyderabad's illegal ‘contract marriages’: wealthy foreigners paying for one-month ‘wives’ — a racket exposed by teenager Nausheen Tobassum.

Four NALSAR students say Hyderabad TV crews filmed them against their will, then aired edited ‘anti-pub culture’ stories painting them as drunk.

Saurabh Agarwal of Sterling, Virginia, was arrested by the FBI for allegedly molesting a sleeping woman on American Airlines Flight 1142.

IIM Lucknow cut PGP fees 10%, from Rs 12 lakh to Rs 10.80 lakh — a first among IIMs, under director Devi Singh and chairman JJ Irani.

A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving car by her husband and two relatives in west Delhi; all three attackers were arrested.

WDSRA recruited runners and walkers for the 2nd Annual DuPage Human Race 5K in Downers Grove, backing programs for people with disabilities.

Veteran teacher Gerald Conti's resignation letter: 27 years at Westhill High, and a farewell to a profession he says ‘no longer exists’.

Blended-family chaos meets The Prince: one mom's Machiavellian experiments — Target budgets, school rivalries, and one well-timed white lie.

Spielberg's Minority Report asks whether crime can be stopped before it's committed. A Retro Reel column on fate, free will, and the future of policing.

No standardized tests, no private schools, teachers treated like doctors: what Pasi Sahlberg says the world keeps missing about Finland's schools.

Before he was Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio was a 12-year-old with a crush — and, his childhood neighbor says, a letter promising marriage or the priesthood.

Chetan Bhagat's first draft for Salman's Kick reportedly didn't make the cut — 'not commercial enough.' A small window into Bollywood script politics.

After Wharton dropped Narendra Modi as keynote speaker, Mohandas Pai turned down his own invite — and explained why in unusually blunt terms.

Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In argued women hold themselves back at work. The backlash said the system holds them back. Inside one of 2013's fiercest debates.